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Pope pleads for interreligious effort for Middle East peace

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — As Rome’s Jewish community celebrated the 100th anniversary of its monumental synagogue, Pope John Paul II pleaded for new interreligious efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.

“The God of justice and peace, of mercy and reconciliation calls us to collaborate without hesitation in our modern world, which is lacerated

by confrontations and hostility,” the pope wrote in a message to the community.

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal vicar for Rome, read the pope’s message at the May 23 anniversary celebration, which the city’s Jewish community marked by honoring those who survived past injustices and by renewing its commitment to dialogue with Christians and Muslims.

The synagogue, built between 1901 and 1904, MIDEAST PEACE, page 16

A Palestinian woman clings to a family portrait in front of her demolished house in the Brazil neighborhood of the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza May 21. Israel pulled tanks and troops out of the camp under international pressure to end three days of fighting in which 41 Palestinians were killed. Hundreds of residents of the Brazil neighborhood returned to find about 25 homes had been destroyed while they had taken refuge from the violence.

The last acceptable prejudice in America THE NEW ANTI-CATHOLICISM: THE LAST ACCEPTABLE PREJUDICE

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Global Christianity. Professor Jenkins gave the Paul Wattson Lecture here in San Francisco earlier this year.

The New Anti-Catholicism is a compelling account of anti-Catholicism during the past 30 years. Professor Jenkins draws a clear difference between the historical and contemporary expressions of anti-Catholicism. After a brief but concise review of the traditions of antiCatholic bigotry in America, Jenkins devotes the remainder of the book to a

Reviewed by Maurice E. Healy Within the past six months, two important new books have been published on the subject of anti-Catholicism in America. But don’t look for large display stacks of either volume at retail book stores. While books with antiCatholic themes often are heavily reviewed and promoted, books about anti-Catholicism must be searched out.

Well worth the search are The New Anti-Catholicism by Philip Jenkins and Anti-Catholicism in America by Jesuit Mark S. Massa.

A quarter century ago, Father Andrew Greeley described anti-Catholicism as “an ugly little secret” of American history. Since then, a number of scholars have turned their attention to what Arthur Schlesinger Sr. called “the deepest bias in the history of the American people.”

Author Michael Novak notes that

“Most of us get used to the contempt heaped upon the Catholic Church by nice, liberal people, so we stop thinking of it as the gross deformity of soul that it is.”

Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History and Religion Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His books include Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis, Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religion in American History, and The Next Christendom: The Coming of

tour de force analysis of forces shaping contemporary anti-Catholicism.

Jenkins writes, “For many people in the United States, particularly for opinion makers in the mass media and in the academic world, Catholicism neither needs nor deserves the kind of protections that apply to other religious traditions. To the contrary, many observers hold the view that Catholicism, and specifically the organized Church, is itself a problem …. and it deserves little sympathy when it is attacked.”

He notes that modern antiCatholicism differs in significant ways from earlier forms, which were “primarily nativist, xenophobic, and politically right-wing.” Now-a-days, he writes, contempt for Catholicism “primarily is found on the left/liberal side of the spectrum.”

Michael Novak praises Jenkin’s diagnoses of the “black legends” about Catholicism, which everyone “knows” are true — the Crusades, the Inquisition, the deceit of popes, and the inner agitation of “anti-Catholic Catholics,” who have internalized the world’s contempt.

Professor Mark S. Massa is a Jesuit priest and Program Director of the Center for American Catholic Studies at ANTI-CATHOLICISM, page 16

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION News-in-brief. . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Campion graduation . . . . . 8 Walk for life . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Wedding guide . . . . . . . . 7-9 Columnists . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Scripture and reflection . . . 14

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by Tom Burke Happy 100th birthday to Ione Margaret Enright Kelly.

Mother and St. Anthony,” said Ione’s daughter, Maureen Buscher, director of religious education at St. Hilary’s in Tiburon. A Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Hilary’s commemorates the occasion on Ione’s June 6th natal day. Father James Tarantino, pastor of the Tiburon church will preside. Maureen and her husband, retired Tiburon Fire Chief Frank Buscher, will be married 45 years January 23rd. Their daughter, Theresa Sinclair, directs the religious education program at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Burlingame….The 40 years of priesthood of St. Catherine’s pastor, Father Al Vucinovich, will be commemorated at a special Mass of Thanksgiving June 6th at 2:30 p.m. The parish has bid adieu to staffer Elaine Yastishock, now down San Jose way with hub, Richard, and welcomed new RCIA director, Joy Choate and music director, Sister Anne Marie McKenna, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and graduate of the much revered and missed St. Paul’s High School….So long but not forgotten to Laurie Hawkins, departing cantor at St. Raymond Parish, Menlo Park. “I loved it there,” Laurie said. Song leader at the parish for the last seven years, Laurie holds the community,

University of San Francisco June 5 and 6. More than 50 future lawyers will serve as prosecutors, defense attorneys and witnesses in 13 trials. Volunteers are sought to decide the cases.

“They are just like real trials,” said Cynthia Brooks De Martini, administrator of USF’s Center for Law and Global Justice. (See Datebook)…One more “so long” as St. Rita Parish in Fairfax says “farewell” to faithful priest and pastor, Father Bob Cipriano who will be recognized at a luncheon June 27th. Parishioners want “to thank him for all he has done for us, to honor him and wish him well,” a recent bulletin said….It was 58 years later for members of the class of ’46 from the Haight-Ashbury District’s St. Agnes Elementary School who recently gathered for memories and munchies.

“Our lively get-togethers prove that age does nothing to interfere with having a great time,” said class member, Aileen Ledford. A guy who has encouraged the reunions every coupla’ years is ‘46er Father Wilton Smith, retired pastor St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco. The “kids” 6th grade teacher, Presentation Sister Mary Urula was present “for all the appreciation and affection we could heap on her,” Aileen Class of ’46, St. Agnes, SF: Back from left: Bob Keefe, Ted Kitt, Paul Matelli, Father Wilton Smith, Tony Cavello, Bill Larson.

Middle from left: Joan Gourley, Joan Hunt, Virginia Snyder. Front from left: Aileen Ledford, Presentation Sister Mary Ursula – the class’s 6th grade teacher - Mary Huggins, Helen Austin.

Ione Margaret Enright Kelly at 4 years old.

Now living in Mill Valley, the new centenarian lived at home until last year. Baptized in the City’s All Hallows Church, she prayed at SF’s St. Monica’s and Holy Name until joining St. Patrick’s in Larkspur in 1935 and St. Sebastian’s in Greenbrae 42 years later. “We honor a kind, faith-filled lady who always put her faith and love for others in the hands of the Blessed

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In addition to her church ministry, Laurie is also a new-digs colleague having served as administrative assistant to Archbishop William J. Levada since 1998….Are automobiles becoming “car”icatures? There are some pretty outrageous designs out there….Not usually a fan of the sometimes smarmy sayings I see on license plate frames but I liked this one - “Money isn’t everything but it keeps the kids in touch.” And may I suggest again that Nordstrom expand its hours so as to get all those folks who’d “rather be shopping” there off the roads during rush hour!!!…Take a hiatus from television’s courtroom dramas and take part in the real thing as a juror in the upcoming Intensive Advocacy Program’s mock trials at the

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Holy Father calls on rich nations to help Africa become continent of peace VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II called on the world’s richer nations to help Africa become a continent of justice and peace.

“The continent urgently needs peace, justice and reconciliation as well as the help of industrialized countries who are called to sustain its development,” said the pope in a written message sent on the occasion of an international gathering in the Vatican on development in Africa.

The pope emphasized that Africans need proper development that allows them to become the true “protagonists of their own future, the actors and subjects of their destiny.”

“May the international community be able to contribute, with determination and generosity, toward the promotion of justice and peace” in Africa, he wrote.

He also invited Catholics across the world “to support their brothers of Africa, so that they could have a more human and fraternal life.”

The message was presented to participants attending a one-day meeting sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

The convention, held May 21, brought together church and government officials from Africa and diplomats to the Holy See, as well as experts on sustainable development and nongovernmental organizations.

They reflected on how best to boost Africa’s social and economic development in an era of globalization.

Though Africa continues to bear the weight of grinding poverty, pandemic diseases and armed conflict, the worst evil

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service

Kenyans greet Pope John Paul II with music in Nairobi in September 1995.

For the pontiff it was a busy year of travel -- 12 countries in all. In total his trips during the first 25 years of his papacy have taken him to 129 nations.

afflicting the continent is indifference and distrust by the world community, said the council’s president, Cardinal Renato Martino.

“The sense of resignation and almost general distrust ... surrounds the continent like an iron curtain of selfishness and indifference,” he said in his opening address.

“The true battle to fight is that of constructing at all levels ... an environment of renewed trust and generosity and intelligent enterprise,” said the cardinal.

One group working to restore trust

Schedule of upcoming liturgies ● Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at a month’s mind Mass June 7 at 12:10 p.m. at St. Mary’s cathedral to remember and pray for Monsignor Thomas Merson, who died May 4 at age 59. Monsignor Merson had served as secretary to Archbishop Levada and former San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn. ● The faithful also are invited to Memorial Day Masses at 11 a.m. at the cemeteries of the Archdiocese: – Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel, Bishop Ignatius Wang presides – Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park, Father Patrick Michaels, pastor, St. Raymond Parish, presides – Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael, retired Father Louis Robello presides. ● Dominican Father Roberto Corral presides at the Patronal Mass and Procession of Corpus Christi Monastery and the Dominican Sisters, 215 Oak Grove Ave, across from Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park, June 13 at 10 a.m. “We invite all our friends to join us for a day of prayer and reflection, praise and thanksgiving to God,” said the Sisters.

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among the Africans themselves is Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ agency for international relief and development.

Its president, Kenneth Hackett, told participants at the Vatican meeting that the church offers a unique approach to peace-building in societies worn down by years of conflict.

“For the United Nations, peace-building is defined another way. But for the Catholic Church, our efforts are firmly built on Gospel teaching and Catholic social teaching,” he told Catholic News Service May 21.

The church’s approach emphasizes and “respects the dignity of the human person and

then builds the blocks toward a sustainable peace,” through conflict resolution and education programs in schools and parishes, he said.

The church in Africa also has a new task ahead of itself, said Hackett, in helping determine how the continent’s vast oil, mineral and other natural resources will be used and for whose benefit.

“The estimate is that over the next 10 years $200 billion worth of revenues will flow into Africa from just oil. Who’s going to manage that money? How can you be assured it’s going to the people?” he said.

CRS is working to “help the church find its place in this debate, making sure it has a voice” in what happens to those revenues, he said.

But first, much of the money Africa needs to pull itself out of a cycle of poverty must come from the outside in the form of investments from richer countries, said Jeffrey Sachs, a U.S. economist and special advisor to the U.N. secretary-general.

“Africa needs just $30 billion to $40 billion a year in investments from the international community ... that equals just over one-tenth of 1 percent of the annual income of rich countries, whose earnings reach about $150 trillion a year,” he told CNS. “But despite that small amount, the money has not been forthcoming, even though it has been promised by the world community time and time again,” he added.

When asked whether investor nations were reluctant to donate money to African countries that were still in the throes of armed conflict, Sachs replied, “the problem is the war the rich countries are involved in, not the poor.”

“This year the United States will spend $450 billion on the U.S. military, but only $15 billion on development assistance,” he said.

“It’s a terrible trade-off because it doesn’t bring security to the United States. It just shows a profound misallocation of resources,” said Sachs.

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Speaker highlights ethical problems of embryonic stem-cell research ST. PAUL, Minn. — Embryonic stem-cell research and therapeutic cloning are always unethical because they “create life precisely to destroy it,” a priest told members of the medical, legal and scientific communities at the Catholic Medical Association’s conference in St. Paul. About 160 people, including doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, lawyers, clergy and students, attended the May conference to discuss how they might collaborate on life issues common to their disciplines. Participants heard talks on bioethics, cloning, embryo research, intrauterine medicine and reproductive technologies. Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, who has a doctorate in neuroscience and is an associate pastor at a parish in Falmouth, Maine, told participants there is a lot of excitement about the potential for stem-cell therapy to cure diseases, but he cautioned against unethical uses of stem cells that destroy life, such as embryonic stem-cell research and therapeutic cloning. “The curing of disease is certainly a very good end, one that the Roman Catholic Church actively and vigorously supports,” he said, “but even very good ends cannot ever justify the use of intrinsically disordered or evil means.”

Pax Christi conference passes resolution condemning Iraq war SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Pax Christi International condemned the U.S.-led war on terrorism, saying wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were “polarizing our world.” Pax Christi said the war on terrorism has led to more terrorism, fed fundamentalist ideologies and led to a “false clash of civilizations.” The resolution said, “On theological, ethical and political grounds, Pax Christi condemns the U.S.-driven war on terrorism, the concept of preventive war and the weakening or abandonment of multiple mechanisms for international cooperation and the rule of law.” The international peace organization released the resolution condemning the war May 22 during a conference at Seton Hall University in South Orange. About 165 delegates from 45 countries attended the May 19-23 conference.

Missouri to vote on constitutional amendment to define marriage JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Catholic officials in Missouri will support a proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Missourians will vote on the proposed amendment at either the August primary election or the November general election. “This is not a vote against people who are homosexual,” said Deacon Larry Weber, executive director of the Missouri Catholic Conference, which lobbies the state General Assembly and educates voters on the church’s behalf. “It is a vote in favor of preserving the traditional family unit in this state. Families are and always have been the foundation of our society. We believe that without stable families, our society will collapse,” Deacon Weber said. “As Catholic people of faith, we believe that we must preserve the sacred institution of marriage as a means of providing for the common good of all people — present and future — in Missouri.” State law already defines marriage as existing only between one man and one woman.

Bishop-designate Martin D. Holley addresses a press conference at the Washington archdiocesan center in Hyattsville, Md., May 18. Pope John Paul II named the Florida priest an auxiliary bishop for Washington.

The appointment was announced by the apostolic nuncio in Washington May 18.

A constitutional amendment would prevent state courts or lawmakers from striking down that law.

Iowa City priest donates kidney to a parishioner IOWA CITY, Iowa — For centuries, Catholic priests have provided their sick and suffering parishioners with spiritual support, counseling and even health care. But Father Walter Helms, pastor of St. Thomas More Parish in Iowa City, recently took pastoral support a step further when he donated an organ to a parishioner who suffers from kidney disease. Steve Cook, a 54-year-old Hills resident who received one of the priest’s kidneys in March, called Father Helms a saint for stepping forward after a previous donor could not go through with her kidney donation. “I was one of those people who started to blame God for all of my troubles. It was wrong, but that’s what I thought,” Cook told The Catholic Messenger, newspaper of the Davenport Diocese. “And then someone threw me a curve.”

Cook has suffered from glomerulonephritis for much of his life. This disease prevents his kidneys from filtering extra fluids and wastes from his blood, according to the National Kidney Foundation’s Web site at: www.kidney.org.

Sister urges better theological formation for health executives NEW YORK — A nun who is a prominent voice in Catholic health care said May 20 that more attention should be given to the theological formation of lay executives in Catholic hospitals. Sister Jean deBlois, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who directs a master’s degree program in health care mission at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, said some religious orders neglected the need for such formation during the initial period of transition to largely lay leadership in their institutions. She spoke in New York to the Catholic Healthcare Administrative Personnel Program, which is held annually at St. John’s University with co-sponsorship by St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers. Sister deBlois began her career as a nurse and later worked on the staff of the Catholic Health Association. She now is a trustee

and sponsor liaison for her order at Ascension Health, a St. Louis-based alliance of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and four provinces of the Daughters of Charity. It is described as the largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health system in the nation.

Priests face anxiety, opportunity when they enter retirement NEW ORLEANS — It’s a well-known scriptural passage describing the permanent nature of priestly ordination: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

For retired priests and those who are fast approaching mandatory diocesan retirement age, those words resonate with both opportunity and anxiety. At a time when there are fewer active priests in the United States to handle the demands of sacramental ministry, the average retirement age for priests has crept higher over the last decade. In the Archdiocese of New Orleans, where retired Msgr. Ignatius Roppolo, 75, serves as coordinator of the more than 50 retired diocesan priests, priests are allowed to request retirement at age 70. They must submit their retirement letter to the archbishop at age 75, although the archbishop may grant priests who request it a one-year extension to remain in active ministry. Msgr.

Roppolo says retirement hardly means the end of priestly ministry; in fact, he said many priests who remain in good health are almost as busy as ever, celebrating Mass in parishes that are short-handed and helping out in many other ministries.

Cardinal willing to meet Democrats opposing Communion sanctions WASHINGTON — Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is open to meeting a group of Catholic Democrats critical of bishops who would deny Communion to Catholic legislators favoring legalized abortion, said Susan Gibbs, the cardinal’s spokeswoman. The request for a meeting was made in a letter signed by 48 Catholic Democrats in the House of Representatives, several of whom oppose legalized abortion. Most of the signers favor legalized abortion. The lawmakers said that public statements

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made by some bishops about withholding Communion fuel anti-Catholicism in society, lead to division within the church and involve the church in partisan politics. Cardinal McCarrick heads a task force of U.S. bishops that is considering how bishops might respond to Catholic politicians who publicly disagree with church teachings. The task force expects to complete its work after the presidential election this year. As task-force chairman, the cardinal is open to hearing from the signers but a meeting has yet to be arranged, Gibbs told Catholic News Service May 20 after several newspaper articles quoted from the letter.

Vatican says wine must be put in chalices before consecration WASHINGTON — Following up on its recent instruction on the Eucharist, the Vatican has ordered a change in U.S. liturgical norms. It has ordered that any wine to be used for distributing Communion under both kinds be poured into the individual chalices during the preparation of the gifts, before it is consecrated. It reversed a widespread custom, codified in U.S. norms approved in 2002, that called for distribution of the consecrated wine into the chalices at the time of the breaking of the bread, just before Communion. Msgr.

James P. Moroney, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Liturgy, said the revised norms are effective immediately, but it is up to each bishop to determine how to implement any liturgical change in his diocese. Cardinal Francis E. George, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Liturgy, notified the bishops of the Vatican ruling and the corresponding changes in the U.S. norms in mid-May.

Immigration check defeated WASHINGTON — A bill that would have required hospitals to report illegal immigrant patients to the federal government was soundly defeated by the House May 18 in a 331-88 vote. The bill, H.R. 3722, would have required hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status, take fingerprints or photographs and report those who might be in the country illegally to federal authorities for possible deportation. It also would have required hospitals to bill employers of illegal immigrant for their medical expenses.

The requirements would have applied to hospitals that hoped to be reimbursed by the federal government for the unpaid costs of treating uninsured illegal immigrants. The proposal was criticized by a number of immigrant advocacy groups, business owners and hospital organizations, including the Catholic Health Association. They said it would turn hospital employees into de facto Border Patrol

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agents, while also risking public health because illegal immigrants would be afraid to seek medical treatment.

Priest: Pope’s feeding tube remarks apply only to vegetative state NEW YORK — Pope John Paul II’s recent statement regarding nutrition and hydration for patients in a persistent vegetative state should be interpreted strictly in relation to that condition, a priest-physician said May 19. It also should not be taken as a requirement for other situations where feeding tubes might be an option, said Jesuit Father Myles N. Sheehan. The priest, senior associate dean at

Bishop Gregory on Cuba sanctions WASHINGTON — The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference told U.S. President George W. Bush that the economic embargo against Cuba was “morally unacceptable and politically counterproductive.” Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, Ill., said the embargo “has failed to achieve its goals of unseating the Castro government, restoring democracy and protecting human rights.” “In fact, the embargo hurts ordinary people in Cuba — the poor, the aged and the infirm,” Bishop Gregory wrote in a letter to Bush dated May 18 and released to Catholic News Service May 20. The bishop’s comments followed the release of a report by the federal Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba that called for tighter economic sanctions in order to hasten the end of the regime of Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Chinese Bishop Zhao dies at 94; was jailed in Cultural Revolution HONG KONG — Bishop Augustine Zhao Jingnong of Tianshui, China, who spent 13 years in a hard-labor camp, died May 16 at the age of 94. Father Zhao Jianzhang, the diocese’s administrator and grandnephew of the late bishop, told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, that Bishop Zhao died of pneumonia. He said Bishop Zhao, who belonged to the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, presided at Mass on major church feasts until recently, but was too weak to celebrate Holy Week Masses in April. The bishop’s funeral was scheduled for May 24, followed by burial in the cathedral garden. Despite his advanced age and immobility, the bishop had been vice president of the local government’s political consultative conference, though he had not participated in meetings in recent years, a church worker told UCA News.

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

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Well, I’m the guy on the right.

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

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

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Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Ill., said the pope’s statement meant Catholic institutions could not withdraw feeding tubes from people in a persistent vegetative state as long as the tubes served their purpose of maintaining life. But when questions are raised about whether to use the tubes in other situations, he said, the answer is, “That depends.” Physicians should look at each patient individually, and decide in each case what will be helpful to that person, he said. Father Sheehan spoke to the Catholic Healthcare Administrative Personnel Program, which is held annually at St. John’s University in New York with co-sponsorship by the St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers.

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I eventually go to chiropractic school myself.

And that’s how it happened!”

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

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

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

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At USF Commencement Archbishop Levada awards first ‘Opus Prize’ to priest who works with poor San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada presented the first ever Opus Prize to Monsignor Richard Albert of Jamaica at University of San Francisco commencement exercises May 21.

The $1 million prize is funded by the philanthropic arm of the Opus Group, a company providing architectural, construction and real estate development services throughout the United States.

Helping Hands for the Poor, a U.S. based nonprofit organization will distribute the proceeds from the award to support specific Jamaican missionary efforts sponsored by Monsignor Albert.

The New York born priest first went to Jamaica in 1976 and fell in love with the country and its people. He is a tireless advocate for the poor in that country and his many charitable enterprises support education, drug rehabilitation, job training, food programs, health clinics, and support for the elderly, abandoned, AIDS and leprosy victims. He is the founder of the St. Patrick Foundation, the largest non-profit organization in Jamaica, and many other charitable and faith based institutions.

The priest’s innovative work has been recognized throughout the world. Pope John Paul II named Albert regional director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the

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Monsignor Albert said the graduates must have respect for the poor and not patronize them. “The poor can liberate us from our ego . . . from our slavery to materialism,” he said. “Sometimes on our way to a meeting or dinner . . . we pass the very Christ who will liberate us . . . Respect the poor . . .They are doing more for you than you are for them.”

He said, “The poor taught me how to follow Christ.” He used the example of a man who attends his services terribly disfigured by 67 years of leprosy. The man always prays, “Father God I want to thank you for all the wonderful things you do for me,” he said. Albert reflected, “Leprosy, so ugly – and so beautiful.”

“Love each other,” Albert said.

“Christianity is as simple and as complicated as that.”

This first Opus Prize winner was selected by the Opus Prize Foundation.

Don Neureuther, Executive Director of the Foundation said, “Monsignor Albert epitomizes the values and mission of the Opus Prize . . . We cannot imagine a more fitting recipient for our first award.”

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Campion College celebrates inaugural graduation

By Jack Smith Campion College of San Francisco, a two year Catholic liberal arts college grounded in an integrated, seminar based great books curriculum, celebrated its first graduation exercises May 15 at St. Monica Church in San Francisco.

Fourteen students of the inaugural class graduated with associate of arts degrees and will pursue major studies at other universities including Ave Maria University and Benedictine College. Two of the men will be entering seminaries for their home dioceses and one will be joining a L’Arche community in Africa.

L’Arche is a lay movement where “assistants” live and share in community with developmentally disabled persons.

Ceremonies began with Mass celebrated by Father Jan Lundberg, vocation director of the Western Province of Carmelites. He told students, “Some of us have been educated into imbecility . . . you have been educated into a sense of proportion.” That proportionality recognizes that “one human soul is worth more than the whole universe of all creation,” he said. Father Lundberg called the “salvation of souls, the supreme law of the Church.” He said Campion College has given its students “more tools in your toolbox to do this very thing – Bring souls to Christ.” He emphasized that the Second Vatican Council had made a “Universal Call to holiness,” and exhorted students to “try to be for everyone you

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meet the gate of Heaven and have the eyes of Mary to see the needs of others.”

He said this task was impossible without God’s grace and sacrifice and prayer.

Quoting Pope John Paul II, he said, to “put on the mind of Christ” is a lifelong task.

San Francisco Supervisor Tony Hall presented certificates of commendation from the City’s board of Supervisors to each member of the first graduating class and to College administrators, including President John Galten and Provost Mark Brumley. He gave a commencement address at a buffet reception following the Mass. Hall told the students the most important thing is to remain faithful to Christ, his principles and to life.

Remaining faithful can often be difficult and lonely, he said, but faithfulness brings its own, sometimes surprising, rewards. He recalled his own unlikely candidacy as a pro-life Catholic running for office in San Francisco, where despite tremendous belittling and opposition, he won “by 39 votes after three recounts.” His own commitment to Christ and life has been tested during his tenure on the board, but he said he is committed and “satisfied” to remain steadfast despite future electoral consequences.

Student Nick Schneider who is one of those entering seminary in the fall spoke in gratitude to Campion on behalf of the graduating class. “Campion College places Jesus Christ at the center of our

Nativity Parish in San Francisco will complete its year long hundredth anniversary celebration June 5 and 6.

The first Church of the Nativity was dedicated on June 5, 1904 to serve the Croatian and Slovenian immigrants in the Bay Area.

That church was destroyed only two years later by the 1906 earthquake and fire. The 4,000 member congregation immediately set to work rebuilding and a new complete church and parish house was dedicated by Archbishop Patrick Riordan in 1912. The current church is a major renovation of that second church.

Nativity was closed in 1994 as part of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan. In 1996, Archbishop William J. Levada re-opened Nativity and the church now serves the Croatian, Polish and Slovenian communities.

A Centennial Banquet will be held at the Mark Hopkins June 5 at 6:00 p.m. Reservations are required. Please call Fr. Jerzy Frydrych, S.Ch. at 415252-5799 or Mr. Ivo Ravnik at 510658-9077.

A Solemn High Mass will be held at Nativity Church June 6 at 11:00 a.m. life so that we can see him at the end of all things,” he said.

Campion President John Galten announced at the graduation the creation of a new Institute for Lifelong Learning, open to all, which will

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The first Church of Nativity in San Francisco was dedicated in 1904 and destroyed in the earthquake and fire of 1906.

in honor of the centennial. Archbishop William J. Levada will be celebrant and Auxiliary Bishop Alojzij Uran of Ljubljana, Slovenia will concelebrate.

All are invited. hold classes on subjects such as the Crusades, J.R.R. Tolkein and the Church’s social teaching throughout the summer. Visit website www.campion-college.org/lifelonglearning for more information.

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San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester celebrated Mass May 21 at the Pastoral Center of the Archdiocese of San Francisco for members of Crossroads, kicking off their cross-country trek for life.

Each year Crossroads joins young people together who witness for life by walking from San Francisco to Washington D.C. The young people all were born after 1973, and refer to themselves as survivors – those not among the third of their generation who have been killed by legal abortion.

Along the way, the members also witness by praying at abortion clinics and speaking at parish and community gatherings across the country. They are supported and housed by people like St. Sebastian parishioners Paul Haddad and Mary Ann Haeuser who helped the young people with food, transportation and housing while in the Bay Area.

Crossroads was begun by Franciscan University at Steubenville student Steve Sanborn in 1994. Sanborn came up with the idea when he heard Pope John Paul II make a call to action for young people at World Youth Day in Denver. The pope asked the youth of the world “to go out into the streets and into public places, like the first Apostles who preached Christ and the Good News of salvation in the square of cities, towns and villages.”

Sanborn took these words seriously, and in the summer of 1995 he and 10 other students made the first walk from San Francisco to the Capital in Washington carrying the message “All life is sacred.” Along the way, the students

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Bishop John C. Wester with Crossroads walkers. Crossroads supporter Paul Haddad is second from right.

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National World War II Veterans Memorial Seen at nighttime, the National World War II Memorial features a large plaza and fountain surrounded by two 43-foot arches and 56 granite pillars — each representing a state or territory — connected by a sculpted bronze rope to symbolize the bonding of the nation during the war.

A long panel displays 4,000 gold stars on the new World War II Memorial. Each star represents 100 U.S. soldiers who died in the conflict between 1939 and 1945. More than 400,000 Americans gave their lives in the war.

Quotes from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman appear on the granite walls at the World War II Memorial, which will be formally dedicated May 29.

War memorials usually are intended to make us reflect on the past. The new World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., not only caused me to do this, but also to see our present war in Iraq in a new light.

The first thing to catch my attention was the memorial’s majestic, tall rectangular slabs of granite that form a semicircle. The slabs are adorned simply, with a bronze wreath and the name of a state. A bronze cord ties them together, symbolizing the unified effort of our states at the time of World War II to support the war effort.

Fountains spraying water high into the sky along with cascading waterfalls speak of the life that water represents.

The center of the memorial is open, allowing one’s eye to glimpse two other great edifices: the Washington Monument to the east and the Lincoln Memorial to the west.

As you enter the monument and look dire7ctly to its opposite side, your attention is drawn to a low-cut wall containing 400 golden stars that represent the 400,000 servicemen and servicewomen who died in the war. A pool of placid water adorns its base, signifying the calm that comes after death.

When I first viewed this monument, I felt a sense of grandeur. The tall memorial slabs resemble stately colonnades similar to those that embellish the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court. The memorial’s bright expanse and jetting fountains sparkle in the sunlight, conveying a message that the light and life we enjoy now are the results of those who sacrificed their lives for them.

Two towering porticoes stand at the ends of a semicircle, and within them large eagles hold wreaths in their beaks. On one portico is the word “Pacific,” on the other “Atlantic,” recalling the war’s extensive scope.

When I began to read the inscriptions carved on the monument, my emotions turned from a sense of grandeur to reflections on the meaning of today’s war.

An inscription by Franklin D. Roosevelt reads: “They have given their sons to the military services, they have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes and welded the tanks, riveted the ships and rolled the shells.”

Another inscription reads: “Americans came to liberate, not to conquer, to restore freedom and to end tyranny.”

World War II was a time when virtually everyone supported the war effort. People were very clear about who are our enemies were, and we sacrificed everything for the troops.

As I read these and similar inscriptions, I could not but wonder how times have changed.

At present, we don’t have a clear picture of the enemy we are fighting. We question our role as liberators and defenders against tyranny. We are less unified as a nation and less willing to sacrifice everything for a poorly defined war. Even today’s concept of victory is fuzzy.

War memorials are intended to commemorate the past. The World War II Memorial does exactly this. But it also speaks to the present by making us compare a war in which we felt so certain about our goals with today’s war in which we have many more doubts than certainty.

An infantry scene is shown in bronze relief at the new National World War II Memorial in Washington. A series of 24 panels depicts the war years at home and overseas. More than 16 million men and women served in the U.S. armed forces and many more men and women supported the war effort here at home.

World War II veteran Don W. Alecock and his wife, Betty, tour the new National World War II Memorial in Washington.

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Catholic faith while stationed in Florida. “The first priest I talked to was sort of discouraging,” he recalled, but the second priest, a Navy chaplain, was more helpful. Cooper became a Catholic in 1949, after he had left the service.

He “very definitely” thinks it’s time for a memorial to honor World War II’s fallen.

Once he left military life, Cooper said, he hasn’t revisited that life much. He said he hasn’t cared to read about the war or look at television retrospectives. He skipped the 1998 movie, “Saving Private Ryan,” which brought a new appreciation for the sacrifice of World War II soldiers. If movies “had flying in them, I looked,” Cooper said. “My favorite was ‘Twelve O’Clock High.’” He now is a resident at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington.

Roy Ottolini, a veteran who served in armed forces during the Korean War, thinks the new memorial to WWII vets is great. “It has taken a long time, no doubt about it,” he said.

“We already have the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Veterans Memorial,” he added. “It is right that we now are giving World War II veterans their due.”

Mr. Ottolini and his wife Rose are long-time members of Our lady of Loretto parish in Novato. He said he was particularly pleased with the WWII memorial because of the personal connection of relatives who served in the Second World War. Don Darling was just 17 years old when he joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 and was assigned to service on the flagship submarine of the Pacific Command based at Pearl Harbor.

By Father Eugene Hemrick Catholic News Service

“It was near the end of the war, and most of the Japanese warships had been sunk. But we would find cargo ships and we also did rescue operations,” said Darling.

President Harry Truman took office following the death of Franklin Roosevelt in April 1945, and not long after that he visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. As part of his tour of operations, President Truman went out with Don Darling’s submarine.

Mr. Darling and his wife are members of St. Cecilia parish in San Francisco. On a visit to Washington last year, he said the couple found many memorials.

Of the new memorial to WWII veterans, Darling said, “It sort of brings back memories.

The camaraderie was great and they were all good guys. Many of them are gone now. I’m glad to se they are finally doing it” The new National World War II Memorial was opened to visitors about a month before the May 29 dedication. Of the 110,000 tickets distributed so far for the dedication, 70,000 went to veterans or their spouses.

The World War II Memorial is the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during the Second World War. Established by the American Battle Monuments Commission, the memorial honors all military veterans of the war, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation’s call to arms. The Second World War is the only 20th-century event commemorated on the Mall’s central axis.

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fter years of wrangling over its design and squabbling about where it would be located, the new National World War II Veterans Memorial will be officially dedicated May 29 in Washington, D.C. The memorial, built on a new plaza on the National Mall, features 24 bas relief panels depicting America’s war years. Two 43-foot arches serve as markers on the memorial’s north and south ends.

Each state, the District of Columbia, and every U.S. territory at that time will be represented by a 17-foot granite pillar — 56 in all — to symbolize national unity during World War II. The structure lies east of the Reflecting Pool in the shadow of the Washington Monument on the National Mall.

The WWII Veteran’s Memorial dedication comes 60 years after the June 6, 1944 invasion of Europe by Allied forces, and nearly 59 years after the end of the Second World War. Catholic veterans of the war share a general sense of happiness that after all these years, the memorial is a reality.

Joseph Luchini was born near Lucca, Italy in 1916 and immigrated to America with his family in 1930. He was running a bar in North Beach when he was drafted in January 1942.

“They gave me a month to get rid of my business. I sold my liquor license for $200,” he said.

Luchini served in the U.S. Army in Brazil, North Africa and his Italian homeland where he worked in intelligence for the Government of Occupied Territories.

In charge of securing lodging for the occupying forces near his hometown of Lucca, he made friends with an Italian family whose home he had commandeered. They asked him to look up their relatives in San Francisco when he returned and tell them they were alright.

On a 45 day leave to San Francisco, after serving three and a half years, he looked up the family in Visitacion Valley. A young woman, Alma Massagli, answered the door.

“She grabbed me right away,” Mr. Luchini said. They’ve been married 58 years and are parishioners at St. Rita Church in Fairfax.

Speaking of the new National World War II Veterans Memorial, he said, “We needed that.

Most of the veterans are dying off. Bob Dole did a great job on this project and I contributed to it. It’s a way to remember all those poor kids who got killed.”

He added, “The schools don’t teach much about it anymore. Now, at least there’s something to remember them by. At that time everybody pulled together. There were a lot of mistakes, but nobody even said ‘boo’ about them. If we hadn’t pulled together and taken out Hitler and Mussolini, they probably would be ruling the world.”

Jewell Miggins, who served stateside in the Women’s Army Corps in Illinois while her late husband fought in the Pacific theater, said, “It’s about time” for a monument. She resides at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington.

Miggins, now 80 years old, had signed up to follow her Navy husband into the Pacific operations. “He asked me not to go overseas,” Miggins recalled. “He said, ‘There are men over there who haven’t seen a woman in a long time. I don’t want anything to happen to you.’”

At her husband’s request, she was able to get her name removed from a roster of volunteers to go to the Pacific, but “it still sticks in my craw,” she added, that she never got closer to the war effort than Illinois.

The couple, wed at St. Joseph Church in Croton Falls, N.Y., in 1944, were married for 56 years.

Alyce and Ken Hansell of St. Cecilia parish in San Francisco are another husband and wife team who served in the armed forces during WWII. Alyce was an instructor in Florida, while Ken was a member of the Army Air Corps. Like most people, they haven’t seen the memorial in person, but they have seen pictures and think “It is a very good thing.”

Joseph Kuhar served in Europe in the Special Service unit of the armed forces. The unit was comprised of a select group of 109 enlisted men who assisted in mounting entertainment for the troops. Performers he worked with included Marlene Dietrich, Dinah Shore, Eddie Cantor and Mickey Rooney.

Lest anyone think Kuhar had a cushy job, he recalled how soldiers received five points for every battle they were in, and one point for every area they were in where there was fighting. Kuhar had assembled 65 points before he was to get out of the Special Service unit.

But “I couldn’t get out,” he said. Although the war was over in the European theater, he added, he was told there was “still another war to fight” in the Pacific, but it ended before he could get marching orders.

He said he remembered how chaplains would offer Mass in Europe to meet soldiers’ hunger for the divine. “We’d come from four miles around at night to see Father say Mass in the back of a Jeep if we had to,” he noted.

Kuhar, now 87, said he would like to be at the dedication of the World War II memorial, but his first priority is leaving the following week for France to participate in ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day, where he would be in line to receive the French Legion of Honor.

“I think it should have been built a long time ago,” Kuhar said of the memorial. “I don’t know who objected to it — probably because it was prime property on the Mall.”

Kuhar takes a more sanguine view of his service and that of his fellow soldiers: “Tom Brokaw talks about this ‘greatest generation.’ Anybody would have been part of the greatest generation if they were of age in a time when everybody was needed.”

Robert Cooper, 81, stayed out of combat as a Navy mechanic fixing airplanes, first in Florida and then at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. “I never had a shot fired at me,” he said, but “I saw plenty of dying — 21 people in one day in Pensacola,” Cooper said. “I lost a number of fairly good friends” in crashes during training exercises.

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New Monument in Washington Speaks to the Past — and Present

Catholic veterans happy to see the memorial, which will be dedicated May 29

By CNS and Catholic San Francisco Staff

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Middle-school students from Vermilion, Ohio, relax in the plaza of the new National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C.

World War II veteran Ken Hackney, 81, is aided by teenagers Jared Allan, Luke Anderson and Daren Mason as he tours the new National World War II Memorial in Washington May 19. “It’s the first time I’ve shed tears in 60 years,” said Hackney, who served in Europe during the war.

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Guest Commentary

Politicians and Communion

By Bishop Thomas Wenski Any Catholic on this side of Judgment Day can call himself a “practicing Catholic”. After all, our earthy pilgrimage in this “valley of tears” is our one time opportunity to “practice” Catholicism until we get it right. But “getting it right” for a practicing Catholic means conforming oneself to the will of God as revealed to us through Scripture and Tradition and as definitely set forth by the teaching authority of the Church. A practicing Catholic cannot invoke “conscience” to defy or disregard what the Church definitely holds as true – for a practicing Catholic doesn’t create his own truth but forms his conscience according to the Truth.

Invincible ignorance, culpable willfulness, or ingrained habits of sin might explain why a self-described “practicing Catholic” might dissent from one or more of the definitive teachings of the Church in word, thought or deed and still think that he or she is a Catholic in good standing able to be admitted to the Eucharist. One of these factors may explain such behavior but none can excuse it.

We can explain, for example, why Pontius Pilate, though he personally was convinced of Jesus’ innocence, could not bring himself to “impose” his views on the mob. Yet, he did not demand to participate with the Apostles in “breaking of the bread” as the Mass was first called. While we do not judge his ultimate fate – for only God can judge the subjective state of his soul – we nevertheless cannot excuse his cowardice. Had Pontius Pilate shown up and presented himself for communion, the apostles certainly would had admitted him to communion – but only after he had first repented and reconciled himself to God and the Church.

Serious sin breaks our communion with God and his Church as does refusing by one’s dissent obedience to Church definitive teachings in matters of faith and morals.

Before participating in the sacramental expression of that communion – by partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ in Holy Communion - “practicing Catholics” must be restored to spiritual union with God and with their fellow believers through Sacramental Confession in which they repent for the serious sin and express a firm purpose of amendment. Our admission to Holy Communion depends on our prior “visible” communion with the community of faith (i.e. that we are in fact Catholics) and of our prior “invisible” communion with the Lord (i.e. that we are not in the state of serious (mortal) sin. To insist on partaking in communion in the first case would be, on the face of it, boorish behavior, (equivalent to a guest who behaves badly in his host’s home) and in the latter – at least objectively speaking – sacrilegious (for as St. Paul says, unworthy reception brings judgment, cf. 1 Cor 11: 23ff).

Bishops as teachers of the faith have no special competencies in the world of business or politics – and in those worlds we have no regulatory or legal powers. We don’t want such power – nor should we. But precisely as teachers of the Catholic faith we do have competence to tell businessmen or politicians or anyone else for that matter what is required to be a Catholic. It is totally within our competence to say that one cannot be complicit in the injustice of denying the right to life of an unborn child or an invalid elder and still consider oneself a good Catholic. It is totally within our competence to urge our Catholic people to participate in the political life of our nation with coherence and honesty. It is within our competence and our responsibilities as pastors to advocate for laws that protect the rights of all human beings from the first moment of conception till natural death.

To be a Catholic is to strive after holiness. This is a daunting task for us all – impossible without the saving grace that embraces us through our turning to the Lord and walking in his company. The Lord is patient with us – after all, we all are still just “practicing”. He warns his disciples not to be too ready to pull out the tares lest we damage the wheat. For this reason, when rebukes are necessary, pastors generally strive to give them in private.

But to fail to rebuke when necessary is to fail in the charity we owe our brethren. (And we bishops will be apologizing for a long time for the failure to rebuke and apply sanctions to those wayward priests who criminally sinned against young people and children.)

The Church wants all her members to become holy. To this end, she offers the examples of the saints to encourage and inspire us. For politicians, St. Thomas More stands as a role model. He did not draw any false distinction between his personal morality and his public responsibilities: he was his king’s good servant, but God’s first. Today, some self-identified Catholic politicians prefer to emulate Pontius Pilate’s “personally opposed but unwilling to impose” stance. Perhaps, they are baiting the Church, daring an “official sanction” making them “bad Catholics”, so as to gain favor among up their secularist, “blue state” constituencies. Such a sanction might turn their lack of coherent Catholic convictions into a badge of courage for people who hold such convictions in contempt.

But if the whole of point of being a Catholic is to grow in holiness –admittedly by practicing a whole lot and making some errors along the way - then it would be as John Paul II reminds us “a contradiction to settle for a life of mediocrity, marked by a minimalist ethic and a sentimental religiosity”. You cannot have your “waffle” and your “wafer” too. Those pro-abortion politicians who insist on calling themselves Catholics without seeing the contradiction between what they say they believe and their anti-life stance have to do a lot more of “practicing”. They need to get it right before they approach the Eucharistic table.

Bishop Thomas Wenski is Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, Florida.

Simple clarification A quick return to Catholic Religion 101 and Political Science 101 might help clarify a presently vexing issue: What voters may expect of candidates for office who are self-proclaimed adherents of a particular religious group.

First, Religion 101. Catholic teaching upholds the primacy of the individual conscience in making moral decisions. That primacy, however, requires the conscience to be “informed,” that is to make every effort to learn what Scripture and church teaching have to say.

Today’s Catholic politicians, often graduates of Catholic educational institutions, can hardly claim ignorance of the Church’s teaching.

If they choose to defy that teaching, they adopt an antinomian position, that is one that elevates personal “inspiration” above objective moral teaching.

Catholic bishops by their ordination as successors of the Apostles are obliged to teach, to guide, and, when necessary, to rule. One would expect them to admonish self-proclaimed Catholic politicians who defy clear church doctrines. That is especially true if the matter is something as fundamental as the right to life. Bishops who instruct their co-religionists are hardly entering the realm of the state. No one in America is obliged to belong to any religious group. Common sense, however, would indicate that those who call themselves members of a church should be willing to follow its teaching.

Second, Political Science 101.

Candle and candidate are derived from the same Latin root, the meaning of which is clarity and transparency. Madison in the Federalist Papers made clear that the candidate for Congress should not be seen as some kind of errand boy for his constituents. Their competency in choosing their representatives does not extend beyond their ability to evaluate candidates as worthy fellow citizens. The representatives’ duty in the legislature is then to decide matters as best they can on the information they have available to them.

In choosing a representative, voters are entitled to know what they are getting in the bargain. They should realize, for instance, that a practicing Catholic or Orthodox Jew should not be expected to support abortion, theft, libel, or any number of moral wrongs. They rightly expect correspondence between the expressed moral code of candidates and the way they will vote on issues. If the representative has fooled them, he is out by the next election.

Gordon Seely Belmont

I believe that fear causes us to want to close up our borders. Yet the reality is that Mexico and the United States are interdependent. We need the laborers to keep our farming, industry and services flourishing. (The U.S. Treasury Department predicts a shortage of at least 6 million workers in the U.S. economy by 2008.) Mexico needs the income sent back to their families to support their economy. (On a trip to Mexico last summer, a friend from there told me that money sent by family working in the US is the #1 source of income for the Mexican economy, followed by oil and tourism. He also said that on average, Mexican workers only make $4.80 a day.)

Our international trade policy directly and substantially affects the incomes and living conditions of family farmers in countries such as Mexico. Can we blame individuals and families for leaving their homes and risking their lives to come to the Untied States?

Catholics should not allow public policy to be policy based on fear, but rather on the dignity of every person while also addressing systemic injustice.

We are called upon as Catholics and followers of Jesus to respect all life, from conception to natural death. We should act on immigration reform with the same certitude as we do toward other life issues, such as abortion. To be a follower of Jesus demands that we follow his Gospel of Life.

I encourage every Catholic in the Archdiocese of San Francisco to read the joint pastoral statement by the Catholic bishops of the United States and Mexico, “Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope,” which calls for a comprehensive reform of U.S. immigration policy. The more we are educated, the more understanding we will have. With this understanding will come more willingness to act justly concerning the question of immigration in both our public policies and our personal lives.

Kathy Niece Coastside Catholic Worker Half Moon Bay

L E T T E R S

Praise for Rolheiser As a retired business executive with SBC Communications, I regret that Father Ron Rolheiser did not write the Spirituality column entitled, “A Spirituality of Not Hurrying” thirty years earlier. It is a tour de force for daily meditation by every Catholic business executive. Such observations and guidance are much needed in this world so dominated by secular achievement.

Father Rolheiser states that, “God didn’t make a mistake in creating time.” Nor did he make a mistake in creating Father Rolheiser.

Michael McGreevy San Francisco

Respect all life I want to thank the Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns of the San Francisco Archdiocese for their annual Public Policy Breakfast held last Friday. The topic (The Immigration Question: What does Catholic social teaching tell us?) is one about which every Catholic, particularly in immigrant rich California, should become well informed.

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

A priest for others One very important aspect of the late Msgr. Thomas Merson’s legacy that should not be forgotten or overlooked was his outstanding pastoral care to those here in the Archdiocese who’ve heard a calling to the priesthood, the diaconate, or the religious life.

There are those who do what they can to promote a calling to ministry in the Church, but it’s another thing altogether to tend to that call once it’s been “answered.” Monsignor’s empathy and compassion were valued by many who’ve tried to discern the will of God in their lives. He helped many a seminarian with prayer and support during their years of formation especially in the most difficult times.

Monsignor cared deeply about the future of the priesthood here in San Francisco, and his example of caring for a vocation throughout its long process of formation earned him the reputation of being a friend and advocate of seminarians.

He will be remembered very fondly by those whose lives he touched, whose paths to God he helped guide.

Paul Casey Menlo Park

Here’s for Marin Catholic It was interesting to read about Marin Catholic’s President, Father Tom Daly, the popularity of his Introduction to Theology class, and the high level of interest in the faith that many students have.(CSF - May 14) Though not mentioned in the article, an example perhaps of those developments bearing further good fruit was the founding of a Marin Catholic Respect Life Club this past school year. Members engage in various activities, with an emphasis on fostering greater respect for the unborn.

The club organized a successful “Adopt-a-Mom” baby item drive on campus. Eventually members delivered bags of baby clothes and diapers to a poor new mother. She had chosen life for her baby after praying with adult sidewalk counselors as she approached Planned Parenthood in San Rafael to have an abortion.

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Guest Commentary

Gender was spoken by God In 1972, the Pioneer 10 space probe ventured out, bearing images from Earth to distant galaxies. To convey a sense of who humans are, we sent up a map showing our location in the galaxy, and drawings of a man and a woman.

Apparently, we thought it important that the aliens know that human beings come in two kinds. And not just any two kinds: We didn’t send drawings of a fat man and a thin man, or a tall woman and a short woman. Nor did we attempt to send one androgynous silhouette, like those eerie sexless mannequins at some of the artier clothing stores.

If any aliens have received those images by now, they know more about humans than many of us know about ourselves! Today, one common view—perhaps even the default view at the ritzier colleges and newspapers—holds that the assumption behind the Pioneer 10 pictures is just wrong: The difference between men and women is trivial.

It’s interesting when you happen to be watching a Tracy/Hepburn movie, but easy to ignore whenever it might prove inconvenient. La difference doesn’t make much difference when you don’t want it to. Men and women are basically interchangeable, and that’s great, because it means we operate under far fewer constraints.

This viewpoint spills out from the political realm through the theological and into the intensely personal. If men and women are interchangeable, children do not need a mother and a father; two mothers or two fathers will do just as well. If men and women are interchangeable, women should be ordained. If men and women are inter-

changeable, cultures need not develop and maintain courtship practices that recognize the sexes’ differing risks and vulnerabilities.

Americans may be especially prone to this anti-gender worldview. We romanticize the unconstrained individual: the Lone Ranger. We hate the thought that accidents of birth—whether you’re born a boy or a girl—should restrict your life’s possibilities. We especially fear being constrained by our bodies, because every fleshly constraint is a premonition of death, the final limit our physicality places on our ambitions. Moreover, we live in a young nation born of revolution. It’s only natural that we’re skeptical of received wisdom and open to radical innovation.

But if Americans are unusually vulnerable to antigender thinking, there are two groups of people who should be unusually attuned to the meaning and value of la difference: writers and believers in a creator God. Poets, playwrights, and novelists can look back through the history of their craft and see a parade of vivid, compelling characters: Hektor, Medea, the Wife of Bath, Falstaff, all the way up through Molly Bloom and Mickey Sabbath. And all these characters would be unimaginable in a world where gender meant little. Many of the great characters break societal conventions; they don’t conform to what their culture considered the proper roles of men and women. (After all, the clash between role and desire, or between individual and society, generates the drama that the great stories need.) But their manhood or womanhood

matters. Medea’s break from convention is shocking, horrifying— and the horror is especially great because a mother has slain her own children, a woman has taken up a knife.

The men are intensely Eve Tushnet men, the women intensely women; and sexual difference, unlike (for example) class and ethnic divisions, persists at high intensity in radically different ages and countries.

From ancient Roman comedies to Gone With the Wind, He does not behave like She. On a deeper level, literature relies on the symbolic use of real objects and features of our world. Writers rely on a belief that things in the world have particular meanings that can be understood, in at least some cases, across cultures.

The world is itself a kind of symbolic dictionary—that’s the feeling writers get when they know they’ve hit upon the exact right image, the exact right word. When a lamppost or a sparrow turns up in a poem and you know it couldn’t have been anything else, the writer has tapped into that inherent meaning in physical things. This intuitive sense understands that a sparrow doesn’t convey the same symTUSHNET, page 17

Church Today

The importance of Church unity The word “inculturation” refers to the way different cultures around the world affect our Catholic faith. There is need for intense dialogue in each country where serious differences exist. Those devoted to protecting the deposit of faith are usually at odds with those who defend their local customs.

Do you remember the Catholic bishop in Africa who was removed from office because he began justifying polygamy? Polygamy was always an important part of his culture. Pope John Paul II removed him, however, because his agenda was contrary to church teaching. The pope offered these criteria for true inculturation: —The teaching must always be compatible with the Gospel, and the teacher must always be in communion with the universal church.

—Accepting the morality of each local culture can damage the integrity of the faith. It can also shatter the universal church’s unity.

Commenting on this, Cardinal Avery Dulles at a canon law convention in Portland, Ore., Oct. 13, 2003, said: “We Americans, like others, tend to assume that the church should govern herself by the processes to which we are accustomed in our political and industrial life. But the church has her own traditions, some of which may strike us as strange and outlandish.... Most Protestant and Anglican

churches have become so thoroughly Americanized that they retain very little capacity to challenge the culture. The Catholic Church has thus far remained resistant to such absorption. Her stable traditions and worldwide organization enable her to be in some respects counterculture, and to speak out against certain values and practices that are generally accepted in the secular culture.”

The recent ordination in the Episcopal Church of a gay bishop living in a same-sex relationship is an example of how these tensions have played themselves out in the real world. Those in the church who opposed this man’s ordination were often presented as anti-American.

At what point does the church refuse to allow itself to become absorbed by the secular culture? How are Catholics supposed to remain ecumenical in these circumstances? What is ecumenism?

Is it a matter of reaching agreements through compromise or is it a process of mutual enrichment where each Christian church offers something to the other churches in the interest of church unity. The Catholic Church offers, among other things, the papacy as a symbol of universal unity and as a faithful defender of doctrinal integrity against the popular culture. This is an exceedingly important point.

In the recent controversy over gay and lesbian marriages, we know that these good men and women are our

brothers and sisters in Christ. As Americans they deserve to be treated as equal citizens under the law. Vatican Council II’s Declaration of Religious Freedom teaches us that “the human person has a Father right to religious freeJohn Catoir dom. This freedom means that all men [and women] are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups, and of any human power.... No one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his [or her] religious beliefs.”

However, as a group, they cannot assume the right to redefine the church’s traditional teaching on the sacrament of matrimony.

“Live and let live” does not mean we have to give up the baby with the bath water. There are principles at stake, and they cannot be tossed aside in the name of peace.

Copyright (c) 2004 Catholic News Service/ U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Spirituality

The Noonday Devil When the Desert Fathers first formulated a list of what they considered “deadly sins,” they included the sin of sadness. It wasn’t until the 17th century that it was dropped from the list, replaced by sloth.

How can sadness be a sin? Isn’t it a feeling over which we have no control? Sadness comes and goes, a tidal flow, triggered by circumstance, body chemistry, the weather. Besides, isn’t a certain sadness a sign of solidarity with the world’s pains, a sign of maturity and depth beyond the partying of the young and the denial of death that’s so often expressed in our forced attempts to be upbeat and positive, even as depression nips at our heels? Why should sadness be a sin?

Too much of anything is not a good thing. Even sensitivity, turned loose without checks and balances, can lead us astray. Therese of Lisieux saw her own overcoming of hypersensitivity as one of the turning points, spiritually, in her life. Sensitivity, too, can be a fault.

We see it, for instance, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Hamlet was sensitive, but his sensitivity had no checks and balances and so, at a point, his life seemed so tragic and unfair and it left him hopelessly wounded, unhappy, destructive.

His was one kind of sadness; the Desert Fathers (the

same ones who listed sadness as a deadly sin) spoke of yet another. They spoke of something called “acedia,” “the noonday devil,” namely, a sadness that can take you over for no apparent reason. They distinguished this from the kind of sadness that beset Hamlet or that we feel when we have every reason to be sad because we’re experiencing a significant loss or breakdown of something. The “noonday devil,” unlike the devil who strikes at crisis times, hits in broad daylight, when there’s seemingly no reason to be sad.

So what brings on the “noonday devil”? Anything can trigger its entry: an old song on the radio, a beautiful face in a crowd, a reunion party, a half-forgotten lullaby, somebody else’s good fortune, a goodbye hug, the simple mention of a significant other’s name, a sorting through of old photographs, or even a family occasion that should ideally bring us joy. We’ve all had the experience, no doubt, of being at a wedding or at some such celebration, an event which should bring us the “noonday angel” of delight, but which in fact brings us sadness, restlessness, and an incapacity to be happily inside the moment or our own skin.

Joyous events often over-stimulate us in a way that makes us sad.

But how can this be sin? Isn’t what we’re feeling sim-

ply a sense of our own mortality, a nostalgia for the infinite, the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable, an effect of beauty itself?

Sadness isn’t the sin, but it can be precisely the devil that Father tempts us toward sin.

Ron Rolheiser Like Hamlet, we can unhealthily luxuriate in sadness so as to rationalize making no further efforts to build up anything.

Perhaps that’s why the church eventually called this sloth.

I remember as an adolescent in high school, watching and re-watching Hamlet. He was a hero for my wounded adolescence, someone bright enough to understand the disappointment of exclusion, sensitive enough to feel what’s wrong with everything, and witty and enigmatic enough to bring down the world to its hypocritical knees. Hamlet was just the ticket for my hyper-sensitive, lonely, adolescent ROLHEISER, page 17

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PENTECOST SUNDAY Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17; John 20:19-23 or John 14:15-16, 23b-26 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.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34) R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

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 forever; may the Lord be glad in his works!

Pleasing to him be my theme; 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, you renew the face of the earth.

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

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.

OR FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE ROMANS (ROM 8:8-17) Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.

Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ

from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you. Consequently, brothers and sisters, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption, through whom we cry, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

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.”

OR (JN 14:15-16, 23B-26) Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always.

“Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Those who do not love me do not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.

“I have told you this while I am with you.

The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.”

Scripture RAYMOND O’CONNOR

The transformative power of the Spirit Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

So Gerard Manley Hopkins imagined God’s Spirit in the ravages of an industrialized world in 1877 when he penned the poem, “God’s Grandeur.” More ancient imagery describes the Spirit as a wind, the strong driving wind of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-11. This force of nature is not without its even more ancient biblical parallels. The word “wind” occurs roughly 126 times throughout the Bible. For example, the Hebrew equivalent for wind, ruah, recalls the creation story of first Genesis where a mighty wind swept over the waters (1:2).

Ruah, however, may also mean breath and spirit. What, then, does this wind signify in the Pentecost narrative?

Let’s begin by imagining ourselves in the position of the Sacred Writer of the Acts of the Apostles who also penned Luke’s Gospel. We are charged with the delicate and critical task of recording accounts of a phenomenal event captivating the Roman Empire. We are writing sometime between AD 85 and 90 and somewhere in Asia Minor to a predominately well-to-do and undoubtedly educated Greek audience. Probably hundreds of stories circulate about the Jewish man, Jesus, who died, rose to life, and whose disciples now proclaim him Messiah and Son of God. We have experienced for ourselves the power of the Risen One inflaming our hearts and for whom many in our Christian community sacrificed their lives at the whim of agitated Romans.

We struggle to tell our story and our imaginations rely on what we know to make it real and powerful – wind and fire. What provocative metaphors to describe God’s Spirit!

During the Easter Season of the Liturgical Year, at least one of the Sunday readings draws from the Acts of the Apostles. These readings realize the metaphor of wind and fire. They solidify God’s Spirit for us. The following summary indicates why: On Easter Sunday we heard how Peter boldly speaks about Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection (10:34a, 37-43) followed a week later by the many healing signs and wonders so intense that even Peter’s shadow cures the sick (5:12-16).

The Third Sunday of Easter shows Peter and the apostles arraigned before the Sanhedrin who order them to stop the Jesus preaching, an order they ignore (5:27b-32, 40b-41).

The Fourth Sunday introduces Paul and Barnabas who break with the Jews and Jewish converts to proclaim the message of Jesus to the Gentiles (13:14, 43-52).

The Fifth and Sixth Sundays continue the story of Paul and Barnabas as they preach the name of Jesus all over Asia Minor (14:21-27) and then argue against the circumcision of the Gentile converts as mandated by the Jewish law. This incident necessitated the Council of Jerusalem in AD 49 where the Jerusalem community decides in favor of Paul and Barnabas (15:1-2, 22-29).

Finally the Seventh Sunday reveals the sobering consequences of living the Spirit’s truth - Steven’s martyrdom at the hands of Saul better know as Paul (7:55-60). This journey through the Easter season energizes the metaphors of wind and fire. They aid the human mind in its feeble attempt to

articulate the majesty and awe of a power not our own.

Yet the Spirit’s wind and fire are not some worn story remembered at countless Christian gatherings. If that were the case, the wind would be a breeze barely felt, the fire a flicker hardly noticed. No, God’s Spirit continues to dynamically move people. It seems that the only prerequisite is an open mind and willing heart bold enough to embrace truth.

Were not Peter, Paul, and Barnabas doing just that? Their lives reveal the Spirit as compassionate, tolerant, and merciful, yet forceful, principled, and accountable. It’s the kind of Spirit that makes all things new while brooding over a bent world with “warm breasts” and “bright wings.”

In a world schooled more in the fantasy of redemptive violence than in God’s patient and tolerant Spirit, there seems to be an ever more urgent need to understand Pentecost as a recurring reality rather than some static event that happened to a few lucky souls long ago. The Pentecost is our share in Jesus’ resurrection. Perhaps it is our resurrection here and now. We have been blessed with God’s Spirit whose transformative power is ours for the asking and the taking.

It is not a power that believes might makes right, war brings peace, or violence captures salvation. That kind of power motivated by greed, voracious consumption, and selfishness inevitably fails and leaves very ugly after effects – starvation, poverty, mental illnesses, countless injuries, hopelessness and death. The power of God’s Spirit, as clearly seen in the readings from Acts, behaves differently. Patience, endurance, dialogue, health, accountability, joy, honesty, courage, life – all these and much more characterize the power of the Spirit. Is not our world in need of these qualities? Is not our nation-atwar in need of these qualities?

We are encouraged to pray for justice and liberation and as Walter Wink points out, “God hears us on the very first day. But God’s ability to intervene against the freedom of . . . rebellious creatures is sometimes tragically restricted in ways we cannot pretend to understand. It takes considerable spiritual maturity to live in the tension between these two facts: God has heard our prayer, and the Powers are blocking God’s response.” (The Powers That Be: A Theology for a New Millennium.

Doubleday, 1998). The “Powers” to which Wink refers can be people or more likely political, ecclesial, economic, and/or social systems that consolidate power, wealth, and decision-making in the hands of the few.

This is not the power of God’s Spirit yet these systems are redeemable because humanity’s participation in the Pentecost and the Resurrection make it so. Where else would God’s Spirit be if not with us right here and now in everything human, in everything holy? Wind, fire, brooding, bright whatever the metaphors the reality remains practically incomprehensible – the Pentecost has only really just begun and God’s Spirit is intimately near us and immediately hears us.

Raymond O’Connor, teaches Social Justice and directs the Community Service Program at Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco.

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May 28, 29, 30: St. Anselm School Carnival, 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo. “Fun for the whole family, plenty of free parking.” Enjoy carnival rides, game booths, BBQ, plus raffle and White Elephant sale.

Fri: 5 – 10 p.m.; Sat: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Sun: 10 a.m.

– 6 p.m. Call (415) 454-8667.

June 6: Celebration of Our Lady of Mercy Parish’s 50th year continues with a Jubilee Concert by organist William L. Vaughan at 4 p.m. Works by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn will be performed. The artist is a native of San Francisco’s Star of the Sea Parish and is currently director of music at St. Francis Xavier Parish, Phoenix.

“Admission free but donations always welcome to help defray costs of anniversary events.” Church is at Five Elmwood Dr., Daly City. Plenty of free parking.

June 6: Mass of Thanksgiving commemorating almost 20 years of service by Marist Father Etienne Siffert at Notre Dame des Victoires Church, San Francisco at 10:30 a.m. Call (415) 421-0069.

The Cathedral Autumn Group welcomes men and women 55 years and older. Call Mercy Sister Esther McEgan at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218. Reservations required for all events. June 17: Sausalito by Ferry with lunch at Spinnaker; July 15: Docent Tour of SFCity Hall; Aug. 18: Baseball at SBC Park, Giants vs. Expos.

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. May 30: David Schofield organ recital featuring the Pentecost Suite by Tournemire; June 6: The Novello Quartet with music of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m.

Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext.

213. Concerts are open to the public. Admission free.

May 30: Arthur Johnson of Reno, Nevada, organist.

Social Justice/Family Life Information about Natural Family Planning and people in the Archdiocese offering instruction are available from the Office of Marriage and Family Life of the Archdiocese, Chris Lyford, director, at (415) 614-5680.

Sat. at 9 a.m.: Pray the Rosary for Life at 815 Eddy St. between Franklin and Van Ness, SF. Call (415) 752-4922.

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

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

Call (650) 301-8896 Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net or Pat and Tony Fernandez at (415) 893-1005.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month. Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foster care.

Call (415) 406-2387 for information.

Reunions June 19: Class of Spring’54, Balboa High School, SF, 6:30 p.m. at Patio Espanol, 2850 Alemany Blvd., SF. Contact Joe Ramirez at RamirezJV@athlink.net.

Sept. 11: Class of ’54, Notre Dame des Victoires High School, at San Mateo Marriott Hotel. No-host bar at 11 a.m. with lunch at noon. Contact Toni Pink McMickin at (415) 382-6580 or Bajada Herrera at deeshaven@accessbee.com.

Take a hiatus from television’s courtroom dramas and take part in the real thing as a juror in the upcoming Intensive Advocacy Program’s mock trials at the University of San Francisco June 5 and 6. “They are just like real trials,” said Cynthia Brooks De Martini, administrator of USF’s Center for Law and Global Justice. “Jurors will hear evidence and deliberate.” The cases to be tried are “interesting and dynamic,” she said. Jurors serve from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for one or both days.

Lunch and free parking are included. People of all ages are invited to apply including seniors and high school students. Call (415) 422-2912.

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

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Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call the parish office at (415) 2820141; St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, parish office at (415) 453-2342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 2211288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 7381398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949.

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St. Pius Parish Festival takes place June 4, 5, 6 on church grounds, Woodside Rd. at Valota, Redwood City. Enjoy “good, food, game booths and fun for all ages.”

Activities include Silent auction, Friday; Live Auction, Sat. and Sun.; plus a Saturday Pie Eating contest. Edibles include Rib dinner on Fri.! Spaghetti on Sat! BBQ Chicken on Sun.! Raffle featuring cash prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 with tickets at 3 for $25. Hours are Fri: 6 – 10 p.m.; Sat: 12:30 – 10 p.m.; Sun. 12:30 – 9 p.m. Puttin’ the funpedal to the metal are, seated from left, Laurie Sacher, Lori Ceccotti, co-chair; Laurie Powers. Standing from left: John Cuneo, Rick Boitano, co-chair; Father Jim MacDonald, pastor. Committee member Roger Hansen was unavailable for the photo.

Sept. 18: St. Paul High School, San Francisco, class of ’64, 1 p.m. at the Terrace Room of El Rancho Motel, Millbrae. Contact classmate, Liz Hannan, at lizhannan3@yahoo.com.

Sept. 26: Class of ’66, Notre Dame des Victoires High School at St. Francis Yacht Club. Contact Yvonne Deasy-Gowdy at ygowdey@yahoo.com or Renee Lorda Fassett at (510) 655-8903.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities Memorial Day Masses: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel, Bishop Ignatius Wang presides. Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park, Father Patrick Michaels, pastor, St. Raymond Parish, presides.

Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael, Retired Father Louis Robello presides. All at 11 a.m. Call (650) 756-2060.

June 5: 1st Saturday Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, at 11 a.m. Salesian Father Aloysius Pestun will preside.

June 7: Prayer Service for Peace, 7:30 p.m. St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth, SF. Evening includes prayer, meditation, choral singing. “Dare to dream of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Irag and Ahghanistan,” said Brian Bromberger, liturgy committee co-chair. Refreshments follow. Call (415) 282-0141.

June 13: Patronal Mass and Procession, Corpus Christi Monastery of the Dominican Sisters, 215 Oak Grove Ave, across from Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park at 10 a.m. Dominican Father Roberto Corral presides. “We invite all our friends to join us for a day of prayer and reflection, praise and thanksgiving to God,” the Sisters said. Call (650) 322-1801.

June 19: Day of Recollection: Franciscan Prayer and Meditation, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the Poverello, 109 Golden Gate Ave between Leavenworth and Jones, SF. Franciscan Father John Vaughn, spiritual director for the Poor Clare Sisters in America, will lead the day. $10. Bring lunch. Drinks provided. Call (415) 621-3279 or contact angelpierre2000@yahoo.com to register by June 15. Sponsored by the St. Francis Fraternity.

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry: Connecting men and women in their 20s and 30s to the Catholic Church. Contact Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox,

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St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 5892800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

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

Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

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Volunteer Opportunities St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco needs your help at its Help Desk. Service includes sorting donations and helping clients. If anyone would like to volunteer - also small groups of volunteers one Saturday a month - they should call (415) 202-9955.”

St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County needs Spanish/English-speaking volunteers to answer phones in 2 – 3 hour shifts between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at their offices, 50 No. B St., San Mateo. Volunteers do intake of clients’ requests, log the call and enter into Accessbased computer data system. Call (650) 373-0620.

Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group needs volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to individuals with HIV-AIDS and/or assist with various program events and activities. Many opportunities available. Call (415) 863-1581 or www.mhr-asg.com. Caring for the Caregiver with Carolina Shaper meets Mondays 6 – 7:30 p.m. Call Ms. Shaper at (415) 984-0501.

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

St. Joseph’s Family Center, a homeless shelter for families at 10th and Howard St., SF, is looking for volunteers to help on a regular basis to help with monitoring the computer lab and routine clean up of the facility. If you are interested, call David Harvey at (415) 575-4920, ext. 218. Young adults visit here Saturdays, twice a month. Contact Susan Guevara, susangsf@yahoo.com.

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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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“You continue to be the first-born people of the Covenant,” the pope told the community. “You have been citizens of Rome for ■ Continued from cover more than 2,000 years, from before (the replaced the five small synagogues of Apostles) Peter the fisherman and Paul in Rome’s Jewish ghetto, where the city’s chains” reached the city.

Jews were forced by papal order to live Pope John Paul recalled the church’s conbeginning in 1556. demnation of anti-Semitism and its request Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni said the for forgiveness for the times when church destruction of the ghetto walls in 1848 and members have harmed the Jewish people. the building of the main synagogue marked “Nevertheless, while it is obligatory, it is a new period of freedom and involvement in not enough to express disapproval and conthe life of the city where Jews had lived demnation of the hostility toward the Jewish since before the time of Christ. people that frequently marked history. We The rabbi praised the city’s Christian also must develop friendship, esteem and communities for their willingness to coopfraternal relations with them,” the pope said. erate with the Jewish community in fighting The pope said Christians and Jews couldanti-Semitism and increasing respect n’t help but worry about the continuing viobetween Christians and Jews; he said he lence in the Holy Land where “too much hoped similar friendly relations would be innocent blood” has been shed by Israelis established between Jews and Muslims in and Palestinians.

Rome.

“For this, we want today to raise a ferAlong with Cardinal Ruini, the pope was A member of the Jewish community views anti-Semitic graffiti on tombstones at vent prayer to the Eternal in faith and in represented at the ceremony by Cardinal hope, to the God of ‘shalom’ so that hostilithe Jewish cemetery in Herrlisheim, France, May 2. Several graves were Walter Kasper, head of the Vatican’s ty will no longer overwhelm with hatred desecrated with swastikas and slogans written in German, and experts Commission for Religious Relations With those who call Abraham father — Jews, indicated the trend was increasing. A week later, Cardinal Jean-Marie the Jews.

Christians and Muslims,” the pope said.

Lustiger of Paris called the attack "a negation of faith and humanity."

The Vatican gave no official explanation Hatred, he said, must give way to awarefor the pope’s decision not to attend the ness of “the ties that bind them and the anniversary ceremonies, but one Vatican source called and Judaism. It was the first time a modern pope had responsibility which weighs on their shoulders.” the decision “prudential” given the political situation in entered a synagogue.

“If we learn to unite our hearts and our hands to the Middle East and the 84-year-old pope’s health.

In his message, Pope John Paul said his 1986 visit respond to the divine call, the light of the Everlasting will When the pope visited the synagogue in 1986, it was “remains engraved on my memory and on my heart” as a draw near to enlighten all peoples, showing us the path of considered a breakthrough gesture that did much to symbol of the new relationship between Catholics and peace,” the pope said. “We all want to follow it with one strengthen the bonds of friendship between Christianity Jews “after some difficult and painful periods.” heart.”

(CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS)

Mideast peace . . .

Anti-Catholicism . . .

■ Continued from cover Fordham University. He is the author of Catholics and American Culture.

Mark Massa has written an equally readable book on the roots and modern manifestations of “the anti-

Letters . . .

■ Continued from page 12 Also, in January, with assistance from San Francisco United for Life, Marin Catholic students participated in the annual “March for Life” in Washington, D.C. They carried a classy banner identifying themselves as members of the “Marin Catholic High School Respect Life Club, California.”

What wonderful steps in the right direction for Marin Catholic. Hopefully, other Bay Area Catholic high schools will follow this good example and establish their own Respect Life Clubs. Where will the next generation of advocates for the sanctity of human life come from if not from Catholic schools, where student Respect Life Clubs would seem to deserve a prominent place?

Whatever is happening at Marin Catholic, here’s hoping it keeps going.

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Catholic impulse.” Massa has produced a scholarly examination of a Catholic “otherness,” which seeks to explain the deep-seated, anti-Catholic prejudice in America. He presents an in-depth look at the foundations of anti-Catholicism throughout the nation’s history.

Father Andrew Greeley praises the book for its explanation why anti-Catholicism has always been and continues to be a part of American culture and life.

“Catholics see reality differently,” Greeley notes.

The New Anti-Catholicism by Professor Philip Jenkins and Anti-Catholicism in America by Professor Mark Massa, S.J. share the subtitle, “The Last Acceptable Prejudice.” Both authors document historical and contemporary examples of anti-Catholicism that will make Catholics cringe. They also present a mature understanding of anti-Catholicism; seeing the fallacy in an impulse to perceive any criticism as bias and hatred, yet refuting critics of the Catholic tradition who dismiss any talk of prejudice.

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May 28, 2004 narratives to reflect that fact. And so they do: “Male and female he created them.”

We can, if we hate constraint that much, pretend that sexual difference makes little difference. It will cloud our eyes as we read great literature. It will blind us to the fingerprints of God impressed into the world around us. It will warp our politics and our private lives. It’s anti-poetic and deeply unromantic.

Which would you rather be—an autonomous mannequin, or a word spoken

by God?

Tushnet . . .

■ Continued from page 13 bolic meaning as a peacock; and it also knows that there is a far deeper difference in meaning between a man and a woman.

Trying to write a man where the poem needs a woman would lead to results even more ridiculous than if Shakespeare had written, “There’s a special providence in the fall of a peacock.”

And this belief in creatures as words in a symbolic language is also the natural perspective of anyone who believes in a creator God. For us, God is the one who speaks the words that make up the world, and by speaking them brings them into being. If Man and Woman are especially important, unique words, we would expect creation

This article originally appeared in the National Catholic Register.

Eve Tushnet is a freelance writer and editor of MarriageDebate.com.

Used with permission.

■ Continued from page 13 years. I embraced his sadness like a religion.

When you’re lonely and left out, sadness and cynicism are easily passed off as depth.

It’s taken many years, and good people who love me enough to not give up on me, to let go of my fascination with Hamlet and the immature attraction for standing outside the circle. Hamlet, the outsider, can never be a child of the kingdom, no matter how attractive that coolness might seem. A child of the kingdom is not paralyzed by the tragic, does not nurse wounds to keep them fresh, does not see joy as naivete, does not offer cynicism in place of hope, and is not the adolescent trickster who refuses to enter the dance and gets his meaning from seeing emptiness in everyone else’s life.

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indeed saddened by the unfair state of things. She is also regularly smitten by the “noonday devil.” Old songs on the radio, reunion parties, half-forgotten lullabies, and that hyper-restless energy that so often permeates weddings and large gatherings can still send her into a lonely tailspin, a free fall into a depression without an excuse, nursing darkness under the noonday sun.

But, and this is the difference, after letting the desert do its work, after giving the “noonday devil” his due, unlike Hamlet, the child of the kingdom again turns up her music, picks up her wineglass and her friends, her tools and her duties, her hopes and her prayers, and continues, in joy, despite all that’s wrong, the dance of the resurrection.

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“Shrek 2” is a fantastic romp through fairy land Donkey. This time, they are also joined by Antonio Banderas as the cutest assassin Finally, after weeks of bathing with the cinematic industry will ever see, as Shrek body wash, breakfasting with Shrek well as well-known British actors. The cereal, snacking on Shrek M&M’s, and King and Queen of Far, Far Away are washing it all down with some Shrekvoiced by John Cleese and Julie Andrews, endorsed Sierra Mist, America’s Shrek who each add a sense of insane exasperainduced mania has peaked with the much tion and refined elegance, respectively. anticipated release of “Shrek 2.”

Jennifer Saunders is deliciously malevoUnless you have relocated to a remote lent as a mob-boss type Fairy Godmother cave recently, you might think that the with Rupert Everett as her pompous little Shrek sequel resembles a franchise more mama’s boy, Prince Charming. than a film, but Dreamworks Picture’s Where “Shrek 2” stumbles almost latest flick is far more of a paradox. irrevocably is in the overabundance of pop While “Shrek 2” stands for everything culture references. Audiences may chuckthat is unbearably annoying about le now at the “Spiderman” and “Lord of Hollywood’s marketing tactics, the the Rings” references, but the likelihood movie is still a logical and natural prothat they will hold up over repeat viewings gression of a winning story. is slim. And like their excessive product An opening montage reveals Shrek placement, the Shrek-makers don’t quite and Fiona as smitten newlyweds, having know when to call it quits. They continue just tied the knot at the end of the origito scene-steal through the entire film, borShrek, the big green ogre, appears in a scene from the computer-animated nal film. But the honeymoon comes to an rowing gags from “Alien,” “Indiana comedy "Shrek 2." The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification abrupt end when Princess Fiona’s parJones,” and several Disney films. is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association ents summon the couple to a homecomIt is likely that parents will enjoy this ing celebration in the kingdom of Far, film more than their kids, but it’s still a of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested.

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The family relationships and “species” conflicts is However, the real triumph of “Shrek 2” is the jokes, then you are not watching enough movies. Oh, and where the movie excels at bringing a little realism to a unmatched talent of the star-powered voices. Mike Meyers there is something about accepting the people you love world in which talking donkeys and the Gingerbread Man and Cameron Diaz return as Shrek and Fiona, with the for who they are or whatever. Overall, the movie gets a B are commonplace fixtures. For even true love cannot erase hilarious Eddie Murphy once again stealing the show as grade from this reviewer.

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