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Ma rgaret Kilgallen: She discqnUnited ÂŚ chemotherapy to g ive her da ughter Asha the best chance for life and health.

Mother's love: Artist sacrifices her life for baby

By Mary Ann Schwab eople everywhere who seek recognition of the dignity of unborn children rejoiced when Gianna Beretta Molla was beatified in 1994. Gianna was an Italian pediatrician known for her great and passionate faith. When she P became ill during her third pregnancy, she refused treatment that might cost the life of her child. She later died after childbirth .

Gianna stands today as an inspiration for those women who persevere in inconvenient pregnancies when the world beckons them to abortion.

Rarely, in these times of advanced medical therapy do women have to consider the same serious choice that Gianna did. Recently, however, San Francisco 's Saint John of God Parish community was blessed to share in the experience of the death and celebration of life of one such woman.

A few weeks ago I' entered St. John of God Church soon after a memorial service had ended. On the steps in front of the altar there was a wreath of gold and

white flowers and a large colorful floral spray on an easel.- At the foot were a painting and some articles that seemed to be memorabilia. Capuchin Father James Stump, Catholic chaplain of the Medical Center at UCSF, was eager to share the story of the beautiful witness to faith and life that he had just experienced.

Father James said that a memorial service had been held for a young artist, Margaret Leisha Kilgallen who died of breast cancer a few short weeks after the birth of her daughter. She had been taking chemotherapy at the onset of her illness, but discontinued it when she became pregnant to give her child the best chance for life and health .

The service had filled the small chapel-like church to overflowing with family and many friends from the art community. People of all beliefs had entered into the spirit of the Catholic liturgy.

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'Let us pray also for peace and an end to violence' September 11, 2001

My dear people in Christ, As I write this message in the hours following terrorist attacks against innocent people in New York City and Washington, D.C. —we do not yet know the full extent of the loss of life, nor do we know who is responsible for these evil and senseless acts of violence.

I invite all of the people of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to join me in lifting up their voices to God, Our Father, in prayer for the souls of those innocent people who lost their lives in these horrible tragedies. We also pray to God for comfort to those who were injured and for support to the families and friends of the victims of these attacks. We pray too for those who are involved in rescue and healing efforts , and for the leaders of our nation.

We in the Archdiocese of San Francisco are in solidarity with our fellow Americans and people around the world who are shocked and saddened by these hateful acts directed against the United States. As shepherd of the local Church , I join with priests throughout the Archdiocesein asking for your continued

prayers for those people who have suffered the loss of a family member or friend , and for the many injured and for those who assist them. We ask your solidarity and support in particular for family and friends of neighbors and community members who were on the San Francisco bound p lane that crashed.

On Sunday, September 16, 1will preside at a special memorial Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Mary 's Cathedral in San Francisco for the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks, which struck our nation today. All of the people of the Archdiocese are invited to attend this memorial Mass or to attend Mass in their parishes to remember the victims of today's tragic events. Let us gather in prayer to ask for God's blessed mercy and comfort to the people who lost their lives and those who were injured. Let us pray also for peace and an end to violence in every corner of the world.

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The Young Men 's Institute Council #32, South San Thanks to Toni Basich who filled us in and who is also Francisco has awarded $600 hi gh school scholarshi ps hang ing up her cleats after 15 years as Helen 's classto Albert Quintanilla , All Souls Elementary; room aide.... Also in Marin, a belated welcome to Catherine Abalos , Mater Dolorosa Elementary; Gwenaelle and Gilles Rollett, who most recently lived Christop her Petrini , St. Veronica Elementary; in Russia, and are now residents of St. Hilary 's, Amanda Troxler, St. Robert Elementary; Lester Tiburon. Their son , Charles, is a third grader, and their Banatao, Holy Angels Elementary....Congrats to last daug hter , Danae, a kindergartner at the pari sh year 's 8th grade basketball team at St. Robert school.. . Catch-up Congrats to Paula Baldwin , Maria Elementary for the help they gave to San Bruno 's Aymard, Kaitlin Farnham , Albert Cheng, Jennifer Catholic Worker Hospitality House that included an Estagin, Saba Shatara, Lisa Shi, Iyohna Gordon, improvement that has allowed the facility to offer long- Christina Jones, Dasha Igudesman, Liyani term stay s to families. Hammer and nailers included Rodriguez , Tiffany Ung, Melanie Palarca , Diana Jih , Patrick West, Pat Dorn, Joe Green, Daniele Proano, John Michael Reyes of Holy Name Elementary for David Tufo, Tom Becerra. Coaches Dan Voreyer and winning the sweepstakes award at a spring St. Ignatius Dennis Dorn conceived the project.. ..All's well with College Preparatory speech tournament....Also former St. Pius Elementary Science teacher, Nancy before last year 's close of books, seventh grade students at San Francisco 's Halbauer, now at home in Sea Star of the Chicago teaching PE at the Elementary took a close South Side 's Queen of look at child labor finding Peace High School and that even "Made in USA" caring for her mom , tags are often produced Lorraine....Prayers "in Saipan under unacplease for Ed Riffle of St. ceptable conditions." The Piu s who is on the slow young investi gative mend from heart troubles. reporters found "almost Ed, a longtime peddler of everyone's favorite brand candy to area movie housname or store was on the es, is a renowned bicycle list of emp loyers who pedaler. 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Previous to her County once again helped youth back to school with Philly excursion ' to see family, Tara had been serving in their annual ChildSpree program sponsored b y Water wings off Mervyn 's and benefiting 175 boys and girls with $100 Guatemala in an advocate capacity for Natalie Chrisman, a Sacred Heart , Atherton Mervyn 's gift certificates and backpacks chock-full freshman and graduate of St. Gregory Elementary, of school supplies. Among the volunteers chaperoning San Mateo, who was awarded honorable mention in the August event were Ann and Terry Cole , St. water polo for her partici pation in the National Junior Augustine, South San Francisco; Frank Ferraris , St. Olympics last month. Mighty proud are her folks , Dani Matthew, San Mateo; Herminia Garcia , Our Lad y of and George, brother , Nick, a St. Greg 's eighth grader, Mercy, Daly City; Anne O'Brien, St. Timothy, San and grandparents, Dorothea and George Chrisman of Mateo; Henry Reynoso, Our Lad y of Perpetual Our Lady of Angels Step into Fashion is this Help, Daly City. Maritza Techioli of Our Lad y of Mt. year 's theme of the fall fashion show benefiting the Carmel, Redwood City serves as community liaison wonderful work of San Francisco's Sacred Heart for SVDP. Hats off to St. Vincent De Paul and Mervyn ' s Cathedral Preparatory School. Heading up the coor- on this grand effort. Sounds like the generous retailer dinating corps are Deen Anderson , mom of senior might want to change its pitch from "Mervyn ' s begins Jessica, Mary Nola, mom of sophomore , Anton, with with Me" to "Mervyn ' s begins with us."...

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St. Philip 's f amily killed in Bernal Heig hts home

By Kamille Nixon San Francisco's summertime sky brightly lit a newly painted home on a quiet street in the Bernal Heights neighborhood Monday afternoon. Flowers bloomed and neighbors milled about Ihe curvy street. But so did police officers and nightly news correspondents , because the family who lived here — husband , wife and two daughters — had been killed inside the home the day before .

A lieutenant in San Francisco's homicide unit is investigating the deaths of the Shami family: 36-year-old Anthony, 37-year-old Anna, and their daughters Jasmin , 15, and Jamilah, 9.

Early news reports suggested that Mr. Shami may have killed his family and then committed suicide. One day after a relative found the family dead , homicide investigator Lt. Judie Purcell said her team is investigating the case as a quadrup le murder "until such time that we have an indication that takes us elsewhere ."

The famil y had been part of the St. Philip 's Elementary School community for five years, and the pastor there recalled how just one week ago Jamilah ran up to him, threw her arms around him, and told him she was "delighted" he had returned from a six-month sabbatical .

"I was delighted to receive that grace of a smiling person happy to see me," said Father Michael Healy, pastor at St. Philip 's. He continued ruefully as he realized the community would face a profound absence at the upcoming parish festival , an event that usually serves as a joyful reunion for St. Philip's graduates.

Father Healy said Jasmin , a "bubbly " teen who was "a great joy, " was looking forward to the festival to catch up with classmates she hadn 't seen since graduating in 2000.

"When kids go off we don 't always see them again," said the pastor. Now the community at St. Philip's is grappling with the fact they will not see Jasmin or her little sister again, for entirely unexpected reasons.

The day after the family 's bodies were found in their home at 67 Justin Dr., the fourth-graders at Diamond Heights school drew pictures and wrote memorial messages for their slain classmate. The 19 students in basketball-loving Jamilah Jamilah's class are "shellshocked and don 't know what to do or how to feel," said their teacher, Remy Everett.

The veteran teacher had helped her pupils say goodbye to their classmate, whom they had known since kindergarten. Messages on the classroom blackboard fea-

He said the biggest challenge he faces is to "ensure the emotional well-being of the students. " He emphasized the school community needs to "celebrate the lives of the family and the life that we had together. We need to understan d that God has called them to a better place."

Father Healy stressed a similar message: "I encouraged them not to try to understand this evil and insane situation, but to think in terms of the li ght. They are with Jesus and we can thank God for these children who touched our lives."

Mr. Shami graduated fro m San Francisco's Archbishop Riordan High School, Father Healy said. Mrs. Shami stayed very involved in her daug hters ' education and became increasing ly committed to faith life, he said.

News reports describe neighbors and friends as being "shocked" at the possibility of a murder-suicide by Mr. I s Shami. a¦H "u < Father Healy also said he had seen no indication or Usui N :.¦:. Sstrife in the family. "The father was alway s there to pick up ¦ s the children , and he was happy to greet me," said the pas¦ w > tor. "He would get a hug and a kiss from the children and HI w there didn 't seem to be any problem evident. " Similarly, news reports quoted friends, family members and co-workers of Mr. Shami as describing the Budweiser marketing manager as "a good guy and he had a good heart."

Flowers from her friends adorn Jamilah Shami's desk.

A 29-year-resident who lives two blocks away from the Shami home said shock waves are rippling.

"It's strange and unsettling, " said the woman, who did wrote in journals and cried when they could, Mrs. Everett said. By the time the teacher spoke to a reporter in the after- not want to be identified. "It leaves a strange gloom in the neighborhood." She said Justin Drive "has had its share of noon, the students were "very tired" and ready to go home.

Father Healy described a school-wide prayer service pretty horrifying events," such as a son shooting his moththat took place in St. Philip's Church early Monday, which er and other incidents of domestic violence. "It's internal featured two separate renditions of the prayer of St. trouble rather than reflecting the neighborhood but I don ' t think I'd live on Justin."

Francis: "Make me a servant of your peace .. ."

What seems to be a highly ironic message in light of Crisis counselors from the Archdiocese were on hand to Sunday 's possible quadruple-murder stands on the front help students and staff cope. lawn of the Shami home. A mock grave marked by stones rests amid brightly colored flowers in the landscaping. A hand-painted "tombstone" says, "Here lay the last owner whose dog on my lawn.

RIP." A bit of dark humor, perhaps pointing to a darkJasmin ness against which Father Healy fights.

"As a parish priest these children become your own St. Phili p 's principal Stephen Farren said the crisis management efforts would continue as they "monitor the situa- children," he said. "You're touched by their love, their tion" and determine ongoing needs. Mr. Farren had called innocence and their beauty. You want them to grow up and not to be touched by the darkness in our society." the families of fourth-graders on Sunday to alert them.

tured rainbow colors , flowers , and prayers such as, We hope you live a happy life in heaven ," she said.

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WASHINGTON — The United States and Mexico should "seize the moment " and support the legalization of undocumented Mexicans and people fro m other countries living in the United States, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Migration.

Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Camden, N.J., issued a slatement on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops calling for sweeping changes in U.S. immigration policies. The statement came on the first day of a weeklong state visit to the United States by Mexican President Vicente Fox. Bishop DiMarzio said Fox's visit is a "historic opportunity " to redefine migration policies. He urged both presidents "to take bold action by calling for a legalization program for Mexicans and other nationalities who have built lives in our country and who have contributed their skills and hard labor" to bettering the United States.

"A comprehensive approach which fashions a more generous and efficient U.S. legal immigration system, revamps the U.S. immigration service and restores basic due process protections to immigrants is required ," he said.

Archbishop says no 'real exorcism f or Mother Teresa

CALCUTTA, India — Archbishop Henry D'Souza of Calcutta said he asked for special prayers for Mother Teresa's troubled spirit five years ago, but denied she underwent a "real exorcism," as some international media reported .

Archbishop D'Souza said he mentioned the "exorcism incident " when an international news agency asked Mm about holy people experiencing God abandoning them. The archbishop said he did not believe that Mother Teresa suffered possession , but nevertheless asked a priest to pray over her when he found her restless while being treated in a hospital in Calcutta in 1996. With her consent , he said, he sent for Salesian Father Rosario Stroscio "to say the prayer of exorcism" over her. The archbishop said what was done for her was not a "real exorcism."

Father Stroscio, 79, said he recited "the prayer of exorcism to drive out evil spirits" and that the nuns later informed him that Mother Teresa had slept peacefully the rest of the night.

Vatican accep ts US. bishop s ' rule on age for confi rmation

WASHINGTON — The Vatican has accepted the U.S. bishop s' decision to set the normal age range for conferring confirmation "between the age of discretion and about 16 years of age." Within that range, each bishop can set a more specific policy in his own diocese. The age of discretion is usuall y considered to be about seven.

Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, communicated Rome's action to the U.S. bishops in late August and decreed that the new U.S. norm will take effect July 1, 2002.

It changes the current temporary norm, which is to confirm children ordinarily between the age of discretion and about 18.

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The norm affects only the Latin Church in the United States. It marks at least a legal resolution to a multifaceted debate that has gone on for decades over the law, theology and pastoral practice of confirmation. Eastern Catholic churches, which are governed by their own laws, normally confer all three sacraments of initiation together in infancy: baptism, first Eucharist and confirmation.

Pop e urges renewed efforts for peac e in Northern Ireland

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope John Paul urged renewed commitment to peace in Northern Ireland after day s of renewed sectarian tension that saw riot police escorting Catholic schoolgirls through a Protestant neighborhood in Belfast.

For the four days before the pope spoke, riot police escorted terrified Catholic girls to their primary school in a northern Belfast neighborhood that abuts a Protestant enclave. Protestant demonstrators lined their route , accusing them of intruding on their territory and at times hurling rocks. A Protestant militant group claimed responsibility for a homemade grenade hurled at the girls. Two police officers were injured in the Sept. 6 incident.

"Present difficulties are a reminder that peace is a fragile reality calling for continued good will and the implementation of the practical measures required for a just and harmonious society," he told Ireland's new ambassador to the Holy See, Bernard Davenport , who presented his credentials Sept. 7 at the papal summer residence outside Rome.

Italian magazine: Padre Pio could be canonized in 2002

ROME — Italy 's highest circulation weekly magazine reported that the Vatican would formally approve a miracle attributed to Padre Pio by the end of the year, paving the way for his canonization in early 2002. But Capuchin Father Florio Tessari, the Italian monk's postulator, said it was impossible to predict when or if the miracle would be approved, much less a canonization date.

In an article released Sept. 5, Famiglia Cristiana said a Vatican medical commission was scheduled to approve the miracle in October, followed by verification by panels of theologians and cardinals. "In the early months of next year, (Pope) John Paul II will be able to preside over the ceremony of canonization in St. Peter 's Square," it said .

The article cited no sources.

FatheT Tessari confirmed that documentation for the reported miracle had been submitted to members of the medical commission. The reported miracle is the sudden cure from meningitis of a 7-year-old Italian boy. His recov3

ery on Jan. 21, 2000, came while his mother and several Capuchin friars prayed together for Padre Pio 's intercession.

British p ro-life group s dismayed at assisted suicide ruling

MANCHESTER, England — Pro-life groups in Britain have reacted with dismay to a court ruling that could pave the way for a legally enshrined right to die for terminally ill patients .

The High Court in London ruled Aug. 31 that a woman ill with motor neuron disease should have a full judicial review of her case. The review is expected before the end of September. Diane Pretty, 42, of Luton , England , is protesting a refusal by the director of public prosecutions to guarantee that her husband , Brian, would not face prosecution if he helped her to commit suicide.

Paul Tully, general secretary of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said establishing a right to die would lead to elderly patients being made to feel thai they should exercise this right and stop being a burden on the health system. "Although we always have compassion for suffering patients like Mrs. Pretty, establishing a right to die would undermine the fundamental right to life, by creating categories of people whose lives are deemed not worth living," Tull y said.

Jewis h scholars express shock at Vatican offi cial 's comments

ROME — Jewish members of a Catholic-Jewish historical commission said they were shocked that the Vatican's top ecu menical official partly blamed them for the commission's breakup.

In an open letter Sept. 4 to Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Vatican 's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, the three scholars renewed their call for the Vatican to open its World War II archives, a demand that led to the commission's dissolution in Jul y.

Their letter came in response to an Aug. 24 statement b y Cardinal Kasper that lamented the commission 's breakup and partly blamed it on Jewish members ' "leaks and polemical writings." He said such research would onl y be successful in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust.

In their letter, the Jewish scholars said, "Such intemperate attacks on the integrity and scholarship of members of the commission have little in common with the spirit of dialogue and mutual respect that you evoke. " They said they appreciated Cardinal Kasper 's assurance that the archives would be opened as soon as they are catalogued and classified, "and trust that this access, long requested by scholars, will indeed be granted in the very near future."

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Westray said. "The volunteers do a wonderful job. " Both Joyce and Rosemary said people who have been Consolation ministers in the Archdioces e are raising helped by the ministry have later joined the group . the concept of comfort food to a new — and spiritual — Comments from parishioners have been affirming with level as they accompany mourners from the altar to the many saying they are sorry the work was not established table . sooner. Feedback from those benefiting from the ministry Joyce Masucco and Rosemary Bellan are among the has also been positive. founders of a ministry at St. Sebastian parish , Greenbrae , "They are very appreciative and overwhelmed by the that has been preparing receptions for people attending volunteers and the food ," Joyce said. Rosemary said she funerals in the parish for three years . Catholic San wished she had "a camera sometimes to catch people 's Francisco spoke with the women in St. Sebastian 's parish faces when they enter the hall. " hall, the usual venue for the The women have been gatherings. touched by their parts in the When asked about the work. "It gives me an genesis of the work , Joyce opportunity to hel p people said "We saw a need" and in a very difficult time and Rosemary commented how that is a reward in itself ," the ministry's existence in Joyce said. other parishes, including St. "We're very lucky to be Rita 's, Fairfax, served as a able to do this ," Rosemary said. "I always say I don't spur to enacting it at St. Sebastian 's. pray very well so this is my 'We put the idea out to way of pray ing and giving. " our parishioners and they Though the humility of affirmed it," Joyce said, notthe women prevents their ing that almost 80 volunteers accepting the requests as have come forward to assist. praise, both said that some "We take care of everypeople have come forward to At St. Rita Parish, Fairfax , consolation ministers thing, " said Joyce , who pre-plan the reception that prepare an attractive and welcoming atmosphere does the shopp ing when a would follow their funeral . need arises.

"People have told us they for those attending the receptions after funerals.

Receptions, which begin want certain flowers or cerwith a call from parish sectain colors when they die," retary, Nancy Lampe to Rosemary said. loyce, include finger foods, Emma Bradley, who is desserts, beverages and dec"in the kitchen for every orations , including fresh reception and won ' t leave flowers. They have been for until every dish is done," as many as 350 people and has already ordered "cookas few as 10. ies, peanut butter and jell y The expense of the sandwiches and Twinkies, receptions is covered by for her reception ," both said the "generosity of the famwith a chuckle. ilies being hel ped ," They expressed pure Rosemary said. "There is admiration for the woman no charge but families and the additional volunmake a donation which teers who make the minoften exceeds the cost ," istry a reality. Other memshe said. "We are subsidized by their goodness ," she bers of the grou p include longtime parishioners Mary said , adding that the additional money allows them to Rocha , who enlists servers and clean-up volunteers for accommodate families who might not be able to afford a the receptions; Kathie Meier, who serves as treasurer, contribution toward the expense. and Anne Nealon.

Some donations are unrelated to a particular event.

"We' ve shed a lot of tears and had a lot of laughs," "We are deeply touched by those acts of kindness," Joyce Joyce said with Rosemary agreeing. "Sometimes it 's a joyous occasion , sometimes somber. It's a very personal said.

Approximately 10 volunteers are needed in the prepara- thing."

Dolores Stoll has been helping coordinate receptions for tion of each reception with most preparing dishes at home for the occasion. Edibles vary from sandwiches to chicken families of St. Rita Parish, Fairfax since 1990. "I wanted to wings to meatballs with the occasional salmon tossed in, help those in need," Dolores said about what brought her to Rosemary said. Knowing that families do not immediately the ministry.

"When there's a death in the parish, Father Cipriano get back to the daily routine of cooking after losing a loved asks if they'd like to have a reception in the parish comone, all leftovers are offered to them, Joyce said.

Both said that Father Ken Westray, pastor, "has been munity center," Dolores said. "If they do, we plan it with their help." wonderful" in his support of the ministry.

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'Very big part ' of ministry Barbara Elordi, director of Grief Ministries for Catholic Charities, said "food and coming together is definitely a very big part" of outreach to the bereaved.

In grief support groups, food is always an element, and on retreat days for consolation ministers , the groups always eat together, Ms. Elordi, a licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, said. She explained that some parishes don't prepare the food but do provide a parish facility for the reception and assist families in selecting a caterer.

She said that some consolation ministers do a version of house sitting for bereaved families by remaining in the family's home and receiving prepared foods that are often dropped off by friends and neighbors.

stage a reception including "one day to plan and shop, one day to prepare , and one day for the reception." The foods served at St. Rita 's include cold cuts , side dishes, beverages , desserts and decorations including fresh flowers and linens.

Though now somewhat slowed by arthritis, Dolores said whipp ing up 40 pounds of her "specialty" potato salad has been a regular activity for her, adding that more than several times the gatherings had nourished more than 500 people. "We try to create a caring, loving environment," she said.

The proximity of the reception site to the church can be pivotal, Dolores said. "When you see them immediately mingling after Mass, you realize how important this is to them," she said. "The families are so appreciative and tell us how they could not have made it through the time without the work of our volunteers. It was one thing they didn 't have to worry about."

There are approximately 10 members of the ministry with another 25 serving as volunteers for the events mostly as preparers of dishes, primarily desserts, for the guests.

Among those helping with the work are Eileen Brown , Maria Christiansen, Gini Rowan, Ann Locke, Sharlene Mullins, Mary Ternus, Eileen McBride, Cele Ghiavarini, Ann Vanarnum, JoAnn Testa and Peggy Wilson.

The cost of the gatherings is paid through donations from the assisted families and, again, are often more than the actual expense allowing the parish to also help families who cannot afford to make a donation .

"The whole idea of Eucharist and food and our gathering around the table is very important," said Father Robert Cipriano, pastor of St. Rita 's. "The receptions are magnificent. It gives people a chance to talk. They put out a great spread and go to great lengths to please the families.

Dolores and the committee have done something that is out of this world."

Father Cipriano also mentioned how the reception has served as a more suitable venue for popular or secular songs a family has requested to be sung that might be inappropriate at Mass.

For Dolores, the work has been a gift. "You can see what you 've done and that you ' ve helped somebody," she said. "It's a sign of support and these are times when they really need support."

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By Evelyn Zappia "Are these today 's farmers," asked Father Lawrence Goode of the group of St. Finn Barr students who were busy inspecting the progress of the organic garden they planted last Spring. "Yes," was their reply to the pastor.

The project was the brainstorm of Alma Esparza , the mother of fifth grader Alex, according to Denise McEvoy, resourc e and development director. Once the parentteacher proposal was enthusiasticall y approved , "the farmers" rolled up their sleeves, dug deep, and planted summer squash, tomatoes , strawberries, onions , carrots, garlic and sunflowers.

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former students , "the sunflowers will be taller than all of you by the time you get back from summer vacation." The students were delighted to discover she was right. They had grown twice their size.

The sunflower plant seems to be the favorite harvest of the children and parents. The students are planning to use the seeds to entice birds to bird feeders they plan to make.

And, in the school's newly published Little Schoolhouse Garden Newsletter, the recipe of the month is "Sunflower Spice Cookies. " This year, the new homesteaders plan to sample the food and share their harvest with the parish community.

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mer, she raided the garden and picked fresh carrots, squash and tomatoes for her occasional dinner salad. "The vegetables were delicious ," she said.

The planting for the organic garden turned "science project " according to Ms. McEvoy, will continue throughout the school year with kindergartners to eighth graders receiving advice from St. Finn Ban 's Parent Board and various community outreach programs. "We're planning science, art and other classroom garden activities," said Ms. McEvoy, "and we 're excited.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II lives in a Later, when he became archbishop of Krakow, he Renaissance Palace, rides in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes shocked his staff by coming down into their kitchen for and holds the highest position in the Catholic Church. meals instead of staying in his formal dining room upstairs.

So when he recently urged people to detach themselves he would brusquely pull his hand away As archbishop, , from worldly ambitions and material things some might whenever one of the faithful tried to kiss have questioned whether the pontiff pracit an exaggeration , his ring, considering tices what he preach es.

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He resisted the But despite the glamour and gilt of his , too, but hand-kissing as pope awhile Vatican surroundings, this pope is no reluctantly came to accept the practice. ecclesiastical prince. He has never really The pope has often described the felt comfortable with the trappings of the "riches of the Vatican" as a popular myth papacy and by all accounts lives a simple and has shown a monkish simplicity in life behind its bronze doors. his own daily lifestyle. His meals are super-simple. His apartment has books, a few belongings and little else — he 's a Vatican Letter conspicuous nonconsumer. His vestments may look fancy, but a Vatican assistant "He lives like a poor man. He's just once complained that the pope 's shirts not interested in having things, and when were badly ironed and the cuffs frayed. he receives money, he immediately gives Unlike the head of many lay houseit away to some cause. Sure, he lives in holds , the pope has no house payments to an elegant building, but what 's he supmake, his car repairs are taken out of the posed to do — sell the Apostolic _, Vatican budget, and he has no children to Palace?" said Father Adam Boniecki , a put through college. He doesn 't have to biographer and longtime friend of the | worry about the details, but he does pope. | ~ worry about the bigger picture.

On Sept. 2, the pope took a critical 2 For example, whole categories of poor look at mainstream society's emphasis on success and material reward. Heaven will o people have benefited by foundations he go to the humble , he said, despite all the g has started with Vatican funds. His one social climbing, arrogance and rivalry so £ personal financial fund is the traditional y "Peter's Pence," a collection designed to apparent here on earth. go straight into his pocket, but it has been He challenged the "look out for No. routinely earmarked to finance charity 1" mentality, suggesting people should Pope John Paul II discouraged ring-kissing as a projects around the world. scale down their personal and professionPolish bishop but has come , reluctantly, to accept it as pope.

Pope John Paul has never taken a al ambitions and try to be more modest.

Keep things in perspective by thinking more about eterniFather Boniecki recalled that as a young priest in hands-on approach to money, whether his own or the ty, he said.

Poland, Father Karol Wojtyla used to give away his income Vatican's. A reliable source says that when informed of the In this and other recent talks, the 81-year-old pope so fast that fellow priests secretly began putti ng money Vatican bank's involvement in an Italian banking scandal in seems determined to raise people's gaze from their desks aside each month for his personal needs. As a university the 1980s, the pope remarked to aides: "My God, they have and their checkbooks to higher realities. professor, the future pope wore threadbare clothes and reg- a lot of problems here in the Vatican. It will be interesting Saying "no" to materialism has become a mantra of ularly gave his monthly paycheck to a scholarship program to see how they come out of this." his pontificate , sometimes in unexpected contexts. In a for poor students.

In the end, the pope views most money matters and number of economically struggling former Soviet When he was named Poland's youngest-ever bishop in material goods with a detachment that is unusual in today 's republics , for example, he has warned against adopting 1958, he refused to move into the episcopal palace in world . But he's convinced that the rat race is hurting peothe West's consumerist values. This year he asked com- Krakow, preferring to share a two-room apartment with a ple spiritually, and to them he recently offered this simple municators to challenge the new "idols" of materialism fellow professor. Father Boniecki said that prompted one advice: Keep in mind , as the Psalms say, that "everything and hedonism. And he even admonished his own corps of diocesan official to remark: "This Wojtyla really has no the human creature possesses is the gift of God." Roman Curia officials , saying that competition and careerism have no place in the Vatican.

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Margaret had a zest for life and many interests. She was a surfer, an avid banjo player and had worked seven years in the City as a conservator at the public library, She met and later married, Barry McGee, another young artist, and they pursued then common interests. As her talent took shape and became well defined , the art world began to recognize her.

With a style somewhat reminiscent of folk ail updated to embrace the modem scene, as 'one critic says, "She celebrates the common lives of everyday people." She had exhibitions in well-reputed museums and galleries throughout the country and abroad.

Her illness and pregnancy did not hamper the eager commitment to her special talent.

Two months before her child was born she was enthusiasticall y arranging an exhibition in Philadelphia. In June of this year, just prior to her death, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stanford University. A national PBS program is featuring the work of Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee in a segment of its September 21 program at 10 p.m. on KQED, Channel 9. She certainly had tasted the pleasures of success and even the promise of fame.

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By Jennifer C. Vergara Catholic News Service ANAHEIM , Calif. (CNS) — Nearly 12,000 charismatic Catholics descended on the Anaheim Convention Center Aug. 31-Sept. 3 for the 30th annual Southern California Renewal Communities conference on the theme "Nothing Is Impossible With God. " Many partici pants sought spiritual healing at a workshop given by Jesuit Father Robert Fancy, a professor of spirituality at the Gregorian University in Rome.

"We've all been hurt, and we ' ve been hurt by those from whom we expect love," said Father Faricy.

He said these hurts , as well as other "stuff inside me — the junk , the resentment , the anger, the depression , the very low self-esteem , the sinfulness , the sins I commit, my lack of faith , lack of hope , lack of love " limit one 's capacity to love and be loved.

Inner healing, said Father Faricy, is "something that Jesus does. And he uses us all, working throug h each of us to heal one another. " Lawrence Ling, from St. Stephen Church in Monterey Park, came for healin g for himself and his wife. The healing workshop, he said , put people in "direct contact with Jesus , who reached inside of us , to the roots of our

addictions , weaknesses, all those bad th ings."

Another workshop was given by Father James Clarke, adult formation coordinator in the Los Angeles archdiocesan Office of Religious Education.

Father Clarke said one must serve God, not out of a sense of duty, but because of acceptance of God's love.

Out of full acceptance of that love, he added , works of justice and mercy flow.

He said those who have allowed God's love to fully penetrate their lives also have the desire to share that love, through preaching and evangelization , serving others and showing mercy.

"God says 'no matter where you are in your life, however you experience my love, in your brokenness , don ' t quit. Keep play ing, because I' m right there ,'" Father Clarke said.

For Marose Fujii , a parishioner from St. Columban Church in Los Angeles , those are word s she needed to hear.

"I' m experiencing, in my life right now, a lot of brokenness in my heart," she said, as the tears welled up.

Because of Father Clarke 's talk, she said, she realized that "in the midst of everything, in the midst of my brokenness, God -is with me and I know th at God is working in me."

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Father James became closer to the famil y during Margaret 's last days in the hospital . He learned that Margaret had never wavered during the pregnancy in her decision to discontinue the treatment that possibly could have been her lifeline and which would have been an ethical choice for her. She was prepared for death by her own personal sacrifice and blessed by the last rites of the Church. Each time Fathei James entered her room he sensed the full force of the love of family members and the friends thai suiTOunded and supported her. She died in the arms of her husband and her infant daughter whom they had named Asia, a Sanskrit word for hope and belief. Barry McGee then took his daughter home to care for and bring up.

After I left the church the morning of the memorial celebration , 1 again passed the courtyard still full of people. Father Labib Kobti, pastor, and his caring staff had opened the rectory and parish facilities for a gathering of family and friends. Such support is typ ical of the ministry of the St. John of God community, which offers solace and comfort to families of ill persons at the Medical Center.

On the fringes there was a young man with his back toward me, holding an infant over his shoulder. The alert littl e face had glistening eyes, which seemed eager to take in the light of the world. Asha indeed is Margaret Kilgallen 's masteipiece. As I looked at her, 1 mused that at times in the future Sasha may feel lonely moments because her mother is not with her to share her joys, to teach her how to sketch a bird, and to wipe her tears. May she be blest with the grace to know that every step she treads and evety breath she takes are signs of her mother's ever-present love !

Mrs. Schwab is coordinator of Project Rachel for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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The Vatican recently decreased the estimate of Catholics in Kazakstan from 309,000 to 180,000. At present, the church's pastoral service is carried out by a predominantly foreign-born workforce of four bishops, nearly 60 priests, almost 70 nuns and about 70 lay missionaries and catechists.

Entering more deeply into the Kazak culture is considered a church priority, but there are built-in obstacles. For one thing, Catholics are a small island in a population of about 8 million Muslims and 6 million Russian Orthodox.

While Catholic relations with both groups are good in Kazakstan, pressures are being felt from outside — Muslim fundamentalism from Afghanistan to the south, and Orthodox influence from Moscow to the north.

Father Edoardo Canetta, an Italian priest working in Astana, said the Russian Orthodox Church wants Kazakstan to adopt a policy of restrictive registration of Catholic missionaries.

The country 's new grand mufti , Absattar Derbassaliev, is promoting a stricter form of Islam that has clashed with the more tolerant practices of many Kazak Muslims, Father Canetta told the Vatican missionary news agency Fides.

On the other hand, the grand mufti has asked Muslims to welcome the pope with respect , and some church organizers believe there will be more Muslims than Catholics at his main outdoor Mass in Astana Sept. 23.

The pope will meet with young people in Astana, bringing him face-to-face with a group considered key to the future of the church and the entire country.

"What is striking about the young is their hopelessness.

The economic situation holds out no promise. ... Their one dream is to emigrate somewhere. The church faces a great task in hel ping them discover the dignity and beauty of their lives and their culture ," Father Canetta said.

In trying to connect with young and old in Kazakstan , the pope will start with some sympathy among his audience, Two years ago, a national poll named him "personality of the 20th century. " In Armenia, the pope will visit a people whose Christian faith has been tested by centuries of suffering — at the hands of Arab rulers, pagan invaders, Ottoman Turks and the Soviet Union.

On Sept. 26 he will pray on Dzidzernagapert Hill, in the capital of Yerevan, at a memorial th at honors the memory

By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II travels in late September to Kazakstan and Armenia, two countries that show the very different faces of Christianity in western Asia.

In Kazakstan, a predominantly Muslim nation that extends from southern Russia to western China, the pope will encounter a tiny Catholic community struggling to establish a pastoral base in the post-communist era.

In Armenia, the pope will be welcomed by a large Orthodox Church and a much smaller Catholic one , which together are celebrating 1,700 years of Christianity.

In miles and days , the Sept. 22-27 trip will be one of the longer papal journeys of recent years. Although the number of Catholics in both countries is small, the visits are important to the pope.

Speaking at a noon prayer Sept. 9, he said he hoped his trip would contribute to the cause of "the new evangelization and ecumenical dialogue " ifi the world.

The pope noted that Kazakstan 's population is formed by more than 100 different ethnic and cultural groups. With only a few hundred thousand Catholics and a hierarchy in place since 1999, the country reflects the challenges of evangelizing in relativel y new terrain.

He said Armenia, home to one of the oldest populations of the Near East, was a "depository of a religious and cultural patrimony of singular richness." The fact that he will be hosted by the Armenian Apostolic Church, an Oriental Orthodox church that has good relations with Catholics, makes this visit a good-news story for ecumenism.

In both countries the 81-year-old pontiff will celebrate liturgies, meet with civil and religious leaders, and pay homage to the millions of people who suffered persecution or death in places that have been largely ignored by the rest of the world.

The pope will arrive in the Kazak capital of Astana late in the day Sept. 22 but is making an unusual evening visit to a monument to the victims of totalitarian regimes. During the forced deportations of the Soviet period , many individuals and entire populations — a great number of them from Ukraine — were sent to Kazakstan.

Independence in 1991 gave the church new freedoms, but paradoxically it has also brought a new problem: Tens of thousands of ethnic Ukrainians, Poles and Germans — the back-

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After arriving in Yerevan, the pope will be met by the patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II. The pope will reside during his stay at the Apostolic Church's headquarters in Etchmiadzin, near the capital , a gesture of ecumenical welcome unique in papal travels to date.

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Resident Marie Chambers and Mother Maria Christine.

Mary in the grotto,

By Sharon Abercrombie

St. Anne 's Home was able to offer at 2030 Howard Street, south of Market St. irginin Brooks sped out of the elevator as fast as her 87 years cool water to the earthquake for the sisters and their future residents. would allow. The tiny white haired woman had to catch her shuttle. refugees. Although San Franciscans It didn't take long for 24 people to fill A car w;is waiting outside to take Ms. Brooks and a few of her were dealing with their own probthe home to capacity.

The Sisters realized friends to a nearby parish to sort donations intended for a huge lems, they still gave generously when ' ' they were going to need a larger facility, the fund raising raffle for St. Anne s Home. Virginia Brooks wouldn t the Little Sisters came begging. As a sooner the better.. Following a tradition in miss out on the excitement for anything. the Home was able to feed result, their Congregation, they placed a brick at For the past eight years, Ms. Brooks has lived and thrived at St. many newly homeless people. the foot of St. Joseph's statue, asking for the Anne's Home in San Francisco, The home is the only residence for For four yeats, life returned to saint's help. The brick attracted the attenelderly destitute people in the Bay Area. normal at St. Anne's. tion of Edward Le Breton, who had been On Sept. 23, San Francisco Archbishop William Levada will visit Then , in 1910, Edward Le volunteering at the home eveiy Wednesday St. Anne 's to celebrate the home's 100th anniversary of its groundBreton died. It is probab ly no coinand Saturday to see what needed to be done. breaking. He will preside at a 2 p.m. centennial Mass in the outdoor Sister Josep h Marie visiting Virginia Magrath. cidence that he took sick and died When he learned th at the Sisters were Lourdes Grotto, at 300 Lake St. The celebration is open to the public. at the place he built from the making a novenafor a new building, he The Grotto is the only area large enough to accommodate the , up, on the feast of St. ground Joseph , no less. The banker often attended gave them $100 000 to build a home for 200 residents.

700 expected guests and benefactors , said Little Sister of the Poor Le Breton asked that the building be named for St. Anne and be dedicated to 6 a.m. mass in the chapel before going to his office. On March 19, 1910 Mother Maria Christine , director.

Le Breton arrived at 5 a.m. that day to pray in the chapel. After mass he his parents. The Sisters quickly agreed. Then Le Breton bought five acres on Lake Aii altar will be set up, in front of the garden scene depicting Street near the Presidio for $37,500 and hired famous architect Albeit Pissis, Mary 's appearance to the peasant child Bernadette. First-time visitors had breakfast with the Home's chaplain, Father Michael - 'Sunshine " will probabl y notice a large bronze , bell on the grounds. In a nearby designer of the Emporium Building on Market Street, the old St. Rose Academy Murp hy. As Father Murp hy helped Le Breton into his coat, the banker wall, they will see an inscription "In honor of my father and mother." and the headquartersfor the Hibemia Bank at Market and McAllister Streets. complained of numbness in his righ t hand. He became increasingly ill Sister Josep h Mari e h elp s Virg inia Both are artifacts from the past, transported from St. Anne 's Le Breton was not a remote benefactor. He was on the scene daily, doing and died a little after high noon , the same day.

Throughout its 100 years, St. Anne 's Home has been full of such original building, which was demolished in 1982 to make room for everything from negotiating with workers during several strikes, to overseeing Brooks with her p hysical therapy .

Sister Micha el Teresa the new modern facility. the construction , landscaping the garden, and seeing that the Sisters had colorful stories.

One night in 1952 , when a four-alarmfire broke out in the basement their own well. He built the Lourdes Grotto after promising to do so if one of the ailing Sisters recov The bell is from the original chapel. The stone tablet used to be above the entry doorway to the home, named in honor of the parents of Edward Le Breton , the home 's first major benefactor. ered from a serious illness.

Bunny, the Home 's canine pet, did his part to help tire 150 firemen evacuate He and his attorney brother, Albert, began a tradition , which continTo tell the story of St. Anne's Home is to share this wealthy banker 's story, as well. Le Breton, the Home 's 260 guests. He ran through tire corridors, waking residents up ues to this day. Once a year, on St. Joseph's Feast Day, prominent San president of the French Savings and Loan Society, was there from the very beginning of St. Anne 's with his barking. Everyone was safely escorted from the building. The blaze, existence. John McGuckin , Jr. who has written a history of the home, theorizes that Le Breton 's Franciscans serve the residents dinner. however, caused more than $50,000 damage to the east wing of die Home.

During the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, he made certain that ancestors probably hailed from Brittany, where Jeanne Jugan, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Today, guests who are able still help out in the kitchen and gardens, just Poor, began taking care of elderly impoverished people in 1839. She often reminded members of her the residents and staff received their share of the supplies being distributed by asfliey did from die very earliest days. In recent years, when St. Anne's opened community, "take good care of the elderly, for it is Jesus Himself you are caring for in th em. " the Army. The earthquake had shaken and caused considerable damage to an Old Country Store on the premises, the residents began staffing it as well.

Blessed Jeanne 's community spread across Europe , eventually reaching the United States. On the building.. All the chimneys collapsed. The statues in the chapel fell from St. Anne 's doesn 't have to actively promote itself to remain at full their pedestals and broke. Only the statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, March 14, 190 1, occupancy. "Peop le find out about us by word of mouth , " said Sister three Sisters high up in the sanctuary, remained in place. One of the Little Sisters felt that Maria Christine. Some pastors, concerned over the living situations of arrived in San Our Lady was standing guard over the Home, McGuckin says in his history one of their parishioners, will contact the home, she added.

Francisco, at the The Sisters spent the day in prayer as several more, less strong "So much of it is about the lack of housing, " she said. invitation of quakes shook the City. It was no longer safe for anyone to sleep upstairs In recent years, the Home has welcomed many elderly San Archbishop Patrick and everyone moved downstairs into the halls and larger rooms.

Franciscans who have been squeezed out of their housing by the increasRiordan to open a When the fire came the Little Sisters were able to offer sanctuary to ingly high rents. Financially, with their limited incomes and assets, they home for the eldthe Marist priests of Notre Dames des Victoires, which had been destroyed, just don 't have the options their better-off contemporaries have. Some .

Heart.

These Sisters had first Sacred erly poor. The . and also to the Mesdames of the end up sleeping in their cars before coming to St. Anne 's.

Archbishop had hosted the Sisters when they came to the City in 1901. Meanwhile, the old A number of guests formerly lived in the Tenderloin. rented a building building on Howard Street was completely destroyed.

When St. Anne 's first opened its doors, the Sisters went out daily, begging Although the fire came close to the Home, St. Anne's was spared. As food and money from local merchants and community leaders. Today, thanks soon as Mother Melanie, the superior, prayed to Our Lady of Lourdes that to such government programs as Medicaid and Social Security, the Home has * Aiken Walsh, she would organize a procession in her honor if flames bypassed the . some added financial assistance.But the long-standing custom of askingfor Mary Kelly , and Paul Chu making the way Home, the wind changed and the fire moved away from St. Anne 's. alms continues, however, at a somewhat more sophisticated level.

Because of Le Breton 's insistence that the Sisters have there own well. the cross cha p el.

J osephine Marty. in Each day, a designated "begging Sister " gets into the St. Anne 's van of the

ands heads for sites in San Francisco, Oakland , and once a week, as far away as San Jose , to pick up donations of produce , bread and meats.

Histo rian McGuckin has collected a number of "begging " stories .

The sisters would go out on foot, until an anonymous donor provided a horse and a truck. One of the residents would drive the Little Sisters around town. Following two serious accidents/however, the San Francisco Police and Fire Departments came to the Sisters' rescue, volunteering to drive them around when they were off duty.

One of St. Anne 's most famous begging Sister's was Scottish-born Sister Bern ard Molloy, who arrived in San Francisco in 1901. She spent 50 years collecting for the Home.

McGucki n notes that "Sister Bernard knew everyone. " Her daily rounds took her to market areas for fruits and vegetables. Every payday she went to City Hall and the other governmentbuildings , as well as the police and fire departments. One of her superiors noted, "whenever she went to the city hall, she always came home in a fire chief's car."

Sister Bernard was known for her ability to bring people to Christ , notes, McGuckin. "Typical is the non-Catholic City Hall official who reg ularly contributed to Sister Bernard's basket. Remembering the inevitable "God bless you , " which she bestowed on him each day, he asked to see the Little Sister when he was dying and was received into the Church on his deathbed ." and Valerie Marlo w Sister Bernard retired in 1951 after an attack of the flu and died at St. Anne 's in March 1955.

Both she and Edward Le Breton would be edified and cheered if they could visit St. Anne 's Home in its 100th anniversary year. If they could walk the corridors, they would find three levels of care th at are available to the 100 residents: residential , intermediate , and skilled nursing.

Guests have access to amenities they might never have dreamt about before coming to St. Anne's. They can learn arts and crafts. "Many of our people discover talents they never knew they had," remarked Mother Maria Christine .

There is a physical therapy room with donated exercise equipment. People can study Tai Chi , an ancient martial art that helps improve balance, a faculty that can diminish in seniors.

Guests can go on outings to symphonies and to the opera, thanks to generous donors.

Critter enthusiasts can enjoy a floor to ceiling aviaiy in the front hallway, filled with friendl y chirping birds.

And lastly, Sister Bernard and Le Breton would be gratified to know that St. Anne's Home has kept up with the times by providing Hospice care. "We try to be there for the final stages of their journey," said Mother Maria Christine.

Enid Reed in Craf t Room.

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hC ATHOLIC = SAN FRANCISCO Death is not the last word The murderous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon remind us that death came into the world through sin. As we look at the flaming buildings , we are seeing evil face to face.

If there is no greater love than a man laying down his life for his friend , there is no greater evil than to take an innocent human life.

Nothing in the world can justify these mass murders ; everyone in the world should condemn them.

Terrorists are not only evil, they are cowardly. They deliberately choose the innocent and the defenseless as their victims — the more innocent and defenseless the better. Their aim is not only to kill but to leave the survivors quivering in fear.

The best revenge is to let faith blot out fear, to remember that we believe in the triumph of the cross, that good overcomes evil, and that on the Last Day we will not look sin in the face but Goodness — and once again we will see those who went before us face to face.

PJ

Progress — at what p rice?

"Progress " is a seductive word. Just about everyone wants to be "progressive " in one way or another. Political liberals like to call themselves "progressives " — always looking forward , always open to change. But the conserv ative Ronald Reagan was fond of the word, too. As the television spokesman for General Electric in the 1950s, the future president was constantly telling the nation , "Progress is our most important product."

Progress is, by definition , a good thing: "advancing toward perfection or a higher state," the dictionary says. But just what is progress? The development of nuclear weapons that can incinerate cities certainly moved the arms industry to a higher level , but do we want to live on that level ? Two-hundred-channel cable is a technical marvel but with 190 channels broadcasting "infomercials " and pornography, is it progress? Capital punishment by lethal injection is more efficient than the gas chamber, but does it advance society toward perfection ?

There was a time when advocates of human progress were concerned with helping people on the margins of society — the poor and the enslaved, workers and members of minority groups, children and women. Progress meant enhancing human dignity — of abolishing slavery, ending child labor, permitting women to vote, wiping out poverty, ending racial discrimination. Progress meant treating people as children of God, not objects to be used and then discarded.

Now, the supporters of stem cell research are telling the world that progress means creating human embryos as experimental tools and then, once their stem cells are "harvested ," killing them. This will lead scientific research to a higher level, we are told , and open the way to cures for a wide variety of dreaded diseases. Human embryos will pay the price, but the research world thinks that is a small price to pay for this sort of progress.

This thinking is so common that at a U.S. Senate hearing last week on President Bush's stem cell research policy, only one witness spoke in opposition to research on embryonic human stem cells on moral grounds. Only Jesuit Father Kevin FitzGerald a bioethicist at Georgetown University, saw anything wrong with destroying a human embryo to obtain its stem cells. In fac t, most of the witnesses wanted fewer restrictions on the use of human embryos.

In England, the advocates of assisted suicide are claiming that progress means having the right to help someone commit suicide.

In this case the husband of a woman disabled by motor neuron disease wants immunity from prosecution if he helps his wife kill herself. Ironically, the couple claims that the British Suicide Act violates the European Convention of Human Rights.

This isn 't progress. It is despair.

"You can't stop progress ," an old saying goes. Perhaps it is time to try. . PJ

True pacifi sm

You mention today (CSF Sept. 7) that Charles Liteky during his recent confinement had a lot of time to read and reflect on such issues as pacifism and social justice. One book he obviousl y did not read (I do not blame him) was Walter Schiicking: Der Staatsverband der Haager Konferenzen.

When I read this book 1 was repeatedly struck by what seemed a misuse of the word "pacifism " and its relatives.

The long, hard work which led to the founding of the International Court of Arbitration(and so, indirectly, of the League of Nations and then of the United Nations Organization) was attributed to pacifists, but that is exactly the kind of work which the Charles Liteky kind of pacifist shuns. 1 eventually figured out that the word "pacifism" had a different meaning in the 19th Century from that it acquired early in the 20th Century.

The 19th century definition meant someone who works for peace. The 20th century version has generally come to mean a person who refuses to fi ght, however evil the enemy is.

Charles Liteky is a pacifist in the 20thcentury sense. He is active enough that he really should know the history of the word he uses to describe himself. And it is pretty obvious which meaning of the word describes a more valuable political attitude.

John A. Wills San Francisco

Pregnancy Centers; help withoutjudgment

Thank you to Catholic San Francisco for the excellent article (August 24) describing the work of Pregnancy Centers in the San Francisco Archdiocese. Kamille Nixon succincd y focused on the variety of services offered by each Center and made a distinction between the outreach philosophies of each group. At the same time Ms. Nixon emphasized the common denominator shared by each group; to offer a gentle, loving alternative to abortion without coercion or jud gement. We, at Birthright offer to any woman facing a problem pregnancy, hope when all seems hopeless, and encouragement to slow down and explore her options.

If George Weigel (Ca tholic San Francisco , 9-7-01) believes that the expenditure of untold millions of dollars to construct an anti-missile system which has not been proved to be practical , is moral, he has a quaint sense of morality.

The tests on the system to date show one hit in five tries over a three year period of experimentation. The one "successful" test on which the hit occurred was one in which the target missile had a homing device to aid the intercepting missile to find it. The reports did not disclose whether there were any decoy missiles which were equipped with heat generators so as to confiise the guidance system of the interceptor, making it strike a decoy rather than the real missile. A test is not realistic when the operators of the interceptor missile know in advance, the programmed course of the target.

In the absence of con crete evidence

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Encourage gives courage to families

We are the parents of a son who told us five years ago he had same sex attraction.

Raising a Catholic famil y in Utah gave us an appreciation of how important it was to stay bonded not only in our faith but with our family. He devastated us with the announcement.

Our son had been admitted into the Holy Cross Seminary after graduating from Gonzaga University. We were in complete and absolute shock for the first six months.

The information Our son sent us for support was from a group called PFLAG. It was appalling to learn that the opposition pushes us, as Christians, from every angle to accept homo-genital behavior. We knew then, as we know now, that God calls us to chastity within our chosen vocation .

For the next year we went through a series of emotions. Mostly disbelief, thinking that in time our son would change his mind about his orientation and life would go on as normal. Our son moved to West Hollywood, California and proceeded to deliver a popular "gay" magazine supporting marriage among same sex genders to the market. Our son and our family grew apart. He held us hostage to his beliefs and refused invitations to come home unless we accepted his lifestyle, partner and "gay " agenda. Our spirits were broken and a cloud of despair reigned over our home for the next year.

He would continue to write letters and update us on what the "rest of the world" was thinking about these issues.

We would send letters back in support of what we knew to be true, that we are all called to live a chaste and holy life. Our love for him has never faltered. Today we have given each other space to live out our lives. Yet, it is heartbreaking for us, as it must be for him as holidays roll around , to know that we will not be together. We continue to pray for God's perfect will in each of our fives. We pray that someday he will be touched by the gift of a strong Christian friend that may once again reassure him of the love Jesus has for him and the hope and forg iveness offered to each of us.

Currently our son is trying desperatel y to understan d and fit into a society that has laid claim to him. He experiences selfassuredness through his personal difficulties as he defines himself as an adult gay male. We hope our son will someday find the courage to redefine himself as a child of the living God who loves him more deep ly than words can adequately express .

Our walk with our son may be different than most. As we journey (he road less traveled, we find reassurance and hope from Encourage, a ministry for parents, friends , and relatives who support one another in these trials throug h the Courage web site: WWW.CourageRC.org .

Unlike San Francisco, we live in an area with no ministry to those who suffer with same sex attraction supporting chastity and obedience to God' s precepts. Realizing that no journalist, supreme court, popular election, or state legislature can give moral justification to illicit sexual behavior, be it same, or opposite sex, we, the members at Encourage, continue to sustain one another. We see our loved ones enslaving themselves to a dependency of practicing and promoting homosexual activity that is more addicting than a powerful dnig. None of us would have chosen to travel this road . We no longer face these issues alone, but serve as witnesses to one another our signs of hope.

With the confidence that Jesus is the Savior of the world, we know that our loved ones belong to God . He is in charge, not us.

As we look to the future , we remind ourselves that, 'Wo matter if a tree grows to more than a thousand feet in height , each leaf, each day must return to its roots for nourishment " For those families to whom this message may apply, do not give up hope, for God is not finished with our loved ones, not just yet.

E T T E E S

Mary Alba Director, Birthright San Francisco

Missile defe nse overrated

that Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Libya even have ballistic missile capability, spending millions on a system which is not proved to work, to defend against a non-existent hazard , is hardl y moral .

The Francis Family

Spirituality

Being born from above, giving up on fear In a wonderful series of commentaries on Scripture, John Shea presents a powerful story on what it means to be born again , to be born from above , as Jesus says. A man he knows tells how he was bom twice of the same woman.

This man 's story: One day he was driving his aged mother to a funeral.

She had alread y been at many funerals, having had to bury her own husband , a brother, and most of her friends. She also found herself without much money, in failing health , and on the edges of a serious depression.

As they drove along, she talked about her own funeral and was giving instructions on how she wanted it done.

Then , quite unexpectedl y, she said: "I' m giving up on fear.

Every bod y dies. Nothing is left. " Her son protested , telling her that giving up on fear isn 't easy to do, even as he realized at that very instant how much his whole life was bound up precisel y by fear — fear of sickness, fear of death , and fear of losing his job, his good name, his good looks, his status, his friends. He looked at his mother and saw that she was beaming. He knew she meant exactly what she had said.

From that moment on he noticed his mother began to change. She was no longer afraid to speak her mind on anything, and she spoke it calmly, wisely, without pomp, with great patience , and with an ever-growing compassion. She became stronger and more gentle, both at the same time.

People were attracted to her and drew strength from her. Her son was one of those people and he began to visit her more frequentl y, because he needed the nourishment she was giving him. It was as if a new umbilical cord had been forged between them. Slowly, just as she had once given birth to his body, she now gave birth to his spirit. He felt himself begin to change, to have less fear.

A new life was slowl y bom in him. He was able to "give up on fear" and move into life with a freedom that , as Jesus says, comes only from above. (John Shea, "GospelLight," Crossroads, 1998, Pages 94-95) To be reborn from above , is not something that we can do, at least not fully, in one dramatic, reli gious gesture, no matter how deep our sincerity. There is more involved th an falling at the feet of some evangelist , albeit that can be an important beginning.

To be born again inv olves being hooked up to a new umbilical cord, one that nurtures us in such a way that our old support systems (the meaning and security we draw from our achievements , material possessions, good name, good health and sexual attractiveness) are no longer what ultimatel y give us life.

We still want these things, but we no longer build our lives around the fear of losing them. They still provide some life and nourishment , but we now begin, bit by bit, to draw life from something beyond them. We sense ourselves as hooked to something deeper, a spirit and a person who offers

us a meaning that dwarfs what we now have.

The more we begin to dra w life and nourishment from this new source , the more we begin to give up on fear.

We are being pushed through a new birth canal and as this happens we begin , little by little, to sense that in this new place we don ' t need to possess things, defend ourselves, cling so desperately to health, youth , and good looks, or fear that joy and meaning can be taken away from us, Life in the spirit is not a precarious thing that can slip away from us like. Like its Author, it is immune from threat. We can give up on fear.

Being bom again is about seeds growing silentl y when nobody is watching, about unseen yeast leavening a batch of doug h, and about an umbilical cord inside a dark womb supply ing nutrients for an unknowing child to grow and be born . Growth works slowly. Life, whether in the bod y or in the spirit , has the same dynamics.

The comedian, George Carlin, once qui pped that when he was born, he was so stunned that he couldn 't speak for two years! That, I suspect, is also the case when we are bom again.

Father Ron Rolheiser

Family Lif e

Gleaning app les — and a spiritual truth "You didn 't say we were going to an orchard," said Lucas suspiciousl y. "I thought we were going to the campfire program."

"First I want to show you boys the historic orchard," I said. "It's only a five-minute walk."

We walked down the wooded trail, crossed a bridge over the stream, and headed up the bill.

"The orchard belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Piper," I explained. "They're the ones the creek is named after. He ran a bakery, and she sold her apples from a cart in downtown Seattle. That was over 100 years ago. This park used to be their home."

We stepped into a clearing. "There it is."

Trees were laden with fruit in shades of red, green, and yellow. Ripe apples covered the ground. As we watched, a branch shook and an apple bounced off the ground and rolled to join the others. We stepped off the path and wandered beneath the trees.

"The ranger said it's OK to eat them," I said, picking up an apple and taking a bite. The apples were small and tart, not sweet like modern apples. "Yum. This is the way apples used to be."

Gabe took an apple off the ground and took a bite.

"That 's good."

"Tastes different ," said Lucas. "I like it."

We made our way through the trees, munching, exploring, and thinking about those early pioneers. I remembered what the ranger had told me, After the land became a park, the orchard was forgotten , It was only rediscovered six years ago. But all those years, the apple trees had been producing their fruit , even if nobody noticed.

"What if an apple falls on my head?" asked Lucas.

"They say that's how Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity," I responded.

"Is that true?"

"Who knows?"

"Here's a good one," said Gabe. "It's more yellow than the other ones."

"Must be a different variety." I surveyed the apples on the ground. "You know, these would make great applesauce."

"Can we take some home?"

"I'm sure they wouldn't mind if we gleaned a few. But don 't pick any. Just take the ones that are on the ground."

"How's this one?" asked Lucas. "It's got a little brown spot on one side, but it looks OK." "As long as it 's firm. I can cut off the bad spots."

Joggers and dog-walkers passed by, oblivious to the orchard's riches. We searched among the fallen apples, piling our treasures under a tree.

Gabe and Lucas filled then pockets. I took off my

sweatshirt and bundled up the rest. We carried them back to the car.

That night , I cooked a big pan of applesauce.

Gleaning, I realized , could be good for the soul as well as the taste buds. God is like the apple trees , always dropp ing blessings around us. Often, though, we're too busy or too distracted to notice. We miss that kind word from a sfranger , that sunflower blooming outside our window, that quick, "I love you , Mom." Like gleaners, our lives will be richer when we gather in our heart s the blessings we ' ve overlooked before.

This won't be our last gleaning project.

Christine Dubois

Christine Dubois is a widely published freelance writer who lives with tier family near Seattle.

Contact her at: chriscolumn @juno.com.

The CatholicDiff erence

Leon Kass: A skillful guide through bioethical maze Leon Kass 's students at the University of Chicago revere him as a teacher who , quite literally, changed then lives. One of them recently described his seminars, on texts ranging from Genesis tiirough Plato and Aristotle and on to Descartes , as "...a kind of church in which we came to understan d that one could not be intellectual ly respectable without being morally so." Which, this Gen-X overachiever frankly admitted , "was news to most of us. " Kass is also a man who, after listening tolerantly and sympathetically to another baseball fan 's complaints about Ted Williams (specifically, the Splendid Splinter's maddening combination of exceptional talent and exceptional arrogance), can say, with a perfectly straight face, "Look, he 's our Achilles."

All of which makes Leon Kass a great national resource — and makes his appointment as chairman of a new presidential council on bioethical issues singularly important.

Among Kass 's unshakable moral convictions is that "we should bequeath to our children a world in which human dignity can flourish no less than human good." Thus Kass has been a vigorous, persuasive opponent of cloning, arguing that a world in which manufacture replaces begetting is a truly "post-human" world. The same conviction shapes Kass's thinking on other aspects of the new biotechnologies, including today 's hot issue, stem-cell research.

Kass, a trained physician, knows the importance of

health. He also suspects that our contemporary fixation on "wellness" sometimes masks a narcissism that gets in the way of clear-headed moral thinking about unprecedented and complex public policy issues.

Kass's Harvard doctorate in biochemistry, coupled with his reverence for learning, gives him a deep respect for medical research; his decades of reflection on the great moral texts of western civilization have armored him against surrender to what some regard as the inevitabilities of science and technology. Leon Kass is quite certain that we ought not do every thing we can do. And he can explain why with great eloquence.

These convictions have, of course, made Dr. Kass a target. Arthur Caplan, television's favorite purveyor of bioethical sound bites, complained recentl y that Kass "thinks science and technology really need to be reined in by thoughtful attention to tradition and the past."

The great challenge before Leon Kass and the president ' s council on bioethical issues is to raise the level of public debate on managing the new biotechnologies beyond the terrible simplicities of pragmatism, on the one hand, and the technological imperative, on the other.

This will mean confronting, if indirectly, the current bioethics guild and its utilitarianism, which dominated discussion of these issues at the National Institutes of Health [NTH] in the past decade. Indeed, it will mean creating a

bioethics community that is not simply a permission-slip industry in cq which, after much furJ « rowing of brows and <u wringing of hands, the scientists and the biotech O industry are given leave to do whatever they wanted to do in the first place.

Kass has pledged that his presidential council won 't "be stacked with like-minded people. " We can be sure that, under Leon Kass 's leadership, the presidential council will include men and women who think about ethics and the life sciences in terms of enduring moral truths about the human condition .

That is not the main point , however. The best thing that will happen because of President Bush's choice is that the whole country will get to listen to Leon Kass frequently. Americans will find in this soft-spoken Chicagoan, who combines a razor-sharp mind with a deeply humane soul, a skillful guide through the un charted landscape of the biotech revolution — a terrain on which the promise of healing and the temptation to self-destruction both await.

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SCRIPTU RE & LITU RGY Christ still welcomes sinners and eats with them This Sunday 's texts chosen for the liturgy of the Word are hard to digest , if we have reduced God's and our covenant-relationship to a mere list of "dos" and "don 'ts."

They can become a genuine stone in our stomachs if we feel that God must be in the punishing business to justif y the way we punish others and ourselves. We might even think the "Father in heaven" is handing us "a snake. . . for a fish" or a "scorpion... for an egg," if we find God's sheer mercy and unconditional love too much to trust and wrap around us. But perhaps the power of the Word, proclaimed in Sunday assembly, may see us swept away with its delivery of that mercy and the presence of Jesus, who still "welcomes sinners and eats with them."

The story of Exodus has a profound insight into God's heart, not without humor as well. Notice how God and Moses blame the chosen people (fresh from the golden calf incident) on each other and want no part of them: Thus, God says, " 'Go down at once to your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt for they have become depraved ' " and Thus, Moses says, " 'Why, 0 Lord, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? ' " For the storyteller Moses knows how to get to the vulnerable God who has fallen in love with his People, "stiff-necked" as they are. He reminds God of his choice of this People, the promises he made to "Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self." The punch line follows , "So the Lord relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people." What a gift this insight is into the God of his People, who can be moved to "repent" because he has chosen to be faithful to the People of his love. We are moved to try our luck with Psalm 51 as our response, "Have mercy on me, 0 God." Luke takes us more deeply into the heart of God s mercy with three incredible parables placed in the mouth of Jesus. The context Luke provides aids us in discovering their meaning. "Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; Psalm 51; I Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32.

Father David M. Pettingill began to complain , saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. ' " For Jesus and the people of his time, to eat with a person was to identify with them and become a support and defense for them. With "tax collectors," "sinners," and the riff-raff assembled each Sunday in our parish, Jesus seems to enjoy "bad" company.

The three parables attributed to him disclose what is happening at these meals and at our parish and family tables. Jesus speaks of a shepherd , then of a woman and then of a prodigal father and son with a shock value intended to jolt us into God's ways. What shepherd would do what Jesus describes this shepherd as doing? No shepherd in his right mind. What woman would expend energy and oil to find a lost coin? No woman who is sensible. What father would wait for a punk kid who asked for his inheritance before his father 's death and squandered it, and what father would try to reconcile with an outraged younger brother? No one in Jesus' hearing. Yet Jesus maintains that

when he sits at table with sinners he is doing the "insane" thing he learned from his Father: he is revealing and sharing a mercy, welcome, and acceptance that can change hearts and bring them home for the sheer joy of discovering the gift.

A personal testimony on the experience of mercy appears in our second reading from I Timothy. Putting on the mantle of Paul and exposing the Apostle 's experience, he writes of God's grace and favor: "I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and arrogant, but I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief." Paul had made it his business to wipe out the "new way" of Christianity by bringing to prison those who professed Jesus as Lord. Then his experience of the risen Lord identified with those who believe in him directed Paul into the new way of life. There was nothing Paul had done to deserve or merit this gift: "This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners: Of these I am the foremost. But for that reason I was mercifully heated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display all his patience as an example for those who would come to believe in him for everlasting life."

We give thanks at the holy table, where Christ still "welcomes sinners and eats with them" and where we taste and drink incredible mercy and love without reserve. And we suspect that with repeated experiences of this kind, we may be swept away into setting hospitable, inclusive tables ourselves.

Questions for Small Communities Why can a non-biblical approach to religion infect our understanding of mercy?

Who are most in need of God's mercy as we see it?

Vibrant Catholics in Nigeria have much to offer church Over the past five weeks, I have had the privilege of teaching theology in Nigeria. The students were almost exclusively Nigerian sisters fro m a wide variety of religious congregations including my own, Sisters of Nod e Dame de Namur. The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria is certainly alive and well, with so much to offer the rest of the Church.

The eucharistic liturgies were also alive and vibrant and full of song. The churches were bursting with men and women and children whose active involvement was inspiring. The acclamations were whole-hearted, the attention deeply reverent, and the singing was contagious. Music just seemed to arise from within eveiyone, with spontaneous harmony on every note, to the joyous accompaniment of drums and large bass kettles. I found myself singing in Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, and English, even though the songs were new to me. I continue to use the word "privilege" when I speak of this experience since it was tmly a grace to be able to worship with Catholics in other parts of the world and to encounter the profound gifts of other cultures as they come to expression in liturgical prayer.

Two values deeply embedded within the Nigerian culture s are a sense of the sacred and communal identity.

Indeed , the Nigerians taught me that these are values for the peoples of Africa in general. I recognized , as I'm sure you do, the consequences of these values for communal worship as well as the challenges they point to for parish life in the United States.

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND Over these weeks the Nigerian sisters shared with me the theology of creation of their peoples. The entire universe is filled with God's goodness; God's face can be discerned in every created being. And this God is very close to the people, compassionate and tender.

There is tremendous reverence for elders and for children in

particular. In fact, baptism will often include elements of the traditional naming ceremony for the new child whose village name will reflect the events in the family's life during the pregnancy. I met so many people named "Blessing" and "God has done it" and "God has made me whole." When the parish community gadiers for worship, this profound sense of the holy guides the prayer experience. The liturgy is genuinely a present encounter with the transcendent God. The attention of the people, the heartfelt responses, the reverent postures and gestures spoke to me of the presence of the holy. When the sense of the sacred is so deep and natural at every moment of the day, it only intensifies when the community gathers for worship.

The African value of communal identity also had a significant impact on liturg ical prayer. As it was explained to me, Nigerians are first part of "we" before they develop an individual "I." Communal prayer has the benefit of arising from the human and cultural experience of being one peopie before God, bound b y many ethnic ties but also by unity within the Bod y of Christ. And that unity of discipleship in Christ was an unforgettable experience for me who literall y shared nothing in common with the parishioners with whom I worshiped except for Jesus Christ and our common humanity. But the legendary Nigerian hospitality made me so welcome. I thank God for the African values of a sense of the sacred and communal identity, and know that I have much to learn from them.

Church's main mission is to proclaim Gospel, says pope

By Catholic News Service CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The church's role in social development and humanitarian assistance throughout the world must never eclipse its main mission of announcing Christ and his Gospel, Pope John Paul D said.

Unlike much of contemporary society, which tends to view progress in strictly material tenns, Catholic missionaries should recognize that their first priority is deepening people's faith, the pope told a German missionary group.

He said the ultimate failure of an attempt to build a world without God is seen in the "bloody traces that the

history of ideologies and totalitarian regimes of the last fieeing people from oppression, defending the environment century have left us." and protecting human rights.

At the dawn of the new mulennium, he said, one "sign "But its main tasks are different ones: feeding the hunof the times" is the church's growing awareness of its duty gry not only with bread and freedom," he said. He said peoto evangelize all people. He said the church cannot abandon ple above all need God, as Christ himself taught in the this task of telling men and women of today that in Jesus Gospel: "One does not five by bread alone, but by every Christ, they will find the way, the truth and the life. â&#x20AC;˘ word that comes forth from the mouth of God." "For this reason, mission cannot consist solely in promotThe pope praised the German organization, "Missio ing development, but must be in the first place die announcAachen," because he said it does not limit its projects to ing of the Gospel through words and actions," he said. the building of schools or churches , but emphasizes the The pope said the missionary church is naturally promotion of charity, education and formation among involved on many fronts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; among them, reducing poverty, local people, especially women and children.

Not in our teens' lungs

Catholic health group s take on tobacco indus try

By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cigarettes, like the guests who wouldn 't leave, have made themselves quite comfortable with American young people.

That 's even after states were given $246 billion from a 1998 tobacco settlement and were advised by public health groups to allocate a percentage of these funds for smoking prevention programs.

And it's after tobacco companies, in the same settlement , agreed not to "take any action , directl y or indirectly, to target youth. " But it 's a promise they have not kept , according to a stud y published in the Aug. 16 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

The study, which looked at tobacco advertising in youth-oriented magazines, found that instead of ending or reducing their advertising after the settlement , some tobacco companies continued to advertise at the same or greater levels in 1999 and 2000 for the three brands most popular with youth : Marlboro , Camel and Newport.

This comes as no surprise to Sheila Stephens, an oncology clinical nurse specialist at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland , Ky. Stephens, who has set up programs through the hospital to both prevent and stop teen-age smoking in Ashland public schools , said students don 't want to think they are being manipulated by advertisements. Yet in surveys, Marlboro and Newport always come out as the brands of choice among teen-agers.

"Don 't tell me it 's not advertising, or they could smoke cheaper brands," she told Catholic News Service.

Stephens, who has been running teen anti-smoking programs for five years, acknowledges she is fighting an uphill battle, especially in her state, which now has the highest rate of teen smokers compared to 1991 when it had the lowest rate.

As she sees it , even little inroads to convince youth of the dangers of smoking can turn the tide. But programs like the one she uses to reach youth are too few and far between , according to a report this year from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , which said that only 17 states have committed substantial funds for anti-smoking programs.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, one of the organizations that sponsored the study, supports anti-smoking programs , but also says more needs to be done on a national level.

For example, they would like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be given regulatory power over tobacco products and have the federal government move forward with its lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Althoug h the trial is slated for the summer of 2003, the Bush administration has recentl y shown signs of a possible out-of-court settlement with the tobacco companies.

But talk of possible litigation or future tobacco regulation does not curtail the current work of Kimothy Warren, community health educator at St. Anthony ' s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. Warren coordinates anti-smoking programs for a broad range of youth: from kindergarten to high school.

For the 5- and 6-year-old set, Warren delivers her message in the form of a puppet show. With teen-agers , Warren takes more of a back-seat approach as the coordinator of Students Working Against Tobacco — or SWAT in Pinellas County.

The youth-run program , in all the Florida counties, was formed three years ago and is funded by tobacco settlement money.

It takes an aggressive approach to nonsmoking, primaril y based on disapproval of the tobacco industry 's tactics of youth marketing.

As Warren sees it, the movement is a positive form of youth rebellion because the teens are going up against the messages the tobacco industry tries to sell them — that it 's cool to smoke.

And throug h their programs , the group must be getting the word out, because right now in Florida smoking has dropped by 19 percent among middle school students and 8 percent among high school students.

But where Florida may be ahead of the curve , other states are also beginning to pick up their cue.

Sue Muldowney-Olson, coordinator Muldowney-Olson got a teaching degree of "Be Smart, Don ' t Start," a middle- so she could work on the prevention school anti-smoking program run by St. level.

In a state where the number of teen Mary 's Hospital in Madison, Wis., said young people need to be reached at even smokers surpasses the national average earlier ages with warnings about the dan- and where 26,000 people under 18 gers of smoking. become daily smokers each year, the After working as a traditional nurse at nurse hopes her health message reaches the hosp ital for the past 30 years and see- the public and private school students ing first-hand the devastating effects just when they are approaching the age from tobacco-related cancers . of making decisions about smoking.

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As a recent class program was finishing up, she said one student got up in front of the class to say: "I used to think smoking was cool. Now I don 't."

Adams book inspires Cardinal Mahony's prayer at state dinner WASHINGTON (CNS) — The biography of John Adams he was reading on the flight to Washington gave Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles the inspiration for the blessing he gave as a guest at President Bush's first state dinner Sept. 5.

The dinner was for Mexican President Vicente Fox. The cardinal was one of eight peop le sitting at the same table with Bush.

Others included Fox 's wife, Martha Sahagun; Nancy Domenici, the wife of Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M.; Placido Domingo, tenor and the Washington Opera 's artistic director; and Fox News reporter Britt Hume, as well as friends of the president from Texas, according to the cardinal.

In written reflections about the state dinner that Cardinal Mahony shared with Catholic News Service, he said Bush's request that he offer the blessing before dinner came just as the president joined his guests, minutes before the dinner started.

"Knowing that the dinner would

begin in five minutes, I asked the Holy Spirit for help in putting together a prayer of blessing," Cardinal Mahony wrote. He remembered reading in the book "John Adams" on the flight to Washington about a blessing Adams wrote for the White House and its future occupants.

"The book also mentioned that this prayer of blessing was engraved on the white marble mantle of the fireplace in the State Dining Room," he wrote. "I hurried over to see the inscription and quickly wrote it down."

After Bush and Fox offered toasts, Cardinal Mahony stood before the mantle and gave the blessing, concluding with the prayer Adams composed more than 200 years earlier. It reads: "I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."

Cardinal Mahony 's notes said he was the only religious leader at the dinner, a distinction for which he was grateful.

He also said he felt privileged to meet so many members of Congress, government leaders and other prominent people.

"I was thrilled to meet in person so many people who give leadership and direction to our country on so many levels," he wrote.

Cardinal Mahony brought with him as his guest Thomas Chabolla, director of the Los Angeles archdiocesan secretariat for pastoral and community services, "He is my closest adviser on public policy issues and works closely with me on matters dealing with our pastoral outreach to our Hispanic peoples , working people, organized labor, immigration issues and the like," the cardinal wrote. As a Mexican-American and the highest ranking layman hi the archdiocesan administration, "he was the natural guest for me to bring."

Fox was in Washington on a twoday state visit to discuss immigration and other border issues.

Cardinal Mahony has been a sup-

porter of changes in immigration law , such as making it easier for immigrants to become U.S. residents and citizens.

In a Labor Day homily in Los Angeles Sept. 3, Cardinal Mahony asked Congress and Bush to revamp immigration policies. They should provide "new opportunities for immigrants to become permanent residents and citizens," the cardinal said.

"While immigrant workers continue to be a vital part of our economy, their immigration status leaves them vulnerable to many different types of abuses in the workplace," he said.

However, the cardinal was critical of a new guest-worker program.

"History has shown that past guestworker programs have not been friendly to immigrant workers or organized labor," he said.

The cardinal urged those at the Mass to write their representatives in Congress "in support of fair and just immigration policy." He also supporteel raising the minimum wage.

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, directo r, Office of Worship, Archdiocese of San Francisco. Adult Faith Formation: Our Hearts were Burning Within Us, with Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle , director, Office of Religious Education/Youth Ministry, Archdiocese 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 fro m 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 VALL0MBR0SA 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? Oct. 14: Elizabeth Lily with the Parable of the Lost Coin; Nov. 11; Father Wayne Campbell with the Parable of the Wedding Feast.

— MERCY CENTER — 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings , call (650) 340-7474 or www.mercy-center.org.

Sept. 21 : Mercy Sister Marietta McGannon presents "Biospiritual Focusing for Beginners," a method of paying attention to the body as a part of healing the spirit. Sister McGannon has more than 10 years experience in the field.

Taize Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Churc h, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Moiloy at (415) 563-4280 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peioso at (650) 322-3013.

3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Porfola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chape!, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Moiloy at (415) 563-4280.

Young Adults The Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone at (415) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-mail at wilcoxc@sfarchdiocese.org or jansenm@sfarchd iocese.org.

Oct. 15: Join Two Tribes, young adults from the Catholic and Jewish tradition who meet to dialogue

Datebook about their journeys of faith at 7 p.m. at American Jewish Committee building at 121 Steuart St., SF Call Eric Suba at (415) 922-2364 or eric.suba@kp.org .

Oct. 27: Fall Fest 2001, a conference for couples and singles in their 20s and 30s at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont. Registration $38 by Sept. 14; $48 by Oct. 12 and $50 on-site. Day includes keynote by Presentation Sister Monica Miller, three workshops , Mass with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding, dinner and dance.

Volunteers also welcome to assist in various areas.

Call (415) 614-5594.

Social Justice/RespectLife

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

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

Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling countries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or welesher@aol.com.

Prayer/Devotions Sept. 29: New Life in the Spirit Seminar from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with Healing Mass at 7:30 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church, 17th and Vicente , SF. Jesuit Father Robert Faricy, professor at Rome's Gregorian University will preside as well as lead the day's talks. Registration by Sept. 15 required. Call (415) 472-1567.

Sept. 22-26: Parish Mission at St. Rita's, 100 Marinda Dr., Fairfax with Father Bill McCarthy of the Holy Apostles Community, a noted author, retreat leader and East Coast television host. Topics will include "Five Keys to Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus," "The ABCs of Relationships," "Healing, Reconciliation and Evangelization." Begins with Sunday Masses at 7, 9, 11 a.m. and continues evenings at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 456-4815 2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Barr Church, 10:30 a.m. Includes talk by priest from Opus Dei with silent prayer and Reconciliation if desired. Followed by simple lunch in rectory. Call (415) 333-3627.

Family Life Sept. 15: Memorial Mass for babies who have died and their families at 11 a.m. at Rachel Mourning Shrine at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma with Bishop John C, Weste r presiding. Please bring your own seating. Call Project Rachel at (415) 7176428 or (415) 614-5572.

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

Introductory presentations on the Billings Ovulation Method of NFP are scheduled for Sept. 12, Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Dec. 12 at St. Brendan Parish Center, Ulloa and Laguna Honda Blvd., SF. Call (415) 681-4225.

Single, Divorced, Separated

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

Are you or someone you know separated, divorced, widowed? For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521.

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, SF meets on 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Alan Fisk at (415) 584-2861 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 492-4307 about upcoming social activities.

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 Southgate 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 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020 , ext.

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

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

Lectures/Classes/Radio-TV Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM. Sept. 10: Hear Capuchin Father Gerald Barron on prayer. Sept. 17: Father William Worner , retired pastor, St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo, talks about faith today and yesterday. Sept.

24: Msgr. James Keane, retired pastor, Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Novato, talks about Mary and devotions. "Mosaic ", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIX-Channel 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 .

Sept. 16: Anne Lamott reads fro m her latest book , Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, at a dessert reception benefiting Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

Tickets $50. Reservations required. Call (415) 5221599, ext. 305. Takes place at 171 Santa Rosa Ave., Oakland.

Food & Fun Sept. 14, 15, 16: St. Peter Parish Rainbow of Cultures Festival with games, food and music for all ages. Fri. 6:30-10 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m. -10 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Schoolyard of St. Peter Elementary on Alabama between 24th and 25th St., SF. Sept. 15: St. Mary's College Gaels Awards Event commemorating sports at the Moraga school as well as University of San Francisco and Santa Clara. In addition to memories and a great time, the day includes brunch, awards ceremony and CalPoly - St. Mary's football game. Call St. Mary's at (925) 631-4200.

Sept. 15: Casino Night benefiting Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, the Bell Building, 545 Kelly Ave., Half Moon bay, 7-10 p.m. Call (650)n 726-4674.

Sept. 20: Annual Pro-Life Luncheon with Chris Lyford, director of Office of Marriage and Family Life speaking on "Fostering a Culture of Life in Our Families and in Our Community." St. Matthew's School Choir will entertain. Tickets $20. Call Marion Frost at (650) 342-1600.

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Sept. 22: St. Brigid High School alumnae reunion honoring the classes of '31, '36, '41, '46, '51 at Fort Mason Officers Club, Franklin and Bay St., SF. Begins with No-host happy hour at 11: 30 a.m. with lunch at 12: 30 p.m. Tickets $28. Must reserve by Sept. 10.

Call (415) 863-3030. Sponsored by Class of '51.

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

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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. 24: Our Lady of the Pillar Golf Classic at Half Moon Bay Golf Links. Fee of $150 includes cart, lunch, dinner, tee prizes, dinner and awards.

Proceeds benefit Coastside Youth Programs. Call (650) 726-4674.

Sept. 24: Hanna Boys Center 's Annual Golf Classic and Tennis Tournament to be held at Sonoma Mission Inn Golf and Country Club and Napa's Silverado Golf Club. Fees for both events include play and an evening reception with dinner and silent and live auctions at Hanna Boys Center, 17000 Arnold Dr., Sonoma. Golf Classic tickets are $195. Tennis registration fee is $100. Call Scott Singer or Codie Holroyd at (707) 996-6767.

Sept. 28, 29: Oktobertest OLA 2001, an annual fun festival with food, games and prizes on the parish grounds at Hillside Rd. j ust off El Camino Real, Burlingame. Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat . noon - 11 p.m. Call Gail Diserens at (650) 344-4117 or Heidi Leupp at (650) 342-0602.

Sept. 29, 30: Annual Festival of St. Philip Parish , 24th St. and Diamond St., SF. Enjoy great food, live entertainment , fun games , prizes. Meet lots of friendly people. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. both days.

Sept. 29: St. Thomas More Church annual golf tournament at Poplar Creek (formerly Coyote Point), San Mateo. Call Lito Mendoza at (650) 355-4063.

Sept. 30: Retired Sacramento Bishop Francis Quinn is the 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.

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Oxford University Press (New York, 2001). 151 pp., $9.95.

RESURRECTION SONG: AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY, by Flora Wilson Bridges. Orbis Books (New York, 2001) 195 pp., $20.00.

Reviewed b y Vanessa White Catholic News Service "Canaan Land" is the newest book by noted AfricanAmerican historian Albert Raboteau which focuses attention on the African-American religious experience. His two previous books are the classic "Slave Religion: The Invisible Institution in the Antebellum South" and "Fire in My Bones: Reflections on African American Religious History."

The order of reading could very well begin with thi s book, followed by the previous two. In about 150 pages, "Canaan Land" gives a good introductory lesson for those who have little prior knowledge of African-American religious history.

A chronological chart at the end of the book is a great help. It begins in 1441 with Portuguese crusaders capturing Africans off the coast of Mauritania — in effect the beginning of the African-American slave trade — and it ends in 2000 with Vashti Murphy McKenzie elected the first woman bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, established in 1816 in Philadelphia.

While "Slave Religion" focused on the religious culture of the enslaved African, this book introduces a broad spectrum of African-American religious experience. Raboteau acknowledges the contributions of those "historicall y black" Christian churches — African Episcopal , African Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion — as well as Baptists , Methodists and Catholics to the religious experiences of African-Americans.

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"Canaan Land" is one of the rare books on AfricanAmerican reli gious history which acknowled ges the presence and inf luence of African-American Catholics in the Americas. With the exception of Father Cyprian Davis ' landmark classic "History of Black Catholics in the United States " (Crossroads , 1990), this reviewer has not read another book that focuses attention on the influence of Catholicism on African-Americans to the extent that this book tries to. j Raboteau shows how the ritualistic J aspects of West African traditional reli- 1 gion found a home in the Catholic reli- Jj gion of the enslaved African in the m Americas. The author not only acknowl- S edges the presence of African- j | American Catholics in slave communi^ ties in Louisiana and Maryland , but m notes the presence of African- S American priests in the 1800's with ^™" the ordination of the Heal y brothers (James, Patrick and Alexander) and Augustu Augustuss Tolton.

Also within the chronolog ical table he mentions the first two religious orders for African-American Catholic women — Oblate Sisters of Providence (1829) and Sisters of the Holy Family (1842) — as well as the establishment of the first seminary for African-American Catholic men studying for the priesthood: St. Augustine's in Mississippi (1820).

In the present day, Raboteau notes the contributions of the National Black Catholic Congresses, the National Office of Black Catholics and the Institute of Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans.

There is much to recommend this book, specifically, as a primer on African-American reli gious history. The hope is that one does not feel that having read this book, one has a complete history. Readers should supplement this book with the suggested bibliography listed on its closing pages.

Meanwhile, Flora Wilson Bridges begins her book "Resurrection Song" with these words: "African-American

spiritu ality is the essence of African-American culture and religion and the impetus for the struggle for freedom of the African-American community in America. " Brid ges, an ordained Baptist minister with a doctorate in systematic theology H from Vanderbilt University, uses the iff lives of Harriet Tubman (leader of w underground railroad), Fannie Lou I Hammer (activist) and William F Edmonston (artist) to illustrate how African-American spirituality confronte d racism and was affected by it.

She uses the lives of Martin Luther King Jr., Howard Thurman and Malcolm X to discuss the vision of community in African-American spirituality.

The title of the book comes from iri dges ' belief that the essence of Africanmerican spirituality is survival through tnsformation and resurrection. She writes it this spirituality will never be broken ;ause it empowers black people to stand up to oppression and to state in the language of its community: "You can ' t break me didn 't make me."

Black Catholics who are looking for their story within the pages of "Resurrection Song" will find, unfortunate ly, that their voices are not expressed in this book. The ritualistic aspects of African-American spirituality which have their source in West African religious tradition and which found a home here in the Americas in Catholicism are not addressed in this book.

Except for this omission, there is much to recommend this book. Bridges does a good job in synthesizing a very complex topic and I look forward to future books by this author.

White is director of the Augustus Tolton Pastoral Min istry Program at Catholic Theologica l Union in Chicago.

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General Absolution Services Q- My question is about [he general absolution ceremonies which are held in some parishes. Many Catholics who attend these services consider them one of the most important and welcome changes in the church.

Others call them an abuse. Inasmuch as they disregard the matter and form of the sacrament , peop le therefore do not validly receive the sacrament of penance.

Both views cannot be correct. What is the church 's teaching about this? {Illinois) A. The church has three rites for celebrating the sacrament of penance, or reconciliation. First is the one-on-one private ritual similar to the one — with which at least older £^ § Catholics are most acquainted.

Second is the rite for a num- ^L^ ber of penitents , with individual ^ confession and absolution. Typicall y for these liturgies, all present listen to the word of God , examine the conformity of their lives to that word and support one another by prayer together.

Individual confession follows for those who wish to receive the sacrament of penance. This form of commu-

Canon law lists conditions several which must be fulfilled for licit celebration of absolution general (Canon 961). One circumstance that makes it lawful is imminent danger of death, with no sufficient time for priests to hear confessions individually.

Father John Dietzen Another is grave necessity, when sufficient confessors are unavailable to allow individual confessions properly within a "suitable" period of time, and penitents would be deprived for a long while of the grace of the sacrament of penance or the Eucharist. (In 1988 the U.S. bishops ' conference interpreted this as one month.)

It is the responsibility of the diocesan bishop to jud ge whether these required conditions for general absolution are present , considering the criteria agreed upon by the national conference of bishops.

Vatican authorities have often expressed concern that too broad a use of general absolution will lead to a lesser importance given to traditional "private " confession, and they insist on strict observance of the limitations church law places on this rite of the sacrament.

Nevertheless, canon law continues to approve the third rite of reconciliation when the above requirements are fulfilled.

For a valid reception of absolution given to many penitents at one time, those conscious of serious (mortal) sins must intend to confess those sins in private confession within a suitable period of time (Canon 962).

Apart from this instance, however, even when the required conditions are not fulfilled, the third rite of reconciliation with general absolution is unlawful (illicit) but still valid. All present who have the intentions I indicate above, along with other intentions always necessary for confession, receive the sacrament validl y, with all the graces which accompany the sacrament of penance.

nal penance is probably most familiar to Catholics today.

Third , the rite to which you refer, is for a number of penitents , all of whom receive general (not individual) absolution from the priest at one time.

Before anything else, it 's important to note that , with one possible exception which I'll mention later, all these forms are valid for the sacrament of reconciliation .

Contrary to what you say some Catholics believe, rites with general absolution do have the necessary traditional matter (confession of sin, expression of sorrow and desire for forgiveness) and form (priest 's words of absolution) that make them true and valid sacraments.

The church's official Rite of Penance states that , in the third rite, a general confession is made by all in the form of an act of sorrow (for example the prayer, "I confess to almighty God ..."), and penitents show their desire for forgiveness by bowing, kneeling or another approved sign (No. 35). The priest then gives absolution.

Council of Catholic Women meets Sept. 22 "Women Ministering to God's Family" is the theme of San Francisco. They have seven adopted children, • Edna Griffith is coordinator of Eucharistic Adoration the annual fall conference of the San Francisco Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, to be held at St. Hilary's in Tiburon. She is working to establish a similar chapel at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mill Valley.

Saturday, Sept. 22, at St. Mary's Cathedral, • Rebeca Barba, director of Regnum Christi Apostolates Glenda Hope, a Presbyterian ministerand advocate for the people" of the Tenderloin, will be the keynote speaker. She for women and youth in Northern California, She has directfounded the San Francisco Network Ministries. That organi- ed leadership camps for girls, performed mission activities zation started the TenderloinAIDS Resource Center in 1990, with young families and given spiritual dhection to young and in 1995 helped develop the Ellis Street Family women, The conference begins with registration at 8:30 a.m., Apartments for poor families. She now is active in SafeHouse for Women Leaving Prostitution, a residential home she and followed by a business meeting at 9 a.m. and the program at JO a.m. Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at the Sisters of the Presentation established in 1997.

Panelists for the program will be Rosemary McGee Mass at 12:10, followed by lunch.

For more information, call Rosemary Phelps at 415who, with her husband of 47 years, John, has served as lay mission helpers in Ecuador and lay assistants in 504-7480 or Margaret Rocchi at 650-366-4731.

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Diocese of Yakima, WA has opening for Diocesan Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. 41 parishes; many rural. 70 percent Catholic population Hispanic. Some experience necessary. Bilingual ability, as well as English/Spanish biliteracy desirable. Job description will be sent to applicants.

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Bishop O'Dowd High School seeks a Director of Development to develop and implement a strategic , financial , and operational plan for fundraising programs and campaigns , including the development of long-term goal s and objectives for fundraising, and oversee alumni relations and communications.

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I urge you to visit our Catholic High Schools and to consider one of them as the secondary school of choice for your daughters and sons. Your decision for Catholic Secondary Education is a precious gift for your children.

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3. Complete and submit your applications on time.

4. Take the High School Placement test at one of the schools to which you have applied. You may take it only once, but on the form list the other Catholic Schools to which you have applied , so your test scores can be sent there.

5. In March you will receive a letter regarding your admissions status.

6. Pay registration fees to the school you plan to attend.

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL 175 Phelan Avenue • San Francisco, California 94112 • (4 15) 586-8200 www.riordanhs.org

PROFILE

Archbishop Riordan High School, an Archdiocesan Catholic High School, educates young men in an academic environment that fosters the Marianist tradition. When the first students walked through the doors of Riordan in 1949, they encountered an experience similar to the one our students do today: an education that gives*as much attention to personal development as it does to academic achievement, a community of caring people who are a family, a schoo l that prepares young men for a future with hope-filled promise of a successfu l productive, rewarding life.

Today at Archbishop Riordan High School , the Marianist community of priests, brothers , lay men and women continues their commitment to the education of the whole person.

PHILOSOPHY

In a Marianist school , students cultivate their personal skills that will equip them to learn throughout their lives.

By adhering to the Characteristics of Marianist Education, Archbishop Riordan High School aims to: • educate for formation in faith, • provide an integral , quality education, • educate in famil y spirit, • educate for service , justice, and peace, • educate for adaptation and change .

Archbishop Riordan High School engages young men in a process that promotes growth and development on the intellectual, spiritual, social , and physical aspects of life.

Riordan is a community of faculty, students , parents, and alumni , who by example , instruction and concern , mutually support and assist one another to develop Christian values of love of God, love of oneself , and love of others.

CURRICULUM

Archbishop Riordan utilizes a block schedule commonly known as the 4x4 schedule. The school year is split into the Fall and Spring terms. Students take four separate courses per term. Each class lasts eighty minutes (five days a week), thus providing sufficient time for students and teachers to delve more deeply and actively into topics. This emphasis on depth promotes greater understanding of skills , concepts and ideas than the traditional fifty-minute period. Rather than depend only on the traditional lecture to present the material , ARHS teachers encourage active participation of their students in their own learning process .

Our Resource Specialist Program (RSP) is a program unique among Catholic high schools in the Bay Area. With the support of the RSP, students with learning differences participate in Riordan's regular college preparatory mainstream curriculum. The goal of the program is to help students achieve their maximum potential in each class while developing the necessary compensation and coping skills to succeed independently.

The Visual and Performing Arts Department (drama , music , video production, and fine arts) is integrated within the regular school curriculum. The Crusader Marching Band performs annually at various Bay Area parades . Our Drama Department , housed in the 1,100 seat Lindland Theatre, boasts an excellent reputation for its quality and professionalism. The school's Advanced Video Production Class broadcasts a regularly scheduled news program to the entire school community.

ARHS is located across the street from City College of San Francisco , where 11th and 12th grade students may take advantage of the "XL Program", an accelerated college-based program for high school students . Advanced course work taken at CCSF may be integrated directl y into the student's program , and he can receive high school and college credit.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Archbishop Riordan High School recognizes the role and importance that extracurricular activities play in the personal growth and education of the whole person.

Students are encouraged to become involved in Riordan's numerous clubs and extensive Campus Ministry and retreat programs and to be a service to the people of San Francisco. In addition Riordan works closely with other Catholic schools in co-educational activities dealing with Student Government , Campus Ministry, and a variety of social activities.

Archbishop Riordan Hi gh School has a very successfu l athletic program , winning numerous championships over the years. The Crusaders field 27 interscholastic teams (football , cross-country, soccer , wrestling, basketball , baseball , track and field, tennis, swimming, and golf) in the West Catholic Athletic League.

Whether students become involved in theatre or music , athletics or government , ARHS provides a supportive disci plined environment where young men learn personal responsibility and strive to reach their full potential.

ENROLLMENT 750 young men PRINCIPAL Brother James Dods , S.M. TUITION & FEES 2001-2002 $7 ,775 - Tuition $490 - Registration Fee ENTRANCE INFORMATION Mr. Dion Sabalvaro , Directo r of Adm issions (415) 586-1256 dions@riordanhs.org www.riordanhs.org

Immaculate Conception Academy A Mission San Jose Dominican School

3625 - 24th Street at Guerrero • San Francisco, CA 94110 • (415) 824-2052

PROFILE

Sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose since 1883 , Immaculate Conception Academy is a college preparatory Catholic high school for young women. Maintaining a multi-ethnic population and drawing students from San Francisco , San Mateo , Alameda and Contra Costa counties, the Academy provides a challenging curriculum within the warm family setting that only a small , girls ' school can provide. ICA takes pride in its famil y spirit, exhibited in cooperative and enthusiastic participation in student projects and activities.

Foundation grants and broad-based community support of more than $7 million have enabled ICA to be in the forefront of modern education.

As ICA moves into the 21st century, our technology program has kept pace.

• Technology grants in excess of $500,000 changed the face of ICA's computer education department. Two fully-networked computer labs with on-line access at every station enable ICA students to work with the most advanced systems available and to be prepared for 21st century education and careers. All classrooms , as well as the library, have network and on-line access. A 2001 grant enabled us to create a mobile 'laptop lab' for use in any classroom. ICA's technology program enables every student to be proficient in the use of sophisticated word-processing, spreadsheet, data base and graphics programs. Many students also pursue the opportunity to take computer programming, Photoshop and web design classes.

• An Endowment Fund in excess of $4 million enables ICA to meet the increasing needs for tuition assistance.

• Computer facilities help the Academy to meet the demands of contemporary educational trends for college entrance. Ninety-eight percent of graduates go on to college.

PHILOSOPHY

The Academy serves the San Francisco community as a vibrant school where love of God and respect for family friends , and country are nurtured. In preparing young women for the future, we provide every opportunity for their advancement in challenging academic fields , career opportunities , and leadership positions that only an allwomen's school can offer. Faculty and students work together to create an environment that fosters the development of the whole human person , the pursuit of truth , and the building of community. Believing that our school exists to prepare students to live meaningfu l lives, we encourage a desire to grow in faith and in personal re lationship with Christ. We promote academic and vocational excellence.

Every ICA graduate is a Woman of Learning, Leadership, Community, Faith and Vision . These core characteristics mark each alumna as a young woman whose education has brought her to value her personal , academic and spiritual growth, and as a person who recognizes her responsibilities as a member of her family, her churc h and her community.

CURRICULUM

ICA engages young women in a college preparatory curriculum. In the fall of 2001 , ICA adopted a block schedule which provides a more focused and in-depth learning experience for our students. All students take four years of Religion and English, with the option of enrolling in English III Honors as juniors and Advanced Placement Literature as seniors. The Mathematics Department offers an innovative five-year program to students who take two math courses during their sophomore year. Qualified students may choose Algebra II Honors , Pre-Calculus Honors and Honors Calculus. Four years of laboratory science are offered including chemistry and physics. All students take three years of social science with honors sections offered to juniors and seniors. Spanish and French language classes, required for two years , culminate in elective honors and Advanced Placement classes. In addition to the previously described cou rse offerings in computer technology, electives in art, drama , social science and home economics stimulate students to discover their individual gifts and interests , as well as to fulfill the entrance requirements for both public and private four-year colleges.

ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS

Extracurricular activities and sports are an important part of student life at ICA. They include Student Council, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Block Society, Girls Athletic Association , yearbook , school paper, LIFE Campus Ministry, Black Student Union, Irish Club , Fil-Am Club, Las Latinas Unidas, French Club, choir, drama production, Close-Up Trip to Washingto n, D.C., Speech Club, and sports— volleyball, basketball, soccer and softball.

PRINCIPAL Sister Janice Therese Wellington, O.P. FACULTY A 37-member faculty and staff, composed of religious and lay colleagues are in teaching and administrative positions. A teacher-student ratio of 1 .TO allows for individual attention.

ENROLLMENT 250 TUITION AND FEES 2001-2002 $6,600-Tuition $420 - Registration Fees vary by class level from $75 to $300

TUITION ASSISTANCE

ICA offers tuition assistance and awards based on scholarship, citizenship, and financial need.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Gina Esp inal , Admissions Director E-mail: admissions@icacademy.org Patricia Cavagnaro, Development Director/Alumnae Moderator pcavagnaro@icacademy.org (415) 824-2052 FAX (415) 821-4677 Web site: www.icacademy.org

Convent of the Sacred Heart High School SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART 2222 Broadway • San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: 415/563-2900 • Website: www.sacred.sf.ca.us

PROFILE

Convent of the Sacred Heart High School is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory high school for girls founded in 1887 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. One of the oldest private schools in California, CSH offers a challenging curriculum that provides a strong foundation to meet the demands of highly competitive college entrance.

As a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, CSH participates in Network service projects, leadership seminars , and student exchange programs which offer students opportunities at Sacred Heart campuses throughout the U.S. With a value-oriented perspective, the intention of a Sacred Heart education is to educate the whole person — spiritually, intellectually and socially.

Students at CSH will experience the opportunity to participate in a variety of service outreach programs in the Bay Area community.

Students are encouraged to pursue leadership opportunities available through student council and class activities.

In the spring of 1998 , CSH was once again recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

ACTIVITIES

Extracurricular activities are an essential part of the CSH experience. All clubs are student directed and options include school publications, debate, drama, service , spirit , outdoors, environmenta l, and Honor Societies. Several clubs offer co-ed opportunities.

CSH PARTNERSHIP

This year CSH continues their new partnershi p with Stuart Hall Hig h School. Students from CSH and SHHS will be able to participate together in extra curricular programs , service projects and social activities . This unique opportunity at Schools of the Sacred Heart allows a serious focus on academics for young women and young men along with the benefits of a co-educational campus experience.

PHILOSOPHY

The philosophy of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School is stated in our Goals and Criteria shared by all Sacred Heart Network Schools in the United States. CSH educates its students to • A personal and active faith in God • A deep respect for intellectual values • A social awareness which impels to action • The building of ^ ^^ community as a Christian value • Personal growth in an atmosphere of i % wise freedom.

Head of School: Douglas H. Grant AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 14 2001-2002 ENROLLMENT: 200 FACULTY: 31 TUITION 2001-2002 $ 16 ,820 • All fees included in tuition.

CURRICULUM

The rigorous academic program, which is based on traditional study of the humanities , also requires that students be thoroughly grounded in the sciences and social sciences. The English program places serious emphasis on writing skills , as well as offering a variety of literature courses. Instruction in the social sciences includes courses in world and U.S. history, government, Asian studies, Latin American studies, and economics.

All of our students enroll in extra courses beyond the graduation requirements. The mathematics program is fully integrated, with the traditional strands of algebra, geometry and trigonometry interwoven throughout each of the first three years.

Science courses include Biology, Marine Biology, AP Biology, Chemistry, AP Chemistry, Physics, Physiology, Anthropology, Medial Ethics and AP Environmental Science. Foreign language classes are taught in French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin and Latin. The school's computer program has been acknowledged as one of the most innovative in the country. Each student has access to the internet and her own e-mail address. The Fine Arts Department offers classes in studio art , chorus, instrumental music, dramatic and musical theater, photography, as well as AP Art History, art and music history. Seventeen Advanced Placement courses are available, and an average of 90% of the students enroll in at least one AP course during their four years.

The average number of AP courses taken by students is three.

From 1990 -2000, 532 CSH students passed 1055 AP exams.

SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarshi ps and Financial Aid are available to any student who demonstrates interest and need without consideration to race , reli gion or national origin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Anne Spyropoulos Admissions Director (415) 292-3125 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED BY OUR TOP 15 STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE LAST SIX YEARS

American U. in Paris (2) Art Institute of Chicago Barnard (3) Boston College Brown (4) Carleton College of Notre Dame Colorado College Cornell (3) Davidson

Duke Georgetown (2) George Washington University Harvard Harvey Mudd College International Christian U. (Japan) M.I.T. (3) NYU (2) Princeton Reed College

Santa Clara Skidmore College Stanford (3) St. John's (NM) Tufts U.C. Berkeley (6) U.C. Davis (4) UCLA. (5) U.C. San Diego (4) U.C. Santa Cruz (2)

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Environmental Science European History French Language French Literature

U. of Colorado (3) U. of Chicago U. of Notre Dame (2) U. of Pennsylvania (3) U. Southern California (6) U. of St. Andrew's U. of Tokyo Villanova Wellesley Wesleyan Yale (3) Psychology Spanish Language Spanish Literature Studio Art U.S. Gov 't & Politics U.S. History

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Stuart Hall Hi£h School Schools of the Sacred Heart • 1911 Pine Street • San Francisco, CA 94109 415/292-3155 • FAX 415/931-020 1 • e-mail: barclay@sacred.sf.ca.us

PROFILE

Stuart Hall High School , a new Catholic school in the Bay Area having opened in August of 2000 , is a member of Schools of the Sacred Heart , San Francisco. A unique partnership with Convent of the Sacred Heart High School provides the best of educational opportunities: single-sex classes in a coeducational environment. As a school dedicated solely to the education of young men, Stuart Hall High School offers an essential and si gnificant option for Bay Area families , a high school where the spirited nature of adolescent males is incorporated into an active learning process. Faculty understand the learning styles of young men as well as their emotional and social needs. By design, the school is small and personal in nature. Class size averages 15 students, encourag ing a personalized, challenging approach to education.

Starting in 2002-2003 the Advanced Placement Program at SHHS wilt offer courses in which qualified students can challenge themselves beyond the standard curriculum , exploring areas of particular interest. The specific courses that will comprise the Advanced Placement Program in future years will be determined by the abilities and interests of the students. The AP Program will include offerings in English, Mathematics , Social Sciences, Laboratory Sciences, International Language, and Fine Arts .

The school's facilities offer the latest in computer and media technology hardware and software programs. A wide array of courses in technology will address the needs of students who show exceptional skill and interest in this area.

ACTIVITIES

PHILOSOPHY

Stuart Hall High School, as a member of the worldwide Network of Sacred Heart Schools , commits itself to the distinctive spirit and dedication to excellence that marks these schools.

Specifically, Stuart Hall High School educates students to: • A personal and active faith in God; • A deep respect for intellectual values; • A social awareness which impels to action; • The building of community as a Christian value; • Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

The young men who choose Stuart Hall High School are called to be persons of courage and integrity, people who clearl y choose to use their education in the service of society.

CURRICULUM

The academic program at Stuart Hall Hi gh School challenges the students to develop their talents in all areas—the humanities , arts, mathematics, and science—and offers them an excellent college preparatory program. Each student is required to take a minimum of six courses for credit per semester. The following courses are required for graduation from Stuart Hall High School four years of English, Social Studies, Mathematics , and Religious Studies; three years of — I ItTOIIIMMBBF '"—" International Language I and Laboratory Science; two years of Physical Education; one year of Computer Science and Fine Arts ; and 100 hours of Community Service.

Students may choose additional courses from a variety of electives and a range of honors courses.

Co-curricular activities make up a vital part of the Stuart Hall High School experience. The clubs and activities are an outgrowth of student interest and grow and change with student needs. The partnership with Convent of the Sacred Heart High School provides opportunities for clubs and activities that include students from both schools. Since the development of leaders is an important aspect of education at Stuart Hall High School, students have many opportunities to govern, assist in program development, and work with the faculty and administration in creating the culture of the school.

Organizations and committees that facilitate this involvement of students make up a key part of the activity program.

"The Knights of the Hall" are members of the Bay Area Conference League and field teams in soccer, cross country, basketball, golf , and lacrosse. The athletic program may add other sports as the enrollment increases with additional classes.

HEAD OF SCHOOL Gordon Sharafinski TUITION 2000-2001 $16,820

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are available to any student who demonstrates interest and need without consideration to race, religion, or national origin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Michael Barclay Stuart Hall High School Admissions Director (41 5) 292-3166 e-mail: barclay@sacred.sf.ca.us

SCHOOL SERRA HIGH IUNIPER0 The Road to Your Future Begins Here!

451 West 20th Avenue • San Mateo , California 94403 • (650) 345-8207

MISSION

Junipero Serra High School is the Archdiocesan Catholic school educating the young men of San Mateo County.

We are an academic high school , reflecting the cultura l richness of San Mateo County with a strong college preparatory curriculum. Our mission is to develop the gifts and talents of each student and foster Gospel values in an environment of academic excellence and mutual respect.

TRI-SCHOOL PROGRAM

Although we are a school for young men, we are involved in a Tri-School program with two schools for young women — Mercy, Burlingame and Notre Dame, Belmont. Coed activities include classes on all three campuses, retreats, drama and music productions, some club activities and both formal and informal dances.

ACADEMICS

At Junipero Serra High School we offer a college preparatory curriculum , including twenty-two Advanced Placement and Honors courses .

Ninety-eight percent of our graduates continue their education at the college or university level. Among the schools where they currently excel are Princeton, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford , Georgetown, Cal-Poly, Duke, UC Davis , and Santa Clara. The reason our students are so successfu l is that our faculty has created a challenging yet comfortable learning environment in which students are placed at various levels of our program according to their needs and abilities.

Junipero Serra students are required to complete a minimum of 240 units, pass all required courses, and perform eighty hours of.Christian Service in order to graduate. Students may also earn college credits while at Juni pero Serra .

THE ARTS

The arts are an essential component of a Junipero Serra High School education. We offe r numerous performance opportunities — Concert Band , Men's and Mixed Chorus , Jazz Band , Dramatic Workshop and Musical Theater Workshop — that allow students to experience the arts both in the classroom and on stage. In addition , we offer Architectural Design, Basiq.Art, Beginning Guitar, Beginning Percussion, Beginning Winds, Films, and History of Rock Music.

ATHLETICS

Junipero Serra has a rich athletic tradition. Many of our student-athletes have been awarded scholarships to the top collegiate programs in the country, some have competed in the Olympics and several have been successfu l in professional sports .

We participate in the West Catholic Athletic League , one of the top leagues in California.

GUIDANCE & COUNSELING

Our Guidance and Counseling Department assists students in making academic , social , sp iritual and personal decisions.

Our College & Career Center allows students to researc h more than 3000 colleges and universities on College View, a multimedia program. In addition, the Counseling Department helps coordinate the annual Tri-School College Night, an informational gathering with more than one hundred of the top colleges and universities from throughout the country.

SPIRITUALITY

Our Campus Ministry Program provides students with liturgical and prayer opportunities, builds community through retreats, and empowers students to develop their gifts and talents in our Christian Service program.

Theology courses offer J .. .1 l ' nil —— H—M instruction in the Catholic faith , morality and worship, and stress the importance of individual faith development. The curriculum addresses the needs of students with extensive religious education as well as those with little or no knowledge of the Catholic faith.

PRINCIPAL Mr. Michael Peterson ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR Mr. Randy Vogel (650) 345-8242 TUITION AND FEES 2001 - 2002 Tuition: $7,900 Registration Fee: $600 FINANCIAL AID Tuition assistance at Junipero Serra is based on financial need.

Those families interested in applying for financial aid should contact the Business Manager, Mr. John O'Sullivan, for further information at (650) 345-8207.

PADRE HIGHLIGHTS ¦Twenty-two Advanced Placement and Honors courses offered in nearly all subject areas. ¦Visual and Performing Arts program, 13 sports and more than 30 clubs. ¦Over $ 350,000 awarded in tuition assistance, during the 2000-200 1 school year. ¦ www.serrahs.com

Marin Catholic Hig h School College Preparatory 675 Sir Francis Drake â&#x20AC;˘ Ken tf ield , CA 94904

PROFILE

Marin Catholic is a coeducational college preparatory high school situated on fourteen acres at the base of Mt. Tamalpais in Kentfield. Just minutes from Hi ghway 101, Marin Catholic is ideal Iv located to serve students from all over Marin and the neighboring Bay Area Counties. Marin Catholic is fifteen minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge and just twenty minutes from the East Bay communities located across the RichmondSan Rafael Bridge.

The student body is made up of approximately 760 young men and women meeting admissions criteria for a challenging college prep curriculum.

Students are drawn from a broad spectrum of social , ethnic, religious, and economic back grounds. Marin Catholic High School is committed to class sizes that provide an excellent teaching environment. The average class size is 22 students.

The committed and dedicated faculty of Marin Catholic is ofte n cited by students, parents , and alumni as the greatest strength of our school. As teachers , counselors , advisors , coaches , and activity moderators , the men and women of the faculty and staff ensure that the mission of our school is fulfilled. Today, the 65 members of the faculty include two Archdiocesan priests , one Franciscan sister , and a lay faculty of 62 men and women. Thirty three faculty members have Masters or higher academic degrees , and a large number have specialized certification and academic degrees. Several faculty members have been granted researc h fellowships, conduct lectures and in-services on various academic and educational topics , and have won prestigious academic awards and honors.

MISSION

Marin Catholic High School is a college preparatory school serving young men and women in the Catholic tradition.

Consistent with our Gospel values , the school is committed to the education of the whole person. Marin Catholic provides a sp iritual , academic , and extra-curricular environment dedicated to imparting knowledge, values and vision. students , through their experiences in the classroom and as active members of the school community, to develop the attributes of an educated person : responsibility, both personal and social; critical ability; appreciation for.the beauty and comp lexity of the world around us.

Marin Catholic hopes to instill in the students the confidence that will empower them , as informed and compassionate individuals , to effect change in that world. The school is committed to learning as a lifelong process.

CURRICULUM

The Marin Catholic curriculum is designed to provide a challenging, college prep experience for all of our students. Along with the development and enhancement of essential skills , the required course of study encourages exploration and selfevaluation. Successfully completing J the academic progra m, which includes ^ ^m pursuing the most rigorous course of study one can, qualifies students for admission to the most competitive colleges and universities. All of our graduates go on to college, with 93% of the Class of 2001 matriculating to four year colleges and universities . A detailed matriculation report is available from the Admissions Office.

Honors and Advanced Placement classes offer a more challenging curriculum to students who qualify for an accelerated course of study. Advanced Placement and other honors courses are desi gned to provide students with the opportunity for more advanced and in-depth study of a particular subject. Students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses have the ability to gain college credit by passing the exams.

Graduation requirements include four years of English , four years of Religious Studies , three and one half years of Social Studies, three years of Mathematics, two years of Foreign Language, two years of Science, one year of Fine or Performing Arts, and one semester each of Computer Studies and Physical Education. Students complete the balance of their graduation requirements and are able to enrich their education through our diversified elective program.

In addition to the academic requirements students must complete one hundred hours of Christian Service and participate in an annual retreat.

PRINCIPAL Dr. Milt Werner PRESIDENT Monsignor Steven D. Otellini TUITION AND FEES 2001-2002 Tuition: $10,800 Registration & Fees: $650 Freshman Orientation: $125 Facility fee: $100 TUITION ASSISTANCE Tuition assistance at Marin Catholic is based on financial need.

Marin Catholic was able to grant over $700 ,000 in assistance for the 2001-2002 school year. Marin Catholic High School is committed to providing tuition assistance to families unable to afford the entire cost of tuition. For information and applications contact the Admissions Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, Theresa Groshong, Director of Admissions Lori Collins, Admissions Associate (415) 461-075 7 www.marincatholic.org

Mercy High School â&#x20AC;˘ Burlingame 2750 Adeline Drive â&#x20AC;˘ Burlingame, CA 94010

PROFILE

What every young woman needs to know for college and adult life isn't necessarily found between the covers of a book. Attitude and environment are just as . important in forming the self-confidence and independence that drives successfu l women. Mercy High School is one of thirty-nine Mercy schools throughout the \ United States sponsored by the \ Sisters of Mercy. Nestled on 40 acres in the tranquil Burlingame hills, the school is dedicated to providing young women with a strong foundation in the Mercy tradition ot Catholic values , academics , the arts, and athletics. The Sisters of Mercy opened Mercy High School Burlingame in 1931 . The Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, Mother Catherine McAuley wrote "No work is more conducive to the good of society than the education of young women." The college preparatory curriculum and activities emphasize the advantages of a single gender education for girls in the context of Christian values. Within a diverse population, a young woman grows, discovers and tests her own resources.

Mercy students join with the young men and women of The TriSchool Program in sharing co-ed courses, activities, and campus ministry programs with Serra High School in San Mateo and Notre Dame in Belmont. This program has been very successfu l in extending curriculum offerings and providing co-ed opportunities.

PHILOSOPHY

Academic excellence and Christian values in the Catholic tradition are hallmarks of a Merc y education. The school curriculum and community atmosphere foster the values of compassion , respect, reconciliation, justice and the pursuit of intellectual endeavors.

The needs of the individual student are given careful consideration.

Mercy promotes growth in personal dignity as well as the development of social and civic responsibilities. A Mercy education enables young women to thrive in a changing world and a changing Church.

most colleges in the country.

Over 98% of our graduates are accepted at their first choice college.

Study Centers are available for Math-Science, Foreign Languages, and English-Social Studies, in addition to a large library of 14,000 volumes.

Both peer and adult tutoring are offered. Staff counselors offer academic and personal counseling for students.

Mercy's Community Service Program reinforces our values. All students learn the need for service, perform hands-on-direct service, and analyze conditions which create the need for service.

ACTIVITIES

Extracurricular activities provide something for every interest. Students take part in Student Government, Junior Statesmen of .

America, the Close Up Trip to Washingto n, D.C., summer travel to Europe, Girls ' Athletic Association , Honor Societies and many other clubs and activities.

Mercy students may try out for 25 athletic teams in thirteen sports.

PRINCIPAL Sister Rosann Fraher, RSM ENROLLMENT 475 FACULTY 52 members TUITION 2001-2002 $8 125 plus a registration fee of $500 ACCREDITATION Accred ited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) FINANCIAL AID All incoming students applying for financial aid must take the High School Placement Test (HSPT) on January 12th or 19th and complete the Private Schoo l Aid Service (PSAS) forms which must be postmarked by January 15 , 2002.

FURTHER INFORMATION Mrs . Betty Duran , Admission Director 650.343.1414 Fax 650.343.2316 email: bduran@mercyhsb.com Check out our web site at www.mercyhsb.com

CURRICULUM

Mercy combines structu red course requirements with a flexible schedule which allows students time for electives. A typical freshman takes nine classes during the year which include Computer Science, CORE (an interdisciplinary, reading, writing, study skills class , which places emphasis on critical thinking skills), English, Foreign Language, Science, Math, Physical Education, Religion and Social Studies.

Honors classes are offered at all grade levels and Advanced Placement courses are offered to junior and senior students.

Graduation requirements meet or exceed the prerequisites for

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3250 Nineteenth Avenue (415) 334-0525

PROFILE

Mercy High School , San Francisco , was founded in 1952 by the Sisters of Mercy as a Catholic college preparatory school for young women.

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San Francisco, CA 94132 Fax (415) 334-9726 Mercy's faculty, the majority of whom hold advanced degrees , bring expertise , dedication , and professionalism to the instructional program.

An Academic Assistance Program is anticipated for imp lementation during the 2002-2003 school year. The purpose of the program is to provide the support needed to allow students with special needs to become successfu l learners at Mercy. An Educational Resource Specialist will be available to assist students who have document learning challenges.

Eli gibility for this program will be determined in consultation with counselors and the resource specialist through the regular admissions process. Fees for this program may exceed regular tuition.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Mercy builds on its rich traditions, preparing students for their future educations , careers , and roles as women of the twenty-first century.

Mercy's six-acre modern campus provides a beautiful, parklike environment for an exceptional academic and extracurricular program. Computerized physics, chemistry and biology labs, plus technology centers challenge tomorrow's scientists and executives. An outstanding reference and circulation library fosters independent study and research.

Internet access brings the world to Mercy.

The fine arts wing, housing a first-rate theater as well as studios for art, ceramics and dance, nurtures and inspires artists and performers .

Mercy excels in athletics as well , with highly competitive teams in basketball , volleyball, tennis , softball , soccer, cross-country and track and field. The beautiful new Catherine McAuley Pavilion includes a gymnasium, classrooms and artists ' gallery.

PHILOSOPHY

Supported by the Mission of the Sisters of Mercy which emphasizes persona! responsibility and service to society, Mercy offers each student opportunities and experiences to mature in her own religious faith".

Mercy values intellectual and personal integrity, responsible decision-making, development of self-esteem , respect for life, and genuine regard for ethnic diversity. Mercy recognizes the obligation to respect and preserve the goods of the earth for the sustenance and enjoyment of future generations. Mercy acknowledges the special role of women in all aspects of life in an ever-changing world.

CURRICULUM

Mercy High School's college preparatory curriculum provides students a four year sequence of courses in religion, English, math , science , social science , foreign language and the fine arts. Over 98% of Mercy's graduating seniors go on to college.

Mercy provides a challenging and welf rounded program for all its students. Advanced Placement/Honors level courses are offered in English language and literature, math, Calculus AB and BC, science, U.S. history, French language, Spanish language and literature. Students choose from a wide range of classes. Course Sampling: Computer Science, Contemporary World Issues, Child Development, Creative Writing, American Sign Language, Self Defense, Fitness & Jogging, Painting, Drawing, Ceramics, Dance, Chorus, Acting and Musical Theatre Workshop.

Students join the California Association of Student Councils , California Scholarshi p Federation , National Honor Society, Ambassadors , Amnesty International, Anime , Astronomy & Science, Dance Committee , Green Team (environmental), Literary Magazine, Kaleidoscope (International), Math Club , Mercy Athletic Association , Music Club, Performing Arts Association , Photo Club , Speech Club, Spirit Squad , Student Council , Web Page Club, Writing Club , Yearbook , Dance Ensemble , casts and crews for theater performances . Merc y hosts In tersessio n in April , 2002.

ENROLLMENT 600 TUITION 2001-2002 $7 ,100 Plus $500 reg istration FURTHER INFORMATION Liz Belonogoff Admissions Director (41 5) 584-5929 Admissions @mercyhs.org FAX (415) 334-9726 Visit us at www.mercyhs.org Open House Sunday, October 28 Program begins at 9 a.m.

Breakfast in the New Pavilion at 8:30 a.m.

N OTRE DAME HIGH S CHOOL 1540 Ralston Avenue

• Belmont, CA 94002-1995 • 650/595-1913

classes are available in 11th and 12th grade: America n Government, Art History, Biology, Calculus , Eng lish Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, French Language, Spanish Language , Studio Art , and United States History. Balance and choice are important in a student's life; therefore, the required courses are supp lemented by a wide selection of elective courses in every department. A collaborative effort with the Notre Dame de Namur University allows qualified students to take courses for college credit.

ACTIVITIES

PROFILE

Notre Dame High School, Belmont is a private Catholic college preparatory school for young women located on 11.6 acres in Belmont, California. Established by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1851, the school was moved from San Jose to the historic William Ralston Estate in 1923. The essence of Notre Dame lies in a strong academic program and a caring, supportive environment rooted in Christian values which prepare young women for lives of leadership and service. Notre Dame strives to create an educational community that will provide the knowledge necessary for young women to make informed intellectual, moral , and spiritual decisions. Notre Dame, Belmont students are challenged by their teachers and peers to become B women of vision, hope, and prayer. Each year 99% -100% of the graduates enroll in college and universities throughout the country. Notre Dame, Belmont; Mercy, Burlingame; and Junipero Serra High School participate in a Tri-School Program , which provides co-educational experiences in the areas of academics , campus ministry, athletics, performing and visual arts, and student activities. Construction for a new gymnasium will be completed by April , 2002.

Notre Dame students:

• Develop the ability to think criticall y, logicall y, and creatively utilizing effective verbal and communications

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• Develop resources of strength and self-confidence by challenging themselves physically in such activities as intramural and interscholastic athletics; • Develop creative and imaginative inclination through activities such as drama , art, music , dance, photography, HMMHHB and creative writing; and • Develop the inner strength and moral conviction that is the foundation of a whole and fulfilling spiritual life.

CURRICULUM

Notre Dame High School , Belmont graduation requirements provide students with the necessary credits and variety of courses needed for admission to University of California campuses and private California and out-of-state colleges and universities. Honors courses are offered in all core academic areas. Advanced Placement

An excellent cocurricular program that offers students the opportunity to become involved, to make new friends , and to take an active role in building a strong Christian community supports the strong academic program.

An effective community outreach program requires students to complete 100 hours of community service over four years. The athletic program offers a wide variety of opportunities for students of all skill levels. The NDB Tigers participate on 26 teams in 11 sports, with over 500 roster spots available for students. Our teams consistently finish at the top levels in the Girls' Private School League (GPSL) and in Central Coast Section (CCS) competition. |H Students produce a weekly television H broadcast (Tiger TV) and publish a newspaper, literary magazine, and yearbook. They participate in chorus, chamber chorale, band, orchestra , plays, and musicals. Other activities encouraged are student government, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, and over 25 clubs including Dance, Friday Nite Live, JSA, and Women of Worship (W.O.W.).

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PRINCIPAL Rita Gleason '66 ENROLLMENT 720 TUITION $8 ,745.00 (includes registration, Parents' Associatio n dues , campus ministry fee , athletic fees , activity fee , and yearbook) TUITION ASSISTANCE Extensive tu ition awards are available to students with demonstrate d financial need.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.ndhsb.org Maureen Sweeney Velasquez '68 , Director of Admissions (650) 595-1913 , ext. 3 2 0/ F A X : (650) 595-2643

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Catholic Co-Education in the Heart of San Francisco!

1055 Ellis Street • San Francisco , CA 94 109 • (4 15) 775-6626 PROFILE/ PHILOSOPHY

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory can trace its roots of serving the youth of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to 1852.

For one hundred and forty-seven years the Christian Brothers and the Daughters of Charity, along with a dedicated lay faculty, have been preparing young men and women to serve the Church and society by being dynamic members of the communities in which they live.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is a Roman Catholic , college preparatory, co-educational institution that welcomes students from diverse ethnic , social and religious back grounds into a community which integrates Catholic beliefs with a challenging college prep curriculum and a balanced student activities program.

CURRICULUM

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is a Catholic ¦ college preparatory E ' -i» """ —"Tl T* ' institution with a 11 I solid sequential curriculum of religious education , the liberal arts and physical and life sciences . In addition to the required college preparatory programs , Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory offers a four year Scholar Program , established especiall y for hi gh ability students.

Honors and Advanced Placement courses are offered throughout the curriculum.

GRADUATES

Vi rtually all Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory graduates will matriculate at colleges and universities , many at some of the most prestig ious institutions in the country. More than 80% of SHCP graduates will ente r four-year institutions with approximately 25% of these attending Catholic colleges and universities.

EXPECTATION: ENTER TO LEARN, LEAVE TO SERVE

Above the doorway of a Christian Brothers ' school in India reads the motto "Enter to learn , leave to serve " . Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory has adopted this motto from its siste r school because it accuratel y portrays the aims and ideals of the institution. Through Campus Ministry, Student Activities and service learning projects , SHCP students learn to share their gifts and talents with the Church and the society in which they live.

PRINCIPAL John F. Scudder , Jr. ENROLLMENT 1200 boys and girls FACULTY 85 TUITION AND FEES 2001-2002 $7 ,800 & $700 FINANCIAL AID Extensive tuition awards are available based on a family's need FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Mr. Timothy Burke Director of Admissions (415) 775-6626 Ext. 729 E-Mail: timoburk@shcp.edu

Sacred Heart Preparatory Sacred Heart Schools • 150 Valparaiso Avenue • Atherton , CA 94027 • (650) 322- 1866

PROFILE

Sacred Heart Prep is a Roman Catholic, independent, college preparatory school. It is coeducational with an enrollment of 450 in grades 9-12. The School was founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in 1898. It is located on a 62-acre wooded campus, bordering Menlo Park and Atherton.

An education at Sacred Heart Prep is strong in studies, serious in ethical principles, and rich in the spirit of The Gospel. The School is a member of the Network of 21 Sacred Heart Schools in the United States. It is the essence of a Sacred Heart School that it be deeply concerned for each student's total development: spiritual , intellectual, emotional and physical. School policies and practices provide for the development of leadership and self-discipline.

Sacred Heart consists of a culturally diverse student body, and this mix of individuals develops an appreciation and understanding of diverse races, religions and cultures as students prepare to be global citizens.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Schools of the Sacred Heart in the United States, members of a world wide network, offer an education that is marked by a distinctive spirit. It is the essence of a Sacred Heart School that it be deeply concerned for each student's total development: spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical. It is the essence of a Sacred Heart School that it emphasize serious study, that it educate to a social responsibility and that it lay the foundation of a strong faith.

PHILOSOPHY

Each Sacred Heart Schoo l offers an education that is distinguished by its commitment to the following five goals: • A personal and active faith in God • A deep respect for intellectual values • A social awareness which impels to action • The building of community as a Christian value • Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom

CURRICULUM

The Sacred Heart Prep course work is designed to offer an intellectually challenging education to college-bound young men and women. (100% continue on to colleges and universities).

Students carry six academic subjects and are required to satisfy the following distributional requirements for their diploma — 4 years of English, 3 years of a foreign language, 4 years of History, 3 years of Science (2 Laboratory Sciences), 3 years of Mathematics , 3.5 years of Religious Studies, 3 semesters of Fine Arts and 2 semesters of Physical Education. Our Fine Arts program includes: drama , dance, choral and instrumental music , studio art , ceramics , sculpture, and photography Students are encouraged to become critical thinkers and to develop an enthusiasm and lifelong love for learning. Most of the students enroll in Honor and Advanced Placement courses during their junior and senior years.

In addition , students must comp lete a minimum of 100 hours of community service over a four year period .

The Service Learning Program is designed to enable students to become activel y involved in the wider community as responsible citizens.

Sacred Heart Prep has its own ordained chaplain on campus who is available for individual spiritual direction or consultation. There is a coordinated approach to sp iritual life involving the SHP Community— faculty, students, staff and parents.

Monthly seasonal liturgies, planned and carried out by school community, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. An organized off campus formal retreat for each class is mandatory. Each Monday assembly opens with a call to prayer or meditative silence.

ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS

Extracurricular clubs and activities at Sacred Heart Prep play a significant part in the life of each student. They provide fun, a sense of community, a chance to observe hidden talents and to gain confidence in one's own initiative and abilities, and an opportunity to develop leadership potential.

Activities include drama , music , yearbook , newspaper, and student council.

Many students participate in Model United Nations, Interact Club (Rotary), National Honor Society, Amnesty International, Ski Club, Hiking Club, Spanish Club, Environmental Club and Campus Ministry.

While academic commitments come first at Sacred Heart Prep, the School also seeks to develop fine athletes. The diversity of the interscholastic athletic program , the emphasis on participation , and the attention to the individual student athlete. The goal of many of our students is to achieve the Varsity level of competition. All in all , over 82 percent of the Sacred Heart Prep student body partici pate in at least one of the many championship caliber sports offered.

ENROLLMENT 2001-2002 450 boys and girls Sacred Heart Prep attracts students from South San Francisco to San Jose.

PRINCIPAL Richard A. Dioli FACULTY 45 full-time and 10 part time members of the faculty.

80% hold advanced degrees.

The student/faculty ratio is 15:1 .

TUITION AND FEES 2001-2002 $16 ,900 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Sacred Heart Prep remains committed to an effective financial assistance program which supports socio-economic diversity.

Thirty five percent of currently enrolled students receive some form of financial assistance. Financial assistance is awarded on the basis of need, as determined by the Financial Assistance Committee .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Carl Dos Remedies , Admission Office 650/473-4006 FAX 650/322-7151 Website : www.shschools.org

SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL , 1500 BUTTERFIELD ROAD â&#x20AC;˘ SAN ANSELMO CA 94960-1099

PROFILE AND PHILOSOPHY

San Domenico School is the oldest Catholic , independent school in California, originally established by the Dominican Sisters of Monterey in 1850. The Upper School offers a distinctive boarding and day college preparatory program to 152 young women from the greater Bay Area, California, and over 8 countries. Best known for its friendly, welcoming community, rigorous academics, and superior performing arts in which teachers mentor their students and promote collaborative learning, San Domenico's spectacular campus on 515-acres just 20 miles north of San Francisco is an ideal setting in which to grow and learn.

Our school takes pride in its commitment to ecological literacy and environmental science. In the past ten years the concept of sustainability has emerged as a vital presence in the identity of San Domenico and in its mission.

ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS

Organizations and clubs add an exciting dimension to student life . Choose from Student Council and Resident Council, Model United Nations, Environmental Club, Drama Club , Tour Guides, Poetry Club, Peer Counseling, Photography Club, Promoting Positive Body Image , Organic Gardening, Verities (a magazine featuring creative literature), Yearbook and the Student Newspaper.

San Domenico competes in the Bay Counties League in volleyball , tennis, cross-country, basketball, soccer, swimming, track and field, and badminton. The varsity volleyball team was this year's BCL West Bay Division II Champion.

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In addition to its superior academic program , San Domenico is home to a music conservatory and its nationally renowned Virtuoso Program, an outstanding pre-professional chamber music program. The Upper School's other exceptional offerings include a lively theatre arts program which stages six different performances annually, and a visual arts program taught by professional artists. San Domenico's campus features a full library, technology center, art studio , music pavilion and music practice studios , drama and dance rooms , a chapel , three dormitories , an outdoor swimming pool, athletic fields, tennis courts and an equestrian center.

CURRICULUM

San Domenico's superb academic curriculum prepares students to succeed in college . Advanced Placement classes are currently offered in Biology, Calculus , Chemistry, Environmental Science , English , French , Spanish , Statistics , Studio Art and US History.

An innovative learning program is offered to Freshmen (Freshman Foundations) and to Juniors (American Studies) in which literature, history, art , religion and performance are presented in an integrated structu re, providing a thematic and holistic educational experience.

All students participate in San Domenico's R.O.S.E. (Real Opportunities in Service Education) program. The Director of Service Learning, along with teachers and students, integrates pertinent community projects to enhance academic depth and promote social activism. Students create unique service projects that combine personal interests with community involvement.

Each spring, students take one week' s break from traditional classroom learning to participate in alternative educational experiences. Past "Spring Discovery" activities have included backpacking in Hawaii , touring the ancient ruins of Peru , studying coral reef ecology in Costa Rica, and attending actor workshops at the Shakespeare festival in Ashland, OR.

COLLEGE PLACEMENT

Our graduates attend both public and private colleges and universities.

Recent graduates attend such colleges as Boston University, Brown , Carneg ie Mellon , Cornell , Fordham , Lewis and Clark , Loyola Marymount , Manhattan, NYU, Oberlin , Occidenta l, Rice , Scripps , Stanford, University of Washingto n, the Universities of California , USC, Wellesley, Wesleyan , and Yale.

HEAD James Tschann PRINCIPAL John Bowermaster TUITION , 2001-2002 Boarding: $31 ,500 Day: $17,800 FINANCIAL AID San Domenico is committed to diversity in its student body and provides financial aid to qualified students.

All financial aid is awarded on the basis of need.

Payment plan options are also available to hel p make a San Domenico education affordable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheri Sabella Director of Upper School Admissio n Phone: (415) 258-1905 Fax: (415) 258-1906 Email: admissions@sandomenico.org Website : www.sandomenico.org

St. Ignatius College Prep aratory 200 1 - 37th Avenue • San Francisco • California • 94116 (415) 73 1-7500

PROFILE

St. Ignatius College Preparatory celebrates its 146th year of providing Jesuit secondary education in the San Francisco Bay Area. SI is one of 44 Jesuit secondary schools in the United States providing values-centered education. SI was the tenth Jesuit secondary school to become coeducational.

During their four years at SI, our students receive rigorous academic training designed to ensure that they are well prepared to enter the world of higher education. Historicall y, over 99% of St. Ignatius graduates enroll in colleges and universities th roughout the United States. Our strong college preparatory curriculum is balanced by an active Campus Ministry program , an excellent athletic department which offers inter-scholastic competition on over 60 teams, and a superb fine arts program highlighted by productions and presentations throughout the school year.

PHILOSOPHY

There are two primary objectives to a Jesuit education: first, educating the total person; and second, forming "men and women for others ." In achieving the first objective, SI offers programs that enable students to develop academically, physically, spiritually, and socially.

Student activities are a vital part of the curriculum at SI. They provide opportunities to develop interests and talents that are normally untapped in classroom activities. The second objective permeates all aspects of SI education but is most clearly focused in the 100 hours or more of community service. This special graduation requirement has as its goal the development of Christian leaders .

CURRICULUM

The academic program at St. Ignatius College Preparatory is designed to prepare students for their college education, offering them four years of college preparatory study. Minimum graduation requirements meet or exceed the prerequisites and recommended subj ects for any selective college in the country.

They include 8 semesters of English, 7 semesters of Religious Studies, 6 semesters of Mathematics, 6 semesters of Social Science , 4 semesters of the same Foreign Language, 5 semesters of Science , 2 semesters of PE, 2 semesters of Fine Arts, 8 semesters of college preparatory electives, and 100 hours of supervised community service.

For students who wish to be challenged further, SI offers Advanced Placement and Honors classes in English , Mathematics , Social Science, Foreign Language, and Science. Students who pass Advanced Placement exams receive college credit and thus save on university tuition.

In 2000, 530 students took 1,090 AP exams , passing 75 percent of them. SI is among the top 30 schools in the nation in terms of the number of exams administered and is in the top three in Northern California.

PRINCIPAL Mr. Charles Dullea ENROLLMENT 141 5 FACULTY 100 TUITION / FEES $8 ,750 / $500 FINANCIAL AID Available to students with demonstrated financial need.

Over $760 ,000 of need-based financial aid has been awarded to approximatel y 18% of the student body for the 2001 -2002 academic year. The average grant was $3 ,100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Admissions Staff Mr. Kevin M. Grad y, Admissions Directo r Mrs. Lori Yap, Assistant Admissions Director Ms. Genny Poggetti, Admissions Coordinator

Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Road Portola Valley, CA 94028 • 650 / 851-8221

California's Benedictine College Preparatory School

Web site : www.WoodsidePriory.com

OVERV IEW

Woodside Priory School is a Catholic, day and boarding, coeducational , college preparatory school ooperated by the Benedictines since 1957. The Middle School encompasses grades six through eight; the High School, grades nine throught twelve.

The basis for a solid college preparatory education at the Priory is rooted in its Benedictine values: respect for the dignity of work , development of the individual, understanding for the diversity in every person , and appreciation for the presence of God in one's life .

A challenging curriculum, combined with a full program of interscholastic sports , extracurricular activities, cultural events and serv ice to community provides an atmosp here encouraging growth in the personal, intellectual, physical and spiritual aspects of a young person's life.

Technology is a priority at the Priory as there are over 125 internet-connected personal computers throughout the campus. All classrooms, the library, science labs and dorms are fully networked.

The boarding program, an option for high school boys, fosters community living and provides a structured environment for the development of academic skills. Boarders from Marin, Alameda and San Francisco counties, as well as from northern California areas consider boarding as an exciting option for high school.

International students come to Priory from Europe, South America , the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The boarding program for high school boys, comp liments the coeducational day school and provides the "best of both worlds", integrating an all-boys living experience with the coed environment of the school.

The Priory is located on sixty acres in rural Portola Valley.

The campus is about 40 miles south of San Francisco and five miles west of Stanford University. Through its boarding and day programs , it attracts students from all parts of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and more than thirteen countries.

PHILOSOPHY

Priory students are challenged to engage in the fullest experience of education - by intellectual inquiry, through knowledge of human history and culture and by clear thinking, speaking and writing. Study and research skills are emp hasized in all academic areas.

Priory students are encouraged to lead lives that are both creative and generous. Through school-sponsored service projects and community activities , students come to see their personal values and social relationships as important and worthy of development. ^^^ The small school size and the ten-to-one student teacher ratio are assets, bringing the serious studenf into the framework of a strong, academic environment A supportive, caring and qualified faculty of lay teachers and Benedictine monks forms the nucleus of the community that is Woodside Priory School. Class sizes are small , generally ranging from 15-1 8 students.

CURRICULUM

High School graduation requirements include: • 8 semesters of Eng lish Literature • 1 semester Expository Writing Lab • 6 semesters of Mathematics

• 6 semesters of Lab Sciences

• 7 semesters of History/ Global Studies/American Government • 6 semesters of a modern language (Spanish, Japanese or French) • 6 semesters of Theology • 2 semesters of Health and Physical Education • 2 semesters of Humanities • 1 semester of Computer Science • 2 semesters of Fine A rts/Drama/ Music and Speech

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• 16 Advanced Placement courses are offered in Art Portfolio , English, European and U.S. History, Calculus (AB/BC), Computer Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, and Modern Languages (Spanish and French), Biology, Psychology, Statistics , and Economics.

• Elective offerings include: Anthropology, Architecture, Astronomy, Ceramics , Chorus , Computer Graphics , Drama, Life Fitness , Modern Languages IV, Orchestra , Photography, Play Production, and Visual Arts.

A four-year community service program is an integral part of the high school curriculum. All students are required to offe r I 00 hours of service to the mB HH H H n H community as a condition of graduation. During their four years at the Priory, students have the opportunity to work with children , young adults, the infirm and elderly as well as homeless and displaced persons. Community service is coordinated by Campus Ministry and involves Priory faculty and monks. Students perform their service hours on their own or in groups.

HEADMASTER Tim Molak , M.A COMPREHENSIVE FEE 2001 - 2002 (Includes: tuition, books, daily lunch, activities and athletic fees) Day Students : $19 ,060 TUITION ASSISTANCE The Priory is committed to working with families regarding tuition costs . Towards that end, a tuition assistance program is available and aid is awarded on the basis of family need.

For the 2000-2001 schoo l year over $660 ,000 has been awarded to approximately 20% of the student body.

Contact Admissions for Financial Aid applications.

ENROLLMENT Co-educational - 310 students Middle School: Grades 6 through 8 High School: Grades 9 through 12 Day and Boarding Programs FACULTY Sixty teachers form the faculty of the school , including five members of the Benedictine Community. Four members of the faculty hold doctorates and a majority hold advanced degrees.

TO VISIT THE PRIORY From the 1-280 freeway, take the Alpine Road/Portola Valley exit.

Follow Alpine Road west three miles to a stop sign at Portola Road. Turn right onto Portola Road. The Priory,, entrance is one half-mile on the right.

OPEN HOUSES Saturdays 10 AM to 1 PM November 17, 2001 December 8, 2001 (Please contact Admissions to reserve a place at Open House., FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Al Zappelli

Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Road Portola Valley, CA 94028 650-851-8221 e-mail: azappelli@WoodsidePriory.com Web site : www.WoodsidePriory.com

PAUL BERGEZ & SISTER MARIANNE V IANI, SNJM CO-S UPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS We are proud to present the Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Each of these schools has a distinct character but all share a dedicated commitment to the spiritual formation and academic development of every student. These learning communities are steeped in religious values. We encourage you to give serious thought to choosing one of the outstanding Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese. Such a choice provides a unique oppportunity for the personal development of each student's religious, academic , and leadership potential in a Christian environment.

We invite you to become a part of our Catholic Secondary Educational Community.

Paul Bergez Co-Superintendent of Schools

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Why Choose A Catholic Hi gh School???

How can I get the most supp ortive en vironment for my child during the next four years ?

The community environment experienced in Catholic schools full y supports students in their spiritual and academic growth .

Teachers dedicate themselves to helping students achieve their full potential .

Wha t can a Catholic hig h school do for my child?

The teaching of Catholic values is core to the curriculum in Catholic high schools. Equally important is the religious community of adults surrounding Catholic schools which supports the schools ' mission.

Catholic schools mandate that their students take more college preparatory classes.

Catholic schools provide a challenging academic curricula in which students thrive, particularly in religious studies , mathematics , science, English and other core subjects.

/ am unable to afford the expense of a Catholic education; what can I do?

All Catholic high schools in the San Francisco Archdiocese have substantial scholarship and financial aid programs for students and families who qualify.

What are the results for Catholic high school graduates ?

Over 98% of Catholic school graduates in the San Francisco Archdiocese enroll in colleges and universities .

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Archbishop Riordan High School 175 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco , CA 94112 (415) 586-8200 (Program at 11:00 am) Open House: Sun., Oct. 21 (Program at 11:00 am) Sun., Nov. 4 Convent of the Sacred Heart High School 2222 Broadway Street, San Francisco , CA 94115 (415) 292-3125 Open House: Wed., Nov. 7

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Immaculate Conception Academy 3625 - 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 (41 5) 824-2052 (9:00 am - 11:30 am) Open House: Sat., Nov. 3 Juni pero Serra High School 451 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403 (650) 345-8207 (7:00 pm) Open House: Thurs., Dec. 6 ^pf '

Marin Catholic High School 675 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Kentfield , CA 94904 (415) 461-8844 (2:00 - 4:30 pm) Open House: Sun., Nov. 4

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Mercy High School - Burlingame 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame , CA 94010 (650) 343-3631 (1 :00 - 4:00 pm) Open House: Sun., Nov. 4 (7:00 pm) Tues., Dec. 4 (1 :30 - 3 :00 pm) 8th Gr. Day - Mon., Oct. 15 (1 :30 - 3:00 pm) 7th Gr. Day - Mon., May 20

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Mercy High School - San Francisco 3250 - 19th Avenue , San Francisco , CA 94132 (415) 334-0525 Open House: Sun., Oct. 28 (Breakfast at 8:30 am Program at 9:00 am)

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Notre Dame High School 1540 Ralston Avenue , Belmont, CA 94002 (650) 595-1913 Open House: Sat., Oct. 27 (1 :00 - 4:00 pm) Sun., Nov. 18 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)

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Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparato ry 1055 Ellis Street , San Francisco, CA 94109-7795 (415) 775-6626 Open House: Sun., Oct. 28 (11:00 am - 1:00 pm)

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Sacred Heart Prep 150 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, CA 94027 (650) 322-1866 Open House: Sun., Oct. 28 (1 :00 - 3:30 pm) (1 :00-3:30 pm) Sun., Nov. 18

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San Domenico School 1500 Butterfield Road , San Anselmo, CA 94960 (415) 258-1905 Open House: Sun., Nov. 11 (1 :00 - 4:00 pm) RSVP Required

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St. Ignatius College Preparatory 2001 - 37th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116 (415) 73 1-7500 Open House: Sun., Nov. 11 (1 :00 - 3:30 pm)

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Stuart Hall High School 1911 Pine Street (at Octavia), San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 563-2900 Open House: Sun. Nov. 11 (2:00 - 4:00 pm)

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Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Road , Portola Valley, CA 94028 (650) 851-8221 Open House: Sat., Nov. 17 (10 am) Sat., Dec. 8 (10 am)

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