July 13, 2001 by Catholic San Francisco

l l L l MViffl 11 H ETilLc* K^U*2 ftJN K H &*4 ©IMTK

flH VGPV^ur tti illiillfliliiE 5—y^Sr^MBWaBwA., jjiy'^'Mi#>^"»t^"'fav-r ^K""lli£r B^ ¦^^H K HCv Sp «• k£~^Jtfir iiiiilil^^ B, 1 Vf am IK ^HH JAHI T flV VP ^nr i WmT BPKB i lb ^^P i ^k X \ K\ ¦ ^ ^^v In W 1

- mi niiiiiniiiiiini

¦ ¦:-p ^^imff»l mvt ,vs ¦. . -,., « ¦ •.-. B&^^e*.**?*^^^'*!*'*...-,. - '¦«& 'S^ iBmv *-t w lw\ " *,.v'- ,. "^-i J^r "\ ^v " *iti mtiTZ ^- *>^ fern^lit >'

iiiBiiMiiitMiiiiiiiTiiriiiiir-riiiiiiilii-iiiiiiiriiinrr' ' "iMiitTniMMMM«nM««ii III T ^

£MHJ N !N &

I ¦. i

•

..v **-"** .¦. ^^-tf

' « *mm -y

X^~~s * r*M

¦¦—

m,^

The new p riests join Archbishop Levada in celebrating Mass. From the left: Fathers Perrone , Lop es , Nicholas and Weare. Top right: the new p riests' chalices. Bottom rig ht: Presenting themselves f o r ordination, from rig ht: Kenneth Weare , William Nicholas , Steven Lopes , Vito Perrone. Bottom left: Archbishop Levada kisses the hands of Father Nich olas. f \ rchbishop William J. Levada, presiding at their M \ ordination in St. Mary's Cathedral June 23, told C^L AJL four new priests that they were about "to put out into the deep at Christ's bidding, at the beginning of this third millennium of Christianity." The decisions of the four—William Nicholas, Steven Lopes, Vito Perrone and Kenneth Weare —to pursue their vocation "is an act of trusting faith and vigorous hope ," Archbishop Levada told the men and a congregation of hundreds of family members and friends. The archbishop pointed out that in the Apostolic Letter "At the Beginning of the New Millennium," Pope John Paul II recalls the words of Christ: "Put out into the deep for a catch."

"The evangelist Luke recounts th at Peter and his first companions trusted Christ's words , and cast the nets, and 'when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, '" Archbishop Levada said. "The future of the world, and of the Church—the Mystical Body throug h which Christ continues the bond with humanity which began when 'the Word became flesh and pitched his tent among us ' (John 1:14) — this future is Christ's." Father Weare, a theologian , advocate for social justice, and former director of the archdiocesan School of Pastoral Leadership, will serve as a parochial vicar at All Souls Church , South San Francisco, where he had been assigned as a deacon. Before entering St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, in 1998, Father Weare earned a Ph.D. in religious studies from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. From 1980 to 1996 he taught theology on the university level. He then served as director of the School of Pastoral Leadership for two years. Father Perrone , a high school religion teacher and director of religious education before he entered the Pope John the XXIII Seminary in Weston, Mass., will serve as a parochial vicar at St. Cecilia Church, San Francisco.

Afte r graduating from South Dakota State College, he worked as swimming and wrestling coach. He then earned a masters degree in theology from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, taught religion at Bishop O'Dowd High " School in Oakland and directed religious education at parishes in Pleasanton and San Jose. Father Steven Lopes, a graduate of the University of San Francisco who completed his general education at the St. Ignatius Institute, will serve at St. Patrick Parish , San Francisco, from Jul y throu gh September and then return to Rome to complete his studies at the North American College. Father Lopes attended St. Pius School in Redwood City, where his mother is a longtime teacher, and Moreau High School in Hayward. He studied at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park for a year, then went to Rome. Father William Nicholas, who entered St. John 's Seminary in Camarillo after graduating from high school in 1988, will serve as a parochial vicar at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park where he had been assigned as a deacon. More pictures and the text of Archbishop Levada's homily are on Pages 12 and 13.

>•" I-: <:. 0 ta ir.

B O

In this issue . . .

On The

STREET i

'Crack-head' cabbie's conversion

¦ — i , i,

-M ¦

Where You Live by Tom Burke

Papal honor for Healy, Harmon

Suffering servant

St. Francis comes to San Francisco

Clergy appointments

JLCATHOLIC

J ^j k

SAN FRANCISCO }|Of amamuBmammm£=S=\ Official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

£*j

—j -— A

^^ST*^

Most Reverend William J. Levada, publisher Maurice E. Healy, associate publisher Editorial Staff: Patrick Joyce, Editor ; Jack Smith, Assistant Editor; Evelyn Zappia, feature editor; Tom Burke, "On the Street" and Datebook; Sharon Abercrombie, Kamille Nixon reporters Advertising: Joseph Pena, director; Mary Podesta, account representative; Don Feigel, consultant Production: Karessa McCartney, Antonio Alves

Business Office: Marta Rebagliati, assistant business manager; Gus Pena , advertising and promotion services; Judy Monis, circulation and subscriber services Advisory Board: Noemi Castillo, Fr. Thomas Daly, Joan Frawley Desmond, James Kelly, Fr. John Penebsky, Kevin Stair, Ph.D. Catholic San Francisco editorial offices are located at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 Tel; (415) 614-5640 Circulation: 1-800-563-0008 or (415) 614-5638 News fax: (415) 614-5633 Advertising fax: (415) 614-5641; Adv. E-maii: jpena @catholic-sf.org Catholic San Francisco (ISSN 15255298) is published weekly except Thanksgiving week and (lie last Friday in December, and bi-weekly during the months of June, July and August by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1500 Mission Rd„ South San Francisco, CA 94014. Annual subscription rales are $ 10 within the Archdiocese of San Francisco and $22.50 elsewhere in the United States. Periodical postage paid al South San Francisco, California. Postmaster: Send address changes to Catholic San Francisco, 1500 Mission Ri, South San Francisco, CA 94014 Jf there is an error in ihe mailing label affixed to this newspaper, call 1-800-563-0008. It is hel pful to refer to the current mailing label. Also, please let us know if the household is receiving duplicate copies. Thank you.

Msgr. Harry Schlitt accepts check at San Domenico Lower School for Central America earthquake vi ctims. Front from left: Gina Mott, Alexandra Coope , Elisa Busnardo , Courtney Stark , Melanie White , Jed DeMoss, Ross Clerk. Back from left: Doug Erwin, art teacher; Dominican Sister Gervaise Valpey, former principal; Msgr. Schlitt, Carole Chase , princi pal.

ented and heralds die quick downhill course of Gough Street as it passes the Christian Brothers school....Anchors awei gh for Gregory Wood, Jr. who this fall begins a Congressional appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. His folks , Kathleen and Greg, are quite proud of die St. Ignatius College Preparatory grad , as is his grandmother Mary Wood, a longtime St. Stephen parishioner. Congressman Tom Lantos sponsored Greg, Jr 's nod....All hats off for Sister Barbara Kratzer who died recently at age 100 having served 75 years as a Mission San Jose Dominican, and Sister Margaret Mary Maloy, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and former teacher at St. Paul High School and St. Brigid Elementary who died earlier this month at age 84... .The class of '51 from Immaculate Conception Academy gathered to remember the fifty years since then at the Irish Cultural Center on June 23rd . The get-together drew alumnae from as far as Montana and Oregon including Dominican Sisters Helen Bendik and Laureen Boyle, and Holy Family Sister Marie Stafford. Dominican Sisters Mary Thomas and Mary Paul represented former faculty. Thanks tc Marilyn McNab McCarthy for keepin ' us informed....Have you noticed that since the Antiques Road Show began, about the only things available at garage sales are beat-up Bi g Wheels and ice cube trays? People are hangin' on to everything diey ttiink might be a worth-its-weight-in-gold relic. I enjoy the program and think the appraisers are great but feel sorry for the people who are told their treasure might better be described as junk. I think everyone sees their items through the $500,000 table that passed through the show a coupla ' years ago and a recent Native American blanket estimated to be worth even more than that....John H. McGuckin, Jr. will speak on the wonderful history of the Little Sisters of the Poor on July 29th at 2 p.m. at the Little Sisters ' St. Anne's Home now celebrating its 100th year. All are invited "to what promises to be an outstanding event," said Jeffrey Burns, Ph.D., archivist for the Archdiocese and a coordinator of the presentation....Father Henry Trainor is new chaplain at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital and will live at nearby St. Brendan Parish. On board as Chief Financial Officer since 1999 at Laguna Honda is St. Charles, San Carlos parishioner, Nancy

Thoughtfulness abounds around the Archdiocese where funds were gathered for victims of the El Salvador earthquakes. San Domenico Lower School in San Anselmo sent $500 through Catholic Relief Services to assist our Central America neighbors. The school' s 5th grade Leadership Team recendy presented the donation to Msgr. Harry Schlitt, vicar for administration of the Archdiocese. In Noe Valley, St Philip Parish and school raised more than $4,000 for the effort. The community was especially close to the tragedy. Julia Gomez, sister of school custodian Gil Mancia , and her family were left homeless by the quakes. At St. Pius, Corks were poppin ' for Imelda and doseph McKeever at a Redwood City sturecent celebration of their 70th wedding anniversary with family dent council members and friends in Millbrae. doe , a furrier by trade but also skilled Patrick including as ventriloquist and magician , is a longtime Young Men 's Renschler, Alexis Institute member. Imelda 's alma mater, Immaculate Conception B o u t a c o f f , Academy, is just up Guerrero from St. James Church where the D o m i n i que couple wed three score and ten years ago. Mel and Joe raised Jacquemet, Rebecca their children , Bob , Jack , Shirley, Joan and Anna May, in St. Sackman, Jaqui Monica Parish and were remembered in prayers of the faithful Sterling Rice, during weekend Masses at the Richmond District chu rch Lauren Sullivan, around the time of their June 16th anniversary. Conor Walovich, Broom, Kelly Smith, Annie McSweeney, Andie Bradford, Zach Mix, Jennifer Arata....St. Charles' youth group, Charlie's Angels, was on DeLago, Ashley Brazil, Alyssa Krebs, Christine Boragno, the move recently to build three houses for the poor of Diana Hansen, Allie Hoffman rustled up $235 for the Tijuana, Mexico. Forty six teenagers and 18 adults including cause....The good heart of Sandy Cuadra, a staffer at SF's trip leaders, Kevin Holden and Steve Medina and youth minDepartment of Public Works, and parishioner of the Mission ister, Nicole Gray, were on the mission of mercy, die group 's District's St. Peter 's, started a collection of $1,365 from gen- seventh and largest yet. Thanks to, pastor, Father Kieran erous DPW workers to help earthquake victims. When asked by McCormick, who also made the journey, for fillin ' us Sandy if he knew of a group the money could be forwarded in.. ..Much ado at Holy Name of Jesus Parish where a recent through, the agency 's Tom Martin, recommended Catholic parish reunion drew almost 150 current members with as Relief Services, knowing CRS could live up to Sandy 's provi- many as 60 years in the Sunset District community and old so that "every cent" helps those affected by the temblors. Tom, friends from as far as Sonoma. Behind the get-together were a Sacred Heart High School alum, is a member of the Haight Mercy Sister Georgina Maher a former Holy Name Ashbury District's St. Agnes Parish where he proudly noted Elementary principal and longtime parishioner, Charlie he also attended grade school. Prayers please for DPW's Gloria O'Donnell. Among those assisting were Kathy Hurley, Mary Owens who is seriously ill and with Sandy was part of the orig- Ann Provence and Colleen Dm kin. A mortarboard salute to inal fundraising team....Cathedral music director, Chris Holy Name alum, JJ Miranda who recently completed an Tietze, tipped us off to the Abrupt Grade Change sign that undergraduate degree at Oregon 's Reed College in only three sits just feet from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory years. Liked the blessing Holy Name pastor, Father Donald School. Though some days it might be hoped to have the power D'Angelo recently imparted: "May God's peace be in your to ratchet up a low mark, the placard is, in truth, geometry ori- soul. May God's presence be in your heart. May God's power be in your life."... Corlett, Skaer & DeVoto Architects, Inc.

Ifc- g Someone Cares.

We are here to help you

• Leader in Planning and Design

Explore the options for you and you r baby to make a decision about your pregnancy .

• Neariy 50 years of School Experience • Expertise in Designing Specialty Facilities

We can offer you

' •

Pregnancy tests Bll.. . Referrals for Medical Information and referra ls 8P^ Adoption information Ongoing confidential support and encouragement. , Efif Sb"

"The essence of Birthright is love. "

• Our Inspiring Academic Environments Promote Creativity and Thoughtfulness

) 20 Montgomery Street, Suite 1170 San Francisco,CA 94104

Q f] A [ V-,\J \-S r \

www.csdarchitects.com

/AA oruiTcrTC RCHI FtCTS

MI5.693.98O0 K 41 5.693.9830

San Francisco » pMP^8B' ' Jr »T * ?|p ' 'o05 Taraval St. %M7f S f , 94 J 1 6 Mm*J^

I MEL

415-664-9909

San Rafael 2144 - 4th Street, San Rafael. CA 94901

4I5-456-45QO

Successes in Ukraine

Catholics , grassroots Orthodox like John Paul IFs message

News Analysis By John Thavis Catholic News Service LVIV, Ukraine (CNS) — Pope John Paul II traveled to Ukraine in late June with three major objectives: encouraging a Catholic population that has suffered severe persecution , bringing moral direction to a nation worn out b y decades of communism and assuaging Orthodox resentment over the growing role of his Church. As he wound up the five-day trip in Lviv June 27, his success rate looked like at least two out of three. His visit clearl y heartened Catholics of Latin and Byzantine rites, who cheered the 81-year-old pontiff in massive numbers and prayed with him as he beatified their martyrs from the long period of Soviet repression. "For us , it 's a meeting with God ," said one Catholic parishioner in Lviv.

Pope is weakened but determined: Editorial, Page 14 The broader spectrum of Ukrainian society also seemed receptive to the pope 's spiritual message. Among the crowds at outdoor Masses were many people who described themselves as religiously neutral, but intensely interested in this octogenarian pilgrim and what he was preaching. My family were ail communists, and my father was a military man, so I don't really belong to any church. But I want to hear what the pope has to say. I respect him," said a middle-aged woman in Kiev. The jury was still out on the trip 's consequences for relations with the Orthodox, complicated by a tangle of territorial , political and historical factors involving Ukraine and Russia. But at a grass-roots level, many Ukrainian Orthodox who attended papal events seemed delighted to join in the celebration. "I cannot understand what our leaders are afraid of ," said one Orthodox woman in Kiev, beaming as the pope drove through the crowd before a Mass. Maybe that 's why the pope went to Ukraine now, even though he lacked an invitation from the country 's biggest Orthodox church , which falls under the juris-

diction of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was a characteristic display of his priorities: the duty of evangelization trumps the diplomacy of ecumenism. He put off his trip for 10 years, aware that a negative reaction from the Russian Orthodox could forever block a visit to Moscow — another of his long-standing dreams. The reason he finally went to Kiev was that he felt Ukraine, strugg ling in so many ways to find its identity, deeply needed the spiritual orientation he could offer. As he said on the first day of the visit , he came to lift the "immense burden of suffering" that Ukrainians have endured and help spread a "new radiance" of the Gospel. Over the course of the June 23-27 visit, the 81-yearold pope drew larger and larger crowds, a rhyth m matched by the increasingly emotional chords he struck, especially with the young and with the survivors of the communist suppression of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. An estimated 1.2 million peop le attended the June 27 Divine Liturg y for the beatification of 27 Ukrainian and Ruthenian Catholic martyrs. It was one of the largesi crowds of any papal Mass in a country of the former Soviet Union. And even in the liturgy honoring the fidelity of Catholics who refused to accept a communist-ordered union with the Russian Orthodox, Pope John Paul said all of Ukraine's Christian's suffered under communism, |and their shared experience of martyrdom should draw them closer to unity. He repeated the sentiments again at the Lviv airport as he prepared to return to Rome, saying Christians ' role in Ukrainian society has been strengthened by "the baptism of blood which they received in the course of the tremendous persecutions of the 20th century. " "In those terrible years," he said, "countless were the witnesses to the faith , not only Catholics but also Orthodox and Reformed Christians, who underwent deprivations of all kinds for love of Christ , in many cases even to the sacrifice of their lives." UKRAINE, page 21

Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd at the sta rt of an outdoor Mass at Chayka Airport in Kiev June 24,

McCoy Church Goods Co. Inc. Competitive Prices & Personalized Service

July 20-22

.^¦sjl

»r\

¦W BROADMOOR ¦ Welcome to the Security, Comfort & I Elegance of America's Finest Retirement Hotel I Centrally Located • Overlooking Cathedral Hill j

1 (415) 771-9119 I 1499 Sutter Street • San Francisco, CA 94109

August 22-27

_i^HLi 1010 Howard Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401

July 27-29

Secular Franciscans , Men & Women Brother Louis Schmid, OFM. CONV. Fr. Ignatius Hinkle, OFM.CONV. "Francis the Catholic and Apostolic Man" Legion of Mary, Men & Women Father James Kelleher, S.O.L.T. "Conquering the world for Christ with our Lady: The lives of St Maximilian Kolbe, and St. Therese" Long Retreat, Men & Women Fr. George Maloney, S.J. "Sharers of God's Divine Nature"

Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Portuguese Retreat , Men & Women September 7-9

Women Fr. Ignatius Hinkle, OFM.CONV. "Continuing the New Millennium "

All reservations require a $10 deposit per person. Weekend retreats start with dinner at 6:45 p.m. Friday and end Sunday at noon. Reservations must be made by mail and will be confirmed with directions and brochure.

(650) 342-0924

D ENTISTRY FOR ADULTS & CHILDREN _

Most insurances accepted

Ife^Preventive& Restorative Dentistry H^ • Teeth Whitening T\ • Crown Sc Bridges

• Root Canals m • Emergency Care / Ask our front office about our / non-insured new patient discount

Shoreview Shopping Center '\ W ~f \ 440 S. Norfolk St. ^ San Mateo 650-548 1940

94th Annual Novena in Honor of St. Anne July 18th through July 26th , 2001 St. Anne's Church 850 Judah Street (between Funston & 14th Ave.) San Francisco , 94122 (415) 665-1600

*i( I,

Novena services with Mass: Weekdays at 8:45 a.m., 2:30 and 5:45 p.m. Friday, J ul y 20th - Communal Penance Service at all services Saturday, Jul y 21st , 10:30 a.m. Mass - Rev. Anthony McGuire, Principal Celebrant with Solemn Procession , and refreshments in Moriarty Hail immediately following Sunday, Jul y 22nd: Blessing of Children at the 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Masses Tuesday, July 24th, Blessing of the Sick at all services Conducted by the Redemptorist Fathers Confessions are heard 15 minutes before and after weekday Masses

uL /jfc V5M |l| ^3 H nf | & 3| r ' nHT * ELI j ; M 1 f M^~ M l|L» y W k J|&%%V"T £ ^rC*^£v'u*-9^" ~^ k Tj S ^ ^ ^

*^ j fe\ ^ \/ G m tf m

Pope favors world moratorium on death pe nalty, envoy says

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II had "earnestl y hoped and prayed" for a global moratorium during the jubilee year 2000, a Vatican dip lomat told a world congress against the death penalty. Though that desire was unfulfilled , the pope took encouragement from a growing popular awareness that "it is time to abolish the death penalty, " said Msgr. Paul Gallagher, the pope's delegate at the congress held last month in Strasbourg, France. The Vatican opposes the death penalty, he said, because lesser punishments "may offer time and incentive for the reform of the guilty, hope to the innocent and (may) safeguard the well-being of civil society itself." On behalf of the Vatican, Msgr. Gallagher renewed an appeal for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty, calling it an "integral part of the defense of human life at every stage of its development. " "It is surely more necessary than ever that the inalienable dignity of human life be universally respected and recognized for its immeasurable value," the dip lomat said. Speakers of parliaments from four continents signed a formal declaration calling for a global ban on capital punishment and criticized the United States and China for their recourse to executions. The universal abolition of the death penalty would be a courageous affirmation of the belief that humankind can be successful in dealing with criminality and of our refusal to succumb before such forces ," Msgr. Gallagher said.

Imp act of Peruvianearthquake falls most heavily on poor

LIMA, Peru — Rebuilding southern Peru after a devastating earthquake means helping "poor people who didn 't have much to start with," said a Catholic Relief Services official. In the Pacific coastal city of Camana, the vegetable harvest was destroyed , said Beth Cohen, project manager of CRS in Peru. "You see people picking through rubble to see what they could find ," she told Catholic News Service after returning to Lima from the quake zone. Peruvian officials said that at least 115 people died and 1,500 were injured. CRS officials said that at least 60,000 homes have been destroyed and more than 100,000 people have been left homeless after the June 23 quake, which registered a magnitude of 8.1. CRS has channeled $200,000 to Caritas of Peru , the Peruvian bishops' aid agency, to cover emergency needs. These include tents, blankets, clothing and food , Cohen said. In the Camana area, many people are tenant farmers working small plots of land, she said. "I saw potatoes, squash and pumpkins waterlogged in the fields," Cohen said. "Peop le were going back and picking the vegetables, but none were salvageable," she added. In the Andean city of Moquegua, 80 percent of the homes are uninhabitable, leaving 41,500 people homeless, she said.

Bishops ' official calls ABC News poll on stem cells misleading

WASHINGTON — An official of the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities has criticized an ABC News/Beliefnet survey that reported Americans support stem-cell research and governmen t funding of it by a 2-1 margin. "While ABC reported afterward that its poll was about embryonic stem-cell research, the poll itself simply asked people whether they support 'stem-cell research,"' said Richard M. Doerflinger, the secretariat's associate director for policy development. The first survey question read : "Sometimes fertility clinics produce extra fertilized eggs, also called embryos, that are not implanted in a woman's womb. These extra

West Coast Church Supplies 369 Grand Avenue South San Francisco (Easy access: 3 blocks west of the 101 freeway) H800>767-0660 Bibles , Books, Rosaries, Bible Studies, Statues Jewelry, Medals, Crucifixes, Pictures, Teaching Aids Baptism , Wedding and Anniversary Gifts "" ~T L' _ V f

Mon-Fri9tc j 5:30 Sat -9 to 5:00

ff l

o 13 '£

Rabbi Jonathan Schnitzel reads a prayer beside the casket of Father John F. Hotchkin during an interfaifh memorial service June 28 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The service , attended by representatives of several different faiths, honored the priest for his work in fostering relations with other religions. Father Hotchkin died June 24 at age 66. embryos either are discarded , or couples can donate them for use in medical research, called stem-cell research. "Some people support stem-cell research, saying it's an importan t way to find treatments for many diseases. Other people oppose stem-cell research, saying it 's wrong to use any human embryos for research purposes. What about you — do you support or oppose stem-cell research?" Doerflinger said the poll misrepresented the options available to fertility clinic clients by saying the embryos are either discarded or donated for medical research. 'In fact the parents generall y have two other options: preserve the embryos for possible future use — chosen by about 90 percent — or donate them to another coup le so they can have a child," he said.

Fatherfohn Hotchkin, leading ecumenicalfi g ure, dies at 66

WASHINGTON — Father John F. Hotchkin, one of the world's leading Catholic ecumenists, died June 24 of a severe bronchial infection . He was 66. For more than 30 years he was executive director of the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreli gious Affairs. "Pastoral and scholarly, Father Hotchkin was a gifted ecumenist and a warm and kindl y priest " who left an "extraordinary legacy" of ecumenical accomp lishments , said Bishop Josep h A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. "He has been the deaii of ecumenists in the United States," said the Rev. John H. Thomas, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ. "He honored fully the Roman Catholic tradition but also cared deeply for us, with a deep respect for other traditions. " The National Council of Churches general secretary, the Rev. Robert W. Edgar, described Father Hotchkin as "a vibrant part of the ecumenical movement for so many years." Father Hotchkin had been with the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs since 1967, serving since 197 1 as its executive director. In that post he was chief coordinator of Catholic ecumenical and interfaith relations in the United States , a nation widely regarded as unequaled worldwide in those fields.

Homosexual Courage members tell stories in documentary

NEW YORK — Courage, the organization for homosexuals who wish to live in accord ance with Church teachings, has produced a two-part documentary, "Portraits of Courage," that includes statements b y members about what the organization has meant to them. "For the first time in the 21-year-history of Courage , the members themselves have stepped out from behind the shadows of anonymity to face the camera and tell their stories," said an announcement by Courage. Though the members appear on camera, the documentary preserves a degree of privacy in giving only their first names. In addition to the testimony of members, the documentary includes comments from Father John F. Harvey, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales who is founder and national director of Courage . Also featured are other clergy and lay professionals who deal with homosexuality, as well as parents talking about a homosexual son. Courage was started at the initiative of the late Cardinal Terence J. Cooke of New York and maintains its national

Cy/j R ENEW

YOUR

IF YOU LOVE THE PERSON YOU'RE MARRIED TO... YOU'LL LOVE A MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND!

Worldwide Marriage Encounter >3^ O Toll Free (8881-LOVE018 (888-568-3018) (_$J

office in Manhattan at the Church of St. John the Baptist. Father Harvey backs the efforts of homosexuals to change their orientation if they desire change, but says "the focus of Courage is on chastity, not changing homosexuality."

Pop e thanks Cardinal Ratzinger fo r work as doctrinal chief

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II told Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger his 20-year service as Vatican doctrinal chief has been "a great comfort " throughout the pontiff' s dail y efforts to guide the Catholic Church. In a message for Cardinal Ratzinger 's 50th anniversary of priesthood , the pope warmly thanked the German prelate "for the humility and self-denial that has constantly marked your work" as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. "I want to confide to you that the spiritual communion you have always shown toward the successor of Peter has been a great comfort to me in the daily toil of my service to Christ and the Church," the pope wrote to Cardinal Ratzinger. He praised the cardinal's "brilliant studies" in theology and philosophy while a professor in Germany and the "pastoral drive " that led to his nomination as bishop of Munich. In addition to guiding the congregation 's mission of "promoting and protecting the doctrine of the faith," the cardinal has advanced theological studies and sought to find Christian answers to "new problems raised by the progress of science and civilization ," the pope said.

Carroll O'Connor remembered fo r commitment to fa ith

LOS ANGELES — Actor Carroll O'Connor was remembered for his commitment to his Catholic faith and his family by those who came to his funeral Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church in west Los Angeles. Mr. O'Connor "symbolized in such a beautiful and courageous way a commitment to faith he allowed to be part of his personal life and his professional life," said Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, the principal celebrant . "He played the part of a lovable bigot, because he saw this as a role that could attack bigotry," said Paulist Father Harold J. Powers, who was the homilist. "He wanted to find meaning and humanity in all his work." O'Connor, who entertained a generation of television viewers with his portrayals of Archie Bunker on "All in the Family" and "Archie Bunker 's Place " and police chief Bill Gillespie on "In the Heat of the Night," died June 21 of a heart attack. He was 76. Mr. O'Connor also zealously took up an anti-drug crusade after the drug-related suicide of his son, Hugh, in 1995. In a television interview, O'Connor said he and his wife relied on their faith in the wake of their son 's death. He also recorded a public service announcement that still airs on occasion. In it he simply says, "Get between your children and drugs any way you can." This month, O'Connor would have been married 50 years to his wife, Nancy. "You hav e to regard your marriage as the most important thing you ever will do," O'Connor once said, "Sooner or later you 've got to realize the importance of making it work and staying together, and the importance of the time you 've spent together. "

Kaufer 's

Religious

Supplies

Your comp lete sourcef o rholiday goods, articlesand books f o rchurch, home or gif ts , CA 94132 55Beverl y Street *San Francisco For excellent service in the Kaufer TRADITION,

Call (415) 333-4494 or FAX: (415) 333-0402

'Crack-head' conversion

J oe goes f rom consuming d rug s to devouring Catholic theology

By Kamille Nixon Joe H. took a one-way bus ride to San Francisco from the Bronx so he could "be homeless in a better climate." As recentl y as last September, the one-time owner of a messenger company believed living as a "homeless crack-head was my destiny." He had been taking drugs for years, living on the streets , cut off from his mother, father , and two sisters. Now the San Francisco cabby drives four day s a week, devotes the fifth work day to volunteering in a soup kitchen, and spends almost all of his "off time devouring Catholic theology. He wants to get to know the God of his youth , who seems to have saved him last fall , when Joe turned his "life and will over to the care of God as I understood him." This spiritual surrender is keeping Joe sober and focused on service , and his life ' s work is to figure out how to "understand" God. With the guidance of Jesuit Father Michael Barber, who until Jul y 1 served as director of the archdiocesan School of Pastoral Leadership, and the support of other priests , Joe has compiled a theological library meant to bring such understanding. 'He wants real Catholic teaching, and the depth of real doctrine," notes Father Barber, adding that Joe "taps the riches" of the "joy and consolation" in the Catholic faith.

___——

Joe , a 36-year-old who wishes to remain anonymous for the sake of his recovery program, sobered up and then relapsed several times. Then he felt a moment of clarity and took to heart the second step of the 12-steps of Alcoholics Anonymous: "came to believe in a power greater than ourselves ". He found he already possessed a concrete concept of God upon whom he could rely for help. "Ultimately there is onl y one spiritual truth ," Joe says. "God is not a creation of man. Man is a creation of God. When man is full of grace, he is full of the power of God." The avid reader had devoured a dozen novels during the th ree weeks he spent sobering up at St. Anthony 's Farm, a residential rehabilitation program run by the Franciscans. Then he realized authors like Stephen King and Michael Crichton "were not going to keep me sober." He sought out Catholic theological material , and has been soaking up Catholic belief since. __ -__«__ Under the tutelage of Father Barber , who describes Joe as "one of my heroes ," the budding theolog ian studies the Bible plus the writings of Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Josep h Ratzinger , Peter Kreeft and others. "Dutch The Catechism ," the "Catechism of the Catholic Church , " "Introduction to the Catechism , " "Believing in Jesus," "The Eucharist ," "Fundamentals of the Faith ," "Veritas

'There was no diffe rence

all of a sudden between what was said in the 'Big Book ' and what was said in the Bible: Trust God.

Clean house. Hel p others '

I 3 ¦£%

THEandBAC K SHOP Sleep Center Always wanted to travel with your own bed, but it wouldn't fit in your luggage? .I

Now You Can!• /->*/--•— wi,h ,lle xi

1 |J

«o^g|j ¦ till

Includes Maltress Overlay,^!

Splendor, " plus a dictionary of saints and Catholic dictionaries and encyclopedias , top his reading list. Added to this are two books explaining recovery : "Alcoholics Anonymous," nicknamed "The Big Book ," and "A 12Step Approach to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius ," by Jesuit Father Jim Harbaug h. While AA remains strictl y nondenominational, the program is based on specific spiritual principles. As A A cofounder Bill W. writes in the "Big Book," "To Christ I conceded the certainty of a great man, not too closely followed by those who claimed Him. His moral teaching—most excellent. For myself, I / p ~\tt-

CA MMN™RV & S Hff ANYWHERE YOU GOlfl

Joe at one of his favorite pastimes: Reading Catholic theology.

•/]¦

()

\,, ipwj| . f oj M

if gl

-vl

I TCMTOlr-PEDIC ¦¦P^JH I TRAVEL SLEEP SET I

| y

SAN D

had adopted those parts which seemed convenient and not too difficult; the rest I disregarded. . . "I honestl y doubted whether, on balance, the reli gions of mankind had done any good. . . If there was a Devil , he seemed the Boss Univ ersal, and he certainly had me. But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself. His human will had failed. Doctors had pronounced him incurable. Society was about to lock him up. Like myself , he had admitted complete defeat. Then he had , in effec t, been raised from the dead , suddenly taken from CONVERSION, page 10

Celebrating 40 years • Sept. 21-23, 2001 • Call us for info j ^

Aug. 3-5 Aug. 11

SHAME, SELF-ESTEEM& SPIWTUALITYI PeterCoster, DMin.,MFT *(6CEWfirMFrs , KNi&MSWs) I

MUSIC, YOGA & MEDITATION RETREAT I Vehicles of the Mystic Heart Wayne Teasdale, Asha Paul, &Russill Paul SINGLE PARENTS & THEIR CHILDREN I Oasis on die Journey • Barry Brunman, OFM H DAY OF DIALOGUE • Sharing Our Stories

Aug. 12 Aug Far Gays, Lesbians, Their Families &Friends . 17-19 WOMEN' S RETREAT • Ursula Cmpary Fmnkel W

San Damiano Retreat • P.O.Bos 767 • Danville, CA 94526 • (925) 837-9141 • ww.saiidamiano.org I

B^^SS' |

Convenient Siore Front Parking • Family Owned and Operated IBMUH^H^BBMIHI^B

J^HBVH^HHMHVHHMHHB

H^3I

Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus DOMINICAN FATHERS 2390 Bush Street, San Francisco, Ca. 94115

1 Egr gig KSFg £|j| gjgg Egg

III g | E&5 |H g | §§* £~| §§! jj§ |

Don't live alone!

loneliness. Why Don't spend your precious remaining years in terrible | not live where you can choose friends from 150 active men and women sharing a fashionable address - and sharing fun of p lanned and unplanned social activities '? We'll prove to you that living in lovely surroundings, dining tastefull y and being pampered costs no more. A sing le monthl y payment (starting at $700 a month ) provides three meals per day seven days a week , includin g holidays . . . room cleaning service . . . sunny rooms (most with baths), suites, too, in a 10-story concrete building . . . 24-hour desk attendant . . . physician on call . . . color TV . . . hobb y rooms . . . card games and parties . . . a sp lendid location on major bus lines, only blocks by the West's spefrom Union Square . . .| and much more. Managed | cialists in residence hotel hospitality. Visit us today or call for brochure. FOR DISTINGUISHED SENIOR CITIZENS

XLhc <3ranaba

San Francisco, California 1000 Sutter Street, | |94 109 Corner of Sutter and Hy de • (415 )673-2511

| | {sap Jj s| J§§| £| | i®&

^ \ ^, ||| j j |^ |ggj | §§§3 SglS |f|

m'mmmmmmmmmmmmmm'mmmm HI

Solemn Novena in Honor of SAINT ANNE #

and SAINT JUDE THADDEUS

To be held July 18-26 p j B | ^P at St. Dominic's Church K 1 Bush and Steiner Streets Services Daily, 8:00A .M. and 5.30 P.M. ROSARY RECITED TEN MINUTES BEFORE EACH SERVICE

Father Dominic Briese , O. P. 2390 Bush Street, Room #26 San Francisco, CA 94115

HkyMi ^Er serge ^opsl ap ^ preacher

BUSES TO THE SHRINE OF ST. JUDE THADDEUS, ST. DOMINIC'S CHURCH #22 Fillmore St. and Sutte r St. • #1 Calif . • #2 Clement • #3 Jackson • #4 Sutter

St. Luke's Hospital to stay open

Churches hacked effo rt to p reserve health care fo r p oor

By Kamille Nixon St. Luke 's Hospital , an acute care facility serving poor nei ghborhoods south of Market Street, will stay open throug h an affiliation with non-profit management company Sutter Health. The affiliation , which was approved last week by the California attorney general' s office, contains several conditions to maintain current levels of care. The deal is significant for a variety of reasons. It ensures the historic provider of charity care in the South of Market area will stay open. The president of its board had been predicting certain closure without the affiliation . Following years of mergers and takeovers in the health-care industry, St. Luke's was one of the last independent hospitals in San Francisco. This marks the first time the state 's attorney general office has imposed extensive conditions on a hospital affiliation between non-profi t organizations. The 130year-old hospital is owned by the Episcopal Diocese. A prominent feature of the public debate preceding the attorney general 's decision pitted leaders of a union against groups with whom they usually enjoy solidarity. The Coalition to Save St. Luke's, which includes pastors and representatives from the interfaith religious community, supported the affiliation because they saw it crucial to saving St. Luke's from certain and imminent closure. Response to the deal ranged from disappointment to enthusiastic celebration. "This means we are going to be in business at St. Luke 's for the next 130 years," said St. Luke's Chairman of the Board Philip Pillsbury. "It gives us a shot in the arm and the resources not only to maintain our presence but to grow our presence in the South of Market area." "I am elated that the attorney general has allowed the board of directors of St. Luke's to solve its own problem by reaching an affiliation ," said Episcopal Bishop William Swing. The attorney general' s decision is "exactl y what I was expecting, almost to the word. " "The attorney general's panel listened to the suggestions at the hearing and decide d to give the hospital the breathing room they need. It shows that they want St. Luke 's to survive ," said George Wesolek, director of the Archdiocese 's Office of Public Policy and Social Concern . Referring to the biblical battle between David and Goliath, Fred Naranjo, Vice President of the Coalition to

Save St. Luke 's, called the approval process "a huge war against labor. We really felt we weren't going to win." Mr. Naranjo expressed gratitude that Attorn ey General William Lockyer did not "let a ton of political pressure" from Service Emp loyees International Union locals 250 and 790 influence the decision. Yet a spokeswoman for the attorney general did not see undue pressure from unions or any other party interested in the proposed affiliation. "The attorney general is always interested in working with all groups ," said Director of Public Affairs Sandra Michioku. She said the deal was approved with conditions because "the attorney general is concerned that charitable assets of non-profits continue to be used for charitable purposes. " Post-decision , a battle between a local union and hospital representatives and supporters continued to simmer. The president of the most vocal union expressed caution about the deal and called the attorney general's decision a "half-victory. " SEIU Local 250 President Sal Roselli praised the conditions that keep open St. Luke ' s intensive care and acute care units. He expressed concern that Sutter will not honor commitments it made to maintain psychiatric and pediatric services at current levels, or to keep St. Luke 's board comprised of local citizens. "They'll change that real quick ," Mr. Roselli said. Nonsense , said Bishop Swing, who as head of California 's Episcopal Diocese has charge of the hospital. "The Episcopal Diocese of California and the board of direc tors of St. Luke 's have been responsible for 130 years for the governance and charity care at St. Luke 's Hospital ," Bishop Swing said. Mr. Pillsbury, the chairman of St. Luke 's board of directors , provided what he called "context" to the opposition campaign waged by the union that represents licensed vocational nurses , housekeepers and other nonmedical staff. He said Local 250 leaders want to have all collective bargaining with Sutter affiliates handled from Sutter 's headquarters, and binding throughout the system. Presentl y, each of Sutter 's affiliates , such as Amador, Alta Bates, and Palo Alto Medical Clinic, negotiates separately. That 's not the issue, say union representatives. "Even if we didn't have any negotiations up with Sutter we would take this same position ," said Fred Seavey, SEIU research director. "We're concerned

because after Sutter takes over St. Luke's, the company will own 42 percent of the hospital beds in San Francisco. We are extremel y concerned that Sutter is going to cut back services." Bishop Swing said he was "enormously moved" and appreciated the support of San Francisco 's Catholic leadership, while SEIU' s leader said he was "very disap pointed" with the achbishop 's and the Episcopal bishop 's stance on this issue. St. Luke 's provides about $6.5 million annuall y in charity care services, Mr. Naranjo said. Other San Francisco hospitals excluding county-run General Hospital provide a combined $8.5 million in charity care. Providing a high level of charity care is "one of the reasons St. Luke 's found themselves in trouble ," Mr. Naranjo said. "They turn away no one."

J erusalem Patriarch in San Francisco Aug. 6 Patriarch Michel Sabbah, head of the Latin Rite Patriarchate of Jerusalem will speak at a dinner calling for peace in the Holy Land on Aug. 6, in St. Mary's Hall of St. Mary 's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., San Francisco. The title of his talk is "From Jerusalem to Peace". The visiting prelate will also preside at an interfaith prayer service in the Cathedral before dinner at 7 p.m. Father Labib Kobti, chaplain to the Arab Catholic community of the Archdiocese, said in an announcement of the event, "The ceremony will be a joined prayer for peace, justice, and truth. " The evening is sponsored by the Arab American Catholic Community and the interfaith community of the Bay Area according to Father Kobti, who also serves as pastor of St. John of God Parish, San Francisco. For ticket information, call (415) 564-3211.

Courage San f rancisco

MAKE ROSARIES

^eossg Call for our catalog and special introductory offer. Box ^€^® P.O.LEWIS & COMPANY 268-K Troy, NY 12181 ^^%

518-235-1700 • www .rosaryparts.com

El Retire- San Inigo jC^si B.ETR.EAT

JESUIT

Aug 10-12

Aug 17-19

HOUSE

Qffl

With Jesus in Prayer Silent Retreat for Men Fr. Bernard J. Bush, S.J.

W? BROADMOOR Welcome to the Security, Comfort &

jH Elegance of America's Finest Retirement Hotel Hj

Sept 7-9

Inner Healing Through lesus in the Eucharist Healing Retreat for MenAA/omen Fr. Lou Cerulli and Fr. Bernard J. Bush, S.J.

Sept 21-23

Our Human Search for C.nii Silent Retreat for Men Fr. Joseph Fice, S.J.

Sept 28-30

Spiritual Living in a Material World Retreat for the Men of St. Nicholas Parish Fr. Jerry McCourt, S.J.

Call (650) 948-4491 for information / flyer 300 Manresa Way,Los Altos,CA 94022 E-mail: retreat@elretiro.org Web: www.elretiro.org

Sp iritual Retreats for Men and Women

FISittJ ^

Centrally Located • Overlooking Cathedral Hill

I (415) 771-9119 I 1499 Sutter Street • San Francisco, CA 94109

Love is What Matters Recovery Retreat for Women Fr. Gavin Griffith; O.F.M.

Aug 31-Sept 2 Acquiring Emotional Honesty Recovery Retreat for MenAA/omen Fr. Thomas Aliender, S.J . Jesuit Retreat House of Los Altos

IgLw (I Mnir wtfter Mil l if ™nw na thtl5t

86 y earsof f i n jeewehy

If you have sexual attraction to members of the same sex or have experienced sexual activity with members of your sex, COURAGE can help you live the chaste Christian life to which you are called. Through a deep relationship with Jesus, spiritual direction, scripture reading, frequent reception of the sacraments of Penance and Eucharist, and chaste Christian fellowship with others who share same sex attraction, same sex feelings and impulses can diminish significantly. You are not alone. God is here to help you in His Holy Catholic Church.

Compare at Prices 40% to 50% below market.

COURAGE SAN FRANCISCO c/o COURAGE 415 Edna Street, San Francisco , CA 94112 Include return address for literature and spiritual direction. Visit courage web site: WWW.C0URAGERC.ORG

111 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA. 94104 (415)781-7371 (800)781-7371 www.cresaliajewelers.com

Contact Father Larry Goode: 415-333-3627 Father Agnel: 415-567-2020, ext. 209

Extensive selection of exquisite jewelery and rings. Or, let us help design your own.

Validated parking one block at 233 Sutter.

Clergy Appointments Effec tive July 2 , 2001 exc ep t as noted Reverend Arturo Albano Reverend Daniel E. Carter Reverend John J. Cloherty Reverend Manuel Curso Reverend Craig W. Forner Reverend Cornelius J. Healy Reverend James H. MacDonald Reverend Daniel J. Maguire Reverend John Malloy, SDB. Reverend Fabio Medina Reverend John M. O'Brien, SDB. Reverend John J. O'Neill

PASTOR Saint Timothy Church Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mill Valley Holy Angels Church Saint Benedict Parish at Saint Francis Xavier Church, Administrator Pro Tempore Saint Anselm Church Saint Pius Church Saint Thomas the Apostle Church Saints Peter and Paul Church, effective August 2001 Saint Peter Church, San Francisco Corpus Christi Church, effective August 2001 Saint James Church

PASTORS APPOINTED TO SECOND SIX-YEAR TERM Reverend Msgr. Charles J. Durkin Star of the Sea Church, San Francisco Reverend Edwin W. Farrugia Saint Elizabeth Church Reverend Joseph Gordon Saint Francis of Assisi Church, East Palo Alto Reverend Daniel T. Keohane Saint Bartholomew Church Reverend Msgr. James P. McKay Saint Matthew Church Reverend Patrick T Michaels Saint Raymond Church PAROCHIAL VICARS Reverend Victorio R. Balagapo Holy Angels Church Reverend Antonio C. Claudio Saint Andrew Church Reverend J. Manuel Estrada Saint John the Evangelist Church Reverend Francis Mark Garbo Our Lady of Loretto Church Reverend Dominic S. Lee Saint Finn Barr Church Reverend Gaudence Milambo, ALCP Our Lady of Lourdes Church, effective June 1, 2001 Reverend William Myers Saint Anne of the Sunset Church Reverend Felix Namocatcat Saint Charles Church, San Francisco Reverend William C. Nicholas , Jr. Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park Reverend W. Paul O'Dell Saint Hilary Church Reverend Vito Perrone Saint Cecilia Church, San Francisco Reverend Julio Recio-Fernandez, OP Church of the Epiphany Reverend Thai Q. Trinh Saint Raphael Church, half-time (Richmond, VIRGINIA, effective April 1, 2001) Reverend Kenneth A. Weare All Souls Church SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT Reverend Victor Abegg, OFM Conv. Rector, National Shrine of Saint Francis, (eff ective August 1, 2001) Reverend Abraham Chiu, OFM Part-time Chinese Ministry, Saint Monica (effective August 1, 2001) Reverend Frederick J. Cwiekowski, SS Vice Rector, Saint Patrick Seminary Studies, Canon Law, Catholic University of America, Reverend Thuan Van Hoang (Washington D.C., effective August 13, 2001) Reverend Steven J. Lopes Saint Patrick, San Francisco, July - September; Studies North American College, Rome, October through June, 2002 Reverend James W. Lothamer, SS Associate Director, Vatican n Institute, St. Patrick Seminary effective July 1, 2001 Reverend Francisco Nahoe, OFM Conv. Associate Director, National Shrine of Saint Francis Chaplain, Laguna Honda Hospital, Reverend Henry Trainor residence at Saint Brendan Church

HP/^M| ^'ir^ iH wS HH

Will

M H iv^U^ JL^^^^ HI R ^^P A ^^r ^^*ta-tf^^tai-"^B^^^"^^^H^^9^B^^Baflfl°fll

fm tirM^

>LJj Sm

*^BL ^Mr T-MI .it ^-T j k| JT^ . | Jjyjg B SK- It

IB-

^¦^fc

Vj I

inMitfife'ia T ' M j j j j M «^K -* ^¦WHi REP*1735 LeRoy Avenue

Inspiring leaders for a faith that does ju stice in a culturally diverse and ecumenical contex t

of ? Master A rts (GTU Common MA) ? Master of Divinity ? Master of Theological Studies ? Special Student A menlbt!r school of the Graduate Theological Union. Financial aid and scholarships available.

r-iunii: •alSikskS^^M&^H ' website! ¦sjj ovJsjJiiCslH

RETIREMENT Reverend Monsignor Peter G. Armstrong P.O. Box 1154, Kenwood, CA 95452 Reverend Timothy Enright , CSSp In Residence, Saint Dunstan , Millbrae Reverend Kirby C. Hanson In Residence, Saint Thomas the Apostle, San Francisco Reverend Peter McDonald In Residence, Saint Anselm Church, San Anselmo Reverend Joseph A. O'Connell P.O. Box 421, Moss Beach, CA 94038 LEAVING THE ARCHDIOCESE Reverend Daniel E. Adams Pastor, Saint Cyril Parish, Wilsonville, Oregon effective July 2, 2001 Reverend Michael Barber, SJ Completing Doctoral Studies in Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, effecti ve June 30, 2001 Reverend Thomas Juarez, SDB Parochial Vicar, Church of San Luis Rey, Laredo, Texas Reverend David Purdy, SDB President, Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School & Director, Salesian Community in Watsonville Reverend Kevin Schindler-McGraw, OFM Conv. Professor and Guardian, Franciscan International Study Center, Giles Lane, Canterbury, CT2 7NA United Kingdom, effective September 1, 2001 NEW AND RETURNING SUPPLY Saint Mary Cathedral (Raphoe, IRELAND) July-August '01 Reverend Donald Crosby, SJ Saint Thomas the Apostle, May 2001 Reverend Prem Fernando Saint Raphael Church (Colombo, SRI LANKA, studying at Cambridge University), here July - August 2001 Reverend Balaswamy Govindu Church of the Epiphany (Guntar, INDIA, just completed studies at Istituto Maria Immaculato in Rome) here July - August 2001 Reverend Edward Inyanwachi Church of the Holy Name (Abakaliki, NIGERIA, studying at Franciscan University, Steubenville) June -August 2001 Reverend Derrick Iwanski Our Lady of Loretto (Torun, POLAND studying at the Biblicum, Rome) here June - August 2001 Reverend Christopher T. Nguyen, SJ Saint Agnes Parish (Ordained 6/16/01) Star of the Sea, San Francisco (Province of Reverend Jose ParappulJy, SDB New Delhi, INDIA), here July - August 2001 Reverend Jevino Pereira Our Lady of Mercy (Goa & Daman, INDIA), here July - August 2001 Saint Mary Cathedral (Barcelona Province, SPAIN), Reverend Enrique Segui, SJ here July - September 2001 Reverend Augustine Thompson , OP Saint Dominic Church (returning to University of Virginia August 22, 2001)

Reverend Patrick Bonner

Congratulations are extended to Reverend Saimone Moala for his appointment, ratified by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), as National Consultant for the Tongan Apostolate in the United States. During the term of his appointment , through December 2002, Father Moala will continue to minister to the local Tongan Community from Saint Timothy Church.

y i Af t l rj -«siy S> ~ X_T >fik\ /v^ £$^V / \ BRT^\ /^^gjPfe^^ ^an^H l ?! j I A °K^<03arC" Pc]

ST MAK Y 'S CHIN ESE -DAY SCHOtDL 910 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133 415-929-4690 • Fax 415-929-4699 Kindergarten - 8th grade Computer Ed., Cantonese Classes, After School Study Program, Athletics and Activities, WECA & WASC Accredited

CALL NOW FOR 2001-2002 APPLICATIONS O V^^^ ^^^^^J^ W\ , -"•";•**•*"~^>~-y~ gf /V> st- MarVs does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin in the administration of its admissions "y>Jv ^=5r ~=,""_ S*\T educational and policies, loan programs, scholarships, ^\^y~J^l_ ^^^/ " *( ) LO^* athletic and other school administered programs.

St. James School

A Dominican Tradition Since 1924 St. James instills a strong sense of Catholic Christian values. We nurture each child of God's family by providing a caring environment in which the children pray, study, and play. JBH^^ML' Hr "B t

JWK>M £ \ < " 1HE»B MVV WL .isaai.

mtJBmi JH BE

HMH

toll-free 800.824.0122

¦ J ;i^L K.JLSSSE!!!^!^''*"^-' ^^l Kn

SABBATICAL Marianella Program, Dublin, Ireland, through December 2001

Reverend Thomas Seagrave

ffSJ p>T l

STTJS M SRI K5 ^

Fully WASC accredited, co-ed, K-8, Fine Arts,' Computer (K-8) Lab; Extended Care,* Parent service opportunity. **ToursAvailable 321 Fair Oaks, San Francisco, CA 94110

**Phone 415-647-8972

Bishops tell Bush of concern about embryo research Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston , president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , wrote to President Bush June 29 expressing concern over embryo research. Here is the text of his letter. I am writing on behalf of the Catholic bishops of the United States to express our grave concern as you face one of the most important decisions of your presidency: whether to provide public funding for research that relies on the destruction of human life in its earliest stages. We have been encouraged by your statements that you oppose such unethical research. We also know that speculations about the possible benefits of such research, and mistaken views about the status of the human embryo, have led many to urge you to abandon your convictions. We believe it is more important th an ever to stand for the principle that government must not treat any living human being as research material, as a mere means for benefit to others. Government support for destructive human embryo research has been proposed in our nation since 1979. At first these proposals concerned the use of so-called "spare" or "excess" embryos from fertility clinics — relying on the fallacy that if parents say they no longer want their unborn child, the government may assist in that child's destruction for its own purposes. Since 1994 the Nation al Institutes of Health has also favored supporting research in which human embryos are created solely for research and then destroyed. This year the biotechnology industry began to campaign for the freedom to use human cloning to create embryos for medical research, saying that this ability to create genetically matched embryos for each patient will be essential to realizing the benefits of embryonic stem cell research. Throughout this history, however, no Administration of either party has funded a research project that relies on destroy ing live human embryos. The Clinton

Administration 's plans to do so were delayed by public opposition , then halted for good reason by your Administrati on. If you decide even to partially implement the National Institute s of Health's guidelines for embryonic stem cell research , this will open the door to broader assaults on innocent human life in the name of research. Your Administration would then endorse the principle that alleged research benefits outweigh the inviolable dignity of innocent human Life. Attempts to prevent further abuses will likely be futile , as research ers demand more and more freedom to set aside restrictions that preven t them from realizing their dreams of conquering disease. We applaud your announcement that you support a complete ban on human cloning - but we believe that a wrong decision on the matter before you will undermine that stand. In short , we believe you can make a difficult but correct decision now - or set the stage for all-but-impossible decisions in the future for yourself and your successors, as a research enterprise impatient with moral limits increasingly leads us into a culture of death. We also hold that funding research relying on the destruction of human embryos would violate federal statutory law. The legal situation should also be a factor in your decision. We have grieved for many years over the assault on unborn human life set loose upon our nation by the Supreme Court 's Roe v. Wade decision. Even that decision, however, did not affect all areas of law where lawmakers seek to protect developing human life . Because they are not covered by the Court 's theory of reproductive privacy, human embryos outside the womb may be full y protected by law - and at least nine states have acted to protect these embryos from lethal experiments. In some states, destructive experimentation on human embryos is a felony. We do not see how such laws would survive, and others like them be enacted, if the federal government were to

IS^/S^

4$ Catholic Charities '

MP CAR DONATION PROGRAM Returns 50% of Your Car 's Sale Price to Your Parish! (We do all the paperwork!)

I Call 1-800-733-8000 Mmm0mm

¦ " " " ¦ " * "

¦•¦"«¦•¦"

111,1

?¦—' "" '¦

I a J ^ViW MH|

SHIBBHIHBHBH

advertising Information Please

WALLY MOONEY j H|

Call

Says: "If you're Buying a new

* ,

a 1 - 1 ".1 ?

¦""¦;'"¦

For

¦!

g ive its blessing to such destruction for research purposes. An entire area of law where states have been able to express respect for human life would be wiped away. Mr. President , we know that many have made expansive claims for the benefits of human embryo research. However, all such claims are conjectural. Embryonic stem cell research has not helped a single human patient or demonstrated any therapeutic benefit. At the same time, adult stem cells have helped hundreds of thousands of patients and new clinical uses expan d almost weekly. Even President Clinton 's National Bioethics Advisory Commission, recognizing the human embryo as "a developing form of human life," concluded that the use of embryos from fertility clinics for such research cannot be justified if morally noncontroversial alternatives exist. There is now ample evidence that they do exist, are far more promising than once thought , and are worthy of increased public attention and government support. In the final analysis, however, this decision is not primarily about medical benefits. In his great novel The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky raised the question whether it would be right to build a world without human suffering if "it was essential and inevitable to torture to death one tiny creature" such as an innocent child to achieve that end. Each of us must answer that ultimate question in the depths of his or her own conscience. The claim that destructive embryo research will achieve such a Utopian end is, we believe, a hollow promise. In the meantime, however, the killing will be quite real. We hope and pray that you will consider these reflections and agree that our government should not support research that relies on the destru ction of innocent human beings. Please know that , through all our resources for teaching and public communication, we will provide every support for that decision .

I tSHL^H

l^\ Vi 7%M

^H^HHHE ^-rl

ALL ANNUITIES Are NOT Created EQUAL! You need ANSWERS to many important questions regarding YOUR ANNUITY. Some annuities today are paying 8%' to 12% per year with NO RISK to your principal. Find out what Insurance Companies and Banks DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW! Call for your FREE educational booklet on "ARP" "Annuity Rescue Program"

...

A booklet designed to help resolve the financial concerns facing seniors today.

ipfVVl

My Forte is 99% Purchasing fjf

CALL TODAY - CHECK MY PKICE

-*f .1 j... .til,A-m

jF .-^-MJL

n Hj.

"*~* ™ V'.^ff ;' .JM MHLV "Annual Yields Vary Depending On Various Strategies. NOTICE: The "ARP" Is not affiliated with the AARP

off: (650) 244-9255 (WALL "Y") res: (650) 588-7155 FAX: (650) 827-1433 Special consideration for the clergy and readers of Catholic San Francisco. Wally is Fleet Purchasing Manager for LEASE MOBILE. He is a member of St. Robert's Parish in San Bruno and a '49 grad of Sacred Heart in S.F.

For Your FREE Copy call...

St. Lie: 0820443

Support Our Advertisers pg yjjf - :

taBB

'Hii^S

:«^^^IBH

tss^l^H^^HH

¦ m K Introducing Financial Persp ectives, a financial planning service from Signator. We are qualified financial advisers with the expertise and resources to hel p you identify your financial goals, and effectively plan for your future How is a successful financial p lan created? It begins with a trusted financial adviser. With Financial Perspectives you'll have the opportunity to mee t one-on-one with an adviser who is committed to designing a plan for your uniq ue situation and financial needs. Our services include retirement planning, asset management, education planning, estate analysis, tax analysis, and risk management. Financial Perspectivesprovides: • Personal attention and comprehensive, ongoing service • Professional and objective advice • Financial p lanning based on your uni que situation • Fee-based advisory service • John Hancock's 135 years of financial services experience

Hr ^^H

Financial Perspectives from Signator. Expertise. Relationships. Solutions. Dennis J. Pettinelli , CLU ChFC 1900 So. Norfolk Street, Suite 200, San Mateo , CA 94403 Telephone # 1-888-598-5454 Ext, 130

2 (£

SIGNATOR

r-* FJNANCIAL NETWORK-*-^

^CnMLcoJ.

Sj / Jf

_ PlNAKCUL . Stavtcu

Vs ^»

Scciiritiei and investment advisory services are offered) through Signator Invcitora , Inc., Member N A S D , SIPC, s Registered Investment Adwiscr. insurance products arc offered through Signator [juurancc Agency, Inc., an affiliate of John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Barton.MA 02117.

ButeuS

H & ^1

• Social Security • Personal Injury • Retirement Law • Labor Law and the General Practice of Law • Worker's Compensation: John Holstedt, Managing Attorney Making a false or fraudulent workers' compensation claim is a felony subject to up to 5 years in prison or a fine of up to $50,000.00 or double the value of the fraud , whichever is greater, or by both imprisonment and fine. | www.mastagni.com } Sacramento: (916) 446-4692 Toll Free 800-852-7581 Chico: (530) 895-3836 Stockton: (209) 948-6158 Fresno: (559) 486-5580 San Jose: (408) 292-4802

Catholic Charities loses appeal Law requires contracep tive coverage

Despite religious freedom objections by Catholic Charities of Sacramento, a California appeals court ruled Jul y 2 that the charitable arm of the Church must comply with a state law that requires employers to include prescription contraceptives as part of the prescription coverage in their employee health insurance. A three-justice panel of the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court 's denial of a preliminary injunction that would have permitted Catholic Charities to provide health insurance coverage without contraceptives. Catholic Charities had asserted in the lawsuit that under the religious tenets of Catholicism "the use of contraception is intrinsically evil and a grave sin." It also argued that the state statutes, which took effect in January 2000, burdened its "sincerely held religious beliefs, thereby violating the religious freedom guarantees" of both the federal and state constitutions. The 58-page opinion , written by Presiding Justice Arthur G. Scotland , with associate justices Fred K. Morrison and Connie M. Callahan concurring, found that the statutes do not violate state or federal constitutions. The statutes, enacted "to eliminate discriminatory insurance practices that had undermined the health and economic well-being of women," are "otherwise valid laws that are generally applicable and neutral with respect to religion," the justices ruled. Because the statutes have a secular purpose, do not advance or inhibit religion, and do not foster excessive government entanglement with religion," there are no constitutional violations, the panel said. The case concerns the constitutionality of the Women 's Contraceptive Equity Act (WCEA) which sought to eliminate imbalances between health care programs offered to men and women. WCEA primarily applies to oral contraceptives "which are the only class of FDA-approved prescriptions routinely excluded from insurance coverage ," according to the court. Due to this exclusion , the court agreed with the bill's proponents saying "women pay 63 to 68 percent higher out-of-pocket healthcare costs that men." The law mandates employers who provide prescription health care to their employees to also provide contraceptive coverage. The law was signed last year by Governor Gray Davis. Similar bills were vetoed three times by former Governor Pete Wilson. The bill' s sponsor , State Senator Jackie Speier (D-San Mateo), an active Catholic and a member of the board at Seton Medical Center, did not return calls for comment. James P. Sweeney, legal counsel for Catholic Charities of Sacramento, said the state law "in imposing the mandate, did violence to our state's constitution." From our preliminary review of the court 's lengthy opinion , it appears to be deeply flawed in its application of both the state and federal constitutional guarantees of religious liberty," he said. "It may take a higher court to breathe life into these important constitutional protec-

MARCHETTI

CONSTRUCTION INC.

Serving the needs of the San Francisco Archdiocese Since 1969

650-588-3893 ~~~

I BORIS & VERA KOPILENKO !

1-80O-57B-7876 VOICE MAIL BORIS .jjjt ifc . ¦ ¦ (415) 682-6689 VM VERA, 739-0166 PAGER (415) 731-4208 RES., (415) 682-6680 FAX M ** ]f

tions." Unless Catholic Charities seeks review by a higher court, the lawsuit will now return to Sacramento Superior Court Judge Joe S. Gray to decide whether the law is constitutional. Sweeney said no decision had been made, but an appeal to the California Supreme Court is possible. The ruling noted that during the legislative process , various Catholic groups asked the Legislature for a "conscience clause" which would enable them to obtain employee health insurance coverage that does not include prescription contraceptive benefits. Otherwise, they argued, according to their religious beliefs , the statutes "would impermissibly burden their religious freedom. " To address the concern, the Legislature enacted a narrowly defined "religious employers" exemption. Catholic Charities and many other church-affiliated institutions in the state do not qualif y for the exemption because they do not meet any of the four criteria: An organization must indoctrinate those it serves with religious beliefs, employ and serve people who share its religious tenets, and qualify as a nonprofit organization under a specific section of the federal tax code. Amici briefs, opposing Catholic Charities, were filed by variou s groups, among them the American Civil Liberties Union, the California Planned Parenthood Education Fund, and the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. Rosemary Stasek who is coordinator of the California branch of Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) joined as a respondent in the suit. She told Catholic San Francisco that her organization is "absolutely in favor of exemptions which relate to true religious freedom" as opposed to exemptions for organizations which are "essentially social service agencies" such as Catholic Charities and Catholic Healthcare West. She believes "the exemptions were well crafted" to protect the conscience rights of genuinel y religious based organizations. According to George Wesolek, Director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, "the exemption is so narrowly worded that not even the Missionaries of Charity would be considered a Catholic institution worthy of a conscience exemption." Ms. Stasek says that the Missionaries of Charity would likely not require contraceptive care, but as regards Catholic Charities , she believes "there is a distinction between the conscience of an individual and the conscience of an organization." Ms. Stasek is not convinced, that an organization which employs and serves mainly non-Catholics "is due the same conscience deference as an individual. " Many Catholic organizations worry that the logic of the law and the Appeal Court decision may someday compel them to provide abortion coverage to their employees. Ms. Stasek said "abortion is a more difficult

Sequoia Billiard Supply

Tables Supplies Service

3415 Pack Boulevard 7l86 Regiona)Street 2949M'isaon Street San Mateo,CA 94403 Dublin,CA 94568 San Frandsco, CA94IIO (650)571-8113 (925)828-9797 (415)282-3139 CAL LIC #0593361

j-Jl—z

www.boriskop.com

Archbishop William J. Levada of San Francisco has been asked by the Congregation for Catholic Education at the Vatican to facilitate a dialogue between the administration of the University of San Francisco and other parties regarding the St. Ignatius Institute. The Institute is a small but respected program offered to students within the framework of the University. It is based on a study of the Great Books as pioneered by Mortimer J. Adler at the University of Chicago. The dialogue, which is expected to take place during the summer, will be related to recent changes at the St, Ignatius Institute by the University of San Francisco administration, including the naming of a new director. The Congregation told Archbishop Levada that his role as pastor of the local Church where the University of San Francisco is located, suggested that he would be the most suitable person to work with all those concerned to achieve a fruitful dialogue about the future of the Institute. The purpose of the dialogue, according to Archbishop Levada, is "to give assurance that the St. Ignatius Institute program will continue to provide its excellent education and spiritual benefits" for current and future students at the University of San Francisco. The Congregation, the Vatican office that advises the Pope on matters of Catholic education , noted in correspondence to Archbishop Levada that a thoughtful dialogue at this time would allow an examination of the issues involved. Archbishop Levada said there was "general agreement regarding the excellent results achieved by the Institute at the University" during the past quarter-century and observed that everyone involved "has expressed a desire to see this record continue." issue and it 's something fro m a public policy viewpoint that we're not clear about yet." However, as regards sole providers , i.e., Catholic health care facilities which are the only facility in a local area, "the availability of abortion is becoming an important issue ," she said. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared that Catholics for a Free Choice is in no way a Catholic organization. They have no membership and their activities are funded by grants from non-Cathohc foundations seeking to reduce world population , most notably the Ford Foundation. According to the Ford Foundation 's website, it has provided at least $1.8 million to the organization in the last two years for the creation and maintenance of CFFC affiliates in Mexico and Latin America and for the general operation of CFFC's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Julie Sly of the Catholic Herald in Sacramento and Jack Smith of Catholic San Francisco contributed to this story.

-^Z~ M

415*927-0606

LIFE INSURANCE : AffltUlTtES I ESTATE RAMSIHS [ mm TERM CARE SOLUTIONS P.O. BOX 7028 • CORTE MADERA, CA 94976-7028

& W

TSANG

www.jtsales.com Wz Kgg

415-759-3831 BUS. 415-285-6662 FAX 415-806-8038 MOBILE jwslson9@hotmail.c0m

fffllll ¥ l&'MHI

¦ ¦¦ ~M

'.\-*L

B m fr ^m^»

KSMJI

1 JOSEPH

pvhNIS f)AGAN

1'800-809*6832 x 201 ___

^^^^^^^^^ ^tJll IndependentlyOwned And Operated By NRT Incorporated

Archbishop Levada will facilitate dialogue on St. Ignatius Institute

RESIDENTIAL j BROKERAGE

jH f 1390 Noriega Street ^m^w| Franc(SCO CA 94122 San

The Company You Keepwww.newyorklife.com

§ (|y

Eric L. Barrett, LUTCF * Agent

New York Life Insurance Company 1300 South El Camino Real, Suite 400 San Mateo, CA 94402 Bus. 650 513-5690 Res. 650 299-1700 Pager 415 337-3536 Fax 650 513-5617 vww.ericb*rettcom or elbarretl@flnewyorklife.coni CA State Lie. 0737226

Registered Representative for NYUFE Securities Inc. 1300 S. El Camino Real, Ste. 400 San Mateo, CA 94-402 650 571-1220

Conversion .. .

was "another member of Christ 's body." Now the two get along fairly well at a recovery boarding house where they ¦ both stay. Continued from page 5 '"Love your enemies ' is not a suggestion ," he realized during the experience. the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had Joe admits he has given li p service to spiritual princiever known!" ples before , primaril y to date women . "If you are willing Joe read such passages with fresh understanding, as to pretend to believe the most ridiculous nonsense , you he compared the principles of AA to the lessons his can p ick up chicks at New Age Wiccan witch circles," he Catholic parents taug ht him decades ago. points out with humor. "There was no difference all of a sudden between But now he is deciphering truth , he says, truth that what was said in the 'Bi g Book' and what was said in the became clear on one of his first attempts to locate "conBible: Trust God. Clean house. Help others ," Joe servative Catholic reading materials. " Bouncing among explains. Step Three of the 12 Steps involves making "a religious bookstores Joe encountered a group of hostile decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of "liberal" workers in a "Catholic" store who found "bigGod as we understood him." oted" Joe 's preference for a Catholic dictionary over an "How could I ever do that?" the dru g addict has asked Anglican dictionary. himself. "M y conception of God was completely and Bewildere d by the conflict , Joe eventually made his utterly worthless. To implement God's-will in my life, I way to Ignatius Press, on McAllister Street next to the would need some sort of guidance. So I turned back to University of San Francisco. He knocked on what looked what I knew as a child - Catholicism." like the door of a home. The woman who answered quietly Even those childhood experiences were frau ght with asked if Joe could "come back in a little while because we disbelief that plagued Joe until several months ago. are about to pray - unless you would like to pray with us. " Trying to please his parents , a seventh grade Joe sat lookHe did pray with them , and "half the stuff I now own ing at what was going on during weekly Mass - but did- is by Ignatius Press. " n 't believe. "The kneeling, sitting, standing, singing, " he "I look at the world of difference between the 'loving recalls. "I couldn ' t bear the horror of it. I found it so sad kind-hearted liberals ' who were yelling at me and the that this group of people were so pathetic and sad that 'evil conservatives ' who welcomed me into their prayers they were willing to believe in the most inconsistentl y and gave me the books I needed for my studies," Joe ridiculous nonsense." recalls. Regarding religion as a crutch for "weak-minded Shortly after that encounter , Joe met Father Barber at pathetic fools" the young Joe saw humans as "deranged an SPL workshop last December. little weasels who needed to invent this God to explain Joe wants to tell hurting addicts , "When you 're ready, why we were here. I thought I was a genius." God is waiting. God is always waiting. You might have As a teen, Joe had a few spiritual experiences but he turned your back on the world but God has never turned discounted them. Still , he acknowled ged a "God of my his back on you." intellect - some creative force." He suggests reading the "Big Book," and points out Then drugs took hold , and kept Joe in a grip of addic- that "once the key of willingness is put into the door, it 's tion until last fall. A moment of clarity brought him to very easy to open. If you 're totally willing to surrender God , and God brought him to church . "Church was there and give up the illusion and control of your life then you for me ," he discovered. will find that God is there and alway s has been." Still new in recovery, Joe is learning to "go out of my While he does read a lot , he still ranks his two favorite way to find out what I am supposed to do at any given things as "being on a dale with a beautiful woman or moment. I can 't make any exceptions." stud y ing theology, " and concedes, "Left to my own For example, Joe felt "justifiable anger" toward one devices , I wouldn 't be talking to you. I would be in a of the women at St. Anthony 's Farm. Instead of engaging Tenderloin hotel smoking crack and drinking Vodka." in altercations with the fellow patient , Joe prayed for her. He's not. Most days find him reading theology and servAfter a few weeks, he started to love her and realized she ing lunch on the other side of a soup kitchen counter.

AAs 12 Steps are similar to key Catholic teachings, Catholic faith While Alcoholics Anonymous is not affiliated with any religion , four similarities exist between the 12-Step program and Catholic tradition , Jesuit Father Jim Harbaugh , author of "A 12-Step Approach to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius," told Catholic San Francisco. The Fifth Step resembles a "rare, moment-ofconversion " general confession , which differs from a routine confession. Step Five states, "Admitted to God , to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." The Ninth Step stresses personal reconciliation , which is congruent with Catholic belief. Step Nine: "Made direct amends to such peop le whenever possible , except when to do so would injure them or others. " The Third and 11 th Steps place a premium on offering oneself to the will of God, which is also true of Catholic faith as well as that of otherChristian traditions. Step Three: "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." Step 11: "Soug ht through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, pray ing only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. " The A A view of spiritual growth conceives of it as an everyday, lifelong process rather than a once-in-a-lifetime, "born again" experience after which nothing else needs to happen. Like Catholic belief , AA stresses an ongoing pattern of spiritual growth that lasts a lifetime , explained Father Harbaugh, who teaches in the Addiction Studies Program at Seattle University.

Catholic San Francisco invites you to join in the following pil grimages

Spiritual Director

Visit: Paris, Fatima, Coimbra, Santiago De Compostela, Santander, Loyola, Lourdes I

B<*II/<:0 0fSS immacui^ 15^5!!!lam*..

November 10, 2001

Mt. San Angela, Visit: Naples, Pompeii, r r ' _

San Giovanni Rotundo, Lanciano, Loreto, JL .

Rome, Assist and more

f / /f *¦*****

p «««

/liitalia

The airline ol Italy

WW fmmrim Seller of Travel • Califomia Registered CST J** -20371 90-40 Registration Number X^NTECOST NC T^URS. I . SSSLlS^S S'S j 1 J^£S™«-«d

Spiritual Director

Visit: Dublin, Galway, Knock, Westport, Limerick, Ring of Kerry, | | ^^f ord , Blarney & more

December 8-13, 2001

Visit: Mexico City, Guadalupe, *,. '.„ •.

^ Michaels, Ocotlan ,

mgjgg mm g» Continent?!

JH6T

¦¦Ifc -^™ Our Lady of Guadalupe

!«3 Continental

For information or a FREE brochure on tbfiS^ pilgrimages contact: Gus Pena or Joe Pena - Catholic San Francisco One Peter Yorke Way, S.F., CA 94109 (415) 614-5640 or (415) 614-5642

Four receive Pro Ecclesia Award rope John Paul II has honored two officials of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and two officials of the Diocese of Santa Rosa with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For the Church and the Supreme Pontiff) award for their service in the period that Archbishop William J. Levada served as Apostolic Administra tor of the Diocese of Santa Rosa. Honored by the pope were: Maurice E. Healy, director of communications and outreach for the Archdiocese of San Francisco; Richard P. Hannon, chief financial off icer f or the archdiocese; Msgr. Maurice lohn Brenkle , director of the Office of Finance for the Diocese of Santa Rosa and pastor of St. Helena Parish , St. Helena; and John Klein , Santa Rosa diocesan attorney. "These four have been honored for the exceptional help they gave me during the year I served as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Santa Rosa," Archbishop Levada said. "They worked many extra hours and were available for consultation day and ni ght. They contributed greatly in helping me to pull the situation together and prepare the diocese of Santa Rosa for the arrival of its new bishop ." The Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award was established by

Charities plans to expand counseling

Richard P. Hannon E. Healy Pope Leo XIII in 1888 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his ordination. His successors hav e continued to present the award to women and men who hav e given extraordinary service to the Church. Archbishop Levada presented the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal to Mr. Healy and Mr. Hannon at a private dinner June 28, the Vigil of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. The medal is in the form of a Greek cross with images of those saints in the middle. Archbishop Levada served as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Santa Rosa from Jul y 1999 to May 2000 following the resignation of Bishop G. Patrick Ziemann.

Cardinal Stafford on Mosaic

Cardinal J. Francis Stafford , president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity in Rome, will appear on special rebroadcasts of Mosaic Jul y 22 and July 29 on KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco. Cardinal Stafford addressed a conference on the laity organized by the School of Pastoral Leadership of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and held at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco in May. Cardinal Stafford , a for-

mer Archbishop of Denver, has served as head of the laity council since 1996. The Mosaic telecast will explore the role of tire laity in the Church. It will air at 6 a.m. Sunday, July 22, and at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, July 29. Mosaic is a collaborative television production of the Department of Communications of the archdiocese and KPIX, Channel 5.

-r—-71 IF YOCI 0RE FLYINQ INTO 1 .v^^Cd , I V i V K l THE SUNSET ¦ MEAN \ ^WzhjA DISTRICT kOT^ipn

Wkf "If You Like Italian Food ^wk L Eat Where Italians Eat"J

WitA

Xj&f

STOP AT

EL V^&&^\1 U^-^^- TOREADOR

^^ ¦ CAESARS! ITALIAN RESTAURANT I j ¦¦bay @ Powell St. San Franciscraj

50 WEST PORTAL fWENUE. s<™FRANCIKO 415.566.8104 —»————i——

EmMiMMEmm

i*** *** « „«££

JH ^

I 2-IQ 12\i h^M S ^^ iM m^S^m

ma!^

"" 33-24-14 ]

San Francisco 's Most Awarded Pizza

—— 1

UjU^MlxLiii,B!BMBn^BIIC!^^i-^JJ )tii^^';!i^^v I frfti^'MiffllMBP^^^^ 1

Catholic Chanties of the Archdiocese of San Francisco is pl anning to expand its services in San Mateo County by providing counseling to Spanishspeaking residents in the area of St. Anthony Parish , Menlo Park. The agency is now seeking a bilingual , biculluraJ counselor to work half-time on the program , Dr. David Ross, Catholic Charities program director for behavioral health care services in San Mateo County, said. The counselor would be a Ph.D, Marriage and Family Therapist or a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or license eligible. The program will be located at St. Anthony 's or a nearby site but would be open to all Spanish-speaking people in the area. The counselor would initially provide counseling four to six hours a week, while assessing the need for services, Dr. Ross said. Depending on the results of that assessment, the program could be expanded. "We believe the need is there," he said, "but we don 't want to impose our program. We want to provide what the people there need , not what we think they need." Dr. Ross said that other private and public programs in San Mateo County provide food , shelter and clothing. The new program wiU aim at people "who are capable of doing better but need to deal with drug or alcohol problems — or just the stress of being away from their home country and in a unfamiliar area." The program will be launched with a $50,000 individual contribution to Catholic Charities. As the program develops , he said the Catholic Youth Organization might provide after-school sports and other activities in the area. A story in Catholic San Francisco June 22 about the merger of Catholic Charities and the CYO incorrectly reported that the new program would be at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in San Francisco.

.,«

jtJUfkv

m^mi iiW* JS5# ^ Where the food is as good as the view. Taste the ttue flavor of San Francisco at the oldest restaurant on Fisherman 's Wharf. The freshest seafood , perfectly prepared. Sicilian specialties. Homemade pastas. Spectacular views of the harbor and Golden Gate Bridge.

'^'fiBI

I * Full Service WS| m M| Event iBn Wm Bfl Productions E^Hhil B Social & P^* Jfl B ^^ • Bbto^-j sj fflfefflB^ Corporate

J^^^l

¦ UU m ¦ E <:y7<r*vn^<p TK & WBmmm

I^1

S E A F O O D C A F E

Wood-grilled specialties in the tradition of old Fisherman's Wharf with views of the harbor and open-air dining.

EPV P^H

Oift JLMBM

Catering

1 • Wedding

-KMJGHT'S ""**"

"This fa milyview ownedtherestaurant , with a ^^^ ¦^^^ of Bay, turns out j f ^ & k Mhiua ^r stunning ^JM^^^WMlUjhjP^B first-rate seafood and Italian dishes ~ Uault Milktu 's Best of San Francisco

"Nonna Rose 's is a brilliant aMiticm to Old Fisherman's Wharf. Intimate , warm colors accent the tiew of old fishing boats right outside the window. Their menu features well prepared fresh seafood , pasta, salads & seafood sandwiches, with an Italian & American wine list." - Best of San Francisco

Open 11-11 daily

Open Sun-Thurs 11-10, Fri-Sat 11-11 3 hours validated parking

(650) 635-1800

#8 Fisherman's Wharf (Taylor at Jefferson) 3 hours validated parking 415/673-0183 www.aliotos.citysearch.com

#7 Fisherman's Wharf (foot of Taylor) 415/359-1200 www.nonnarose.com

3963 Callan Blvd., So. San Francisco, CA 94080

Sin™ 1925

Please Support Our Advertisers

Experience is Everything Sin ce 1963

FAX (650) 635-1805 wvvAv.kniglitscatering.com

Top p ictures, left to rig ht: Archbishop Levada imposes hands on Father Lopes , the Archbishop receives a blessing from Father Perrone, the Archbishop anoints the hands of Father Nicholas , Father Weare kneels for the laying on of hands by his fellow priests.

TUTTIN G

OUT INTO THE DEEP'

Archbishop Levada 's ordination homily

The Archdiocesan Choir.

rothers and Sisters! We give thanks to God for this beautiful day on which four new priests will be ordained for the Church of Jesus Christ , for service of the people of God in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. And we Bextend our gratitude as well to the many people who accompany these men — Ken Weare, Vito Perrone, William Nicholas , and Steven Lopes — here today; people who in more distant days or more recent ones helped their discernment of and their preparation for this holy day. In the name of the Church , we thank their parents and families, their parish priests and the religious women and religion teachers who first nourished the faith in them. We thank their friends and colleagues, and among them their fellow seminarians of years past [some of whom are serving at the altar in this liturgy: to them I say this aside, "Brothers , these years of preparation which can seem so long do have an end!"] We offer thanks, too, to our brother bishops who are here today, with whom some of these men have served in the pastBishopJuarrArzube, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles; Bishop George Niederauer, Bishop of Salt Lake City; Bishop Tod Brown, Bishop of Orange, Bishop Stephen Blaire, Bishop of Stockton, and our own Auxiliary Bishop John Wester of San Francisco. We thank our brother priests who have been their guides and co-workers. And we renew our gratitude to those

who have been responsible for their priestly formation as required by the Church: to Father Gerald Coleman , President -Rector of St. Patrick Seminary of our own Archdiocese, together with his excellent faculty of Sulpician priests, diocesan priests, and religious and lay professors and staff; to Msgr. Francis Kelly, Rector and President of Pope John XXIII Seminary in Boston and his staff; to the faculty and staff of the North American College in Rome, to be representedhere today by Father Patrick Brennan, Spiritual Director. To all the talented men and women who exercise the unique and delicate responsibility of seminary formation in and for the Church , I want to say the public word of thanks on behalf of us all. We have heard the words of our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II , in his Apostolic Letter "At the Beginning of the New Millennium," "Due in altum!" — 'Put out into the deep ' [water] for a catch." The evangelist Luke recounts that Peter and his first companions trusted Christ 's words, and cast the nets , and "when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish" (Lk 5:4, 6). To set out into the deep at Christ's bidding, at the beginning of this third millennium of Christianity, is an act of trusting faith and vigorous hope. The future of the world, and of the Church — the Mystical Body through which Christ continues the bond with humanity which PUTTING OUT INTO THE DEEP, page 18

•4

Above and to the rig ht: The candidates fo r ordination prost rate themselves before the altar.

(PHOTOS BY CATHV JOYCE) (DESIGN BY KAKESSA MCCARTNEY)

The congregation joins in prayer.

From left: Auxiliary Bishop John Wester of San Francisco, Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, Bishop Tod Brown of Orange, retired Auxiliary Bishop Juan Arzube of Los Angeles, Bishop George Niederauer of Salt Lake City.

hCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Suffering Servant \ . . a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity . . . ' "Why doesn ' t he retire?" It is impossible to avoid that question about Pope John Paul II. At 81 , he is bent with old age, slowed by a neurological disorder. He walks slowly, painfully, his head sags, his left arm trembles. His breathing is labored. He often slurs his words. As they watch this weak old man on television , many people see John Paul II as just one more famous person who has overstayed his welcome — like a ball player who refuses to retire even though his skills have deteriorated or an entrepreneur who hangs onto power while driving his company into bankruptcy. If the pope had been an athlete or business executive, that would be a reasonable way of looking at this white-robed figure shuffling across the world stage. But John Paul II isn ' t a shortstop or software inventor. He is leader of the world 's billion Catholics and, perhaps more important, the only religious figure who commands international attention in the secularized societies of the 21 st century. Even now, weak and old, John Paul II will not be ignored. His words may be rejected but the world still cannot take its eyes off this remarkable man. When he was elected pope in 1978, John Paul II captured the imagination of the world with the power of his personality, his booming voice and, at 58, his youthful vigor. After centuries of Italian popes, the Church was now being led by a Pole. While his recent predecessors had gained stature by mastering the intricacies of the Vatican bureaucracy, Karol Wojtyla had grown to maturity as priest, bishop and cardinal battling communist oppression. Moral theologian and poet, quarry laborer and actor, skier and soccer player — John Paul II came to the papacy as a breath of fresh air. Twentythree years later, the power and energy have faded , and the people who idolize youth have grown tired of an old man who trud ges around the world, refusing to retire — "a mere shadow of his former self." Or is he? Certainl y, the physical vigor and oratorical power have disappeared but people who speak with the pope say he retains his fine mind. Most of all , John Paul IPs sp irit remains strong. He is still a determined , uncompromising and often successful missionary of Christ to the modern world. In May, despite protests by some Greek Orthodox priests and lay people, John Paul traveled to Athens. There the weakened pope offered a strongly worded apology for wrongs done by Catholics to Orthodox Christians over the centuries. "It's something we've been awaiting for 950 years," said Father Thomas Synodinos, chancellor of the Orthodox Archdiocese of Athens. "This was a very, very positive thing for the Orthodox Church." In Syria, the pope reached out to Islam as he visited the Umayyad mosque. Dr. Tarakji Mohammed saw the pope moving slowly and said he clearly displayed the symptoms of a nervous system disease. But, the Moslem physician said, "What matters is that he came here out of love. Given his age and his health, it is amazing that he would undertake such a visit." In fact, while his trav els this year have shown the pope 's physical weakness, they have also demonstrated his spiritual strength. Now the pope is intent on teaching the world about the Christian attitude toward suffering La Civilta Cattolica, a Rome-based Jesuit magazine whose articles are cleared with the Vatican, says th at the pope is attempting to offer an example of the "Christian use" of suffering. He is showing "with his example that old age is a time of grace, which can be fertile with good works" and full of hope the magazine said. The pope understands the impact of television pictures that show him with his head slumped, walking in almost slow motion. "The pope has no fear of offering himself to the television cameras just as he is," Father Ugo Moretto, the head of the Vatican's television unit, says. "He's made it an instrument of communication— He's not afraid of errors or limitations. He knows that he is human." For the pope these last years are a teaching moment — for the old and the sick but also for the young and the strong who can easily identify with the vigorous Karol Wojtyla of 1978 but who prefer to look away when they see John Paul LI these days. On his pilgrimage to Syria, the pope had trouble distributing Holy Communion. "The poor pope," said one priest at the altar. "Three or four times I thought, 'He 's got to stop, he can 't go on. ' But he did." So he does go on, intent on reaching his goal, bent over in pain, as his master was on the way to Calvary. - PJ

Capturing fac ts, mood of Santa Rosa

I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the report, on the Diocese of Santa Rosa written by Kamille Nixon Maher. It truly did represent not only the facts but also the mood of our Diocese and its clergy and people, It has indeed been a challenging couple years and there are some whose faith has been shattered. But the vast majority of our people have emerged from this sad experience stronger and more determined to rebuild their church. We in the Santa Rosa Diocese have all been immensely supported by the prayers and contributions of so many other Dioceses. No one has given more than the archdiocese of San Francisco. And we are grateful! Msgr. John Brenkle Chief Financial Officer Diocese of Santa Rosa i—

Show some respect

Our Catholic teaching tells us not to judge others. The gay and lesbian lifestyle may not be what you and I have chosen, but that does not make someone more or less qualified to know about relationships and family life. Divorce and birth control are also not accepted by the Church , but if we exclude people who are divorced or who use birth control from anything related to the Church, we would have fewer people celebrating the Mass and many well-qualified people wouldn 't be working to further God's message of love and acceptance. Debbie Montarano San Francisco

False worship

As Vatican II taught us to embrace the idea of unity with other Christians, I began to take many of my non-Catholic friends to various Catholic parishes throughout the city. On several occasions we happen to be in the vicinity of a certain parish and I would suggest we go to a noon time Mass. Clearly, a regular practice of several visitors to this parish is to kiss and touch the statues. I was raised to appreciate good religious art. I admire a carved wood or marble statue that is beautiful and adds to the didactic and decorative atmosphere of our churches and chapels. As an educated Catholic, I was also tau ght that there has been abuse .in this area by Catholics. Veneration of statues and other sacred images are never supposed to be directed to the material itself! This is heresy! Veneration of these objects should never be confused with the adoration due to God alone! I feel embarrassed and ashamed of this behavior, especially when I try to explain to my Protestant friends that we really do not "worship " statues. The other factor that is embarrassing is the cheap painted plaster statues that you see all over not a few parishes that did not renew themselves after Vatican II. I believe if you are going to properl y display religious art it should not be art that looks like the kind of tard y plaster statues one would see at a carnival. It is time to recognize the importance of what is appropriate in three dimensional images of Christ and our Saints. Although most images of Christ are only interpretive anyway (no one really knows what Christ looked like), I believe Catholic Theology stands on my side when it comes to this issue. Christopher J. Smith San Francisco

The Chronicle has once again resorted to "sensational" journalism to sell newspapers. I am referring to the article covering the Gay Freedom Day Parade and the front and center photo of the group known as the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" who were mentioned no less than eight times! This group of cowards are not "sisters" in any sense of the word. They are a group of gay men dressed as Catholic nuns who have openly mocked the Catholic Church for over 20 years. We as Catholics have been taught to show tolerance of others no matter how offensive and blasphemous they can be. However, this is not the first tune Catholics have had to turn the other cheek with regard to this pack of idiots. A couple of years ago, with the help of our Board of Supervisors President , Tom Ammiano, they were awarded a parade permit to celebrate their 20th anniversary on Easter Sunday and the Chronicle was there to cover it, front and center. It is time for the Chronicle to stop behaving like a trashy tabloid , and show some respect to it s Catholic readership. Lorraine Gemigniani — San Francisco

T T

E S

Good pa rents

1 would like to comment on the letters to the editor on June 8 b y Mimi Ahem and Robert McCullough. I have not seen the film "That's a Family," so I cannot comment on its contents, but 1 do know Dan McPherson and Kevin Gogin. They may not be a typical family, but these two fathers are better parents than most kids could hope for. They have a caring relationship, they are involved in their daughter's life, they are both well-educated, and they are nice people. Dan and Kevin are on many committees through the school and church , go on field trips, volunteer in the classroom, and one or both of them is at every game or school function their daughter is involved in. Their daughter is well-adjusted , does well in school, and was elected to Student Council by her classmates.

Letters welcome

Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers. Please: >• Include your name, address and daytime phone number. >¦ Sign your letter. >• Limit submissions to 250 words. >- Note that the newspaper reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. Send your letters to: Catholic San Francisco One Peter Yorke Way San Francisco, CA 94109 Fax: (415) 614-5641 E-mail: mhealy@cathoiic-sf.org

Compassionate Church

I have been reading articles and letters in some newspapers, criticizing the Catholic bishops for banning sterilization procedures at all Catholic hospitals. There have also been many verbal attacks directed against the Church for not showing compassion and the love for one another. I have lived in a Third World country for most of my adult life, and have therefore witnessed the noble humanitarian acts being done by the Catholic Church in helping the very poor, downtrodden, irrespective of their religious affiliations. It is not possible to mention here the numerous deeds of the Catholic Church, where priests and nuns have sacrificed everything and who work against all odds in some of the most difficult, remote and sometimes primitive areas, where there is no proper sanitation , no electricity, no pure drinking water — and they're still performing these jobs with a smile, with ease and with compassion and with no help whatsoever from the government or local authorities. By the grace and compassion of these priests and nuns, the villagers in these areas feel loved and wanted and treat these priests and nuns as their heroes and saviors. The Church may not be perfect, but for anyone to say that the Church lacks compassion is being unfair and absurd. Lenny Barretto Daly City

SocialJustice Unborn Victims of Violence Act: Step in right direction On October 20, 1999, the following exchange took place on the floor of the U.S. Senate: Senator Rick Santorum (RPA): "I would like to ask you a question. You agree once that a child is bom, is separated from the mother, that that child is protected by the Constitution and cannot be killed? Do you agree with that?" Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA): "I think that when you bring your baby home, when your baby is born - and there is no such thing as partial birth - the baby belongs to your family and has all the rights. But I am not willing to amend the Constitution to say that a fetus is a person..." This response was given in the heat of a very tense debate on die senate floor over the Ban on Partial birth abortion. It might be interesting for some of us, Senator Boxer 's constituents, to engage her further in this discussion in light of the fact that Dr. Peter Singer (an "ethicist") of Princeton University has written that parents should have a month after birth to determine if the "baby" shall live or die. The question that Senator Boxer was asked, therefore, was a good one. As you remember partial birth abortion is just that - a nearl y frill term baby is partially delivered in order to kill the baby as he or she is coming out of the womb struggling for air and life. Whether or not this is a human person is indeed relevant. I remember in the 70s when the abortion issue was being discussed and the proponents of legalization would say with certainty diat we were only talking about a "mass of cells." This, it was said, was not human life. Today, even the most ardent pro-abortionists do not make that claim because med-

ical science has concluded that there is a unique and genetically distinct human life from die very earliest stages. What else would it be? Since it is generally agreed that there is human life present from the earliest stages, now the battleground has shifted to "What constitutes a human person? " This discussion puts pro-abortion adherents, especially Catholic pro-abortion politicians, such as Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi and Anna Eshoo (They represent areas of the Archdiocese of San Francisco) in a nasty dilemma. They are confronted with the inevitable logic of their unnuanced and adamantly pro-abortion position, which they have voiced over and over again on numerous votes. The slope is indeed slipping fast. It started with the partial birth abortion votes where their rigid focus on the rights of the mother run up against not a "mass of tissue" but an actual baby, partially born in late term. For them, as for Senator Boxer, there is no person there. Certainly no person with ri ghts. They voted against die ban. They recently were faced with another choice that must have been dark for them in voting against the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. The UWA passed the House 252 to 172. This legislation would make it a federal crime to kill or injure an unborn baby in the process of attacking a pregnant woman. As one witness in favor of the legislation stated: "I was four days away from full-term, my due date, and my husband at the time brutally beat me in the stomach, twice hit me purposely, and I lost my son because of that, and I almost lost my life." Her husband was charged for the injuries to his

wife, not for the murder of his son. As we have seen over the years since Roe v. Wade the permissibility of killing becomes broader and broader. This is why disability groups are so nervous. Who next will be considered a "non-person? The already born baby with "defects?" The "unwanted" child? The "non-productive" of society? If "choice" for the mother is die only right and her rights trump other rights, then the inevitability of that twisted and relativistic logic pushes us further towards a brave new world where all human rights are at risk. In the Catholic tradition, each human being from conception is God's child and therefore possesses inherent dignity and sacredness. From this created dignity flow human rights. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act is a step in the right direction in coming to terms with a legal definition of the personhood of the unborn baby.

George Wesolek

George Wesolek is director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco 's Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

The CatholicDifference

Road to Christian unity strewn with obstacles In an interview prior to the May meeting of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Karl Lehmann of Mainz, Germany, claimed that the papacy is "the principal obstacle" to progress toward Christian unity. Lehmann's observation echoed Pope Paul VI's 1967 confession that the papacy is "undoubtedly the gravest obstacle in the path of ecumenism." Like Paul VI, who certainly believed that the Office of Peter exercises a ministry of primacy in the church by the will of Christ, Cardinal Lehmann was doubtless referring to the question of how that primacy functions today — a legitimate topic for ecumenical discussion, as Pope John Paul II wrote in the 1995 encyclical, "Ut Unum Sint." Thirty-five years after Vatican II , however, one wonders whether the papacy is, in fact, the "principal obstacle" or the "gravest obstacle" to recomposing in 11151017 the unity which Christ left his Church as an abiding gift. There is no point indulging in a sweepstakes of blame here. But surely there are other serious obstacles to Christian unity today. That more than a few pastoral leaders and theologians of the Orthodox churches consider Roman Catholics heretics — while Catholics consider the Orthodox "sister churches" — is a serious obstacle to repairing the 11th-century breach between Rome and the Christian East. The general secretary of the World Council of Churches put a serious obstacle in the path of ecumenical progress in 1995 when he proposed abandoning the classic ecumenical goal of a Christianity unified around a common creed, a common baptism, and a common Eucharist. Dr. Konrad Raiser's parallel claim, that work together on environmental protec-

tion, peacemaking, and world poverty is of more consequence for ecumenism than doctrinal dialogue and agreement, compounded the problem further. The moral confusions evident in some mainline Protestant communities are a serious obstacle to Christian unity. When the General Assembly of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland endorses the creation of cloned human embryos for the sole purpose of experimenting on them and then killing them, that is a serious obstacle to Christian unity. When some mainline Protestant leaders attempt moral justifications for abortion and euthanasia, that is a grave obstacle to Christian unity. One also has to ask whether much of the Protestant world, in the five centuries since the Reformation, hasn't lost a sacramental sense of reality — that hituition which takes seriously the "givenness" of things, in the conviction that the extraordinary and transcendent are revealed through the stuff of this world — water, oil, and salt; bread and wine; sexual love within the bond of marriage. The most hopeful frontier of North American ecumenism today involves Catholics and evangelical Protestants. Yet here, too, there are serious obstacles to ecumenical progress, including the thin notion of "church" to which the great majority of evangelicals adhere. To think of "the church" as "that gathering of individuals who occupy the same worship space on Sunday morning" is an impediment to Christian unity. There are also serious psychological blockages to ecumenical progress in the early 21st century. Over the course of

a millennium of division, Orthodox many o o Christians have made a a: Qdeeply anti-Roman attiU3 _a tude an essential part of < to their Orthodoxy; to be an z S Orthodox Christian, in z these terms, means not to be in communion with the Bishop of Rome. A similar psychology of division affects many Protestants, both mainline and evangelical. At the same time, and to reverse Cardinal Lehmann's concerns, it is precisely the capacity of the current Bishop of Rome to be a global witness to the Gospel and a global defender of religious freedom that has helped jump-start die new ecumenical dialogue between evangelical Protestants and Catholics in the United States. A vigorous, evangelical exercise of the primacy that puts preaching the truth of God in Christ first has begun to assuage centuries of susp icion about the papacy. Ecumenical seriousness requires acknowledging that there are many serious obstacles to Christian unity. Making the Petrine primacy work for all isn't the only issue. It may not even be the gravest issue.

George Weigel

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

Family Lif e

Cooperating with God: Strawberry fields forever Bob frowned at the report. "That's a lot of strawberries. How are we going to sell them?" "U-pick, mostly," replied Claire. "How will people find us?" asked another board member. "We'll put up signs. They'll come." "I'm with Claire," I said. "I mean, we're talking about strawberries. It 's not like we're trying to sell turnips." Our farmland preservation group had purchased a 47-acre piece of "urban fringe" pasture land in the rich Sammamish River Valley. Our p lan was to farm some of it and lease out the rest for small-scale, organic farming. We decided that our first crop would be organic strawberries. The only question was, how many could we sell? From time to time, the boys and I would go down to the farm and check the strawberry plants. First we saw only bushy, green leaves. Then little white flowers poked their heads out from between the leaves. Green berries formed , grew larger, and started to turn red. At last, we got die call we'd been waiting for: The straw-

berries were ready. We drove down and surveyed the bounty. Eleven-year-old Lucas put one in his mouth. "Mmm," he said. "That's good." 'They 're better than the ones in the store," said 7-year-old Gabe, ticking his fingers. I bent over and picked a gleaming, red berry. "Wow!" The next morning, the strawberry patch was full of people. Families filled box after box with sweet, red berries. A grandmother poked the leaves with her cane, guiding her grandkids to the fruit hidden below. Everyone was smiling. By noon the ripe berries were gone, and we had to ask people to come back in few days. "Next year," said Bob. "We'll plant more." The strawberries were the first crop harvested from that land in decades. I looked around, rejoicing in the other plantings that were going in: pumpkins, blueberries, apple trees. "Are you part of the group that 's restoring this farm?" asked a man holding a 2-year-old by the hand.

I nodded. "It's been quite an adventure." "When I was a boy," he said, "my dad used to drive me through the valley south of Seatde to look at the farms. Now most of it is paved over. I thought my son would never get to see a farm around here." "He will now." I've got nothing against buildings. But we lose something important when we lose our tie to the land. We miss the chance to witness the miracle of growth as a seed becomes a plant and bears fruit. We lose the humility that comes from knowing the outcome is out of our control. And we miss the sense of accomp lishment that comes from cooperating with God on something miraculous.

Christine Dubois

SCRIPTURE & LITU RGY Exp ansive vision of who belongs in God's kingdom

Those of us who have been around on this planet a while recall the old moral theology, i.e., before the Second Vatican Council asked theolog ians to renew their teaching in the light of the Church's Scripture, liturgy, and pastoral practice. It seemed to be asking the question: what is the least we have to do to avoid hell? When this approach was applied to Mass attendance, one had to be present for "the offertory, consecration , and communion ," or else the flames awaited you. This sort of theology had the unintended result of undervaluing the fust part of the Mass we now call the liturgy of the Word. Indeed, we began to undervalue law itself as something to be submitted to, but not as a source of liberation . This Sunday 's liturgy of the Word offers us a health y view of the law and suggests the peace that accompanies its fulfillment. The book of Deuteronomy (our first reading) is a long homily that its authors place on the lips of Moses, who makes relevant to each generation of hearers the foundational experience of Israel. God's remembered (and for Israel, made present) intervention to make Israel his own people empowers them to live a new way of life, which is God' s law. Their communal attempt to live the law provided support for each member of the family and clan. The law, then, was not remote, but as in-your-face as the sisters and brothers were. So Moses is made to say: "For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. It is not up in the sky. . .. Nor is it across the sea... . No, it is something very near you , already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out." With the parable of the Good Samaritan, we see how the law is "very near you" and we see a much loved story become richer if we allow the intent and context of Luke's Gospel to interpret it. When Jesus is pictured telling this parable, he is on his "exodus" (Luke 9:31 and 51), that journey to Jerusalem and thence to be "taken up to Heaven" (Luke 24:51), whereby he would create a freed people for God. His story is designed, then , to offer God-given freedom to those who will hear it, "the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart." (Luke 8:15) This parable is also part of an entire gospel that describes Jesus ' exodus in terms of boundary-breaking. Those branded by his contemporaries as unworthy of God's favor are precisely the ones to whom Jesus offers favor. He has included and welcomed tax collectors, sinners, the sick, the poor, women and Gentiles. The Kingdom he preaches and brings is expansive with no human restrictions imposed on membership, where outsiders easily become insiders . A so-called insider has already asked him a question: "there was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, 'Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?' " (Luke 10:25) Jesus replies with another ques-

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37

Father David M. Petting ill tion: "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" (Luke 10:25) The scholar of the law responds, "You shall love the Lord, your God with all your heart, with all your being with all your strength , and with all you mind, and your neighbor as yourself." (Luke 10:27) His response is praised and encouraged to become an undoubtable deed: "You have answered correctly, do this and you will live." (Luke 10:28) The test then continues: "But because he wished to justify himself , he said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'" (Luke 10:29) The insider is about to learn that outsiders may be better able to fulfill the law of the new Israel of God than insiders. Jesus ' reply to the question "Who is my neighbor?" is a parable followed by a question , "Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers ' victim?" (Luke 10:36) The parable then invites us to see one who is made destitute : "A man fell victim to robbers... they stripped him and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead ." (Luke 10:30) Here definitely is one that Jesus was sent to favor: "He has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor." (Luke 4:18) But insiders see the poor creature, naked, wounded , and ready to expire, and, they, both priest and levite, when they saw him "passed by on the opposite side." (Luke 10: 31-33) It is time now for the surprise parables customarily offered. An outsider, a Samaritan, one hated by the Israelites, reacts the way Jesus is said to react several times in Luke: "He was moved with compassion at the sight." (Luke 10:33) The Samaritan outsider, moved by the compassion that driv es Jesus , does the deeds of discipleship: "He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his

own animal, took him to an inn and cared for him." (Luke 10:34) The parable once again drives home Jesus ' expansive vision of who belongs in God' s kingdom and who is capable of doing deeds of discipleship. In this case an outsider becomes the model for an insider: "Go and do likewise." (Luke 10:37) Perhaps the parable situated in the context of Luke offers a cure for insiders even disciples who confine ministry to the approved. You know how that works: "Master we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow our company. " (Luke 9:49) "Do not prevent the person , for whoever is not against you is for you." (Luke 9:50) In other words: the law is no abstraction because our neighbor is the one we see in need, the one for whom we break boundaries to reach. How can this happen? Colossians celebrates our foundational experience in one of its glorious hymns highlighting the centrality of Jesus the Lord in God's plan. He is "first" (central) in the sense that "He is before all things, and in him all things hold together; he is "first" in that "He is head of the body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent." This Jesus after whom all was made and in whom the Church has arisen, has accomplished a deed once for all , that we at Sunday Eucharist remember, make present, and literally eat and drink: "For in him all the fullness (of God) was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things for him (God), making peace by the blood of his cross.... " It is our foundational event that reconciles us all and makes the law personal, interpersonal, and profoundly human. When we accept the Word's vision of law, perhaps we might exclaim with Tom Wingfield , the narrator of Tennessee William 's "The Glass Menagerie," "I am more faithful than I ever intended to be." Questions: What is your understanding of law in the Scriptures? Does it involve people or documents? How can these readings lead your group in a new direction? Father David M. Petting ill is assistant to the moderator of the curia and parochial vicar at St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco.

Real and Prayerful General Intercessions Revisited It has onl y been thirty years or so since general intercessions have been recovered from our ancient tradition of Christian prayer . They were part of the celebration of the Eucharist from its earliest days and have been restored for us by the Second Vatican Council. The first letter to Timothy mentions this form of prayer. "My advice is that, first of all, there should be prayers offered for everyone: petitions , intercessions and thanksgiving, and especially for kings and others in authority. " A century later in Rome, Justin Martyr describes the intercessions as part of the Sunday Eucharist, occurring after the leadings and homily. He writes: "We all stand together and offer prayers for ourselves and for everyone everywhere ." Christian prayer is inherently inclusive: no one is excluded , no group is unworthy of our concern. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (1963) called for the recovery of these intercession s as an important part of the Mass. "Especially on Sundays and hol ydays of obligation there is to be restored, after the gospel and homily, the universal prayer or the prayer of the faithful. By this prayer, in which the people are to take part, intercession shall be made for holy church , for the civil authorities, for those oppressed by various needs, for all people, and for the salvation of the entire world" (n. 53). This act of the baptized at Mass is a powerful reminder that we are Christ's priestly people, interceding through Christ for the needs of the whole world. The general intercessions are a kind of extension of the

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND Lord' s Prayer during which we pray: "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." In the general intercessions Sunday by Sunday the local parish community, the local Body of Christ, takes those words seriously and prays concretely for those in need now. This is not as easy as it sounds! Yes, you can buy books with intercessions alread y prepared for every Sunday of the Church year. Yes, you can read the exam-

p les fro m the back of the sacramentary. But let me challenge you (as I do myself) that these intercessions are to be the genuine prayer of our particular worshiping assembly. As the late Jesuit Bob Hovda wrote: "They represent this concrete faith community 's witness and advocacy. They stand for the daily life of the corporate church assembled and its individual members." A friend of mine insists she cannot write the intercessions without having in front of her both the Sunday readings and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her prayers are formed through the dual lens of these realities and are then written from a heart that is close to the lives of the parishioners and from a spirit that is attentive to their daily joys and sorrows, hopes and anxieties. The general intercessions, I suggest, are prayerful , real, engaging, local and global , poetic, brief , straightforward , and absolutely current. The liturgical documents have given us the order to be followed: 1) the needs of the Church; 2) national or world affairs ; 3) those suffering any type of oppression ; 4) the members of this local assembly. The quality of the people's response and the intensity of their prayer will be the proof of genuine intercessions. That type of prayer is worth all the effort.

Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Sp irituality

Bitterness and love: A Parable of Grace Piet Fransen wrote many important books , but he will always be most remembered for giving us a wonderful parable that runs something like this: Once upon a time there lived a young girl who had been cheated in love. Born to parents who didn 't want her, she grew up tolerated more than accepted , put down more than encouraged , cursed more than blessed. Not once in her young life had she ever experienced being wanted and admired simpl y for who she was. Every bit of love and generosity she experienced had a string attached. Soon enough i( began to show. She became rough , hard , calculating, manipulative , mean , given over to crude language, a bitter young person who bit in order not to be bitten . She ceased caring about her appearance. She also ceased caring about the consequences of her actions. She gave herself over to loveless affairs, using sex as recreation and as a way of punishing others for the world' s lovelessness and for the fact that normal joys would never be hers. In the same city there lived a young man for whom fate had drawn a different straw. Much wanted and loved , he grew up in a happy home, nurtured b y his mother, blessed by his father, surrounded by siblings and friends who , appreciative of his person , teased and humored him. Soon enough this, too , began to show. He grew into a young man who was grateful , generous , careful of his appearance and speech , witty, and eager to give back to others the love that had so generously been given him. One day, by chance, he met the young woman. He saw through her shabby exterior — her coarse language, her bad manners , her deliberatel y ill-fitted clothing. He saw her soul, its dormant beauty. He fell in love with her. But she thought him a joke. She laug hed at him, saw his approach as condescending, threw his gentleness back in his face as an insult. But he was still smitten. He grieved her bitterness , ignored the insults as best he could , and continued to

invite her into his life with an understanding and a humor that caught her off guard. She laughed , but this time , not at him. She laughed like Sarah laughed , at age 90, when God told her that she was still to have a bab y: "Am I to have normal joy in my life? Am I to have the love and tenderness that I have so often disdained?" She flashed him a shy smile. But it was ever so brief. Normal joy was not for her; she knew it. But , bolstered by that smile, he continued to reach out to her, offering her a surprising understanding, inviting her into his life .

He saw throug h her shabby exterior — her coarse language, her had manners , her deliberately ill-fitted clothing. He saw her soul , its dormant beauty. Unexpected bursts of tenderness began to swell in her and she began shyl y to clean up her appearance , to tone down her coarseness. This made him more bold and he pronounced his love for her. She responded in tears, her heart full of new resolutions to never do anything to not be worthy of this love. But old habits die hard , especially in times of disappointment. One day, angered by a perceived sli ght, she set off to be with her former friends, to take up again her habits of lovelessness. He called her, but she didn ' t answer. She wanted to make htm feel some pain. In bitterness, she threw her infidelity into his face, saw his hurt , and was happy for it. A bitter satisfaction seeped through her soul as he walked away, silent, defeated. But her victory soon turned to defeat and she found herself weeping, regretting that it was too late . But it wasn ' t.

He called the next day. She was beside herself with relief. She fell in his arms, wept. No words were necessary. He cried too and asked her to marry him. She said yes and felt a joy that , for all her life , she had bitterly assumed was only for others. She knew, too , that she would never betray him again. She was ready for love. Their life together was not without its pain; but , as the years went by, their love grew and was deepened by the birth of their children. Her graciousness grew with each passing year, as did a joy that began to etch itself into the very lines of her face. As her hair grew gray, her eyes softened. Each day she felt more grateful. Her husband often expressed his pride in her, and her childre n, alternativel y, argued with her and humored her. One day, looking through some old photographs, she found a picture of herself as she had once been, before love entered her life. She studied for a long time a snapshot of a bitter, young girl , finding it hard to believe that this once was her. She prayed in gratitude that love had found and saved her and asked help for all those who find themselves excluded from the circle of love and happ iness. We are that young woman. God is that young man.

Father Ron Rolheiser

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theolog ian, teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as general councilor f o r Canada f o r the Obla tes of Mary Immaculate.

BEAT MORTUARY COSTS!!! CALL DIRECT AND SAVE FROM $25.00 \0 $180.00

Dedicated To Service

voci(/s J $m<He&cn&

mam& HBas wssswa

San Francisco • TCP#10411-P

www.bavlimniisiriE.corn

Office: 415-334-4224 Office: 888-738-5100 Fax: 415-469-9626 SEECJAX .IIMOUSINE RATES

Serving the Entire Bay Area Since 1975

4 Hours oTsejvta tor funerals $580 lo $225

3 Hours ol service lor weddings $225 to $275

* Voted #1 limousine service 2 years in a row

U) RENZO LEWIS President & C.E.O.

500 WESTLAKE AVENUE , DALY CITY (415) 587-4500 (650) 756-4500 FD 1098

ALMAIUBBS, BA, MJ^J.L"). Secretary - Trmsam

Most convenient San Francisco/Peninsula locarion Unlimited Parking

THE BUD DUGGAN FAMILY The leading Catholic Funeral Directors serving the Archdiocese of San Francisco

jfSrefc'tSJfS l\ I

U A wJk

CALL FOR A FREE BROCHURE ON PRE PLANNIN G Traditional and Cremation Services

V ge» Wt 'U If ' " 9 f ¦N Mm

QfcJKJ^m ^p^?5H-HS First Quality Caskets & Urns § _.. •! H" i I Z l iBBl ft M SOLD DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC fmlmfff xtttmu'

mmmrmmf 1ik\-\(«mvimmimvtt!mWmm

SAVE UP TO 50% OR MORE

Free Delivery to the Funeral Home of Your Choice in the Bay Area No Extra Charges or Fees by the Mortuary

CASKETORIUM • 415-585-3451

DURING DIFFICULT TIMES ... Simplicity and Affordabili ty Make Good Sense

ARTHUR J. SULLIVAN & CO. FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES Since 1924 FD 228

(415) 621-4567

Visa and Mastercard Accepted

2254 Market Street San Francisco , CA 94114 PREPLANNING AVAILABLE

Third Generation of the Sullivan Family to Serve You

93 Leland Ave., San Francisco • Cell Phone (415) 722-8500

db The Catholic Cemeteries <Q> Archdiocese of San Francisco ¦ M

McAVOY O'HARA Co.

S E R V I N G WI TH TR UST A N D C O N F I DE N C E

Hol y Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 940 14

650-756-2060 Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue,

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road,

Menlo Park, CA 94025

San Rafael, CA 94903

650-323-6375

415479-9020

<Su-e/y rre,&/i .Mo-r-t U'Ciru' 4545 GEARY B O U L E V A R D at T E N T H A V E N U E For information [/rearrangements, and assistance, call day or night (415) 668-0077

Putting out into the deep ¦ Continued from page 13 began when "the Word became flesh and pitched his tent among us" (John 1:14) — this future is Christ 's. He is the King of both the first creation and of the new creation, for it is he as our Redeemer and Savior of the world who sent the Holy Spirit into our midst "in order to make, all things new " by the grace of holiness. But it is the will of God and the mandate of Christ th at the priestly people, whom the Holy Spirit continues to form in every time and place as the Church of Jesus Christ , should present for ordination as ministerial priests — again through the power of the Holy Spirit — their sons and broth ers and friends who will bear the sacramental image of Christ the one High Priest, and who will serve in the midst of the priestly people as visible icons of Christ: Priest , Prophet and King. As the Second Vatican Council taught , priests are ordained to be co-workers with the bishops, the successors of the Apostles to whom Christ gave the great commission to "Go out into the whole world , and preach the Gospel to every creature ," and to whom he also gave the assurance, "Behold , I am with you always, until the end of time" (Mt 28:20). My brother priests, today you are a powerful , visible sign of this promise of Jesus to his Church. You are a source of encouragement to me, the "Apostle" of this particular Church of San Francisco, who will celebrate my 40th anniversary of priestly ordination this year. Like many of my brother priests here today, we have been called and have served most of our priestly years in the 20th century. Today our hope is renewed in a palpable way, as we see with our own eyes the gift of four new priests to join our company in the service of the People of God for the 21st century and the third millennium of Christianity. For this we thank God and we thank you, who have opened your heart s to the transforming Spirit in your lives, the same Spirit who today, in the Sacrament of Holy Orders, works within you by his transforming grace to produce in you a real , ontological conformity to Christ, the High Priest. The Second "Vatican Council taught that "Priests, by the anointing of the Holy Spirit, are sealed with a special mark (or character] and thus are, configured to Christ the Priest , so that they may be able to act in the person of Christ, the Head" [of his Church] ("Decree on the Life and Ministry of Priests," no. 2) It is Christ who remains in the midst of his people as Shepherd and Servant. It is Christ who continues to renew within his Church the gift of the Holy Spirit — promised in the Upper Room on the night before he died , on the night on which he instituted the priesthood and the Eucharist. And it is Christ who chooses priests to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit so that we may continue the sacramental presence of his priesthood in the Church; herself called the "sacrament of Christ' s presence in the world." The rites of thi s ordination liturgy give testimony in word and gesture that the Lord Jesus, whom we call "the Christ", the Anointed One, today fulfills once again the promised gift of the Hol y Spirit in our midst. This whole liturgy in which we celebrate Christ's sacraments of

Holy Orders and Eucharist, is a reflection, of the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to whom we direct our hearts and voices in prayers of adoration , of thanksgiving, of petition and of praise. During this liturgy, our chant of the ancient hymn "Veni, Creator Spiritus " links us spontaneousl y with the Upper Room, with the Last Supper and Pentecost — the Spirit promised and the Sp irit poured out upon his nascent Church. This hymn reminds us of Jesus' baptism in the Jordan at the hands of John the Baptist , whose feast these new priests will celebrate tomorrow at their first Masses — that baptism marked b y the visible epiphany of the Holy Sp irit in testimony to the appearanc e of the Messiah, the Anointed One. Nor can we forget that this Spirit led Jesus to the synagogue at Nazareth, where he read the words we heard proclaimed this morning from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly and brokenhearted , to captives and prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the Lord..." (Is 61:1-3). As Jesus finished the proclamation of the familiar, stirring words of Isaiah's messianic prophecy, he revealed to his hearers the presence of that long-awaited Spirit in their midst: "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing !" (Lk 4:21). My brothers and sisters, the today of the synagogue at Nazareth , of the Upper Room of Holy Thursday and Pentecost, is also the "today" of the Holy Spirit 's work at St. Mary's Cathedral as we sing our prayer "Veni, Creator Spiritus" — Come, Creator Sp irit. The mystery of the Word made flesh , conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the same Holy Spirit two thousand years ago this past Jubilee Year, makes us confident that He who assumed our humanity and our history, continues to be with us to bring the anointing of the Holy Spirit to this moment of the salvation history of his people, the Church , in order to ordain these men as priests for the new creation. In the prayer of consecration we hear the prayer of the whole Church: "Renew within them the Spirit of holiness." And in the prayer which accompanies the anointing of their hands with holy Chrism, we make this petition: 'The Father anointed our Lord Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. May Jesus preserve you to sanctify the Christian people and to offer sacrifice to God." These prayers highlight both the universal call to holiness — the fundamental vocation of priests and all the baptized — and the commitment of every priest to make that vocation a reality in himself, and to be an instrument of its fulfillment for the peop le he is called to serve. The invocation of the Hol y Spirit in prayer is accompanied by the ritual gesture of "epiclesis", the laying on of hands. Since apostolic times this gesture has marked the sacramental rite by which Christ (the Anointed One) gives a share of his Spirit for priestly ministry. Recall Paul's letter to his disciple Timothy: "I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands." (2 Tim 1: 6) As your brother priests lift to God just such a prayer for the grace of renewal in the priesthood today for themselves, they will

also join me in the apostolic gesture of the laying on of hands, representing the "epiclesis" of the Holy Spirit upon these four new priests. Through the laying on of their bishop 's hands, concelebrated in ritual by the members of the priestly order present , and the prayer of consecration offered by the ordaining bishop, these men too will be constituted priests of Jesus Christ, and dispensers of the mysteries of his sacramen ts for the People of God. "Do this in memory of me." These word s of the Jesus at the Last Supper are the special commission every priest hears each day of his priesthood, as he approaches the altar of God to celebrate the holy Mass, the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ crucified renewed sacramentally for his peop le — for our salvation, and for the building up of the Temple of praise to his Father, his Mystical Body, the Church. Every Mass is the glory of the priesthood , and its gift to the people, enabling them to perfect their call to be the priestly peop le of God. No wonder that the Catholic people 's first and best instinct is to thank God for the gift of priests, and for the great sacrament of his love which is done through their hands, the Eucharist, the Mass. Every Eucharist reminds us all of the hope that is ours , for it is a pledge of the eternal banquet toward which we are drawn throug h the Bread of life we eat as food for our pilgrim journey. At the same time, who can celebrate the Eucharist and receive the Body and Blood of the Lord without hearing the concluding words of the Mass, "Ite, Missa est" as a commission already present in the Messianic prophecy: The Spirit of the Lord has sent me to bring the glad tidings, the Gospel of his love, to the poor and brokenhearted, to captives and prisoners. Every Eucharist contains Jesus ' command to heal the bodil y and spiritual hungers of humanity today — to let them know that they are Christ's own beloved brothers and sisters, and ours as well. Father Weare, Father Perrone , Father Nicholas , Father Lopes: you have heard the appeal of the first Pope of the Catholic Church echoing down the centuries to you today as his "fellow elders ": "God's flock is in your midst; give it a shepherd's care. ... Be examples to the flock , not lording it over those assigned to you , so that when the chief Shepherd appears you will win for yourselves the unfading crown of glory" (1 Pt 5, 1-4). No wonder the Church exhorts you today and every day of your priestly life and ministry : Meditate on the law of God, believe what you read, teach what you believe, and put into practice what you teach. Since the spiritual sacrifice of the faithful will be perfected by being united to Christ's sacrifice, the sacrifice which is offered sacramentally through your hands , you must know what you are doing and imitate the mystery you celebrate. Finally, conscious of sharing in the work of Christ , the Head and Shepherd of the Church, and united with your bishop and subject to him, seek to bring the faithful together into a unified family and to lead them effectively, through Christ and in the Holy Spirit, to God the Father. Always remember the example of the Good Shepherd who came not to be served but to serve, and to seek out and rescue those who were lost. Amen.

NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC A History of the Archdiocese - A X)^

Y^O Includes shipping &

5B|H M4^&JMKW?P^ WHWV

Includes shipping & handling

Bss5ii5J!il»^BHBfiil»Sp« ¦¦¦fe^ B§J; I Hffifrh !**»!¦ HflflflflNRfea !9Bfl^^Hbi£i^!9r "lra!!3»HiSHK "£^3L : ' '- !ap£: Hi.^^HHM^^I ^MTC!^K * 4JIP£» * ' '^-fct*

fira^H

:j l p| s "^"^

H « I «^HI

O A X T \ i 7^j \ ^ Z^-± —

I^^H

>* ¦

^BE'^isS^'JBSSH

Includes shipping & handling

MBiiBixifei^!iii&'^£^^%?-'

R*t^ff'fs sUfiSH E^TOPVHVH^HI^B

"O A X T ( ' T O f * /' ^\ Y2 )l | I X y \ x >l v J ~ V L ^ V^" V-^ ^^—* ^^

Please send check or money order to payable Catholic Communications One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco , CA 94109

^^ <«

___

__Bf___ __B__H__

¦; H

mW^^^ TmF™^'^^^'™ '^H^^^B ^^^mW^^^

_^^^ __^™^^^^^^^__P^" _H"""^_P^™' Wm^^^^mW

I1_______HI___I §

!I8________________ i

__ _______________

¦ •¦ ¦. ¦ ¦

W^ *fl ___P™M__BHw___HBHII _

WBmmtKmmm^BBmVaWmWmmUmmf mWmmmmX WmmU

St. Francis makes a surprise visit to San Francisco Book Review B y Evelyn Zapp ia Recently, on a beautiful warm sunny day in San Francisco , Johnny Thompson and his dog, Sunpatch , discovered St. Francis of Assisi walking in Golden Gate Park. It was the saint 's feast day, Oct. 4, and he decided it was about time he visited the city named after him — so goes the fable written b y Franciscan Friar Jack Wintz in his newly published children 's book , "St. Francis in San Francisco." After a lifetime of writing for adult s, the editor of St, ,, Anthony Messenger Press in Ohio set his sights on conveying the values of St. Francis to _«#*' children. Father Wintz teamed up with jjrf| illustrator Kath y Baron of Eugene, Ore., *¦? and the result is an enchanting visit with __ j P' St. Francis that depicts the beauty s of God' s loving design of ere- / ^S ^*^ " . ' . /"

ation.

. fp

The chance meeting with ^" *\ - -¦ «__ ' ' St. Francis evolves into an adven- yyffl

"always wanted to ride the famous cable cars of San Accompanied by "brothers" and "sisters " fro m around the Francisco," so they hail a taxi. The taxi driver , or "broth- world , St. Francis describes the trip as, "the way the jourer driver," as the saint calls him, immediately recognizes ney of life is meant to be!" his distinguished fare because of his "tattered The book is a wonderful introbrown robe." He tells St. Francis, his friends and |fE_l 00*% j ^ m uduction of St. Francis to chil^ a mysterious small mouse that never leaves dren . It intermingles the spirit Am ^ the saint's side , thai he would be of St. Francis with the ^iiiW \important role it plays in daily lives. And the illustrations capture the tour multicultural city and its i quest for harmony \ among all God's crea-

Francisco narrated b y • XJ\2»L Y*^ Johnny ' s dog Sunpatch. " ' -' , :jm Kllil___JKJl_ ^ Why the name Sunpatch? MH "Think about it for a minute," said Mf» , Father Wintz. "In St. Francis ' famous \^^ff xi| hymn, 'The Canticle of Brother Sun ,' considered the first poem in the Italian Ian- XH/l^J guage, he sees the sun as a symbol of God , »v^wj the God who sustains all and radiates good- JBH| ness upon all. That 's why the dog 's hair <B Hi shines like a patch of sunli ght, as if reflecting ^^" the very goodness of God." Before the three companions become tourists , St. Francis calls all the animals and birds in the park and blesses them one-by-one. By addressing each animal as "brother" or "sister," the author gently introduces the spirituality of St. Francis and begins weaving his message of respect and love for all God's creatures throughout the book. St. Francis tells his two new friends that he has

tions from Johnny, "What is Mission Dolores?" The saint takes the opportunity to give a small history lesson on the Spanish mission and his followers , the Franciscan Friars. Inside the Mission, St. Francis recites an inspiring prayer. Ms. Baron 's illustration of St. Francis praying with Johnny and Sunpatch is charming. Although dogs are generally not allowed on cable cars, the conductor welcomes Sunpatch because he is with the notable saint. In fact, Sunpatch is seated at the front window, while St. Francis and Johnny prefer to stand on the outside of the cable car with the other tourists.

NOW AVAILABLE

The Official m B :3tmmm ¦£^L Deluxe Edition of the _j ^ in —i Archdiocese of San Francisco of

B__l *5pg

mam

m^^^^' m^

OFFICIAL OIKEC lOKY

SNM^HCJH

^"'

Wm%3m.

.2001

Directory _____

$15.00 ea. S&H Included

Includes the Archdiocesan Yellow Pages Phone Directory

Please send check or money order to Catholic San Francisco One Peter YorkeWay,San Francisco, CA 94109 Name: Address: City/State: # of Copies

Although the book k\ a\ is recommended for 1\\ children four to i \\ eight Father Wintz stm §g ec Wwk m sa^ ' "* to make the lijjigf^ hard story simple appealing and di gestible for ^S—j mmf/ youngsters , but the theolog ical vision behind it is for adults as ff ^ %. well as children. " "I hope the book encourages children and adults to imbibe the spirit of St. Francis and become more humble , respectful , joyful , grateful and caring toward the created world," said Father Wintz. "God calls us to be good steward s within creation , not separate from it." The Franciscan Friar of more than 45 years was ordained a priest in 1963. During his more than 25 years as senior editor of St. Anthony Messenger Press, he has traveled all over the world , including over a dozen trips to Latin American countries. He has interviewed many notable people, including Mother Teresa of Calcutta , Senator Ted Kennedy, and actors Gene Kelly and Bob Newhart. "St. Francis in San Francisco," by Franciscan Father Jack Wintz , is $12.95 and can be ordered through Paulist Press by calling 1-800-218-1903 or online at www.paulistpress.com or from www.Arnazon.com and other major booksellers .

Zip Code x$15ea. = $

PUTYOUR BUSINESS CARD IN THE HANDS OF

READERS OF

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO For only $99.00 per month in our New business card section now appearing the first Friday of each month.This new section is certainly less expensive than the $57.000 it would cost to print and mail your business cards to all our readers. ¦

¦ I

*-.

i i |

¦ iir -n litiifrallf. -B¦

i Deadline for August 10th Issue i is July 30th. j Please do not write on your card. ;

_ , ,. _ .•.-,-._. _ , _ ._. -.— _. _ _ , . __, _. _ _ . _ _-, h — _ — - . --..- •- — - — — ~ — ~ ~ ~ _ — ¦ ••• — •..

Ad Heading Name Address City ZIP

State

Phone Mail to: Catholic San Francisco, Business Card One Peter Yorke Way,San Francisco, CA 94 109

Datebook

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBROSA CENTER

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

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

July 27-29: Women 's Weekend with marriage and family therapist Ursala Caspary-Frankel Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well know n retreat leaders, scholars and people of fa ith. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21st century? July 15: Dominican Sister Patricia Bruno speaks on parable of the sheep and goats. Aug. 12: Jesuit Father Bill Wood speaks about the parable of the prodigal son.

—SANTA SABINA CENTER— 25 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael. For fee times and details about these and other offerings, call (415) 457-7727. Aug. 13-19: A Silent, Contemplative, Scriptural Retreat with Dominican Martin lott. Daily Mass, morning and evening communal prayer and Scriptural reflection. —MERCY CENTER— 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474

1st Thurs.: School of the Americas Watch at 7 p.m. Call Judy Liteky at (415) 334-4770 or jlrteky@aol.com.

available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-697 1 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

22nd of each month: Respect Life Mass al 8:30 p.m. in the chapel of Carmelite Monastery of Crista Rey, Parker Ave. and Fulton, SF. Sponsored by the Respect Life program of the Archdiocese. All are invited. Call (415) 614-5572.

Lectures/ Classes/Radio-TV

Prayer/Devotions

Sept. 2: Mass sponsore d by El Comite Latinoamericano at Corpus Christi Church. Santa Rosa and Alemany, SF at 11 a.m. Colombian delicacies served after Mass. Call Isabel Pinilla at (415) 753-2544.

Single, Divorced, Separated

July 21-22: Zen: Soto and Rinzal Practices with Jesuit Father Thomas Hand.

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

Young Adults Oct. 27: Fall Fest 2001, 5th annual Young Adult Conference with keynote, workshops, Mass, dinner and dance. Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596 or mjansen@sfyam.org. Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692. Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborqes@vahoo.com. Help at St. Joseph's Village Homeless Shelter. Bi-monthly Sat. from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Village is at 220 10th St., SF on site of former St. Joseph Parish. Call susanasi® yahoo.com: (415) 584-5587; anne.Detrides@centresolutions.com:(415) 440-3598. Synergy Yoga at St. Agnes/SF, Mon. and Wed, 7:30 - 9 p.m. in Lower Gym Hall, $3 per class. Call Chad Evans at (415) 487-8560, ext. 226.

Social Justice/Respect Life July 18: Maryknoll Affiliates in Thailand, a slide show picturing Maryknoll's work with refugees , migrants , people with AIDS and others . St. Mary's Cathedral' s St Francis Hal) at 7 p.m. See Volunteer Opportunities for more information about Maryknoll Affiliates. ¦

~———

—

Aug. 5-12: Icon Workshop with Dominican Father Brendan McAnerney of the Latin and Melkite rites. Lecture s and making your own icon of Christ the Teacher are highlights of the week-long session at St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. $300 fee includes all materials. Previous art experience not necessary. Call (415) 567-7824 or tim@stdominics.org.

Aug 12: Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy at St. Sylvester Church, 1115 Point San Pedra Road, San Rafael at 1 p.m. Call Gale or Michael Haring at (707) 765-6550.

July 18: The Body at Prayer, movement meditation with Carla DeSola.

3rd Sun: Salon, a monthly gathering ol people in the second half of life to explore opportunities and challenges facing them using arts , literature and conversation. Facilitated by Sandi Peters.

July 29: The 100 years of St. Anne 's Home and the Little Sisters of the Poor in San Francisco by John H. McGuckin, Jr. at St. Anne's Home, 300 Lake St., SF at 2 p.m. Refreshments follow talk. Everyone is invited.

Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief" Sundays at 9 a.m. on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525. Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM. "Mosaic", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIXChannel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs progra m featuring discussions and guests , 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4. Both shows are sometimes preempted or run at other times , please check listings. Produced by the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Are you or someone you know separated, divorced, widowed? For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521. New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, SF meets on 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Alan Fisk 584-2861 or e-mail at (415) stmchurch @ hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 492-4307 about upcoming social activities. July 14: Picnic at San Bruno Park; July 19: New Wings meeting with Dr. Michael Menaster speaking about Depression; July 28: Potluck at St. Thomas More Church , SF

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

Consolation Ministry

Class of '42, St. Cecilia Elementary, will celebrate 60 years in June '02. Class members should contact Norma Buchner at (650) 583-4418.

Our Lady of Angels, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30-9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 -11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 697-7582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs . 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunofl at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedra l, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481.

Sept. 8: Mercy High School, SF class of '86 at Ramada Plaza Hotel, SF. Preliminary information already mailed, invitations to follow. Classmates who have not been contacted should call Deborah Heffernan Hinds at (925) 694-2843. Sept. 28: Redwood City's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School hosts a celebration for all pre-1941 graduates. Lunch and tour included. Call Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817. Class of '46, Presentation High School, SF is looking for classmates for an upcoming 50th reunion. Call Carolyn Bacigalupi at (415) 8212541 . Alumni, former students, parents , grandparents of St. Finn Barr Elementary School, SF. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Please call (415) 469-9223 and leave your name, address and phone number.

Ministry for parents who have lost a child is

-——

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

Volunteer Opportunities Aug. 7: Volunteer orientation at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County, 50 North B St., San Mateo at 1:30 p.m. Learn the history of SVDP which has been serving the poor of San Mateo County since 1931. Help needed in outlet sto res , a donated vehicle lot and the office . Call (650) 3730622. Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop. Welcome visitors from around the world, distribute brochures , accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203 , ext. 30. SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext. 2422. Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265. California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085. St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization, needs volunteers to help with their 20 year old tradition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to their Tenderloin neighbors . Call (415)

621-3279.

Maryknoll Affiliates: Bay Area chapter meets 3rd Sat. for two hours at Maryknoll House , 2555 Webster St., SF to share community, prayer, and action on social justice and global concerns. Members occasionally do short periods of mission service around the world at Maryknoll locations. Call Marie Wren at (415) 331-91 39 or mwren48026@aol.com.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an information phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Cadiolic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.E 94109, or f a x it to (415) 614-5633.

St. Anne's Novena celebrates 94 years j

. —

By Tom Burke As entrenched as the Cable Car in the identity of San Francisco is the annual novena to Saint Anne, which has been celebrated without interruption at the City's patronal parish of the mother of Mary since 1908. The 94th nine-day series of prayer and exhortation begins July 18. Excited about taking part in his tenth novena is St. Anne of the Sunset music director, Richard Davis . "I have very much enjoyed helping facilitate the novena ," Mr. Davis said, noting that several of this year 's liturgies will include a 45-voice choir, and trumpeter Katherine Murtaugh of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. "We'll have the mixed voice ensemble at our 9 and 10: 30 a.m. Masses on Sunday, July 22, and the ensemble with trumpet at the 10:30 a,m. Mass on Saturday, July 22," Mr. Davis said. The Saturday liturgy will welcome former pastor, Father Anthony McGuire, as presider, and conclude with the annual procession of the Blessed Sacrament on the streets surrounding the Sunset District church. Music will also be part of other novena liturgies that include weekday Masses, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and anointing of the sick. Msgr. Bernard Moran, a priest since 1953 and pastor of Oakland' s St. Theresa Parish for the last 20 years, said he was born on July 24, 1926 shortly after his mother, Mary, had attended that year's novena. The San Francisco native and 1944 graduate of St. James High School was a parochial vicar at St. Anne's from April 1953 until June 1960. Msgr. Moran remembers the popular devotion as "a very wonderful spiritual experience" recalling, too, how its impact coined the phrase "Novena weather" which came to describe the usually overcast July days of the neighborhood. "It came to be a regular summer activity in the City," he said. Several years after leaving St. Anne 's, Msgr. Moran was asked back by thenpastor, Msgr. Patrick Moriarty to lead the Blessed Sacrament procession which then and now is a major part of the event. He said the novena "continues to have special meaning" for him and that at its core are "the sacraments, a spirit of pray er, and the people's making an effort to be there." Msgr. Moran invites others to view a statue at St. Mary 's College in Moraga •¦ "

'—

¦._.——— .

¦¦ -————-¦ „ ' ¦

Benediction at the 1930 celebration of the novena.

that depicts St. Anne braiding her daughter 's hair. "It brings in a real way the fact that St. Anne was the mother of Mary," Msgr. Moran said. Novena weekday Masses are at 8;45 a.m., 2:30 and 5:45 p.m. Communal Penance services will take p lace at all liturgies on July 20. The annual Blessed Sacrament procession will follow the 10:30 a.m. Mass on July 21. Blessing of the Sick at all services on July 24. Confessions available before and after weekday Masses, The novena is conducted by the Redemptorist Fathers. For more information, call (415) 665-1600.

moments, and seemed to overshadow the ecumenical disputes that occurred at the onset of the papal trip. Throughout is trip, the pope aimed his words at a larger audience. He reminded believers and nonbelievers alike that "no one is nameless in God' s sight ," and he encouraged several hundred thousand young people in Lviv to stay in their country and help rebuild it, walking the narrow path of the Ten Commandments. When he did talk about Christian unity, he focused on the gift of unity-in-diversity given to the Church at Pentecost and the need for mutual forgiveness over past wrongs. The Vatican was certain his words had an effect. "One of the great successes of this visit was in creating a climate for pluralism and respect for the various traditions within Christianity. Prejudices and misunderstandings have fallen ," Joaquin Navarro-Vails , papal spokesman , told reporters . The pope met briefl y with two leaders of breakaway Ukrainian Orthodox communities, which drew the ire of the Moscow-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church. But at liturgy sites along the pope 's itinerary, many Orthodox — without prompting — said they wanted their own unified national church , separate from Russian Orthodox patronage. Throug hout the visit, the pope spoke the Ukrainians' language, quoted their poets and philosophers, and said he had come as a true friend. In a country that has one

Ukraine.. . ¦ Continued from pa ge 3 The pope's message in Ukraine was not complicated. After a remarkable opening statement to the Orthodox — "I have not come here with the intention of proselytizing " — he avoided discussing the details of CatholicOrthodox tensions , so hotl y debated among church officials. While in Kiev, Pope John Paul also paid homage to Ukrainian Jews and Muslims who were persecuted , murdere d or exiled under the totalitari an regimes. Speaking of the Nazi shooting of tens of thousands of Jews at Babi Yar, near Kiev, in the early days of World War II, the pope said, "May the memory of this episode of murderous frenzy be a salutary warning to all. What atrocities is man capable of when he fools himself into thinking that he can do without God" or that he does not have to answer to God for his actions , the pope told the religious leaders. The previous evening he had prayed at Bukovnya , a forest on the edge of Kiev where the bodies of 120,000 victims of Josep h Stalin ' s 1937-41 purges were dumped. His visits to two wooded sites that hold the mass graves of hundreds of thousands of civilians — victims of Soviet or Nazi regimes — were emotionally moving Join

Father Miles Riley

for the weekly TV Mass. Airs at 6:00 every Sunday morning. TV channel 26 throughout the Bay Area. Cable channels: Cable channel 8 if you have AT&T (In Woodside & Portola Valley tune in to cable channel 26) Cable channel 26 if you have Cable CoOp Cable channel 16 if you have USA Media Some Peninsula cable viewers may tune in to KNTV channel 11 on cable channel 3 In the Sacramento area, 5:30 am , channel 40

PRAY THE R OSARY

H '' f

of the highest abortion rates in the worl d and where corruption is widespread , he went easy on criticism, and instead chose to remind people of the Christian values that have built their nation over the last 1,000 years. He did what he does best on these trips — evangelize. And in the process he seemed determined to show that spreading the Gospel cannot be held hostage to what he called "stereotyped ways of thinking " and ancient ecumenical antagonisms , but on the contrary should spur the search for new relationships. "The world is rapidl y chang ing: What was unthinkable yesterday is within our reach today," the pope said in his first speech. Coming at the end of his remarks on ecumenism , it seemed to challenge those in the Russian Orthodox Churc h intent on maintai ning a system of territorial privilege that is, in fact, breaking up. In Ukraine, the pope was never so close to Moscow geograp hically. When he travels to Armenia and Kazakstan in September, he almost will have encircled Russia with pastoral trips to countries with significant Orthodox populations. These trips probabl y make Russian Orthodox leaders nervous. But Vatican officials hope they also make it harder for them to keep saying "no" to a papal visit, and that one day the doors to Moscow will open.

& FIREPLACE f'Sfr I ^

CHIMNEY il^/K JEANING SPECIAL! Jj ^Um

IMonday through Friday at 7.00 p.m. $ £*"% 3® \ KEST-1450 AM radio CATHOLIC RADIO HOUR I I iRosary-Prayer - Reflections - Music J

"SE RVIC E DIR EC TO R Y! (415 )614 -5642 ^¦________________________________ 4F

JUIF

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL

Colma Auto Body Shop, Inc. • Our (;< >mmitmei it -

_^^^B|!^

•H ONESTY • QUALITY d| fe$Pf • SAFETY • SAIKFACTTON^^F

7252 MISSION ST., DALY CUT • (650) 756-7110 OTHER I JOCATION IN B URI .IGAMH • (650) 548-0954

PAULA B. HOLT, LCSW, ACSW

Adult, Family, Couple, Psychotherapy, LCS 18043

gU xf ^

Divorce resolution , Grief resolution, Supportive consultation. Substance abuse counseling, Posl trauma resolution , Family Consultation. Support and help a p hone call away ! 121 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118

415-289-6990

Carpenter Construction $.

_ §=*£, • HOME, DRY ROT, FENCE & DECK REPAIR JE^f I • REMODELING (PAINTING «5_f£aIjlJ • PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL S^Sb "^ • CONCRETE PATIOS, WALKWAYS & RETAINING WALLS • DRAINING SYSTEMS • DRIVEWAYS

CA Lie. # 740009 ¦BONDED & INSURED-(650)503-71 77

UNION BAY ngn

(#2__t*] Painting & Decorating L^jjp2-« Commercial • R e s i d e n t i a l Interior • Exterior • Wall Covering Wood Work • Great Prep Work l,K'* Willi 13

^ 0 u U | Ola I

~ 3400

.Work • Relationships • Anxiety • Addictions Dr. Daniel ). JCugier Licensed Marriage and Family Therap ist Over _5 years experience

™. ™

WORK T___ ™ reSume

BoIulriMntiiired

Confidential • Compassionate • Practical (4 1 5) 921-1619

/•""' ALL YOURV"*VN £M \ iw lMJ ROOFING NEEDS

f5# ¦

'Rooting & Construction

'Raingutter ¦PMJITBJo HWTfWftS(f|M!__L 'Pp iminn

'Cleaning 'Repair

\*¦*

'Installation

i ii i r ^x-inr

1537 Franklin Street • San Francisco , CA 94109

BARbARA EloRdi , MFT

Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist. Offers individual, couple + family and group counseling.

jHll_ __

The Peninsula Men's Group, now in it's 7th year, is a support group which provides affordable counseling in a safe and nurturing setting. Interested candidates may call for a free brochure.

(650) 591-3784

974 Ralston Ave. #6 , Belm o n t , CA 94002

ffjjS _) Upholstery ¦¦¦

1 M*—

—*~i

M c < Special: * IWIf l | ^ w^»'*^%^y Chairs From $95 From Sofas $200 |pTr*^W| j { It Down Pillows Sale $20 | f \ Com). • Churches

1 (415) 826-8106

Cottrell's

Moving and Storagp Exchange, Inc. since 190S

USED FURNITURE BOUGHT AND SOLD 150 VALENCIA STREET (near Market) San Francisco, CA 94 104

<415) 431-1000

Christian Family Counselor

sir-— : _____&.

LI LA CAFFERY, MA, CCHT

• Family • Marriage

• Divorce Recovery

• Change Addictive Patterns: Smoking, Eating Disorders, Etc. l____9_ B st Dominie s Call for Free Phone Consultation Parishioner

j. r i.

• Sliding Scale * RSVP (415) 337-9474 • (650) 593-2020 www.innerchildhealing.com Hlac3@earthlink.net .

An Emergency Backup Generator can: • Keep youihome comfortable , safe and W{_ li ghted • Keep your business operating; without disruption _______ CONSTRUCTION INC . does all the necessary work: • Determines the size generator you need • Obtains all the permits • Completes the installation Callf ar afire estimatefor your home or business.

\\I / / . y\ Wl ')/ . 6T77 \J// W

SPARKLE CONSTRUCTION INC . 1155 C HESS D RIVE , SUITE 128 F OSTER CITY , CA 94404 650-574-69^9 E- MAIL : M RSPARKI.E@AOL.COM

Graham Hollett, General Contractor Lie. 734621

Psychological healing in the Catholic mystical tradition. htlpj/mem bers aol.com/ciiastitySF or call 415-979-8005 CA ticarsed Psychologist PSV132H

SPECIAL SBP^^ N. San Mnlco County - SFO....SM San Francisco - SFO $40 Any other charier with rcasonubte price. Good Service.

A-A Limouaine Service (415) 308-3028 (Tcr iincsin

Handyman, also Painting, Landscaping, Demolition Work , Hauling, Moving, Janitorial

Call (650) 757-1946

%_ &te SPECIALIZING IN STAMP C ONCRETE ^M^fi CONCRETE WORK OF ALL TYPES/EXPD . A GGR ., COLOR POOL DECK/T ILES/SLADES/FLAGSTONE /PAVERSTONE BRICKS & BLOCKS/V ENEER/FRENCH DRAIN/SOD/SEED LAWN NEW A DDITIONS /R EMODELING /P LUMBING & ELECTRICAL CA Lie #742716 bonded & insured

(6 50) 344- 9134

Free estimate: Call Al @ (415) 606-1232

When Life Hurts It Helps To Talk

• Family • Depression

In San Francisco?

AIRPORT ___»____

All purpose Handyman (25 yrs exper.)

^fc

Chastity -

Plumbing • Fire Protection • Certified Backflow

B_ .

John Bianchi

Phone: 415.468.1877 Fax: 415.468.1875

NORTH CAL ROOFING

J Jj L JjaBl l 100 North Hill Drive, Unit 18 • Brisbane , CA 94005 JK Lie. Mo. 390254 jafr aSE 1m I •»v flf ? Expert Plumbing Repairs

SlflmwL Plumbing

•General Repairs -Clean Drains & Sewers -Water Heaters

SAWTI PLUMBING & HEATING M San Francisco Only, Please FAMILY OWNED rj ll 415-661-3707 _¦•..« BB3B4i [_____]

• Featuring Modified Bitumen Roofing For All Flat Roofs • Gutters • Skylights • Steep Shingle Work A Specialty • Cedar Sidewall Shingles

tamed PL 8 PD -State tie* 757164

John Bailey, Owner

(415) 333-370 1 Tellour advatisers yai saw tor ad in Catholic San Francisco

_______________________¦¦wrrm ¦ ¦—

LIVING TRUSTS $750.00 - Complete Portfolio

Includes Detailed Bequests, Will, Advance Health, Grant Deed Preparation, Incapacity, Final Directives Children's Trusts/Custodianship/Guardianship Convenient UnlimitedTelephoneConsultations/Interviews With the Attorney - PreparedAccording to __yr Wishes Documents Delivered by FedEx to Your Home/Office Alan Lawrence Cohen-Loyola LawAJSC Attorney State Bar Estate, Trust, Probate & Family Law Section Member St Vincent Med. Ctr. Eucharistic Minister - UCLA Chaplain

(866) WILL-LAW (toll free)(CA Bar)S'180312)

P^ HI TECH Hardwood

FLOORS^ ^

Residential & Com 'l. Professional Installation Refinishlng Specialist Water/fire Damage Restoration

High Quality R easonable Rates

Serving Bay Area • local Ret .Flee Est

Call Anytime

415 720-1612 Irauied PL, PD i wjlmni Come.

Pager 415 790-5376

www hlochhafdwoodnoot com

CLASS IFI EDS

CALL (415) 614-S642 OR

FAX TO (4 1 5) 614-S64 1 Please Support Our Advertisers Repair heat ducting, air leaks, furnace maintenance check, filter replacement, clean gutters, clear drainpipes, repairs, roofvent tops, spark arrestors

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin never known to tail.

Driver, companion , handyman is seeking room , in-law apt., apt. in exchange. Can pay rent also! Call (650) 757-1946

I need a 1-Bedroom Apartment or In-law

Apartment out of S.F.

I always pay on time. Working at the Archdiocese of S.F. Please call me if you have sinylhing available! (41S) 614-5580

Most beauliiul flower of Ml Carmel Blessed Mother of Ihe Son of God, assisi me in my need Help me and show me you are my mother Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and eart h I humbly beseech you Irom Ihe boltom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin. Pray for us (3X1. Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3X) 5ay prayer 3 days. VG.

T HANK YOU St. Jude, St. Anthony and St. Rita for favors granted. M.L.B.

(415) 215-5949 (650) 371-5846 mess pg

Station for rent in great location. Beautiful beauty salon in Daly City. Call Angie

650-756-8068

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

A religious , non-profit organization has immediate openings for full time, benefited positions in its 40-acre campus in Burlingame. RECREATIONAL THERAPIST OR ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR Primary duties include planning and implementing holistic recreational/thera peutic activities for senior residents of its skilled nursing/residential facility meeting their individual needs and interests. For recreational therapist , Therapeutic Recreation Specialist certification or equivalent and Bachelor 's degree in recreation therapy or comparable major studies required. For activities coordinator, needed are certification as Activity Coordinator and completion of at least 36 hours training for the position. Both need a valid California driver 's license and at least two years work experience in a social/recreational progra m in a health or skilled nursing facility GROUNDSKEEPER I/II Principal duties include sod laying, planting of plants and shrubb ery; mowing, raking, hauling, pruning and watering; assisting in maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems, grounds keeping equi pment and machinery. Must have a valid CA driver 's license, HS diploma or GED . can lift up to 50 lbs. & work at heights up to 12 ft. Pluses are experience in nursery, garden or landscaping; some mechanical skills; machinery repair and maintenance. The Groundskeeper I must have at least 1 year gardening experience utilizing power equipment.The Groundskeeper II must have at least 5 years work experience with some crew supervision , various mowers and chainsaw experience , extensive knowledge about plants and tre es, soils, fertilizers and pesticide.

R ECTORY COOK WANTED St. Vincent de Paul Church is looking for a rectory cook to work from 4 - 7 pm , Monday thru Saturday. Benefits are included. For more inform a lion please contact Father Ring at (415) 922-1010.

St. Bartholomew Catholic Church , San Mateo , CA Full-time position with a 1,900 tamily parish. Duties: Take ove r existing parish music program , with primary ministry to the assembly, including 3 choirs, cantor formation , liturgical planning, and coordination and hiring of additional musicians. Excellent musicianship, conducting experience, and experience with Catholic liturgy and music tradition essential. Send resume and supporting materials to:

Parish Secretary Needed St. Gregory Church San Mateo , CA This full time, benefited position needs a friendly person with good computer and communication skills. If interested , please call 6 5 0 - 3 4 5 - 8 5 0 6 for an application.

Melanie Donahue St. Bartholomew Church 600 Columbia Dr., San Mateo , CA 94402 650-347-0701, ext. 14, Fax: 650-347-2429 Email: Melanie@barts.org

in San Mateo needs a Music Teacher. Part time position, K - 8 .

Please fax resume to (650) 573-6548 or mail to 2701 Hacienda St., San Mateo, CA 94403. Call for appt. at (650) 573-0111. Thank You.

The Director of Finance and Business Services is responsible for the fiscal and business operations of the school , which include serving as liaison to the Board of Directors ' Finance and Plant Committees, managing bud get development and administra tion, monitoring long-term investments , overseeing buildings and grounds and new construction , and administering employee benefits. Candidates must have experience in finance , accounting, and excellent computer skills. Knowled ge of Blackbau d is a plus. Salary is dependent upon educational qualifications and experience. mM

ÂŚ

St. Gregory Catholic School

PLEASE SEND YOUR RESUME TO : SISTERS OF M ERCY, H UMAN R ESOURCES , 2300 ADELINE DRIVE , BURLINGAME , CA 94010 OR E-MAIL cricafrente@mercyburl.org OR FAX TO (650) 347-2550.

Looking for a new challenge? Love to teach? Be a Staff Development Coordinator. Come join our team of caring professionals. Experience a plus but not necessary. Willing to train. Competitive wages. Excellent benefits. 401 k, tuition reimbursement. Contact: Adam Holbrook, Administrator

(4 1 5) 566- 1 200 EOE

KindiedT H e a l t h c a r e

__MrjSrAJa?l7 ^!flR^RPS9i ^V^9V5RRr __ i

90^

The Accounting Manager will provide general led ger accounting services and supervise two accounting assistants . The Accounting Manager will report to the Director of Finance and Business Services and will assume other duties in the Finance/Business Office as assigned. Candidates must have excellent accounting, computer , organizational , and communication skills. Knowled ge of Blackbaud and fund accounting is a plus. Salary is dependent upon educational qualifications and experience. Candidates should send , fax, or e-mail a letter of interest , references , and resume to: Rita Gleason , Principal Notre Dame High School 1540 Ralston Avenue Belmont, CA 94002 Fax: 650-593-9330 e-mail: Rgleason@ndhsb.org

C* I A O O fdCT ^\ O w LrVOwIl

CLEANING PERSON NEEDED 2 days a week to do housework. I day-approx. 8 hours; 2nd day-approx.4 hours. Inquire at (4 1 5) 661-7729, ask for Terry. $IO/Hour

Immaculate Heart of Mary School Now Hiring for 2001-2002 school year • Fourth grade teacher • Fifth Grade Teacher • Middle school teacher, Math & Science Send resume to: Principal IHM School 1000 Alameda

de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002 or FAX to (650) 593-4342

IQ L/ W

FoR ADVERT,S,NG INFORMATION CALL (4 1 5) 614-5640

• First Grade Full Time Aide • Second Grade Teacher • Seventh Grade Teacher / Language Arts • Science Teacher Please mail resume to: Principal 1328 Cabrillo Ave., Burlingame , CA 94010 or fax resume to (650) 343-5620

..| Special Needs N ursing, Inc.

Nurses are needed to provide specialized nursing care for children in the San Francisco Public School setting. Generous benefit packages for generous nurses. Fax your resume to: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN 415-435-0421

Contact:

Sand ra Davis

(415) 566- 1 200 EOE

KindredT H e a l t h c a r e

FAMILY SERVICES COUNSELOR

This full-time position requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectivel y verbally and in writing. The counselor assists families with the selection of burial sites and facilitates cemetery arrangements. The counselor interacts with parishioners, clergy and funeral directors in a manner keeping with the spirit and teaching of the Catholic Church. This position requires maturity, compassion and experience in a service industry. Must speak Spanish and English fluently. Knowledge of grief and loss issues is an asset. Please contact Christine Stinson , (650) 756-2060. 1

Need extra cash? Work per diem, on call , PT or FT. Choice of shift. Competitive wages. Excellent benefits. Tuition reimbursement. New grads welcome. Free NCLEX review classes offered. For more information please _ _ contact: Rose Dunn Tel.: (4 1 5) 566-9023 Pager: (4 15) 210-6405 Fax: (4 1 5) 566-8068 E.O.E.

Kindred 7 Heallhcofe I Notre Dame High School, Belmont CA is seeking full time faculty for the 200 1-02 academic year in: Religious Studies Minimum Requirements for Notre Dame High School • Bachelor of Arts Degree and • California Teaching Credential (preferred) • Master 's Degree in Theology for Religious Studies Salary and benefits reflect the competitive range approved by Notre Dame High School's Board of Directors (Placement on the scale is dependent on degrees, qualifications, and experience) Degree and Credential preparation should be consistent with guidelines set forth by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Located on 11.6 acres, Notre Dame High School was founded in 185 1 in San Jose. The school moved to its present site in Belmont in 1922. In the past five years, the school has experienced a 39% increase in enrollment. Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent and resume to:

JoAnn Kozloski, Associate Principal Notre Dame High School 1540 Ralston Avenue Belmont, California 94002 (650) 595-1913 / FAX (650) 593-9330 e-mail: jkozloski@ndhsb.org

Notre Dame Elementary School 1500 Ralston Avenue Belmont, CA 94002 or FAX (650) 591-4798

Looking for professional advancement? Come wo rk in a supportive, smaller SNF as ADNS/MDS Coordinator. MDS experience necessary. Competitive wages. Excellent benefits. 40 Ik, tuition reimbursement p lan.

Send your resume: Jeannie McCullough Stiles , RN Special Needs Nursing, Inc. 98 Main Street , #427 Tiburon , Ca 94920

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma

Please send resume to:

Work FULL or PART time while your children are in school.

¦ ''

Part* time JLah Science KeacHer

Burlingame Is now hiring for 2001-2002 school year

is now hiring for die 2001-02 school year • New position: Full-Time Learning Resource Specialist • Part-time Teacher Aide (2nd Grade) Please mail resume to: Principal St. Timothy School 1515 Dolan Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 or Fax to (650) 342-5913

Catholic Publishers Representation We have an immediate opening for a service-oriented Sales Representative to represent an innovative Catholic Educational Publishing Company in a multi-city, Pacific Northwest territory. Catholic Education background and/or school/ parish experience is preferred. We offer a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401 (k) . For immediate consideration, FAX your resume with salary requirements to: Robin Frantz, Human Resources, RCL Sales PiW REP 1-972-396-3007 or e-mail to hr@rcl-enteiprises.com. EOE

w* wm ijrw«3P-"|T3 j »jj rf« ECATHOLIC SAN F RANCISCO Iwi W)«»1 jaM InJB V K»1 S i B S S

»k 0 H i f l

yM b d U U H U b H d h r i n M r f

FOR MORE INFO RMATION CA LL 41 5-614-5 639 CLASSIFIED DISPLAY

$25 per column inch - I time $ 20 per column inch - 2 times

Classified display and word for word ads may be faxed to CSF Advertising Dept. at 415-614-564 1 or ads can be mailed to: Catholic San Francisco

BYTHEWORD CLASSIFIED 0 word minimum 1-4 times s 1 .00 per word per issue 5-10 times, '.95 per word per issue, 11-20 times $.90 per word per issue, 21-45 times $.80 per word per issue.

Ady£ Qne Peter Yorke w S .R > CA 94|09 or ' E-mail: product,on@catholic-sf.org we do not *cce P l advertisements

Wednesday 9 days prior to issue date.

We res erve the right to reject or cancel

mk\fflll imipy|flpH Count each word separately. Count each unit of a date as one word unless it appears as xx/xx/xx. p%

iif

\J l\ Y I t J

by ph°ne.

advertising for any reason deemed appropriate. We want our readers to know that it is not always possible to verify promises made by our advertisers ,

¦i•m* ¦|NJN Display classified ads may be prepaid or billed. Iwl Lq |\ I By the word ads must be prepaid with order ap d will not be published until paid. La* 1 1 Checks or money orders accepted.

1Y1

1 00 Announcements 225 Collectibles 125 A ppliances 250 Counseling 150 Business Opportunities 275 Education/Lessons 175 Child Care 300 Electronics 325 Employment 200 Children 's Misc.

350 Financial Services 375 For Sale 400 Garage Sales 425 Health & Fitness 450 Home Furnishings

475 500 510 525 550

Miscellaneous Office Equipment Personals Pet Supplies Professional

575 Religious Articles 580 Travel/Entertainment 600 Wanted to Buy 625 Real Estate 650 Automotive

HOT Y v^ CROSS J.vwkJkJ

Geraldine Marie Gallagher

COT IVf A -

Fernanda Gambucci Carl J. Gardner Adelina S. Garza Andrew Gee Lowell M. Giorgi Romeo R Giovannetti Rodolfo V. A. Golondrina Olivio R. Gomez Hazel F. Gorostiza Geraldine L. Goug h Gladys L. Goug h Roman M. Green Alice M. Greene Dino D. Grilli Guadalupe Gutierrez, Jr. Herbert D. Hammond Carl Hanes Dennis D. Hanson Maurice A. Hartnett Elodie Mary Hayward-Dineen Eugene L. Heze Aurelia S. Hipolito Jean B. Hondagneu Beatrice Henrotte Hotter Ruth V. Johnson Bobby Marcel Johnson Janet Karam Leonel A. Khalil Janet E. Klapp Vincenza M. Kroner George J. Kutulas Dorothy F. LaForcade Walter A. Lagomarsino Fe T. Lagrimas Charlyn A. Lane William Francis Larcher Mary M. Lawler Helen Elizabeth Lazzari Teresa Kin Mo Ho Lee Evelyn Lenhart Sarah P. Licudine Savelio F. Liufau Mary Josephine Long Fausto J. Lopez Dora E. Lucchesi William V. Mackewicz Jennie Magrin Frank Maiss John E. Maley Frank J. Marano Sebastiana R. Marzan Dorothy L. McClelland Marina McConnell

John G Gambertoglio

Carl Adometto Joe M. Andazola Anthony R Anzalone Edna C. Arnold Caesarie C. Bach Marguerite Jean Baker Bruna F. Bandoni Emma Barber/an Josephine M. Battaglia Margaret E. Bell Marlene R. Bell Felicidad M. Benedicto Rita A. Bennett Lucila A. Bernardo Bernardine Galli Bertain Vespa M. Bickel Margaret "Peggy" Bisagno Oleg S. Boutourlin Marion E. Brad y Lillian M. Branch Valerie J. Bremner Walter J. Burton Patricia A. Buzard Jason S. Caine Eustaquio S. Canlas Lenora Rose Caramazza Isidra M. Casern Paul King Lung Chu Crisanta Z. Clarino Louis A. Coleman Loretto M. Conway Audrey E. Cripps Julian F. Cuanang Richard P. Cullinan Madeline M. Davis Robert C. Davis Asisculo F. Deano Roger L. Dinelli Frances J. Doyle Mary M. Early Bernice A. Fazackerly Fulvia Peressini Fe Maria G. Ferreira Tisilei Finefeuiaki Melba M. Flynn g Helen M. Follan Alfred P. Fourie Phyllis H. Freed John H. Freeman George P. Frenkel

Frances L. McCormick Francis McCready Rita P. McGrath George B. McGuire Dolores J. Medina Tomas M. Mendivil Camion M. Michael Emily L. Michelini Frances H. Millerick Nancy K. Morales Elizabeth Mary Moriarty Alyce C. Mow Margaret A. Noone Helen M. Nordstrom Juan R. Oblanca , Jr. Ernesto G. Ocampo Francisca O. Orille Gladys M. Palmer Juan N. Pascual Consuelo A. Patino Marie J. Valin Pennington William A. Peralta Louise A. Perotti Jane C. Perussina Gino V. Phillips Maria Esperanza Pineda Charles Pisani Jeanette L. Plume John I. Pond Bernadette M. Price Helene Quincey-Wong Antonio G. Rico Louis A. Risso Catherine R. Robinson Mary V. Roche Carmen Rojas Donald J. Roybal Julia C. Rudis Julia Ruffini Tom Russell Raymond C. Saavedra, Sr. Marcel J. Sales John (Jack) Scannell La Verne Irene Schiariti William J. Sharkey Thomas E. Shea Eugene W Shopes Danilo R. Sison Charles Solares John R. Spaulding Claire C. Strack Gerald F. Stubo Morena Sudano Jeremiah Sullivan Kathleen A. Sullivan

Agripina A. Susbilla Richard D. Sweeney Joseph Sweyd Iopu Taesali Yolanda M. Teani Marilyn E. Tehaney John J. Tenge Eleanor A. Tevenan Barbara J. Thomason Mary Margaret Topp Nilda B. Ubana Fernando M. Urizar Gino Venturi Andrea M. Villar Divina B. Viray Mary Alma Vocker Walter A. Volken Susan F. Wilcox Maureen Wischer Yuke Tuen Tong Wong Marilyn D. Wynkoop \T p | ^|CO XJff^T JJLV/-^ V .V^Vf P P "R T£" ]VI 17T\nf O JT/ T*A VIVIV IVIlMll^V^ Katherine E. Doyle Carmel O'Keefe Luis F. Ortiz Marbella Ortiz Maria Pacheco Jose Andres Perez Rangel William V. Regan, Jr. T\7T? np lV/f TT C\T J.V11. \J LJ M. V MJJ 1 CAIN A 7VF U A ¥TA ¥TT jj J\AJ:Al! ;L John S. Andres Josephine M. Beutler Agnes Daly Theresa M. Gallarate Stephen J. Hedge Nancy Fahrendorf Hoffman Andrew A. Isetta E. D. "Lew" Lewis Susan Low Rosemary H. Rafael Harold A. Solari Frances "Fee" Sullivan Olive K. Wolfe

Hol y Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma

1st Saturday Mass - Saturday, August 4th, 200 1 - 11:00 a.m. Rev. Felix Cassidy — Celebrant — St. Dominic Parish All Saints Mausoleum Chapel

The Catholic Cem eteries Archdiocese of San Francisco

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020