April 26, 2002

U.S.-Vtttican summit | Pop e decries sex abuse by p riests as an 'appalling sirt

Fraying at the start of the summit are , f rom left , Cardinals Roger M . Mahony of Los Angeles , William H. Ke eler of Baltimore, Francis E. George of Chicag o and Edward M. Eg an of New York.

By J ohn Norton and Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

Pop e J ohn Paul U prays at a Mass on World Day of Prayer for Vocations Apri l 21. Below: Men being ordained p riests by Pope J ohn Paul II pr ostrate themselves in St. Peter 's.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II told participants at an unprecedented Vatican -U.S. church summit on clergy sexual abuse that there was no p lace in the priesthood for "those who would harm the young, " but also said church leaders could not overlook "the power of Christian conversion. " . At the opening session of meeting Monday, the 81-yearold pontiff told the partici pants he was "deeply grieved" by the clerical sex abuse, which he called a crime and an "appalling sin. " "There is no p lace in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the.young, " he said.

U.S. participants said in the meeting they were debating the central question of whether priests who abuse minors could ever receive another assignment.

The closed-door meeting, held in a 16th-century room of the pope 's Apostolic Palace, brought together eight ranking Vatican officials, three top officials of the U.S. bishops' conference and all but one of the-13 U.S. cardinals.

At a packed press briefing April 23 at the U.S. seminary in Rome, participants said issues raised atthe first session included the potential reassignment of priests who have abused minors, strengthening the observance of celibacy, seminary screening and formation , and homosexuality.

In response to reporters ' questions, they said calls for the resignation of Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who is U.S.-VATICAN SUMMIT , page 10

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by Tom Burke "The Best," says St. Anne of the Sunset to "longtime and very active parishioners," Bev and Jerry O'Leary, who were married SO years on April 19... .Happy 75th birthday to longtime Church of the Epiphany parishioner, Ruth McLaughlin.

Ruth has been active at Epiphany for more than 50 years in groups including the St. Vincent de Paul Society and , more recendy, the Over 50s Club. The family of her late husband , Jack, lived in the Excelsior even before Epiphany 's 1914 founding. Thanks to the couple 's son , Dennis McLaughlin for lettin ' us know. "All of us, her five children, are very proud of her and all of the work she has done over the years for the church she loves so much," Dennis said....While we're celebrating 75th birthdays, please let me extend a very happy one, along with my four sibs, Patty, Shawn, Joe and Patrick, to our mom and out of stale CSF subscriber Peggy Burke...On his way to his first birthday is Ethan Daniel Kaufman, son of Sue and Jay and brother of Sydney. Proud grandfolks are Gina and Dan Hagmaier of Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame... .Was happy to chat with Agnes Verhasselt, 25 years a parishioner of St. Gregory Parish, but without a seat for its recent presentation of the hit comedy Late Nite Catechism. 'Twas sold out, Agnes said, hoping she might find a ticket at St. Veronica Parish for its May 18 production of the show. Agnes is a Wisconsin native who is mighty glad to be livin ' in the Golden State and says her next ministry step might be as reader or choir member at St. Greg's.... Happy anniversary to Father Tom Moran, parochial vicar, St. Bartholomew Parish; Father Michael Padazinski, vice-chancellor and director of canon law; Father Agustin Escalante, parochial vicar, St. Matthew Parish; and Father Bill Brown, pastor, Our Lady of Mercy Parish, who were ordained April 9, 1988 at St. Mary's Cathedral... .Congrats to all who helped in the success of A Bit of Emerald Ireland, the theme of this year's aucti on benefiting Mercy High School, Burlingame. More than $60,000 was

The beating of the good hearts of St. Timothy Elementary School could be heard in New York City during the Christmas holidays when a Tree of Life with leaves of thumbprints from St. Tim students was presented to Big Apple firefighte rs. The school also raised almost $3,000, including $375 from a raffle and auction of 7th grade student-made "folk-art dolls," for the benefit of children of Af ghanistan, the American Red Cross and NYC Engine Company #33-Ladder 9. Presenting the Tree of Life to an unnamed member of the FDNY crew are (left) Junipero Serra High School junior, Steven Nordberg, and St. Tim's 5th grader, Timothy Nordberg. The lads ' folks are St. Tim principal, Evelyn Nordberg, and her husband, Phil. The idea and design for the Tree of Life came from 1st grade teacher, Aileen Healy. Pastor is Father Art Albano.

Seventh grade teacher is Carney Small.

raised for school programs including the $4,100 bid for the evening 's biggest ticket item that included round trip tickets to England and a gift certificate for fun and a flight to the Land of Erin. A special hats off to steering committee members Mary Ortalda, Caroline Bottoms, Cecilia Walsh, Mimi Suhl and school events coordinator, Jan Philip....San Francisco's Our Lady of the Visitacion Elementary welcomed grads and friends to its first ever reunion on March 16. The get-together was emceed by Visitacion alum, Marin Catholic High School chaplain and Archdiocesan Vocations Director, Father Tom Daly. Organizers of the hoe-down, which drew more than 100 interested parties, included Rita Franov; Visitacion parochial vicar, Father John Jimenez; and PTG prez. Mary Rogers.

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Reno was the site of a surprise 80th birthday celebration for Jose Dominguez and two weeks later he and his wife Isabel commemorated their 55 years of marriage. Jose 's daughter, Maribel Johnston, said her dad was stunned when he saw that "50 members of the Dominguez clan " were at Harrah's to honor him. Maribel salutes "her brothers and sisters and their families " for helping make the b'day surprise possible. Jose and Isabel have been parishioners of the Sunset District 's Holy Name of Jesus for more than 30 years and are active in ministry to the homebound and the parish Knights. The family calls Jose and Isabel " a very devote d couple and a great inspiration " who "still hold hands when they walk. "

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Meeting fo cuses on sexual abuse

Pri es ts are encouraged to stay faithfu l amid crisis

By Kamille Nixon Disp irited priests need to stay faithful to what they believe themselves to be - ministers of Jesus Christ and shepherds to God' s peop le , Sulpician Father Melvin C. Blanchette told more than 200 priests attending a meeting on sexual abuse April 17 at St. Mary 's Cathedral.

The goals of the meeting were to inform , insp ire and motivate local priests who have become "disp irited ," Father Blanchette told Catholic San Francisco. They are, he said , carry ing the cross of sexual abuse, even thoug h much of it takes place within the home against girls by male relatives.

Father Blanchette and Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman , rector of St. Patrick Seminary, spoke at the meeting and written material was distributed to participants.

Priests in attendance said they found the session helpful.

"I grew in knowled ge," said Father Daniel Carter, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Belmont. "I never knew before about the orientations."

Father Carter said he was glad to have been at the meeting for Father Blanchette ' s call to renewed support tor each other , and wished the priests had had a little more time to talk at the end of the meeting.

A time for written questions took place after the presentation of materials , according to Maurice Heal y, director of Communications and Outreach for the Archdiocese. Priests asked about the status of Archdiocesan cooperation with District Attorney Terence Hallinan 's investigation of sex abuse cases. The answer: the Archdiocese received the district attorney 's request for cooperation on April 9, responded on April 10 that cooperation could be expected , and met with D.A. representatives on Apri l 15.

Father Michael Heal y, pastor of St. Phili p Parish in San Francisco , also found the information a "very positive thing " and commended Fathers Coleman and Blanchette. Still , for many, the information was not new, and he felt "disappointed that we weren 't able to come together as a presbyteriate to vent our frustrations ," Father Heal y said. "Priests have been waiting for a meeting in which we could say and ask major questions that are troubling ourselves ," Father Heal y said.

He praised the bishops and said priests must not cower away fro m the issue.

He was pleased that an attempt was made to explain the issues surrounding pedophilia.

"When that is reported it should be given to the authorities. It 's a crime, a crime against the innocent ," he said.

Priests also received an informational packet that included press cli pp ings and material exp laining the nature of pedop hilia.

One document , entitled "Contextual Problems "' said that celibacy is not an issue in the current scandal but homosexuality is. The document said ineffe ctive prevention and handling of sex abuse among clergy was caused by a number of factors including a "discreet but powerful homosexual network of priests and bishops which compromise them from acting against others , " the transferring of known pedophile priests , and "too facile" entrance requirements and screening procedures at seminaries.

Further , the "crisis " provided an opportunity for money and career advancement , notabl y for lawyers and professional therap ists , the review states , concluding with: "There was a scandal , but was there reall y a crisis? Read Professor Jenkins and decide for yourself."

Another item in the information packet was a discussion of sexual exp loitation by pastoral ministers. A minister at risk of seeking sexual gratification with anyone to whom he/she ministers tends to be someone in personal crisis who discusses personal problems with counselees, who has a hi gh need for affection or positive regard and is isolated from peers , among other characteristics , states the summary. (Attributed to Keith-S piegel , Koocher, "Ethics in Psychology, " 1 985 and Kenneth Pope , "Sex With Patients ," Independent Practitioner , May 1987.)

While it is common to experience sexual —— attraction when working closel y with someone , it is the minister 's responsibility to maintain appropriate boundaries , the summary states.

Another document in the packet cited information from a document called "Myths of the Child Molester , Slayer of the Soul" .

Myth #1; Child molesters are dirty old men.

Truth: Eighty percent of abusers are known to their victims and the median age of the first conviction for pedop hiles was 34.5 for heterosexuals and 30.2 for homosexuals.

Myth #2: All child molesters are homosexual and/or sex-starved. Truth: The majority of pedop hiles marry at some age, most child abusers are heterosexual males , often related to the female victim and often the pedop hile also has an adult sexual partner.

Myth #3: Priest child molesters are pedop hiles and cannot be returned to ministry. Truth: More than 90 percent of child molesters in the clerg y are involved with postpubescent children , and it is rare to find a true pedop hile in ministry. A report identified as the St. Luke study said 32 of 55 successfull y returned to ministry with ri gorous follow-up procedures.

Still another document gave a profile of a child molester, which includes alcohol addiction , sexual abuse as a child , a lack of social skills , difficulty asserting himself or herself , and emotional insecurity, among other traits.

A three-page bibliograp hy formed the end of the packet.

The meeting was planned by Archbishop William J. Levada in the wake of priest sex abuse cases against young boys in Boston and elsewhere in the U.S. All 446 priests in the Archdiocese were invited but not required to attend.

'When that is reported it should he giv en to the authorities. It 's a crime, a crime against the innocent.'

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Terms of sexual orientation such as heterosexual , homosexual , bisexual , and fixated pedop hile were defined in another section , which also listed possible varied reasons for the "developmental problem " of pedophilia.

Another document included in the packet was a March 16, 1996, article from the Jesuit publication Ameri ca reviewing the book "Pedophiles and Priests."

"One leaves the book more keenl y aware of how much contemporary cultural prejudices influence us, how susceptible we are to rhetoric and how much the 'problems of our age ' can feed our fixed presumptions and distort our sense of reality, " the review states.

The reviewer writes that the book answers probing questions such as, wh y did a "pedop hile crisis" occur suddenly in 1985, why was it so Catholic , and wh y were the statistics exaggerated so?

"The 'crisis ' was then energized by a confluence of several other interacting forces," the review continues.

"Within the church , competing ideologies seized upon it as an opportunity to argue their own agenda.

Conservative-traditionalist Catholics used it to denounce moral laxity, theological liberalism and especiall y homosexuality in the clergy. Catholic liberals (especially the feminist left) used it to excoriate the authoritarian , hierarchic church , founded on a social system of 'oppression ' of women and children. "

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Catholic officials have criticized a federa l judge's ruling that allows doctors in Oregon to continue using federall y controlled drugs in assisted suicides. The April 17 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Jones struck down a directive by Attorney General John Ashcroft prohibiting federall y controlled drags to be used to help patients die.

"Suicide among the elderl y and those suffering from serious illness or disability is not a 'medical practice ' but a trag ic public health problem deserving a thoug htful , caring response ," said Cathleen Cleaver, the U.S. bishop s' pro-life spokeswoman .

"The ultimate hope relies on this case eventually getting to the U.S. Supreme Court ," said Bob Castagna, director of the - Oregon Catholic Conference. "We realized from the beginning that this case has to get there. " Cleaver, planning and information director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, called the Oregon assisted-suicide law a fraud , saying it was proposed as "an answer to the problem of incurable pain." State figures, however, report that none of the 27 peop le who died from assisted suicide in 2001 cited uncontrollable pain as their main reason for choosing death, she said.

"The sad truth is that Oregonians are killing themselves with the hel p of doctors because they are depressed. " The Oregon-based Physicians for Compassionate Care also criticized Jones ' decision. "No one needs to take their own life ," said Dr. Gregory Hamilton , spokesman for the doctors ' group . "We can provide pain treatment and palliative care which makes it unnecessary for anyone to kill themselves as a response to serious illness. "

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the international community to recognize the presidency of Marc Ravalomanana.

An estimated 50 percent of Malagasies are Christian — the remainder have traditional beliefs — and the churches have thrown their weight behind Ravalomanana, vice president of the Presbyterian Church. They say Ravalomanana represents a refreshing opportunity for change following more than 20 years of rule by country 's long-time ruler, Didier Ratsiraka, who enriched his family while living standards plummeted.

The official results of December 's contested presidential poll were "neither legal nor valid ," said Cardinal Razafindratandra . "We are sure that Ravalomanana should have won."

Ravalomanana declared himself president in February after hundreds of thousands of his supporters took to the streets to protest the election results. Ratsiraka declared a rival presidency and government.

Bill limiting out-of -state abortions Calif ornia contracep tive law fo r minors is p assed by House WASHINGTON — Religious leaders hailed House pas- called violation of church rig hts sage of a bill that would make it a federal crime for anyone other than a parent to O'ansport a minor across state lines for an abortion. The 260-161 vote April 17 marks the third time the Child Custody Protection Act has been passed by the House. In previous years the Senate failed to vote on it. Senate aides have said it is unlikel y they will take it up this time around either.

Cathleen Cleaver, director of planning and information for the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, said the House vote "reflects the opinion of the American people who believe it is wrong to take a child away from her parents to another state for a secret abortion ." She called the practice of transporting minors across state lines for abortions a "flagrant violation of parental rights ." President Bush supports the proposed legislation. A White House statement said the Child Custody Protection Act would "guard the rights of parents to be involved in the medical decisions of their minor daughters."

Madagascar cardinal backs election of ref orm p resident

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (CNS) —As violence plagued the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, Antananarivo Cardinal Armand Razafindratandra called on

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The 1999 Women's Contraceptive Equity Act was challenged b y Catholic Charities of Sacramento on the grounds that it unconstitutionall y imposes a mandate that is contrary to the teachings of the church. The Catholic Church teaches that all forms of artificial birth control are immoral.

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MOSCOW — Russian legislators began debate on whether to ask the president to shut down four new Catholic dioceses on the grounds that they are a threat to the country 's territorial integrity and to the Russian Orthodox Church.

"A diocese is government territory of the Roman Catholic Church because the Vatican is also a government.

This is a serious move, which must be protested ," parliamentarian Gennad y Raikov said. Viktor Khroul , spokesman for the Archdiocese of Moscow, said such comments indicated that some deputies "don 't understand how the church works, how the structures work."

The April 17 debate in Russia 's lower house of parliament followed anti-Catholic protests staged by members of the dominant Russian Orthodox Church. The protests followed Pope John Paul IPs decision to elevate Russia's four apostolic administrations to dioceses in February, and many Orthodox leaders viewed the action as evidence of Catholic expansionism.

In an April 15 statement , Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Moscow appealed to the international community and human rights organizations to help put a stop to "the attacks on the constitutional rights" of Russia 's Catholics, who make up less than half of 1 percent of the 143 million population.

Retired Justice By ron White was dissenter in Roe vs. Wade ruling

WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White , a football hero turned jurist who died April 15, was remembered for dissenting from some of the most controversial court rulings of his time, including the Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

White , 84, died of comp lications of pneumonia at his home in Denver. He had retired from the court in 1993 after serving 31 years, a term stretching from his appointment by President John F. Kennedy to the first months of the Clinton presidency.

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Seeking peace in Bethlehem

Neg otiators try to res olve standoff at Church of the Nativity

By Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service JERUSALEM (CNS) — Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who met A pril 23 to try to resolve the three-week standoff at Bethlehem 's Church of the Nativity called the meetings "constructive. " News reports said the negotiators considered a proposal in which some 35 men wanted by Israel for their involvement in terrorist attacks would be evacuated from the West Bank church to the Gaza Stri p. Previousl y, Israel had said the men had onl y two options: to be exiled or be tried in an Israeli court.

Earlier in the day, three Armenian Orthodox clerics who climbed on top of a roof at the Church of the Nativity complex were evacuated b y the Israeli army, which said the monks held up a sign in English indicating distress.

Armenian Bishop Aris Shirvanian denied reports that the monks — all of whom he described as "ailing and elderly" — had been beaten.

He also declined comment on reports that valuable objects had been stolen from the convent.

In a statement , the Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem said "due to the ongoing siege ... six young unarmed Palestinians entered the Armenian convent , taking food supp lies and other basic necessities from the convent rooms."

Bishop Aris said the monks had been taken to the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem , where they were resting and would be seen by a doctor. The Israeli army was hoping to host a press conference with the monks , but Bishop Aris said the men were too exhausted.

Bishop Aris said the monks had no information that could confirm earlier Israeli army reports that some 50 Palestinian youth were being held captive in a cave beneath the Church of the Nativity.

A spokesman for the Franciscans in Rome said that , because phone lines were not working at the church, he could not contact friars in the Church of the Nativity compound and could not confirm the Israeli army 's allegations about unarmed Palestinian youths being held prisoner.

However, he said , "in the almost constant contact we had with the friars until (April 19), they never mentioned

there were any prisoners. The fri ars celebrate Mass every day in the grotto ," the cave where Jesus is said to have been born , and probabl y would have noticed if peop le, especiall y children , were being held against their will , he said.

"The information we had was that those who are inside , except for the armed men wanted b y the Israelis on suspicion of being terrorists , are fre e to leave," the spokesman said.

A 20-year-old man who escaped said the youth s were being held by a member of Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat 's presidential guard.

Five other Palestinian youths between the ages of 15 and 20 also £ left the comp lex April 21 with the aid of Red Cross mediators , The five were not wanted by the Israeli o e army and were allowed to go home after being interrogated , reported o I a. the Ha ' aretz dail y newspaper . c/i Z Israeli officials repeatedl y have u said that they were interested in some 35 of the 200 peop le inside A member of a Palestinian negotiating team (left) arrives to talk the church for their involvement in to an Israeli army officer as another Palestinian stands near terrorist activities. The others the door of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. inside will be fre e to go home once they come out , the Israelis said.

Israel also has maintained that the some 40 Franciscan hostages by the Palestinian gunmen , althoug h the friars and nuns and Greek Orthodox and Armenian Franciscans have insisted numerous times that they are monks inside the church complex were being held as remaining voluntari ly as guardians of the hol y places.

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Dr. Jeffrey Siker, a Presbyterian minister and professor The scholars remarks came during a conference on at Jesuit run Loyola Marymount University said that tradiSunday at the University of San Francisco on "New tional biblical interpretation is the "major stumbling block" Jewish and Christian Approaches to HomosexualitY. " to inclusion of homosexuality in the "old Protestant" The conference was sponsored by the Swig Judaic approach. That approach sees God' s intention for Studies Program al US P. Jewish congregations , monogamy and heterosexuality as expressed in scripture, Di gnity /San Francisco , Most Hol y Redeemer Parish, he said. He said people don 't give adequate consideration Grace Episcopal Cathedral and others. to historical context of the bible and use "bits and pieces" Jesuit Father David Robinson , director of educational of scripture to condemn homosexuality. mission at USF's College of Professional Studies welWhile the Presb yterian church has "fli p comed Ihe participants on behalf of the university and mmm flopped" on acceptance and participation for active the USF Jesuit community. Antici pating "potential homosexuals , he said , the debate is young on issues polemics " against holding this type of foru m on a '. . . we have been trapped way to long in such as ordination and same-sex marriage and Jesuit university at a time of heightened public scruti"we'll keep pushing ahead , because that is where ny of issues related to sexual morality and orientation all sorts of rhetoric and concep tual God is leading us." in the Catholic Church, Father Robinson said , "This That sentiment and its desirable inevitability was is absolutel y the place". Throughout their history, sidebars and traps that take us nowhere. underscored by the other members of the panel.

Jesuits hav e been in the forefront of change in spiriFull partici pation of active homosexuals in tual, socio-political and systemic spheres of controProfessor Jung said "more welcoming" developments in Jewish life and ritual has alread y been decided in the versy in the Church and society, he said.

In the socio-political dimension, "the battle, whether it ' s Catholic thought come from two camps. The first camp Reform (supportive) and Orthodox (opposed) traditions hospital visitation rights or inheritance rights or marriage accepts the church's basic model of a normative heterosex- of Judaism according to Rabbi Elliot Dorff of the rights or anything else, whatever it is, these issues are ual anthropology, "but interpret that as an ideal which the University of Judaism. It remains to be decided in the grounded in a struggle for foundational dignity," he said. In faithful are obligated to approximate," she said. While Conservative tradition of which he is a member, howevthe theological sphere, he said, "we have been trapped way people in this camp frequentl y modify or reject official er Rabbi Dorff sees it as a generational issue with "most to long in all sorts of rhetoric and conceptual sidebars and church views on homosexual issues, "this way of thinking students in Rabbinical studies supportive of gay and lestraps that take us nowhere." will never establish homosexual desire as potentially an bian marriage and ordination. " Dr. Patti Jung, associate professor of theology at Jesuit- occasion of grace." and is thus limited.

The visibility of lesbians within Judaism can already be run Loyola University, Chicago, said there are several Professor Jung espoused a view which claims "sexual seen in the fact that 50 of 300 women rabbis are self-idendevelopments in official Catholic teaching and "as a whole diversity, not heterosexual uniformity is the natural in the tified lesbians , according to Rabbi Rebecca Alpert of th ey are not very welcoming developments." Professor normative sense."

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Jung said th at her focus would be on "other, not yet official She concurred with scholars who say "the good of the A number of speakers touched upon the issue of sexual developments " at the "growing edges of Catholic thought" species, as well as all other species and the environment misconduct in the Catholic priesthood including former can best be served by the expression through sexual diver- Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles, Dr. Frederick Borsch , which are "part of the authentic tradition of the Church".

Dr. Jung said the "official church" views that homo- sity of more potential for reproductive suppression. The who criticized the scapegoating of homosexuals. sexual orientation is "objectivel y disordered ," and that biological potential for variation in the way sexuality is Homosexuality does not incline to pedophilia, but "maybe homosexuals are called to total lifelong abstinence. The socially constructed provides the species with optimal repressed homosexuality does" lead to older/younger male Church also holds that sexual orientation is irrelevant to reproductive flexibility. " sexual interaction , he said. human dignity and "therefore to the fundamental human Other benefits of same sex partnerships include the proJesuit Father Donal Godfrey said he was "propelled to rights that are the corollary of that dignity," she said. vision of loving foster homes. "Documented studies sug- speak out " on the issue as a result of the overt hatred of However, the Church' s respect for the human di gnity of gest that . .. gay couples are not onl y just as intimate, but homosexuals he experienced in Northern Ireland . "It also homosexual persons does not pre-empt other considera- are in fact, less deceitful" than heterosexual pairs, she said. propelled me to lead a series of retreats and dialogue from tions in deciding whether discrimination is licit in issues Professor Jung concluded by arguing that traditional ACCEPTANCE, page 7 such as adoption , military recruitment , domestic partnershi p, etc., she said.

"All of these teachings rest on a normative anthropology," which says that homosexuality is disordered because it is not open to procreation and it draws the individual away from their potential for a true loving relationshi p. "These two goods, life and love, are seen as inseparabl y linked in a kind of gendered heterosexual complementarity that is inscribed in the natural order," she said.

For many, she said, "these teachings simp ly do not make sense." As such, many bishops are reminding Catholics that "though they are obligated to grapple with Church teaching, they are also obligated to always obey the certain jud gement of their conscience," she said. "This is the same teaching which applies to heterosexual coup les in regards to practicing contraception."

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Supreme Court will hear a case on whether a nationwide injunction barring abortion protesters from clinics was applied correctly.

The court on April 22 agreed to consider the claim of Operation Rescue and the Pro-life Action Leape that activists' First Airiendraent rights were violated by the 16year-old injunction, based on the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations act, known as RICO. In a separate case, the court also agreed to consider the fairness of capital punishment and whether more appeals should be allowed in questionable cases.

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Accep tance . . . ¦ Continued from page 6 within the gay community in Northern Ireland ," he said.

His initiative received varied, but generally negative reaction there with one friend saying, "You know that kind of thing may be fine in San Francisco, but please don 't bring it here. " Father. Godfrey is working on a doctoral dissertation at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley while serving in part-time ministry at USF and Most Hol y Redeemer parish in San Francisco. Here in San Francisco, Father Godfrey has experienced "quite a different problem. In the Castro, the problem isn 't coming out as gay, the problem is coming out as Catholic in the gay community," he said.

Within the church, the challenge of creating an inclusive

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year rejected the argument that protesters from Operation Rescue were exercising their free speech rights , The Supreme Court has already ruled in NOW vs. Scheidler that the National Organization for Women could sue the organizations under the RICO statute. The current case raises the question of whether the law was correctl y used.

The court also agreed to allow a wide variety of political protest groups to file "amicus" or friend-ofthe-court briefs in the case. The groups petitioning to make their voices heard in the case included Pax Christi USA, Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and the Vieques Support Committee; as well as Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the group trying to close what was formerly known as the School of the Americas, and activist and actor Martin Sheen. and welcoming environment for "Catholics who happen to be gay, lesbian , bisexual, transgender, questioning or whatever is not so much homosexuality, but rather homophobia and heterosexism ," he said. He hopes to use his experience at Most Holy Redeemer as an example for the broader church of an inclusive and welcoming community.

He quoted the testimony of a parishioner who praised Most Holy Redeemer as "the Church itself with all its majesty and history and ordinary goodness . . . with this difference. For the first time I was old enough to understand myself as a sexual being, it was a church that wasn 't pushing me away."

While Most Holy Redeemer and other initiatives around the United States and other countries may serve as positive signs of a move toward inclusion, Fr. Godfrey said, "matters have become worse, in the last two weeks, when the Vatican spokesperson, Navarro-Vails questioned the valid-

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"Something is seriously wrong when . . . the vast majority of our parishes do not feel comfortable, welcoming or a home to our gay, lesbian, bisexual members."

Father Godfrey ended the presentations saying, "I want my church to acknowledge the sin of homophobia , ask for forgiveness and then take appropriate action to create an inclusive church... Social space for queer Catholics is still hotl y contested, such space must be created if we are to be true to our mission as followers of Jesus Christ."

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The court already is considering two other cases over aspects of how capital punishment is applied to people who are mentally retarded and whether it is unconstitutional for a judge to impose a death sentence instead of a jury. Those cases will be decided before the court adjourns for the summer.

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Catholic and y \ Episcopal leaders will speak at ^ five consecutive Tuesday evenings, at Jillian's in Downtown 's Metreon.

Included among the guest speakers San Francisco's Auxiliary Bishop John C. ^-»vl ¦ ¦¦I Iil ' " Wester. In his talk on May 14, "Tapping into the Coordinator of the Episcopal Diocese Sacred," he will challenge his audience to think about com- of California, who sees "future ecumenical events , municating with God by asking "... In a world of voice mail, especiall y for young adults , as necessary — it 's about e-mail cell phones, pagers, computers, faxes, instant mes- quality of relationshi p. "

By Evelyn Zappia

The following schedule of events begins with a gathering at 7 p.m., followed by the program at 7:30 p.m.

April 30: "Being Young and Faithful ," b y Sheila Babby, a medical professional and an active member of the young adults and lay preaching community at St. Dominic Parish , San Francisco and Daniel Richard s, a student at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and a member of the Young Adult Council in the Diocese of California.

May 7: Soulfulness: "Finding God in a Bar?" — The Very Rev. Alan Jones , Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.

May 14: "Tapping into the Sacred" — Bishop Wester.

He is active with young adults and traveled with them as mentor and spiritual guide to World Youth Day 2000 in Rome.

May 21: "The Funny Thing about God" — Father Brian Joyce , Pastor of Christ the King Parish in Pleasant Hills. He served as consultant to the U.S. Catholic Bishops on preaching and pastoring documents .

May 28: "What Would Jesus Drink?" — Rev. Dr. Bill Countryman , New Testament professor at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley.

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Pro-life agencies merge, expand outreach to young peop le

By Sharon Abercrombie Two Bay Area pro-life organizations which provide pregnancy counseling and teen abstinence programs have merged in an effort to expand their services in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties, The Pregnancy Care Center of San Mateo and First Resort in San Leandro combined forces as of April 1, according to Cathy Leestma, a spokesperson for the new organization , to be known as First Resort.

Shari Plunkett, chief executive officer of First Resort holds that post in the new agency.

Annabel Faris, executive director of Pregnancy Care Center, will continue to head the high school teen abstinence educati on program which she designed. It will now be expanded to include college age single adults The two boards and staffs have been combined .

First Resort, founded in 1984, is probabl y best known for its "CryBabies" abstinence program. It provides a dose

of reality for teens on what it is like to be the parent of a newborn baby. Students from grades 6 to 12 take computerized baby dolls home with them for a weekend. The dolls are programmed to cry at odd hours , just like real babies.

They keep on crying unless their "parent " makes use of special keys to lull the dolls back into quietness.

Last year, the CryBabies program reached 8,000 students. Ten percent of them — over 800 —were in Catholic and Christian schools in the East Bay and San Francisco Besides the CryBabies program, First Resort provides counseling, pregnancy testing and ultra sound. Since 1984, it has served over 10,000 women in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

The Pregnancy Care Centers were organized in 1986 to offer alternatives to abortion in San Mateo County, to provide post abortion counseling to troubled men and women; and to increase the number of teens and young adults committed to sexual abstinence until marriage.

According to Faris, California will be responsible this

year for 25 percent of all abortions in the United States more than 300,000 this year. In the four counties that First Resort serves 39,000 children will be lost to abortion this year alone.

Kathy Leestma estimated that 30 percent of local abortions each year are sought by practicing Catholics and other Christians.

First Resort's plans include bringing its abstinence education program to 25 percent of the 252,000 students in grades six through 12 in the four counties; opening a new medical and counseling office in San Mateo, purchasing telephone advertising in the Yellow Pages, and getting its video and discussion guide, "The Big Easy," into the hands of 20,000 parents of teens and influential adults "to help them talk effectively about abstinence," said Leestma.

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By Fr. Eugene Ludwig, OFM Cap. About every three years the date of Easter, or Pascha as it is called in the Christian East , coincides for both Eastern and Western Christians. Many years they are one week apart. In the year 2002, a rare interval of five weeks separates the two celebrations .

Many Eastern Catholics in the United States have adopted the local calendar while others have elected to maintain the Eastern reckoning of Pascha. In San Francisco, the traditional calendar has been maintained.

Parishioners at Our Lady of Fatima Russian Catholic Church, joined by the community of St. John the Theologian Greek Catholic Chap laincy for the University of Californi a, Berkeley, will celebrate Great and Holy Week starting with Palm Sunday on April 28 and ending with the celebration of the Resurrection with a liturgy beginning at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4.

The difference over when to celebrate the greatest of Christian feasts is a sad reminder of the divisions which continue to separate the Christian East and the Christian West, says pastor of Our Lady of Fatima, Jesuit Father Mark Ciccone, but "we also take this as

an opportunity. Latin Catholics who want to know more about their Eastern Catholic brothers and sisters have the possibility of jo ining us for these wonderful days."

The service of the burial of Christ on Great Friday, May 3, at 7 p.m. is a "visitor friendly" service full of the drama and richness for which the Byzantine liturgical tradition is famous.

Have you ever listened to RimskyKorsakov 's "Russian Easter Overture?" Would you like to attend the service it is based on? Then come to the celebration of Pascha which begins at 11:30 p.m. on the night of May 4.

The joy ful liturgy of the Resurrection is filled with wonderfu l traditional Russian music and ends with the blessing of the traditional Easter foods , meat, eggs and cheese which Eastern Christian s have abstained from during Lent.

Our Lady of Fatima Russian Catholic Church is located in San Francisco on the corner of Lake Street and 20th Avenue. Parkin g is on street , so allow yourself some extra time. For more information call 415-752-2052.

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April 21, Pope John Paul II pronounced an ordination y J o prayer that highlighted the church's need for model priests. u ¦/ s o "Now, 0 Lord, help us in our weakness and grant us the u. u. collaborators we need for the exercise of the apostolic eo priesthood," he prayed.

• £ "Renew in them the flow of your spiri t of holiness. May they faithfully fulfill ... the ministry received from you, and Pojpe John Paul II lays hands on a candidate for p riesthood with their example may they guide everyone to upright during a Mass marking vocations day at the Vatican Ap ril 2 X . conduct in life , " he said.

The annual ordination Mass always has been a liturgi' cal highlight for the pope, but the timing of the ceremony ness of the Good Shepherd through holiness of life and priests and the responsibility they bear 'for the spiritual growth of their clergy.. ' this year gave it special poign ancy. It came on the eve of ministry," he said.

"Behavior which might give scandal must be carefully The pope also sent a message to the Third Continental . the April 23-24 U.S.-Vatican summit on clerical sex abuse.

The pope, who reduced his participation in several pub- Congress on Vocations, held in Montreal April 18-21 , in avoided, and you yourselves must diligently investigate lic liturgies this spring because of a painful knee, was which he said promoting priestly and religi ous vocations accusations of any such behavior, taking firm steps to correct it where it is found to exist, " the pope said. determined to preside over the ordination Mass at which he was "an urgent duty among all the people of God. " The pope reiterated his strong conviction that the church He said young people in particular need "eloquent ordained 12 priests from Italy, one each from Spain and models who can show them the greatness and sublimity of cannot simply drop the celibacy requirement in the Western Kenya and six from Latin American countries The pope told the new priests: "In a word, the Lord the ministerial priesthood , as well as the profound happi- church. He said "the value of celibacy as a complete gift of self wants you to be holy. Holiness is the perspective which ness of giving oneself to Christ in the service of the to the Lord and his church must be carefull y safeguarded."

The pope also spoke to the Nigerian group about the church. " should direct the entire pastoral p ath of the church. " scanimportance of dealing with church problems honestly and The day before the ordinations, the pope deplored He celebrated the two-hour-long liturgy at a special ground-level altar set up below the main altar of St. Peter 's, dalous behavior by priests and urged bishops to be more openl y — a crucial issue in the sex abuse scandals , many vigilant in investigating and correcting it. He also defend- of which were not disclosed to lay peop le and civil authorso that he would not have to maneuver steps.

At a noon blessing afterward , the pope again empha- ed pri estly celibacy and said it should be maintained in the ities for decades.

"It is of the utmost importance that openness, honesty sized the need for priests to show pastoral leadership church.

The pope made the remarks to a group of Nigerian and transparency should always be the hallmark of everythrough their own behavior and model their lives on in a speech that seemed designed for a wider audi- thing that the church does, in all her spiritual , education bishops, Christ.

"I pray for all the priests who have been or will be ence. It included his strongest comment to date about the al and social undertaking, as well as in every aspect of her ordained this year, so that they may give convincing wit- oversight bishops are expected to exercise over wayward administration, " he said.

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VS. - Vatican Summit . . . 5! Continued from cover under fire for reassigning priest-abusers, were not mentioned.

But one of the prelates at the briefing, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago , said Cardinal Law raised the issue at a private meeting of the U.S. church leaders the night before the summit. He said the cardinal apologized to his colleagues, acknowledging that "if he had not made some mistakes, we would not be here. " The American cardinals were given the fi rst part of the meeting to make individual presentations. Cardinal George said the mood was "serious , even somber."

After presentations from Vatican officials, the second day was to be devoted to an open discussion of proposals.

The Vatican said the pope would closely follow the meeting, but would not cancel previous engagements and audiences.

Cardinal George said church leaders at the summit were split on whether to adopt a "zero-tolerance " policy for priest-abusers, in large part because abuse of minors could encompass a broad variety of behaviors.

"There is a difference between a moral monster like (convicted pedophile former Boston priest John) Geoghan , who preys upon little children and does so in a serial fashion, and someone who perhaps under the influence of alcohol engages in an action with a 17- or 16-year old young woman , who returns his affection , " he said.

The cardinal said civil law considers both to be crimes, but "in terms of the culpability and the possibility for a reform of one 's life, they are two very different sets of circumstances.

"Given the civil law, can we make such a distinction in ecclesiastical policy? I' m not sure whether or not the present moment permits th at distinction , so we might go toward zero tolerance , " he said.

Another prelate at the briefing, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville , 111., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, suggested that an alternative to a flat "zero tolerance " policy might be to allow largely lay diocesan review boards to assist the bishop in deciding whether to reinstate .an accused priest.

This would allow consideration of "mitigating circumstances" while still providing a "prudent and transparent solution " that assures parents their children are not at risk of harm , he said.

Cardinal George also supported lay involvement in implementing abuse policies.

"It seems to me to be clear that the more that lay people and others —including the relatives of victims — are involved in applying the policies, the more credibility the actions of the bishop himself might have, " he said.

But Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles said he read the pope 's speech as support for a zero-tolerance policy.

"You can convert hearts and offer reconciliation , but you cannot reassign (priest- abusers) , " the cardinal told one of his local television stations.

The pope , he said "is being as clear as he can be: There is no place for abusers in the priesthood. " Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua said he thought the pope 's remarks "could be read" as support for a zero-tolerance policy, but that the text required more study.

Cardinal Bevilacqua told Catholic News Service: "The Holy Father emphasized the horror of this scandal.

He used the strongest words that I' ve ever heard him use in attacking this as a 'sin ' and as a 'crime. ' Using those words , he is showing that the highest priority and the first priority is being given to the children."

Another issue raised at the meeting was the potential link between the current crisis and homosexuality in the priesthood. Some church leaders have argued that most of the recently reported cases relate to homosexual activity, not pedophilia in the strict sense , since many of the victims were teen-age males; In response to a reporter 's question , Bishop Gregory said "a homosexual atmosphere or dynamic " in a seminary causes difficulties within the seminary and in recruiting candidates to the priesthood , because it can dissuade heterosexual men from pursuing a vocation.

But he suggested a serious effort to address the issue began after Vatican onsite studies of U.S. seminaries in the mid- and late-1980s.

"It is an ongoing struggle , " he said. "It is most importantly a struggle to ensure that the Catholic priesthood is not dominated by homosexual men; (th at) not only is it not dominated by homosexual men, but the candidates thatwe receive are healthy in every possible way: psychologically, emotionall y, spiritu ally, intellectually Cardinal George said the question should not be whether a priesthood candidate is homosexual or not, but whether he is "capable of marriage and family, because an ordained priest is a married man " with the church as his bride.

"Putting the question of orientation in a different focus," he said, bishops should ask whether candidates have "reserves of 'generativity' and generosity " and could see themselves as being married and bringing forth new life.

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By Sharon Abercrombie ids like bugs almost as much as they do dinosaurs.

Second grade teacher Jan Spillane knows that. One K of her students at St. Paul School in San Francisco found a caterpillar on a pink flower in her back' yard. The next day, Jamie Feeney showed up at school with her new pet, which she'd named Lucky because "it didn 't get eaten by bird ," she told her teacher.

Lucky lives in a plastic bug jar with holes so she can breath. Lucky sits with Jamie evety day on the corner of the table and is watched closely by her student family at table 4.

"Lucky is carefully carried back and forth from school to home. With a lot of love and a lot of care, maybe the two centimeter caterpillar will cocoon and emerge as a beautiful butterfly," said Ms. Spillane.

Lucky's adoption happened not long after the second grade glass took part in a special internet project called "Bugscope." Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana, the program connects young students in classrooms across the country via computers with a special environmental scanning electron microscope. The microscope, made by the Beckman Institute 's Imaging Technology Group, uses sophisticated technology to examine the threedimensional structure of surfaces in great detail. Students can see bug parts that are undetectable to the naked eye.

Individual classes across the countiy can send their own bug specimens to Urbana , where four high school students at University High School in Urbana have been trained to run the microscope. They prepare the specimens and put them into the microscope 's viewing chamber. University high students and scientists are available for online realtime discussions with kids, on the spot.

"Everything's big — it's amazing," exclaimed Nick Daily, the day his second grade class recently tuned in to the Internet program.

"You got to ask the scientists questions and they answered right away," said Maya Astabi. "I asked, 'why does the moth have a curly tongue?' They answered me, "The tongue is so long that it curls so that the moth can fly and not have the tongue in its way."

Maya and her friends had a special stake in this interactive session. The moth belonged to her class. It was one of many fluttering crawly creatures, including ladybugs, the kids in kindergarten, first and second grades, collected

Above: Maya Astabi checks out slices of insect tissue on the Uugscope website during her science class at St. Paul's. To the rig ht: Jamie Feeney cuts leaves to feed her pet caterpillar. during a field trip to Marin Headlands , explained Ms. Spillane.

What the 97 kids saw under the microscope over a three-day period , sparked * many questions. Wh y did the ladybug j F 1 have lilllc hooked feet? j/ rk ) So she could climb and walk upside J m \ down , they found out. & \Jj Why is she red, yellow and orange?

Those are nature's warning colors to other insects not to eat ladybugs because | JU they taste veiy awful, said Ms. Spillane.

Ladybugs are a gardener 's friend because their bad, poisonous taste keeps them alive, so they can devour all the bad bugs that can suck the life out of fruits and vegetables. Ladybugs do away with the need for gardeners to use environmentally harmfu l chemical insecticides.

This was St. Paul's first year to participate in Bugscope.

Life science teacher Lorri Ferguson applied for the free project by sending in a lesson plan to the University of Illinois program involving caterpillars, moths and silkworms.

The interactive computer program is the latest in a series of fun projects initiated by Ms. Ferguson , Spillane and other faculty. Kids have created clay and paper plate models of insects featuring the life cycle of the moth. Large

replicas of ladybugs and ants are also a part of the project , which will become part of a museum, in which the kids will teach what they have learned to other classes.

The school also stresses the importance of recycling, said Ms. Spillane. Jan Spillane's class has a small classroom gardening project, as well.

So far St. Paul's is one of a number of schools, which have participated nationwide with the online project. It has joined schools in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New ' Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and the Virgin Islands.

For further infonnation about Bugscope, contact Jim Barlow at (217) 333-5802; b-james3@uiuc.edu.

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J_ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Its time to fo cus on the facts The "sex scandal" in the Catholic Church is a story that — in the j argon of the press — "has legs." The story will continue, in fits and starts , for a long time. Everyone in the Church should be ready to accept that reality. The bad news will not disappear soon.

That is an unhappy but ultimately unimportant reality. The stories in newspapers and on radio and television are not the problem.

The facts behind them are the problem.

The first fact is this: some priests sexually molested children.

They have violated the innocence of the young and defenseless.

They have betrayed the trust of the people they have promised to serve.

The second fac t is that they have committed a grave sin. The sexual abuse of children "is compounded by the scandalous harm done to the physical and moral integrity of the young, who will remain scarred by it all their lives." Those are the words of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, written long before these scandals erupted , and they are the constant teaching of the Church.

The third fact is that they have committed a crime — a crime that usuall y merits a prison sentence and a listing as a registered sex offender. Whatever the Church decides to do, police should arrest, and prosecutors should try everyone accused of molesting a child.

The fourth fact is that whenever the issue is discussed we are forced to say "some" priests . All indications are that across the country a very small number of priests have molested children , but no one knows the extent of this behavior. That is because so much has been kept secret for so long.

Early in January, John Geoghan, a now-laicized Boston priest , stood out as seemingly unique in his depravity. By the end of the month, the picture had changed dramatically. The Boston Globe reported that in the last 10 years, the Archdiocese of Boston "quietly settled child molestation claims against at least 70 priests ."

The fifth fact is that secrecy, whatever its motivations , has made things worse. More children were put at risk as child molesters were moved from parish to parish. In addition , secrecy has forced good priests to suffer as a result of the wrongs of others. When no one knows who the bad guys are, no one knows who the good guys are. And as more names surface, people begin to wonder: who will be next?

The sixth fact is that, at its heart , this is not a scandal about "pedophiles " but about sexual predators. Much time has been spent on strangely detached and abstract clinical discussions of a variety of psychological sexual dysfunctions. That is not the central issue.

The central issue is not psychological but moral and criminal: the sexual molestation of children by adults. Those who are guilty — priests and anyone else — of molesting children should receive psychological treatment to prevent them, if possible , from repeating their crimes. But the treatment should come while, or after , they serve their prison sentences.

The seventh fact is that mothers and fathers react to child molesters with a fury that celibates do not — and cannot — feel . This is not a criticism of celibacy but a simple fact of life: celibates cannot feel this anger and grief because they do not have children of their own. For mothers and fathers , only the death of a child stirs greater emotion than sexual molestation. It is a crime that hits at the heart of their families: their children.

The eighth and final fact is: This is not a public relations battle nor an exercise in damage control. The damage has been done — to innocent children above all and , to a far lesser extent, to innocent priests who suffer for the sins of others, and to the reputation of the Church. Now is not the time for well-scripted press conferences and limited information. It is time to tell the truth, the whole truth, to make amends whenever possible, to hold wrongdoers accountable, to do whatever possible to prevent this from happening again.

And then, with the bad news behind us, the Church should move on, proclaiming the Good News of salvation.

PJ

Spread the whole Gospel

Thank you for a great editorial in the April 19th issue. I agree. The media is right to report upon the grave sins of sex and power and abuse committed by some priests and (he terrible sin by some bishops and cardinals of choosing to hide sexual abuse rather than protect children and teens.

These are sins of men and not a reflection upon Christ ' s Gospel or the church he established here on earth .

I am looking for priests who are willing to stand up and be counted on all aspects of the Gospel. Therefore , I respect Archbishop Levada 's forthri ghtness on this issue, I also respect his willingness to speak out on the need to respect all human life , especially protecting the unborn children endangered by abortion. As the mother of four young boys, 1 am constantly looking for priests, men of God , to espouse principles of respect for all human life , and to promote the sexual values our Church teaches.

I know they are out there , but the environment we live in here in San Francisco does not encourage those men to speak up and be counted. At least our bishop does!

I believe these terrible sins of sexual abuse of children and teens could happen anywhere. However, a society which does not protect unborn children more easily fosters predators willing to treat preteens and adolescents as objects to be used.

Valerie Meehan Schmalz San Francisco

search under "pedop hilia " for 2 articles and their sources. Another source for the celibate-priest/married-clergy debate is the study undertaken b y Professor Phillip Jenkins of Penn State University which revealed child sexual abuse rate of 1.7% for celibate clergy versus a whopping 10% married-clergy rate (and this from a SECULAR university). When have you. last (if ever) heard of Protestant-Clergy Pedop hilia? Never.

This stud y and the articles in the web-site both make use of a very enli ghtening work publishe d by the presti gious Oxford University Press and authored by the above Professor Jenkins in 1996 and considered by experts in the field to be the best stud y to date.

Regarding the rate of incidence of educators (and thus compared to celibate priests) please see the April 6-12th issue of The Economist which carried an article detailing a study of this perversion among educators in Europe conducted by Hofstra University. These numbers cause one to gasp and to thank God that the rate of incidence among our fallen clergy is miniscule in comparison.

So many other articles , resources and proof are available to the public by simply accessing the internet and searching on the topic. The fact that it 's all at our fingertips causes me to wonder if my accusers even bothered to look into this issue , or at least to do so with an open mind.

Dave Previtali San Rafael

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Thanhs for heroic priests

Your biograp hical article about Fr. Vincent Bui (CSF , Apr. 19) was excellent - so sensitive , so comprehensive , so informative. It brought tears to my eyes.

What a strugg le some peop le have just to survive one day at a time.

Please write more human interest articles of heroism.

Sister Pat Hoffman , SND San Francisco

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There are countless sources going back many years but I will provide just a few more contemporary ones. Regarding the pedophilia-myth of celibate clergy vs. married clergy, please refer to the web-site www.catholiceducation.org and

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Put everything on the table

As usual , George Weigel missed the point ( CSF , Apr. 19). One part of the problem with the current scandal is the Church' s sexual ethic , Mr. Weigel to the contrary. The other part is the mad rush of the bishops to cover up a dreadful situation so as not to "bring scandal to the Church. " Unfortunatel y, that is what their efforts did bring.

The sexual theachings of the Church , i.e., that sex is for procreation only and any other sexual activity not intended to bring about procreation is a sin, is neither biolog ically, psychologically nor realisticall y tru e. The Church is laboring under a sexual ethic created at a time when medical science understood neither conception nor embryology. In my generation in grade school we were taught that if it had anything to do with girls, it was a sin, and if it was fun , it was most certainly a sin. Boys were taken off to the minor seminary at the age of fifteen , or less , never to learn about male and female interaction except by lectures from priests who labore d under the vow of celibacy.

Like it or not , the current scandal has put celibacy, a married clergy, contraception and even ordination of women on the table of the Hol y Father. Let us pray the coming assembly of American Cardinals recognizes what is really on the agenda.

Jerome Downs San Francisco

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Easter everywhere in the life of the Church Although the Catechism of the Catholic Churc h calls the resurrection of Jesus "the crowning truth of our faith ," its treatment of this doctrine appears to be surprisingly brief - onl y 20 short paragraphs (#638-658). There is much more here than meets the eye. One of the advantages of the Catechism is that it helps us see how many different truths are interrelated; by looking up the paragraphs whose numbers are given in the margins we can be led to other sections of the Catechism which reveal how the Easter li ght is illumining our world today. Let us look at some of these paragrap hs and see how the resurrection is not simp ly something that happened to Christ , but it is also something happening to us.

The paschal mystery, while it took place at a certai n moment in history, does not remain in the past because Christ has broken the reign of death . History is no longer trapped in anti quity : "The event of the Cross and Resurrection abides and draws everything towards life." (CCC #1085) This is why the liturgy is the work of the risen Christ - not simply an act commemorating Him, but His action. The Spirit of the risen Lord enlivens the liturgy, so it is not surprising that the Catechism finds Easter glory reflected throug hout the sacramental life of the Church.

At the heart of our Catholic life is the Eucharist, in which "tire whole of creation loved by God is presented to the Father throug h the death and resurrection of Christ." (1359) In St. Mary 's Cathedral, four stained glass windows ascend twenty stories, their colors suggesting the four elements of wind, earth,

water and fire. These form a majestic skylight cross of gold , proclaiming that all of creation is being transformed by the risen Christ. With the eyes of faith , we can see how the Eucharist heralds the joy of Easier filling the whole universe. .

This victory does not belong to Easter onl y. Every Sunday is the celebration of Easter. The first creation was fashioned with a view toward the Sabbath rest, but this seventh day is followed by an eighth , when Christ rose, and it is for this reason that our holy day is Sunday: "The first creation finds its meaning and its summit in the new creation in Christ, the splendor of which surpasses that of the first creation. " (349) This re-creation is certain in its goal , but does at limes encounter the roadblock of our stubbornness and sin. For this reason the risen Christ sent out His disciples to proclaim the forgiveness of sins, and gave us the sacrament of reconciliation to effect that forgiveness. This, too, is part of the Easter mystery: "Indeed the sacrament of Reconciliati on with God brings about a true 'spiritual resurrection , ' restoration of the dignity and blessings of the life of the children of God, of which the most precious is friendship with God." (1468) When faced with discouragement in prayer, the Catechism again sets before us the paschal mystery: "Our filial trust is enkindled by his supreme act: the Passion and Resurrection of his Son." (2738) God did not spare His own Son from death. He did this so that when we face the uials of life , some of them very bitter, the darkness of the cross would never be separated from the light of Easter. The provident hand of the Father who

led Jesus throug h death to life is holding and guiding us, too.

We may be tempted to think that the resurrection is a privilege belonging to Christ alone , since He is God as well as Man, What about us, who are Vct t Yt e-rrdiner "onl y human"? Here the Catechism invites us to MillOn T. Walsh contemplate the end of =================== "The Mary 's life: Assumption of fire Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son ' s resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians." (966) In all of these ways, the Catechism invites us to realize that the resurrection is not simply something that happened once, it is something that is happening now. Christ is risen, but Clvrist is also rising in His Body the Church , and in each of us.

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

Family Life

Finding new life in spring gardens Behind the sandbox, underneath the evergreen trees, the little green shoots are poking up through the soil. The sword ferns have new leaves, the bunchberry is spreading, the Indian plum is starting to bloom.

Spring is my favorite time to be out in the yard .

Summer and fall take effort â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all that weeding and watering. In the spring, you just watch and wait to be surprised.

I learned a lot about growing things from my friend Mary Ann. When she moved into her first home, gardening became her passion. She attended classes, drew up a master plan , and scoured nurseries for the perfect plants. She planted and watered, fertilized and sprayed, weeded and waited.

When I saw her a year later and asked about her garden, I was surprised to learn she'd completel y given it up.

"Nothing turned out the way it was supposed to," she explained. "It was just another part of my life that felt out of control. I don 't need it. I already have a 2-year-old."

Last I knew, she 'd taken up quilting instead .

When we moved into our home a few years later, I adopted an easier, more natural approach. I chose native plants, since they 're easier to care for in our shady, Northwest yard. Rather than experimenting with new varieties, I noted which p lants were thriving and got more of them.

Our red huckleberry bush gives us delicious berries for snacking or jam . 1 bought two more. I rescued ferns from the construction site at our church. I encouraged the Oregon grape and planted more Indian plum.

Still , it was hit and miss. The ground cover that was supposed to blanket the side yard didn't spread , and the snowberries that looked so lovel y in the plant guides abruptly quit blooming.

One year I bought two bleeding hearts at a master gardener 's sale and put them under the cedar tree in the backyard . From the start, they didn ' t look too happy. They were even less happy a couple weeks later when the boys tramp led them chasing a baseball.

I wasn ' t happy, either. "You killed my new plants!" I scolded. "I just put them in. Can ' t you watch where you 're going ?"

"Sorry, Mom ," said Lucas, "but we can 't tell what 's an important plant and what 's just growing." I had to admit they had a point.

I put a bright stake next to the crushed stems, but it was too late. They never revived.

I forgot about them until the next spring, when I noticed a fringy green growth in the same spot. Could it be?

Before long, we saw stems topped with delicate pink flowers . The bleeding hearts weren't dead after all.

Raising children is a lot like tending plants.

It takes patience and faith. We may not see the results we want right away, but we know that if our lives are rooted in Love, our families will bloom. The power of the Christ 's Resurrection is constantl y transforming our lives, bringing new life where we least expect it.

TRY THIS AT HOME: Look for signs of new life in your family.

Christine Dubois

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

Contact her at: cliriscolumn@juno.com.

The Catholic Diff erence

Needed in hierarchy: Apostles, not managers However grim the present circumstances may seem, many of the pre-requisite s for a thoroughgoing revitalization of the priesthood in America are already in place.

Catholics have not abandoned their priests in the wake of three months of seemingly-endless report s of scandal.

On the contrary, they are rall y ing to the support of priests, confident that faithful pastors represent the great majority of the Catholic clergy in America.

For twenty-three years now, in his Holy Thursday letters to pri ests and in numerous other homilies and addresses, Pope John Pau l II has been proposing a noble vision of the priest as an icon of Christ in the world. That vision has attracted thousands of young men to the seminaries; it has reinvi gorated the ministry of priests who have been ordained for decades; and it gives the Church the theological substance with which to accelerate the reform of its ordained ministry.

The generation of dissent in the theolog ical guild is gray ing and intellectuall y sterile , unable to reproduce itself.

Younger scholars , more interested in exploring Catholic orthodoxy than in deconstructing it , will increasing ly fill seminary faculties and university schools of theology, Priests formed in the past fifteen years and committed to the heroic model of the priesthood proposed by John Paul II are eager to be catal ysts of reform and renewal.

What is needed now are the bishops capable of leading the reform of local presbyterates, diocesan vocations offices , local and regional seminaries. Some of those bishops have already been ordained and are doing heroic work .

The question now is, how do we get more of the bishops we need to carry out the reform of the ordained ministry that lay leaders and the Church' s most effective priests are calling for?

Changes are needed in the criteria for appointing bishops and in the process for vetting candidates for the episcopate.

The preference for older candidate s for bishops, while understandable , should be re-examined in light of today 's urgent needs. Those most capable of leading the reform of the ministry will often be men in their forties , even late thirties , who are part of the John Paul II generation of Catholic clergy in the United States. Their age should not be held against them as potential bishops, if they have demonstrated effective leadershi p as pastors of parishes or seminary professors. There is also strong historical precedent for appointing younger men as bishops in times of crisis and needed reform. St. Cyril of Alexandria was a bishop at 36. St Ambrose was 34 when he was ordained bishop of Milan , and St. Augustine was 41 when he became bishop of Hippo. St. Francis de Sales and St. Charles

Borromeo , great reformers of the counterReformation , were bishops in their mid-thirties.

Stefan Wyszynski was named Primate of Poland at age 47.

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The consultation process must also be widened.

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SCRIPTU RE & LITURGY Future becomes present in the risen Lord Perhaps we may have heard the words of Sunday 's Gospel proclaimed in a funeral liturgy and found them filled with comfort and hope in the face of our bereavement: "In my Fath er 's house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you , I will come back again and take you to myself so that where I am you also may be."

Speaking to our grief , these words assure us that the Lord has taken our loved one home to be with him.

This use of the Scripture, valid and helpful as it is, may deafen us to the author 's original intent which floods us with Easter joy during our great 50 day celebration.

The Fourth Gospel always invites us to appreciate the here-and-now, to realize that the future has become the present , to welcome right now the end of the world and the beginning of another. See this contrast in the dialogue between Martha and Jesus: "Martha said to him 'I know he (Lazarus, her brother) will rise in the resurrection on the last day,' Jesus told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life." (John 11:24-25) The last day 's resurrection is a present reality in Jesus, the Son of Man "lifted up " on the cross and into glory, who gives death-defeating life now to those who believe in him.

Chapter five of John is even more explicit: "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believe s (present tense) in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life. Amen, Amen I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead (those yet uncalled) will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." (John 5:24-25) With this background in mind, we listen to Sunday ' s Gospel and discover that Jesus has indeed already gone "to prepare a place" for us through his "passover" (John 13:1) in love to the Father, through his glorifying death, but he has already come back to us as glorified Lord and formed us into his Father 's house with the "many dwelling places." Already we are where he is; already we do for him what he has done for his Father.

Jesus spent his life making the Father known by his word s, deeds , and very person. That is why he can reply

Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7; Psalm 33; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12

Father David M. Pettingill to Philip ' s request , "Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us ," by saying "Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do know me, Philip?

Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father '? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. " Now we in our turn in our parishes by our words, deeds, and very persons make Jesus known. "Whoever believes in me will do the works I do and will do greater than these because 1 go to the Father (and come back to you). " The presence of the glorified Jesus to us has enabled us to do great works. We are forming our neophytes (the newly initiated) during this time of their mystagogia (understanding the content and intent of the sacraments they have celebrated), even as we remind ourselves of our baptismal di gnity with the words of I Peter: "Come to him , a living stone, rejected by human beings , but chosen and preciou s in the sight of God , and , like living stones, let yourselves be built into a sp iritual house to be a holy priesthood to

offer spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."

What Spirit-filled worship we offer when we form neophytes and allow them to form us ! What Spirit-filled worship we offer as we try new ways to relate to self, each other, our present , and our future in the light of Easter renewal ! New ways to pray, to live, to work, to minister, to plan, to dream beckon us, because each new path explored proclaims us "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation , a people of his own so that you may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. " Thus we are equipped to deal with issues and problems that surface in our parishes, Church, and world. See how the complaints of the Hellenists (Greek-speaking) against the Hebrews regarding the treatment of Greek-speaking widows was resolved in Acts by the appointment of seven men "to serve at table" and to see to the equitable distribution of food. As Easter Church, we can face issues, conflicts , and difficulties with our communal Spirit of wisdom.

Our Sunday celebration invites us to praise and thank our gracious God for enabling us to do for Jesus the Lord what Jesus the Lord has done for his Father: disclose the heart of God. Questions for Small Communities: How do we deal with conflicts: in this group ? In our parish?

What works, "greater than these," can this group perform?

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

Getting the old time religion Someone recentl y had a lapse of memory. As painful as this was for them it ended up being even more painful for me! Not so much because I relate well to these experiences of occasional human brain failure, but more because of what ended up being revealed as the picture became more focused.

As the person tried to remember the title of a "song" they had sung at an Easter liturg y, they began to describe it in the following fashion in hopes their description would jog my memory cells into recognition. I recognized by the tone of voice that they also hoped I would be in utter and total agreement - we should ban the thing!

The person suggested the "song" was an "old time song," of "days gone by," one we "really don ' t sing anymore ," one that is "very difficult to sing, " and one which reminds us of the "old Church." I was in a quandary as I tried with all of my Easter might to recognize what was the possibility of so horrible a "song" that it would fit these categories. With a halting style the person began to hum the tune and my blood ran cold , my heart hurt and the categories clearly were revealed naturally as unfair.

All right, the music comes from an ancient tradition of Christian music, I will grant my friend this much, however, the other categories simp ly caused me to guffaw. I am glad in the end that our conversation about the

Weig el... ¦ Continued from page 13 didales , mature , knowledgeable , and prudent lay peop le ought to be consulted far more widely than they are today. Lay people may see things clergy can miss.

Finally, the bishops capable of leading the reform the Churc h needs will be evangelists and pastors , capable

Father Jim McKearney, S.S. piece hel ped my friend to see this timeless music in a new light.

All right, I'll tell you. The tune is "Easter Hymn" and it is recognized by the common title, "Jesus Christ is Risen Today!"

The tune was written in 1708 and set to it are a variety of texts with alleluias by such a great composer as Charles Wesley and another anonymous composer of the 14th century.

of communicating their passion for Christ to their priests and people. There is, arguabl y, too much raillery about the Catholic bureaucracy today ; many Church bureaucrats are entirel y admirable people. Yet eighty years after Max Weber dissected the character of bureaucracies , it should be clear that the typical bureaucratic cast of mind — which emphasizes efficient management and damagecontrol , and almost always prefers amelioration to necessary confrontation —• can be in serious tension with the

Yes, it is certainl y old enoug h, I agree.

Nevertheless , does it not mean something to us that we have inherited such a great hymn? Does it not mean something to us that the hymn (not song) as a form is an ancient biblical form of music that endures even to today? I ask you , why is this piece still published in most hymnals of various Christian denominations? It rocks , to use a contemporary term!

The piece endures precisel y because of its singability and because of its ability to capture the sense of Easter jo y with its exhilarating tone and structure.

Perhaps our strugg le with this time-honored hymn is due to the fact that we are "out of practice " with our singing of such hymnod y. Maybe a little bit more of singing the "old time " rel igious songs and hymns of our tradition will be just the thing to hel p us g ive voice to our Easter jo y this season!

Perhaps it is worth investigating the possibility.

Perhap s with some wonderful accompaniment , these hymn s and this tradition will assist us in recapturing our rich ancestry of liturg ical music.

Sup lician Father James McKearney is director of music f o r St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

bishop's duty to teach , govern , and sanctify.

Apostles, not managers, are what will move the Church from crisis to reform.

George Wei gel is a senior fello w of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington , B.C.

O RDINARY T IME

'Today More Than Ever' The following is Archbishop William J. Levada 's homily at the Mass for World Day of Prayer for Vocations at Saint Mary 's Cathedral April 21.

The scene that springs to our imagination in hearing Jesus ' parable about the good shep herd is perhaps bucolic , most likel y a rural setting, and distant from the city center location such as that of our cathedral. After all , it is onl y recentl y in the history of humanity that so many peop le - in some countries now even a majority — have lived in cities , in urban rather than rural settings. This is certainl y true of the United States , and it is also increasingly true of the Hol y Land , where this parable was first told some 2,000 years ago.

The brutal images of these past few months in the Hol y Land , which have been presented as almost dail y fare in newspaper and television news reports , have all had this characteristic of urban settings. The terrorist attacks of suicide bombers in Israeli restaurants , markets and buses have had urban targets to maximize their brutal deadly effect. And the relentless march of Israeli tanks and bulldozers , followed by soldiers bearing the latest in sop histicated American weapons , has torn throug h Palestinian cities and destroyed refugee settlements those very dense human agglomerations that were created and have been maintained as testimonials of the failure to address the issues of national homelands and national security in the Middle East , a failure in particular of successive administrations of the United State s government.

The contrast of today 's urban settings of violence and despair with the images of rural Galilee and Judea in the Gospel could hardly be more stark. "Good Shep herd Sunday " - a popular name for the liturgy of the 4th Sunday of the Easter season - is derived fro m the Gospel accounts that present an image of Jesus taken from the relationshi p between a shepherd and his sheep. Because of this image this Sunday has been designated , for the past 39 years, as the "World Day of Prayer for Vocations" throug hout the world.

I welcome the opportunity to celebrate this World Day of Prayer for Vocations with you in our cathedral church today, my dear peop le: with my brother priests , with the men and women religious in vowed consecrated life , with the husbands and wives and children who live out the call to holiness in your families, in the "domestic church ," and with the lay faithful whose lives in the world constitute the leaven of the Gospel in our communities. All of us are called to live out the dail y call to holiness g iven to us in our Baptism into the new life of the Risen Christ , whose voice we have heard calling us b y name to "Come, follow me" as his disci ples. In a very particular way I welcome gratefull y the presence of many of our seminarians , candidate s for the priesthood preparing at St. Patrick' s Seminary, and in particular our two deacons of the Mass who will be ordained priests here in the cathedral this coming June 8.

As we mark this world day of prayer for vocations , I ask that we not neglect to include in our prayer to our God today the most fervent prayers for the peace of Jerusalem ; for peace in that Holy Land precious to the historic monotheistic faiths of Judaism , Christianity and Islam; in that land where our Divine Savior lived and died and rose from the dead , and won for us and for the world the gift of the forg iveness of sins , of reconciliation between humanity and its God — and from where he began to g ive his disci ples , in Baptism and Eucharist , the new life of sanctif y ing grace that makes us hol y, and fashions us into a hol y peop le in his own image and likeness.

The images of shep herd and sheep no doubt lack a first-hand familiarity for many of us urban citizens of today 's world. The arid landscape of the Hol y Land made it difficult for shepherds to find pasture for their sheep.

There was alway s the threat of attack by predatory animals - and by predatory humans as well - thieves who would as soon steal sheep for the quick gain of money from their sale. These sheep were, in the main , a source of livelihood for their wool , and the shepherd ' s primary respons ibility was to protect them , find them good pasture. In doing so, shep herd and sheep got to know each other well , so that the sheep became accustomed to the voice of their shep herd , and trusted him. And the shepherd , in the beautifu l image of the story told by Jesus , would even leave his flock untended to go the extra mile to find and bring back to the fold the lost sheep.

So the "sheepfold" is a synonym for a place of security and peace, a "home" in the desert wilderness. Jesus uses the image of the "gate " to show the central role of the shep herd in guaranteeing that peace and security: he is the gate to the sheep fold , the way for the sheep to be secure . The sense of this image is consistent with his words in the 14th chapter of John 's Gospel , "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except throug h me. "

It should be an unceasing cause for wonder and gratitude that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son , so that everyone who believes in him mi ght not perish but mi ght have eternal life " (John 3:16). And the wonder of this love is its consistency as it unfolds in the humanity of the God-man , Jesus Christ. Listen again to the way that Jesus brings his reflections on the relati on of shepherd and his sheep to their climax , in the verses of John 's Gospel immediatel y following those proclaimed in today 's Mass: "I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ... I am the Good Shep herd , and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep " (John 10:11-15).

The first Letter of St. Peter we heard today also takes up the theme in the context of the Apostle 's instruction to the community of disci ples: "You had gone astray like sheep, but you have now returned to the shep herd and guardian (episkopos: overseer or 'bishop ') of your souls. " It is a theme precious to the Apostle Peter, to whom the Lord showed such depths of love after his resurrection when he asked three times, "Peter, do you love me?" With Peter 's threefold confession of love for his risen Lord , his threefol d denial of Jesus during the passion was forg iven and healed. Then Peter was ready to receive the great mission to be shepherd in the name of the Good Shep herd: "Feed my sheep; feed my Iambs" (John 21:15-17).

No wonder, then , that in the 5th chapter of this same letter Peter will again return to the theme: "I exhort the presbyters (the priests) among you , as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. Look after the flock whose shepherds you are , not under compulsion but willing l y, as God would have you do it" (1 Peter 5:1-2). No wonder, too, that the Church has spontaneousl y chosen to focus on the special vocations of priesthood and consecrated life as she praises and thanks her God for giving us his Divine Son as "shepherd of our souls."

As our Holy Father remarked in his message for this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, "every vocation in the Churc h is at the service of holiness. Some, however, such as the vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life, are at the service of holiness in a thoroug hl y unique manner, ll is to these vocations that I invite everyone to pay particular attention today, by intensifying their prayers for them."

About the vocations to consecrated life - as members of reli gious orders , of societies of apostolic life , as consecrated persons in the world - Pope John Paul reminds us that consecrated life, with its vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience , reveals the intimate nature of every Christian vocation to holiness as a closer walk with Christ , who says, "Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disci ple" (Luke 14:27). This vocation makes present to the Churc h and to the world the way of life that Jesus himself chose, to which he pointed as the necessary "leaving all things " and placing oneself in comp lete trust in the hands of God. For many of us , onl y in death will we fu lfill that invitation in full measure. But consecrated life reminds us all that onl y by embracing the cross of Christ concretel y in the circumstances of our lives can we use this pil gri m journey of life well to prepare our hearts to go where our true and lasting treasure is - the king dom of heaven.

The priesthood , too , is an invitation to live out the universal vocation of holiness in a particular way of service to the People of God , the Church , as shep herd s in the image of the Good Shep herd. In his 1992 Apostolic Exhortation "I will give you shepherd s" ("Pastores Dabo Vobis"), on the formation of priests , Pope John Paul wrote , "Holiness is intimacy with God , it is the imitation of Christ , who was poor , chaste and humble; it is unreserved love for souls and a giving of oneself on their behalf and for their true good; it is love for the Church which is hol y and wants us to be hol y, because this is the mission that Christ entrusted to her " (no. 33). In a word , they must be shepherd s who live out , to the best of their ability, strengthened by the grace of the Sacrament of Hol y Orders , the life and the mission of the one who said , "I am the Good Shep herd. " But what about today, when the Church is experiencing the crisis of discovering that some of her priestl y shepherds not onl y were unfaithful themselves to this high calling, but became the "thieves and robbers " of the sheep, and especiall y of the security of the innocent and vulnerable members of the flock, the children abused b y priests. Indeed , these shepherds we might say robbed these children of the most fundamental gift God promises to his Church , the gift of holiness.

Here then is a true scandal for the faithful , and for the world for which the Church' s vocation is to be a "sign and sacrament of salvation. " Even though these priests who abused children may be a tiny percentage of

Archbishop William J. Levada the total number of priests , even one such priest would be too many.

The presence of this scandal has placed an immense burden of shame on the priesthood; it weighs heavil y on the vast number of good and faithful priests. They are grateful for expressions of support from so many of their parishioners , as I am. But we ail recognize that our burden as priests cannot be compared to the burden and suffering of the many victims of our brother priests. To these victims of priestl y abuse we express again and again our sorrow, our offer to reach out to them with pastoral care, our hope that they may experience the healing power of the compassionate love of Christ.

In the midst of such a crisis, we might ask if it is realistic to celebrate a Day of Prayer for Vocations? I think it is. Indeed , I would say, Today more than ever!

Our parish vocations committees are committed to keep ing before us the importance of the concern on the part of the entire Church for the promotion of vocations , They have pledged to support these efforts with their prayers throughout the year.

The testimony of seminarians today, as reported in the media on a few occasions during this crisis , is a particular source of encouragement. The programs of priestly formation today provide careful attention to mature sexual integration and to the practicalities of lived celibacy. Many seminarians have willing ly voiced readiness to accept the challenge of priesthood , and to be part of the restoration of trust eroded by the sins of a few of their predecessors.

These men deserve our thanks and encouragement.

Their dedication to serving the people of God as priestl y shepherds is a source of edification to both priests and people today. They know and are committed to a ministry of reaching out to victims of abuse , not onl y by priests , but also by the still too often hidden agents of such abuse in society at large.

We particularl y encourage our Christian families to understand and welcome , in faith , the realization that priestl y and reli gious vocations are a gift of God. As our Holy Father 's Message notes , "Families are called to p lay a decisive role for the future of vocations in the Church. The holiness of marital love , the harmony of famil y life , the spirit of faith with which the problems of daily life are confronte d, openness toward others , especiall y toward the poorest , and partici pation in the life of the Christian community form the proper environment for their children to listen to the divine call and make a generous response. " Finall y, I invite you all to join me in pray ing the beautiful prayer "A Vocation of Holiness ," composed by our Hol y Father Pope John Paul II for this World Day of Prayer for Vocations: Holy Father, look upon this humanity of ours , That is taking its first steps along the path of the Third Millennium.

Its life is still deep l y marked By hatred, violence and oppression , But the thirst for ju stice, truth and grace Still finds a space in the hearts of many peop le , Who are waiting for someone to bring salvation , Enacted by You throug h Your Son Jesus .

There is the need for courageous heralds of the Gospel , For generous servants of suffering humanity.

Send hol y priests to Your Church , we pray, Who may sanctif y Your peop le With the tools of Your grace.

Send numerous consecrated men and women , That they may show Your holiness in the midst of the world.

Send holy laborers into Your vineyard , That they may labor with the fervor of charity And , moved by Your Hol y Spirit , May bring the salvation of Christ To the farthest ends of the Earth. Amen .

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Performance Admission tree unless otherwise noted.

April 26, 27, May 3, 4, 5: Godspell at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Plielan Ave . across from City College, SR Curtain at 8 p.m. except May 5 at 2 p.m.

Tickets S10/S7 except April 27 Alumni Night when tickets are S20. Call (415) 586-9190 or (415) 586-8200.

May 18: Late Nile Catechism at St. Veronica Parish Center, 432Alida way, South San Francisco. Tickets $37.50 (rows 1-3)/$35 general seating'$32.50 seniors.

Curtain at 7 p.m. Call Annalisa Faina at (650) 873-7454.

May 2: Auditions for a new production of the Say Area's only Catholic theater ensemble, Quo Vadis.

Auditions take place at St, Joseph Parish hall, Cupertino at 7 p.m. Roles for men and women in new play about Margaret of Castello. Call (408) 252-3530.

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

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

April 28: 2002 Spring Concert Series at St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St at 24th St., SF at 7 p.m. Artists include parish music director Vince Peterson.

Suggested donation $10. Call (415) 282-0141.

April 28: San Francisco Boys Chorus sings at the 10 a.m. Mass at St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. off Monterey Blvd., SF, All are invited, Call (415) 333-3627.

School of Pastoral Leadership For additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Pre-registration is necessary for many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org.

April 27, May 4: Eucharistic and Lector ministry training, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church, One Elmwood Dr., Daly City with keynote address by Father David Pettingill , founding director of School of Pastoral Leadership. $40 per person. Program repeated Oct. 12, 19 at Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave., SF..

June 22: Go Make Disciples: Recovering Our Identity and Mission as Catholics with keynote address by Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput, 8:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd., SF. $5 fee includes lunch. The SPL's annual Student Mass and Recognition Ceremony with Archbishop William J. Levada will also lake place. All are welcome.

June 29, 30: Care Ministry Certificate Program , Sacraments of Healing: Eucharistic Ministry to the Homebound with Ruth Barba Hayes, director, Ministry to the Aging, Archdiocese of Portland. $45. St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 3835 Balboa St,SF. Sat. 7:30 a.m.

- 5 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Datebook mation, call Sister Cathy Murray at (707) 251-3794.

Family Life May 2: Mom, Dad and Jesus: Dinner at Six, a dialogue exploring creative and practica l ways to create a home rich in spirituality among the distractions of today.

Holy Name of Jesus Parish's Flanagan Center, 39lh Ave, and Lawton, 7:30 p.m. Call Rafe Brown at (415) 564-9439. The evening begins Holy Name's 21st Century Catholic series.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends can add to a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to register, call Michele or George Otte at (888) 568-3018.

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

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

Seton Medical Center Natural Family Planning/Fertility Care Services offers classes in the Creighton Model of NFP. Health educators are also available to speak to youth and adults on topics of puberty, responsible relationships, adolescent sexuality, the use of NFP throughout a woman's reproductive life, and infertility. Call (650) 301-8896.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639 for information.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information.

Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802. St. Andrew, Daly City. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, Pacifica.

Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 8972171 .St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882. Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882.

Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 2214269 or edgleason@webtv.net.

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

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month.

Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foster care. Call (415) 4062387 for information.

Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST 1450 AM "Mosaic" , a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIX-Channel 5. "For Heaven's Sake ", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests, 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRONChannel 4. May 19: Saving exotic birds with animal rescuers Donna Shadowens and Sherry Kamhi. Father Miles Riley hosts.

Single, Divorced, Separated April 28-June 9: Divorce Recovery Course, Sundays at 7 p.m., St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Provides a chance to understand the emolional journey begun with loss of a marriage. $45 fee includes materials. Sponsored by Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Call Pat at (415) 382-8997 or Theresa at (415) 666-0876.

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Tuesdays April 30 through May 28: Theology on Tap at the Metreon's Jillian Sports Bar beginning at 7 p.m. The ecumenical evening of dialogue has been in existence in other parts of the country tor more than 20 years. Topics are spiritually based and include Being Young and Faithful; Soulfulness: Finding God in a Bar, Tapping into the Sacred; The Funny Thing About God; and What Would Jesus Drink? . Presenters include SF Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester and Rev. Alan Jones, Dean of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. Contact Young Adult Ministry Office for details.

May 1: 21 st May Crowning and Living Rosary at 7:30 p.m. at All Hallows Chapel, Newhall and Palou, SF. Sponsored by All Hallows #182, Young Ladies Institute.

Call Sue Elvander at (415) 584-1593.

May 3:1st Friday meeting of Catholic Marin Breakfast Club begins with Mass 7 a.m., St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Guest speaker is former Marin Catholic High School president, Most Rev. John C. Wester, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco. Members $5. Non-members $10. Includes catered breakfast. Call (415) 461-0704 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or contact Sugaremy@aol.com.

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May 3,4, 5: Stars and Stripes Forever, 5th annual festival of St. Gregory Parish, 2715 Hacienda St at 28th Ave, San Mateo. A great weekend for kids and adults with games, sports auction, entertainment , rides, and more.

Dinner available Sat. and Sun. nights. Fri: 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat. 1 -10 p.m.; Sun. 1 -8 p.m. Call (650) 345-8506.

May 4: Before its time goes by, make plans to attend Casablanca, this year's parish/school fundraiser for Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. The evening begins at 6 p.m. at SFO's Westin Hotel and includes dinner, auction and dancing to Dave Martin's House Party. Tickets $100 per person. Call Kathy Jones at (650) 347-3671.

May 4: 7th Annual Whale of a Sale at St. Sebastian Parish, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Now taking reservations from vendors at $25 a space. Benefits St. Vincent de Paul Conference. Call Kathie Meier at (415) 461-1933.

May 4: Fiesta de Mayo, the annual fundraiser for St. Vincent Schol for Boys sponsored by the school's Women 's Auxiliary beginning at 4:30 p.m. in St. Vincent's Father David Ghiorso Courtyard, One St. Vincent Dr., San Rafael. Tickets $35. Call (415) 4572776 or (415) 507-2000.

May 12: Mothers' Day Brunch, Best House and Garden, benefiting the Sisters of the Holy Family at 159 Washington Blvd., Fremont. Seatings at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. Tickets $35 adults, 510 youth, under three free. Call (510) 624-4581.

4th Sat.: Handicapables of Marin meet at noon in the recreation room of the Maria B. Freitas Senior Community adjacent to St. Isabella Church, Terra Linda, for Mass, lunch and entertainment. Call (415) 457-7859.

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April 29: The SHARE Foundation: Building a New El Salvador Today presents A Conversation with Isabel Allende, an evening of dialogue with the award winning novelist and human rights activist at 7 p.m. in San Rafael at Dominican Sisters Center. Suggested donation $15 general/$10 students and seniors .

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May 1: Annual Spring Luncheon benefiting retired Religious of Ihe Sacred Heart at Alfreda 's Court of Oakwood, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton beginning at 11 a.m. Tickets $25. Also a silent auction and raffle. Call Shirley Connolly at (650) 325-7242 or Sara Cinibuck at (650) 323-8343.

May 11: International Food Faire at St. Gabriel's Bedford Hall, 2550 41st Ave., SF, 6 - 8:30 p.m..

Delicious cuisine of Asia, Europe, Latin America, and U.S.A represented. All you can eat for $5 and beverages at 50 cents. Free for children under 5. Call Janet at (415) 566-0314.

The Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone at (415) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-mail at wilcoxc@sfarchdiocese.org or jansenm @ sfarchdiocese.org.

April 28: Memorial Mass in Spanish for social justice advocate and martyr Bishop Juan Gerardi at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough St. and Geary Blvd., SF at1 p.m. followed by presentation on current Guatemalan political climate.

p.m. in Corpus Christi Hall, 1599 Alemany Blvd. at Santa Rosa Ave., SF Tickets $10/$5. Call Barbara Murphy at (415) 586-4242 or Mario at (415) 585-9967 or at the rectory. Dinner includes pasta, sausage , bread, beverage and dessert. Parish Festival is Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Come enjoy raffles , games, food . Bring family and friends.

April 26, 27, 28: A Rainbow of Cultures, St. Peter Parish Festival, Alabama St. between 24th and 25th St., SF. Fri. 6:30 - 10 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m, April 27: Super Bingo to benefit Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group in Ellard Hall at 100 Diamond St. at 18th St., SF Doors open at 6 p.m. Early bird at 6:30 p.m. Regular games at 7 p.m. Snack Bar. Tickets $25 include 12 cards for each of the 12 games. Cash prizes for each game. Call (415) 863-1581.

Jenny Cual as Liat and Geoff Fisicaro as Lt. Cable rehearse Younger Than Springtime from Rodgers and Hammerstein 's South Pacific which opens tonight and continues tomorrow night and May 3 and 4 at Mercy High School , 3250 19th Ave., San Francisco. Jenny is a junior at Mercy. Geoff is a junior at Archbis hop Riordan High School. The show 's score is also well known for songs including Some Enchanted Evening, Gonna ' Wash That Man Right Outa ' My Hair and This Nearly Was Mine. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. all dates. Tickets $7 advance/$8 at door for all performances except tonight's Opening Gala when tickets are $12. Call (415) 334-0525, ext. 242

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| Pope John XXIII , the most beloved of modem pontiffs , had the second-shortest pontificate in the 20th century, a brief five years between 1958 and 1963. A compromise candidate not considered distinguished as either an intellectual or theologian , his chief asset was his advanced age — he was alread y in his late 70s.

After Pope Pius XII' s length y rei gn , the College of Cardinals was seeking an interim papacy, a short breathing space between two long papacies. No one would have predicted at Pope John XXIII' s elevation that the short , pudgy patriarch of Venice would revolutionize the church , form the first trul y ecumenical council and change forever the way Catholics view their church and the way the World views the bishop of , Rome.

Althoug h Pope John has been beatified and is only one step removed from sainthood , the long reign of Pope John Paul II, now in its 23rd year , has eclipsed this predecessor. Therefore , it is appropriate that Thomas Cahill , a popular historian and best-selling author, has brought back to our attention this beloved "father to the world" with his new biography, "Pope John XXIII ," one of the series of Penguin Lives being published b y Viking. Cahill , the author of three books on civilizations he calls "the hinges of history " —

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H Cahill ends his "biograp hical essay " with a brief portrait of Pope Paul Vl' s rei gn and a surprising ly astringent assessment of Pope John Paul' s papacy. It is an odd way to end a biograp hy of a man who showed in every smile the warmth of God' s love.

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