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Pilgrims from the state of Querefaro carry banners of Our Lady of Guadalupe as they marc h to Mexico City for the July 31 canonization of Juan Diego by Pope John Paul II. Story on Page 5.

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Battle of her life

Af ter 22 yea rs in p rison, Jeri Becker hopes to win pa role

By Sharon Abercrombie

'She has proven herself

x TLfter a cursory glance at her credentials, it would be so easy to assume that Jeri Becker by what she has done lives and moves among the company of Bay Area 's most dedicated social activists. for other women . ..

Consider: she is a yoga teacher, a freelance newspaper and magazine writer, a peer counselor; facilitator of a 12-step proShe has served her time gram for women; literacy coach; a graphic artist , choir director; vegetarian; and a lay minister to hospitalized HIV and mentally way beyond her time.' disabled women. Last fall , after 9/11, she organized a fund raiser for survivors and their families. Her appeal brought in $6, 000.

Well, rethink location. In this p articular instance, geographical stereotyping does not work. Move furthe r south, to Corona. For the last 22 years, Jerilynn (Jeri) Becker, a 56-year old lifelong Catholic has honed her gifts, talents and ministries — behind bars. Since 1980 she has lived at the California Women 's Institution.

Those who chipped in their meager savings to help the Twin Towers survivors last September were Ms. Becker 's sister inmates.

Jeri Becker went to prison in 1980 for her role in the slaying of a drug dealer in Sausalito. For her part in the crime, her first and only offense, Ms. Becker was convicted of first degree murder.

Now Jeri Becker is in a new battle - for her freedom. It won 't be easy. Her fate is in the hands of Governor Gray Davis, whose track record on granting paroles to lifers is Jeri Becker close to zero. He has vetoed nearly 100 him.

He has granted only two. before paroles of lifers brought Jeri Becker, however, has some impressive allies. More than 200 individuals have written letters to authorities on her behalf. They include her sentencing judge, a Catholic nun, a California state senator, the editor of a Catholic women's newspaper, the founder of a Yoga community, a prison minister, and inmates who have been JERI BECKER, page 17 helped by Ms. Becker 's 12-step workshops.

Father Vitale gets 3-month 3 sentence for protest Saving babies born alive . . 10 New law will allow more abuse claims

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Catholic relief fo r war-weary Congo ~ Page 12-13 ~

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Presenting some of the characters of prehistoric times in a dinosaur collage of their own creation were kindergartners of St. John Elementary School , San Francisco. The work was an exhibit at the 16th Annual San Francisco Youth Arts Festival in May. Project workers included, clockwise from left, Annie Torwal, Brianna Castro , Savannah Batiste. Thanks to kindergarte n teacher , Diane Aubry, for fillin' us in.

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Father Vitale gets three months for peace protest

By Sharon Abercrombie Come October 10, St. Boniface parishioners will be without their pastor for three months. Franciscan Father Louis Vitale, 70, goes to prison that day.

Father Vilaie , a long-time San Francisco peace activist , was convicted this month of trespassing on military property during a demonstration last November at the Western Hemisp here Institute for Security Cooperation , (WHTSC) formerl y the School of the Americas, in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Father Vitale crossed over a forbidden line into lhe compound along with 36 other protesters during a mock funeral procession. During this ritual , the group carried coffins marked with the names of men, women and childre n they say were killed by military officers trained at the school.

Father Vitale hadn 't planned on getting arrested when he went to Ft. Benning last year. But , he said, "I was so moved by the funeral procession remembering the victims of death squad s, I joined the parade, I wanted to be a part of it. " Father Vitale ended up carry ing a cross. He said he felt fine about his action then , and despite the consequences , still "feels fine" about it. "I don 't mind being in a prison camp."

WHISC annuall y trains up to 900 soldiers and police officers from other nations in such topics as intelli gence, anti-drug operations , military intelligence and civil disorder management. For more than a decade , thousands of protesters calling for the school's closing have converged at Fort Benning each November for a weekend of teach-ins, prayer vigils and for some, civil disobedience.

Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois , 62, a former military chaplain , first organized the demonstrations to call attention to the fact that graduate s of the school were responsible for the murders of six Jesuit priests by the Salvadoran military, for the rape and murder of four women missionaries at the hands of the military in El Salvador, for the gunning down of San Salvador 's Archbishop Oscar Romero as he was offering Mass, and earlier this year, for the murder of Colombian Archbishop Isaias Duarte .

From a handful of protesters who came to support Father Bourgeois the first few years, the annual gathering now

draws more than 10,000 partici pants , including college and high school students, clergy, nuns and lay peace activists.

In the fac e of continuing protests, the school's officials have steadfastl y denied that they train forei gn military personnel to promote acts of terrorism and violations of human rights , saying the actions are the result of "a few bad app les ," according to a July 7 article in the London Times.

to push for social change is not a part of the democratic process. Father Vitale countered that both the 18th Century Boston Tea party and 20th Century civil rights demonstrations were legitimate examp les of extra legal means.

Despite their difference of opinion , "we sort of connected," said the priest. The judge noted that he and the Franciscan were "about the same age."

Others in the courtroom , also took note of the two men 's conversation. "Father Bourgeois bet somebody ten dollars that I'd walk ," quipped Father Vitale.

However, it wasn 't to be. Judge Faircloth handed down a sentence to the tall , gentle priest. But when the Franciscan asked if he could remain free until afler Oct. 6, the day when a major parish renovation and earthquakeretrofitting project is scheduled to be completed , the jud ge postponed his jail date to Oct. 10.

Jud ge Faircloth also said he would consider Father Vitale 's request to be sent to a new federal facility at Atwater , near Fresno.

Father Vitale is a long-time social activist. He has a background in sociology with a focus on the sociology of religion and social movements. A member of the faculty at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, he is presently part of the Pace e Bene Center for Nonviolence . He has protested at nuclear weapons facilities and against Plan Colombia , the U.S. government 's alleged drug eradication program, Earlier this year, he received a Paul VI teacher of Peace Award from Pax Christi , the international pacifist organization .

A former officer in the Air Force as a flight interceptor , Father Vitale 's perspective changed when he met Cesar Chavez , whom he credited with teaching him about fasting, nonviolent civil disobedience and social change.

Before heading to Georgia for their trials , Fathers Vitale and O'Donnell had joined other activists in urging Rep. Nancy Pelosi to help shut the school down. Earlier this month they gave Ms. Pelosi's aides a petition asking her to support House Resolution 1810, a bill that would close the school by eliminating its statutory authority to operate.

Ms. Pelosi did not attend the meeting, but Dan Bernal , her deputy district director, accepted the petition and told the activists that Ms. Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat , has pledged to continue fighting to close the school.

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'I was so moved by the funeral procession remembering the victims of death squads. ' When the school changed its name 18 months ago , authorities instituted human ri ghts training as a regular part of their curriculum. But opponents insist that the courses are just public relations window dressing.

Father Vitale was one of two Bay Area priests who received jail time. Father Bill O'Donnell from St. Joseph the Worker Patish in Berkeley was sentenced to six months in federal prison and a thousand dollar fine. Father O'Donnell had previousl y received a "ban and bar " letter from the U.S. military for earlier counts of civil disobedienc e at the facility, said Father Vitale. Recipients of these letters face jail time if they return to Ft. Benning to trespass onto designated restricted areas.

The sentence was lighter for St. Boniface 's pastor since it was his first offense at Ft. Benning. Judge Mallon Faircloth also waived a $500 line for Father Vitale and two other religious , because of their vows of poverty, said the priest.

In one press account , Father O'Donnell said his friend had "charmed the jud ge. " When asked to respond , Father Vitale laughed off the compliment, explaining that he "just spoke with him (Jud ge Faircloth)."

The jud ge had given defendants the opportunity to make statements , and when the Franciscan 's turn came, Father Vitale said he "used it as a teachable moment , to enter into dialogue, to engage with him. " Judge Faircloth had insisted that using extra legal means

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"If no one else sees any other realistic and more beneficial alternative , then why should we continue to raise petty issues about (Arroyo 's) personality, her political mistakes , as if she were Superwoman?" Archbishop Quevedo wrote in a statement Jul y 12.

The archbishop ' s statement was issued the day after a member of the national bank insurance board reigned to protest Arroyo 's reported p lan to invite disgraced ex-president Josep h Estrada 's allies and Cabinet officials to lake government posts.

Nevertheless , Archbishop Quevedo said, "1 do not see any grave national crisis. " He charged that the political opposition , "the militant left " and "some sectors of media " are "nitp ick-

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Indian nun gets six months in jail German cardinal wants party to fo rf ailing to report conversions NEW DELHI , India — A court in centra l India jailed drop 'Christian 'f rom name Ursuline Sisler Bridhi Ekka for six months for not reporting conversions to district authorities , reported UCA News, an Asian churc h news agency based in Thailand.

"Thi s is a dangerous trend ," said Father Henry D'Souza , an official of the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of India. He said this was the first time someone has been convicted unde r the "anti-conversion laws " that exist in some Indian stales. Churc h officials said lhe members of the Oraoii tribe who became Catholic had no religion to renounce and hence there was no conversion. According to the law, conversion means renouncing a reli g ion to adopt another.

Jesuit Father Louis Berge and Sister Ekka were accused of "illegall y converting " 94 tribals in 1 988. The Bel gian priest died in 2000 at the age of 92. The two missionaries orig inall y were charged in 1989. In 1 996, a lower court sentenced them to six months in prison and a $13 fine. The latest jud gment came after the diocese appealed to the district court.

Rebels attack Comboni mission station in northern Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda — Rebels of the Lord 's Resistance Army looted and burned the Comboni Fathers ' mission in northern Uganda. They also attacked a nearby school and kidnapped two teachers before being repelled by army troops.

Some 60 to 70 rebels attacked the Iceme mission July 7, setting fire to six vehicles , a garage, water heater and printing press. They also stole a satellite phone, radio transmitter, food and all the drugs from the mission dispensary. At the Iceme Girls ' Secondary School, the rebels kidnapped a teacher and student teacher. One of the teachers escaped , but the whereabouts of the student teacher remained unknown.

The Lord 's Resistance Army is a religious sect that reportedl y blends Christian teachings with tribal traditions. The group is accused of kidnapp ing and killing hundreds of people over the last decade in northern Uganda.

Meetings organized by bishops urge sweeping Argentine reforms

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — National meetings of civic leaders organized by the Argentine bishops have produced a report urg ing sweeping national reforms to get Argentina out of its political and economic crisis, The report advocates major tax changes to end exemptions for the privileged , more government spending on programs for the poor, and crime fi ghting that respects human ri ghts. The report tells the government to respect its forei gn debt commitments and urges international creditors to offer payment options adapted to Argentina's situation.

The crisis involves "four years of recession, unprecedented unemployment, a constant rise in poverty, indigence and social maiginalization, an extended rupture of judicial safeguards , and the complete loss of the sense of public and common good ," said the report. It was released July 11 after a bishops ' delegation presented it to Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde. In January, Duhalde asked the bishops to organize a national unity dialogue of labor, business, banking and political leaders to seek solutions to the South American nation's crisis.

Philipp ine bishops ' leader reaff irms solidarity with Arroyo

MANILA, Phili ppines — The president of the Phili pp ine bishops' conference has reaffirmed the church's solidarity with the federal government. The "best option" for the country now is to let Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo finish her term as president , Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato said. His remarks were reported by UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

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Irish police p rotest removal of Sacred Heart p icturefrom station

DUBLIN , Ireland — A picture of the Sacred Heart has been banished to the back room of an Irish police station after officers in Cobh claimed they were ordered to remove it from above the front desk.

The picture has hung in Cobh police station for 80 years, but when the police officers were moved to new accommodations built by lhe Office of Public Works, an official there said it could not be put on public display in 'c ase it offended nonbelievers .

The ban angered some 20 police , or Gardai , officers stationed at the barracks, and their call for the reinstatement of the image has been backed by their staff organization , the Gardai Representative Association. A spokesman for the association , Dermot Moloney, said the picture has been in place since 1922 , when the Gardai took over after the end of British rule.

Zambia 's bishop s codemn hig hlevel p olitical corrup ti on

LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia 's bishops have expressed their deep concern at the high-level corruption that has seen the resignations of the southern African country 's chief justice and foreign minister and a court case against the former intelligence chief.

Noting that Zambia is "going through a turbulent peri od, both politically and economically," the Zambia Episcopal Conference said revelations of "corruption and abuse of office by high-level politicians and public service officials are defi nitely a source of worry " that may result in a loss of confidence in the democratic process.

"Corruption and abuse of office deprives the country and its people of the opportunities and resources needed for development," the bishops said in a Jul y 12 statement . "It enriches the individual at the expense of the taxpayers, the poor and the marginalized who have to contend with the daily struggles of life," they said.

Noting that they "appreciate the gravity of the situation ," the bishops called for "all issues to be dealt with according to the due process of the law" and not from a spirit of vindictiveness .

Orthodox mob harasses Catholic bishop in former Soviet rep ublic

MOSCOW — A bishop from the volatile Caucasus region was harassed in early Jul y by a mob led by two Orthodox

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Ms. Reiche could become Germany 's famil y, youth and women minister if the union , an opposition parly, wins the Sept. 22 elections. Ms. Reiche is expecting her second child in August. She lives with the father of both children.

Cardinal Meisner said that in appointing Ms. Reiche , the party was "activel y promoting the end of a Christian marriage and famil y policy. " Bishop Heinz Josef Al germissen of Fulda said the church was the onl y organization in German society that "stood up so indubitabl y for the central value of the family based on marriage , as desired by God. " Christian Democratic Union leaders reacted angri ly to Cardinal Meisner 's criticism . Party veteran Heiner Geissler said that Cardinal Meisner was always most concerned about the word "Christian " when the issue was about sexual re l ationships.

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Depositors protest the Argentine economic crisis in front of a Buenos Aires bank. priests as the bishop took part in a pil grimage in Georgia, a former Soviet republic increasing l y notoriou s for reli gious intolerance. "They threatened us, used unprintable language and even said they would use violence in their efforts to get us to stop our journey, " Bishop Giuseppe Pasotto wrote in a letter to the Georgian president.

The incident occurred earl y Jul y 3, the third day of a walking pil grimage to the grave of St. Nino, the woman credited with taking Christianity to Georgia in the fourth century. As a group of 35 Catholic pil grims — including the bishop, three priest s and two nuns — approached a village , they were confronted first by a small group of Orthodox led by two priests and later by a separate Orthodox mob of about 20 men , some of them carry ing wooden clubs.

After a series of standoffs and the intervention of the local police, the Catholics decided to cut short their p il grimage and return to the Georgian capital , Tbilisi. A crucial factor in canceling the pil grimage, a Catholic spokesman said, was the threat of an attack by the Orthodox , who are the country 's dominant faith.

Virginia diocese seeks sainthood fo r martyred missionaries

RICHMOND , Va. — Bishop Walter F. Sullivan of Richmond has opened a diocesan tribunal for the sainthood cause of the ei ght Spanish Jesuits who were put to death in 1571 near what is now Williamsburg.

The ei ght men were killed b y American Indians. Two of the victims were Jesuit p riests: Fathers Juan Bautista de Segura, Jesuit vice provincial of Havana , Cuba , and Luis de Quiros, former head of the Jesuit college among the Moors in Spain. Three were Jesuit brothers and three were novices in the society.

Father Russell Smith, postuiator of the cause, said the missionaries came unaccompanied by the customary contingent of Spanish troops. "This proves the mission was enti rely evangelical. The Spanish missionaries were not interested in polit ical advantage or territorial expansion ," he added.

5. African bishop who took pa rt in gay internet site resigns

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Pau l II accepted the resignation of a South African bishop who came under fi re for participating in a gay priests ' Internet newsgroup that included sexual l y explicit material .

The Vatican announced the resignation of Cape Town Auxiliary Bishop Reginald Cawcutt, 63, in a one-sentence statement Jul y 17 that cited a church law provision for "illness or other serious reason. " In a statement posted on the Cape Town Archdiocese's Web site, Bishop Cawcutt said he was resi gning because he did not want to be "the cause of any further division in the church."

Bishop Cawcutt came under fire early in 2000 when a Petersburg, Ill-based group, Roman Catholic Faithful , exposed a restricted-access Internet newsgroup in which he and about 50 gay priests and brothers from around the world participated. Roman Catholic Faithful reposted some newsgroup content on its own Web site. Bishop Cawcutt acknowled ged much of the content but accused Roman Catholic Faithful of "illegal , un-Christian , irresponsible and immoral scandal mongering. " He said much of it was "out of contex t " and "hall-quotes."

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By Catholic News Service GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) — A planned visit to Guatemala and Mexico by an ailing Pope John Paul II gives added emphasis to the Spanish saying: "Rengo , rengo, pero vengo. " The rh yming idiomatic expression means: "Nothing will stop me fro m coming to the party." Literall y, it means: "I may be limp ing, but I'll be there. " The Jul y 29-Aug. 1 trip to the two Latin American countries is shap ing up as a major spiritual fiesta for the 82-yearold pope, hobbled by arthritic knees and hampered in his speech and motor activities by a Parkinson 's-!ike disease.

The planned visits , coming after Jul y 23-28 World Youth Day ceremonies in Toronto, show the pope 's determination to celebrate , with their spiritual descendents , the virtues of people tied to the Catholic histories of both nations.

The pope is scheduled to arrivein Guatemala City the afternoon of Jul y 29 for a Mass the following morning in which he will declare the sainthood of Blessed Pedro de San Jose Betancur , a 17th-cenlury religious known for his healing work.

On Jul y 31 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, the pope will declare the sainthood of Blessed Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin , the 16th-century Indian who symbolizes the church' s evangelization of the native peoples of the New World during the Spanish Conquest.

On Aug. 1, also at the basilica , the pope will beatif y the Indian martyrs Juan Bautista and Jacinto de Los Angeles , both killed in 1700. Beatification is a major step toward sainthood.

The papal visit is expected to draw several million pilgrims to the Mexican capital, althoug h onl y about 50,000 will be allowed into the Basilica of Guadalupe complex for the canonization Mass; others will be forced to watch it on television.

Health concerns have cut the papal agenda to a minimum, with the originall y scheduled private meetings with Mexico President Vicente Fox and an assembly with the Mexican bishops' congress cancelled.

Well before the pope 's planned arrival , Guatemalans and Mexicans were preparing for the events .

In Guatemala 's old capital of Antigua, 15 miles west of the current capital of Guatemala City, officials set up a special schedule to handle the expected influx of pilgrims wanting to visit the Church of San Francisco, where Hermano Pedro , as he is known locall y, is interred.

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Hermano Pedro was born March 19, 1626, in Spain 's Canary Islands and arrived in the New World at age 24. He founded the Bethlemite Brothers and Sisters in 1653 and became known as the "St. Francis of the Americas." One well-known legend says that he would lick the wounds of the sick , a role given to animals at the time.

The papal Mass lo canonize Hermano Pedro is planned for Jul y 30 at the Guatemala City race track.

At Mexico ' s Basilica of Our Lad y of Guadalupe , the enthusiasm for Juan Diego's canonization began well before the pope's planned arrival.

Among the people making pil grimages to the basilica in the days leading up to the canonization Mass was Tomas Sanchez , a 70-year-old cook. He asked Juan Diego for improved health .

"1 asked him to intervene in my favor before the Virgin and before God ," said Sanchez, pointing to his leg swollen with varicose veins.

Sanchez sat on a low wall in the basilica complex built on the site where Juan Diego , a Nahuatl Indian , had four visions of Mary in December 1531, several years after the i/i f K Spanish conquered what is now Mexico. The visions and ua £~ Juan Diego 's conversion to Catholicism were major spurs uj to the church' s evangelization efforts. d Mexico 's bishops said the fact that all three Mexicans to a, u. be honore d by the pope are Indian s shows the need for P t~ a Mexico to give legal recognition to the rights of indigenous peop le. isi Mexicans must adopt a new view of indi genous populau tions as people owed rights and not as "objects of our genA Guatemalan vendor sells posters announcing erosity and beneficence ," the bishops said in a Jul y 3 pasthe canonization of Hermano Pedro outside the toral letter published in the July 15-16 edition of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's newspaper.

Church of San Francisco in Antigua , Guatemala.

"Their recognition on the part of the universal church Hermano Pedro (Brother Pedro) is revered throug hout means they are an example that can help us return to the Guatemala and Cent ral America for his miraculous curing indigenous roots of our people ," the bishop s said. of the sick and dedication to the poor.

The message of Guadalupe also "vindicates the place of At the Anti gua church, the wall above the altar dedicated to the poor and marg inalized in the construction of a more just Hermano Pedro is filled with plaques thanking him for his help and fraternal nation ," they said. and is tainted black from burning candles. People attributing Today, global economic forces sideline a growing numtheir cures to him previously left their crutches and other evi- ber of poor men and women , including indi genous, and dence of healings at the altar as signs of gratitude. Now , they seek "to impose the idea that , 'outside of the free market, are asked to leave items at a museum inside the church. there is no salvation ,'" they said.

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Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People I. Synthesis On June 14th the bishops of the U.S. adopted the Charterfor the Protection of Children and Young People, and Essentia l Norms for Diacesan/Eparchial Policie s Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors h) Priests, Deacons; or Other Church Personnel. Aftei acknowled ging the recent "crisis without precedent " broug ht about by the sexual abuse of children by some priests and bishops , the bishops address the enormous "pain , anger and confusion " which has come about: e.g., the tremendous hurt to innocent victims and (heir families and the secrecy in the church which enabled abusive behavior.

The Charter presents seventeen articles, followed by twelve rules or norms. The major thrust of these articles outline several points: provisions for outreach to victims (art. 1); the establishment in every diocese of review boards (art. 2); as a rule, no confidentiality agreements (art. 3); mandated reporting and cooperation with public authorities (tut. 4); ".. .even a single act of sexual abuse of a minor - past, present or future - will result in the permanent removal of a priest or deacon from his ministerial duties," which may include the request to Rome for the priest to be laicized (art. 5); diocesan policies must be clearly publicized and communicated (arts. 6-7) the establishment of a national Office for Child and Youth Protection (arts. 8-10), and numerous other provisions such as the careful screening of seminary candidates (art. 13) and the full cooperation with the apostolic visitation of seminaries in the U.S. (art. 17).

The rules or norms present the process that will be followed if a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor is made against a priest or deacon and repeats article 5, specifying that such a priest or deacon will not be permitted "to celebrate Mass publicly, to wear clerical garb, or to present himself publicly as a priest." (8:C) II. Moral Reflections First, in an older liturgical time the hymn Tu es sacerdos in aeternwn (You Are a Priest Forever) was frequentl y sung at priestly ordinations. Its words carried a certain meaning which assured the newly ordained priest that from this day forward he would always be a priest.

This pro mise bore two interlocking meanings: (1) externally, the ordained priest is commissioned to celebrate the sacraments and visibl y witness to priestly ministry; and (2) internall y, the priest is confi gured to the person of Christ as Priest, Prophet , Shepherd and King. Vatican IPs Decree on the Liturgy states it this way: when a priest celebrates the sacrament s, Christus adest (Christ is dynamically there cel ebrating the sacrament).

When a priest is permanently removed from public ministry because he sexuall y abused a child, this removal clearly affects the "external" meaning of his priesthood. On the other hand , from a personal point of view, this removal will most likely never erase the priest 's inner configuration to the priesthood of Christ. The priest who is removed from his public ministry doubtlessly carries an unimaginable

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wound since his internal priestl y meaning cannot any longer be fulfilled in an external fashion.

As a church community, we are already witnessing the removal of priests from public ministry, a factor that not onl y change s their own lives , but also the lives ol their brothei priests. The morale of p riests will be deeply touched by these removals. Perhaps there is no more critical time than now to express authentic understanding of the priests removed , and of those priests who remain. At the present time , for example , there are no diocesan support mechanisms in place to assist the dismissed priest , and he is generall y left to his own devices to suddenl y p lan his whole future .

Some bishops have created a situation where the sexual abuse of children and

No one approves of the sexual abuse ol minors and there is "no place in the priesthood or religious lile lor those who would harm the young. " (art. 5) However, I would have preferred some distinctions in the kind and number of sexual offenses, and the punishment made in accord with these factors . 1 am very conscious of the grieving of victims and their families and I in no way want to soften this fact. At the same time, I think that the "no place in the priesthood" judgment has blurred differences in sexual abuse and in individual abusing priests. 1 would have liked to see more evident signs of understanding and forg iveness as a church community without compromising the damage done to the victim and the need to heal this great wound.

Third , the bishops have retained their moral credibility by taking a definitive stand on sexual abuse issues and this allows them to sustain credence in other critical areas of the moral dialogue: e.g., war and peace, relief for developing nations, the ethics of stem-cell research, the evil of abortion.

The moral bar is held on an even keel. But have they lost credibility in other ways? Even though the Preamble of the Charter mentions the sexual abuse of children by some bishops, the document makes no mention of the bishop s who knowingly moved offending priests from one assignment to another. While it is true that the problem of pedophilia was not well understood in the past, often merely considered a moral or spiritual weakness, this has not been the case in at least the past ten years.

Some bishops have created a situation where the sexual abuse of children and young people has been made convenient by then misguided jud gments in assignments of previFR. COLEMAN, page 7

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young peop le has been mad e convenient by their misguided jud gments in assignments of p reviously offending priests. These bishop s should resign their ministry fo r the moral and spiritual good of the whole church.

Second, the bishops have profoundl y apologized to the victims of sexual abuse and have put into place programs of spiritual , emotional and social assistance. This is an important and necessary step, especiall y when we realize that in most instances victims of sexual abuse always carry the trauma of their abuse. The abuse remains with them as a lasting mark of their seduction.

While this fact must never be forgotten and always acknowledged, we must also recognize the fact that the Charter makes no distinctions in the range of activities which count as sexual abuse: for instance, showing pornographic videos to a child and, God forbid , sodomizing a child. All sexual abuse is reprehensible but not equal in weight. In additi on, the Charter understands a single act of sexual abuse of a minor as having the same importance as repeti tious acts of sexual abuse.

The Charter employs the Canadian bishops ' definition: "Sexual abuse (includes) contacts or interactions between a child and an adult when the child is being used as an object of sexual gratification for the adult. A child is abused whether or not this activity involves explicit force, whether or not it involves genital or physical contact , whether or not it is initiated by the child , and whether or not there is discernible harmful outcome. "

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I Continued from page 6 ousl y offending priests. These bishops should resign their ministry for the moral and spiritual good of the whole church. Their failure thus far to take this virtuous step onl y makes their jud gments and actions against offending priests seem like scape-goating, making these priests bear all the burden of this "crisis without precedent in our times " (Preamble).

Fourth , the Charter ends b y noting that "These norms will become particular law after recognitio (acceptance) from the Hol y See." Until such time that this approbation is given , the universal law of the Church prevails. Article 5 in the Charter recognizes this fact: "In every case, the processes provided in canon law must be observed and .. .considered." Canon law states that an act of sexual abuse of a minor is punishable by dismissal from the clerical state if the circumstances warrant it. In this regard , the diocesan bishop must carefully wei gh the particular facts of the situation to determine whether the harm of the offense rises to a level that calls for a permanent penalty, for example, dismissal from the clerical state . In other words, a priest holding the faculties of a diocese cannot be deprived of these faculties and his ministry without canonical due process.

In light of the definition of sexual abuse given above, the sexual act must be an external one, posited with sufficient internal deliberations and freedom to be gravel y imputable (see canon 1395:2). In other words, the intent of sexual gratification is an essential element in assessing the situation. The definition g iven by the bishops is clear on this point: "...when the child is being used as an object of sexual gratification for the adult. " Thus, some allegations of inappropriate behavior do not constitute allegations of sexual abuse because they do not allege an intention of sexual gratification. The Charter leaves no room for this necessary level of discernment by the diocesan bishop, thus eliminating a priest 's ri ght to the due process provided for by a careful investigation of the sexual act performed and the intent of the abusing priest.

In addition , the Charter seems undul y punitive and does not sufficiently honor the norms set out in canon 1341 which state that a penalty is imposed for three reasons: to repair scandal, to restore justice, and to reform the offender. This is a "healing " canon

and demonstrates a level of fraternal correction in dealing with an offending priest. I believe that this healing posture is lacking in the norms set out in the Charter, especially in its total disregard for the importance of helping the priest toward necessary moral and spiritual reform. It is well to remember here the words of John Paul II last April: ",. .even while recognizing how indispensable ... criteria are, we cannot forget the power of Christian conversion , that radical decision to turn away from sin and back to God , which reaches to the depths of a person 's soul and can work extraordinarychange. " Fifth , in April of 2001 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith established a statute of limitation pertaining to the timeframe when a priest (or cleric) can be punished for an act of sexual abuse of a minor: that is, the priest cannot be punished if the victim is ten years beyond the time when he or she has reached eighteen years of age. Some priests are currentl y being dismissed from the priesthood where this statute of limitation is long past. One cannot but wonder about the justice and fairness of the penalties now being imposed by bishops on priests. In other words, if a priest abused a child when the child was fourteen years old, and the "child" is now thirty years old, the sexual act is beyond the period of time within wliich a priest can be canonicall y penalized , though other forms of correction mi ght ri ghtl y and prudently be called for.

There is no question that the sexual abuse of minors by some priests and bishops has caused enormous scandal in the church. This scandal can onl y be adequately addressed by a careful process-of-discernment and not a hasty program of lire automatic imposition of penalties. In order to calm the understandable and righteous outcry of victims of sexual abuse, their families, and the Catholic population at large, there has not been sufficient time to carefully judge adequate and fair ways to address this horrific problem, thus creating more victims in the many dismissed priests.

The Dallas meeting in July seemed more like a target-date that demanded clear response, rather than a careful beginning of a process that would lead to proper reform and renewal. I would hope that the Vatican recognition will provide hel pful pastoral guidelines on how to better and more adequately address offending priests. The steps taken so far in the wake of the Charter 's norms seem overly punitive and lacking in the necessary due process owed to every priest.

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By Jerry Filteau Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Carmelite Father Roland E. Murphy, a co-author of the "Jerome Biblical Commentary " and one of the top U.S. Scripture scholars of the 20th century, died of heart failure in Washington Jul y 20, the day after his 85th birthday.

For decades Father Murphy was widel y acknowled ged as the nati on 's leading Catholic authority on the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, which includes the books of Job , Psalms , Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs , Wisdom and Sirach. He was among the translators for the New American Bible and the New Revised Standard Version.

A prolific author , he wrote more than 230 books and articles and more than 300 book reviews and was on the editorial boards of several scholarly publications.

He is best known , however, as a co-author of the monumental "Jerome Biblical Commentary, " published in 1 968, and an extensivel y revised version, the "New Jerome Biblical Commentary," published in 1990. Co-authors with him were Iwo other giants in American Catholic Scripture scholarship, Jesuit Father Joseph A. Fitzmyer and the late Sulpician Father Raymond E. Brown.

"He was the Old Testament man in the threesome ," said Father Fitzmyer. "He was probabl y the best Catholic Old Testament scholar in the country. " Also noted for his classroom skills, Father Murphy began his teaching career al The Catholic University of America in Washington , 1948-70. He was George Washington Ivey professor of biblical studies al Duke University Divinity School in Durham , N.C., from 1971 until his retirement in 1986 at the age of 70. From 1986 until his death he was an adjunct professor at Washington Theolog ical Union.

Father Fitzmyer said he often broug ht in Father Muiphy as a lecturer at the annual summer biblical institute he ran for 25 years at Georgetown University. "He was always a very vivacious and dynamic lecturer. He certainl y captured the audience," Father Fitzmyer said.

Born in Chicago Jul y 19, 1917 , Father Murphy was ordained a Carmelite priest in 1942. Pursuing advanced studies at The Catholic University of America , he earned a master ' s degree in philosop hy in 1 943, a doctorate in theology in 1948 and a master 's degree in Semitic languages in 1949. In 1 958 he earned a licentiate in Scri pture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.

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Fr. Vitale . . . ¦ Continued from page 3 Fathers Vitale and O'Donnell aren 't the firs t senior citizens Faircloth has locked up. Two years ago, he sentenced San Franciscan Charlie Liteky to a year at Lompoc for two charges of criminal trespass. Mr. Liteky, a former priest, is a Vietnam War Hero who won the U.S. Medal of Honor for dragging 27 soldiers to safety during a firefi ght in 1967. He later returned the medal .

Last year, Jud ge Faircloth sent Dorothy Hennessey, an 88-year old Franciscan nun , and her younger sister, Gwen, 68, to prison for six months.

None of the protesters' arguments have dissuaded the jud ge - including the testimony of a former faculty member at the School — retired Major Joseph Blair.

Just days before the tri al, a lengthy July 7 article entitled "The Killing Fields," in the London Times, quoted Mr.

Blair, a Catholic. Shortl y after his retirement in 1989 as a senior log istics instructor at the Spanish-language training facility, six Jesuit priests , their housekeeper and her teenaged daug hter were murdered by the military in El Salvador. When an investigating team of US congress members identified 19 of the 26 Salvadorian soldiers held responsible for the deaths as ' graduates of the School of the Americas, Mr. Blair became an outspoken critic of the School.

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He was elected president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 1968 and of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1984.

He was editor in chief and a member of the editorial board of the Catholic Biblical Quarterl y, 1959-65 and 1977-84. He also served on the editorial boards of the "Concilium " theolog ical series and of "Vetus Testamentum," Interpret ation , Theological Studies, Old Testament Abstracts , Biblical Theology Bulletin and the Hermeneia Biblical Commentary series.

Among his more recent books have been "Responses to 101 Questions on the Biblical Torah" in 1996, "The Gift of the Psalms " in 2000, "Experiencing Our Biblical Heritage" in 2001 and several commentaries on individual books of lhe Old Testament.

He received several honorary doctorates and numerous awards for his scholarship, teaching and ecumenical activities, including Washington Theolog ical Union 's hi ghest honor , the Distinguished Achievement Award, in 1986.

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Pope, in Toronto, praises minds, hearts of young peop le

By John Thavis Catholic News Service TORONTO (CNS) — Arriving in Toronto for World Youth Day celebrations , Pope John Paul II said the megagathering would hel p young peop le find spiritual direction in a world full of social and ethical tensions.

At a brief welcoming ceremony Jul y 23 at Toronto's airport, the pope praised the "gifts of intelli gence and heart " that make young people the future of humanity.

But he warned that they were also affected b y widespread conflict and injustice in the modern world.

"Too many lives begin and end without joy, without hope. That is one of the princi pal reasons for World Youth Day. Young people are coming together to commit themselves , in the strength of their faith in Jesus Christ , to the great cause of peop le and human solidarity, " he said.

The pope , seated on a platform next to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien , pronounced his short talk in a relativel y strong voice. He looked alert after a ninehour fli ght from Rome.

His Canadian hosts had planned to lower the pope from his plane to the tarmac , but the pope decided instead to walk down the plane 's stairs , moving very slowl y and held ti ghtl y by an aide. Then he was pushed on a wheeled platform into a hangar decorated with Canadian and Vatican flags.

The pope thanke d Canadians for hosting this year 's youth encounter , and he reminded them that their country was built on religious values that are "essential to good living and to human happ iness."

He said the core of Canada ' s heritage was the "sp iritual and transcendent vision of life based on Christian revelation ," which has helped the country develop as a free , democratic and caring society.

Those values must be preserved today, the pope said.

"In a world of great social and ethical strains , and confusion about the very purpose of life, Canadians have an incomparable treasure to contribute — on condition that they preserve what is deep and good and valid in their own heritage ," he said.

For the 82-year-old pope , it was the start of one of the longer trips of his pontificate , an 11-day journey that will also take him to Guatemala and Mexico for canonization ceremonies.

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval Jul y 18 to the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act; it was then headed to President Bush , who was expected to sign the legislation.

The bill , approved by unanimous consent in the Senate, would guarantee certain rights under federal law to children born alive, even if it occurs during an abortion. The House approved the legislation by a voice vote in March.

In another abortion-related action , the House Judiciary Committee on Jul y 17 approved the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, designed to respond to concerns raised in the U.S. Supreme Court 's Stenberg vs . Carhart decision in 2000.

The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act would amend the legal definitions of "person ," "human being," "child" and "individual" to include a live birth that has occurred as part of an abortion procedure. The bill defines a child as "born alive" only if he or she display s a heartbeat , resp iration and/or voluntary movements after "the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother. " Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, said the legislation was needed

because "some newborn infants, especiall y those who are bom alive during abortions, have been treated as nonpersons. " "This bill says that every infant born alive, even during an abortion and even if premature , is a full legal person under federal law," he added.

In a statement last Marc h, the Bush administration said it "strongly supports " the legislation which "would ensure that infants who are born alive , at any stage of development, are individual human beings who are entitled to the full protections of the law" and "would provide guaranteed legal protection whether or not the infant 's delivery was natural or the result of an abortion. " Also last March , Cathy Cleaver, director of planning and information at the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for ProLife Activities , called the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act "common-sense legislation that is unfortunatel y needed at this time when lives of children born and unborn are becoming increasing ly seen as more expendable. " "This bill simply addresses how we as a society should see the child who survives an abortion , and how we should define that ," she added.

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More than half the states have enacted laws to ban partial-birth abortion , and polls have shown that at least 70 percent of Americans support such a ban.

"Americans agree: Partial-birth abortion has no place in a country which believes in compassion and dignity for all," Cleaver said. "Unborn children suffer terrible pain , and women suffer risks to their health. This procedure must be stopped."

Cleaver also urged quick congressional action on the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act , which is designed to protect health care providers who do not wish to participate in abortions.

"No one should be forced to perform or provide abortion," said Cathleen A. Cleaver, director of planning and information for the bishops ' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

"Yet there is a coordinated effort to force health care providers from Alaska to New York, hosp itals , insurance providers and outpatient clinics to provide , pay for or make referrals for abortion ," she added. "Forced abortion participation has no place in a country that respects the ri ght of conscience for all. " The legislation , sponsored by Rep. Michael Bilirakis, RFla., would guarantee that all health care entities are afforded the "abortion conscience clause" that federal and state laws currentl y provide to doctors and medical professionals who wish not to be involved in performing abortions.

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New law opens way to more abuse claims against Church

By Jack Smith Governor Gray Davis has si gned a bill eliminating, for a period of one year, the statute of limitations on claims against the Catholic Church and other emp loyers accused of failing to take reasonable steps to prevent child sexual abuse by their emp loyees or volunteers.

Under current law, recovery for damages suffere d as a result of child sexual abuse must be sought three years after the date the plaintiff discovers injury as a result of the abuse or within ei ght years of the date the plaintiff reaches the age of majority, whichever is later.

Currentl y, plaintiffs claiming sexual abuse when they were minors may not sue for recovery after their 26th birthday.

The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2003, lifts that time limit for one year. During that year plaintiffs may sue negligent emp loyers regardless of their age or how long ago the abuse occurred. The extension of time to sue does not app ly to perpetrators , only the perpetrator 's emp loyer.

"In my opinion , anyone who turn s a blind eye to the suffering of a child is almost as guilty as the perpetrator of the abuse ," Governor Davis said. "This law will hel p ensure that these peop le who looked the other way at child abusers are held responsible for their inaction. " While the law does not , on its face , single out the

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The pope , who suffers from arthritis of the knee and a nervous system disorder believed to be Parkinson 's disease, has slowed down considerabl y since the last World Youth Day celebration in Rome in 2000. Aides roll him on a wheeled platform throug h crowds, he has cut back on his appearances and he' take s a reduced role in many liturg ical events.

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Catholic Church , it was sponsored by trial lawyers specializing in cases against the Catholic Church, and b y advocates for victims of sexual abuse by priests.

The bill addresses the liability of institutions , not onl y individuals , according to Jim Sweeney, General Counsel for the California Catholic Conference. Mr. Sweeney confirmed that the diocese or "corporation sole" would be liable for damages even if the bishop or archbishop who failed in oversi ght or reassi gned abusive priests had long since retired or died.

The bill' s author, Senate President John Burton (DSan Francisco) told the Los Angeles Times his bill was aimed at "deep pocket " defendants such as the Catholic Church.

The bill' s sponsors cited two major reason s for extending the statute of limitations: Legitimate cases may have run into the statute of limitations because of stonewalling of information by the diocese/emp loyer and in many cases the realization of psycholog ical effects from abuse may not surface until much later in life .

The sponsors cite the examp le of a man , abused at age 15, who may not remember or realize the consequences of the abuse until tri ggered by events much later in life such as his own son turning 15. The new law would allow such a victim , during the one-year period , to sue a third party if his claim was previously barred

because lie was older than 26, or it is within three years of discoverin g injury as a result of abuse, regardless of his current age.

"The older a claim is, the more difficult it is to make an anal ysis of its merit ," Mr. Sweeney said.

Persons qualif y ing to make claims during the exemption period will still have to meet the same standard of proof as before. The bill is not an expansion of liability, "but an expansion of the universe of potential claimants ," Mr. Sweeney said.

The California Catholic Conference did not oppose the bill and it passed both houses of the legislature unanimously.

Carol Hogan , communications director for the CCC, said of the conference 's decision nol to oppose the bill , "You have to make a prudential jud gement. If anything, (our involvem ent) would have resulted in a more egregious bill. " Mr. Sweeney said that the conference is not p lanning any challenge to the law, but he said the bill opens up "a universe of claims which has the potential for abuse itself ," he said. "I' m not aware of any precedent where claims regardless of their anti quity have been revived, " Over the past 20 year s, the $5.2 million in legal settlements , legal costs and counseling associated with clergy abuse has been paid by insurance carriers of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

with the international gathering in Toronto. The pope instituted World Youth Day as an annual event in 1985; the international meeting is held every two or three years , and this is the eighth time the pope has traveled outside the Vatican to preside over it.

The Toronto encounter will be much smaller than last time , when 2 million young people traveled to Rome.

One factor was the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks , which prompted new restrictions on global travel , higher air fare s and apprehension among parents over their children 's travel. Some 3,000 youths were denied visas by Canadian authorities.

The largest non-Canadian contingent was represented by more than 52,000 youths from the United States , who arrived in more than 2,000 organized groups.

In addition to the papal events , the week' s activities featured an opening Mass , catechetical sessions b y bishops in various Toronto churches , the possibility of personal confession , and a Way of the Cross throug h downtown Toronto.

The pope was scheduled to leave Canada Jul y 29 for Guatemala , where on Jul y 30 he was to declare as a saint Blessed Pedro de San Jose Betancur , a 17th-century missionary known as the "St. Francis of the Americas " foi his work with the poor and sick.

In Mexico July 31 , the pope was scheduled to canonize Blessed Juan Diego, the indigenous man who saw the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531. On Aug, 1, the pope was to beatif y two lay missionaries martyre d in 1700.

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Since 1994 , the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and rebels have been engaged in a non-stop war, but both sides agree to this relief effort. They found it almost impossible to say "no" to the Catholic Church , which is revered for its tenacity in serving the needy in a nation experiencing years of severe conflicts, according to Kevin Hartigan , Catholic Relief Services' regional director for Central POM tAf t64/1 MOR£LCK#Af Yf Z/tY $ Africa.

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The $1 million convoy, conceived by Bishop Nicolas Djomo of the Diocese of Tshumbe, took three months to organize.

It was supported by CRS, Caritas Congo, other internation al Caritas partners, and supervised by Mr. Hartigan, and his wife, Dominique Morel.

"We had no problems with the authorities or the rebels," said Ms. Morel, head of D.R. Congo programming. "It was a gesture of openness from both sides, which was very important morally for the people. The U.N. saw the convoy as the door opening, and they hope it will lead the way to commercial traffic."

Since its independence from Belgium in I960, the DRC, commonly referred to as the "Congo," and formerly known as Zaire, is a country with a history of military coups, leaving the Congolese people with the victors as self-appointed presidents. Consequently, "there has been a long history of neglect with no investment by the government in social services for several years, " said Ms. Morel.

Since I960, CRS has "assisted the poor and disadvantaged" of the Congo — a fundamental mission of CRS, which was established by the Catholic Bishops of the United States in 1943. CRS's steady outreach is implemented through the training of staff and volunteers of Catholic parishes, providing humanitarian relief , getting the people involved in their own development, and responding to emergencies in disaster-affected communities, including war-torn cities and villages.

In March of 2001, Rwandan and Ugandan troops fought for six days in the middle of the town of Kabinda, in Eastern Kasai, a diamond and gold producing area. Hundreds of civilians were killed , and the rest of the population was traumatized, according to Mr. Hartigan.

CRS was the first to respond to the medical emergency. The first air flight out of Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC , was supported by CRS. It brought 20 tons of urgently needed relief. "We also flew in generators for the hospitals to get them up and running," said Mr. Hartigan.

The husband and wife team of Hartigan and Morel , have worked in Africa for 10 years. "We love it," they said simultaneously during an interview with Catholic San Francisco.

"The prestige of the Church in the Congo is very high," said Mr. Hartigan. "We are treated extremely well. Even by combatants there is a high level of respect," he said.

He gives credit to the "well managed" CRS organization. "Where other non-profit organizations in the country are

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always willing to help during times of disasters, they have bureaucracy delaying the quick response that is urgently needed Whereas CRS has the ability to respond rapidly, due to die generosity of our Catholic donors in the U.S., giving us immediate access to our funds to commit to emergencies, and delivering fast," he said.

"It makes a huge difference , and it is extremely motivating to our staff ," Mr. Hartigan continued. "The crucial time for any relief is between 24-48 hours. The worst thing in the world is going to a disaster site and you can't do anything because of bureaucratic procedures."

Only six months ago, CRS met that challenge when Mt. Nyiragongo erupted in the Congolese city of Goma, sending many of the 400,000 residents fleeing the tremendous fire ignited in the city, and jamming the only road to safety.

Again, CRS was the first to respond. "Colleagues from Burundi and Rwanda dropped in supplies that CRS had stockpiled in those countries, and we organized the distribution ," said Mr. Hartigan .

An estimated 15,000 people lost their homes when the volcano erupted. CRS organized a project, under the supervision of the staff and volunteers of the diocese of Goma, to build 5,000 homes.

"We try not to take on staff, but train the people of the diocese. We send in a few expatriates to be technical advisors, and to work with them. So it's a joint CRS/local diocese project ," said Mr. Hartigan.

Under the guidance of the technical advisor, the volunteers are instructed on how best to use the supplies, furnished by CRS. "The estimated cost per house is $160, " said Ms. Morel.

CRS' immediate response to the Goma disaster was followed by relief aid of $2 million by the U.S. government so CRS could continue its work.

"It took some time to acquire the support , " said Mr. Hartigan, "so in the meantime, CRS was able to deliver the relief immediately."

Today, CRS finds itself in the middle of a war-tom country because of a battle described

by Mr. Hartigan as "not a civil war, as much as COt/COLtSt MAtt UYSACVAQtf if ti an interstate war, with the conflicts being e>£U>t*qtt *qSAf T t K.VoUAtf tC between the Ugandan and Rwandan governtKurrtof *(<*COMA ments and the Congolese. " It is estimated that more than two million people have been killed in the conflict since 1998.

"On the government side of the country, it is more of an economic fight for survival. The war has led to a complete paralysis of the economy," said Mr. Hartigan. "On the rebel side of the country, there is a lot of anxiety because of the separation of families and a feeling of being forsaken and cut off from the outside world."

Catholic churches and schools have not been spared by angry rebels. Many were looted — "completely stripped of everything" — and others destroyed, according to Mr. Hartigan. "Our main strategy is to help our partners and get these structures back and running, including their social infrastructures to bring back services and some normality to the people."

Ms. Morel said that CRS views the isolation of the thousands separated from their families "as the main factor" for the poverty in the countiy. "The bad conditions of the roads, or the non-existence of the roads, make it an impossible life, leaving the people with so little."

"The majority of the nation 's population is living in an extremely poor world," said Mr. Hartigan. "It is a world of people who live in stick and mud houses, where children are taking care of other children or, typically, joining their parents working in the fields, just struggling to survive."

In spite of it all, "there is a great thirst for education ," said Mr. Hartigan. "It is a society where.it is a privilege to go to school. Even a very poor school is a refined environment for the kids compared to the rest of their lives."

Since there is no subsidy from the outside to run die Catholic schools, they have to be.completely supported by the fees of the students. Sending a child to school is a great sacrifice for the parents. Usually, one child out of the six-children per family average is chosen to attend school.

"Most village children do not have books or school supplies, so they learn to write with a stick in the sand," said Ms. Morel.

CRS recently organized a project to provide books and writing tools to schoolchildren in the difficult areas to reach in the Congo. "The attendance skyrocketed, because their parents realized that their children can learn," said Ms. Morel. "With relatively small resources, it made an enormous impact." Later, the UNICEF organization donated books to die CRS project.

Many pregnant women do not seek prenatal care because they are ashamed of their lack of clothing for themselves and their soon-to-be-bom child, according to Ms. Morel. The women will not deliver their babies in a hospital, believing it is better the babies stay at home naked, than be seen in the hospital that way.

CRS implemented a vaccination program for children under the age of five and for women of childbearing age. "The project went from zero to 80 percent in just a year," said Ms. Morel. "Peop le wanted to be vaccinated, and we just gave them the means to do it."

"In cities like Kinshasa " where the offices of CRS are located , "peop le are fighting day-to-day to survive. Most peo-

ple eat once a day, if that. It is an extreme situation ," said Mr. Hartigan.

Recently, CRS launched a project to reduce the risk of CH f LPtX J -t/WAtT rATf ttTTUf ^K H Z ^r* W* THt CKS ¦ flooding in poor low-lying neighborhoods in Kinshasa. The Congo's Ministry of Health said the project "reduced the number of cholera cases more than 90 percent in less than a year."

CRS is also preparing to meet the challenge of HIV/MDS , which Mr. Hartigan said is "looming in the Congo." The epidemic "is not as fully developed as it is in Southern and Eastern Africa, but it is imminent. " The organization trains and educates health workers, teaches the importance of adjusting behavior, and provides testing, counseling, social services and medical assistance.

Despite the tremendous hardships the Congolese people face day-to-day, "their first concern is that the war end, and the country be reunified," Mr. Hartigan said. The separation of families has made them feel that so much oi their lives have passed them by - they just "want to get on with their lives."

Hope for peace appears to be emerging in DRC through its new president, Joseph Kabila. "He has a pretty high accept ance in the countiy," said Mr. Hartigan.

President Kabila, 42, was sworn in Jan 26, 2001, taking the place of his assassinated father, Laurent Kabila. He is another "self-appointed president" but, Mr. Hartigan said, "People aren't looking at how he got into power, but what he is doing with it: Since Joseph Kabila has assumed office, Mr. Hartigan sees "a big change in the country . . . The Congo's peace process has made rapid strides. Dominique and I are familiar with some of the people in his government who are good , well-motivated people . " There is also an "increasing international pressure now," on all involved to resolve the conflict, leaving the people fairly optimistic , according to Mr. Hartigan.

Whatever the new government brings to the country, CRS will continue to meet its commitments to the Congolese people by managing more than a dozen projects that include helping the poor, working to remove the causes of poverty, and promoting social justice .

"It is a privilege to work for CRS, " said Mr. Hartigan . "We have the honor of being on the delivery end of this chain of generosity and philanthropy in the U.S. We are the surrogate recipients of all of the gratitude that belongs to our donors and everyone else."

"It's wonderful to work in a countiy where a little support can go a long way, and have an enormous impact ," said Ms. Morel.

Working in over 80 countries, Catholic Relief Services is the official overseas relief and development agency of the United Slates Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO New economy, ancient sin Jn the 1990s , "irrational exuberance " drove stock prices so high for so long that many peop le believed that this boom would never go bust. Almost everyone got at least a little richer - even sing le mothers were better off than ever- and a lew amassed wealth beyond measure. Now the stock market is collapsing, fortunes disappearing. Gloom has replaced giddiness.

This, we are told, is simply a normal part of the business cycle - growth and contraction , boom and bust. As surely as day follows night, a new period of prosperity will follow this latest downturn.

Jn the long run , these explanations will probabl y be proven true. Swings of this sort are a natura l part of free markets. They are not pleasant but they are better than the alternative. Stagnant econonues guarantee no surprises; they also guarantee poverty. Government-controlled economies - whether run b y dedicated communist ideologues or by crudely corrupt dictators always create misery for all except a self-selected elite. Market economies, with all their uncertainties, have created the greatest prosperity for the greatest number.

But this is not the end of the story. Much of what has happened in the economy of the United States has nothing to do with the workings of the "invisible hand" in the marketp lace - and everything to do with the evil people who manipulate the markets to enrich themselves. They are guilty of a simple, old-fashioned and contemptible sin: greed.

At times, defenders of capitalism glibl y say "greed is good. " This sort of talk is a simp le-minded confusion of greed with an honest desire to improve your economic condition. This is something just about everyone tries to do, fro m Indonesian farm workers who move up the economic ladder by assembling Nike shoes to 19th century European peasants and 21st century Mexican farm workers who come to the United States as a promised land.

These hard-working men and women have nothing in common with the corporate executives who enrich themselves by defrauding investors and emp loyees.

This is what the prophet Amos, a shepherd living in the eighth century before Christ , had to say about the economic criminals of his day: "Listen this , you who trample on the needy and try to suppress the poor people of the country, you who say, 'When will New Moon be over so that we can sell our corn. and the sabbath, so that we can market our wheat?

Then by lowering the bushel, raising the shekel, By swindling and tampering with the scales, We can buy up the poor for money, And the need y for a pair of sandals, And get a price even for the sweep ing of the wheat."

Economic criminals have grown more sophisticated over the millennia.

Instead of tampering with scales in the village marketplace, they use computer software to "game" energy markets, creating inflated profits for themselves and burdening the rest of us with rolling blackouts and inflated electricity bills. They "cook the books" of giant corporations, enriching themselves while bankrupting their companies.

For some people, it is difficult to think of well-groomed, impeccably dressed and well-spoken executives as criminals , much less sinners. Some of those whose names appear in headlines may indeed be innocent; the criminal justice system must sort that out. But it is clear that many highlyplaced business people have lied , cheated and stolen - from their stock holders, their emp loyees and the general public. People who invested in good faith have lost billion s of dollars because the top executives of companies were faithless. Employees have lost billions in pensions as their companies have collapsed under the weight of high-level corruption.

We would all be better off , if these executives had read - and followed - the teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "Economic life is not meant solely to multiply goods produced and increase profit or power; it is ordered first of all to the service of persons, of the whole man, and of the entire human community. Economic activity, conducted, according to its own proper methods, is to be exercised within the limits of the moral order, in keeping with social justice so as to correspond to God's plan for man. " They would also do well to heed the judgment of God on the economic criminals of Amos' day: "Never will I forget a single thing you have done. . . that day - it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks 1 will make the sun go down at noon, And darken the earth in broad daylight , I am going to turn your feasts into funeral s, All your singing into lamentation."

PJ

Supp ort for Maker

In her article on B ill Maher , Evel yn Zapp ia misrepresented the facts. Just by chance I saw that program.

Mr. Maher thoug ht it was not very brave to sit in a jet a thousand miles up press a button and drop bombs on civilians. There was nothing about the U.S. being more cowardl y than those who destroyed the World Trade Center.

This carpet bombing of Afg hanistan was a crime against humanity and we have no idea how many civilians were slaug htered but we do know some statistics. A convoy of native dignitaries invited to a conference , Canadian soldiers and a wedding party were all annihilated by one of these tri gger happy sky bombers.

Perhaps Mr. Maher would like the scandal ridden Catholic Church to go away just as we all would. Not a day passes now but sordid jokes are aimed at our church b y the media. We have become something to snigger at.

Mr. Maher did not do this to us. We did it ourselves. We did not keep the faith. it will take generations , sacrifice and hard work to restore the good name and respect we once enjoyed. We have lost credibility and not buy ing tickets to Bill Mailer 's tour will not change that.

There is a fine line between misquoting a TV. personality and lying. Don 't let us sull y our reputation further.

Nora Ahern San Francisco Ed. note: Ms. Zapp ia characterized Mr. Maker 's comments as "the United States was more 'cowardly ' than the homicide hijackers who crashed jetliners into the Pentagon and World Trade Center. " The characterization is correct.

In response to the assertion by guest , Dinesh D 'Souza , that the actions of the suicide bombers were not cowardly, Mr. Maher said , " We have been the cowards lobbing cru ise missiles from 2000 miles away . That 's cowardly ."

In addition , Mr. Maher made a blanket statement , "I 'd love to see the Catholic Church go away. " He did not qualify it as "scandal ridden " as Ms. Ahem characterizes.

ered up , or even encouraged , these heinous crimes?

John 8:1-8, 11 is widel y cited as evidence of Jesus ' compassion. The crowd wants to stone an adulterous woman , but Jesus disperses the crowd. He does not condemn her, but simpl y admonishes the woman to "go and sin no more ." This is indeed evidence of Jesus ' notable compassion , but humility and remorse fro m the adulteress is an imp licit part of the text. Compassion was appropriate , since the woman taken in adultery immediatel y understood that Jesus is "the li ght of the world. " For Paul Shanley, (and other "wayward" priests) compassion is inadvisable. Shanley violated the innocence of hundreds of children. (Incidentall y, he also had intended to overturn the fundamental values of the Church.) Cardinal Law, of Loslon , who time and time again moved pedop hile priests to new parishes also merits no compassion. If compassion is to hav e real meaning, one has to , draw a line somewhere in the sand — a line where 'illness is simply evil manifest , and a line where cruel negligence is unacceptable to civilized humanbeings.

Nadia Silvershine KentfMd

L E T T

Learn to get along

On reading some letters in the Catholic San Francisco , I am amazed at the lack of understanding shown by some readers on Islam and Muslims.

Many seem to overlook or to distort history. Being brought up in a Catholic School run by the Jesuits and by Franciscans in a predominantl y Muslim country, many of us Catholics were biased on the beliefs we grew up with , but after associating with students of other faiths - like Hindus , Muslims , Sikh s, Jews , we got to be open-minded and even-handed and developed the ability to get alongside others despite our differences. We were equall y critical of excesses done in the name of all reli gions. After all we all played together and prayed together in our own way.

We learned , Islam to be a very tolerant reli gion. History has shown that there are extremists in all religions. There never I was a holocaust under Islam , as a matter of fact Islam often protected the Jewish community, when persecuted by Christians. How many will admit , that this century 's bloodiest wars , resulting in the death of millions of people were started b y Christian nations.

Colonialism, apartheid , slavery, bombs arid missiles were all invented b y Christian nations. To have a negative outlook on Islam and Muslims is not onl y unchristian but wrong.

For over 55 years the Palestinians have been pleading for justice in accordance with the UN Charter and the decisions of the Security Council. At the Madrid Peace Conference in 1991 , the head of the Palestinian delegation said in part ". . . that Israeli occupation had to end and that Palestinians had a ri ght to self-determination and it is onl y then can peace and security in the Mid-East be established. " George Bush must be firm and have an even-handed policy toward s Arabs and Israelis.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

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Misp laced compassion

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Father Ron Rolheiser mistakenly proposes that we "widen our compassion so as to include the perpetrator " of pedop hilia with respect to the Church crisis ("Time for Honesty and Compassion for All" , Jul y 12th). It is one thing to forgive and forget the sins of priests who violated the vow of chastity on a single occasion with a person of their own age. It is quite another to cultivate compassion for priests who violated children , or seduced teenagers. Even to label this phenomenon an "illness " does not excuse it. And wh y have compassion for church authorities who callously cov-

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Chi BeingCatholic

At a time of paint and shame, the fire of love Earl y on in its treatment of the Hol y Sp iri t, the Catechism of the Catholic Church recalls certain biblical images associated with the Third Person of the Trinity (CCC #694-701). Some of these symbols are familiar to us from the hymn, "Come, Holy Ghost ": "Thou fount of life and fire of love, and sweet anointing from above. " It is the image of fire which is foremost in my mind these days. Not the discrete tongues of flame resting above each of the disci p les at Pentecost; rather, I picture the raging wildfires which have ravaged acres of countryside these past summer weeks — Fire which is uncontrollable , swift in its movement and unpredictable in its effects: sparing some homes, destroying others.

The news footage of the summer fires strikes me as a visual figure of the trials we have endured in the Church the last several months. Beginning as an isolated blaze in Boston , the scandals of the Church quickl y became a conflagration which spread across the nation. Can this be "the fi re of love " about which we sing?

As we survey the charred landscape, our first reaction is probabl y negative: how could this destruction be good? In a similar way, until very recently fire fighters did everything possible to prevent wildfires. Now, a different approach is taken because we have learned that such fires are nature 's way of dealing out underbrush and opening a space for new growth. The blistering flames not only char wood, they force p ine cones to release their seeds. A year later, new growth

begins to appear, and another generation of towering trees is on its way.

Looking out on the smoldering fields of the Church , blackened with pai n and shame, do we have the faith to see the Hol y Spirit at work? Can we recognize with St. John of the Cross that the Spiri t is "the living flame of love " whose "delicate touch tastes of etern al life and pays every debt"?

Can we say with him, "In killing you changed deadi to life"?

Here it is helpful to recall that the Catechism gives us not ju st one image of the Hol y Spiri t , but many. The Sp irit is a puri fying fire, but is also the living water welling up from Christ crucified. Into that water that we were plunged in baptism, and from that fountain of life that we drink in the Eucharist. And tears of repentance are irri gating the field of the Church.

The Hol y Spirit is the anointing which makes the members of the Church hol y. Our sins can lessen this holiness but never destroy it comp letely. The indelible mark of the S p irit seals all the baptized , confirmed and ordained. The field of the Church is hol y, not because of the virtues of her members, but with the gift of holiness which comes from God. The scandals of the last six months have cleared away some human pretensions so thai this divine holiness becomes more evident.

The Sp irit is the hand or finger of God , the "gentle hand and delicate touch" of God in the lan guage of St. John of the Cross. That healing hand is needed greatl y by all of us at this

difficult time.

Finally, there is the image of the dove, the symbol to Noah that no destruction in God's creation is total. Always there is the chance for a new beginning . The olive branch assured Noah of a fresh start.

Green shoots will appear in the blackened forest , and the Spirit of life will bring about yet again a resurrection.

This is hard to see so soon after the fire has done its work. There are losses, and they are painful , How to move from a vision of what we have lost to an image of what will come? One suggestion I would make is this: take a walk in woods which have come back after a fire. Such reborn forests are around us , in the lives of the saints and above all in the life of Jesus Himself. In these lives we see the cross revealed as the tree of life.

Father Milton T. Walsh

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

Family Lif e

Strawberry fields forever

'Here s one. Lucas reached down and picked a bright red berry at his feet. "Looks good. " "No more samp ling, " warned my husband Steve. "We need to get this box filled. " The farm 's Strawberry Celebration was the next day, and Steve needed the berries for his storytelling table.

Gabe pushed some leaves aside. "1 found three growing together!"

We mpved through the plastic green house , searching out red- gems among the dark green "leaves. When . Steve wasn 't looking, I slipped another into my mouth . Mmm. Our fami's organicall y-grown strawbenies were the best in the world , with a flavor you just didn ' t get with supermarket berries.

"I'll pick a few extra for us to take home," I said innocenll y. The boys grinned. Steve didn 't know that we 'd invited our out-of-town friends , Jerry and Carol — "the cool guys," the boys call them— to help celebrate his 50th birthday.

By 10 a.m. the next morning, the Strawbeny Celebration was in full swing. Families roamed the U-pick field , boxes in hand. Kids rode the ponies, petted the goats, and made strawberry windsocks. Lucas and Gabe helped me greet visitors and sell tickets.

Steve put on his storyteller 's hat and launched into a Cherokee tale. "A long time ago when the world was new, the Creator made man and woman," he began. "They manned and

lived together happ il y for many years. But one day, they had an argument. 'I don ' t want to live with you anymore , ' said the woman, and she walked off. " "The husband tried to catch her and apologize , but lhe woman was too fast. Seeing his predicament , the sun tried to help. It shone on the ground , and a strange berry appeared. " "Do you know what it was?" Steve asked the wide-eyed children. . . ."Strawberries," they cried. ,- . "No , it was raspberries. And the woman walked right past diem. But "the -sun shorie a little harder, arid another beautiful "berry sprung up in her palh. And what do you think it was?"

The kids weren 't as certain this time. Some said strawberries. Others guessed blueberries or blackberries.

"It was blueberries."

At last, of course, the sun created strawberries, and this time the woman stopped and tried one. "The taste reminded her of how sweet and happy she had been with her husband. Her anger cooled. " Catching up with her at last, the husband apologized for his unkind words. She forgave him and offered him a handful of berries.

"Today, when we eat a strawberry, we must remember to be kind and respectful to one another," said Steve, passing around a tray of strawberries.

Lucas whispered in my ear. "Where are the cool guys?"

"They 'll be here .

They have a long drive. " Steve looked toward the parking lot. "That looks like Jerry and Carol ," he said. "What are they doing here?"

"We invited them to help celebrate your birthday. Surprise!"

Back home, we ate chocolate cake smothered with strawbenies and whipped cream. We laughed, listened to music, and caught up on the latest in one another 's lives.

The Cherokee were right: The sweet things in life—ri pe strawbenies, children 's kisses, good friends—show us the gracious sweetness of the Creator. When we allow God' s goodness to fill our hearts, we ' re kinder and more forgiving to others.

As for me, I' m on my way to pick more strawberries. It 's part of my spiritual discipline .

Christine Dubois

Christine Dubois is a widely published freelance writer who lives with her famil y nea r Seattle.

Contact her at: chriscolwnn @ jimo. com.

Spirituality

Bewailing our virginity — the fate of all Scripture is often shocking in its earthiness. The Book of Judges gives us this example: A certain king, Jepthah, is at war and things are going badly. He prays to God in desperation, promising that if God lets him win this battle he, Jepthah , upon returning to his kingdom , will offer on the altar of sacrifice the first person he meets. God takes him at his word. Jepthah wins his battle and is overjoyed. His joy quickl y evaporates. Upon returning home, he sees his own daughter, in the bloom of her youth, running out to meet him and he , conscious of his promise to God, now faces a horrible dilemma — break an oath to God or sacrifice his own daughter.

He tells his daughter ol the promise and is ready to breax his vow. She, however, offers to die in sacrifice ... except there is one thing (as there always is in every great story of the soul).

What is the one thing in her case? She 's a virgin and will now die in non-consummation and barrenness, never having achieved wholeness and never having given birth.

So she asks her father to grant her a period of two months to go into the desert mid bewail her virginity. Her father agrees and she and her maiden companions go out into the desert to grieve the fact that she will die unwhole , barren, never having been granted the full symphony. She does her grieving in the desert, returns, and dies on the altar of sacrifice.

On one level this is an awful story — a terrible commentary on God, patriarchy of a bad sort, and reli gion at its worst, At another level, though , it 's a profound story, worth meditating. Biblical stories of this genre, as we know, are neither historical nor meant to be taken literall y. Rather, they depict the inner dramas of the soul — of every soul — in every age. This is our story. We, too, are invited to mourn our virginity. What 's our particular virginity ?

Henri Nouwen once said that in this life, "there is no such a thi ng as clear-cut, pure joy, but that even in the most happy moments of our existence we sense a tinge of sadness. In every satisfaction , there is an awareness of limitation. In every success, there is the fear of jealousy. Behind every smile, diere is a tear. In every embrace, there is loneliness. In every friendship, distance. " There is no such thing as a clear-cut, pure j oy. This constitutes a kind of virginity. We are always somewhere unwhole, barren, unable to give full birth to what 's pushing for life inside us. This frustration takes various fonns during the course of our lives, but it 's always there. Sometimes it ' s there in die area of sexuality, irrespective of whether we are married or celibate. A former colleague of mine, a manied woman, challenged a group of priests: "You , celibates, feel too sorry for yourselves. Do you

know what 's worse than sleeping alone? Sleeping alone when you 're not sleeping alone!"

Everyone, in some areas of life, is deeply alone. More deeply, though , our frustration is with the limits of life itself. Art, too, has its martyrs, Iris Murdoch once remarked, and there is no greater pain in life than the inadequacy of self-expression.

None of us ever find s adequate self-expression.

We are made for the infinite and are, as John of the Cross says, caverns without a bottom , infinite canyons that nothing can ever fill in. With a depth and a capacity for the infinite , we shouldn 't be surprised that we don 't find all we need within the finite. We' re over-charged for this life.

We experience this in our daydreams. There we feel the discrepancy between what we yearn for and what we can actuall y have, though there comes a day when we realize that , this ROLHEISER , page 16

Father Ron Rolheiser

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Storeroom filled with the new and the old Belonging to God s People demands (as T.S. Eliot has stated) "a condition of complete simplicity costing not less than everything." To have this vision and implement it requires (according to diis Sunday 's Scripture) the wisdom of Solomon or of the scribe "who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven.... who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old." Let us allow the Word to move our hearts in this direction.

Our first reading from I Kings presents the supreme Old Testament wise man, Solomon. In his dream God asks Solomon, " ' Ask something of me and I will give it to you .'"

From a whole list of possibilities which God subsequently utters ("long life for yourself," "riches," "the life of your enemies") Solomon makes this request, " 'Give your servant.. an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong.'" Because the king asks for a share in God 's ability to save (judge) God's People and in God's ability to make the life-giving choices for his People, he hears,"' ... I do as you requested . I give you a heart so wise and understanding that there has never been anyone like to you up to no w, and after you there will come no one to equal you.'" That precious wisdom, that habit of heart, that turns God's will for his People into undoubtable deeds of committed service, can take flesh in our welcoming hearts, as we praise that "law" with the words of Psalm 119.

What God wills for his People, Romans (our second reading) spells out Approachinghis materia] from the perspective of die heavenly diagramboard where God's plan is completely drawn, Paul reminds us that there we are already called, justified, and indeed glorified. Listen to the words: "For those he foreknew (the heavenly diagram board) he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters." And now for

QUESTION CORNER Father John Dietzen

Q. I recently read that the "third secretof Fatima was to be revealed in the year 2002. Wliat were the eventsforetold by the visions at Fatima, and when did these events occur?

(Illinois) A. In 1913 some young children in Portugal claimed that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to them a number of times, urging prayer and penance, and "foretelling " dire catastrophes that the church and the whole human race were to experience. The first of several appearances of Mary to the Portuguese children took place May 13, 1917.

Some years later, the church approved these visions in the sense that the apparitions could not be explained naturally and genuinely had a supernatural source. Rumors have been rampant for decades that a "third secret" foretold especially terrible cataclysms for the world.

After the attempt to assassinate him May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul H attributed the saving of his life to Our Lady of Fatima. On May 13, 2000, during a pilgrimage to Fatima by the pontiff, it was announced that, in gratitude to the Virgin Mary for her protectionduring his years as pope, the so-called third secret wasbeing made public.

The secret described a vision of a Bishop clothed in white" (the pope?), who makes his way toward the cross, amid corpses of martyred clergy,religious and many lay people.As he advances, he too falls to the ground, Jailedby gunfire. Twoangels gatherthe blood of the martyrsand sprinkle the blood over soulsmaking their wav to God.

Rolheiser ... ÂŚ Continued from page 15 sideof heaven, our yearned-forconsummationis not to be had.

But the fire doesn't die. We achejust as much after the realism soaks in. It's then, when we realize that so much of what we yearnfor is not to be, that, like Jepthah*s daughter, it's time to head for lhe desert to make peace with our souls and with God

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time /

Kings 3:5, 7-12; Psalm 119; Romans 8: 28-30;

Matthew 13: 14-52 (Shorter Form: Matthew 13: 44-46)

Father David M. Pettingill human history and our experience, he continues , "And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified." While we do suffer, there is yet a glory about us because we are already "in Christ " thanks to God's action on our behalf and the community 's initiation of us. Gathered, as we are, by the Word proclaimed, we are experiencing anew our call, our justification , and our glorification.

With this in mind, we see our community as the first installment of the "kingdom of heaven." With this action of God through Christ in the Spirit 's power on our behalf, we are the "treasure buried in a field" that demands total commitment, or, as Matthew says, "which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all he has and buys that field. " We are

the "pearl of great price " that challenges us to value it and coaxes out of us the behavior of a disciple, or as Matthew says, makes a pearl merchant go and sell "all that he has " to buy it.

We are wise enough , however, to embrace the kingdom in its present imperfect state, the "net thrown into the sea which collects fish of every kind" and which waits for the final separation of "good" and "bad" on the last day.

With Word and Eucharist our assembly can be moved forward to becoming People who choose each other, pay the price to stay with each other, embrace God's mission of the Church to the world, and invest our time, talent, and treasure in what the kingdom is now. We seem to be at home reinventing ourselves as persons of the Church who "like the head of a household, brings from his storeroom both the new and the old." Solomon lives!

Questions for Small Communities Cite examples of commitment (O.T. Wisdom) you see in tliis group, in your parish, in your place of work.

How can our group encourage more commitment in our parish?

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

Third Secret of Fatima and revelation

The pope charged the Congregation tor the Doctrine of the Q. Ij Jesus was born a Jew with Jewish parents, and we Failh with making the third secret public and preparing an as Catholics are to follow in Jesus 'footsteps, why are we appropriate commentary on the theological and devotional Catholics ? Jewish and Catholic beliefs are not the same.

When and why did Jesus change ? (Iowa) aspects of the appearances.

In his lengthy commentary,Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, head A. Jesus was born a Jew, it is true, and for the most part of the congregation, wrote that in the third secret "no great mys- remained faithful to Hebrew teachings and traditions. He tery is revealed, nor is the future unveiled." Visions such as made clear, however, that while he did not come to abolish those at Fatima, he said, should be understood in the biblical Jewish traditions , he did come to fulfill them, to bring to sense of symbolic prophecy, not of predicting the future but of completion the promises and revelations previously given by explaining "the will of God for the present," to show the ri ght God in the old covenant. (See, for example, Mt 5:17.)

Thus , as we find often in tire Gospels , Jesus more than path for the future. revelation that is considered genuine by the once scandalized leaders of die Jews by transgressing laws A private he said, be accepted by the faithful with prudence, they considered sacred , or presenting teachings which contrachurch may because it can help understand the Gospel. "It is a help which is dicted what they considered God's own word. "You have offered, but which one is not obliged to use." heard this," Jesus would say, quoting a law of Moses, "but Cardinal Ratzinger carefully distinguished between these now I tell you this ...," giving his own new slant or interprerevelations and God's "public" revelation in the Old and New tation of the law (e.g. Mt 5:27-48).

Testaments, fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Christ, At the Last Supper Jesus declared that the new relationwhich demands faith. A key point, he said, is that private reve- ship with the Father that he personified and offered to his follations are not intended to complete the Gospel but to help peo- lowers is so profound as to be a new covenant between the human family and God, a covenant sealed in his blood that ple live it.

The commentary quoted the classic statement of Pope was shed and his body given for us.

Benedict XTV on private apparitions. "An assent of Catholic We Christians are, as often is said, spiritually Semites in faith is not due to revelations approved in this way. (Such our roots. We believe, however, that Jesus has brought us to assent) is not even possible." an intimacy with himself and with God the Father that tranLourdes, Guadalupe, Fatima and other authentic private scends those roots, the ancient law and prophets which preappearances and revelations are a precious gift from God. They pared for his coming, and which even today enlighten us can become powerful additional motives for responding to about what that coming means to our world.

Christ's invitations and injunct ions in the Gospel.

A f r ee brochure on ecumenism, including questions on As Cardinal Ratzinger explains, however, they add nothintercommunion and other ways of sharing worship, is availing to what we as Catholic Christians are already obliged to able by sending a self-addressed envelope to Father John believe or do.

Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.Questions may be sent to The text of the third secret and the congregation's com- Father Dietzen at the same address , or e-mail: mentary can be found on the Vatican Web site: jjdietzen @aol.com.

Vatican.va/rornan_curia/congregation. Then click link: Fatima Copyright (c) 2002 Catholic News Service/U.S. related news stories.

Conference of Catholic Bishops for the infinite patience that is asked of us.

Karl Rahner said that "in the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable we come to realize that here in this life all symphonies remain unfinished." Former spiritualities called this living "in a vale of tears." There is nothing morbid about such a statement.

In the end, one way or the other we all die as virgins, never having fully experienced consummation, barren, never having given birth Celibate or married, we all .sleep alone. There

comes a time to mourn this so as to find the joy that lies on the other side, after the grief, on the altar of sacrifice.

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

J eri Becker walks road to spirituality during 22 years in prison

By Sharon Abercrombie Twenty two years ago, a terrified Jeri Becker, weighed down with handcuffs , leg irons and waist chains, sal squashed between two male prisoners in a small security airplane. She and they were on their way to prison.

She recalls "the tattooed arm of one of them , just inches from my own, was twice the size of my thigh. I tried praying with all my heart, but fear, mingled with despair, overrode my best efforts . Then I spotted a blue light on the dash of the instrument panel and began to concentrate on it at the exclusion of all else. Suddenly, everything but that blue li ght dissolved and 1 discovered a passageway to a very sacred space within my own consciousness. Closing my eyes I still saw nothing but the blue light... subtly I could sense the light expanding with my breath, until I was totall y absorbed in a veiy safe and sacred space, feel ing surrounded and protected by the presence of God." Jeri Becker took this newly discovered sacred space with her through the one-way doors of the California Women's Institution in Corona. Since then , it has sustained her, through many struggles. Once she almost died from celiac sprue, a digestive disorder. Early on, she had to literall y die to her old ways of denial and come to terms with her heroin addiction.

She has had to grieve over the death of both parents , the parents she had longed to be with in their old age. She has had to watch silently when prison officials removed her little altar and her wooden book shelves because they decided to redo each woman 's room into a standard prison cell.

Rebirth in prison MeKdown and rebirth have made Jeri Becker 's spiritual wings stronger, her compassion for others deeper. She work s as a full-time peer counselor , sits with dy ing AIDS patients , attends weekly liturgy, and teaches meditalion and yoga, draws , and writes for spiritual publications.

She never expected to walk the road to spirituality in prison.

But it happened. The little Wisconsin kid who once attended parochial school and sang in the choir, grew up and moved to California where she got hooked on heroin. When the male companion she was with killed a drug dealer, Jeri Becker drew a life sentence with possibility of parole in 17 years.

Five years after the anticipated due date , the key in the mostly one-way prison door could soon turn in her favor. The Board has ruled that she no longer is a danger to society, is completel y rehabilitated , and can become a productive , useful

Jeri B e c k e r . . . ÂŚ Continued from cove r In addition , three people have offered her places to live in Marin County. She has three job offers. Some 65 donors have pledged $14,000 to a private foundation set up by four Sunnyvale women to hel p Ms. Becker during her fi rst year of freedom , said Arlene Goetze , editor and director of the Catholic Women 's Network newspaper, a quarterl y publication in Sunnyvale. The members of Network' s board of directors are among the would-be-parolee 's Ghief supporters. The newspaper also funds educational programs for women, men and guards in the Santa Clara County Jail through grants and donations.

Since May 21, Ms. Goetze has spent several focused weeks organizing support for Ms. Becker 's parole. She is urging people to write to Senators John Burton , John Vansconcellos, and Richard Polanco, and other legislators urging them to intervene with the Governor for Ms. Becker and all other rehabilitated women and men.

Marin Superior Court Judge Warren McGuire recently explained that Ms. Becker had broug ht a friend to intervene on her behalf , after she and the drug dealer got into a dispute. That's why she received a first degree murder charge.

Ms. Becker, however, maintains she didn 't know her friend had a gun. During the struggle, she managed to prevent another woman from being injured. The shooter received a second degree sentence.

Jud ge McGuire sentenced her to life imprisonment, with expectation of parole in 17 years or when the parole board determined she no longer presented a risk. On May 21, the California Parole Board granted parole to Jeri Becker.

Her case is now in the hands of the Prison Review Board for 120 days. In September, the Board will then pass it on to California Gov. Gray Davis for his approval or denial. Davis will have 30 days to decide.

For Jeri Becker, this summer has evolved into a monumental cliffhanger. Her fate rests in the hands of a man whose track record on granting paroles is close to zero.

Elected on a tough law and order platform four years ago, Gov. Davis , a Democrat and a Catholic, is opposed to granting paroles to people convicted of murder. The two women paroled by him enjoyed strong public support , including the backing of political leaders.

According to a May 2 Associated Press wire story by David Kravets, many defense attorneys and at least one lower court in California have said that Gov. Davis has an illegal blanket policy against paroling convicted murderers.

The two cases he did not override were women Davis believed may have suffered from battered women syndrome.

Last January, a state appeals court ruled that Davis does not hold absolute authority to overturn a Board of Prison

citizen. She must wait for Gov. Gray Davis, however, to approve her parole. It could happen this September or October.

Since 1995, Jeri Becker has written regular columns for the Sunnyvale-based Catholic Women 's Network newspaper.

Within the annals of spiritual biography, are many stories of souls. Jeri Becker 's accounts of prison life and the lessons they have taught her, make one more suong entiy into this body of literature. Here are excerpts from some of her columns.

'Hope and Prayer' In "A Hope and a Prayer," she writes, "How does one maintain a sense of hope in prison.. .when your whole world comes crashing down around you as ours did last week, as a result of a series of shakedowns, cell and body searches? Our bodies, our very persons, being reduced to a number, each one equal ly suspect of nefarious behavior. How does one retain a sense of hope when the very system which promised, 'justice , fairness and protection for all ,' betrays you?

"I maintain my sense of hope because to live without hope would be unbearable and intolerable to me. I am able to maintain my sense of hope because my hope is in God, not in human beings. Without hope I cannot experience joy, nor live with purpose. But neither do I hope to live without experiencing suffering and adversity. It is an inevitabl e part of life and one th at I have come to know as a great teacher.

'There is an upside to suffering if we remain open to it. It fine-tones our intuition and draws us instantly closer to God. In the throes of intense suffering, anxiety or adversity, something which I call spirit arises from deep within me and struggles with all its might to resist being consumed by die overwhelming bleakness of the surrounding circumstances, This is my own internal call to prayer. " Ms. Becker wrote "The Passageway: ," shortl y after the prison turned inmates private rooms into cells, bring ing in double bunk beds and old banged up metal lockers.. "M y wooden shelves along with my precious altar, became contraband and have to be removed. So I pasted some reli gious p ictures on the wait in my sacred pray er corner, unti l pictures on the wall also became contraband. " "Ah, but that lesson I had learned so long ago aboard an air security plane (in the company of the two hulking, terrifying male prisoners) served me well. The external space was of relativel y little consequence...the real sacred space was within.. .Focusing on the breath in Yoga (which means union) calms the turmoil of thoughts generall y parading

through my mind. The constant din of prison noises is incidental compared with the noise I can churn up inside my own head, echoing my own fears , jud gments and commentary. I have found that extreme adversity in the environment can actuall y expedite my journey to the sacred center, making total surrender to God the only possible way out.

'Beauty Log ' And perh aps that has been the most important lesson of this experience .. .that the "way out" of the troubles and pain of this life is, in fact. . .the "way in" to the Kingdom of God. In "Keeping a Beauty Log," she writes, "1:30 p.m.: The new arrivals convene shyly for orientation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they are so full ol questions , yet many still too traumatized from their court , jail, and incarceration experiences to voice them, many are victims of lives defined by abuse...their vulnerability is touching and among these faces, I notice today a heartbreaking beauty. I sometimes over look each one reflecting a spark of the Divine.

"3:30 p.m. off to the track for a one mile run. As I round the curve, the nearby snowcap mountains loom majestic as Pachelbel' s Canon in D p lays in my headphones. Sometimes I feel as if my feet are barely touching the ground. After my run, I walk the track, keeping an eye out for the wild greens, chard, and spinach which grow in abundance th ere, threatened only by the regular mowing of the lawns. Dail y I harvest those greens I will need for my evening 's dinner. There is great beauty in connecting daily with the earth in this way, thanking each plant and dianking God for providing sufficient food for each day.

"I will cook the greens with some broccoli and cauliflowers, a little dried seaweed and chestnut for flavoring, steaming them in a plastic pot on the footlocker with an immersion heater. Then, when it is done, I silentl y thank God for this beautiful meal and the good health and digestion to enjoy it. "

Terms' parole decision. That ruling was viewed as a constitutional check on Proposition 89, which voters approved in 1988 granting the governor veto powers over the board's decision. The Davis administration claimed the governor had the absolute ability to reverse the board as he saw fit.

The Administration is now urging the California Supreme Court to review whether Gov. Davis has absolute power to overturn the Board of Prison Terms' decision to parole convicted murderers. Its decision will probabl y come down , at the earliest., in October. In another move to weaken Gov. Davis ' parole veto powers, Sen. Richard Polanco, D-Los Angeles has argued that the best way to take politics out of the process is for independent, threejud ge panels to review the parol e suitability of about 1,200 of the 24,500 inmates now serving life terms.

Under Sen. Polanco 's measure , parole hearings would be held directly by judicial panels from the sentencing jurisdict ion. They could receive input from the Board of Prison Terms, but the jud ges would make the decision .

Each inmate would have onl y one chance to be reviewed.

Those turned down for parole would continue to be considered under the board 's current procedures , said an April 15 article in the Sacramento Bee. While there is nothing in Sen. Polanco 's bill that explicitl y seeks to overturn the Governor 's authority on the issue, it would provide an alternative by taking cases directl y to the courts.

Ms. Goetz first became acquainted with Jeri Becker in 1985, after a Network reader sent an article she had written for Mothering magazine. It told how women in prison celebrate Christmas. "It was so moving, that I called the magazine for Jeri's address." Ms. Goetze reprinted part of the story and " I asked Jeri to write more stories." She did.

In recalling, "Beauty Log," one of Ms. Becker 's first Network columns, Ms. Goetze says, "It literally blew my mind. It seemed truly miraculous that anyone could find beauty in prison living conditions. It also surprised me that she could have such depth of spirituality. I wondered where she was getting access to some of the great spiritual teachers of all time. After reading 'Beauty Log,' I could see her walking the prison tract, stopping to pick wild greens, and steaming them over a tin can in her cell for her supper. She has dietary intolerances, and has trouble eating regular prison food."

"There is a certain depth to her writing," Ms. Goetze continued. "You can fake a reli gious conversion but you cannot fake the kind of authentic spirituality that permeates Jeri's writing and lifestyle." In her assessment of Jeri Becker 's case, Arlene Goetze mirrors other supporters.

"It's a matter of justice. She has been rehabilitated and rightfully entitled to parole" Ms. Becker 's sentencing judge, Warren McGuire, has praised her as "trul y an outstanding example of a successfully rehabilitated inmate. She has more than paid her debt to society for her involvement in the death of a drug dealer in

our county more than 20 years ago. Her release does not pose any reasonable threat to California public safety.. ..I see no reason why Jeri Becker should be denied a parole date."

Sen. John Vansconcellos, dean of the California legislature, offered his support in a letter to Robert Presly, Secretary of Youth and Adult corrections: "I understand she was a bystander who never utilized a weapon... In addition , she intervened during the offense to prevent another woman present from being harmed....Jeri has engaged herself in selfdevelopment, intellectual and other health y pursuits such as peer counseling, including instructing a 12-step program."

Carondelet St. Joseph Sister Suzann e Steffens, an advocate for women prisoners at the Office of Detention Ministries for the Los Angeles Archdi ocese, visits the Corona prison on a monthly basis. She has known Ms. Becker for several years.

The organizer of "Get On the Bus," a project which brings children and their guardians to Corona and to Chowchilla each Mother 's Day, Sister Steffens said that Ms. Becker has "proven herself by what she has done for other women , (through her many classes). She has served her time way beyond her time."

Kathleen White, one of the women in Jeri Becker 's Peer Helper Program, writes, "Jeri has changed my life. She has given me confidence, hope, and an understanding of myself. It would be wonderful if the state could take this program onto the streets of Los Angeles. Why couldn 't there be places of safety - halfway houses - run by women like Jeri , who has served enough time inside. She found me a job here, hel ping her, trusting me, giving me the confidence I have needed. ...women need to feel loved, and to learn to function independent of men. We need more women like Jeri who can teach and share th eir love. And we need truly safe places to live and to heal."

Vonda White, a fellow inmate and an art teacher, recalled in a winter Network column, how, last fall right after 9/11, Jeri "got to work on organizing a fund drive for survivors .

She made a handmade book so that everyone here who wished to, could write a message of sympathy and support to the people in New York. The first page held a quote by Arthur Keith, "The source of history is determined not by what happens in the skies, but by what transpires in the hearts of men." A Hobb ycraft manager donated materials and Jeri decorated the book with her artistic skills.

Ms. Becker and Ms. White organized a number of prayer vigils for staff and inmates alike. Within three days they had raised $6,000.

Ms. White participates in prison hospital ministry with Ms. Becker. She said she will always carry the image of her friend "week after week, bathing the fri ghtful sores of a d ying transsexual with Kaposi's Sarcoma, and holding her in her arms."

Anyone who wants to take part in a letter writing campaign on Jeri Becker 's behalf can contact Arl ene Goetze , at 877 Sp inosa Drive, Sunnyv ale , CA 94087. Phone (408) 245-8663; e-mail a! cwn@catholicwomensnet.org

Prayer for wisdom Ms. Goetze has even composed a prayer she is urg ing people to say daily, on behalf of eli gible parolees: "Divine Source of justice , we ask your blessing on Governor Davis , fill him with wisdom to govern honestly, with insight to know truth and with courage to act justl y. We ask your blessing of faith and hope for Jeri Becker, and all inmates found read y for parole."

Book Reviews CONSENSUS AND CONTROVERSY: DEFENDING POPE PIGS XII , by Sister Margherita Marchione.

Paulist Press (Mahwah, N.J., 2002). 389 pp., $24.95.

POPES AND POLITICS: REFORM , RESENTMENT AND THE HOLOCAUST, by Justus George Lawler. Continuum (New York and London, 2002). 252 pp., $24.95.

POPE PIUS XII AND THE HOLOCAUST, edited by Carol Rittner and John K. Roth . Continuum , Leicester University Press (London, 2002). 292 pp., $66.28.

PIUS XII AND THE HOLOCAUST: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTROVERSY, by Jose M. Sanchez.

The Catholic University of America Press (Washington , 2002). 197 pp.. $19.95 paper.

Reviewed by Eugene J. Fisher Catholic News Service Books on Pius XII and the Holocaust proliferate today.

This is healthy. It reveals a Catholic community willing to grapp le with one of the worst evils of human history and with even the most difficult moments of its own history.

Most of the recent rash of books are by Catholics — whether those attacking the pope 's record (John Cornwell , James Carroll, Michael Phayer or Gary Wills), those defending him (Ronald Rychlak and the first two reviewed here), and those seeking to present a balanced overview of the con troversy (the latter two reviewed here), with the exception of Protestan t Holocausl scholar John K. Roth .

Readers seeking a spirited defense of the Vatican's World War 11policies, supported by a mass of telling detail, will gravitate toward Sister Margherita Marchione 's "Consensus and Controversy: Defending Pope Pius XII" as handy to have on the

shelf. Sister Margherita , a member of the Religious Teachers Filippini. does an excellent job, demolishing with a myriad of facts the specious arguments of Cornwell — and therefore Carroll, whose treatment is derivative of CornwelPs — as well as Susan Zuccotti 's sill y diesis in "Under His Very Windows ," published by Yale University Press, that unless a written statement by Pope Pius to the Catholic clergy ordering them to help Jews can be found, it must be concluded that he did nothing.

But Sister Margherita falters in some areas — for example , in presenting the results of the International CatholicJewish Historical Commission , whose "Preliminary Report " included the 47 questions that she somehow divorces from it. That report, and the background papers and correspondence of the group with the Holy See, can be found in the May 2002 issue of Catholic International for readers interested in what the scholars reall y had to say.

Justus George Lawler 's "Popes and Politics" is the more subtle defense, since he allows and even applauds a good range of responsible criticism, such as that by Father John Morley.

His fourth chapter , "Proclamation vs. Reprisal ," is especiall y effective both in rebutting the false canard of papal silence and in proposing a credible understanding of papal policy during the period. Since critics such as Cornwell . Carroll and Wills are far more interested in attacking the present pontiff — as Lawler rig htl y points out — than in confronting the church' s role in the Holocaust , Lawler spends the last half of the book arguing for a more responsible approach to reform in the institutional church than the rather crude visions of these authors.

Sister Carol Rittner and John K. Roth in "Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust " bring together 16 scholars (among them , I must confess, this reviewer) representing a health y range of responsible scholarship, including three of the six members of the international commission. The essays of Michael Marrus and Father John Pawlikowski, I believe, best summarize the state of the question among professional historians.

At under 200 pages , Jose Sanchez 's "Pius XII and the Holocaust " is the best introduction to the burgeoning field of Pius XII studies yet in print. Sanchez has the rare ability to cut lo the heart of complex questions in a hi ghl y readable fashion without sacrificing the historical nuances and ambiguities that make up real life, then and now.

Guided by Sanchez 's well-balanced , non-polemical approach , the reader teams to appreciate the cruelty of the choices almost daily thrust upon Pope Pius, a decent man who was charged with a sacred obli gation to preserve the church in a time of regnant evil and who wished at the same time to help as many of the millions of suffering human beings as possible. Often , Sanchez shows, the pope had no good choices, but onl y ones that he hoped would be less harmful in the long run. One does not have to agree that all of Pope Pius ' choices were the right ones to come away with an understanding of him as a human being, neither demon nor angel , fated to live in an era of ambiguity.

Fisher is associate director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.

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A Day ol Remembrance , Prayer and Hope on Sept. 11, 2002 al St. Mary's Cathedral will commemorate the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. A morning entertainment featuring the music of children from Catholic schools and religious education programs of the Archdiocese gets it started. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester is scheduled to preside at the Cathedral's 12:10 p.m. Mass with music from a choir featuring voices from local high schools. An afternoon of music will also feature artists and groups from the Archdiocese and provide additional opportunity "for people to visit lhe Cathedral and spend some time in meditation, prayer or just for the simple enjoyment of the music on this day of hope for all ol humanity," said a preliminary release about the gathering. Visitors are also invited to walk a labyrinth acquired for the event and visit a Day of Remembrance Art Exhibit. A prayer service concludes the rite. A Book of Remembrance, which later will be sent to a parish in the neighborhood of Ground Zero, will be available for signatures and messages of support Anyone wishing to volunteer to help with the Day of Remembrance, Prayer and Hope should call and leave their names with St. Mary's Cathedral at (415) 5672020.

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.

Sept. 8: A New Look at Small Christian Communities with Rick Boesen who helps establish small Christian communities in California and Hawaii through the Marianist Office of laity.

Oct. 13: A New Look at the Eucharist wilh Oblate Father and Catholic San Francisco columnist Ronald Rolheiser.

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The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities oilers tree adoption information meetings twice a month.

Singles and married couples ate invited to learn more about adopting a child Irom loster care. Call (415) 4062387 lor information.

Lectures/ Classes/Radio- TV Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music wilh 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., KPIX-Cnannel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests, 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month , KRONChannel 4. Father Miles Riley hosts.

Food & Fun Aug. 3, 4: Flea market benefiting St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, in lower hall at corner of Judah and Funston St. from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Food court , too. For information on acquiring a space at the event or to donate items, call Lucy Jacinto at (415) 681-8719; Jerry Motak at (415) 661-7378; Yolanda Lawrence at (650) 355-7242.

Sept. 6: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club begins its new season of first Friday speakers with San Quentin warden, Jeanne Woodford. Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield, with breakfast and presentation following in parish hall.

Reservations required to Sugaremy@aol.com .

Nov. 3: A New Look at Priesthood with Sulpician Father Melvin Blanchetle looking at "research on priesthood: What did we learn? How do we respond?

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Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190.

Reunions

St. Agnes Parish, San Francisco at the Parish Center at 1530 Page St. beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets $25 until July 31 and $30 after. Children $15. Call (415) 487-8560.

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

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiolta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449 ; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641.

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

Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

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

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 2211288 or Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 567-7824; Holy Name ol Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336 , Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Hall Moon Bay,

This fall a reunion of former students and faculty of Ryan Seminary, Fresno will take place. The building, now the pastoral center of the Diocese of Fresno,will be blessed and dedicated in honor of those who attended (he school. Additional activities will also take place. If you are a former student or faculty member please call e-mail or 493-2847 (559) claraann ©dioceseoffresno .org.

Aug. 3: Alumni of St. Philip Elementary circa 1940s will get together in Sonoma. Contact Walt Creber at (415) 898-1975 , the creb@sprynet.com , or Gary Altamirano at (415) 883-4051, gary_hd@pacbell.net.

Aug. 11: Balboa High School, Spring and Fall 1946 reunion at South San Francisco Elks Lodge. Call Frank galo at (415) 387-3935 or Emily Powell at (650) 8518101.

Aug. 17: Class of '82, St. Finn Barr Elementary.

Contact Denise at (415) 469-9223. Please call ASAP. Sept. 20: St. Thomas Apostle Elementary, SF, Class of '63 is looking for members of the class. Call Denise (714) 447-8651 or at Healy Walke r DWa9230836@aol.com.

Sept. 14: Class of '82; Sept. 28: Class of 72; Oct. 5: Class of 77, Notre Dame High School, Belmont.

Contact ND Alumnae Office at (650) 595-1913, ext. 351 or alumnae@ndhsb.org.

Sept. 29: 50th anniversary celebration of Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School, Belmont. Mass at 11:30 a.m. followed by reception and school Open House. Graduates, former students, faculty are invited to attend. Contact ihmalumnibelmont@hotmail.com or call (650) 593-4265.

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

Oct. 19: Mission High, 50th Reunion, Classes 1952 1953 at Embassy Suites, Burlingame. Call Colleen al (800) 477-3864 or (650) 697-7753.

3rdTues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Laura McClung at (415) 362-1075

Nov. 9: Class of '52, Star of the Sea Elementary, SF Classmates should contact Carol Bagan Rogers al (415) 665-6921 or Diane Beltrano Panelli at depanelli@attbi.com.

3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo

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Sept. 14: Spirit of Aloha, A Hawaiian Luau to benefit

Admission free unless otherwise noted.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

July 27: 1 Heard the Bell Toll, premiere of a new play about Margaret of Castello by San Jose playwright, Cathal Gallagher, and presented by the Catholic theatre ensemble, Quo Vadis Theatre Company. Curtain at 8 p.m. Tickets $12/$10. Call (408) 252-3530. Valenzuela Theatre of Presentation High School, 2281 Plummer Ave. at Curtner, San Jose.

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 3596313.

3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880

Sundays in July and August: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. July 28: John Renke, shrine music director and organist, plays the music of Bach; Aug. 4: Anthony Gabriel Doheny and Friends, a string quartet with music of Mozart and Mendelssohn; Aug. 11: David Graham, organist; Aug. 18: John Fenstermaker, organist.

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

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

Sundays in July and August: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. July 28: Organist , Raymond Garner; Aug 4: John Walko, organist; Aug. 11: Ray Garner, organist; Aug. 18: Angela Kraft-Cross , organist.

Concerts are open to the public. Free will donation may

Introductory instruction for married or engaged couples about Natural Family Planning, Billings Ovulation Method, is available by appointment from NFP consultant Gloria Gillogley. Call (650) 345-9076.

Natural Family Planning classes on the Billings Ovulation Method of NFP are offered at St. Brendan Parish, Ulloa and Laguna Honda Blvd., SF. Call instructor, Jodi Mendieta, at (415) 285-3036.

Seton Medical Center Natural Family Planning/Fertility Care Services offers classes in the Creighton Model of NFP. Health educators are also available to speak to youth and adults on topics of puberty,tesponsiWierelationships, adolescent sexuality, the use of NFP throughout a woman's reproductive life, and infertility. Call (650) 301-8896.

Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-

The Saturday after Easter has long been and continues to be the time of reunion for aiumnae of Notre Dame de Namur High School, San Francisco which closed in 1981. More than 300 women gathered for this year 's gala that included Mass at Mission Dolores, the school's once neighbor, and lunch. This year 's celebrate d classes were the Golden Belles of 1952 with 32 members able to attend and the Silver Belles of 1977. Thanks to Katie O'Leary, alumnae prez and class of '70, for the report and the reminder that while "Change is constant in today's lifestyle" the date of this get-together has not wavered for at least 50 years. Standing from left, Silver Belles Irene Sorkolit Gregson, Vicki Gonzalez, Daisy Jimenez, Clementina Garcia , Lupe Guerre ro, Maria Elena Ramirez Frias, Virginia Rodriguez Estrada, Chervil Hallett Banks. Front: Antoinette Altamirano Perez.

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'Road to Perdition Gripp ing drama set in Depression-era Chicago in which a hit man (Tom Hanks) working for the leader of the Irish mob (Pau l Newman ) embarks on a journey to protect his 12-year-old son and avenge the death of the rest of his famil y. Examining comp licated father-son relationshi ps, director Sam Mendes ' evocative moral tale presents a calculated visual tapestry of intrigue and multilayered characters which smoothl y weaves in themes of betrayal , redemption , filial love and family responsibility. Some brutal scenes of violence with sporadic roug h language and profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ' classification is USCCB: A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R- restricted.

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Fact-based, Cold War submarine drama set in 196 1 as the caplain (a grim Harrison Ford) and executive officer (a convincing Liam Neeson) clash onboard a Russian sub whose malfunctioning core reactor could melt down with catastrop hic results. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the tense tale of honor, courage and human drama is marred by its sluggish pace and some blunt characterizations. Brief violence , images of injured seamen and fleeting rear nudity. USCCB: A-II — adults and adolescents. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

'Stuart Little 2' Cute sequel in which Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox), the talking white mouse adopted by the Little family (Geena Davis , Jonathan Lipnicki and Hugh Laurie), is befriended by a tiny bird (voiced by Melanie Griffith) forced into thievery by a vicious falcon (voiced by James Woods). Director Rob Minkoff repeats the charming visuals in a new live-action/animated adventure that underlines the value of honesty, bravery, friendshi p and forg iveness. A crass expression and a few menacing scenes may be too intense for very young children. USCCB : A-II —: adults and adolescents. MPAA: PG — parental guidance suggested.

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Amusing French romantic comedy in which the sportswriter husband (Yvan Attal) of a popular movie star (Charlotte Gainsbourg) becomes insanely jealous when her bU next role is opposite a suave, international actor (Terence K > Stamp), pushing him to devise wacky schemes to test his Z o in wife 's fidelity. Also written and directed by Attal, the 7. frothy screwball comedy aims higher than it achieves in its o a. u. analysis of cinema glamour versus the real world, but proO P vides entertaining moments in the husband's unfounded O X c~ distrust and in the charm of its characters. Subtitles. Brief m Z sexual encounters, full frontal nudity and sporadic rough U language. USCCB: A-III — adults. MPAA: R — restricted. " Stuart Little and Margalo "Stuart Little 2.

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