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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II has created new cardinals eight times , in a colorful and historic ritual that has become familiar over the years. But most people agreed there was something different about die consistory of 2001.

It wasn't ju st the magnitude of the ceremony — a record 44 new cardinals and a huge crowd of about 40 ,000 wellwishers. Nor was it the fact that everything fell into place , including the weatiier, which offered up two sunny, springlike days in the middle of February.

This consistory was different because most of the media and some in the church tended to view it as a dress rehearsal for a conclave.

At 80, Pope John Paul has given no indication that he intends to resign, despite evident physical frailty caused by a neurological disorder. He has weathered years of alarmist rumors about his health and seems determined to keep doing as much as he can for as long as he can.

But when he named 40 new voting-age cardinals in one fell swoop — about 30 percent of those who would participate in a conclave — he opened a season of speculation about who may follow in his footsteps.

For one tiling, the pope broke die "rules" in a big way when he left the College of Cardinals with 135 voting mem bers , 15 more tiian the technical limit.

Some observers thought the pontiff was saying: This may be my last round of cardi nal-making, and I want to make it count.

A second factor was that the pope seemed to go out of his way to include church leaders who at times have questioned Vatican policies , or who have been cast as "liberal" in the popular eye. The SPECULATION, page 8

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by Tom Burke ...An all hats off for Anne P. O'Hara who died last month. Anne was board chairwoman of her famil y 's Evergreen Mortuary of McAvoy - O'Hara and mom to Susan Jones, Jane Gamp, Patricia O'Hara , Daniel O'Hara, III , Richard O'Hara and the late Sara Goosby. Anne is a former head nurse at San Francisco 's St. Mary 's Medical Center, and her sister is Mercy Sister Alice Montgomery, well known in her own right as a pioneer in advanced care for the newborn....Welcome was the word greeting Most Holy Redeemer parishioner Bob Werkbeiser on his recent visit to the new Chancery/Pastoral Center courtesy of Father Michael Padazinski , director of canon law. Word is that Open Houses will be coming up at the new place so stay tuned.... Thanks to Msgr. John Foudy, retired pastor St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, for his tip to look to Volume 2 of our new Archdiocesan history books for background on the revered clergyman for whom the street our new Chancery is on is named. Father Peter Yorke is called a "consecrated thunderbolt " in the recently published annals and said to be thought by many as "the most important person in the history of the Archdiocese." The Ireland-born priest served in many roles here from about 1897 until his death on Palm Sunday 1925 including editor of The Monitor and secretary to Archbishop Patrick WJRiordan. Father Yorke was a fearless advocate of labor and once said, "As a priest, my duty is with working men, who are struggling for their rights because that is the historical position of the priesthood and because that is the Lord's command."...Remember the Rosary Hour, broadcast Mon- Fri. 7-8 p.m. has moved to KEST -1450 AM on the radio dial....

Triple scoop of thanks at Catholic Charities for all who have helped in the agency 's "ongoing recovery," said interi m executive director , Brian Cahill. Among board members leading the hard work are finance committee chair , Jack Fitzpatrkk , and Mary Male Schembri , of St. Cecilia Parish; development board chair, Brian Swift and Deborah Dasovich of St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon; Vicky Coe of Good Shepherd Parish, Pacifica; Annette Lomont and Clint Reill y. Bank of America 's retired director of corporate communications , John Keane of St. Rita Parish, Fairfax has been the facilitator of information outreach to the Charities ' and broader community. Brian Cahill added that any mention of the good work would be incomplete without "tremendous thanks to the entire board" and "donors." Brian made a special thank you to Charities ' supporters in a recent letter that singled

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out their "patience" and "understanding " and said they 're "helping to rum adversity into advantage."... This summer, graduates of the class of '51 from San Francisco 's now-closed St. Brigkl High School will gather for their 50-years-later reunion. Clara Hansbery of St. Ansel m Parish, Ross is rustlin '. up classmates including Maryknoll Missionary Marilyn Norris, now ministeri ng in Nairobi , and her sister, Marsha Norris. Clara said the smal l all-girls class of 33 plans the get-togethers pretty much around Marilyn 's ability to be home "from the Sudan."...Congrats to the Daughters of St. Paul and their latest CD "Touched by Love" winner of a Silver Angel Award for musical excellence at recent Holl ywood ceremonies. Also receiving awards were the film Cast Away and the television show Providence. The Sisters web site address is www.pauline.org.. ..The youth group of St. Anthony Parish, Novato enjoyed a personal tour of St. Mary Cathedral with St. Anthony pastor, Father Kevin Gaffey and cathedral pastor, Msgr. John O'Connor as guides. Taking it in were Kevin Dunham, Sean O'Connell, Christina Pelka, Ryan McMahan , Joe Berry, Kendric Vattuone, Melissa Bary, Rob Glasgow, Candice Briare, Virginia Grillo , Katherine Latham, Kelly Owen. Father Toan Nguyen joined the group for lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe... .Also in Marin , parishioners at San Rafael's St. Isabella 's are taking a "Parish Lenten Journey," said Mary Vessa, Outreach Coordinator. Mary said everyone is invited to the March 20, 21, and 22 evenings that "will explore relationshi ps with God and God 's influence and relevancy" at all stages of life. Call Mary at (415) 479-1560.;..(See Datebook).

Catholic Schools Week was appropriatel y celebrated at Holy Angels Elementary, Colma with an open house and disp lay of students ' handiwork . ...At South San Francisco's St. Veronica Elementary it was Grandparents VIP Daj with a prayer service led by parochial vicar, Father Larrj Finegan and memory snapshots arranged by Mary Duffy, Thanks for brunch to Joan Philpott and Sharon Oesterman.

The class of 1960 from San Francisco 's Star of the Sea Academy gathered on Dec. 2 for memories and more at the Excelsior District 's Italian-American Social Club.. Seated from left: Barbara Kinavey Foudy, St. Joseph Sister Diane Maguire , Joan Mullin Nesbit. Standing from left: Joyce Murphy Booen , Carolyn Collins Castle, Liz Drake Ladouceur, Maureen Hunter Kennelly, Kathy 0'Donnell Nelms , Joan O'Shea Dupnik. Also attending were Anita Sanchez Carlson, Ann Nealon Thrush, ' Marie Con'roy Salbi, Dona Lee Waddingham Cowan , Dawn Donathan Cooper, Dorothy Ryall Ellsworth.

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Recovering Catholic heritage

Father Greeley decries the loss of unique sacramental view of lif e

By Jack Smith When asked how the Catholic imagination differs from the Protestant , Father Andrew Greeley replies, "We have angels and saints and souls in purgatory and statues and stations of the cross and votive candles and religious medals and crucifixes and rosaries and Mary the Mother of Jesus and May Crownings and Midni ght Masses and they don 't ".

Sadly, Father Greeley reflects that "we don 't have most of them any more either."

During the last few decades, he says, "Our elite, our teachers, our experts , our professorate have banished them so that we can be more like everyone else." The result , he says, is what Father Robert Baron calls a "beige Catholicism ".

Father Greeley , a sociolog ist and best selling novelist, made his comments while speaking about "Recovering the Catholic Heritage ," to a packed audience at USF's Gershwin Theatre on Feb. 20.

Father Greeley urged the educators and others in the audience to reclaim their Catholic heritage: not for the restoration of the "empty rituals and pervasive superstitions of the so called 'confident church ,' but to a genuine understanding of the Catholic imagination which sees the 'Ultimate lurking in the Everyday.'"

The Catholic sacramental view of life sees God disclosed in "water, food and drink , sexual love, birth , death ... in all the beautiful events and people and p laces of human life ," Greeley said.

While many may object to the "accidentals" of the Catholic heritage or the "'stuff' which used to litter our churches," these things are essential to passing along the faith. In the way the faith is learned, "stories come first , then theological and catechetical systematization ," said Greeley.

The denuding of the "ra inforest " of Catholic metaphors is due to the action of Catholic elites who are "more than a little

ashamed of them " in our Calvinist society, according to Greeley. However, Greeley said, "We are Catholics. No useful purpose is served by pretending that we are not."

Greeley outlined two of the neglected elements of our heritage which he believes are essential to restore: Mary and Purgatory.

"Could not the Mary symbol be rearticulated as representing the maternal love of God for the creatures , the little children , the

Greeley said "we must represent our sacramentality in ways that emp hasize and celebrate its beauty." "The beautiful attracts us.

We examine it and see that it is good." In the contemporary American Church , beauty has become "an appendage ... a waste of money." However, Father Greeley said that beauty provides a "hint of the transcendent that tears a hole in the fabric of ordinary life and lets grace pour in."

Catholic peop le will always yearn for them because Catholicism is "a sacramental religion which believes in the p resence of a loving God in God's creation. " crying babies to whom God has given life and nurturance? " The Madonna is most powerfu l because she demonstrates that "the one who is behind the cosmos, the one who ignited the big bang is something like the love of a mother for her newborn child" .

The story of Purgatory also infuses our lives with meaning, according to Father Greeley. Without Purgatory, Father Greeley said, "Who are we to offer our pains for ... for whom are we to pray if the dead reall y cannot profit from our prayers?"

Whether or not the elites restore these stories, the Catholic people will always yearn for them because Catholicism is "a sacramental religion which believes in the presence of a loving God in God's creation. We will inevitably become a heritage in which sacramentals abound," Father Greeley said.

In order to recover that heritage , Father

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Father Greeley emphasized to the crowd of educators the importance of Catholic schools in passing on the Catholic tradition.

Catholic schools "are the creators and bearers of a distinctive sacramental culture , a toolbox of attitudes and responses to life and its problems".

Much of Father Greeley's research has focused on Catholic schools , and his appearance was sponsored by USF's Institute for Catholic Educational Leadershi p.

Dominican Sister Mary Peter Traviss, director of the institute , presented him with an award and paid him an emotional tribute for his work on behalf of Catholic schools.

Sister Traviss said that "Greeley 's research and his numerous articles on the schools reached out and supported us when we doubted the worth of our own service to our Church." Greeley 's support "was most powerful because it was based on objective , dispassionate data. It was clear unequivocal and challeng ing."

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Father Greeley spoke earlier that day lo the St. Thomas More Society, a fellowshi p of Catholic lawyers. At the Banke r 's Club , atop the A.P Gianini building, Father Greeley told the attorney s about a religious resurgence in Russia which he called "the greatest religious revival in human history ".

Father Greeley said that if one were asked in 1988, "in the unlikel y event the Evil Empire falls , what would religion in Russia be like ," most social scientists would have said that it would not survive.

What actuall y happened was far from that assumption.

Father Greeley participated in a survey of Russian religious attitudes in the summer of 1991 , just as communism was beginning to fall. The survey asked Russians whether they had always believed in God or do they now believ e in Him. 25% responded always, and 45% responded that they now do.

A later study in 1998 showed 65% of Russians believing in God. "Was it that they always believed in God and then when it was all ri ght to become explicitly religious, they came out and said it?" Father Greeley believes that the sociological data would prove otherwise.

"I've had an awfully hard time explaining to my colleagues in sociology that this actuall y happened ," he said. There is a pervasive belief that after 75 years of official atheism , religion could not survive.

Father Greeley responds "that it is terribly naive to think that 75 years of inefficient bungling socialism could crush a religious tradition that dates back 1000 years ".

Compared to the long history, beauty and culture of the Russian church the communist years are "a mere pin prick," he said.

Father Greeley said that during those years "reli gion went underground and may have even gone underground in people 's personalities , but the fi rst chance it got to explode it did ".

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PHOENIX — Dr. Joh n Biskind , an abortionist at the now-closed A-Z Women 's Center in Phoenix , was convicted of manslaughter Feb. 20 in the death of a woman who bled to death following an abortion in April 1998.

Maricopa County Attorney Richard Rom ley -said after the verdict that it was the first time that a doctor had been convicted in the death of a patient in Arizona.

In addition , Carol Sliiart-SchadofT , former administrator of the abortion facility, was found guilty of negli gent homicide in the death of LouAnne Herron , a 33-year-old mother of two who died from a punctured uterus just hours after Biskind performed a late-term abortion.

Biskind , whose license to practice medicine in Arizona was suspended after he delivered a nearl y full-term baby while attempting an abortion in June 1 998, and StuartSchadoff had both been charged with manslaug hter in the Herron case.

"We don 't usuall y prosecute doctors for bad medicine , but this case was so bad we had to make a stand ," prosecutor Paul Ahler said after the verdict. Sentencing was set for Marc h 20.

Biskind , 75, could be sentenced to up lo 12 years in prison; Stuart-Schadoff , 63, could receive up to three years.

Medical testimony at the trial showed Herron 's uterus had been punctured by a medical instrument. Biskind left the clinic after the abortion and did not return even after being told the patient was bleeding.

Sp anish bishops deny charge of being sof t on terrorism

MADRID , Spain — Politician s from Spain 's ruling Popular Party and the opposition Socialist Party in late February criticized the Spanish bishops' conference for failing to sign an anti-terrorist pact drawn up in December.

The bishops denied the charges, saying they had decided they would be unable to subscribe to what was, essentiall y, a political document. "The Church always preaches the Gospel , but politics in the strict sense is not in the Church' s competence ," said the bishops ' statement.

They said they have taken a consistently firm line against the Basque terror campaign , which has left 24 dead since December 1999 , and they pointed out that last November they had called terrorism a crime against justice.

The Basque country covers an area, of northern Spain , and its peop le have their own indi genous language and culture. More than 800 peop le have been killed during the last three decades in a campaign of violence to demand the creation of a full y independent state.

Religious ed congress calls on 37,000 to be 'clothed in love '

ANAHEIM , Calif. — The 37,000 people , including 12 ,000 teen-agers , who attended the Feb. 15-18 Reli gious Education Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center were inv ited to follow Jesus ' words: "Love your enemies."

"This flies in the face of popular understanding," said Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony at the closing liturgy.

"One only has to turn on the television news for a few moments, any ni ght , and we see revenge and vengeance. Our culture , our society is filled with the opposite of God 's calling.

"It is a great challenge to all of you , our catechists and peop le in ministry, all of you in service to the Church, to live out this Gospel concretel y in our own lives, to live this out in our parish communities ," he added.

In his keynote talk, Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee stressed the baptismal call of Catholics, and

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Church ministers in particular , to bring hope to the world throug h their efforts.

"If you are in ministry, don 't expect to measure the results of your work ," he said. "When we are dealing with making people holier , building their spirituality, it 's impossible to measure the spiritual impact we have on each other."

Archbishop Weakland also emp hasized that to function as effective ministers in Jesus ' name, three characteristics were essential : competency, compassion and courage. The last quality, he noted , includes "the courage to say, T don 't know all the answers ,' and to say, 'I was wrong.'"

Layman to head Georgetown; he'll be first at a Jesui t school

WASHINGTON — John J. DeGioia will become the first layman to head a Jesuit university in the United States when he assumes the presidency of Georgetown University in Washington Jul y 1, DeGioia , 44, the university 's senior vice president , will succeed Jesuit Father Leo O'Donovan , who has been at the helm of the school since 1989.

DeGioia earned a bachelor 's degree at Georgetown in 1979.

Three years later , he became assistant to the president when Jesuit Father Timothy Healy was running the university. He rose through the administrative rangks becoming senior vice president , the equivalent of chief operating officer, in 1998.

"As Georgetown 's first lay president , Jack is deeply committed to working closel y with the Jesuit community, the Jesuit provincial , and the Society of Jesus as a whole to ensure the central p lace of Georgetown 's Catholic and Jesuit tradit ions in the life of the university," said John R. Kennedy, chair of the university 's board of directors , in a Feb. 15 letter to the Georgetown community.

In a Feb. 16 statement , Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick , archbishop of Washington, welcomed DeGioia as Georgetown 's new president and promised his support , although he added th at "many of us were hoping that a Jesuit priest might be found for the leadershi p of this important Jesuit institution." Kennedy said th at the Georgetown board established an open search process in light of the small number of qualified Jesuits who might have app lied for the presidency.

Gates fund g ives $1.36 million to Yakima Catholic schools

YAKIMA, Wash. — The Bi ll & Melinda Gates Foundation has given $1.36 million to the eight schools of the Diocese of Yakima Catholic School District. The seven

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WARSAW, Poland — A senior Polish bishop has urged steps to protect young people from "negative Western influences " afte r U.S. singer Maril yn Manson gave a Warsaw concert .

Manson 's performance represented a "success for those spreading evil ," said Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan of Kielce, who heads the Polish Church's Social Affairs Commission. "No responsible Pole, European or American can subscribe to the anti-val ues associated with Manson. But there are forces here which are fascinated by extremes from the West, for whom values mean only what 's good for today," he said.

Manson , whose stage antics include ripping head s off chickens and tearing pages from the Bible , performed numbers including "Hate Anthem" and "Count to Six and Die." The 62-year-old bishop was speaking after a concert by Manson , staged Feb. 13 in the Polish capital' s Torwar stadium.

The singer, whose name is a compound of U.S. actress Mari lyn Monroe and ritual murderer Charles Manson, was rerouted to Warsaw after being barred from the southern city of Katowice.

Chicago parish joins CRS to suppo rt Af rican AIDS clinic

CHICAGO — St. Sabina Parish Parish here elebrated February as Blac k History Month by becoming a partner with a medical clinic in Ghana to fi ght the AIDS ep idemic that is robbing African countries of their most precious resources: young men and women.

"We have been looking for this type of partnership for a long time to help transform the way people look at the world and hel p their understanding of the realities of Africa," said Dr. Hippalyt Pul , a program director for Catholic Relief Services in Ghana.

To "stem the genocidal tide of AIDS in Africa ," the predominantl y African-American parish in Chicago has donated $15,000 to establish an HIV-testing center in Tamale, Ghana. St. Sabina 's pastor, Father Michael Pfleger, presented the check at a Feb. 11 Mass.

Mexican bishops hop ef ul on government-rebelp eace talks

MEXICO CITY — Mexican Church officials are hopeful that direct talks will begin soon between Zapatista rebels and the national Congress to end the violence in the southern slate of Chiapas.

Much depends on the success of a march from Chiapas to Mexico City. On March 12 in Mexico City, 24 Zapatista commanders are planning to meet with a governmentappointed peace commission to arrange the format for the talks with Congress.

Bishop Abel ardo Alvarado Alcantara, general secretary of the Mexican bishops ' conference , said he did not see any need for the Church to mediate at the moment given the probability of direct talks between the rebels and Congress.

Local Churc h officials in Chiapas became activel y involved in mediation shortl y after the Zapatista rebellion broke out in 1994 and helped negotiate a 1996 accord which has yet to be implemented. A key sticking point has been the failure of Congress to pass a law protecting and promoting indi genous rights and culture.

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Tes in my backyard" Religious leaders issue 'moral call to action ' on affo rdable housing Reli gious leaders representing many faiths from across the City met at Grace Cathedral on Sunday to make a "moral call to action on affordabl e housing in California." Speakers at the press conference hosted b y the San Francisco Organizing Project(SFOP) included Archbishop William Levada, Episcopal Bishop William Swing and University of San Francisco President Jesuit Father Stephen Privett.

The leaders gathered to support initiatives put forward b y the SFOP by hel ping to raise awareness of the housing crisis and seek ways to deal with it. - Thousands of people from Muslim , Jewish , Catholic and Protestant congregations were present at the event.

Imam Mehdi Khorasani , a leader in the Bay Area Muslim community presented a statement on behalf of the reli gious leaders acknowled ging that they have not been sufficientl y involved in the housing crisis and promising to broaden their efforts. "Our faith traditions , Muslim , Christian and Jewish , call us to uphold and support the sacred nature of the human person and his/her right to live in dignity," he said.

Imam Khorasani said that the severe lack of affordable housing is "decimating our faith communities " and "undermining social stability ". "The social foundation and stability of our communities are impaired when police , firefighters, teachers, professionals and service workers of all sorts cannot afford to live in the communities where they work," he said.

Archbishop William Levada called on city leaders to ensure that "our vision for San Francisco includes affordable housing for working people and families; to favor plan s and projects which include such housing, to foste r through incentives the retention of current affordable housing and the construction of urgently needed new housing ".

The religious leaders hope that every San Franciscan will be open to and supportive of initiatives to increase the availability of affordable housing. They lament the "NIMBY ("not in my backyard") philosoph y which is so prevalent in our neighborhoods these days".

In their statement on the housing crisis, the leaders said not only strangers need homes, "but our own sons and daughters " have been forced to leave their City, friends and family "in order to seek affordable housing far away". Some of the speakers and

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St. Anne of the Sunset Parish welcomes Brid gewater State College of Massachusetts Chamber Singers for a 4 p.m. concert March 10. The 15-member ensemble under the direction of Steven Young will perform classical repertoire including Bonnet 's Ave Maria and Quef's Sancta Maria and Memorare.

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The San Francisco Organizing Project was founded in 1982 as a project of Catholic Charities. It has since become an independent federation of 40 congregations from many faiths "organized to address some of the social problems facing the City," according to SFOP director, Denise Collazo.

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prime example was German Cardinal Karl Lehmann , but olhers from Latin America were also cited.

By adding voices that sometimes sing outside the chorus , the thinking went , the pope may have wanted to show that the body that will one day elect his successor is not a monolith of identical opinions.

More than 350 journalists came to Rome for the event , and they lined up to ask the new cardinals what they 'd be looking for when it comes time to elect the next pope. Few cardinals were taking the bait.

"Pope John Paul is happ ily still reigning," said Cardinal Cormac Murp hy-O'Connor of Westminster, brushing aside questions about the next conclave .

Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York said he didn 't think the cardinals would be gathering in conclave for "a long, long time." He recalled Pope Leo XIII's ri poste when someone wished him a long life of 80 years: "Please don 't place a limit on providence. " Pope Leo died at age 93.

Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick said he doubts he 'll ever enter a conclave, noting that he has about nine-and-a-half years before he turns 80 and becomes ineligible to vote in a papal election.

"I think this Holy Father is good for nine-and-a-half years. I think he is frail with regard to walking, but I think he is a very healthy, strong man. His mind is fine ," Cardinal McCarrick said.

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga , recentl y cited as a "papabile " or. potential future pope, spent the week downplay ing his own chances, saying papal election was up to the Holy Spirit.

Before he left for Rome to receive his "red hat ," Venezuelan Cardinal Ignacio Antonio Velasco Garcia told journalists that the next pope would probabl y be a Latin American and said he'd be happy to vote for someone from his own region. During his stay in Rome, perhaps someone clued him into an unwritten rule among the cardinals: Never speak publicl y about the next pope as long as this one's alive.

In addition , the written rules for a conclave specifical ly state that during a pope 's lifetime , cardinals are forbidden from making plans or decisions about the election of an eventual successor.

But when cardinals gather, as during a week of consistory activities, the press and public imagine that the political wheels must be turning. Thus a celebratory dinner with cardinals from Italy and Germany in a hotel near the Vatican generated the next day 's newspaper headline: "At the Germans' dinner, talk of a successor."

More likely, the cardinal s quietl y discussed papa l health , but with the deference they've always shown on the subject.

In recent months, in fact , the pope has resumed a rather heav y post-jubilee schedule of "ad limina" meetings with bishops from around the worl d , parish visits and audiences with important figures. Sometimes he looks livel y and involved in these sessions.

On other occasions he looks like he 's struggling a bit.

After a private audience with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Feb. 20, the pontiff dutifull y greeted the entourage , posed expressionless for photos, then quickl y headed his guests toward the door.

On the way out, he started to say something in English about the reality of the Old Testament still having relevance today, but he did not comp lete his thought.

During the consistory, the pope greeted each cardinal as warmly as his frail bod y could muster, then basked in the sun with a look of real satisfaction. After a Mass in St. Peter 's Square the next day, he took one last ride through the cardinals ' section in his jeep.

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The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council (APC) met to elect officers and set priorities for its future at St. Mary 's Cathedra) on Feb. 22.

The members chose Jackie Guzman , a parishioner at St. Mark 's, Belmont , as chair. Mary Ann Bouey from St. John of God in San Francisco was elected vice chair , and Kath y Parish Reese, an ethnic communities representative , was elected recording secretary.

The main priority of the group will be to assist Archbishop William Levada in the implementation of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan. Committees have been organized to address the major areas of emphasis discussed in the plan including worship, leadership, evangelization , education and service.

The committees reported on their goals and strategies for imp lementing the Pastoral Plan at the meeting.

The creation of pastoral councils was urged by Vatican II, "The pastoral council is a body set up to investi gate and carefull y consider whatever pertains to diocesan pastoral activities and to arrive at conclusions lo hel p the People of God pattern their lives and actions more closel y on the Gospel ." (Chrislus Dominus) Archbishop Levada has said that such councils are "the princi pal way in which the laity can partici pate in decisi ons at the diocesan level - just as parish councils do at the parish level".

The next Council meeting is scheduled for May.

List of 44 cardinals created by Pope John Paul II VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here is the list of the 44 new cardinals in the order in which they were inducted into the College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II at the Feb. 21 consistory at the Vatican.

Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops , an Italian , 67.

Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan , president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace , Vietnamese , 72.

Agostino Cacciavillan , president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Hol y See, Italian , 74.

Sergio Sebastiani , president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Italian , 69.

Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education , Polish, 61.

Jose Saraiva Martins , prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, Portuguese, 69.

Crescenzio Sepe, secretary-general of the now-dissolved Committee for the Great Jubilee. The 57-yearold Italian is expected to be appointed soon to another post.

Jorge Maria Mejia, head of the Vatican Library and the Vatican Archives, Argentinian, 78.

Ignace Moussa I Daoud , prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Syrian , 70.

Mario Pompedda , head of the Apostolic Signature, Italian , 71.

Walter Kasper, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, German, 67, Marian Jaworski of the Latin-rite Archdiocese ' of Lviv, Ukraine, 74.

Janis Pujats of Ri ga, Latvia , 70.

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Audrys Backis of Vilnius, Lithuania, 64.

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Julio Terrazas Sandoval of Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia , 64.

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Bernard Agre of Abidjan , Ivory Coast, 74.

Louis-Marie Bille of Lyons, France, 63.

Ignacio Antonio Velasco Garcia of Caracas , Venezuela, 72.

Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne of Lima , Peru , 57.

Francisco Alvarez Martinez of Toledo, Spain , 75.

Claudio Hummes of Sao Paolo, Brazil , 66.

Varkey Vithay athil , major archbishop of the SyroMalabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamal y, India , and head of the Syro-Malabar Church. He is 73.

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Jose da Cruz Policarpo of Lisbon , Portugal , 65.

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Cormac Murp hy-O'Connor of Westminster , England , 68.

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Lubomyr Husar, major archbishop of Lviv and head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. He will be 68.

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On the third Wednesday of the month , ei g hth-grade students and parishioners of SAIC delicate ly balance huge platters of spaghetti , accompanied by bowls of meatballs piledhi gh , soft sour dough bread with butler and fresh green salad to a filled auditorium — at the cost of only $6 each.

And if that isn 't enough , every partici pant is greeted at the door with a ticket for a raffle at which several prizes are awarded -just for showing up.

The 45-year-traditi on began at the request of Father Victor Bazzanella , then pastor of Immaculate Conception , according to Jeanne Macchello, who is referred to as the "Grand Matriarch," for her 45 years of service organizing the lunch.

At the time, most parishioners were of Italian ancestry.

Father Bazzanella asked some of the "Italian ladies" to put on a spaghetti luncheon to hel p pay the salaries of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose who taug ht at the then newly-built school.

"The first luncheon had only 15 guests," said Macchello. It wasn 't until Father William Lauriola became pastor, some 4 years later, "it reall y took off."

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"Hundreds of children have been hel ped ," said Sister Ward , princi pal of SAIC. "Because of these faithful women , children have received a Catholic education who otherwise could not afford it. " Macchello , hesitant to name the many who have helped for several years said, "If I forgot someone I'd be so upset - you couldn 't find a more dedicated , caring, group of peop le. I'm so grateful."

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'Shine in wisdom and holiness'

Pop e John Pau l creates 44 cardinals at largest consistory in histo ry

By John Thavis Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Presiding over the largest consistory in history, Pope John Paul II created 44 new cardinals and asked them to "shine in wisdom and holiness " as they guide the Church around the world.

Gazing over a panorama of red vestments and p ilgrims ' flags in St. Peter 's Square Feb. 21 , the pope said that , in elevating the new cardinals , the Church was not celebrating earthly power but a sense of service and humility.

"Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant ," the pope said at the start of his sermon , quoting Christ 's word s to his apostles.

The new cardinals included the heads of major archdioceses, Vatican officials , eminent theolog ians and one longtime personal friend of the pontiff , as well as several church leaders who were persecuted or hindered by authorities during their pastoral careers.

They came from 27 countries and five continents — a 2 geographical mix that the pope said hi ghlig hted the < Church's global presence in the 21st century.

O a D Three Americans were among those cheered by friends , | < family and faithful as they knelt before the pope and received the cardinal's tradition al "red hat": Cardinals O Edward M. Egan of New York, Theodore E. McCarrick of Xc Washington and Avery Dulles , a Jesuit theologian. | The pope , dressed in gold vestments that glimmered in the sunshine , read the formula of creation and the names Pope John Paul II greets new Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C. of all 44 cardinals at the start of a Liturgy of the Word . He asked them to be "fearless witnesses" of the Gospel in every corner of the earth.

Later, the new cardinals knelt one by one before the pope and accepted the red biretta and a warm embrace from the pontiff. Three Eastem-rite prelates, however, declined the red hat because they felt it was inconsistent with (heir own traditions. It was the first time such an exemption had been granted , and the Vatican said it showed the pope's respect for the Eastern churches.

At Mass the next day in St. Peter's Square , Pope John Paul gave each of the new cardinals a gold ring as a "sign of dignity, of pastoral concern and of an even gre ater communion with the See of Peter."

"Receive the ring from the hand of Peter and know that your love for the Church is reinforced with the love of the Prince of the Apostles," the pope said as he placed the ring on a finger on each cardinal's right hand.

The Feb. 21-22 ceremonies marked the induction of the largest group of cardinals ever named, bringing total membership in the College of Cardinals to 183. Of these, 135 were below age 80 and therefore eligibl e to vote in a papa l conclave.

The newcomers included two prelates whom the pope named cardinals secretl y, or "in pectore," in 1998 , revealing their names onl y in January. One was an old personal friend of m ai the Polish-born pontiff , Cardinal Marian Jaworski, the Latin-rite archbishop of Lviv in uj ' H z> ¦ i Ukraine. The other was Cardinal Janis Pujats of Riga, Latvia. p-1 The theme of the Feb. 21 liturgy echoed from the first reading, in which St. Peter coun2 seled pastors to tend their flocks with humility and told them: "Do not lord it over those o assigned to you , but be examples to the flock." i & The pope developed that point in his sermon, saying the church was not based on "earthly power and calculation " but on Jesus ' spirit of service. He said he was counting on the new car6 dinals to be trusted advisers who could help ease the burden of his own ministry.

"Together with (the pope) you should be vigorous defenders of the truth and custodians Cardinal Egan of New York receives his ring from the pope. of the patrimony of faith and customs that have their origin in the Gospel . In this way you "Is this not a sign that the church , which has reached every corner of the planet , is capawill be sure guides for all ," he said. ble of understanding peoples of different traditions and languages, in order to bring At the Feb. 21 consistory and again at Mass the next day, the pope said the special bond 's message to everyone?" he said.

Christ that links each cardinal to Rome and the pope should be used above all to foster Church unity.

"In him and in him alone is it possible to find salvation . This is the truth we reaffirm 'If you are promoters ot commun" ion , the entire Church will be benefici- today, he said.

The pope also underlined that the red color of the cardinals ' vestments symbolizes their aries ," he said. commitment to defend the Church's growth and freedom and to sacrifice even to the point "I call you, esteemed brother cardiown blood. Among the new group was Vietnamese Cardinal Francois their of shedding nals, to bind yourselves to the See of Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan , now a Vatican official, who was jailed for many years b y comPeter in the special ministry of unity that in his native country. munist authorities has been confided to it," he said.

The two-hour-long ceremony included a profession of faith and an oath of fidelity recitThe pope prayed that the unity of all cardinals , who promised to be "constantly obedient " to the pope , to promote ed by the Christians under the special ministry of to maintain the confidentiality of information that could do "damage or Church unity and the bishop of Rome would be recovered " to the Church if revealed . dishonor in the new millennium.

As the pope handed out the red hats and a scroll attesting to the cardinals ' new dignity, He said the Second Vatican Council he smiled and spoke a few words to each.

The first was Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re , head had widened participation in position s 's Congregation for Bishops. of the Vatican , of responsibility in the Church and that i more could be done in that direction.

The last was 82-year-old Cardinal Dulles , who used a cane when he walked slowl y up I (he steps toward the pope 's throne. His red birett a slipped off as he stood up, so he adjustThe pope asked the new cardinals to : 0 , leaned over to embrace the pope , and it fell again into the pope 's lap. ed it help the Church "overcome the storm s 'In a short speech to the pope , Cardinal Re praised the pope for every aspect of his pasof the world" so . that "it will become over the last 22 years. He also raised the sensitive issue of papal health — toral leadership ever more effectively a si gn and instru:: ment of unity for all humankind." an unusual top ic at a ceremony like this one — pray ing that "the Lord will keep you a long > : time as head of the Church."

The Feb. 21 ceremony was punctuat"The of God still need the example of Your Holiness ' dedication , even when people ed by applause from various sectors of a I powers lessen, physical because there is a simultaneous increase in the sign of paternity, crowd of about 40,000 well-wishers who the witness of prayer and suffering had traveled to be with the new cardinals for the Church' s benefit. This underscores that , while it i is important to act, it is more important to be, and that , in the end, it is Christ who guides on their big day. The pope said the interhis Church," Cardinal Re said. national diversity of the new inductees The 80-year-old pope sat throughout the ceremony, and his voice sounded like he had a cold. was significant.

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Our Mission i We, the Catholic Church of San Francisco, in a communion of faith and charity with the successor of Peter, reach out and receive with welcoming arms all of God's people: the saint and the sinner; the young and the elderly ; the poor and the rich; the immigrant and the native; the lost sheep and those still searching.

At this unique moment, as we stand at the crossroad leading to the Third Millennium we recognize ourselves as a pilgrim people called by God and empowered by the Spirit to be disciples of Jesus Christ We pledge ourselves to be a dynamic and collaborative community offaith known for its quality of leadership; its celebration of the Eucharist; its proclamation of the Good News; its service to all in need; and its promotion ofjustice, life and peace. Rich in diversity of culture and peoples and united in faith, hope and love, we dedicate ourselves to the glory of God. In this our mission we each day seek holiness and one day heaven.

From "Journey of Hope " Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan , December 1995

Dear Friends in Christ , The mission of the local Church - to fulfill the call of Jesus Christ to love God and neighbor includes serving the spiritual needs of the faithful and being of assistance to those who need our help.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is a large and diverse entity.The Archdiocese encompasses three counties — San Francisco , San Mateo and Marin -with a Catholic population of more than 425,000. Not surprisingly, the pastoral programs and essential administrative services provided by the Archdiocese are substantial as well.

The following pages p 'rovide an accounting of the finances of the Chancery and Pastoral Center (Central Administrative Office) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco for the .fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. This report contains information on the revenues and expenses of the Archdiocese, and its financial position at the end of fiscal year 2000.

As servants of the Lord , the bishops, priests, deacons, religious and laity who are involved in Church administration intend to be good stewards of the assets of the household of God. It is a function of good stewardship that members of the local Church receive at all levels an accounting of our stewardship.

As you read these pages, I hope you will be pleased to see the record of your generosity, and of our record of stewardship during the most recent fiscal year. A

major source of funding for Archdiocesan programs and services is the Archbishop's Annual Appeal.

The generosity of the people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco continues to be a source of inspiration and satisfaction for me. As you know, the Archdiocese is able to provide greatly needed pastoral programs and administrative services only because of your generosity — a generosity that reflects both a strong Catholic faith and an understanding of the financial requirements of the local Church in fulfilling its mission.

This report is accompanied by my gratitu de for your generosity to support the mission of the local Church , as well as my prayers asking God's blessing on all who help us accomplish the mission of • Christ in this portion of his worldwi de flock.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

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Financial Summary for Fiscal Year 2000 The accompanying statements reflect the financial activities for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 which were under the direction of the Archdiocesan Central Administrative Office. Activities administered through the Central Office include various pastoral programs (such as Evangelization, Marriage Tribunal, school scholarships . and clergy education) that complement and/or support parish activities throughout the Archdiocese.

Another important activity performed by the Central Office is the administrative operation of the Archdiocese, its financial functions (e.g. overseeing investment oi parish funds, administering parish/school loans, managing the Archdiocesancoordinated payroll), emp loyee relations, benefit programs, legal counsel, real estate and stewardship and development.

The financial activities of the Archdiocese are under the oversight of the Archdiocesan Finance Council. The council is responsible for advising the Archbishop on the administration and control of the temporal goods of the Archdiocese. Based upon the Finance Council's recommendation, the Archdiocese has an established reporting process to communicate to the appropriate constituencies about the financial affairs of the Central Office. In

addition to this annual summary, individu al annual reports of the investment activities and loans to parishes/schools are sent to all participating parishes, parochial schools and other Archdiocesan organizations.

The following financial reports do not include the primary work most familiar to parishioners that is carried on in our parishes, elementary and secondary schools, cemeteries, seminary,CYO and Catholic Charities. Most of these organizations do have separate annual audits of their activities. In addition, many of our parishes and elementary schools under the guidance of their Parish Finance Councils do prepare and publish an annual report of the parish activities to their parishioners.

The information in this report, as well as the accompanying financial statements and charts, have been derived from the audited financial statements of the Central Administrative Office as of June 30, 2000 and 1999 which were audited by Grant Thornton LLP, independent certified public accountants.

Program and Administrative Activities In fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, the Central Administrative Office had a $2,540,177 surplus from program and administrative operations. The majority of that iW Ii . .

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Last year our invested funds earned (realized and unrealized gains) 4.9% or $7,165,421. Although we were fortunate to attain a high return of 11.5% in fiscal 1999, in fiscal 2000 our return was lower due to market conditions.

However, per policy, only a fixed portion of the portfolio 's earnings (6%) is used for yearly program expenditures.

The remaining portion of any excess earnings, asoccurred in fiscal 1999 is reinvested to hel p offset inflation cost increases and fund future years' Archdiocesan programs when the return is below the 6% as was seen in fiscal 2000, Other Activities A large portion of the surplus for Other Activities ($9,867,678) was attributable to the donations and pledges received during the year for the educational endowment fund (Today's Studenls Tomorrow's Leaders). This money is pemianently endowed, meaning only the earnings derived from its investmentscan be used for primary and secondary education. Therefore, the gifts are not considFINANCIAL SUMMARY , page 12

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The funds provided to the Central Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, through the Archbishop 's Annual Appeal and other gifts and bequests, are primarily used to provide support for ministries and services. The following are brief descriptions of these departments and offices.

Department of Administration This department , under the Vicar for Administration , includes many of the diverse and essential services such as building, finance, human resources , real estate, and stewardship and development , which are used by the Archdiocese, parishes , schools and other entities within the Archdiocese.

Department of Catholic Schools ' Mission Statement: The Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco is dedicated to the teaching mission of the Catholic Church. For elementary schools and secondary schools the department strives to provide quality leadership, to develop programs of educational excellence, and to prepare students for a truly Christian life. The Department of Catholic Schools provides a range of services and support to elementary and secondary schools in the Archdiocese, ...u:„t. i

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lation of nearly 30,000.

Department of Communications This department includes all of the communications programs of the Archdiocese including the newspapers Catholic San Francisco and El Heraldo Catolico; radio programs such as the "Catholic Radio Hour " and "Bienvenidos a Casa "; television programs including "TV Mass," "Mosaic ," and "For _ i » TT • i ncaven 's n_ aaite ; special publications and videos; public relations, public information, and media relations; Archdiocesan annual directory; web site; Archdiocesan calendar; and daily news summary via fax.

Department of Pastoral Ministry This department coordinates the central office pastoral resources that are provided to parishes and includes the Office of Ethnic Ministries; Office of Evangelization/ RENEW; Office of Marriage and Family Life; Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, School of Pastoral Leadership; Office of Young Adult Ministry; and Office of Worship.

Ethnic Ministries The Office of Ethnic Ministries works with 20 ethnic and cultural groups coordinating pastoral care to immigrants, migrants, newcomers, and people on the move. The office also assists in providing opportunities for liturgical and sacramental celebrations in native languages, and helping individuals become active participants and leaders in their parishes.

The office also collaborates with other departments and offices of the Archdiocese in developing ethnic and cultural components of programs and activities such as October 's Jubilee Mass 2000.

Evangelization/RENEW This office coordinated and supported the recent program of RENEW in the Archdiocese and continues to make itself available to Small Christian Communities that are continuing to meet. The office also offers training and direction in the area of evangelization.

Marriage and Family Life The Office of Marriage and Family Life ministers to the basic building block of society, the family. It serves the parish community and the Archdiocese at large by providing training, information and ongoing support to parish Pastoral Marriage Preparation Programs; acting as liaison for Engaged Encounter, Marriage bncounter, Ketrouvaule and Separated and Divorced Catholics; coordinating marriage and family enrichment opportunities for the faithful; planning the annual anniversary Mass for couples celebrating 25, 50 and more years of marriage; and hosting conferences for families, and those who minister to them , for the purpose of formation , information sharing and inspiration.

Religious Education and Youth Ministry The Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry provides religious formation by using training, resources and networking between parishes in the area of catechesis and youth ministry. Mission statement: We, the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, called and challenged to be disci ples of Christ by living the Gospel, seek to nurture the life-long faith formation of all peoples by animating leaders in a wholistic approach to their ministry.

School of Pastoral Leadership The School of Pastoral Leadershi p provides continuing adult education in the Catholic faith as well as training in pastoral and liturgical ministries. It also develops and sponsors workshops and conferences for the faithful in areas including parenting, aging and recognizing one 's individual gifts.

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Young Adult Ministry The Office of Young Adult Ministry serves men and women between the ages of 20 and 40 years through programs, activities, and events.

It sponsors the annual Fall Fest, one of the largest Young Adult gatherings in the state, and had a major role in last year 's Jubilee Pil grimage to Rome. It publishes a newsletter and seeks to assist parishes and standing Young Adult groups through training for staff and young adult leaders and program development.

Worship The Office of Worship serves as a liturgical resource to the Archbishop and the parishes, as well as Archdiocesan agencies, institutions , offices and groups visiting the Archdiocese.

Through methods including workshops, parish in-service days, classes taught through the School of Pastoral Leadership, and articles in Catholic San Francisco, the office of worship assists the faithful toward a better understanding of liturgy today. It also consults with parish leadership and liturgy committees in the areas of church building and renovation , liturgy evaluation , and interpretation of liturgical law arid, when invited, assists parishes in the planning of special liturgies such as installation of a pastor. The office also assists in the placement of parish liturgical personnel.

Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs This office is concerned with helping the Archdiocese and entities within the Archdiocese fulfill the Church 's commitment to ecumenism and interfaith understanding. The office maintains relationships with all faiths within the community and seeks opportunities to build trust and common effort. ¦Ml M Illl

Financial summary , ., % Continuedf rothpa ge II ered an ongoing recurring revenue item which can be used on an annual basis to offset Central Administrative Office program expenses. Also during the year we were extremely fortunate to receive a $5 ,54 2 ,420 gift from the Bowling Estate. This generous gift is expected to exceed $7,000,000 and is restricted to be used for the education of candidates for the Roman Catholic Priesthood.

Notable non-recurring expenditures last year were (1) a $647,628 grant to parishes for retrofitting unreinforced masonry (UMB) churches to assist in bringing them into compliance with seismic standards (as mandated by the City and County of San Francisco) and (2) a $1,000,000 grant to St. Patrick's Seminary for the renovation of its facilities. The UMB grants were part of the

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Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan of 1996, which committed $6 million of Archdiocesan funds to help parishes with the tremendous burden of bringing their churches up to seismic code. In addition , we loaned the Santa Rosa Diocese $1,410,000 to assist them in their financial restructuring. Because the repayment terms of the loan extend over 20 years, it was decided not to recognize (allow for an uncollectable) a portion of the loan as an asset especially in the foreseeable future.

For a more thorough presentation of the financial condition and results of operations of the Central Office as of June 30, 2000 and for the fiscal year, reference should be made to the audited financial statements including related footnotes. Anyone wishing to review the audited statements should contact the Office of Communications at (415) 614-5636. itriff^^ WT^^l^imitiM iiwm^^^

Office of Permanent Diaconate The Diaconate Office coordinates ministry to 72 deacons in active ministry in the Archdiocese, three retired deacons , and deacons ' wives as they are part of the diaconate community.

The office also supports the Diaconate Formation Program.

Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/ Respect Life This office educates and advocates for the dignity of life in relationshi p to the unborn child , the prisoner on death row, the homeless and hungry, the elderly, the ill , the disabled , the stranger in our midst and the poor and marginalized in our society. Its work is rooted in the Gospels and social teachings of the Church. The office also may serve as liaison to national , state and local government. Its Detention Ministry serves facilities in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties. Its Respect Life ministrv educates and advocates in the areas of abortion , euthanasia and the death penalty.

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The Metropolitan Tribunal The ministry of the tribunal is primarily involved with considering the status of a person 's prior marriage as the Catholic Church

understands that bond. An individual , Catholic or non-Catholic, has the rig ht to petition the Church for an investigation of her or his previous marriage, generally for the purpose of entering into a future marriage in the Catholic Church. Many persons who use the services of the tribunal find the process healing and the personnel supportive. Once having completed the process, the indiv iduals are free to go on with their lives and participate full y in the sacramental life of the Church.

The tribunal also is concerned with the protection of the rights of the faithful. Concerns regarding individual rights, protection of one 's reputation and obligations of the faithful are addressed in this office. The tribunal also acts as a resource to the Archbishop in maintaining and upholding the universal law of the Church.

Office of Vocations The Office of Vocations promotes , recruits , and supports vocations to the priesthood and religious life particularly to the diocesan priesthood. The Director of Vocations is involved with identifying prospective candidates for the priesthood , providing information and discernment opportunities and ongoing contact with seminarians.

Vicar for Religious The Vicar for Reli gious serves as liaison between the Archbishop and men and women religious serving in the Archdiocese , assisting religious superiors and individual members of communities in areas including immigration , document si gning and private counseling. The office also coordinates the annual Mass for Consecrated Life , processes Vatican indults or permissions and assists in locating religious formerl y assigned here.

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Administrative Services African American Ministry AIDSMinistry Arab Catholic Ministry Archbishop 's Office Archives Auxiliary Bishop 's Office Building Department Burmese Ministry '.

California Catholic Conference Campus Ministries Catholic Schools Cemeteries Department Chinese Ministry Clergy Education Communications Council of Priests Croatian, Slovene & PolishMinistry Development Ecumenical & Interreligious Evangelization Familylife Finance Off ice Filipino Ministry Haitian Ministiy Healing Ministiy Hispanic Ministry Hospital Chaplains Human Resources Office IrishMinistry Italian Ministry Japanese Ministry Korean Ministry Legal Office ¦ MarriagePreparation MarriageEncounter Mission Office Nigerian Ministry Parish Life Permanent Diaconate PortugueseMinistry Priests Retirement Project Rachel Public Policy Public Relations Real Estate Office Religious Education Respect Life Samoan Ministry Scholarships School of Pastoral Leadership Seminarian Tuition Sena Clergy House Shrine of St. Francis Silver Penny Retreat Center St. Benedict Center St. Mary's Cathedral Stewardship Tongan Ministry Tribunal Vicarfor Religious Vicarfor Spanish Speaking VocationsOffice Worship Office Vietnamese Ministry Young Adult Ministry Youth Ministry Zairian Ministiy

Central Administrative Office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco Statement of Activities Years ended June 30, 2000 & 1999 2000

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Program/Administrative Activities Revenue and Other Activities Fees Annual Appeal Investment Income Rental Income Gifts and bequests Insurance Premiums-net Other Total revenue and other additions

3,023,826 4,623,000 7,165,421 650,225 1 ,755,083 1,579,932 2.027.664 20,825,151

2,564,549 4,571 ,000 9,392,449 511 ,940 2,647,322 562,342 4.347.853 24,597,455

Expenses and other deductions Pastoral Clergy development Education Social , ethnic and cultural services Interest paid to parishes & institutions Administrative Building Total expenses and other deductions

1,663,438 2,061,118 4,783,659 1,430,995 2,298,833 4,266,449 1.780,482 18,284,974

1 ,166,012 1 ,965,663 3,838,348 1,448,789 2,560,588 4,239,844 2.047,584 17,246,828

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Expenses Provision for Bad Debt Grant to Seminary Grants to parish church retrofitting Closed parish assets & operations Total expenses

705,000 1,000,000 647,628 105.857 2,458,485

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Change in net assets from other activities

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Change in net assets from all activities

15,491,790

11,215,708

Net assets at beginning of year

105,553,571

94,337,863

Net assets at end of the year

121.045.361

105.553.571

Change in net assets from program/administrative activities Other Activities Additions Restricted Donations Endowment Donati ons Total additions

Central Administrative Office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco Statement of Financial Position Years ended June 30, 2000 & 1999 Assets

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52,680 ,674 174,043,093

52,060,440 150,533,211

24,043 ,574 2,829 ,281 29,287 ,330 3,583 ,048 1.063.107

15,508,311 3,814 ,582 27,086,778 4,234 ,075 1.026.577

Total Assets

287.530.107

254,263, 974

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable Campaign pled ges due to Parishes Deposits held for parishes, schools & institutions

4,016 ,731 2,231 ,316 160.236.699

3,390, 183 145,320,220

Total liabilities

166,484,746

. 148,710 ,403

91 ,007,442 14,476 ,924 15.560.995

88,725 ,663 11 ,343,248 _L48A660

Total net assets

121.045.361

105.553,571

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

2^7 ,530,107

254.263.974

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Net Assets Unrestricted & Archdiocesan designate d funds Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted

O RDINARY T IME

Lent — No Ordinary Time When I chose Ihe title for this occasional column , in the form of God . . . humbled himself and became I selected "Ordinary Time" for a simp le reason. This obedient to the point of death , even death on a cross." phrase contains a play on word s involving the two uses Willi the realism that began with St. Paul and the of "Ordinary " in the lexicon of the Church. first apostles , the Church reminds us in Lent of the The first use refers to the liturg ical year. Here the contradiction between living in the embrace of sin Church follows the custom of marking out the princi- (whether great or small individual sins) when what we pal seasons or cycles of liturg ical celebrations sur- have become through our Baptism is childre n of God , rounding the major feasts of the liturg icaf year. So the co-heirs with Christ of eternal life. In that eternal life , feast of Christmas has a four-week period of prepara- which is humanity 's destiny from its creation by the tion called Advent , with lectionary readings and hand of God , we are face to face with God , the all-hol y accompany ing psalms and versicles directed toward One, where sin would be the impossible contradiction. the coming of Christ into the world.

Hence the need for continual conversion of heart and Moreover , the cycle of celebrations following life, to conform to the pattern of Christ , the risen Lord , Christmas serves as an extended meditation , and who sits at the right hand of the all-hol y One. This is renews for us — in liturgical the great triumph of Christ 's celebration — the mystery of death and resurrection , and its the Incarnation , of God Lent p rep ares us fo r the power is our salvation throug h become man. So feasts recallthe Church and her sacraing the Holy Innocents , the renewal of these saving ments , in accord with the graHol y Family, the Motherhood cious p lan of our God in mysteries in our Holy Week of Mary, the Epiphany, even Christ. the other great Ep iphany So Lent prepares us, like event , the Baptism of Jesus. and Easter liturgies --not an annual retreat , for the After the celebration of these renewal of these saving mysstaging them again like a , teries in our Holy Week and feasts the liturg ical year has a Easter liturg ies —not stag ing period lasting until the beg in- p lay at which we are ning of Lent which is called them again like a play at "ordinary time ": ordinary sp ectators, hut inviting our which we are spectators , but inviting our partici pation in because it does not engage the Church in a particular aspect pa rticip ation in their reality. their reality through the sacraof the unfolding of salvation mental signs by which Christ history, such as the Christmas makes them present again for or Easter cycle. us and for our salvation.

This pattern recurs at even greater length with the St. Paul preached the same reality in his Letter to beginning of Lent, a six-week period of preparation the Romans (6:2-4ff.): "How can we who died to sin for Easter — or bette r, for the celebration in our midst go oh living in it? Do you not know that all of us who of the Paschal Mysteries of our Lord 's saving Death have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized and Resurrection. Lent , with its invitation to personal into his death? Therefore we have been buried with and communal conversion , is the Church's focus on him by baptism into death , so that , just as Christ was the call to conversion through penance , through chang- raised fro m the dead by the glory of the Father, so we ing one 's life by rooting out the evil of sin , due to self- too might walk in newness of life." will , and allowing the grace of God's healing love to No wonder then that the celebration of the Paschal work its miracles in us — so that we can experience Mysteries of the death and resurrection of Christ the joy of the new "life in Christ" we received in (Good Friday and Easter) marks the central point of Baptism. the annual rhythm of the Liturgical Year, with its alterWe prepare for this renewed Easter experience by nation of special and ordinary times. The following our personal obedience lo God's will and command- seven-week Easter season invites the faithful to unfold ments, in which we die to our own self-will in order to the mystery of Christ 's resurrection throug h a focus on "put on Christ," and Him crucified. The liturg ies of the meaning of "life in Christ," and on the conclusion Palm Sunday and Good Friday both emphasize this of his earthl y ministry : his Ascension to his heavenly point as they invite us to pray the hymn of St. Paul's Father, and Pentecost , the outpouring of the gift of the Letter to the Philippians (2:5-8): "Let the same mind Holy Spirit , who brings to fruition in the community be in you that was in Christ Jesus , who, though he was of disciples, the Church , both the transformation won

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by the death and resurrection of Jesus , and the graced energy to complete his mission of bringing the good news of God's saving love "to the ends of the earth. " Surrounding these special moments of the liturgical year lies "ordinary time." In the tradition of the liturgical year, it is the time of the ongoing catechesis of the Church through hearing and reflecting on the life and ministry of Christ, as proclaimed in the three cycles of Sunday readings from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Like our day-to-day ordinary pace of life, this time is important. It is an opportunity for putting into practice in our dail y lives the great vision we are privileged to' have received through God's revelation of his purpose and his love in Christ.

At the beginning of this "Ordinary Time" column , I mentioned two uses of the word "ordinary " in Church custom. The second is this: the Ordinary is a canonical term referring to the bishop who has the responsibility for the diocese , or particular church. So I look on "Ordinary Time" as an opportunity for this Shepherd to speak to and teach his flock. The subjects are both sacred and secular , elevated and pedestrian , much like what goes to make up the daily, "ordinary " lives of most of us.

As you can see, I found a happy congruence between the two meanings of ordinary time, and the hope that through these occasional writings to my fellow disciples here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco I may both fulfill my ministry of bishop better, and offer encouragement to you as we continue to unfold that moment of the history of salvation in which we live — an extraordinary time , to be sure — in ways and places and lives that are blessed to be "ordinary time."

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Family Lif e

Lent: Learning humility by fasting

Lent never comes too soon for our famil y. By this time of the year, we have so sated ourselves with winter merry making that we are very much in need of some restraint Being a foodie , I make sure the holidays around here consist of p lentiful eating and drinking. The special treats that we enjoy from Halloween to Mardi Gras are good , even very good; but , we need a break from them in order to regain our freedom.

Generally, I consider myself free when I can do what I feel like doing. But the real test of my liberty is whether I can ignore my own appetites. Oh, I can drink my coffee black when the mood strikes. But what hap pens when I try to abstain from cream and sugar in order to share a teensy weensy bit in the sufferings of' Christ? It is too embarrassing to admit.

Yes, to be conquered by a teaspoon of sugar is humiliating. But it is even more humbling to recognize

that without the seasons and the sacraments of the Church, I neither could nor would do anything to redeem myself . • A few Ash Wednesdays ago, a homilist declared , "Conttary to what some of us learned in Catholic school , Lent is not about giving up candy. Rather, Lent is about stretching ourselves to do positive acts of love. " If onl y Father could have noticed our children 's doubtfu l expressions , he might have realized he had crafted a false dichotomy.

Kids are smart. While they probably cannot articulate it, they sense the relationship between their difficulty in saying "no" to a Tootsie Roll and their difficulty in holding back a punch when being annoyed by a brother or a sister.

Kids are also transparent. "I can't," they howl when commanded to control themselves. And when told, "Then ask Jesus to help you," they bellow even louder, "I won't!"

Perhaps some Catholics worry that Lenten sacrifices lead to pride.

Jesus ' exchanges with the Pharisees do illustrate how we can both justiVivian W. Dudro fy ourselves and vilify our neighbors on the basis of self-imposed mortifications.

When fasting and abstaining, we can be tempted to smugness, but I see anoth er possibility for the weak units in our famil y. For us, the self-emptying of Lent can be a training ground for the self-giving of love .

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

hCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Letter f r om Jerusalem Over the past lew days I have visited parishes in Palestine and listened to the faith ful. 1 also listened to the civil authorities. Then language is that of all the parishes, their concerns are the concerns of all of you. The first concern is the difficult political situation these days: the closed roads, the blockade imposed on the towns and villages , the lack of work , the continual Israeli bombardment, the destruction of houses, and in addition , the difficulties within Palestinian society, and finally, the idea of emigration. Nonetheless, I saw the will to stand firm and to patiently wait until our liberty is returned to us and until the image of God in us and also in those who oppress us is manifested.

Brothers and sisters, do not leave your land. It is here that God wants you, as believers in Him and witnesses of Jesus Christ in His land. Stand firm around the Holy Places. In this land, you are a part of the mystery of God in it. Try to reflect on this so that you might be able to see God and understand the meaning of our presence here. You have been called to a difficult life: do you have the courage to accept the difficult life to which God is calling you?

To all those who are hungry, we say that we want to share your hunger and share our bread with you. We invite the faithful in all our parishes and the religious to share their bread with those who are in need , by inviting them to their tables or by covering the costs of daily food through contributions to Caritas or to some other philanthropic organization. We are living th rough a war which has been imposed on us. We must adapt ourselves and our way of living to privations and to generosity with regard to all our brothers and sisters in need.

As regards the houses which continually undergo the Israeli bombardments , we say to the Israelis: Destroy our churches but spare the homes of our faithful. If you must impose, at any price, collective punishment and if there needs be a ransom in order to procure the tranquillity of innocent children and families, we offer our churches: Destroy them; we will find other places in which to pray and we will continue to pray for ourselves and for you. And to the Palestinian militants who think that it is necessary to direct their fire against the Israelis from populated houses, even when the orders are clear: Do not transform peaceful homes into a line of fire - to them too we say: Obey the orders, preserve the cohesion of Palestinian society, and spare the homes of the innocent.

To the Israelis we say: In the sight of God, try to see that the Christian or Muslim Palestinian is not the image that you have decided to see: they are neither terrorists nor people who want to hate and kill. Try to see that your occupation of their land since 1967 , the privation of thenliberty, and , today, the blockade of the towns and villages with all the suffering that results, leads to that which you call terrorism. In fact, this is the cry of the poor and the oppressed who are demanding their liberty and their dignity. Remember this and be just today. That which you call security measures is simply an invitation to more violence. Give back the land to its owners, give them back their liberty, listen to the voice of the oppressed and the poor for it is lifted up to God and God will listen one day and answer this cry.

To all those who suffer among our children, we say: Be patient. We remind you of the difficult commandment, love your enemies: "Love your enemies and pray for your persecutors, in order to become children of your Father who is in heaven, for He makes the sun rise on the evil and on the good and makes rain fall on the just and the unjust" (Mt 5:4445). Love is not a weakness nor an escape. It is the vision of the face of God in every person, both Palestinian and Israeli. With this vision I purify my heart of all anger and I ask the Israeli , with the force of the spirit and the truth, to put an end to the oppression , to end the occupation of the land and the privation of liberty.

We ask for justice and peace because God is justice and peace. For this we pray and we fast during these days in order to purify ourselves of our sins and in order to co-operate with God in the construction of our new history. Here, in our land, God was revealed and He manifested His love for all humanity. Let us ask God to introduce us into the depths of His mystery so that we might see Him and love Him: thus we will be able, all of us together, to see Him in all of His creatures and to love Him in all of His children, in justice, equity and mercy.

(Excerpt from "A Letter for Lent" written by Michel Sabbah , Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem , to Arab-Catholics in the Holy Land - dated March 1, 2001.)

Pro-life position requires consistency

I app laud the editorial in the February 16 Catholic San Francisco for proclaiming that the onl y justification for the death penalty is vengeance. It is true that mercy trumps justice when the two are seeming ly in conflict. It is also true that the Churc h has always opposed abortion but has not always opposed the death penalty. In fact the Church itself has employed the death penalty for heretics in times past of unhappy memory.

But I submit that opposition to the death penalty is not solely a question of mercy, but is more fundamentall y related to the sanctity of life from conception to natural death , long held by the Church, and based on the princi ple that each person possesses a uni que dignity conferred by the Creator. It appears to me that the viability of that principle depends upon the consistency of its application. It is a singularl y mora l issue.

While not comp letel y abandoning the classic position of Thomas Aquinas and others that the state has a ri ght to capital punishment in extreme instances , the action of Catholic bishops and Popes Paul VI and John Paul II has clearl y been directed against the exercise of that ri ght..

The theolog ical rationale for Cardinal Bernardin 's often misunderstood Consistent Ethic of Life is grounded in the respect we owe to every human person. The spectrum of life concerns encompasses the issues of genetic engineering, abortion , cap ital punishment , modem warfare, and the care of the terminall y ill. Obviousl y these are all distinct problems , each deserving its own moral analysis , and a consistent ethic proposes no moral equivalence among them. But they are linked. One cannot claim to be "pro-life " while app lying the principle of sanctity .of life to one life issue and at the same time rejecting or deny ing it in regard to others. As Cardinal Bern ardin said: "Consistency does rule out contradictory moral positions about the unique value of human life".

Contrary to columnist George Weigel's position , a consistent ethic of life enhances , not diminishes , the Church' s authority and credibility in opposing abortion.

Robert M. Rowden San Rafael

Moss readers must speak well

How I agree with Father Jim McKearney about the inadequacy of some readers ! Sometimes it seems that there is no point in having the readings in the vern acular. But what is to be done?

In the Book of Blessings is a blessing for new readers. I think every parish should use this blessin g only on those who have done a series of classes in reading. The U. S. bishops have issued at least one videotape , albeit improvable , for use in such classes.

Onl y those who have passed the classes should be commissioned as readers in the parish. But there is something wrong anyway. Wh y do some peop le read comp letel y incomprehensibly? Do they mumble and drawl and speak into their chests in that fashion in daily intercourse? Are they reading to prov e they can read rather than to get a message across?

In some cases we have people who are reading in a language not their first , who have achieved a certain fluency in it and who have then stopped learning. That is why we sometimes get short A in Spanish Eng lish and Cantonese tones in Eng lish . I am sure I would come across quite strangel y in two languages in which I am quite fluent. But if I am speaking a language frequentl y I should be on the alert for ways in which I can still improve , and if I have that attitude I will be a better public reader.

Perhaps classes for readers could address particular problems of this kind. Each lanits own guage has internal music , and other lan guages may have intonation violating that music: I have mentioned Cantonese tones , but Bantu vowels do not hurl English at all.

I There is also the matter of reading the passage in advance.

Sometimes a reader is caught by surprise , but those who know in advance that they will be called upon should always look the passage up first.

John A. Wills San Francisco

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Voting statistics on religion can he divisive

George Weigel's column (CSF, Feb, 23) raises some questions'. How did John Green of the University of Akron find all the statistics quoted in the column? The secret ballot does not require voters to state their race , color or reli gious affiliation. How many voters were asked to identif y themselves as "seculars " or 'black Protestants , as "less relig iousl y active non-Hispanic Catholics? Who questioned them?

To categorize enoug h voters to achieve a statisticall y significant number of voters in such a geographicall y extensive setting must have taken an army of pollsters , and to assume from the data that all these categories had specific attitudes on specific issues is certainl y pre sumptuous.

It seems to me that publicizing various religions ' impact on any election is divisive to our society and not appropriate in a diocesan newspaper.

Elena Klein Redwood City

On Being Catholic

Four p illars of Christian life In the Acts of the A postles , St. Luke offers a knows no bounds , neither should our prayer." snapshot of the first Christian community: "They The number in the margin next to this paragraph devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles refers back to the first part of the Catechism , where and to the communal life , to the breaking of the bread we read that God gave up his Son for us sinners , and and to the prayers." (Acts 2:42) These are the four that God' s love excludes no one: "There is not , never pillars of the Christian life: creed , liturgy, morality has been, and never will be a sing le human being for and spirituality. whom Christ did not suffer." (CCC 604, 605) Our 1 he fourfold sense of the boundstructure of our lessness of God' s Catechism of the The Catechism represents an effort to love is not based on Catholic Church some vague feeling, illustrates that two bring together the whole corpus of but on the revelation thousand years later of that love by the Catholic teaching, with a special we still do what the Father handing His first Christians did. emp hasis on the Second Vatican Council. beloved Son over to We devote ourselves death for us even to the teaching of when we were His the apostles (Part One: Profession of Faith), the com- enemies. What we believe shapes the horizons of our munal life (Part Three: Life in Christ), the breaking prayer , and prayer gives voice to our faith. of the bread (Part Two: Celebration of the Christian Paragrap h 604 directs us to CCC 1825, in the Mystery) and the prayers (Part Four: Christian third part of the Catechism. Here we are reminded Prayer). that , since Christ died out of love for us while we A fundamental challenge for all of us is the life- were still at enmity with God , so "the Lord asks us to long project of integration: to bring together what we love our enemies , to make ourselves the neighbor of believe, how we worship, how we live and how we those farthest away, and to love the childre n and poor pray. The "four pillars " of the Catechism are interre- as Christ himself."

What we believe and how we pray must also be lated , and can help us make the connections necessary to integrate faith and life. I will give an example expressed in how we live. A grudge held against someone who has wounded my pride , resentment of to illustrate this.

In speaking of prayer , CCC #2793 (Each para- new ethnic groups in my neighborhood , the volatile graph of the Catechism has a number.) tells us that issue of the death penalty — how different these look when we pray "our" Father, we bring before God all in the light of the Gospel. Making this connection those for whom he gave his beloved Son. "God's love should produce a salutary twinge the next time I so

easil y beg in to pray "Our Father..."

Each of the four parts of the Catechism begins by looking at the big picture and then zooms in on more specific Father material. Part One Milton T. Walsh considers first the basic dynamics of faith , and then review s the twelve articles of the Apostles ' Creed. Part Two looks at the liturg ical life of the Church , and then studies the seven sacraments.

Part Three considers our "life in the Spirit" and how this is shaped by the ten commandments. Finally, the place of prayer in Christian life is dealt with in Part Four, with a reflection on the seven petitions in that model of all Christian prayer , the Our Father.

The Catechism represents an effort to bring together the whole corpus of Catholic teaching, with a special emphasis on the Second Vatican Council.

Keeping in mind the four pillars of the infant Church and how they are mutuall y supportive helps us to see the Catechism not as a kind of Catholic Almanac , but as an incentive to feed our prayer with our faith , and express what we believe in the way we live.

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

The Catholic Diff erence

Revisiting 'The Song of Bernadette' A few months ago, facing a 15-hour flight from they been caught , they would have been immediatel y Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia , I called a friend , a sent to a concentration camp or shot.

As they fled south with history 's noose tightendistinguished literary critic , and asked, "What are the big great novels you think 1 haven 't read?" Without ing around them, they found refuge in Lourdes . The missing a beat , he rep lied , "1 bet you 've never read The Werfels stayed there for five weeks , and while they Forty Days of Musa Dagh ." I admitted that 1 didn ' t tried to arrange an illegal border crossing into Spain , even know who had written it. "Franz Werfel," came Franz Werfel became fascinated by the story of the response, "one of the most underrated writers of Bernadette Soubirous , the apparitions of Our Lady at the 20th century."

Lourdes, and the miraculous cures at the spring there.

I got through Werfel was a or so of pages 650 worldl y man , not What struck me most about WerfeVs craft accustomed Musa Dagh on the to displays of piety. Yet flig ht and finished was how deep ly this Jewish writer, who novel in he found himself at the 's dney; it a terrifthe spring of Sy had long been interested in Catholicism Lourdes , drinking ic read , a gripp ing the water and pray evocation of the ter- but never converted , had entered into the ing for a miracle of rors of Catholicism' s sacramental imagination genocide liberation.

Armenian Let Franz during World War I Werfel himself conand a finel y-etched about the world. tinue the tale: "One stud y of character. I , day in my great diswas so impressed in fact, that I decided lo try another Werfel and had a tress I made a vow. I vowed that if I escaped from this go at The Song of Bernadette for the first time since desperate situation and reached the saving shores of the seventh or eig hth grade. Reading it reminded me America, I would put off all other tasks and sing, as why everyone should have the opportunity to Te- best I could , the song of Bernadette ." Helped by an encounter, as an adult , books one was required to American Quaker named Vivian Fry, who came to France on a daring mission to save European artists read as a teen-ager.

The story of how this novel of Lourdes came to from Hitler 's clutches, the Werfels did escape, crossbe written is something of a miracle itself. Franz ing the Pyrenees on foot and eventually making their Werfel , an outspoken anti-Nazi , had left Vienna for way from Nazi-occup ied Europe to California. There , Paris when Austria was incorporated into the Third in Los Angeles , Werfel finished The Song of Reich. As the German Army approached Paris in Bernadette , which became a best-seller and an 1940, Werfel and his wife , Alma Mahler, desperately Academy Award-winning film.

What struck me most about Werfel's craft was how tried to get to the United States through Spain and Portugal. They had neither passports nor visas; had deeply this Jewish writer, who had long been interested

in Catholicism but never converted , had entered into Catholicism 's sacramental imagination about the world. For all its unsparing depiction George Weigel of the poverty of the French Pyrenees , the pettiness of local officialdom, the skepticism and institutional-mindedness of local churchmen , The Song of Bernadette is shot through with a sense of the extraordinary that lies on the far side of the ordinary, revealing itself through the simplest things.

Here is Werfel on what Bernadette broug ht to the people of Lourdes: "By the favor of incomprehensible powers , Bernadette Soubirous had performed a greater miracle than the discovery of a spring. Without her knowled ge or desire Bernadette communicated to the downtrodden something of that compassionate consolation which flooded her being whenever she saw the lady again. Inexplicably she transferred to masses of men a portion in the heaven of her love.

Through Bernadette 's mediation they began to feel that behind the forms and words and rites used by the clergy there lay not a vague possibility but an almost tangible reality. No more were mortal need and sorrow mere granite loads to be dragged from meaningless birth to equally meaningless death. The granite had grown, porous and strangel y light."

Pious sentimentality ? Or the truth of the world?

Franz Werfel thought it was the tatter . He was right.

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

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SCRIPTURE & LITURGY A season for 'old-timers' and 'newcomers' Here we are in the Church' s "sacred springtime."

With Ash Wednesday, February 28th , we began our annual celebration of the meaning of Christ 's death and resurrection for the Churc h in the modern world.

What we are used to celebrating each Sunday of the year , we celebrate more intensel y on this protracted three-part period of time: Lent (February 28-April 12), the Triduum (Apri l 12 - April 15), and the fifty days of Easter (April 15 - June 3).

We observe this sacred time by putting two groups together and allowing them to play off each other and to pray with each other: the "old timers ," those who have already been initiated into the Church and who plan to renew their commitment to Church at Easter; and the "newcomers ," the elect , those who will be initiated at the Easter Vigil (April 14).

The Church hopes that the first group will come together more completel y, heal divisions , seek reconciliation on every level, and reach out to the crying needs of the world. In other words , the Churc h wishes this group to be a genuine community prepared to initiate new members who will find a home with them.

The second group begins its final days of preparation for the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil and its final formation in the "new way" during Eastertime.

Local Parishes will send these people to the Rite of Election at the Cathedral of St. Mary (1st Sunday of Lent), will pray for and with them at the scrutinies (3rd , 4th , and 5th Sundays of Lent), initiate them at the Easter Vigil , and continue to form them during the fifty day s of Easter.

When this celebration is whole-hearted and interac tive , parishes bloom and bear fruit before our very eyes, the blood dances; the juices flow; seemingl y old dogs learn new tricks; the "last " teach the "first " winter is over; Springtime rules.

For the Scripture chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy of the Word , Springtime will occur onl y if we allow the

First Sunday of Lent Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13.

Father David M. Pettingill Word to identify us with God's People and the victory God accomplished in Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy, a long homil y placed on the li ps of Moses by the author, would have each generation of believers identif y with the foundational event in the life of Israel. When they bring the first fruits of their harvests from the land God gave them , they are to confess their communion with the saving event: "He (God) broug ht us out of Egypt with his strong hand and outstretched arm , with terrif ying power, with signs and wonders; and bringing us into this country, he gave us this land flowing with milk and honey." Like the first hearers of this word , we confess our communion with the completed "exodus " (Luke 9:31) of Jesus the Lord and share in its power to form us at Sunday liturgy.

So powerful is our Eucharistic prayer, our confession of what God has done for us in Christ, that we are saved, gathered, and enriched. Let Romans persuade us: '"The

Indeed the Word that we hear,

welcome, and confess in Eucharistic p raise is so powe rful

that we can defeat the withering attack of the forces of evil and

stay united as God's Peop le.

word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart ' — that is, the word of faith we preach - for, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.... For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him."

Indeed the Word th at we hear, welcome, and confess in Eucharistic praise is so powerfu l- that we can defeat the withering attack of the forces of evil and stay united as God's People. Thus Luke presents Jesus as the faithful Israel. As Israel spent forty years in the desert being tempted all the while , so Jesus spends forty days in the desert because Luke condenses Jesus ' lifetime of temptations into this time frame to make us think of Israel: The temptations which confront Jesus are the ones Israel encountere d and failed to resist. Armed with the Word of God , Jesus defeats these temptations and becomes the founder of the renew ed Israel of God. Please notice that each response of Jesus quotes the Book of Deuteronomy: " One does not live on bread alone." (8:3); "The Lord , your God , shall you worshi p and him alone shal l you serve. ' " (6:13); "You shall not put the Lord , your God, to the test." (6:16) There we have it: the Word we welcome overcomes centrifugal force and gathers us , identifies us with the saving event God has accomp lished , and equips us to initiate new members.

Sounds like Springtime again!

Questions for Small Communities of Faith 1. How can we get to know our parish elect, who will be initiated at the Easter Vigil?

2. How can we assume our responsibility for their formation?

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

Triduum: Unified , three-day liturgy We should glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ , for he is our salvation , our life and our resurrection; throug h him we are saved and made free."

This beautiful antiphon from the Mass of the Lord 's Supper on Holy Thursday guides our parish Triduum planning. Triduum is one liturgy that lasts-fo r three days: Good Friday, Holy Satu rday and Easter Sunday.

The three days are counted according to the Jewish pattern of beg inning the feast the evening before . So the first day is Holy Thursday evening to Good Friday evening. The second , Good Friday evening until Holy Saturday evening. The third day begins with the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night and lasts until the festive Evening Prayer of Easter Sunday.

Triduum: the three days.

This one, unified, three-day-long-liturgy celebrates the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ: the anniversary of the events of his dying and rising. Triduum also celebrates the dying and rising of Christ now, in the year 2001, in human hearts and lives all over the world. The three days also embrace our own dying and rising with Christ in our lives as disciples , who struggle to follow in his footsteps day by day. Keeping this profound reality before our eyes in a special way are the catechumens of our parishes , whose journeys of faith and conversion we are privileged to share .

Preparing the parish's celebration of these days is a joy ¦— and hard work! My last column discussed some question s our parish liturgy committee is grappling with. One more question for Holy Thursday: the altar of repose.

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND Our pastor reminded us that the procession is to actuall y go some place. That is, to carry the Blessed Sacrament devoutl y to another location outside the main bod y of the church. Since we do not have a separate chapel , we are creating one in the parish hall next door.

There is plenty of room for everyone to come and to take part (even for a few moments) in the adoration until midni ght.

Good Friday: the prostration on the ground that the pastor and all ministers make at the beginning of the liturgy is extremely moving. It lasts for as long as it

takes for everyone to enter deepl y and wholeheartedl y into the mystery of Christ 's dying and rising. We are taking special care this year to invite everyone in the parish to pray prostrate at home sometime before coming to the liturgy.

This is not a posture any of us is used to! But on Good Friday we hope that many will take this invitation an enter into this difficult, powerful posture of prayer in union with Christ , crucified and risen.

And just as we asked parishioners on Hol y Thursday to wear sandals so that they might have their feet washed (and wash each other 's feet), so we invited them to come on Good Friday with those same bare feet in sandals. Why? Our pastor told us that it is suggested for bishops celebrating the liturgy of Good Friday to take ' off their shoes when they come to venerate the cross. So last year, our pastor and all ministers did so. What a striking example of prayerful humility before the saving cross.

This year everyone who wishes is invited to do the same.

As the great three days draw near let us pray for each other that this intense celebration of the Paschal Mystery will bring us ever closer to our glorified and risen Lord .

Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminarv, Menlo Park.

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Love of enemy as the test of orthodoxy In a recent issue of America magazine, John Christian orthodoxy mi ght look different from what Donahue makes this comment: "Virtuall y no Christian the conservatives do, since liberals aren ' t much into group has adopted Jesus ' teaching on love of enemy as accusing others of heresy. the critical test of orthodoxy. Yet Jesus issues four But in terms of attitude , there is little to choose ring ing commands: love your enemies; do good to between the left and the rig ht. Both are highl y selecthose who hate you; bless those who curse you; pray tive and exclusive as to whom they define as actuall y for those who mistreat you." living the Gospel. There is more commonality That remark deserves to be highli ghted , especial- between liberals and conservatives than first meets ly at a time when Christian circles are so painfull y the eye. polarized and so many individuals and groups , from Sadly, what is loo common to both circles is both the left and the right , are try ing to impose on oth- anger, accusation , a giving back in kind , and a not-soers their own view of what constitutes a true Christian, subtle hatred of those who hold h< a different view. What For example, within one sees too little of conservative circles (both in terms of actual there is . . . in terms o f attitude, there is the perennial practice as well as in of any kind of theitch to draw very hard little to choose between the left and terms oretical enshrinement of and clear lines as it as the guiding princiregards what constitutes the rig ht. Both are hig hly selective a genuine following of ple for Christian orthodoxy) is love of enemy, Christ. Some people are and exclusive as to whom they forgiveness , and comdefined as real Christians and others are define as actually living the Gosp el. passion.

One might also deemed to be in heresy, mention that very little in error, or lacking in some essential of the faith. Some are seen as "in " and humor emanates from either circle. What conservatives and liberals share today is a certain grandiosity others are seen as "out." " ' "out " is generally which make s them both believe that their causes are so But who's "in and who s judged along these lines: intellectual adherence to a cosmic and serious that all humor and playfulness are very clearly defined set of creedal statements (about ex officio excluded. Thank God , both still drink wine; Jesus and the church); acceptance of a number of at least we haven 't abandoned Jesus on this! moral precepts to do with churchgoing, prayer , and All of this can be said without in any way deniprivate morality; and , in the neo-conservatism of many grating the critical importance of the issues that liberof today 's young, a reemphasis on canon law and als and conservatives put so much energy into defending. The ri ght is right in defending the importance of rubrics as a test of one 's Catholicity. , , despite their protests are generalLiberal circles proper dogma and private morality, just as the left is ly no less dogmatic. For them, the critical test of what correct in singling out justice as a central piece in defines who 's "in" and who ' s, "out" generall y has to do Jesus ' message. These things aren 't politically correct with social justice. Those who try to live the Gospel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they are correct. demand for justice are understood as true followers of Jesus, as we know, makes both priv ate morality Jesus; the rest are seen as caught up in a distracting and social justice nonnegotiable. Neither may be piety. How they apply this as the litmus test for downplayed. Likewise, as history has painfull y taught

us, bad dogma invariably makes for bad reli gion , and intellectual heresies all too often become viral heresies that infect real life in bad ways.

There is need for Father some clear and definRon Rolheiser ing lines.

But in the end , the acid test for Christian orthodoxy is something else , something more demanding, and something that lies closer to the heart of what is most unique and novel within Jesus, namely, his call to love our enemies, to not give back in kind , to wish good and do good to those who are unkind to us.

That is also the message that comes through in Jesus ' death and resurrection. What is revealed in Jesus ' death and resurrection ? A number of things: God can be trusted , God delivers on hope , what's dead can be redeemed , dead bodies can come back from the grave (even physically), and God' s patience and love are infinite ahd outlast all else. All of that , the vindication of ancient hope , is revealed in Jesus ' dy ing and rising.

But the resurrection also has a startling new message. Because God can be absolutel y trusted to love and redeem us , we need to love and forg ive our enemies. We may not give back in kind , but must love those who hate us , bless those who curse us, and do good to those who do bad to us.

To love one 's enemy is the acid test of who 's a Christian and who isn ' t. Everything else is an old tape , simply rep laying itself over and over.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theologian teacher and award-winning author, sen>es in Rome as general councilor for Canada for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Guest Commentary

Celebrating Gluttony - or the Tangerine I was searching for a contemporary image of the vitamin C, the B vitamins , magnesium , and zinc. relationship between Christian fasting and health During stressful periods , you don 't want food setting when I found its antithesis in a current television com- in your stomach for long periods of time. So try to mercial. I entitle the ad "celebrating gluttony." It avoid large meals or foods laden with fats such as depicts a health professional, who is, it appears, "on burgers and fries. Instead , stick to smaller meals conduty " or "on call" at a health care facility. He is taining fresh vegetables, fruits and grains. They help devouring in ravenous , lion-like chomp s an over-sized sustain energy, are typically high in important nutri burger. Between chomps , he mumbles with his mouth ents and don 't load you down. It 's also important to full , a habit my Mom said note (hat a lack of iron is was very impolite , a garthe most common nutribled "Don 't bother me, I' m Sharing your food and self tional deficiency in the eating. " country. The best food This commercial with the hungry and those you sources of iron include red offends but is instructive on meat , dark green leafy at least th ree levels. First, a can enliy en with a word . vegetables and iron fortihealth care professional on fied cereals. "bothered" Third , duty is present precisely to be and to treat the ad offends by portr aying a person who and care for the sick and the dy ing. Eating is not a pri- lacks the reverence, presence , and shared intimacy that ority in clinical settings. Second, the image of a health are the foundations of any meal. "Don ' t bother me, care professional promoting fast food is not accept- I'm eating" seems like a line someone 's dog might able. Most of us are aware that fast food is fat food. A utter while munching its Kibble and Bits. In uttering fast food meal of a large burger and fries derives 40 this single line any vestige of the ancient and multipercent or more of its calories from fat. These foods cultural spirit of hospitality is destroyed. Hospitality is the welcoming of self and/or another and the sharing, are usually also high in sodium and low in fiber. or at least , the desire to share your meal as a sign of ift of the Real human nourishment involves the g sense of taste. Taste is one of the casualties in this TV solidarity and friendship.

The grace-filled opposite to this "celebration of scenario and in our fast paced world. Eating under conditions of pressure and stress , as may be inferred gluttony " is Thich Nhat Hanh 's "celebration of savorfrom this ad, the health care professional has little time ing the tangerine." During a conversation with a friend , Hanh notices that his friend , while thoroughly to taste the burger.

Stress can increase the need for such nutrients as engaged in conversation is absent-mindedly popping

sections of a tangerine into his mouth and swallowing them without really tasting them. Hanh tells his friend that "to be mindful is to live in the present moment Sister Mary and so when you eat Brian Kelber the tangerine, eat the tangerine ." Admire its color, smell its citrus frag rance, share a piece with someone.

The essence of true Christian fasting in today 's world, 1 believe , is sharing your food and your "self with the hungry and those you can enliven with a word or gesture . It springs from a person who having experienced Christ 's unconditional love has an inclusive heart and sees in the hungry another who is unconditionally loved by Christ.

Gratitude is the heart of love. Let us offer a prayer of gratitude as we prepare to savor the tangerine.

Mercy Sister Mary Brian Kelber, DNSc. an associate professor in the University of San Francisco 's School of Nursing, holds a doctorate in Nursing Science. Her areas of special interest are bio-ethics and health policy, and leading retreats/workshops for contemporary women.

Sister Brian may be reached at (415) 422-6394.

School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials, costs, exact locations and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5545 or spl@att.net Preregistration is necessary for many programs.

Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org.

Through April 5, Thurs. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Lenten Series Journey to the New Age: The Lenten and Paschal Celebration in the Eastern Church with Father David Anderson , pastor, Eastern Catholic Mission of Ukiah , at St. Dominc part of the Tenderloin Reading Program, 5:30 - 6:30 Church Cafeteria , 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Parking available.

Leavenworth, SF, Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges@yahoo.com.

Through April 3, Tues. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Catholic Mora l Theology with Joan Desmond who holds a post-graduate degree in theology Social Justice/RespectLife Irom the John Paul II Institute in Washington , D.C. ¦ Marc h 31: Annual United for Life Dinner at the at Junipero Serra High School , 451 W. 20th Ave., United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave., and Sloat San Mateo.

Blvd., SF. Bishop John Wester and John Galten will Through April 4 , Wed. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: be presented with this year's Human Life Award.

Catholic Moral Theology with Michael Torre , The award will also go posthumously to the late associate professor of Philosophy at University of Bishop Mark Hurley. Tickets $35/ students $25. Call San Francisco. Strategies for Catechists with (415) 567-2293.

Jesuit Father Michael Barber, SPL Director , and Marc h 22 and the 22nd of each month: other SPL faculty. Both at Archbishop Riordan Respect Life Mass at 8:30 p.m. in the chapel of High School , 175 Phelan Ave., SF. Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, Parker Ave. Holy Hour each Fri. 1 - 2 p.m., National Shrine and Fulton , SF. Sponsored by the Respect Life of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo at Columbus, SF. program of the Archdiocese. All are invited. Call (415) 614-5572.

Retreats/Days of Recollection Inquire about the annual Respect Life Essay Contest. Students in grades one through 12 are VAtLOMBROSA CENTER invited to enter. Winners will be recognized at a spe250 Oak Grove Ave., Wlenlo Park. For fees, cial Mass on May 13 at St. Monica Church , San times and details about these and other offerFrancisco with Bishop John C. Wester presiding. ings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Call (415) 614-5572.

Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling counrevisiting of the scripture stories with well known tries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area retreat leaders , scholars and people of faith. What speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are about these tales? Are they true? Did they really available without charge to address parish groups happen? What implications do they have for the and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call Christian in the 21st century? March 11: Father William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or Thomas Madden, Ph.D., Vallombrosa director; welesher@aol.com.

April 8: San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester.

- JESUIT RETREAT HOUSEyEL RETIRO 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 948-4491.

March 9-11: The Ignatian Journey to God and the Vocation to Justice Today, a retre at for men and women of the legal profession with Jesuit Father Howard Gray.

March 23 - 25: Women at the Center of God's Mystery, a silent Lenten retreat for women with Jesuit Father Robert Scholia.

March 30 - April 1: The Dance of the Spirit, a ret reat for women with Judy Zolezzi and Jesuit Father James Hanley.

Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace. Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498.

March 17: The Excitement of Being Human: The Incarnation in Franciscan Spirituality, a Day of Recollection with Franciscan Father Barry Brunsman , retreat master at San Damiano Retreat House , Danville, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Povarello, 109 Golden Gate Ave., SF. $10 donation requested. Sponsored by St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization. Call (415) 621-3279.

— MERCY CENTER — 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 March 3: Lenten Day of Celebration through Prayer, Movement and Music with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan and Carta DeSola focusing on three Lenten Gospels retreatants will dance, journal, share. Bring bag lunch.

Shared Scripture blends Taize praye r, daily personal prayer and study of Hebrew and Christian bible texts , This session is a 10-week study of Paul's captivity letters to Philippians , Colossians, Ephesians. Meets Thurs. mornings. Facilitator is Sherron Sandrini.

3rd Sun: Salon, a monthly gathering of people in the second half of life to explore opportunities and challenges facing them using arts, literature and conversation. Facilitated by Sandi Peters.

Taize Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Motloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 Calfornia at Grant , SF. Call (415) 288-3809 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 323-7914.

3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., PortoSa Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

Young Adults Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692.

Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as

Prayer/Devotions/Lent

March 6: Lenten Mass and Simple Supper at St. Stephen Church , 601 Eucalyptus Dr. adjoining Stonestown Galleria, SFat 6:30 p.m. Father William Myers will preside assisted by Deacon Dan Rosen.

Sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco. Call (415) 977-1270, ext. 3003.

Marc h 7, 14, 21, 21, April 4: Father Francis Tiso, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Mill Valley presents a series of Lenten talks from 7:30 9 p.m. in parish School Downstairs Room next to church parking lot. Topics include Early Monastic Spirituality, The Great Triduum and St. Francis of Assisi. Call (415) 388-4190.

March 20 - 22: A Parish Lenten Journey at St. Isabella Parish, One Trinity Way, San Rafael at 7:30 p.m. Evenings will explore rela.ionships with God and God's influence and relevancy in life through all its stages. Call Mary Vessa at (415) 472-1462.

March 27: Maryknoll Missioners sponsor a oneday Lenten Retreat for reflection and dialogue on the shared Gospel mandate to participate in the Church's global mission. Nourish your spirituality, broaden your horizons, meet others involved in ministry, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Center, Oakland. Call Deacon Matt Dulka at (510) 481-9098 or mklsanfran@home.com.

2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Barr Church, 10:30 a.m. Includes talk by priest fro m Opus Dei with silent prayer and Reconciliation if desired. Followed by simple lunch in rectory. Call (415) 333-3627.

Take a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land without leaving the Archdiocese by visiting an ongoing exposition at St. John of God Parish, 5th Ave. and Irving, SF. Open M-F 1:30-5 p.m. and until 1 p.m. on Sundays. Their Web site address is www.sjog.org.

Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave., SF at 5:30 p.m.

Takes place on last Sun. of month. Call (415) 8637515.

Single, Divorced, Separated May 19: Once More With Love, a one-day workshop for those considering remarriage after the divorce or death of a spouse and for those entering marriage for the first time with someone who has been married before. Facilitators are Bobby CoyleHennessy and Larry Hennessy. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 334-9088.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information Are you or someone you know separated, divorced, widowed? For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521.

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, 50 Thomas More Way, SF meets on 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 334-9088 or e-mail stmchurch @ hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci . at (650) 583-6016 about upcoming social activities.

Feb. 24: Potluck at St. Thomas More Church; March 2: Taize Prayer at Mercy Center, Burlingame; March 10: Tour Irish pubs in SF. Meet at St. Thomas More Church, Brotherhood Way at Junipero Serra Blvd., SF; March 15: Jesuit FatheT Francis Buckley talks about reconciliation followed by individual confessions; March 17: SF Zoo.

Consolation Ministry Our Lady of Angels,. 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon.7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1stThurs., 9:30 -11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 697-7582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs. 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Call Eleanor and

Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 4 p.m. Call Siste r Esther at (415) 567-2020 , ext.

218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481.

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

Our Lady of Loretto, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, structured 8-week group meeting evenings or late afternoon. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171; St. Isabella, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, structured 6-week group meeting evenings. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732.

Vocations March 30 - April 1: Pray All Ways, a retreat for single women ages 22 - 45 at Presentation Center, Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Open to all seekers who know prayer is the deepest call of the human heart. Pray with the Sisters of the Presentation as you experience contemplation , praying with Scripture , with nature, with images , as well as meditation, Buddhist mindfulness prayer, spiritual direction, the cosmic walk prayer, and centering prayer. Treat yourself to a quiet weekend that will mine the riches of your own reflection. No fee.

Donations only. RSVP to Siste r Monica Miller, RB.V.M. by Monday, March 23' at (415) 751-0406 , ext. 22 or mmiller@pbvmsf.org.

April 11 - 15: A Holy Week Discernment Retreat at Maryknoll's Los Altos facility for men ages 17 - 35 interested in becoming Catholic Missionary priests or brothers . A few days of prayer and silence to help determine where God is calling you. Call Father Manuel Mejia at (41 5) 921-1100 or mklsanfran@aol.com.

Lectures/ Classes/Radio-TV Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief " Sundays at 9 a.m. on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525.

Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM. "Mosaic ", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:30 a.m., KPIXChannel 5. "For Heaven's Sake" , a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests , 5 a.m.

3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4. Both shows are sometimes preempted or run at other times , please check listings. Produced by the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

March 3: The Veneration of the Mother of God in Orthodox Spirituality, a talk by Prof. Frank Kidner of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral and SF State University at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 10 a.m. March 1, 22, May 3: The Personal and the Covenant in Exodus and Isaiah with Larry Gordon of the Bay Area Organizing Committee in a series of talks on integrating personal and public life. Sponsored by the parish Intellectual Life - Continuing Studies Program. Call (415) 567-7824.

March 7: The Growing New Food Movement Bad News and Good News, a talk by Claire Hope Cummings from noon - 1:30 p.m. in the Creekside Room of Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. From mad cow disease to organic farming the lecture will cover how food and farming practices have become a concern for consumers. Admission free. Call (415) 485-3239.

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March 3: Crab Bash benefiting vocations at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish Hall, Funston and Judah St., SF. Sponsored by Serra Club of the Golden gate. Menu includes cracked crab, pasta, salad, dessert , and wine or soft drinks. Call Cecil Casey at (415) 221-9668.

March 4: "Journey Into Egypt", a fashion show and luncheon at Foster City's Crowne Plaza Hotel sponsored by the Mothers' Auxiliary of Junipero Serra High School. A great time for all including Dads! Cocktails at 11 a.m.; luncheon at noon. For tickets and info Pam Lechleitner at (650) 738-2153 or Kathy Nagle at (650) 355-8721.

March 10: Spring Getaway, a benefit luncheon and fashion show at Peacock Gap Country Club, San Rafael sponsored by St. Vincent's School for Boys Women 's Auxiliary. Cocktails at 11:30 a.m. with luncheon at and fashion show beginning at 12:30 p.m. Tickets $35. Call (415) 892-3257 or (415) 507-2000.

March 11: Si. Paddy's Day Buffet and Drawing at Junipero Serra High School, 451 West 20th Ave., San Mateo. Cocktails and buffet from 3 - 5 p.m. Call (650) 345-8207 for tickets and info.

March 2 and most 1st Fri.: Join the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a meal beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church , Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Members $5/non-members $8. March 2

speaker is Father Cyril O'Sullivan, parochial vicar, St. Isabella parish, San Rafael. April 6 speaker is Paula Freschi Kamena, District Attorney for Marin County. Call (415) 461-0704.

March 17: St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Star of the Sea Church, Geary Blvd. and 8th Ave., SF. Social at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and dancing to the music o( the "Over Commitments" from 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 per family, $25 per couple, $15 per person.

Tickets include two beverage coupons. Sponsored by the parish Parent Club and Holy Name Society.

Call (415) 751-0450.

May 21-22: Reno Fun Trip sponsored by St, Thomas More Church. Call Nancy at (415) 3332798.

3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bingo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St., SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m.

Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177.

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641.

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

Reunions March 10: Golden Alumni Reunion for graduates of University of San Francisco classes '51, '31, '36, '41, '46. Call (415) 422-2646.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

March 3: Concert at St. Finn Barr Churc h, 415 Edna St. just off Monterey Blvd., SF featuring the young voice of Edwin Chow and the 3 Fil Am Tenors at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15. Call (415) 333-3627.

March 4: Maggi Pierce, master storyteller and Belfast native performs An Evening of Conviviality with songs, recitations and poems at 7:30 p.m. at Creekside Room of Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Ave., Sa Rafael. Tickets $8.

Call (415) 485-3239.

24: 18, 23, March 16, 17, "Somewhere...Together: A Decade of Tri-School Musicals", a walk through the music fro m shows performed together by Junipero Serra, Notre Dame and Mercy, Burlingame high schools. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. for all performances except Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. Call (650) 345-8207, ext. 560 for tickets and information.

Sundays in March: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral feat uring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF.Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213.

Sundays in March: Concerts at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

Volunteer Opportunities San Mateo County's Crisis Hotline is in need of volunteers to help answer the 24-hour phone service. Hours are flexible and training is provided. Call Charlene Stewart at (650) 365-6147.

SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext. 2422.

Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265.

California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons , needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

Maryknoll Affiliates: The Bay Are a Chapter meets on 3rd Sat. for two hours at Maryknoll House, 2555 Webster St., SF to share community, prayer and action on social justice and global concerns.

Members occasionally do short periods of mission service around the world with Maryknoll. Call Marie Wren at (415) 331-9139 or mwren48026@aol.com.

St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization, needs volunteers to help with their 20 year old tradition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to their Tenderloin neighbors. Call (415) 621-3279.

Maryknoll Affiliates: Bay Area chapter meets 3rd Sat. for two hours at Maryknoll House , 2555 Webster St., SF to share community, prayer , and action on social justice and global concerns.

Members occasionally do short periods of mission service around the world at Maryknoll missions. Call 331-9139 or (415) at Marie Wre n mwren48026@aol.com.

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CapsuleFilm Reviews

Wh y Reli gion Matters : The Faith Of The Human Spirit In An Age Of Disbelief , by Huston Smith.

HarperCollins Publishers (San Francisco, 2001). 290 pp. $25

"Down to Earth" Stale remake has an aspiring comedian (Chris Rock) die prematurely, followed by inept angel (Eugene Levy) placing him in the bod y of an elderl y millionaire who has just been bumped off by his wife and her lover. Dire cted by brothers Chris and Paul Weilz, the romantic comedy is a poor rewrite that uses the race issue for cheap laughs. Some sexual references and fleeting profanity with recurring crass language.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"The Price of Milk" Offbeat New Zealand fairy tale about a happ ily engaged couple (Danielle Cormack and Karl Urban) living on a dairy farm whose id y llic lives are disrupted when they come into contact with a strange Maori woman (Rangi Motu) who steals things for retribution. Set against magnificent rural landscapes , writer-director Harry Sinclair 's sophomore feature examines the boundaries of relationships and the theme of entitlement with surre al happenings and an eccentric wit.

A live-in relationshi p, brief drug use, some sexual innuendo and fleeting nudity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned.

"Recess: School's Out" Innocuous animated movie about six elementary school youngsters who foil the plans of a bitter former princi pal (voice of James Woods) to wipe out summer vacation.

Based on the TV cartoon show, directo r Chuck Sheet z 's film feels like an extended series episode with flat animation and a flimsy narrative. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-l — general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G — general audiences.

"Sweet November" Strained romantic remake in which a free-spirited young woman (Charlize Theron) takes in a different man every month, her latest being Keanu Reeves, who falls in love with her but soon discovers the sad secret behind her brief romances. The drama 's slack story line is barely engaging and, though treated offhandedly, the film 's subtext of promiscuity is unsettling. A few sexual encounters with fleeting nudity, brief profanity and some crass language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III — adults.

Reviewed b y Mark Lombard The importance and contribution s of science in our lives cannot be underestimated.

And yet , breakthroug hs in medical researc h , technological advances and our understanding of the physical world and universe have had unintended and profound consequences that threaten our humanity.

That is the assertion of Huston Smith , internationally known scholar in the field of reli gious studies and author of the best-selling book , "The World' s Reli gions."

In his most recent work , "Wh y Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief ," Smith challenges Western society at large in a critique that takes aim at — among other targets — modernism , postmodernism, naturalism , secularism, relat ivism and determinism.

In the book 's well-reasoned , compelling first part, he traces history 's traditional , modern and postmodern periods , hi ghli ghting the achievements and deficiencies of each.

While noting the modern era 's successes in advancing democratic and personal freedoms, ecological awareness and scientific , and technolog ical breakthroug hs, Smith argues that humankind has afflicted itself with tunnel vision , a blindness that is leading it in the 21st century to a purposeless, valueless , ego-dominated, individualistic , disoriented , deconstructed , disconnected existence.

He describes the tunnel that has been constructed with scientism as its foundation , higher education and the law as its walls and the media as its roof , all working to marginalize and trivialize the role reli gion plays in the life of the culture.

Smith offers a withering criticism of scientism (as distinct from modern science) as a worldview that presents its base assumptions — "first , that science is our best window onto the world and , second , that matter is the foundation of everything, that exists " — as facts, thereby diminishing other worldviews of traditional religions.

"Science has erased transcendence from our reality map," Smith writes. "We have turned science into a sacred cow and are suffering the consequences idolatry invariable exacts."

In part two, "The Light at the Tunnel' s End ," Smith

appeals for intensif y ing a dialogue between the sacred, faith-oriented world and the profane , mundane world , noting that "science can prove nothing about God , because God lies outside its province ."

If humankind is trul y interested in an accurate description of reality and a search for the truth about existence , then "binocular vision " which accepts both religious and secular perspectives is necessary, he says. "The gulf that separates this faith-oriented projection of religion 's f uture f rom the worldly one that was described is vast; but we live in the universe, so in some way we must try lo bring the two together."

While he is most effective in identifying the problem and in pointing society in the ri ght direction , Smith is less successful in indicating how science will "share the knowledge project equitably with other ways of knowing." He does suggest that scientists and "religionists " need to stick to their own disciplines , unless it is to correct oversteps of the other, and the creation of an organization or organizations lo watch and report when and "where science modulates into scientism."

"Why Reli gion Matters" ultimately offers the reader what Smith 's lifework has attempte d to reveal — the existence of the transcendent and the importance of its ''forgotten I ruth" in modern society.

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By Gerri Pare Catholic News Service The travails of the Kenned y wives are on disp lay in "Jackie , Ethel and Joan : Women' of Camelot ," airing in two parts on Sunday and Monday, March 4 and 5, 9-11 p.m. on NBC, KRON Channel 4.

Based on J. Rand y Taraborreili's same-titled best seller, the miniseries covers Jack's courtship of Jackie to Ted 's failed presidential bid in 1980.

The political triump hs and personal tragedies will be familiar to most Americans , but the gossipy tone of the entire production cheapens the portrai t of the characters it portrays.

There are compensating factors, however. The production values are superior , with settings , costumes , hairsty les, makeup and props all making specific decades instantl y recognizable.

The large ensemble cast is serviceable as well , with Jill Hennessy a standout as Jackie. She manages to capture a fair portion of the former first lad y 's glamour , beauty and composure in the public arena. Joan (Leslie Stefanson) is also given sympathetic treatment , but Ethel (Lauren Holl y) is depicted as envious and overl y ambitious with seldom a good word for anyone. At one point , Ethel smugly asserts, "Joan 's an easy mark; who doesn 't like lo make her squirm?"

Jack (Daniel Hugh Kell y), Bobby (Robert Knepper) and Ted (Matt Letscher) are seen primaril y as faithless husbands to their loyal , long-suffering wives , who are reminded by Rose Kenned y (Charrmion King), "Great men have great flaws." As the family matriarch , Rose is often described as stingy, while patriarch Joe (Harve Presnell) is a puppet master whose dominance makes a career outside politics for any of his sons unthinkable.

As directed by Larry Shaw, any intellectual content is crowded oul by a wholl y emotional approach to the events covered. A brief scene in which Maril yn Monroe (Sarah LaFleur in an embarrassing portrayal ) first meets Bobby seems absurd . Long before the second part gets going, the miniseries has become a litany of spousal neglect and mistreatment by the Kennedy men. Part one concludes with a lraumati7.ed Jackie in a Dallas operating room beside the bloodied bod y of her husband.

The social issues of the day remain in the background but the script does convey the three women 's pain that no amount of being rich and famous could erase.

With a recurring theme of rampant infidelity, it 's not a good choice for youngsters.

"Beautiful" (2000) Drab comedy about a small-town Illinois girl (Minnie Driver) who dedicates herself to winning the Miss America beauty pageant as a means to escape her otherwise gloomy life. Overly long and dull , Sally Field's directorial debut fails to make any relevant statements about society 's fixation on ph ysical beauty while rewarding selfish actions with an implausible ending , Implied promiscuity resulting in an illegitimate birth , an instance of rough language and fleeting profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-UI — adults. The Motion Picture Association of" America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inapprop riate for children under 13. (Columbia TriStar) "Bedazzled" (2000) Mediocre comedy in which a sociall y inept computer technician (Brendan Fraser) sells his soul to the devil

(Elizabeth Hurley) in exchange for seven wishes to win the love of his beautiful co-worker (Frances O'Connor), but the wishes don 't turn out quite the way he intended. Althoug h the twists on the requests are cleverl y conceived , director Harold Ramis ' tiresome film emphasizes makeup and costuming more than humorous substance. Some drug content, brief comicall y intended violence and homosexual innuendo, occasional sex-related humor and a few instances of crass language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strong ly cautioned.

"Butterfly " (2000) Moving drama set in 1936 Spain just before the eruption of the Civil War about an extraordinary relationshi p between a shy, young boy (Manuel Lozano) and his compassionate and liberal school teacher (Fernando FernanGomez). Director Jose Luis Cuerda 's intelli gent film aptly captures coming-of-age moments in a boy 's life as the tension of pre-fascist Spain subtly fuels the film 's momentum.

One fairl y vivid sexual encounter with rear nudity and fleeting crass language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted.

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Pare is director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

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"America 1900" (1998) Documentary surveying the optimistic state of the union a century ago when such inventions as the telephone, electric light, phonograph, motion picture, indoor plumbing and automobile buoyed American confidence in the future. Narrator David McCullough then crisply recalls the 1900 presidential campaign and such issues such as racial tensions, environmental problems and our role as a world power, problems which we still confront a century later. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II ¦— adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (PBS Home Video)

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Archbishop William J. Levada is interviewed b y host Tom Burke in the next install ment of Mosaic to be aired on KPIX , Channel 5 next Sunday, March 4, at 6 a.m. The program will repeat Sunday, March 11 at 2:30 am. Set your VCR' s . Actual airtimes may vary. Please contact KPIX programming department at 362- 5550.

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Registration will be at 8:15 a.m. in the McLaren Center at USF, 2130 Fulton Street , followed by the presentations and a question and answer session at 9 a.m. and lunch at noon.

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Director of Religious Education

We are looking for an experienced DRE to manage our religious education program for parish families , pre-k through adult, This person will also plan and manage the sacramental preparation programs for families preparing children for Baptism , First Reconciliation and First Eucharist. This position supervises the parish youth minister and confirmation program. In addition to supervising paid staff , candidate must be able to lead , inspire , and communicate with volunteers and parents as well as work collaboratively with a large parish staff.

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