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Visiting Pope Benedict XVI on May 3,Archbishop William J. Levada was accompanied by San Francisco seminarians Mark Reburiano and Joseph Previtali.Archbishop Levada has a long association with the new pope, primarily through his work with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican. See Mark Reburiano’s report on Page 6.

Migden bill would give City power over church property

By Jack Smith bill granting significant control over the property of the former St. Brigid Church to the City of San Francisco – countermanding state and federal court rulings — has passed the State Senate and awaits action in the State Assembly.

The church was closed 11 years ago and is owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. S.B. 169, sponsored by State Senator Carole Migden (D – San Francisco) would remove St. Brigid from a state law prohibiting local governments from landmarking religiously owned property without the consent of the owner.

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors already has indicated their support for landmarking St. Brigid if Migden’s bill passes and is signed by the governor.

Migden’s bill passed the Senate May 9 on a straight party line vote with Democrats supporting the measure and Republicans opposing.

San Francisco’s Landmark Ordinance forbids the demolition of designated landmarks in most circumstances and gives significant control to the City over alterations or improvements to the property. The ordinance forces land owners to maintain and preserve such buildings for public benefit, in the case of religiously owned property, without City or State assistance.

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In 1993, the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission composed of clergy, laity and religious from throughout the Archdiocese, studied options for responding to changing pastoral needs in San Francisco. Part of their commission from former Archbishop John R. Quinn was to make recommendations about the disposition of Church properties in light of the City’s Un-reinforced Masonry Building law. The ordinance which followed the 1989 Loma-Prieta earthquake required all UMBs to be seismically reinforced. The current cost of retrofitting St. Brigid would be about five to seven million dollars.

The Commission, after consultation with parishes and institutions throughout the Archdiocese recommended closure of St. Brigid Church and sale of its property.

Archbishop Quinn accepted the recommendation and his decision to close St. Brigid was confirmed unanimously by the Council of Priests. Parishioners of St. Brigid appealed the decision to Archbishop Quinn who confirmed his decision citing “enormously expensive retrofitting” cost and his duty as bishop “to consider not only individual parishes but the overall good of the whole Archdiocese.”

Some parishioners then appealed the closure to the Vatican, which after a lengthy process, confirmed Archbishop Quinn’s decision.

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by Tom Burke Helping fill the house for the recent production of King and I at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep were faculty and staff from St. Veronica Elementary School. St. V’s had three graduates in the show – Maggie Shapiro, as one of the ruler’s wives, Arnie Salazar, as Phra Alack, and Ryan Dilag as the King. Ryan’s brother, St. Veronica’s 4th grader, Richard, was also among the players. Thanks for the good news to Carmela DiMauro, school development director.

“St. Veronica’s applauds our four thespians,” she said, not missing a beat in adding the King’s oft quoted refrain “etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.” Students from Holy Name Elementary School have also been treading the boards in local stage productions. Third grader, Nicholas Reyes, was in the SHCP King and I ensemble and eighth graders, Cassandra Migue and Krystal Pierce took their turns right

Congrats to the eighth grade girls basketball teams at Our Lady of Angels Elementary in Burlingame. Both squads rose to the top in recent playoffs of the Peninsula Parochial League at Junipero Serra High School. Hats off, too, to coaches Dave Summa, Joe Lamariana, Dirk Diefendorf, Bill Portman and Ron Longinotti Back from left: Monica Seaney, Gianna LaMariana, Madeline Summa, Kiersten Dillenges, Dana Diefendorf, Meghan Dobiles. Middle from left: Molly Meehan, Geena Goldstein, Kelsey Partee, Gina Massetani, Susan Portman, Tori Lynch, JoEllen Galligan. Front from left: Erin Longinotti, Theresa Woods.

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Arnie Salazar, Ryan Dilag and Maggie Shapiro back stage at The King and I.

Mary Murphy and IHM principal, Margaret Purcell-Brisken, Ed.D.

alongside Mama Rose in Mercy High School, San Gabriel Elementary School. Mike and his classmates are Francisco’s Gypsy. Had the opportunity to see the deserved- planning a reunion for September 24th at Forest Hills ly revered Angela Lansbury in a Gypsy revival some 30 Lodge.

Other ‘65ers can check in at years ago little knowing that half-a-dozen years later I would http://groups.yahoo.com/group/St_Gabes_1965. Mike said rehearse a show in the same studios where she was also run- you can post pictures, greetings and lots more. The Web site for my grade school reunion ning lines. The Murder She has been an invaluable hub Wrote star’s play moved just for reconnecting. It has a few blocks uptown to a helped make the whole expeBroadway theater. The show I rience even more of a was in – a replay of a depresblast!!…Father Alex sion era musical called Legaspi, pastor, and the Whoopee! - journeyed farParish Council and staff of ther, about 150 miles farther St. Andrew’s in Daly City in fact, to a stage in East say “Thank you” to Windsor, Connecticut.

Presentation Sister Antonio Having met her but once and Heaphy for her recent presthrilled that it was among the entation on the Archdiocesan plying of a trade I can say I Parish Pastoral Plan. shared with her, I’m still “Everybody came out more touched by her kindness and enthusiastic about their role respect for all actors, famous in the council,” Father and not…. Congrats to Kathleen Koenigs, Erin Burns, Meghan Burns and Ali Mary Murphy, librarian and Massei, all students at Notre Dame High School in Belmont, Legaspi said. “Our Parochial resource teacher at donated baby-sitting money from January to Tsunami Relief. Vicar, Father Nady Corrales and I are as enthused and Immaculate Heart of Mary With other friends they raised $1,200 for the effort. eager to move forward as the Elementary School who was recently honored with a “Celebrate Literacy Award” from members.” The parish has now given five workshops on the the San Mateo County Reading Association. Mary has Out of Harm’s Way series, Father Legaspi said, noting “the taught at IHM for 22 years. She and her husband, James - meeting zeros in on the protection of children.” Leading the who was by her side at the presentation ceremonies - have dialogue were St. Andrew’s Rissa Stella, Carmen Babasa been married for 35 years and their four children all attended and Ursula Valdez. . . . .Remember this is an empty space IHM. “Books help create lifetime readers,” Mary said. “They without ya’!! The email address for Street is broaden the world, create understanding and compassion for burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items should be sent to others and link us to one another.”…More people are my “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Pix should be age than I thought!!! One, of course, is old friend and new hard copy or electronic jpeg at 300 dpi. Don’t forget to digs colleague Mike O’Leary, associate director of develop- include a follow-up phone number. You can reach me ment for the Archdiocese and a 1965 graduate of St. at (415) 614-5634.

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Junior Legion of Mary members hand out rosaries to passersby (left).

Marchers pray the rosary along Market Street (above).

(PHOTOS BY JACK SMITH)

Several hundred Catholics marched along Market and Mission Streets in San Francisco on Mother’s Day praying the rosary in procession with the Holy Eucharist and a statue of Our Lady.

The marchers were part of the 11th Annual Public Grand Rosary Rally sponsored by the Legion of Mary and St. Patrick’s parish. As participants gathered at 1:30 inside St. Patrick church, Monsignor Fred Bitanga polled the assembly whether they still wished to march despite sprinkles and the threat of rain. The group agreed on a slightly shortened route and Monsignor Bitanga, pastor of St. Patrick, congratulated them on being the “die-hard ones.”

Junior members of the Legion walked in front of the procession handing out rosaries to tourists and shoppers along Market and Mission Streets. Most who received rosaries were appreciative; one flower vendor gave the young girls flowers. Some passersby were confused by the display, some crossed themselves as the Eucharist passed by and others momentarily joined in prayer.

“People are surprised first of all, but then they are happy about it,” said Ray Frost, president of the San Francisco Senatus of the Legion of Mary. “It uplifted people,” Frost said. “I’m always amazed by the reaction of the poor or down and out along Market. They cheer up. Some start praying. Every year I notice that.”

There was only one significant instance of hostility to the group from a man with a bullhorn shouting antiCatholic slogans and alerting the public that Catholics are “idolaters.”

Eucharistic adoration was held at St. Patrick’s after the march and Vincentian Father Noel Laput gave a reflection on the meaning of the Eucharist. Penny Montemayor of the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals also spoke on practical means of helping those without health insurance and urged the assembled to work against Assembly Bill 654 by Assemblywoman Patty Berg (D – Santa Rosa) which would legalize doctor assisted suicide in California. A member of the Legion also gave a personal testimony on faith in the Eucharist.

The day ended with Benediction and snack and fellowship in the parish hall.

St. Patrick’s pastor Msgr. Fred Bitanga carries the Holy Eucharist in procession (right).

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Budget cuts felt at Archdiocesan Chancery-Pastoral Center offices (CNS PHOTO BY DEBBIE HILL)

SAN FRANCISCO — As part of an expense reduction effort, positions held by a half-dozen employees of the Chancery-Pastoral Center of the Archdiocese of San Francisco have been eliminated. These employees were notified last week that their jobs were being cut. However, their period of employment will continue through June 30, at which time they will receive severance payments. Transition workshops and possible placement opportunities within the Archdiocese also will be available. In addition to the layoffs, currently unfilled positions at the Chancery and the funds associated with some of these vacant positions will be eliminated. Some employees have elected to retire during the upcoming fiscal year and the savings generated by those voluntary terminations are included in the overall cost reduction program. Some staff members have agreed to a shorter workweek to help meet current cost constraints. “These are some of the difficult but necessary personnel decisions being taken at this time to address the challenges we are facing with regard to our Chancery budget,� said Msgr. Harry Schlitt, Vicar for Administration, in a message to employees.

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Christian Palestinian children from Ramallah, West Bank, sing on the Mount of Olives during the "Journey to Jerusalem," which brought together 780 Christian Palestinian youths for a pilgrimage into Jerusalem.

Mexican migrants carry crosses during Holy Week in Tijuana this year to recall those who have died while crossing the U.S.-Mexican border. A diverse group of Catholic organizations May 10 launched a campaign for changes in U.S. immigration law and policies, including those that would allow for legal status and other protections for migrant workers and their families.

Church organizations launch campaign to aid immigrants

Capitalism’s job, wealth creation gives hope to poor, says Novak

WASHINGTON — Citing reasons as broad as Catholic teaching about the right to migrate to improve one’s life and as narrow as one Guyana emigrant’s need to support his family, more than a dozen church organizations and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops May 10 launched a campaign called Justice for Immigrants. The program is intended to educate the public, and Catholics in particular, about how immigration and immigrants benefit the nation; to improve public opinion about the contributions of immigrants; to advocate for changes in immigration laws and policies; and to organize networks that assist immigrants with legal problems. Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, a consultant to the USCCB’s Committee on Migration, said at a press conference announcing the campaign that the bishops “have grown increasingly disturbed by the current public discourse surrounding immigrants, in which newcomers are characterized as a threat to our nation and not a benefit.� He said, “Anti-immigrant fervor on TV and radio shows, citizens attempting to enforce immigration laws, and, most disturbingly, the enactment of restrictive immigration laws are evidence of this negative public environment.�

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — Theologian Michael Novak has succinct advice for people in business who want to serve humanity: Make a profit to create wealth and jobs.

Business and capitalism are important forces for social justice and improving the lives of poor people, Novak said at a Molloy College forum in Rockville Centre. “There are two billion people in the world (of a total population of six billion) who are earning less than two dollars a day. “The only hope for them is small businesses,� which can create jobs and provide them with income, Novak said. Novak, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington and a recipient of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, spoke recently on “Business as a Calling� as part of a series sponsored by Molloy’s Center for Business Ethics.

Revised clergy sex abuse norms are on bishops’ June agenda WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will face revisions in its “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People� and the accompanying “Essential Norms� when the bishops meet this June in Chicago. They will also be asked to approve spending up to $1 million from USCCB reserves to fund an in-depth study of the causes and context behind the decades of clergy sex abuse of minors that exploded into a national church crisis in 2002. Although those items are likely to draw the most media attention, the bishops have a number of other decisions to deal with at the June 16-18 meeting.

These include: adoption of a pastoral letter on world mission; a revision of the U.S. Program of Priestly Formation; continuing several current U.S. adaptations of the Roman Missal; a statement of renewed commitment to Catholic elementary and secondary schools; and possible establishment of an annual day of prayer for vocations.

Papal Nuncio calls for emphasis on U.N. role in building peace UNITED NATIONS — Archbishop Celestino Migliore appealed May 9 for a renewed emphasis on the role of the United Nations in building peace. The Vatican’s U.N. nuncio said that although the world body now engages in many activities those “should not distract us from the sine qua non of this organization’s existence, that is, peace among nations.� The archbishop made the comments in an address to the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York. The General Assembly proclaimed May 8 and 9 as “days of remembrance to pay tribute to all victims� of World War II, which ended in 1945.

The war ended in Europe with the surrender of Germany on May 8, which is known as V-E Day; Japan surrendered to Allied forces on Aug. 15, which is called V-J Day. In his remarks, Archbishop Migliore called the conflict “the worst of several unnecessary, man-made global catastrophes that made the 20th century one of the most bitter that humanity has ever known.�

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theory of evolution should be taught in public schools, a leading Baltimore Catholic and member of the President’s Council on Bioethics has urged there be conversation, not confrontation, about the issue. “Scientists, as they engage in dialogue with others, should abhor attempts to close off the conversation by excessive claims for any privileged access to truth,” Dr. Paul McHugh wrote in a recent issue of the national Weekly Standard magazine, which is published in Washington. And, furthermore, he observed, “scientists should tell what they actually know and how they know it as distinct from what they believe and are trying to advance.” McHugh is the former psychiatrist in chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and now university distinguished service professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Courts divided on suits against dioceses WASHINGTON — Courts across the United States are divided when it comes to handling civil suits against dioceses because of harmful behavior by priests, such as in child sex abuse cases, said Mark Chopko, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Given the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion, the differences involve how deeply courts want to go or feel they can go in trying to regulate the employer-employee relationship of a bishop and a priest, he said.

Chopko told Catholic News Service May 5 that there are three different general approaches taken by courts: some hold religious organizations to the same liability standards as secular employers; others say that religious organizations are not secular organizations and cannot be held to the same standard because the Constitution acts as a barrier in these cases; and still others hold that a religious organization has a responsibility to prevent harmful actions by priests if the actions are clear, demonstrable and repeated.

Children in Turalei, Sudan, wait for the start of Mass during the week after Easter. Many of the youngsters have returned from refugee camps in northern Sudan or neighboring countries.

Oregon bishops oppose civil unions PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s Catholic bishops issued a letter April 27 calling for respect for people with a homosexual inclination, but opposing civil unions for same-sex couples. The issue of civil unions is being debated in the Oregon Legislature. “To legalize civil unions is to adopt a public policy that, in effect, states that marriage and same-sex civil unions, although called by different names, are essentially the same and equal. They are not,” said the letter, printed in the Catholic Sentinel, newspaper of the Portland Archdiocese and Baker Diocese. The letter — signed by Portland

Archbishop John G. Vlazny, Baker Bishop Robert F. Vasa and Portland Auxiliary Bishop Kenneth D. Steiner — said that the protections and benefits for married couples and children are in society’s best interest. Civil unions, the bishops said, give a “confusing legal and educational message” to young people.

Jesuit officials say America editor resigned after Vatican complaints ROME — Jesuit officials in Rome said Father Thomas Reese resigned as editor in chief of America magazine after repeated complaints

from then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who objected to the magazine’s treatment of sensitive church issues. Jesuit Father Jose M. de Vera, spokesman for the Society of Jesus in Rome, said Father Reese decided to resign after discussing the situation with his Jesuit superiors, following Cardinal Ratzinger’s election as Pope Benedict XVI. Father de Vera denied reports that Father Reese was forced to resign, but he acknowledged that pressure had been coming from the Vatican for several years. “He tendered his resignation. It was not imposed, contrary to what was written,” Father de Vera told Catholic News Service May 9. “With Cardinal Ratzinger elected pope, I think (Father Reese) thought it would be very difficult to continue his line of openness, without creating more problems. He had been at America magazine seven years and he improved it tremendously, so I think he understood it was time to go,” the Jesuit spokesman said.

Pope says modern media can help ‘tear down walls of hostility’ VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI called on the world’s news media to help “tear down the walls of hostility that still divide humanity” by reporting objectively and in a way that respects human dignity. Speaking at a noon blessing May 8, World Communications Day, the pope said news media represent an extraordinary resource in the modern age, capable of bringing people together. An example came during the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, he said. But the media are also capable of damaging people and societies, he said. “It all depends on the way the media are used,” he said. “These important instruments of communication can favor mutual awareness and dialogue, or on the contrary feed prejudice and contempt between individuals and populations.

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Representatives discuss vocations encouragement Representatives of local Serra Clubs and parish Vocations Committee members met with priests and seminarians at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center May 7 to discuss vocation encouragement in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Youngest of the group was seventh grader Lianne Lacerda of St. Isabella Parish who attended the meeting with her parents Raejean and Eduardo. Father Tom Daly facilitated the day.

Father Ed Bohnert and Father Raymund Reyes also took part.

“We are doing this to surface more ideas, support those already assisting in the vocations mission and offer encouragement to those now thinking of giving it a try,” said Father Tom Daly, Vocations Director for the Archdiocese.

“It’s a day to get Vocations Committees and the Serra Club together,” Father Daly said, noting that 24 parishes in the archdiocese currently have Vocations Committees. He said efforts at the parish level are vitally important to raising awareness about the need for priests and religious.

The Vocations Crucifix program “has been very well received” in a number of parishes, Father Daly said.

At a weekend Mass, the crucifix is put in the safeguard of a parish family for a week.

“Families pray around the crucifix for vocations and invite others to pray with them,” Father Daly said. “It brings the vocations mission out at the Mass and has been important in heightening awareness for the need for vocations as well as increasing prayer for vocations.”

“We’re hoping those who attend the meeting will leave hopeful and realize they are making a contribution to increased vocations. This is ongoing. This is part of the healthy life of the Church. Our goal is to have every parish in the Archdiocese praying for vocations. We can all do something for vocations.”

The work of the Vocations Committee at St. Isabella Parish in San Rafael began “in earnest” about one year ago, said mem-

Participants at the May 7 Vocations meeting gather on the steps of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center.

ber Tom Egan. The Vocations Cross has been an important part of the committee’s work, he added.

“We started the program at the nine o’clock Mass on May 15 of last year and so far the cross has visited 47 homes,” Egan said.

“It has become a regular part of the Mass and our plan is to move the rite through all of our weekend Masses.” One family returned more than the cross, Egan noted. “The Ann and Mike Roggenbuck family donated a notebook for future families to write down the experience of having the cross in their home,” he said. “Many of the families have taken advantage of the book and their stories have been moving and touching.”

San Francisco parishes represented at the meeting were St. Emydius, St. Gabriel, St. Cecilia, Notre Dame des Victoires, St. Brendan, and Holy Name of Jesus.

San Mateo County parishes were St. Veronica, St. Gregory,

Archbishop and two seminarians meet new pope

By Rev. Mr. Mark Reburiano “Tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam”; (‘You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church’), Matthew 16: 18b-19.

I could be thinking and feeling already only the afterglow of Easter, but the Lord has given me a reason to continue to have the spirit of celebration and joy as yesterday I was given the privilege to visit His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in his residence in the Vatican. I am grateful to my archbishop, the Most Reverend William Levada for generously letting me and another San Francisco seminarian, Joseph Previtali, tag along with him when the Holy Father received him, an old friend, in private audience.

Eleven forty-five in the morning, the three of us were waiting for our meeting in the antechamber when suddenly we saw someone in a white cassock walking out hurriedly from the pope’s study trying to catch up with one gentleman who just left the room. “Eminenza, Eminenza, ho dimenticato qualcosa. Un regalo per Lei.” (Your Eminence, Your Eminence, I forgot something. A gift for you.) It was the Pope! I was totally speechless to see the Holy Father himself going out to hand his gift to his previous visitor, Cardinal

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Lubomyr Husar of Lviv, Ukraine. Of course we stood up when we understood it was Pope Benedict XVI. After he bade the Cardinal good-bye, he turned, saw us, recognized Archbishop Levada and said in Italian, “Eccelenza, come sta?” (Your Excellency, how are you?) He was the first to greet us. When Archbishop Levada tried to genuflect to kiss his ring (a traditional way of greeting the pope), His Holiness stopped him, grabbed his arms as if picking him up and said: “No, no, no,” NEW POPE, page 7

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Parishes from Marin County represented at the vocation sessions included St. Isabella, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Mill Valley, St. Anselm, and St. Raphael.

Members from the Serra clubs of Marin, San Mateo and Palo Alto-Menlo Park as well as the Golden Gate and Downtown San Francisco branches also attended. Serra Club is an international lay organization dedicated to fostering vocations.

Seminarians Juan Lopez, Ngoan Phan and David Schunk, who are studying for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, also attended the meeting.

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Migden bill . . .

■ Continued from cover The Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1994 joined a coalition comprised of dioceses throughout the state and the religious leaders of every major denomination to seek relief from mandatory local landmarking. The prospect of being forced to maintain UMBs or other un-needed landmarked property was an even greater problem for some Protestant and Jewish Congregations whose individually owned properties are often the congregation’s only asset. Some feared that preservationists would block sale or reconstruction of their churches or synagogues through the landmarking process thus leaving them owners of buildings they could neither use nor maintain. In one case, a small minority of a local Korean church sought to prevent the majority congregation from moving to a larger church in another neighborhood by petitioning the City to landmark their current church, severely diminishing its economic value.

Then Speaker of the Assembly Willie Brown (D – San Francisco) took up the issue at the State legislature. Brown authored a bill sponsored by the interfaith alliance which prohibited local governments from landmarking religiously owned property without the consent of the owner. The bill did not affect properties which were already landmarked nor did it prevent congregations from voluntarily submitting to new landmarking. At the time, the Archdiocese of San Francisco owned and maintained 10 City landmarks, including four of the top five. Since passage of the bill, the Archdiocese has voluntarily offered another, Our Lady of Guadalupe on Broadway, for landmark status. Brown’s bill, AB 133, passed with strong bi-

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■ Continued from page 6 with a sweet and gentle smile. He gave him a playful and humorous tap on his shoulder instead, and led us into his study. Then I followed what my archbishop had tried to do, to genuflect and kiss his ring, thinking that the pope would surely expect that from me — a non-prelate, but surprisingly, the same thing happened.

He picked me up and instead, warmly shook my right hand with both of his hands. After the introductions and the chat, with only the three of us visitors in that beautiful, spacious room, Pope Benedict handed me his rosary gift. He asked me to pray for him.

It was a hospitable encounter that will always stay in my memory. I was able to talk with him a few times when he was still the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He is the same man, but now he is Peter. I’m so glad I was personally able to convey my congratulations and best wishes to him less than two weeks after his election.

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Preservationists then challenged the law in court claiming it unconstitutionally favored religion. The courts rejected that claim noting that landmarking itself could place undue burden on free exercise and violate the Establishment clause.

Senator Migden’s bill is aimed specifically at St. Brigid church and removes it from the protection of AB 133 which was confirmed by the courts.

In a letter to Senator Migden in March of this year, San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada said, “The attempt to single out particular church buildings from general religious accomodations is especially disturbing. The California Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion ‘without preference.’ Indeed, it appears to us that this combination of circumstances would mean the imposition of land-use restrictions on St. Brigid would rise to the level of a taking.”

Under current law San Francisco is prohibited from landmarking St. Brigid without the approval of the Archdiocese. Earlier this year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors nonetheless asked the San Francisco Landmarks Commission to investigate landmarking St. Brigid. The Landmarks Commission voted unanimously May 5 to recommend landmark status for St. Brigid.

At the meeting, George Wesolek, director of the Archdiocese Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, presented a letter from the Archdiocese formally objecting to landmark status for St. Brigid, as required by law. The Archdiocese also invited public comment on its objection and determination in a San Francisco newspaper.

Wesolek said Catholics of the Archdiocese had already invested $45 million and dedicated almost $20 million more for required retrofit of its 10 UMBs. However, he

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said, “the Archdiocese does not operate its buildings as mere museums or tourist attractions.” The Archdiocese will not commit “several million more dollars of its increasingly scarce resources” to reopen St. Brigid, he said. Wesolek told Catholic San Francisco, that even if the church were landmarked, St. Brigid would not again be used as a parish church or place of worship.

Wesolek said landmarking St. Brigid would severely diminish the value of the property because in part, “churches are built for specific uses and as landmarks could not ordinarily be altered for other uses.” He also said any future use of the church building would have to “respect what it used to be used for.”

Wesolek told Catholic San Francisco the Archdiocese wanted to sell the building for fair market compensation and that landmarking the building would significantly reduce its value. The Archdiocese, he said, hopes to use the proceeds “for ongoing programs that serve the poor through schools, including at St. Brigid, and for the claims of victims of child abuse.”

The City may not now legally proceed to landmark St. Brigid unless Migden’s bill passes the Assembly and is signed by the Governor. Wesolek is hopeful the bill can be defeated in the Assembly, but also thinks if passed, it would not hold up in court. “The very reasons AB 133 held up in the courts are the reasons this bill would be overturned.”

Pope Benedict XVI — “You are Peter!” Here is a man who was most often misunderstood and unfairly branded as cold and intellectually arrogant, especially when he was assigned by the late Pope John Paul II to be the chief guardian of Catholic orthodoxy and moral teaching. But I simply say, we have to know or maybe meet the man. I know it’s not simple nowadays to have a small group audience with him, but just as Cardinal Edward Egan of New York advised some journalists in a press conference after the Conclave: ‘Our first assignment is to read the pope’s books’” Indeed the pope is genuinely personable and cordial. It’s heartening to know that all the persons I talked with who said they met him either as Father Ratzinger, Bishop or Cardinal Ratzinger, or for a few, Pope Benedict XVI, they all say he is truly a humble and simple man.

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Archbishop’s Loaves & Fishes Dinner: Turning an idea into an institution

By Maurice Healy The “Archbishop’s Loaves & Fishes Dinner,” an annual event in the Archdiocese of San Francisco benefiting Catholic Charities CYO, is not as well known as the long-established “Al Smith Dinner” in the Archdiocese of New York, but the Bay Area event is on track to achieve the same kind of prominence and respect.

In just eight years, the Archbishop’s Loaves & Fishes Dinner has become an extraordinary event that draws together business, civic, community, political, and religious leaders to honor outstanding charitable efforts of individuals and organizations.

At the Loaves & Fishes Awards Dinner in March, once again hosted by Janet and Clint Reilly, dignitaries included U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and former Mayor Willie Brown.

San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada presented awards to four honorees: Victoria and Joseph W. Cotchett, the San Francisco 49ers’ Denise and John York, H.E. Richard J. Dunn KM, GCM, Knight of Malta, and St. Joseph’s Health Support Alliance.

Catholic Charities CYO President Clint Reilly remembers the original idea of Loaves & Fishes, which arose soon after he became a member of the organization’s Board of Directors in 1997.

“Up to that time, Catholic Charities really had not done a major fundraising event. So a group of us, my wife Janet and I, some staff at Catholic Charities, and some board members brainstormed,” he said. “We proposed the idea of the dinner, and the board agreed to take a chance on doing a major fundraiser.”

So the idea of the Loaves & Fishes Dinner came to life, and the first event was held in 1998.

As with all subsequent Loaves & Fishes Dinners, the venue was the Merchants Exchange Building’s historic Julia Morgan Ballroom – courtesy of Janet and Clint Reilly.

The Catholic Charities CYO President said, “In the first year, the dinner netted about $200,000, last year about $700,000 and this year about a one million dollars.”

Shown with Loaves & Fishes Award – Archbishop William J. Levada, honorees Joseph and Victoria Cotchett, and Catholic Charities CYO Executive Director Brian Cahill.

Mr. Reilly said the involvement of Archbishop Levada has been vital and of immeasurable importance in making the event a success. Each year, the Archbishop presents awards to individuals and organizations for extraordinary works of charity in the community. The intent of the Loaves & Fishes award is to inspire the spirit of philanthropy and support Catholic Charities CYO. Brian Cahill, executive director of Catholic Charities CYO, said, “I believe Clint’s thought all along was to build this so that when people think of Loaves & Fishes, they think of the work of Catholic Charities CYO, the work of the Catholic social service arm of the Church.”

Cahill said each year has seen a building of the event, not only in raising funds but

Patrick Hines and Barbara Brandlin Pulley of St. Joseph’s Health Support Alliance with Archbishop William J. Levada.

Janet and Clint Reilly, hosting the 8th annual Loaves & Fishes Dinner.

also in building up the image of the Catholic Church, and inspiring support for all charitable organizations in the Bay Area.

He noted that honorees this year exemplified the spirit of Loaves & Fishes, “St. Joseph’s Health Alliance has quietly given Catholic Charities $2 million, Dick Dunn who is a leader in the Knights of Malta, which does so much philanthropy, the Yorks, who are new to the area, but quietly have done a lot of philanthropic work,

and the Cotchetts, amazing in their generosity and really committed to social justice.”

All of the proceeds of the annual Loaves & Fishes Dinner benefit the programs of Catholic Charities CYO, which is one of the largest charitable organizations in the state. Serving as the social service arm of the Church, Catholic Charities CYO must raise $6 million annually, plus funds for a range of needs beyond operating expenses, such as capital expenses.

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Monsignor Merson scholarship fund helps Palestinians at Bethlehem University A young Palestinian woman is completing her freshman year at Bethlehem University in the Holy Land with the help of a grant from an endowment fund established to honor San Francisco priest Monsignor Thomas Merson, who died one year ago on May 4, 2004.

Marian Bassous is the first recipient of funds from the fund created by local Knights and Ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in memory of the late Monsignor Merson.

John H. McGuckin, Jr, of San Francisco, Lieutenant of the Northwestern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order, said the endowed scholarship fund was fully funded within six months of Monsignor’s death.

“Monsignor Tom was very moved by his 2004 visit to Bethlehem University,” said McGuckin. “He felt very close to the students and the faculty and a scholarship seemed a good idea to commemorate his memory.”

A similar scholarship has been established at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco in Monsignor Merson’s memory.

Monsignor Merson served fourteen years as Administrative Assistant to two Archbishops of San Francisco, and also served at several parishes.

Local members of the Equestrian Order have a special tie to Bethlehem University. De La Salle Brother Vincent Malham, the vice-chancellor and President of the University, has spoken to gatherings of

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the Knights and Ladies, and he welcomed Archbishop Willliam J. Levada, Monsignor Merson and the 22 members of the Lieutenancy’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in April 2004.

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Brother Vincent said Bethlehem University is a beacon of hope to the Christian community in the Holy Land. The university employs 500 Palestinians as faculty and staff.

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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Guest Commentary Meaning of human rights

By Father John Catoir “Human rights” means different things to different people. For the average Christian, human rights are based on each individual person’s dignity.

For the average secularist, they refer mainly to the supremacy of the individual over objective moral norms.

There is a vast chasm between the 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s view of life and the Christian view. Nietzsche believed that God is dead, and therefore we are no longer accountable to any god or objective moral order. Christians believe that God is alive, and he will judge us one day on the way we show love for one another (Mt 25: 40).

Having already rejected the idea of an objective moral order, secularists speak of human rights as a kind of license to do as they please, even if it involves injury to self or to others. Life is consequential. Violating the supreme law of love is against God’s will.

To understand the relationship between human rights and freedom, you must first ask yourself, What is the purpose of true freedom? Secularists say that freedom is for the individual to enjoy, that it is basically the right to do whatever you want without any interference from religion.

Pope John Paul II expressed his absolute disagreement with this view Aug. 15, 1993, at the World Youth Day in Denver: “So many young people are throwing away their lives in a flight into irresponsibility and falsehood: drugs, alcohol, pornography, sexual disorder and violence.

These are grave social problems requiring solutions from the whole of society.” He had urged young people not to follow the deadly path of the secularists.

Those foolish enough to believe that there is no objective moral order should try robbing a bank. They soon will find out that the divine commandment against stealing is supported strongly by an active criminal justice system. Law enforcement agencies exist to keep the greed of individuals in check.

Nietzsche’s followers claim that it is a human right to abort an innocent, viable babe in the womb. Though this action shows contempt for the divine commandment not to kill, they point to the U.S. Supreme Court for their license to kill.

True enough, this court has allowed the destruction of millions of human beings every year, but justices were morally wrong in their 5-4 decision, just as they were morally wrong when they approved slavery as the law of the land.

Errors of this magnitude cannot stand the test of time.

Secularists see moral issues as nothing more than personal opinions.

They ignore the human person’s objective dignity and thereby put themselves in grave spiritual jeopardy. They are part of what Pope John Paul II referred to as “the culture of death,” which dishonors the real meaning of human rights.

In his book “Christian Faith and Modern Democracy,” Robert Kraynak suggests many reasons why Christianity should be resistant to the liberal, secularist ideology of human rights. He rightly points out that charity and sacrificial love are higher goods than the potentially selfish assertions of individual rights. Duties to God and neighbor should therefore come before one’s own selfish interests.

This noble view stands in sharp contrast to Nietzsche’s idea of the survival of the fittest, which Hitler adopted to justify his lust for world domination. He murdered untold millions in World War II and proved for all to see that the secularist view is morally bankrupt.

Father John Catoir, former head of The Christophers, is a columnist for Catholic News Service.

Support Catholic Charities CYO In this week’s issue you will find an envelope intended for your direct contribution to Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. In the role of the social service arm of the Church, Catholic Charities CYO serves children, families and individuals in need. Putting the message of the Gospel into action, Catholic Charities CYO provides help to the poor, the sick and the distressed – people of all ages and of all faiths. We urge you to make a generous donation to the work of this worthy Catholic agency.

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Need better guidance Catholic San Francisco has tried, it seems, to provide for a wide discussion around issues that have emerged in the now infamous “Terri Schiavo case”. In the last edition, the “Personal Perspective” of Dr. Rowden presented yet another view to be “heard”.

The author sees the opportunity for some helpful discussion on pertinent issues in the future. “... some good may result if her plight causes serious discussion among physicians, moral theologians and bioethicists about what constitutes euthanasia, as opposed to a legitimate removal of a treatment which is unduly burdensome... Another good will result if individuals are stimulated to execute a durable power of attorney for health care...”

Yet, my concern is that when it comes to completing a durable power of attorney for health care in the near future, which are the criteria that a Christian should use in stating his or her desires around “end of life care.” It seems reasonable to be able to ask one’s self, “how does Catholic Faith and Reason instruct me to think about and decide what I should instruct those whom I select to make decisions about my care if I cannot. In the panoply of pronouncements that we have heard and read in the popular and religious press by persons “in authority” - priests, bishops, pope, persons quoting the pope, so many different positions have been expressed. “What is a Catholic Christian to understand and believe?”

I hope that in forthcoming issues, Catholic San Francisco will help “Everyman and Everywoman,” to form his/her own conscience based on the carefully worked out positions of Catholic thinkers already available to learn from and useful in completing a durable power of attorney for health care.

Joseph C. Barbaccia MD, MPH San Francisco

No chili please

Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers. Please:

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

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

Cynical assessment George Weigel’s dismissive and simplistic column, “What the election of Benedict XVI means,” (May 6) is an insult to the majority of U.S. Catholics who believe that the Second Vatican Council was a necessary and illuminating event in our Church’s historical development. I must disagree with Mr. Weigel’s cynical assessment of this movement to bring the Church forward into the modern world as a mistaken, failed, and all-but-forgotten cause.

The new pope may be a brilliant theologian and sincere in his desire for stability in the Church, but he alone does not constitute the entire Church, and the Church cannot survive without the efforts and contributions of the rest of more than one billion Catholics. The truth is that no one can be certain at the onset of a new papacy just exactly what direction it may take.

I will pray for both Pope Benedict XVI and for George Weigel, that God may grant them a respect for discussion, dialogue and diversity, and for further insight into the 21st century of our Church and the problems of all its people, and for a compassion for our neighbors around the world, whatever their faith or lack of religious affiliation.

Rosemary K. Ring Kentfield Ed. note – George Weigel spoke not of the Second Vatican Council, but of “the path of accommodation to secular modernity” espoused by “some Catholics and most of the world media.” Pope Benedict XVI was the youngest peritus, or theological expert, at the Second Vatican Council and an important contributor to Council documents.

L E T T E R S

According to Leonard G. Anderson’s letter (CSF – May 6), the San Francisco Chronicle should receive plaudits rather than complaints for it’s obsession with priestly scandals which the paper seems to feel is exclusive to the Catholic Church. Evidently, the letter writer, who also claims that our problems are “worse than a media war” is unaware of the fact that the Chronicle’s far left liberal views reflect it’s animosity toward all things Catholic as evidenced by it’s articles and editorials slamming every facet of Church teaching.

There is seldom an issue that does not contain a negative article, editorial or letter criticizing the deceased Pope, the new Pope, Catholic doctrine on same sex marriage, abortion, euthanasia, ad infinitum. The Church has been under attack by the media throughout the ages.

The Church is the butt of media jokes and cartoons. Movie and television dramas denigrating our clergy and church members abound.

The fact that these attacks are never directed toward other faiths is very telling.

If the letter writer truly believes that we need more of the “encouragement and teaching (from the Chronicle) about what is

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happening (in our Church) today,” he is either in need of a refresher course in Religion 101 or has never understood that the Church founded by Christ is the Teacher of Truth. Wishing to learn and dialogue with a Zeitgeist -serving- daily like the Chronicle rather than the Magisterium, is tantamount to preferring a bowl of chili at Wendy’s to a five course dinner at a four star restaurant.

Jane L. Sears Burlingame

Keep Reese I am angry and disturbed to learn that Rev. Thomas Reese, Editor of the Catholic Jesuit magazine America, has been ousted or forced to resign by orders of the Vatican.

Rev. Reese’s articles and writings enlightened Catholics and non-Catholics on many of the Church’s teachings. With an open mind and easy to understand way, he well presented the way the Church is trying to deal with the many urgent and controversial issues the Church is facing today. He has never written anything against Catholic teaching.

As a matter of fact by his writings, he has liberated many of the young, lukewarm and fallen away Catholics from the age old fears of the Catholic Church and he is the appropriate person to address the existing problems of the Church.

He should continue as Editor of America. His ouster is unjust.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

Rankles many Under editor Father Thomas Reese, the Jesuit magazine America did much more than upset the Vatican. The publication also smashed at barriers erected by the for-profit press.

During Reese’s watch, America published articles critical of the major media’s terminology in abortion coverage, which effectively limited “choice” to one subject.

America also reported on the “scandal within a scandal,” the lack of national news media coverage of the cover-up in public school sex abuse cases.

James O. Clifford Sr. Redwood City

May 13, 2005

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Family Life

Patient practice One warm spring Saturday a couple of years ago, I awoke to a long list of things to do. I spent the morning doing yard work outdoors and then headed inside where I washed bed linens, cleaned the bathroom, made dinner for the kids, and baked a full-size sheet cake for our parish’s First Communion reception the following day. It felt good to cross items off my to-do list, but I was worn-out and dreaded the prospect of still having to frost and decorate the cake after baths and bedtime. Nonetheless, I persevered.

Leaving the cake on the counter to cool, I put the baby in the bathtub.

A short while later, when I emerged from the bathroom with a dripping towel-wrapped baby in my arms, I interrupted the dog. Standing on his hind legs, he had his front paws on the kitchen counter and his face in the cake.

The sound of my gasp did not immediately discourage him, though. I watched in open-jawed disbelief as he stole a final mouthful of ill-gotten goods. He then stood before me, chewing and swallowing, before assuming the obligatory guilty posture of his head hung low and his eyes looking up at me with remorse.

The details that followed are hazy now. I’m pretty sure I used some harsh language. I’m pretty sure the older kids ushered their canine playmate from the room before he could suffer the full effect of my wrath.

I know I left my husband a voice mail message that went something like, “Since your dog ate the First Communion cake, could you please bring home a dozen eggs so that I can stay up all night baking anoth-

er one, waiting for it to cool, frosting and decorating it?”

In retrospect, though, I had no business getting angry.

It was all my fault, really. You see, years ago, back when I had time to contemplate such things, I determined that one of my biggest personal character flaws was a complete lack of patience. I liked getting things done, I realized. Maybe too much. I was easily angered by distractions or disruptions of any kind, and so I prayed for patience. At the time I made this reckless request, I suppose I imagined that God would fix my weakness with a magic-wand solution that would instantly and effortlessly make me the serene and saintly person I hoped to become.

I should have known better. I should have realized that because God always wants what is best for us, He does not use magic-wand solutions. I should have known that instead, God would answer my plea for patience by providing me with ample opportunity to practice it.

For starters, God opened my eyes to other ways of doing things by marrying me off to a deliberate, details-oriented man. Dan loves me but finds my method of doing laundry (turn on the washer, add detergent, toss everything in, and slam the lid shut) appalling. Apparently some people shake out each article of clothing and check pockets.

Go figure.

Next, as a further answer to my prayer, God blessed our union with a charming brood of personal patience trainers, also known as children. When I found myself entrusted with the care of this group of human beings whom I love

more than life itself, yet each of whom has an uncanny knack for spilling large quantities of Kool Aid, forgetting sweaters at the library, and vomiting in the car, I had no choice: I slowed down. I accomDanielle Bean plished less. I practiced patience.

If I had been listening on that fateful day I found the dog in the cake, I might have heard God’s voice inside my head saying, “You want to learn patience? Then bake another cake.”

In fact, I know I heard God’s voice the other day when I opened the clothes dryer and found yet another answer to my prayer. Inside was a load of freshly laundered clothes, dappled with patches of melted red crayon.

“You want to learn patience?” I could feel God smiling at me. “Then start scrubbing.”

The Lord is kind and merciful, though. He did not even mention the fact that I should have checked the pockets.

tub,” my mother said as my sister slowly walked through the little room, bending laboriously as she firmly held Oliver.

“Chrissy, now swing his legs along to the side of the tub.”

“Mom, we’ve done this hundreds of times.”

My mother smiled. “Okay, Anne, lift him over the edge, and Chrissy you do the same thing, but place his legs gently into the water first.”

I lifted Oliver over the edge of the white tub and placed his legs into the warm water. Each time I see marine biologists slip rescued dolphins back into the ocean on television, I think of Oliver’s white, little legs slowing submerging into the bath water.

“Anne, now lower his shoulders and head.”

Oliver sank into the tub. His head rested against a towel my father held. And then my sister and I watched as my mother bathed Oliver. She lathered a blue washcloth with pink soap and sponged Oliver’s body, and as she bathed him, she spoke, sometimes saying to us, “Oliver is grateful that you helped him today,” or she would sing a French lullaby as she washed Oliver’s hair.

My father would cup his hands around Oliver’s forehead so that the shampoo would not seep into my brother’s eyes.

Oliver was in a perpetual, comatose state unaware of his surroundings, incapable of any intellectual or emotional function that would be considered normal, except for one thing: he laughed. Sometimes when my family and I were asleep, we would all be awoken in the middle of the night to this deep, husky laughter. Oliver would laugh and laugh, and that is all.

Oliver died in my mother’s arms of pneumonia. As he pulled in his last breath and exhaled into silence, my mother whispered, “Goodbye, my angel.” After feeding him, bathing him, loving him for 32 years, “Goodbye, my angel.”

The quality of a person’s life is not determined by the present state of comfort and worthiness. The quality of a person’s life is determined by the cumulative results of that life.

I think back to those days when a boy and a girl carried their brother down a long, dark hall. I think back to a father holding a towel, to a mother bathing her son and singing “Frere Jacques. Frere Jacques. Dormez-vous?

Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines.

Ding, dang, dong! Ding, dang, dong!”

Are you sleeping, my brother Oliver? Are you sleeping?

I guess you could have called him a vegetable.

Are you sleeping?

I called him Oliver, my brother.

Morning bells are ringing. Morning bells are ringing.

You would have liked him.

Ding, dang, dong!

We have the power to sit and nurture all that grows around us.

Ding, dang, dong!

Danielle Bean is author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of a Catholic Mom. She is family life columnist for National Catholic Register and writes from New Hampshire where she lives with her husband and six children.

Guest Commentary

Oliver, my brother

By Christopher de Vinck My brother Oliver was a “vegetable” for 32 years. The best guess is that he endured severe brain damage before he was born. He was blind. He had no intellect. He could not chew, talk or respond.

For 32 years Oliver was on his back in his bed. My father shaved his beard. My mother fed him breakfast and lunch. My brothers and sisters and I took turns feeding Oliver dinner.

Often my sister and I were the lifters when it was time to give Oliver a bath. I remember how it was. My mother prepared the water in the tub, and the towels in the bathroom. My father directed my sister and me. Anne climbed onto Oliver’s bed and sat on the headboard and gently slipped her hands under Oliver’s armpits. I stood at the end of the bed and cradled my arms under Oliver’s legs, and then my father reached under Oliver’s back, and the three of us pulled my brother up out of the bed and slowly carried him through the room.

I remember my mother calling out from the bathroom, “Don’t bump his elbows against the doorsill.” When my father, sister and I reached the door, I remember how nervous I was not to knock Oliver’s elbows into the doorsill.

Oliver was heavy. We carried him down the long hallway. His skin was smooth. He breathed calmly as we stepped into the bathroom.

“Anne, walk carefully around now to the back of the

Christopher de Vinck is the author of the book “The Power of the Powerless: A Brother’s Legacy of Love” (Crossroad Books).

Spirituality

Permission to be unhappy A recent issue of TIME magazine featured an essay

by James Poniewozik on why artists today, at least in their subject matter, tend to focus more on unhappiness than happiness. Artists explore emotions and lately, as he puts it, they’re choosing mostly to explore those that make us feel lousy. Joy isn’t their model any more. It’s been a long time since anyone produced a masterpiece and called it, An Ode to Joy. Perhaps Leo Tolstoy spoke for modern art when he said: “All happy families are alike”, implying that they are boring and unhappy families are not.

Why? What’s behind this? Is there a special depth inside unhappiness? Is what’s broken more interesting than what’s whole? Is unhappiness more beautiful than happiness? Why are so many artists skeptical of joy?

Poniewozik suspects that the problem is not that artists are skeptical of joy, but that they are reacting aesthetically, as one would to anything that’s over-sweet, to the millions upon millions of unsolicited smiles that greet us from every billboard, magazine page, and television ad. Everyone we see there is always smiling, in perfect health, with perfect

teeth, perfect hair, perfect family, suggesting a perfect life beneath it all.

Happiness is so easy, it would seem, effortless really, all deep struggles can be put aside simply by using the right laundry soap, eating low-carb hamburgers, choosing the right shampoo and make-up, carrying the right mobile phone, making the right wine selection, and driving the right car. The very air we inhale suggests that, since everyone else is already smiling and happy, there’s no excuse really to feel the heaviness we’re feeling.

But, when happiness is promised this easily, someone, Poniewozik says, has to say that it’s okay to feel unhappy and not be smiling all the time.

Formerly, the church did that. It had religious symbols that reminded us daily that we lived in a broken world, amid fractured dreams, that life was a struggle, that happiness was hard to come by, that we were always vulnerable, that death posed a constant threat. Religion made us aware that humanity had fallen from grace, that we were wretches in need of God’s help, that we were here as pilgrims on earth with no real home, that real joy had to be waited for,

that the sublime came only after long sublimation, and that we lived in “a valley of tears” within which we shouldn’t over-expect.

Much of this sounds pretty morbid however in a culture Father where, precisely, there Ron Rolheiser is the promise of easy happiness, of easy smiles, and of having the full symphony here and now, without any sublimation.

How, when happiness is seemingly so easy, can we sing a song that proclaims that divine sweetness lies in the feeling that God can save “wretches” like us? No wonder we resist words like sin, unworthiness, purgatory, death.

If love, beauty, and happiness were as simple and easy as the latest television commercial suggests, why, like the FR. ROLHEISER, page 18

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May 13, 2005

PENTECOST SUNDAY Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (ACTS 2:1-11) When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.”

I will be glad in the Lord.

R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

If you take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust.

When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.

R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34) R. (cf. 30) Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. or: R. Alleluia.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord, my God, you are great indeed!

How manifold are your works, O Lord! the earth is full of your creatures; R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; may the Lord be glad in his works!

Pleasing to him be my theme;

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN (JN 20:19-23) On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.

As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (1 COR 12:3B-7, 12-13) Brothers and sisters: No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.

As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

Reflection FR. PAUL

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Come Holy Spirit The feast of Pentecost originated as one of three great Jewish feasts. Many Israelites used to go as pilgrims to Jerusalem to adore God in the Temple. Pentecost had its beginnings in a very ancient thanksgiving celebration, in gratitude to God for the yearly harvest which was about to be reaped.

Later, another motive was added to this day’s celebration with the remembrance of the Law given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Thus the material harvest which the Jews celebrated with such joy pointed the way to a spiritual harvest: the harvest of all those who lived by the Law of God and shared in the gifts and fruits given by the Holy Spirit.

The coming of this same Spirit upon the Apostles (and, Tradition tells us, the Blessed Mother) in the form of tongues of fire and the sound of a strong, driving wind marked the birth of the Church. Fire appears in Sacred Scripture as love which penetrates all things and as a purifying element. Fire also produces light and signifies the brightness and illumination which the Holy Spirit sheds upon the minds of Christ’s disciples so that they can be led to a fuller understanding of the truth He taught. The Greek word for “wind” is the same word used to mean “spirit” or “breath.” The rushing wind of the day of Pentecost expresses the new force with which God’s divine love penetrates the Church and individual souls as well.

Immediately after His resurrection, as this week’s Gospel shows us, the Lord Jesus “breathed upon” His Apostles and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” The conferral of the Spirit was linked with their new mission: to be sent into the world by Jesus, just as He had been sent by the Father. Strengthened by the Holy Spirit, the Apostles were to preach the Good News of salvation, and they were given the power to forgive sins — to breathe new life into souls that were dead because of sin. Thus, in the power of the Spirit, the Apostles bore witness to Christ and bring new life to those whose sins had separated them from the grace of God. Ever since that day when the Apostles received the Holy Spirit, the Church has con-

Pentecost – Jean Restout, 1732.

tinued to rely on the action of the Spirit.

Pentecost was not simply an isolated event in the Church’s life. The Holy Spirit sanctifies the Church continually as He also sanctifies every soul. For our part, if we want to grow in fidelity to the constant inspirations of the Holy Spirit, we ought to be aware of the many ways in which the Spirit is active in our lives. It is the Holy Spirit who inspires our prayer, who helps us to understand the Gospel, or who deepens our insight into a truth of Faith. It is the Holy Spirit who leads us gently to the Sacrament of Penance to confess our sins, who raises our hearts to God at some unexpected moment, who aids us in fulfilling our vocation. Thanks to the action of the Holy Spirit, we are often able to make sacrifices in our lives, to find the right words to console someone, to give encouragement or to stand up for our Faith and profess it clearly and firmly.

Above all, the Holy Spirit unites us to God the Father and Jesus His Son through prayer.

Pope John Paul II has written: “It is a beautiful and salutary thought that, wherever people are praying in the world, there the Holy Spirit is, the living breath of prayer.” Whether it be publicly in our liturgy or privately in those quiet moments of intimacy with God, the Holy Spirit helps us to pray and binds us to the Father and the Son in a deep communion of love. Through prayer offered to God in the Spirit, we find that peace which the Risen Lord gave to His Apostles, a peace which satisfies the deepest longings of our hearts. For this reason, the Church has, since ancient times, prayed to the Holy Spirit: “Come, O Holy Spirit, send from heaven a ray of your light. Come, O giver of graces; come, O light of hearts. You are rest in our labor, peace in difficulties and solace in our grief. O most holy Light! Fill the inmost being of the hearts of your faithful. Grant to your children who trust in you your seven holy gifts. Give them reward for virtue; give them salvation; give them everlasting joy.”

Fr. Paul de Ladurantaye is a columnist for the Arlington Catholic Herald.

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Year of the Eucharist

Our Mysterious Companion In his Apostolic Letter Pope John Paul presented the disciples on the way to Emmaus as a fitting image for the Year of the Eucharist. In the Gospel of St. Luke we read the story of how a Stranger joins these two disciples as they leave Jerusalem, shocked and grief-stricken at the horrendous death of Jesus. Beginning with Moses and all the prophets, their companion shows how all of these events were prophesied in the Scriptures, and then He reveals Himself as the risen Lord in the breaking of the bread.

Our Sunday Mass is not simply the recollection of that encounter; we have a similar experience today. Like those two disciples, we are on a journey. We come to church weighed down by our preoccupations: the sorrows, disappointments, joys and aspirations of each human life. We walk with other believers, but the Lord Himself is also with us, although we do not see Him. Once again, He opens our minds to perceive how the pattern of His death and resurrection is the key to interpreting all the events of life. In the Liturgy of the Word Christ Himself opens the Scriptures to us. Then, we recognize Him by faith in the “breaking of the bread” of the Eucharist.

This Gospel invites us to reflect on the relationship between the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Without a doubt, one of the greatest blessings of the Second Vatican Council is the renewed importance given to the Scriptures in Catholic life.

Some of us are old enough to remember the days when the Liturgy of the Word was somewhat neglected; the

constitutive parts of the Mass were “offertory, consecration and communion”. The position of the Church today is expressed differently: “The liturgy of the Word is an integral part of sacramental celebrations.” (CCC 1154) The revision of the Lectionary (the readings proclaimed at Mass) set in motion by the Council has opened up more generously the treasury of God’s word, and that in itself is a great gift. But the impact of Scripture on the Church’s liturgy is not limited to the readings: the Bible is also the source of the psalms we sing and the inspiration for the prayers and collects of the Mass. Virtually every phrase of the liturgy is either a quotation from Scripture or is inspired by it.

But the Word of God is not simply a mine from which we draw out the readings and prayers for the Eucharist; its relationship to the Mass is more dynamic than that. In the broadest sense, the pattern of the Church’s liturgy is the pattern of Jesus’ own life. St. Luke summed up his Gospel by saying that he described “what Jesus did and what He taught”. (Acts 1:1) Jesus’ ministry was expressed in teachings and actions which were mutually revelatory: His actions (miracles, to be sure, but also other actions, such as eating with sinners) illustrated His preaching, while His words offered an interpretation for His actions. This is the pattern again on the road to Emmaus: Jesus taught His disciples how the death of the Messiah had taken place according to the plan of God, and then in the action of the breaking of the bread he made that death

present in a sacramental manner. The teaching on the road gave an explanation for the action of the meal; the meal illustrated the teaching. The risen Lord does the same with us today, in the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

Another way to understand the relationship between these two parts of the Mass is in terms of “proclamation” and “response”. The risen Lord did not simply teach, He entered into a conversation with the disciples.

The liturgy is a conversation, a dialogue. This pattern runs through the whole liturgy, indeed is so present that we may not notice it. The “Amen” of the assembly is a response to the proclamation of a prayer; the psalm is a response to the proclamation of the reading; the prayers of intercession are a response to the proclamation of the merciful acts of God in the readings. And, in the larger sense, the Liturgy of the Eucharist is a response of thanksgiving to the proclamation of the events of salvation in the Liturgy of the Word.

It is said that friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. That was certainly the experience of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and it can be ours, too. Let us enter into conversation with Jesus in the marvelous gift Part of a series presented by the Liturgical Commission of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

On being neither liberal nor conservative servative,” or “arch-conservative’ has nothing to do with the normal use of these terms or a fair understanding of his The division of the world into “liberal” and “conservaideas. We might better call Benedict XVI a wild “radical” tive” on every topic from politics to our taste in cuisine, or even a crypto-“revolutionary,” because what he stands clothes, or automobiles is one of the really restricting develfor is not something that is constantly changing. His whole opments that has ever happened to us. If we are not what is purpose in the world as pope, in a way, is to be sure that considered popularly a “liberal,” then we must, by some what was presented in the beginning is still presented in our convoluted logic, be a “conservative,” or vice versa. No own time, however it be depicted – liberal or conservative, third or fourth option is available as is usually the case in the radical or reactionary. It is much more “liberal,” that is freereal world. It has to be, we are told, either this way or that. ing, to hold the essence of the Decalogue than to deny it in Such a view makes things very simple, I suppose. But it the name of personal freedom. also reduces our minds to utter fuzziness. We are required to That is to say, if most every one maintains that abortion, define everything as either liberal or conservative even divorce, homosexuality, and so on are all right, it is a truly when the two allowable terms of definition are not adequate brave and “radical” view to think that they are not and to to explain the reality that they are intended to describe. have reasons why they are not. After so much argument or Our political language is likewise amusingly confusing, controversy, we have to decide where we stand. If we think especially when used to describe theologithat the proper way to act is what was cal issues or currents. When I am asked handed down to us, we are not “normal” whether I am a “liberal” or a “conserva- His whole purpose in the world as pope, in a way, is to citizens of this culture for whom the tive,” I reply that I am a “Thomist.”

Decalogue can be changed, even by a Needless to say, Thomas, who was once be sure that what was presented in the beginning is pope, so they think. We go against such a considered a liberal Whig, is now considview by holding that there are truths in ered a hopeless conservative, even though still presented in our own time, however it be depicted every time. We are “liberal” or “radical” or what he actually held defies such simple even “revolutionary” over against the categories. In Thomas’s own methodology, – liberal or conservative, radical or reactionary. ingrained habits and established laws of the first thing he did was precisely to our time, which do not reflect abiding standefine what is a liberal or what is a conserdards. vative. He then explained why both, while containing some If we are what is classically called “orthodox,” we are Tertullian (d. 225 A.D.), for instance, was concerned point of truth, were inadequate. Yet, it is almost impossible with heresies. He wanted to find out what the various neither liberal or conservative as these terms are used to escape this system of “either conservative or liberal,” churches of his time (all Catholic, to be sure) had in com- today. We are wildly radical and revolutionary. No one is since whatever other category we use becomes merely grist mon. “Every family has to be traced back to its origins,” radical as we are over against a culture that has embodied for the liberal/conservative dichotomy.

Tertullian said. “That is why we can say that all these great these practices into its very soul. This is what Pope Is Pope Benedict XVI, for instance, “liberal” or “con- churches constitute that one original Church of the apos- Ratzinger meant by observing that it is the world, not he, servative?” Or both? Or neither? As far as I can tell, many tles; for it is from them that they all come. They are all that has changed. When Benedict XVI is called a “conserthink he was once “liberal,” but, alas, he has become “con- primitive, all apostolic, because they are all one.... The vative” or an “arch-conservative,” he is in fact nothing of servative,” due perhaps to something in the Roman water. principle on which these associations are based is common the sort. He is much more “radical” than the wildest theory In TIME magazine’s edition on the election of the pope, tradition by which they share the same sacramental bond.” on the left or the right, however it be designated.

Pope Benedict is depicted as either “arch-conservative” or So here we see that we should be neither liberal or conserAny pope is ultimately judged by only one criterion, an “ardent conservative.” vative, but “primitive,” that is, we should know and pre- “did he keep the essence of the faith in an articulate manAndrew Sullivan, in the same journal, tells us that Pope serve what was handed down. ner that was the same as that originally handed down to Benedict is “immune from reasoned inquiry,” precisely the Take another set of oft-heard words – “radical” or “rev- him?” If he did not, what he has become is nothing more opposite of the truth. Sullivan evidently thinks that anyone olutionary,” for instance. Or take “dogmatic” or “reac- than a conformist to our times in the values are used most who does not agree with him is unreasonable. Ratzinger tionary.” The first thing we need to notice is that each of to define liberal and conservative. If he is beyond these himself says that he has not changed much over the years, these words has something fluid about it. What was once things, as he is, he listens to another voice. This is the root but the world has. This observation brings up the direction- considered to be “liberal” can come to be called “reac- of our freedom – that this voice remains for us to hear. al question, how has the “world” itself changed? Is the tionary.” How so? Take, for instance, the Muslim practice There is, in the end, something beyond liberal and conchange an improvement or a deformity? How can we tell if of having four wives. In context, this precept should rather servative. That is the truth of things according to which we something is a deviation or a development if we have no be stated, “having only four wives.” It was a “conservative” have a criterion that is not constantly changing between libidea of what the thing we are talking is in the first place? standard. For this limit was originally conceived as a eral and conservative and, in the meantime, one that means Whether the notions of “liberal” or “conservative” them- restriction – four, not ten or twenty. Who is more “liberal,” nothing but what we want it to mean. Thus if we claim we selves are, in content, stable and definite concepts or not is the man with four wives or the one with ten? In this con- are “neither liberal nor conservative,” we announce that another – and not unimportant – matter. An economic liber- text, the really “radical” or “revolutionary” man is the one there are criteria that exist outside of our narrow way of al of the nineteenth century is a conservative economist with only one wife. He is the one defying the culture. Yet, thinking, categories that better define for us what we are today, but the ideas are roughly the same. The liberals of in a society of widespread divorce and infidelity, having and ought to be. one age notoriously become the conservatives of the next. only one wife is “conservative,” if not down right primitive Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., is Professor of Political But without some criterion of judgment both notions may or reactionary, except for the fact that primitives never Philosophy at Georgetown University. This article indicate mere change, not either decline or improvement. seem to have evolved the one wife theory. That came from originally appeared on ignatiusinsight.com – Most social coercion today seems to come from those Christianity, though it was in the logic of marriage itself. called liberal/left, not from those called conservatives, who The reason the present pope is consistently called “conthe online magazine of Ignatius Press.

By Fr. James V. Schall, S. J.

are pretty “liberal” by comparison to self-designated “liberals.” But then social coercion has always been a trademark of the left, which is overly anxious to improve things in this world, as, in their view, there is no other world or no other way to accomplish any improvement. So we find a certain impatience and restlessness in their agenda. The spiritual origins of totalitarianism are often found in a certain impatience at the slowness of the world to become what the ideologies tell us it ought to become.

Take, for example, the word “primitive.” All through the Reformation there were Christians who wanted to return to the “primitive” Church as if all that happened since the founding of the Faith was a deviation from some set standard of practice that ought never to have developed or been further clarified. Yet the word “primitive” can have a very different kind of meaning.

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St. Mary’s Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral of the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco.

Call (415) 567-2020 for more information.

Cathedral Autumn Group: All people 55 and over are cordially invited. Call (415) 567-2020, ext.

218. May 19: Post-War Vietnam: Cultural Experiences presented by Gordon Graham, parishioner, Monsignor Bowe Room, Cathedral. June 16: Tour of Alma Via San Francisco, Catholic Senior Residence, 1 Thomas More Way, San Francisco.

Reservations Required to (415) 567-2020 ext. 218.

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Shows/Entertainment Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF at 3:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Open to the public. Admission free.

Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Admission free.

Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers will be in Rome and singing for the new Pope Benedict XVI December 26th – January 7th. “Boys joining the the choir program at this time may still be eligible for the tour group,” said Steven Meyer, director. For membership information about the GGBC, their August summer music camp, or the Rome Congress/Italian Tour, please call (510) 887-4311 or (415) 431-1137.

May 29: Mass commemorating Feast of Corpus Christi at Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 10 a.m. “Every year we invite the public to join us for Mass followed by procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament,” the Dominican Sisters said. The Sisters remind that “during this Year of the Eucharist a Plenary Indulgence has been granted for Catholics who participate in veneration of the Blessed Sacrament.”

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Single, Divorced, Separated Potluck Supper at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral conference center. Sponsored by Divorced and Separated Ministry of the Archdiocese. Call Vonnie for dates at (650) 873-4236.

Separated and Divorced support group meets 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc. of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

Food & Fun May 13: Just Say Ciao, the Spring Social Dinner benefiting St. Matthias Parish, 7 – 11 p.m. at Foresters’ of America Hall, 1204 Middlefield Rd. at Walnut St. in Redwood City. It’s an evening of food, friends, and fun with live music, auctions and more.Tickets $25/$15 seniors. Call Sabrina Spence at (650) 366-9544.

May 15: Hanna Boys Center 55th Anniversary Open House beginning with Mass at 10 a.m. and tours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call (877) 994-2662 or vist www.hannacenter.org.

May 21: Our Lady of the Visitacion School is holding a silent auction to benefit the replacement of the school play structure at 6:30pm. A wide assortment of items available, ranging from golf packages, to i-pods, gift baskets and certificates of every kind. A BBQ dinner and nohost bar will begin the evening, in the OLV hall. Tickets are $25.00 each. All questions and donations can be addressed to the school office at (415) 239-7840.

June 3, 4, 5: St. Pius Parish Festival featuring “many old favorites and some new ones too.” Live entertainment offered all weekend. The new gym is site for Saturday’s Live Auction. Don’t miss the silent auction, games, and special kids’ attractions. Raffle to with grand prize of $10,000. The parish compound at 1100 Woodside Rd. is where it all takes place. Fri: 6 – 10 p.m.; Sat: 12:30 – 10 p.m.; Sun: 12:30 – 9 p.m. Call (650) 361-1411.

June 5: 10th Annual Afternoon in the Garden hosted

by Jesuit Father Tom Weston and benefiting the Jesuit Volunteer Corps: Southwest. Special guest is Bay Area author, Anne Lamott, who will read and discuss her works. Takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the O’Malley Residence 485 Ellita Avenue, on Lake Merritt, Oakland.

Tickets $50 per person. Enjoy raffle and silent auction plus delectable desserts, savories and refreshments.

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Thurs. at 7:30 p.m.: St. Dominic Adult Formation Series in the parish hall 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. Explore the skills needed to understand the bible and help it inform daily life. Join at any time.

Contact Scott Moyer at scott@stdominics.org.

Meetings 2nd Wed.: Men’s Evening of Reflection: Being Catholic in the Modern World at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF beginning at 7 p.m. Call (415) 983-0405.

Courage, a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction, meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Father Lawrence Goode at (650) 3222152.

Taize Prayer May 22: St. Stephen School is hosting an all-class alumni social beginning with 9:30 a.m. Mass followed by coffee and doughnuts in the St. Stephen School Library at 401 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco. “About 10 percent of our student body is children of alumni including my two children, Kerry, age 10 in fifth grade and Margaret, age 7, in first grade,” said Nancy Crowley, a class of ’73 alum. “The school and parish are going strong, thanks to the wonderful support and loyalty of the St. Stephen community and inspiring leadership of Sharon McCarthy Allen, principal, and Father Joseph Walsh, pastor.” From left: Mary McCarthy Casey ‘77, Carolyn Reidy McCaffrey ‘76, M.J. Willin Lithgow ‘76, and Nancy Hayden Crowley. Mary’s children are 1st grader, Clare, 4th grader, Danny and 8th grader, Patrick. Carolyn is the mom of 3rd grader, Leo and 1st grader, Lizzie. M.J.’s children are 5th grader, Alex and 1st grader, Erin. For more information, call the school at (415) 664-8331.

TV/Radio Sunday 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr.

Harry Schlitt presiding.

1st Sun, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: Mosaic, featuring conversations on current Catholic issues.

3rd Sun, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: For Heaven’s Sake, featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

Reunions May 14: All-school reunion for graduates and former students of St. Raphael Elementary School in San Rafael beginning with 5 p.m. Mass and continuing with tours and refreshments. “This celebration promises to be a gala event,,” said development director, Susan Neff. “If you know alumni please pass the word along.” Call (415) 454-4455 to volunteer to help or get more information.

May 14: Class of ’51 Our Lady of Perpetual Help elementary, Daly City. Looking for classmates! Call Janet Cirimele at (650) 579-7458.

June 11: Class of ’85, Star of the Sea Academy in Star of the Sea elementary school auditorium, 360 9th Ave., SF at 7 p.m. Contact Debra Stashuk at ssa_classof85@yahoo.com.

June 25: Immaculate Conception Academy, class or ’50 at Grosvenor Hotel in South San Francisco.

Classmates should contact Mary Ahern Schroer at (415) 282-2180.

June 25: The St. Agnes School All-Class Reunion will be held at 5:30pm in St. Agnes Gym, 1563 Page Street, SF. The evening includes Hors d’ Oeuvres and Desserts.

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Tickets $35 per person before May 15,, $40 before June 15, $45 before June 24 and $50 at the door, pending availability. No refunds. For more information, please contact Sam Coffey at (415) 398-6390 or coffey@eesclaw.com

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church.

Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org.

We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church.

August 11-22: Please pray for our young adults preparing for the pilgrimage to World Youth Day to Cologne, Germany 2005. Financial support is appreciated. For more information, www.sfyam.org.

Sept 24: Fall Fest 2005, 9th Annual Young Adult Conference at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Volunteers needed.

Contact Mary, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org, 415-6145596. Registration available in June. www.sfyam.org.

Young adults recite the rosary in chapel of St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Contact Tony at (415) 3871654.

2nd and 4th Mon.: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group meets. “Just show up and be part of our community.” Meetings take place at SVDP, Steiner and Green, SF at 7:30 p.m.

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3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in their Province Center Chapel, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont across from Ralston Hall on the campus of their Notre Dame de Namur University. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 350 or www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org.

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

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

3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 474-2882.

1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

Volunteer Opportunities Do you have a few hours each week to spare?

St. Anthony Foundation can use your help. For more than 54 years, St. Anthony Foundation has worked to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the poor and homeless. A staple of its12 programs is the support of more than 300 volunteers. If you are interested in sharing the gift of time with St. Anthony Foundation in its free Dining Room or other programs, please call (415) 241- 2600 for more information. Weekday volunteers are especially needed.

St. Anthony Padua Dining Room in Menlo Park needs volunteers Wed., Thurs, and Sat. from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help prepare and serve noon meals. More than 500 people daily are helped by the program. Call (650) 365-9664.

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Kingdom of Heaven Review by Steven D. Greydanus Muslim dominance first came to Jerusalem in 638 when the army of Caliph Omar conquered the Holy City, ending Christian control of Jerusalem for the next four and a half centuries.

Throughout most of this period, Byzantine Christians and Western pilgrims had access to their holy sites in the city and throughout the Holy Land. Then in the eleventh century, the rise of a new Muslim faction, the Seljuk Turks, which seized control of Jerusalem in 1070, threatened the Christian presence throughout the Middle East and even into Europe.

In 1095, European Christians, long preoccupied with internal conflicts, finally struck back, mounting the first Crusade against Muslim occupation in the Holy Land with the blessing of Pope Gregory VII. A decentralized campaign comprising regular armies and knights as well as peasant hordes, the Crusaders succeeded in capturing Jerusalem in 1099, but proceeded to slaughter all the city’s Muslim inhabitants, including women, children, and the elderly.

The First Crusade established the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, which lasted until 1187, when the Muslim leader Saladin captured the city. Christian forces had already been decimated at the Battle of Hattin, but Jerusalem’s Christian population remained well defended under the leadership of one Balian of Ibelin.

Balian held Saladin’s forces at bay, ultimately threatening to destroy the entire city (and, in a detail omitted from the film, kill all the Muslims in the city) rather than let the Christian population fall into Saladin’s hands. Ultimately, Balian negotiated the city’s surrender in exchange for a promise of mercy that the Crusaders had not shown the Muslims a century earlier.

Subsequent crusades to reestablish Christian control in the Middle East failed and led to many unhappy consequences, perhaps the darkest of which was the sack of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade.

Kingdom of Heaven, Ridley Scott’s ambitious Crusadeera epic, idealizes the 12th-century Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem as a nexus of uneasy but briefly successful coexistence of Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land.

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The Kingdom of Jerusalem, Geoffrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson) explains to Balian (Orlando Bloom), is meant to be “a better world than has ever been seen… a kingdom of conscience, peace instead of war, love instead of hate. That is what lies at the end of crusade.”

In this highly fictionalized retelling, Balian is the illegitimate peasant son of the fictional Geoffrey, working as a blacksmith until tragedy, heartbreak, and eventually guilt impel him to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the hope of atoning for his sins and those of his late wife, a suicide.

From his father Balian learns a code of conduct for a knight to live and die by: “Be brave and upright that God may love thee; speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death; safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.” Then Geoffrey gives him a slap, like the symbolic blow to the cheek bishops used to give recipients of confirmation: “That’s so you remember it.”

Balian struggles with loss of faith, fearing that he has

fallen from grace and is beyond redemption. He’s finds comfort, though, by the counsel of a priest of the order of Hospitalers (David Thewlis), who tells him, “Holiness is in right action… what God desires is here” (touching Balian’s forehead) “and here” (touching his heart).

These are high ideals, though the reality is messier. The Kingdom is ruled in its final years by Baldwin IV, the Leper King (Edward Norton in a startling mask), a moderate who wishes to maintain peace with Saladin (Ghassan Massoud).

The peace is threatened, however, by “fanatics of every denomination [sic],” i.e., Christian and Muslim.

On the Christian side, these fanatics are primarily the Knights Templars, who treacherously instigate for open war with Saladin, waylaying Muslim pilgrims on the road, confident that God will give them victory over the infidels.

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■ Continued from page 17 oughly contemptible, and a minor character in the prologue whose odious behavior leads to tragic consequences is also a priest.

On the other hand, the negative depiction of the Patriarch of Jerusalem appears to have some historical basis, and Thewlis’s Hospitaler provides a positive priestly counterpoint to the corrupt clerics. Beyond the clerics, there are also other good Christian characters, especially Jeremy Iron’s noble knight Tiberias, who supports Baldwin’s peace against Templar war-mongering.

There’s also Balian himself, who refuses to murder a haughty rival even to potentially save the kingdom and get the girl (Eva Green), who is inconveniently married to the rival. This, he says, would be to sell his soul; and he’s unmoved by the girl’s objection, “The day will come when you will wish you had done a little evil to do a great good.” (On the other hand, he does commit adultery with her at least once.)

Despite mention of “fanatics” on both sides, Scott devotes far less time to devel-

Fr. Rolheiser . . .

■ Continued from page 13 prophet, Isaiah, would I feel so unworthy before them that I should want to cleanse myself with a burning coal?

But, and this is the point, when I no longer see myself as a pilgrim in a fallen world, as a wretch in need of grace, and as living in a “valley of tears”, then I don’t have moral permission either to feel unhappy, to feel as if I’m missing out on life. Nor do I have permission to be alone on a

May 13, 2005 oping the Muslim side of things. Saladin himself is essentially the only Muslim who emerges as a real character. There are no depictions of Muslim clerics, good or bad.

One very minor Muslim character briefly exemplifies Zealot-like impatience to reclaim Jerusalem; but we see no Muslim equivalent to the mustache-twirling villainy of the Templars or the hypocrisy of the Jerusalem Patriarch. Apparently Saladin is more successful at restraining fanatical Muslim elements than Baldwin is fanatical Christian elements.

In fact, the story could largely be described as the failure of moderate Christians to restrain fanatical Christians from oppressing innocent Muslims, thereby provoking justifiable Muslim retaliation against the Christians, both fanatics and otherwise. Yet Saladin himself is not an uncomplicated noble figure. As he prepares to lay siege to Jerusalem, he explicitly rejects the possibility of showing mercy, relenting only when Balian fights him to a standstill.

Still, the film cross-examines the Christians in a way it doesn’t the Muslims.

“At first I thought we were fighting for God,” says Tiberias, “but then I realized we were fighting for wealth and land.” Oh.

What are the Muslims fighting for? What were they fighting for when they captured Jerusalem in the first place?

More than once we see Muslims engaged in daily public prayers, but we never see Christians similarly engaged. Prayer for the Christian characters is only a solitary struggle with the sense of God’s absence.

Despite these contrasts, Kingdom of Heaven makes an uneven effort to bring a measure of even-handedness to the religious divide. The film’s perspective, though, is ultimately more secular than religious. Even the Hospitaler, the most positive religious character, is more a spokesman for conscience than for faith per se. Kingdom of Heaven isn’t anti-God or even necessarily anti-faith, but there’s an element of anti-religious sentiment at work here. “Thank you, your Eminence, you’ve taught me so much about religion,” Balian sneers after the Jerusalem Patriarch has alternately suggested abandoning the Christian populace of Jerualem to slaughter or converting to Islam and repenting later as a means of saving their necks.

In a historical epic genre that lately has been fueled substantially by revenge (Scott’s own Gladiator; Troy; Braveheart)

or even less (King Arthur; Alexander), Kingdom of Heaven aspires to be about something more: conscience, right action, and above all peaceful coexistence. Its hero, Balian, is more engaging than, say, Gladiator’s Maximus, who neither grows nor changes throughout the course of the film. Of course Gladiator had Russell Crowe, and Bloom’s not in his league, but he grows nicely into the role, and his character arc is more interesting. The rest of the cast — Norton, Irons, Massoud, Green, Neeson — is excellent.

The climactic battle sequence, though, ends with a striking image: an overhead “God shot” of Christian and Muslim warriors pressing on either side of a breach in the wall, anonymous, indistinguishable, ineffectual. Kingdom of Heaven doesn’t take sides or fault one over the other in the struggle over Jerusalem, but it ultimately leans toward the agnostic conclusion that the world might be better off if there were no temple wall, no mosque, no sepulchre for Christians, Jews, and Muslims to fight over. Alas, the sad history of religious strife in, over and around the Holy Land makes it difficult to fault the filmmakers for finding this a tempting point of view.

Friday night, without a soulmate, lonely, hurting from broken relationships, caught inside a dysfunctional family, frustrated inside a far-from perfect church, not in great health, and trying to find happiness without a perfect body or a perfect job.

Today, many of our artists are doing for us what the church used to do, namely, they’re telling us that it’s okay not to feel happy all the time and that if we’re trying to smile all the time we’re probably in denial because life isn’t simple, joy is elusive, and it’s perhaps found in places where we haven’t been looking lately.

There are many reasons why artists tend to focus on what’s unhappy. Partly it’s the artistic temperament itself, its hypersensitivity, its tortured complexity, its capacity to name what’s under the surface, its sensitivity to how beauty reveals itself (“That’s how the light gets in”) in the cracks of our brokenness. Partly too, and less flattering, it is simple arrogance, an elitism, a condescending intellectualism that can easily make an ideology out of unhappiness because it secretly believes that ordinary joys, and laundry commercials, are beneath its dignity.

But partly its an insight which sees life deeply enough to understand that happiness is not an easy thing, that a genuine smile should be sparked by more than just the right toothpaste, that there are problems that cannot be solved by a newer software, that there are lonely seasons too in life, and that honesty compels us to admit that we cannot always be smiling and happy.

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