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Pope Benedict XVI greets San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada at the Vatican June 3. In May the pope appointed Archbishop Levada to the church’s top doctrinal position, a post the pontiff had held as a cardinal for 24 years.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada, the new head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said in a Rome interview that his U.S. pastoral experience makes him sympathetic to the doctrinal and teaching challenges faced by local bishops around the world.

Speaking with Catholic News Service June 6, Archbishop Levada also said that while the congregation sometimes must discipline errant theologians its primary work is positive — safeguarding sound doctrine so the faith can be shared with the world.

That task is something all theologians should share, he said.

Archbishop Levada was visiting the doctrinal congregation’s offices in early June. He plans to move to Rome at the end of summer in August. Now Prefect of the Congregation, he is Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, also holding the position of Apostolic Administrator.

Archbishop Levada said the doctrinal congregation lost a great theologian when its head, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was elected Pope Benedict XVI. “What you get with me is someone who has pastoral HELP AT VATICAN, page 6

St. Rita Parish in Marin celebrates 75th anniversary Joining hundreds of parishioners who packed St. Rita church, Archbishop William J. Levada celebrated Mass in honor of the Fairfax parish’s 75th anniversary May 22.

Parish administrator Fr. Kenneth Weare concelebrated and to rousing applause was named pastor by Archbishop Levada in a surprise announcement at the end of Mass.

On the Feast of the Holy Trinity, Archbishop Levada reflected that “at the heart of all existence there is a God who is personal and loving . . . who exists as a communion of persons.” He compared St. Rita’s to the tent Moses set up when he met the Lord, “a place where people meet God.” “We cannot make ourselves holy,” Archbishop Levada said, “Holiness is a gift from God.” The parish is a “tent” to come to in order to “open your hearts to God’s love again and again.”

St. Rita’s began life in 1916 as a mission church of nearby St. Anselm. The original acquisition of land and construction of the first church cost $4,500. That church, which now serves as the parish hall, was dedicated by Archbishop Edward Hanna. The name St. Rita honored the recently canonized “Saint of the Impossible” who was SAINT RITA, page 4

(PHOTO BY JACK SMITH)

By Jack Smith

Church and choir loft were standing room only for Saint Rita’s anniversary.

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On The Where You Live

by Tom Burke

St. Pius Parish celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with its annual corned beef and cabbage dinner March 5th. Dennis Durkin puts the icing on his popular Irish Coffee for, from left, Mike and Cathy McCarty and Bill and Elizabeth Mitchell.

Happy 100th birthday to Margaret Keena McNern.

The new centenarian was the center of attention at festivities marking the milestone in October at Our Lady of Loretto Parish. Hosts were Margaret’s sons, James and Joseph. Among those wishing her well were Our Lady of Loretto pastor, Father William McCain, and retired pastor, Msgr. James Keane. Germaine Kruse, Eleanora Lafranchi, Elizabeth Gnoss and Alice Keena surround their older friend who is holding a Papal Blessing commemorating the day from the now late Pope John Paul II. It’s a walk down memory and munchie lane at Church of the Nativity June 10th, 11th and 12th when the Menlo Park parish holds its 25th annual festival. Pat O’Hare, a ’75 Nativity Elementary School alum and proud bearer of much of the festival’s history, filled us in.

“The first carnival was actually in 1981,” Pat told me.

“John Conway and, my dad, Frank O’Hare started the carnival and were co-chairs until my dad was killed in 1986.” Chairpersons through the years in addition to Pat’s dad and John have included Gary DiGioia, Bill Gutsgell and Paul Hernandez. The festival has netted $1.3 million for the parish and is equipped to welcome up to 10,000 visitors per day, Pat said, noting it has also become an annual destination for returning Nativity graduates and

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parishioners. In addition to this year’s rides, good eats, and band, Patrick, who died in 1982 at age 80, moved to San entertainment, it’s welcome home at Nativity to retired pas- Francisco and St. James Parish in 1940, moving to the tor, Father Clement Davenport, who has recently taken City’s Richmond district and St. Thomas the Apostle up residence at the Oak Grove Ave. compound. “Father parish in 1961 and Daly City’s Our Lady of Mercy in Davenport was our pastor when all this started so it’s a 1974. Today she is a resident of Green Hills Retirement rather nice completion of the circle if you will,” Pat said. facility in Millbrae and attends Mass regularly at St. Parishioners there at the beginning Dunstan Parish. At her side to celeand still helping today include Bob brate the day were family including and Fran Dehn, Frenchy Pommes, her daughters Kathleen McKenny, Doris Fredrick, Susie and Tom Cecilia Turner and Mary Wenquist.

Neylan. (See Datebook)… Family Always remembered are her late chiland friends gathered April 22nd to dren, Jack, Jim, and Patsy O’Grady. surround Peg Tredinnick with love, Thanks to daughter, Mary for the affection and good wishes on the good news. She and her husband, occasion of her 90th birthday. Peg is Keith will be married 45 years a lifelong parishioner of St. John the January 28th….Thanks to Mary Evangelist in Glen Park and still lives Foudy for keeping the facts on track. in the home her father built there just The late Anna Foudy listed here a block from the church. Peg’s daughrecently as Mary and Msgr. John ter, Bernadette, and sons, Paul with Foudy’s sister was actually their his wife, Marilyn, and Edward with cousin by marriage to the now late Cecelia O’Grady his wife, Anna were certainly there.

Jim Foudy. One more catching up, Grandchildren and great grandchildren were also among Mary is a longtime St. Gabriel Parishioner as was misthe almost 100 revelers including Amanda Tredinnick, stated here a while ago. Sorry about that!!! …Remember Alexandra Tredinnick, Jeanine Tredinnick, Kelly this is an empty space without ya’!! The email address Tredinnick, Jason Tredinnick, Laurel Romeyn, Brian for Street is burket@sfarchdiocese.org. Mailed items Tredinnick, Jessica Tredinnick, Justin Tredinnick, should be sent to “Street,” One Peter Yorke Way, SF Emily Tredinnick, Matthew Tredinnick, Elisa 94109. Pix should be hard copy or electronic jpeg at 300 Tredinnick.…. Happy birthday to Cecelia O’Grady, 101 dpi. Don’t forget to include a follow-up phone number. years old January 12th. Cecelia and her now late hus- You can reach me at (415) 614-5634.

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Catholics score large legislative victories in State Assembly

By Jack Smith Catholic activists scored nearly a clean sweep of victories in the State Capitol last week as the first round of legislative battles came to a close. When the deadline passed June 1 for bills to pass or die in their house of origin the position of the California Catholic Conference and other Catholic activist groups had prevailed on six important bills.

The victories included the defeat of same-sex marriage and assisted suicide bills and the passage of bills expanding health care for children and cracking down on human trafficking.

“For the first time this year it felt like the work of Catholic lobbying was being heard,” George Wesolek, director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns said. The effort was successful because of a long ramp up of organizing, educating and coalition building, he said. “It didn’t all happen at once, Catholic political activity in the State has been growing over four to five years.”

The effort to defeat AB 654, a bill to legalize physicianassisted suicide, is a case in point, Wesolek said. “The effort was well coordinated,” he said. In working to defeat AB 654, the Catholic Church joined in coalition with healthcare and disability rights groups as well as lay groups such as Catholics for the Common Good. “The message was unified,” Wesolek said, “This would be a disservice to Californians. At a time of crisis in healthcare, the poor might perhaps feel forced to choose death rather than better care.”

Another significant factor in Sacramento is the growing influence of Hispanic voters, Wesolek said. “A lot of the Latino legislators and those from heavily Latino districts are seeing a lot of their Latino constituents involved in not only social issues, but

other issues as well,” he said. Hispanic voters and activists were a large presence in both defeating the assisted-suicide bill and passing an expanded health care bill in the Assembly.

Following is the status of six bills tracked by the California Catholic Conference: AB 19 by Assemblyman Mark Leno (D – San Francisco) would have mandated the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in California. It failed to win the 41 votes needed in the Assembly. 36 Democrats supported the bill, six opposed and seven registered no votes. All Republicans opposed the bill.

AB 22 by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D – Mountain View) was passed by the Assembly. It creates the crime of human trafficking and consolidates various forms of forced prostitution, labor and services under the definition. Trafficking would be punishable as a felony and the bill provides restitution, punitive damages, and the establishment of a victim-caseworker privilege. The bill gained support from all voting Democrats and ten Republicans.

AB 772 by Assemblywoman Wilma Chan (D – Oakland) creates the California Healthy Kids Insurance Program expanding access to health care for qualified children across the State.

The bill was supported strongly by the California Catholic Conference, Archbishop William J. Levada, San Francisco Organizing Project and other faith-based organizations. It passed the Assembly largely on a party-line vote, supported by Democrats and opposed by Republicans.

AB 654 by Assemblymembers Patty Berg (D – Santa Rosa) and Lloyd Levine (D – Van Nuys) would legalize physicianassisted suicide in California. The bill was opposed by a large coalition of religious, healthcare and disability rights groups. The bill was not brought to an Assembly vote after the Republican

Caucus and a large number of Democrat Assemblymembers indicated their disapproval of the bill, including a “no vote” by San Francisco Assemblyman Leland Yee in committee.

AB 930 by Assemblyman Hector De La Torre (D – South Gate) would secure long term funding for agencies and programs assisting immigrants through the legal naturalization process. Catholic Charities is a significant provider of these services. While the bill did not come to a floor vote, monies were allocated for providing the service in this year’s budget.

AB 696 by Assemblywoman Judy Chu (D - Monterey Park) would provide some relief for poor and indigent Californians dependent on Cal WORKS and food stamp programs from deep cuts made in social services by the Governor’s budget. The Catholic Conference supported the bill, which passed the Assembly on a party-line vote with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed.

All legislation that passed the Assembly now goes on to the Senate for consideration.

Plans take shape for farewell dinner honoring Archbishop Levada Msgr. Harry Schlitt, vicar for administration for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said plans are underway for a large public farewell dinner Aug. 13 to honor San Francisco Archbishop Emeritus William J. Levada, who was named Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in May by Pope Benedict XVI. A farewell liturgy is being planned for Aug. 7 at an 11 a.m.

Mass celebrated by Archbishop Levada at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

The Aug. 13 farewell dinner will be held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Tickets or tables may be pur-

chased by individuals, parishes, and organizations. Individual ticket prices are $150 and tables for 10 people are $1,500.

Sponsors may purchase tickets for $500 or $1,000, with tables seating 10 people priced at $5,000 and $10,000.

Msgr. Schlitt said the dinner is not a fundraising event, but any money received in excess of expenses for the dinner and related activities will go to the Alliance of Mission District Catholic Schools, as requested by Archbishop Levada.

Chairman of the farewell dinner, Clint Reilly, said the event is intended to recognize the significance of Archbishop Levada’s

appointment to the Vatican, which brings great honor on San Francisco, the Bay Area, California and the United States.

Msgr. Schlitt said his office is surveying parishes to determine the number of parish tables desired. In turn, parishes are putting notices in their Sunday bulletins regarding the event and tickets. Catholic organizations also are being contacted to determine their interest.

Mr. Reilly is setting up an office to coordinate the dinner and related activities. Additional information can be obtained by calling (415) 397-0431.

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Saint Rita . . .

■ Continued from cover the subject of great devotion at the time, particularly to Italians, who made up a large portion of the original families. Masses were celebrated

by St. Anselm’s pastor Fr. William Cantwell.

In 1930, the mission became a parish of its own and Fr. Michael Walsh served a short term as first pastor, leaving due to ill health. The second pastor, Fr. Peter Bennett, served for many years until 1946. In 1930 and again in 1947 the church underwent significant renovations. The church’s original Stations of the Cross were donated to the Catholic Chapel at San Quentin State Prison following the 1947 renovation.

St. Rita’s parishioners included resident families, as well as a large number of San Franciscans who traveled for recreation to the Fairfax and San Anselmo areas during the summers. Before the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, people came across by ferry and rail line and some by car ferry.

Now 96 years old, Ethel Bruschini, had been coming for decades to her “Summer Shack” in Fairfax before she finally settled there in 1960. Her only break was during World War II when she served in the Women’s Army Corps in Europe. “We had a lot of good times in this place when we came over. All my memories over here have been happy.”

St. Rita’s first church is now the parish hall.

Soon, the number of families moving from San Francisco overwhelmed the 225seat capacity of the original church. On May 30, 1953, a new church, built adjacent to the old church, was dedicated by Archbishop John Mitty. The building, costing $200,000, had seating capacity for 550, a 328 pipe organ, and 20 fine examples of stained glass

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Saint Rita . . . had the Italian families living in the area, but most of us were invaders.”

By 1957 there were enough “invaders” to open a parish school. On September 27, 1957 the school opened with 220 students in grades one through five. The McGees oldest son Steve, who was in the second first grade class, still lives in the parish and put his own children through the school.

Fairfax is one of the rare places in Marin where generations of families have gone through the parish school, according to Vice-Principal Maria Kimball.

The school was administered from its beginning by the Daughters of the Holy Spirit until they were replaced by a lay principal and teachers in 1976. A kindergarten was added in the former convent in 1978 and extended day care in 1982.

In 1986 St. Rita parish along with Catholic Charities developed a 70-unit home for low and moderate income elderly on land behind the school, naming it for former pastor Peter Bennett. Parishioners personally took over a 1990 renovation of the facility and an all-volunteer force also began construction on a science and computer lab building for the school in 1998.

Hands-on volunteerism and generosity in parish renovation and construction has always been a hallmark of St. Rita’s.

Former pastor Fr. Al Vucinovich describes St. Rita’s parishioners as “Old-time San Francisco. . . unpretentious, stable and with a can do attitude when things need to be done.”

Bill Turrentine came to St. Rita’s in 1978 with his wife Pat. Together they now have five boys. Turrentine has been a Deacon at the parish since his ordination in 1999. Turrentine credits long-time parish Deacon Tom Kelly (now deceased) and Fr. Vucinovich with help and encouragement in his path to the diaconate. Deacon Turrentine said he’s been blessed to live and serve at “wonderful parish with a lot of great families.”

After Archbishop Levada’s announcement at the anniversary Mass was met with great applause, Fr. Weare said, “It’s been a wonderful experience and joy to meet you all in the last year.” He expressed “great hope for the future as we continue to grow in unity and love.”

Barbara McGee said she was “real pleased” about the appointment. Fr. Weare is “extremely approachable which is very exciting as a parishioner.”

St. Rita’s School will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2007. The school is beginning the process of compiling an alumni list. Alumni are asked to email their contact information to Vice-Principal Maria Kimbal (mkimball@strita.edu).

(PHOTOS BY JACK SMITH)

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(Above) Archbishop Levada celebrates St. Rita’s 75th anniversary Mass with Pastor Fr. Kenneth Weare (r).

Deacon Peter Kehrlein is to the left.

(Left) Ninety-six year old parishioner Ethel Bruschini (seated) leads parishioners in a procession of roses which were blessed by Archbishop Levada and placed at the statue of St. Rita.

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■ Continued from cover experience of dealing with questions of faith as they are lived out in the local church,” he said.

“I think that’s an important thing for the bishops around the world, to have the sense that when they need to talk to me or to our congregation there is someone here who is sympathetic to their pastoral situation and experience,” he said.

Archbishop Levada, who as a bishop helped write the “Catechism of the Catholic Church,” said formation in the faith was one area where universal and local churches could cooperate.

In the congregation’s dealings with theologians, the archbishop said it was important for everyone to understand that theology, properly understood, is simply a way of helping people learn who Christ is and what Christ did and said.

“I like to think that promoting a sound grasp of doctrine and helping the church see how beautiful and wonderful God’s love is, as it has been revealed to us, that’s what theology is about. So I think that’s the primary job of this congregation,” he said.

He said one of the “negative aspects” of the congregation’s work is that it must occasionally intervene and ask theologians how they justify their positions or square them with the faith.

That can be misunderstood as a form of repression, he said.

“I think people have sometimes gotten the idea that if you don’t let every theologian say everything that he or she thinks, or if you challenge them in any way and say, ‘That’s not correct,’ that somehow you are impeding freedom of conscience or freedom of inquiry,” he said.

“But that’s not the case. We have freedom to inquire.

But a theologian himself or herself is called to discriminate between where that inquiry leads and how it corresponds to the faith that the church continues to receive and to live by.

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Otherwise they would not be doing true theology, it seems to me,” he said.

“Theology itself is in dialogue with revelation, which has some things to say. And you can’t just say that revelation says anything you want it to say,” he said.

Archbishop Levada, a theologian who has specialized in ecclesiology, said he thought one of the most interesting areas of theological exploration today is interreligious relations, especially in the context of the contemporary mixing of cultures.

“I think we’re still at an early point in the development of looking at how Christianity can and ought to relate to these different cultures and the religious expressions within them,” he said.

Theological works on religious pluralism have drawn close and sometimes critical attention from the doctrinal congregation in recent years. Archbishop Levada said that may be normal in such a developing field of study.

“I’m not at all surprised that there’s a lot of interest in this. I think that’s a very healthy sign. And I think the Catholic Church and Catholic theology and even our congregation ought to be very interested dialogue partners in that development,” he said.

When it comes to religious-political issues like last year’s debate in the United States over Catholic politicians and Communion, Archbishop Levada said the doctrinal congregation is there to help, not meddle.

“You can be sure that, as someone who has been very interested in this question lately, I will be eager to give any help that we can,” he said.

But he emphasized that the task of sorting out how

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Catholics “interface with a complex political world in a pluralistic society” falls first of all to bishops, both individually and collectively.

The doctrinal congregation also oversees cases of priestly sex abuse around the world, a new task that has brought extra work to a relatively small staff. While generally praising the congregation for the level of expertise and cooperation in handling these cases, some U.S. bishops have asked that the process be speeded up.

Archbishop Levada said the bishops’ new sex abuse policies have been “diligently and vigorously implemented” in U.S. dioceses, and the Vatican supports this.

He said the slowness in processing the cases is partly caused by a desire to be meticulously fair, something the church needs to preserve.

“I’m not so sure that we should expect a rapid turnover and response, because that might not guarantee that thoroughness and fairness,” he said.

Archbishop Levada said he would rely greatly on the congregation’s lineup of theologian-consultors for expertise in specific areas. Because the congregation deals with questions from different parts of the world and different fields of theology, he said, “nobody can be an expert on everything.”

He said he expected bioethical issues to continue to draw the congregation’s special attention, in part because it’s difficult for individual dioceses or even Catholic universities to have the scientific and ethical expertise to arrive at a mature judgment on these issues.

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Year of the Eucharist

Out of the Shadows centered on temples, into which the priests alone could enter, Christian worship demanded that all the members of the community take part. Rather than using temples, the Christians celebrated in “basilicas,” large public buildings which in the ancient world served as everything from law courts to shopping malls. The basilica became the prototype for Christian churches.

Liturgy became an expression of both unity and diversity throughout the Christian world. While the basic structure of the Mass remained constant, there were ceremonial differences from one region to another. Over time these produced liturgical “families,” centered on major urban centers such as Rome, Milan, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem and Constantinople. Thus was born the rich variety of eastern and western “rites” for celebrating the Eucharist. (CCC 1201-1203) The divisions between these various rites were somewhat fluid, and customs and rituals migrated from place to place.

A century ago the liturgical historian Edmund Bishop described “the genius of the Roman rite,” in which he noted that the two qualities of the very early Roman liturgy were “soberness” and “sense.” By this he meant that the earliest Roman liturgy was marked by a certain austerity and simplicity. Processions were practical affairs: you had a procession to get from point A to point B; e.g., to bring the gifts of bread and wine to the altar, or to receive Holy Communion. Prayers tended to be rather terse. (There is much discussion these days about fitting English translations of our Latin prayers, but the ancient collects are a great challenge to translate: what Latin can

pack into five or six words often requires a dozen words or more to express in English.)

Other regions had their own “genius,” and some of their ceremonies were adopted in Rome. In some eastern traditions processions were not merely pragmatic, but also symbolic: for example, a procession with the Gospel Book, or the procession for Palm Sunday, both of which found their way into the Roman Mass. Elements of Byzantine court ceremonial appeared, since the Pope had filled the power vacuum in Rome when the imperial court moved away. Other customs came from the East, such as litanies (in Greek: Kyrie, eleison), and the celebrations of Mary and many eastern saints.

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The funeral of Pope John Paul II and the ceremonies surrounding the election of Pope Benedict have presented a vivid example of the rich history of our Catholic liturgy. For the next several articles, our series on the Year of the Eucharist will offer a brief history of the Mass.

The early Christian celebration of the Eucharist combined two forms of worship which were central to Jewish worship: the weekly synagogue service which centered on the Scriptures, and the Passover/Sabbath meal celebrated in the home. St. Justin records the earliest description of the weekly Sunday Mass, as it was celebrated in Rome around the year 150. His depiction (CCC 1345) presents the basic outline of the Eucharist ever since, although the centuries have enriched the celebration with a variety of colorful rites. For the first three centuries of her existence the Church was a persecuted sect, so we do not know a great deal about the specifics of the Mass: gatherings were more or less clandestine, depending on the intensity of persecution.

The first major turning point in the history of the Mass came early in the fourth century, when the Church found herself transformed, almost overnight, from a suspect cult into the official religion of the Roman Empire. There were already large numbers of Christians throughout the Empire, but now they could gather to celebrate the Eucharist in a public way. The rites of the Eucharist were enhanced with splendid ceremonies and choral singing. This marked a profound change not only in Christian worship, but in the religious life of the ancient world. Where formerly pagan religion had

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Who is the Deacon?

Perhaps your parish is fortunate enough to have a deacon. To some the deacon is the shadowy figure who seems to be actively involved in church duties, yet many wonder why is the deacon here? Parishioners have heard the term deacon, but few know what role the deacon plays.

Many are not even sure what to call the deacon, often opting for Father, which is incorrect (almost all deacons prefer Deacon So and So). Parishioners think deacons are priest-lite or clericalized lay people – understandable, but wrong assumptions.

The deacon is neither a (mini) priest nor a lay minister. Deacons are ordained clergy, one of the three forms of the sacrament of Holy Orders: the other two being priest and bishop, sharing in communion a complementary ministry. Ordained by the bishop, the deacon serves the bishop, often identifying areas of need in the larger community by becoming his prophetic eyes and ears. Deacons can be single or married (minimum age for both groups being 35), but they remain in whatever state they are, at ordination, and should one’s spouse die, the deacon cannot remarry without petitioning the Vatican for permission. The permanent deacon is one ordained to the diaconate for life, while a transitional deacon, is one ordained to the diaconate with the expectation of being ordained to the priesthood after a limited period of time (usually 6 months to a year).

The Greek word for deacon, diakonia, found in the New Testament, is translated as service.

The diaconate exists to remind all of us who call ourselves Christians, that we, in imitation of Jesus Christ, are called to be welcoming, nurturing, and inclusive servants. Servant does not mean being a doormat or performing tasks no one else will, but rather doing deeds unreservedly that reflect our allegiance and our dependence on the Lord. The deacon’s distinctive stole, worn over the left shoulder covering the heart, leaves one arm symbolically free to offer help to others. Traditionally, deacons have served in three key areas: (1) Ministry of the Word, in which the deacon proclaims the Gospel, preaches, does catechetical instruction, retreat ministry, or counseling; (2) Ministry of Charity, in which the deacon helps others make a connection between the love and worship of God with the needs of the marginalized and vulnerable, thus challenging the whole Church to live out this responsibility; and (3) Ministry of Liturgy, where the deacon assists at Mass, is an ordinary minister of the Eucharist, brings Viaticum to the dying, conducts baptisms, officiates at burial services, gives blessings, witnesses marriages, and leads communal prayer, especially the Liturgy of the Hours, with all liturgical roles relating back to their ministry in the world. Because deacons proclaim by their very lives the Church’s call to serve the needs of others, we can say one is a deacon, as opposed to one “doing diaconal activities,” illustrated by the integrated presence of such famous deacons as St. Lawrence of Rome, St. Ephrem of Edessa, and St. Francis of Assisi.

During the early development and high influence of the diaconate (100-325 AD), deacons acted as assistants to the bishop, helping the poor and needy, and delegated with very special tasks, often served as representatives of the bishop from one local church to another. St. Ignatius of Antioch (100 AD) first compared the deacon’s function with Jesus, while the priest was identified with the apostles’ ministry. In some dioceses, deacons were chosen to succeed their bishop upon death. They may also have been responsible for collecting and distributing church funds. The diaconate began to decline in the fourth century, as presbyters (what we now call priests) took over many of the deacon’s liturgical functions in celebration of the Eucharist, such that the diaconate began to be seen simply as a step on the way to priesthood. It was not until the Second Vatican Council, in its Dogmatic Constitution of the Church document, that the permanent diaconate as it existed in the first 300 years of church history, was revived, becoming a primary legacy of the Council’s mission of encouraging a dialogue between the Church and the modern world.

Because of earlier confusion, it is important to realize while some duties overlap and a deacon does virtually all that a priest can do (except celebrate Mass and administer the Sacraments of Anointing the Sick and Reconciliation), they have very different vocations. A priest primarily administers the sacraments and provides pastoral leadership of the local parish, where any service done in the world is understood as an extension of what initially began in church. The deacon is called to the service of charity by showing heartfelt Christlike compassion and a selfless unconditional availability for any who suffer in the world, demonstrating that the whole church cares for them. What makes deacons unique is not they are simply ministers of charity or liturgical assistants or Gospel proclaimers/preachers, but through ordination, they are all of these together and completely.

Many functions of the deacon can be performed by priests or lay people, but the sacramental significance of what the deacon does in person, flows from ordination, rendering the deacon an official, visible, accessible, gracious sign of the spirituality of service given by the Church to society. The diaconal apostolate is not meant to ambush the priesthood or undermine lay ministry, but simultaneously, encourage both of them, while supplementing and challenging them. The deacon, rather than just performing sacramental signs, is a sacramental sign of Christ the servant, epitomized by Jesus washing the feet of the disciples right before his death, revealing the Lord who came not to be served, but to serve in love.

Increasingly, the deacon is being seen more and more as a bridge builder. By bridge building, we mean reconciler. Theologically, reconciliation refers to God, out of love and grace, overcoming humanity’s alienation, by redeeming us from sin and death, and making friends with all people. Like Christ, the deacon is the one who takes the initiative in seeking an end to estrangement, division, and hostility, through establishing new harmonious relationships and DEACON, page 17

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ulminating a five-year process of formation, 14 men will be ordained ordained toto the the permapermanent diaconate by Archbishop William J. Levada at the Cathedral of of St. St. Mary Mary ofof the the Assumption in San Francisco June 19. Another deacon will be ordained in August.

The ministry of the permanent diaconate was revived following Vatican II. About 14,000 permanent deacons now serve the Church in many capacities.

A deacon candidate’s first year, called “Aspirancy,” is followed by four years of study through the Catholic Studies Institute and at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park. Candidates also engage in pastoral ministry at the parishes and institutions of the archdiocese during this period.

Classes include the study of scripture, liturgy, homiletics, catechetics, moral and system-

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Khaled Abu-Alshaer moved from Jordan to the United States in 1983. He is married to Eva AbuAlshaer. They have two children. He is self-employed. He likes to read, socialize with friends and enjoy the outdoors. He hopes to continue serving at his parish, Saint Thomas More. His wife Eva believes Khaled’s call is “a big gift from Jesus.”

atic theology, canon law, Church history, and pastoral practice. Candidates who are married are encouraged to bring their spouses to the classes. Days of recollection and yearly retreats are also important stages of the formation process.

Father David Pettingill, director of permanent diaconate formation, sees his goal as making sure candidates and their wives have a profound experience of the Church throughout the entire formation process.

“The candidates are formed by their sponsoring parishes. They identify and hone their gifts and skills in parishes and institutions of the Church, and their instructors are persons of the Church actively involved in their own ministries,” Father Pettingill said.

“Hearing the Word of God is the most important attribute the candidates can possess,” he Brian Bromberger is a little more proud coming from a German background, “since we now have a German born pope.” He is an online editor and writer, primarily working at home. His internship at the Interfaith Center in the Presidio launched his interest in ecumenical and inter-religious activities. He enjoys hiking, eating at restaurants, attending movies, theater, and concerts. He plans to dedicate his ministry at Most Holy Redeemer parish “to being a boundary breaker and bridge builder.” One day he would like to minister at a retreat center.

James Shea and his wife Patricia have been married for 40 years. Both are native San Franciscans. They have three children and eight grandchildren. They are parishioners of San Mateo’s St. Matthew’s Church.

James is a teacher at St. Matthew Elementary School. Golf, fishing, reading, and eating chocolate are James’ hobbies. He said his future plans “will continue to be doing anything that my wife asks me to do!”

Ramon Zamora was born in the Philippines, migrated to Guam in 1972, then on to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1981. He met his future wife, Bea, (Christine) in 1991. She had emigrated from Manila in 1989.

They married in 1994. The Civil Engineer for the City enjoys music, computers, home audio/video equipment and sound/recording equipment. The parishioners of San Bruno’s St. Bruno Church said, “We only wish to be more effective workers in God’s vineyard…and hoping someday we will deserve to hear him say to us, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant(s)!’”

Charles Cancilla has been married to Patricia (Patti) for 38 years.

They have five children and 11 grandchildren. Recently retired from a sales engineering career, Charles spends his leisure time designing wood working projects.

He wants to continue his faith journey in the field of social justice with a primary focus in detention ministry, while serving at Menlo Park’s St. Raymond Parish.

Michael Doherty was born in Downey, California.

When he’s not working at Bank of America’s Network Services, he enjoys driving around the Country, hiking, camping, and classical music. He wants to continue parish ministry at San Francisco’s Most Holy Redeemer Parish.

Steven Fox was born in England and raised in the Church of England. He and his wife Barbara have 3 children, live in San Mateo and “are blessed with 3 grandchildren.” The professional engineer loves to slip away and sail on his boat. In addition to his deacon ministry, he hopes to assist the dayto-day operation of his parish, St. Gregory, with his engineering and property management background.

Eugene Smith and his wife Nina have three children and are anticipating the arrival of their first grandchild in May. Eugene is the Executive Director of Seton Institute for International Development. He raises funds and resources for Catholic Sisters in developing countries. He funds projects to build healthier communities in villages in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

His leisure time is spent walking with his wife Nina, reading and watching “good” movies. He hopes his future diaconate ministry will be working at the couples’ San Rafael parish, St. Raphael.

Benjamin Koloamatangi is married to Pam with three children and seven grandchildren. When he is not working at the San Francisco International Airport as a maintenance mechanic, he spends his leisure time gardening, cooking and playing with his grand kids. He plans to serve the needy, and obey his pastor wherever he is needed.

He and his wife are parishioners of San Mateo’s St. Timothy.

R. Christopher Sandoval (Chris) was born in Los Angeles.

He works for the City as director of training and development for the Mission Neighborhood Health Center, and is Principal and Senior Research Associate for Polaris Research and Development, “a multicultural and multidisciplinary think tank” in San Francisco. Chris is a tropical fish hobbyist and a collector of rare Papal Commemorative Medals. His passion is studying Catholic culture. He hopes to provide his expertise of ministering to those newly diagnosed with life threatening diseases and being a resource to anyone in need of help in multicultural ministries.

added. “Unless they let the Word shed light on their human experiences, they will not see God at work, around and in them. If they don’t see they can never help others to see.”

Father Pettingill gives great credit to the wives who take part in formation classes. Their insights make them valued partners in the formation program and a needed balance of approach to the ministry, he said.

“The men are well aware that they are joining an ‘order’ of deacons,” said Father. “They are team players, not lone rangers.” The candidates have agreed to meet on a regular basis after ordination to support each other and share their experiences in ministry.

“Ordination deepens what is already there and is being formed,” said Father Pettingill.

“The Archdiocese is truly blessed with this group of men and women.”

James Haug has been married to Sandra for 43 years. The graduate of Sacred Heart High School is retired and spends his leisure time cheering for the San Francisco Forty-Niners and participating as a Knight of Columbus. He will serve as a deacon at his parish, Pacifica’s Church of Good Shepherd, and remain ministering to the sick and working in religious education.

John Meyer a native of South Africa is married to Bernadette for 30 years. The parishioners of San Francisco’s Epiphany Church have three children and six grandchildren. The sheet metal worker enjoys his free time playing soccer and baseball with a few laps in the pool afterward. John loves working with the youth within the church as Confirmation coordinator, being a role model and teacher.

Robert Shauger will be ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. This July he and Grace will be married 44 years. They have two children and three grandchildren. After many years of living in Pacifica they moved to El Dorado Hills in 2004.

Bob’s leisure time is filled with the grandchildren, gardening and reading. He and his wife will be serving at Holy Trinity Catholic Church where he says “we are doing Baptismal Preparation classes and involved in ministry to the terminally ill and homebound.”

Michael J. Ghiorso is married to Carolyn for 29 years. They have four children and together they own and operate a teacher supply store in San Francisco. Michael loves reading and walking, along with coaching basketball and track. After ordination, he will continuing his ministries at South San Francisco’s St. Veronica Parish and Daly City’s Our Lady of Mercy, “all the while attempting not to annoy the people of God.”

Bruce Pagacz will be ordained to the diaconate in August

by His Grace Bishop Nicholas Samra of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton at his parish Our Lady of Fatima Byzantine Catholic Church in San Francisco. Bruce’s hobbies and interests are visual arts, especially iconography and early Christian art. He holds a degree in art. Other interests include Classical music, especially early music, along with ballet, gardening and his friendly dog Katia. Bruce hopes his future ministry will be serving the Byzantine Catholic community.

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Hate in the Chronicle

In the news Pope Benedict on Family

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI turned his attention to the family in early June, encouraging church members to help couples in crisis and reaffirming church teaching that marriage between a man and a woman is the only legitimate basis for family life.

Because human beings were created in the image of God, and because God is love, “the vocation to love is that which makes the person an authentic image of God: One becomes similar to God to the degree that one becomes one who loves,” the pope said June 6.

Speaking at the Diocese of Rome’s annual convention at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Pope Benedict said that contrary to what many people think today marriage is not a “casual sociological construction,” but a reflection of the truth about the human person, the meaning of life and the relationship of human beings with the God who created them out of love and for love.

A lifelong pledge of fidelity between a man and a woman and the openness to having children also are a reflection of the identity of the human person as an “indissoluble” unity of body and spirit. “Man is a soul which expresses itself in the body and a body that is given life by an immortal spirit,” he said. “The body of man and of woman has, then, a theological character that is not simply corporeal, and that which is biological in the human person is not simply biological, but is an expression and fulfillment of our humanity,” Pope Benedict said.

“Human sexuality is not something that exists alongside our being a person, but belongs to it,” he said. When a man and a woman say “yes” to each other, they are pledging their entire being to one another: body and soul, he said. Saying “yes” implies using one’s freedom to make a choice and a commitment, he said.

“The greatest expression of freedom is not the search for pleasure without ever making a true decision; rather, it is the ability to make a decision about a definitive gift in which freedom, freely given, finds its fullest expression,” he said. “The various modern forms of the dissolution of marriage — like free unions, ‘trial marriages’ and the pseudomarriage between persons of the same sex — are expressions of an anarchic freedom,” he said.

What many people today think of as freedom is a way of acting based on the idea that each person should do whatever he or she wants, whenever he or she wants, paying no attention to what it means to have been created male and female and called to love completely and responsibly, the pope said.

Just as understanding the full meaning of human sexuality requires an acknowledgment of the human vocation to love, so the true meaning of parenthood can be grasped only when seen in the light of love, Pope Benedict said. The pope said it is “contrary to human love, to the profound vocation of man and of woman, to systematically close their union to the gift of life and, even worse, to suppress or tamper with the life about to be born.”

Pope Benedict said the church’s obligation to help build strong families must not stop with defending marriage, preparing engaged couples and helping married couples in crisis. The fundamental role of parents to educate their children in the faith, in morality and in good citizenship also is under attack today, he said.

“A particularly insidious obstacle to education today,” he said, “is the massive presence in our society and culture of that relativism, which recognizes nothing as definitive, leaving as the ultimate standard only the individual and his or her desires.” The pope said that without guidance a person’s individuality and desires end up “being a prison,” rather than freedom.

At an earlier meeting with pilgrims from Verona, Pope Benedict said it was right that concern for the family was at the center of their diocese’s recently concluded synod. “The number of divorces and irregular unions has increased, and this is an urgent call to Christians to proclaim and witness to the Gospel of life and of the family in its entirety,” the pope said.

Despite the problems all couples face and the “social and cultural conditioning” that currently seems to encourage couples to separate, “Christian spouses have not stopped being a sign of the faithful love of God.” In confirming the convocation of the Fifth World Meeting of Families in July 2006 in Valencia, Spain, Pope Benedict said the value of the family founded on marriage is “central for the church and society.” “The church cannot forsake announcing that, in accordance with the plans of God, marriage and the family are irreplaceable and do not allow for other alternatives,” he said.

Cindy Wooden reports from the Rome Bureau of Catholic New Service.

Robert Scheer’s piece, “Sexual Morality from Hypocrites,” which the San Francisco Chronicle had incredibly bad judgment to print, is one of the most transparent, vile and mean-spirited works I have seen. Apparently Mr. Scheer, and the Chronicle by extension, do not define hate-speech by its content, but rather towards whom it is directed.

Make no mistake, this is hate-speech at its worst. Every word is calculated to incite hatred towards the Catholic Church and its teachings. The article’s only saving grace was that it is so unabashedly biased that Mr. Scheer’s agenda is obvious starting with the title, and thus, anything but powerful in its attempt to convince.

Vicki Evans Larkspur

Sex as gift

Sex becomes sick when it seeks its own end, or its own pleasure. It becomes wrong when it ignores the purpose of the gift or the giver. Our Lord said, “Increase and multiply.” God created man and woman for a reason. But, as St. Thomas Aquinas teaches us: God created man and woman with free wills. This, also, is a gift. Besides setting out guidelines and teachings to follow, God also respects our free will. We have the right to choose. The Catholic Church does not dictate, but guides. There is a big difference. Its members are free to make choices, free to change. We cannot demand. God does not even demand. Through Him we can only guide and state the truth.

When we make choices we must be ready to accept the consequences, as well.

Do not blame others for your mistakes, or the mistakes of others. Make good choices, not bad accusations. We are all servants of the Almighty. We are all sinners and no one should point fingers. We must all follow God’s holy will. It is to obey, love, and follow the example of his holy people who have gone before us.

Marguerite A. Mueller San Rafael

L E T T E R S

Robert Scheer’s Chronicle article, “Sexual Morality from Hypocrites,” is the most negative, spiteful, hateful, and mean attack on the Catholic Church, its members, and; especially, on the Holy Father Pope and the Bishops. Mr. Scheer is the most misguided and misinformed writer I have ever read when it comes to the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church. He lumps together all his political bias agendas and squeezes them into one essay, blaming the innocent for the free choices that others make.

It is Pope Benedict’s job to speak out on faith and morals and he does so in truth, clarity, and firmness. He teaches the Word of God, and upholds faith and tradition. He has every right to do this, and he speaks truth because he relies on the gift of the Holy Spirit, the teachings of Christ.

Mr. Sheer attacks, also, the virtue of celibacy. Does he realize that we Catholics believe celibacy is a gift from God? Many hundreds of saints have lived the vow of celibacy over the centuries. This gift of pure love from God has helped make saints. They offered their most precious gift of sexuality, to give their total being to God, out of pure love. True, this is not an easy task. It takes great courage and holiness. The holiness of just a few are shone in St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Benedict, and the holy Mother of God. Then there are the examples of St. Bernadette, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Dominic, St. Agnes, and Mother Teresa. It is hypocritical for Mr. Scheer to accuse the Catholic Church of being the most sexually repressed institution in human history, when human history proves otherwise.

Yes, sex is natural, but it becomes supernatural when holy persons give their sexuality back to God out of love.

Unfortunately, people are human.

They make bad choices. They err and sin.

People become sick in body and soul.

Child molesters fall into this category.

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A Weigel for keeps Appreciation goes to George Weigel for his cognizant article, The Catholic Difference, “How doctrine Liberates.” (CSF – May 27) It merits keeping on file.

Mary Pecci San Francisco

Unimposing lawmakers

I found the address of Archbishop Charles Chaput (CSF – May 27) rather puzzling. Our country has never seemed so polarized in its points of view as it is today. It seems to be rigidly held that “it’s either my way or the highway” but there is also an unwillingness to hear out others. It seems to be more and more difficult to decide, as a society, which are the directions that we should take for the common good from the perspective of commonly held societal norms. The voices of compromise are few and when expressed these voices are threatened with attempts at political extinction and/or political death or religious punishment of one sort or another.

No one would argue with the Archbishop about the need for all people to personally hold to a set of moral principles and convictions and to use these views in decision-making. In our age and times, it seems that many have not decided for themselves whether a moral life “pays” or is worthwhile and on which principles a moral life might rest. In general, we’re better off with principled leaders than without. But leaders who are unwilling to compromise where compromise is possible, lead to a nation incapable of moving forward in solving important problems that affect citizens on the basis of norms held widely by most of society.

Yet Archbishop Chaput states, “All law is the imposition of somebody’s beliefs on somebody else.” So who gets to impose on whom? It seems that if it’s Catholics imposing their beliefs on nonbelievers that’s OK; but not unbelievers on Catholics. I say there must be a better way but I get no encouragement from the Archbishop. It seems to me that when he explains that “we have debates and elections and Congress to turn the struggle of ideas and moral convictions into laws that guide our common life,” if the result is to his liking fine; but if it’s any other way anathema.

The hour calls for leaders who listen, reason, educate and suggest rather than impose their beliefs on somebody else because “that’s the way we see it.”

Joseph C. Barbaccia San Francisco

June 10, 2005

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The Catholic Difference During the recent, raucous debate in the U.S. Senate over what’s procedurally kosher in considering a president’s judicial selections, opponents of several Bush nominees persistently dismissed the prospective judges in question as “extremists.” My colleague at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Ed Whelan, thereupon proposed a thought-experiment: Imagine that a Democratic president nominated for the federal bench a judge who had suggested that there was a constitutional right to prostitution and a constitutional right to polygamy; who had blasted the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for promoting gender stereotypes; who had proposed abolishing Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day, substituting an androgynous “Parents’ Day;” who had advocated abolishing same-sex prisons, on the grounds that male prisoners returning to a work environment in which men and women are equal could learn to deal respectfully with women in co-ed jails; and who, while arguing that “manifest” racial imbalance in a company’s work force was de facto evidence of deliberate racial discrimination, had never, while working in the private sector, employed a single AfricanAmerican (in a majority-black city!) in over fifty hires.

It seems almost too absurd. Would any Democratic president nominate to the federal bench a jurist with views like this – views that are, by most understandings of the term, “extreme”? Or, if a Democratic president would attempt such a nomination, surely some Senate Democrats would object – not to mention Senate Republicans, who would certainly use the filibuster and every other legitimate legislative tactic to stop such a nomination. Wouldn’t they?

Well, not quite.

For the not-so-fictional nominee in question here is none other than Ruth Bader Ginsburg, current Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on a 96-3 vote, having taken every one of the positions noted in Ed Whelan’s thought-experiment.

“Extremism” has become code in certain circles for any potential federal jurist who is convinced that Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood got it wrong when they discovered a “right to abortion” in the U.S. Constitution. Yet why is that judgment an “extreme” position? According to the logic of Roe and Casey, the thirty-some states who had laws protective of unborn human life prior to 1973 were violating the basic human rights of women in a fundamental way – but that isn’t thought to be an “extreme” position.” According to the jurisprudence of Roe and Casey, one class of Americans has the constitutional power to execute lethal violence on another class of Americans (who happen not to have been born yet) – but that isn’t thought to be an “extreme” position.

According to the Supreme Court’s subsequent interpretation of Roe and Casey, the “right” to an abortion trumps virtually every other constitutional right, including the right of free speech – but that isn’t thought to be an “extreme” position.

The Supreme Court can get it wrong on minor matters without doing serious damage to the Republic. But when it gets it very wrong on a very important matter, the mistake acts like a toxin, poisoning virtually our entire public life.

Dred Scott got it seriously wrong, and public life deteriorat-

ed to the point of civil war.

Plessy v. Ferguson got it seriously wrong in declaring segregation constitutional; decades of poisoned race relations, logjammed Congressional initiatives, and distorted George Weigel presidential politics followed. Roe and Casey, which got a fundamental question of justice just as wrong as Dred Scott and Plessy v.

Ferguson did, is having precisely the same effect: it is systematically poisoning other aspects of our public life.

That is why politicians who defend a legal “right” to abortion, be they Catholic or not, must not be honored by Catholic institutions, including Catholic universities. These politicians are wrong on the great civil rights issue of our time. Whatever their other accomplishments, they have no more business being honored by Catholic institutions today than an otherwise-laudable politician who defended the constitutionality of segregation would have been in the 1960s.

Failure to recognize the injustice of Roe and Casey and their distorting effects on American democracy is the real extremism.

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

Family Life

The keys to family happiness The view from the outside looking in is seldom, if ever, accurate. It’s easy to assume that a family that seems very happy is so because it has no problems.

That just isn’t so.

Yes, the family members may be very happy. But, no, they aren’t without their share of worries, troubles and heartache. No family — not even the Holy Family — made it through this life without worries, troubles and heartache.

At times, the obstacles a family must live with — whether or not it faces and deals with them — are huge: serious illness, financial difficulties, drug use or alcoholism, abuse, disability, infidelity, criminal behavior. It’s a long, long list. Sometimes a family must adjust and adapt, must figure out how to go on, despite a permanent change: a divorce, a death, a serious falling-out.

How can a family take blows like that and still be happy? How will it, after a time, begin to regain its happiness? We all know it’s possible.

These are some characteristics of happy families that tend to stand out: ● A happy family isn’t filled with Pollyannas, but its members are both realistic and optimistic. They know hard times will

come, but those times also will go. They recognize and appreciate the good times. Through it all, they love each other. ● A happy family is made up of members willing to make sacrifices. That doesn’t mean they’re doormats or enablers, but it means each person has a healthy, loving concern for the others. That doesn’t just happen. It has to be taught. Unselfishness has to be practiced to be learned. ● A happy family is open to God’s grace, to God’s presence in their midst. They recognize and give thanks for the many blessings they receive. At times, they also admit to God that they don’t understand why they must deal with particular hardships. For a time — in their pain, grief, fear or frustration — they may even feel angry at God. ● A happy family realizes they all also are members of God’s family and that they have brothers and sisters worldwide and in their own community whom they are called to help in many different ways. The more they learn about what those brothers and sisters must endure, the smaller and simpler their own problems seem.

SUMMERTIME TOGETHER Absence makes the heart grow fonder — to a point. Too much absence leads to not knowing the other, and that can

easily slide into indifference. “They” simply are no longer a part of “my” life. Just as a married couple must spend time together to keep their relationship healthy, so too with a family.

Summer is a great Bill & Monica time for some family Dodds time. A picnic supper. A day trip. A weekend of camping (or, as some prefer, “moteling”). A week or more on a trip. Or even a shared, at-home project.

Be assured, every family gathering, outing or project has the potential for a few “disasters.” But be assured also that years later those make for some of the best personal memories and family stories.

Bill and Monica Dodds are the editors of “My Daily Visitor” magazine.

Spirituality

The Jesus Code - Unravelling the Secret We all love to unearth hidden things, to crack some puzzle or code. We need only to look at the hoopla surrounding The Da Vinci Code to see how true this is. Like children, we all still believe there’s a buried treasure somewhere, a secret wisdom, just waiting to be found.

Interestingly, Jesus speaks of just such a hidden secret.

The gospels tell us he spoke in parables and that these were only understood by those who were inside a certain circle, but they remained riddles to everyone outside that circle.

That, of course, begs the question: What is the hidden secret and who is inside and who is outside the circle of understanding? In the message of Jesus, what’s the secret to be discovered, the code be cracked?

Mark’s gospel takes this up explicitly. His Jesus makes it very clear that there is a hidden, secret wisdom that needs to be grasped if one is to understand the deep design of things. What is it?

In caption, it’s the cross of Christ and the wisdom that’s contained within it. The hidden secret is that love is most truly revealed in the brokenness of Jesus on the cross.

What’s hidden in the cross of Christ is the code that we have to break open if we are to learn the deep secrets of life.

The cross contains a wisdom, the wisdom of the crucified, which is a prism through which all else is to be viewed.

Unlike false, gnostic teachers who are forever playing games and giving the impression that learning the deep secrets is a question of luck, brilliant intelligence, or of becoming

their disciples, Jesus tries everywhere to reveal the secret in public and in a language open to everyone. His whole life and mission are an attempt to lay open for everyone the deepest secret of all and to make that secret accessible to everyone.

One entry into it is through the words Jesus speaks to his uncomprehending disciples on the road to Emmaus. In trying to explain this secret, he asks them: “Wasn’t it necessary?” Wasn’t what necessary?

The secret is that there is a necessary connection between certain things: Isn’t a certain prior suffering and humiliation always the condition for glory? Isn’t it precisely when we are vulnerable and unable to impress or overpower others that we are finally open to intimacy, love, and family? Aren’t self-sacrifice and self-denial, in the end, the way real love manifests itself? Isn’t the forgiveness of those who hurt us the final manifestation of human maturity?

And, most graphic of all, isn’t the way Jesus died - innocent, trusting, unwilling out of love to protect himself against suffering, absorbing hatred and sin, understanding and forgiving those who were murdering him, refusing to resort to any kind of superior physical power to overwhelm his adversaries, refusing to give back in kind, and refusing to give himself over to bitterness and cynicism - the paragon of mature human love?

Love is the deepest mystery within the universe. It lies at the base of everything, the cosmic, the biological, the emotional, the psychological, the sexual, the spiritual. There is no level of reality where one doesn’t see the relentless deep pull inside

of all things towards a unity, community, fusion, and oneness beyond self.

And there is an inner code, a certain DNA, within love itself. It too has inner secrets, an inner structure, and a code that needs to be cracked if we Father are to properly underRon Rolheiser stand its dynamics.

But Jesus gave us the keys to crack it. They can be named: vulnerability, the refusal out of love to protect ourselves, self-sacrifice, putting others before ourselves, refusing to give back in kind when someone hurts us, a willingness to die for others, the refusal to give ourselves over to cynicism and bitterness when things beset us, continued trust in God and goodness even when things look the opposite, and especially forgiveness, having our hearts remain warm and hospitable, even when we have just cause for hatred.

These are the keys to the wisdom that Jesus revealed and the gospels tell us that we are “inside” or “outside” the true circle of love, depending upon whether or not we grasp this wisdom.

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

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Extremism? Whose extremism?

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Exodus 19:2-6a; Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5; Romans 5:6-11; Matthew 9:36-10:8 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS (EX 19:2-6A) In those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp.

While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain, Moses went up the mountain to God. Then the Lord called to him and said, “Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob; tell the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself. Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine. You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 100:1-2, 3, 5) R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful song.

R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

Know that the Lord is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends.

R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

The Lord is good: his kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

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A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE ROMANS (ROM 5:6-11) Brothers and sisters: Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly. Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one

might even find courage to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath. Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life. Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (MT 9:36—10:8) At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”

Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

The Apostles Peter and Paul – Correggio, 1520 – 24.

Scripture FATHER WILLIAM NICHOLAS

The Foundation of “The Twelve” If any Jew or Christian were asked how many tribes comprised the people of Israel the answer would perhaps come easily – Twelve.

However, when one remembers that the Tribes of Israel were based upon the twelve sons of Jacob one would notice a slight point of interest: Joseph, the supposed favorite son (given the coat of many colors) is not among the Twelve Tribes. Rather, his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, are named. This would bring us to thirteen tribes, until one notices that the tribe of Levi is also omitted from the list. Being the priestly tribe, concerned with the worship life of Israel, Levi did not receive a portion of the Promised Land and therefore is not counted among the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

In a similar vein we are given a list of the Twelve Apostles upon whom Christ established His Church. In our liturgical life we focus on the ministry of the apostles during the Easter Season when the First Reading of the Mass, usually taken from the Old Testament, is now taken from the Acts of the Apostles. In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and the Acts we have the familiar list of men Jesus personally selected to be the leaders of the early Church.

Yet, historically, how many men did this band of apostles really consist of? Without disregarding our tradition of Twelve, and if you will allow me a little reflective license, this question can yield some interesting possibilities.

At St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park there is inside the chapel, above the main entrance an image of Jesus coming out of the tomb. Above him, to the right and left are the Apostles. If one were to count these men, however, one would see that there are not twelve, but fourteen. This is so because St. Paul, while not of the original Twelve, stands opposite Peter. At either end we see a faint silhouette of Judas Iscariot, and opposite him Matthias, his replacement, with his back to the group, but still looking in over his shoulder. So if we count Paul and Matthias, while not excluding Judas Iscariot, our band of apostles comes to fourteen.

But can we stop there?

Barnabas is one of many people whose actions and preaching are spoken of in the Acts of the Apostles. Not listed among “the Twelve” Barnabas was a close associate of Paul.

However, when celebrating his feast day (June 11), this individual is listed as St. Barnabas the Apostle. Bringing our list to fifteen men.

Further, two apostles have names that change between gospels. Matthew and Mark (3:17-19) include a man named Thaddaeus.

Luke (6:14-16, Acts 1:13) names a second Judas, son of James, excluding Thaddaeus from the list altogether. John (14:22) also speaks of an apostle named “Judas (not Judas Iscariot)”. This has resulted in a combined name, Jude-Thaddaeus, the patron saint of lost causes. A similar tradition has developed around the apostle Bartholomew (Mt., Mk., & Lk) and the disciple Nathaniel (John), whose call is included with that of Andrew, Peter and Philip (Jn 1:40-50). If we assume, however, that there were, in fact, four men named Jude, Thaddaeus, Bartholomew and Nathaniel rather than simply two with combined names or traditions, and that each evangelist had their own reasons for including or excluding certain men in their list of apostles, that would bring our count from fifteen to seventeen men.

Going still further, of the four Evangelists themselves, two are listed among “the Twelve” (Matthew and John); two are not (Mark and Luke). However, when one considers that Mark and Luke still composed writings of particular authority in the early Church, it can be safe to guess that these men too may have been among the early college of apostles. This notion is further supported by our own liturgy where even on the feast days of Luke and

Mark, the prayers in both our Sacramentary and Liturgy of the Hours are taken from a section called the “Common of Apostles.” This would bring our list to nineteen.

At the risk of stretching even further: We are all familiar with the story of Matthew, who is called from his post as a tax collector to follow Jesus (Mt 9:9-10). A virtually identical story is told in the Gospel of Luke (5:27-29). Here the tax collector is named Levi. Assuming this man was important enough to include his story in the Gospel (keeping in mind the importance of Matthew), and avoiding the conclusions made in the tradition of Jude-Thaddaeus, we may again be stumbling onto yet another, albeit lesser apostle of the early Church, bringing our number to an even twenty.

But why stop there? Luke tells us that Jesus appointed seventy-two, sending them to preach in pairs to every town he intended to visit (Lk 10:1). Could this be further indication that the original group of apostles, central to the early Church, included many more than the listed twelve?

Be that as it may, this is in no way meant to deride the tradition of the Twelve Apostles whom we honor as a Church. Just as there were one or two more than the Twelve Tribes of Israel (Joseph, Levi), so too, historically there may have been more “apostles” than the twelve initially named in the Scriptures. In narrowing down the number to a list of twelve we see a greater scriptural parallel between the Twelve Tribes and the Twelve Apostles (Rev 21:12-14).

In such a parallel we see a complimentary relationship between Jewish and Christian tradition. The Apostles comprise the foundation upon which the Church is built, just as the Tribes comprised the foundations of the Kingdom of Israel.

Hence, from the many who may have been called by Christ, twelve of the more important or more prominent apostles were chosen for the lists presented in the Gospels. In some cases and for varying possible reasons some were named over others, some may have been substituted for others (Jude, Thaddaeus, Nathaniel, Bartholomew) and some remained prominent among the group as reflected in all four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles (Andrew, James, John, Thomas, Philip, etc., and later on Matthias, Barnabas and Paul). All were gathered around the unifying leadership of Peter.

So, be it three, twelve, fourteen, twenty or seventy-two, we celebrate in the Apostles the foundation upon which Christ built His Church. We continue to observe that tradition throughout history, into the twenty-first century in and through our Holy Father and the bishops throughout the world who succeed the Apostles. This was particularly so as we saw the College of Cardinals choose Pope Benedict XVI to continue the succession of St. Peter and as we in the Archdiocese of San Francisco await the selection of our new apostolic leader, following the departure of Archbishop Levada.

Today, these apostolic successors number, not twelve, but in the thousands, and likewise vary in role or prominence – pope, cardinal, archbishop, bishop, ordinary, auxiliary, etc.

Let us, therefore, pray for our apostolic leaders who lead the Church today as our bishops. We pray especially for our new Holy Father, who as Peter’s successor will continue to unite all of the bishops throughout the world into one apostolic college. We pray in particular for our local apostolic leaders here in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area, that together they will faithfully continue the awesome task of carrying on the tradition of inspired leadership and teaching that Christ bestowed upon his original Apostles.

Fr. William Nicholas is parochial vicar at Nativity Parish in Menlo Park.

June 10, 2005

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Salesian Father Joseph Scanagatta died May 9, 2005 at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland. Ordained in 1947, he was 85 years old.

“He was quite a guy,” said Salesian Father Armand Oliveri, who served with Father Scanagatta in Vancouver and at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in North Beach. “He was very agile and loved sports especially soccer.

He played tennis until just a couple of years ago. Father Scanagatta had a brilliant mind, wrote poetry. He was a good and active priest”

Father Scanagatta was born in Schiavon, Italy on Dec. 7, 1919. He took vows as a Salesian of Don Bosco in 1937 and was ordained a priest June 29, 1947 at Casale Monferrato, Italy. After teaching for several years in his Italy, he came to San Francisco in 1949 and taught for Salesian schools in California and Australia.

Father Scanagatta served in pastoral roles at several parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco including Sts. Peter and Paul, Corpus Christi, St. Bartholomew and St. Raphael.

Salesian Provincial Father David Purdy presided at a funeral Mass May 13, 2005 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church. Concelebrants included Father Oliveri and “priests from across the state,’ he said. Interment was in the Salesian Cemetery in Richmond, Diocese of Oakland.

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

Call (415) 567-2020 for more information.

Cathedral Autumn Group: All people 55 and over are cordially invited. Call (415) 567-2020, ext. 218. June 16: Tour of Alma Via San Francisco, Catholic Senior Residence, One Thomas More Way, San Francisco.

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

June 10, 2005 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.

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

Contact Scott Moyer at scott@stdominics.org.

June 18: Young Adult Spring Dance, Lucie Stern Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto from 3:30 - 9:30 p.m. Tickets $40 in advance only. Contact Donna Kashat at dkashat@stanfordalumni.org.

June 17-19: Whitewater Rafting Trip with SVDP Young Adults on the Yuba River in Tahoe. Cost is $170. Contact youngadults@svdpsf.org.

3rd/4th Sundays: St. Vincent de Paul YAG provide nourishment for the less fortunate, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Contact Tricia Reilly at (415)505-4313.

June 25: The Garrison-Martineau Project is an open dialogue with believers and nonbelievers about world issues on Sunday afternoons. Contact Brad at bradSF@garrison-martineau for time and location.

June 25: Missions Wine Tour. For more information contact Danny O’Regan at d.o.regan@worldnet.att.net.

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Food & Fun 3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon.

Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 585-9085.

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

California Handicapables needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

Respect Life/ Family Life Are you in a troubled marriage? Retrouvaille, a program for couples with serious marital problems, might help. For information, call Tony and Pat Fernandez at (415) 893-1005.

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.

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.

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

Harry Schlitt presiding.

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

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

Reunions June 25: Class of ’95, Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School with Mass at 5 p.m. in parish church and reception in Flanagan Center. Contact Juliet Palarca at laxcat1@aol.com or go to www.holynamesf.com/alumni.

June 24: Internationally acclaimed organist Felix Hell will perform in concert at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. and Vicente St. in San Francisco at 8 p.m. The nineteen-year old German virtuoso will play works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Barber, Liszt, Mozart, Bingham and Guilmant. The recital is part of the Pipe Organ Encounter that welcomed 32 students from all over the country for a one week study program with organists of the Archdiocese and the Bay Area. It is sponsored by the American Guild of Organists. Felix has been playing since age 13 and has entertained audiences at more than 350 concerts worldwide. Admission is free.

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June 10, 11, 12: It’s Nativity Parish’s 25th Annual Spring Carnival! Experience 13 thrilling rides, Kiddy-land, terrific games and prizes. Super Silly Pie-Eating Contest! Live music too as Great bands play jazz, salsa, and rock n roll. Silent auction and a raffle with grand prize of 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder. Serving tasty tri-tip and pasta dinners, plus Sunday Pancake Breakfast. “It’s great wholesome fun for the whole family,” said parishioner, Lisa Izzi Come to Nativity School compound at Oak Grove and Laurel in Menlo Park: Fri: 5-11 p.m., Sat: noon-11 p.m., Sun: noon-6 p.m. Free admission and parking. Info: (650) 3237914 or www.nativityschool.com/carnival/ From left: Bill Gutsgell, Msgr. Steven Otellini, pastor, Gary DiGioia, John Conway, and Paul Hernandez, this year’s festival chair.

The class of ’50 meets Nov. 12th for its 55th reunion.

Contact Joe Murray at jdmsail1@cs.com or the Web site.

The school is searching for class members from ’64, Kevin Brady at kbrady2626@msn.com and ’65, Helen Sigmund Fisicaro at (415) 973-1022.

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

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

Sept. 17: St. Paul’s Grammar School reunion for class of 1960, 6 p.m. at Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco. Call Liz Hinds Hannan at (650) 342-1759.

Oct. 29: Class of ’55, Immaculate Conception Academy at Embassy Suites in Burlingame. Contact Anne Nolan Dowd at (650) 359-2601 or andown@aol.com.

Class of ’65, Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City, reunion. “We are in the process of planning our 40th reunion and are looking for lost classmates,” said Michael Thompson. The reunion will be in September 2005. Contact Pat Lucido Davisson at (415) 457-6544. Email is patdavisson@ctt.com.

Class of ’75 from St. John Ursuline High School is planning a 30th reunion for this fall!

Classmates should contact Kathy Grimley at (650) 342-7633 or kathygbnp@aol.com.

Archbishop Riordan High School is in search of alumni moms! Call (415) 586-8200, ext. 217.

SF/East Bay Chapter of Kappa Gamma Pi is

seeking members with whom it’s lost touch. Call Betty at (925) 284-2028.

We are on a Star Search for graduates of Star of the Sea Academy, Class of ‘55. A 50th Reunion is in the planning stage. Let us know where you are.

Contact Patricia Lawless Sack at 415-472-5732.You won’t want to miss this one!

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry: Connecting late teens, 20s and 30s, single and married to the Catholic Church. Contact Mary Jansen, 415-614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Check out our Web site for a list of events around the Bay Area and download our Newsletter at www.sfyam.org. We publish a quarterly newsletter to connect college students and young adults to the Catholic Church.

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

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

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

Young adults recite the rosary in chapel of St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Contact Tony at (415) 387-1654.

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

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

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

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

San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call (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) 589-2800.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850.

Marin County: St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.

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■ Continued from page 10 effective avenues of peace. What was once separated, now becomes joined together.

Deacons attempt to restore in a small way, God’s reign of justice on earth, beginning by integrating components of their own lives centered around family and work, balanced with the mission of the church.

By often remaining employed outside the church, deacons build a bridge between the home, workplace and their focus of ministry.

Deacons in their very person, try to unite the secular and the sacred and attempt to live it out in daily life, dispelling the notion the two are separate. Deacons learn of the needs of the marginalized, the lonely, the anxious, the forgotten, and even despised, by venturing to enter into their world, then make those requests known to the faith community (i.e. proclaiming the General Intercessions at Mass) that often does not want to recognize need and injustice. When people see a deacon, the first question they should be asking is how is Christ at work visibly in the world around them.

Yet it would be wrong to see this bridge building function as a modern invention. One can argue this function existed from the diaconate’s very beginnings. Acts 6:1-6 has been understood to refer to the origins of the diaconate, however, most biblical scholars reject this interpretation. During the early days of the Church in Jerusalem, Greekspeaking Christians (or Hellenists) were complaining against the Aramaic-speaking Christians (or Hebrews) that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food, a group economically dependent on this charity. The twelve apostles replied that, “It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables,” referring not just to distributing food, but also ministering the Word to the Greek-speaking widows. The twelve apostles were shepherding the Aramaic-speaking Jews, and not having the time to deal with the ever-increasing Greek-speaking population, decided that seven Hellenist men (including Stephen and

Philip) “full of the Spirit and of wisdom,” would be appointed. These seven men were not the historical and institutional deacons that emerged later in the second and third centuries. However, they are probably the spiritual ancestors of the later office of deacons, and certainly the root for the diaconal emphasis on ministering to the circumstances of the unfortunate. Even though Luke tends to gloss over the differences, most biblical

insights and realities of each to the other.

Thus deacons can identify needs and extend ministry to places priests cannot go, either with respect to time or location restrictions, for example prisons, nursing homes, or the boardroom. In fact, the main focus of a deacon’s ministry should be outside the church, serving as a model to others what it means to live, work, and have influence as a Christian in today’s society. The deacon, being flexible

“Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” scholars feel there was significant tension between the Greek-speaking and Aramaicspeaking Christians with the former having a looser, broader interpretation of the Mosaic law than the latter group. These seven men were appointed to preserve unity, to build a bridge between these two contentious groups. In this vortex of need and turmoil, the diaconate was conceived.

So there appears to be ambiguity built into the deacon’s office from its very inception. Yes, deacons are clerics, but they live in the world in the same manner as the laity, with employment and families, creating a paradoxical identity. Familiar with the culture of the clergy and the concerns of the laity, deacons wind up acting as intermediaries between the two groups. Certainly in our society, where many people compartmentalize their spiritual lives, by restricting it to Sunday morning alone, the deacon becomes symbolic of the need to try to integrate the marketplace, home, and spiritual worlds, every day.

It is not easy living in two worlds, yet through the sacramental grace offered via the office of the diaconate, deacons are called to live out this tension and become models as to how these two worlds can support and enhance, not antagonize, each other. The deacon serves as a kind of ambassador between the church and the world, interpreting the

and willing to tolerate a lack of clarity as well as putting aside the need for acceptance and comfort, has the freedom to devise new forms of ministry and novel ways to serve people. The deacon should be able to look at a circumstance or situation and see the Gospel perspective within it, speaking that truth uncompromisingly.

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At the rite of ordination for deacons, the bishop places a book of Gospels into each candidate’s hand and instructs them: “Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” By simply being who they are, everything deacons do, has the aim of reconciling all things in Christ and by extending ministry to the marketplace, becomes the living witness revealing that no person or situation, however hopeless, is beyond the province and scope of Christ’s transformative grace. Who is the deacon? The deacon is Jesus serving others, reminding us the Lord is with us always and we remain his disciples in every facet of our lives.

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‘Cinderella Man’ Review by Harry Forbes NEW YORK (CNS) — Is there anything Russell Crowe can’t do? The versatile star has reunited with the “Beautiful Mind” creative team — producer, director and writer — and come up with another winner.

“Cinderella Man” is the moving true-life story of Depressionera boxer James Braddock, who after several years out of the ring stunned the sporting world by winning the light heavyweight title.

Jimmy lives in tenement squalor with his loving, true-blue wife, Mae (Renee Zellweger, here a brunette), and their three young children. (Despite the film’s nostalgically glossy production design, the poverty still seems bleakly real.)

After showing early promise, Jimmy has had a run of bad luck in the ring. With creditors hovering and his kids without enough food to eat — even their milk must be diluted — he becomes more desperate to earn money. The point is further underscored when his son steals a piece of meat from the butcher. Jimmy, admirably, makes him return it. When the boy cries as they leave the shop, Jimmy assures him the family will always stick together, no matter how tough the going gets.

Jimmy tries to fight with a broken hand, but the bout is a disaster, and he’s stripped of his credentials by the boxing commission. Later, in one of the film’s most heart-wrenching scenes, he’ll go back to Madison Square Garden’s managers literally hat in hand, and beg for money for his family.

Banned from the ring, he joins the other unemployed men desperately seeking day work on the docks.

Jimmy lands a longshoreman job, and the family manages to squeak by financially, so when his former manager, Joe Gould (Paul Giamatti), tries to lure him out of his enforced retirement for a one-time only bout with Corn Griffin in 1934, he’s reluctant about picking up the boxing gloves again.

Against his wife’s protestations — she fears for his safety — he agrees, and much to everyone’s surprise, wins.

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A series of higher profile matches against John Henry Lewis and Art Lasky lead to Jimmy being dubbed “Cinderella Man” — and finally going up against the notorious Max Baer (played with oily arrogance by Craig Bierko), who has already killed two men in the ring. Baer disdains Jimmy as an opponent, dismissing him as “a chump.”

Mae is appalled by Jimmy facing such a terrifying opponent, but when she goes into church to pray for him on the day of the fight, the kindly priest shows her that the entire congregation is praying for Jimmy’s success, as they see their own hopes and dreams embodied in him. More controversially, they even have a radio in church so everyone can listen.

Though old-timers may remember who actually wins, we won’t ruin the suspense.

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The period flavor feels accurate right down to the movie posters that Jimmy passes on the street (though, was Mickey Rooney enough of a big-name star in 1933 for Jimmy to dream of him, as he relates at one point?) and the accents and patois for the era. That means a good deal of profanity, in the days when vulgarisms invoking the Father or the Son were more common. The Depression is vividly recreated; it includes the Hooverville shacks erected by homeless families in the middle of New York’s Central Park.

The boxing sequences — well-shot and choreographed and sometimes exhilarating — are not for the squeamish (Jimmy takes quite a pummeling at several points), but they are far less graphic than such similarly themed films as “Raging Bull” or even “Rocky.” Above all, the boxing takes a back seat to the emotional story that is paramount: Braddock’s devotion to his family.

Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman’s script keeps the focus on the human drama, and is, at its heart, a real love story between Jimmy and Mae. What’s especially commendable about the film is that Jimmy is motivated, not by the quest for personal glory, but to support his wife and children. When Mae packs the children off to relatives fearing illness if their standard of living doesn’t improve, Jimmy is furious, particularly after his promise to his young son that the family will always be together.

So, too, when he’s forced to collect money from the relief services department, he feels morally compelled to return it once his fortunes improve.

Even though boxing may not be universally perceived as the noblest of sports, Jimmy Braddock’s improbable surmounting of poverty, bad luck, physical injuries and more did give symbolic hope to many Americans. “A year ago, he was standing in a bread line,” the fight announcer declares, summing up part of why the film is so inspirational.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Four Middle East countries were among a group of 14 that could face U.S. sanctions for not doing enough to stop human trafficking, the U.S. State Department said June 3.

Eight countries were new to the list: Bolivia, Cambodia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Togo and the United Arab Emirates. Six countries previously cited remained on the list: Myanmar, Ecuador, Cuba, North Korea, Sudan and Venezuela.

“Trafficking in human beings is nothing less than a modern form of slavery,” said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in releasing the department’s annual “Trafficking in Persons Report.”

This year’s report covers the period from March 2004 to March 2005. Bangladesh, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana and Sierra Leone, which were on the offender list in the 2004 report, were removed this year after showing signs of progress.

Rice said that up to 800,000 people are victims of international trafficking every year, with millions more trafficked internally.

“Victims of trafficking, most of them women and children, are forced, defrauded or coerced into inhumane conditions. They are made to toil on farms and in work camps,

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“Whatever cruel form of servitude they may take, trafficking victims live in fear and misery.

And wherever the trafficking trade flourishes, the rule of law erodes, corruption thrives, public health suffers and organized crime threatens the security of entire communities,” Rice said.

Rice said the United States provides $96 million in foreign aid to help countries combat human trafficking. She said this year’s report will help raise awareness on the “brutal crime of human trafficking” and increase international resolve to end the practice.

Countries cited in the report could face a variety of penalties, including the denial of nonhumanitarian aid. The State Department said a decision on sanctions would be made after a period of helping countries fight trafficking.

John R. Miller, Rice’s senior adviser on human trafficking, said the problem exists in every country, including the United States.

During a Washington press briefing, Miller said the purpose of the report was not to punish countries, but rather to influence countries to do more to stop trafficking and protect victims.

He noted that several of the countries cited were allies in the U.S.-led war on terrorism.

Saudi Arabia, for example, did little to protect foreign domestic servants, who were often victims of beatings and rapes, he said.

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