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JuliaHallisyremembers daughter 's battle with cancer — and HMO By Sharon Abercrombie I 5iM / ' hen Julia Hallisy testified in favor of a federal Patients Bill of \ / \ / Righ ts, an unseen presence , a loving energy - was there , too: / / her daughter Kate who lost her life to cancer last year when she was only 10 years old. Mrs. Hallisy, a member of both St. Brendan and St. Cecilia parishes in San Francisco, testified June 25 at a hearing in San Francisco City Hall in support of a bill , introduced by Senator Tom Daschle , designed to ensure that other families would not go through what she, her husband John and Kate endured for the greater part of 10 years. The bill , which was approved by the U.S. Senate four days later, would ensure that all Americans with public or private health insurance have access to emergency care, medical specialists and clinical ding trials. It would also allow them to sue their HMO if they were denied service. The issue became more complicated last week, when the House of Representatives passed a Republican alternative to the Daschle bill. The two bills will be subject to negotiations when Congress returns next month from its summer recess. When she was alive, Kate Hallisy had been connected, every step of the way, as her mother joined local, and then , national efforts to advocate for the passage of a Patients' Bill of Rights. Kate cheered as her mother, a San Francisco dentist, researched material for a book she was writing to help other peop le fight for their medical rights. Even at her young age, these issues "were very important to my daughter, " said Mrs. Hallisy. Kate 's stoiy is a classic example of why there needs to be a Patients ' Bill of Rights, her mother said. In October 1989, Katherine Eileen Hallisy was diagnosed with bi-lateral retinoblastoma— malignant tumors in both eyes. She was only five months old. Retinoblastom a is caused b y a genetic defect triggered during the first few weeks of a pregnancy. The 13th chromosome does not line up correctl y and genes become transposed , explained Mrs. Hallisy. Normally, retinoblastoma is a curable type of cancer, with recovery odds between 70 and 80 percent. At fi rst doctors were optimistic. "If you have to have cancer, this is the kind to get, " they said encouragingly. HALLISY, page 12

First Communion was a joyfu l day for Kate Hallisy.

Dream fulfilled Two Marin schools help Guatemalan youngsters By Evelyn Zappia

TAn January, Catholic San Francisco reported that Bill Cuneo , long-time

Hundr eds attend the dedication and blessing of Our Lady of Ml Carmel School in Patzun, Guatemala.

parishioner of Fairfax 's St. Rita Parish , was raising funds to build a school for the children of Patzun , Guatemala, who were attending classes in an old "mud house." On July 14, Mr. Cuneo and other donors attended a fiesta in Patzun marking the dedication of the new Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, built with the help of $ 100,000 raised by his efforts. The two-story concrete structu re with eight classrooms, including a balcony with ornamental rod iron, was a long-time dream of Carmelite Sister Ana Maria Chavejax. She wrote Mr. Cuneo late last year requesting $700 ''for a few bricks, " to start her campaign to provide a decent learning environment for the 600 Mayan children living in the surrounding villages. CUNEO, page 7

In this issue . . .

Father Emilian Meade dies

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remark that his and his wife's $600 tax refund would buy his children "a coup le hours of college" and thanks to an accident I almost had with a bi g and expensive car I can now tell you that what 's missing from those "starting at $60,000" autos are turn signals... The class of '51 of Star of the Sea Academy gathered on June 9 for prayer, remembering and repast. Star of the Sea, pastor, Msgr. Charles Durkin presided at an opening Mass at the parish church followed by a luncheon at the United Irish Cultural Center where the 40 class members, from as far as Virginia and Hawaii, were presented with crystal stars and by Tom Burke commemorative CDs featuring hit parade tunes from 1951. Committee members included Marjorie Augustiny Brushel , St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Sausalito has roiled its first Jean Fern Donohue, Helen Freeman Zgraggen, Shirley newsletter off the presses calling it an opportunity for parish- Norris Endres, Lillian Harrington McKernan, Marian ioners "to take an active part in sharing Iheir news with the rest Schlarmann Morrissey....It's 1951 again for other schools, of the parish. Welcome aboard here to new music director too. Glen Park's St. John Elementary School's graduating Robin Olive and farewell to former music person , Gerald class of 50 years ago is planning an in-the-near-future getHotbrook....Mortarboard salutes to winners of United Irish together. Doing most of the pitchin ' in is Diane Madden Cultural Center scholarships. College grants of $750 went to Shasky. Among classmates reporting for party are Rosalie Sacred Heart Cathedral grads Michael Curutchet, Joseph Lima Cresta, Bill Webb, George Diestel, and Dan Gallinetti , Nevin; St. Ignatius grad Timothy Faye; Mercy, San whose wife Barbara Colombo Gallinetti also graduated from Francisco grad, Kathleen Wilkinson,- and Juniper© Serra the school but a few years later. For more info, call Diane at grad Daniel Murphy. Awards to help with high school tuition (415) 239-6386. Happy birthday to Diane's husband Joe, who went to St. Cecilia Elementary's Christina Moylan, Eileen just celebrated his 65th....St. Anselm's 8th grade class of 1951 is gathering Aug. 18 in the McHugh, Patrick Dominguez; school gym. Charlie Monte who St. Gabriel Elementary 's says he and his family have Kell y Faulkner; and St. "always been San Anselmo and Gregory Elementary 's always St. Anselm" is behind the Colleen Spiers. University of celebration with Pat Minahen San Francisco student body Wright. For more info call Pat president, Holly Hogan, a beneat (415) 892-2439. Charlie's ficiary of the program in 1998 dad, Frank, helped build the was guest speaker at the event parish church at St. Anselm, announcing the winners. The where Charlie and his wife Dee United Irish Cultural Center has Dee took then vows. His mom, been awarding the scholarships Alice, now 91 years old, still since 1994.... Holy Name lives in the parish. Congrats to Parish music director, Terry Charlie and Dee Dee 's daughter Congrats to $1000 scholarship winner and Sacred Jensen, and members of the Christina and her new husband, Heart Cathedral Preparato ry grad Annalisa Yenne , Archdiocesan Music son of Jeanne and John Jerry, pictured here with her godmother, Margaret Committee invite pastoral Macchello. Jeanne has been McAuliffe , and Leo Walsh , chair of the United musicians of the Archdiocese to parish secretary at San Irish Cultural Center committee that made the St. Mary Cathedral on Aug. Francisco's Immaculate award. The St. Philip parishioner begins study at 24 at 7 p.m. A lot of thought has Santa Clara in the fall. Her folks are Carol and Bill. Conception Parish for 43 been put into the evening that years. Thanks to Jeanne for her will include prayer, beverages good words about Catholic San Francisco. "I read it cover to and light snacks, and discussion of what 's on local musicians' ever stop "Don't it." I'm happy to announce, at cover," she said. minds about the ministry. The evening is for music directors 's that Immaculate Conception 's encouragement, Jeanne and all instrumentalists and singers who think they might benand meatball lunch begins renowned and delicious spaghetti efit from the get-together. Save the date and no pre-registiation again on Sept. 19 and then every third Wednesday of following is necessary. Terry, who said he's "filling in" for sabbaticaling months. My apologies for misplacing the Folsom Street parish music committee chair, Father Bill Vaughan, is joined on the on Fulton St. a bunch of weeks ago in this column... .St. Cecilia panel by musicians including Linda Myers, St Isabella Elementary's class of half a century ago will celebrate Nov. 3 Parish, San Rafael; Chris Tietze of the Cathedral and Here I at Forest Hill Clubhouse. Working on the reunion are Helen and am Lord composer, Dan Schutte. . .Music is the watchword Phil Murphy, Peggy Margiotta Paul Osborn, Berie Davey, , again at St. Mary's Cathedral when opera takes die stage at 7 Charles Corsiglia, Rich Bogisich. Call Phil, (415) 731-0127; p.m. on Aug. 24. The conceit commemorates the 200th anniverBerie (650) 593-8768; or Peggy at (408) 274-2615 for sary of the birth of composer Vincenzo Bellini and features details... .San Francisco' s College of Women class of '51 will voices from an ensemble bearing his name. A "Meet the Artists" reception follows. Cathedral development director Maria gather Oct. 21 at Lone Mountain. Call Anstell Daini Ricossa at Cunningham calls it "an event not to be missed." Proceeds ben- (415) 921-8846 or Toni Hines Buckley at (415) 681-5789.... efit the Cathedral organ restoration fund . Call (415) 441-3687 for ticket information. Weighing anchor at the U.S. Naval Academy this fall are St. Ignatius College Preparatory grads Ben Horn, Chris Lolling, Jonathan Magsaysay, Kevin Someone Cares. Kinkade, Andrew Figoni, Eddie Wolf, Frank Verducci. We are here to help you Longtime Annapolis representative to schools in the I /§,¦: Exp lore the options for you and your baby to Archdiocese is Tom Teshara of South San Francisco's St. make a decision about your pregnancy. Veronica Parish. Thanks to Rich Morton of St. Pius, We can offer you Redwood City for fillin ' us in. ...Liked KGO's Ronn Owens'

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By Kamille Nixon "If there is peace, it is thanks to the Israelis. If there is no peace, it is because of the Israelis," said Patriarch Michel Sabbah , head of the Latin Rite Christian community of Jerusalem. "The whole question is in the hands of the Israelis," Patriarc h Sabbah told Catholic San Francisco before he addressed an Aug. 6 meeting of Arab Christians at the Marriott Hotel in Burlingame. He spoke later that day at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, which the Arab American Roman Catholic Community calls home. Israelis "are the occupiers of the land. They can put an end to the occupation. Palestinians are passive reci pients," Patriarch Sabbah said. Israeli Consulate Spokesman Amir Segev-Sayag disagreed. "We need two sides for this tango. In order to make peace we need two partners. Israelis cannot make peace with themselves," Mr. Segev-Sayag told Catholic San Francisco in a separate interview. Patriarch Sabbah is visiting and encouraging members of communities of Arab Catholics in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He said members of his flock feel "frustrated that nobody is daring to say the truth." The patriarch explained that after peace talks in Madrid and Oslo broke down during the early 1990s, intentions about where Israel was headed were not clear. In the seven years since then , ongoing attempts at peace have been interspersed with varying levels of violence and hostility. International efforts to end 10 months of IsraeliPalestinian bloodshed have reached an impasse, with a truce-to-talks plan foundering amid a new spasm of violence and no other major peace initiative on the horizon. According to an article in the publication Middle East Times, political analysts on both sides say a cycle of bombings, shootings and missile and tank strikes, underscored by deep mistrust, leave little hope for a quick end to the most recent conflict. At least 510 Palestinians, 130 Israelis and 13 Israeli Arabs have been killed since last September, according to an Aug. 6 Reuters story printed in the New York Times. "You cannot rely on the number of casualties to jud ge who is to blame," said Israeli spokesman Segev-Sayag. He said most Israeli deaths involved "innocent citizens," such as families driving home whom Palestinians ambushed and killed.

lands be returned , said the patriarch. "He would be in contro l if he would insist on that. If you are the leader of the people, you have to give the people what is ri ght. " The Roman Catholic leader called it "good" that U.S. policy seems to protect the Israeli government. He said the administration , thoug h, is "exposing Israel to more and more Arab hostility. If you want to protect me, surround me with friends , not enemies. " Israel' s continued occupation of Palestinian lands is arousing the hostility of surrounding Arab countries , he said. Some neighboring Arab nations , like Jord an, are greatly impacted by waves of immigrants fleeing the Hol y Land , according to Bernard Poggi, secretary of the Arab American Roman Catholic Community, who has relatives in Jordan and in Nazareth. Economic struggles are forcing his cousin to leave Jordan , Mr. Poggi said. The college graduate was laid off several month s ago along with 300 other former coworkers, and he cannot find employment. If he could get a job , he would earn only $400 per month , in an economy where rents average $300, he said. "You just cannot live on that ," Mr. Poggi said. AARCC pastor Father Labib Kobti has described visiting his nephews in the Holy Land who cannot rely on the lights or water continuing to work in their apartments , nor on the prospect of enjoying a normal social life. Patriarch Sabbah said the role of Christian Arabs is to "say things very simply as they are." • He said that while many are leaving - Muslims and Jews , as wells as Christians - "we will always survive as Christians there. We will wait and we will do what we have to do to be involved in the making of peace." Arab Christians here seem to appreciate the encouragement. "We alway s look to the patriarch to help everybody in the region to bring the focus back to peace away from violence," Mr. Pogg i said.

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B y contrast , he said most of the Palestinians who have died were involved in fighting. "Many of them were terrorists , many of them were in clashes. Over there , clashes are not signs and picket lines. Clashes are stones , hand grenades and shootings. People have to be aware that there is a risk" of shooting by Israeli soldiers if they participate in clashes, Mr. Segev-Sayag said. The patriarch said the false image that Palestinians are only terrorists hampers the peace process. "There is no way to make peace with a terrorist. When you distribute that image either you don ' t want to make peace, or you make it impossible to make peace." "Palestinians are like any other people on Earth," Patriarch Sabbah said. "They have their rights, and the right to claim their freedom. " The only way to end the conflict, the patriarch said, is for Israelis to give occupied lands and freedom back to the Palestinians. "People cannot be indefinitely under military occupation ," he said. The onl y way to end the conflict , according to Mr. Segev-Sayag, is for Palestinians "to decide they want to make peace in a peaceful way, around the table through negotiations and not by shooting. We believe we have done everything we can. We are not going to be able to run negotiations during ¦. fighting." la p There would be "perfect peace" if Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat would insist that Benefitting certain Palestinian

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Survey shows Latino abortion opposition , voucher supp ort

WASHINGTON —Latinos overwhelming ly oppose abortion and support tax-funded educational vouchers for low-income children, according to a national survey. When asked what is the most important issue facing Latinos , discrimination received the most votes with the quality of education coming in second. Three-fourths of the respondents think the aim of bilingual education should be to teach their children English. Almost 72 percent of the respondents identified themselves as Catholic and 18 percent said they were Protestant. The survey was sponsored by the Latino Coalition, a Washington-based nonpartisan and nonprofit organization . The survey found that 62.6 percent of respondents called themselves pro-life and 28.9 percent said they favored legalized abortion. Regarding education, 73.3 percent said that the government should provide "taxpayerfunded vouchers to help low-income families send their children to a better public , private or church-run school." The survey reported that 87 percent approved of a $1,000 educational tax credit per child to be used for computers, books , tutoring or tuition.

Pope meets with Arafat, calls for end to Mideast violence

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy —As violence continued to escalate in Israel and the Palestinian territories, Pope John Paul II met privately with Yasser Arafat, president of the Palestinian Authority, at the pope 's summer residence here. Mr. Arafat's meeting with the pope focused on "the persistent situation of unheard-of violence which continues to mow down victims, especially among the civilian and unarmed population and has not spared even the holiest sites ," Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini , a Vatican spokesman, said. "His Holiness , in expressing his condolences for the many victims caused by the repetition of clashes, firmly reaffirmed the absolute necessity of putting an end to all types of violence whether it be the fruit of attacks or reprisals ," Father Benedettini said. The pope, he said, called for a return to negotiations and assistance by the international community as "the only means capable of providing hope for reaching peace."

Death sentence of Christian fo r blasphemy in Pakistan

MULTAN, Pakistan —A Pakistani high court has upheld the death sentence of a Christian for blasphemy, but lawyers said the sentence was made "under duress" due to pressure from Islamic extremists. Ayub Masih was sentenced to death in 1998 after being convicted of blaspheming the prophet Mohammed, an offense that carries a mandatory death penalty, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Mr, Ayub's lawyer filed a police complaint stating that extremists physically assaulted him during the trial. The lawyer also stated that the court was filled with

WASHINGTON —The bishop in Colombia 's largest coca-growing region opposes a U.S.-backed plan of military aid and crop destruction to stem the cocaine trade. "The time has come to change strategy," Bishop Fabio Morales Grisales of Mocoa-Sibundoy said. More effective tactic s include U.S. intervention to stop the flow of cocaine-processing chemicals into Colombia and to stem the demand for cocaine in the United States, he said. The bishop was criticizing Plan Colombia, a U.S.-backed effort to stop the drug trade through U.S.-supplied weapons for the Colombian military and massive crop-killing fumigation of coca-growing regions. Last year the U.S. committed $1.3 billion to Plan Colombia. The U.S. House of Representatives last month approved $676 million to fight the drug trade. The Church is try ing to educate poor farmers not to succumb to "easy money" by producing coca leaves, said Bishop Morales. The struggle is difficult because growing coca leaves, the raw ingredient for cocaine, provides small farmers with much more money than other crops, he said.

South Korean Catholics help fig ht hunger in North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea —The Archdiocese of Seoul has constru cted a noodle factory to provide free food for faminestricken children, the old and the weak in North Korea to help famine-stricken people in the communist country. The archdiocesan Korea Reconciliation Committee built the factory in Nampo, reporte d UCA News, an Asian church news agency. The factory, which cost about $53,000, is the first built by South Korea 's Catholic Church in the North. Another in Pyongyang has been supported since 1995 by Korean Catholics in the United States. The Korea Reconciliation Committee sent two noodlemaking machines, an electrical generator and 100 tons of wheat flour to Nampo. The committee will also send 50 tons of wheat flour every month for factory operations.

Chinese free ailing bishop after 18 months in jai l

VATICAN CITY —A leader in China 's underground Catholic Church , Bishop Josep h Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang, was released after 18 months in detention , Fides , the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, said Aug. 2. Fides said that its sources in China reported the 45year-old bishop was released in Jul y apparentl y because he was suffering from serious health problems. The bishop, whose ministry is not recognized by the Chinese government nor the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association that the government controls , was arrested Jan. 25, 2000. Bishops , priests and lay members of the underground Catholic Church in China frequentl y are arrested and held in isolation , "where they undergo ideological brainwashing " aimed at convincing them to join the patriotic association , Fides said.

Central American droug ht threatens severefoo d shortage

SAN SALVADOR — Three years after floods caused death and destruction across Central America, the region faces threats of major food shortages as a prolonged droug ht ravages crops.

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"We're heading for a real hunger season. The first crop of the year has been lost , and all there is for farmers to do is pray for rain for the second harvest ," said Doug Ryan , country representative in Honduras for U.S. Catholic Relief Services. Mr. Ryan said that until the second harvest is broug ht in at the end of the year, the situation could become worse. Officials at the U.N. World Food Program said that up to 1 million people could be in danger of suffering serious food shortage s due to the crop failures. In Honduras authorities declared a state of emergency in eight provinces and arranged for emergency food provisions to be sent to 20,000 farm families. In El Salvador in late Jul y, agricultural ministry officials began distributing seeds to 20,000 farmers , mostly in the arid eastern region of the country. In Nicaragua, the World Food Program is distributing emergency aid to some 7,000 peasants who have lost their harvests.

Cardinal hails vote to ban cloning of human embryos

WASHINGTON — Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore , chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Pro-Life Activities , praised a vote in the House of Representatives July 31 to ban all cloning of human embryos in the United States. The House passed the Human Cloning Prohibition Act by a vote of 265-162. Violators could face minimum fines of $1 million and up to 10 years in prison . Cardinal Keeler urged Senate passage of the measure "as soon as possible. " He said such a law "will send a clear signal that we are not merel y the victims of technical advance , that we can limit and direct our technolog ical powers to serve and not demean human dignity. " The Human Cloning Prohibition Act bans onl y the cloning of human embryos. It allows researchers to continue cloning animal embryos and nonembryonic human cells, such as adult stem cells , which already have been found effective in a wide range of new therapeutic uses.

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By Sharon Abercrombie President George W. Bush' s proposal to give legal status to millions of undocumented Mexican immigrants doesn ' t go nearl y far enoug h , say two California spokespersons for immigration rights. Both Francisco Gonzales fro m Catholic Charities of San Francisco and David Pollard from the California Catholic Conference in Sacramento are calling for the president to grant blanket amnesty to all illegal immigrants. Mr. Bush' s plan would allow workers already in the United States to graduall y "earn" their legalization , over an estimated period of five years. It would permit guest workers to gain permanent status only after applying for citizenship. The president has also indicated he might be willing to include persons from other countries as well. Mr. Gonzales favors a much more sweeping amnesty, even though his two-person office would probabl y be inundated by requests from people seeking hel p filling out all the paperwork for citizenship. "Maybe it would be too much to ask the president to grant amnesty, but it would still be fantastic if he did ," said Mr. Gonzales , director of immi gration services for Catholic Charities. Ri ght now his office is guiding 1,000 people through the legalization process. Four volunteers who speak both Spanish and English provide some assistance, but Gonzalez said he could use at least six more bilingual helpers.

"The principal thing is to remember that these peop le are jesus in our mids t and need to he treated as such. " The idea of "keeping an immense group of peop le hang ing when they could be integrated into American society goes against the concept of regarding all peop le as God's childre n," he said. "The princi pal thing is to remember that these peop le are Jesus in our midst and need to be treated as such." Earned citizenship for guest workers is not a good idea , nor has it ever been , Pollard said , citing the Bracero Program as an example. Set up over 30 years ago by the

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By Sharon Abercrombie the time she entered first grade at St. Brendan 's School in San B yFrancisco , Kate Hallisy had alread y lost an eye to her cancer. Th at didn 't matter to Kate. "From the very beginning, she jumped headlong into everything, " recalls Msgr. Edward McTaggart, who was pastor at St. Brendan 's during much of Kate 's illness. He was there when she made her First. Holy Communion. He anointed her before she died. And he gave her funeral homily. "Anyone who knew her will never forget her, " said Msgr. McTaggart, who is now retired and lives at St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo. "She was so upbeat and interested in everything that was going on. " Kate was very brave , he said, never complained , and "she really looked forward to receiving the Euch arist. She knew what it was about. " Kate 's parents, Julia and John Hallisy draw strength today from remembering their child's uncanny ability to see good even when things looked bad to everybody else. When Kate died , her mom and dad saw the tragic event as a fork in the road . "We could either despair or honor our dau ghter 's life. We chose to not be bitter , and to help other people have great lives , " Mrs. Hallisy says. Such are the reasons Mrs. Hallisy, a dentist , has sustained the energy to speak and write articles for the California Nurses ' Association on behalf of the Patients ' Bill of Rights. Memories of Kate have motivated Mrs. Hallisy to complete her book, entitled "The Empowered Patient. " It is dedicated to helping people successfully wend their way through the maze of HMO regulations and to win. The book is based on Mrs. Hallisy 's own experiences from dealing with insurance companies,

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It didn 't work that way for Kate. Hers was a particularly virulent form of the disease. There would be remissions, followed by reoccurrence. When she was a year and a half old, doctors were forced to remove Kate 's right eye. In 1997 , she lost her right leg when cancer spread to the bone. During the last months of her life, it had gone to her brain. From the outset of Kate 's illness, there were HMO problems. In retrospect, Mrs. Hallisy recalls, "you have to be a quick study in the intricacies of your HMO. " The first unpleasant surprise: "The diagnosing doctor wanted Kate to see a pediatric ophthalmologist and requested an emergency authorization from our HMO over the phone." The insurance company gave a verbal OK, clearing the way for mem to see the specialist. But, as the Hallisys belatedly found out, the person who had given the authorization

when they tried to deny Kate essential medical services. During 10 years, Mrs. Throughout her illness Kate ached for the sufferings of others. One day, her Hallisy and her husband, John, had $10,000 in out-of-pocket medical expenses. dad , a San Francisco police sergeant, received a mino r injury at work and had Considering Kate 's protracted illness, it could have been much more. to have stitches. When she saw him , Kate started crying. "It would have been so Whenever Julia Hallisy would lose heart, there would be her little girl, offering easy for her to dismiss the pain of others because it was so much less than her gems of wisdom, which, at the end of her life, could have filled a velvet treasure chest. own. But she never did , " said her mother. "Even as a toddler, she had the ;¦ " >iE3lTP^*§4xt55fck . Julia Hallisy remembers an incident ability to see beauty in simp le things," in the hospital when her daughter had said her mother. "After it rained, she just awoke in great pain from a biopsy. would always stop to delight in the "We were in the recovery room next small rainbows in the street caused by to a four-year old girl who also had the oil from cars. " undergone a biopsy. The little girl was Once, when Mrs. Hallisy said that sobbing. Although we were having troushe preferred clear skies "because I ble managing Kate's own post-operative liked to see the stars , " Kate said, "The pain, she asked who was crying. We stars are always there, Mom. You just moved the bed slightly so she could see can 't see them for awhile because the child. As we were being wheeled out they 're behind the clouds." of the room, she turned to the little girl Kate saw the stars behind the and said, 'I' m so sorry you have to go clouds even when she lost her leg to the through this - I'll pray for you. '" illness. When she came out of the anesAs memories of Kate have sustained thesia, she told her mom cheerfully, Mrs. Hallisy, so have the two parishes. "Just think , Mom, I still have another Both St. Brendan 's and St. Cecilia 's leg and two arms. " Left to rig ht: J o hn, Kate , J ulia, Kevin, and Dan Hallisy school have been sources of strength . At the outset of Kate 's cancer, when on Kate 's "Make a Wish Foundation " trip to Disney land. Both schools have created safe spaces for she was five months old, her mother Kate 's brothers, she said gratefully. wondered if her child would live long enough to go to school. "I told John how The teachers at St. Brendan 's were always there for her older son , Daniel, when much I was looking forward to seeing Kate in her little red school uniform. John his sister would get sick again. They would allow him to just be himself , when he promised me that we were going to see th at day, and his faith was so strong that I felt sad. He was old enough to understand what was going on. Through it all , the started to believe it could happen. But we saw so much more than we ever hoped Hallisys made sure he stuck to his class and sports routine. for," Mrs. Hallisy said in Kate 's funeral eulogy. Kevin, their youngest , who is now eight, attends St. Cecilia 's School. He wants Kate lived to wear that little red uniform at St. Brendan 's. She enjoyed a four to understand what happened to his sister, "He still talks about her and sleeps in and a half-year remission, wonderfully happy times when she kept active and busy her room, to feel closer to her." particip ating in a speech contest and reading from the scriptures at her First Did Kate think about eternity? Yes, but without app rehension, said her mother. Communion. In her short life , Kate received a love letter from a little boy, and a "She was a very happy child. Once she asked us if she would have her eye and marriage proposal from one of her brother Kevin 's pre-school classmates, said her leg back when she went to heaven. " mother. " We told her yes, and that we would all be joining her one day." When the cancer returned , Kate never lost her sense of vitality, her sense of Would it be long, Kate asked? No , answered her mother, saying, "I think that wonder, or her compassion for others. when we' re in heaven the waiting goes by veiy fast because we're so happy."

had not followed the correct procedure. As a result, the HMO would not pay their bills for Then a clerk finally told Mrs. Hallisy that if she made a substantial payment to guarmonths because it said the Hallisys had gone "out of plan " without their consent. antee that the hospital would be reimbursed, they would go ahead with the surgery. The The HMO finally relented. But as Kate 's illness progressed, so did problems with the Hallisys took deep breaths, as they rounded up their four credit cards. HMO. In many instances, it was a case ot one step While the clerk put the plastic through the proforward , two steps backward. cessing machine, Julia Hallisy was acutely aware how As they became increasingly caught up in a fortunate she and her husband were, to be able to run whirlwind of scans, blood work and doctors' visits, up credit card tabs. But how many otfier families Kale 's parents also faced hurdles on the financial could afford to do the same? Not many, she knew. front. Some of their bills went unpaid for eight On one occasion, when the HMO refused to months. Doctors ' offices and collection services authorize a treatment, Julia Hallisy became so desbegan calling. perate, she took her daughter to the insurance At that point, Julia Hallisy said she became "a company. free employee for her HMO, an intermediary As she held her sick child in her arms, Mrs. between the medical providers and the insurance Hallisy challenged them. "This is a real person. company " — this on top of the trauma of caring When are you going to put a human face on your for a sick child, while trying to be the best mother decisions?" she pleaded. she could be to Daniel, three years older than Kate But the problems continued. and later, baby Kevin. Then there was her own At one point , Kate 's doctor prescribed two Baby brother Kevin with Kate. Kate was dentistty practice to keep going. Mrs. Hallisy estiyears of chemotherapy. To keep her from nausea, mates spending six to eight hours a week for very close to Kevin and helpe d "as sort she needed two drugs, Zofran and Nepogen. At months on end facilitating payments. the time, these were new and expensive drugs. of a surrogate mom/ ' said mother, Julia. On one occasion, the doctor in charge of a The HMO case manager decided that Kate would medical group wanted reassurance that a surgical treatment for Kate would be successful have to go through a round of chemotherapy without the medicine to see how she "Of course, no one could guarantee this, so he held off giving his authorization ," Mrs. would do. The Hallisys were horrified. Hallisy said. "At two years old she would have to prove to the HMO that her little body needed help

Kate with her brother Dan on a firs t day to school. Mrs. Hallisy didn 't think she'd see this day, but husband , John, promised her "that we're going to see that day, and his faith was so strong that I started to believe it could happen. " to make it through 35 rounds of toxic drug therapy," Mrs. Hallisy said. Within days she developed a fever, fatigue, pai n, severe nausea and had to be hospitalized. In 1997, when the cancer went to Kate's brain, and she began having severe bouts of nausea, the Hallisys and their oncologist had to fight the HMO to make sure she got the right kind of medication to keep her comfortable. The HMO was holding out for a cheaper drug, one that the doctor had tried before, but which had caused Kate to have hallucinations. Julia and John Hallisy were haunted by HMO number crunchers even during the last few months of Kate 's life. She needed an oxygen machine at home. But the home healtir care company said the HMO would not cover it, because Kate 's blood oxygen level was a scant point above what the insurance company would allow. The fact that she was struggling to breathe didn 't seem relevant to them, said Mrs. Hallisy. "Now we were in the position of having to ask health care professionals to compromise their integrity and have to fudge a bit. At the end of the day, these people may know they have done the right thing for the patient but at the expense of their ethics. Our system causes these types of dilemmas every day. And they are demoralizing and debilitating to both patients and health care providers," said Mrs. Hallisy. It is stories such as Julia Hallisy's that prompted the U.S. Senate to throw its support behind the Patients' Bill of Rights on June 29, just four days after she testified in the chambers of San Francisco City Hall. What's next for Julia Hallisy? This summer, she is hoping to find a publisher for her book, "The Empowered Patient." If she can't find one , she says she will self-publish it. Mrs. Hallisy is urging northern Californians to e-mail their representativesand urge them to support the Daschle bill in negotiations over the twoversions of the Patients Bill of Rights. Anything less "would be to take the teeth out of the legislation," she said. If President Bush vetoes it, she said, "Then we'll be back at squ are one."

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The p op e 's other messag e to Presiden t Bush Pope John Paul II had two things on his mind when he met President George W. Bush in Castel Gandolfo last month. One made headlines in newspapers around the world. The other did not, except in Catholic San Francisco and perhaps some other papers that understand how deeply John Paul EI cares about all peop le. News stories about the meeting with Mr. Bush focused on the pope 's plea that the presiden t not allow scientists to create — and then destroy — human embryos for stem cell research. The widespread acceptance of abortion has led to "a tragic coarsening of consciences," the pope told the president. The latest example, he said, is found in "proposals for the creation for research purposes of human embryos, destined for destruction in the process." "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. The second part of the pope 's message to President Bush got lost in tumult over his uncompromising words about this research. The pope did not Umit himself to speaking out against scientific "advances" that ignore the sacredness of human life even at its very beginning. He also warned President Bush about the danger of economic "progress" that tramples on the dignity of people around the world. 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. This papal plea was linked to the international economic summit that Mr. Bush had just attended in Genoa — and it reflected John Paul ITs long-held concern about the impact of "globalization" on people who live in the poor nations of the world. For the demonstrators in the streets of Genoa, globalization means the destruction of the environment and the pauperization of the Third World. To advocates of free trade, globalization holds out the promise of spreading the economic prosperity of industrialized nations throughout the world. For Pope John Paul and many other reli gious leaders, the issue is not so clearcut. In April, at a Vatican conference on "Globalization and Humanity " the pope warned of the dangers of the rapidly growing power of the United States and other market economies around the world, but said that this phenomenon is "neither good nor bad" in itself. "It will be what people make of it," he said. "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those forms that have been tried from time to time," Winston Churchill told Parliament in 1947. In the same way, the free market may be the worst form of economy — except for all the others. In the United States, free markets have given us both 19th century sweatshops and the widely-shared prosperity of the 20th century; in the Soviet Union, die government-controlled economy gave its people sweatshops and nearly universal poverty. Free markets work. Communism doesn 't. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, few question those facts. While communist economies have produced little but misery around the world, free economies, particularly our own, have not only brought the world the marvels of computers and telecommunications but they have helped feed the world and stamp out diseases. But free markets should not be worshipped. The real question about market economies now is not whether they are effective but whether they are fair. This is not an economic issue but a moral one. The "invisi ble hand" of the free market does a generally good job in guiding economies but it must, from time to time, yield to the hand of God. The British may have been obeying the law of supply and demand during Ireland's Potato Famine. If they had, instead, been observing the Gospel 's law of love, perhaps a million people would not have starved to death. Too often , the efficiency of market economies is accompanied by a callous disrespect for the working people who produce this prosperity. If affluent nations do not have a moral compass to guide them on the road to globalization, their economic success may well cause disaster for the rest of the world. That is what concerns Pope John Paul II, a man who does not need to Msten to lectures about the evils of a communist economy — but who knows the free enterprise system can commit its own sins In April, the pope said that globalization has created "patterns of ethical thinking " that look on people as things, to be valued for their economic usefulness and not their dignity as children of God. "Ethics demand," the pope said, "that systems be attuned to the needs of man, and not that man be sacrificed for the sake of the system." The worldwide domination of market economies is a "new phase " in human history, and it canies with it the temptation to favor "just the wealthy elite that controls science, technology, communication and the planet 's resources to the detriment of the vast majority of its people. " Modern science and market economies can work wonders in the world. They can fulfill the dreams of economic prosperity and long life. They can also create nightmares. It takes only the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima to prove that point. What the world needs now is to listen to Pope John Paul II and gain a renewed appreciation of the sacredness of human life — all human life, from the microscopic embryo to the billions of children, women and men around the world waiting eagerly to share in our prosperity. P.J.

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legislation would feel some heat for doing so, and think twice before supporting any more laws like this. In other words , there needs to be a backlash, and there isn 't going to be a backlash if Catholic institutions just roll over and pretend nothing has happened , and hope that the lobbyists at the Californi a Catholic Conference have better luck stopp ing the next outrage Jackie Speier and the Legislature cook up for them. Catholic health care providers should also sit down right now with their bishops and decide what they are going to do if and when a law is passed requiring them to make their hospitals available for abortions. Will they stand up for the most powerless in our society and declare that they will close their doors before they will allow the blood of innocent children to be shed in then facilities? Or will they vacillate and litigate over it for a while before quietl y acquiescing? Anthony E. Wynne Menlo Park

Mad scientists

Scientists at Jones Institute for reproductive research created human embryos from volunteer donors of eggs and sperm for the purpose of experimentation. Those who have become accustomed to destroy ing spare embryos for research now think nothing of taking the next horrible step of creating life in order to destroy it. We should not support with our tax dollars a few scientists ' desire to play God and create human beings in a laboratory. The Dr. Jekylls are not helping our society to advance in God's eyes. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops sent a letter to members of Congress challenging them to resist "a culture of death. " The bishops might have been surprised to read a poll released last week stating that 70 percent of all Catholics in the United States favor stem cell research. This is extremely upsetting to me and reminiscent of the last Presidential election when many Catholics voted for a pro-abortion candidate. Are we not called to do the will of God? Are we not called to be the eyes, hands and heart of Jesus in this world? Are we not called to put God first? Claire P. Rogus San Mateo

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One point that everyone should be very clear on concerning the recent court decision upholding the Women's Contraceptive Equity Act (WCEA) is that no one, including Catholic Charities, other Catholic institutions, or individual employers, is required to provide contraceptive coverage to employees. The law requires only that if employers provide prescription drug coverage in their employees' benefits packages, that coverage must include contraceptives. Therefore , what these employers can and should do is simply not provide prescription drug coverage at all. Unfortunately, neither Catholic Charities nor several other Catholic institutions have done this. Rather, the attorney for Catholic Charities was quoted as saying that it had "reluctantl y " been providing contraceptive coverage since the law went into effect. B y cooperating with this evil, Catholic Charities and other Catholic institutions are simply paving the way for the next round of anti-life, anti-Catholic legislation. If these Catholic institutions were to discontinue their prescription drug coverage, their employees would undoubtedly be angered. But that anger could be directed to the proper target, i.e., the Legislature , and more specificall y, the legislators who promoted and supp orted this Act. Tens of thousands of people would have a stake in getting this legislation reversed and electing representatives who would do so. The legislators who sponsored and voted for this

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While 1 understand the negative reaction of Catholic San Francisco to the full page anti-Catholic ad from a fringe religious group in Tennessee in a recent Chronicle, I must admit to pity for these zealots. Here's a sad group with minds mired in 18th and 19th Century fundamentalist ignorance. They're under the illusion they please God attacking the Catholic Church. Their ad may well have been photocopied directly from 19th Century newspap ers. Their ad's design certainl y came from that source. They spent a lot of cash they probabl y didn 't have, wasting most of it. I imagine their war chest was scraped together from well worn ones and fives , funds that would have been far better used to feed their families and put shoes on their children. You would have preferred the Chronicle censor these folks. The Chronicle did almost as well, hiding that unreadable ad on page 2 of Classified. The Sweetwater folks could have accomp lished far more if they 'd been smart enough to hire ad design experts. No savvy politician would spend as much as they did for such an inadequate result. Frankly, I think it's useful to know there's such a sad, ignorant little enclave out there, still mired in the mud of the 19th Century. And I' m grateful both the Catholic Church and those who think it evil are equally able to make use of the benefits conferred by the First Amendment. Paul Azevedo Pacifica

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Our misunderstandings about disease of suicide When someone close to us falls victim to suicide we live with a pain that includes a lot of confusion ("Wh y ?"); guilt ("What mi ght we still have done? Why didn ' t we notice sooner?"); misunderstanding ("This is the ultimate form of despair"); and, if we are believ ers, considerable religious anxiety as well ("How does God treat such a person? What ' s to be his or her eternal destiny ?"). What needs to be said about suicide? First of all, that it 's a disease, something that in most cases takes a person out of life against his or her will, the emotional equivalent of cancer, a stroke , or a heart attack. Second , we, the loved ones who remain , should not spend undue time and energy second-guessing as to how we might have failed that person , what we should have noticed , and what we might still have done to prevent the suicide. Suicide is an illness and, as with a purel y physical disease, we can love someone and still not be able to save them from physical death. God , too , loved this person and , like us , could not interfere with his or her freedom. Finally, we shouldn ' t worry too much about how God meets a suicide victim on the other side. God' s love, unlike ours , goes through locked doors, descends into hell , and breathes out peace where we can 't. Most victims of suicide will find Christ gentl y saying: "Peace be with you!" But there are always a number of objections: "You are making light of suicide! Suicide is the ultimate act of

despair and must always be named as such! Wasn't it G.K. Chesterton himself who said that , by killing yourself , you insult every flower on earth?" What 's to be said about these comments? They ' re correct , when suicide is indeed a despairing act within which one kills oneself. But in most suicides, I suspect , this is not the case because there is a huge distinction between "falling victim to suicide " and "killing oneself." In "suicide," a person , through illness of whatever sort , is taken out of life against his or her will. Hence we use the term "a victim of suicide." Many of us have known "victims of suicide" and we know that in almost every case that person was the antithesis of the egoist , the narcissist , the over-proud , hardened , unbending person who refuses , to take his or her place in the humble and broken scheme of things. Usually it 's the opposite. The "victim of suicide " has problems precisel y because he or she is too sensitive, too wounded , too raw, and too bruised to possess the necessary callousness needed to absorb life's many blows . I remember a comment I once heard at a funeral . A nei ghbor of the deceased said: "There are a lot of people in this world who should kill themselves, but they never will! But this man is the last person who should have killed himself; he was the most sensitive person I've ever met!" Too true. "Killing yourself is how some of the Hitlers pass

out of this life. Hitler, in fact , did kill himself. He wasn 't a victim of suicide. In such a case, the person is too proud to accept his or her place in a world that , at the end of the day, demands humility of everyone. There is an absolute distinction between being too bruised to continue to touch lite and being too proud to continue to take one's place within it , though these , too , might look the same on the outside. Our loved ones who have fallen victim to suicide are now joyous and whole, inside of God' s embrac e, where, as our faith assures us, all is well and every manner of being is well.

Father Ron Rolheiser

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

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In Cracow, High-octane Catholicism for 21st century CRACOW — The Dominican Basilica of the Holy Trinity, just off the market square of Cracow's Old Town, hosts a weekly Sunday evening Mass for university students. The liturgy is magnificent: solemn without being stuff y, reverent without being saccharine. A splendid choir, composed of students and led by students, leads the jean-clad congregation in Taize chants and old Polish hymns, a fine blend of the contemporary and the traditional, The preaching is intense and the response to it is similar — teen-agers and twenty-somethings are hanging on to every word of a homily as if their very lives depended on it. This past Jul y 1, shortly after the Jagiellonian University closed, I brought two old friends to the basilica for a look at the students ' Mass, warning them ahead of time that it might be a little "thin" at this time of year. I needn 't have worried. My friends were amazed at the size of the young congregation and by their fervor. "They 're not just here to fulfill an obligation," one said. "They 're really praying. Did you see those faces?" I did, and in them one can read the unfolding of the 21st century according to a story line you won 't find in the newspapers or in academic social science. Those young faces tell us that enlightened opinion had it all wrong a hundred years ago, when it was predicted that

humanity, tutored by science, would "outgrow" its "need" for religion in the 20th century. Things worked out rather differentl y. The 20th century proved that human beings could organize the world without God; but it also proved that , without God , we can only organize the world against each other, and in the most brutal ways. What I see in the students in Cracow is the deeper truth of our times: that humanity has not lost its thirst for the transcendent, for a truth and a love that satisfy the deepest desires of the human heart. They have begun to find satisfaction for that thirst in Jesus Christ. They want to explore all that that discovery means. That exploration will shape the human future even more profoundly than politics, economics, and science. The second thing to be discovered on Sunday evening in Cracow's Basilica of the Holy Trinity is robust confirmation of the iron law of Christianity 's encounter with the modern world: Christian communities that maintain clear doctrinal and moral boundaries flourish, while Christian communities whose doctrinal and moral borders become porous , even invisible, decline and typically perish. The young want a challenge. "Don ' t ever settle for anything less than the moral greatness you 're capable of — that 's been the message of Pope John Paul II at World Youth Days, and that 's what they preach in Cracow.

The third thing one learn s on Sunday evenings in Cracow is to o £ expect the unexpected and to imag ine the unimaginable. The parz. ents, indeed the older brothers and sisters, of the young men and women I saw on Jul y 1 never expected to live in freedom ; yet they do. They never expected to see reconciliation between Latin-rite Catholics and Greek Catholics in Ukraine; yet they have. They never expected a Polish pope; yet they have witnessed a son of their land change the course of history and become the mora l reference point for the entire planet. Don 't tell these young people that some things can 't change. They know that the Gospel helps us see possibilities amid what seems impossible.

George Weigel

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

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Farmers, farm workers are being squeezed hard Most of us take our dentists for granted - if we have a cavity, we get it filled. Even if we're uninsured, we scrape up the cash and get it taken care of. For farm workers earning poverty wages, however, health care isn 't simply a luxury, it 's an extravagance they cannot afford. California farmers are being squeezed hard, with commodity prices declining and costs increasing. Farmers, in turn are cutting back on already low wages or being forced out of farming altogether. Growers and farm worker advocates testified on these and other concerns to a panel of U.S. Catholic bishops and staff at a hearing in Sacramento in June. This was one of several national sessions in preparation for a statement on the subject of agriculture and farm workers. California farmers have sheltered themselves from the extreme competition of commodity markets by shifting to high-value, labor-intensive crops such as fruits , vegetables and flowers. Farmers from Turkey to China, however, are now introducing their produce into the market. The glut of high-value produce has helped shift power within the food chain to large supermarket chains, whose profits increased by 46 percent between 1993 and 1997. Farmers' profits , however, are decreasing. That fact is

reflected in farm worker wages, which decreased six percent from 1991 to 1996. Put into perspective, labor costs are estimated at five cents per head of lettuce, 16 cents for a bottle of wine and 13 cents per carton of strawberries. David Lighthall, director of the California Institute for Rural Studies, conuasted the production of healthy, fresh food with farm workers' personal health . The institute's 1999 landmark study found chronic health problems that one would not expect: cholesterol rates for farm workers steadily increase with each year they live and work in the United States. Farm workers also suffer a substantially greater incidence of high blood pressure than other adults in the U.S. The institute found that a third of male farm workers have never been to a doctor or clinic. Half have never been to a dentist, yet more than a third have at least one decayed tooth. More than two-thirds have never received eye care. Although the economic rationale for preventive health coverage may be obvious, the Church does not base its teaching primarily on economics. The bishops ' first goal is to support human life and dignity. As a practical strategy, Lighthall testified, for example, that if it isn 't realistic to expect farmers to offer health cov-

erage for their workers, a modest tax on processed foods could underwrite the cost of insurance. Farm worker advocates and farmers agreed that this was a more realistic approach. Although the bishops ' agriculture hearmgs are examining an array of issues much broader than the question of health care, the approach toward each issue is similar: engaging diverse perspectives, attempting to understand all sides of an issue, looking for common ground, and seeking to promote human life and dignity.

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Rick Mockler is Executive Director of Catholic Charities of California. He can be reached at rmockler@cacatholic.org.

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY More surprises ahead: God is never finished with us Following in the footsteps of such worthies as Father Gerald Coleman and Milton Walsh, I too will write about a dog. While both of them, responsible "guardians " (Dogs prefer this word as opposed to "masters," we are told) of people 's best friend as they are, shared warmly their feeli ngs about "Toby" and "Brand y" respectively, with modified rapture, I will describe the 5 p.m. ritual of "Keeper" Brady, Father Bill Brady's dog, and mascot of St. Emydius Parish. "Keeper" knows when it's dinner time. He runs to the kitchen, puts his nose in his empty bowl, barks with increasing intensity, and will not be put off by any treats from his full dinner. Once his bowl is full , he consumes the contents in under 45 seconds, and then looks up to his guardian with that "Is that all there is?" gaze. Like "Keeper," we may think we have seen everything , tasted all we need to taste, and have come to the conclusion that even God has no more surprises for us. The Scripture , chosen for this Sunday's Liturgy of the Word, says "Wrong!" We are ever poised to receive God's interventions to deliver his people. Wisdom, our first reading, has us identify with the first celebrants of the Passover, who are here described with more trust than the original cast of the event had: "the ni ght of the Passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with such sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put then faith, they might have courage. " Indeed, this memorial meal brought about God's rescue and formation of his People: "For in secret the holy children of the good were offering sacrifice and putting into effect with one accord the divine institution." At our Sunday Eucharistic meal, we are one with the saving event God accomplished in Jesus Christ, and we can expect Spirit-caused ripples and echoes of it in our lives. This present situation is not all there is. Hebrews, our second reading, gives to Abraham and Sarah the characteristics of Christian faith to illustrate the fact that our God is never finished with us. As T.S. Eliot put it: "In my end is my beginning. The end is where start from." As our

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 18:6-9; Psalm 33; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48.

Father David M. Pettingill author puts it: 'They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth, for those who speak thus show that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of the land from which they had come, they would have had an opportunity to return. But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one." Seemingly painted into a corner from which they could not move, God gave Abraham and Sarah "ways out:" for their childless state, a son; for their trackless wanderings, a land of their own; for the attempted sacrifice of their son, the son given back. The faithful God had much more in store for diem, who are described by the author like us. This Word then opens us up to the surprise now being offered. Continuing this theme, Luke would have us be watchful servants whose vigilance is rewarded by an unexpected feast: "Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants

who await their master 's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are these servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself and have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them." It is so easy, however, to say that this is all there is, life has no surprises, nothing can change, God's favors are exhausted: "But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the men servants and the maid servants, to eat and drink and get drank, then the servant 's master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish the servant severely . . . , " Our Sunday table service opens us up and out to a Godguided future. The Eucharistic celebration readies us to expect more than the mere present from our God; indeed it moves us from celebration to celebration, from day to day, to its goal, the Lord's return. So our Eucharistic acclamation (based on I Corinthians 11:26), "When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes." Questions for Small Communities of Faith How does biblical hope remove cynicism about the present? Where do you find negative reactions in this group? The Parish? Why? What does the example of Abraham and Sarah say to this group?

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

Where do you want to be by next Easter? The long, summer Sundays of Ordinary Time are precious for many reasons. Let me suggest that long-range liturgical planning is one of the best. When the pastoTal ministers return renewed and refreshed , perhaps late August or early September, this can be one of the most fruitful times for leisurely, prayerful evaluation, envisioning, and long-range planning , In particular with Lent, Triduum, and Easter of 2002 as the immediate goals. Before you think I' m completely crazy to suggest Triduum planning in late summer, let me offer these ideas. Gather all the ministers involved and look carefully together at the large, over-all patterns that take place at Sunday Eucharist week after week. What's working really well that you want to support? What hasn't been as successful as you 'd hoped? What is a realistic area of growth for the whole assembly? Where would you like your Sunday eucharistic assemblies to be liturgically by Easter 2002? Here are two examples of the evaluating and strategizing I mean. At one such September gathering, we realized that we were blessed with highly-competent, dedicated Communion ministers who made it possible to offer Communion under the forms of both consecrated bread and consecrated wine every Sunday. But our evaluation helped us also realize that we hadn 't off ered enough teaching to our parishioners about why they are invited to receive from the common cup. We hadn 't answered their questions or addressed their fears as much as they would like. So we set one significant, parishwide goal that by next Triduum more of our parishioners who wish to would choose to receive the Blood of Christ. The strategy? Homilies when the readings made this appropriate, conversations with each of the parish organizations (sometimes two or three conversations), listening sessions with

all interested parishioners after Mass, bulletin inserts, several "open forums" at different times of the day and evening, lots of opportunities for people to question, argue, share, discuss, learn, and think. Another example: one year our late summer, long-range planning helped us recognize that we could do more to encourage our assemblies to sing during the Communion rite. This became another year-long goal with the following Triduum as the deadline. The strategy? The musicians sifted through all our Communion songs and made a commitment to those with

VATICAN CITY (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; While God punishes people for their sinfulness, his last word is always one of mercy and love, Pope John Paul II said. At his first general audience after an 11-day Alpine vacation, the pope July 25 said that throughout history, people have asked, "Why does God treat us this way?" The answer is a combination of "justice and divine mercy: 'He scourged you for your iniquities, but will again have mercy on you all,"' the pope said, quoting the Book of Tobit. "Punishment appears as a kind of divine teaching method in which, however, the last word always is given to mercy,"

he told the thousands of visitors who filled the Vatican's airconditioned Paul VI Audience Hall. The story of Tobit, the pope said, is the story of a man who, despite all kinds of suffering, remains faithful to God and to his law, especially to the laws of charity and almsgiving. And God remains faithful to Tobit as well, ensuring a happy marriage for his son, leading the young man home and healing Tobit's blindness, the pope said. "The message is clear: One who does good, especially opening his heart to the needs of his neighbor, is pleasing to the Lord and, even if he is put to the test, in the end he will

Sister Sharon McMillan , SND

strong, memorable refrains. They chose five "old faithfuls " that everyone loves and two new ones to be learned by heart before Lent. Study of the General Instruction to the Roman Missal showed us the rubric about beginning the Communion song as soon as the priest received Communion. This really worked! It got everyone singing well before they moved out into the aisle. And with only a few refrains to learn by heart, very soon no one needed a worship aid in order to sing. Then an amazing thing happened. Because the musicians had taught us the Communion songs so well, the assembly was soon able to just keep singing even when the musicians had stopped. This quickly became a very moving part of the Mass for many. The musicians would sing one final verse as the last parishioners were receiving and then stop playing. But the assembl y continued to sing the refrain without accompaniment while the musicians were receiving Communion. It was as if the assembly was saying "now it' s our turn to minister to you as you receive Communion." Because our musicians chose such prayerful Communion songs, everyone really wanted to continue to sing them even if the accompaniment had stopped. Then when the Communion rite ended and the musicians were seated, the entire assembly would pray in extended, thankful silence together. Some liturgical "food for thought" in this long, lovely, "pre-Advent" time.

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

Pope says God's last word is always one of mercy, love

experience God's benevolence," Pope John Paul said. "We can always place our trust in the mercy of God , who never forsakes us," he said. In the story of Tobit and throughout the Bible, the pope said, "suffering itself, provided it is accepted in a spirit of abandonment to God's plan, takes on a mysteriously positive meaning." Pope John Paul said Tobit's canticle of praise acknowledges the fact that sinners are punished for their faults and called to conversion, which opens them to "the marvelous prospect" of God renewing his favor to them.

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Rescuing frozen embryos Recent concern about cloning and stem cell research has raised a further ethical dilemma: is it permissible to adopt an embryo that has been frozen (through what is called the process of cryopreservation)? In most circumstances, a couple who attempts to have a child by some form of in vitro fertilization agrees to have additional or "extra" fertilized ova frozen; (a) in case the inserted ova do not full y implant and grow to maturity (i.e., a live pregnancy) or (b) for use by the couple for a future pregnancy. In many cases, these frozen embryos are never used because the first (or initial) attempts at pregnancy have succeeded and/or the couple does not wish to pursue this process again. The frozen embryo is kept in a reservoir of liquid nitrogen , what one author calls a "concentration can." (Jerome Lejeune, Ignatius Press , 1992). The 1987 Vatican "Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origins and on the Dignity of Procreation " (Donum Vitae) specifically teaches that 'The human person is to be respected and treated as a person from the moment of conception. " (no. 60) It is thus a moral absurdity to assign embryos to this frozen fate . They seem to have no means of survival. Some varied ways have arisen to address this absurdity. First: "Creating Families , Inc. " (Denver) solicits donalions as a business enterprise to distribute abandoned frozen embryos to couples who are anxious to have a child. This option is morally unacceptable as the profit motive comes strongly into play as the "selling of children." Second: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York is even more brash: it will provide a frozen embryo for $2,750 to anyone who desires to purchase it. Third : A distinguished European cardinal suggested

that all frozen embryos should be buried in a prayerful ceremony of love and respect for their individual lives. This is a better option than allowing them to exist in their f rozen state. Fourth: Msgr. William B. Smith of Dunwoodie Seminary, New York, claims that there is "no possibility of their (i.e., frozen embryos) being offered safe means of survival which can be licitly pursued..." {Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 1995, pg. 74) Msgr. Smith argues that a woman who adopts a frozen embryo and has the embryo implanted in her womb de facto shares in the evil of in vitro fertilization and herself "separates" the unitive and procreative dimensions of sexual intercourse. I would disagree with the first , second and fourth options (perhaps the cardinal' s suggestion is the most humane one in light of the very large numbers of frozen embryos throughout the world), but strong ly support the position advocated by William E. May in his book "Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Life" (pgs. 101-108). It is moral and laudatory for a married couple to adopt a frozen embryo for these ethical and pastoral reasons: • Those wanting to adopt the frozen embryo are in no way themselves separating the unitive and procreative dimensions of the conjugal act. • Those wanting to adopt are not the ones who have deprived the new human person of his or her proper origin or possibility of life. • The adopting couple is rescuing a child who is already conceived: i.e., the woman 's intention/choice is to transfer the embryo from its frozen state to her own womb, and tills is a morally acceptable act. • The adopting mother is choosing to give the frozen embryo its first adoptive home.

• Prudence suggests that only married couples should adopt frozen embryos since they are most capable to undertake the responsibilities of parenthood. • The adoptive parents are making two morally correct choices: (a) the choice to adopt; and (b) the choice to commit themselves to give then adopted child a home. * Ideall y, motherhood sustains three distinct aspects: (a) genetic , (b) gestational , and (c) social. There is no reason to think that the social dimension established between an adopted child and the adoptive parents is immoral (as in any adoption, the generic/gestational aspects are different from the social aspect). This same argument holds in the case of adopting a frozen embryo where the genetic component is separated from the gestational and social dimension. • To adopt a frozen embryo for the purpose of carry ing the child to term is not surrogacy as the "intention " of the adopting couple is the child' s (a) adoption and (b) nurturing (giving the child a home). In classic moral theology, in other words , the "object " of the moral act is the transfer of the frozen embryo (gestational mothering) and the "end" is protecting the child's life (social mothering) .

Father Gerald Coleman, S.S.

Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman is president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Better home for the embryo than a freezer "With God, all things are possible." And, increasingly, with Man . Over the past several weeks, our nation has been engaged in debate about the morality and consequences of human cloning and fetal stem cell research. It's complicated, confusing and unnerving. There are benefits and moral pitfalls . The House of Representatives just passed a bill outlawing human cloning for any purpose , and President Bush has said he will sign it if approved by the Senate. About the prospects for stem cell research , we don't yet know. The president has floated a number of conflicting "trial balloons " on the subject and Congress is divided. For the Catholic Church, stem cell research involving the deliberate desttuction of a human embryo for the purpose of advancing science, is as much or more offensive than cloning. There is almost no aspect of the artificial manipulation of human life in our time missing from the "Brave New World". Except for the Church's absolute commitment to the protection of all life and its insistence that human life be created naturally by husband and wife, America is in a moral quagmire. Now a new wrench has been thrown in the gears. In the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF), many embryos which are not implanted in a womb are created and stored in a freezer. These excess embryos are created because IVF doesn ' t always work. Sometimes the embryos just don 't take. It 's easier and cheaper to have a supp ly on hand rather than extracting eggs again and fertilizing them. Often , coup les keep these frozen embryos

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because they may want future children. Often they don 't and the embryos sit in limbo. There are about 180,000 in freezers nationwide. One of the main arguments of supporters of stem cell research is that these stored embryos are not being used. So why not destroy them and extract their valuable stem cells to do something useful like curing Parkinson 's disease or restoring damaged livers? Catholic San Francisco carried a story in its July 27 issue about parents who testified before Congress against stem cell research . These parents have adopted frozen embryos, and they argue that these embryos are not excess biological material —¦ they're kids. According to the story, Senator Tom Harkin, D-Iowa said that these embryos are "nothing more than a dot on a piece of paper. " Mrs. INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC .STEWARDSHIP CONFERENCE Marlene Strege, the adoptive mother of one of these ^^zHSrx embryos cried when she * ® s^r heard this. She complained, "Our little dot just put JN jjpU Winnie the Pooh in the toilet zfi^s^^ltg today." Stewardship: A Disciple 's Response The Catholic Church

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Capsule Film Reviews "Greenfingers " Enjoyable yet predictable comedy about a hardened British prisoner (Clive Owen) who takes up gardening as part of his rehabilitation , and is aided by a celebrity horticulture expert (Helen Mirren) to eventually compete in a prestig ious flower show. As written and directed by Joel Hershman , the film's familiar story line of triumph over adversity is tempered by fine performances and lush garden shots. A sexual encounter , brief nudity and some rough language and profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. "Ori g inal Sin " Tawdry drama set in the late 1800s in which a Cuban coffee baron (Antonio Banderas) is plunged into a world of deceit when he discovers his American mail-order bride (Angelina Jolie) is a manipulative seductress with designs on the family fortune. In writer-director Michael Cristofer 's melodramatic tale of lies and romantic obsession, the transforming power of love is undermined by cloying dialogue and predictable twists. Several intense sexual situations with nudity, brief violence and a few instances of profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is ATV — adults with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. "The Others " Eerie psychological thriller set in 1945 about a mother (Nicole Kidman) and her two photosensitive children who live in darkness in a remote island mansion , but soon discover they are not alone. Writer-director Alejandro Amenabar 's chilling tale of isolation is well-written, deftly building tension until its startling conclusion while prompting questions about faith and the mysteries of life after death. Mature questioning of afterlife, some menace with several frightening moments. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 —

parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "The Princess Diaries " Conventional comedy about a gawky 15-year-old girl (Anne Haulaway) who suddenl y discovers she is die sole heir to a tiny European country, and with the help of her newfound grandmother (Julie Andrews) must learn to act like a princess. Although mildly pleasant , director Garry Marshall' s film has a pre-fab quality that even the classy Andrews cannot overcome. Slight undermining of authority and a few brief kissing scenes. The U.S. Conference of Catiiolic Bishops classification is A-I — general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G — general audiences. "Planet of the Apes " Dark sci-fi fantasy in which an astronaut (Mark Wahlberg) crash lands on a planet ruled by simians and is aided in his escape by a sympathetic ape (Helena Bonham Carte). Director Tim Burton 's reinvention excels in its make-up and visual effects, but lacks narrative depth with self-conscious dialogue and a sly cynicism toward religious beliefs. Intermittent action violence and menace with a few instances of profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-JJI — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Rush Hour 2 " Flat action sequel in which a smart-mouthed Los Angeles cop (Chris Tucker) and straight-laced Hong Kong detective (Jackie Chan) team up again to find a dangerous Chinese gang producing and shipping millions of counterfeit U.S. $100 bills. A few creatively choreographed action sequences cannot compensate for the forced narrative , witless comedy and no-consequences violence in director Brett Ratner ' s film. Recurring action violence , some sexually suggestive scenes, fleeting rear nudity and intermittent profanity and crass language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-UI — adults. The Motion Picture Association of

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America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Jackpot " Vacuous music-filled drama about an aspiring country singer (Jon Gries) and his manager (Garrett Morris) who plow through the karaoke competition circuit , hoping to finally make it big. Despite clever editing and narrative strategy that reveal bits of the story in short flash-forwards, director Michael Polish's sophomore effort leaves little impression. A sexual encounter, a sexual situation involving an underage teen, and much rough language with some vulgar expressions. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-TV — adults with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ' Office for Film and Broadcasting.

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Catholic schools work for gender equity in sports By George Devine, Sr. In recent years news stories have reflected the controversy over the treatment of women's sports compared with men 's sports in high schools and colleges. In the name of fairness, and federal law (Title IX), some schools have expanded women's programs while others have curtailed men 's programs to achieve parity in funding, scholarships, staffing and the like. The most obvious local example is San Francisco State University 's decision to eliminate football. For the most part , Catholic schools above grade 8 (college and prep) were originally single-sex. In the past several decades , some have merged (Sacred Heart/Cathedral) or gone co-ed , either from all-female (Dominican University, Sacred Heart Prep, College of Notre Dame) or all-male (St. Ignatius College Prep and—a long time ago— its parent institu tion , the University of San Francisco). How has gender equity worked out in such schools? At St. Ignatius , says recently retired athletic director Leo LaRocca, "The transition from an all boys school to a coed school, athletically speaking, went very smoothly. We decided at the time that anything we did for the boys in the past we were going to continue to do and that we would do the same for the girls. This meant getting the proper equipment and coaches." "Our teams are doing well," Mr. LaRocca says. "Our j

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School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials, costs , exact locations and additional information , call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Preregistration is necessary for many programs. Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org. Christianity: An Introduction to the Catholic Faith with St. Patrick Seminary's Margaret Turek. Praying the Liturgy of the Hours with Father John Talesfore, director, Office of Worship, Archdiocese of San Francisco. Adult Faith Formation: Our Hearts were Burning With in Us, with Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle , director , Office of Religious Education/Youth Ministry, A rchdiocese of San Francisco . Introduction to the Old Testament with Jesuit Father Donald Sharp. Encountering the New Testament with Father David Pettingill, former professor , St. Patrick Seminary currently serving as parochial vicar at the Ingleside District' s St. Emydius Parish. The above classes are scheduled for Tuesdays Sept. 18 - Oct. 23, at Junipero Serra High School , 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo; and Wednesdays Sept. 19 - Oct. 24 , at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Dr., San Francisco. Classes run simultaneously from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at both locations. Thursdays , Sept. 20 - Dec. 13, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Join Eastern rite priest , Father David Anderson for Expressions of Prayer in the East and the West Through the Centuries at Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield. Fridays, Sept. 21 - Dec. 11 and Jan. 25 - April 20, 2002: Jesuit Father Donald Sharp speaks on Prophets and Wisdom Literature from 2- 4 p.m. at the new Chancery/Pastoral Center, One Peter Yorke Way, SF.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALL0MBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director. Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known retreat leaders, scholars and people of faith. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21st century? Aug. 12: Jesuit Father Bill Wood speaks about the parable of the prodigal son.

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

Sept. 11: Join Two Tribes, young adults from the Catholic and Jewish tradition who meet to dialogue about their journeys of faith. Group meets 2nd Tues. of the month at various locations. Call Mary Jansen at (415) 563-6503 or jansenmar@aoi.com. Oct. 27: Fall Fest 2001, 5th annual Young Adult Conference with keynote, workshops , Mass , dinner

Datebook and dance. Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596 or mjansen@sfyam.org . Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School , Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 — 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692. Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth , SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or rnarieborges@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., SFon site of former St. Joseph Parish. Call susangsf@yahoo.com: (415) 584-5587; anne.petr ides@centresolutions.com : (415) 4403598. Synergy Yoga at St. Agnes/SF, Mon. and Wed. 7:30 - 9 p.m. in Lower Gym Hall, $5 per class. Call Chad Evans at (415) 487-8560, ext. 226.

Prayer/Devotions Aug 12: Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy at St. Sylvester Church , 1115 Point San Pedro Road, San Rafael at 1 p.m. Call Gale or Michael Haring at (707) 765-6550. Sept. 2: Mass sponsored by El Comite Latinoamericano at Corpus Christi Church. Santa Rosa and Alemany, SF at 11 a.m. Colombian delicacies served after Mass. Call Isabel Pinilla at (415) 753-2544.

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) 697-7582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs. 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Soufhgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30-9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica . Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed , 3-4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40t h Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedra l, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

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Billings Ovulation Method of Natural family Planning at St. Brendan Parish Cente r, 29 Rockaway, off Laguna Honda, SF at 7:30 p.m. Call Dr. George Maloof at (415) 681-4225 for more information and future dates. Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM. "Mosaic", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIXChannel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests , 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4. Both shows are sometimes preempted or run at other times, please check listings. Produced by the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Food & Fun Aug. 14: YLI Angela #90 Bingo Lunch at noon in St. Bruno Church Hall, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno. $13 Call Peg at (650) 588-7888. Aug. 18, 19: Annual Flea Market in Moriarty Hall of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 1356 Funston, SF fro m 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Vendors tables $30. Donations accepted of all items except furniture, clothing, books. Call Lucy Jacinto at (415) 681-8719 or Jerry Motak at (415) 661-7378. Sept. 23: Retreat and Fun Day for children with special needs and their families from 1 - 4 p.m. at St. Mark Parish, 325 Marine View, Belmont. Call Lynn Zupan at (415) 614-5655. Sept. 30: Retired Sacramento Bishop Francis Quinn is Ihe guest speaker at the United Irish Cultural Center. Evening includes reception at 5 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by Bishop Quinn's presentation. The retired prelate is a former priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and pastor of the Sunset District's St. Gabriel Parish. Since retiring in 1994, he has been ministering among the Native American population of Southwest Arizona. Tickets $40/$15. Call Kathleen Loftus at (415) 731-4915 or Leo Walsh at (650) 365-6184.

Reunions 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. Aug. 25: 20th reunion BBQ at Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Call Gilmore Sipowicz at (503) 629-6580. Notre Dame Class of '56 grads should check in with Mary Haggerty Elliott at (650) 7262002 about a Fall Luncheon. ' Sept. 7: 10th Anniversary Auction/Buffet sponsored by Presentation High School Alumnae featuring a Christmas Boutique , gift baskets, prizes, homemade baked goods and more at Presentation Convent, 2340 Turk Blvd., SF. Tickets $40. Call (415) 751-1245.

Sept. 8: Mercy High School, SF class of '86 at Ramada Plaza Hotel, SF. Preliminary information already mailed, invitations to follow. Classmates who have not been contacted should call Deborah Heffernan Hinds at (925) 694-2843. Sept. 8: Reunion Luncheon of Class of '36 from Presentation High School, SF at the Irish Cultural Center. Call Kathleen Fox at (415) 567-5723. Sept. 12: Class of'46 , Presentation High School, SF will have its 55th reunion at the Basque Cultural Center beginning at 11:30 a.m. with lunch at 12:30 p.m. Tickets $28. Call Carolyn Bacigalupi at (415) 821-2541. Sept. 15: Luncheon Reunion for Class of '51, San Francisco's St. Joseph College of Nursing at Caesar 's Restaurant , Bay and Powell, SF. Class members should call Joan Reynolds Sebastinelli at (415) 564-0097. Sept. 28: Redwood City's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School hosts a celebration for all pre-194 1 graduates. Lunch and tour included. Call Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817. Oct. 21: Class of '51 of San Francisco's College for Women will gather at Lone Mountain. Call Anstell Daini Ricossa at (415) 921-8846 or Toni Hines Buckley at (415) 681-5789. Nov. 3: Class of '51 of St. Cecilia Elementary will gather at the Forest Hill Clubhouse. Call Phil and Helen Murphy at (415) 731-0127; Berie Davey at (650) 593-8768; Charles Corsiglia (650) 589-8410. 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. Graduates and former students of San Francisco's Notre Dame Elementary, Notre Dame High School or Mission Dolores Elementary should call Sally Casazza at (415) 566-2820. Alumni, former students, parents, grandparents ol 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.

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SF holds first Youth Ministry Summit August 18 Evening for Musicians August 24 The Archdiocese of San Francisco will hold its first Archdiocesan Summit on Youth Ministry on Saturday, August 18, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. The event, sponsored by the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, will provide an opportunity for parish and school teams of junior high and high school youth along with adult leaders in youth/campus ministry to offer their ideas about the direction of youth ministry in the Archdiocese. "The Summit is an important event for the future of youth ministry in the Archdiocese because it will respect and accept the lived experience and voices of young people and adult leaders in youth and campus ministry," Stan Cordero, Associate Director of Youth Ministry said. "It is a significant moment of opportunity to respond proactively to the needs and concerns of youth and youth ministers." Participants will be guided through a facilitated dialogue in adult and youth discussion groups in order to surface priorities for youth ministry. Assistance in guiding the process will be prov ided by Brian Johnson, director of youth ministry for the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas a noted motivational speaker who has given presentations at national and international events. Nationally-known Catholic musician,

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Steve Angrisano, from Oregon Catholic Press, will offer insights in communitybuilding, story-telling, and song. Mr. Angrisano travels year-round, performing at diocesan and national youth gatherings across the country. The two have spoken to thousands of youth and adults in over 100 dioceses in the United States. Registration information is available b y calling Mr. Cordero at 415-614-5500.

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istry year at the YouthLeader conference, co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and the Dioceses of Monterey, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, and Reno. The conference focused on young people 's leadership as followers of Jesus and members of today's young Church. The conference included music and song provided by Vince Nims of St. Gregory/St. Matthew Youth Ministry, prayer and worship, leadership skill tracks on communication, group facilitation , planning, and win/win negotiation. The participants received opportunities to practice the habits of living as a Catholic Christian youth leader. As Anthony Valdez, a senior at Archbishop Riordan High School and parishioner at Mission Dolores Basilica, said "I have attended and facilitated many discussions, meetings, and retreats concerning youth leadership skills but none have touched me so much as YouthLeader . . . over the five days of YouthLeader I have realized that my life is for God. YouthLeader makes loving God a cool thing." The Archdiocese had the largest number of participants with 83 representing 11 parishes and two high schools. For more information on youth leadership development opportunities sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, please contact Stan Cordero, Associate Director of Youth Ministry at 415-614-5500.

Pastoral musicians of the Archdiocese are invited to an evening of dialogue about music ministry on Aug. 24 in the lower level of St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., San Francisco beginning at 7 p.m. The gathering is ihe "first activity of the Archdiocesan Music Committee,'' said Terry Jensen in a recent letter to parishes. Mr. Jensen is music director at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, San Francisco and acting chair of the Music Committee. The purpose of the evening, according to Mr. Jensen, is "to discover how members of the Music Committee" can be of assistance to parish musicians including music directors, instrumentalists, singers and cantors. There is no pre-registetion for the event. "We want as many of you to come as possible, even if you make the decision to attend at the last minute," Mr, Jensen said. Other members of the committee include Linda Myers, music director, St Isabella Parish,San Rafael; Christoph Tietze, music director, St. Mary's Cathedral; and Dan Schutte,composer of popular hymns including "Here I Am, Lord."

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Two years ago, some Vatican sources indicated th at the pope may have already made provisions for his eventual incapacity. He might even stipulate that if his physical condition were to deteriorate to a certain point, it be considered equivalent to resignation. Whatever the future holds, Pope John Paul II continues to demonstrate a stamina, determination and mental acuity that seem nearly beyond human. As one of his theologians remarked at the beginning of the new millennium, "I don 't think the hypothesis of resigning has been considered. " Anyone, even a layman, may be elected pope. He would immediately be ordained bishop, however. When elected, a pope by definition becomes the bishop of Rome.

Authorized English version was published in 1611. Since Protestants used this translation of the Bible for more than 300 years, and since it included this one-sentence addition to the Lord's Prayer, the addition became part of what was sometimes called the Protestant Our Father. As biblical scholarship advanced , it became clear that this final doxology was inserted later and was not an authentic part of the Scripture text. Protestant Bibles since the King James version ordinarily eliminate the sentence, mentioning it at most in a footnote as an inauthentic addition to the biblical text or as a clause found in earlier or "some late manuscripts" (New International Version). No Bible translations under Catholic auspices contain this conclusion to the Lord's Prayer.

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