July 27, 2001

Tohn Paul II calls on Bush to defend life, aid poor Pope rejects research that destroys embryos

By John Norton Catholic News Service ASTEL GANDOLFO , Ital y (CNS) — Pope John Paul II asked President George W. Bush to Coppose research on stem cells from embryos , as the U.S. leader deliberated over releasing federal funds for the practice .

Meeting July 23 with Mr. Bush for the first time , the pope said the United States had a "special responsibility" to the rest of the world and could point the way to a "truly humane future " by defending human life and dignity throu gh legislation.

The pope also told Mr. Bush , who was in Italy for a meeting of the leaders of the world's most industrialized countries, that wealthy nations must ensure that all people enjoy the economic benefits of globalization.

The Church is deeply concerned by the "tragic fault line between those who can benefit from these opportunities and those who seem cut off from them , " the pope said.

The president met with the pope behind closed doors for 30 minutes. Afterward, joined by Vatican officials and Mr. Bush's entourage, the leaders exchanged speeches and small gifts.

In his speech, the pope told Mr. Bush that political decisions regarding human life "have the gravest consequences for the future of civilization. " The widespread legalization of abortion has led to "a tragic coarsening of consciences, " opening the way to acceptance of euthanasia, infanticide and "proposals for the creation for research purposes of human embryos, destined to destruction in the process," the pope said, "A free and virtuous society, which America aspires to be, must reject practices that devalue and violate human life at any stage from conception until natural death, " he said.

Mr. Bush was due to decide whether to allow federal funds for research on stem cells from embryos ,

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At a Rome press conference later in the day, Mr. Bush said he would take the pope 's "point of view into consideration. " He said the question was particularl y thorny and involved "the need to balance value and respect for life with the promise of science and the hope of saving life. "

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According to Mr. Bush and an informed Vatican source, the pope did not raise the issue of embryonic stem-cell research in the leaders ' private discussion.

The Vatican said the pope and Mr. Bush talked about the violence-torn Middle East, religious freedom and assistance to developing countries.

Before their statements, the two stood on an open balcony overlooking Lake Albano, which was dotted with kayakers in bright summer sunshine.

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Vocations thrive in Carmelite community Devotion to Mary, p rayer and work

By Kamille Nixon They came to this Carmelite monastery for love of Mary, and they stay, well , for love of Mary.

"Our Lady broug ht me here ," explains Brother Thomas, a 30-year-old who grew up near a Benedictine monastery in Southern California. Referring to the Carmelites as "Our Lady 's Order," the "simply professed" says pictures of Mary hang in each room , and adds, "Everything is Marian here."

Brother Thomas worked as an electrician for several years and began praying the dail y Rosary. "I started falling in love with the Church , and I fell in love with our Blessed Mother," he says.

He mostly prayed the sorrowful mysteries, and eventuall y realized that Jesus seemed to say, "This is all that I did for you. Won 't you give up your life for me?"

Brother Thomas ' rep ly was, "I give up my life for God because I love him very much."

Brother Thomas encourages everyone to "pray to Our Blessed Mother— she never fails, she has infinite power, she is the greatest of all mothers."

Brother Thomas is one of "an above average number" of men, most of them young, who have been attracted to this peaceful monastery in San Jose near the bustling 280/680 junction. They pray and work , nurturing a fervent devotion to the Blessed Mother, whom most of the brothers credit as bringing them to this place. The men range in age from early 20s to mid-40s and their pre-monastic experiences vary.

Brother David , a 47-year-old whose friends and family kept suggesting he had a vocation but who kept denying it, also says the Blessed Virgin Mary brought him to these Carmelites. He compares his discernment process to "a kid in the street who hears his mother calling but wants to keep playing. Finally he stops pretending he doesn 't hear her and goes to see what his mom wants."

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MILWAUKEE —Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee , in a message read in all parishes this month , declared that he is not disobeying the pope by going ahead with the renovation of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.

"It is important to know that I am not ignoring or disobeying the pope or in any way doing something that isn't within my authority as diocesan bishop," he said.

The archbishop later told the Catholic Herald , his archdiocesan newspaper. 'I can say that having consulted canonists and other bishops on the nature of the letter I received (from Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez, prefect of the V a t i c a n Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments), it Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland means that things were left in my hands," he said. In a June 30 letter, Cardinal Medina said aspects of a planned $4.5 million renovation of the Milwaukee cathedral violated Church and liturgical law and asked the archbishop to revise the project. In his message read at churches Jul y 15, Archbishop Weakland said, "Many of the concerns raised are merely a matter of personal preference , not matters of Church law."

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WASHINGTON —A coalition of religious and civil rights leaders , including Catholics, have announced an effort to introduce an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that would define marriage as onl y being between a man and a woman.

They said the effort was aimed at strengthening marriage and family life. The alliance also hopes to fend off court decisions that might open the door to gay marriage, according to Matt Daniels, the organization 's executive director.

At the press conference here , the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a Baptist pastor , cited the "' pandemic ' of fatherless families that is sweeping our nation today" as a reason for supporting the amendment. Fauntroy, former District of Columbia delegate to Congress, said that , in his 40 years as pastor of an inner-city church , he worked at the core of the civil ri ghts movement and now has spent the last 10 years "wrestling with the debilitating effects of the disintegratio n of family life here and around the world."

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the seal of confession in testimon y he gave in federal court at an appeal hearing on a murder conviction , even though it came from a privat e conversation that ended with absolution.

Father Joseph Towle testified on behalf of Jose Morales of the Bronx , who is serving a prison sentence for a 1987 murder. Father Towle testified that Jesus Fornes, also of the Bronx , told him in a conversation in 1988 that he, not Mr. Morales, committed the crime. Mr. Fornes was killed in 1997.

Critics have charged that Father Towle violated the injunction against revealing what is said by a penitent in confession. Father Towle says the information was not revealed within a sacramental confession , and Mr. Fornes not only intended it to be made public , but made it public himself , the priest said. An archdiocesan spokesman confirmed that Msgr. William J. Toohy, director of legal affairs for the archdiocese, told Father Towle that it would be permissible for him to testif y.

According to Father Towle, Fomes asked the priest to come to his home in 1988. Mr. Morales and Ruben Montalvo had been convicted of the murder of Jose Antonio Rivera and were soon to be sentenced to prison.

Mr. Fornes told the priest that he had killed Mr. Rivera , and that Mr. Morales and Mr. Montalvo were not involved.

Shortly after their conversation , Mr. Fomes went to court and "made a full disclosure of the crime " to Mr. Morales ' lawyer. After Mr. Fornes' admission the sentencing was postponed , but both men later received a minimum of 15 years.

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Catholic alliance members include Bob Laird , director of the Office of Family Life for the Catholic Diocese of Arlington , Va; Father Richard John Neuhaus , president of the Institute on Religion and Public Life and William May, professor of moral theology at the Washington-based John Paul II Institute for Studies. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Office of Public Policy is listed on the alliance 's board of advisers .

Strong f aith helped Muslim woman have septup lets

WASHINGTON —A strong faith hel ped a Muslim woman cope with the problems of giving birth to seven children simultaneously, said her husband and her doctors.

Dr. Mutahar Fauzia, the mother 's personal physician, said she informed her patient of the possibility of destroying some of the fetuses to help the others survive but the woman never considered the option. "My patient is a Muslim and didn 't believe in taking the lives of babies," said Dr. Fauzia.

"The mother is in a very comfortable state of mind. God is going to help. That 's it in a nutshell ," she said a day after the five boy s and two girl s were born.

The septup lets were born July 12 at Jesuit-run Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. Hospital officials said the babies were delivered by Caesarean section between 11:25 and 11:28 p.m.The hospital identified the father as Fahad al-Qahtani. The mother wished to remain anonymous.

The septuplets were born several years after two of the couple 's three children died awaiting organ transp lants, the 29-year-old father said in a Washington Post interview.

"God took two of them and he gave us seven," he said in the interview.

Manila cardinal opposes effort to legalize divorce in Phili pp ines

MANILA, Philippines —Philipp ine Church leaders are opposing new bills to allow "absolute divorce" that would grant separated spouses the right to remarry.

Legislative bills filed in July seek to amend the Family Code of the Philippines to make current grounds for legal separation grounds for divorce, reported UCA News, a news agency based in Thail and. Divorce in the Philippines is illegal.

Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila called the divorce bills "immoral" and "insane" and urged lawmakers to "seek ways to protect the family and preserve cherished Filipino values and not destroy them."

Bills pushing for the legalization of divorce were defeated in the Philippines in 1987 and 1999. Legal separation tackles custody and property issues but does not allow separated spouses to remarry others.

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Msgr. Eugene Gallagher: 'Kind, compassionate' Msgr. Eugene Gallagher, former pastor of South San Francisco 's All Souls Church and retire d pastor of Redwood City 's St. Matthias Church , died at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland on July 17. Msgr.

Gallagher, who also served for 14 years as director of the Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese, was 85 years old and, in December, would have marked his 58th year- as a priest.

On July 23, Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester presided at a funeral Mass for Msgr. Gallagher at All Souls, where the late priest served from 1961 to 1974. In opening prayers over the casket, Bishop Wester said, "My brother priests and I have great memories of Msgr. Gallagher as a wonderful parish priest and director of CYO. He loved people and his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who called him to the priesthood."

Father Gary Thomas, pastor, St. Nicholas Parish, Los Altos, was homilist. Father Thomas grew up in All Souls and was a fifth grade student at the parish school when fire consumed the parish church that was eventuall y replaced , under Msgr. Gallagher 's leadership, with the chu rch where the Mass was celebrated. He remembered serving Mass with Msgr. Gallagher in the school cafeteria the day after the blaze.

"If there is anything to say about Msgr. Gallagher, it 's that he was a kind and compassionate man," Father Nicholas told the 300-member assembly and 50 priests who concelebrated the morning Mass. He said Msgr.

Gallagher "modeled his life on Christ" and called him a "gentle and approachable shepherd" who "offered sacrifice, was a leader of people and brought guidance, healing and love. We rejoice that he is now home living in the embrace of Our Lord ."

All Souls parishioners , Dean and Sam Balestieri , were gift bearers at the Mass. Mrs. Balestieri was secretary to Msgr. Gallagher at both All Souls and St. Matthias. "He built this church ," Mrs. Balestieri said about Msgr. Gallagher. "He was the finest priest who ever lived."

Gallagher as co-pastor of St. Matthias in 1983. "I know Msgr. Gallagher had done good things and welcomed the challenge of continuing that ," said Father Meyer, who is now in-residence at St. Bartholomew Parish , San Mateo. The late Father Thomas Lacey served as co-pastor at St. Matthias with Msgr.

Gallagher from 1978-83 and Father Meyer from 198389.

A program for the Mass recalled an excerpt from remarks Msgr. Gallag her made at the Mass of Thanksgiving commemorating his 50th year as a priest.

"I've enjoyed every place I've been ," he 's quoted as say ing. "When I look back now, what strikes me about each place is the goodness of so many peop le I' ve known over the years....They were real examples to me."

Msgr. Gallagher lived at Nativity Parish, Menlo Park from the time of his retirement in 1983 until 1993 when he took up residence at San Mateo's Serra Clergy House. He moved to Mercy Center 1999.

Burial was at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward.

Remembrances may be made to Mercy Retirement and Care Center, 3431 Foothill Blvd , Oakland, 94601.

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Gallagher had a strong desire and wish that parishioners be well educated in areas of faith," the Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary said.

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Editorial , Page 20 us, and we would certainly consider their comments" Meanwhile, in letters to the editor across the country, representatives of the larger Seventh-day Adventist the next time they make a decision about a similar ad.

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Vocations thrive in Carmelite community ¦ Continued f rom page 3 sisters , discalced (meaning "without shoes") communities of women in San Francisco, Carmel, San Diego, San Rafael and elsewhere in the Westeni states. Novice Master Father Christopher LaRocca often visits the cloistered nuns in a convent across from St. Ignatius Parish at the University of San Francisco.

The men are friars , not monks or hermits. This means they live in a manner that is evenl y contemp lative and active , according to Vocation Director Father Jan Lundberg . When St. Teresa of Jesus began her project of renewing the Carmelites in the 16th century, she stressed the apostolic and missionary spirit , plus a life of prayer , Father Jan explains in a May 5 letter to vocation prospects.

The community serves four parishes , prays about two hours per day, works chores on several dozen acres, and welcomes members of the community for visits. It is located within the Carmelites ' Western Province. There are two additional Carmelite provinces in the U.S. - the Eastern and the Southern , according to Father Anthony Haglof, prior of the Discalced Carmelite Friars of Boston , which is part of the Eastern province .

The community's dail y routine is "pretty busy, but that 's relative, and it should be stress free ," says San Jose Novice Master Father Christopher. The brothers rise by 6:30 a.m. for morning prayers , Mass, and meditation, then breakfast. Spiritual reading and chores are followed by mid-day prayers and lunch. Following iunch comes recreation time for volleyball games and walks on the property.

Father Christopher notes the recreation time is ' pretty important for this lively group," whom he describes as "young, happy, prayerful peop le." The community recentl y welcomed 13 Dominicans for a big game of volley ball. "That was real ly something," he said.

Late afternoon brings more chore s, more prayer, dinner, and then prayer again to complete the day.

"We become members of an order to help put order in our lives ," says Father Christopher. "The rh ythm can be difficult , but if we can get into the rhythm in the spirit of faith , it becomes more like a dance than a drud gery."

Brother Kenneth admits the friar 's life doesn 't suit his natural personality. The "world traveler" as his Carmelite brothers describe him, came to the commu ni-

ty "for the love of our Blessed Mother " and remains through "only grace," he says.

The former advertising manager recalls how his parish priest used to pray for vocations every Sunday when Brother Kenneth was 17 years old. "I felt irritated , like he was picking on me," says the Montana native , for whom the priesthood was "not initially attractive. " The 33-year-old studied marketing, worked in Japan for years, almost got married twice , and maintained a consistent prayer life. Amid all of this activity during his 20s , Brother Kenneth' s "feelings came back about the priesthood. " He took the notion seriously and notes, "I know it doesn 't come from me because I didn 't want to do it."

"We become members of an order to help p ut order in our lives. The rhythm can be difficult , but if we can get into the rhythm in the spi rit of faith , it becomes more like a dance than a drudgery."

He studied for priesthood for the Diocese of Helena , Montana , before he realized his vocation was with the Carmelites. With a certain amount of sadness on his part and that of his diocesan friends , the Montana-bred , Japan-trained , ad exec left his home state and joined the Carmelites of San Jose.

Father Christopher and Father Jan "look for guys with zeal" who show teachable docility and humility.

"We want someone who wants to build up the Church ," says Father Jan , and who want to "edif y the bod y of Christ ," adds Father Christop her.

The message from the two leaders is clear: "Everything we do should flow from a life of prayer.

Pray always and in all ways," as they quote Carmelite St. Teresa of Avila.

This flowing from prayer follows a defined process.

The brothers ' first two years in the community are spent

learning how to be Carmelites. After a varying length of time in discernment , men enter the community in midJul y as postulants. This begins a transition point wherein they are "asking and looking" for six months.

If the community seems to fit, the postulant s receive their habits and become novices on the first day of February. On the second of February, the prior year 's novices take their "simple " vows of poverty, chastity and obedience , becoming "simply professed. " During the past two years , the group has seen an exploding interest in life on the quiet sun-drenched hill.

Last July the community welcomed seven postulants who became novices February 1. The next day, the prior year 's five novices became simp ly professed after taking their first vows for one year. Those five simply professed will head off Aug. 14 for studies at Ml. Angel Seminary, four to become priests and one who has chosen to remain a brother.

Who becomes a priest and who remains a brother is a "mysterious deal," according to Father Christop her.

"Christ said, T chose you , you did not choose me. ' Some feel called to the priesthood and others feel called to the brotherhood ," Father Christopher says.

The San Francisco native points out three famous brothers who chose to remain so: St. Martin de Porre s, St. Francis of Assisi, and Brother Andre who built a shrine to St. Joseph in Montreal. "It's not a secondclass deal, just a different call," Father Christopher says.

"Dedication to prayer and the strong devotion to the Blessed Mother" attracted Brother Brian J ames to the Carmelites.

"The past two years have been remarkable," say s the 26-year-old simply professed. "I have seen changes in my life that I never would hav e imagined possible — my desire to pray and to be with God and to share him with others."

Seven new postulants entered this month , bring ing the total to 25. The attraction remains a mystery, according to Father Jan. "That is a good number , an above average number for these times , " said Boston 's Father Anthony.

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By Evelyn Zappia On the grassy football field of San Francisco 's City College, Coach George Rush' s team labors hard to defend its two consecutive national junior college championshi ps and its 24-0 record, but it 's whal the players do off the field that marks them with special distinction.

At the coach's invitation , these football heroes have put their strength and energy to work, helping poor people in Third World countries - last year in Haiti , this year in El Salvador.

When Coach Rush asked his players to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity in Haiti , the long-time parishioner of Pacifica 's Church of the Good Shepherd was surprised with the team 's response. "More kids wanted to help than there were slots, " he said.

Coach Rush, a native San Franciscan and graduate of Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, successfull y organized a fundraising campaign that made it possible for 16 members of the team to travel to Haiti where they built three homes and a rather large cesspool some eight feet deep.

"It was exhausting work, " said Coach Rush. "We were out in the jungle - I mean we were out there. " All the comforts of home like power tools and running water were not to be found. Secretl y, the coach hoped for "a ready-mix concrete truck to drive up, " but he and the football squad soon discovered that, if the work was going to get done it meant , "fetching the water bucket-bybucket from a tank to mix the concrete and mortar, and all di gging would have to be done with shovels and picks. " The brawny crew learned fast that their coach no

Raoul Lindsay and some of his new friends. longer had the final word. When it began pouring rain, everyone , including their leader, headed for shelte r. They soon returned to work , after the foreman for Habitat said, "Get out here and keep working. " "It was a really powerful experience for our guys , " said Coach Rush. Who immediately began campaigning hard for another service project that team members could partici pate in this year.

"You don 't just want good athletes and good students, you want people with good ethics and good morals, " said Coach Rush, who just arrived back on U.S. soil after a two week service project in El Salvador with 12 new volunteers from the celebrated City College Rams football team.

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Coach Rush sponsors a 15-year-old boy in Kenya , Africa throug h CFCA. His familiarity with the organization prompted him to investi gate its service opportunities. "It proved to be a wonderful experience ," he said , referring to CFCA's "Santa Ana project ," where the group built an adobe house to rep lace one that was destroyed in the earthquake last January. More than 200 families served by the project lost their homes and some 90 more experienced severe damage to their houses , according to CFCA officials.

The athletes also visited an orphanage for homeless and abused girls, according to Coach Rush. "It was quite a sight watching these giant sized guys play ing basketball with these little girls who looked like tiny ants next to them." For Coach Rush, the orphanage experience was bittersweet , "It warmed your heart and at the same time broke it ," he said.

For line backer, Pasha Jackson , ' the smiles and the hugs from the kids in the orp hanage were worth the trip. " He remembers fondl y, a young child who would say "hello" every day. It was the only word she knew in English. The team broug ht basketballs and other athletic equipment and taug ht the kids games.

"We even showed them our special handshake and they greeted us with it every day, " said Pasha, who was amazed at the resilience of the people as a whole.

"I learned a lot ," said offensive guard Tim Fa'Aita . "I thought I had it bad, but the kids I met didn 't have hot water or decent clothes. The experience opened my

eyes. I' m not going to take what I have for granted any longer. " "I'm glad I had the experience ," said defensive end Raoul Lindsay, who was shocked to see "how bad the living conditions were for the peop le." Yet he was impressed with a man he met who "was very poor , had several children , and accepted the great responsibility with a smile."

"The experience for the guys was lifechanging," said Coach Rush. "Some of the guys have it pretty tough , coming from broken homes and poverty themselves, but they have a new appreciation for what they do have in comparison to Third World poverty. It hit them right between the eyes in El Salvador."

Will there be another trip next year?

"It's a go," said Coach Rush. "We had such an extraordinary experience with CFCA , may be we 'll go back to El Salvador. It makes it all worth it when the kids come back with a whole different perspective of their lives , build on it, and think about the direction their lives are taking."

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Sister M. Consolata Kerr, PBVM

Sister Eleanor McGloin, PBVM

Sister Cleta Herold, PBVM

Sister Eileen Diggins, PBVM

Sister Marion Loretta Carr, PBVM

is celebrating 75 years as a Sister of the Presentation. A native San Franciscan , she is a former member of the faculty at Saint Anne and Epiphany elementary schools, San Francisco and Nativity Elementary School, Menlo Park. She currently practices a ministry of prayer from her community 's San Francisco motherhouse where she resides.

is celebrating 70 years as a Sister of the Presentation. Born in San Francisco, she attended St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary and Presentation High schools. She taught for 13 years at Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary School, San Francisco and has also served as a home teacher for terminally ill children.

She currentl y assists in parish work and resides in San Jose.

is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of the Presentation. Born in San Francisco , she attended St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary School and Presentation High School later teaching at both sites.

She is a former associate of St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf and pastoral associate at Most Holy Redeemer Parish, San Francisco.

She now lives in San Francisco.

is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of the Presentation. A San Francisco native, she attended St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary School , where she later taught , and Presentation High School. She is a former principal of Epiphany Elementary School, San Francisco and currently assists at her community's Presentation Retreat Center, Los Gatos, where she resides.

is celebrating 60 years i is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of the as a Sister of the Presentation. A native Presentation. She was of Tacoma, Washington , born in San Francisco she spent almost 30 and attended years teaching the Presentation High primary grades at School. Sister Carr has taught at the schools including elementary, secondary Epiphany, San Francisco and Nativity, Menlo and college levels including 20 years at Park. Since 1971, she the University of San has assisted with internal services of her community Francisco during which and today serves in the time she represented ministry of prayer. Sister the school for two years at a college Meiers, who lives in San Francisco, was a for women in Japan. consultant to the motion Sister Carr now lives in picture, Sister Act. San Francisco.

Sister Nancy Healy, PBVM

Sister Michaeline O'Connor, PBVM

Sister Katherine Jones, PBVM

Sister Gloria Medici, PBVM

Sister Doris Donaldson, PBVM

Sister Pamela Chiesa, PBVM

is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of the Presentation. Born in San Francisco, she attended St. Monica Elementary and Presentation High schools. She was part of the founding faculty at Nativity Elementary School, Menlo Park and from 1980-87 served as administrator of her community 's motherhouse in San Francisco. She currently assists and lives at Presentation Retreat Center, Los Gatos.

is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of the Presentation. A San Francisco native, she attended the Marina District 's St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School and Presentation High School. Sister O'Connor spent 51 years as an elementary school teacher at schools including Epiphany, San Francisco and Nativity, Menlo Park where she currently resides and assists as religion teacher and trainer of altar servers.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of the Presentation. A San Francisco native, she attended Epiphany Elementary and Presentation High schools. Sister Jones has spent many years in the teaching apostolate, most recently as Director of Religious Education at a parish in Pasadena where she resides.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of the Presentation. Born in San Francisco, she taught for almost 20 years at schools including Epiphany Elementary and St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary, San Francisco. For the last quarter century, Sister Medici has served as cosmetologist for homebound women at health care centers and convalescent homes. Sister Medici lives at her community's motherhouse in San Francisco.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of the Presentation. An Iowa native, she practiced as a licensed registered nurse before entering religious life. She is a former member of the faculty at St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary School and currently lives at her community's motherhouse in San Francisco.

is celebrating 25 years as a Sister of the Presentation. The San Francisco native attended St. Monica Elementary School and Presentation High School, where she later taught.

She is currently Administrator of Presentation Retreat Center, Los Gatos and lives in San Jose.

Sister Estelle Meiers, PBVM

Sisters of Mercy Burlingame Omaha Region

Sister Lois Corporandy, RSM

Sister Sheila Murphy, RSM

Sister Patricia Toolan, RSM

Sister Mary Clotilde Cena, RSM

Sister Mary Angelo Lobato, RSM

Sister Rose Stec, RSM

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Mercy. Bom in San Mateo, she is a graduate of St. Catherine Elementary School and Mercy High School, Burlingame. A medical technologist since 1983 at her community's St. Mary 's Medical Center, San Francisco, Sister Lois spent previous years teaching at her elementary and high school alma maters. She now lives in San Francisco.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Mercy. Born in Ireland, she has taught at Burlingame's Our Lady of Angels and St. Catherine elementary schools, San Mateo's now closed St. Bartholomew Elementary School and San Francisco 's Holy Name of Jesus and St. Gabriel elementary schools. Sister Sheila now lives in San Diego.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Mercy.

A Lansing, Michigan native , Sister Patricia has taug ht at St. Catherine Elementary School , Burlingame as well as Merc y High School , Burlingame and Mercy High School , San Francisco. The speech and drama specialist now lives in Burlingame .

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Mercy.

The Weed, Ca. native attended Holy Names College, Oakland and Dominican University, San Rafael. She served as a pastoral associate at Daly City 's St. Andrew Parish from 1984-89 and since then as a volunteer in the Religious Education program at Hol y Angels Parish , Colma.

She lives in Daly City.

is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of Mercy.

She is a former Director of Catholic Charities ' Rita da Cascia House in San Francisco for women with AIDS and has been volunteer co-coordinator with Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group.

Sister Angelo currentl y resides in San Francisco.

is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of Mercy.

The Nebraska native 's service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco has included five years as a pastoral associate at St. Andrew Parish, Daly City and currently as volunteer with the Religious Education program of Holy Angels Parish , Colma. Sister Rose lives in Dal y City.

Sisters of the Good Shepherd Sister Mary Gertrude Sen , RGS Sister Estelle Small, RSM

Sister Clareta Doyle, RSM

Sister Sylvia Grandsaert , RSM

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Mercy. The New York native is a former member of the faculty at St. Catherine Elementary School, Burlingame and since 1979, most recently in a substitute capacity, has taught at Mercy High School, San Francisco where she currently lives.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Mercy.

A native of Redlands , Ca., Sister Clareta served as nurse at San Francisco's St. Mary Medical Center from 1943 - 70.

She now resides in Burlingame.

is celebrating 70 years as a Sister of Mercy.

Sister Sy lvia, born in Rochester, New York, most recently and until 1995 served in pastoral care to the elderly at San Mateo 's St. Gregory Parish.

She curren tly resides in Burlingame.

is celebrating 50 years as a Good Shepherd Sister.

Born in China , she attended schools there and later in the Philippines and the United States.

Sister Sen has served in ministry in China and cities including Los Angeles , New Orleans and Chicago. She is a former director of Religious education at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish and currentl y resides at her community 's residence on Bacon St. in San Francisco.

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Sister Patricia Campbell, RSM

Sister Gemma O'Keeffe , RSM

is celebrating 25 years as a Sister of Mercy.

Bom in Duluth, Minnesota, Sister Patricia later attended St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo and Mercy High School, Burlingame.

A former case manager with Catholic Charities of Oakland, Sister Patricia now serves as social worker to the elderl y women of San Francisco's Madonna Residence.

is celebrating 25 years as a Sister of Mercy.

The San Francisco native is a graduate of St. Stephen Elementary and Mercy High School, San Francisco and completed a law degree at UC Berkeley 's Boalt Hall. Sister Gemma has been a practicing attorney with the San Francisco firm O'Keeffe & O'Keeffe since 1987.

Sister Mary Elizabeth McCarthy, SNDdeN

Sister Mary Laxague, SNDdeN

Sister Patricia Hoffman , SNDdeN

is celebrating 60 years as a Notre Dame Sister. Born in Los Gatos, she attended College of Notre Dame, Belmont. She is a former member of the faculty at Notre Dame High School, Belmont and her community 's now-closed high school in San Francisco. She has also served at St. Mary 's Medical Center, San Francisco and now lives in the Sunset District.

is celebrating 50 years as a Notre Dame Sister.

Born in Nevada , she attended College of Notre Dame, Belmont, where she later taug ht, and San Jose State University. She has also taught at her community's schools in Watsonville and Marysville. She now lives with her community in Belmont.

is celebrating 50 years as a Notre Dame Sister. Bom in San Mateo, she attended Our Lady of Ml. Carmel Elementary School, Redwood City, and Notre Dame High School and College of Notre Dame, Belmont.

She is a former member of the faculty at Notre Dame Elementary School, Belmont, and has also served at San Francisco's Mission Dolores and Church of theEpiphany, and SanCarlos'St.Charles.

She now lives in San Carlos.

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

From left: Holy Names Sisters Kathleen McDonough , Maleada Mary Strange , Sylvia Bartheld, Mary Ann Stark , Virg inia Stuart.

From left: Holy Names Sisters Mary Evangela Brannaman , Mary Celestine McCurd y, Ann Veronica Murphy, Mary O'Brien.

Sister Sylvia Bartheld, SNJM

Sister Mary Evangela Brannaman, SNJM

is celebrating 50 years as a Holy Names Sister. Bom in San Francisco, she is a former principal of San Francisco's St. Cecilia Elementary School and for 16 years served in the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in roles including assistant superintendent of schools. She currently coordinates institutional research at her community's Holy Names College in Oakland.

is celebrating 70 years as a Holy Names Sister.

Bom in San Francisco, she attended Holy Names College, Oakland. She served for more than 50 years assisting the sick, primarily in her community's infirmaries. She has lived at her community 's Los Gatos convent since 1977.

Sister Kathleen McDonough , SNJM is celebrating 50 years as a Holy Names Sister. A native of Cleveland , she grew up in Southern California. She is a former teacher and school principal now involved in parish ministry, most recently in La Canada where she resides.

Sister Mary Ann Stark, SNJM is celebrating 50 years as a Holy Names Sister. She grew up in Southern California and has taught in elementary and secondary schools including her community 's Holy Names High School in Oakland. Since 1970 she has lived and served at Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra.

Sister Maleada Mary Strange, SNJM is a native San Franciscan perhaps best known for her parish work at St. Timothy, San Mateo and St. Dunstan, Millbrae , and 20 years as an elementary school teacher. She has also been staff to the Diocese of Oakland. She now lives and serves at St. Joan of Arc Parish, San Ramon.

Sister Virginia Stuart , SNJM is celebrating 50 years as a Holy Names Sister. Born in Oakland, she has ministered primarily in Southern California as elementary school teacher and paiish pastoral associate. She is currentl y completing a sabbatical .

Sister Jacquelyn Slater, SNJM is celebrating 50 years as a Holy Names Sister. Born in Southern California , she is a former member of the faculty at Marin Catholic High School. She is also a former dean of admissions at Holy Names College, Oakland. She has served in parish ministry at St. William, Los Gatos and St. Teresa, San Jose and currently resides with her community in Los Gatos.

Sister Mary Celestine McCurdy, SNJM is celebrating 70 years as a Holy Names Sister.

She served for 45 years in elementary education including assignment as principal at Sacred Heart Elementary School, Oakland She also served as convent treasurer al Holy Names College, Oakland for eight years and today lives with her community in Los Gatos.

Sister M. Ann Veronica Murphy, SNJM is celebrating 60 years as a Holy Names Sister.

Born in Fresno, she attended schools in Los Angeles and Stockton. She is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco 's St. Monica and St. Cecilia elementary schools.

She has lived with her community in Los Gatos since 1993.

Sister Mary O'Brien, SNJM is celebrating 60 years as a Holy Names Sister.

Born in Los Angeles, she is a former member of the faculty at Oakland's Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Francis de Sales schools. She was also her community 's first Postulant Director following establishment of the office in 1960. She is a wellknown social justice advocate and has been part of delegations to severa l Central America countries.

She lives with her community in Los Gatos.

Sisters of the Holy Cross Sister M. Laurencita Maloney, CSC is celebrating 70 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. A native of San Francisco, she has served locally at St. Pius Parish, Redwood City. She now lives at her community's St. Mary's Convent in Notre Dame Indiana.

Sister M. Carmelita Morales, CSC is celebrating 65 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Bom in Southern California, where she currently resides, she has served in the Archdiocese at Redwood City's St. Pius Parish.

Sister M. Romanus Smith, CSC is celebrating 65 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Born in New England , she is a former principal of St. Matthew Elementary, San Mateo and St. Pius Elementary, Redwood City. She now lives in Fresno.

Sister Maria Ave Gorman is celebrating 65 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross.

Born in San Francisco, she taught at the City 's St. Charles Elementary, and served in parish ministry at St. Pius, Redwood City. She now lives at St. Mary's Convent in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Sister Marie Esperie Hall, CSC is celebrating 65 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Born in Michigan, she is a former member of the faculty at St. Matthew Elementary, San Mateo and St. Pius Elementary, Redwood City. She now lives in Southern California.

Sister Josephine Callahan, CSC is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Born in New York City, she is a former member of the faculty at St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo. She now lives in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Sister Ann Keating, CSC is celebrating 55 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross.

Born in Sacramento, she has served at University of San Francisco and as a mid-wife at San Francisco General Hospital. She now lives in Fresno.

Sister Margaret Flaherty, CSC is celebrating 55 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Born in Idaho, she is a former member of the faculty at St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo. She now lives in Southern California.

Sister M. Susanna Collins, CSC is celebrating 55 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross.

Bom in San Francisco, she taught at St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo and served as a tutor at St. Pius Elementary School, Redwood City. She now lives in Southern California.

Sister M. Timothea Kingston, CSC is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Born in San Diego, she has taug ht at St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo. She now lives in New Jersey.

Sister Angela Marie Emrick, CSC is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Born in Southern California, she is a former member of the faculty at St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo and vice-principal at St. Pius Elementary School, Redwood City. She now lives in Notre Dame , Indiana.

Sister M. Albertine Kramer, CSC is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Bom in Illinois, she is a former member of the faculty at St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo and former principal at St. Pius Elementary School , Redwood City. She now lives in South Bend , Indiana.

Sister Margaret Mary Duggan, CSC is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Born in Oakland , she is a former principal of St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo. She now lives in Southern California.

Sister M. Agnes Jean Vieno, CSC is celebrating 50 years as Sister of the Holy Cross. She is a former member of the faculty at St. Matthew Elementary, San Mateo and St. Charles Elementary, San Francisco as well as a former professor at the University of San Francisco. She now lives in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Sister Lauretta Kearney, CSC is celebrating 55 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. Bom in Los Angeles, she has taught at St. Matthew Elementary, San Mateo and St. Pius Elementary, Redwood City. She now lives in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Sister Martha Ann Norwood , CSC is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of the Holy Cross. She is a former member of the faculty at St. Matthew Elementary, San Mateo and now lives in Murray, Utah.

Archdiocesan Priests Archbishop William J. Levada

Bishop John C. Wester

is celebrating 40 years of priesthood.

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, he was named an auxiliary bishop there by Pope John Paul II in March 1983 and ord ained Bishop in May of that year.

He was appointed Archbishop of Portland in Oregon in 1986 and served there until being named coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco in August 1995 and succeeded Archbishop Quinn as San Francisco 's seventh Archbishop on Dec. 27, 1995. Serving the Church locally, nationally and internationally, Archbishop Levada has assisted in ecclesial projects including the writing of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

is celebrating 25 years of priesthood.

Born in San Francisco and raised in Our Lady of Mercy Parish , Daly City, Bishop Wester served as pastor of St. Stephen Parish, San Francisco. He has also served as assistant superintendent of Catholic schools , president of Marin Catholic High School and administrative assistant to the Archbishop . He was appointed auxiliary bishop of San Francisco

by Pope John Paul II in June 1998 and ord ained Bishop on September 18 of that year.

Father Joseph Jaszovsky

Father John L. Zoph

Msgr. Thomas I. Kennedy

Father Anthony Lee

Father William J. Flanagan

Father George Meyer

is celebrating 70 years of priesthood. Ordained in Austria, he began service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1952 as a parochial vicar at Star of the Sea Parish, San Francisco. Bom in Hungary, he also speaks English, German and French. At die time of his retirement in 1984, he had also served at San Francisco parishes including Sacred Heart and Most Holy Redeemer. He now lives at St. Anne's Home, San Francisco. He turned 94 years old on March 16.

is celebrating 65 years of priesthood, 55 of which he lived as founding faculty member, librarian, teacher and mentor to students at Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo. In 1999,jit the tim.eof his retirement, the school said that Father Zoph had been "most importantly a priest" at the school and had helped students learn a faith they "could take out into the world." Father Zoph, who recently celebrated his 93rd birthday, now lives at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland.

is celebrating 60 years of priesthood. A former principal at Juni pero Serra and Marin Catholic high schools , Msgr. Kennedy is also a former pastor of St. Denis Parish, Menlo Park, where he served from 1961- 65.

Msgr., Kennedy is retired pastor of St. Raphael parish, San Rafael where he served from 1965 until his retirement in 1989. He now lives at Nazareth House in San Rafael.

is celebrating 60 years of priesthood. Born and ordained in China , Father Lee was imprisoned by the country 's communist government from 1955-69. He moved to Oakland in 1980 and to the Archdiocese of San Francisco two years later, serving in-residence, at the now closed Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, San Francisco. He retired in 1992 to Serra Clergy House , San Mateo and now lives at St. Anne's Home, San Francisco.

is celebrating 55 years of priesthood. Born in San Francisco, he is a member of the class of '39 from Sacred Heart High School. Father Flanagan is retire d pastor of St. Mark Parish , Belmont having served there from 1980-93 and earlier, also as pastor, from 1965-69. He continues to live and assist at St. Mark 's.

is celebrating 55 years of priesthood. He is retired pastor of St. Matthias Parish, Redwood City having served there from 1983-92. He is a former pastor of Our Lady of the Pillar parish , Half Moon Bay, 1965-75, and St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo, 1975-83.

He now lives at St. Bartholomew Parish, San Mateo.

Father Filemon Ojeda

Father Eugene Duggan

Father James O'Malley

Father Paul A. Perlite

Father Joseph O'Connell

Msgr.

Francis Lacey

is celebrating 55 years of priesthood. Born in the Philippines , he began service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1985 as a parochial vicar at Church of the Epiphany, San Francisco.

He has also served at St. Emydius Parish , San Francisco, and as a chaplain at San Francisco General Hospital. Retired since 1991, he now lives at Church of the Epiphany.

is celebrating 55 years of priesthood. Born in Berkeley, he attended St. Augustine elementary and St. Mary 's College high school there. He is a former pastor of St. Denis Parish, Menlo Park, 1970-83, and retired pastor of Saint Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Sausalito where he served from 1983-94 and where he continues to reside. Father Eugene 's brothers are Father Paul Duggan, ordained 1948, and Father William Duggan, ordained 1953.

is celebrating 55 years of priesthood. Father O'Malley is retired â&#x20AC;˘ pastor of St. Kevin Parish, San Francisco where he returned on June 3 as homilist at a Mass commemorating the 75th anniversary of the parish church.

He has also served as parochial vicar at parishes including St. Gregory, San Mateo and St. Michael, San Francisco. Father O'Malley, who retired in 1993, lives at St. Anthony Parish, Novate

is celebrating 55 years of priesthood . He was founding pastor of St. Thomas of Canterbury Parish in San Jose and served in numerous parishes in the East Bay. He is retired pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Olema, 1981-85, and has served as parochial vicar at parishes including St. Paul, St. Teresa and Sacred Heart, San Francisco.

Father Perlite now resides and assists at St. Rita Parish, Fairfax.

is celebrating 50 years of priesthood. He retired in June, after 16 years as pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Mill Valley.

He is a former pastor of St. Dunstan Parish, Millbrae, 1976-85, and Sacred Heart, San Francisco, 1972-76.

He has also served at St. Anselm Parish, Ross, St. Elizabeth and Star of the Sea, San Francisco, and St. Vincent's School for Boys, San Rafael. A Mass of Thanksgiving and reception commemorating his years as a priest took place at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on June 16.

is celebrating 50 years of priesthood. He is retired pastor of St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon, 1990-97 and former pastor of St. Isabella Parish, San Rafael, 1976-84. He is also a former faculty member and vice-principal of Marin Catholic High School, and vicar general/ moderator of the curia for the archdiocese, 1984-90.

Retired since 1997, Msgr.

Lacey now lives at St. Hilary, where a Mass of Thanksgiving and reception commemorating his years as a priest took place on June 16.

Father Patrick Keane

Father Bernard Brennan

Father Antonio Petilla

Father John K. Ring

Father Edmund Shipp

is celebrating 50 years of priesthood. He is retired pastor of St. Cecilia Parish, Lagunitas, 1983-86, and former pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, Pacifica, 1972-77. He has also served at Holy Name of Jesus Parish and St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, San Francisco and St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame. Father Keane now lives at Serra Clergy House, San Mateo.

Father Robert K. White

is celebrating 40 years of priesthood. Born in New York City, he has served in the Archdiocese of San Francisco since 1967 and has served at parishes including St. Mary's Cathedral, and St. Cecilia.

He served on the faculty of Junipero Serra High School and currently assists at parishes including St. Gabriel, San Francisco and St. Veronica, South San Francisco.

is celebrating 40 years of priesthood. Born in the Philippines, he began service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco as a parochial vicar at St. James Parish, San Francisco in 1987.

Subsequent appointments took him to Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Dal y City.

He has been pastor of St. Kevin Parish, San Francisco since 1998.

is celebrating 40 years of priesthood . Pastor of the Marina District's St. Vincent de Paul Paiish since 1987, he is former pastor of Mater Dolorosa Parish, South San Francisco. He has also served as a parochial vicar at Most Holy Redeemer and St. Brigid, San Francisco, St. Patrick, Larkspur, and St. Bartholomew, San Mateo.

Father John 's brother is Father Vincent Ring, pastor, St. Robert Parish.

is celebrating 40 years of priesthood. A former pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, Pacifica, 1985-89, he has most recently served as chaplain at San Francisco General Hospital and is a former member of the faculty at Junipero Serra High School, and parochial vicar at parishes including Holy Name of Jesus, San Francisco. He is in residence at St. Peter Parish, San Francisco.

is celebrating 40 years of priesthood. Pastor of Church of the Assumption, Tomales since 1986, he is a former pastor of St. Timothy Paiish, San Mateo, 1983-86. He has served as a parochial vicar at parishes including St. Pius, Redwood City, and San Francisco 's Church of the Epiphany and St. Thomas More Parishes.

Father John L. Greene

Father Jerome Leach

Father Alex Legaspi

Father Clifford A. Martin

Father William Young

is celebrating 25 years of priesthood. Chaplain to - the San Francisco Fire Department since 1983, he was appointed pastor of San Francisco's St. Monica Parish in 1999. He has also served at parishes including Star of the Sea, St. Paul , Epiphany, St. Stephen, and Mission Dolores in San Francisco.

is celebrating 25 years of . priesthood. A native San Franciscan, he presided at a Mass of Thanksgiving at his home paiish of St. James. He suffers from throat cancer, a condition that he says has led him to "value and experience just one day." Father Leach's twin sister is Mission San Jose Dominican Sister Mary Virginia Leach.

is celebrating 25 years of priesthood. Bom and ordained in the Philippines, he began service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1980 as a parochial vicar at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, San Francisco. He has also served at St. Mary's Cathedral. He was named pastor of Daly City 's St. Andrew Parish last year.

is celebrating 25 years of priesthood. He is a former pastor of San Francisco's St. Kevin Parish and most recently served as administrator of San Mateo's St. Timothy Parish. He has also served at parishes including Daly City 's Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady of Perpetual Help and South San Francisco's St. Augustine.

is celebrating 25 years of priesthood. Currently in ministry to residents of Laguna Honda Hospital, he has formerly served at St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo; and St. Elizabeth and Most Holy Redeemer parishes, San Francisco.

Capuchin Franciscan Fathers and Brothers

Salesians of Don Bosco

Father Bertram Mulligan, 0FM Cap.

Father Camillus MacRory, OFM Cap.

Brother Peter Ciolino, OFM Cap.

Father Gabriel Zavattaro, SDB

Father Salvatore "Jack" Giacomini, SDB

Father Larry Lorenzoni, SDB

is celebrating 60 years as a Capuchin. Born in Ireland, he is a former pastor of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame, where he is currently Provincial Archivist at his community's Provincial House that is located within the parish compound.

is celebrating 50 years of priesthood. Bom in Ireland, he is a former member of the faculty at Rochestown College there as well as a former parochial vicar at Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame, where he currently resides in the Provincial House as Director of on-going education for his community.

is celebrating 25 years as a Capuchin. A native San Franciscan, he is a graduate of USF and a former member of the faculty at the nowclosed Presentation High School, San Francisco.

He currently serves as guardian of his community's Burlingame Provincial House.

is celebrating 75 years as a Salesian. He is a former pastor of Sts . Peter and Paul Parish, San Francisco, 1955-61, and has served for many years in the administration of his community.

He now lives at Sts. Peter and Paul in North Beach.

is celebrating 50 years of priesthood. He spent many years in the education apostolate at Salesian schools in California and is a former pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, San Francisco, where he now lives and serves as a parochial vicar with particular ministry to the Italian community.

is celebrating 50 years as a priest. He has served in the local Bay Area for all but 10 of his years as a priest, most recently as development director for the Salesian province. He is well known for his often-printed letters to the editor in papers and magazines around the country. He Uves at his community's provincial house in San Francisco.

Society of Tesns

Society of St. Sulpice

Father Edwin J. McDermott, SJ

Father Ronald D. Witherup, SS

is celebrating 65 years as a Jesuit.

Father McDermott came to San Francisco with his famil y as a boy from Denver attending Mission Dolores Elementary School and the Jesuits ' St. Ignatius College Preparatory.

He was director of the University of San Francisco's Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership from 1978-89 and continued to teach in the program until 1999. He lives with the USF Jesuit community.

is celebrating 25 years of priesthood.

Born in Pennsylvania, he has earned degrees, including a doctorate in Biblical Studies from Union Theological Seminary, in Richmond Va., from St. Mary 's Seminary and University in Baltimore and St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York.

He is a former member of the faculty at St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park and currentl y is Provincial Superi or of the Society of St. Sul p ice in Baltimore .

St. Patrick Fathers

Franciscan Fathers

Father Liam 0'Byrne, SPS

Father Robert Pfisterer, OFM

is celebrating 60 years of priesthood.

Following his ordination in Ireland , he spent well over 20 years ministering in the Diocese of Ogoja, Nigeria and is said to be responsible for the establishment of numerous churches and schools there. Local ly, he has served at St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo and now lives at San Francisco 's St. Anne 's Home.

is celebrating 50 years of priesthood.

A native of Southern California , Father Pfisterer is a former pastor of St. Boniface Parish, San Francisco and currentl y is parochial vicar at St. Anthony Parish, San Francisco.

Father Pfisterer, who holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology, is a former president and professor at The Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley.

Sisters of Religious of Daughters of St. Joseph the Sacred Mary Help Heart of Tesus of Christians of Carondelet

Sister Katherine M. Cassidy, RSCJ

Sister Maureen Cronin, RSCJ

Sister Rosa Thi Giang Hoang, FMA

Sister Diana Filipas, FMA

Sister Teresa Ann Coronas, CSJ

Sister Carmel Therese Gutierrez, CSJ

is celebrating 50 years as a Sacred Heart Sister.

The San Francisco native has served as assistant librarian at the University of San Diego and librarian at San Francisco College for Women. She now lives at Oakwood, her community 's retirement center in Atherton.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sacred Heart Sister.

A native San Franciscan, she attended Star of the Sea Elementary School later earning a doctorate at Stanford University.

Sister Cronin, now a resident of her community 's Oakwood retirement center, is a former assistant to the Provost and director of institutional research at University of San Diego.

is celebrating 25 years as a Salesian Sister. Born in Saigon, she attended elementary and high school in Vietnam, later studying at schools in the Philippines as well as Loyola Marymount and the University of San Francisco in the United States. She has taught at schools as far away as Vietnam and China and as close as San Francisco's Corpu s Christi Elementary and Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary where she currentl y resides.

is celebrating 40 years as a Salesian Sister.

Born in San Francisco, she attended All Hallows Elementary School and St. Vincent de Paul High School. Sister Filipas has served as teacher and catechist in schools in Texas, New Jersey and California , most notably Corpus Christi Elementary and Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary, San Francisco where she currentl y resides.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Born in Hawaii, she attended high school and college in Los Angeles. She is a former writer for the Hawaii Catholic Herald newspaper and has taught in schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Southern California.

Sister Coronas resides at her community's St. Joseph Convent in San Francisco.

is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Born in Madera , Ca., she is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco's St. Emydius Elementary School and tutor at San Jose City College. She currentl y serves as parish sister at Star of the Sea, San Francisco and lives at her community 's St. Joseph Convent in the outer Richmond District.

Daughters of Charity

Society of Helpers

Sister Florence Urbine, DC

Sister Maria de la Cruz Aymes, SH

is celebrating 70 years as a Daughter of Charity. She was born in Iowa, later moving with her family to Southern California where she attended hi gh school.

After entering religious life, she earned a degree in nursing fro m Louisiana State University. She is a former director of nursing at her community 's Charity Hospital, New Orleans and has served at Daughters of Charity facilities in Texas, Tennessee and California, most recently at Seton Medical Center, Daly City.

is celebrating 60 years with the Society of Helpers.

Born in Mexico City, she attended schools there and later Catholic University in Washington, DC and the University of San Francisco. She is highly respected in the field of Religious Education as well as a sought after speaker and writer about the subject. She has taught at the University of San Francisco and St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park as well as served with the Vatican's International Council for Catechesis. She retired in 1996.

Dominican Sisters of San Rafael

Sister M. Paul Kirk , OP

Sister M. Catherine Browne, OP

Sister M. Bede Heinen, OP

Sister Genevieve Miranda, OP

Sister Rita Moore, OP

Sister M. Samuel Conlan, OP

is celebrating 70 years as a Dominican. The San Francisco native attended St. Rose Academy, San Francisco, where she later taught, and Dominican University, San Rafael.

She also taught at San Francisco 's Sacred Heart and San Rafael' s St. Raphael elementary schools. Sister Paul now lives at her community's Our Lady of Lourdes Convent, San Rafael.

is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican. A native of Vallejo, she attended St. Vincent Ferrer High School there and later Dominican University in San Rafael. She has been a member of the faculty at San Francisco's St. Dominic Elementary School, San Rafael's Dominican Convent Lower School and San Anselmo's San Domenico School where she currently resides.

is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican. A native of Freeport, Illinois, she attended Dominican University, San Rafael. She is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco 's St. Dominic Elementary, Daly City's Our Lady of Mercy Elementary, and San Rafael's St. Raphael Elementary, and St. Isabella Elementary schools. Sister Heinen currently lives at St. Mary 's Convent in Reno.

is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican.

The Tulare, Ca. native attended San Rafael' s Dominican University and has taug ht and served as principal at Catholic schools in cities including Reno, Los Angeles, and Stockton. Sister Miranda currently resides at Our Lady of Lourdes Convent , San Rafael.

is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican . The San Francisco native attended Oakland' s Holy Names High School and San Rafael's Dominican University.

She is a former member of the faculty at San Rafael' s St. Raphael Elementary School and San Francisco 's St. Rose Academy. Sister Moore currently lives at St. Rose Convent , San Francisco.

is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican. The San Francisco native attended St. Rose Academy, San Francisco and Dominican University, San Rafael where she later served as professor and president and where she currently resides.

Sister Conlan is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco's St. Dominic Elementary and San Rafael's St. Raphael Elementary schools.

Sister Maria Foraboschi, OP

Sister Karen Marie Franks, OP

Sister Susannah Malarkey, OP

Sister Leona M. Marchand , OP

Sister Kristin Wombacher, OP

Sister Diane Smith, OP

is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican.

Born in Monterey, she attended Dominican University in San Rafael and has taug ht at that city 's St. Isabella Elementary as well as San Francisco ' s Sacred Heart Elementary schools. Sister Foraboschi now lives at Dominican Convent in San Rafael.

is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican. A native San Franciscan, Sister Franks attended St. Rose Academy, where she later was principal, and Dominican University in San Rafael. She has been a member of the faculty at Mercy High School and St Peter's Elementary school in San Francisco, and Holy Angels Elementary School, Colma. Sister Franks now lives at St. Dominic Convent, San Francisco.

is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican.

The Portland , Oregon native attended San Rafael's Dominican Convent Upper School , where she later taught, and Dominican University where she is currently a Religious Studies instructor. Sister Malarkey also serves as Director of Santa Sabina Retreat Center in San Rafael where she resides.

is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican. A native of Lodi, Ca., she attended Dominican University in San Rafael. She is a former member of the faculty at St. Raphael Elementary School , San Rafael. Sister Marchand currentl y lives in Stockton.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican. The Los Angeles native was a member of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission of the early to mid-90s and has served as a psychologist at Napa State Hospital. She is a former member of the faculty at her community's St. Rose Academy.

Sister Kristin currently lives at St. Rose Convent, San Francisco.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican.

The San Francisco native attended Dominican Convent Upp er School and Dominican University, San Rafael. She is a former member of the faculty and principal of San Rafael's St. Raphael Elementary School and teacher at St. Dominic Elementary School , San Francisco. Sister Diane now lives in Reno.

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Sister M. Aaron Winkelman, OP

Sister Francine McCarthy, OP

Sister Kathleen Owen, OP

Sister Raya Hanlon , OP

Sister Theresa Kuss, OP

Sister Patricia Bruno, OP

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican.

The Santa Rosa native attended San Rafael 's Dominican University, where she later taught, as well as San Francisco State and UCLA. She is also a former member of the faculty of St. Rose Academy, San Francisco.

Sister Aaron lives at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Convent in Mill Valley.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican. Bom in Stockton, she later attended Dominican University, San Rafael.

She is a former member of the faculty at San Rafael's Blessed Sacrament and St. Raphael schools as well as San Anselmo's San Domenico Lower School and Marin Catholic High School. Sister Francine currently resides in Santa Clara.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican. The Alameda native attended Dominican University, San Rafael and has taught at St. Dominic Elementary School, San Francisco.

Sister Kathleen , who now lives in Charleston, South Carolina, has also served as a hospital chaplain in that city and the states of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican. The San Rafael native attended Marin Catholic High School and Dominican University. She has taught at Daly City's Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School and her community's St. Rose Academy. Sister Hanlon currently serves as a Canonical Auditor in the Canon Law department of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and lives in San Bruno.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican.

The New York City native attended Dominican University in San Rafael . She has taught at San Domenico School in San Anselmo . Sister Kuss currentl y resides at Siena Convent in Napa.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican. Born in San Francisco, she later attended Marin Catholic High School and Dominican University. Also a popular retreat leader , she has taught at Catholic schools in cities including Benicia , Monterey and Stockton. Sister Bruno now lives in Berkeley.

Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Little Sisters of the Poor Sister Maria Christine Lynch, lsp

Sister Katherine Hamilton, OP

is celebrating 25 years as a Little Sister of the Poor.

Sister Maria Christine was a student at Milwaukee 's Marquette University when she decided to enter religious life. She has served in her community 's apostolate to the elderl y poor in cities including Scranton , Pennsy lvania , Baltimore and Cleveland, and since 1997 at her community 's St. Anne 's Home on Lake Street in San Francisco.

is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican.

The McCloud , Ca. native attended San Rafael' s Dominican University. She has taug ht at Dal y City 's Our Lad y of Merc y Elementary School , San Anselmo 's San Domenico Lower School and San Rafael' s Dominican Convent Lower School. Sister Hamilton now lives at Siena Convent in Napa.

Dominican Sisters of Corpus Christi Monastery. Menlo Park Sister Mary of the Holy Spirit Martignetti , OP

Sister Mary Francis Pantoja , OP

is celebrating 55 years as a Dominican.

Sister Marti gnetti was about to be married when she accepted an opportunity to visit a monastery and immediately "fell in love with Love. " She is a prize winning photograp her and gifted with a beautifu l singing voice.

is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican. Sister Pantoja was born in Mexico. She came to the monastery at the age of 20 later becoming a citizen of this country.

Though hampered by age, her compassion and concern for those around her continues.

Sister Mary Aquinas Camodeca, OP is celebrating 40 years as a Dominican. A native of Portland , Oregon, Sister Aquinas discerned her vocation during a year of service at the parish of her youth.

Her life at the monastery goes back to a time when tending a small farm was part of everyday chores but her greatest talent continues to be cooking. Sister Aquinas says her life of prayer has brought her "peace of soul."

Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Sister Isabel Espinosa, OP is celebrating 75 years as a Dominican. Born in Mexico, Sister Espinosa has formerly served at St. Vincent 's School for Boys in San Rafael. She currentl y resides at Dominican Sisters Care Center in Mission San Jose.

Sister Guala Wimmer, OP is celebrating 75 years as a Dominican. Born in Germany, she has taught at St. Vincent School for Boys in San Rafael. She now lives at Dominican Sisters Care Center, Mission San Jose.

Sister Beda Franzler, OP is celebrating 70 years as a Dominican. Bom in Germany, she has taught at schools in the Diocese of Oakland. She now lives at Dominican Sisters Care Center, Mission San Jose .

Sister Regina Marie Novacek , OP is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican.

Born in Illinois , she attended school in Los Angeles later teaching at San Francisco 's St. James Elementary School. She currentl y lives and serves at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in La Canada.

Sister John Dominic Samaha , OP is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican.

Born in San Francisco, she attended St. James Elementary School , where she later served as principal, and Immaculate Conception Academy, where she later tau ght.

She currently resides at St. Joseph Priory, Mission San Jose.

Sister Clarissa Marie Koscielski , OP is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican.

Born in Texas, she attended schools in Los Angeles. She is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco 's St. James Elementary School and Immaculate Conception Academy. She now lives in Queen of Peace Community, Mission San Jose.

Sister Concepta Maciel, OP is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican. A native of San Jose, she attended Fremont schools and has taught primarily in Southern California and since 1964 in Mexico where she currently lives and teaches at Colegio La Paz. Sister Renilde Cade, OP is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican. Born in Montana , she attended school in Oregon. She is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco 's Immaculate Conception Academy and currently serves in Anaheim.

Sister Maria De Fatima Foelker, OP is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican.

Born in Texas, she is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco 's St. James Elementary School and Immaculate Conception Academy. Since 1967, she has lived and served in Mexico.

Sister Julian Dion , OP is celebrating 50 years as Dominican. Born in Chicago, she attended school in Oakland. She is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco's St. James and St. Anthony elementary schools and now lives at St. Joseph Priory in Mission San Jose.

Sister Evelyn Casper, OP is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican. Born in Southern California , she is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco's Immaculate Conception Academy. She now lives in Queen of Peace Community, Mission San Jose.

Sister Rose Martin, OP is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican. A native of San Francisco, she attended Noe Valley's St. Paul elementary and high school.

She has served primarily in elementary schools throughout California and now resides at St. Therese Convent, Portland , Oregon.

Sister Mary Ellen Kelly, OP is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican .

Born in Oakland , she is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco's St. James and St. Anthony elementary schools . Since 1968, she has lived in Mexico City and served as principal of Colegio Juni pero .

Top from left: Dominican Sisters Clarissa Marie Koscielski , Concepta Maciel; 4th row from left: Dominican Sisters Regina Marie Novacek , John Dominic Samaha , Maria De Fatima Foelker , Rose Martin; 3rd row from left: Dominican Sisters Renilde Cade , Ellen Kelly, lmelda Marie Dibble , Julian Dion , Evelyn Casper; 2nd row from left: Dominican Sisters Carol Marie Brown , Kathleen McAvoy, Mary Susanna Vasquez , Kathleen Marie Raya; Bottom from left: Dominican Sisters Guala Wimmer , Beda Franzler.

Sister lmelda Maria Dibble , OP is celebrating 50 years as a Dominican.

A native of San Francisco, she attended St. James Elementary School where she later taught. She also served at San Francisco 's Immaculate Conception Academy and St. Anthony Elementary School, which became St. Anthony Immaculate Conception School several years ago. She now lives at St. Callistu s Convent , Santa Ana. Sister Mary Susanna Vasquez , OP is celebrating 25 years as a Dominican.

Born in San Francisco, she attended St. Anthony Elementary School and Immaculate Conception Academy. She is a former member of the faculty at San Francisco' s St. James and Immaculate Conception elementary schools.

She currentl y resides at St. Edward Convent in Newark.

Sister Kathleen McAvoy, OP is celebrating 25 years as a Dominican.

Born in Oakland , she attended Bishop O'Dowd Hi gh School there and has served as teacher and princ ipal at elementary schools including St. Elizabeth, Oakland. She now lives at Our Lad y of Guadalupe Convent , Fremont.

Sister Carol Marie Brown , OP is celebrating 25 years as a Dominican.

A native of New England , she attended schools in Massachusetts later teaching at Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco. She now serves as insurance coordinator for her community and lives at Queen of Peace Convent in Mission San Jose .

Sister Kathleen Marie Raya , OP is celebrating 25 years as a Dominican.

Born in Southern California , she attended schools in Anaheim and Fullerton.

She has taught in San Jose, Los Altos and Fremont , and served as Special Needs Coordinator at St. Elizabeth , Oakland. She currently resides at Immaculate Conception Priory, San Francisco.

McCutchen heads School of Pastoral Leadership Archbishop William J. Levada has appointed David McCutchen to succeed Jesuit Father Michael Barber as Director of the School of Pastoral Leadershi p effective August 6. Father Barber , who served on loan to the Archdiocese from the California Jesuit Province , will move on to comp lete his doctoral studies in Rome.

The School of Pastoral Leadershi p is a project for the further education and formation of lay Catholics recommended by the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission.

It offers basic classes in Catholic theology and lay formation , as well as specialized courses in specific areas of the lay vocation and lay ministries.

Mr. McCutchen graduated , cum laude , in 1993 with a Bachelor ' s degree in Theology and a minor in Philosop hy from the Franciscan University in Steubenville , Ohio. He went on to complete a Master 's

degree in Theology, taking an additional year to specialize in catcchetics.

While stud ying in Steubenville , he served as Director of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program at Hol y Famil y Parish.

He taug ht reli gious studies at St. John Catholic High School , Bellaire , Ohio and collaborated in the production of an RCIA manual under the direction of Professor Barbara Morgan at Franciscan University.

Mr. McCutchen served the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois as Director of its Office of Evangelization and was primary instructor for Evangelization in the lay ministry leadership program of the diocese.

The 36 year old Texas native is an adult convert to Christianity. Study ing scri pture and theology as a Protestant , he eventuall y found his home in the Catholic church. He became Catholic in 1986 and developed a

"burning desire" to learn more about Catholicism. He also became very drawn to Franciscan spirituality.

He considered the idea of entering relig ious or ordained life but decided on a lay vocation.

A lay person "participates in the mission of the Church to make discip les of all nations ," he said , "what 's uni que about the lay vocation is that its mission is primaril y in the world; in family life , the professions and civic life. " Within that vocation there are peop le who are called to specific ministerial positions within the Church.

"Formation for a specific ministry should be situated within the broader context of adult faith formation ," he said.

Mr. McCutchen explained the School of Pastoral Leadership provide s valuable adult formation opportunities for all lay people, whatever their ministry or talents.

Mr. McCutchen is married , has three daughters and a son born last week.

Babies, babies everywhere — even some who can 't be seen yet

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In Washington in mid-July, it was babies, babies everywhere .

On one side of town, the al-Qahtani septuplets were struggling to survive at Jesuit-run Georgetown University Hospital, where they were born to a Saudi Arabian couple Jul y 12.

On Capitol Hill, a toddler named Hannah Strege and 9month-oid twins Mark and Luke Borden were being touted in the debate over embryonic stem-cell research as living proof that there is no such thing as a "spare " embryo.

And then there were the babies that couldn 't be seen — the unborn children that pro-life lobbyists and lawmakers were working to protect from research-driven death.

At Georgetown, doctors credited the successful delivery of the seven children — only the third known set of septuplets to survive birth — to their Muslim mother 's serene state of mind and strong belief that "God is going to help."

The mother, whose name has not been made public , took fertility drugs to conceive, and never considered the option of destroying any of the fetuses to help the others survive , said her personal physician, Dr. Mutahar Fauzia.

"My patient ... didn 't believe in taking the lives of babies," Lucinda and John Borden hold their 9-month-old said Dr. Fauzia.

The story of the Strege and Borden children, whose parents brought them to Washington to participate in press con- the destruction of human embryos. ferences , a congressional hearing and national media interThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops also featured tire views, showed another path to birth.

Borden twins in a full-page ad July 19 in Roll Call, a newspaEach of the children started life as a frozen embryo, creat- per that circulates on Capitol Hill , aimed at refuting the myth ed at in vitro fertility clinics and donated by their biological diat "excess embryos are just going to be discarded anyway." parents to the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program of the "Hannah, Luke and Mark give the debate over stem-cell Nightlight Christian adoption agency in California. research three beautiful faces," said Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., According to the adoption agency, there are between who opposes embryonic stem-cell research and has introduced 11,000 and 22,000 similar childre n today who could be the Responsible Stem-Cell Research Act of 200 1 to provide $30 placed for adoption with any of the 2 million infertile couples million in additional federal funding of adult stem-cell research, waiting to begin families of their own. a promising alternative to the embryonic cells.

Lucinda Borden, who gave birth to Mark and Luke nine Marlene Strege, mother of 2-and-a-half-year-old Hannah, months ago after the formerl y frozen embryos were implant- said she cried when she heard Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, refet ed in her womb, said she would like President Bush "to look to frozen embryos in a radio interview as "notiiing more than a into our children 's eyes" as he considers whether to imple- dot on a piece of paper." ment or revoke National Institutes of Health guidelines that When her husband came home, she told him, "Our little dot would permit federal funding of stem-cell research involving just put Winnie the Pooh in the toilet today."

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Patriarch Michel Sabbah, head of the Latin Rite Christian community of Jerusalem will speak at San Francisco 's, St. Anne of the Sunset parish on August 6. The organizers have changed the venue and details for the event since it was first publicized in Catholic San Francisco.

Mass and a comp limentary reception will be followed by remarks by Patriarch Sabbah. The Patri arch 's hope for peace in the region is based on the fact that all people of the region "call on the same Father of all: Abraham and pray to the same God: Allah , Adonai , Hashem, the Most High and Holy. "

The Patriarch believes that "Jerusalem should become a symbol of hope and reconciliation."

Former United Nations economist in Palestine, Mr. Salem Ajouni, will MC the evening. It begins at 6:30 p.m. at St. Anne at 14th and Judah Streets in San Francisco. All are welcome, free of charge, but sponsors wishing to support the needy of the Holy Land may send checks to 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA 94122.

For more information on Patriarch Sabbah , please visit website : hltp://www.al-bushi-a.org/latpatra/patriarcharticie.htm

"The story of Hannah and other adopted embryos underscores why we should not spend federal t axpayer dollars to destroy human embryos to steal their precious stem cells," said Mr. Smith. "These cells are not ours to take."

In testimony before a Senate subcommittee July 18, Richard M. Doerflinger, associate director for policy development at the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, made clear that society must protect human life long before it reaches the point of seeing babies' faces, In part of his lengthy testimony, Mr. Doerflinger rejected the argument that embryos created but not needed by infertile coup les can be used for research because they "would be discarded anyway" by their parents.

'This is, to say the least, fallacious reasoning," he said. "If parents were neglecting or abusing tlreir child at a later stage, this would provide no justification whatever for the government to move in and help destroy the child for research material."

But opponents of embryonic stem-cell research suffered two setbacks in mid-July. First, an NIH study commissioned by the Bush adirunistration said both embryonic and adult stem-ceil research should continue. Then Sen. Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican who is the only physician in the Senate, came out in support of embryonic stem-cell research despite his opposition to abortion.

But Mr. Smith said the NIH report gave credence to those who support increased funding of adult stem cells.

"They don 't take ethics into consideration, they ignore some of the recent studies that show adult stem cells can change and proliferate, and still they conclude that adult stem cells have amazing potential," he said. "This confirms what we have been saying all along. Since ethics do matter, and adult stem cells are an ethical alternative to research that destroys human embryos, the government should fund adult stem-cell research."

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Mr. Bush , a Methodist , thanked the pope for reminding Americans of their "special calling to promote justice and to defend the weak and suffering of the world. " "You remind us that wealth must be matched with compassion and moral purpose ," he said.

He gave the pope a two-volume leather-bound anthology of American poetry, a first edition printed in 1849.

The U.S. leader also met for 15 minutes with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state.

A Vatican source said that during his meetings, Mr. Bush seemed well prepared on foreign affairs top ics and took charge of the discussions. He was accompanied by Condaleeza Rice, his national security adviser.

The sourc e said Cardinal Sodano asked Mr. Bush to

use U.S. influence to promote closer ties between the Vatican and communist China, where Catholics are forbidden to profess loyalty to the pope. Vatican officials also thanked Mr. Bush for American defense of religious freedom around the world.

Mr. Bush told reporters he was honored to have met the pope , "an extraordinary man" whose leadershi p "has not only affected political systems , but affected the hearts and souls of thousands of people around the world. " Meeting the pope is "hard to describe ," he said. "I' m not poetic enoug h to describe what it 's like to be in his presence."

Contributing to this story were Nancy Frazie r O 'Bri en and Pa tricia Zapor in Washington.

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During the ceremony, Mr. Bush sat strai ght in his chair , hands folded in his lap. His wife and daug hter wore dark business suits and black lace veils.

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It is a debate over who we are, about our origin and our destiny.

The immediate outcome of this debate seems inevitable. Researchers will be allowed to create and then destroy embryos, perhaps with government funding and perhaps with some "safeguards." Scientists will then plunge into research creating human embryos, harvesting their stem cells and then destroying the embryos. If all goes according to the plan, this process will lead to cures for the most feared human diseases, and (he world will be a healthier, happier place.

Human embryos will be destroyed in the process but that 's the price of progress, according to the advocates of this sort of research. While some of these advocates acknowledge there is a moral issue involved, they say the good that will be accomplished far outweighs the bad .

It is extraordinarily difficult to counter that argument in a society so thoroughly secularized as ours — because the only argument against this sort of scientific "progress" is based on a vision of humanity that is thoroughly sacred.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: "It is immoral to produce human embryos intended for exploitation as disposable biological material." This is not an arbitrary position dreamed up by narrowminded moralists intent on blocking scientific progress. This teaching has its roots in the mists of time, in the book of Genesis: "God created man in his image, in the divine image he created him, male and female, he created them."

The defenders of research on embryos shake their heads at such talk. "Get real," they say. "We ' re talking about anonymous microscopic specks, not Adam and Eve." But why are these microscopic specks so extraordinarily valuable to science? Precisel y because they are human .

Sperm and eggs can sit on a laboratory shelf forever and will remain sperm and eggs, nothing more. When the sperm fertilizes an egg, however, scientists have something new, something human. Human person?

Human being? Human life? Theologians and politicians can argue endlessly about the terminology, but the reality is this: an embryo is the first stage of a development that leads directly — if it is not snuffed out by disease, accident or the human intervention — to a baby, a toddler, an adolescent, an adult, a senior citizen and, finally, a citizen of heaven.

For those who believe we came from nowhere and are going nowhere, nothing is sacred, certainly not a human embryo. For those of us who believe we were created by someone and that we are going somewhere, all human life is sacred.

With the good that may be done so highly visible and the harm caused nearly invisible,, the question of research on embryos is a difficult one, but for those of us who believe that "in the divine image he created him, male and female, he created them," it is a question with only one answer.

PJ

Hate mail in Chronicle

In its July 18 issue, the San Francisco Chronicle served up a bit of oldfashioned hate mail in the form of a full page ad condemning the Catholic Church as the "Mother of Harlots" and the papacy as the "anti-Christ."

Amazingly, the Chronicle staff carefully reviewed the mindless and defamatory "Earth's Final Warning" and found it met the paper 's "standards." So much for standards.

It 's easier to forg ive the Sweetwater Seventh-day Adventist Association for placing the ad than to forgive the Chronicle for running it. The folks from Sweetwater are acting out of religious zeal, misguided but undoubtedly real. But a newspaper as proud of its reputation as the Chronicle certainly should know better.

Some of the people who approved the ad are now having "second thoughts." That 's good. The problem is with their first thoughts: that defaming the Catholic Church is acceptable behavior.

There is an old saying: "Anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of the intellectual." The saying doesn't fit the ad's authors, but the people at the Chronicle who found the ad acceptable ought to look into their own souls.

They might be unpleasantiy surprised at what they find. PJ

Don't look awayf rom suffering

1 wish to express my sincere admiration of our Pope John Paul II. As a person who happens to be a paraplegic and must use a wheelchair, I admire the strenuous efforts our pope makes and, while I understand people's concern over his health, I do not feel he should retire until he feels he has done all he can.

Many people are uncomfortable seeing someone who is clearl y not in complete physical comfort. Suffering is still hard for people to see, to accept. Despite our pope 's physical setbacks, here we have someon e continuing to selflessl y work and do so much because he has so very much yet to offer. We are enriched by his efforts. So don 't be afraid to look upon his suffering frame — and do feel moved to compassion. It is Christ 's message: "Pick up your cross and follow me."

I urge everyone not to be afraid to look into the eye of suffering. Let your hearts be moved. If you cannot stand to gaze on the suffering pope, then what value do you place on the crucified Christ, enduring his own disfigurement and the loss of earthly life.

Oh, but look at what he gained for us. (— Maija Murphy Pacifica

Honoring saints, not p laster

Liberal but not knee-jerk How much have we lost with the death of state Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk? A personal experience may help. He was the highest ranking public official ever to answer the phone when I called. The call was to obtain an opinion he'd written a few years ago. Justice Mosk sounded pleased to be asked. Courteously, he assured me it would be in the next mail, and it was.

The opinion too was revealing. A skipout father had returned, asking to share custody of a child bom well after he'd left Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers. Please: >• Include your name, address and daytime phone number, >- Sign your letter. >" Limit submissions to 250 words. >~ Note that the newspaper reserves the right to edit for clarity and length.

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Focus on moral issue

George Wesolek (July 13, CSF) rightly observes that the Unborn Victims of Violence Act is a step in the right direction.

This is so, however, primarily because it recognizes the value of human life in the unborn baby. The legal definition of the personhood of the unborn baby is a —I secondary consideration.

Abortion is a moral evil because all human life is sacred and for this reason must be protected from the time of conception until natural death. This moral imperative transcends legal aspects of the issue, including the legal definition of a "person." To allow the battleground to be moved from "what is human life" to "what constitutes a person" is to allow the pro-abortion people to once again set the agenda. They did this before when they shifted the discussion from "what is the moral issue in abortion?" to "who should make this choice?" In doing so they moved the focus to "a woman's right to choose" and away from the moral issues involved in her choice. Now they are attempting to set the agenda by framing the issue, focusing on "who is a person?" rather than on "what is human life?"

Why does this matter? If the discussion is based on traditional moral considerations — if the focus is on human life, and the moral necessity to protect human life — the pro-abortion I side loses because even they have conceded that medical science has demonstrated that the fetus, whether a "person" or not, is a distinct human life. But if the focus shifts to mere legal considerations, and the question becomes "who is a person entitled to legal protections? ", then the pro-abortion lobby will probably win.

The legal meaning of "person" as used in the US Constitution (see, particularly Amendments V and XIV) has changed over time. A slave once counted as only 3/5th of a person, and there has never been a further legal modification of "person" to include the unborn. Where legal protections have been extended to the unborn , specific statutory language has been used such as in the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Certainly a Supreme Court that refuses to overrule Roe v Wade is not about to extend the meaning of the word "person" in the Constitution to include the unborn.

We must continue to focus on the moral issue involved in abortion and not let the pro-abortionists drag us into a legal argument that they can win.

Gordon L. Graham Berkeley

E T T E E S

Christopher J. Smith (CSF, July 13) writes how he is appalled by acts of devotion — touching or kissing — to "tawdry plaster statues" in some parishes.

He questions the art but there really is no accounting for taste. He prefers "carved wood and marble." He questions the veneration "directed to the material itself." He then goes on to deride "cheap painted plaster" and asks us to "recognize the importance of what is appropriate in the three-dimensional images of Christ and our saints."

Culturally, many people are raised to touch the feet or kiss the face of images of Christ and the saints. As I do this, I can tell you I have no difficulty realizing the statue is not the saint.

Why would you imagine anyone does?

I kiss the photograph of my wife in my wallet — and my children 's. They are only photos. Still my heart aches.

Any human being can easily make the distinction between a symbol and the actual.

These are not difficult concepts, Mr. Smith.

And whether the art is two or three dimensional, plaster or porcelain, in any ethnic style on the face of the earth, you should know the definition of "good art" is that it relates to the human condition, not artificial, educated taste.

Neil Hammari Sausalito

Letters welcome

home. Justice Mosk cut him off at the pass , not buy ing the belated display of fatherly concern "Parental responsibility begins at first knowled ge of pregnancy," Mosk wrote.

For a liberal like Mosk, that was a gutsy call, spelling out that a parent-child relationship exists much earlier than some people want to admit. B y that logic, good questions arise. Can we honestl y authorize a mother to end her unborn 's life, on the claim she's entitled to control her reproductive life? How far from there to the toddlers maternally sacrificed in South Carolina and Texas?

The judiciary needs more independent thinkers like Stanley Mosk: A liberal? Yes. Knee-jerk? Never.

James W. Kelly San Bruno

In defense of 'Sisters '

I am surprised that the reputable San Francisco Catholic would print a letter, such as that of Lorraine Gemigniani (CSF, July 13), which describes the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as "a pack of idiots" and "cowards." Neither charge is substantiated in her letter.

I can understand Ms. Gemingniani' s concern at the blatant lampooning of the Roman Catholic Church perpetuated by the sisters.

But perhaps she has overlooked their generosity to charities such as the American Cancer Society, AIDS Emergency Fund, Breast Cancer Action, S.F. Suicide Prevention , and the Names Project, to name a few.

Cathy Patterson San Francisco

Ref lections

Sterilizations in Catholic-affiliated hospitals Through many decades of the Church's ministry in ethical practices might be in conflict with Catholic moral health care in the U.S., the Catholic bishops have issued and principles. periodically revised ethical and pastoral guidelines that help The bishops ' 1995 Directives provide sound ethical and medical professional s working in Catholic hospital facilities pastoral guidance in addressing this type of question by (and non-Catholic facilities) to reach good and morally sound insisting that any non-Catholic health care institution entering jud gments regarding health care. The most recent revision into an arrangement with a Catholic entity must uphold ceroccurred in 1995 when the U.S. bishops approved the Ethical tain moral values (e.g., absolute prohibition of abortion, and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. assisted suicide, or eu thanasia) and agree on certain "comOver the years, health care management has become mon values:" e.g., the dignity of all persons, especially the extremely complex due to such factors as the growing sophis- poor and powerless; the need to create a warm and accepting tication of medicine, physician groups, payment options, and atmosphere for patients and workers; the importance of cargovernance. At times, these types of complex medical ing for the physical and spiritual needs of a patient; the pri advances reach across denominational lines when Catholic vacy of the patient/physician relationship; proper care for the and non-Catholic entities join together to provide better and dying; and the use of effective pain management. more cost-effective medical assistance.

Last month the U.S. bishops revised the 1995 Directives Consequently, there is an increasing reality in Catholic (specifically Part Six) in order to provide greater clarity and health care today that encompasses multiple arrangements assistance to Catholic health care providers when entering with non-Catholic health care providers. Not all into partnerships with non-Catholic health care entities. This CathoIic/non-Catholic arrangements are "equal partner- latest revision does not preclude partnerships but spells out ships." Some arrangements represent, e.g., joint purchase of clear criteria for these arrangements: M technology and services; others represent a co-sponsorshi p in The religious and ethical identity of the Catholic health integrated delivery networks or managed care organizations; care facility must never be compromised. some are mergers; and others are joint operating agreements.

Catholic teaching on ethical issues must never be comIn other words, there is a variety of types of interwoven rela- promised. tionships.

Scandal must be avoided.

The reasons for these types of agreements are many: The bishop must be involved in the discussions and e.g., to provide for better and more cost-effective medical decision in order to help guide the moral and pastoral concare; to create less dup lication of services in a geographic cerns of the Church. area; to lessen the financial burden of any one health The principle governing such alliances (i.e., the ethical provider; to provide a continuum of health care to a commu- princip le of formal and material cooperation) must be carenity; to offer new opportunities to serve the poor and vulner- fully interpreted. able.

Arrangements between Catholic and non-Catholic These relationships hav e at times created difficult chal- health care entities should be periodically evaluated by all lenges for the Catholic institution: e.g., how to maintain the concerned parties.

Catholic identity of a hospital or Catholic health care system Both the Catholic and non-Catholic entity should underthat affiliates with a non-Catholic health care entity whose go proper educational sessions in order to better understand

Catholic values relating to health care and respect for human life.

Some reports on the June 15th revision have misunderstood and misrepresented these points by claiming, e.g., that the bishops have "declared" sterilization immoral and forbid direct sterilizations in Catholic hospitals (see, e.g., the San Francisco Chronicle, June 17 and June 22).

In light of the Church's teaching on human life and direct sterilization, such procedures have never been permitted in a Catholic hospital. The U.S. bishops are not declaring anything new.

The point of the recent revision is to reiterate the points made above and to indicate that should a Catholic health care entity enter into an arrangement with a non-Catholic health care entity, formal cooperation hi evil acts is never permissible, and mediate material cooperation can be allowed only when the Catholic entity is not directly involved in the governance or management of the non-Catholic entity, and that no financial benefit comes to the Catholic entity from practices performed at the non-Catholic hospital that the Catholic Church teaches are immoral.

This June revision will not be understood or accepted by anyone who does not respect Catiiolic teaching on the integrity and dignity of human life.

The revision is aimed at pastoral clanty and bnngs no new teaching or ethical innovation.

It is perhaps necessary for all Catholic and non-Catholic health care entities that already share a common relationship to revisit this bond in order to better understand and appreciate Catholic health care values and moral principles.

Father Gerald Coleman

Family Lif e

Learning from examples, good and bad Watching my children at then swimming lessons, I have observed that the essence of learning is imitation. During each class, the teachers show the kids this or that part of a stroke and then require them to copy it, over and over again. The children must practice many, many times before dieir clumsy gesticulations approach the masterful movements of their teachers, but that is the goal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to replicate them perfectly.

I am sobered by the thoug ht that my children are imitating not only teachers who share their expertise with them, but also me and their father, who day in and day out model behavior that is not always exemplary. There is nothing more humbling than to look at a child during one of his darker moments, say during a tantrum, and feel uncannily as though one were looking in a mirror.

At a social function some time ago I met a mother who was raising her first two-year-old, and her conversation with me went something like this: "You have four children !

How do you manage? I mean I only have one and she is driving me crazy. She is always whining, like every day, all day long, she is whining, I just can 't stand it. How do you get them to stop whining? 1 mean I am going nuts... " On the way home I told my husband , "Whenever I carry on like that , please try to snap me out of it."

A friend who has already raised five children has remarked, "The good news is, children turn out to be a lot like their parents." He has said this with a grin, but I have responded with a wince, fearing that my children are doomed. Then again , if I am trying to imitate Jesus , why should I worry?

As my daughters were drying off after one of their swimming classes, I noticed a mother holding a newborn and struggling with a wet, fitful three-year-old. She looked tired and exasperated, and my heart went out to her, so I impulsively asked, "May I help you?" My empathy must

have been communicated, for with a look of relief, the woman handed me her baby.

Looking with delight at the sleeping infant in my arms, I was completely oblivious to those who were looking at me. That is, until on ' the way to the car my seven-year-old daughter said, "You know, Mommy, that woman reall y needed your help," and the lesson is we should never be afraid to offer someone a kindness.

The lesson is also we parents should not be afraid to follow Jesus, no matter how many times we fail, for we are not the only ones learning from it.

Vivian W Dudro

Sp irituality

Original sin: Taking by force, not giving in love Theologian James Mackey once shared this story in a classroom: A man on a hunting expedition in Africa hiked into the bush by himself , and shot two wild turkeys , Buckling these to his belt , he was walking back toward camp, when he realized he was being followed. Frightened , his hands tightened on his rifle.

His fear was quickly dispelled. What he saw was a boy, about 12, naked and hungry. The man realized the boy wanted food. He opened his belt , let the turkey s fall to die ground, and backed away. The boy ran up to the turkeys, but didn ' t pick them up. He looked toward the man and, in his own language, began asking him for something.

Not understanding what the boy was asking, but sensing that he wanted permission to lake the birds, the man gestured to him that it was OK. But the boy kept asking and gesturing. Finally, the boy stepped back and stood silently with his hands out, open in front of him â&#x20AC;&#x201D; waiting until the man came and placed the turkeys into his hands.

Then he ran off into the jung le. He had , despite his hunger and need, refused to take the birds. He had waited until they were given to him.

This boy did what Adam and Eve didn't do. He accepted that life had to be given him and that he could not take it all on his own, no matter how desperate he was.

The story of the fall of Adam and Eve is colored throughout sexual imagery. The sexual motif in the story, however, is a metaphor, an image of rape. Adam and Eve took, as by force, something which can only be received in love.

The condition that God gave Adam and Eve might be summarized this way: "I am giving you life . I will bathe you in life. But you must receive it and never take it. As long as you receive it, it will always be life-giving, but on the day you begin to take, rather than receive, your actions will begin to deal death, distrust, alienation, nakedness, and shame."

That single commandment encapsulates all morality.

Sometimes we ask why God gave a commandment to Adam and Eve. Why not paradise without conditions? The question is a valid one, but , in answering it, we must be careful to not see the commandment as some arbitrary thing that God might have asked or not asked. The condition isn 't arbitrary; it's inherent within love itself.

God made a love-contoured universe . In such an order of things, everything is gift. Nothing may be snatched, grabbed by force , or claimed b y right. Life can only be received as gift, respectfully, in its own time. It's the same with love. Something is only love and it can only give life when it is freel y given and gratefully received. .

Love is not unconditional and never can be. There is a condition innate to love itself. To be love , something must be received as gift.

Conversely, if love is snatched by force , we have another word for that. We call it rape.

The sin of Adam and Eve wasn't sexual, but it was an act of rape.

They wrongfully took what was intended as gift. Our culture, which tells us that we are foolish not to take for ourselves the good things we want, too often invites us to do the same thing.

The story of Adam and Eve is an attempt to summarize the Ten Commandments in a single condition: "You may receive, but you may never take!" That's also the lesson in Jesus ' gentle correction of he rich young man . The man had asked: "What must I c ) m possess eternal life?"

Jesus's answer: "If you would receive eternal life, you must, like the young African boy, stand before life with empty hands and wait until it is given you."

Father Ron Rolheiser

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY With a touch of humor, God's Word gets to our hearts Some purposeful humor pervades this Sunday s liturgy of the Word and brings us to value the prayer of the assembled community and our individual prayer. Abraham literall y wears God down with his plea for the salvation of Sodom and Gomorrah, playing the Philadelphia lawyer, "Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city; would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it for the sake of the fifty innocen t people within it?" The "friend" (in the Gospel) who disturbs his friend who has gone to bed obtains his request for "three loaves of bread" because of his badgering "persistence." While we are amused and permit ourselves a smile, God's Word gets to our hearts in a powerful and disarming way.

Although the initial intent of our reading from Genesis wishes to underscore the evil of Sodom and Gomorrah where the sacred laws of hospitality were violated and no plea-bargaining of Abraham did actually prevail (the cities were destroyed), we hear something different from the passage in our Sunday assembly. Incredible as it may seem, our God does listen to us, hearing our pleas and requests because he is vulnerable where we are concerned, because he has chosen to love us. Incredible as it may seem, he would make these wonders happen for each other and for would be willing to hear Abraham's prayer for the evil cities the world: "Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us and spare the guilty along with the innocent (if there were our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, any innocent): "But he (Abraham) still persisted: 'Please, and do not subject us to the final test. " let not my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time. What if there were at least ten (innocent people) there?' He replied, 'for the sake of those ten, I will not destroy it.'"

While our gospel selection presents God as loving Father as well ("If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children , how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?") and while it encourages us to have at God with persistent prayer ("Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."), we are treated with a prayer that identifies us with Jesus. ("Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."). The formula that we hear is first of all Jesus' attitude at prayer and then only the verbal expression of that attitude, according to Raymond E. Brown, S.S., Olympian biblical scholar.

When Jesus prayed, he, first of all, longed for the final day when all would be gathered b y God's love into the community of worship wanted by God: "Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come." Jesus then went on to pray that the final day 's banquet , forg iveness, and rescue When we hear Jesus ' attitude and formula of prayer, would be experienced by communities here and now, who we are reminded that the gospel of Luke and the Acts show

Father David M. Pettingill

Whenfesus prayed , he, first of all , longed f or the final day when all would be gathered by God's love into the community of worship wanted by God: "Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13

what happens when we pray. Notice what happens when Jesus prays , presumably with this attitude: "He (Jesus) took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray.

While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white." The same experience occurs when the early Church community prays: those who pray are changed and so select at one time a replacement for Judas , missionaries at another, and ministers of table at still another. Luke insists that the community 's prayer "transfigures " the prayers into answers to their own prayer.

Jesus prays and is transformed into the risen Lord, (at the Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-36) the one in whom God's kingdom comes, in whom his name is hallowed, and in whom people share bread, forgiveness, and rescue. When we pray, no less happens to us. The very men, women, and children at Sunday Mass, and we ourselves become answers to our prayers.

That is why Colossians insists that there is no other explanation for the people gathered in Sunday assembly but God's reconciling act accomplished in Christ and shared in through our initiation into the Church: "You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. " Bullseye !We started with a smile; we end in worshipful awe.

Questions for small communities of faith: What type of prayer has been most effective for you?

What do you feel is good about it? What is missing?

What prayer is more effective to reinforce the fact that we belong to a community? What about Scripture and prayer?

come."

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

The Blessing of Time: Constructive critiques How many of us who are choir directors ever seem to get "enough" time in rehearsal with our choirs? At the seminary, I am fortunate to rehearse several times a week with a core group of committed singers. These individuals are used to my conducting cues, aware of phrasing techniques gained over time and used to listening for support in the accompaniment simply because we sing together all of the time. We sing for several liturgies a week such as Eucharist, the liturgy of the hours and other liturgical events, and even some that may arise by surprise in our community's life. Given this, we are the fortunate ones.

However, we too find that when more challenged singers join us, who are not necessarily as motivated as our general core, the need for more rehearsal looms largely ! What We all need is more time, or at least the best use of the little time we have.

How many of us consider ourselves truly open to receiving

Father Jim McKearney

critique of our work ? By this I mean constructive critique - that

what most of us need is not more courage to "chew out" our choir members, but rather more courage to look at how effectively we the directors are using our precious time with our choirs. In a series of these columns I will offer a few suggestions among many possible suggestions to assist us all in better using our time with our choirs.

Perhaps the first thing we can do by way of suggestion is to evaluate our present situation. Let us begin with an important question. How many of us consider ourselves truly open to receiving critique of our work? By this I mean constructive critique - that critique which is reasonable and intelligent . Do we seek out this critique from trustworthy individuals? Do we evaluate our program with our pastoral staff in a collaborative fashion? What are our choir members saying about our rehearsals?

critique which is reasonable and intelligent.

"Time heals," or so they say, and it sure heals sour notes, broken phrases and choral imbalances! Given the fact that time is our most precious commodity; are there any ways to address these musical problems in a timely fashion? Are there any ways to help volunteers to minister more effectively without losing them? I suspect that

When I served as Dean of our Chapter of the American Guild of Organists in Danbury Connecticut, I remember hearing complaints at a choir festival about one of the conductors who was revealing poor rehearsal techniques. I was not surprised to hear that he was also not open to healing critique from his parish choir members ..This director was wasting time in rehearsals with socializing, senseless humor, and idle conversation to such a degree that choir members were leaving his choir in frustration. His parish community was suffering, the quality of parish liturgies was decreasing as a result of his work and there was talk of dismissing the director behind his back. A bad situation was being made worse almost dail y by a progressive breakdown in communication, the director 's lack of self-awareness and his blatant refusal to evaluate the program in light of these realities.

Honesty about the effectiveness of our rehearsals is essential in order to fix what is not working and to improve on what is working. If we do not alread y formally evaluate our programs with our pastoral staff and musicians, then perhaps this can serve as a reminder of the importance of doing this regularly and formall y. I say formally because there is a temptation to allow informal, passing comments to suffice in favor of saving time and energy. Formal evaluations take time, but when feedback appears in writing there can be a sense of ownership about what is said that may not occur with informal or passing comments. Formal evaluation offers us the opportunity to see our situation more clearly in order to fine-tune our programs.

Next time I will explore the possibilities available to us in making our rehearsals more interesting for our choirs.

Father McKearney is a Sulpician candidate from the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn., and director of music for St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

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St. Mark's Parish Center is dedicated The new parish center at Belmont 's St. Mark Parish was dedicated on June 10, following a Mass with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding and Msgr. Floro Arcamo, St. Mark's pastor, Father William Flanagan, pastor emeritus, and Father Miles O'Brien Riley concelebrating.

The center was completed in March at a cost of $ 1,800,000. The sale of a three- acre vacant lot on St. Mark's site, rebates from

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the Education Campaign, the sales of the CD "Songs of Inspiration" recorded by the pastor, and donations from parishioners and friends made the center possible, according to parish officials.

"The good peop le of St. Mark's have worked hard and long to realize this dream," said Msgr. Arcamo Parishioners celebrated with a potluck get-together inside the new building .

Retreat for families of people with disabilities Families of individuals with disabilities are invited to attend a Sept. 23 retreat from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Mark's Church, 235 Marine View, in Belmont.

'These parents really are wonderful people," says organizer Lynn Zupan of the Archdiocese's Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. "They never complain and they have really heavy responsibilities. The idea is to give them a break for quiet reflection and prayer in the church, while the young people will be in the hall doing crafts, music and all kinds of things."

Father Miles Riley, who celebrates the weekly TV Mass, will present the retreat , which the Archdiocese 's Advisory Committee for Individuals with Disabilities is organizing. The Bay Area Knights of Columbus is underwriting the effort .

Interested persons need to pre-register for the free event by Sept. 7 with Ms. Zupan at (415) 614-5655. Organizers need volunteers to help with crafts and to work one-to-one with people in wheelchairs.

Siblings are welcome, Ms. Zupan said.

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Young Adults Oct. 27: Fall Fest 2001, 5th annual Young Adult Conference with keynote, workshops , Mass , dinner and dance. Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596 or mjansen@styam.org.

Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Sleiner St., SF. 7:15 - 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692.

Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program , 5:30 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges@yahoo.com.

Help at St. Joseph's Village Homeless Shelter. Bi-monthly Sat. from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Village is at 220 10th St., SF on site of former St. Joseph Parish. Call sj sangsf@yahoo.com; (415) 584-5587; anne.petrides@centresolutions.com; (415) 440-3598.

Synergy Yoga at St. Agnes/SF, Mon. and Wed. 7:30 - 9 p.m. in Lower Gym Hall , $3 per class.

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Single, Divorced, Separated Aug. 10-12: Singles Encounter Weekend , a time for unmarried individuals age 20 and older to discove r God's plan for them in their lives. A combination of teaching, sharing, spiritual direction, individual reflection. Holy Redeemer Center, 8945 Golf Links Road, Oakland. $125 fee includes meals and lodging. Call Suzanne Nazario at (650) 588-5209.

Consolation Ministry Our Lady of Angels , 1721 Hillside Dr. Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs .

9:30 - 11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 6977582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St between Fulton and Grand , Redwood City, Thurs , 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew.

1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30-ÂŁ p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 8789743; Good Shepherd , 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica . Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 3552593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette ai (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 401h Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext.

218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481.

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

Datebook Lectures/Classes/Radio- TV July 29: The 100 years of St. Anne's Home and the Little Sisters of the Poor in San Francisco by John H. McGuckin, Jr. at St. Anne's Home, 300 Lake St., SF at 2 p.m. Refreshments follow talk.

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Beginning Aug. 1, San Francisco 's St. Dominic Parish will begin a week-long series of celebrations commemorating its patron and the 9th anniversary of the completion of the church's massive retrofitting. Call (415) 567-7824 for details.

Aug. 5-12: Icon Workshop with Dominican Father Brendan McAnerney of the Latin and Melkite rites.

Lectures and making your own icon of Christ the Teacher are highlights of the week-long session at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. $300 fee includes all materials. Previous art experience not necessary. Call (415) 567-7824 or tim@stdominics.org.

Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief" Sundays at 9 a.m. on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525.

Jeffrey Burns, Ph.D., archivist and noted historian, is the featured guest on Channel 5's Mosaic airing Aug. 5 at 6 a.m. and Aug. 12 at 2:30 a.m. Dr. Burns is author of the recently released three-volume History of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The Catholic Radio Hour commemorates its more than 50 year history with special live and taped programming July 30 through Aug. 3, 7 - 8 p.m., on KEST 1450 AM. Guests include Bishop John Wester , Bishop Daniel Walsh of Santa Rosa.

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Food & Fun Aug. 14: YLl Angela #90 Bingo Lunch at noon in 3t. Bruno Church Hall, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San 3runo. $13 Call Pegat (650) 588-7888.

High School or Mission Dolores Elementary should call Sally Casazza at (415) 566-2820.

Aug. 18: 50th reunion for St. Anselm Elementary School class of '51 in the school gym, 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo. Call Pat Minahen Wright at (415) 892-2439.

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

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

Sept. 8: Mercy High School, SF class of '86 al Ramada Plaza Hotel, SF. Preliminary information already mailed, invitations to follow. Classmates who have not been contacted should call Deborah Heffernan Hinds at (925) 694-2843.

Sept. 28: Redwood City's Our Lady of Ml. Carmel School hosts a celebration for all pre-1941 graduates. Lunch and tour included. Call Julia Tollafield al (650) 366-8817.

Class of '46, Presentation High School, SF is looking for classmates for an upcoming 55th reunion. Call Carolyn Bacigalupi at (415) 821-2541.

Alumni, former students, parents, grandparents of St. Finn Barr Elementary School, SF. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Call (415) 469-9223 and leave your name, address and phone number.

Perf ormance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

July 29, 31: Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Mendolssohn's Elijah at the Carmel Bach Festival.

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

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

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Aug. 25: 20th reunion BBQ at Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Call Gilmore Sipowicz at (503) 529-6580.

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Volunteer Opportunities Aug. 7: Volunteer orientation at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County, 50 North B St., San Mateo at 1:30 p.m. Learn the history of SVDP which has been serving the poor of San Mateo County since

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur celebrate 150 years in California The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, an international religious order numbering nearly 3,000 members, is marking 150 years of service in California this year, The Sisters, who came to California in 1851 at the invitation of San Francisco 's Archbishop Joseph Alemany, now sponsor five schools in the California Province: College of Notre Dame, Notre Dame High School and Notre Dame Elementary in Belmont; Notre Dame High School in San Jose; and Moreland Notre Dame Elementary in Watsonville.

Julie Billiart founded the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in France in 1804, in the midst of the religious, social and political upheaval following the French Revolution. Ju lie Billiart, a French peasant woman, envisioned a community living simp le, prayerful lives, engaged in a ministry of education and service to the poor, especially women and children.

By 1840, the sisters were in Belgium, England and the United States. By the beginning of the 20th century, they were in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

In 1851, the sisters came to San Francisco, where Bishop Alemany invited them to open a school in San Jose, then the capital of the state. In 1868, the sisters incorporated the first women's college in the state in Sail Jose, College of Notre Dame, subsequently moving to an enlarged campus in Belmont.

In San Francisco 's 1906 earthquake, their newly constructed elementary and secondary boarding school was dynamited to save Mission Dolores. The sisters quickly rebuilt. Today, Notre Dame Sister Kathryn Keenan is Assistant Principal and Counselor at Mission Dolores School where her bilingual skills assist the many children entering kindergarten often speaking only Spanish.

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur live in the tradition of their founder St. Julie Billiart, who said, "God wants to make use of you to teach others to know and love him. Devote yourselves to this work ." They continue their traditional teaching roles and have started new ministries to meet the needs of people who are under-served, including helping high-risk students living at below poverty level, acting on behalf of domestic violence victims, offering housing and security for families in crisis, helping young adults with learning disorders, extreme poverty and more. They also sponsor a House of Prayer in Carmel, offering opportunities for spiritual renewal and retreats. In the U.S. over 150 volunteers give one or more years of service to Notre Dame-AmeriCorps, a program ran by the sisters and described by officials as the domestic equivalent of the Peace Corps.

The sisters held a major celebration , a "Festival of Thanks," in late June celebrating their 150 years anniversary at St. Joseph Cathedral and San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose.

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St. Joseph's Village, a homeless shelter for families at 10th and Howard St., SF, is looking for dedicated office volunteers to answer phones and greet residents. If you are interested in volunteering, call Dewitt Lacey at (415) 575-4920.

San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8"30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonys.org.

Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop.

Welcome visitors from around the world, distribute brochures , accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203 , ext. 30.

SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext. 2422.

Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265.

California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization, needs volunteers to help with their 20 year old tradition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to their Tenderloin neighbors. Call (415) 621-3279.

Maryknoll Affiliates: Bay Area chapter meets 3rd Sat. for two hours at Maryknoll House, 2555 Webster St., SF to share community, prayer, and action on social justice and global concerns. Members occasionally do short periods of mission sen/ice around the world at Maryknoll locations. Call Marie Wren at (415) 331-9139 or mwren48026@aol.com.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, p lace, address and an information phone number.Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired.

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Thanks to Andrew Isetta, the 'Rosary Man' of Marin Commentary By Jack Smith If you' ve ever had a chance meeting with Andrew Isetta you likely have a little memento of the encounter. Over the last 15 years Mr. Isetta has handed out little rosary rings and angel pins to nearly everyone he met. By the time of his death last month, the "Rosary Man" of Fairfax, in Marin County had given away more than 60,000 rosary rings and 50,000 angel pins during his tenure as an apostle of Our Lady.

I got my first rosary ring as an altar boy at Mr. Isetta 's parish of Saint Rita. He came up to me after Mass , said something funny, thanked me for doing a good job on the altar and gave me a little ring with ten beads and a cross and casually announced that Mary would always help me in time of need. I didn ' t pay much attention , at the time.

It wasn't the last rosary ring I received. At the local stores, on the street, after Mass, Mr. Isetta made an effort to bring some joy and fun into the lives of people he met and to tell them about his devotion to Mary.

"He used to go and teach the kids at St. Rita's about the devotion to Mary and how to pray to her and how she would always be there for them," Mr. Isetta 's daughter-inlaw, Julie Isetta. said.

According to his wife of 61 years, Winifred Lawlor Isetta, and daughter Joanie Isetta his hobby of handing out rosary rings began on a plane trip to Italy. "He brought out a finger rosary and someone commented on it and he thought that would be a great way to show his devotion to Mary," Joanie Isetta said.

Later on, Mr. Isetta started handing out his guardian angel pins. "When he was in the hospital he got hold of one and he wanted to give something to the nurses for their kindness and that 's how it started," his daughter said.

She said that, when asked about his interests, Mr. Isetta used to say "I like perusing the stock market — especially when it's a bull market — which entitles me to achieve two

goals: making money and buying angels, rosaries and donating the money I make."

Andrew Isetta was born in San Francisco in 1916. Like many San Franciscans of the era, he used to visit Marin County with his parents, growing up. He eventually settled in Fairfax with his wife and family in 1949 and became a very successful business man.

He had a pivotal role at Christian Brothers Winery for fifteen years , was national sales manager of Cariani Sausage Company of San Francisco and later started his own businesses. He opened Sorrento Liquors and Wines and with his father Giacomo, Old Pioneer winery in San Francisco.

Mr. Isetta owned and operated Don 's Market and Liquors in Fairfax , Don 's Liquors in Bolinas and the Forrest Knolls Grocery Store.

He is survived by his wife, seven children, including former Marin Catholic principal, William Isetta , 30 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. There is almost no one in Marin who isn 't acquainted with one of his progeny.

Mr. Isetta was a member of many organizations including the Elks Lodge, the Marin Rod and Gun Club, the Italian Catholic Federation and the Native Sons of the Golden West.

He was a generous supporter of numerous charitable causes including the Missionaries of Charity, St. Rita 's, St. Anselm's and St. Sebastian 's parishes , Mary knoll Missions , Sisters of the Sacred Heart , Dominican Sisters, Christian Brothers, Marist Fathers and Marin Catholic High School.

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Andrew Isetta died age 85, peacefull y at his home on June 12.

Truth be told , many found his devotions a bit eccentric.

But I remember what he told me in grammar school and I have turned to Mary in many times of need. And what he said was true; Mary reall y has been there, as a mother, during the worst of the worst.

How many thousands of others absorbed the same advice from Mr. Isetta.

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Position open at Jesuit Parish of St. Joseph in sunny Yakima , Washington , M.A, in religious studies highly desirable, B.A. acceptable. Min. of 1 year experience in RCIA. Years of ministerial work with sacraments of initiation will be considered, Some Spanish preferred. Application forms available by calling Pastoral Administrator, 509-248-1911, 10-5 weekdays.

Full time Youth Minister sought for Fresno, CA parish with 5000 families to work with junior and senior high school students . Responsible for training/formation of adult volunteers , coordinating retreats, conferences, outings, working with other parish staff to provide opportunities and inspiration for youth to participate in parish life, especially in service. Must have good communication skills , ability to work with others.A degree in youth ministry, training in Life Teen or related area, as well as experience is a plus. Contact:

RECTORY COOK WANTED

Msgr. John Harguindeguy or Mary Mosier

St. VincenL de Paul Church is looking Tor a rectory cook to work from 4 - 7 pm , Monday thru Saturday.

Benefits are included.

Looking for professional advancement? Come work in a supportive, smaller SNF as ADNS/MDS Coordinator.

MDS experience necessary. Competitive wages.

Excellent benefits. 401k , tuition reimbursement plan.

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St. Anthony of Padua Church

5770 N. Maroa Ave., Fresno, CA 93704 tel. 559-439-0124 , fax 559-439-3050

For more information please contact Father Ring at (415) 922-1010.

St. Bartholomew Catholic Church , San Mateo , CA

Need extra cash? Work per diem, on call, PT or FT. Choice of shift.

Competitive wages. Excellent benefits.

Tuition reimbursement. New grads welcome. Free NCLEX review classes offered. For more information please __ contact: Rose Dunn Tel.: (4 IS) 566-9023

Pager: (415) 210-6405 Fax: (4 1 5) 566-8068

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

Contact: Adam Holbrook , Administrator

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Notre Dame High School Belmont CA is seeking full time faculty for the 2001-02 academic year in: Religious Studies Minimum Requirements for Notre Dame High School • Bachelor of Arts Degree and • California Teaching Credential (preferred) • Master's Degree in Theology for Religious Studies Salary and benefits reflect the competitive range approved

by Notre Dame High School's Board of Directors (Placement on the scale is dependent on degrees, qualifications, and experience) Degree and Credential preparation should be consistent with guidelines set forth by the Archdiocese of " San Francisco.

Located on 11.6 acres, Notre Dame High School was founded in 185 1 in San Jose. The school moved to its present site in Belmont in 1922. In the past five years, the school has experienced a 39% increase in enrollment.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent and resume to:

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

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Full-time position with a 1,900 family parish. Duties: Take over existing parish music progra m, with primary ministry to the assembly, including 3 choirs , cantor formation , liturgical planning, and coordination and hiring of additional musicians.

Excellent musicianship, conducting experience, and experience with Catholic liturgy and music tradition essential.

Send resume and supporting materials to: Melanie Donahoe St. Bartholomew Church 600 Columbia Dr., San Mateo , CA 94402 650-347-0701, ext. 14, Fax: 650-347-2429 Email: Melanie@barts.org

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Nurses are needed to provide specialized nursing care for children in the San Francisco Public School setting.

• Fourth grade teacher • Fifth Grade Teacher • Middle school teacher, Math & Science

Generous benefit packages for generous nurses.

Fax your resume to: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN 415-43 5-042 1

Send resume to: Principal IHM School 1000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002 or FAX to (650) 593-4342

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

JLab Iart 'time <TeacHer cience Please send resume to; fotre Dame Elementary School 1500 Ralston Avenue Belmont, CA 94002 or FAX (650) 591-4798

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

St. Mary's Parish (1800 families) in Corvalis, Oregon is seeking a full time youth coordinator. Our youth ministry program integrates religious education with programed activities that evangelize youth to the Good News of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Catholic Church. Qualifications: Practicing Roman Catholic , with a Master's in Religious Education or Religious Studies desirable.

Strong organizational and communications skills. Rapport with youth and adults required. Must be computer literate. Experience with the Teen Life Program preferable. Major responsibilities: Coordinate 6th— 1 2th grade cate chetical program; coordinate sacramental preparation for Confirmation; super vise and coordinate youth ministry volunteers. Salary: Competitive salary according to education and experience. A pplication due by August 20.To apply contact: Fr. John Henderson, 501 NW 25th Street , Corvalis, OR 97330.

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Saturday, September 15th Respect Life Mass 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, October 27th Todos Los Santos Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel-11:00 a.m.

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Friday, November 2nd All Souls' Day Mass All Saints Mausoleum Chapel 11:00 a.m.

Monday, November 12th Veterans' Day Remembrance Service (Not Mass) Star of the Sea Section-11:00 a.m.

Saturday, December 8th Christmas Remembrance Service (Not Mass) All Saints Mausoleum Chapel 11:00 a.m.

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