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Marist Father Thomas Hamilton, rig ht, holds the candle as Jesuit Father Mark Ciccone, pastor, incenses the E p itap hion or burial cloth of Christ. THE LITURGY IN PICTURES : PAGE 11.

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Making progress, only to be hit hard by recession

By Patrick Joyce atholic Charities has been making progress over the past year and a half — reaching out Cto parishes, beginning to pay off its debt , streamlining its operation , reuniting with the Catholic Youth Organization — only to be hit hard

by California's economic downturn.

"We've climbed all those mountains, and now we're faced with a new crisis, the recession," says Brian

Catholic Charities will continue to expand its outreach to parishes and its plan to merge with the CYO. A strong response to its annual Parish Appeal, to be conducted the weekend of May 18-19, is important to that effort.

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Cahill, executive director of Catholic Charities/CYO. Not only are contributions from individuals and businesses down but government funding is being cut. The future could be even worse, as the federal government spends billions on the war on terror and California state government tries to bridge a budget deficit that could reach $20 billion.

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by Tom Burke The San Francisco Food Bank was glad for the help of A clap of the erasers for Gail Chastain, a member of the students , teachers and staff from Stuart Hall High faculty and speech team moderator at Mercy High School, San School in February. The group also took part in the Francisco, who was presented with an Herbst Award for food bank's Hunger 101 class , an experience that Teaching Excellence at ceremonies at San Francisco 's hel ped them realize a goal of the Schools of the Sacred Carnelian Room on April 26. Gail, who has taught social studHeart "to educate to social awa reness that impels to ies and speech at Mercy for 28 years, was nominated for the action ," said Raymond O'Connor , Stuart Hall's director honor by the school. Oratory kudos to Mercy sophomore, of community service. Clockwise from left: John Donna Mulchard, who talked her way to a $4,000 college Orofino , Greg Pantell, Kevin Hiier, Nick Kripalani. scholarship in a recent Lions' Club Student Speaker Contest,... More doors to the worlds of science and numbers were opened at San Francisco's Immaculate Conception school tapped into the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other Academy during a math and science week a coupla' months ago. "excellent resources" of the Bay Area on recent science-themed Members of the winning team in a Quiz Bowl were senior field trips. Among those making the excursions were junior Verna Matocinos, junior Barbara Petrencikova, sophomore Amelinda Lew, sophomore Helen Tuimavave, freshmen Jenna Wong, and freshman Samlecia Gaye. Top finishers in a Breanna Gunn and Danika Ingraham. Escorts included vice rocket launching contest were freshmen Tiffany Trujillo and principal, Gina Banzon.... Graduates of Mercy High School, Kristina Mesta. Helping move things along were math chair, Burlingame returned to speak with the school's future alumnae Mary Ann Provence and science chair, Nancy Defensor. ICA at last month's Career Day. Contributors included computer was the beneficiary of four new computers from the SF specialist Gina Wiebe; cosmetologists Martha Fajardo and Department of Elections in recognition of students ' participa- Erica Carr; actress Elena Ruggiero; pediatrician Naveen tion as poll workers in last fall's general election. ICA had more Mahmood, M.D.; fashion designer Raquel Rualo-Stevenson; students helping at the voting booths than any other City sec- Alcohol and Tobacco law enforcement officer Kathryn ondary school, including sophomores Karen Valentine and Pieratt; attorney Kathleen Mankowski; nurse, Laura Blue; Therese Deignan. Helping organize the effort were U.S. physical therapist Patricia McAdoo; science researchers Government teacher, Todd Pavel, who said the experience Elizabeth Johnston, Ph.D. and Amy Young. Back to talk about "makes students aware of some of the challenges in maintaining their new roles as college students were recent graduates a democracy." Librarian Margaret Joichi, said thanks to "the Yasmine Curry, University of Notre Dame de Namur. students whose hard work" brought the computers to ICA. The Belmont; Monica Ferrer, San Diego State; Nicole Mendoza, and Cheryl Banares, UC Berkeley; Adrienne Leung, Skyline College; Christina Henderson, USF; Gina Mcintosh, Notre Dame University, South Bend. Had it not been in Burlingame, it could've been the Supervisors' chambers of San Francisco when SF City Hall docent, Ellen Schumer, and Mercy volunteer docent, Millie Peckman, took senior Government classes through mock hearings with students in the roles of elected officials and the public. Players included Jackie Lopez, Shea Stella, Jessica Mercado, Michelle Villalobos, Ashley Devine, Monique Nielson, Naomi Vaede, Lyndsi Mackey, Nikki Garcia, Cat Abad, Melissa Medina, Irene Tripolski, Bobbie Bancroft, lamara Jansen. Hats off to new student body offiChristine Vincenzi toree, left, and Stefanie Morello, cers, Loubna Qutami, Christina Wong, Jillian Jweinat, 1991 alumnae of Mercy High School, Burlingame, at April Katherine Banares, Valerie Welch. Also congrats to class 17 career day. Christine is a forensic profiler. Stefanie is councils including seniors Julie Murphy, Jackie Oei, Monica a paramedic/firefighte r with the city of San Mateo.

Valle, Jackie Ho, Christy Young; juniors Ellen Thompson, Erie Sim, Jenny Lovewell, Ashley Crandall, Maureen Cary; and sophomores, Katrina Dela Cruz, Angelica Tablante, ATHOIIC Dexhelyn, Rochelle Faugier, Pauline Rebong....An oration ovation for Notre Dame High School, Belmont sophomore, AN RANCISCO Lucia Carini who recently took first place in a Native Sons of ¦A the Golden West public speaking contest. Taking on the Word £j Official newspaper of the ^^ Archdiocese of San Francisco 'H^ '^Kp'" Masters Challenge were senior Kirsten Stoddard and juniors Madeleine Flint and Kathrina Manalac who placed among the Most Reverend William J. Levada, publisher rop lOO students in the country who competed in the language Maurice Ei Healy, associate publisher & executive alitor. analysis contest, and sophomores Hilary Waldo and Ursa Editorial Staff: Patrick Joyce, editor; Jack Smith, Dykstra, and freshman Rachel Rivera who placed in the top assistant editor; Evelyn Zappia , feature editor; 200. Others commended for their efforts were senior Megan Tom Burke, "On the Street" and Datebook; Day; juniors Rachel Burrington, Emily Gerth, Marissa Ram; Sharon Abercrombie, Kamille Nixon reporters sophomore Stella Yee;freshman Molly Stark. Guiding the way Advertising: Joseph Pena, director; Mary Podesta, was English chair, Valerie Collett. Congrats to Emily Shine, a account representative; Don Feigel, consultant new youth commissioner of the Belmont Parks and Recreation Production: Karessa McCartney, Antonio Alves Commission. Gov. Gray Davis saluted sophomore Aya Dasher Business Office: Malta Rebagliati, assistant business and junior Hillary Jansen for their atiiletic accomplishments. manager; Gus Pena, advertising and promotion services; Judy Moms, circulation and subscriber services Advisory Board: Jeffery Burns, Ph.D., Noemi Castillo, James Clifford , Fr. Thomas Daly, Joan Frawley Desmond, Fr. Joseph Gordon, James Kelly, Deacon William Mitchell, Fr. John Penebsky, Kevin Starr, Ph.D., Sr. Christine Wilcox, OP.

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The American Heart Association recently honored the cheerleading squad of Notre Dame High School , Belmont for their efforts in the annual Fall 2001 Heart Walk. From left, Denise Roque , Angela Stoloski , Britany Witsoe , Natalie Salinas , Stephanie McManus , Kayleen Hampto n, Alexa Ginocchio , Nadia Nakib.

Sophomore Jessica Lewis attended the HOBY Leadership Conference. The poetry of senior, Lala Shahkarami, will be published in a collection called, The Sound of Poetry. Congrats to seniors Carly Hoffman, Kristen Schlitz and Anne Bedigian who are among tliis year's Sequoia Award winners. Colleen Haesloop, Melody Manzanedo, and Katie Nelson were among students participating in a recent book drive. Assisting with a successful blood drive in January were students including Elise Rodrigues, Michelle Nadalin, Nicole Venturini and Stephanie Trimmer. Bank of America Award winners included Caitlin McGinty, Caroline Connor, Christine Sun, Jamie Flores, Megan Elkins, Madeleine Walach, Erica Simmons, Jenny Roecks, Leah DeMarchena, Stephanie McCavitt-Malvido, Megan Rogers, Marissa Gomes, Cassandra Laterza, Sally Gogol, Tiffany Stillian , Grace Kim, Tuksaon Satjawatcharaphong, Jessica Christie, Nare Panossian....You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634...

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On Lobby Day, Catholics bring faith to politics

By Jack Smith About 1,500 Catholics from throug hout the state gathered in Sacramento on April 30 to pray, learn about important issues before the State legislature , and visit leg islators with a message of respect for human life and di gnity and commitment to social justice.

"What brings us together today is not politics or ideology, but our common faith and the every day experience of the California Catholic community, " John Can of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops told partici pants in 4th Annual Catholic Lobb y Day. "We are not the Democratic Parly at prayer or the Religious Caucus of the Republican Party, but rather believers called to be ieaven ' in society, to bring the 'salt ' of the Gospeland the 'li ght ' of our teaching to the choices facing this .state, " he said during his keynote address.

Far from shunning politics or hiding the Church' s social teaching, Mr. Carr described citizenship as a virtue and "participation in public life an obligation ," for the Catholic faithful.

Catholics in the state do not form powerfu l political action committees or spend large sums of money on lobbying, he said, but they do have unique assets, including "a consistent set of moral principles" and "every day experience" of feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, educating the young, caring for the sick and welcoming refugees.

The Catholic community is the largest non-governmental provider of such services in the state, Mr. Can said.

He asked the participants to leave partisanship and politics behind in their lobbying and instead ask "how the least among us fare." The Catholic Church will not stand with conservatives or liberal s on all issues, he said. "We're not politicall y correct. We need to be principled, not ideological ."

Each year, partici pants lobby legislators on a "cross section of bills that reflect the breadth of Catholic social teaching," according to George Wesolek, director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The issues are chosen by the California Catholic Conference (CCC) in cooperation with dioceses and Catholic service agencies throughout the state, including Catholic Charities and the Saint Vincent de Pau l Society. One important consideration is that the bills , "be viable," he said, "to ensure that the participants time is well spent."

Issues chosen this year ranged from proposals dealing with the state budget to bills addressing prison reform and stem cell research.

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The CCC also supported allowing mothers of newborns receiving Aid to Needy Families (TANF) assistance to stay home and care for that bab y for one year. Currently, some counties require TANF participants to return to work after twelve weeks.

In supporting this move , the CCC points to the 199 1 U.S. "Putting Bishops statement Children and Families First ," which states , "The fact that children are poor and in need of Government aid does not take away from their basic Catholic high school students meet with state Senator Jack 0'Connell. human right to be cared for by their " parents.

Senate Bill 1362 (Karnette, D-Long Beach) would Among the 80 participants from the Archdiocese of San expand family visitation rights for female inmates to Francisco this year, were students from Sacred Heart enable their children under 21 years of age extended Cathedral, Sacred Heart, Atherton , San Domenico and time for visits. Currently, the ability of children to visit Archbishop Riordan High Schools. "It was a great experimothers in prison who don 't have set release dates is ence, because some of them are just turning the age when heavily restricted. The CCC supports this bill as a way they can vote for the first time," Melanie Piendak of the of maintaining community and family connections and Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns said. avoiding the suffering of separation caused to children If you would like more information on Lobby Day or through no fault of their own.

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FR1DLEY, Minn. —Americans need a new vision for creating health y communi ties, one that extends beyond the inadequacies of the current U.S. health care system, said speakers at a Catholic Common Ground Initiative forum on health care.

Current health policy focuses on science and treating diseases instead of treating the whole individual and addressing factors that affect the health of a population , such as environment , education , employment and housing, said keynote speaker Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan of Brooklyn , N.Y., who is a national leader in Catholic social services.

"The most damning reality about U.S. health care is tire number of uninsured — approximately 39 million ," he said at the recent forum at St. William ' s Parish in Fridley. 'The foundational principle of Catholic health care is the dignity of the human person created in the image of God and destined for union with God beyond life on this earth ," the bishop said.

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LILONGWE, Malawi —As Malawians face their most serious famine in more than 50 years, the country 's bishops have criticize d the government for allowing corruption to increase while cracking down on democratic liberties.

A pastoral letter, "Rejoicing and Vigilantly Living in Hope," expressed concern about "worry ing" developments in Malawi politics and warned that the nation in southern Africa could be sliding toward one-party rule. It came exactl y a decade after Malawi's bishops issued a statement that was instrumental in the downfall of the ruthless dictator, Hastings Banda.

While most Malawians initially welcomed the downfal l of their long-time leader, some have since become disillusioned with the rule of his successor, Bakili Muluzi .

Although the country is now a democracy, living standards have fallen , while corruption levels have risen and the rule of law has been weakened. And, since October, the country has been in the grip of a severe corn shortage.

Phili pp ine archbishop condemns deadly attach on church f estixal

MANILA —The president of the Philippine bishops ' conference condemned a May 1 grenade attack that killed seven people and injured 127 others at a church festival .

Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato called on other religious leaders to denounce "the dastardly act of the basest kind ," noting the "untold suffering" it has brought innocent families , reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. While police blamed a teen-ager for the attack, the archbishop noted the unclear reports of the role of "terrorists" in the blast.

Police reports said an unnamed teen threw a grenad e that exploded in a gymnasium at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Cotabato City, 540 miles southeast of Manila.

Parishioners were celebrating the parish's feast day May 1 with other villagers and guests, including Muslims, when the blast occurred.

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by Catholics with sich, caretakers VATICAN CITY —As the power and possibilities of medical science grow, Catholic involvement in caring for the sick and educating health care workers must increase, Pope John Paul II said.

"The new frontiers opened by progress in the life sciences and the applications which derive from them have placed an enormous power and responsibility in human hands," the pope told members of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers May 2. If selfish or self-aggrandizing choices are allowed to predominate, the pope said, "it would be inevitable that human dignity and life itself would be dangerously threatened."

Pope John Paul met members of the council during their plenary assembly at the Vatican. The council was to discuss plan s and priorities for the next five years in the pastoral care of the sick and in outreach to health care workers.

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A malnourished child struggles to survive A pril 20 at a feeding center in Malawi. A widespread famine is looming in the southern African nation.

Salesians exp and services to Sierra Leone street children

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone —The Salesian Fathers in Sierra Leone have purchased a two-story house for disadvantaged children. The home, and others like it, are needed because of a severe housing crisis in the country, the Salesians said.

About 20 percent of the West African nation 's housing stock was destroyed during a decade-long civil war. Many children were abandoned during the war; others were orphaned. Salesian Father John Thompson, a U.S. missionary who founded a home for street children in 1997, said the new home was purchased because the program had outgrown its original residence. The Salesian Fathers minister to disadvantaged children in different parts of Freetown, the coastal capital of Sierra Leone.

Sri Lankan bishop s oppo se effo rt to end nation 's ban on abortion

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Sri Lankan bishops have expressed their opposition to proposed legislation that would legalize abortion "on a selective basis. " "The bishops' conference in Sri Lanka wishes to express its deep concern and disapproval of such an amendment, because for us Catholics, abortion is an abominable crime," said the bishops in an April 30 statement, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. "Recently our local mass media informed us of a proposed move by the government to amend the present penal code which prohibits abortion, in order to permit abortions on a limited, selective basis, with regard to what are called 'special cases,'" read the statement, which was signed by Auxiliary Bishop Vincent Marius Peiris of Colombo, secretary general of the conference.

News media reported that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's United National Front government intends to review the possibility of legalizing abortions for women in special circumstances.

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Pope to meet Muslim, Orthodox leaders in Bulgaria, Azerbaijan

VATICAN CITY —Pope John Paul II will hold several meetings with Muslim and Orthodox Christian leaders during his May visit to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, countries where Catholics form a small minority. His May 22-26 trip will mark the first papal visit to those countries.

The liturgical highlight will be a Mass in Bulgaria to beatify three priests shot to death by communists in 1952. The schedule, released at the Vatican April 30, includes about six papal events each day. Few if any concessions were made to the pope 's recent health problems, including a painful right knee.

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By Lou Baldwin Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — A day after returning from their much-publicized conference in Rome over clergy sex. abuse, the U.S. cardinals came together again April 26 in Philadelp hia for a far different reason — a fund-raising dinner for The Catholic University of America in Washington.

The annual American Cardinals ' Dinner rotates among archdioceses that are home to U.S. cardinals. This year — the 13th for the dinner — the cardinals were joined by about 800 other people for Mass at the Cathedra] Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul and dinner at the nearb y Wyndham Philade lphia Hotel.

About 25 protesters and scores of reporters and camera crews outside the cathedral were reminders of the week's earlier events, when the cardinals met at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II and various Vatican officials April 23-24 to discuss the U.S. clergy sex abuse scandal.

Catholic University 's president , Vincentian Father David M. O'Connell , got right to the point about the events affecting the church in his homil y at the Mass.

"All of us as Catholics , regardless of our status or station within the church , have been shaken in recent months by revelations so far beyond our imagination th at they seem incomprehensible to us," he said. "And they are. And they should be incomprehensible to us, although they are as real as they are difficult to accept."

Focusing on the Scripture read during the liturgy, he said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. " "The night always gives way to the dawn ," Father O'Connell said. "The darkness always gives way to the

Child abuse statistics... ¦ Continued from page 5 SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILDREN • Convicte d rape and sexual assault offenders serving time in State prisons report that two-thirds of their victims were under the age of 18.

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INFLUENCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE • Nearly one-half of substantiated cases of child neglect and abuse are associated with parental alcohol or drug abuse.

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United States (28 million) is living in a household with an alcoholic adult.

• Men and women serving time in the nation 's prisons and jails report a higher incidence of abuse as children than the general population .

• More than a third of women in the nation 's prisons and jails reported abuse as children compared with 12 to 17 percent for women in the general population. About 14 percent of male inmates reported abuse as children , compared with 5 to 8 percent of men in the general population.

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He reminded the guests at dinner that Catholic University has a unique role in the country, "and reall y should be the flagship of Catholic education ."

The dinner helps bring in millions of dollars in scholarship funds, he said.

Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, a board member of the school , pointed out that it ' s known not just as Catholic University, "but it is The Catholic University of America. It is a university that is a model for the rest of the universities in the United States, by its Catholic identity, by its prestige, by its academic courses, particularly its gradu -

ate work. It is a university that surel y reflects the mind of the Holy See and 'Ex Corde Ecclesiae.'"

Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law said Catholic University is extraordinary in several respects. ft is the only national Catholic university "in which the bishops of the United States bear a certain corporate responsibility," he noted.

As is customary at the Cardinals ' Dinner, a local charity also was honored. St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments, in Upper Darby, received a $10,000 award. .

Accepting on behalf of St. Lucy 's was the princi pal , Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister M. Margaret Fleming, who said the example set by the dinner is valuable to students.

"It is important that they learn as committed Catholic Christians they can give back to their church and society what their parents , teach ers and benefactors have given to them," she said. "Over 70 percent of the people in our country who are blind or visually impaired are either unemp loyed or underemp loyed. This is a statistic that we strive daily to change. " Also attending the dinner were: Cardinals Edward M. Egan of New York; Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington; Francis E. George of Chicago ; William H. Keeler of Baltimore ; James A. Hickey, retired archbishop of Washington; Avery Dulles , a theolog ian at Fordham University; and Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo , apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Cardinals Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles and Adam J. Maida of Detroit did not attend the event.

All proceeds raised at the function benefit scholarship funds for Catholic University. Since its inauguration, the annual American Cardinals ' Dinner has raised more than $15 million to support Catholic Uni versity.

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The atmosphere lightened considerably at the dinner, where guests fro m around the country dined on filet mignon and Chilean sea bass.

Father O'Connell noted that Philadelphia is his home town, having grown up in Our Lady of Grace Parish in Penndel.

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B y Jerry Filteau Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Msgr.

George G. Higgins, America's foremost labor priest for half a century and a key adviser at the Second Vatican Council , died after a long illness May 1 in Ms childhood home town of La Grange, 111. He was 86.

Msgr. Higgins was hospitalized with a severe infection Jan . 19, just hours after delivering the keynote talk for an adult day of education on social justice at his boyhood parish, St. Francis Xavier, in La Grange. Despite emergency surgery to save his life, he never recovered from the multiple complications.

"More than any other American in the 20th century, Msgr. Higgins argued lhat Christian beliefs must prominently include the notion that work must be valued and workers honored ," AFL-CIO President John F. Sweeney said. "His preaching on Catholic social teaching educated generations of leaders within his church and helped them apply the justice Gospel in their own areas."

He said it was the priest's struggle for and with workers that earned him the "labor priest" nickname.

The AFL-CIO put a special tribute page to Msgr. Higgins on its Web site (www.aflcio.org) with links to a biographical sketch, Sweeney 's statement and p hotos and a video cli p of Msgr. Higgins.

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Higgins was a leading figure in JewishCatholic relations and served as an expert adviser to U.S. bishops at the Second Vatican Council , where he was deeply involved in the development of the document on the laity.

Msgr. Higgins was "a forceful and articulate figure in the church and a major influence on the lives of several generations of

Catholics dedicated to the cause of social justice ," said Bishop Wilton Gregory of Belleville , 111., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , "He was above all a good and dedicated priest ," the bishop added.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles — who as a young priest in the 1970s crisscrossed California with Msgr.

Higgins to resolve the bitter organizing dispute between farm workers and grape growers — said , "Msgr. Higgins ' legacy as the champion of workers, especially the poorest of workers , will be recorded in history as nothing but phenomenal — and, I am certain , never to be dup licated."

Just days before his death , Msgr. Higgins learned that there was a breakthrough in one of the last major union battles he had fought in his life , as Catholic Healthcare West and the Service Employees International Union signed contracts affecting 9,000 workers in 20 hospitals.

SEIU spokeswoman Lisa Hubbard said Msgr. Higgins — who worked hard behind the scenes and at the height of the dispute traveled to California to publicly support the unionization efforts — played "a remarkable and very extraordinary role in bringing about this relationship."

Eugene J. Fisher, one of the world's leading experts on Catholic-Jewish relations, called Msgr. Higgins one of the "inventors of Catholic-Jewish relations."

"He participated in the first major religious dialogue with Jewish leadership" in the world, Fisher said. He added that his office at the bishops ' conference was founded in 1967 with Msgr. Higgins as the temporary head until a permanent director could be hired.

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Catholic News Service Director and Editor in Chief Thomas N. Lorsung recalled that when Msgr. Higgins quit writing the column last year because of failing eyesight, at his retirement party "he dazzled the group" with a talk "that ranged over a number of subjects including the state of the church in the world today."

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He spent the next 20 years at The Catholic University of America, as a lecturer on labor and social ethics until 1994 and as professor emeritus until 2000, when he moved to a nearby retirement home for priests.

Msgr. Higgins started writing about the unjust working conditions of farm laborers in 1951 and played a key role in (he bishops ' 1969 decision to form a special committee to mediate the bitter dispute between grape growers and the fled gling United Farm Workers union. As a consultant to the committee, in the earl y '70s he shuttled constantl y from Washington to California, playing a central role in bringing the growers and workers to the negotiating table.

UFW leader Cesar Chavez said in 1980 that no one in the country did more for farm workers than Msgr. Higgins , and Msgr.

Higgins later said his involvement in the farm labor problem "has given me greater satisfaction than almost anything I have done in my 36 years at the (bishops ') conference."

During the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s he became known throughout the English-speaking world as one of the most knowledgeable and articulate interpreters

of the council. A council "pentu s, or expert adviser, he was a daily member of the U.S. bishops ' press briefing team — which reporters of all languages regarded as one of the best sources of information on the council's daily activities. When the U.S. reporters covering the council voted on a council "All-America" team, they chose him as quarterback.

He was on the drafting commission for the council's laity decree and, as a close friend and collaborator of American Jesuit theologian Father John Courtney Murray, he was deeply involved in the development of the council's Declaration on Religious Freedom .

He often referred to his work in the labor movement as simply a "ministry of presence." When he was asked in a 1994 interview to list two or three of his greatest accomplishments with labor, he said, "I lend not to think in those terms. I've always felt that my role, a limited role, was ... just to be there, to be present, to give them support."

A familiar figure at national union conventions , he said it was his policy never to turn down an invitation to a labor meeting if he was able to be there. He appeared at the picket lines of some of the bitterest labor strikes of the past half-century to deliver an invocation and offer a word of encouragement.

He was a founding member of the United Auto Workers' Public Review Board and chaired it from 1962 until 2000, when failing health made the monthl y trips to Detroit too difficult.

Vatican ITs declaration on relations with In his final years at the bishops' conference he had the titles "secretary of non-Christian religions marked a historic research" and "secretary of special con- turning point in Catholic views on Jews and cern s" — job descriptions he readil y Judaism. Msgr. Higgins was not on the acknowledged as legal fictions allowing drafting commission, but biograp her him to work on issues of his own choosing. Costello called him "an intimate particiWhen the conference ' s planning com- pant" in its development "as a liaison mittee decided in 1978 to give him early between the Jewish observers at the council and the bishops and as a retirement in a bud get-cutwriter of speeches for sevting move, he accepted the eral American bishops who decision — but the supported it on the council nation 's labor, Jewish and floor." social action communities Eugene Fisher, one of did not. The outpouring of the world's leading authorprotest that greeted the ities on Catholic-Jewish announcement led to a relations, has said that in quick reversal , and he stayed on two more years, the development of the council document , Msgr. retiring shortl y before his Higgins was "a link, per65th birthday. haps the most crucial link , When the independent Polish labor union between world Jewry and the council fathers."

Solidarity was struggling for survival under the Msgr. Higgins ' voracious reading habits were communist government in the stuff of legend. He the early 1980s, he was a Msgr. George G. Higgins, started the day with four key liaison between Solidari ty and U.S. unions. His travels to newspapers and liked to devote at least Poland in support of the union led to a three hours a day to serious reading on friendship with Solidarity leader Lech weekdays, much more on weekends. The Walesa, who became president of Poland great church historian Msgr. John Tracy after the collapse of communism.

Ellis described him as "the best informed His experiences in the labor movement priest in the United States. " and social action brought him in contact Even after his eyesight began to fail with many Jewish leaders, and he was a because of macular degeneration , he constaunch advocate of better Catholic-Jewish tinued to read as much as he could. But he relations long before Vatican II. He was a also became a devotee of taped lectures , charter member of the official International devouring one series after another on a Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee wide range of scholarly topics. formed after tire council and he called the Msgr. Higgins is survived by two sisters, "absolutel y phenomenal" advances in Bridget Doonan and Ann Maronic, both of Catholic-Jewish relations since the council La Grange, and numerous nephews, nieces, "one of the greatest joys of my life." grandnephews and grandnieces.

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Papal letter on Penance targets general absolu tion

By John Norton Catholic "News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a new apostolic letter calling for a "vi gorous revitalization " of the sacrament of penance, Pope John Paul II told bishops to adopt a strict line on church law 's "grave necessity " condition for general absolution.

The 15-page letter, "Misericordia Dei" ("Mercy of God"), also asks bishops' conferences to submit national norms on general absolution to the Vatican for approval "as soon as possible." ( In general absolution , a group of penitents receives forgiveness for their sins without first making an individual confession of sins. According to canon law, those who receive general absolution must confess their serious sins as soon as possible.

"I consider it useful to recall some of the canonical laws in force regarding the celebration of this sacrament and clarify certain aspects of them . . . with a view to a better administration of the sacrament," the pope wrote in an introduction.

"It is a question of ensuring an ever more faithful, and thus more fruitful , celebration" of the sacrament, he said.

The pope said the letter seemed especially necessary because "in some places there has been a tendency to abandon individual confession and wrongly to resort to 'general' or 'communal' absolution."

He said the practice was not only unfaithful to God 's plan for the sacrament, but also caused "serious harm" to the spiritual life of the faithful and to the church's general holiness.

At a May 2 press conference, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the doctrinal congregation, said the duty to personally confess one's sins was instituted by Christ.

"It is not within the power of the church to

substitute personal confession with general absolution ," he said.

The incorrect use of general absolution is an "abuse that has contributed to the progressive disappearance of this sacrament (of penance) in certain parts of the church," the cardinal said.

According to church law, individual confession is the "sole ordinary means" of receiving absolution , but exceptions for "general absolution" are allowed in cases of imminent danger of death or "grave necessity," as determined by the local bishop. The pope's letter offers a clarification of "grave necessity."

Church law says a "grave necessity" exists when a sufficient number of priests is not available to hear the confessions of individuals "in an appropriate way within an appropriate time," potentially preventing penitents from receiving absolution "for a long time." The pope said bishops are responsible for determining cases that meet the requirement of "a long time."

Examples where "grave necessity " might occur, he said, were in mission territories where a priest can visit only very few times a. year, or in situations of war or exceptional weather conditions.

The question of the use of general absolution has been a point of friction between the Vatican and some bishops, especially in the English-speaking world.

At the press conference, Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez, prefect of the Vatican's congregation for sacraments, said his office plans to remove general absolution from the main text in future editions of the Roman Ritual, an official book of prayers and ceremonies used in administering the sacraments, and put it into an appendix "to underline that this is an exceptional and extraordinary form."

The full text of the apostolic letter can be found on the Vatican's Web site at: http://www.vatican.va

Father Josep h Landi on Catholic Radio Hour May 13 Father Joseph Landi, Archbishop 's Liaison to Charismatic Renewal and editor of the monthly San Francisco Charismatic, will guest on the Catholic Radio Hour on May 13.

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the life within her. She must have wept bitterl y, (mowing, in all probability, as a physician , the price she would pay.

I learned of Molla in April 1994 when I read that this woman , who had died April 28, 1962 , had been proclaimed "blessed" by Pope Joh n Paul II. The story of her heroic love for her unborn child had begun to be known far and wide, and several pro-life centers were dedicated in her name.

Then , a bona fide miracle th at saved the life of a young Protestant woman in Brazil, attributed to Molla 's intercession, was declared authentic after a six-year investigation.

Then the church could go ahead and declare her "blessed. " At the ceremony, Pope John Paul offered her as a model for all mothers, saying, "A woman of heroic love, an outstanding wife and mother, she gave dedicated witness to the demanding values of the Gospel in her daily life.... We thank you for the intrepid trust in God and in his love. "

/¦"•"f ortunately, few mothers ever have to make the * m **choice that confronted Gianna Beretta Molla , an Italian physician , a little more than 40 years ago.

She was in her fourth pregnancy when a life-threatening comp lication developed.

Molla faced a terrible decision. Her life could be saved if she had surgery to remove her uterus. But in saving her own life, her child would , of course, die. As a mother, 1 can ' t imagine die torment she felt at having to decide who would live and who would die.

Here she was, a 39-year-old woman who loved life , was t j, - I extremel y devoted to her husband Pietro and their three JH! F ¦ps children , had a great medical practice and an active spiritual life of prayer and work , much of it for the St. Vincent Pauline Boob and Media will be publishing a book on . de Paul Society dedicated to helping the poor and oppressed . And now she had to face the end of living, unless Blessed Gianna 's life soon, and I had the privilege of reading the manuscript. I was deeply moved when I read of the real she sacrificed the child in her womb.

Mary and J esus, f rom the Tlig ht into It takes enormous inner strength to face the probabil- miracle here — the words spoken by Gianna Emanuela Molla, Eg yp t, in St. Mary 's Catdedra f . ity of your own death when you also know it can be avert- then 32, the child now living because of her mother 's sacrifice ed. Molla would not have the surgery that could save her, : "Dear Mama, thank you for having given me life two times: In her younger years, Blessed Gianna wrote, "Our task but considering how much she loved her three living chil- when you conceived me and when you permitted me to be dren and wanted to be there to raise them, I sense she may bom.... My life seems to be the natural continuation of your life, is to make the truth visible and lovable in ourselves, offering have chosen to believe she would not die. Yet, like Jesus, she of your joy of living, of your enthusiasm; I discover my life 's full ourselves as an attractive and, if possible, heroic example. " She could not have known how prophetic her words were. left her destiny in the hands of her Father, out of love for meaning in dedicating myself to whoever lives in suffering. "

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reunification of Catholic Charities and CYO, " he said. The program is staffed by Catholic Charities but the donor is a ¦ Continued f rom cover CYO supporter. When we asked him if we could use his " "We noticed real slipp age in November. Mr. Cahill donation , for the program , he was delighted to support a says. "We revised our revenue projection downward by collaborative effort" In the Canal Area of San Rafael , within the boundari es $650,000. But even with lower expense projections we migh t not break even this year." In spite of that outlook , of St. Raphael Parish Catholic Charities and CYO offer a Catholic Charities will continue to expand its outreach to family support program, mostly after-school and summer parishes and its plan to merge with the CYO. A strong activities for children of poor and working poor families, response to Catholic Charities ' annual Parish Appeal , to be most of them recent immigrants.

At the same time, the Catholic Charities debt accumuconducted next weekend, is important to that effort , Mr. lated by the previous administration has been reduced to Cahill said.

The results of last year 's Parish Appeal give him reasons $2 million.

Clint Reilly, the senior lay leader on the Catholic for optimism. In May, 200 1 — less than a year after the financial problems of the previous Catholic Charities Charities board , is leading the campaign to eliminate that administration had made headlines — contributions to debt by recruiting ten individuals who pledge to raise the Parish Appeal totaled $234 ,000, an increase of $20,000 $100,000 a year for three years fro m outside the agency's traditional donor base. Seven volunteers have been recruitover May 2000. " "We 've put our own financial problems behind us, Mr. ed so far.

Still , Catholic Charities faces hard times not only Cahill said. "We told the truth about them and strengthened the organization. We have managed to keep the great because of lower contributions but also cuts in government majority of our donors. We have lots of reasons to be con- funding, fueled b y the recession and the costs of the war on fident. This year the Loaves and Fishes Dinner was 20 per- terror.

"This has been a bad year for us , " say contributors who cent over its goal.

Just as it is seeking support from parishes, Catholic were not able to donate to Catholic Charities or who have Charities is also working hard to reestablish its ties to cut back on their gifts, Mr. Cahill said.

Contributors are not cutting back because of the current them, Mr. Cahill said, and it is beginning to rebuild its counseling services which "had been almost decimated" sex abuse scandal in the Church across the country, Mr. Cahill said. "We haven't seen any evidence that we' ve lost over the years.

"For some reason, Catholic Charities over the years donations because of it. Donors recognize the value of our became less responsive to parish needs." he says. "We serve programs. They won't take out their frustration on our everyone in need , not just Catholics, but it makes no sense clients. " to ignore the social service needs of our parishioners.

In addition , he said, contributors should not be con"It is important for us to respond to parish needs for cerned that their money might go to pay legal costs of sex social services. We have responded to 300 requests for abuse scandals. Catholic Charities does not receive funds social services from parishes in the last year. About 200 directly from the Archdiocese. All of its contributions come were for counseling services. We refer some requests to directly from Catholic Charities donors — individual gifts, other providers, but we handle all counseling requests our- foundation grants, corporate contributions , the Parish Appeal and special fund-raising events.— and go entirely selves, and in all three counties of the archdiocese."

"A bilingu al, bicultural Spanish-speaking counselor is to Catholic Charities social service and youth programs. now providing services to families at St. Anthony Parish," Mr. Cahill doesn't see a direct link between the decrease Mr. Cahill said. The service has been so popular, it may be in contributions and the massive wave of giving to the famexpanded. St. Anthony is located in the North Fair Oaks area ilies of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "It' s between Redwood City and Atherton . Parishioners, m any logical to think there would be an imp act, " he said. "But with limited English, live mainly nearby and support their even when there is a crisis, the generosity of people doesn 't families with positions principally in the service industry. go away — they continue to support other charities. There The program at St. Anthony 's shows "the benefits of the is a tremendous amount of generosity out there."

For Catholic Charities, "fund raising ground to a halt" as financial problems surfaced two years ago. Since then Mr. Cahill hasnot only been reorganizing the agency but also working to get its fund raising efforts operational again.

"The board recently faced the fact that we've cut enough — we have cut what we should have cut. We eliminated some programs but most of those have been taken over by other providers. Now we simply have to raise more non-governmental money The staff is working in partnership with the board , with Brian Swift, the board's development chair, Clint Reilly and others. As we move forward, we are trying to recruit more board members who can help in the effort. " Mr. Cahill said he was "very encouraged by the response of the board , especially the board leadership. " One aspect of the fund raising will the a program of challenge grants. Board members will find donors "who will step up to the challenge " by matching the amount of new contributions and by matching the increase in contributions from existing donors. This will apply to gifts from individuals who contribute directly to Catholic Charities as well as any rise in totals from the annual Parish Appeal.

In addition to its parish outreach, Catholic Charities is working with the archdiocese 's School Department on counseling of students and ensuring that Catholic school students participate in such CYO pro grams as the Caritas Creek environmental education program .

The Catholic Charities/CYO is also reaching out to other social services organizations such as the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the St. Anthony Foundation. "We have a lot of common ground. We can do powerful and exciting things if we work together.

The agency 's board has also formed a marketing task force "to communicate our message , especially with the reunification of Catholic Charities and the Catholic Youth Organization. It will be a message of substance: what we do, who we serve."

"We've had a tough year." Mr. Cahill says, citing not only the recession but the reorganization of Catholic Charities and the continuing work on the merger of Charities and the CYO. The merger of Catholic Charities and the Catholic Youth Organization had been scheduled to be completed by the end of June. The target date is now June of next year. "We want to take time and do it right ," Mr. Cahill says, "but we already have one management team and one headquarters office , we are managed its one agency. We still have two separate sets of books and there are comp licated personnel problems but most of the major ones have been solved."

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The political debate — quarreling mi ght be a better word — is dominated by those who look to government to solve every problem and those who believe the free market can cure all society 's ills. Those ideologies, whatever their merits, do not touch the central problem of American society: the disappearance of a consensus on fundamental moral princip les.

It is fashionable to say "nothing is written in stone." That means that everything is written in sand — everything, it seems, is debatable.

Many politicians who are dedicated to hel p ing the poor and the vulnerable turn their eyes away from the most vulnerable, the unborn . Politicians who are committed to protecting lives of children from the moment of conception often have little interest in providing health care for them after birth. Catholic politicians often take stands that conflict with Church teaching. Some enthusiastically champion the death penalty, others support the destruction of human embryos, while still others promote assisted suicide. Some Catholic politicians even have what seems to be a consistent anti-life philosophy.

Suicide is no longer considered an act of desperation by the emotionally troubled or terminally ill. "Assisted suicide " is now debated as if it is a perfectly sensible and even humane medical procedure. Abortion , long considered an unspeakable crime, has suddenl y become a "reproductive ri g ht. " Now the discussion turns to the destruction of human embryos for medical research.

Next on the agenda is the bizarre and brutal idea of creating human clones solely to suppl y "replacement parts. " While proponents talk about "harvesting ' organs, a human clone would simply be slaughtered when its master being needs a heart or liver or other organ. A generation ago that would have been considered a barbaric idea. Now it is politely debated in the best of circles.

Pornography has been elevated from the gutter to the pinnacle of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The freedom of speech now protects people who leer at "virtual''' child pornography on their computer screens. And we 're supposed to accept on blind faith that these voyeurs will never harm our children .

Finally, we have "weapons of mass destruction ." Over the past century, the most enlightened nations of the world have developed the most horrific of weapons, designed to kill huge numbers of people, civilians as well as soldiers.

In "Gaudium et Spes," the Second Vatican Council declared, "Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities of vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and man which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation."

That was 40 years ago. No one listened. The great powers of the world kept on building deadlier and deadlier weapons, relying on the incredible strategy of "mutual assured destruction " to prevent their use. The Cold War ended without a "nuclear exchange," a euphemism for Armageddon, but nations around the world continued to develop these weapons. Now the world wonders about "rogue nations" and terrorists joining the club.

Faced with this litany of evil, many good people avoid the political arena, fearing that they will be forced to compromise their princi ples. That is understandable but wrong. It leaves government in the hands of those who have no principles to compromise.

Here is how the Catholic bishops of the United States put it in "Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millen nium": "Jesus called us to love our neighbors by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for the sick and afflicted , and comforting the victims of injustice. Our Lord's example and words demand a life of charity from each of us.

Yet they also require action on a broader scale in defense of life, in pursuit of peace, in support of the common good, and in opposition to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Such action involves the institutions and structures of society, economy, and politics. . ..

"For Catholics, public virtue is as important as private virtue in building up the common good. In the Catholic tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political process is a moral obligation. Every believer is called to faithful citizenship, to become an informed , active, and responsible participant in the political process."

Catholics need not agree on every issue: whether taxes are too high or too low, whether businesses need more regulation or less, whether criminal laws are too tough or too weak.

They should agree that the Church and individual Catholics must be involved in the political process. Some think that Catholics should quietly go about saving their souls and ignoring the turmoil of the world. It is a tempting idea but bad theology. The Christian message, rooted in the Hebrew scriptures, compels us to be involved with others, to love our neighbors as ourselves.

That, of course, means loving members of our families, the next door neighbors and the people at work, but it also means, in the words of Jesus, loving the strangers among us: "Amen , I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me."

P.J.

Catholic schools taught Cardinals still don 't understand us resp ect

I look forward to articles by George Weigel. (Ref. Letters, Apr. 26) As usual, I find him very clear, sharp and to the point in his brief articles. I went to Catholic grammar school and high school for boys. I was taught by sisters, brothers and p riests. I was never taught that everything about girls is sinful. I was taught to have great respect for all women.

Yes, I also entered the junior seminary at age fifteen, and did not lose any respect for my lovel y sisters and cousins or friends, Celibacy gives us priests the opportunity for a total commitment to the work entrusted to us by Christ. Whether we are priests, brothers, sisters, parents, teachers, civil servants, or in any other walk of life, we share in that responsibility. "You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2; 4-9) Fr. Armand Oliveri, SDB San Francisco

Letter confuses teaching on sex

Jerome Downs, in his letter to Catholic San Francisco criticizing George Weigel, misstates the traditional position of the Catholic Church regarding sexual ethics. Mr, Downs asserts the Church teaches "that sex is for procreation only and any other sexual activity not intended to bring about procreation is a sin," and that such a teaching "is neither biologically, psychologically nor realistically true." Professor Robert P. George, of Princeton University, correctly states the traditional Catholic position (In Defense of Natural Law, Clarendon Press, Oxford , 1999, p. 139): "(I) Marriage, considered not as a mere legal convention, but , rather, as a two-in-one-flesh communion of persons that is consummated and actualized by sexual acts of the reproductive type, is an intrinsic human good; as such, marriage provides a non-instrumental reason for spouses, whether or not they are capable of conceiving children in their acts of genital union, to perform such acts. "(2) In choosing to perform non-marital acts, including contraceptive acts between married persons - persons necessarily treat their bodies and those of their sexual partners as means or instruments in ways that damage their personal (and interpersonal) integrity; thus, regard for the basic human good of integrity provides a conclusive moral reason not to engage in non-marital sex acts ... Such acts necessarily, and wrongfully, create a mere illusion of marital intimacy, and/or involve treating the body as an extrinsic instrument whose role is to generate satisfactions for the benefit of the conscious and desiring aspects of the self."

Professor George 's explanation establishes that the Church's position is philosophically and psychologicall y sound. In this respect, George Weigel is in the happy company of Professor George and many other prominent academicians.

Thomas H. Werdel, Jr. San Francisco

Regarding reports of the Pope 's meeting with the U.S. Cardinals, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago gave a statement to the press that made me wonder if he has any real understanding of the underl ying cause of the sex scandal in the Catholic Church: Massive abuse and misuse of power. Asked about the Pope's declaration of a "zero tolerance policy " regarding sexual abuse committed by priests, George responded that there wasn 't complete accord among the Cardinals. He explained that all cases of sexual abuse cannot be heated in the same fashion. For example, Fr. John Geoghan 's serial sexual abuse of boys is — in his view — quite different from "an individual who perhaps under the influence of alcohol engages in inappropriate behavior with a 16or 17-year old young woman who returns his affections." The Cardinal just doesn 't get it.

The issue here is trust. If psychotherapists or other mental health professionals engaged in such behavior — whether "under the influence" or not — they would be thrown in jai l and permanently lose their license to practice.

What saddens me most is the appalling level of arrogance that still persists among these church officials. One would think that by this time they would have Men on then knees in abject horror at the "sins and crimes" — as the Pope calls them — they have allowed to be perpetrated against innocen t victims whose ability ' to trust in basic goodness has been forever shattered.

Toni Doyle San Francisco

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Irresponsible to withhold funds

Now is the time for responsible Catholics to show support for the ninetynine percent of our dedicated priests, bishops and religious. It is irresponsible for any Catholic to withhold financial support until certajn reforms are instituted, as some suggest.

Apparently withholders of financial support expect others to pay for parish maintenance and salaries, and needed services provided by the Archbishop 's Annual Appeal and Catholic Charities.

Reforms will not be determined because of a decrease in contributions. Priests, bishops and religious do not serve the people of God "for the money."

Mike DeNunzio San Francisco

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Praise f or Fr. Summon

We recently saw the fine tribute to Fr. Sammon in Catholic San Francisco and were impressed b y what he had done in his life and the example he set for us all. But there is another chapter in his life that may not be as well known and that has to do with the Christian Family Movement.

Fr. Sammon was a supporter of the small Christian community of CFM from the early years. One of the Bay Area's outstanding laypeople, Rose Lucey, spoke of Fr. Sammon and his involvement with CFM's young families in her book, "Roots and Wings". She quoted Fr. Sammon, "In my life as a priest, the CFM Conventions at Notre Dame put me in louch with the great prophetic voices of our time, ten years ahead of the Church. Monsignor Hillenbrand (in Chicago) saw so clearly that the work of the lay people is doing the work of Christ in the marketplace... He taught us to ask the right questions, always. Most people want to know what the 'bottom line' is, but that does not ask the question, does not form consciences."

Fr. Sammon worked as the Family Life Director for San Francisco for many years.

When he retired, he asked Ed and Peg Gleason to take over for him and diey did so with great success. Ed and Peg continued to support CFM. Fr. Sammon became a chaplain for the CFM groups in his area and later would be one of CFMs greatest advocates. He loved to call CFM the "quintessential" small faith community. Fr. Sammon never ceased in his effort to encourage people to form their consciences and to reach out to others .

Larry and Margie Murchan San Jose

On Being Catholic

Lifted up but living within us As a child in the fifties , I was aware that we were engaged in a "space race " with the Russians. Soviet successes threatened our security - so we had air raid drills in which we took cover under our desks. But Russian space travel also presented metap hysical challenges: cosmonauts confidentl y proclaimed that there is no God, since they had gone up to heaven and did not run into Him. As we celebrate the ascension of Jesus we might ask why the comrades did not bump into the Lord in outer space.

The first reason is suggested in the Gospel of John and illustrated by a beautiful sculpture in our cathedral. Three times in John 's Gospel Jesus speaks about being "lifted up" (Jn 4:14, 8:28, 12:32). As the Catechism suggests, these elevations refer to Jesus being lifted up on the cross, in His resurrection , and into the glory of the Father 's presence. (CCC #659-664) When I was pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral the last of the shrines arrived , a sculpture depicting the Crucifixion.

Although the portrayal was powerful , I was disconcerted to notice that the artist, Mario Rudelti, had neglected to put a nail through the feet of the crucified Jesus. When I contacted him about this "oversight", the artist told me the omission was intentional: "I wanted to suggest the beginning of the resurrection by a certain upward thrust of the body, and the nail would have spoiled this movement." The artist knew his Bible better than the priest! For in St. John's Gospel, the humiliation and exaltation of Jesus are one inseparable event.

The glorification of the risen and exalted Christ is

beyond our comprehension. The fourth evan gelist and Rudelli invite us to contemplate the Cmcifix with eyes of faith , and see beneath its terrible appearances the victory of love. Mary and the Disci p le gaze upon the dead Jesus with faith ; the scul pture pulsates with serenity and vitality.

A second reason Boris and Yuri did not encounter the ascended Lord while in orbit is that the language of "up " and "down" for heaven and earth is metaphorical. Jesus did not leave the Father when He came among us; His communion with the Father is an undercurrent running through all the Gospels. He did set aside divine splendor (the price of admission to creaturely status as our brother), but He was always the Son of God. Similarly, when we pray to our Father in heaven we do not deny that God is present on earth.

What the ascension demonstrates is that although the Word never left the Father when He became flesh, we did join the Father when through the resurrection Christ 's divine glory transfigured our human nature. Again, we speak in symbolic terms of Jesus being enthroned at the Father 's right hand. The truth beneath this image is that Christ in His humanity now dwells where the Son of God dwells - in the very heart of God. This is why St. Paul exhorts us to keep our eyes fixed on higher realms where Christ is seated at God 's right hand , and we are already reigning with Him (Col 3:1-4).

Even as we see in the ascension of Jesus a reminder that we are destined for heaven , we hear the angels say, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the

sky?" (Acts 1:11) Just as the Son did not leave the Father when He came among us, so He does not leave us in His return to the Father. By the gift of the Holy Spirit , Christ lives in us. We cannot see Him, not because He has moved away, but because He has come closer.

Christ is dwelling in us, and we in Him. If as the biblical imagery suggests, "a cloud took Him from their sight" it is a cloud that envelops us, too.

During this time when we celebrate Our Lord 's Ascension , the Christians of the East are celebrating "Bright Week", the first days of then Easter celebration. I wonder if those cosmonauts who could not find God in space found Him when they returned to earth, and that in these days they are exchanging the traditional paschal greeting of the East, "Christ is Risen!" "Truly, He is risen!"

Father Milton T. Walsh

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

Family Lif e

When all else fails, try healing power of pasta

When all else fails , try pasta.

That was the thinking behind the parish council' s plan to host a spaghetti dinner. Our parish had been going through a difficult time. What with new leadership and a new building, many long-time members said the church no longer felt like home.

My husband Steve and the other council members decided that , as a gift to the parish , they would plan the meal, shop, cook, serve, and clean up afterward. They chose a date two weeks away, and set to work. Some people were skeptical that a social event would change anything, but what did we have to lose?

Sue checked prices. Mike and Rosemary made meatballs. Melody found candles. Pat bought flowers. Don set up tables. I designed a flier.

The e-mails flew fast and furious. How many 10 pound boxes of dry spaghetti do you need to serve 90 peop le? How many pounds of parmesan cheese would be enoug h for 10 tables? Would we buy garlic bread , or get p lain bread and season it ourselves? Was there enough silverware in the new church kitchen? Anyone have Italian opera music CDs? How about a crock pot?

At last Ihe bi g ni ght arrived. The parish hall was packed. Candles flickered on red-checked tablecloths. The

smell of garlic and tomato sauce drifted through the room.

Opera tunes filled the air. Old friends greeted one another with hugs. We all joined hands and prayed that, like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, Christ would be known to us as we shared bread together.

I sat with Lucas and Gabe at the children's table (sparkling cider only, no wine). Steve walked up, dressed in the black pants, red scarf, and red-and-white apron we'd p icked up at the thrift store the day before. "I'm Steverino, your Italian waiter."

"You look, funny, Dad." "May I take your order?" Luckily, we wanted spaghetti.

We filled our stomachs with spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, and ice cream, and our souls with candlelight and laughter. For the first time in a long while, the churc h felt like a happy place.

I looked around the room. Some of those present had founded the parish 30 years ago. Others, like me, were more recent arrivals. Yet for all of us, this faith community was like a second family. I brought my children here because I wanted them to learn to worship and serve God , and because I wanted to give them a taste of Christian community, to let them know they were a part of God' s family.

Jesus spent much of his time on earth walking and talking and eating with his disciples. Sometimes it 's those

simple, everyday acts that remind us that God is in our midst.

People lingered as the kitchen crew tackled the dirty dishes. Yes, our parish still had disagreements — like any family — and issues to be resolved. But the gift of an evening of pasta had worked its healing, reminding us that this was not only God's house, it was our house, too.

An old-timer hugged us on her way out. "Let ' s do this again next month!"

"Sounds great!" I said.

"Sure," said Steve. "But how about pot-luck?"

Christine Dubois

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

Contact her at: chriscolumn@juno.com.

The Catholic Diff erence

Celibacy tells us what a man is for, not what he's against Most polls indicate that a significant majority of U.S. Catholics would not object to changing the practice of clerical celibacy. That may well be true . I also believe that jud gment often reflects a misunderstanding of celibacy 's history and purpose , and its relationship to the priesthood.

In a culture that heats sex as another contact sport, a commitment not to use the gift of sexual love seems peculiar, even bizarre. Celibacy thus appears as something negative — a price a man must pay before the Latin-rite Church will ordain him. This "external" view of the relationship of celibacy to priesthood is further reinforced by the notion that die Church concocted the celibate priesthood in the Middle Ages to blunt die threat of clerical sexual scandal and to sort out messy questions of property inheritance. In a time like ours, when knowledge of Church history is p itiful among bishops, priests, and laity alike, claims like that often go unchallenged.

Recent historical scholarship, however, demonstrates that there has been a deep linkage between celibacy and the priesthood from the first centu ries of the Church.

The western Church only made celibacy a general canonical requirement in the 12th century, largely through the Second Lateran Council (1129). The mistake is to think that legislation was simply a pragmatic accommodation to medieval needs for clerical discipline and simplified property laws. On the contrary, Lateran IPs legislation was the culmination of an inter-

play between ecclesial experience and theological reflection that dates to the earliest days of the priesthood. The law of celibacy gave concrete form to a longstanding practice that had been defended as an integral part of priestly life for centuries.

The western Church ordained married men to the priesthood in the first millennium. At the same time, however, it typically required those men, with the consent of their wives, to abstain from "using the ri ghts of marriage" after their priestly ordination. Moreover, it seems that the celibate p riesthood was hi ghly valued in the Church from its beginnings. Those who read canonical history this way argue that it is not the western Church that went off on a tangent by making celibacy a general requirement in the 12th century ; it was the eastern Churches , which continued to ordain married men without a promise of sexual abstinence, who diverted from the main trajec tory of development.

No amateur can settle that historical argument. What any serious Catholic can grasp, I think, is that celibacy is something positive, not negative: the embodiment in practice of a complete gift of self to Christ and the Church. Celibacy tells us what a man is for, not what he 's against. Celibacy is about giving, and all true giving includes a measure of self-denial.

In the Catholic understanding of the priesthood, which too many Catholics seem to have forgotten and which our culture finds hard to grasp, the priest is not an ecclesiasti-

cal functionary, a man licensed to do certain kinds of Church business. A Catholic priest is first and foremost a liv'¦: a - < ¦ ing icon who makes presvi 2: ent the eternal p riesth ood I o of Jesus Christ , the incarnate Son of God. That is wh y today 's generation of ordinands has returned to the venerable practice of putting "ordained to the priesthood of Jesus Christ" on their ordination cards, rather than the more functional "ordained a priest."

As Christ gave himsel f unreservedl y to his bride, the Church , so Christ's priests are to make an unreserved and complete gift of themselves to Christ's bride. That is what living the promise of celibacy is meant to express. Those calling for change must reckon with that .

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

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Making present and sharing the glorification of Jesus We must remind ourselves , as we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord this Sunday, that we are not abandoning our fifty-day observance of Easter but merel y concentrating on one aspect of Jesus ' glorification.

Quite frankly, all we have been doing during Lent , the Triduum , Eastertime , and every Sunday for that matter is remembering, making present , and sharing throug h Word and Eucharist that glorification of Jesus. What does it mean?

Jesus prayed , "Father the hour has come; glorif y your Son." (John 17:1) An attempt to clarif y "glorif y " might be: "Father, make me look like you; help me to translate into human flesh , words, and deed what lies at your heart. " Jesus ' prayer is answered; he is glorified. He is "lifted up " on the cross to reveal that at the heart of God is a love unto death for us God' s friends; he is "lifted up" into glory to reveal that God' s love for us is stronger than death ; he is made the source of the Holy Spirit so that God' s love might abide in us and empower us to love as Jesus does. (cf. John 15:8-17, 20:19-23) When we celebrate the glorification of Jesus at every liturgy, especiall y Sunday Mass, we remember, make present, and share in the whole event, aspects of which we highlight at different times (e.g., Lent, Triduum , Ascension, Pentecost) .

The readings for this Sunday proclaim that God's energy in glorif ying Jesus produces an energetic Church that carries on Jesus ' mission. His "departure " (in pictorial-spatial language) results in a fuller presence to the Church .

Our first reading treats us to the opening of the Acts of the Apostles. Here we see that we are to understand Luke and Acts as a two volume work , the first dealing with Jesus ' journey to the cross and then to the right hand of God (his "exodus," Luke 9:31) and the second dealing with the Church' s journey, empowered by the Spirit of Jesus' completed journey, driving it on: "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,

Ascension of the Lord

Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20.

Father David M. Petting ill throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." When Jesus "was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight ," the message to the Church in each time and place is: "Get busy, do something," or as Acts would hav e it, "Why are you standing there looking at the sky?"

Ep hesians (our second reading) reminds us that the same power God exerted in glorifying Jesus now abides in us. The author hopes that what we have been given will dawn on us: "May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened that you may know ... what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe , in accord with the exercise of his great might , which he worked in Christ , raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens. " Finally, Matthew, in the concluding chapter of the gospel, ends the way it began . In 1:23, Matthew takes the time to translate for us the name "Emmanuel ," which , the text says, "means, God with us." This Jesus

who appears in this Gospel as a new Moses renewing the Peop le of God, is by his words, deeds , and person the very presence of God with his beloved People. In 28:20, Matthew has Jesus say to his Church , "I am with you always to the close of this age." This book-end effect opens our eyes to discover that as God was with us in Jesus, so Jesus is with us his Church , making our words, deeds, and persons his very own. That is why when we "go," "make discip les of all nations; " when we "baptize them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; " and when we teach "them to observe all that I commanded you," we feel the pleasure and energy of the risen Lord and his Father in us and we realize that we are "the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way. " Questions for Small Communities What "energies" of Jesus ' Spirit do you experience in your small community? In your parish? How can you encourage their development?

How can you participate in the religious formation programs in your parish where disciples are "made" and "baptized" and "taught"? What about R.C.I.A.? What about religious education ? What about preparation for Baptism, First Eucharist, Confirmation , Marriage, Grief Ministry? Would you think of qualifying yourself by attending the School of Pastoral Leadership?

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

Worship ful musical improvisation is needed Some time ago I attended a significant liturgical event at which the presider made a really, really embarrassing statement. Some may feel it is onl y embarrassing for those in music ministry, but at best it was recognized as odd and unenlightened by many of the members of the Body of Christ assembled to worship and thank our God. After Holy Communion the presider stood to thank a few individuals present at the liturgy. In an almost fli ppant way he said, "oh , and thank you to Mr. X for the nice background music ." "Background?" you may rightly ask. Something is wrong here and hopefully it is plainl y obvious.

Although at times in the liturgy the music as it serves the rite may seem like something added to the liturgy, this is a sad misunderstanding of the power of liturgical music. While it is true that music married to a sacred text forms the Church' s fullest concept of the function and role of liturgical music; it can also be said â&#x20AC;˘that instrumental music performs its unique function to support and lift "up the spirit to God and to higher things." (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 120) Given this dignity, instrumental music must perform two functions . First it must be intent on moving the spirit to godly things and secondly in doing so it must be seen as an instru ment to this end. Given that music or for that matter any other liturg ical function can never be seen as a "background" function it must be properly and carefull y executed. Allow me to offer a thoug ht on an important function of instrumental music within the liturgy.

Many of us have been to liturgies wherein the musicians allow the liturgy to serve as a platform for their musical performance. Let us strike that image or possibility from our Christian service. Plainly and simply, music serves the rite. The platform of the liturgy is the worship of God - period.

Music therefore serves to lift minds and hearts to God and serves to shape the liturgy uniquely as worship. At

Father Jim McKearney, S.S. times this means the instrumentalist needs to invoke improvisation skills in order to bring about this worship ful experience for God's people. By way of example let us look at musical improvisation during the rite of peace.

There is no prohibition against musical accompaniment during the exchange of peace.

This is a privilege d time to improvise in a way that is supportive of the rite. Let me emphasize the word "supportive ," The music is not merel y in the back ground but neither is it to be in the foreground at this time.

What is the difference? The difference lies in the subject of the improvisation. The musical motive for the improvisation can and should flow from proper liturg ical music. This is no time for a "jam session" among the musicians. Nevertheless , dignified sharing

The p latform of the liturgy is the worship of God - period. Music therefore serves to lift minds and hearts to God and serves to shape the liturgy uniquely as worship .'

of the musical lead in small ensembles is acceptable especiall y when the subject matter is proper to the celebration.

We might do well to revisit our improvisational techniques we have learned in our app lied music and composition courses. What better way can there be to assist the assembl y to joyfull y give away to one another the peace of Christ than to do this with an accompaniment that leads them to enter the great litany called the Lamb of God - Christ broken and shared for us?

There are other privileged moments of the liturgy that lend themselves to improvisational music.

An improvisational moment that may assist the assembly in singing of their salvation is the classic prelude improvisation. This can be based on the gathering music or responsorial psalm. These improvisations serve two purposes. Frist, an improvisation based on the melodies of the present liturgy can serve to plant the tune into the minds and hearts soon to lift their song to God. Second, the improvisation can assist in creating a worshipful environment.

The classic model of this type of improvisation for organists is the great chorale preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach. Let us not be misled. Bach did not invent liturg ical improvisation but he perfect ed the art he inherited from the great ecclesial masters before him. Many of them served the liturgy well b y improvising on the great Gregorian chants of the tradition.

As we may see here the use of instrumental improvisation in the liturgy serves much more than providing a backdrop to the liturgical action. Rather, as the liturgical constitution encourages , the music of these improvisations assist the assembl y in lifting their minds and hearts to God, so worth y of our heartfelt praise.

This column concludes Sulpician Father James McK earney 's series of articles in Catholic San Francisco.

Father McKearney has left St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park , to purs ue a doctorate in theology in Rome.

Guest Commentaries

A positive response lay people can make to this crisis The crisis of the continuing revelations of abuse of young persons by some members of our clergy, and the deplorable response by some members of the American hierarchy to the certain knowledge of that abuse, are deeply disturbing to all members of the Church. It will be the cause of soul-searching on the part of every bishop, seminary rector, priest, and every one of us.

There is another response which lay persons must make at this time of crisis, and that is to fervently support the vocations given to the men that serve us as priests in our parishes, our the seminary, our Catholic social welfare organizations , and in the administration of our — Archdiocese.

We know from scripture that the vocation to the priesthood is given by Christ as a gift while the recipient is still in his mother ' s womb. But it is not a gift given solely to that individual; it is a gift to the entire Church, and we all have a role in nurturing and protecting it. The sacrament is conferred upon only one man, but he accepts it confident that he will be supported by his bishop and by the whole people of God as he seeks to serve us throughout his entire life dedicated to the service of Christ himself.

As lay persons we must not forget our proper role in that sacramental life. We have a responsibility to help men discern then vocations. Parents especially must help then sons and daughters seek whatever vocation God has given them, but because the life of the priest is so foreign to the lifestyle of consumerism and appetite gratification promoted by the culture, perhaps we have a special responsibility

to help support a son who has begun to feel he may have a vocation to step outside the mainstream and accept the very challeng ing call to the priesthood. One way we can do this is by inviting our pari sh pri ests to be part of important events in our family, to allow our children to see how happy our priests are in their vocations and in the lives they have chosen. I suspect many vocations are discovered by young men who have the opportunity to see priests in their family home and in other settings which reveal what happy people they are and how much they enjoy their lives as priests.

We have a further responsibility to help f orm a community which helps to supp ort p riests in their vocation.'

We have a further responsibility to help form a community which helps to support priests in their vocation.

While a priest is called to a life of celibacy, he is not called to a life of constant loneliness. Every human person needs community; and while every priest understands that some level of isolation is inherent in the life of a priest, he still enjoys fellowship and the chance to be some part of families' lives. We want these great men to help us prepare to receive the sacraments, to help us prepare for our marriages, and eventual ly to help us prepare even for death. We

want them to be on call for our baptisms, weddings, and oth er important events in our lives, but how many of us know the date of the anniversary of the ordi nation of the priests in our parishes, or even their birthdays?

My experience is that priests are among the last people to complain about anything in their persona! lives; for the most part they accept the situations in which they find themselves and get on with their work. And for that reason we may forget out part in their vocations. But they nevertheless rely on our constant prayer, encouragement , and community.

At the moment this is more important than ever — before. Two priests have told me recentl y that for the first time in their live s they have hesitated to wear their collars when out in public. They cannot help but wonder if they continue to have the confidence of the very people to whom they have dedicated their active lives of service. It is therefore especial ly important now that we as lay persons respond with dedicated prayers for them, with personal encouragement of the priests that we know, and with a renewed awareness of our own role in their vocations to the priesthood , given by Christ not onl y to them , but also to the entire Church as a precious gift to be nurtured and supported by us all.

Wade C Hug han is vice chair, Catholics f o r Truth and Justice.

Death as a latest form of medical treatment Well, physician-assisted suicide is in the news again.

This movement is just the latest assault on human life by our modern culture of death.

Why is it considered acceptable for a doctor to "assist" his patient to kill himself by prescribing a lethal dose of poison but it is illegal for a bookkeeper or a busboy to assist in the killing of a neighbor? When did we decide that the medical profession would be the official dispenser of death in our society? Well my friend , we have been ceding this authority to doctors for quite some time.

Though Hippocrates enjoined physicians to "do no harm ," doctors have been at the forefront of modern movements of death .

An abortion is, as we know, the eradication of human life at the fetal stage. More than a million abortions are conducted in our country every year. This "procedure" is considered a form of "health care". Doctors prescribe a drag that will abort a newl y fertilized egg. Doctors use vacuumcleaners to suck that pesky, inconvenient human life out of a patient. Doctors also use drugs on pregnant women to induce labor so that their fully dependent child will move down the birth canal and have his or her brai n sucked out by the only physician they will ever come in contact with.

The killing of unvalued human life is an interesting occupation for health care providers. Now in the business of death , they have the power (in Oregon at least) to respond to a patient 's desire to die by helping him along in the process with a lethal dose of poison.

In the not too distant past doctors were among the leaders of the eugenics movement. Around the mm of the last century, doctors involved in that movement were sterilizing "undesirables" such as the retarded , the deformed, the infirm, and the insane. These mass sterilizations were not limited to those who were diagnosed with unseemly medical conditions. No, there were many cases where criminal undesirables were handed over for such treatment by jud ges, politicians, and prominent civic leaders. Euthanasia was also considered a viable option for those determined not to be full y cognizant or useful to our society.

In thel930s Germany took the eugenics movement to a new level. It was the so- called "useless eaters " who were the first wave of innocents to be killed b y Hitler, his Nazi thugs , and the doctors who were among the first to be seduced by that evil movement of death. Hitler talked of the "body" that was the German people, how it was diseased and had to be treated by cutting out these cancerous

and unwanted elements. German physicians were some of the first professional executioners of the Third Reich.

There is talk of requiring all people in the country to be unwilling organ donors, as if we do not even own our own bodies. I do not want an emergency room doctor to look at me as a repository of replacement parts instead of a patient he should be doing everything within his power to help.

It is the sanctity of human life , and the rights of basic liberty that are at stake here. As it stands now, the sick and the elderly are potential victims of family members who may look at them as a burden , and doctors who are willing to administer the treatment of death . Both family and physician are now in a position to pressure some of the most vulnerable in our world to kill themselves "for the betterment of all."

The next step will be for society to require those selfish hangers-on to kill themselves or we will do it for them.

Joe Hu rley is a San Francisco cab driver, St. Dominic parishioner, and avid reader of theology.

Hawaii Senate narrowly defeats assisted suicide bill

By Lisa Benoit

Catholic News Service

HONOLULU (CNS)—After two hours of emotional debate, the Hawaii state Legislature rejected, on a 14 to 11 vote, a measure to legalize physician-assisted suicide.

The bill would have allowed a terminally ill , competent adult to obtain a prescription for medication to end his or her life through a self-administered oral lethal dose".

The defeat of the bill, which had been expected to pass, came on the last day of this year 's legislative session May 2.

Two days before, the Senate advanced the bill ona 13-12 vote. In the final vote three state senators switched their sides, Honolulu Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo wrote a letter to each senator explaining the church's opposition to the bill.

The letter was hand-delivered to senators ' offices May 1.

The bishop said that the legislation does nothing to meet the real needs of terminally ill patients, which would include better pain control, assistance with daily tasks and "most of all — respect for their own inherent worth."

"In my view it would be irresponsible to approve this bill under any circumstances, but doubly inesponsible to do so without the public testimony and extensive debate that such a monumental decision requires," the bishop wrote.

The bishop said that the Senate should not "fall victim to the easy euphemism" that the Legislature would be granting citizens a "freedom of choice."

"Not only Catholic moral teaching, but the founding principles of our nation, recognize the unalienable right to life as the first and most fundam ental right bestowed on us by our creator," Bishop DiLorenzo said.

The way the Senate rushed the last-minute vote was a major reason it failed, according to Errol Christian, program director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference, Nevertheless, the suddenness of the bill's introduction to the full Senate also caused panic among its opponents, including the Diocese of Honolul u and some Hawaii pro-life and pro-family organizations. They had considered the bill all but dead for the session.

The timing left opponents only one day "to.let people know and to try to prevent the physician-assisted suicide bill from passing," Christian told the Hawaii Catholic Herald, Honolulu 's diocesan newspaper.

The Hawaii Catholic Conference , the church's public policy arm, and other groups against the bill began phoning, e-mailing and faxing their senators to let them know about their opposition . "The message was becoming clear to the senators that there were a lot of people opposed to the bill," Christian said.

Christian said that most of the senators really listened to both sides of the debate. Some were "truly torn," he said.

He added that the bill was of national concern because it could have set a trend for the rest of thecountry.

Christian said that one of the biggest concerns about

the Hawaii bill was that it would have gone into effect immediately upon approval. Gov. Ben Cayetano, a supporter of the measure, would likely have signed it, "That means, technically, as soon as the governor signed it, within a couple of days, people could have gone to their doctor and requested the medication before guidelines had been set," Christian said.

"There is no way to monitor something if you are going to rush this way," he added.

According to Christian said, the proposed legislation required a patient to know the doctor for only two weeks before he or she could prescribe the lethal dose.

"What kind of relationship is that?" he asked.

"By no means have we seen an end to this issue," Christian said. "We really need to be educated on the issue, otherwise Hawaii will have physician-assisted suicide.

"People need to understand that there are other alternatives — better use of advanced health care directives and hospice care that would address the major concern of dying people who are in pain," he said.

In a 1997 referendum, 60 percent of Oregon voters approved a physician-assisted suicide law, making Oregon the first and only state to legalize the procedure. Hawaii's bill was tailored after the law in Oregon, where more than 90 assisted suicides have occurred since the practice became legal, "Hawaii would have been the first state legislature to approve it," Christian said.

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 .

Oct. 12, 19: 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 directo r of School of Pastoral Leadership. $40 per person.

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 take 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.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto , Program Director.

May 25: Single Parent: Success? Survival?

Surrender? Facilitated by single parent and licensed marriage and family therapist , Carol Kaplan. Share experiences and learn practical strategies to make the single parent journey more rewa rding. $35 fee includes lunch and workshop fees.

Take Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr. , Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Too Ian. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013, 2iKi I' vi. at 7:30 p.m. at St , Peter Church , 700 Oddsti i i Blvd., Pacifica, Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 3S&-6313.

3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. atWoodside Priory Chapel, 302 P. uiola I tcl , Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 lei Sat at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel. 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4200.

Young Adults The Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone at (415) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-mail af wi7coj rc@sfarchdiocese.org or jansenm @ si'archdiocese, org.

Tuesdays through May 28: Theology on Tap at the Melreon's Jillian Sports Bar beginning al 7 p.m.

The ecumenical evening of dialogue has been in existence in other parts of the country for more than 20 yeais Topics are spiritually based and include Being Young and Faithful; Soultulness: 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 lor details.

Family Life May 31 - June 2: A Beginning Experience weekend lor separated , divorced , and widowed at Vallombrosa Center, Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. A stop toward a lifetime of change. $175 fee includes meals. Call Alan at (415) 584-2861. introductory instruction for married or engaged couples about Natural Family Planning, Billings Ovulation Method, is available by appointment from

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

Volunteer Opportunities 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.

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 Siste r Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert , San Bruno. Call (650) 5892800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novate Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. 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) 564-7882.

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

Lectures/ Classes/Radio-TV 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., KPIXChannel 5. "For Heaven 's Sake", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests , 5 a.m.

3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4. May 19: Saving exotic birds with animal rescuers Donna Shadowens and Sherry Kamhi. Father Miles Riley hosts .

Food & Fun May 11: Annual Spring Event , Festival of Friends, benefiting St. Anthony - Immaculate Conception Elementary School, 299 Precita Ave. at Folsom, SF. Children's games start at 10:30 a.m.. Spaghetti dinner at 6 p.m./$10 per person or $25 for family of four at 1550 Treat Ave., SF. Call (415) 642-6130.

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.

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, $10 youth, under three free. Call (510) 624-4581.

May 18: Rummage Sale sponsored by the Parents' Club of Panorama School, 25 Bellevue Ave., Daly City, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Items include childre n's clothes and toys, office supplies, house-

hold items. Astro Jump and hot dogs, too. Call (415) 586-6595.

3rd Wed.: All you can eat Spaghetti Luncheon at Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, 3255 Folsom up the hill from Cesar Chavez, SF. $7 per person. A San Francisco tradition for decades. Reservations not required. Call (415) 824-1762.

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

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

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June 1: Class of '52, St. Catherine Elementary, Burlingame, 50th reunion. Call Nancy Miller at (650) 344-1074.

June 22: St. Rose Academy, class of '82, celebrates 20 years. Drive is on to locate classmates.

Contact Margie Roemer Beima at (415) 452-8352 or margroemer@aol.com.

July 21: Classes of Spring and Fall'42 of Balboa High School, SF at the Grosvenor Hotel, SSF. Contact Jeanne Magidson at (415) 587-8712.

Sept. 20: St. Thomas Apostle Elementary, SF, Class of '63 is looking for members of the class. Call Denise Healy Walker at (714) 447-8651 or DWa9230836@aol.com.

Sept. 28: Class of 72, Noire dame High School, Belmont. Contact ND Alumnae Office at (650) 5951913, ext. 351 oralumnae@ndhsb.org .

Oct. 5: Presentation High School , Class of '52 reunion. Contact Dolores MacDonald Bagshaw at (916) 369-0235 or Lorraine Denegri D'Elia at (650) 992-2076.

St. Peter's Academy class of '65 is planning a reunion for 2002. Call Gloria Krzyzanowski at (650) 340-7469 or Linda Roberts at (650) 549-3200.

Holy Angels Class of 70 please contact Peggy McEneaney Hart at (650) 875-0793 or 877-8925.

Class of '62 St. Thomas the Apostle will gather this summer, Contact Peggy Mahoney at (949) 6735624 or pegwhit@dellepro.com.

Class of '62, St. Anne Elementary, SF call Steve Geramoni at (650) 637-1055/spgeramoni@aol.com or Mary Maher Balestriere at (650 593-

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Class of '52 St. Anne's Elementary, SF looking for classmates for its 50th reunion in October. Call Diane Donohue Mulligan at (415) 664-7977 or Rich Murphy at (650) 343-9322 for details.

St. Brigid High School, San Francisco, Class of '52, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in the fall and is seeking all members. Contact Clare Casissa Cooper at (650) 591-4026 or clarecooper@juno.com.

Become a mentor for a homeless youth. Home Away From Homelessness seeks volunteers to mentor homeless/formerly homeless youth. Make a diffe rence. Become a mentor. Call (415) 561-4628.

Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group needs volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to individuals with HIV-AIDS and/or assist with various program events and activities. Many opportunities available. Call (415) 863-1581 or www.mhr-asg.com.

Help a child succeed in school and in life by serving as a tutor for two hours a week at Sacred Heart Elementary School, 735 Fell St., SF. Sessions take place Mon. - Thurs. from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Help welcome in a variety of subjects. Call Doug Pierce at (415) 621-8035 or Mary Potter at (415) 876-4811.

St. Joseph's Village, a homeless shelter for (amilies at 10th and Howard St., SF, is looking for dedicated office volunteers to answer phones and greet residents. If you are interested in volunteering, call Dewilt Lacey at (415) 575-4920.

San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8"30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonysf.org.

Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop.

Welcome visitors from around the world, distribute brochures , accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203 , ext. 30.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

May 19: Spring Concert by the Golden Gate Boys Choir at St. Vincent de Paul Church, corner Steiner and Green St., SF at 2:30 p.m. SVDP recently celebrated its 100th anniversary and is well known for its distinctive architecture , beautiful stained glass and Visser Rowland pipe organ. The program is appropriate for all ages. Suggested donation $10/$5 seniors and children under15. Call (415) 431-1137.

May 18: Late Nite 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.

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GOD MOMENTS : WHY FAITH REALLY MATTERS TO A NEW GENERATION, by Jeremy Langford .

Orbis Books (Maryknoll , N.Y., 2001). 207 pp. $17.00.

GOD WITHIN: OUR SPIRITUAL FUTURE AS TOLD

BY TODAY'S NEW ADULTS, edited b y Jon M. Sweeney. Skylight Path s Publishing (Woodstock , Vt., 2001). 156 pp. $14.95.

Reviewed b y Wayne A. Hoist Catholic News Service The following quotes capture something of these two books ' common yet distinguishing characteristics: "This is not a collection of voices looking for tidy answers," writes 34-year-old Jon Sweeney, a former evangelical Christian and the spirituall y eclectic editor of "God Within: Our Spiritual Future as Told by Today 's New Adults."

"Truth with a capital T has not only gone out of style," says Sweeney. "It just isn't very useful."

Meanwhile, thirtysomefhing Jeremy Langford , Catholic author of "God Moments: Why Faith Really Matters to a New Generation ," says: "We may not be able to describe God exactly, but we know exactly when we have a God moment."

Gen-Xer Langford continues , "We know it in our souls. . . . This book is about moments of recognition when we are claimed by what is true , real and good. " Sweeney sees his generation as spirituall y innovative and wanting to break down barriers. His book is a creative mosaic offered by 13 "new adults" reflecting their spiritual

experience in Islam , Christianity, Buddhism , Wicca , Judaism and some who claim no organized religion.

Lang ford 's book deals with the same issues but from within his Catholic community. Together, the books describe the contemporary faith journeys of young adults.

Both should help Catholic readers to better understand and appreciate their spiritual ——T* ^^^ experiences.

These new adults have been ' broug ht up with less organized reli gion than any American generation before them. Yet unlike their parents, they do not see an impos- \ sible barricade between religious \ tradition and spirituality. They \ believe that many of the religious rit- \ M uals that exist , Catholic or not , can indeed be connected to and beneficial H for young peop le.

Contributor Jennifer Johnson says, 11 "There are those missing links between 1 spirituality and religious traditions that 1 cause so many of us to feel disconnected. ' . . . (Yet) I believe it is possible to bridge the gap between spirituality and religion. . . . The people I meet are bursting with inspiration. Their spiritualities are beautiful , but according to most young people, not w^ *^ many adults truly notice their beauty."

Langford grew up Catholic in South Bend, Ind. He got some faith exposure and developed a kid 's perspective of God. He wondered why God would be limited to just Catholic churches. He stopped going to Mass regularly — if God is everywhere he really didn 't need to find God in a church.

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Instability and unfinished business had become a way of life.

The author believes that , as it happened for him, the church can become a stabiliz\ ing community for his contemporaries and i bring some order out of their life of chaos.

Langford believes that discovering ' I Catholicism could help his peers see Wk how a rich faith tradition can mesh with "the all-too-often sloppy details of my dail y life." He says, "We are closed to a church that has all the answers, but open to a church that is both teacher and student.... If our i parents were the revolutionaries , I then let us be the rebuilders. " \ The God of within and God moments these writers can be ^ shared cross-generationall y. |^^^^ 99^ They are guides for anyone concerned with walking the Christian way today.

For his part, Langford concludes: "My hope is to invite all to come ... and to realize that die Catholic tradition is a powerful lens through which to see God at work in our lives."

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This position requires university -level liturgical study plus five years experience in parish or diocesan liturgical leadership, including formation responsibilities . A bilingual (Spanish/English) individual is highly desired. Interested individuals are invited to send a resume to:

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An Archdiocesan Catholic High School f o r 800 young men in San Francisco announces an opening f o r the 2002/2003 school year:

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New Career Opportunities Are Available Due to Growth Applications are being accepted for tire following: • all teaching areas,'inc!udifig Technology • Director of Admissions • Director ot'Pubfic Relations/Communications ¦Director of Alumnae Relations ¦Atten dance Cleric • Administrative Support Clerk

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Credential and administrative experience preferred.

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St. Francis High School is a fully accredited college preparatory high school for young women in Sacramento and is known for the strength of its academic , fine arts, athletic, and co-currtcular programs and campus ministry.

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