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ill ray for the peace of Jerusalem — that should be the prayer and the motto of this order," Archbishop William Levada told an audience of Catholics with a special commitment to the Holy Land, the Knights and Ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Hol y Sepulchre.

"It is important that we become apostles of peace. . .we encourage from afar , in any way we can, the path of peace," Archbishop Levada said at luncheon following the order's Mass in St. Mary's Cathedral March 17.

Pope John Paul II worked for peace "so beautifull y last year in his extraordinary visit to the Holy Land," he said . The pope 's visit to the Holocaust memorial there had a powerful-impact as he "spontaneousl y remembered JERUSALEM, page 16

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1 CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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Del Secco, a senior at Woodside Priory , p lays the villainous Jud , and Laura Benetti is Ado Annie. (See Dtitebook)...

by Tom Burke Congrats and a Happy 50th anniversary to Mary quadruple scoop of and Frank Cianciolo who will Had the pleasure to speak with Mary Vaillancourt, long- thanks for Mission renew their vows at Mater Jose time member of San Mateo 's St. Matthew Parish and retired San Dolorosa Church on their secretary of its parish school. Mary said she enjoys tuning into Dominican Sister anniversary day, April 7. Mary Glenn Anne Mosaic , an Archdiocesan public affairs program airing on firsl and Frank are founding members superinMcPhee , Sundays of the month on Channel 5, of the South San Francisco parish. and we are grateful. Hats off to tendent of schools for the Archdiocese for the last 14 years and newly appointed Mary 's daughter, Gail , who has secretary of education for the National Conference of recentl y taken a break from teaching Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. Sister Glenn Anne has at Notre Dame Elementary. been an untiring advocate for our Catholic schools and her leadBelmont where she has been a faculty has been unfailing.

She will be missed but not alone in ershi p member for 25 years....Thanks, ' ital where two other alumni of the Archdiocese the nation s cap farewell and prayers please foi hold positions with the NCCB. Father Tony currentl y Maya Berger, a teacher here foi Sister Maya Most Holy Redeemer and St. Anne McGuire, former pastor, more than 40 years and known always is the director of the Office of Pastoral Care for of the Sunset , as Sister Maya. A member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary former finance direcMigrants and Refugees.

Bruce Egnew , Community, she is remembered by many she taug ht at schools is NCCB associate general secretary .

Hello and thanks to tor , including, St. Gregory and St. Matthew, San Mateo, and St. who I am happy to hear receive and read these two guys, Thomas the Apostle, St. Brendan and St. Mary Chinese Day Catholic San Francisco in the land where the crab cakes can 't School in the City. Sister Maya now lives at the IHM residence be beat....In honor of the recently deceased Bishop Mark in Los Angeles....

Members of the class of '46 from Presentation High Hurley, several people have taken the time to advise us of the late prelate s local good work.

School, San Francisco are being Before joining the episcopate, the sought for an upcoming reunion.

SF-born priest served on the faculty Call classmate Carolyn of Juni pero Serra High School in Baci galupi at (415) 821-2541. some of its earliest years and later Carolyn and her husband Fred was founding princi pal of the East Rouse are St. Dominic p arish' Bay s Bishop O'Dowd Hi gh ioners.... St. Cecilia parishioner School.

He is also remembered as a Anne Duffy leads a hats oft" to former princi pal of Marin longtime St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic High School. Thank you parishioner, Jack Kavanaug h , for letting us know.... who died recently. Jac k was the last Cheers are certainly in order surviving member of the St. for the Catholic Marin Breakfast Ignatius class of '24 and the only Club, now in its 7th year with a From left, David Dawson, Msgr.

Harry Schlitt, member to attend every reunion membershi p of 350 people.

Deacon Jim Myers at Catholic Marin Breakfast over 75 years....All hats off, too, Officers are David Dawson, prez; in January where Msgr.

Schlitt spoke.

Club meeting for RoseMarie Michaelson who Loughran, John v ice prez; Sandy died recentl y in Southern Hufford sec; Veronica MacDonald treas.

Chaplain is , , California. RoseMarie is mom of Deacon Steve Michaelson of Father Ken Westray, pastor, St. Sebastian Church where the St. Pius Parish, Redwood City....St. Pius' Young People's most first Fridays for prayer, group meets on chow and diaTheater Group will perform Rogers and Hammerstein 's logue.

Board members include Wayne Batmale Marianne , Oklahoma next month after Easter. The show is in honor of retiring pastor, Msgr. Peter Armstrong who names the musi- Lashua , Mack Miller, Deacon Jim Myers, Denis Ragan and cal among his favorites. Helping direct the classic are former Wally Sheehan. (See Datebook) ....I saw an ad the other day company members, Jane Kubel , a Notre Dame, Belmont for a car with a "starting at " price of $57,000. Doesn 't "starting grad, and Melissa Ceccotti , a Santa Clara alum. At the helm at " mean not fully equipped or options available? At almost 60 is Karen Elmore. Notre Dame senior Grace Hechler will play thou , what could that car possibl y be without?

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St. Mark pastor, Msgr. Floro Arcamo , pictured here with Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles and Arc hbishop William J. Levada , was "totally surprised" when the two Church leaders came by in October to take a look at ongoing construction of the Belmont community 's new Parish Center. Now complete, the meeting place and Religious Education site is getting plenty of action. Archbishop Levada will bless the building at ceremonies in June. People involved in the project included Frank Gonsalves , Jackie Guzman , Janet Leyte-Vidal, Teri Baxter, Caroline Gould , Frank Reed , Joe Gillanders , Bernie Ancheta , Jim Laherty, Joe Wucher , Sherry Agrella , Bob Barbagelata. Takin ' the photo was Father Miles Riley who lives and assists at St. Mark's in between his ministry with the TV Mass and assisting in Church communications around the world.

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Clergy assignments and changes PASTORS

Reverend John Chandler, SJ. Saint Agnes, effective 3/1/0 1

PAROCHIAL VICARS

Reverend John Conley Saint Philip (half-time), effective 11/1/00 Reverend James Johnson , O.F.M.Cap. Our Lady of Angels, effective 4/1/01 Reverend Felix Namocatcat Our Lady of Loretto, effective 3/5/0 1

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Reverend Monsi gnor Harry G. Schlitt Saint Phili p, while Father Michael Healy is on sabbatical , effective2/8/0 1 throug h 8/31/0 1 Reverend Thomas Moran Saint Bartholomew, while Father Dan Keohane is on sabbatical , effective 2/ 1/01 throug h 4/30/01 Reverend Aloysius Pestun , S.D.B. Corpus Christi , while Father Thomas Juarez , S.D.B. is on sabbatical , effective 2/8/01 through 5/12/01

Reverend Enda Heffernan , O.F.M.Cap. Serving on Formation Team, San Buenaventura Friary, effective 8/30/01 Reverend Antonio Marti , O.F.M.Cap. Guardian & Vocation Director at San Buenaventura Friary, S.F., effective 4/21/01 Reverend Hung Nguyen , O.F.M. Cap. Vicar & Postulant Director, San Buenaventura Friary, effective 4/21/0 1

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Reverend Monsignor Peter Armstrong, retiring from Saint Pius , effective 7/1/01 Reverend Kirby Hanson , retiring from Saint Thomas the Apostle, effective 7/1/01 Reverend Peter McDonald , retiring from Saint Anselm , effective 7/ 1/01 Reverend Joseph O'Connell , retiring from Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mill Valley, effective 7/1/01

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Reverend Robert Barbato , O.F.M. Cap. Director of the Capuchin Franciscan College Program at San Buenaventura Friary, 750 Anza Street , San Francisco, effective 5/30/01 Reverend Matthew Bloomer, Opus Dei, Chaplain of Menlo Center, effective 6/30/00 Reverend Michael Brillantes Chap lain: San Francisco General , (From theDtocese of Bangued , Philippines) Currently residing at Saint Peter Church , S.F. effective 2/1/01

Reverend Carlos Castillo Returning to home diocese in Costa Rica Reverend Michael Mahoney, O.F.M. Cap. Assigned by his Provincial as Pastor at Old Mission Santa Ines in Solvang, CA, Archdiocese of Los Angeles , effective 5/27/01 Reverend Thomas Mathew Nechikat , O.S.A.

Sister Bernadette Giles, Kathleen Ryan are honored school. Sister would invite the people she met to return to active practice and hel p disSister Bernadette Giles and St. Ignatius pel misconceptions about the Church. parishioner Kathleen Ryan were among Some people did not know that "if they those honored by the San Francisco Board were divorced, they could still go to the of Supervisors at their third annual sacraments," she said.

"Women Making History " awards ceremoSupervisor McGoldrick honored her for ny on March 19. her long service as a teacher and activist for Supervisor Jake McGoldrick , who rep- human rights. Msgr. Eugene Boyle, who resents the Richmond district , chose to hel ped found the Human Rights honor a woman , who among other accom- Commission of San Francisco , recomplishments , was a colleague of his when he mended her as a member. She was one of taught at the now closed Presentation High the first women religious to be involved in School. Sister Bernadette Giles is a native this type of work. The Human Ri ghts San Franciscan who entered the Sisters of Commission was founded to fight against the Presentation after graduating from discrimination in housing, employment and Presentation Hi gh School. education. Sister Bernadette served on the Sister Bernadette was a pioneer in the Commission's Youth and Education comministry of parish visitation. In 1943, her mittee for sixteen years. superior, Mother Carthagh, was impressed Sister Bernadette is most proud of the by an article she read called "Saving the work that she and her order have done for Saved". The article lamented the fact that education. "I'm so pleased and proud of all so much effort was being expended by the girls we taught who have taken their parishes on Catholics who were already place in schools and parishes at a time going to church. Inactive Catholics or "peo- when the role of the laity is so important ," ple on the fringes of things were being she said. ignored," Sister said. Sister Bernadette was Supervisor Tony Hall, who represents a dispatched to St. Agnes parish in the Haight West of Twin Peaks district, honored St. Ignatius parishioner Kathleen R yan . Mrs. to help remedy the problem.

At the time , Sister said, there was a good Ryan was born in Ireland and has lived here system of "fishers " to seek out Catholic since 1958. Supervisor Hall lauded her as public school children to encourage them to the "matriarchal backbone of the Irish comgo to catechism classes. Sister Bernadette munity ". She is a member of the Irish took this program a giant step further. She Forum which works to encourage peaceful went through old parish records to find solutions to the problems in Northern names of people who, for one reason or Ireland and she works with the Americananother, were not going to church anymore. Ireland Fund , a peace program designed to She went with another sister to "ring door- use education and reconciliation to bring bells in every basement , attic.and apart- children of Northern Ireland together with other youth. ment" in the parish.

Supervisor Hall congratulate d Mrs. Sister Bernadette knew her territory because she was a graduate of St. Agnes . WOMEN, page 8

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Catholic mission schools in the state capital , Imphal , have threatened to close following the threats to administrators , who earlier met and decided not to pay protection money, reported UCA News , an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. In the past decade, three Catholic priests were shot dead and several attacked , reportedl y for similar refusals.

Father D.K. Joy, princi pal of a Catholic school in Imp hal , said Catholic school teachers, most of whom come from other states , have fled since militants launched "a large-scale extortion campai gn."

Some 20 underground secessionist groups are fi ghting for tribal self-determin ation in the state. The groups extort money from professional s, businessmen and others to fund their armed strugg le against the state and federal governments.

Vatican aide finds some freedom for Catholics in Iran

VATICAN CITY — After a round of meetings with government official s in Iran , a top Vatican official said he was hopeful about the future of the liny Catholic Churc h in the predominantl y Muslim country.

Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, an assistan t secretary of state , praised the "generous hosp itality " of his Iranian hosts and the "climate of dialogue " he said the country was pro moting. His statement was released at the Vatican March 7 following a four-day visit to the Persian Gulf nation. He was the hi g hest Vatican official to visit Iran since the 1979 revolution that broug ht an Islamic regime to power.

In an interview with Vatican Radio March 10, Archbishop Tauran said lie discussed with Iranian officials the question of religious freedom for Catholics in Iran. "I would say (the Church) enjoy s freedom of worship. And this is precisel y the point I raised in my talks with the A Spanish nun holds an image of a few of the newly Iranian representatives: We need to go from freedom of beatified Spanish martyrs in St. Peter ' s Square. worship to religious freedom , from the pure ly liturg ical dimension to the social dimension of the faith — because adoration and Benediction. His job , he said , was to reflect the faith always has a social dimension ," he said. upon Scripture "to help them deepen their prayer."

The cardinal said, "I tried lo illustrate what I was talking about from experiences f have had ," including stories from peop le he had met in Africa as well as in Chicago. In COLOGNE, Germany — Pope John Paul II has written his 25-minute talks , the cardinal moved from re flections on to German cardinals to express concern about erroneous each individual 's need for continuing conversion to developments in the Church , while praising many aspects Christians ' responsibility to share the Good News with all of the cardinals ' work. men and women.

The letter praised the Gennan Church for its "solid organization " and its efforts for those in need and said the cardinals have worked tirelessly to fulfill their pastoral duties. But he singled out four areas in which he said he VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II beatified 233 considers that the German Church needs to improve: the attitude to marriage and the family; ecumenism; the doctri- martyrs of religious persecution in 1930s Spain , entrusting nal orthodoxy of theological schools; and problems with to their intercession an end to the country 's modern-day the relationship between priests and laity in community scourge of Basque terrorism.

As 30,000 pilgrims , most of them Spanish , interrupted life.

He warned of an increasing secularization and a loss of him with sustained applause, the pope said terrorism is "the faith "which threatens to hollow out the Church from with- enemy of humanity." "Terrorism is born of hate and in turn in , so that , while it may appear strong, it is internall y weak feeds it; it is radical ly unjust and increases the situations of and losing credibility." He called on the cardinals to use injustice; and it seriously offends against God and the digtheir talents "to preach the Catholic faith with new energy, nity and rights of persons," he said.

Basque tenorists in northern Spain have killed some in all its completeness and beauty."

Pope John Paul emphasized that the German Church 800 people in their three-decade campaign for a separate must subject itself more to the doctrinal direction of the homeland. The latest victim , a 25-year-old Spanish policeVatican. The pope emphasized that the Vatican 's document man , died March 9 in a car bomb attack near San Sebastian.

The marty rs recognized at the March 11 ceremony in St. "Dominus Iesus ," which last year re-emphasized the pri macy of the Catholic Church among Christian churches, Peter 's Square — the largest beatification ever — included must be the "firm basis " for ecumenical work. priests, nuns and lay men and women who were killed between 1936 and 1939 in Spain 's civil war. The martyrs were targeted solel y for their religious beliefs , the pope said.

The Church investigation of potential martyrs requires proof only that they died for their faith; no miracle or cerVATICANCITY — Pope John Paul II thanked Cardinal tification of a life of heroic virtue is needed, as is the case Francis E. George of Chicago for helping him and top for normal beatifications. Nonetheless, all of those beatiVatican officials strengthen their faith in Christ during a fied March 11 had also led lives of extraordinary holiness, Lenten retreat. The pope chose Cardinal George to lead the the pope said, and without exception explicitl y forgave retreat in the Redemptoris M ater Chapel of the Apostolic their executioners.

Palace.

Cardinal George, who gave 22 talks to the pope and the heads of Vatican offices, chose as his theme, "A Faith for All Peoples: Conversion, Freedom and Communion in Christ."

IMPHAL, India — Several missionaries and teachers at He told Catholic News Service the structure of the retreat revolved around the Liturgy of the Hours and his speeches. Catholic schools in northeastern India 's Manipur state have Each day ended with recitation of the rosary, eucharistic fled following death threats from separatist militants.

John Paul 11 praises and cautions German cardinals

Pope beatifies Spanis h martyrs, urges end to Basque terrorism

Pope thanks Cardinal George for Leading Lenten retreat

In India , missionaries flee following death threats

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KIDAPAWAN, Phili ppines — Catholics and indi genous people in the southern Phili ppines say their "exceptional" missionary priest "more th an deserves" the recognition awarded him by a Phili ppine peace group.

Italian Father Peter Geremia , a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions , received an Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Award for partici patory development , reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency. People of Kidapawan Diocese, some 590 miles southeast of Manila said the priest has touched their lives since his arrival 21 years ago.

'He walks mountain trails with the 'lumad' (indi genous people), crosses the rap ids of rivers ... touching every life and giving hope lo our neg lected people even at the risk of his life ," said Aquino Manial , who heads a federation of lumad organizations formed in Kidapawan parishes. The diocese 's Tribal Filipino Program , coordinated by Father Geremia , organized the federation.

Prima Ebord a of Kidapawan 's Justice , Peace and Integri ty of Creation Program said people in the diocese would often advise the priest to stay where it was safe , but he would insist on going with them. In return , she added , the community protected their priest.

T was often suspected of being a troublemaker — now it is nice to be called a peacemaker," Father Geremia said as he accepted his award.

Nigerian bishops condemn injustices and corruption

ABUJA, Nigeria (CNS) — The Ni gerian bishops ' conference said the country cannot be tru ly at peace while the people still suffer injustices and the government fails to protect citizens from violence .

"It is dangerous to presume that all is well in Ni geria simpl y because we are no longer burning houses or killing one another," the bishops said March 9 in a statement issued after a plenary meeting. Their statement called on Nigerians "to say a clear no to any public official who refuses to behave responsibl y. This should be done peacefully and nonviolentl y, but firml y."

The bishops said they have received reports that "prove that there are many Ni gerians who feel that their ri ghts are being infringed upon where the Shariah has been imposed as a state law," the statement said. Shariah is the legal code of Islam.

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Life full of commitments Brother M ichael Sanderl: Dedicated to his students , relig ious lif e

By Liz Dossa Christian Brother Michael Sanderl doesn 't live in the world of the 401 k. He has different concerns from many of his friends who graduated with him from St. Mary 's College in 1996, He isn 't worried about pay ing the rent or getting a raise.

His concern s center on teaching four sections of freshmen religion at Sacred Heart Cathedral Hi gh School and moderating LaSallian Youth , stressing faith , service , and community. He 's focused on hel ping students put together 100 peanut butter sandwiches every week for those who live under freeways. Other days he takes the kids on afterschool visits to the elderl y at St Anne 's home or to a childcare center in the Tenderloin. He has to fit in class preparation , student leadershi p meetings , and time to counsel individual students who just want to talk.

Then there are the commitments of community life with the brothers . Prayers , Mass, time for dinner together.

Brother Michae l has been try ing to figure out what God wants him to do with his talents since as a youngster he watched his dad teach junior hi gh and saw himself teaching too. He moved fu rther along the vocation path at Pasadena 's LaSalle Hi gh School when as a student he was drawn to the brothers ' sense of community.

"It was the first time I saw teaching as a vocation , a ministry," he says. "I worked in the brothers ' house after school and saw the other side of their lives too. It wasn 't just the work—they prayed , laughed together , had a life together.

As I look back , it was very important."

Brother Michael has had mentors and models all throug h his growing up. At Si Mary 's College many brothers lived in the donns , giving him a valuable glimpse of their lives. "The relationshi ps between the brothers seemed to run deep and very supportive of each other. They had a sense of integrity and respect."

He began as an asp irant while he was at the college, meeting several times a semester with the vocation director and having casual conversations in the dorms.

"We also went on retreats and getaway weekends at Russian River. I saw other guys thinking about a vocation. That was the besl part of these weekends. Also 1 laug h! at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles one summer teaching reli gion and another at Sacred Heart Cathedra l teaching Eng lish. I was teamed with other brothers, so 1 was watching, being mentored , getting some experience. "

Christian Brother Michael Sanderl

He admits that looking back the choices sound clearer than they were. The idea of becoming a brother came and went. There were severa l young women in his life over those years; two relationshi ps were serious.

After working part time at De La Salle High School in Concord and stud ying for his Master 's in Theology at Graduate Theological Union , he thought "I'm not getting any closer to deciding." So he took the plunge of postulancy as a test for himself , wanting as he said, "to look at the brothers from the inside." He lived at St. Mary 's High School in Berkeley, taug ht , and worked on finishing his degree.

Community life there meant a balance of a rich prayer life , work , and study.

He was read y for a year at the Novitiate at Napa Mount La Salle which began with a robing ceremony when he received the habit , the title and identity of "brother. "

Now in his second year at Sacred Heart Cathedral and as a professed relig ious , Brother Michael feels certain that he is where he is supposed to be. He has thoug ht about other possibilities— married life , other communities — but he loves teaching and the special relationsh ip he has with the students as a brother.

"I enjoy the drama of inside the classroom and outside.

I like taking them on service tri ps, on retreats , on weekends. They ask for my advice. The relationship is not just teacher, but campus minister, moderator of the group."

One of his recent "highs" was attending World Youth Day in Rome this iasl summer with 24 others. "It was exciting, energ izing, a huge gathering of people searching for answers to .different questions. The last ni ght was an all ni g ht vi gil in St Peter's Square , a two million-person camping tri p complete with sleep ing bags, celebrating our faith.

Part of the joy of my experience was hearing the students ' reflections and feelings afterward."

As he tries to keep his balance between ministry, community, and his own prayer life , he 's respectful of choices his friends have made. He points out that many of them hav e consciousl y chosen vocations to married or sing le life.

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Fire chap lain's j ob: Challenging and rewarding San Francisco firefighters and paramedics were among the first to arrive on the scene of the brutal dog attack that killed St , Mary College La Crosse coach Diane Whi pple on Jan. 26. Personnel who attempted to stem the damage of the assault were badly shaken by the severity of the young woman 's injuries.

Following the incident , counselors from the San Francisco Fire Department Traumatic Incident Response team were called to respond to the needs of the firefighters, paramedics , and other emergency responders who were affected by this terrible incident. One of the members of this group is Father John Greene, the chaplain of the San Francisco Fire Department. Father Greene provided emotional support for some of the members involved in this traumatic event.

Father Greene is the pastor of St. Monica 's Church in San Francisco and has served as a chaplain for the fire department for over 18 years. He assisted Msgr. Bruce Dreier for two years until Msgr. Dreier, now pastor of the Excelsior District 's Ep iphany Parish, was assigned to other pastoral responsibilities.

As fire department chaplain , Father Greene responds to all three-alarm fires, counsels firefi ghters and their families , performs, baptisms , weddings and funerals for them. He is frequentl y a guest at the city 's 42 firehouses for dinner, and rides with the firefighters on then calls. Although he slides down the fire-pole when necessary, just like the firefi ghters, he admits he doesn 't do it as often as he used to when he was younger.

When Father Greene was assisting Msgr. Dreier as a Fire Department chaplain , they were called to a gas explosion in Diamond Heights at 24th and Fountain Streets. Several houses were on fire , and victims were believed to be trapped in the rubble. A frustrated battalion chief ordered the priests, who were dressed as firefi gh ters, to "take a fire hose and begin an attack on one side of the burning buildings." When the priests identified themselves as chaplains , the harried chief yelled "I

After new fighting, CRS sends food to Sudan NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Catholic Relief Services Sudan sent food to thousands of displaced people in southern Sudan 's Diocese of Rumbek after renewed fighting between government-backed soldiers and the Sudan Peoples ' Liberation Army.

Responding to an urgent appeal by Bishop Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek for food , water, and other relief supplies, in mid-March CRS Sudan delivered 60 tons of lentils, vegetable oil, wheat and other supplies to the Bahr el Ghazal region in the western part of southern Sudan , said David Snyder, media relations adviser with CRS, the U.S. bishops international relief and development agency.

CRS has additional stocks in the area that can be released if necessary, said Snyder. The Sudan program is CRS' biggest project, with most of the funding coming from the U.S. Agency for International Development, he said.

Sudanese government troops arrived in the towns of Wau and Aweil by train almost two months ago and have been fighting with the Sudan People 's Liberation Army, or SPLA, for control of the area, said Snyder.

He estimated that the fighting displaced approximatel y 9,000 people in the Bahr el Ghazal region of southwest Sudan, althoug h Bishop Mazzolari puts the number closer to 55,000, said Sny der, It was almost impossible to estimate the exact number of displaced persons, he added.

"It 's a constantly changing situation — the situation fluctuates all the time," he said.

In a March 2 report of his earlier tour of northern Bahr el Ghazal, Bishop Mazzolari estimated that 1 million people desperatel y need food and water, and said that, if nothing is done, "hundreds of lives " will be lost "as the days pass."

don 't care who you are just take that hose and get to work." Marina District himself to join in the search and recovery The priests obeyed but after the tire was out and everyone was effort. He gave the last rites to several victims who were accounted for, they had a good laugh about their adventures trapped in the collapsed buildings.

Father Greene finds being a fire chaplain a very challengthat night.

During the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, the Fire ing ministry. He loves and respects the firefi ghters and paraDepartment Communications Center was badl y affected. The medics he serves and is very proud of the fire department entire computeri zed dispatch system crashed. Father Greene "famil y ".

"They have a difficult and often dangerous job that binds who had volunteered in the Fire Department museum, knew how the firefi ghters had kept track of where various fire units • them together. They serve the people of San Francisco with were in the old days by means of a peg board. He helped the great courage and pride," he said.

Each year the San Francisco Fire Department and the San firefighters at the dispatch center to know what units they could dispatch by radio throughout that long ni ght. Bishop Francisco Police Department sponsor a special Memorial John Wester was assisting Father Greene at that time as the Mass for all recently deceased active and retired members of Associate Chaplain. Bishop Wester responded to the Marina the departments. The fire and police chaplains will be leading this special tribute at St. Monica 's Church on Sunday, Apri l District , where several fires were burn ing out of control.

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CHICAGO (CNS) — Collaboration among women and men in the Churc h began to improve when priests realized "decisions no longer could be made at the dinner table at the rectory," Lcodia "Lee" Gooch , a Church official from St. Louis told a national gathering of women.

"When decisions are made before I come to the meeting" or "when I learn things in public that I should have known in advance — it 's like a bucket of ice water thrown in my face ," Ms. Gooch , a program manager in the Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, said.

It is important , she added , to "wait until everyone is around the table before the discussion takes place."

"When Catholic schools started getting lay teachers , the reli gious had to learn not to have a faculty meeting in the convent over breakfast ," Ms. Gooch said. And as women received leadershi p posts in U.S. dioceses and parishes , "decisions no longer could be made at the dinner table at the rectoiy."

Much of Ms. Gooch's talk centered on the recent survey of women diocesan leaders on their positive and negative experiences in Church leadershi p and about what hel ps or hinders their contributions.

Ms. Gooch used (he lerm "I" to describe the collective image of women in Church leadershi p that emerged from that survey.

"Mostl y I am white ," said Ms. Gooch , who is AfricanAmerican , "but a small part of me is Hispanic , AfricanAmerican or Asian-American.

"I am middle-aged , between 50 and 60 years old , seasoned , experienced , in the prime of my life , and extremel y well-educated," she added.

Ms. Gooch got a chuckle of recognition from her audience when she said, "I'm always trying to show up for everything."

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"My strongest affirmation ," she said, "is when my ideas are acted upon and used."

But she also said she sometimes witnessed "sexist decisions , attitudes or comments " and sometimes found that "the comments of men are often taken more seriousl y " than those of women.

She warned women to be carefu l in picking their battles.

"No matter how much I lift my voice , I will not be heard if I am perceived as having a sing le issue that I will bring to the table in anger," she said.

Ms. Gooch also noted that men often interact among themselves "by bantering, teasing or putting each other down ," which women do not want to join in or be subjected to.

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By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Catholic News Service CHICAGO (CNS) — The recommendations offered to the U.S. bishops by 150 women in diocesan leadershi p posts at a consultation here last week were as diverse as the jobs the women hold.

Among the ideas presented at the consultation sponsored by the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Women in Society and in the Church were: • Better maternity leave policies in dioceses to back up the bishops ' strong pro-life position.

• Regional gatherings of women and bishops , similar to the national consultation but on a smaller scale.

• Establishment of formal systems of women mentoring younger women.

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After small-group discussions , partici pants in the meeting reported on their own recommendations for improving Church collaboration.

"There needs to be more visible support (from the bishops) for the collaborative mode ," said Sister Maria Iglesias , a Sister of Charity who was representing Las Hermanas, a Catholic Hispanic women 's group. Annual presbyteral meetings in dioceses "should not be clergy onl y — ever," she added.

Sister Bernadette Murphy, directo r of the Secretariat for Educational and Formational Services in the Los Angeles Archdiocese , said that when she worked at St. John 's Seminary in Camarillo, Calif., she and the onl y other woman on the faculty came to trul y know the priest faculty members because they all "worked together and played together."

But in the archdiocesan post, "we know each other simp l y as functionaries ," said Sister Murphy, who is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Louis. That situation , she said, presents a major obstacle to collaborative efforts.

Sister Catherine Kallhoff , a School Sister of Notre Dame who is director of total education in the Diocese of St. Cloud , Minn., said bluntly, "Canon law needs to be changed. It is used to keep women in their place.

"As women we have no decision-making power," she said. "Men and women need to collaborate on this question and come to what is best for the Church."

Mary Ross Agosta, director of communications in the Archdiocese of Miami, said some young priests seem to have problems with women in diocesan leadership positions.

She suggested that seminaries include some sort of internship in diocesan offices to hel p candidates for the priesthood become "comfortable with working with women as supervisors."

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In a forum which is rarel y short on words, Mrs. Ryan simp ly thanked the supervisors for the "wonderful award" she received.

Mrs. Ryan is also a founding member of the docent program at St. Mary's Cathedral . Cathedral pastor, Msgr. John O'Connor, calls her "A real dynamo, one of these people who is a real giver rather than a taker".

For the past three years each supervisor has chosen a woman to honof for Women's History Month. Other women honored this year were: Daphyne Benson - Chosen by Supervisor Chris Daly for her work as a tenant leader at the All-Star Hotel and helping to coordinate a food pantry in the North Mission district.

Nancy Charraga - Chosen by Supervisor Tom Ammiano for promoting indigenous rights in Chiapas , Mexico. Ms. Charraga is also owner of Casa Bonampak , a Mission district business which specializes in purchasing fair trade imports that support development projects in Mexico.

Mattie Duhon - Chosen by Supervisor Sophie Maxwell.

Ms. Duhon is a mother, foster mother and grandmother

involved in many community projects in the BayviewHunters Point neighborhood.

Stacey Karp - Chosen by Supervisor Aaron Peskin. 27 year old Stacey Karp is the Political Director of the California Abortion Rights Action League and former president of the San Francisco chapter of the National Organization for Women.

Tsuyak o "Sox" Kitashima - Chosen by Supervisor Matt Gonzalez for her community work in Japan Town and the Western Addition. She has also advocated for redress and government apology to Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. Violeta "Bullet " Marasigan - Posthumous award by Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval. Mrs. Marasigan fought for human ri ghts and feminist causes in the Phili ppines. She was imprisoned by the Marcos government in 1978. She has worked on many issues of interest to the Filipino community in San Francisco.

Sarah Marshall - Chosen by Supervisor Mark Leno.

Ms. Marshal is the first transgender person honored with this award by the Board of Supervisors . She was asuccessful , white male business executive until 1996. Ms. Marshal currentl y serves as a director of the Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center.

Susan Suval - Chosen by Supervisor Leland Yee. Ms. Suval has been involved with the Sunset District Nei ghborhood Coalition since 1993. She is currentl y president of the Sunset Community Democratic Club and works on issues to improve the quality of life in the Sunset.

Diane "Dede" Wilsey - Chosen by Supervisor Gavin Newsom. Ms. Wilsey is president of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. In the past few years she has successfully raised more than $200 million for the Museums, the Opera, Ballet and other projects.

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Father Jamnick y told Catholic San Francisco , airport chap lains bring a "comfort " to the vast number of travelers and airport employees where sometimes airline officials cannot. The involvement of the official' s emp loyee status can be a hurdle to overcome , while Father has experienced "almost an instantaneous trust " with the peop le that need his support.

Some eight years ago, a commuter plane crashed about 70 miles from O'Hare Airport and all 60 passengers died. Airport official s would not announce the disaster until the Emergency Response Chaplaincy Team was alerted

By Evel yn Zappia Some members of the San Francisco Interfaith Community met at the Presidio 's Interfaith Chapel in San Francisco to discuss plans in organizing San Francisco Airp ort 's newl y built Reflection Center , the first-ever in California , Marc h 15.

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A ' very good sp irit of collaboration among p riests , relig ious, deacons and laity '

By Patrick Joyce j fT s he looks back over the past five years, Archbishop William Levada 's memories range from the prosaic chore of earth quake retrofitting to the spiritual joy of theJubilee Mass, from the challenges of secularized society to the dedication of the archdiocese 's priests and peop le, from the triump h of RENEW 2000 to the tragedy of clerical misconduct.

On a rain-soaked afternoon , Archbishop Levada speaks of many things during an inte rview on his first five years as Archbishop of San Francisco, but one memory stands out above the others. "The Jubilee Mass was the focus of our year and, " he says with a smile, "even in spite of the rain , something like today 's, it was for me perhaps the highlight of my five yeats here — to see all that planning come to such a beautiful , prayerful , joyful unity, the unity of the local Church , around the bishop, all the ethnic groups , language groups, everyone. I was absolutely thrilled.

"We had a wonderful , varied celebration of the Jubilee Year in the archdiocese. I am grateful to the Holy Father for all he has done to help us and remind us of this significant milestone in the history of Christianity and in our life as a Church, our own local Church here and our own personal lives."

Archbishop Levada was welcomed in San Francisco as Coadjutor to Archbishop John Quinn on October 24, 1995, and succeeded him as the seventh Archbishop of San Francisco on December 27, 1995.

"The appointment came much to my surprise after nine years as Archbishop in Portland , Oregon., " he recalls. "I was in the midst of many projects in that archdiocese , but one is trained to do what the Holy Father asks you to do and, quite frankl y, coming to San Francisco was not a chore for me because my extended famil y is all from this area. It was a homecoming. It has been a very happy five years — but not without some problems. " Two of those problems confronted him almost as soon as he arrived in San Francisco: decisions about what to do with parishes that had been closed, and the costl y project of earth quake retrofitting p arishes that remained open.

"When I arrived, the archdiocese was near completion of the development of its Pastoral Plan," he says. "It was a very ambitious process, one that had wide participation from the whole Catholic community. It was not without controversy, especially the decision to close some churches. Even now, we continue to deal with the issue — not to reexamine the decision to close the parishes , but what do with them, in a way th at respects those who used them and built th em up. Are there other worthwhile religious uses for those facilities or should they be sold and, in that way, provide funds for programs and other needs — schools and youth ministry and outreach to the poor?"

Archbishop levada cites St. Josep h's Parish as an example of putting the buildings of a closed parish to a religious use. "It is now called St. Joseph's Village. Catholic Charities operates a shelter for homeless families , single women with children and pregn ant women there. It also has a child development center. It is a very successful program."

The sale of other buildings has helped the archdiocese fulfill a pledge made by Archbishop Quinn of $8 million in aid to poor parishes that cannot afford the cost of retrofitting their churches and school buildings.

When he was appointed Coadjutor, Archbishop Levada knew he would succeed Archbishop Quinn as head of the archdiocese, but he had expected that he would have "a year or so to quietly and patiently get acquainted with the archdiocese, and go around visiting all the parishes." Instead, he found himself archbishop of San Francisco.

He continued those visits — "three or four parishes a week until I comp leted the rounds of all the parishes ," along with visits to high schools and other institutions. The visits helped him get acquainted with the people and understand the archdiocese , its diversity in terms of ethnic background, and economic status.

"We have a wonderful tradition among the priests in this archdiocese, going back to the missions, to Archbishop Alemany, the first archbishop, " he says, "but we have had some very public notorious cases of clerical misconduct of priests here — and Bishop Ziemann in Santa Rosa. That situation was unique, certainly in my experience: a bishop involved with one of the priests and then the enormous financial collapse, for which he was responsible as bishop."

Archbishop Levada was given the assignment of healing the wounds in Santa Rosa by

serving as Administrator of that diocese until a new bishop was appointed last spring. "In terms of my five years here," he says, "that year in Santa Rosa was clearly the most challenging, in many respects. "

"Today's Students, — Tomorrow's Leaders" - to create a $30 million endowment for scholarships and tuition assistance. The parish p hase has been completed. It was very successful. We continue to work on the major gifts phase."

As difficult as th at situation was for a shocked laity, Archbishop Levada found it, and other revelations of clergy sexual abuse, even harder on the vast majority of priests who lead exemplary lives. "Many priests have felt that the notoriety and publicity surrounding clergy misconduct has very much undercut them in their own priestly ministry," he says.

"We have all felt it. It is a major concern of mine, but I can say from my own experience that , in this archdiocese , we have truly splendid , talented, wonderful and holy priests here. Unfortunatel y, nobody gives much publicity to those facts. "

The Archbishop is encouraged by President Bush's proposal to help families move their children from failing public schools to nonpublic schools.

"It is clear that this is a priority in our country," he says. "The new administration is taking this as its fi rst focus. I agree with them on making this a priority. It is not easy for parents to afford modern education. It is not easy for us to assist the parents who need help, but it is a great work of charity and solidarity. " Now, five years after ti\z ArchdiocesanPastoral Plan was promulgated, Archbishop Levada has asked the new Archdiocesan Pastoral Council , a panel of lay, religious and clerical leaders, "to look at the plan, to see whether its recommendations have been implemented, whether these need adjust ing — to continue the process begun by that excellent plan, and then to approach the planning for the next five years. "

Finding new generations of dedicated priests is one of his top priorities , but it is not an easy task, Archbishop Levada says. While enrollment has almost doubled in the past five years at the archdiocese 's St. Patrick Seminary , this is a sign more of the seminary's good reputation and its appeal to dioceses throughout the Pacific Rim than an increase in vocations from the San Francisco For Archbishop Levada, strengthening the Archdiocese, he says. sacramental life of the Church is vital because of "This archdiocese is unique ly challenged in the nature of contemporary American culture. "In a some ways by its location , the large number of secular society," he says, "we must be proactive , immigrant people, the diversity here in many ways, helping priests and lay ministers to celebrate the the affluence of the area - and the smaller number liturgy in a way that helps all of our people experiof families with children , " he says. "Those things ence God's presence in their lives and give them make vocations recruitment even more difficult direction in living out their lives. here than in many parts of the United States."

"This is a complex area around which there The archdiocese is attacking the problem on are some tensions. Some people want to move fast, several fronts , working to fulfill the U.S. bishops' some peop le want to preserve the old. It is particu vocations plan, "A Future Full of Hope, " through larly important to adopt the adage sentire cum the vocations office, parish vocations committees ecclesia— ' to think with the Church. ' Liturgy is the and programs in which pastors identif y possible patrimony of the Church. We do not create liturgy. candidates for the priesthood. "I then meet with It isn't our liturgy. It is God's gift to us, through " them and encourage them, he says.

Christ and His Church. It is His initiative, first of all. " Archbishop Levada has found a very good "I think the whole Church is coming more and spirit of collaboration among priests, religious , deamore to realize the depth of what the liturgical " cons and laity. experience ought to be and how sensitive we should "We have a great, capable staff of clergy, relibe to insure that it is an experience that can draw in gious and laity in our Chancery and Pastoral Center peop le of diverse backgrounds into a community Archbishop Levada kneels in prayer at the who provide a wonderful service to the whole which finds its focus in God and His love for us. The unsealing of the doors of St Mary 's Cathedra l Archdiocese in so many ways. I especially commend community then becomes - from that grace-filled to mark the opening of the Jubilee Yea r.

Bishop John Wester, whom I ordained a bishop in encounter with God - eager to put the great comHe has been a treasure both for me 1998. and the whole Archdiocese. I thank God for his mandments of love of God and our neighbor into practice in our lives." ministry among us. " One way Catholics are living out the liturgy is throug h social outreach programs. "We

We had a wonderfu l, varied celebration of the Jubilee Year.'

Archbishop Levada has been working with the School of Pastoral Leadership "to continue to develop lay ministry formation - something that is very important for the Church in the future. " He also wants to improve parish religious education programs, outreach to ethnic groups, adult education , young adult ministry. "We now have a full-time resource person in our office to help parishes imp lement an effective young adult ministry.," he says.

The Archbishop has also been impressed by the lay response to the RENEW 2000 program. "Every parish took part. The great participation by so many peop le was edifying, " he says, "and those who participated have told us the program was beneficial to them. " Catholic schools are a high priority for Archbishop Levada. "They are making a wonderful contribution to the future of the Church and society," he says. The challenge now is to keep the schools affordable. "We have mounted an ambitious educational endowment campaign -

have a fine spirit in this archdiocese, a tradition of concern and outreach to people in the community," Archbishop Levada says. "This is particularly true of the priests and pastors.

They work to ensure that the affluent parishes don 't leave the other parishes behind, that there is an exchange of gifts and talents.

"We have had a great Catholic Charities organization , with splendid programs that serve so many in the community. The Catholic Youth Organization has been strong and very effective in its programs for youth, including youth in need of residential treatment and care. " The archdiocese is also reaching out through its communications programs. To address one of the areas that was focused on in the Pastoral Plan, Archbishop Levada appointed a task force on communications. It was clear that the Catholic community as a

whole felt that communications needed to be upgraded. "We were very blessed to have Maury Healy available to become Director of Communications. His good work and leadership has helped us begin Catholic San Francisco, a weekly newspaper that goes to every Catholic home. It is a splendid communications tool for the archdiocese. " This kind of outreach to Catholics in the archdiocese is more important than ever "because of the challenges facing us in a fragmented and secularized society, " Archbishop Levada says. "It is hard to get a cohesive spirit in the community to pass the faith on to the next generation. The secular media doesn ' t help us get out our message of our common humanity and of our Catholic identity. Our own newspaper helps us share our experiences and build solidarity. " Spreading the faith to a secular society takes many forms. "When he retired , the priests gave Archbishop Quinn a very creative gift — an annual symposium on social justice , the ArchbishopQuinn Colloquium which addresses prominent issues of our time from die perspective of Catholic social teaching, " Archbishop Levada says. "In addition , I have an annual Archbishop's Prayer Breakfastto address significant issues in religion and society."

Even more needs to be done , "Our missionary work, especially the evangelization of the culture in which we live, is perhaps the most challenging sort of missionary work, and it is difficul t for us today. That 's because it' s new in many respects, and we are so busy. " "We are a people who have been supportive of the Propagation of the Faith in sending missionaries around the world, but we haven 't seen ourselves as missionaries to our society, our own culture — to our entertainment industry, our educational institutions , our political institutions. Our Holy Father is helping us focus our attention on this issue - the evangelization of the culture which is the base that forms who we are and out of which we live our lives. It is a big challenge for all of us, especially for a bishop in the Church today. " Archbishop Levada believes that teachings of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican offices and the U.S. bishops ' conferences can help Catholics meet this challenge. "Not everyone is going to read every document from the Vatican and the bishops ' conference , but we need to find ways — and our Archdiocesan paper has a role here — to break them open for our people in a user-friendly way. These documents contain some terrific ideas for Catholic peop le about our common mission, especially to promote the work of the saving love of Christ in the world. " Archbishop Levada sees the media as a key element in the development of today 's culture . "But sometimes, I regret to say many times, it is not a positive development. For example, a program like 'Temptation Island' is an idea that in a truly civilized society should never have been promoted. It is crude and degrading.

"Our families are so challenged today that we really need to find ways to help parents raise the next generation of citizens as future citizens of heaven and good citizens of society. It's an enormously challenging task for parents. As a Church , it should be a priority of ours to give them every help we can. That's why Catholic schools are so popular, we need to make them available to parents whose economic resources are limited so that they, too, can take advantage of the environment and education children receive there — the formation of their souls and their hearts as well as their minds.

In addition to his work in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Archbishop Levada serves the Church on the national and international scene.

Late last year, he was named co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the United States. "I will attend my first meeting as co-chair in March in Baltimore ," he says. "This is a long-term process. Ecumenical work is a long, patient and prayerful process - one that I look forward to - but I don 't have any illusions that it 's going to be my work.

It's God's work and we're just His instruments."

On the international level, Archbishop Levada was recently appointed a member of the Vatican 's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Archbishop was one of seven bishops from around the world to serve on the editorial committee for the Catechism of the Catholic Church. "This task was one of the most significant experiences of my priesthood and my ministry as bishop — to see that project come to completion in 1992 , and then the English translation in 1994 . That was a source of great satisfaction to me.

"I believe the Catechism is a great contribution to promoting an understanding of the beautiful teachings of the revelation of God in Christ, and the wonderful way in which that doctrine has unfolded over these 2,000 years. What a resource it is for our own ministry teaching and celebrating and living the life of Christ in our society."

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Winning isn 't everything

Catholic San Francisco ' s future plans include increased coverage of Catholic children and youth — in parish, school , sports and other activities - attending both Catholic and non-Catholic schools in the Archdiocese. As the newspaper moves toward this goal, it takes note of exceptional stories and accomplishments.

Such is the case of the state championshi ps of high school basketball played last Saturday at Arco Arena in Sacramento. The boy 's team from Archbishop Riordan High School and the girl's team from Sacred Heart Cathedral both p layed in the Division III state finals against teams from Bishop Montgomery High School of Torrance in Los Angeles County.

The Archbishop Riordan boy 's team, Northern California champions with a 28-9 record under Coach Rick Forslund, p layed valiantly in the state championshi p game. The Riordan Crusaders finished on the short end of the 55-43 score, but distinguished themselves by never quitting.

Also on Saturday, the girl's basketball team from Sacred Heart Cathedral , Northern California champions, faced the girl' s team from Bishop Montgomery High School for the Division HI title. Sacred Heart Cathedral, which closed out the season with a 30-3 record under Coach'Brian Harrigan, lost a hard-fought game to the southern California team by a score of 48-38.

Catholic San Francisco joins with the Archbishop Riordan and Sacred Heart Cathedral high school communities and the other members of the Archdiocese in congratulating these teams for their spirit as well as their accomplishments.

Remember our roots

A national survey attempting to measure levels of social connection , trust and civic involvement was released earlier this month , noting that San Francisco had the lowest level of faith-based civic involvement among communities surveyed nationally.

The national survey was conducted by the Saguaro Seminar, a project of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and funded by 36 foundations and organizations.

In total, researchers interviewed 30,000 people across the country - 500 here in San Francisco - asking more than 100 questions about patterns of volunteering, worshipping, recreation , and social, political and civic involvement.

With the caveat that a survey of 500 people may or may not really represent the reality of life in San Francisco, some points in the survey report are worth examining.

Among the 40 cities and counties doing similar surveys, San Francisco ranked lowest for religious activity — with just 55 percent of those interviewed saying religion was very important in their lives versus 84 percent of people surveyed nationally.

At the same time, San Francisco ranked highest in the number of people who were politically active, those who said they had participated in a demonstration, signed a petition and could name both California senators. Forty-one percent of San Francisco respondents were in this category, versus 19 percent nationally.

In a follow-up report examining the data of the local and national survey results, a team from the University of California at Davis' Department of Human and Community Development said the dichotomy was no surprise.

Authors of the report , David Campbell and Joan Wright, state that San Francisco has "a social structure and political traditions that are unlike any other American city."

Noting a high level of diversity and a dense population, the authors describe San Francisco as "home to many single, young professionals, and a large and politically active gay and lesbian community" as well as "a highly developed and relatively well-funded infrastructure for children and families."

Campbell and Wri ght say "the city 's political culture is a volatile mix that includes a history of activist, participatory politics alongside a strong liberal Democratic political machine with a firm grip on power."

The irony of the survey report is that it misses entirely the rich tradition of faith-based civic responsibility and social justice that is evident in the history of San Francisco. From the dedicated women of Catholic religious orders who ran hospitals, schools and other institutions to crusading Catholic priests who fought for the ri ghts of working people, San Francisco was built with the mortar of faith-based action.

Today, of course, we are in a different age. The California Political Almanac (1999-2000) describes San Francisco as "an area of enormous social complexity. It abounds with ethnic and neighborhood factions that can be counted upon to pursue their individual issues to the exclusion of almost everything else."

The survey results should not bring surprise at current indications of a low level of faith-based civic and social involvement in San Francisco, but rather sadness for the diminishment of social justice, human respect and dignity, and love for fellow human beings fostered by Catholicism and most religions.

MEH

What Bible says about death p enalty

"Thou shall not kill" , Exodus 20:13, and the preachers , priests & church officials are therefore against capital punishment , for didn 't God so state it? Nay, my learned friends , In translation from Hebrew kill is actuall y "murder " as Jesus slates in Matthew 19:18 "Thou shall do no murder ".

There 's quite a difference isn 't there?

To delve fu rther, please peruse Exodus 21:12 , "He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death." Now which portion of this verse do you have difficulty understanding ? Do not preach your own liberal ideas as to what you think should be done. Preach the Bible as it should be, obey God. Far too often the murdered victims are too quickly forgotten . They were murdered, their lives were extinguished by the murderer. Someone has to pay and the murderers are the ones to pay for their crimes!

In Romans 13, we are to obey the government , and if you think that you are under grace, read Romans 13:4: ". . . a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. " I'm for the death penalty and am sick and tired of these do-gooders that forget God's laws and the victims, misinterpreting the Bible.

Thank heavens that I stud y the Bible thoroug hly, to find out what God wants us to do. He gave us the 10 Commandments for a reason , for a purpose , to live life happily the best we can.

I ask the clergy to open their Bible once again and study God's word , refresh your memory according to the word of God , pay ing close attention to the following quotes regarding cap ital punishment: Leviticus 24:17 , Genesis 9:6, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15.

The murderers deserve what's going to happen to them. They knew what they were doing and deserve to pay for their horrendous crimes.

Let's obey God. Priests, preachers start restudying your bibles.

Bob I. Topper

told him: "I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me." (Luke23:43) The pro-life message is strengthened , not weakened , and credibility is gained , not lost , by its embracing the anti-death penalty stance. It is understandable that we human beings , with our finite minds and our finite comprehension of God' s Infinite mercy, would have difficulty giving the prisoners of death row the same protection we would naturall y give an "innocent."

However , Isaiah 55:8-9 states: "M y thoug hts ," says the Lord , "are not like yours , and my ways are different from yours. As hi gh as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways and thoughts above yours." Our goal as Catholic Christians is to ali gn our thoug hts and ways with that of the Almi ghty.

Those who claim that Scripture does not support treating all humans as living tabernacles of the Holy Spirit , let us refer to Matthew 20:1 - 16. In the parable of the workers of the vineyard , the owner gives the same pay to the workers who have worked all day and to the workers who have worked onl y the last hour. The owner states:' "I want to give this man who was hired last as much ,as I gave you.

Don 't I have the ri ght to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?"

What ri ght do we have as individuals , voting for the death penalty, or the state, by enforcing it , to take a prisoner 's chance at working in the vineyard , even for just one hour , away from him. The Holy Spirit works on its own timetable and we are not privy to its schedule.

Nichole R. Herbert San Carlos

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JCJ Another view of killing killers

In his article , "Killing the Killer ", Father Gerald Coleman argues against the death penalty. He addressed his remarks to a mythical jury considering cap ital punishment.

Were I allowed to follow him and address that same jury, it would go something like this.

Ladies and gentlemen , " Human life is an opportunity —nothing more, nothing less. An opportunity to learn , work , love, procreate and 'live by the rules '. Or, equally, an opportunity to steal , lie , cheat, injure , rape and , yes, even kill. The choice is ours and, upon that choice, will rest our final jud gement."

Father Coleman says "the right to life is prima facie, a right not at the disposition of ANY authority." Where was he when 1 needed him? I mean back in 1942 when I faced my draft board .

Father Coleman warned you we risk promoting a "culture of death." Yet, recently, a young man who killed another on a ski slope was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Doesn 't sound like a "culture of death" to me. Fact is, most killers will serve short sentences and then be returned to society.

Which brings us to the heart of the matter, that small group of vicious , malicious murderers who kill for the twisted pleasure they get out of it.

The man who blew up the Oklahoma City building, killing 168 men, women and babies to 'make a statement ' . The two men in Texas who dragged an innocent , mentally impaired , black man behind their truck , listening to his screams of pain and terror, while scattering his body parts all over the landscape "just for the hell of it ".

Fr. Coleman says taking their lives "devalues ours ." Maybe it devalues Fr. Coleman 's but not mine. I hold the conviction that ruthless, that savage, that coldl y premeditated murder demands that the perpetrator forfeit his ri ght to live among us.

That is where Fr. Coleman and I part company.

Robert Riordan Redwood City

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There 's always chance For killers to reform

Contrary to the opinion of some of your readers, neither Pope John Paul II nor the Catholic Church are on some misguided mission but rather a much needed mission of including opposition • to the death penalty under the umbrella of the "pro-life movement." John Paul II sees quite clearly the "life" for which the "pro-life" movement fights does not and should not include just the "innocents" of abortion , mercy killing, and euthanasia. All lives are precious to Jesus and, therefore, important to His Almighty Father. Jesus ' sacrifice on the cross is all encompassing and does not exclude anyone, even the convicted criminal crucified alongside Him. This man is surely guilty of the "heinous" crimes; however, upon being asked to be remembered when He came into his Kingdom, Christ

Letters welcome

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An Open Letter To Lay Catholic NewsNotes and Mission In California the re are four "sister publications which seek to report truthfull y about the Catholic Church...: " San Diego NewsNotes, Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission , San Francisco Faith , and La Cruz de California.

As far as I am aware, these newspapers are staffed b y Catholic laity who affirm that they are "compelled by their baptism and confirmation to challenge themselves, other Catholics , and even the hierarch y to follow the high call of their catholic and orthodox faith."

In li ght of articles printed about me in the February editions of the San Diego NewsNotes and Los Angeles Mission , I would like to ente r into this respectfu l conversation with these dedicated Catholics in order to present clearly my positions that these papers have found inconsistent with Church teaching. I would also like to include in this conversation Dr. Robert Lynch , special projects director for Concerned Roman Catholics of America who labeled me as "heretical" in letters to Bishop Brown and the priests of the Diocese of Orange, and to Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo , Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the United States.

I do not relish this public attention to me or to the seminary where I am the President/Rector. At the same time, I feel that the editors of these newspapers and their readers , as well as Dr. Lynch , deserve an account of the positions I have taken. Some have counseled me to let this matter pass quietl y. I cannot do this due to the seriousness of the concerns and the additional comment in the San Diego NewsNotes that seminarians at St. Patrick's are exposed to heretical moral teachings.

The central issue for these newspapers and Dr. Lynch is an article I published in Catholic San Francisco in February 2000, "Is Proposition 22 Discriminatory ?" Prop.

22, the Limit on Marriages Initiative , (the Knight Initiative) desired to add one sentence to the California Family Code: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

I supported this Initiative (and the collective voice of the California Bishops) in 1999 articles in Catholic San Francisco and San Jose 's The Valley Catholic . I staled my full support of the meaning of marriage as stated in "Faithful Citizenshi p," the October 1999 document from the Administrative Board of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: "Marriage as God intended it provides the basic foundation for famil y life and needs to be protected in the face of the many pressures working to undermine it."

A good deal of anger surfaced in California among Catholics regarding the bishops ' support of Prop. 22. Some felt that their support amounted to a condemnation of all homosexuals.

In light of this particular point , I cited two specific statements from Always Our Children , the 1977 statement of the American Bishops ' Committee on Marriage and the Family. This document affirms the Church 's embrace of "homosexual persons " and concludes, "You are always our children."

My desire was to affirm two princip les: it is possible to support Prop. 22 and the traditional understanding of marriage and at the same time not condemn homosexual persons.

The above-cited newspapers and Dr. Lynch strongly opposed my views on several points: • The difference between sacramental and non-sacramental marriage.

• The assertion that civil benefits might be given to committed life-long homosexual relationshi ps is "grotesque and comp letely contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church" because such unions "are in fact... based on intrinsicall y disordere d acts."

• I am personall y "a major spokesman of homosexual ag itprop, and a staunch supporte r of long-term, committed and loving homosexual relationshi ps."

First , the Church's canon law (canons 1044:1 and 1 057:2) speaks to the sacramental nature of the "matrimonial covenant " which "has been raised by Christ... to the di gnity of a sacrament" for the baptized. This union by its very nature is for the good of the spouses and for the procreation and education of children .

These princi ples of law, taken directly from the Vatican Council's Constitution The Church in the Modern World, emphasize the Church' s reverence for the marriage of men and women in every culture and place (whether they be Christian , Muslim , Jew or non-believer). For the Church , however, the uni queness of the marriage bond reaches beyond every historical time and place and for this reason every marriage is sacred and a reflection of the covenant that God has established with His people.

While the marriage of baptized Christians is a sacrament, then , this does not in the least denigrate the sacredness of other types of marriage.

Second, I have stated clearl y my thinking on homosexuality in my book Homosexuality: Catholic Teaching and Pastoral Practice (1995). This book bears the Church 's imprimatur. When I speak of "committed life-long homosexual relationshi ps," I am speaking of chaste unions. l ean see that I did not make this point clear in the articles being attacked.

In recognizing the possibility of committed (i.e., chaste) life-long homosexuaf partnerships, I am merely referencing the 1973 "Princi ples to Guide Confessors in Questions of Homosexuality " of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. These "Principles" urge a confessor to encourage the "permanent " homosexual person to form a stable relationshi p "with another homosexual individual" and conclude , "If a homosexual has progressed under the direction of a confessor , but in the effort to develop a stable relationship with a given person has occasionally fallen into a sin of impurity, he should be absolved and instructed to take measures to avoid the elements which lead to sin without breaking off a friendshi p which has helped him grow as a person." (nos. 30-11) It is thus possible in authentic Church teaching to recognize committed , chaste, life-long unions between homosexual persons without being condemned as approving of intrinsically evil homosexual activity.

The difficult question then arises: should such partnerships be civilly recognized? Here I rely on Archbishop Levada's approach to San Francisco 's "Non-Discrimination in Contracts Ordinance:" "...an employee may designate a legall y domiciled member of the employee's household as being eligible for spousal equivalent benefits."

There is no question that such an "approach" might be considered controversial. But it is not correct, in my opinion , to judge such an approach as heretical.

Finall y, the cited newspapers and Dr. Lynch believe that I teach that homosexuality itself is not first of all directed to immoral activity. I have tried carefully to explain that homosexuality per se is at a certain level not different from heterosexuality. The cited papers and Dr. Lynch seem to presume that homosexual people are primarily/exclusively pushed toward immoral activity and thus fail to distinguish the teaching in the 1996 CDF Letter to the Bishops ... On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons: that the homosexual inclination is an "objective disorder." (no. 3) To affirm that the inclinati on is a disorder is not the same as saying that homosexual peop le are disordered.

This point is clearly manifested in Educational Guidance in Human Love of the Congregation for Catholic Education (1983): "Sexuality is a fundamental component of personality, one of its modes of being, of manifestation, of communicating with others, of feeling, of expressing and of living human > love. Therefore, it is an integral part of the development of the personality and of its educative process." (no. 4) I am sorry and concerned that my writings on the subject of homosexuality have caused the cited newspapers and Dr. Lynch such turmoil. I will be careful in the future to carefully detail and nuance my remarks on this subject. I hope I have given some clarification to my support on Prop.

22 and my overall approach to the question of homosexuality. I extend an invitation to the editors of the cited papers and to Dr. Lynch to visit me and St. Patrick's Seminary and witness our faithfulness to the Catholic tradition .

I would like to make my own the words of Archbishop Pilarczyk: "I believe that the bishops and the various local Churches ... will continue to look for ways those people who have a homosexual orientation will not suffer unjust discrimination in law or reality because of their orientation.

In our teaching, pastoral care, and public advocacy, bishops will, of course, continue to strive to be faithful to Church teaching on homosexuality, to uphold the values of marriage and family life, to defend the basic human dignity and human rights of all and to condemn violence, hatred and bigotry directed against any person." (1992)

Father Gerald Coleman

Sulp ician Father Gerald D. Coleman is president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Words for Weddings Serving weddings was always a prize assignment in preconciliar Catholicism , although not necessari ly for the noblest of reasons. Assuming a generous groom or best man, serving a wedding may have cost you a coup le of hours on a Saturday, but it usuall y netted the altar boys $5.00 each. And in those innocent , pre-inflation days, you could buy a lot of baseball cards with five bucks.

The one part of the wedding business I didn 't much appreciate then was listening, time and again , to what was called the "pre-nuptial exhortation. " This was an instruction which the priest celebrant read to the coup le after the Gospel reading and before the exchange of vows. It must have taken no more than six or seven minutes to get through, but to a 12-year-old- with a crisp five dollar bill burning a hole in his pocket , it seemed an eternity.

Twenty-six years into my own marriage, I recently dug that exhortation out of an old missal and discovered that it said many sensible, even beautiful , things.

It recognized that marriage is a covenant before it is a contract, for marriage requires "a complete and unreserved giving of self."

It emphasized that marriage is an icon throug h which we come to know the love of Christ for the Church , which , as St. Paul teaches, is a spousal love. As the self-sacrificing union of Christ and the Church is to be the pattern of Christian marriage, so in living that kind of union do we come to know the depths of Christ 's constant self-g ift to the people who are his body.

The exhortation also hints at marriage as an icon of the Trinity, when it reminds the couple that "you begin your married life by the voluntary and complete surren-

der of your individual lives in the interest of that deeper and wider life you are to have in common. Henceforth you belong entirel y to each other; you will be one in mind, one in heart, and one in affection." The self-giving and receptivity of husband and wife, two unique persons, begets a deeper and wider life , their marriage, which is born from their love and yet is somehow unique in its own ri ght.

Here was a preview of what John Paul II means when he describes marriage as the "primordial sacrament" through which we begin to glimpse the interior life of God, a trinitarian community of self-giving and receptivity. The unity of the "one flesh" — husband , wife, and their nuptial covenant — is a radically free , "trinitarian" unity, an image of God the hol y Trinity.

The exhortation even anticipated, if briefly, the Holy Father 's teaching that sexual love within the bond of marital fidelity is a form of worship: "No greater blessing can come to your married life than pure conjugal love, loyal and true to the end." Pre-conciliar Catholicism had a reputation for prudishness. That one sentence in the pre-nuptial exhortation should have signaled that prudery was not the baseline of the Catholic view of sexual love.

How much of this rich Pauline and trinitarian imagery got throug h to a young coup le on their wedding day?

Perhaps not a lot. But it was there in the missal to be pondered in the future. It spoke to the many other married couples attending the wedding. And , in one case at least, bits and pieces of it stuck in the memory of an altar boy, to be unearthed for future reflection a little farther down life 's path .

Because the Church is an organized society, it has laws; because marriage is of the essence of any organthe ized society, Church has marriage laws. In one high school religion class, I seem to remember being required to memorize the 13 "diriment impediments " to a canonical ly valid marriage. It was not an approach to marriage

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Happily, much of that has now changed. The Second Vatican Council reclaimed the biblical concept of marriage as a covenant community and the 1983 Code of Canon Law followed suit. The old "pre-nuptial exhortation" anticipated this contemporary development of doctrine and legal practice. It 's well worth rereading. For today, as ever, the future of marriage is the future of civilization.

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

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SCRIPTURE ŠL ITURGY To see as God sees Our first reading reminds us ol (he naked truth embarrassing ly present in our lives: " 'Not as human beings see does God see, because human beings see the appearance , bul the Lord looks into the heart. ' " Thus", Samuel would have happil y anointed Jesse 's eldest son , Eliab , because of "his appearance " and "loft y stature ." But the good man 's horn of oil remained unpoured as Jesse presented six more sons of his as candidates for king. When the youngest , however , "who is tending the sheep," is sent for as an afterthoug ht and appears , God shows Samuel how God sees: "Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;anoint him, for this is the one.'

Then Samuel , with the horn of oil in hand , anointed David...and from that day on , the spiri t of the Lord rushed upon David."

How we need to see as God does , to realize what we are about during our Church' s annual celebration of the meaning of the death and resurrection of Jesus for us , the peop le on this planet , and all of creation. With long ing and hope, we respond to the first reading with Psalm 23; we trust that God will shep herd us throug h Christ to "see" what the "restfu l waters ," the anointing of the head "with oil ," and the table "spread before me" mean for our elect and for us.

As a partial answer to our prayer , we learn that our "illumination " (ancient name for baptism) continues to open our eyes as we live out our relationshi p with Jesus in the world.

Notice that in John the words and gestures of Jesus , who proclaims himself "the li ght of the world" (v.5), are repeate d or referred to thre e time s (vs. 7, 11 , 15) so that we connect the Word with the water bath in the Pool of Siloam and think of our baptismal experience so eloquentl y described by Ephesians , "Christ loved the Churc h and gave himself up for her, that he mi ght sanctif y her, having cleansed her by the washing of wate r with the word , that he mi ght present the Church to himself in splendor, without spot or

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A l Samuel 16:1b , 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23; Ep hesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41.

Father David M. Pettingill wrinkle or any such thing, that she mi ght be hol y and without blemish." (5:25-27) We see even more. This initiation experience continues to play itself out in our lives , with our own progress and that of the elect charted by the Gospel. See how the man cured of his blindness becomes more profoundl y and progressively related to Jesus. See at first how he responds to his neighbor 's questions about his newly found sight by referring to Jesus as "the man." (v. 11) See that when he is next asked about his sight by the Pharisees , who claim , "this man is not from God , because he does not keep the sabbath" (v . 16), he becomes much more aware of Jesus ' action upon him and exclaims , "He is a prophet. '" (v. 17) See the man go even further: he begins to defend Jesus , to describe his ori gin , and finally to suffer expulsion from the synagogue for saying, "If this man were not

The community . . . will form , challenge, comfort , heal, fo rgi ve, include, and mission us, if we allow it to, and as we respo nd , the Lord Jesus will become more visible, real, and pe rsonal to us.

from God, he would not be able to do anything. " (v.33).

See finall y that Jesus seeks out this cured person who has suffered for him and asks , "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" (v.35) onl y to elicit the profound rep ly from the "illuminated" man , "T do believe , Lord ,' and he worshi pped him." (v.38) (This title ,'"Son of Man ," has a special meaning in this gospel: Jesus is "lifted up " on (he cross and into glory as Son of Man to gather God's scattered children into unity by revealing God' s deathless love for them.)

For us , the elect and the initiated , something gracefilled and li ght-giving is occurring, as our second reading fro m Ephesians tells us , "You were once darkness , but now you are li ght in the Lord." We verif y the ancient baptismal hymn this letter cites , "Awake, 0 sleeper , and rise from the dead , and Christ will give you li ght." Our "illumination " will continue the more we are involved with our Church and stand up for Jesus in this world. The community of which we are a part will form , challenge , comfort , heal , forgive, include , and mission us , if we allow it to , and as we respond , the Lord Jesus will become more visible , real , and personal to us.

We then approach the holy table on this Lord 's Day, rejoicing that we see the way God sees, love the way God loves; knowing that God's choice of us is still a pure gift; giving thanks that the elect still want to join us. They must see something there !

Questions for Small Communities of Faith.

What does witnessing to our faith do for us,, as the healed blind man shows us?

How have our eyes been opened in our group? In our parish? In our Archdiocese?

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

Good Accompaniment "The notes were like bullets shot from the choir loft into us, the defenseless, civilian population gathered there for Mass!" These words of a reli gious sister with whom I have worked when in a parish in New Haven , have remained with me now for five years since they were spoken. As 1 asked last time when considering the cantor and the microp hone , wh y is it that too often we musicians thj nk that "loud is better?" And , wh y is it that we liturgists and parish leaders pay far too little attention and money on sound - a central characteristic of liturgy?

How is it that we who profess to be peop le of the word neglect the spoken word , the music we make and the sound of our liturg ical prayer? These are questions we have been pondering in the last two columns of this series. Today we will consider the strength and weakness of our accompaniment.

The constitution on the liturgy, paragraph 120 speaks of the pipe organ as the instrument which "is to be held in high esteem" by the Latin Rite Church. In this section on sacred music it says, ".. .it is the traditional musical instrument that adds a wonderfu l sp lendor to the Church's ceremonies and powerfully lifts up the spirit to uod and to higher things." (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 120) It seems to me the word "powerfull y " needs to be acknowledged in light of this conversation for ' two reasons. First , there is littl e doubt that the organ has the power to lead a congregation in sing ing. Secondl y, in the wrong hands , there can , at times , be too much power for the taste of most people. In other words, in order to use the organ as an accompanying instrument effective-

the baptized) then the organist needs a "talking to!"

As the liturg ical constitution may suggest , "full organ " can be a wonderfu l way to enhance the majesty of some of the rites of the Church , such as processions , an unbalance d way of using this resource can actuall y harm the rite it is mean t to support. It may be very difficult to have one 's spirit lifted in any way but unto frustration if an organist is blaring into pipes the way a cantor may blare into a microphone in an attempt to fill the church with sound. The effect is not prayer but again , frustration.

The word "power" is important to think of when determining the use of other approved instruments of accompaniment in worship, and we would do well to evaluate the effectiveness of some of our accompaniments. Does a single guitar , for examp le, provide enoug h musical support for a hundred singers? Is there not a need in most settings for greater musical support for an assembl y of this size? Perh aps one can add other instruments in combination , such as piano and perhaps woodwind ly, the organist needs to be sensitive to the instrument 's instruments to assist the assembl y in hearing their notes dynamism. Just as the organ can most sensitivel y and and rh ythms. Flute for examp le is a wonderfu l choice of beautifull y accompany instrument in order to add color and a li ght accompanythe most delicate piece ing texture to much of our music. of worship music , or be In the end , great care should be taken when considerplayed independentl y of ing how to accompany an assembl y 's song, and like voices in order to every other musical and ritual consideration , should be enhance the rituals of evaluated regularl y in order to discern whether or not the the Church , the organ accompaniment trul y supports the Church' s song. B y can also have the poten- trul y understandin g the princip le that music is integral to tial of overpowering an the liturgy, musicians will then be insp ired to use instruassembly 's song. There ments with great care . is a time and a p lace for the use of "full organ " or the use of all of the sound resources on any particular organ. These times Father McKearney is a Sul p ician candidate fro m the may be few and far between , and if used so as to overArchdiocese of Hartford , Conn., and director of power the primary instrument of worshi p (the voices of music for St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Father Jim McKearney

Just as the organ can most sensitively and beautifully accompa ny the most delicate piece of worship music... the organ can also have the potential of overp owering an assembly 's song.

Sp irituality

Eucharist as the New Manna A friend of mine, an alcoholic in recovery, likes to explain the dynamics of an Alcoholics Anonymou s meeting this way: "It 's funny, the meetings are always the same; the exact same things get said over and over again. Everything is totall y predictable; everyone , except those who are there for the first time, knows already what will be said. And we 're not there to show our best sides to each other. I don 't go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to share my talents or to be a nice guy. No. 1 go because, if I don ' t, I know, and know for sure, thai I will start drinking again and eventually destroy myself. It 's that simp le. 1 go there to stay alive!"

In a curious , but accurate , way, that can also be a descri ption of the Eucharist — at least of one important aspect of it. Among other reasons, we go to the Eucharist to stay alive. The Eucharist is meant to be God's regular nourishment for us , dail y manna to keep us alive within the desert of our lives.

We get this theology from John 's Gospel. The Gospels, as we know, do not have just one theology of the Eucharist. The various communities in the early church each emphasized different things about the Eucharist. John , unlike the other evangelists , does not set the Eucharist so salientl y into the context of the Last Supper. He does set it there , but places it in another context as well.

In John 's Gospel , where the other Gospels have the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper, he has Jesus washing the disciples ' feet. Various scholars, late Sul pician Father Raymond Brown among them , suggest that John does this because , by the time his Gospel was written , perhaps 60 to 70 years after Jesus died , Christian s, not unlike today, were alread y arguing with each other about the Eucharist: How often should it be celebrated? Who should preside? What is its precise meaning?

John , in placing the washing of the feet where the other evangelists put the word s of institution , is reminding us that washing each other 's feet — service to and humility before each other — is what the Eucharist is reall y all about. But John also emp hasizes another aspect of Eucharist. While linking the Eucharist to the Last Supper and hi ghli ghting that it means service and humility, John also places it into Jesus ' discourse on the bread of life. In Chapte r 6 of his Gospel , Jesus says: "Unless you eat the bread of life , you will not have life within you."

In speaking of the bread of life , he links it to the manna , the dail y feeding that Israe l received from God during her years in the desert. For all those years, manna was Israel' s dail y food and , oftentimes , her onl y food. It had , too, a curious quality. When she ate it alongside other foods she had procured for herself or food she had brought out of Egypt , it tasted bitter , but if she took manna as her only food it tasted sweet. In either case, it was her dail y sustenance.

In John 's Gospel , Jesus tells us that the Eucharist is the new manna, the new bread from heaven , the new way that God g ives us dail y sustenance. The Roman Catholic practice of dail y Eucharist takes its root here . That is why, too, in Roman Catholic spirituality, unlike much of Protestantism , the Eucharist has not been called "the Lord's Supper," since it was understood not as an extraordinary ritual to commemorate the Last Supper, but as an ordinary, ideall y dail y, ritual to give us sustenance from God. How does the Eucharist give us dail y sustenance? As we saw in the earlier columns in this series, the Eucharist nurtures us by giving us God's physical embrace ("the real presence") and , like a Quaker silence , it gives us a oneness with each other that we cannot give to ourselves. However, it nurtures us in yet a further way. It provides us with a life-

sustaining ritual , a regular meeting around the word and person of Christ that can become the dail y bread of our lives and our communities. How? Monks have secrets worth knowing. One of these is that a community sustains itself not primarily throug h novelty, litillation , and high emotion , but through rhythm and routine , namely, through simple, predictable , ritual processes. For example , a wise family will say to itself: "Wc will all be home at regular times , we will all eat together twice a day, and we will all be together in the living room at least once a day — even if it isn 't exciting, even if real feelings aren 't shared, even if some are bored , and even if some are protesting that this isn 't worthwhile. We will do this because, if we don ' t , we will soon fall apart as a famil y. To stay together we need regular, straightforward , predictable, daily rituals. We need the manna of dail y presence to each other. Otherwise we'll die."

In the Eucharist , God sustains us in just this way.

Father Ron Rolheiser

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

Famil y Lif e

Not-so-silent prayer The church was silent except tor the clicks from the heater. We sat quietl y, breathing deep l y, pondering the verse of Scripture that had just been read aloud. Across the aisle , someone coughed.

We were there to learn to deepen our prayer lives. I tried to focus on the reading, but my leg was falling asleep.

I shifted position as quietl y as I could and wondered how the boys were doing in the other room.

"Pay attention to your breathing," the leader was saying.

I admit I' ve never been good at silent prayer. Usuall y it didn 't matter — with two kids , there 's not a lot of silence in my life anyway. But this was Lent , and parish educators were pushing silent prayer. (When was the last time your parish offered a Lenten program on something practical like "Finding God Through Chocolate Chip Cookies" or "Baseball as a Spiritual Path"?)

"God grant that I may be strengthened in my inner being with power th rough his spirit ," intoned the leader, quoting from St. Paul' s letter to the Ephesians. "Picture what that would look like. What could you do if you were strengthened in your inner being ?"

My mind spun away from the church. I thought about our farm, the strawberry p lants growing contentedl y in the

new hoop houses. I prayed that Lucas would remember that Columbia was the cap ital of South Carolina and pass his geography test. 1 thought about the rufous hummingbird s that would be back in our area soon. Where had I stashed the humming bird feeder? In the hall closet? In the basement?

"Set aside all distractions ," the leader was saying.

I sighed inwardl y. Beside me, Steve sneaked a peek at his watch.

"Think of yourself rooted and grounded in love," continued the leader. "Imagine what that would look like. " The door at the back of the church squeaked open.

Little feet moved quickl y down the aisle. I didn 't have to turn around to know who it was.

Seven-year-old Gabe climbed over his dad and snuggled into my lap. I hugged him tight , nuzzling the top of his head . He looked up, brown eyes shining, and gave me a kiss. What would it look like to be rooted and grounded in love? I didn 't have to imagine.

Silent prayer is a time-tested means of hearing from God , but , luckily for me, it 's not the only way. We can find God not only in silence, but in noise; in the fields as well as in the church; on the playground as well as in the monastery.

As parents , we can take comfort in knowing lhat the mundane details of everyday life can be a form of prayer. God speaks to us in dirty dishes, family pets, and bed« i . time stories. And espe- ,~i . " . cially in our children. If L-linSlIllC DUDOIS we 're not listening, then God does what we do when our children aren 't paying attention —just speaks a little louder.

Prayer is simply staying in touch with God. It 's remembering that anytime we like , we can climb onto God's lap and be welcome there.

TRY THIS AT HOME: List all the times you heard from God today. . i UBEHfr'iim'Hrins—

Christine Dubois is a widely published freelance writer who lives with her family near Seattle.

Contact her at: chriscolumn@juno.com .

Are Sundays part of Lent?

Father John Dietzen Q. At our parish elementary school , children are taug ht that Sundays do not constitute part of Lent.

Therefore , what they g ive up for Lent they may have on Sunday.

I ' ve been told this is true , but I ' ve also heard that , even though including Sundays makes Lent longer than 40 days , one should still observe any sacrifices made during that time. Is there any correct teaching on this? (Illinois) A. There is no "correct" teaching on this , thoug h there 's a lot of discussion about it every year. Any extra self-denial or prayer or good works undertaken for Lent is purely voluntary. One is bound only by what one wishes to be bound b y.

One might resolve to abstain from candy or beer, for examp le, on Wednesdays and Fridays of Lent, much as the Church now has only a few specific Lenten days obliging Catholics to fast and/or abstain from meat .

As you imply, part of the uncertainty may be traceable to the confusion over the number of days. Probably imitating our Lord 's 40 days of fast in the desert as described in the Gospels, the period of penance before Easter has been traditionall y "40 days" since at least the fourth century.

How those 40 days were calculated differed from place to place. At first , in the West, Lent was six weeks of fasting every day but Sundays , adding up to 36 fast days. A few centuries later, four days were added , starting with Ash Wednesday, to make a total of 40.

There 's a lesson in the interesting fact that the concern over exactl y 40 days seems to have developed as the emp hasis on the season turned more toward the obli gation of fasting and away from the original puipose of these weeks, which was to prepare the minds and hearts of Christians for a worthy and joyful celebration of the Lord's resurrection — and our resurrection with him.

Does this say something about the way to look at your

question? We, in a special way, pray, deny ourselves and do good for each other during Lent to unite ourselves more closely with the cross of Christ and to rejoice more full y with him in his risen life.

To carry out these resolutions every day, including Sundays , manifests perhaps a somewhat more enduring commitment for these six weeks. To do them every day except Sunday is also good.

Liturgicall y, of course, Sunday s are unquestionabl y a part of Lent. But in accord with ancient Christian custom , Lent now ends on Holy Thursday evening, before the celebration of the Lord 's Supper. The sacred triduum has its own identity from then until the Easter Vigil ceremonies.

So, even with Sundays, Lent is again much closer than before to the old "40 days."

(A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the sacrament of penance is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietze n , Box 325 , Peoria, IL 61651.Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address , or e-mail: jjdietzen@aol.com.)

Courage called the key to Northern Ireland peace

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Boston 's Cardinal Bernard F. Law called on Americans and on all parties in Northern Ireland' s turmoil to have the courage to keep working for peace.

In his annual statement issued on St. Patrick' s Day, Marc h 17, Cardinal Law said the situation in Northern Ireland calls for following the Roman proverb , "Festina lente ," meaning "make haste with due deliberation. " The proverb emp hasizes the need to urgentl y work toward peace but with understanding and careful action , he said.

Cardinal Law, chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on International Policy, acknowledged the progress that has been made toward implementing the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement but said three areas of special concern warrant attention: the role of the police , decommissioning of weapons , and demilitarization of the North.

He also challenged people in the United States to continue to be committed to supporting "a just and lasting peace."

Cardinal Law asked the parties in the Good Friday agreement, who took risks in signing it, to "continue to extend the hand of good faith to one another, conscious that onl y through mutual cooperation and understanding can confidence be built up and solidified over time."

Real progress is already evident , Cardinal Law said.

"Northern Ireland is a far better, safer and more peaceful place than before ," he said.

"For the most part , the guns have been silent and bombs have been put away. New institutions of self-government have been established; local bud gets are being developed; concrete decisions are being made."

The three areas he cited — policing, decommissioning and demilitarization — are of concern to all parties in the peace process, he said.

First , it 's essential to the stability of society to build a police force that enjoys public confidence and Irust , Cardinal Law said.

"Recent attacks on homes , mostly Catholic, are a disturbing fact that underscores the need for everyone to condemn

such brutality and to support the kind of police force that will be able to offer security and safety to every home in Northern Ireland," he said.

Decommissioning is another tension point standing in the way of mutual confidence, he continued.

"It is fair to say that Unionists should speak and act in ways that create the climate in which decommissioning can more readil y be achieved ," the cardinal wrote. "It is also important that the IRA offer ready and full cooperation ... by placing its arms completely and verifiably beyond use."

Cardinal Law said demilitarization is important because the overwhelming presence of British military in Northern Ireland is no longer justified.

"For many who live in the North , the presence of the British military in places such as South Armagh has long been an irritant," he said.

Cardinal Law encouraged people in the United States to be of whatever help possible in working toward lasting peace.

He said he was pleased that the Bush administration seems prepared to continue President Clinton 's efforts to advance the peace process.

He noted that President Bush invited representatives of all parties in the Northern Assembly, including the Rev. Ian Paisley, to participate in St. Patrick 's Day events at the White House. Rev. Paisley 's participation in the activities was criticized by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.

But Cardinal Law said Rev. Paisley's inclusion was appropriate.

"The more persons who disagree with the framework of the Good Friday agreements are challenged to enter into dialogue, the greater is the hope for a resolution of disagreements and a new commitment to cooperation and mutual respect," he said.

U.S. citizens, especially Irish Americans "must renew our solidarity with those working for peace and we must avoid support of those fringe groups committed to violence and division," he said. "We must stand with those who choose dialogue over violence, progress over prejudice, peace over polarization. We must strongly support new risks for peace, new steps toward greater justice."

Jerusalem . . . ¦ Continued from cover the Holocaust , and those people — many he knew — who lost there lives in th at terrible tragedy."

"He touched deep ly the heart and the spirit of the people of Israel,'" by that visit and b y his prayer at the Western Wall of the Temple, Archbishop Levada said. The pope 's act of placing a prayer note in the wall showed his extraordinary ability to sense what needs to be done to "move the dialogue and the relationship between Catholics and Jews forward he has done more than anyone could imagine to bring that relationship to a much closer level of trust."

Archbishop Levada said that the breakdown of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been especially hard on Arab Christians , both Catholic and Orthodox in Bethlehem , Jerusalem, the small towns in the West Bank.

"In the last 50 years, demographers estimate that a quarter million Arab Christians have left the Holy Land," he

Bishop suggestions . . . ¦ Continued from page 7 • Better training of priests for their role as "CEO" of parishes.

• "More honest " education of parishioners about the realities of the priest shortage so that they will be more supportive of lay ministers and the sharing of parish resources.

• Study of canon law to determine precisely what roles are open or closed to the non-ordained. "Clearly it is not as restrictive as some canonists would have it," Archbishop John G. Vlazny of Portland , Ore., chairman of the committee, said at the end of the meeting.

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said. Only about 160,000 remain , 130,000 Arab Christians are in Israel, 30,000 in Gaza and the West Bank.

The fighting between Israel and Palestinians had put these people "under great pressure ," he said. They are suffering economically, their lives are in danger, educational opportunities are disappearing and blockades of their towns and city make it difficult to obtain medical care.

"They despair of being able to live a decent human life in the Holy Land and that moves them to look elsewhere," Archbishop Levada said. "This is a sad day for those people who have lived there for generations.

"This a very great concern of our Holy Father and of us — members of this equestrian order," he said, urging each member of the audience to do whatever they can to encourage a resumption of the Mideast peace process. Th at may mean simply talking with people in San Francisco , including members of the Jewish community, many of whom are "quite unhappy that the process of peace seems to be taking a step back or perhaps two steps back.

"Some of you may have contacts in the Bush administration," he said. "Your indication of a concern about this

particular problem may indeed be hel pful in the new administration seeking its own stance" on Mideast policy and the "new realities that must be confronted."

After the "Holy Father 's wonderfu l visit to Israel, the great sense of joy and hope that it generated in that land."

Archbishop Levada said, "1 have no doubt that there would be nothing closer to his heart than to see this process move forward ."

He encouraged members of the Equestrian Order to "work together with people of like mind in the Jewish community " for peace in the Holy Land.

Many in the Jewish community are eager to cooperate with Catholics, he said, citing a full-page ad that appeared in the New York Times last fall , a declaration of several hundred Jewish scholars and prominent persons on Christians and Christianity. It was, the archbishop said, "a forthri ght and courageous statement by people in the Jewish community who wanted to establish a leadershi p role in recognizing the steps that had been taken toward reconciliation among Christians and Jews, particularly by our Holy Father."

And as they left Chicago, the bishops and the women might have heard the echo of a comment from School Sister of Notre Dame Catherine Kallhoff , director of total education in the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minn. "Action commitments are necessary," she said "We can 't just gather and talk and then go on as before."

Each of the 11 workshops and four general sessions during the three-day meeting concluded with a time for drawing up recommendations for consideration b y the bishops ' committee or for them to pass along to other committees.

Sometimes the suggestions reflected the job title of the speaker, as when Donna Hanson , secretary for social ministries in the Diocese of Spokane, Wash., asked the women 's committee to give as much time to the "society" part of its name as it does to the "Church" part.

Archbishop Vlazny admitted that it was "one of my little frustrations" that the committee was "heavil y focused on issues involving women in the Church" to

the detriment of other societal issues affecting women.

More than two dozen female diocesan chancellors or vice chancellors attended the consultation , suiprising many of the other partic ipants with their numbers .

'Among the othe r job titles represented were secretary or director of communications , director of development and stewardshi p, director of human resources , executive director of Catholic community services , director of canonical affairs, director of family life, Respect Life or pro-life offices , director of racial justice or newspaper editor.

Also present were women who serve in dioceses as superintendent of schools , vicar for church ministry, delegate for religious, director of parish life , chief financial officer, director of Office of the Word, executive director of Office of AIDS ministry, diocesan director of reli gious education, director of evangelization , director of Catholic Campaign for Human Development, director of Hispanic ministry and many more.

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

Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org.

April 28: Apostles to the World , a symposium with Cardinal James Francis Stafford , president , Pontifical Council of the Laity, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church and other nearby facilities at Parker and Fulton St. SF Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at Mass and annual School of Pastoral Leadership Students recognition ceremonies at 5:30 p.m. Reservations required. $10 before March 31 then $20. Call (415) 614-5545.

June 8, 9: The Called and Gifted Workshop with Dominican Father Michael Sweeney and Sherry Weddell of the Catherine of Siena Institute at Our Lady of Mercy Church Hall, One Elmwood Dr. at Southgate, Daly City. Designed to help Catholics explore their unique and personal call from God and discover their God-given gifts. Fri. 7-9:30 p.m.; Sat 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Holy Hour each Fri. 1 - 2 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo at Columbus, SF.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLO MBR0SA CENTER

250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, limes and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known retreat leaders, scholars and people of faith. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21st century? April 8: San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester.

- JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE/E L RETIRO -

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

April 6-8: Can you drink this cup? A silent retreat for men with Jesuit Father Jerry McCourt.

April 12-15: Dying and rising in Christ , a Holy Week retreat for men and women.

April 20-22: I have not called you servants, a silent retreat for men.

April 23-25: 12 steps helps us walk to freedom , retreat in the language of Al-Anon with Jesuit Father Thomas Weston.

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

March 28: A Day of Recollection at St. Rita Church , 100 Miranda , Fairfax , 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. with Mass at 11:30 a.m., addressing personal methods of prayer. Sponsored by Court St. Agnes #1428, the Catholic Daughters. Call (415) 454-7544.

March 31: Catholic Physicians' Guild Day of Recollection with Father Ed Murray, chaplain, St. Mary's Medical Center, SF, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center Chapel, 450 Stanyan St., SF. Spouses and friends invited to attend. A donation of $30 is requested. Lunch will be served. Make check payable to Catholic Physicians' Guild and mail to Gerald Murphy, Sr. M.D., 595 Buckingham Way, #314, SF 94132. Questions? Call (415) 661-0740.

— MERCY CENTER — 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 Shared Scripture blends Taize prayer, daily personal prayer and study of Hebrew and Christian bible texts.

This session is a 10-week study of Paul's captivity letters to Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians. Meets Thurs. mornings. Facilitator is Sherron Sandrini.

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

Taize Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 Calfornia at Grant, SF. Call (415) 288-3809.

3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

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.

Young Adults March 27: One-day young adult institute with Joar Weber for parish staffs and campus ministers at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary, SF from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Discover how to reach out to young adults; help them network with one another; help them discern theii life vocations. $20 for lunch and materials. A follow-up day to the talks will be held March 28 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 2808 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland frorr 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. $15 per person or $50 per parish, lunch included. Call Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox at (415) 614-5595 or christine@sfyam.org .

March 28: Young Adult Ministry Program Leaders at the new Chancery/Pastoral Center, One Peter Yorke Way, SF, 7 - 9 p.m. For young adults wishing to develop YA communities. Contact Dominican

Datebook Sister Christine Wilcox at (415) 614- 5595 or christine@sfyam.org.

Oct. 27: Fall Fest 2001 , 5th annual Young Adult Conference with keynote, workshops , Mass, dinnei and dance. Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596 or mjansen@sfyam.org.

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

Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program , 5:30 - 6:3C p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth , SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges @yahoo.com.

Social Justice/Respect Life March 27, April 3, 10: Lenten/lnterfaith Lecture series at St. Sebastian Church , lower level, Sir Francis Drake and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae from 7:30 - 9 p.m. Hear talks and discuss Debt Cancellation, Violence, Hunger, and Crime. Cosponsored by St. Sebastian and St. Patrick parish , Larkspur. Call (415) 924-0600 or (415) 453-2466.

March 29: Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan speaks at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas More Elementary School's Carroll Hall, 40 Thomas More Way at Brotherhood Way, SF. Call (415) 337-1003.

22nd of each month: Respect Life Mass at 8:30 p.m. in the chapel of Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, Parker Ave. and Fulton, SF. Sponsored by the Respect Life program of the Archdiocese. All are invited. Call (415) 614-5572.

March 31: United for Life's annual Celebrate Life!

Dinner at the Irish Cultural Center, 7 p.m. Guest speaker: Steven Mosher, director, Population Research Center, on Unto the Least of These, My Brethren: U.S. Population Control Policy. Human Life Award recipient is John Galten, former director, St. Ignatius Institute at USF. Call (415) 567-2293. Tickets $35/ students $25.

Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling countri es to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or welesher@aol.com.

Prayer/Devotions/Lent March 28, April 4: Father Francis Tiso, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Mill Valley presents a series of Lenten talks from 7:30 - 9 p.m. in parish School Downstairs Room next to church parking lot.Topics include Early Monastic Spirituality, The Great Triduum and St. Francis of Assisi. Call (415) 388-4190.

March 25-28: Lenten Retreat with Catholic San Francisco columnist Father David Pettingill at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church , 60 Wellingto n Ave., Daly City at 7 p.m. each day.

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

San Francisco's St. Agnes Parish, 1025 Masonic , SF and St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611 Oak St., SF announce Lenten and Easter Season talks and prayer opportunities. March 26: Don Crean on liturgy at 7:30 p.m.; April 2: Sulpician Father Fred Cwiekowski on Christology at 7:30 p.m.; April 11: Sacrament of Reconciliation available from, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; March 31: Day of Recollection with Jesuit Father Steve Corder, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; April 27 at 9 p.m. and April 28 at 9:30 a.m.: Retreat with Bill Spohn, theology professor, Santa Clara University; May 5: Day of Recollection with Presentation Sister Monica Miller, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Call Chad Evans at (415) 487-8560.

April 1 - 3 : Evenings of Recollection with Father Miles Riley at St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF starting at 7:30 p.m. Topics include Secrets of Happiness, Holiness is Wholeness. The Sac rament of Reconciliation will be available on April 3. Call (415) 648-5751.

April 3: Morning of Recollection with Father Milton Walsh in the St. Francis Room of St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary, SF 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Bring your lunch. Call Rosemary Bellan, Docent 7-2020, ext. 207. director at (415) 56.

April 1-4: Lenten Retreat in Spanish with Father Moises Agudo, parochial vicar, St. Charles Parish, SF at Our Lady of Perpetual Church, 60 Wellington Ave,Daly City at 7 p.m. each night.

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

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

Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave,SF at 5:30 p.m. Takes place on last Sun. of month. Call (415) 863-7515.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park, 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St.

Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M-F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri,9 a.m. to 10 a.m, (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church , 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F alter 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. Isabella Church , One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novate Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church , 555 W. San Bruno Ave,San Bruno, 24 hours everyday.

Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapet.

St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. al Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat, at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park, daily from 7 am to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 322-180 1.St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri, from after 8 a.m. Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St ,8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 567-7824. Our Lady of Wit. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave,Mill Valley, Mon,8:15 a.m. through Wed. at 7:30 a.m.; St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave,SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.;Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, M - F 7:45 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St,SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.; St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Rd,Redwood City, 1st Fri., 9 a.m. until Mass at 5:30 p,m.(650) 366-9544

Family Life March 24: 8th annual California Assoc , of Natural Family Conference at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 7 a.m. -10 p.m.Featured speakers include Dr. Chris Kahlenborn , Dr. Mary Davenport , and Dr. Ana Luisa Aquirre. Call (877) 33.CANFP toll free for more information.

May 5: 1st annual Catholic Fun Day at Marine World beginning with Mass at 9 a.m. with Bishop John C. Wester presiding and continuing until 8 p.m.

All families , youth groups, religious education programs parishes are invited. Early entrance included with $18.50 tickets (usually $39.95), a special discount made available by the Office of Family Life which is planning the event. Call (415) 614-5680 for information or to purchase tickets.

Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages.

The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a dynamic marriage enrichment experience designed to deepen the joy a couple shares. Call (888) 568-3018.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers two free information meetings for families considering adoption on the 2nd Tues. of every month at 98 Bosworth, San Francisco at 7 p.m., and on 1st Wed. at 36 37th Ave,San Mateo at 7 p.m. Call (415) 406-2387.

March 21: Introductory session Billings Ovulation Method of natural Family Planning at St. Brendan Parish hall, 29 Rockaway at Laguna Honda Blvd near Portola, SF at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 681-4225

Consolation Ministry Our Lady of Angels , 1721 Hillside Dr. , Burlingame , 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs,9:30 -11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 697-7582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs. 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave, Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd,Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon , 1st and 3rd Wed,3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave,SF, 1st and 3rd Tues,7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St,SF, 2nd and 4th Wed ,2:30 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext .

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

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

Presentation as you experience contemplation , praying with Scripture, with nature, with images , as well as meditation, Buddhist mindfulness prayer, spiritual direction, the cosmic walk prayer, and centering prayer. Treat yourself to a quiet weekend that will mine the riches of your own reflection. No fee.

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

April 11 - 15: A Holy Week Discernment Retreat at Maryknoll's Los Altos facility for men ages 17 - 35 interested in becoming Catholic Missionary priests or brothers. A few days of prayer and silence to help determine where God is calling you. Call Father Manuel Mejia at (415) 921-1100 or mklsanfran@aol.com.

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

Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM. "Mosaic", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:30 a.m,KPIX-Channel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests, 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4. Both shows are sometimes preempted or run at other times, please check listings. Produced by the Communications Office ol the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

March 29: Human Suffering: Job's Answers and God's Questions, a talk by Dominican Father Michael Dodds at 7:30 p.m. May 3: The Personal and the Covenant in Exodus and Isaiah with Larry Gordon oi the Bay Area Organizing Committee in a series ol talks on integrating personal and public life at 7 p.m.

Both at St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF Sponsored by the parish Intellectual Life Continuing Studies Program. Call (415) 567-7824.

Wed. noon and 7 p.m.: Free, drop-in program foi single and step parents looking at issues of raising children alone and other dynamics. Offered by the Gooo Parents Cafe , a ministry of St. Raymond parish, 110C Santa Cruz Ave,Menlo Park. Call (650) 322-3035.

Food& Fun March 24: Annual Community Corned Beef Dinner at St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish hall , 180 Harrison St., Sausalito. No host cocktails at 6 p.m, dinner at 7 p.m. Reservations required, admission paid at door. Adults $15, children $5, under 5 free.

Call (415) 331-0558.

March 25: Catholic Daughters #1389 Polenta and Chicken Dinner at All Souls School cafeteria, Miller and Walnut Ave ,SSF. Cocktails at 5 p.m. dinner al 6 p.m. Call Ruth at (650) 583-1388 or Dolores at (650) 58-0810.

March 31, April: Rummage sale benefiting St. Anne School Choir, Sat. 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Don't miss it. Call (415) 664-7977.

March 31: Out on the Town, 52nd annual fashior show and awards luncheon at Burlingame 's Sherator Gateway Hotel. No-host cocktails at 11:30 a.m,luncheon and festivities at 12:45 p.m. fashions by Revamp, Chico's, Nicole's, Cache, and Minky's Furs. Sponsored

by All Souls Parish Women's Club. Call (650) 871-8944.

March 31: Starlight Odyssey, 12th annual auction/dinner dance benefiting Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Belmont at Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City.

Auction items include vacations to Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard and Mexico; a bus parly to a Giants game; 49er collectibles and more. Call (650) 593-6157.

March 31: Annual Spring Luncheon and Silent Auction at St. Vincent de paul Parish hall, Steiner and Green St., SF benefiting sports programs and parish youth club. Tickets $10. Call Louise Dominguez at (415) 567-3574. Sponsored by youth club auxiliary.

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March 23,24: "Somewhere...Together:A Decade of Tri-School Musicals", a walk through the music from shows performed together by Junipero Serra, Not re Dame and Mercy, Burlingame high schools.

Curtain at 7:30 p.m. for all performances except Feb. 18 at 2 p.m, Tickets $10 adults, $6 students/seniors. Call (650) 345-8207 , ext. 560.

April 19, 20 , 21,22: Oklahoma at St. Pius Parish Fitzsimon Center, 1100 Woodside Rd, Redwood City. Curtain at 8 p.m. except April 22 at 1 p.m.

Tickets at door and in advance by calling Karen Elmore at (650) 361-1411.

Sundays in March: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF.Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. March 28 at 7:30 p.m. hear the Italian string quartet "Quartette d'Archi di Venezia. Tickets $15/$10. April 21 hear Roger Fisher, organist. Tickets $10/$5.

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

Datebook is a f ive listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an infonnation p hone number. Listing must reach Catholic Francisco at least two weeks before ! « ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦San Vocations the Fridaypublicati on date desired.

March 30 - April 1: Pray All Ways , a retreat for Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic single women ages 22 - 45 at Presentation Center , San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. " Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Open to all seekers who know prayer is the deepest call of the 94109 , or f a x it to (415) 614-5641.

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

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Book Review CHRISTIANITY IN JEWISH TERMS , edited by Tivka Frumer- Kensk y, et al . Westview Press (Boulder , Colo., 2000). 438 Pp., $30.00.

LIVING LETTERS OF THE LAW: IDEAS OF THE JEW IN MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY, by Jeremy Cohen. University of California Press (Berkeley, 1999). 451 pp., $24.95.

Reviewed b y Eugene Fisher "Christianity in Jewish Terms" is the product of the Jewish Scholars Stud y Group on Christianity, sponsored by Baltimore 's Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies. The group has been meeting regularl y for years in an effort to reassess Judaism 's understanding of its relationshi p with Christianity.

In September 2000 the group issued "Dabru Emet " ("Speaking Truth"), a groundbreaking statement of historic proportions that acknowledged, among other things, that "Jews and Christians worship the same God ," This has been the Christian claim, of course, but the doctrine of the Trinity has appeared to many Jews to reject the Oneness of the Creator, while the doctrine of the Incarnation is still seen today by many among Orthodox Jews as, technicall y (if not necessarily intentionall y) "idolatry," since it appears to them to raise a human being to the level of divinity.

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Our Lady of the Lake Parish, a suburban parish of 2000 families near Portland OR, seeks qualified Catholic candidates to serve on our expanding parish ministry team. These are full-time positions , with salary and benefits based on qualifications and experience as determined by the archdiocesan compensation program.

Director of Religious Education

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

We are looking for someone with at least 5 years experience and a graduate degree in Theology or Religious Studies. Related degrees and comparable experience will be considered.

Pastoral Associate

We are looking for an experienced parish minister who will direct the RCIA program and manage the planning/preparation of parish liturgies and supervise the scheduling/training of liturgical ministers. This person will also direct and oversee preparation/scheduling of couples for marriage and our parish ministry to the sick and shut-ins. In addition to supervising paid staff, this candidate must be able to lead, inspire, and communicate with volunteers, as well as, work cooperatively with our large parish staff. We are looking for someone with at least 5 years pastoral experience and a graduate degree in Theology, Liturgy, or Religious Education. Related degrees and comparable experience will be considered.

Parish Youth Minister

We are looking for an experienced Youth Minister to plan and direct a 12month program for parish youth {grades 7-12). We want a program that will provide opportunities for faith formation, retreats, socializing, along with community outreach and service. This person will also plan and direct a comprehensive parish Confirmation program for high school students. This candidate must be able to lead, inspire, and communicate with youth and adult volunteers , as well as, work cooperatively with our large parish staff.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of three years experience in youth ministry and at least a BA in Theology or Religious Education; a graduate degree is preferred. Related degrees and comparable experience will be considered.

Interested candidates are invited to send letter and professional resume to: Staff Search Our Lady of the Lake Parish 650 A Avenue

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

FAX: (503) 636-9415 Email: olloff@teleport.com

between Jews and Christians but also the profound and positive influence each has had , theolog icall y, on the other.

In "Living Letters of the Law " he narrates engagingl y how Christian writings from Augustine to Aquinas "fashioned (an image of) a Jew on the basis of (their) reading of the Bible ," from age to age, and how "this hermeneutically crafted Jew assumed distinctive character and power in Christian thought and culture. " For those seriousl y interested in Jewish-Christian relations, it is an utterl y fascinating read.

James Carroll's "Constantine 's Sword" attempts, and fails to achieve, the grand synthesis of Catholic theology on Jews and Judaism that this book provides. But then , Carroll spent one year researching his book while "Living Letters of the Law" is the result of a lifetime of study and dialogue.

In the late 1960s and early '70s I attended New York University 's Institute of Hebrew Studies and was for the first time in my life exposed to how Western history looks from the perspective of the Jews , the one "outsider" group allowed to survive under Christian domination.

Cohen explains the theological underp innings of decisions by generations of Church leaders about Jews in Christian society. It is a must for anyone who wants to understand where Church teaching was before the Second Vatican Council overturned all previous Christian reflection since St. Paul and set the Church on the course of the "dialogue of mutual esteem " that has resulted in the revolutionary progress in Catholic-Jewish relations and , therefore , in the response to that revolution by the authors and editors of "Christianity in Jewish Terms."

asserting equally strongly that "without the long history ol Christian anli-Judaism and Christian violence against Jews, Nazi ideology could not have taken hold nor been carried out."

Still , virtuall y all of the 200 or so rabbis and scholars approached by the group signed the statement. This is a sign ol a growing consensus among Jews that it is time (after decades of successful dialogue with Protestants since (he end of World War 11 and with Catholics since the Second Vatican Council) for Jews, as one put it, "to take yes for an answer."

The book is organized around 11 themes from the "Dabru Emet " statement. Each theme is discussed first by a Jewish scholar, who is then responded to by a Christian and a Jewish scholar. The 27 contributors are among the leading scholars in the world in both communities. The result is a sprightly and immensely illuminating dialogue on such themes as the Shoah and anti-Semitism , God, Scripture, commandment , Israel, worship, suffering, Incarnation , redemption , sin and repentance.

In each the point is what Judaism has to say about what Christians say about these topics. Quite often , the authors conclude, what Judaism used to say about Christianity has been found wanting throug h the closer lens of dialogical understanding. In many ways, then, this courageous book is a call on Jewish tradition not to change its self-definition as such , but to change its way of interpreting Christianity — not an easy task, as those Catholics such as myself engaged in a similar process for our own community can attest!

Meanwhile , Jeremy Cohen of Tel Aviv University is one of the leading medievalists in the world today, a specialist in Jewish-Christian relations. His two prize-winning books, "The Friars and the Jews" and "Be Fertile and Increase , Fill the Earth and Master It," have brilliantl y evoked not onl y the disputations ¦ ' : ""-?¦ : ¦ :¦ -

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