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Clockwise from, the bottom lef t: U.S. Rep . Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, gi ving a public policy persp ective; Msg r. Jeremiah McCarthy on the theological imp lications; Dr. William B. Hurlbut offering a scientific view; the hand of a 21-week old unborn child reaches out to touch a surgeon 's hand.

Medical marvels, moral imperatives Searching f or answers to moral dilemma

Power of science, concern f or the p oor

"What does size have to do with it anyway?" Dr. William B. Hurlbut , said, his voice rising for the first time in a long and detailed description of the ethical issues and possibilities of medical breakthroughs in genetic research. Some people. Dr. Hurlbut said, shmg off the ethical issues of using microscopic human embryos as research tools b y saying: "What is it? It is so tiny." What , he asked in reply to his own question , is Earth , a planet so tiny in the context of the universe? And , referring to the embryo, he said , "We were all invisible. What are we to make of this? Wh at is developing life?" . . Dr. Hurlbut , a member of President Bush's Council on Bioethics , answered that ¦ question when he showed a slide from an operation on an unborn child. As the doctor was successfully completing the operation to repair a birth defect which wo uld have resulted in spina bifada , the 21-week old child reached out his hand and touched the doctor 's finger. MORAL DILEMMA, page 15

The key issues in the debate over the "new genetics" are the use — and misuse — of power and a Gospel-based concern for the poor, moral theologian Msgr. Jeremiah J. McCarthy told the Archbishop Quinn Colloquium. "My point is to try and lay out for you a vision of how we see ourselves as human beings," said Msgr. McCarthy, author of the book "Medical Ethics: A Roman Catholic Perspective " and director of accreditation and institutional evaluation of the Association of Theological Schools in the * United States and Canada. Msgr. McCarthy began his presentation by citing the motto ol St. Vincent de Paul, taken from Jesus' words in St. Luke s Gospels: "The Lord has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor." He concluded by saying: HKauued in the list of the poor are our embryonic sisters and brothers." The prime moral question facing medical science is "the issue of power," Msgr. McCarthy said, and any discussion of power must also consider questions of justice, fairness and equity. "Health is a fundamental right, " he said, but that issue is often POWER OF SCIENCE, page 15

. Mass welcomes Anglican dialogue members

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Archbishop William J. Levada invites the people of the Archdiocese to join him in welcoming members of Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States to a Eucharistic celebration at St. Mary's Cathedral on March 16 at 5:30 p.m. As the Catholic co-chair- of the dialogue, Archbishop Levada hosted a three-day meeting of the dialogue group at Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park this week. The archbishop writes about the dialogue on Page 5.

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The Serra Club of San Mateo County recently commemorated its 50th anniversary with Mass and dinner at St. Matthew Parish. From left. Serra District Governor, Jim Shea; Reg ional Directo r, Diana Seixas; San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. We ster; Serra President Mike Felix; St. Matthew pastor, Msgr. James McKay.

Forgot to thank Jerry Portacio, dad of 6th grader , Matthew Hang, for his work on the Star of the Sea Elementary Web site that recentl y took hold on the Internet. The address again is www.starsf.net....My apologies to Denise Severi, Director of Events, at Notre Dame High School, Belmont who was not identified in a recent item in this column about a successful school fundraiser. Denise is mom of Stephanie McManus, a Notre Dame j unior, and Paul McManus, a Junipero Serra High School senior....It's happy 50th wedding anniversary at St. Anthony of Padua , Novato to parishioners Mary and Chet Stephens and Jackie and Mark Kriletich....AH hats off for Cas Norton, longtime helper of the Church as owner of San Mateo 's McCoy Church Goods. The St. Anne of the Sunset grad and forever mem-

ber of Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City, would have been 87 years old on March 4....Was treated to a look through the prism of age when I happily ran into Sajesian Father Armand Oliveri. The former pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish now serving as a parochial vicar at Corpus Christ! in the Excelsior said , "I' m still kicking and giad to be busy." The born in Italy and raised in North Beach priest will be 82 this month....Recently 50, and proud of it, is Carolyn Erbele, music director at St. Gabriel Parish. Happy birthday !... Fare well for a while to St. Gabe 's pastor, Father John Ryan who is sabbaticaling in Ireland just a coupla ' hours from his mom's home, where he says he'll spend weekends....Was glad for the chance to chat with longtime Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parishioner, Judy Sullivan. Jud y 's husband was Dan Sullivan, General Manager of the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese , who died 10 years ago. Their daughter, Debbie, is living in Los Angeles Their daug hte r, Patty, and her husband , Cliff Chase, live in St. Anne of the Sunset Parish. All hats off for Jud y 's mom, Patricia Quinn , also from OLMC and wellknown secretary of the parish St. Vincent de Paul conference, who died Feb. 17. Jud y is an RN/Case Manager at Redwood City's Sequoia Hospital....Holy Ghost Father Dermot Kavanagh drew laughter from worshippers at Holy Cross Cemetery 's first Saturday Mass with his tale about the young girl who gave him five dollars because she had overheard her dad say he was "a very poor preacher." Father Kavanagh is pastor of St. Dunstan Parish , MiIlbrae....A hemostat salute to St. Charles youth group, Charlies' Angels, for their efforts in a February blood drive at the San Carlos parish that drew more than 50 people. Members of the group were everywhere that day from registration to childcare to helping donors through their post-withdrawal nourishment. Thanks to parish music director , Claire Giovannetti, choir member, Donna Pfeifer, and the Italian Catholic Federation for supplying "delicious refreshments " said adult volunteer, Cathy Baird whose sons, Matt Karp and Jonathan Karp are members of the group... .Be sure to check Datebook for the many St. Patrick 's Day dinners and fun going on this weekend. Give a call and see if there's room. They all sound like a great way to celebrate the saint who once a year is everybody 's patron. Datebook has also become a spot for classmate round-up calls. Check it out to see if a reunion is in your future. Among those currentl y looking

Congrats to Mickey Hurley, a 1968 alum of St. Patrick Elementary who was honored as a Distinguished Graduate of the Larkspur school on Feb. 3. Mickey, a quadriplegic since a car accident in 1978, also comp leted studies at Marin Catholic High School and UC, Berkeley. His start-up company, Hurley Distributing, sets up and maintains high tech kiosks at airports and hotels. "Mickey Hurley has never comp lained about his disability or asked 'Why me?'," the school said, calling him " a true motivato r and leader in our local community. " Mickey continues to live in St. Patrick's with his mom, Mary. The family has been in the parish since 1956.

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By Jack Smith Responding to the diminished role apologetics has played in the life of the Church over the last few decades , Archbishop William Levada proposed "A New Apologetics for the New Millennium?" at the University of San Francisco, March 5. Archbishop Levada 's address was part of a St. Ignatius Institute/Catholic Studies lecture series intended to "further the dialogue between faith and culture" at the university and in the larger community according to Institute director Dr. Paul Murphy. Archbishop Levada chose a passage from 1Peter to define apologetics; "Always be ready to give an explanation (apologia) to anyone who asks for a reason (logos) for your hope." He recalled his school days, "back in the last century," when apologetics was a formal part of education from high school through graduate theology and Catholic life was peopled with many popular "practitioners of apologetics" such as G.K. Chesterton, Ronald Knox and Archbishop Fulton Sheen. In seeking to rediscover and reinvigorate the practice of apologetics, the Archbishop turned to "A History of Apologetics" written by Jesuit Cardinal Avery Dulles as a theology professor, shortl y after the Second Vatican Council. Cardinal Dulles explained that the "goals and methods of apologetics have frequentl y shifted" over time to respond to the "historical context " Catholics and other Christians find themselves in. "The earliest apologists were primarily concerned with obtaining civil toleration . . . to prove that Christians were not malefactors deserving the death penalty." Then apolog ists became less defensive, seeking to convert pagans and Jews and Muslims and eventually atheists, agnostics and religious indifferentists.

"Finally," Dulles explained , "apologists came to recognize that every Christian harbors with himself a secret infidel. At this point apologetics became, to some extent , a dialogue between the believer and the unbeliever in the heart of the Christian himself."

The apolog etic task , indeed the whole project of the new evangelization . . . depends on the Catholic faithful knowing their faith. ' Given this history, Archbishop Levada said, "it is surprising to find such a void in the area of apologetics in these past three and a half decades since Vatican II." But apologetics "is more urgent than ever," Archbishop Levada said, as Pope John Paul II illustrated in his encyclical "Faith and Reason." The pope explains many reasons for dialogue between faith and reason, "in view of the profound skepticism about truth that marks contemporary thought," Archbishop Levada said. "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth ," the Pope said. Archbishop Levada said that the encyclical represents "a challenge, especially to Catholic universities . . . to renew the perennial task of apologetics." Archbishop Levada believes that the disappearance of apologetics stems from the "convergence of several elements". These include dissatisfaction with an apologetics too exclusively focused on "rational arguments," ignoring that "the heart as well as the head must be taken into account ," he said. Among other rea-

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exclusion of religion and faith "from the public square" also make it difficult to "maintain the dial ogue," he said. Finally, the Second Vatican Council's adoption of "a less defensive posture toward the world" had its impact. In light of these circumstances, Archbishop Levada believes it is urgent to develop "a new apologetics." "Classic apologetics" deals with "the issues that arise at the intersection of faith and reason ," Archbishop Levada said, "a new apologetics for the new millennium also lies at the intersection between catechesis and evangelization." "The apologetic task , indeed the whole project of the new evangelization . . . depends on the Catholic faithful knowing their faith ," he said. The Catechism is crucial to this knowledge, providing "a comprehensive picture of the whole," and "a universal language of the faith" in an increasingly globalized world. A new apologetics must also provide a "convincing witness" to the "transforming message and power of the Gospel." It must address the Church's teachings on

peace and war, economic justice , human dignity, freedom and responsibility, and marriage and family life in an effort to build "a civilization of love" which is the best alternative to the "grim" realities of the 20th century, he said. "A new apologetic " will embody "four indispensable qualities " suggested by Pope John Paul to Canadian bishops in 1999, "clarity, humanity, confidence and prudence." In addition , Archbishop Levada endorsed Cardinal Francis George's call for a new apologetics which shows "respect and understanding of the positions of partners in dialogue . . . even if those partners are motivated by overt hatred for the Catholic church." Cardinal George said in a March 2000 lecture in St. Louis, "the most important conversation in the next hundred years will be between the two faith s that are growing most quickly in the post modern era, Islam and Catholicism. If we can come together without the defensiveness of the past and the blood shed of a thousand years, during which Islam was a great threat to Christendom, we may be able to envision together a world that will be a better home for the human race." To these reflections , Archbishop Levada added some suggestions for a successful new apologetic: It should focus on "a sacramental vision of the world that lets us recognize and value the beauty of creation as a foreshadowing of the new heavens and the new earth." Its credibility requires "the witness of our lives as believers who put our faith into practice by work for justice and charity." It will involve a "dialogue about the meaning and purpose of human freedom." It will encourage "dialogue with science and technology." NEW APOLOGETICS, page 8

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At ap artment window, pope greets faithfu ,l thanks them fo r p rayers VATICAN CITY — Speaking from his apartment window overlooking St. Peter 's Square, Pope John Paul II greeted thousands of visitors March 6 and thanked them for their prayers "for my quick recovery." The pope made no mention of the pain in his rig ht knee caused by arthrosis, which forced him to skip that day 's weekly general audience and to cancel several parish visits. When he came to his window, the pope summarized the talk he had prepared for the audience. Psalm 65, he said, "invites us not to stop with what the world promises, but rather to consider what the Creator promises the world." "It is with this sentiment that I exhort you to tnist always in divine providence, the source of peace and serenity," the pope said. The visitors had gathered earlier in the audience hall, where Vatican official s explained in seven languages that the pope, "following the advice of his personal physician," would not participate in the audience, but "is following our gathering on television. "

Bill would force hospitals to give contracep tion information

BALTIMORE—A bill that would require Catholic hospitals to provide information to rape victims about emergency contraceptives that can cause abortions has been introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates. The bill would require all Maryland hospitals , no matter their religious affiliation, to develop protocols for providing information about emergency contraceptives. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would have to approve the protocols. The Maryland Catholic Conference is opposing the measure on the grounds that emergency contraceptives sometimes prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum, which results in the destruction of a newly conceived life. The bill is supported by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, which has promoted similar legislation in other states.

Caritas warns of chronic poverty, asks p rotection of Europe 's poor OXFORD, England — A report by Caritas said poverty is growing in Europe and urged steps to protect weak and vulnerable social groups. "The collapse of the Soviet Union has resulted in the emergence of over 150 million 'new poor ' and prompted a redrawing of the development map," said a special report by Caritas Europe released in February. Based in Brussels, Caritas Europe is one of seven regional arms of Caritas Internationalis , an umbrella Catholic aid organization that represents relief and development agencies in more than 190 countries. The report said the highest proportion of European Union citizens living in poverty were in Italy (14.2 percent) and Britain (13.4 percent), both of which had higher relative poverty levels than Poland , Hungary and the Czech Republic. Throughout the European Union, women earn 52 percent of men's wages, suggesting a growing "feminization of poverty," the report said.

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CARACAS , Venezuela — The president of the Venezuelan bishops ' conference said the church' s criticism of President Hugo Chavez was not aimed at forcing Chavez to resign. Archbishop Baltazar Porras Cardoza of Merida met with Venezuelan Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin to clarify the church' s position. Afterward , Archbishop Porras said the bishops added their "moral support" to a social reform pact signed by the Venezuelan

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Virg inia priest sentenced for embezzling p arishfu nds

FAIRFAX, Va. — Father Salvator Ciullo, a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, received a five-year sentence for embezzling funds from two parishes, but the sentence was suspended on the condition the priest pay restitution and successfull y complete two years of supervised probation. Father Ciullo, 71 , has agreed to repay more than $1.1 million to the diocese. The priest had pleaded guilty in November to embezzling $240,000 from St. Raymond of Penafort Parish in Fairfax, where he was pastor from October 1997 to June 2000. After Father Ciullo was transferred from St. Raymond, a routine audit discovered "financial irregularities," Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington said. A subsequent audit "revealed that the amount of money misappropriated was much higher" than the amount cited in Father Ciullo's guilty plea, the bishop said.

Orthodox pat riarch meets with top U.S. Catholic leaders

WASHINGTON — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople expressed hopes that the international Catholic-Orthodox theological commission will get past its current impasse over the status of the "uniate" Eastern Catholic churches. Last November Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said that "the demand of the Orthodox churc hes to discuss and solve first the problem of 'uniatism ' before continuing with the agreed agenda of the dialogue has led to a dead end." Over past centuries Eastern Catholic churches were formed by Orthodox who broke from the Orthodox communion to restore unity with Rome. Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore said Catholic participants expressed appreciation to Patriarch Bartholomew for his participation at the recent meeting of world religious leaders to pray for peace in Assisi, Italy, for his statement on the events of Sept. 11 and for his work promoting joint Christian efforts in the Holy Land.

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French church criticizes treatment of ref ugees, asylum seekers

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It is hard to overestimate the dialogue group, ARCIC-IH, is co-chaired for the first time importance of this achievement, produced by a patient diaby two American bishops, the Right Reverend Frank logue beginning in 1968 and lasting into the early 1990's. Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the The Lambeth Conference, a meeting of all the Anglican U.S. for the Anglicans, and Archbishop Alex Brunett of bishops of the world every ten years, gave its approval of Seattle for the Catholics. ARCIC dialogues, begun in 1968, these statements as consonant with faith of the Anglican Communion. And Cardinal Edward Cassidy, then President have produced a truly remarkable record of achievement. of the Pontifical Our meeting of Council for Promoting ARC-USA this week Christian Unity, wrote will have as our princi- ' . . . our presence at each other's most (after the final pal focus of study the "Elucidations" were most recent "agreed solemn liturgical expression is a means received) that "the statement" of ARCIC: agreement reached on its 1999 report entitled of joining in a spiritual communion Eucharist and Ministry The Gift of Authority : Authority in the Church by ARCIC-I is thus greatly strengthened III. Representatives of which anticipates and renews our hope and no further study the Episcopal Church in would seem to be the U.S. and of the fo r the full exp ression of visible unity required at this stage." Roman Catholic It is worth noting here Church , the latter between our churches.' that the statement on through appointment ministry does not treat by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, meet for three days each the question of the ordination of women, a development spring and fall in an effort to pursue a common under- that began in some provinces of the Anglican Communion standing of our Christian faith, and to offer the fruit of our since the statements were well underway. dialogue to our respective churches as a means of facilitatAmong the other issues that ARCIC has produced ing the path to Church unity. agreed statements on in its second phase (ARCIC-U) are As a Roman Catholic Co-Chair of ARC-USA, it is my the following: "Salvation and the Church," "Church as happy duty to host this spring's meeting, to take up the Communion," "Life in Christ: Morals, Communion and the agenda scheduled for last September's meeting, cancelled Church," and of course the most recent "Gift of Authority." in the aftermath of the September 11 tragedy. Episcopal The successor commission (ARCIC-IU) has begun its work Co-Chair of the commission is the Bishop of Kentucky, the on the question of Mary and the Church. These statements Right Reverend Edwin Gulick. Bishop Barry Howe, provide an extraordinarily rich resource that can become a Episcopal Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, and Bishop part of the ongoing agenda in the search for unity in the John Dunne, Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New various countries of the world where there are significant York, are the other bishop members on the commission. numbers of Anglicans and Catholics. Several clergy and lay members fill out the roster, mostly The work on the question of Church authority is espetheological scholars from seminaries and universities. cially delicate, since this issue is at the heart of the diviOne of the functions of a "national" dialogue is to pro- sions that took place at the time of the Reformation. vide a bridge between the work of the international com- Although Anglicans, unlike most Protestant communities, mission and the lived experience of church life in the vari- retained the historic episcopate as part of its faith and pracous countries where Anglicans and Catholics live and work tice, they have been reluctant to acknowledge the role of side by side. Another is to help the authorities of the two the Pope as guarantor of the unity of faith and practice in communions in this country (and other places where such the Church. For the first time in the work of ARCIC on the national dialogue commissions exist) to express their issue of authority in the church, this third statement, "The agreement with the work of the international commission, Gift of Authority: Authority in the Church IH" takes up the or to offer suggestions for further refinement as that may be question of the primacy and infallibility of the Pope. needed. This is especially important in the Anglican While the work of scholars in crafting documents Communion, since the various national churches exercise that express our common understanding of faith in Ianauthority as "autonomous" provinces. 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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — As Catholic school officials and lobbyists await the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on vouchers, they are hardly biding their time. While they consider possible outcomes from the court decision , they 're also pushing several items affecting religious schools that will cross the desks of Capitol Hill legislators this year, including tuition tax credits , funding for students with special needs, continued funding for all federal programs that benefit religious schools and making sure that Cath olic school teachers can take part in a federal program to recruit and retain teachers. About 100 Catholic school representatives, hailing from state Catholic conferences , diocesan offices and Catholic school parent associations, brought these issues to their representatives and senators March 6 at the close of the four-day Congressional Advocacy Days , sponsored by the education department of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Prior to the day of lobbying, the participants spent a day going over key issues starting with their big hitter: voucher programs. Vouchers, long the subject of debate across the country, had their day in court Feb. 20, leaving the country 's top justices to determine their constitutionality in a Cleveland program. "Most likely, the court will say vouchers are constitutional ," Mark Chopko, USCCB general counsel, told the Catholic school representatives March 5. But no matter what the outcome is, he said he hopes the court sets clear guidelines for voucher programs so that in the future they will not face hurdles similar to those confronted by the Cleveland program,

which grants $2,250 tuition per year to a small percentage of low-income parents. Chopko said the court 's ruling will either exclude religious schools from voucher programs so that "schools know where they stand." Or it will set clear guidelines for them so that the court will not have to "evaluate each and every voucher case that comes up." As he sees it, the Cleveland voucher program stands a chance, not only because it provides neutral choices for its recipients and the scholarships are not given directly

mandated in the 1975 IDEA legislation has not made its way to Catholic school students because the legislation has "not been implemented properl y. " A major difficulty in obtaining these funds is first "overc oming the misperception that Catholic schools don't serve students with special needs," said Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl , chairman of the USCCB Committee on Education. "Clearly, we ' ve always dealt with disabilities. We need assistance to do it well," he added.

A top p riority is making sure that Catholic school students with learning or p hysical disabilities benefit from the upcoming reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. to schools, but also because the opposing counsel didn ' t answer many of the justices ' questions concerning all the options available in the Cleveland voucher program. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the decision in June and Chopko said his office will begin picking it apart in Jul y and August to determine its ramifications for Catholic schools. But in the meantime, Catholic school lobby ists have plenty of other items to keep them busy, including a top priority of making sure that students with learning or physical disabilities at Catholic schools will benefit from the upcoming reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Mary Ellen Russell, director of the Office for Catholic School Parental Rights Advocacy at the USCCB, told Catholic school representatives that the federal funding for special-needs students

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New ap olog etics.. . ¦ Continued from page 3 It will address the "moral dimension of public policy," and "offer persuasive reasons wh y the social teaching of the Church . .. makes infinite ly more sense than the neo-liberal economics that identifies success with creating more money in the hands of more rich peop le, while increasing n u m b e r s . . . are robbed of their human di gnity by being deprived of the opportunities of productive jobs to provide for their families. " It must take into account "the ecumenical and inter-

resources for evangelization that are available to no other group. " Archbishop Levada said that responding to the call for a new apologetics is not a "mission impossible " and he encouraged the university community to provide "leadershi p and expertise. " As patron saint of the "project for a new evangelization. " Archbishop Levada offered , "tentatively, " Blessed Frederic Ozanam , Saint Vincent de Paul Society founder and university professor. "Throug h his intercession ," Archbishop Levada prayed , "may the combination of such g ifts of intellectual clarity and witness to charity be the leaven for the new evangelization. "

Interreligious dialogue in aftermath of September 11 old and new? Are apologetics and dialogue compatible , or are they mutuall y exclusive? What underlies Kung's observation is the importance of relig ion in the make-up of culture . If we desire something other than the "clash of civilizations " a la Samuel Huntington , a true peace for the human family, then the contribution that reli gion makes to the many cultures of humanity will have to be on die side of peace. This is not necessari ly always the case, as histoiy will certainl y prove. But is religion - 1 mean religious conviction , a universal religion , a salvific religion - itself a cause of war and violence? This is the question that people ask themselves today, in the wake of 9/11. This question is also posed as a fact , especially by modern-day secularists and atheists , who lament that the Enli ghtenment has still not exorcised humanity of the superstitions of religion. The challenge is all the more keen when we look at the two monotheistic , universal religions of Islam and Christianity. Can real interreli gious dialogue take place without asking these reli gions to renounce their claim to possess the truth about God and man? To put their religious convictions on the same plane as those of any other reli gion , or of no reli gion , for that matter?

Archbishop Levada was orig inally scheduled to present his lecture, "A New Apologetics for the New Millennium " on September II. It was postponed due to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. On March 5 he offered the following postscript. What would I add to this talk , now that I review it in retrospect from the vantage point of almost 6 months after 9/11? The dialogue between and among the reli gions seems all the more urgent. Hans Kung 's two-decade-old observation has often been quoted during these months: "There can be no peace between nations unless there is a dialogue between religions." Cardinal George 's specification about Muslim-Catholic dialogue seems especiall y timel y in our present context. But what is the aim of such interreli gious dialogue? Is it the same as apologetics - to defend and explain , perhaps to persuade and convince , about the truth that one believes? Or is it different , perhaps: to listen and understand , to gain insight and sympathy about the world and its history, that great canvas upon which the God of us all is painting the living picture of creation,

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Missionaries of Charity Father Brian Kolodiejchuk pores over the letters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta and the reports of her spiritual directors, he is increasingly struck by the enormous difficulty of all she accomplished. The priest, who is in charge of preparing material for Mother Teresa's beatification, is not surprised by the effort it took to open houses for the dying, the sick and the homeless. The surprising aspect is how much she did despite feeling for years that God had abandoned her, he said. Her letters to her spiritual directors over the years are filled with references to "interior darkness , "

; to feeling unloved by God and even to the temptation ; to doubt that God exists. She wrote to her spiritual director in a 1959-60 spiritual diary, "In my soul, I feel just the terrible pain of loss, of God not wanting me, of God not being God, of God not really existing. " In another letter she wrote that she wanted to love God "like he has not been loved, " and yet she felt her love was not reciprocated. In the context of Mother Teresa's life, the thoughts are not heresy, but signs of holiness , Father Kolodiejchuk said in an interview. Mother Teresa was convinced God existed and had a plan for her life, even if she did not feel his presence, the priest said. "Everyone wants to share, to talk about things, to be encouraged by others," he said, but Mother Teresa, "hurting on the inside, kept smiling, kept working, kept being joy ful. "

In a 1961 letter to the Missionaries of Charity, she wrote , "Without suffering our work would j ust be social work.... All the desolation of poor people must be redeemed and we must share in it." Father Kolodiejchuk , a 45-year-old Canadian ordained in the Ukrainian-Byzantine rite, was among the first members of the Missionaries of Charity Fathers. Members of Mother Teresa's order often heard her refer to Sept. 10, 1946 , as "Inspiration Day," when on a train in India she experienced a call to live and work with the poor. Mother Teresahad described the call as "an order, a duty, an absolute certainty" that she must leave the Sisters of Loreto and move into the slums of Calcutta to devote herself completely to the poor. "We thought that in some way, which she never

A new stained-glass window of Mother Teresa in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. explained, she experienced Jesus' call, " Father Kolodiejchuk said. Now, from reading her correspondence with her spiritual director, he said, it is clear she experienced what theologians call an "interior imaginative locution " — she distinctly heard a voice in her head tell her what to do. "And it continued for some months, " he said. "The call was so direct that she knew it was the right thing despite this darkness she experienced for many years, at least until the 1970s ," the priest said. At one point , a former archbishop of Calcutta wanted to share some of her letterswith a struggling founder of anoth-

Father Kolodiejchuk answered. Several of the letters and diary entries were published last year in the 'Journal of Theological Reflection" of the Jesuit-run Vidyajyoti School of \ Theology in New Delhi. The investigations into Mother Teresa's faith life are not idle prying, the priest said.'Beatification and canonization are recognitions not of a person 's life work — which is obviously praiseworthy in Mother Teresa's case — but of holiness. While some people may be surprised or even shocked by Mother Teresa's spiritual struggles, he said he hopes it also will help them come to "a fuller and deeper appreciation of holiness, which Mother Teresa lived in a way both simple and profound: she Q took what Jesus gave with a smile and stayed faithful I even in the smallest things." I The feeling that God is far away or even nonex> U istent is a common spiritual experience, he said. Z < z "Maybe we won't have the same intensity of experi>• a go ences, but most of what she did was very ordinary — 33 it just became extraordinary when it was all put w " z u together, Father Kolodiej chuk said. Mother Teresadied in Calcutta in September 1997. In 1999, PopeJohn Paul II waived the rule requiring a five-year wait before a beatification process can begin. Although he works on the cause from 8 a.m. to ¦ 7 p.m. daily, Father Kolodiej chuk said he believes it will be "several months" before the Vatican formally recognizes that Mother Teresa heroically lived the Christian virtues and declares her venerable. He said work also is underway on preparing a report on the potential miracle needed for beatification: the 1998 cure of an Indian woman who had a huge, unidentified growth in her abdomen. "People do say, 'Do it faster,"' the priest said. But the official process takes time, he said. "It is designed to discern the sense of the people of God and the verification of the miracle is God's confirmation of that. "

Liturgical pioneer Father Godfrey Diekmaim dies bishops' conferences of the English-speakingworld collaborate in developing translations of liturgy texts, and served for many COLLEGEVILLE, Minn . (CNS) — Benedictine Father years on its advisory committee, He also was a founder and Godfrey Leo Diekmann , a world-renowned liturgist who member of the. International Consultation on English Texts, an p layed a major role in the Second Vatican Council's reform ecumenical effort to get English-speaking Christian churches of the liturgy, died Feb. 22 at the St. John 's Abbey retirement to use die same texts for the prayers they shared. He also was a center in Collegeville. He was 93longtime consultor to the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Liturgy. Father Diekmann had been an internationally recognized Father Diekmann stressed the profound bond between the figure in the liturgical movement since 1938, when he celebration of the Eucharist and the mission of die church to became editor of the leading U.S. journal of liturgical stud- serve others and work for peace and justice in the world. He ies, OrateFratres, later renamed Worship. witnessed it as well. He was present at. the Rev. Martin Luther A persistent advocate for using vernacular languages in Kingjr.'s "I have a dream" speech , and he participated in the the litu rgy and revising the church's sacramental rites, he 1965 marches in Selma, Ala., carrying a banner that read, was made a member of Vatican II's Preparatory Commission "Selma is in Minnesota, too. " on the Liturgy and took a lead role in drafting the council's A fellow Benedictine and former student who is a noted Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. theologian and ecumenist, Father Kilian McDonnell, founder He then served on the Consilium, the Vatican agency that of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. oversawthe implementation of the council's liturgical reforms. John 's, said, "He was, hands-down, the best teacher I ever He was involved in the founding of the International had. He knew his material and was so excited about his topic Commission on English in the Liturgy, through which the that he got students excited. He 'infected' you. " By Catholic News Service

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Church leaders call for Middle East cease-fire By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICANCITY (CNS) — During the worst violence between Palestinians and Israelis in 20 years, church leaders urged leaders of both sides to return immediately to the negotiation table and break the cycle of bloody attacks. Catholic institutions and parishes were caught in the crossfire of the violence, which left more than 100 Palestinians and 50 Israelis dead in the first 10 days of March. An Israeli missile hit the church-run Bethlehem University, and other shells struck a parish school in the city. At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II called for an immediate cease-fire and respect for international law in the embattled region. Speaking March 3, he said the news from Jerusalem had deeply saddened him. "The violence, death and reprisal can only push civilian populations , whether Israeli or Palestinian, toward desperation and hatred. May an immediate cease-fire, together with a renewed sense of humanity and the respect of international law, silence the weapons and allow peace to be heard in the region, " he said. On March 9, the heads of churches in Jerusalem issued a similar appeal in a letter titled, "A Call to All the People of the Holy Land. " It expressed deep concern over the spiraling violence and called on "everyone to take the appropriate measures to stop further massacres or tragedies for our two peoples. " Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah and the Franciscan custodian of the Holy Land, Father Giovanni Battistelli, were among the 13 signatories of the letter. "We deplore the increase of the injured people because of killing, shelling, bombarding and incursion. We ask: Is this the future that we all want for our children?" the church leaders said. The key to a just peace is in the hands of both the Israelis and Palestinians, they said. "War , shelling and destruction will not bring justice and security; rather it will intensif y hatred and bitterness, " said the

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letter. It called on Israel to stop using heavy weaponry and urged the Palestinians to end all violent response. At Bethlehem University on the night of March 8, an Israeli guided missile broke through a stone-clad reinforced concrete wall and blasted out windows on two floors, damaging two classrooms, said a press release from the university. No one was inj ured. The university rector, Christian Brother Vincent Malham , called for pressure to be put on Israel to withdraw its forces immediately from all Palestinian territories and called for international intervention to help the two sides return to the negotiating table. Bethlehem parish priest Franciscan Father Amjad Sabbara

said missiles also hit the parish school of St. Joseph and the house of one of his parishioners. No one was injured in either of the attacks, he said. "The situation is very bad, " said Father Sabbara as he waited with others on March 9 on their way to the funerals of four Palestinians killed in the Dehiyshe refugee camp in Bethlehem. "Blood is calling more blood and there is more hatred between the two nations. Now there will be the funeral of four people. We are asking the governments to give us real peace and replace hate with real love," he said. Israeli tanks rolled through the West Bank towns of Beit Jalla and Beit Sahour, forcing residents to remain indoors for MIDDLE EAST, page 15

Vote on abortion measure disappoints Irish bishops By Cian Molloy Catholic News Service DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) — The Irish bishops are disappointed at the narrow defeat of an abortion referendum, said a spokesmanfor the bishops' conference. The spokesman, Father Martin Clarke, told Catholic NewsService that Irish citizens missed an opportunity to tighten the country's abortion laws. "Obviously, we are disappointed, particularly as the result means that the constitutional protection of the unborn continues to be undermined by the 'X case' judgment," Father Clarke said, referring to the 1992 Irish Supreme Court case that allowed an abortion if a pregnant woman threatened suicide. The March 6 referendumincluded a measure to end the suicide provision, but the proposal was rejected by a margin of less than 1 percent. About 43 percent of the electorate voted, a figure Father Clarke called "disappointing." Before the election, some voters expressed confusion about the referendum 's wording. "If there had been a bigger turnout in rural areas particularly,the referendum would be carried. A lot of the bishops said in their pastoral letters that it would be wrong if the referendum was decided by a relatively small part of the population because of a low turnout, " he said. The referendum result revealed an urban-

rural divide, with voters in urban areas more likely to vote "no" and voters in rural areas more likely to vote "yes." Voter turnout in urban areas was far greater than rural areas, observerssaid. Also influencing the referendum's outcome was a division among pro-life groups. While the bishops and the Pro-life Campaign backed the referendum, other leadingpersonalitiesactively campaigned against its passage. Dana Rosemary Scallon, a former Catholic television personality and now an Independent member of the European Parliament, said the referendum did not protect the fetus from the moment of conception. "The vote is a victory for the unborn child. If there had been a wording acceptable to the whole pro-life community,this would have been carried by a big majority," she said. The Irish bishops wereexpected to discuss the referendum 's result during their mid-March conference. Some voters complained about Catholic schools being used as polling stations since religious images — cmcifixes, portraits of Pope John Paul II, saints and founders of religious orders — hung on the walls of some polling halls. Following an objection at two polling stations, a Bible was removed from view Bibles are used in Irish referendums for voters who do not bring identification material with them; they must swear on the Bible that they are who they claim to be.

Posters advocating positions for the March 6 abortion referendum in Ireland are disp layed near a statue of the Sacred Heart in Dublin. The referendum generally soug ht to continue the ban on abortions but the language was complex enough to confuse many voters.

I CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Guest Editorial Sing Praise fo r the Irish The Irish were the most important immigrant group in early San Francisco. By 1856, more than 6,000 foreign born Irish (12 percent of the city 's population) had arrived in San Francisco, growing to over 30,000 by 1870. By 1880, foreign-born Irish and Americans of Irish descent accounted for more than one-third of the city 's population. The large number of Irish translated into immediate polidcal power with the success of Irishmen such as John Downey, governor; David Broderick, U.S. Senate; and James Casey, City Countil, to list but a few. While the majority of Irish were working class, several Irish, such as James Phelan and his son, James Duval, took their place among the city 's moneyed elite. The Irish provided enormous support for the young Catholic Church in San Francisco, funding the construction of churches, schools, orphanages, and other institutions of charity. Men and women like John Sullivan, Jasper O'Farrell, Timoteo Murphy, Catherine Sullivan, Richard and Mary Tobin, Peter Donahue, Myles D. Sweeney, Joseph A. Donohoe and others, made substantial grants of property and money to the Archdiocese. John Sullivan alone provided land for St. Mary 's Cathedral, St. Mary 's College, Calvary Cemetery, St. Patrick Church, and the work of the Presentation Sisters. The Irish also provided many of the priests and sisters who have served the Archdiocese. More than 250 Irish priests who have ministered in San Francisco were trained in Irish seminaries, most notably All Hallows Missionary College in Dublin. Two of the Archdiocese's earliest orders of women religious came from Ireland in 1854 — the Sisters of Mercy and the Presentation Sisters. These orders, along with others, provided the backbone of Catholic charitable and educational efforts in the City. Six of San Francisco 's seven Archbishops have been of Irish heritage. Countiess other Irish priests, sisters and lay men and women contributed to the Church 's success in San Francisco. In 1898, Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan paid the Irish a great tribute in naming the archdiocesan seminary St. Patrick's. Archbishop Riordan explained, "I have placed this work under the patronage of a great Apostie, St. Patrick, not indeed for personal reasons, but because he is the patron saint of a great Cathode race which has suffered more than any other for religion 's sake, the most devoted, the most generous, and the most priest-loving race within the fold of the Church of Christ." Archbishop Riordan's words provided sustenance to the Irish people who had not only been demeaned in the Old Country, but who had suffered discrimination and mistreatment in their new homeland. "No Irish Need Apply" signs burned in the hearts of many Irish. Though (he San Francisco Irish did not face the virulent attacks so familiar on the East Coast, they did suffer from periodic outbreaks of anti-Irish hostility. Nonetheless, the attacks on the Irish did not prevent them from advancing and making a significant contribution to San Francisco. The zealous sons and daughters of St. Patrick not only supported the Catholic Church, they also benefited from it. The Church acted as the chief meeting place and social center of the Irish community. No St. Patrick's Day celebration was complete without a visit to the parish church. By the early 1860s, the St. Patrick's Day parade was already a major civic event. The Church also promoted devotional, benevolent, mutual aid, and social associations as well as educational programs, which greatiy enhanced the life of the Irish in San Francisco. Perhaps the greatest and most celebrated Irishman to ever serve the Church in San Francisco was the legendary Father Peter C. Yorke, an extraordinary orator and writer, who came to San Francisco from Galway. He achieved city wide fame in the 1890s when, as editor of The Monitor , he "vanquished" the and-Catholic American Protective Association. His mythic status grew as he championed the union cause in the Teamsters strike of 1901, placing the Church in San Francisco squarely on the side of labor. In 1902, he founded and edited the Irish newspaper The Leader, which avidly supported the movement for a free and sovereign Irish republic, a cause that Yorke passionately supported. Yorke was also one of the great Catholic educators of his era, writing a series of textbooks of religion and serving as one of the founders of the National Catholic Educational Association. In 1913, Yorke became pastor of San Francisco's premier Irish parish, St. Peter 's, where he served until his death on Palm Sunday, 1925. Yorke was a brilliant man, deeply loved by his parishioners, the San Francisco Irish and by San Francisco labor. Each year on Palm Sunday, his death was commemorated with a special Mass at St. Peter 's, that concluded with a procession to Yorke's grave at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. It became one of the great Irish and labor celebrations in the city. Wlule Yorke may be the most noted Irishmen in archdiocesan history, he clearly was not die only one to contribute to the success of the Archdiocese. Many Irish immigrants and their descendants, through their hard work and generosity, have made, and continue to make, the Archdiocese what it is today. Jeffrey Bums, Ph.D„ teaches history at the University of San Francisco and St. Patrick s Seminary and is the archivist for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Vouchers and tuition

I recently read the article in your March 1, 2002 edition about the Supreme court and school vouchers. I found it to be a well written article. I thoug ht it presented the subject well. I agree with the author 's premise regarding issues of church and state and so called public funds supporting reli gious education. However, 1 have not seen a view of the topic discussed in print or the media that greatl y concerns me. As a parent , I was initially supportive of the idea of school vouchers . I went to Catholic school for eight years and public school for four years. I found private education to be superior. I ¦ would like to send my daughter to a private school but , my wife and I cannot afford it. Vouchers seemed to be a good solution. I then spoke with a friend and fellow parent about the subject. He spoke to a principal of a private (secular) school. The principal was talking about all the things they were going to do with the money they were going to get from vouchers. My friend learned that this principal planned to raise tuition if school vouchers became a reality. In other words, if the tuition were $5,000.00 a year, and the vouchers were $2,500.00, the tuition would be raised to $7,500.00. The schools would benefit , but the folks who could not afford to send their kids to a better school, would still not be able to afford it. This principal went on to tell my friend , "We (Private schools) will all raise tuition." Vouchers can potentially be a money making venture for schools with no benefit for people without access to private education. I ask you is this a possibility? Is there some fail safe built into the system to prevent such abuse? Will vouchers be used for the kids or for the benefit of the schools? As a parent I would like to know. Until I am convinced that vouchers will not be abused in this way, I can not support such an idea. I thank you for your consideration in this matter. Timothy J. Zuniga San Francisco (Ed. Note - Whether pri vate schools which choose to accept vouchers increase their tuition depends on the school and the strictures of the specific legisla tion enacted. In the Cleveland case before the Court, schools must accept the $2,250 vouchers as, at least, 90% of tuition to be elig ible for the program.)

pointed in a trend I see with the Church. The Catholic Church of today is more concerned with secular issues and politics than it is about nurturing the spiritual growth of its members. Eastern religions are gaining popularity in Western culture because they tend to focus primaril y on faith. Meditation is a cornerstone of Buddhism. One of the pillars of Islam is to pray five times a day. But the rich spiritual tradition of the Catholic Church gets overshadowed by more secular concerns. I want the Church to show me how to pray, not how to vote . Encourage me to read Aquinas instead of encourag ing me to write my senator. I realize that social justice is an important aspect of Catholicism , but spiritual growth is the first reason people turn to reli g ion. If the Church continues to neglect that, then it is no longer a religion and is simply another political party.

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God merciful and just

In his concern that Father Ron Rothheiser depicts a nonviolent God, always gentle and never a threat, Robert Riordan questions whether this is a different God than the one who sacked Sodom and Gommorrah or turned Lot 's wife to salt. He concludes that there must be two Gods. Both Father Rolheiser and Robert Riordan attribute a limited, albeit extreme nature to the same God, i.e. one of gentleness; one of wrath. The simple explanation is this: God is both. Although Jesus showed extreme tenderness in dealing with the sick and sinners, and shedding tears over Jerusalem and the dead Lazarus, He displayed a righteous wrath that provoked him to overturn the tables of the hustlers hawking their wares in His Father 's house before driving them away with a whip. The diverse incidents seem extreme, perhaps even puzzling, until one realizes that our God is one loving God who is equally mercifully and equally just.

Jane L.Sears Burlingame

Buy, sell , hold and greed

It was not "executive " greed that killed the retirement dreams of Enron emp loyees (Catholic San Francisco , March 8). All Enron emp loyees were offered over 20 investment options in their 40IK , including mutual funds , safe bonds and cash. Only employees who put everything in Enron stock lost everything when the stock collapsed. These emp loyees could have sold stock when Enron reached $85 a share. They were not "helpless" (The freeze was only during a brief change of administrators). Would CSF call these employees greed y for holding at $85? Other emp loyees sold their stock at $85 to hapless buyers who saw it fall to 70 cents. Would CSF call these employees greed y for selling at $85? The investment decisions to buy, sell or hold are based upon dynamics in the free market that produce the greatest good for the greatest number, including over $200 billion from corporate profits and personal wealth contributed to church and charities annually. Unfortunately the deadl y sin of greed is among the many dynamics.

Mike DeNunzio San Francisco

On BeingCatholic

I love a mystery Many of us remember the phrase that ended all discussion in our childhood religion class: "It's a mystery." What this meant was that we were trying to understand something which was beyond our comprehension (or, we sometimes suspected, the comprehension of our teacher!). For St. Paul , the term "mystery" meant something quite different - something not hidden, but revealed . In the Letter to the Ephesians, "mystery" is the plan which God has let us in on (Eph 1:9-10). Those of us who pray the rosary know that a "mystery" is not a barrier to thought but an invitation to contemplation - to ponder the deeper meaning of all that Jesus said and did. As we approach Holy Week, the Catechism can help us in that exploration through its presentation of what it calls the mysteries of Christ's life (CCC # 512-550). This section brings us to the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, a fitting preparation for the great events of His death and resurrection. The mystery of Christ is only accessible to faith. By this 1 mean that if we do not see in Jesus the unique Incarnation of the Son of God, we will never realize the significance of His words arid actions. Before reading through the mysteries of His life it would be helpful to see how the Catechism meditates on His various names: Jesus (430-435); Christ (436-440); only Son of God (441 -445); and Lord (446-451). With this understanding of who Jesus is, we can approach the "mysteries" of His life in a fruitful way. The Catechism suggests that here we learn the three "R's": revelation , redemption , recapitulation .

Revelation: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father." (Jn 14:9) The humanity of Jesus is a sacrament in fact, it is the sacrament. The God who is eternal and infinite comes into time and space so that we can encounter Him in human terms. This truth is apparent in the "peak" moments of Jesus ' life - Baptism , miracles , Transfiguration . Yet it is no less true in the ordinariness of His "hidden life" and in His moments of exhaustion , temptation and agony. "Even the least characteristics of his mysteries manifest God's love among us." (CCC 516) Redemption: Christ does not onl y show us the Father, He brings us back to Him. He reconciles us to the Father, above all by His love-unto-death. But in every moment of His life Jesus did the will of His Father. All this is part of the work of redemption. Recapitulation: this third term in probabl y unfamiliar to many of us. Inspired by St. Paul' s theology of Christ as the second Adam (Romans 5), St. Irenaeus developed the insi ght that all human history is summed up or recapitulated in Christ. This emphasizes, two important truths. The first is that, just as we see that the whole life of Jesus is in some way both revelation and redemption , so we see that His life is linked to the whole story of salvation history. Jesus is the key to not onl y the New Testament, but the Old The second truth is that God constantly affirms the goodness of His creation, even when sin has disrupted its harmony. He does not simply "go back to the drawing board" and start

over. Rather, God works throug h the vagaries of human history so that what was lost by human disobedience is now restored through human obedience. Christ fully embraces -I every aspect of human life TJ - sin excepted - and there*• anner by restores human beings Milton T. Walsh to friendshi p with God. . This is why as His disciples we must observe Jestis so closely, above all in the final days of his earthl y life. We need to contemplate these "mysteries" to understand their deeper meaning. But, remarkable as it is to consider the mysteries in Jesus, the Catechism points us to a more astounding truth: the mysteries of Christ are living in us (CCC #521). If Jesus recapitulates all of history in Himself, we are called to recapitulate all of His mysteries in ourselves. His story is our story — which is why we should be eager to read it again and again.

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

Family Lif e

Going for the gold — not just in Salt Lake "Watch this!" Lucas leaped into the air and spun around , making three-quarters of a torn before gravity caught up with him. "Shoot, I can 't even make it around once!" Gabe gave it a try. "What's my score, Mom?" "Well, I'd give that about a 5.6," I said. "At least I didn 't fall down ." On the TV behind us, Olympic figure skaters jumped , glided, and twirled to the music. "I think I'll try speed skating," said Lucas. Soon both boys were gliding around the motel lobby, one hand held behind their back, mimicking Seattle short-track skating phenom Apolo Anton Ohno. The Winter Olympics coincided with our vacation in Portland, Ore. After an evening dip in the pool, we'd sit in the lobby drinking hot chocolate and watching the games on the big TV. We cheered bobsledders and lugers, gasped at aerial ski jumpers ("Don't try that in the lobby!"), and puzzled over curling. We discussed whether skeleton took skill or just guts, why the French figure skating judge would trade her vote, and whether the Canadians could beat the USA in ice hockey. We were in good company. Millions of people around the world were glued to their television screens, cheering their favorites and imagining themselves winning Olympic gold.

"Do you guys think you could win a gold medal some day ?" I asked. "I might be in the Olympics," said 8-year-old Gabe. "Yeah, ri ght," said his big brother. "What would you do?" "I don 't know. But maybe I could," shot back Gabe. "Well, you 'd better start practicing." Lucas and Gabe may not be superstar athletes, but if there were a Home and Family Olympics, they 'd be shooins for the gold. Their best sports are Negotiating for More Cookies, The Last One in Bed Marathon (object: to see how long you can stall before you are forced to go to bed), and the ever-popular Homework Avoidance Relay. They 're also strong in Original Comic Book Design, Stuffed Animal Adventures, and Hitting Tennis Balls into the Street. Part of the appeal of the Winter Olympics is that, for all the exotic sporting events, at its heart, it's close to home. The Olympics are a tribute to things we live with daily: pride, dedication, sacrifice, winning and losing. The character of the athletes stood out as much as their performance. As we watched, I pointed out the gracious winners and noted the ones who crossed themselves as they came across the finish line. "Aren 't they mad?" asked Lucas as we watched Canadian figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier get the silver

medal. "They should have had the gold." "I'm sure they 're disappointed ," I said , "but they 're trying to be good sports. " Most of us will never be Olympians. But with God's help and lots of practice, we still can be champions. We can be champions at working for justice, at welcoming the stranger, at loving and forgiving one another. We can let the fire of the Spirit bum within us, spreading the light of God's love wherever we go. We may not get medals. But one day we'll walk on streets of gold.

Christine Dubois

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

Spirituality

Cross as revealing the true cost of love One of the best-selling books in England is a novel by Tony Parson, "Man and Boy." In it, Parson reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of today's young adults. His hero is a young man who has just celebrated his 30th birthday. Like so many people of his generation, he has a lot of admirable qualities. He's sincere, genuine, likable, humble enough, generally honest, and essentiall y moral. He wants all the right things, but, all this good will notwithstanding, his life takes a painful twist. Happily enough married and the father of a son whom he much loves, our hero sleeps with one of his co-workers on the night of his 30th birthday. The action itself, he feels, is meaningless. He doesn't love the woman, nor she him. For him, it's an episodic act, pure and simple, one night of irrationality. His wife takes a different view. She finds out and, for her, it is anything but meaningless. Having been betrayed before by significant men in her life, her father included, she is unwilling to forgive this. She divorces our hero, who is left wondering why an act of such seeming little significance has so great a consequence. Slowly, painfull y, he begins to see that actions have far-reaching consequences, whether we intend that or not. What he learns, too, through this bitter lesson is that love costs something, demands hard choices. There 's a real price to be paid for love. The cross tells us this. The language we use to speak about the cross might sometimes not give that impression. We speak of Jesus ' suffering on the cross "as paying a debt ," "as washing us

clean with blood," and "as breaking the power of Satan." These expressions, metaphors essentially, might give the impression that the purpose of Jesus ' sufferings is to pay off a debt within the divine realm. What Jesus suffered on the cross, and what he suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane, is not something that is too much in the realm of divine mystery to be understood. It 's something we are asked to imitate. What Jesus' suffering on the cross reveals, among other things, is that real love costs dearly. If we want sustained, faithful, and life-giving love in our lives, the kind of pain that Jesus suffered is, at a point, its price tag. Simply put, the cross says: "If you want real love beyond romantic daydreams, if you want to keep any commitment you have ever made in marriage, parenting, friendship, or religious vocation, you can do so only if you are willing to sweat blood and die to yourself at times. There is no other route. What you see when you look at the cross of Jesus is what committed love asks of us." This is not something our culture is keen to hear. Today we have many strengths, but sweating blood and dying to self in order to remain faithful within our commitments is not something at which we are very good. Our problem is not Ul will or ill intention. Like Parson 's bungling hero, we are sincere, likable and moral. We want the right things, but every choice is a renunciation and we would love to have what we have without excluding some other things. We want to be saints, but we don 't want to miss out on

any sensation that sinners experience. We want fidelity in our marriages, but we want to flirt with every attractive person who comes round; we want to be good parents, but we don ' t want to make the sacrifice this demands, especially in terms of our careers; we want stable friendship, but we don't want duties or obli gations that tie us down. In short, we want love, but not at the cost of "obedience unto death." And yet that is the message of the cross. Love costs, costs everything. The cross invites us to look at the choices we made in love, see how they nanow our options, and, in that pain, say: "Not my will, but yours, be done."

Father Ron Rolheiser

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

SCRIPTURE ©L ITURGY Defeating death by welcoming and enfolding new members As we hold the final scrutiny today for our elect, the Liturgy of the Word previews what will happen to them at the Easter Vigil (March 30) by showing them what is going on in our parish communities. It is no less than our passage from death to life: "We know that we passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters." (I John 3:14) What a glorious sight to behold: a community defeating death by hospitably welcoming, including, and enfolding new members. Here, die elect can be formed and grow; here the initiated can look at themselves again and experience what attracted the elect to them, now encouraging them to renew their baptismal commitment to the community. It resembles but surpasses the return from the exile Ezechiel promises, "0 my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel . . . I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and settle upon your land ." Is it any Wonder we respond to this promise-crammed reading by admitting our need for God's gathering and renewing action: "Out of the depths I cry to you, 0 Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication . . . For with the person dies, will live, and everyone who lives and the Lord is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption ; believes in me will never die.'" According to the fourth gospel, the final day is today, and he wdl redeem Israel from all their iniquities." Our parish communities are so fortunate that the the future has become the present, and end-time already Spirit, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in each mem- enfolds us; to embrace Jesus with faith is to participate with ber and demands the ultimate defeat of death on the final the community in his death-defeating Passover: "Before day! "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his world and he loved them to the end." (John 13:1) The raising of Lazarus is a sign of the power of Jesus ' Spirit dwelling in you," so says Romans. We might be inclined to think that this defeat of death Passover, indeed the climactic sign that closes the first part is reserved for the last day only. But not so. To Martha, of this gospel (chapters 1-12) called the Book of Signs. As grieving her brother Lazarus' death, Jesus says, '"Your a sign, Jesus' raising of Lazarus anticipates God's raising of brother will rise.' Martha said to him, T know he will rise, Jesus as he completes his Passover and goes home to the in the resurrection on the last day.' Jesus told her, T am the Father. As a sign, the raising of Lazarus points to Jesus' resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if death-defeating presence in our Sunday assembly.

Father David M. Pettingill

Fifth Sunday of Lent. Year A Ezechiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45. Jesus is "bread of life " as Word proclaimed: "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst." (John 6:35) Jesus the Lord in his completed Passover is Eucharistic food and drink: "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal Me, and I will raise the person up on the last day." (John 6:54) Death-defeating life and love nourish our communities in Word and Eucharist. The first defeat of death we experience is our being gathered into a community. The next defeat of death is our choosing to be part of a community. The subsequent defeats of death are the relationships we cultivate in which healing, forgiveness, inclusion, justice, and peace flourish. So here we are previewing for the elect the delights of their initiation : a community, death-defeating, rescued from extie, awaiting the final day's victory, and actually being the final day's victory now. Questions for Small Communities of Faith: 1. What defeats of death before the final day 's victory over death do you see? 2. How can we support human life and its environment?

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

Men's feet? Women's feet? Your feet?

The holy season of Lent will soon lead us into the sacred Triduum: the three most holy days of the Church year. The three days are Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. We count these three days according toh the Jewish reckoning. Each day begins the evening before and ends with sunset the foUowing day. Holy Thursday evening to Good Friday evening is the first day. The second is Friday evening to Holy Saturday evening. Holy Saturday evening with its most sacred Vigil to Easter Sunday Evening Prayer is the third day. A central question every year centers on feet. Whose feet will be washed? Who will wash feet? In 1987, the bishops of the United States gave us all some helpful information about this ritual. They began by reminding us of the meaning of what Jesus did the night before he died. Jesus' action of washing his disciples' feet was a living sign of his words: Love one another. Jesus gave us this new commandment, this new mandatum and then immediately put it into action in his extraordinarygesture of humble service. For centuries Christians imitated Jesus' actions of love and service by the rite of the washing of feet on Holy Thursday. Although the practice fell into disuse for many years, it was restored to our parish liturgies in 1955 by Pope Pius XII as part of the general reform of the Triduum. The bishops of our country in writing on this topic take note of the fact that not only is the act of washing feet a sign of Christ's command to love one another but it is also a gesture of humble service. Jesus, who is our Teacher

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND and Lord, washes his disciples' feet , an act only a Jewish slave could be asked to do. • The bishops go on to point out that, as a living sign of both charity and humble service, parishes throughout our country invite both men and women to participate in this rite as an example of the service that should be given by ad Christians to the Church and to the world. The bishops call the inclusion of both women and men in this ritual a variation in the rite which has become customary in the United States.

The bishops ' words underscore the truth that the washing of feet on Holy Thursday is not a play. If it were, of course it would only involve the pastor and twelve men. But this is not a play, not a drama representing the historical facts of 2000 years ago. The washing of feet is a present encounter with the slain and risen Christ now. As the bishops remind us so strongly, the foot washing is a living sign of both Christ's command to love unconditionally, even unto death, and to serve one another in humble service just as our Teacher and Lord did. The washing of feet is a visible homdy, calling us to transformation in Christ now. What is the best living symbol of that command of Christ for each of our parishes? How will the washing of feet be done? Inviting men, women, and children to participate? Inviting those who wish to have their feet washed and to wash others' feet? Prayer, study, evaluation of past experiences will help decide. May women 's feet be included? In the United States, this variation from the rite is permitted. (Information taken from 77ie Bishops ' Committee on the Liturgy Newsletter, volume XXIII, February 1987, pages 53 - 54. )

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

Pope asks world political leaders to promote dialogue By John Norton Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying humanity must choose between love and hatred, Pope John Paul II asked political leaders of every country in the world to promote dialogue, forgiveness and concord. The pope made his request In a letter marking one month after a Jan, 24 day of prayer for peace in Assisi, Italy, attended by 200 representatives of a dozen religions, Along with the letter, the pope sent world leaders the religious gathering's "decalogue" conunifment for peace, saying he was "convinced that these 10 propositions can inspire your government 's political and social action."

"I noticed that the participants in the Assisi gathering were animated more man ever by a common conviction: Humanity must choose between love and hatred," the pontiff wrote in die letter, which was released March 4 at the Vatican. He said he hoped the Assisi gathering would lead all people "to search for truth, justice, freedom (and) love so that all people can enjoy uieir inalienable rights and every people (can enjoy) peace." "The Catholic Church," the pontiff said, "wdl continue to work so that honest dialogue, reciprocal forgiveness and mutual concord guide the path of humans in this third millennium." The fust point of the Assisi "decalogue" offers a strong condemnation of the use of violence in the name

of religion. In other points the religious leaders committed themselves to "frank and patient" dialogue , mutual forgiveness for past and present errors, and defense of human rights, especially of the weak and poor. The Assisi gathering, called by the pope in midNovember, was a response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, "which are still present in our memory," and to "the risk of new conflicts." "Faced with the violence that rages in so many regions of the world today, (believers) feel the need to show that religions are a factor of solidarity, repudiating and isolating those who exploit the name of God for purposes and with methods that inreality offend him," the pope said in his invitation to religious leaders.

Moral dilemma . . .

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A physician who has done postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, Dr. Hurlbut serves as consulting professor in the Program in Human Biology at Stanford Universit y. At the Archbishop Quinn Colloquium , he spoke in detai l about the possibilities of medical miracles that could be performed if human embryos are used as research tools — and of the "moral dilemmas imp lied b y these difficult and sometimes seemingly unnatural advances." "The extraordinary medical promise of the advances of research and therapeutic application , the extraordinary promise of so-called therapeutic cloning, and stem cell harvesting has brought to the fore a national and international debate that goes to the very foundations of the moral meaning of human life," he said. "The human genome sequencing project is giving us a vast , complex understanding of human development , human growth . . . along with this understanding will come great powers to intervene medicall y in our own existence," Dr. Hurlbut said. As a result, he said, researchers may develop a "vast" number of new pharmaceuticals, "new powers over our biolog ical nature. The drugs of the future will truly be wonderful and extraordinary." Genetic testing will allow doctors to spot "several thousand diseases with known genetic causes . .. Will we filter out only serious and unbeatable diseases? Or unattractive socially undesirable conditions . . . cleft palette, deafness, dwarfism . . . Who decides?" "Where is the ethical stopp ing point?" Dr. Hurlbut asked. "Genetic tests give only a statistical probability," he said. Still some parents are using them as a form of "micro eugenics, the one at a time, parentally chosen, prenatal quality control of the selected offspring. " In China , many parents who are limited to one child are choosing to have boys: a 5-to-4 male-female ratio of birth s, Dr. Hurlbut said. In India , so-called fertility clin-

Power of science . .. ¦ Continued from cover neglected in discussions of scientific advances. "We also need to talk about . .. access and allocation of care," for the 41 million Americans who do not have health insurance, he said. "Medicine is suffused with power . . . but there is an essential ambivalence built into the power of medicine . . . the power to heal, to cure but also the power that touches death ," Msgr. McCarthy said. Americans pride themselves on their pragmatism, he said, but "We also need to take a look at some of the dark sides of that pragmatic interest . . . Whose interests are being served by the new technology ? . . . Who has the power to direct this technology ? . . . Who is likely to be harmed or neglected in the application of this technology?" "By keeping the interests of the poor before us, we have the opportunity to expand our vision. . . . so we don 't neglect the needs of those who are invisible to us," Msgr. McCarthy said. "So in the poor I include not onl y the economically and socially disadvantaged — those 41 million among us who have no insurance — but also those most prone to the abuse of our power." Msgr, McCarthy said that he is concerned not only about "the use of embryos in fetal tissue research and propagation of human stem cells" but also about the impact of "geneticizing of disability " on the developmentall y disabled. Citing an advocate for the disabled , he said, "We may be on the road to looking at human beings as products to be managed."

Midd le east . . . ¦ Continued from page 11 several days, said Father Majdi al-Siryani , Beit Sahour parish priest, "They have been shelling for the last three day s, but last night was especially scary," Father al-Siryani said March 8. "The atmosphere here is very heavy. I went to sleep last night at 11 p.m. and then everything started — we heard a lig ht p lane, then an F-16, and tanks and helicopters . Nobody is moving around here," Father al-Siryani said , The Israelis said they entered Palestinian territories to capture terrorists who planned to stage attacks on Israeli civilian populations. A recent suicide bomber who killed six Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint came from Dehiyshe refugee camp. In the city of Ramallah , Catholic parishioners were trying to lead normal lives despite the escalating violence, according to Father Ibrahim Hijazin of Holy Family Parish. Israeli forces targeted Ramallah and other cities as part of its crackdown in retaliation for Palestinian suicide bombings. "People in the parish say they do not like that any civilian is killed or injured, because they are human beings like us," said Father Hijazin.

ics use sonograms to check the sex of unborn babies. Ninety-nine percent of the aborted babies are females, he said. Dr. Hurlbut said stem cell research offers its own set of moral questions. Stem cells promise to be the "most revolutionary therapeutic tool in the history of medicine... the possibilities are fantastic," he said. Use of the cells offers the possibility of cures for Parkinson 's disease, Alzheimer 's, liver failure and diabetes. Stem cells may help the paralyzed to walk, and they may help restore heart tissue after a heart attack. Against this backdrop are the moral questions involved in the "harvesting" of embryonic human stem cells. Scientists have been using "spare embryos" from fertility clinics in this research. Now there are proposals to intentionally create embryos specifically to be used in research in "therapeutic cloning." "Therapeutic cloning would involve the intentional creation and nurturing of an embryo not for reproductive cloning but for embry o production that could then be sacrificed to harvest the needed cells, tissue or organs," Dr. Hurlbut said. "The argument is made that if abortion is legal, that is, if developing life can be terminated for no given reason . . . then why not for a good reason? There is a certain perverse logic to that." Dr. Hurlbut spoke about seeking ways to "bypass this moral dilemma . . to search out every morally possible means" to advance medical research. "It is imperative that the church while forthrightly defending human dignity, search o u t . . . every morally permissible means to draw on this tremendous therapeutic potential," Dr. Hurlbut said. He called for finding "a way to bring these factors together to produce something that would not be called the full dignity of an embryonic life in progress." Dr. Hurlbut acknowledged the difficulty many have with giving the tiny embryo human "moral status. " When he faces that challenge, he said, he thinks of St. Francis of Assisi, "the little brother" who treasured the smallest creatures. "Love," Dr. Hurlbut said, "must guide this effort." This idea of humans as "products " is seen in the current use of the metaphor of "reproduction " in place of the "the metaphor of procreation." Msgr. McCarthy said. In Catholic thoug ht , "The human person is fashioned in the image and likeness of the creator," he said. Those who think of people as products , he said, "replace the Imago Dei — the imag e of God — with the Imago Mei — the image of myself. " Not onl y Catholics reject this idea , Msgr. McCarthy said, citing the writings of several Protestant theologians. While approaching the issue from the perspective of their own traditions , they oppose cloning because of its "instrumentalization " of the human person , its treatment of "cloned children . . . as products ," and its use of humans as a means rather than an end. In 1997, the Pontifical Academy for Life took a similar stan d , rejecting cloning because "it reduces human reproduction to industrial production. " The Academy, echoing Protestant philosopher Immanuel Kant , called for "treating man always and everywhere as an end , a value, and never as mere means or object ." Pope John Pau l II, in his "Gospel of Life," has called for a "contemplative outlook" on human life , but he has not rejected all scientific advances , Msgr. McCarthy said. "The pope leaves the door open for genetic science and genetic enhancements but cautions that these advances must not offer harm to the ori g in of human life ," he said. Msgr. McCarthy concluded by citing the theme of his talk , "A Theology of Compassionate Interdepende nce." "But they point to what the soldiers are doing to us at the checkpoints with our children and women. No one can accept that. They feel Palestinians are forced (to react the way they do) because they have no other alternative," the priest said. The violence in early March included a series of deadly attacks and incursions on both sides: — Israeli troops for the first time attacked Palestinian refugee camps with ground troops, tanks and helicopters , leaving dozens dead, including several civilians. In one Gaza camp alone, Israel detained several hundred Palestinian men suspected of ties to militant groups. — Palestinian gunmen and suicide bombers carried out several deadly attacks against Israeli military and civilian targets, including a bomb blast that killed 11 Israelis and wounded 50 others at a Jerusalem cafe. — Israeli forces on March 10 destroyed the Gaza headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who has been confined to Ramallah by Israeli troops since December. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he might allow Arafat to leave Ramallah after Palestinian authorities arrested the last of five suspects in the slaying of an Israeli minister. While the many acts of violence on both sides were decried by church leaders, two attacks near Arab schools drew a more specific condemnation from die Vatican newspaper,

'Purveyors of elixir of life' Dennis J. Kucinich, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, brou ght to the Archbishop Quinn Colloquium an irreverent view of the biotech companies that promote themselves on Capitol Hill. They are, he said, "21st century purveyors of the elixir of eternal life . .. promoting products that don't exist" and eager to "turn life into a commodity." 'The reproductive and therapeutic cloning market includes a number of fast-paced firms that want to announce they've cloned a human or produced some other great health benefit," he said. "Until Congress bans cloning these decisions will be made by the marketplace." It is likely that a ban passed by the House will stall in the Senate, Mr. Kucinich said. In the meantime, he said, the Church should "address the issue from the pulpit , set the tone, and insist on moral standards to guide us but not sending people right to hell" because they favor human cloning, "This is the time to say no to those who want to commodouze human life, to the desacralization of human life," said Rep. Kucinich, a Democrat from Cleveland who has voted for a ban on human cloning. This attitude toward human life extends far beyond biotech businesses, he said. It includes the corporate promoters of globalization who see "workers as interchangeable commodities," companies that abuse the environment and governments that abuse human rights. "It 's hard to resist the power of the doners," Mr. Kucinich said, but he has opposed them because he sees their efforts to create human life as "a frontal challenge to the logic of the founders " when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence about a Creator who endows people with "the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Mr. Kucinich linked his opposition to such human experimenta tion with his campaign to control genetic modification of crops. In the past decade, he said, genetic engineering has dramatically affected food production in the United States. This has happened "without regulation" and only now are some of the negative side effects becoming known, he said. Pollen from genetically-altered com, for example, spreads to milkweed and then kills Monarch butterflies , he said. Mr. Kucinich said the biotech industry launched a $50 million advertising campaign in opposition to a bill he introduced to require labeling of food as genetically altered and to require safety research on such food. The unintended side effects of genetically altering crops raise "questions about the foundation of genetic engineering," he said. While Mr. Kucinich did not reject the idea of genetic research, he said science should "search for cures without getting into the destruction of human life." "We need to be aware of the importance of the interconnection of our moral princi ples ," he said. "Compassionate interdependence should be broug ht to the understanding of human di gnity . . . not just thinking of individual human rights in our American thirst of individual freedom at the expense of solidarity " "Solidarity with the poor and our shared interdependence with one another are vital anchors . . ." he said. "A trul y human future locates genetic science within the framework not of abuse of power, characterized b y oppression and domination , but in a framework of mutu ality, care and partici pation. " "The trul y just and good society is characterized b y concern for the well being of all ," Msgr. McCarth y said. "The measure of such a society is the care and concern it manifests for its most vulnerable members." L'Osservatore Romano. The newspaper also condemned what it called the "indifference of the international community" to the targeting of children in the worsening conflict. "For two consecutive days, Palestinian students have been the object of assaults that attack the heart of the future of a people , its dreams, its hopes for a better future ," the newspaper said March 7, "The bomb placed in the courty ard of an insti tute and the burst of bullets fired b y Israeli soldiers on a group of students entering a school are barbaric acts that increase the spiral of violence," it said. After more than 40 Palestinian s — including several civilians — were killed in a 24-hour period March 7-8, the Vatican newspaper commented that "if before it seemed that there was a desire to humiliate a people, now it seems the desire is to destroy them." A shrapnel-backed bomb exploded March 5 in the courtyard of an Arab boys' school in East Jerusalem, wounding two dozen students and two teachers. A Jewish vi gilante group claimed responsibility for the bomb, describing it as a reprisal for the deaths of Israeli children at the hands of Palestinian extremists. Contributing to this roundup was Judith Sudilovsky in Jerusa lem.

lemon Opportunities Tuesdays: Lenten Lecture Series, Approaching Calvary: The Gospels of Francis with Steve Snyder, Dominican Father Gregory Tatum, and Franciscan Fathers Francisco Nahoe and Daniel Lackey. 7:15 p.m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405. Fridays: Lenten Evensong, a community celebration ol song, word and prayer at St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic Ave., SF at 7:35 p.m. Parking available in Oak St. lot. Call (415) 487-8560. March 15: The Gospel of Mark: Afraid performed by Frank Runyeon, a dramatic presentation continuing the Golden Jubilee of St. Veronica parish, 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco. 7:30 p.m. Frank Runyeon is perhaps best known for his role opposite Meg Ryan on the daytime drama As the World Turns. Call (650) 8715607. March 17: Guest organist and choir conductor Oliver Douberly will lead song with the parish choir at St. Elizabeth Church, 449 Holyote St., SF at 10:30 a.m. Mass. Choir selections will include the Mozart "Ave Verum" and the Malotte "Our Father." Mr. Douberly is organist at Oklahoma City's Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral. March 17: Open House at Our Lady of Fatima Eastern Catholic Church, 101 20th Ave. at Lake St., SF beginning with Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. Parish potluck and dialogue follow. A great opportunity to experience and learn more about the eastern Catholic Church. Call (415) 752-2052. March 21: Taize Prayer Around the Cross at Fairfax Community Church, 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Fairfax at 7:30 p.m. This is an ecumenical evening sponsored by St. Rita Parish, Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church and Fairfax Community Church. All are welcome. March 22: An evening of Taize Prayer with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr. just off El Camino Real, Buriingame at 7:30 p.m. Sister Suzanne, composer of hymns including I am the Bread of Life and music for the Mass prayed at Candlestick Park with Pope John Paul II in 1987, is a premier presenter of the sung Taize mode. All are welcome. Call (650) 347-7768. March 22-24: Pray All Ways, a women's retreat. Open to all women ages 22-40, who seek to know prayer as the deepest call of the human heart at Presentation Center, Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz mountains. Begins with dinner on Friday and continues until lunch on Sunday. Treat yourself to a weekend that will mine the riches of your own reflection. No fee. Donations only. RSVP to Presentation Sister Monica Miller, 22 or at (415) 751-0406, ext. mmiller@pbvmsf.org. Sponsored by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. March 22-24: He has come to his people to set them free, a silent Palm Sunday weekend retreat for men and women with Father Thomas Madden at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. $160 single/$140 shared room. Begins with dinner Fri. at 6 p.m. and concludes after lunch on Sunday. Call (650) 325-5614. March 23: Lenten Retreat led by Father David Pettingill, 1 - 3:30 p.m., at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Suggested donation $10. Call (650)359-6313. March 23: Penance Service sponsored by Deanery One with Bishop John C. Wester presiding, at St. Anne of the Sunset Church 850 Judah St. at Funston, SF beginning at 9:30 a.m. People from all deaneries are invited. March 24: Join the Militia Immaculata for prayer, a spiritual talk and potluck meal at 3 p.m. at St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. at Hearst, SF. Everyone invited. Children welcome. Please bring dish if planning to stay for potluck. Call Madeleine at (650) 738-8616 or Nellie@ignatius.com. March 28-31: Holy Week retreat with Dominican Jude Siciliano at Santa Sabina Center, 25 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael. Begins with lunch on Holy Thursday and ends after Easter Sunday Mass and breakfast. A contemplative retreat reflecting on the Paschal mysteries of life, death, new life. $300. Call (415) 457-7727.

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Datebook Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280. 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., Buriingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313. 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880. 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information. Our Lady of Angels, Buriingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, Daly City. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850; St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732; Our Lady of Loretto, Novate. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 8972171; St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882; St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Buriingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882. Information about children's and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Food & Fun March 16: St. Patrick's Day Dinner sponsored by the Men of St. Paul's in the parish hall of St. Paul Parish, 29th and Church St., SF beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets $12/$6 children. Traditional feast of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, Irish soda bread, dessert, followed by live entertainment and dancing. Call (415) 648-7538. March 16: Community Corned Beef Dinner at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church, 180 Harrison St., Sausalito. No host cocktails at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Reservations required but tickets will be purchased at door. $15/$5 under five. Call (415) 331-0558. March 16: Star of the Sea Parent Club and Holy Name Society's annual St. Patrick's Day family dinner and dance in the school auditorium, 9th Ave. at Geary, SF. Corned beef, cabbage, dessert. Tickets $15/$10 age 4 to 12. Call (415) 221-8558 or (415) 751-0450 or (415) 386-2635. March 17: Romantic Swing gala honoring Marie and Jack Fitzpatrick at the Merchants' Exchange Ballroom benefiting Catholic Charities children's programs. Beginning at 6 p.m., an evening of dinner, big band dancing, auction and more. Contact Little Children's Aid Junior Auxiliary at (415) 592-9243 or LCASF@yahoo.com. March 23: Annual Celebrate Life Dinner sponsored by United for Life at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat, San Francisco. UFL's Human Life Award will be presented to Father Lawrence Goode, pastor, St. Finn Barr Parish, San Francisco. Guest speaker, Jeff White, will talk about "Pro-Life Youth;Our Hope for the Future." Jeff is a husband, father of 10,

Phillips Musgrave at (650) 756-7084 or Laurie Stanovich Bross at lbross @ race.com. Sept. 20: St. Thomas Apostle Elementary, SF, Class of '63 is looking for members of the class. Call Denise Walker at (714) 447-8651 or Healy DWa9230836@aol.com. Sept. 28: Class of 72, Notre dame High School, Belmont. Contact ND Alumnae Office at (650) 5951913, ext. 351 or alumnae@ndhsb.org.

youth minister and leader in Operation Rescue. Tickets $35. No-host cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Call (415) 567-2293. April 9: "April in Paris," the Rosalie House Conference annual Fundraiser Luncheon and Games day benefiting victims of domestic violence at Olympic Club Lakeside. Cocktails at 11:30 a.m. Lunch at 12: 30 p.m. Tickets $40. Call Marie Mahoney at (415) 3339348 for reservations. April 13: Notre Dame High School, Belmont presents April in Paris Auction 2002. Begins at 6 p.m. at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City. Evening includes dinner, dancing, auctions, casino and raffle. First prize is 2002 red Mustang convertible. For ticket information, call the school Events Office at (650) 595-1913, ext. 446. 3rd Wed.: All you can eat Spaghetti Luncheon at Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, 3255 Folsom up the hill from Cesar Chavez, SF. $7 per person. A San Francisco tradition for decades. Reservations not required. Call (415) 824-1762. 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. 4th Sat.: Handicapables of Marin meet at noon in the recreation room of the Maria B. Freitas Senior Community adjacent to St. Isabella Church, Terra Linda, for Mass, lunch and entertainment. Call (415) 457-7859.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 2211288 or Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 567-7824; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Buriingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Buriingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190.

Reunions March 22: Class of '62, St. Philip Elementary 40 year non-hosted reunion dinner for graduates, spouses and guests. Caesar's Restaurant, SF. Contact Dennis Wootten at (925) 472-8054 or dennis woolen @jpainc.com. ^

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

March 23, 24: St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Class of '52 reunion. Contact Dick Wall at (415) 434-3323, owwm@pacbell.net or Jack Mona at jemona@aol.com April 6: Annual Alumnae Mass and Luncheon Notre Dame High School, SF. Begins with Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica at 11 a.m. followed by lunch at Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd., SF. Classes of '52 and '77 are honorees but all are invited. Call Joan Flade at (415) 893-9673 by March 6. Class of '52, Notre Dame High School, San Francisco. If you have not been contacted, please call Patty Moran at (415) 861-2378. April 20: Class of '52, Star of the Sea Academy at Cliff House. Call Priscilla Dubrovich at (650) 588-8750 or prisca34@juno.com. April 20: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary, Redwood City is looking for members of the class of 1952 to take part in a reunion. Contact Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817 or development@mountcarmel.org. May 4: 40th reunion of St. Cecilia Elementary School's class of '62. Committee is still looking for missing classmates. Call Nancy Dito at (415) 661-2937. May 17: St. Paul High School, Class of '57 , 45th reunion. If you have not been contacted, call Lorraine

Oct. 5: Presentation High School, Class of '52 reunion. Contact Dolores MacDonald Bagshaw at (916) 369-0235 or Lorraine Denegri D'Elia at (650) 992-2076. St. Peter's Academy class of '65 is planning a reunion for 2002. Call Gloria Krzyzanowski at (650) 340-7469 or Linda Roberts at (650) 549-3200. Class of '42, St. Cecilia Elementary, will celebrate 60 years in June '02. Class members should contact Norma Buchner at (650) 583-4418. Holy Angels Class of 70 please contact Peggy McEneaney Hart at (650) 875-0793 or 877-8925. Class of '62 St. Thomas the Apostle will gather this summer. Contact Peggy Mahoney at (949) 673-5624 or pegwhit@dellepro.com. Class of '62, St. Anne of the Sunset, call Steve Geramoni at (650) 637- 1055/spgeramoni@aol.com or 593Mary Maher Balestriere at (650) 3508/frankbal ÂŠ aol.com. Alums and family of alums of St. Isabella Elementary, San Rafael, are being sought. Call (415)479-3727, ext. 145/alumni@marincounty.net to leave your name, address and phone. Graduates and former students of San Francisco's Notre Dame Elementary, Notre Dame High School or Mission Dolores Elementary should call Sally Casazza at (415) 566-2820. Alumni, former students, parents, grandparents of St. Finn Barr Elementary School, SF. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Call (415) 469-9223 and leave your name, address and phone number. St. Brigid High School, San Francisco, Class of '52, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in the fall and is seeking all members. Contact Clare Casissa Cooper at (650) 591-4026 or clarecooper@juno.com. St. John Ursuline High School, SF is looking for members of its class of '52 for an annual April Golden Diploma Mass and Brunch. Call Gayle Fitzpatrick Vannucci at (650) 692-4196. Mater Dolorosa Elementary School, South San Francisco is updating its alumni mailing lists. Call (650) 588-8175. St. Stephen Elementary School celebrates its 50th anniversary in the fall and alumni are being sought. Update your name, address, phone number and/or volunteer to help by calling Ann Nagel Tittiger at (650) 9912519.

Volunteer Opportunities Become a mentor for a homeless youth. Home Away From Homelessness seeks volunteers to mentor homeless/formerly homeless youth. Make a difference. Become a mentor. Call (415) 561-4628. Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group needs volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to individuals with HIV-AIDS and/or assist with various program events and activities. Many opportunities available. Call (415) 863-1581 or www.mhr-asg.com.

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In December 1999, on the 20th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York authorized the Archbishop Fulton John Sheen Foundation to begin collecting inform ation on the archbishop 's life as a preliminary step toward canonization. "America's Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen" places the life of this powerful preacher under the biographer 's microscope. Author Thomas C. Reeves, a recent convert to the Catholic faith , claims that the book is "not an effort to bolster or defeat the effort" of those wishing to see Archbishop Sheen declared a saint. The book includes photos, an appendix of Archbishop Sheen publications , another with Archbishop Sheen 's hints for giving a talk, and copious endnotes detailing Reeves' research to uncover just who Fulton J. Sheen was. The infant Peter John Sheen (Peter became Fulton when his grandfather gave it as the boy 's name upon enrolling him in St. Mary 's School at the age of 5 1/2) cried unremittingly. Later in life the archbishop found that he had suffered from tuberculosis as an infant , which no doubt was the cause of his constant misery. It is also symbolic of one who would be known like John the Baptist as "a voice crying out in the wilderness." Early on, those around him in the Illinois farming com-

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St. Josep h School, a parish grade school located in downtown Salem, Oregon , is looking for a princi pal to begin in the Fall of 2002. St. Josep h's is dedicated to providing an outstanding education to 300 students, grades K-6th . App licant must be a practicing catholic, be dynamic, p ossess outstanding credentials and share our commitment to educate and insp ire St. Josep h students in the Catholic tradition. Deadline: April 15, 2002 or until the position is filled with the approp riate candidate. Request app lication from:

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The Archdiocese of San Francisco invites applications for the Director of die Office , of Stewardship and Development to lead and expand its development program .

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St. Anne Catholic School is a Pre-K through 8th grade school. We are a community fostering a love of lifelong learning and living Gospel values. Our commitment to excellence in academic, spiritual, and personal growth. Located in the beautiful Rogue River Valley of Southern Oregon, Grants Pass is home to Rogue Community College and near Southern Oregon University, with unlimited access to outdoor adivities and cultural opportunities.

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St. Paul of the Shipwreck Catholic School is located in the Bay View Hunter's Point neighborhood with an average student body of 175. Presently we serve a predominantly African American population with the majority of students from low-income families. The school has recently undergone major improvements: an upgraded library,remodeled gym, and new computer lab.

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We are seeking a candidate for Principal who is a practicing Catholic with a Masters Degree or the equivalent, and has an openness to expanding the role of the Catholic School to meet the needs of today's families. Request applications through:

• A Master's Degree in an educational field/elementary education • Five years successful administrative experience at the K-8 level (at least three in Catholic Schools) • An advanced degree in educational administration or • A California administrative credential obtained by coursework Minimum requirements: • A practicing Roman Catholic • A Bachelor 's degree • Five years teaching experience at the K-8 level (at least 3 in Catholic Schools) • A valid California credential

Br. William J. Campell, S.M. St. Anne Catholic School Search Committee 2838 East Burnside Street Portland, OR 97214 Fax (503) 236-3683 E-mail: pdxpersonnel@archd pdx.org

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