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Paul of the Shipwreck parish celebrated Black St.History Month with a "Coming Home Sunday "

liturgy Feb. 17 praising God and celebrating the triump hs of their ancestors.

"Praise him — he is worthy to be praised, " parishioner Larry Chatmon said in a talk at the Bayview/Hunter's Point church. "As we rejoice, walk with me as we renew ourselves ," Mr. Chatmon said as he traced the history of African Americans.

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The story begins "in Africa where we were landowners, with great civilizations of communal living and giving praise to God, of rites of passage that symbolized moral values. Then we were thrust into an unnatural environment," and after centuries of slavery "people thought we were finished , never to rise again from the wretched conditions of slavery."

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b > Tom Burke A 21-eraser salute at St. Gabriel Elementary to Marta Conrtriglit and Cliarleen McDonnell who have taught for 25 years at the Sunset District school, and administrative assistant, Sue Phelps, who is celebrating 25 years in Catholic education.

The three were honored at a Catholic Schools Week fest that packed the parish's Bedford Hall.... Congrats to Christopher J. Bakes, St. Agnes Parish, San Francisco, on being named an alumnus of the year at his boyhood alma mater All Hallows Elementary, Sacramento. The USF/USF Law grad was recognized for his volunteer teaching at his "old school" and his success as a trial attorney. Chris applauds the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who taught him as a youngster, and On this date 58 years ago , Betty and Bill Lynch said "I do. " Family of the Holy Name parishioners "Send congratulations and lots of love," said daughter-in-law, Geri Lynch. Grats to Geri for saying she enjoys this column.

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whose contribution to Catholic education in Sacramento and the Archdiocese of San Francisco is legendary.... It was a Merry Christmas party for the Ladies Guild of St. Mark Parish, Belmont, that included crooning the season 's popular carols with pastor, Holy Ghost Father AI Furtado. Honored guests were Lorraine Lazzarotti, Violet Ockenfels, Sherry Agrella, Jean DiSalvo, Estellc Carrubba, Joanne Bottini, Debbie Reed, Pat Thomas, Teri Baxter, Gloria Fleming, all past prez of the group....Whatever you did on Feb. 2, you did on Theresa Royal Harris Day. Mayor Willie Brown named the 24 hours for the St. Finn Barr parishioner to commemorate her 46th anniversary as a nurse and teacher at City College of San Frandsco. Mementos from students and colleagues included song and a gold watch with no second hand to remind her that she had no mote pulses to take....On the Dean 's List at the Jesuits' College of the Holy Cross in New England is sophomore and political science major, Kevin Allen. Mighty proud are his folks Sharon and Dale of St. Brendan Parish. Thanks to them both forcallin ' Catholic San Francisco their "hometown newspaper."...Congrats to Mary and Chet Stephens of St.

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Msgr. Charles Durkin, pastor of San Francisco 's Star of the Sea Parish , holds Olivia Eda Dioli after the infant 's baptism in North Carolina a coupla ' months ago. The new Catholic 's folks are Karen and Roger Dioli whose marriage was witnessed by Msgr. Durkin in 1996. Grand parents are , Msgr. Durkin 's cousin , Allien, and George Morello of San Mateo 's St. Bartholomew Parish , and Yvonne and Adrian Dioli of St Charles Parish , San Carlos. Thanks to Granpa Adrian for the good news.

The Parents ' Association of Notre Dame High School raised $7,000 for the Belmont school at its Wine and Food Faire and Welcome Back Barbeque. Parents Association officers are Barbara Singh , prez; Norma Hilton, vp; Karen Fantand Sue MacDonald , secretaries; and event chair, Kit Durgin. Director of events at Notre Dame is Karen Silva. Holding the check in front of what will be the school' s new gym are Melody Manzanedo , Rita Gleason , princi pal; Danielle Salvato , Cassie Ravella , Colleen Shjeflo , Andrea Lohr, Melissa DeLago.

Anthony Parish, Novato, who recently marked their 50th wedding anniversary at a Mass with Father James O'Malley presiding....Father Brian Costello, parochial vicar at St. Anthony and, Father Bill McCain, pastor of neighbor parish Our Lady of Loretto, will serve as chaplains on a Journey of Faith to Ital y in September. Call (415) 883-2177...St. John of God Parish says thanks to Bill Becker for his work on "the beautiful stable" he created for last year 's Nativity Scene....Happy 100th anniversary to Knights of Columbus, SF Council #615. A noon Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral with Msgr. Robert McElroy and Jesuit Father Theodore laheny marked the occasion Jan. 19th. Past Grand Knight Bob G. Huerta said K of C "stands tall and proud to -the principles of the order - Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. Current Grand Knight is Bill Flaherty....San Mateo 's St. Timothy Parish has welcomed Father Olivete Rojas who said he's "very happy to be working with, pastor, Father Art Albano and the parish staff."...St. Peter Parish , Pacifica has bid farewell to Shirley and Jim Bryant who have moved to a place near Yosemite. Jim has been choir director for several years and Shirley has been a "key player" in the start of the returning Catholics program, Landings, at the parish. "Their spirit and presence will be sorely missed," the parish said in a recent bulletin....Holy Angels parish, Colma gave a "big thank you " to Mercy Sister Rose Stec for "her 10

years of dedicated service" to the parish religion education program The choir at Old St. Mary's Parish thanks everyone who hel ped their recent bake sale turn out.so well. The cupcakes et al ra ised more than $1,300. Special thanks to Lee Cole, dad of choir member, Elizabeth Cole for his "generous gift ," and to Annie Leung, Montira Warran, Mathias Duarte, and Anita Mendoza who helped with "tune and donations.".. We love hearin from ya' and it takes but a moment to let us know about a wedding, anniversary, birthday or other special or entertaining event. Just jot down the basics and send to On the Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109; fax it to (415) 614-5633 or e-mail it to tburke@catholic-sf.org.

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By Kamille Nixon While many people think of interfaith dialogue as a product of Vatican II, Catholics and Buddhists in the Bay Area have been engaging in conversations since the 1950s, years before the council.

The participants in this decades-long "conversation " continue quietl y to strengthen their ties with one another even as events, such as Pope John Paul IPs World Day of Prayer for Peace and its counterpart in San Francisco last month, focus public attention on the need for interreligious dialogue.

The dialogue among local Catholics and Buddhists is meant to foster respect for, learn about , and share parts of each other 's beliefs, according to participants. .

Catholics are rediscovering ancient Christian meditation practices while Buddhists are learning more about social activism, said Buddhist monk Rev. Heng Sure, a participant in the widel y varying dialogues.

The conversations consist of planning meetings (most recently a Feb. 2 meeting between several Catholic and Buddhist leaders at San Francisco 's St. Gabriel Parish), exchanges among consecrated religious which have been taking place since the 1950s, and large multi-day gatherings every few years.

A respectful discourse among the two faiths holds great significance, said Father Francis Tiso, parochial vicar of Mill Valley 's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, who will teach a course in world religions at the School of Pastoral Leadership beginning next month.

"There wouldn ' t be Westerners seeking spiritual fulfillment in Buddhism if they were not asking very important questions ," Father Tiso said. "It helps us as Christians to ask ourselves if we are listening to those questions. Are we offering them a response from our own traditions?"

Since the late 1950s, significant spiritual questions and issues have been on the

Buddhist-Catholic gathering planned for next year Buddhists and Catholics will hold a large multi-day gathering for Northern California in March 2003. Organizers for the event include leaders of both traditions: From the Archdiocese of San Francisco , Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester; Director of the Office of Ecumenical Affairs Father Gerard O'Rourke; and Father Francis Tiso, parochial vicar of Mill Valley's Our Lad y of Mt. Carmel Parish and instructor for the School of Pastoral Leadership.

Other Catholic participants include John

Borrelli of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , and Jesuit Father Thomas Hand and Sandi Peters, both of Mercy Center, Burlingame.

Buddhists from the Zen Center of San Francisco and other Northern California groups will also participate. From the Zen Center: Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton, Rev. Shosan Victoria Austin and Rev. Paul Haller, plus Rev. Sure from the Institute for World Religions in Berkeley and Martin Verhoeven, a professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.

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Father Tiso said modern people have responded enthusiastically to the rigorous philosophy of the Tibetan exile community, and to centering prayer, made available to lay people by Trappist monks since the early 1970s. This form of meditation "goes back to the desert fathers" of Christianity, Father Tiso, who holds a doctorate in religious studies, said.

The decades-long association has mostly taken shape in California , Kentucky and New York. It began during the 1950s with Catholic monks and consecrated women and men religious inviting their Buddhist counterparts in exchanges in the monasteries, Rev. Sure said.

The association has also had a strong scholarly angle, as academic researchers and theologians have forged links between the two communities, Father Tiso said.

Brother David Steindahl-Rast, an Austrian Catholic monk in New York since 1952, has been an important leader in the dialogue, Rev. ¦ Sure and Father Tiso said. Brother SteindahlRast has studied with Japanese Zen teachers for decades and brought some of their practices to people in the United States, said Father Tiso, an associate of the monk's.

The late spiritual writer Thomas Merton , novice master at Gethsemane Abbey in Kentucky, was "a giant in this conversation who inspired people on both sides," Rev. Sure said. Another important name is Father Aelred Graham, British author of the book, Zen Catholic, published in 1962, Father Tiso said.

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Ukrainian bishops say church to help f acilitate free elections

LV1V, Ukraine — The Ukrainian Catholic bishops have called on Ukrainians to follow democrati c principles in the March 31 elections and they urged political parties to not let the elections become a "fierce power strugg le."

In a statement, the bishops also offered social ju stice guide2i lines for the government, including assuring an adequate, cori ^ t yi ruption-free health-care system, respect for the dignity of 13 oi human life and strong anti-drug and alcohol abuse programs , ISi The bishops said Ukraine, which became an independI \ ent nation in 1991 , was "onl y learning about democracy " V after decades of Soviet rule. "Our Christian duty is to hel p |5 oj Ukraine get through this transitional period suffering miniI Mi mal losses as well as speeding up the process of building a X I PL, democracy," the bishops said IP I-|

Catholic Charities USA allocates $20 million for Sept. 11 eff orts

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Catholic Charities USA has allocated more than $20 million to 16 agencies that are hel ping families affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The grants — which come from more than $27 million donated to Catholic Charities USA for Sept. 11 disaster assistance — will hel p Catholic Charities agencies in the New York and Washington region s deal with the economic and emotional needs of families that are surfacing months after the attacks.

Some of the programs supported by the grants include counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder; emergency financial assistance to help with rent or mortgages, utilities and medical bills; job p lacement for those who have lost their jobs as a result of the terrorist attacks; legal aid; and outreach to immigrant populations. Catholic Charities of New York is worki ng with other agencies to set up an employment and training program to assist particularly vulnerable people who lost jobs after the attacks.

Health, business, labor leaders call for health care fo r uninsured

WASHINGTON — Concern for 39 million Americans without health insurance brought together a coalition of major health, business and labor leaders — including the Catholic Health Association — to launch a nati onal "Covering the Uninsured" campaign. "It is both medically and moral ly imperative that we commit ourselves ... to bring to an end the injustice of children and adults who have no health insurance," said Dr. Michael F. Collins, CHA board chairman, at a press conference here.

"Being uninsured or underinsured means many patients come to us much sicker, ' said Mercy Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, who chairs the board of the American Hospital Association. "Living without coverage is a risky, unhealthy proposition , both for individuals and for society as a whole," she added.

Dr. Steven A. Schroeder , president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which convened the group, said addressing the health care needs of 39 million uninsured Americans "is fundamentally an issue of moral values."

Italian bishop rented p rope rty fo r concentration camp fo rJews

ROME — Italian Bishop Paolo Galeazzi rented out a wing of his diocesan seminary to house a concentration camp for Jews during World War II, according to documents recently placed on exhibit in Italy.

Camp survivors recounted that conditions were not harsh and the bishop used to visit camp inmates, handing out gifts and playing with the children. But 46 of the prisoners eventual ly were deported to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

Among the documents on display was a 1943 lease agreement between Bishop Galeazzi and local fascist leaders, who were seeking a p lace to intern the 148 Jews of the region. The contract, signed by the bishop, leased a wing of the seminary for use as a "Jewish concentration camp." The diocese was to receive 5,000 lire a month — a notable sum

I Vatican to examine ethical, aspects of Internet Io\i p astoral VATICAN CITY — The Vatican plans to publish two o >• m IE n,

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Salesian Father Bernhard Maier, chaplain of the Austrian national Olympic team, distributes ashes at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Park City, Utah, Feb. 13. Father Maier has been the country 's "chaplain for sport " for nearly 20 years. at the time — and local nuns were each to be paid 300 lire a month for service in the infirmary and women ' s quarters.

Honesty, austerity needed in Argentina, pope tells bishop s

VATICAN CITY—Argentina cannot overcome its economic crisis unless technical and political programs are supported by a renewed focus on honesty, austerity and solidarity, Pope John Paul II said.

"At this moment your country is going through a profound social and economic crisis which affects the whole society and, in addition , places at risk democratic stability and the solidity of public institutions," the pope told the country 's bishops during the "ad limina" visits each bishop makes to the Vatican every five years.

Argentina's bishops, the pope said, rightly have identified the root of the economic problems as a "profound moral crisis" running through many levels of society. Pope John Paul praised the bishops for their willingness to mediate a national dialogue aimed at healing rifts deepened by the crisis.

The key objective, he said, must be to bring people together "to build a more human future" and ensure that the nation 's poorer citizens are not pushed into absolute misery.

Don 't let securityconcerns curtail refugee help, says USCCB official

WASHINGTON — Security concerns over terrorist attacks must not hinder the U.S. government 's pledge to admit 70,000 refugees this year, said a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops official at a Senate subcommittee hearing.

Tens of thousan ds of refugees alread y have been interviewed or identified, yet processing has been bogged down since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said Anastasia Brown , assistant director of processing operations for the U.S.

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The documen t on "Ethics and the Internet" was expected to take an overall positive approach to the Internet as a powerful means of global communication. At the same time, it is expected to probe the question of values — or lack of values — on the Internet, and discuss the risks of cultural domination and homogenization that has accompanied the new technology.

The document on "The Church and the Internet" focuses on how the church can take advantage of pastoral possibilities offered by the Internet: in spreading the Gospel, in communication between pastors and faithful , and in offering educational and other resources to those inside and outside the church.

Law aimed at Islamic extremists mig ht hurt church in Kazakstan

ALMATY, Kazakstan — A restrictive new religion law designed to curb militant Muslim groups in Kazakstan may hurt Catholic and other minority religions, human rights leaders said.

The law, which seems virtually assured of President Nursultan Nazarbayev 's signature, swiftl y passed the Kazak Parliament. Muslim and Russian Orthodox clerics said they advised lawmakers on the proposed legislation.

Kazakstan 's Catholic leadership did not.

Under the proposed new rules, all religious communities and missionaries must obtain government registration , 50 people are required to legally start a congregation, and unregistered congregations are forbidden to rent property for worship — a heavy blow in post-communist Kazakstan, where construction of new mosques and churches was banned for years.

During Pope John Paul IPs September trip to Kazakstan, Catholic leaders were optimistic that the church would achieve full legitimacy in Kazakstan, a former Soviet republic with an estimated 360,000 citizens of Catholic background. Communist authorities persecuted the church in Soviet times. Independent Kazakstan 's 10-year-old government has allowed the church to function and grow, but never as freely as the dominant Hanafi branch of Sunni Islam or Russian Orthodoxy. Human rights activists who oppose the law agree that it is aimed at Muslim organizations out of favor with the government. But the activists stress that such a law could be used by the country 's notoriously capricious and venal bureaucrats against any faith.

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Pope's retreat focuses on finding God VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Passing on the Christian faith means helping people experience the presence of God, not just explaining doctrine , Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes told Pope John Paul II and top Vatican official s at their Lenten retreat.

The cardinal , archbishop of Sao Paolo, began preaching the Feb, 17-23 retreat by focusing on the importance for Christian s of a personal encounter and experience of Jesus.

Before the retreat , which is held in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the apostolic palac e, Cardinal Hummes told Avvenire , the Italian Catholic newspaper, that the pope and cardinals , like all other Christians , need to take time out from their busy schedules to listen to the word of God. "Preaching the spiritual exercises of the pope is a challenge that I accepted in a spirit of service and of love for the Hol y Father as well as in obedience to God ," he told the newspaper.

Father Marx at pro-life conference Benedictine Father Paul Marx, whom the late Pope Paul VI described as the "Apostle of Life," is scheduled to join founder of Ignatius Press Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio, Catholic author Alice von Hildebrand> Notre Dame University law professor Charles E. Rice and several other speakers at a pro-life conference sponsored by the Population Research Institute, April 3 through April 7 in Santa Clara.

Subjects such as abortion, population control, education, AIDS, home schooling, chastity, feminism, pornography, Humanae Vitae and the liturgy will be discussed at the conference at the Mariott Hotel and Our Lady of Peace Shrine. A medical professionals ' seminar will focus on developments in breast cancer, infertility, AIDS and assisted suicide. A youth conference will also take place. For more information call (540) 622-5240 or go to www.pop.org.

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• Some points of difference between the two belief systems, according to Rev. Sure: 1. The concept of a creator deity. Buddhists look to the mind, which creates "attitudes toward the things we meet" and therefore, the world itself. "Buddhists watch and pay close attention to the movements of the mind."

2. The idea of grace. Buddhists talk of "gods" but it's plural. "We talk of grace, but we're not waiting for it," he said.

3. The end goal. Buddhists do not look to be reborn in heaven. A Buddhist 's one goal is Nirvana, the complete end of suffering and no more incarnation, he said.

A path of deferred salvation on behalf of the salvation of others is another authentic goal of some Buddhists , which is very much like the way of Jesus, Rev. Sure said. "Jesus lived an unselfish life. He was looking for others ' benefit. " 4. The sacred texts. Buddhists "don 't honor the Holy Bible as the sole source of religious truth, and they don't deny it either," Rev. Sure said. Buddhism has a 150-volume Canon called the tripitaka.

¦ Continued from page 3 The Rev. Sure also credited the Archdiocese's own Father Gerard O'Rourke, director of the archdiocese 's Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, as "a great diplomat for the Catholic Church" in these and other interfaith matters.

"Father O'Rourke is alway s there," Rev. Sure said. "He is tireless and all over the world where there are interfaith gatherings — Africa, Norway, Middle Europe."

On the Buddhist side, none other than the Dali Lhama is taking part. He attended an Asian Religious Conference at a Camaldoli Benedictine Hermitage in Big Sur in 2000 and is scheduled to attend another Cath olic-Buddhist event in April.

The two sides are "really collegial," Rev. Sure said.

"Everyone is most ready to listen; it's way beyond contention or debate ."

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"The encounter with God , with Jesus Christ is much more than a mere knowledge of Jesus Christ and his doctrine," the cardinal told the pope and Vatican officials.

Christ stands at the door and knocks, wanting to enter the lives of each and every human being, he said.

"Not everyone will open the door for fear that Jesus will interfere too much in their lives and their self-centered personal projects," he said.

But the truth is that Jesus "will be the solution to our problems if we entrust our lives to him without reserve, unconditionally," the cardinal said.

Cardinal Hu mmes said evangelization and catechesis often give too much attentio n to the theoretical and ethical aspects of faith without first focusing on the fact that God sent Jesus into the world to establish a relationship with all his children.

People today must be helped to meet Jesus through reading the Bible , in the Mass and sacraments, in the community of the church and "in their brothers and sisters, especially the poorest because, as Jesus said, 'Whatever you do to the least of my brothers you do to me,'" he said.

"The church , and especially we bishops, must be profoundly in solidarity with the poor," he told the pope and Vatican officials.

"Each of us must personally assume this concrete love for the poor as a priority and as a point of encounter with Christ," he said.

Moving to a series of meditations on the Trinity Feb. 1819, Cardinal Hummes said many people avoid thinking or speaking about the Trinity precisely because it is a mystery that cannot be explained by human reason.

"Contaminated by rationalism," many modern men and women "have lost the sense of mystery which is so necessary for living the life of faith and human life as a marvelous adventure."

If they will not accept the idea of a mystery which is bigger than and beyond them , the cardinal said, they end up "adoring their own scientific and technological works."

Cardinal Hummes said the only way to learn about the Trinity is to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to him.

Capuchin Franciscan Father Cyril Kelleher, 82, died Jan. 17, at St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara.

Father Cyril had been a Capuchin for 64 years and a priest 55 years.

Born and educated in Ireland, Father Cyril's ministry as a priest in the United States extended as far East as Delaware to as far West as California. He served as vice-provincial of hts congregation , pastor of Old Mission Santa Ines in Solvang and principal of St. Francis High School in La Canada Flintridge, director of Clerics at San Buenaventura Friary in the Richmond District and at St. Patrick's Novitiate in Wilmington , Delaware. His final years were dedicated to raising funds for the missions.

"Father Cyril was known for his zeal for his faith and dedication to the spread of the Gospel ," his community said in a statement. "He was also very faithful in his care of the sick and those in need. He was a very prayerful man with a great love for the Eucharist. " On the back of the holy card remembering Father Cyril, a prayer is printed in Gaelic and English: "In Christ is the seed, in Christ is the harvest, In heaven (God's barn) may we be found. " Father Cyril is survived by his sister, Poor Clare Sister Mary Bernadette Kelleher of Dublin, Ireland.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Old Mission Santa Ines in Solvang on Jan. 25. Interment was at the Capuchin Cemetery at San Lorenzo Seminary in Santa Ynez. Remembrances may be made to Capuchin Missionaries, P.O. Box 197, Solvang, CA 93464, or the Padre Pio Fund for Seminary Students, 1345 Cortez Ave., Burlingame, 94010.

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By Cind y Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics must not accept the argument that a scarcity of priests is a blessing in disguise because it increases the involvement of lay people in the church , Pope John Paul II said.

"We all know how necessary vocations are for the life, witness and pastoral action of our ecclesial communities," the pope said Feb. 14 during his annual meeting with pastors of Rome parishes and representatives of the city's clergy.

Pope John Paul said a decrease in the number of vocations to the priesthood and religious life frequently is the "consequence of a lessening of the intensity of faith and spiritual fervor."

"Therefore, we must not be content with the explanation that the scarcity of priestly vocations will be compensated by the growing commitment of the lay apostolate or even less that it could be desired by providence in order to favor the growth of the laity," the pope said.

Pope John Pau l said it is obvious that in Rome and in many parts of the world there are social obstacles to malting a lifelong commitment to celibacy, the priesthood and religious life.

Many people today have difficulty even thinking that they could make a commitment for life that "absorbs them not in a partial and provisional way, but full y and definitively, " he said.

It is even more difficult for th em to realize that such a vocation is not the result of their choices or talents , the pope said, "but is born of a call from God, from the design of love and mercy which he, from eternity, has for each person."

Because a vocation flows from God, it is not enough for a diocese to have a good recruitment plan , he said.

"The first and principal commitment for vocations cannot be anything but prayer," he said.

"Praying for vocations is not and cannot be the fruit of resignation , as if we think we already have done everything possible with little result and therefore there is nothing left to do but pray," the pope said.

"Prayer, in fact, is not delegating something to the Lord so that he will do something in our place," he told the priests.

Rather, he said, praying for vocations means trusting in God, "putting ourselves in his hands so that he, in turn, will make us trusting and open to carrying out the works of God." Pope John Paul also told the priests that their good example is essential in helping young people accept the vocation God has in mind for them.

"If teens and young adults see priests busy with too many things, easily upset and complaining, careless in their prayer and in the tasks proper to their ministry, how can they be fascinated by the life of the priesthood?" he asked.

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The Lord of the Rings' points to Catholic truths

By Vivian W. Dudro "The Lord of the Rings" movie might prove to be a stepping stone into the Catholic Church, according to a biographer of J.R.R. Tolkien, the man who wrote the original story.

"Some of those who see the movie might read the books and then find out more about Tolkien," Joseph Pearce said in a lecture Feb. 8 at St. Mary's Cathedral Conference Center.

"If they do, they will be confronted by the fact that Tolkien was a life-long Catholic," and such a discovery could cause them to consider the claims of the Catholic Church.

In order to understand 'The Lord of the Rings," one must understand the faith of its author, said Pearce, whose "Tolkien: Man and Myth" was published in 1998, the year after a British poll voted 'The Lord of the Rings" the greatest book of the 20th century. Tolkien himself considered his Catholicism the most important contributing factor in his work, he added.

Pearce defined Tolkien as a "cradle convert." When he was four years old, his father died suddenly, plunging the family into poverty. A few years later, Tolkien's mother

entered the Catholic Church and began instructing her two children in the faith. In opposition , the Protestant relatives helping to support the family cut off their financial assistance.

Worn thin by persecution and hardship, the widow's health deteriorated, and she died when Tolkien was 14 years old, leaving him and his brother the wards of a Catholic priest.

"Tolkien considered his mother a martyr for the faith," Pearce said. "Nine years after her death he wrote: 'My own dear mother was a martyr indeed , and it was not to everybod y that God grants so easy a way to his great gifts as he did to Hilary and myself, giving us a mother who killed herself with labour and trouble to ensure us keeping the faith."'

The Birmingham Oratory priest who took charge of the Tolkien boys provided for their education. Tolkien described his guardian as a generous man, "who had been a father to me, more than most real fathers." Though the boys lived with an aunt , they considered their true home the oratory, where th ey began each morning by serving Mass and having breakfast in the refectory. At the age of 24, after completing his studies at Oxford , Tolkien enlisted

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Using the parable of the Prodigal Son as an example, Pearce demonstrated that a story does not have to be factual in order to be true. "We' ve all been rebellious sons, resentful brothers, and, God-willing, forgiving fathers," he said. The parable's veracity can be proved by universal human experience.

"The Lord of the Rings" is true in the same way, Pearce continued . Though the story takes place in an imagined , pre-Christian time and place, populated by wizards, hobbits, elves and dwarves, it truthfull y illustrates the struggle between good and evil, the fallen nature of man, and the possibility of his redemption .

"The lord of the rings is the One God," Pearce explained, and the dark forces that try to usurp divine authority and enslave the world are satanic forces. "The ring is the symbol of the sin of pride, in which we want to make ourselves God," he continued. "Pride is the sin of Satan , Adam and Eve, and all of us, occasionally."

The drama of the hobbits who carry the burden of the ring in order to destroy it - a task neither wizard nor man can take up without succumbing to temptation — points to the cross and the exultation of the humble. "The whole narrative points to Christ," Pearce added.

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Dialogue for Church, nation in new millennium The following is the second of two parts of Archbishop William J. Levada 's talk at the Sixth Annual Archbishop 's Prayer Breakfast held at St. Mary 's Cathedral on February 12.

For the dialogue I am suggesting about who we are as Church entering the new, third millennium of Christianity here on the western edge of the United States , looking out fro m our perch on the Pacific Rim on the so-called "g lobal village ," I want to try to frame some underl y ing questions for this dialogue within the Catholic Church in America, and between Catholics and Americans of other and no reli gious belief. I will try to do so with an eye on the complexity of the issues of cultural identity, mtercultural encounter and dialogue , and of "inculturat ion. " Here are five questions that 1think mmmmmm^ mi ght be helpful for such an ongoing dialogue. First , whose Churc h (or country) is if — ours , or theirs?

Second , what about us? Does this mean that the long standing needs of Blacks , or Hispanics , or other minorities , are now going to be pushed aside in favor of Asian s, etc.?

Third , what is it we imagine America is — or should become? A melting pot? A "mestizaje "? Fourth , how can new Americans participate in our politica l democracy ? In our economy? And fifth , how does our experience of September 11 impact this dialogue?

Perhaps a remark or two will hel p to provide some texture and context for the ongoing dialogue. First, whose Church (or country) is it ours, or theirs? The American "experiment" is a remarkable phenomenon in the history of human development. It has provided a partici patory democratic structure , still evolving , on the basis of a constitutional foundation that has successfull y guaranteed economic opportunity and social and religious liberty. It is a legacy we have received , and one that we must take care to preserve. But on whose or what terms? Will those terms be inclusive or exclusive? Immigration has always fi gured in this American scene. But the vast open lands of the nineteenth century, inviting immigration as part of a "manifest destiny," have given way to concerns about crowding, overdevelopment , environmental harm , etc.

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Samaritan , Jesus focuses precisely on the fore igner, the stranger, as the instrument of goodness , as the one who embodies "neighbor love" — the second part of the "great " commandment. Therefore hospitality, welcome, and communion with brothers and sisters in Christ are fundamental parts of the mission of the Church. Our responsibility is to ensure that "our" church is also "theirs," and experienced as such.

Second, what about us? It should not surprise us that the tensions stemming from ethnic concerns at times develop into rivalries. This is true in society, as we have seen from the reactions of African-Americans , who have been at the bottom of the economic ladder and are finally receiving long overdue attention to remedy cultural deficits caused by centuries of slavery and dis-

'. . . hospitality, welcome, and communion with brothers and sisters in Christ are fundamental p arts of the mission of the Church . . . ' crimination. They are suspicious of attention given to newly arrived Hispanics and Asians, and worry about whether the attention previousl y given to addressing their needs will be dilute d or disappear.

Even in the Church the question sometimes arises, as it did on the occasion of the Jubilee year national Hispanic "encuentro" in Los Angeles, about whether there are sufficient resources for other, now less prominent ethnic and cultura l groups in view of the massive Hispanic immigration , most of it Catholic. In my opinion , when such tensions are responded to with openness and dialogue , they provide a new opportunity for us consciously to witness to the unity of the Church as a model for the entire human family - and to find the resources we need in our churches and communities.

Third, America as "melting pot. " The tensions over America 's self understanding, as a monolingual, monocultural society are not new, and they are not insignificant. Intercultural conflicts , with their linguistic, ethnic and even religious overtones , are plentiful in human history, and continue to our day. The American dream is

seen as particularl y effective in offering an alternative to a long, sad history of such strife.

But is the "melting" pot image the only one, or the best one, for America 's future? The discussion at the time of the 2000 census was interesting from this point of view. A growing number of peop le, especiall y in our area, did not feel they could make a choice about their racial or ethnic background , choosing instead a category called , I believe , "interracial." While I apolog ize for quoting myself, I offer as comment part of a reflection I gave to the priests of the Archdiocese of Portland in 1995 about the need to refocus and expand our Hispanic ministry there (the talk was subsequentl y published in Origins, the Bishops ' Conference documentary service journal).

There I said to the priests: "Just for the sake of perspective , we might remember that when this Archdiocese was established in Oregon City in 1846, our nei ghbor diocese to the south was the Mexican Diocese of Ambas Californias , of 'both Californias Alta y Baja , ' with its episcopal see in Santa Barbara.

"Hispanics are united under this rubric by bonds of common language, religion and a certain cultural 'ethos.' They are heirs of a great period of evangelization by Spanish missionaries, whose Catholic faith has become a common cultural heritage in all of Latin America. And they are characterized by 'mestizaje ,' a mixture of races and cultures — the Iberian , the Indian , and often the African — which have contributed to a shared ethos that is quite different from , and in my own view, rather more successful than the classical American 'melting pot ,' which never seemed even in theory to include people of color." Not an infallible dictum , to be sure, but something to think about.

Fourth , what about political — and economic — partici pation in the American dream by new .immigrants?

In some ways the hard work ethic of new immigrants solves the question of economic participation , as it has for the past two centuries and more. The key to this economic success remains education, and one of our challenges as local church is to guarantee access of immigrant families to Catholic schools, which have been such an important means to providing access to the American dream over the past 150 years.

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Political differences such as that described above play out on a field of American culture where significant forces — academic, political , and legal — are app lying pressure to exclude religious and moral values from the "public square." Of course such pressure meets with resistance, thanks be to God. Father Richard Neuhaus , a former speaker at this annual prayer breakfast , is a formidable spokesman. So is Episcopal priest Stephen Carter, who wrote in his book "The Culture of Disbelief that "the effort to banish religion for politics'

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families that could not otherwise afford to send their children to Catholic schools, has already expanded the amount of funds we are able to provide annuall y for this purpose. Althoug h we have not yet reached our goal of $30,000,000 for this endowment we are continuing to reach out to individual and corporate donors, and to encourage people to target this important endowment in their estate plans.

Political partici pation is a much more difficult issue. The poor and the immigrant need access to political structure and power to protect their rights , and to ensure justice and freedom from exploitation.

The Church has always pioneered such political access, often through unions , agricultural cooperatives, and the like. But the political climate in America has changed too, even dramatically over the past 40 years or so. So it is difficult to say how or when immigrant groups will achieve a familiarity with the constitutional structures of American politics in a way that can influence its outcomes from the perspectives of their own culture and situation.

Take the unique American invention popularl y _ called the "separation of Church and state." The sake has Jed us astra y. In our sensible zeal to keep reliCalifornia State Supreme Court has agreed to hear gion from dominating our politics , we have created a Catholic Charities of Sacramento 's challenge to the political and legal culture that presses the religiously new California law requiring insurers to provide full faithful to be other than themselves, to act publicl y and coverage of prescription drug contraceptives in all sometimes, privatel y as well , as thoug h their faith does health plans licensed by the state insurance commis- not matter to them. " sion. In response to our request for a religious exempFor immigrant peoples, many of whom come from tion, the legislature developed a new definition of "reli- cultures ming led through and through with religiou s gious employer" in order to exclude from the reli gious elements and moral values , it will not be an easy adjustexemption major employers such as Catholic social ment to the underl ying battles for the soul of America service, health care, and educational institutions. 1 hope that are draped in flags and political slogans. -What the Court will grant relief to what I believe is an uncon- would a new immigrant from a Catholic culture make of stitutional intrusion by the California legislature into a the recent TV ads in which Governor Gray Davis church' s right to define itself and its ministries. This is attacks Mayor Richard Riordan for a 1990 statement all the more important in the light of the stated aims of that abortion is equivalent to murder? What do you and

\ . . one of our challenges as local church is to guarantee access of immigrant families to Catholic schools. . . .'

I make of it , for that matter? The Catechism of the Catholic Church (no. 2271) says, "Since the firs t century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. " Is a Catholic to be excluded from political life for holding this 2000-year-old belief? The sad irony is that Governor Davis is reportedly a Catholic , who either is ignorant of or ignores the clear teaching of Christ handed on through the Church' s apostolic tradition. It is difficult enough for American Catholics not to scratch our heads in dismay at such a political scene.

But what must our immigrant brothers and sisters make of such antics?

Fifth , and last , is to acknowledge the new challenge we all face in the wake of September 11. But this challenge is also an opportunity. It seems clear that we know too little of Islam , and the way it is lived out by the millions of Muslims both here and around the world. There is no doubt in my mind , as I told the interfaith gathering of religious leaders here in our cathedral on January 24 , as we celebrated our own evening of witness and prayer for peace in solidarity with Pope John Paul II and those gathered with him in Assisi, th at the path to peace among nations will require as one of its key elements the sincere, respectful dialogue among the religions, which are so intimatel y linked with the roots and life of their cultures.

Perhaps the experience of living with these new brothers and sisters from so many diverse cultures of the world can provide us with a new sense of openness to those things we share in common and long for as common hopes: goodness and virtue , love of neighbor , protection of children and families , happiness and peace. If this can be, then we will know what a gift God continues to give to us by letting us see firsthand the beauty and goodness of these brothers and sisters of different lands and cultures. So our experience of the richness of God's one human family can be seen as a gift to hel p us meet the challenge of the new millennium.

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atechumens and candidates for full communion with the Catholic Church , their sponsors, friends and family filled St. Mary 's Cathedral for the annual Rite of Election liturgy February 17, the first Sunday of Lent.

Catechumens, those who are to be baptized at the Easter Vigil in parishes throughout the Archdiocese, walked to the front of the cathedral accompanied by their godparents and signed the. Book of the Elect as the Tongan choir from St. Timothy 's Church sang a rousing rendition of the hymn "Sign Me up. " Candidates, baptized Christians who will ente r >,;;. , the Catholic Church at Easter, later stood with their sponsors to be presented to Archbishop William J .

Levada who presided at the liturgy. "Beloved candidates, " the archbishop told them, "the church recognizes your desire to be sealed with the Hol y Spirit and to have a p lace at Christ's eucharMc table. " In his . homily, Archbishop Levada said election symbolizes "the choice , the call God has made through the great prophets of the Old Testament, through his chosen people Israel, through his disciples and apostles in every time and age since he walked the roads of Palestine."

He urged not only the prospective Catholics but everyone in the congregation to observe Lent by following the example of Christ during his 40 days in tire desert. "Before he set out on his mission" Archbishop Levada said , "before he set out to preach the Kingdom of God , Christ went first to pray, to be with his father... Our Lent is consciously modeled on Jesus' 40 days in the desert."

"Through the grace of Christ we receive in Baptism we can say no to the temptations of the devil as Christ hamself did in the desert and by following him . . . we are able to receive the ulti-

The Tongan Choir from St. Timothy 's Parish , San Mateo , under the direction ofPetelo Mafi.

Congregation joins in song. mate gift from him -a share in his life , the victory over death, the p ledge of our share in eternal life , the happiness of heaven, our true home for which God created us from the beginning. " fa Lent, the Church invites people to prayer, fasting, almsgiving and a variety of devotions including reading the bible , especially tire Gospel accounts of the Passion of Jesus, the Stations of the Cross, the rosary and Mass.

In the desert Christ fasted and expe"real rienced temptations ," Archbishop Levada said , but at the

same time his "fu ndamental sense of union with the Father was dramatically heightened. " The day's reading from Genesis "speaks of what is absolutely essential to understanding the meaning of salvation, of what it means to confess Jesus Christ as our Savior. It is this: something has gone wrong with the creation God intended , humanity is not what it was created to be. " Through disobedience , "Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden . . . it might be more proper to say, as we do with our own sins, they managed to do it by turning their back on God's will and his plans for their happiness."

The enduring hold sin has on the human race - and us, " Archbishop Levada said , is evident in the terrorist attacks of September 11, in dail y news stories and in "looking to our own hearts and examining our own consciences. All these show we are heirs of Adam."

The second reading offers "the remedy for this estrangement from God , " he said. "St. Paul tells us that j ust as through the disobedience of one man, Adam, the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of die one Christ , the many will be made righteous."

"That righteousness cannot be reached," Archbishop Levada said, "without going out into the desert to meet Christ . . . Through this desert experience of Lent we are enabled to embrace tire miracle of our redemption in Christ."

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The most recent of these cases comes from the Archdiocese of Boston where a former priest, John Geoghan, was convicted last month of indecent assault on a 10-year-old boy in 1991. Geoghan, who was removed from active ministry in 1994 and dismissed from the clerical state in 1998, also faces criminal charges in the rape of a minor and has been accused of sexual abuse of minors in about 130 civil lawsuits. In addition, the Boston Archdiocese this month suspended eight priests from all ministry because of past allegations of sexual abuse of children, Boston 's Cardinal Bernard Law has apologized both for Geoghan 's crimes and for his own "tragically incorrect " judgments in giving Geoghan pastoral assignments after earlier accusations against him.

Reacting to Boston cases, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville , III., president of the of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, this week expressed "profound sonow" for the sexual abuse of children by priests and said die harm they have caused is "immeasurable." In a statement issued on behalf of the bishops, Bishop Gregory said, "We understand that your children are your most precious gift. They are our children as well, and we continue to apologize to the victims and to their parents and their loved ones for this failure in our pastoral responsibilities."

He acknowledged that there were "cases of priest abusers that were not dealt with appropriately in the past" but said the bishops have been working hard to take corrective measures and protect children.

It is a sad story — the sexual abuse of children is a hideous crime. It is also a story that needs to be put in context, and Peter Steinfels, the writer of the New York Times' Beliefs column, has done just that.

Steinfels points out in his Feb. 9 column, that after revelations in the 1980s of sexual abuse by priests, Cardinal Law began a systematic effort to remove from ministry priests who had been targets of plausible charges of molestation and to m ake compensation to victims.

"B y and large, Cardinal Law seems to have succeeded. (The exceptions will no doubt be spotlighted.)," Steinfels writes. "The problem is that he chose this whole ' attempt at a clean sweep, ' to use the Boston Globe 's words, without pubtic acknowledgement, keeping decisions behind closed doors and settling suits private and with sealed records... " Steinfels is critical of his secretive approach and about "how inadequate the response of the church authorities had been" in the past. At the same time he points out th at while the impact of molestation is "devastating " no matter whether it happened in 1969 or 1989, Steinfels writes, "but over those two decades the laws and psychological theory affecting response by both secular and religious authorities evolved dramatically.

"In the late 1980s, even some of the therapists trying hardest to get the church authorities to weed out abusers were also saying that with successful therapy, proper supervision and continuing support, priests could be returned to many forms of pastoral work — and that this was better than simply cutting such individuals loose to become anonymous predators."

Steinfels also points out that, as in the case of the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, some priests are falsely accused. "How often," he asks. "Who knows? In any case, should not procedures — whether in the courts or in the church — be based on the principle of innocent until proven guilty ?"

Make no mistake about it. The sexual abuse, particularl y when the abuser is in a position of trust — a teacher, a child care provider and, most of all, a priest — is a grave offense. And we have learned , through sad experience, that it is very difficult to "cure " offenders.

But, as Steinfels writes, "There is a price to be paid for these lessons from the past. They force one to make distinctions among limes and places and degrees of responsibility. They inhibit one from joinin g in the categorical condemnations and blanket outrage now being heard from Boston."

The problem, as Steinfels indicates, is not the outrage or condemnation but rather that the reaction lo these crimes tod easily muddies the good name of all priests. As Bishop Gregory said, there are "more than 40,000 wonderful priests in our country" who serve their people well, "f am very sadden ed tiiat the crimes of a few have cast a shadow over the grace-filled and necessary work that they do day in and day out lor society and tor the church."

Now is the time to condemn the acts ot the few who have betrayed the vocation — and to praise die priests who work untiringly for the good of souls. Pi

Say ing beauty in Bible translation

In "Politically correct bible" (Feb. 15 Catholic San Franc isco), Michael J. Konopik expresses his consternation over the NIV Protestant version of the bible and invites comments. However, I' m wondering why he isn 't also concerned about the translations of Catholic bibles.

For example, I can 't full y express my consternation and disbelief at the translations of the psalms in The Jerusalem Bible - especially that of our most beloved psalm, the 23rd psalm. In p lace of the incomparable words , "Though I walk throug h the valley of the shadow of death , 1 shall fear no evil for you are with me," is "Though 1 pass through a gloomy valley, I fear no h arm, beside me your rod and your staff are there to hearten me." In place of the infinite "And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever," is "M y home, the house of Yahweh, as long as I live. " To me, this is more of a desecration than a translation. Consider the disillusionment of those who have committed beloved psalms to memory to call upon in time of need when they hear diluted versions like this in the Sunday liturgy?

Another translation that reall y wounds me to the core is the replacement of the quintessential wisdom statement , "What does it profit a man if he gains the world but suffers the loss of his soul ," with "What , then , will a man gain if he wins the whole world and ruins his life. " This situation really begs the questions: (1) By what authority do these bible scholars tamper with sacred scripture ? and (2) Are we defenseless and must just stand by as our beloved scripture is stri pped of its beauty and magnificence in the name of new translations?

M. Petri San Francisco

Gov. Davis and abortion

Unmentioned in your excellent editorial on Richard Riordan 's "pro-choice" dilemma is an important fact about hirn and his opponent , namely that both men are Catholics.

With this in mind , Gray Davis ' nasty attacks on Mr. Riordan for following Catholic teaching put Mr. Davis in an interesting light. Either he is ignorant of Catholic doctrine on abortion , or he doesn 't care about the lives of the unborn as much as he cares about staying in elected office.

Either way, Gray Davis does not deserve Catholic votes in November.

Jim Baird Foster City

Two views of Prop osition C

Archbishop Levada 's talk to business and community leaders at the Annual Prayer Breakfast at St. Mary 's Cathedral was timely and insightful. The 2000 Census changes in demographics in the Archdiocese and other counties will challenge conventional views on public policy and business practices.

For this reason, on March 5th voters in San Francisco should give consideration to thoughtful Proposition C . It would change the City Charter to permit persons who are not American citizens to be appointed to City boards, commissions and agencies.

Presentl y, there are 125,000 non citizen permanent residents in San Francisco. They represent 17% of the City 's population. They are mostly Asian, Filipino and Latino.

Like their Anglo and European predecessors , they bring great talent and energy to the community. Many are hi ghl y qualified professionals and contribute to the' economy with local , state and federal taxes.

Proponents of Proposition C say these non-citizens represent an untapped pool of expertise that could benefi t City government.

They hold th at many public policy decisions will affect immigrants and non citi zens. Therefore, to include non citizens in the deliberative process will hel p build social cohesion and ttust. For these good reasons, they want non citizens to be permitted to serve on City boards , commissions and agencies.

Opponents say Proposition C would devalue American citizenshi p in San Francisco because it does not encourage immigrants to participate full y in the democratic process as voters. They hold that commissioners and members of boards and agencies determine public policy; therefore they should be citizens of the United States. The opponents argue there is no special expertise needed by any City board that cannot be found among 650,000 resident American citizens who represent every ethnic origin.

They add that Proposition C overlooks the efforts of those immigrants who have studied and passed the test of Citizenship.

Indeed Proposition C does challenge many long held views.

Mike DeNunzio ' San Francisco

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1 want to thank you for the very fine article on the Diaconate Formation Program that appeared in the February 8 issue of Catholic San Francisco. 1 have already received calls from individuals expressing interest in the program and the informational evening which will be held on February 20 as a result of the article.

You presented , in a very clear and accurate fashion, the main features of the program and the importance of diaconal ministry in the Church at this time, while balancing the fact that it is a challenging responsibility for a deacon and his family.

I am most appreciative of this coverage, most especially, as we begin the application process for the Class of 2002.

Reverend Gregory Ingels Director, Office of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate

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Angels guard us always

Reading Father Walsh's article on angels reminded me of the instructions my mother gave me and my five sist ers when we reached our teens. She didn 't say much about chastity but in a most subtle way reminded us that when we were on a date that the young men and we were never alone - each of us had our guardian angel watching over us and also we had always been told that Jesu.s was present.

She never preached but we certainly knew what she was telling us - there were five involved in our dating experiences, and that knowled ge made quite an impression.

Thanks for reminding us of our personal guardians.

Agnes De Patta Fairfax

Spi rituality

Cross of Christ revealing the nonviolence of God The cross of Christ is like a carefull y cut diamond.

Every time you mm it in the li ght you get a different sparkle. Its depths can never be full y fathomed; always, more meaning spills over. We can never get our minds around it but , and we sense this, ultimatel y the cross is the deepest word that can ever be spoken about love.

What the cross tells us, more clearly dian any other revelation, is that God is absolutely and utterl y nonviolent and that God's vulnerability, which the cross invites us into, is a power for community with God and with each other.

We are forever connecting God to coercion, threat , guilt , reckoning — and to the idea that a power should somehow rise up and crush all that 's evil. That concept is the main reason why so many either fear God, hate God, try to avoid God , or are disappointed in God ("Why doesn 't God do something about the world?").

What Scripture reveals about God , and this is seen full bloom on the cross, is that God is not the great avenger.

God is love, light, truth , and beauty; a gentle, though persistent , invitation that 's never a threat. God is like a mother, gently trying to coax another step out of a child learning to walk. God exists as an infinite patience that endures all things, not as a great avenger who kills all the bad guys.

God never overpowers anyone. Radically, of course, God could, God has all the power. However, God's power to create love and community, paradoxically, works precisely by refusing to ever overpower. It works instead through vulnerability.

The Gospels tell us that when people witnessed Jesus ' life and ministry they saw something that sharply differentiated him from others. "He spoke with great power, unlike the scribes and Pharisees." However, they use a curious word to name that power, the Greek word, exousia, a word with no English equivalent, but whose meaning can be conveyed in an image: If you would put the strongest man in the world into a room with a newborn baby, which of these two would be more powerful? Obviousl y at one level , the man is more powerful. But the baby possesses a different kind of power, one that can move things muscles can 't. A bab y has exousia; its vulnerability is a great power. A baby invites, beckons — and all that 's moral and deep in the conscience simply cannot walk away. It's no accident that God chose to be incarnated into this worl d as a baby.

It 's no accident, either, that Jesus died as he did on Good Friday. The cross reveals the power of God in this world, a power that is never the power of a muscle, a speed , a brilliance , a physical attractiveness, or a grace which leaves you no other choice but to acknowledge its superiority and bend your knee in obeisance. The world's power works this way; movies end that way.

God's power is the power of exousia, a baby that lays helpless, muted, patient, beckoning for someone to take care of it.

It's this power that will, in the end, gentl y have the final say. It 's the only power upon which love and community can be created because it alone ultimately softens rather than breaks the heart.

It 's a power that invites us in. It 's good to know this so that we don 't give into bitterness and grow vicious when we are slighted and can ' t defend ourselves , when our dreams get crushed and there 's nothing we can

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' desperatel y want to stand out but haven ' t the talent to do so, or when we find ourselves a minority of one before a jeering crowd.

The cross of Christ tells us that , at those moments of painful hel plessness , when we can't impress or overpower anyone, we are acting in a divine way, nonviolently, and in that vulnerability lies the secret to our coming to love and community.

Oblate Fa ther Ron Rolheiser, a theolog ian, ¦• teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as general councilor f o r Canada for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Family Lif e

The ministry of stuffed animals "Not again!" The young woman across from me in the airport waiting area sighed as the airline representative called her name. "They 've searched me twice already !"

Soon the contents of her carry-on bag were spread out on a table. The so-called privacy screen didn 't keep any of us from noticing that she was traveling with two bags of potato chips and half-a-dozen stuffed-animals.

When we boarded the plane at last, she sat down next to me. She looked to be about 15, a pleasant-looking teen with a streak of purp le in her blonde hair. I smiled at her.

"This extra security's a hassle, isn't it?"

"I was so embarrassed!" she moaned.

"Don't worry about it," I replied. "A lot of people travel with stuffed animals." I leaned forward, unzipped my carry-on bag, and pulled out a white seal. "See? This is Mama Seal. My boys said she'd be lonel y if I went to Tucson without her."

The young woman smiled and began to relax. Score another one for our stuffed ambassadors.

It's hard to imagine, but I used to live in a home with onl y a handful of stuffed animals.

Today we have close to 40 "guys," in all shapes and sizes. We specialize in marine mammals — seals, whales,

dolphins and walruses. Most came fro m the local thrift store, which Lucas and Gabe have dubbed "The Guy Store."

The main guys — Harpy, Dolphy, Seal and Chickadee the Walrus — go everywhere with us. They've hiked to the ice caves, seen the Seattle Mariners play, and even joined the line for Communion at our parish. Small children laugh and point at them. Adults smile.

The guys also have become an important means of communication at home. They stick their tails up when they 're mad. When they're happy, they flash a golden smile — with sparkling sound effects provided by Lucas and Gabe. If I' ve done something to annoy the younger members of the household, I may come into the room and see a whole line of guys, all with their tails skyward. But if I announce we're making a doughnut run to the grocery store, I'm greeted with golden smiles all around.

My boys aren't the only ones who are into stuffed animals. When the fifth-graders went on an overnight trip to Camp Silverton last year, the supply list said each student could take along one stuffed animal. Under pressure, teachers later amended the list; students were allowed to take two stuffed friends each .

In this age of hightech, electronic, shootem-up games, it 's good to see young people devote themselves to something as gentle and old-fashioned as stuffed animals.

Staffed animals help children develop empathy, exercise their imagination, and hone their nurhiring skills. The love children shower on them makes the world a brighter place.

Nothing brought home to my boys the horror of the repressive Taliban regime more than this: Under the Taliban, children were not allowed to have dolls or stuffed animals. Fortunatel y, that's changed now. The children of Afghanistan , like children the world over, can hug their stuffed bears, bunnies and seals.

Our stuffed friends have a special ministry of bringing out the best in all of us. They break down barriers and open hearts. I can 't imagine how I ever got along without them.

Christine Dubois

On Being Catholic

Exalted by humility of the Son of God Would the Son of God have become Man if we had not sinned? Perhaps this question has never occurred to you,.but it did to two of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages, Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure. They did not agree; a wonderful reminder that even the saints have their differences. Thomas held that the Incarnation and death of Christ were brought about by the need to restore relationships violated by Original Sin. Bonaventure taught that, even if we had never sinned , the Word would have become flesh so that we could become trul y the daughters and sons of our heavenly Father as the sisters and brothers of His only-begotten Son. The question is theoretical , of course, since we did sin .

A primeval revolt took p lace, described in the third chapter of Genesis. The Lenten/Easter season invites us to look at the "big picture" of redemption, which in turn reveals the original harmony intended by God and restored by Christ.

As the Catechism teaches, the fact of the "ori ginal sin" is the flip side of the truth that Christ is the Redeemer of all peop le . (CCC # 389) When we look upon Christ crucified and risen in the context of Genesis, we learn something of the meaning of His passion, death and resurrection.

Let us recall the dramatic story of the fall of Adam and Eve. God gave them Paradise, a garden of delights. His only stipulation: leave one tree alone. Perhaps there was nothing special about the tree itself; the prohibition simply stood as a reminder that all these blessings were a gift. To respect the command of God was to recognize the inner harmony of creation : God is its author , and we are to use it in accord with His will.

The temptation? "If you eat from this tree, you will become as gods yourselves" (Gen 3:5). The temptation is not simply to break a rule, but to violate a relationship - to try to take the place of God, deciding for ourselves what is right and wrong, acting as if we, not God, were the source of everything.

The result? When Adam and Eve attempt to evict God, the whole spiritual ecology of creation is polluted . Every relationship is poisoned. First, our relationship to God. Where formerly God had been the friend whose company we enjoyed, now He is the enemy from whom we childishly try to hide. Then Adam and Eve, "partners" in crime, turn on one another and pass the buck , blaming each other for what has happened rather than accepting the responsibility for their actions. The created world, formerly an orchard of delights, now becomes an adversary - by the sweat of our brow will we eke out an existence.

Gardening becomes farming. The imagery of Genesis may seem primitive, but the truths it teaches are very profound.

Generation upon generation has confirmed the sad reality that the harmony of creation has been wounded by human pride.

The remedy? Here we need to look upon the crucifix.

Where Adam and Eve had sought to exile God and take His place, the Son of God does not deem equality with the Father something to be clutched to Himself. He humbles Himself by becoming a creature, and even embracing the ignominious death of crucifixion. (Phil 2:6-8) Human pride is reversed by divine humility. What we had attempted to steal by force is given freely in love - we become the adopted daughters and sons of God. The result? Once our relationship with God is restored,

everything else falls into p lace. We no longer seek to dominate others, since we see Christ in them.

We respect the environment as a precious resource to be safeguarded for future ages, rather than property to be p lunFa t ri f r dLUC1 dered for our selfish . .. is MlltOn T. WaiSU gain. Harmony tsaa—restored by the gracious humility of God, who shows the emptiness of human pride in the foll y of the cross .

Many old crucifixes have at their base a skull and crossbones. This symbolizes the tradition that "the place of the skull" where Jesus was. crucified was the grave of Adam and Eve. We might read the section of the Catechism dealing with the beauty of creation , human beings, and the Fall (CCC # 337-421) in Golden Gate Park or on Mount Tamalpais on a balmy spring afternoon. The Lenten season invites us to read it kneeling before the crucifix, since it is there, and there only, that faith reveals Paradise regained.

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

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Power of God at work in Moses, Jesus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and us The Word of God, chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy, provides a rally for our spirits: for those who have embarked on the final stage of preparation for initiation into the Church at the Easter Vigil; and for those already initiated who prepare to renew their baptismal commitment to Church-life at Easter. To hear what is actually playing out in our fives is to be encouraged to move on in our j ourney.

In Sunday 's Gospel, Matthew once again describes Jesus as a new Moses. The author has already used the approach in the infancy narrative where Jesus escapes the clutches of Herod who has ordered the slaughter of all male children two years old and under, just as the child Moses was rescued from Pharaoh who decreed the death of all male Hebrew children (Matthew 2:13-23). The author again asks us to think of Moses when Jesus "went up on the mountain" (5:1), to deliver the Sermon on the Mount (chapters 5-7), in which again, Jesus and Moses are compared: "You have heard it said (Moses)... but I say to you."

(Matthew 5:21, 27, 31, 33, 38, 43) Now once again, Matthew asks us to see Jesus' ministry in the light of Moses' ministry.

Like Moses, Jesus leads his disciples, Peter, James, and John, "up a high mountain by themselves;" like Moses asks us to embrace Jesus as both law giver ("listen to him") whose face was changed by God's glory, Jesus is trans- and the law accomplished ("Do not tell the vision to anyone formed: "his face shone like the sun and his clothes became until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.").

To listen to Jesus (liturgy of the Word) and to share his white as fight." Like Moses, Jesus experiences God's presence signified by the "cloud" and the "voice." Moses indeed destiny (liturgy of the Eucharist) brings us a share in his appears along with Elijah conversing with Jesus. These two glory and victory. We begin to realize that playing out in prophets both had extraordinary experiences of God on the our lives is the same displacement that enabled Abraham mountain (Exodus 34:5-9 and I Kings 19:1-18). Peter's sug- and Sarah to know the new God who called them; that gestion to build three tents also reinforces the Moses paral- enabled a weary Moses, constantly telling God that Israel lel: The feast of tents or tabernacles in Israel's liturgical year is your people, to be transformed by a searing God-experience on Sinai; that enabled a battered Elijah, persecuted by commemorated the giving of the law on Sinai to Moses.

From the cumulation of details in this Gospel, Matthew Ahab and Jezebel, to revive and resume his ministry.

Father David M. Pettingill

Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 12:l-4a; Psalm 33; II Timothy l:8b-10; Matthew 17:1-9.

During this Season, we discover the glory of self-donation, the victory of living other-centered fives. As Genesis rightly observes, for Abram (Abraham's name before it was changed) and Sarai (Sarah's name before it was changed) to experience the God who called them, they had to abandon the security of kin, home, and land; they had to believe in the impossible: children (they were beyond the child-bearing years), progeny, apd blessing for "all the communities of the earth."

There is a power at work in us, which can "accomplish immeasurably more than we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:21), a power that enables us to give away and not be depleted, that enables us to go up the mountain only to find that we cannot stay and that our journey calls us to move on.

Questions for Small Communities 1. How specifically have you been "transfigured" by membership in this group, in your parish, and in our Archdiocesan Church?

2. How can you offer what you have experienced to your parish?

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

Litanies: Entreaties of the Faithful to God

Looking at the genre of liturgical prayer know as the litany can help us not only in our personal devotional life but also in our understanding of the litanies in the liturgy. The litany is a form of entreaty - the way a child asks persistently until the parent finally gives in to the request! The interesting thing in relation to this image of a childlike entreaty is that the asking itself builds in intensity. This crescendo of supplication is often what eventually breaks into the consciousness of the ÂŚbusy parent. I do not mean to suggest here that God is too busy to notice our requests the first time we ask, but God has always been moved to respond to his children when they cry out.

The Exodus event is one of the earliest and best examples of this response of God to repeated, desperate prayer. In fact, the beginning of a wonderful, new relationship of God with human beings beg ins with the response of God to the cry of the Israelites. We too encounter a God who cares for suffering people as the book of Exodus reads, "But the Lord said, T have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering.'" [Exo 3:7] God knows well our need, yet out of our deepest needs for justice and mercy we cry out over and over again. We do this in our private as well as our communal prayer fife.

Note the various forms of litanies in the liturgy, and note how music helps us to entreat our divine parent.

we praise God with , our acknowledgement of past divine fidelities and even future fulfillment of these favors .

Following the litany, "Lord Have Mercy, Christ Have Mercy, Lord Have Mercy," we hear the words of Jesus through the priest: "may almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life." The entire assembly caps off the entreaty with a resounding, "amen!"

There are various wonderful musical settings of this form of the penitential litany such as the setting of Marty Haugen in his Mass of Remembrance. This composition allows the cantor or choir to sing the introductory tropes, which lead the assembly to repeat an antiphon entreating the Lord himself. The assembly sings in an appropriate triple meter, "Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie elesion ." That Marty Haugen chooses to set the litany with the Greek response is effective particularly by connecting the assembly with its early Christian ancestors who cried out in similar fashion and in this language.

Next time we will investigate other liturgical litanies and how music assists us in entreating the Lord !

At the beginning of the liturgy the Church cries out for God's continuing mercy in a form of prayer that praises God for past fidelity and begs God to continue his marvelous work of salvation. We dare to tempt God to continue Suplician Father James McKearney is director responding to us as we tug at the pant legs of our Lord ! First of music f o r St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Father Jim McKearney, S.S.

Pax Christi: Catholics seeking peace and justice

Father J ohn Dietzen Q. During the past few months, we have read much in our Catholic and daily papers about an organization called Pax Christi. Is it some sort of secret society or a group approved by the Catholic Church ? Can you explain who it is, and what it does? (Ohio) A. Pax Christi (Peace of Christ) is an international Catholic agency, created in Lourdes, France, shortly after World War II by German and French Catholics, with the purpose of reconciling the enemies of that war.

The movement spread quickly to Poland, Italy and other countries, including the United States. Since then, perhaps most notably since the terrorist attacks of Sept.

11, it has become a major voice urging the search for and use of nonviolent , peaceful methods for resolving international disputes.

Pax Christi's mission and message appear to be twofold. Fust, in the end, violence, including military violence, can only breed more violence, never real peace.

Thus, one major objective is to explore and articulate in the public forum alternatives to war for conflict resolution.

We too easily and immediately, says Pax Christi, fall into the language and behavior of armed conflict before genuine alternatives are even considered. They contend there are such alternatives, which could bring criminals to justice without devastating nations and peoples.

Second, true peace will never happen, Pax Christi holds, until the world addresses the colossal social injustices which engender the hatred which explodes into violence.

Obviously, it is not a secret society; and it is thoroughly Catholic, at least in that it reflects the hopes and constant pleas of Pope John Paul U and the world's bishops.

Pax Christi USA, may be contacted at 532 W. Eighth St., Erie, PA 16502-1343, or on the Internet at www.paxchristiusa.org.

Is This Remarriage Valid?

Q. Af ter 10 years of marriage I found myself facing

a divorce, something I never thought would happen. We had problemsfor years which my husband would not admit or discuss. Later we had counseling together and now are happily remarried. I ' m worried, however, that we were remarried by a judge. My husband says we were and still are married by church law. Is this true ? Even some of our family is questioning us about this. (Oklahoma) A. Your husband is right; no "remarriage" in the church was needed. Husbands and wives with painful experiences like yours, however, need every possible grace of healing and strength to fulfill their renewed commitments.

In my experience, renewing their marriage vows with a priest, perhaps in connection with a Mass, can be a wonderful and encouraging experience. You, and other couples in your circumstances, might speak with your parish priest and consider doing that.

(Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325, Peoria, 1L 61651. This column is copyrighted by Catholic New Service.)

Guest Commentary

Children and a world turned upside down My 11-year-old daughter begs to watch scary movies, but in the middle of the recentl y released "Lord of the Rings," she proclaims in a stage whisper, "It's time to go— right now!"

Wh y does a child who calml y enjoys "Jurassic Park," flee a movie about hobbits and elves battling ores and goblins? Upon reflection , my dau ghter had no trouble offering a succinct explanation: '"Lord of the Rings ' is too real."

In the wake of Septem ber 11, the battle between good and evil, depicted in the "Lord of the Rings," may loom too large for children who have grown up during a prosperous and complacent decade.

Parents are naturally skittish and often confused about addressing a child' s fears on a subject as disturbing as this one. We want to protect the innocence and emotional balance of our children. We don ' t need to be told that an adult 's consciousness of evil must not be casual ly offered to a nine-year-old.

Yet the tragic events of the past year have forced even the most cautious parent to consider ways to help their child confront a world turned upside down. And even without the excuse of this recent tragedy, we would be doing a disservice to our children if we did not prepare them for the inevitable battles of their own times, including the battle for their soul.

The classical approach to the moral education of children relied on great literature as one of the first lines of defense , so it 's no surprise that Tolkien's depiction of spiritual combat left my daughter shaken—and my adolescent son invigorated.

Traditionally, Bible stories, novels, allegories, fairy tales and fables have allowed young readers to grapple with the reality of evil in the world and in the human heart.

From Ul ysses ' efforts to resist the Sirens to Asian 's sacrificial offering to save Narnia in C.S. Lewis ' great Christian allegory, children have learned that their purpose

on earth is tied to a strugg le against the dark forces that shadow our existence. Even simple fairy tales of witches masquerading as beauties can offer the cautionary reminder that "appearances can be deceiving."

The spiritual warfare that surfaces in the "Lord of the Rings," for example, appears "real" because Tolkien studded his fantasy trilogy with razor-sharp Christian insi ghts and symbolism about Satan and the nature of evil. These insi ghts include an acute awareness of the seductive appeal of evil , acknowled gment of our attraction to it , and warnings that we must follow specific rules of engagement to avoid ensnarement.

J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Rings " trilogy, reveals the lies of the Tempter who promises his followers power but uses their greed to enslave them. Arguing against any collaboration with the evil Lord Sauron , Gandalf , the good wizard , notes that the tyrant will not share power—a truth about Satan. Gandalf's wisdom is exemplified in his humility—he never wears the "Ring of Power" because he doesn't trust himself to resist its corrupting influence.

Ideall y, Catholic children can use these practical spiritual insights to build on their knowledge of our faith , particularly the role of original sin, virtue and grace in the formation of our souls.

Yet parents must also take into account that evil will be appealing to some children-not necessarily because they are attracted to what is bad, but because they are drawn to what appears powerful. They want to be on the "winning side." A friend was naturall y distressed when her son , who had just consumed the first Harry Potter book , admitted that he "liked evil" and particularl y was impressed with the dangerous wizard, Lord Voldemort, whose dark presence dominates the book's proceedings.

Parents can help their sons and daughters look beyond evil' s appearance of invincibility to probe its vulnerability and deceit. To take one example , let them consider that the

now defunct Soviet Union was once accepted as an uny ielding monolith. They will learn that our now ailing pope, and countless others perceived the brittleness of Moscow 's armor and finall y cracked it open.

Evil often appears to have the final say because its destructive power is so vast. When our television screens document the implosion of the World Trade Center, it is difficult to balance the scales with an accounting of the thousands of hidden acts of heroism performed during two hours of pure terror.

But , as we know, appearances can be indeed deceiving. As Christians at the foot of the Cross, we may watch the news with trepidation, but we know that evil does not hav e the final word: Human acts performed through love will outlast this world and live into eternity. And we also know that "God," in the words of the catechism, "can bring a good from the consequences of an evil , even a moral evil caused by his creatures."

In a world turned upside down , we can offer our children both this message of hope, as well as a steadfast Christian realism about the presence of evil , gleaned from our faith, the hard experience of our world, and from the rich treasure of our literary tradition.

Joan Frawley Desmond

Joan Frawley Desmond is a member of the Advisory Board for Catholic San Francisco.

Crackdown Human rig hts activists tell House of relig ious pe rsecution in China , Vietnam

By Stephen Steele Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Human rights activists told a congressional panel that the governments of China and Vietnam are persecuting reli gious groups, including the Catholic Church.

The House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights came two days after a religious rights group released Chinese government documents detailing an official crackdown on religious groups.

The documents "show that China's government , at the highest levels, aims to repress religious expression outside its control and is using more determined , systematic and harsher criminal penalties in this effort ," said Paul Marshal l of the Center for Religious Freedom at Freedom House.

Marshall told committee members Feb. 13 that the Chinese documents revealed an attempt by Chinese authorities to "crush unregistered churches and religious groups. " "The documents indicate that Beijing may feel it is losing its battle to control religious expression," he said.

The documents also reveal the methods used b y Chinese authorities to collect information against religious groups, including the use of "secret agents" to infiltrate the groups. Church property and private homes used to host religious services and meetings often are confiscated or demolished, Marshall said.

President Bush, who was to make his first state visit to China Feb. 21-22, "should speak out forcefully and publicly in support of religious freedom" in China, Marshall said.

Marshall also told the subcommittee that , in Vietnam, religious rights "continued to be severely curtailed, and followers were subjected to grave abuses of their freedoms and rights. " He said the Vietnamese government restricts the number of seminarians and ordinations, "thereby creating an acute shortage of priests and suppressing Catholic religious expression."

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., subcommittee chairwoman, said the focus of the hearing was to determine if the United States should use sanctions because of the "per-

nicious conditions found in China and Vietnam" on religious freedom.

During her statement, Ros-Lehtinen referred to Father Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly of Hue , Vietnam, who in October was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "undermining national unity " and "public slandering " of the Vietnamese Communist Party.

"His crime: giving written testimony to the U.S. Congress about religious persecution in Vietnam," she said.

Also submitted to the House subcommittee as evidence was a statement from Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The statement detailed arbitrary arrests and harassment of bishops and in clergy in Vietnam and China.

O aE Asking readers to pray for impristo oned Chinese priests and bishops durZ 2 ing Lent, Fides also criticized the United States and the European >" en Community for not doing more to push for religious freedom in China.

B10 Fides published the names of 33 bishops and priests who have disappeared, are in prison or are under house arrest because of their refusal to join the Seminarians attend Mass at St. Francis Seminary in Jitin City, China. government-recognized Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. the last concern," the agency said.

"The arrests and 're-education ' of Catholics are freFides' list of 33 clergy includes one, Bishop James quent, even now that China has entered the World Trade Su Zhunin of Baoding, who has not been heard from Organization," Fides said in a Feb. 13 article. since his arrest in 1996.

Although its constitution formally recognizes the Among those arrested most recentl y were two principle of religious liberty, Fides said, the Chinese priests working in Inner Mongolia; Fathers Wang Zeyi, government uses the excuse of "preventing social dis31, and Zhang Sulai, 50, were arrested sometime order" to arrest those who are not willing to submit their faith lives to government control. between Jan. 6 and Jan. 13, Fides said.

"The international community, particularly the United States and the European Community, continue to look at China with great interest because of its enormous market Contributing to this story and its support for the war against terror," Fides said.

"In this framework, human and religious rights are was Cindy Wooden at the Vatican.

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Lenten Opportunities Feb. 28: Tattoos on the Heart: Lessons from the Barrio, with Jesuit Father Greg Boyle at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame.

Father Greg's talk will focus on youth and the violence and despair many live with daily. A must for parents , teachers and all concerned with the power of community. Call (650) 340-7474.

Feb. 25/March 4, 11: A Lenten Series on Prayer and Meditation at St. Stephen Parish, 601 Eucalyptus Dr. by Stonestown, SF at 7 p.m.

Presenter is Patrick O'Halloran, Ph.D., a licensed psychotherapist with degrees in theology. Call (415) 681-2444, ext. 27.

March 3: A Journey to Africa , a slide and video presentation by Maryknoll Affiliate Marie Wren with a special session for children by Deacon Matt Dulka, featuring work by Maryknoll members in Kenya and Tanzania. Star of the Sea parish, 180 Harrison Ave., Sausalito, 2 - 4 p.m.

Information on Maryknoll Affiliates and lay mission opportunities will be available. For information or to let them know you'll be there , call (415) 331-9139 or mwren48026@aol.com.

March 4: Dead Man Walking - The Journey, an evening wilh Sisler Helen Prejean, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of the best selling book later portrayed on film and in music.

Free admission. Donations will be accepted for the anti-death penalty campaign Moratorium.

Autographed copies of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book will also be available. Notre Dame de Namur University Theatre , 1500 Ralston Ave., Belmont. Call (650) 524-9811.

March 6: Pergolesi's Slabat Mater and a cappella Passion Music at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 7:30 p.m. Features the voices and instruments of The Musicians of St. Dominic's under the direction of David Schofield.

Tickets $8/$10. Call (415) 567-7824.

March 22: An evening of Taize Prayer with Mercy Sister Suzanne toolan at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr. just off El Camino Real, Burlingame at 7:30 p.m. Sister Suzanne, composer of hymns including I am the Bread of Life and music for the Mass prayed at Candlestick Park with Pope John Paul II in 1987, is a well known presenter of the sung Taize mode. Call (650) 347-7768.

March 22-24: He has come to his people to set them free, a silent Palm Sunday weekend retreat for men and women with Father Thomas Madden at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. $160 single/$140 share d room. Begins with dinner Fri. at 6 p.m. and concludes afte r lunch on Sunday. Call (650) 3255614.

March 23: Penance Service sponsored by Deanery One with Bishop John C. Weste r presiding, at St, Anne of the Sunset Church 850 Judah St. at Funston, SF beginning at 9:30 a.m.

People from all deaneries are invited.

March 24: Join the Militia Immaculata for prayer, a spiritual talk and potluck meal at 3 p.m. at Si. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. at Hearst , SF. Everyone invited. Children welcome. Please bring dish if planning to stay for potluck. Call Madeleine at (650) 738-8616 or Nlellie@ignatius.com.

School of Pastoral Leadership For additional information , call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net.

Pre-registration is necessary for many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org .

San Mateo - Tuesdays March 5 - April 16, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Junipero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave.: Catholic Moral Theology with USF professor Michael Torre; Introduction to the Study of World Religions with Father Francis Tiso; Continuation of Introduction to the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp; Continuation of Encountering the New Testament with Father David Pettingill.

San Francisco - Wednesdays March 6 April 17, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Dr.: Catholic Moral Theology with USF professor Michael Torre; Why Do We Believe That? An Introduction

Datebook to Apologetics with Mark Brumley, editor of Catholic Dossier; Introduction to Islam with Iftekhar Hai, director, United Muslims of America ; Jesus in the Gospel of John with Father Francis Tiso; Continuation of Introduction to the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp.

Fridays March 8 - April 19, 2 - 4 p.m. at the Pastoral Center, One Peter Yorke Way, 1st Floor: Cpntinuation of the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp.

Marin - Thursdays March 7 - April 18, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Marin catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd at Bon Air, Kentfield: Expressions of Prayer in the East and the West Through the Centuries: Answering the Call of God Through the Purgation, the Illuminative, and the Unitive way with Father David Anderson , pastor, Eastern Catholic Mission of Ukiah.

family Life Feb. 23: Languages of Love, a day for married couples at Holy Name of Jesus Church, 38th Ave. and Lawton, SF. Contact Mary and Bob Hawkins at (415) 564-4838 or register at http://sanfrancisco.ca.wwme.org.

Marc h 8 - 1 0 : Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend: A Weekend of Discovery, a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to registe r, call Michele or George Otte at (888) 568-3018 or at the e-maii address above.

Introductory instruction for married or engaged couples about Natural Family Planning, Billings Ovulation Method , is available by appointment fro m NFP consultant Gloria Gillogley. Call (650) 345-9076.

Natural Family Planning classes on the Billings Ovulation Method of NFP are offered at St. Brendan Parish, Ulloa and Laguna Honda Blvd., SF. Call instructor, Jodi Mendieta , at (415) 285-3036..

Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families.

Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers two free information meetings on adoption and toster care on the 2nd Tues. of each month in San Francisco and on 1st Mon. in-San Mateo at 7 p.m. Call (415) 406-2387 .

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the follo wing parishes.

Please call numbers shown for more information.

Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802. St. Andrew, Daly City. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novate Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171-St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882. Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

Ministry for parents who have tost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young

Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

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

Food & Fun March 2: St. Robert's Women 's Guild announces its annual dinner dance at Burlingame's Marriott Hotel. Evening includes entertainment , live art auction, raffle. Benefits the children of St. Robert' s. For ticket information, call (650) 589-2800.

March 2: Spring Event Dinner and Auction benefiting St. John Elementary School , SF at the Italian-American Social Club of SF beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $75per person$125 per couple.

Call (415) 584-8383.

March 2: Annual Crab Bash, sponsored by Serra Club of the Golden Gate , and benefiting the vocations mission of the group, at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish hall, 850 Judah St. at Funston, SF. Cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7:15 p.m., dancing from 8 - 1 1 p.m. For ticket information, call Tom O'Donnell at (650) 349-2489.

March 16: Italian Lunch with Bingo sponsored

by Alberian #93 YLI, Corpus ChristiHall , Alemany Blvd. At Santa Rosa Ave., SF at noon. Donation $12 includes one Bingo card. Call Connie Pisciotla at (415) 334-6429 for tickets.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 567-7824; Holy Name of Jesus , SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 7264337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Shirley Bryant at (650) 355-5168; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190.

Reunions St. John Ursuline High School, SF is looking for members of its class of '52 for an annual April Golden Diploma Mass and Brunch. Call Gayle Fitzpatrick Vannucci at (650) 692-4196.

Mater Dolorosa Elementary School, South San Francisco is updating its alumni mailing lists.

Call (650) 588-8175.

St. Stephen Elementary School celebrates its 50th anniversary in the fall and alumni are being sought. Update your name, address , phone number and/or volunteer to help by calling Ann Nagel Tittiger at (650) 991-2519.

March 16: First Annual Alumni Fundraiser of Our Lady of the Visitacion Elementary, SF. All alumni invited. Details at www.olvisitacion.com.

Marc h 23: USF's Golden Alumni Reunion recognizing classes of '52, '47, '42, '37, '32 on the school's main campus from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call (415) 422-6431 or reunions@usfca.edu.

March 23, 24: St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Class of '52 reunion. Contact Dick Wall at (415) 434-3323, owwm@pacbell.net or Jack Mona at jemona @aol.com April 5, 6, 2002: Class of '52, Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. If you have not been contacted , please call Patty Moran at (415) 861-2378.

April 6: Annual Alumnae Mass Notre Dame High School, SF. Begins with Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica at 11 a.m. followed by lunch at Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd., SF. Classes of '52 and 77 are honorees but all are invited. Call Joan Flade at (415) 893-9673 by March 6.

April 20, 2002: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary, Redwood City is looking for members of the class 1952 to take part in a reunion.

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May 4, 2002: 40th reunion of St. Cecilia Elementary School's class of '62. Committee is still looking for missing classmates. Call Nancy Dito at (415) 661-2937.

Oct. 5: Presentation High School , Class of '52 reunion. Contact Dolores MacDonald Bagshaw at (916) 369-0235 or Lorraine Denegri D'Elia at (650) 992-2076.

St. Peter 's Academy class of '65 is planning a reunion for 2002. Call Gloria Krzyzanowski at (650) 340-7469 or Linda Roberts at (650) 5493200.

Class of '42, St. Cecilia Elementary, will celebrate 60 years in June '02. Class members should contact Norma Buchner at (650) 5834418.

Holy Angels Class of 70 please contact Peggy McEneaney Hart at (650) 875-0793 or 877-8925.

Class of '62 St. Thomas the Apostle will gather this summer. Contact Peggy Mahoney at (949) 673-5624 or pegwhit@dellepro.com.

Class of '62, St. Anne of the Sunset, call Steve Geramoni at (650) 637-1055/spgeramoni@aol.com or Mary Maher Balestriere at (650 593-3508/frankbal@aol.com.

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Volunteer Opportunities San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonysf.org .

Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop. Welcome visitors from around the world, distribute brochures , accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 6218203, ext. 30.

SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need ot extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 6641580, ext. 2422.

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Book Reviews THE STORY OF WORLD WAR II, by Donald L. Miller and Henry Steele Commager. Simon & Schuster (New York, 2001). 704 pp., $35.00.

Reviewed by John H. Carroll Catholic News Service More than 60 years after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, it is fitting that an updated version of a great American history of World War II is now available in bookstores. Donald L. Miller, a professor of history at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, has written a revised and expanded adaptation of 'The Story of the Second World War" by the American scholar Henry Steele Commager. This work originally was published in 1945.

Commager had served as a U.S. War Department historian during the war. He based much of his work on published official records, news coverage and the public speeches of national leaders. At the time, of course, much of the information about military plans, strategies and campaigns still was classified.

Miller, on the other hand, received his early inspiration about the war from childhood contacts with his father, a veteran of the great struggle, who was active in the Catholic War AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN: A JEW'S SEARCH FOR GOD WITH CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN THE HOLY LAND, by Yossi Klein Halevi. William Morrow (New York, 2001). 315 pp., $25.00.

Reviewed by Eugene J. Fisher Catholic News Service The Jewish writer Cynthia Ozick likened Yossi Klein Halevi's "At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden" to Thomas Merton 's "The Seven Storey Mountain" — the story of a profound spiritual journey made accessible to anyone who reads it with the eyes of faith. I do not think that is an exaggeration.

I have for many years admired Halevi 's writing as an Israeli journalist in The Jerusalem Report and The New Republic. I did not realize that he is Orthodox, from Brooklyn, N.Y,, and a journalist of the soul no less than he is of the tangled skein of Middle Eastern politics.

Here, Halevi visits — as a Jewish pilgrim — Christian and Muslim men and women who have surrendered themselves to God. He follows a path opened by the small but courageous group of interreligious activists who devote their lives to the vision of Jerusalem as the meeting place of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

This story of a Jew 's search for God in Christianity and Islam has even greater urgency today when ideologues of both left and right are trying to turn the terrorist crisis into a war between Islam and its sibling Abrahamic faiths.

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Veterans in Pennsylvania. Now as a historian, Miller has had access to declassified official mititary reports, biographies on and memoirs of wartime leaders, f ' • and numerous personal stories of veterans who / J f it". * ', fought on the land and sea and in the air. / » **k. J j r In the preface, Miller says that i Commager 's "assertive and dramatic style / turns parts of the book into a prose hymn to / the Allied war effort, " With the benefit of /;;; J 60 years of hindsight and the massive / I amount of documentation now available I # for research , Miller ' s revision and expansion of Commager 's original f work certainly has fulfilled what J| Wm Miller described "as a modest effort ^Hq| to update an unjustly forgotten work."

Miller actually employs a novel technique to cover the war, from Nazi successes in September 1939 to the Japanese surrender in August 1945. He recounts developments in each major campaign within the varied theaters of operations chronologically and examines their relationship with the overall conduct of the war. World War II truly was a world war. Miller points that out clearly. Naval engagements, islandhopping invasions and air raids against Japan were going on in the Pacific simultaneously with the capture of Rome, D-Day and the aerial offensi ve over Germany in Europe.

Miller opens each chapter with an exposition of the military This book reassures that God can be found — or rather that God will find us despite the violence that has shattered the peace of the Holy Land — if only we search. Halevi finds the quiet of humble openness with Christian nuns and monks who invite him into their convents and monasteries. He listens to the divinity-infused cadence of the songs of the Sufi Muslim sheiks — mystics — who invite him to their houses of prayer, and who patiently respond as he asks them the most basic (and therefore most difficult) spiritual questions.

Even while he asks for their guidance in his Jewish quest for God, Halevi struggles with his own fears and anger: fear and anger with Christianity's dismal history of hatred for and persecution of Jews throughout the centuries; fear and anger with Islam's current rejection of his people's need for liberation in their own land and security for the future.

Through the people he meets, he is able to understand their suffering and the integrity of their search to be at one with the God of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar. This is especially true, I think, of his experience with Armenian Orthodox Christians, with whom he shares a spiritual landscape marked by 20th-century genocides, committed by the Turks against Armenians early in the century and by the Nazis against Jews a few decades later. The sense of ultimate loneliness and loss that is shared by Armenians and Jews enables Halevi to attend Holy Week services, especially Good Friday, a day when Jewish fear of Christians — for tragic historical reasons over the centuries .— is normally at its peak.

Halevi has organized his book around the great Muslim and Christian liturgical feasts he attends with his spiritual mentors,

strategy involved in the operation or campaign. Then he goes on to look at developments from the point of view of the men actually involved in the action. Now, more than 50 years after the end of the war, readers obtain insights into what it was like. /)/U Many ol these "war stories " are Hy / revealed for the first time. The reactions of r- : / flyers over enemy territory may have varied / from those of sailors on a carrier, Marines on 7 a coral reef or GIs in forest foxholes. It was a 5/ grim business. Miller captures the atmosphere I well in his presentations (take it from your reviewer, who spent some time on the line on the fringes of the Huertgen Forest and the Ardennes in the autumn of 1944).

The author expresses his thanks to Stephen E. Hf Ambrose and other staff members at the Eisenhower ^" Center in New Orleans for their assistance in providing information from the collection there of written memoirs and letters and oral histories of World War II veterans.

Miller also has provided clear and helpful bibliographical notes.

This book is a fitting tribute to the veterans of an earlier national struggle in a period of uncertainty comparable in many ways to our own present situ ation.

Carroll is a World War 11 veteran and retired civil servant living in Silver Spring, Md. often after months of interrelating. Catholic readers will learn something of the meaning of Ramadan, Id el-Adha, and Lailat al-Miraj for Muslims, just as they will learn new aspects of die meaning of our own liturgical seasons of Lent, Easter and Christmas.

Likewise, the reader will be introduced to many truly remarkable individuals and religious communities. Halevi has long conversations and shared meditation, for example, with Catholic nuns, conversations at once theological, historical and spiritual. One European-based, Catholic religious community of men and women, the Beatitudes, has dedicated itself to restoring to Christianity its Jewish heart, that of its founders, Jesus, Mary and the Apostles. And a Catholic Melkite monk has dedicated his life and monastery (built b y his own hands) to maintaining living links with Jews and Muslims equally.

The Holy Land, a land occupied in uneasy co-existence by Israelis and Palestinians, has for four millennia been a Godbesotted place, a land of strife and sorrow where God's presence ironically has been most intensely showered. Here, an Israeli journalist shows us that the presence of God still hovers over the Holy Land. And he introduces us to some of the people who, in the quiet melodies of their lives and liturgy, have opened themselves to the divine presence, and been immensely enriched by it, thereby enriching us.

Fisher is associate director of the Secretariatfor Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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When you visit Holy Cross Cemetery during this Holy Season of Lent , please take time to pray the Stations of. the Cross. There are beautiful Mosaics outside in Sections G2 and L2 and lovel y refurbished Station s in Ail Saints Mausoleum. "The Way of the Cross " prayer booklets are available in the office or in All Saints Mausoleum.

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Office Hours - Monday through Sa turday - 8:30 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.

All Saints Mausoleum - Daily - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. \ Do you know that the beautiful Stations of the Cross in All Saints Mausoleum can be donated in Memory of your I loved one? Please call the cemetery office for additional information about dedicating this unique rememberance. ~ \ ¦ ' |j I 1st Saturday Mass - Saturday, March 2nd - 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Dermot Kavanaugh, Celebrant - St. Dunstan Parish • All Saints Mausoleum - 11:00 a.m. ¦

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The Catholic Cemeteries Archdioces e of San Francisco

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375

Mt Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415479-9020