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Vatican official tells U.N. of growing religious discrimination GENEVA – A growing, subtle form of religious discrimination can be seen in attempts to exclude anyone from speaking out on social issues from the perspective of their faith, a Vatican diplomat told a U.N. agency.

“While respecting a healthy sense of the state’s secular nature, the positive role of believers in public life should be recognized,” Archbishop Silvano Tomasi told the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

The archbishop, who is the Vatican’s representative to U.N. offices based in Geneva, spoke to the commission April 1 about religious freedom.

“The place of religions in society and their desire to participate in public life at the service of the people have been part of recent debates that have been provoked by political events and increased pluralism in many countries of the world,” the archbishop said.

Religion is an important part of people’s lives and it is natural that they bring their values to bear on public discussions, he said.

“An emerging subtle form of reli-

gious intolerance is opposing the right of religion to speak publicly on issues concerning forms of behavior that are measured against principles of a moral and religious nature,” the archbishop said.

Archbishop Tomasi said the Universal Declaration of Human Rights acknowledges not only the right of an individual to believe what he or she wants, but also the right for believers to form communities and for those communities to express the faith they hold in common.

“Religion cannot be relegated to a corner of the private sphere of life and in this way risk losing its social dimension and its charitable action toward vulnerable people it serves without any discrimination,” he said.

Instead of banning faith from public discussions, he said, promoting religious freedom means getting to know each other’s faith, to respect differences and to work together for peace and justice.

Although he did not mention the new French law banning students from wearing symbols of religious identity, Archbishop Tomasi said religious freedom includes a right to one’s faith “symbols and tradition.”

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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is depicted in a contemporary enamel work by German artist Egino Weinert. Easter, the feast of the Resurrection, is marked April 11 this year.

It is the oldest and most important Christian celebration.

Prayer rally for marriage and family held in San Francisco

(PHOTO BY JACK SMITH)

By Jack Smith

Archbishop Levada and Ambassador Ray Flynn lead a rosary procession around Washington Square April 3.

San Francisco’s first major public demonstration in support of traditional marriage drew nearly 1,500 people from throughout the Bay Area for prayer and a peaceful rally April 3 on a sun-drenched day in North Beach. The event drew many young adult Catholics and young families with children, grandparents, seminarians, religious, novices and priests, two bishops and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican.

The event was sponsored by Your Catholic Voice, the nation’s largest lay Catholic political organization, and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The majority of those attending the 10:00 a.m. rally also participated in an earlier

benediction and Mass at Sts. Peter and Paul church celebrated by San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada, Oakland Bishop Allen Vigneron, Sts. Peter and Paul Pastor John Malloy and numerous diocesan and religious priests.

Archbishop Levada set the tone at the opening of Mass saying the gathering of people “in support of marriage and family in our society,” was a gathering “in prayer.”

Bishop Vigneron, in his homily, said that even in this time when those opposed to marriage and family life “seem to be making progress,” those who “stand on behalf of God’s truth,” must remain hopeful. There is “no need for anxiety,” he said, “do not be PRAYER RALLY, page 10

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by Tom Burke Thanks to Deacon Gary West of St. Stephen Parish for this slice of life. During the Easter season, the dismissal from Mass is often sung and, in many cases, by a deacon. The rite on one occasion fell to Gary who did his best with the notes. Shortly after, a gentleman approached and gave Gary a $10 bill. Puzzled, Gary asked, “Why?” For “singing lessons,” the man replied. Not one to shy away from offering a pithy rejoinder and also not known to ever boast about his abilities as a singer, Gary handed the money back. “Why?” asked the donor. “Because it’s not nearly enough,” Gary told him. Gary and his wife, Julie, celebrate 46 years married August 16th. Hats off to Gary and his classmates from the deacon class of 1979 who this year celebrate their silver jubilees as clergy.

Prayers and thanks to Deacon Gary and Julie; Deacon Jerry Friedman and his wife, Pat, St. Isabella Parish,

City by the Bay was the theme guiding the 21st annual Luncheon and Fashion Show benefiting Junipero Serra High School and held at Foster City’s Crowne Plaza Hotel March 28th. More than 500 guests enjoyed the afternoon featuring student models from Serra, Notre Dame High School, Belmont, and Mercy High School, Burlingame.

“The work of co-chairs, (from left) Pat Cannizzaro, Diane Karcich, Nina Loerke and the Serra Mother’s Auxiliary made the show an event to remember,” said Sara Cecchin, public relations director at the school.

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San Rafael - Jerry is chaplain at Nazareth House; Deacon Roger Hernandez, and his wife, Haydee, St. Peter Parish, San Francisco; Deacon Russell Holm, and his wife, Elizabeth, St. Hilary Parish; Deacon Mar Tano, and his wife, Amy, St. Luke Parish, Foster City; Deacon Robert Karp, and his wife, Elizabeth, now living in the East Bay. Always remembered are the late Deacons John Bourne, Vincent Brown, Thomas Kelly and Felix Soo…. Congrats to All Souls 7th grader Jessica Bernstein for her 3rd place win at the San Mateo County Science Fair with a project that studied Spider Webs.

Her proud folks are Barbara and John. Bearer of the good news was Jessica’s grandmother Helen Bernstein. Helen and the young scientist’s granddad, Joe, celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary January 2nd. They are parishioners of St. Brendan’s… All eyes were smiling – Irish and other - as Stopping by to say “Hello” and “Thanks” were seven former students of Kathleen and Pat Dunleavy com- Presentation Sister M. Felicitas Cronin who taught the boys-now-men in 8th memorated their 50th wedding grade more than 50 years ago at San Francisco’s St. Agnes school. Curiously, anniversary in true Auld Sod fash- Sister Felicitas’ six years in the Haight-Ashbury District were the only years ion with more than 200 friends and she’s been away from St. Anne of the Sunset parish and school where she relatives at St. Dunstan Parish grew up and has now served for almost 60 years. “We are so glad we took Center January 31st. Step dancing the time,” said Denis Ragan, a 1947 St. Agnes alum. “Wouldn’t it be nice if and a sing-a-long that included others visited with folks who were positive influences in their lives.” Just Pat’s Irish Eyes “theme song” added before takin’ off to lunch at Joe’s of Westlake, Sister’s former students surmuch to the celebration. Hosting the rounded her for this photo. From left, Ray Nann, John Walsh, Don McQuaid, shindig were the happy couple’s Owen Murphy, Denis Ragan, Jim Storer, Bob Woerner. children and grandchildren including daughter, Cathy Rosaia, with husband, Wayne, and anniversary to Bea and Stacey Ver, longtime parishioners their children, Gina and Dan; and sons, Brian, with wife, of St. Anne of the Sunset, who celebrated 56 years of marFran, and their children, Chris and Patrick; and Kevin, riage March 27th. May God “shower his abundant blesswith wife, Cindy, and their children, Tim, Ryan and ings on tem,” a recent bulletin said…. There is no CSF Danny. Kathleen and Pat were married February 20, next week. Happy Easter!!!…Remember, this is an 1954 at San Francisco’s St. Agnes Church and have empty space without ya’!!! Send items and a follow up been active members of South San Francisco’s Mater phone number to On the Street Where You Live, One Dolorosa Parish since its founding in 1961. Kevin and his Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Fax (415) 614-5641; e-mail family are St. Dunstan parishioners. Brian, Cathy and their tburke@catholic-sf.org. Do not send attachments except families are parishioners at Mater Dolorosa…. Happy photos and those in jpeg, please. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634….

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The promise and hope of Easter Therefore God also highly exalted him As I write this message, we have just begun our annual And gave him the name celebration of the great week of the Church’s liturgical year That is above every name, - Holy Week - with the procession, with blessed palms, and So that at the name of Jesus the singing of the passion from the Gospel of Luke, both Every knee should bend, such moving ceremonies of the liturgy of Passion (Palm) In heaven and on earth and under the earth, Sunday. Just last month I had the privilege of walking the And every tongue should confess path taken by Jesus from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem That Jesus Christ is Lord, on the first Palm Sunday, and of celebrating Mass in the To the glory of God the Father.

Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemani where He “humbled” himself. His humility was an act of divine our Lord endured his agony during a pilgrimage to the love, a love that flowed Holy Land. from a desire to be near As I recalled these places made holy by the His humility was an act of divine love, a his beloved, his precious humanity. As we presence of our Lord, I read in John’s Gospel, realized that we have an love that flowed from a desire to be “For God so loved the even greater privilege than pilgrims to near his beloved, his precious humanity. world that he gave his only Son, so that everyJerusalem when we celone who believes in him ebrate the liturgies of Holy Week, for Christ our Lord is present with us sacra- may not perish but may have eternal life” (3:16).

His humble love led not only to his presence among us mentally in these celebrations as the author of grace and new life. The principal celebrant of the Church’s liturgy is through his incarnation, but to his death for us: “No one has Christ himself. By baptism we have been made one with greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s Christ, incorporated into his Body, the Church. In the friends” (John 15:13). Of course his death is an extraordiChurch’s liturgy, Christ as Head of the Body leads his peo- nary proof of his love for us. But St. Paul suggests yet ple in praise and thanksgiving to God the Father. He renews another important lesson for us to consider: “He humbled with us and for us the saving mysteries of his passion, death himself and became obedient to the point of death.”

Paul underlines Christ’s obedience to the will of his and resurrection; he deepens within us the gifts he won for Father. It is the point we are so poignantly reminded of in us by his redeeming love.

Every Palm Sunday the Church invites us to listen again the Gospel accounts of his passion, when we hear the to the beautiful hymn of praise that St. Paul wrote in his prayer of his heart during his agony in the garden. “Father, not my will but yours be done” (Luke 22:42). Obedience is Letter to the Philippians (2:6-11): the necessary demonstration of love, since disobedience Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, turning our back on the One whose love created us out of Did not regard equality with God nothing - is the sin whose redemption required a love “obeAs something to be exploited, dient to the point of death - even death on a cross.”

But emptied himself, Taking the form of a slave, In the Letter to the Philippians, Paul introduces this hymn Being born in human likeness. of praise with these words of exhortation: “Let the same mind And being found in human form, be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” In other words, Christ’s He humbled himself and became obedient humility and obedience show the way for us. Our celebration To the point of death of Holy Week has for its purpose precisely to form in us the Even death on a cross. same mind and attitude of Christ, the “mind” or “attitude” of

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humility and obedience before God, which is the way of love.

Christ’s Easter victory over death, then, is a victory over hearts hardened into stone by sin, and we are already the beneficiaries of Christ’s gift new of life - indeed, of his promise of eternal life. Here is the reason for our hope.

St. Augustine has a beautiful reflection on this theme in one of his sermons: “The death of the Lord our God should not be a cause of shame for us; rather, it should be our greatest hope, our greatest glory. In taking upon himself the death that he found in us, he has faithfully promised to give us life in him, such as we cannot have of ourselves.” This gift of life is the promise and hope of Easter.

Augustine asks an important question prompted by the annual liturgical celebration of the paschal mysteries: “When Christ has already given us the gift of his death, who is to doubt that he will give the saints [that is, us!] the gift of his own life? Why does our human frailty hesitate to believe that mankind will one day live with God?” The hope of God’s promise of life is absent from the hearts of many of our contemporaries. All the more reason for us to be apostles of this hope we experience at Easter.

Christ in his Church proclaims again this Easter a message of hope and life for the world - Christ is risen! Alleluia!

A blessed and happy Easter to you all!

Sincerely in the Risen Lord,

Most Reverend William J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

“A Doctor’s Confession to San Francisco . . . ” And why, despite all, I still do what I do . . .

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onfessions are tough. Real tough. But, sometimes a confession can set the record straight, and I want to give credit where credit is due. Before I talk about my confession, though, let me say a few other things first.

Let me start by explaining the photo in this letter. You know, when I meet people in town they usually say, “Oh, yeah, I know you, you’re Dr. Leung. I’ve seen your advertisment with that picture of you and the cute little baby.”

Well, I’m the guy on the right.

Years ago something happened to me that changed my life forever. Let me tell you my story.

“Back then I was a student just about ready college, when my younger brother developed a painful leg condition known as ‘sciatica.’ In his case it came on suddenly. The pain in his leg was so intense that he couldn’t walk without limping, and sometimes he couldn’t straighten his legs to put on his socks. I remember him telling me it felt like someone was stabbing his leg with a screwdriver. He was afraid that he would be confined to a wheelchair if the disability continued. It all happened so fast, one week he was competing as an athlete at the national level and the next week he could barely take care of himself. He was devastated.

After considering surgery (that was the only option, according to the surgeon) he decided against it. I remember feeling so helpless, I wish there was something I could do for him. It was a very scary time . But there’s more . . .

A friend of mine convinced me to have my brother give their doctor a try. This new doctor did an exam, took some films, and then ‘adjusted’ his spine. He told me that the adjustment didn’t hurt, it actually felt good. He got relief, and he can use his legs again. Oh, did I mention that this doctor is a chiropractor? It worked so well for my brother, and I’m so impressed with the other ‘miracles’ I see in this doctor’s office, that

I eventually go to chiropractic school myself.

And that’s how it happened!”

Now for my son Rion (pronounced Ryan), who is the baby in the photo. He’s not old enough to know how chiropractic works, but he loves to get his spine adjusted. Along with making sure that his spine develops properly, spinal adjustments keep Rion’s immune system working at its best. Rion rarely gets sick. That seems like a small thing, but it makes a huge difference to him. It seems like only a new puppy will be able to keep up with his energy.

It’s amazing how life is, because now people come to see me with their sciatica problems.

Also they come to me with their headaches, Forty-eight million Americans no longer migraines, chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder/ have health insurance, and those who do have arm pain, whiplash from car accidents, backfound that their benefits are reduced. That’s aches, ear infections, asthma, allergies, numbwhere chiropractic comes in. Many people find ness in limbs, athletic injuries, just to name a that they actually save money on their health few. care expenses by seeing a chiropractor. Another Several times a day patients thank me for way to save . . . studies show that a chiropractor helping them with their health problems. But may double your I can’t really take immune capacity, the credit. My Here’s what some of my patients had to say: naturally and withconfession is that “Body building takes toll on my neck and back. out drugs.

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April 9, 2004 ble myself before God,” he said. However, such humility came with rewards, including a renewed and improved relationship with his family. About 1,100 men and teens attended the daylong Catholic men’s conference, which featured several keynote lectures, lunchtime confessions and a catered lunch sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

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President Bush signs Unborn Victims of Violence Act

WASHINGTON — More than 150,000 people will join the Catholic Church in the United States on Holy Saturday, April 10, according to figures compiled by the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Evangelization. Nearly 64,000 will join with their bishops in diocesewide celebrations, usually held at the cathedral, while another estimated 90,000 men and women will formally become members of the church in ceremonies at their new parishes. Of the 63,891 participating in diocesan ceremonies, more than 26,000 will be completing the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and will be baptized, confirmed and receive the Eucharist for the first time on Holy Saturday. More than 37,000 others, already baptized as Christians, will become full members of the Catholic Church at those ceremonies. Those who participate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults are called catechumens, while Christians who are already baptized are called candidates. The 2004 numbers from the dioceses are slightly higher than the 62,261 who joined the church on Holy Saturday in 2003. About three-quarters of the dioceses responded to the Secretariat for Evangelization’s survey.

Shroud of Turin experts say Gibson film sparks new interest in cloth COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The wide publicity and controversy surrounding Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” have brought a spike of new interest in the Shroud of Turin, which many believe was Jesus’ burial cloth. John P. and Rebecca S. Jackson, who run the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and Barrie Schwortz, who runs the interactive Web site www.shroud.com, reported a significant increase in calls or visits since the movie came out. “This is normally a busy time of the year for us, but there’s been about a 40 percent increase” in phone calls, said Rebecca Jackson, associate director of the center. A New York-born daughter of Orthodox Jews who is now Catholic, she is a specialist in Jewish historical migrations and cultural influences and has written and lectured on Jewish aspects of the shroud. Schwortz, a professional photographer, said that this March, for the first time, hits on his Web site in single month exceeded 1 million. “In addition to the dramatically increased Web traffic, incoming e-mail also rose to an all-time high, peaking at more than 1,000 e-mails per day,” he said.

Ave Maria University unveils plans for 60,000-square-foot oratory NAPLES, Fla. — Ave Maria University unveiled plans March 24 for a soaring glass, steel and aluminum church structure rising 150 feet into the air. The Oratory of Ave Maria is part of detailed architectural plans for the first phase of a permanent campus to be located on 1,000 acres in Florida’s rural Collier County between Immokalee and Naples. This first phase includes 15 campus buildings. Ave Maria officials say their school

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Holy Saturday ceremonies to bring 150,000 new Catholics into church

Sharon Rocha, parent of murdered expectant mother Laci Peterson, watches as President George W. Bush signs the Unborn Victims of Violence Act in the East Room of the White House April 1. The law recognizes an unborn child as the second victim when a violent federal crime is perpetrated against a pregnant woman.

is the first major new Catholic university to be built in the United States in 40 years. The university’s founder, Tom Monaghan, said he hopes the 60,000-square-foot oratory will “be filled with people on a regular basis.”

He said, “It is only fitting that at a Catholic institution, where faith is at the core of all we do, the dominant building be a church.” The oratory will be the focal point of the campus and the adjoining town of Ave Maria, “a constant reminder of why we are there,” he added.

More than 1,000 men proclaim their faith at Catholic conference WORCESTER, Mass. — As a young man, astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. had everything he ever wanted.

Duke, the lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972, became one of only 12 men to set foot on the moon. He returned home to his wife and two children and embarked upon a successful business venture. “By any measure of success in the world, I’d made it ... but I didn’t have peace,” he told participants March 27 at the fourth annual Worcester Diocesan Men’s Conference at the Centrum Centre. “Amazing Grace” was the theme of the conference. Duke said he gave no credit to God for his achievements. Years later, with his marriage and family life in turmoil, he said he began to seek Christ. His conversion occurred with a decision he made during a Bible study weekend in 1978 to invite Jesus into his life. “As an astronaut, it was hard to hum-

WASHINGTON — President Bush April 1 signed into law the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which recognizes an unborn child as the second victim when a violent federal crime is perpetrated against a pregnant woman. “We applaud the president for bringing justice to women and their children who are victims of violent crime,” said Cathy Cleaver Ruse, director of planning and information for the U.S. Catholic bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. “Thanks to him, and to a bipartisan majority of Congress, a woman who loses her child to a brutal attacker in a federal jurisdiction will no longer be told that she has lost nothing,” she said in a statement. During the signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Bush said, “As of today the law of our nation will acknowledge the plain fact that crimes of violence against a pregnant woman often have two victims, and therefore, in those cases, there are two offenses to be punished.”

Bishops’ pro-life chairman seeks ban on human cloning WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities has criticized the President’s Council on Bioethics for not supporting a total ban on human embryo experiments and on human cloning. The council’s April 1 report recommends allowing embryo experimentation up to 10-14 days after fertilization and permitting cloning of human embryos for research, but not for reproduction. Anything short of total bans on human cloning and on experimentation with human embryos is inadequate, said Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, head of the pro-life committee. Cardinal Keeler praised other council recommendations that would prohibit creation of human/animal hybrids, the placing of human embryos in the bodies of animals, and the buying, selling or patenting of human embryos. “Also welcome are recommendations for monitoring in vitro fertilization clinics to prevent harm to women and children,” he said in an April 1 statement released in Washington.

Los Angeles cathedral displays photo exhibit of Cesar Chavez LOS ANGELES — The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles is displaying a photo exhibit through May 12 of Cesar Chavez, a lifelong Catholic and founder of the United Farm Workers, who died 11 years ago. The exhibit, “Cesar Chavez: His Soul and His Spirit,” features photography by Victor Aleman, editor of Vida Nueva, the Spanish-language newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. Aleman’s collection spans the many years he spent covering Chavez and the farm labor movement when he was managing editor of El Malcriado, a United Farm Workers publication, and when he co-founded the first farmworker radio station, KUFW. This exhibit was requested by Hispanic priests of the Los Angeles Archdiocese to “underscore the popular religiosity that defined Chavez as a contemporary yet traditional Catholic,” said Father Lorenzo Miranda, pastor of St. Louis of France Church in La Puente.

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Pope advances social teaching in ways that address U.N. issues

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NEW YORK — A Vatican official told participants in a New York symposium April 1 that Pope John Paul II has advanced Catholic social teaching in ways that address key issues currently before the United Nations.

Msgr. Frank J. Dewane, undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said the pope showed “no nostalgia for a world gone by,” but devoted himself to moving the church’s social thought into “new terrain.”

The cornerstone of Pope John Paul’s social teaching is “the innate dignity of the human being,” and from this standpoint he defends human dignity against the assaults that come from all directions, Msgr. Dewane said. He said the pope had broadened the concept of the right to life so that it included a wide range of issues, but still identified this right as basic. The pope believes that if a society does not hold to this principle it will have difficulty maintaining other rights, he said. Msgr.

Dewane spoke at Holy Family Church, whose parish boundaries include the area of the U.N. headquarters and many of the U.N.-related missions and international organizations.

Confessors should reflect God’s mercy, papal preacher says VATICAN CITY — When hearing confessions, priests generally should communicate God’s mercy more than his judgment in order to imitate Christ and to bring people back to full life in the church, said the preacher of the papal household. If judgment is overemphasized, “it becomes difficult to recognize Jesus in the confessor,” said Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, offering a Lenten reflection April 2 to Pope John Paul II and senior Vatican officials. The preacher encouraged everyone in the papal household — the vast majority of whom are priests — to go to confession before Easter, but he also said they should reflect on the way they behave when administering the sacrament. “In the parable of the prodigal son, the father does not behave like a judge, but precisely like a father.

Even before the son has finished his confession, the father embraces him and orders a party,” the preacher said.

Genocide survivor Edmond Niyonsaba, 16, shows a scar from a machete wound he received during the 1994 massacres in Rwanda. He is pictured April 4 next to the caskets of victims of the attacks.

They will be buried in Nyanza during services marking the 10th year since the brutal slayings, which killed an estimated 800,000 people in about 100 days. The United Nations, the United States and European countries have faced criticism for failing to intervene during the genocide. In late March Pope John Paul II prayed "that such a tragedy is never repeated." He encouraged religious and political leaders in the central African region not to become discouraged as they try to bring peace to the area.

teaches at Bethlehem University in the West Bank was denied treatment at a Jerusalem hospital because his visa expired, Father Fortin said. Many religious are afraid to go out on the streets for fear of being arrested, he said. A Polish Franciscan brother was arrested March 15 on a bus near Tel Aviv. The brother was jailed and released after a lot of “diplomatic maneuvering,” Father Fortin said.

Palestinian and Israeli people” and a “great gift” for those making the pilgrimage. “There is such spiritual elevation for (pilgrims) ... only at the end of the pilgrimage can they realize how enlightening it was,” Archbishop Sambi said. The archbishop said that during the Easter and Passover seasons, Christians and Jews should “join energies” to bring about peace in the Holy Land.

Visa situation worsens for Papal nuncio urges Christian religious in Holy Land, priest says pilgrims to visit Holy Land JERUSALEM — Visa problems are worsening for foreign religious living and working in the Holy Land, a church official said. Assumptionist Father Robert Fortin, director of the Ratisbonne Institute in Jerusalem, said that 138 religious have been denied visas so far this year, up from 86 last year. Generally, religious living in the West Bank or Gaza have been unable to obtain a visa, he said. “That includes Americans, British, Irish, priests, nuns. Most of them are staying here illegally,” he said. In late March, a British religious brother who

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By Tom Burke While brick and mortar support the frame of the Cruz household, its heart is faith and family. The comfortable and hospitable South San Francisco dwelling is home to Delia and Romeo Cruz and their son, Vincent, who lives with a severe form of Muscular Dystrophy. Vincent’s younger brother, Nathan, died from the disease last September at age 22.

Romeo and Delia met 33 years ago, just days after she arrived in the United States from the Philippines.

Romeo, also born in the Philippines, was serving with the U.S. Navy at the time. The couple married in 1972 at Mission Dolores Basilica. Vincent was born in 1973, and his brother, Nathan, in 1981.

Muscular Dystrophy first manifested in Vincent and Nathan at age five. “Vincent walked until he was nine,” Delia said, with Vincent noting that his late brother, Nathan, was wheelchair-bound by age eight. The family has become very informed about Muscular Dystrophy, Romeo said, and in earlier years were active with the Muscular Dystrophy Association including the annual Jerry Lewis telethon.

Vincent is a graduate of Mills High School in Millbrae and has taken courses at College of San Mateo. Nathan also attended CSM and was remembered as an exceptional student in a story about his death in the school’s newspaper. Both men were prepared for the sacrament of Confirmation in home-based classes taught by catechists from All Souls Parish. “That was really generous of All Souls,” Romeo said. “They sent a representative here. They recognized our situation and came here every Saturday.”

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Delia and Romeo Cruz with their sons, Vincent, left, and Nathan in 2002.

While the family always attended Mass, it was often out of duty, Romeo remembered. Nathan’s death, however, has sparked a renewed interest in the faith in his mom, dad, and sibling. Nathan had been “the most religious” of the four and “now watches them from heaven like a saint,” Vincent said.

“Nathan kind of woke us up,” Romeo said. “He’s influenced us in many ways. We’ve changed our attitude about learning to be closer to God.” Romeo is busy most days as a tour guide with Gray Line. Delia and Vincent also have their routine including daily visits to Nathan’s grave in Colma. “We say the rosary,” Delia said with Vincent noting that it’s one of, at least, four he prays each day. Evenings find the family gathered in their living room around a statue of Our Lady of Fatima for prayer that includes “sung praises,” Romeo said. A favorite hymn of Delia’s is the Prayer of St. Francis. Vincent has all but eschewed the “rowdy music” of his youth and is well into collecting works by Christian performers. The family also prays and “breaks open Scripture” with a small faith-sharing group at St. Veronica Parish.

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Father John Jimenez, parochial vicar at San Francisco’s Church of the Visitacion Parish, has become almost part of the family. He and Vincent, though of different eras at the school, share Mills as an alma mater.

“He prays with us and has become a good friend to us,” Romeo said.

The Cruzs are just like any other family they all agree. “Having two children with Muscular Dystrophy has brought us more together and bonded our marriage very strongly,” Romeo said.

Romeo, Delia and Vincent were among the first in line to see saw Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.

“It really made me think about life,” Vincent said. “Life is too short. We complain about everything and yet Christ was in so much pain for our sins. The movie changed my life. I went to confession and am really trying to be a good Catholic.” Vincent says the key to being a “better Catholic” is to develop a “closeness to Jesus and the Blessed Mother.”

Vincent’s hopes lie well outside of his wheelchair and his illness. “Peace in the world and in every family is what I’d like to see,” he said.

Nathan has not left the family, Vincent said. “I miss him but he’s around here. He’s up there doing God’s work, I think.”

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Archbishop leads Knights of the Holy Sepulchre on Holy Land pilgrimage

Shown from left, Deacon Andrew Johnson, Msgr. Thomas Merson, Archbishop William Levada, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, John McGuckin and Father Labib Kobti during visit to Jerusalem.

Prayer, history, and tradition marked a Lenten pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which was led by Archbishop William J. Levada in March. Accompanying the Archbishop were Msgr. Thomas Merson, Father Labib Kobti, Deacon Andrew Johnson and 20 members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

“The purpose of the pilgrimage was twofold,” said John H. McGuckin, Northwestern Lieutenant of the Holy Sepulchre Order. “We wanted to perform the traditional acts of any pilgrimage and pray at the holy places which mark the significant acts in the times and the life of Jesus.” The journey also included meetings with the Palestinian Christian Community in Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Jordan. “We were in the Holy Land to show

our love and support for the Christians there,” McGuckin said. “They reacted with incredible gratitude and enthusiasm.”

Archbishop Levada celebrated Mass twice in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, “the site of the Resurrection,” McGuckin said. Additionally, the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre “renewed the vows they had taken at their investiture to defend the Christian faith and live exemplary Christian lives.”

“During our travels, the Archbishop read sections of the Gospels which mentioned the places we were visiting,” McGuckin said. “It was especially moving to hear portions of the Sermon on the Mount in the very place Jesus first proclaimed the Beatitudes and envision Our Lord walking on the water while we were in a boat on the Sea of Galilee.”

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A side-trip took the pilgrims to schools in Jordan and Israel that were built, in part, through the generosity of the Holy Sepulchre Order. Students and faculty at the schools are Christian and Muslim. “We were greeted with incredible hospitality and generosity wherever we went,” McGuckin said. Members of local governments including the Jordanian Parliament met the group after it crossed the Jordan River, later being escorted to Bethany where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.

During the pilgrimage, Archbishop Levada and his fellow pilgrims met with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah.

Many extended family members of the ArabCatholic community in San Francisco, which is led by Father Labib Kobti, joined the pilgrimage at various places.

Archbishop Levada also presided at a Mass in St. Joseph Church in southern Jordan that was financed in part by the Knights and Ladies. “The entire Christian population of the village jammed the church for the Archbishop’s Mass,” McGuckin said.

The travelers to the Holy Land were not concerned for their safety, McGuckin said.

“Yes, security was tight in some places, especially the airport, but it was more important that we as Americans experienced the arbitrary and unreasonable delays which all Palestinians, both Christian and Muslim experience every day at the Israeli military checkpoints. Now we know how our brothers and sisters in the faith are being treated.”

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Catholic Lobby Day in Sacramento set for April 27 Catholics from throughout California will converge on Sacramento April 27 for a day of prayer, lobbying and reflection on their baptismal call to “Faithful Citizenship.”

The Sixth Annual Catholic Lobby Day is an opportunity for Catholics “to band together in common cause to witness their solidarity with the poor and stand for the dignity of all human persons,” according to Melanie Piendak with the Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

Each year participants in Lobby Day gather to learn about important public policy issues and present their concerns to

elected officials in Sacramento. The California Conference of Catholic Bishops in cooperation with local Catholic leaders select each year a number of legislative bills and budget issues on which to marshal the support or opposition of Catholics around the State.

Bills and issues are selected because of their clear relevance to Catholic social teaching. Lobby Day participants also attempt to focus on issues “where the Catholic voice can make a substantial difference in outcome,” Piendak said.

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Vatican official says family imperiled by laws allowing gay marriage

By Jason Lange Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — The president of the Pontifical Council for the Family called on world leaders not to write laws that “decapitate” the family.

Although Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo did not specifically refer to attempts in some U.S. states to legalize homosexual marriages, the issue appeared to be his central concern.

Speaking at the World Congress of Families in Mexico City, Cardinal Lopez said that by adopting “unnatural” laws “the world is committing hara-kiri by (abandoning) fundamental family values in which marriage is the lifelong union between a man and a woman.”

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“Many parliaments today ... are imposing something undignified, something that will bring ruin,” Cardinal Lopez said March 29.

He spoke only weeks after a handful of U.S. mayors authorized or performed thousands of homosexual marriages.

Cardinal Lopez urged political leaders to respect the institution of marriage as one in which “procreation is the essential task of the family.”

The third annual congress gathered pro-family activists from around the world for three days of panels and symposiums geared toward developing political and social agendas to forward traditionalist views of family.

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Cardinal Lopez said politicians that support legalizing nontraditional families have a “mutilated anthropology.”

“But we are also filled with hope that in many countries (people) are reacting and are committed to life and the family, and they are organizing more and more,” the cardinal said.

Cardinal Lopez praised U.S. President George W. Bush’s administration for its opposition to abortion and what the cardinal referred to as “so-called safe sex.”

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Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Parishioners serve many roles for seekers in conversion journey

By Evelyn Zappia More than 225 people who have completed the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) will be baptized in 57 parishes of the Archdiocese of San Francisco at the Easter Vigil, April 10.

Another 240 baptized Christians are preparing to complete their initiations, some through their reception into the full Communion of the Church at their parishes, for those who were baptized in another Christian denomination. And others will receive their Confirmation at St. Mary’s Cathedral, May 20, Feast of the Pentecost, for those who were baptized as Catholics.

The process to initiate adults and older children seeking the Catholic Christian community is hailed as “renewing the life of the Church in the United States” by U.S. Bishops.

In their Oct. 2002 study titled Journey to the Fullness of Life, the U.S. bishops said the journey of conversion for the seeker often extends to the entire parish when the conversion is fully embraced by the seeker and parish.

The first step toward the RCIA process is when a person contacts a parish and perhaps says “I would like to know about Catholicism,” or “I want to be baptized.” This is considered the first stage or period of initiation, called the evangelization and pre-catechumenate period.

The parishioner’s principal role in RCIA is example. By observing the congregation’s prayer life and actions within the parish and outreach to the community, the new member is guided to live the Catholic Christian life of today.

The candidate’s continual link to the parish is a baptized member of the parish known as a sponsor, who supports and guides the candidate on the journey to conversion.

In addition, members of the community also serve as catechists (teachers), coordinators, assistants, and other members of the community aid with the initiation process of conversion into the life of Christ.

Journey to the Fullness of Life recommends that many parish members become actively involved in the process.

Parishioners can support and recognize the candidate’s progress by participating in the major liturgical rituals of initiation at Sunday Mass, usually the months before Easter.

Once the seeker experiences an initial conversion to Jesus Christ, the first major liturgical ritual of the initial process is celebrated, the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens. The candidates are publicly welcomed.

They declare their intention to the Church, and the Church accepts them as persons who intend to become its members.

The Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens is followed by the Catechumenate stage, an extended period for those to be initiated to receive formal training in the Christian way of life. There are two groups - catechumens who are unbaptized - and candidates for initiation who are baptized in a Christian Church.

Those to be initiated learn more about the Scriptures and the Church’s doctrines and traditions. They meet weekly at Sunday Mass to hear the word of God. Following the homily, many parishes have the catechumens and candi-

dates (already baptized) meet with a catechist to reflect on the Scriptures and discuss the homily.

The second major ritual of the RCIA process usually occurs on the First Sunday of Lent when the catechumens are called by name to sign the Book of Elect, a sign the Church gives voice to God’s election. This is an archdiocesan celebration and the presiding celebrant is the archbishop.

The final period of preparation, Period of Purification, is a time for intense spiritual recollection. The candidates are now called the elect. The Presentation of the Creed and the Lord’s prayer enlighten the minds of the elect in the final weeks and the Scrutinies purify their minds and hearts to strengthen them against temptations - to purify their intentions and to make firm their decision to follow Jesus in the Church.

The elect celebrate the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter vigil after sunset on Holy Saturday with Baptism for the unbaptized, and Confirmation and Eucharist for all.

The process of initiation continues after the Easter celebration. During the Eastertide period of mystagogia (an ancient Greek word meaning a deepening understanding of the mysteries of our faith), the neophytes (newly initiated) gather weekly to deepen their understanding of the great paschal mystery into which they are part of now. They have received the Body of Christ and have become part of the Body of Christ through Baptism. The period of mystagogy is used by the Church to help the neophytes to live out their new lives as the Body of Christ.

The new disciples of Christ have dedicated their lives to continue his Mission.

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Catholic San Francisco 11 Ray Flynn, president of Your Catholic Voice, came from Boston to support the rally.

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Flynn is former Democratic Mayor of Boston and Ambassador to the Vatican in the Clinton ■ Continued from cover Administration. The greatest applause of the rally came when Flynn said that while San afraid.” The message of Holy Week with the death and resurrection of Christ is that Francisco and Boston are different in many ways, they are similar in “the kind of coura“even in the worst of actions, God is omnipotent . . . God is the Lord of history,” he said. geous religious leadership” of Archbishop Sean O’Malley and Archbishop Levada.

“Christ is risen from the dead . . . The course of human history is already determined.”

Flynn said he was also encouraged that in both Boston and San Francisco young While there will be potholes along the way, “god is directing our lives toward the end people are leading the charge for “spiritual renewal” in the country. “Young people are for which he has made us,” he said. determined that there be a restoration Mr. Chris Guirlinger from St. of morality and family,” he said. He Dominic parish young adult group encouraged young people and lay emceed the rally on the steps of Sts. Catholics to get involved in the debate Peter and Paul while participants over marriage and family life. “Don’t held signs reading “Love and expect politicians or religious leaders Tolerance – Yes, Same-Sex Marriage to lead this effort,” he said. The – No,” along Washington Square. restoration of family life will only take “I’m here because of Archbishop place “when we are all involved – It’s Levada’s courage,” in support of your job.” Flynn said marriage supmarriage and family life, Guirlinger porters act “in the best interest of the said. “I’m proud to be a member of Country, not only of the Church . . . his flock,” he said to loud applause.

We are pro-life, pro-American, proDolores Meehan, also from St. family and pro-Catholic.”

Dominic parish and a chief rally Those who brought children to the organizer, said the large turnout event were clear in their intentions. showed “There is another voice in Faustina Hoang came from San Jose San Francisco . . . Marriage is not a with her husband and four young relic of Yesterday – Marriage is our boys. “I want to preserve the value of From left to right: Chris Guirlinger, Archbishop Levada, future.” Meehan said people of faith family and marriage and stand up for and supporters of marriage “have a Ambassador Ray Flynn, Dolores Meehan and Father John Malloy. the truth for my children’s generaright to support what we hold dear.” tion,” she said.

She encouraged the crowd to work for and support a Federal Marriage Amendment Alfredo Montoya came from East Palo Alto with his son and other families from St. “because the will of the people is being thwarted by activist judges.”

Francis of Assisi parish. “We all want to support our traditional marriage because we Archbishop Levada also endorsed a Federal Marriage Amendment and said the U.S. believe in God’s principals and values,” and want them handed on to the next generConference of Catholic Bishops strongly supported such an amendment. “The currents ation, he said. of progress and regress are never predictable,” he said. Today there is “a push that After the rally, Archbishop Levada led the large throng in the recitation of the Rosary looks at personal choice,” rather than the “bedrock of society” which is marriage and as they processed around North Beach. family. He said opposition to same-sex marriage and support for family “should not be About a dozen same-sex marriage supporters stood nearby during the rally shoutassociated with hostility to homosexuals, but the need to preserve the bedrock instituing “shame” and holding signs reading “separation of church and state.” The rally tion of society.” remained peaceful throughout.

April 9, 2004

( P H OTOS BY SACHA MEEHAN AND JACK SMITH)

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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Constitutional amendment needed to preserve marriage

By Douglas W. Kmiec The president and his presidential rival already are crisscrossing the country, months in advance of the national election. The issues are many and important: jobs, national security, health care. Few issues, however, are more important than placing traditional marriage upon a solid constitutional footing.

The push to redefine marriage to include same-sex relationships will succeed unless Catholics and all citizens who value marriage and the families that issue from it call upon their elected representatives to defer campaigning as usual until the Federal Marriage Amendment has been given two-thirds support by both houses and referred to the states for ratification.

The proposed amendment largely provides that “marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.”

Now, one objection to amending our nation’s basic legal charter in this way is that the sentiment is too obvious to need restatement. In Catholic thinking, after all, God is the author of marriage, and he gave this treasured institution the twofold purpose of bringing forth new life and uniting men and women in a sacramental way that more completely expresses the wholeness of the Creator.

Unfortunately, as is all too well known, this traditional conception of marriage has been jettisoned by state supreme court justices in Vermont and Massachusetts and by a whole passel of outlaws, led by the mayor of San Francisco, who have freely disregarded their oaths to enforce the law as written in favor of personal views favoring samesex marriage and the illegal issuance of thousands of licenses.

When Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex) chaired a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the amendment recently, those seeking marital redefinition sought to disguise the aggressive push to undermine traditional marriage and to portray a constitutional amendment as unneeded or inconsistent with historical tradition.

Neither is true. It is needed because without it the courts will continue on their path toward the abolition of traditional marriage. It is consistent with historical tradition because just as the 10th Amendment advances the sovereignty of the states, a federal marriage amendment would protect the legitimacy of the most basic sovereign of all: the family.

Opponents of the amendment are well into their media-supported indoctrination effort to blot out the spiritual, biological and cultural reality of a marital union. While faith can only partly inform the public debate, it is hardly unjust discrimination simply to acknowledge that gays cannot have children and, by reasoned supposition informed by available social science, are less able and willing to educate children with the same completeness as a mother and father.

Unelected judges acting beyond their competence and against common sense have declared that traditional marriage lacks all rational basis and is as discriminatory as racial segregation. As author Shelby Steele has aptly responded, “Racism was evil because it projected a profound difference where there was none.... [T]here is a profound difference between homosexuality and heterosexuality.”

As Catholics, we are called to see God in everyone. We are not invited to play God, remaking in our self-centeredness (fashionably and modernly cloaked as “autonomy”) what he has designed.

As a matter of law, it may be true that the Massachusetts and Vermont and California and Oregon mistakes will be confined to those states — for a while. But without a clear and unequivocal constitutional amendment, the judicial dominoes will fall and succumb to the false idea that the moral discernment of difference is an invidious denial of equal protection.

“We, the people” are indeed facing one of those “great and extraordinary occasions” when it has become necessary to fix what errant judges have broken.

Douglas W. Kmiec writes for Catholic News Service

Prophets in the City

Nigerian support

As a Biblical Christian, though not a Roman Catholic, I want to thank Archbishop Levada and all those who courageously marched with him and the Bishop of Oakland for God’s Sacrament of Holy Matrimony...between a man and a woman. You are proclaiming God’s truth in a very fallen world. You are encouraging all those who grieve over the corruption of true witness to our Lord.

May all our Christian brothers and sisters take heart and example from you, and may we come together and cry out to the Lord and to our political leaders to bring forth that which is right in God’s eyes and heart.

As your Church has so faithfully stood in the forefront for life, now you are setting the standard for those who hunger for righteousness in the area of sexual morality. You have had problems with abuse it is true, but you are openly stating that was wrong and are working to correct it. Even this is encouraging to those of us who have been in denominations that persist in “calling evil good and good evil” (Isa. 5:20).

God bless you. And thank you for encouraging the “silent majority” who wonder where God’s prophets are in this dangerous time. We saw those prophets in San Francisco on Saturday. May the love, peace, and Grace of the Lord be with you.

A.L. Hedman Sunnyvale

Please know that we are united in prayer on this Saturday April 3 for your rally for marriage. All the way from Nairobi, Kenya and we are united with Your Catholic Voice and the Archdiocese of San Francisco on this issue of marriages only as God intended it.

Agnes Wanjiru Wahome Kenya

Northwest praise I applaud Archbishop Levada for leading the march against same-sex marriage this week, recognizing the abuse I am sure he has received.

Archbishop Levada has put into action words that have been expressed by the pope and bishops. I will remember him in prayer and your diocese during my trip to Lourdes next week.

Alan Mathiesen Olympia, WA

Support from South Africa

Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers. Please:

➣ Include your name, address and daytime phone number. ➣ Sign your letter. ➣ Limit submissions to 250 words. ➣ Note that the newspaper reserves the right to edit for clarity and length.

Send your letters to: Catholic San Francisco One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, CA 94109 Fax: (415) 614-5641 E-mail: mhealy@catholic-sf.org

I read about the rally today at Saints Peter and Paul Church, and I wondered what your point was. City Hall is not a church. You don’t perform your marriages at City Hall, and civil marriages are not performed in churches, so why are you protesting things outside the church?

No one is asking the Catholic church to change how they choose to perform marriages. This is like your going to a mosque or a synagogue and protesting Jews and Muslims for not recognizing Jesus. It doesn’t make sense.

John Wyatt San Francisco

L E T T E R S

We in our corner of South Africa have been following the news of the ‘unfortunate’ happenings in San Francisco regarding the issues around marriage and the Family, and join with you in your prayers to the Holy Family for their guidance and support.

Accordingly I am going to arrange a group of married couples to meet together on the evening of Friday April 2nd when, being a first Friday, we will consecrate ourselves anew to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and then pray the Rosary to Our Holy Mother, asking that our prayers be joined with yours and placed before Jesus for His intentions in this matter facing your country.

Yours in the service of Jesus Christ Deacon Michael J Pinnock Diocese of Johannesburg South Africa

Letters welcome

No sense

Palestine fundraiser Thanks to Tom Burke and Jack Smith for the Datebook listing and article in Catholic San Francisco about St. John of God’s “Voice from the West” fundraiser for the poor in Palestine. Your support helped to make the March 20 event a success.

Several people who came to the dinner told us they came because they read about it in Catholic San Francisco.

We are thrilled to report that we netted approximately $20,000 from the event. This will make a huge difference in the lives of the poor in Palestine where 60 percent of the population lives under the poverty level of just two dollars a day.

Martha Ayoub Voice from the West San Francisco

Buckets of blood

“The Passion of the Christ” may be “just a movie,” but do we really need a movie that emphasizes violence to stimulate discussion of our faith? Mr. Gibson’s directorial efforts to date, in my opinion, have been mostly exclusively gory, especially “Braveheart,” and calculated to shock rather than inspire.

The Stations of the Cross as a meditation on the Passion of Christ are part of the tradition of every Catholic, and do not need to be re-interpreted as an action entertainment epic with buckets of blood for a new generation.

Maybe a filmmaker ought to tackle the Sermon on the Mount for a change.

“Blessed are the peacemakers,” though, might bore the people who loved “Braveheart.”

Rosemary Ring Kentfield

Clothes and equality This is the women’s year and the United States will be going to the polls again this year. American women have still not made it and are lagging behind Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines - all these countries have had female heads of state. The United States still has to have one.

In the United States, many women base freedom for women more on what they wear versus what the women wear in the Muslim countries. The skimpy clad and what women wear on the beach versus the veil, the shawl or the burqa worn by many Muslim women. In women’s dresses what is considered proper, decent and civilized in one country, can be considered indecent or improper in another country. In my view, we should all respect other people’s views and know about other people’s cultures and focus on getting along despite differences.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

April 9, 2004

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The Catholic Difference During Pope John Paul II’s Holy Land pilgrimage in 2000, I had breakfast in Jerusalem with an immensely learned and kindly rabbi, an American who had moved to Israel and was the friend of an NBC colleague. The rabbi, author of a beautiful Jewish defense of natural family planning, admired the Pope greatly and asked what I thought John Paul had in mind for the next phase of Catholic-Jewish relations. I said that the Pope was grateful for the achievements of the post-Vatican II period, which had cleared out the accumulated rubbish of centuries, and now wanted to move the conversation to a new, theological level.

The rabbi seemed uncomfortable. I asked whether I had just heard alarm bells going off in his mind; he smiled and said that I had. Why, I asked. Because, he replied, the kind of theologically enriched dialogue John Paul II envisioned was impossible. When I asked why that was the case, he replied, without rancor, “Because your sacred text is anti-Semitic.”

The obvious next question was what that meant, and the rabbi, again without rancor, cited the Gospel of John and its references to “the Jews” in their confrontation with Jesus. I replied that contemporary biblical scholarship had taught us that parts of the Gospel accounts were formulated in the polemical context of a bitter family quarrel, a deep and passionate disagreement that eventually led to the “parting of the ways” between what became Christianity and what became rabbinic Judaism. Moreover, I suggested, the phrase “the Jews” in John’s Gospel couldn’t be read as

if this were the minutes of a 1928 blackballing in an upscale New York men’s club. The rabbi seemed struck by this way of putting it, but then said that, while he accepted what I just reported, surely this was not the way the majority of Catholics read the New Testament. I assured him that, when the people of my parish heard “the Jews” during the Good Friday liturgy, they weren’t hearing what he feared they heard. The rabbi seemed intrigued, if not completely persuaded, and the conversation moved on to other matters.

I’ve thought about this exchange a lot recently, because some of the more intemperate reactions to Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” suggest that my Jerusalem interlocutor’s fears were not idiosyncratic. Were I to meet the Jerusalem rabbi again, I’d suggest that he — and indeed everyone who shares his fears — take the trouble to read a small book by the Anglican biblical scholar, N.T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus.

In The Challenge of Jesus, Wright explains that Jesus conducted his ministry at a time of greatly heightened messianic expectation in the Roman-occupied Holy Land. The expectation was not of an imminent end of the world, but of a liberation of the Jewish people from their bondage. Some expected this liberation to come through a purified Temple cult; others, through a rigorous observance of the Mosaic law.

Jesus’s proclamation of a different kind of liberation — one that was breaking into history right now through his message, his gathering of disciples, his distinctive way of living Israel’s faith, and, ultimately, himself — was a profoundly disturbing

challenge to some among his people. To recognize that Jesus, a Jew, was perceived as a threat, and in some instances a mortal threat, by some of his people is not to indulge in anti-Semitism; it’s to recGeorge Weigel ognize historical fact.

The settled teaching of the Catholic Church — which does not date from the Second Vatican Council but was vigorously expressed by, among others, the 16th century Council of Trent — is that the sinfulness of all humanity was the cause of the death of Christ. Vatican II made a related, if more specific, point by insisting that the Jewish people could not be held corporately responsible for the death of Christ; that some Christians had held this was a defect of their faith, not an expression of core Christian conviction.

An extraordinary number of people are talking about the meaning of the death of Jesus of Nazareth these days.

Jews and Christians alike might read Dr. Wright’s book as a primer for continuing the conversation in a way that advances, rather than retards, the Jewish-Christian dialogue.

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

Family Life

The Light of the World is waiting My husband and I had the opportunity to live in England for a year, a number of years ago. On weekends, I would follow him around, as he loved to visit churches. We saw coffins where saints were supposedly buried and walked over the graves of people buried under church floors. We went to Mass at the Cathedral Notre Dame in Reims, France, a church so massive and old and crumbling I was certain a piece of the ceiling would fall and kill us before communion.

It was while visiting St. Paul’s Cathedral in London though, that I saw a piece of art which still haunts me, and which I think about often. It is a picture of Christ, at nighttime, and he is holding a lantern and standing outside of a door, knocking. He looks tired, as if he has been waiting a long time. At the bottom of the painting are the words “Behold I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” It is

called “The Light of the World” by William Holman Hunt.

I bought a postcard of this painting in the gift shop as we were leaving, and on the back I read what Ruskin wrote in 1854: “On the left-hand side of the picture is seen the door of the human soul. It is fast barred; its bars and nails are rusty; it is knitted and bound to its stanchions by creeping tendrils of ivy, showing that it has never been opened.

Christ approaches in the nighttime, in His everlasting offices of Prophet, Priest, and King. He wears the white robe, representing the power of the Spirit upon Him: the jeweled robe and breastplate, representing the sacerdotal investiture; the rayed crown of gold, interwoven with the crown of thorns, but bearing soft leaves for the healing of the nations. He bears with Him a twofold light: first, the light of conscience, which displays past sin, and afterwards the light of peace, the hope of salvation.”

When I think about faith, I think back to this painting.

Why do some have faith, and others don’t?

Why do people have faith and then possibly lose it? Faith is, to me, a mystery. The only answer I have is that faith is truly a gift from God. This painting Lynn Smith moves me I think because it shows how close Christ is to us, at all times, even when we are not aware of Him, even when we don’t care. He stands, patiently waiting, even knocking, to try to reach us.

Lynn Smith is a parishioner at St. Monica Parish and is mother of a three year old boy.

Spirituality

The Agony in the Garden: The Place of Transformation “There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil.” That cryptic phrase from Leo Tolstoy can serve as a key to help understand the real drama that Jesus underwent in Gethsemane.

The blood he sweated there, as lover, was not just the blood of the romantic lover, the obsessive pain of elusive love, the bitter pain of love gone sour, or the crushing pain of having to give up romance for fidelity. Jesus suffered these in Gethsemane, but there was something more. He also had to sweat the blood of the lover who is willing to absorb the tension inside a community so as to transform it and take it away. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus sweats the blood of the lamb who takes away the sins of the world.

Jesus is the lamb who takes away the sins of the world.

That’s the central piece in the Christian notion of salvation and it’s also the ultimate icon inside of our faith. It has a variety of expressions, but always the same meaning: “Jesus’ suffering takes away our sins.” “We are washed in the blood of the lamb.” “By his stripes we are healed.”

“Jesus’ sufferings reconcile us to God.” But how are we washed clean and reconciled through the blood of Jesus?

Scripture expresses this in metaphors and we must be careful, precisely, to not turn metaphor into literal understanding here. Jesus did not die to appease a God whose anger at humanity could not be placated by anything humans could do. God didn’t need to see Jesus suffer horrific pain and humiliation in order to forgive us for sin. God doesn’t have to be appeased; though, granted, that’s what the metaphors and icons of the “lamb of God” can suggest.

Jesus took away sin, not by placating some anger in God, but by absorbing and transforming sin. How? In ancient times, there were “scapegoat” rituals, litur-

gies intended to take tension out of a community. When tensions within ran high, communities would gather and symbolically invest those tensions onto a goat or a sheep that they would then drive out into the wilderness to die.

The idea was that this animal, the “scapegoat,” took the tension and sin out of the community by leaving the community and dying.

Jesus does this, but in a radically different way. He takes the sin and tension out of the community, not by dying and going away, but by absorbing and transforming it into something else. How does he do this?

Perhaps an image (sadly, more mechanical than organic) might be helpful. Jesus took away our sins in the same way as a filter purifies water. A filter takes in impure water, holds the impurities inside of itself, and gives back only the pure water. It transforms rather than transmits.

We see this in Jesus: Like the ultimate cleansing filter, he purifies life itself. He takes in hatred, holds it, transforms it, and gives back love; he takes in bitterness, holds it, transforms it, and gives back graciousness; he takes in curses, holds them, transforms them, and gives back blessing; he takes in chaos, holds it, transforms it, and gives back order; he takes in fear, holds it, transforms it, and gives back freedom; he takes in jealousy, holds it, transforms it, and gives back affirmation; and he takes in Satan and murder, holds them, transforms them, and gives back only God and forgiveness. Jesus takes away the sins of the world in the same way a water filter takes impurities out of water, by absorbing and holding all that isn’t clean and giving back only what is.

This isn’t easy. To do this, without resentment, means sweating blood, a lover’s blood. Jesus walked into the

Garden of Gethsemane as the archetypal lover, but also as one tempted, just as we are, toward bitterness, fear, resentment, and self-protection. He was haunted by all the same proclivities that beset us. But, and this is the point, in Father Gethsemane, he transRon Rolheiser formed rather than transmitted those temptations.

He didn’t simply give back in kind, letting the energy simply flow through him. He purified the energy and took the tension and sin out of it by absorbing them. It cost him his blood, his life, and his reputation. He had to sweat blood, but he emerged from the Garden the truly generative lover who, at the price of giving away everything, gives back peace for tension and forgiveness for sin, absorbing in his own person the tension and sin so as to take them out of the community. The giving over of that kind of blood really does wash away sin.

And, in doing this, Jesus doesn’t want admirers, but followers. The Garden of Gethsemane invites us, every one of us, to step in, and to step up. It invites us to sweat a lover’s blood so as to help absorb, purify, and transform tension and sin rather than simply transmit them.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

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EASTER SUNDAY

Scripture

Acts 10:341, 37-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17 Colossians 3:1-4 or Corinthians 5:6B-8; John 20:1-9

A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (Acts 10:34a, 37-43) Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23) R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

(Or: Alleluia) Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.

Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.”

R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

“The right hand of the Lord has struck with power; the right hand of the Lord is exalted.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.”

R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.

R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS (COL 3:1-4) Brothers and sisters: If then you were

raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.

OR A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (1 COR 5:6B-8) Brothers and sisters: Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?

Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.

Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN (JN 20:1-9) On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.

They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.

(At an afternoon or evening Mass, another Gospel may be read: Luke 24: 1335. The Gospel from the Easter Vigil may also be read in place of the preceding Gospel at any time of the day.)

FATHER GERARD O’ROURKE

Happy Easter to you all!

Alleluia! Christ is risen; He is truly risen!

We borrow this Easter greeting from our Orthodox brothers and sisters as we celebrate Easter together this year. Easter brings us the Good News that we all need. It comes to us after the rigor, pain and horror of Good Friday.

The resurrection of Jesus is truly the great event of our faith. It is the one indispensable event in the life of Jesus that each of us, his followers, needs, to validate our Faith and our Trust in the God of Love.

Yet for many of us it may be a huge challenge. Don’t worry! If you find the Resurrection a challenge, you are in some pretty great company! So did Peter and the other Apostles. So did the holy women, the great support team of Jesus in his public life.

These were the very people to whom Jesus foretold his resurrection on many occasions, plainly and concisely. One of Luke’s versions of this is, “The Son of Man is destined to suffer grievously and be put to death and to be raised on the third day” (Luke 9:22) They never “got it”! They never listened! They never heard him! Perhaps they thought it was another of his poetic, fantasy statements – not really meant to be accepted!

So if you haven’t yet “got it”, that Jesus is raised from the dead, that the resurrection was/is real do not despair because in the beginning Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother of James did not get it! Peter and John did not get it nor did the other Apostles.

Poor Thomas took a couple of weeks to sulk and doubt until he finally “got it” when he was invited by Jesus to put his finger in the space of his wounds. The rest of the disciples “got it” also and up to 500 of them actually saw the risen Jesus before his Ascension.

The Resurrection is indeed something of a challenge for all of us humans. Nothing is so solid and real as the statement “when you are dead, you are dead!” That is the way life is!

That is the way life has always been!

Now with Easter, that is all transformed!

Someone did rise from the dead as Jesus said he would! Jesus did rise from the dead and now the whole Christian world proclaims that at Easter.

The Resurrection is not something to figure out, or find an equation about, or solve like a mathematical problem, or even to understand! It is beyond all that. When you and I accept the reality of the Resurrection of

Jesus it lifts us up in spirit. It inspires us to go beyond the humdrumness of our usual boredom. It allows us to soar beyond the petty, the grunge, the ordinary, the accustomed, the expected! It moves us beyond the understandable! This is what the Resurrection did for the Holy Women, the frightened Apostles and the scattered, hiding disciples.

And so too the Resurrection empowers our faith as Christians today. From the moment of the Resurrection everything in life is transformed and enlivened. The trammels of death are broken for us all. It takes us Christians fifty days until Pentecost Sunday to celebrate the reality of the Resurrection of Jesus and then every Sunday until next Easter to continue our celebration to combat our normal tedium and spiritual forgetfulness!

This year what with all our trials from wars and rumors of wars; from terror and from fanatical terrorists; from red and orange alerts; from sluggish economic and employment news; from the shrill and noisy clamors from the domain of our public discourse; from the thousands in our Church in need of healing from the scandalous perpetrations against the innocent by my brothers in the priesthood; from the endless stories about the war dead; from the broken hearts and the broken lives of the injured and their families - Yes truly we need the Resurrection of Jesus.

We need our Victorious Champion over death and evil to touch our aching hearts and souls this Easter 2004. We need the miracle of the Resurrection of Jesus. We need him to bless us all: to heal us and to lift up our spirits: to renew us and empower us and to reassure us that we are not deserted. Yes we are loved by our Creator God. God is with us. God truly loves us!

The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the foundation and bedrock of our Faith.

As Paul the Apostle says “if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is without substance and so is your faith!” (I Cor. 15:14) In fact however Paul declares “Christ has been raised from the dead” (I Cor. 15:20) All this we celebrate this Easter after the Sorrows of Holy Week. Let the Good News of the Resurrection go forth from all of us!

ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Easter Sermon of St. John Chrysostom John of Antioch (AD 347-407), known as Chrysostom (golden-mouthed), was Patriarch of Constantinople. He is revered as the most important of the Fathers of the Eastern Church and Doctor of the whole Church. His Easter Sermon (c. 400) is read in many Eastern Churches every Easter:

For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first.

He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, as well as to him that toiled from the first.

To this one He gives, and upon another He bestows.

He accepts the works as He greets the endeavor.

The deed He honors and the intention He commends.

Is there anyone who is a devout lover of God? Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!

Is there anyone who is a grateful servant?

Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord!

Let us all enter into the joy of the Lord!

First and last alike receive your reward; rich and poor, rejoice together!

Sober and slothful, celebrate the day!

Are there any weary with fasting?

Let them now receive their wages!

If any have toiled from the first hour, let them receive their due reward; If any have come after the third hour, let him with gratitude join in the Feast!

And he that arrived after the sixth hour, let him not doubt; for he too shall sustain no loss.

And if any delayed until the ninth hour, let him not hesitate; but let him come too.

And he who arrived only at the eleventh hour, let him not be afraid by reason of his delay.

You that have kept the fast, and you that have not, rejoice today for the Table is richly laden!

Feast royally on it, the calf is a fatted one.

Let no one go away hungry. Partake, all, of the cup of faith.

Enjoy all the riches of His goodness!

Let no one grieve at his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed.

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.

He has destroyed it by enduring it.

He destroyed Hades when He descended into it.

He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh.

Isaiah foretold this when he said, “You, O Hell, have been troubled by encountering Him below.”

Hell was in an uproar because it was done away with.

It was in an uproar because it is mocked.

It was in an uproar, for it is destroyed.

It is in an uproar, for it is annihilated.

It is in an uproar, for it is now made captive.

Hell took a body, and discovered God. It took earth, and encountered Heaven.

It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see.

O death, where is thy sting?

O Hades, where is thy victory?

Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!

Christ is Risen, and the evil ones are cast down!

Christ is Risen, and the angels rejoice!

Christ is Risen, and life is liberated!

Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead; for Christ having risen from the dead, is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

To Him be Glory and Power forever and ever. Amen!

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Pope, at Palm Sunday Mass, says cross is sign of Christ’s love VATICAN CITY — The cross of Christ is a sign of pain and glory, of Christ’s love for humanity and of his victory over death, Pope John Paul II said on Palm Sunday.

“On the cross, Jesus died for each one of us,” he said in his homily April 4 during the Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

To the singing of “Hosanna,” priests carrying olive branches and young people carrying tall, leafy green palm branches processed to the altar where Pope John Paul sat holding a braided palm.

The Mass also marked World Youth Day, and thousands of young people from around the world joined the pope for the celebration.

Pope John Paul told the youths not to be afraid to proclaim the Gospel of the cross in every circumstance.

“Certainly, the message the cross communicates is not easy to understand in our epoch when material well-being and comforts are proposed and sought after as priority values,” he said.

“Do not be afraid to go against the current,” he told the young people.

The cross, he said, has two aspects that cannot be separated: “It is painful and glorious at the same time. The suffering and humiliation of the death of Christ are intimately tied to the exaltation and glory of the resurrection, he added.

“Dear brothers and sisters, dear young people, never forget this consoling truth,” he told them.

“The passion and resurrection of Christ constitute the center of our faith and sustain us in our inevitable daily trials,” the pope said.

T.J. Maguire, 21, and Natalie Barton, 19, both from San Francisco, were among the young people in the crowd and were scheduled to see the pope again the next day as they participated in an Opus Dei-sponsored congress for university students.

Barton said the reason young people react so well to the 83-year-old pope is because “it is so clear he loves us so much. He inspires us, he tells us we have a mission in the world.”

“He does not compromise and he stands up for what is right,” she said.

Being with the pope and other young people, Maguire said, “shows we are not alone.”

“He is so holy; he loves so much,” Barton said.

“He is like a grandfather figure,” Maguire said.

Riccardo Portioli, 24, came to the Mass with other young people from the Diocese of Mantova, Italy, to mark the end of their diocesan Lenten pilgrimage with a World Youth Day cross.

“We carried the cross to the parishes in our diocese, holding prayer services and retreats animated by young people,” he said. “We did it for young people, but a lot of

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Thousands of pilgrims fill St. Peter's Square for a Palm Sunday Mass led by Pope John Paul II April 4. Passion Sunday, popularly known as Palm Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week, the solemn celebrations of the passion and resurrection of Christ.

older people joined us when they saw how beautiful it was.”

Portioli said, “The pope says things that are very simple, but that have a force that is almost exaggerated. He opens his heart and it touches people.”

“I hope that when he finishes his pontificate, another pope like him will take his place, but that will be very tough,” he said.

At the end of the Mass, those in St. Peter’s Square watched by satellite as young people in Berlin welcomed the World Youth Day cross to Germany after it had traveled throughout Europe.

The cross will be carried to each of Germany’s dioceses before being taken to Cologne, where the next international celebration of World Youth Day is scheduled for August 2005.

The pope, speaking from the Vatican, encouraged “the whole church in Germany to mobilize itself for this great event.”

Meeting April 5 with some 3,000 students at the Opus Dei congress, Pope John Paul continued calling on youths to go against the flow of modern culture and defend the values of their faith.

The pope told the students, “It is necessary to follow Jesus closely in prayer and contemplation. To be his friend in the world in which we find ourselves requires the strength to go against the current.”

“At the university, in school and wherever you live, do not be afraid to be anti-conformist when necessary,” he told the students.

“In a particular way, I ask you to spread the Christian vision of the virtue of purity, knowing how to demonstrate to your peers that this ‘is born of love and that the strength and joy of youth are not an obstacle to pure love,’” the pope said, quoting Opus Dei founder St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer.

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Food & Fun April 15: Monthly breakfast meeting of Catholic Professional and Business Club featuring Kevin Starr, noted historian and California State Librarian. Dr. Starr was a contributor and on-camera principal in the recently produced video remembering the first 150 years of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Meeting includes light breakfast beginning at 7 a.m. in halls below St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF $20 for non-members/$15 for members.

Memberships available at $45 annually. Call (415) 614-5579 or visit the Web site at www.cpbc-sf.org.

April 17, 18, 24: Free Health Screenings by St. Mary’s Medical Center at 2004 Cherry Blossom Festival in SF’s Japantown from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Blood pressure checks, diabetes testing, cholesterol check, bone density, glaucoma screening and more. Look for medical van on Laguna St. April 18: Recital featuring the voice of baritone, David Britton, in Angelico Hall of Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael, at 2 p.m.

Also appearing is SF Opera star, Marnie Breckenridge.

Tickets $18/$15 students, teachers, and seniors. Call (415) 257-0128. April 30: Spring Concert featuring Dominican and Winifred Baker Chorale and Orchestra, also in Angelico Hall. Tickets $5 person/$10 per family.

April 21: St. Anthony Farm celebrates its 50th year with a Golden Anniversary Luncheon at 11205 Valley Ford Rd., Petaluma. A work of the St. Anthony Foundation, the farm is an organic dairy facility, is the base of a work/recovery program for men and women troubled by drug and alcohol use. Tickets $15.

Reservations necessary. Call (707) 778-8584.

April 22: Opera at St. Gabriel’s!! Hear Carmen sung by professional performers as grade school students mouth the words and act the scenes. Curtain at 1:15 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $7. Takes place in Bedford Hall, 41st and Ulloa, SF. Call (415) 566-0314.

April 23: Fiesta de Oscard, an evening of Nicaraguan food, marimba music and folklore dancing, benefiting Faithful Fools Street Ministry. Tickets $25 - $100. You malso purchase tickets for those unable to pay or make a donation to the work at (415) 474-0508 or www.faithfulfools.org. takes place at First Unitarian Church, Geary and Franklin St., SF. April 23: Annual Luncheon and Games Day benefiting Rosalie House, a St. Vincent de Paul Society shelter for victims of Domestic violence. Begins with cocktails at 11 a.m. at Olympic Club, Lakeside. Lunch at noon.

Tickets $45. Call Marie Mahoney at (415) 333-9348.

April 23, 24, 30, May 2: Once Upon a Mattress featuring the talents of students from Mercy High School, San Francisco, in the school’s theater, 3250 19th Ave. Tickets $7 advance/ $8 at door except for April 23rd Opening Night Gala when seats are $15 and include post-shop reception. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. except May 2 matinee at 3 p.m. Call Dora Cortex at (415) 334-0525, ext. 242.

April 24: Jesse Manibusan in concert at St. Brendan’s Parish Center, Laguna at Portola Dr., SF, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10/$5 students.

Group reservations available. Contact Kelly Scandalios at kelscan2@yahoo.com.

Singers Wanted!!!!! The Second Annual Archdiocesan Choral Festival featuring voices from area Catholic churches and choirs takes place May 16th at 4 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. at Vicente, San Francisco. Russell Ferreira will conduct. Russell, music director at St. Cecilia’s, conducts of the parish’s 25-voice choir. He is also an esteemed singer and trumpeter. Including his 20 years at the Parkside District church, he has been active in music ministry for a total of 32 years. “Come learn and perform some great music,” he said. Works of Palestrina, Vaughan Williams, Schutte, Walker and others will be among those featured.

Rehearsals begin April 20 from 7 – 9 p.m. and continue on April 27, and May 4 and 11. Choir members, cantors and other singers should contact Linda Myers at (415) 479-8428 to be part of this wonderful and now yearly opportunity.

April 9, 2004 shoulders” in the history of Notre Dame University “rose from valleys of discouragement and despair to the pinnacles of success.” Hear him “share his experience and insight on living your dreams and making them a reality.”

The Rotary Club of San Mateo sponsors the evening.

Proceeds benefit Rotary International’s, Polio Plus, an effort to eradicate the disease around the world. Adult tickets range from $30 to $45.Youth tickets are $15. Call (650) 579-5568, ext. 205. Local parishioners Jim Casey, Brian Sullivan, Mike Peterson and Greg Miller are among those coordinating Rudy’s appearance.

Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Admission free. April 11: Golden Gate Wind Quintet. April 18: Music for Cello and Organ with Cathy Allen and Michael Moreskine.

Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 5672020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public.

Admission free. April 11: Allan Blasdale, organist.

April 18: Mauro Correa Trio with music for guitar and other instruments by South American composers.

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April 24: An Evening in Tuscany, annual auction and dinner benefiting St. Isabella Elementary School, San Rafael beginning at 5 p.m. in the Marin Civic Center Exhibition Hall. All alumni especially encouraged to attend. Evening includes gourmet dinner, dancing, silent and live auctions. Tickets $70 per person. Call (415) 898-1742 or wendycal@marincounty.net.

April 24: Mass and dinner commemorating the 80th anniversary of San Francisco’s St. James School beginning with the liturgy at 4:15 p.m. Tickets $25 per person. Call Marie Driscoll at (415) 642-6130.

April 24: Celebrity Waiter Dinner benefiting student scholarships program at St. Mary’s College, Moraga. Tickets $100 per person plus tips!!!

Reception at 5 p.m. with dinner and auction beginning at 6 p.m. Call (925) 631-4200 or www.stmarys-ca.edu/alumni/celebrity-waiter.

May 1: Under the Big Top, an annual auction, dinner and show benefiting St. Brendan School from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Sister Diane Erbacher Parish Center, 255 Ulloa off Laguna, SF. Tickets $85 per person. Evening begins with cocktails and appetizers during silent auction followed by dinner and entertainment. Next are live auction, raffle and dancing. Raffle tickets – features $10,000 prize – are $50/3 for $100.

Call Dawn Hahn at (415) 661-6530.

Our Lady of Mercy Parish celebrates its 50th anniversary with a week of commemorative events.

Bishop John C. Wester, who grew up in the parish and attended its school, will preside at a Mass of Thanksgiving May 16th. Subsequent activities include a video history presentation, a multi-cultural

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May 4: Catholic Networking Night at St. Dominic’s Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF from 7 – 9 p.m.

Admission is free. Those attending are asked to bring a snack to share. Reservations are requested. Contact Connie at daura@ccwear.com or (415) 664-8108.

May 9: Mothers’ Day Champagne Brunch benefiting Sisters of the Holy Family, with 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. seatings at 159 Washington Blvd., Fremont. Tickets $40 adults/$15 children 4 – 12 years/under 3 free. Call (510) 624-4512.

May 15: Mass and dinner commemorating the110 year partnership of the Franciscan Friars and Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose at St. Anthony and Immaculate Conception schools. Evening begins with 5 p.m. liturgy in St. Anthony of Padua Church with subsequent festivities at St. Anthony Immaculate Conception School. Reservations required. Call Marie Driscoll at (415) 642-6130.

May 15: 9th Annual Whale of a Sale benefiting St. Vincent de Paul Conference of St. Sebastian Parish, Greenbrae from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Spaces available for $25. Sell your crafts and keep all proceeds or raise money for your group or club. Call Kathie Meier at (415) 461-4133 or whaleofasale@comcast.net.

May 22: Rudy Ruettiger, model for the hit film, Rudy, will speak at the Performing Arts Center in San Mateo, May 22nd at 7 p.m. The well known underdog and “the only player to be carried off the field on his teammates

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Hathaway plays the title role of Ella, a girl struggling against a fairy’s curse bestowed upon her at birth—the curse of constant and unwavering obedience to anyone’s commands. Despite this, Ella is as headstrong and driven as a girl under a curse can be.

Keeping her little “gift” of obedience a secret is relatively easy, that is until her widower father brings home a greedy new wife with her two wretched daughters in tow.

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Along the way she takes on elves, ogres, giants, and evil plots that threaten to destroy the kingdom she loves. Occasionally the handsome Prince Charmont must come to her rescue like all good princes do, but for the most part Ella is a true and worthy heroine.

Among the small treasures supplied by this film is Hugh Dancy, the charming prince who will likely have little girls collapsing into amorous giggling. The only travesty is that he makes co-star Cary Elwes, the formerly dashing hero of “Princess Bride,” look like a chunky, smarmy snake. Yet Elwes can rest assured that his place as ultimate fairy-tale hero is intact. While good-looking, Dancy’s prince comes seems weak when compared to Hathaway’s strong-willed Ella.

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Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy in the motion picture adaptation of “Ella Enchanted.”

Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary; Fact of Faith: Celebrating Easter; Sunday Soundbite: Fr. Greg Friedman, OFM; Easter Reflection: Fr. Edward Burns.

Tuesday:

The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary; New members of the Church:Fr. John Hurley, CSP.

Wednesday: Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary; Safeguarding Holy Land shrines.

nal story, author Gail Carson Levine is very pleased with the resulting adaptation. “The film has a fun charm,” Levine told Catholic San Francisco. “Anne Hathaway is the perfect Ella. She really brings the character to life.”

Miramax’s publicists want you to think “Ella” is a family film, and it truly is, but only if your family is made entirely of 12 year old girls. Where other family fairy tales such as “The Princess Bride” evened out the yucky love stuff with plenty of good action and comedy, “Ella” is a little heavy on the sentiment and may have boys longing for a good sword fight or two.

There is no denying that “Ella Enchanted” is a fun romp through fairy-land. With a lively, intelligent heroine at the helm such as Ella, girls will be left eagerly awaiting the next adaptation of Levine’s princess stories. Upon “Ella,” I bestow a B. This film is rated PG.

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Monday:

Thursday:

Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary; Devotions; Voices of our world: Maryknoll Radio.

Friday:

Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary; Office of Film and Broadcasting: NC-17 rating.

‘For Heaven’s Sake’ airs Sunday, April 11 Be sure to watch the TV program “For Heaven’s Sake,” which airs Easter Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on KRON-Channel 4. Produced by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and KRON-4, “For Heaven’s Sake” presents fresh perspectives on Catholic spirituality. Father Gerry O’Rourke makes a lively guest and answers the postEaster question, “Now what do we do?”

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Catholic San Francisco

April 9, 2004

The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco

Do You Know? ❖ Cremated remains are still the bodily remains of the deceased and therefore considered sacred. They are to be treated with the same respect as a full body and are to be buried and memorialized – not scattered or kept at home. Your Catholic Cemeteries have a variety of sites for the interment of cremated remains. ❖ The Church believes that grieving in the presence of the body helps people deal with their loss. That is why She encourages the family and the community to unite and support each other in the expression of their loss during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. This applies to both cremation and casket burial. ❖ All Catholics (practicing and non-practicing) and their non-Catholic spouses, children, parents and family member may be buried in Catholic Cemeteries. ❖ A monthly Mass is offered at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma on the first Saturday of every month for all those buried in your Catholic Cemeteries. ❖ Your Catholic Cemeteries have pre-need plans. You can pay all cemetery charges in advance. There are a variety of payment options and terms. ❖ The Veterans’ Administration will provide a free headstone to Veterans buried on Catholic Cemeteries. Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma has a special Veterans’ Section.

Catholic Cemeteries have experienced, caring family service counselors to help with grief issues and offer expert assistance in choosing burial sites, crypts or niches. They are available to answer any questions you may have regarding your Catholic Cemeteries.

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Please call (650) 756-2060

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

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A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.

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