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By Sharon Abercrombie

V V' hile President George Bush was addressing the nation Sept. 13 about the U.S. response to the terrorist attacks on America , 1,000 Catholic high school students , faculty and parents gathered at St. Ignatius Church to reflect on what it takes to become peaceful human beings in a hurting planet. The young people from high schools including from St. Ignatius College Preparatory School , Archbishop Riordan, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mercy, San Francisco, Notre Dame , Belmont, and Bellarmine , San Jose gathered at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco for a candlelight prayer vigil organized by studen t leaders from St. Ignatius school's new Social Justice Club.

Earlier in the evening, some 300 young people, led by students bearing a banner reading, "Voices United for Peace ," marched for two hours through city streets from St. Ignatius campus on 37"1 Avenue to the church. The ecumenical service included reflections on peace by several students including a Lebanese American Catholic, and two Muslims. Then with a musical backdrop of "Pie Jesu," four liturgical dancers enacted the feelings of terror and suffering of the thousands of victims of the attacks and finally, of the ensuing hope and love that must happen to achieve true peace. Mary Ahlbach , chair of the department of religious studies and moderator of the Social Justice Club at St. Ignatius, said the service emerged after senior Kathleen VOICES FOR PEACE, page 8 Brooks brought the idea to club members.

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Where You Live by Tom Burke Adios and thanks at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel to Joyce Wickstrom, who retired as Director of Religious Education in June. Welcome at the Redwood City parish On their way are this year 's student body officers at to new DRE Maria Cornell and youth minister Paula Notre Dame High School, Belmont, (from left) Tanya Erazo, Spackman. Watch Catholic San Francisco for upcompresident; Natalie Lawson, activities director; Sarah ing adult classes Joyce organized before she stepped Galvin, athletics manager; Kim Eisenstaedt, secretary; back. Stay in touch , too, with the new OLMC web site Danielle Salvato, vice-president; Shelby Hoppis, treasurer. at www.mountcarmel.org. Members of the team creating the new cy ber place included Scott Johnson, John Avilla , Steve Schiel, Greg Botto, Lynn Periera Felise, at the annual Catholic Physicians ' Mass at St. Ignatius Marti Engh, Maureen Buck, Dolores Hodges, Julia Church on Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. Dinner and a talk by Tollafield, parish school development director, and Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman, president and recFather Dave Ghiorso. Pastor is Father Randy tor of St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park follow in Calvo....It' s been 50 years of good faith at St. nearby Xavier Hall. Homilist at the Mass will be Father Veronica Parish and a special festival marks the occa- Frank Murray, spiritual director of the San Francisco sion this weekend at the South San Francisco church. Catholic Physicians' Association and in-residence at St. Catherine of It's called 50 Years Siena Parish , of Solid Gold feaA coupla ' hundred rounds of kudos for B u r l i n g a m e . turing all the fun new San Mateo County St. Vincent de Ticket information and delectables one Paul Society president, Edward J. is available from could imagine. Watson. Ed and his wife, Liz, are longtime St. Among those assistparishioners of Our Lady of Angels Stephen 's parishing pastor, Father Parish , Burlingame and active there in ioner, Dr. Gerald Wilton Smith were ministries including marriage prepara- Murphy, at (415) chairpersons Patty tion. Ed, an attorney and CPA, said he 661-0740. All Green and Jackie hopes to help " continue the tremenmembers of the Finnegan. Thanks dous work of the St. Vincent de Paul medical communito Michele Evans Society " complimenting the leader- . ty are welfor fillin ' us in (See ship of outgoing president, Joe come....Congrats Datebook) In Marchetti, also an OLAer. In parting, to St. Mary 1979, Holy Namer Joe offered his " ongoing support to Cathedral parishJack Kiernan was Ed" in the society 's " mission of servioner, Felix Ad. elected to a term as ice to the poor." Ed and Liz, married 30 Sablad new , president of the years, are the parents of Jennifer, president national parish' s St. Vincent Timothy, Michael and Kathleen. of the Holy Name de Paul Society of the Conference that has United States and Canada. Felix has belonged to the lasted 22 years . "How time flies , " the Vincentian said group since 1948 when he was a teenager in the about the remarkable tenure. Hats off to Jack and new Ladies Philippines.... Congrats and thanks to Young president , Carol Elliott. Thanks to Joe Hurley for the info.... 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By Tom Burke Carved out of a neighborhood intersected b y Monterey Blvd., St. Finn Barr Parish has been a friend to San Francisco Catholics for 75 years. The parish will mark its anniversary beginning with a special Mass commemorating the feast of its patronal saint this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Father Lawrence Goode, pastor here since 1994, called St. Finn Barr a "tiny parish" with a congregation "that sets a very high level of faith ." He alluded most recently to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament that takes place weekdays and through the night on Fridays in the parish church. "It 's a beautiful Father Lawrence Goode thing," the Redwood City native said. "Though we think that people are not faith minded on holidays , this past Labor Day we had more people than usual." Crowds also gathered at the church to pray around a statue depicting Our Lady of Fatima that is touring the state. Father Goode said students from the school came to the church at half-hour intervals for a chance to pray and learn about the sculpture . At a parish-sponsored ice cream social that evening, children were pulling their parents up the church steps to show them the statue and tell them what they had learned. October 2000's jubilee Mass at Pac Bell Park also proved the persevering faith of the congregation here. Undaunted by early morning clouds and subsequent downpours, more than 700 parishioners , a number larger than first expected , attended the Mass. In its early years St. Finn Barr parishioners were primarily of Irish ancestry but today in addition to having members of Irish and other European heritage, parishioners of Filipino , Latino, Chinese and African-American descent also pray here. Msgr. Eugene Boyle, now retired and living in Menlo Park, spent much of his youth in St. Finn Barr until entering the seminary after eighth grade. Asked if he was baptized in the parish, the well-known social justice advocate said with a laugh, "I was born before the parish." Msgr. Boyle recalled serving many Masses in the church with his now late brother George and "whist," a game of chance he called "the moneymaker" of the era. He also recalled how during the Depression, first pastor, Father Michael McLaughlin, "took up the collection , vestments and all." Other members of the Boyle house-

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Irish tenor Frank Patterson regularly performed in concert at St. Finn Barr as shown in this 1996 photo.

St. Finn Barr Church 415 Edna St., San Francisco Archbishop Edward Hanna dedicated St. Finn Barr Church on Oct. 22, 1927. Parishioners had prayed previously in a commercial space on Monterey Blvd. The church, the parish's first and only, was designed in a Spanish style by architect John J. Foley and built by Barrett and Hilp Contractors. The church interior is minimally hut tastefully decorated and includes a mosaic of Our Lady of Guadalupe very similar in design to a mosaic at St. Mary Cathedral that also depicts the Patroness of the Americas, The church is small and in a subtle way alludes to the tight-knit community of;the Sunnyside parish now one of the City's most diverse with an assembly representing European, Latino, Chinese and Filipino heritage. The parish begins celebration of its 75th anniversary with a special Mass Sept. 30 at 10:30 a.m. On Sunday, Dec. 9, Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at a Founding Day Mass at 10:30 a.m. The tunes of the Masses differ from the schedule below because of a decision to combine Sunday's two later Masses to encourage attendance and remove time constraints on the liturgy. Pastor: Father Lawrence Goode Masses: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m. (Spanish). Adoration of the Blessed sacrament takes place in the church Monday - Friday following the 8 a.m. weekday Mass until 6 p.m. with all night adoration each Friday. Seating capacity: 500 ' Founding date: 1926 Phone: (415) 333-3627

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During the last year, the parish has installed stained glass windows in the church , something the worship space had not had before. "The windows are something the people have wanted since I came here," Father Goode said, pointing out that all of the more than 20 panes had been sponsored by individuals or group s of individuals. The art on the windows proclaims acts told about in Scripture including the Wedding Feast at Cana, the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. There is no window for St. Finn Barr. He will be memorialized in a tapestry being designed by an artist in Canada th at will hang in a quiet corner of the church. ST. FINN BARR, page 6

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TUMACO, Colombia — Sister Yolanda Ceron, the head of the Tumac o diocesan social action office was assassinated "b y dark forces promoting injustice ," Bishop Gustavo Giron Higuita of Tumaco said. He called the Sept. 19 slaying a "grave offense against the Catholic Church , which in Tumaco and Colombia fig hts for justice , life and peace. " Bishop Giro n said Sister Ceron , a 38-year-old Colombian member of the Sisters of Mary, was killed instantl y by gunfire around noon as she was in the doorway of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in Tumaco. Amnesty International , a London-based human rights organization , blamed Sister Ceron 's murder on paramilitary groups that security forces allow to operate. Bishop Giron said that "this assassination is a response to the actions in defense of human ri ghts that the diocese has undertake n and its denunciations of acts of violence and corruption that take place daily on our soil." News reports said mat hundreds of people leaving the church saw Sister Ceron assassinated. Sister Ceron was described as a leader in promoting cultiv ation of rice and sugar cane as substitutes for coca leaves, the raw ingredient of cocaine. Amnesty International said Sept. 20 that the aim of the nun 's slaying was to destroy her human rights work and the found ations of diocesan social action programs.

Vatican: Stop courses that appear to prep arewomen to be deacons

VATICAN CITY — Courses that "directly or indirectly " appear to be preparing women for ordination as Catholic deacons must be discontinued , said a statement from three Vatican congregations. Because the Catholic Church "does not foresee the possibility " of ordaining women deacons, "it is not licit to undertake initiatives which, in some way, aim at preparing female candidates for diaconal ordination," said the statement. Such courses, the Vatican offices said, could "give rise to expectations lacking solid doctrinal soundness and could, therefore , generate pastoral disorientation." The prefects of the congregations for the Doctrine of the Faith, for Divine Worship and the Sacraments and for the Clergy signed the notification after it was approved by Pope John Pau l H, the Vatican said. The three prefects said they had "received several signals regarding the planning or the offering of courses directly or indirectly aimed at the diaconal ordination of women." Particularly in Germany and Austria, courses have been organized to prepare women for possible future ordination as deacons and, eventuall y, as priests.

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Fewer young Hispanics in U.S. are interested in priesthood

WASHINGTON — Changing attitudes toward the priesthood by second- and third-generation Hispanics is deepening a vocations crisis, said a survey by the National Association of Hispanic Priests. Hispanic young men assimilated into U.S. society "do not view the priesthood as a praiseworthy profession ," a change from first-generation Hispanics, said a summary of the survey issued by the priests ' association . A main reason cited b y Hispanic youths was that today 's youths are looking for monetary rather than spiritual rewards. The youths also had a negative image of priests as businessmen rather than spiritual leaders, as people who are stressed out becau se of work exhaustion and as bureaucrats with no time to develop personal relationships. The survey was conducted by telephone and included 1,345 priests of Hispanic descent, 347 Hispanic seminarians, 451 Hispanic youths and 1,450 parents of Hispanic descent. The answers were reported for each group. The summary said that Hispanics are mainly responsible for the growth in the U.S. Catholic Church, but vocations among Hispanics are not increasing proportionately. Father J. Fernando Gil, association president, said the family has been the traditional nurturing ground for Hispanic vocations, but this is rapidly changing. "A great percentage . f Hispanic parents are divorced. We need to deal with that reality, " he said. "We need to dedicate more time to the family apostolate and revitalize that desire in parents for vocations in their children," said Colombian-born Father Gil.

Pope tel ls Nicarag uan bishop s to focus on support of fa mily Guatemalan church works to CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope John Paul II told Nicaraguan bishops that defense and support of the family keep memory of war alive should be the focus of their pastoral activity. "I know the difficulties that the famil y instituti on faces even in Nicaragua, especially with respect to the drama of divorce and abortion , as well as the existence of unions that do not accord with the Creator 's design for matrimony," he said Sept. 21. "This reality is a challenge that must stimulate the apostolic zeal of the pastors and those who work with them in this field ," he said, The pope spoke to the Nicaraguan bishops at the end of their weeklong "ad limina" visits to the Vatican, which heads of church territories normally make every five years. Nicaragua' s government has been the Vatican's consistent ally in international forums regarding life issues. In the past year, the country 's president and lawmakers have considered ti ghtening the country 's abortion laws, which currently permit onl y "therapeutic abortions " though illegal abortions are thought to be common.

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GUATEMALA CITY — While the Guatemalan government works on revising and updating its textbooks, the Archbishop 's Human Rights Office is finishing a series of books to teach adults about Guatemala 's 36-year civil war, the war 's causes and effects and is beginning a series for children. The materials, for use with church groups and community organizations, are based on the report "Guatemala: Never Again," a project of the church's Recovery of the Historical Memory Project, known by its Spanish acronym as REMHI. The report documented the three-decade civil war 's bmtality and attributed the majority of the war 's atrocities to the army, Erika Grajeda, who designs the texts, said children do not understand what happened during the time their parents call "the violence," and many adults do not know the magnitude of the war or what caused it. The Archbishop 's Human Rights Office published a popular version of "Guatemala: Never Again," summarizing the

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SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador 's attorney general has stepped in to prevent the release of two former national guardsmen convicted of the 1980 murder of four U.S. churchwomen. A judge in the province of San Vicente, where the crime occurred, had ordered the release on early parole of Orlando Contreras Recinos and Carlos Joaquin Contreras Palacios, two of the five guardsmen sentenced in 1984 to 30 years imprisonment each for tireir part in the killings. The court ruled that the two men had served more than two-thirds of their sentences, and therefore, under the country 's reformed penal code, were entitled to early release on the basis of "good behavior." But the public prosecutor filed an appeal against the ruling, arguing that both men have been involved in disturbances during their time in jail . The case now moves to a hi gher court for the appeal. Contreras Recinos took part in an attempted jail break in 1986, while Contreras Palacios was one of a number of prisoners who went on a hunger strike during protests in the Santa Ana jail in July 1996. Under a new penal code introduced in 1998, which allows for conditional parole for convicted criminals who have shown good conduct in jail , dozens of p risoners have been set free. Among them were two other former soldiers convicted of the murders of Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missionary Jean Donovan in December 1980, at the start of El Salvador 's civil war.

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GUATEMALA CITY — In what officials call the worst disaster since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, a summer drought destroyed crops across Central America and left thousands of farmers awash in debt and famine. In Guatemalan provinces that have historically suffered low rainfall and profound poverty, children are dying even as food aid pours in. According to the U.N. World Food Program, more than 1.5 million people in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador have been affected by the drought, including nearly 700,000 farmers who lost more than 50 percent of their crops, hi the eastern provinces of Guatemala, more than 80 percent of corn crops were lost. Chiquimula province has reported seven deaths due to malnutrition since Jul y. Dr. Carlos Arriola, director of the Jocotan clinic, founded by the Catholic Church in the 1950s, said five children have died in his clinic in recent weeks, and two were reported dead in the nearby municipality of Olopa. But die death toll is probably much higher, he said, because causes of death reported as fever or other conditions are probabl y due to malnutrition.

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as victims of aggression who must act to prevent further atrocities of terrorism," it said. "The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 were not simply against the United States," it said. "Such acts impact all humanity." It said sound moral principles should guide the U.S. response. "There is a grave obligation to protect innocent human life," the statement said. "Because these terrorist attacks were global in their consequences, the president is correct in seeking a coordinated international response ." Moral restraint is needed along with resolve in the U.S. campaign to end terrorism, said Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. bishops ' conference, in a letter to Bush. The country has a "moral right " and "grave obligation

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St. Finn Ban . .. I Continued from page 3 A Mass celebrating the Feast of St. Finn Barr will be celebrated this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. On the saint 's actual feast, Sept. 25, die Archbishop Riordan High School marching band came to serenade the school community. "They just about filled up the school yard ," Father Goode said. Archbishop William .1 . Levada will preside at a Mass in December commemorating the founding of the parish that took p lace at about that time of year in 2926.

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'Undefeated , untied, uninvited'

USF's 195 1 team: f ootball heroes , advocates of social justic e

By George Devine, Sr. The greatest collection of Bay Area college football heroes to ever play in the same era - let alone on the same team will be feted at a dinner tomorrow at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. Members of the 1951 University of San Francisco Dons ' "undefeated , untied and uninvited" team will be the guests of honor beginning at 6 p.m. in the hotel' s Grand Ballroom , as the team 's 50th anniversary will be celebrated. The heroics of the Dons ' last Division I team were not limited to the gridiron. Although they beat everyone who faced them on the field that season , the greatest opponent they fought was the racism that prevailed in some parts of the U.S. a halfcentury ago, and the young men wearing the Green and Gold stood up proudl y as exponents of the Catholic teachings on social justice that were part of the Jesuit education they sought and received on the Hilltop. Their finest hour would also be their final hour. But to the sports fan s and the general public throug hout Northern California and the Catholic community in particular , including those of us who were then in parochi al schools and went to the games with parents after Mass on Sunday, they would leave a lasting testimony of sportsmanship and integrity. In the atmosphere of the perrod halfway through the twentieth century, racial integration was slow to come in many quarters , and resistance to change was typically whispered in smoke-filled back rooms. But Ira Blue, then a sportscaster for KGO, was widely quoted as saying he had heard the reason USF was not invited to a post-season bowl game: two of the players were what people then politely referred to as "Negroes ", Ollie Matson and Burl Toler. The story circulates that the late Joe Kuharich , who coached the Dons then, asked his players how they would feel if indeed they were extended a postseason bowl bid. Understandabl y, the team was enthusiastic . But then the question came up: how would they feel if a condition of the bid involved leaving Matson and Toler home? According to a historical review published a decade ago in Sports Illustrate d by local sportscribe Ron Fimrite, "Scooter" halfback Joe Scudero suggested a reverse option: Matson and Toler could go to the bowl game and win it by themselves , with the rest of the Dons staying home! And , speaking on an NFL video retrospective, lineman Gino Marchetti suggested the bowl committee proceed with all due haste and dispatch to a destination that was decidedl y not celestial ! Marchetti' s own destination was the NFL Hall of Fame, alongside teammates Matson and Bob St. Clair. Marchetti , now retired in West Chester, PA., was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge who has gone on record stating that his war experience was perhap s not as brutal as Kuharich' s preseason training camp in the heat of Corning, California. He went on to start a successful food busines s after injury ended his NFL career. Matson was a track star at George Washington High in the Richmond District , and after play ing pro footb all became events manager for the Los

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Angeles Coliseum, from which position he just retired. St. Clair, now marketing director for Clover Stometta in Sonoma County, was a product of the old Pol ytechnic Hi gh School that loomed over the Frederick Street side of the stands at Kezar Stadium, home field to not only the Dons but the Broncos of Santa Clara and St. Mary's Galloping Gaels. Years later, when the 49ers dominated the Golden Gate Park

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venue, St. Clair played for them before serving in civic office in Daly City. Since then , his old turf has been designated the Bob St. Clair field b y the City of San Francisco. Burl Toler, his play ing days cut short by injury, became the first African-

American official in the NFL, and in recent years is on hand at pro and college games to supervise the officiating. The man who hired him, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, was the athletic publicist for the '51 Dons. Other standouts on the team like Bill Henneberry and Vince Tringali would become icons in local prep coaching positions , at Sacred Heart and St. Ignatius respectively; the latter would lead USF's return to the gridiron on a low-key basis in the 1960s. Henneberry is now Executive Director of Athletic Development at USF. All credit USF in general, as well as the football experience in particular , with preparing them for their diverse walks of life. After the 1951 season, without the revenue from a postseason bowl, USF could not afford to continue its football program. Like many another small school, the former St. Ignatius College could hardly compete in terms of recruitment , scholarship, facilities , travel and publicity budgets with the likes of the such large private schools as Stanford , USC and Northwestern , or the many state institutions that have dominated the collegiate ath letic scene then and now. But the half-decade after World War II was a golden age for schools like Fordham, St. Bonaventure , Seton Hall , Villanova and the flock of Loyolas around the U.S. Athletes who had gained experience play ing for service teams lost no college eligibility, and were able to select schools based on academics rather than sports scholarships, thanks to the benefits of the G.I. Bill of Rights. Alongside thousands of other veterans returning from the military, they populated the classrooms and playing fields of myriad institutions until the brief heyday was over, and young men around the country were beginning to receive draft notices for Korea. The Catholic colleges that have

maintained football have done so on a subDivision I level (as USF and Santa Clara did for a time, and St. Mary 's still does) or not at all, with notable exceptions such as Notre Dame and Boston College whose athletic fundraising programs are atypically gargantuan. But when they played at the end of the 1940s and in the first two years of the fifties, the Dons from Fulton Street were every bit as exciting as the Cal Bears, Stanford (then) Indians, the Eagles from Chestnut Hill or the Fightin ' Irish of South Bend. By the time the capstone season had gotten under way, USF dominated their matches so frequently that the rooting section would burst into a chorus of "Goodnight , Irene," a sure sign that the game was essentially over. It is likely to be sung again at the anniversary dinner, for which a ticket might still be scored with a quick call to Julie Congi at (415) 4222875. As reporte d by USF senior Ryan Callan , who tracks sports history in the campus athletic office , the White House has been contacted by Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of Californi a, as well as Rep. Lynn Woolsey, asking for a presidential apology. Local educator Kristine Clark of Marin County, an alumna of USF's doctoral program, helped lead the charge and is writing a book about the team. The first approaches were made to then President Clinton and, more recently, Rep . Steve Largent (R-Okla.), a former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver, has made a similar request of President George W. Bush. The request for such a tribute was also contained in a 2000 resolution introduced in the Senate by Boxer and passed unanimously. Withal , there has yet to be national recognition for a team whose opponents, save Fordham , were essential l y from the Golden State , and did not include powerhouses like Stanford and California who feared they could not get b y the 3951 Dons as they had the previous year 's team. Thus it remains that the kudos for the Dons of that time came later, in the careers of individuals who excelled in pro football and other endeavors. But for those who saw them play, this team will never be forgotten.

Sp eier's attack on Catholic Charities

A desp icable breed Terrorists are a particularly despicable breed. It doesn't make any difference whether they claim to be Catholic in the North of Ireland or Muslim in the Middle East. They deliberately target the innocent and unsuspecting, the weak and defenseless. Their goal is to terrorize their enemies by the savagery of their crimes. Among the terrorists ' many victims on Sept. 11 was a fouryear-old girl, ftaveling on a hijacked plane with her mother. The terrorists saw this child, face to face, and killed her. To ordinary people, this is an unspeakable crime. In the cold-blooded logic of the little girl's murderers, it was a crowning achievement, a vivid demonstration of their limitless cruelty. In their eyes, the murder of a child is not only permissible but praiseworthy, because God is on their side. That is a twisted theology, but not an uncommon one. All sorts of atrocities have been committed by people who claim that their commitment to God — or to communism, fascism or some other "higher good" — justifies their crimes. Clearly, the United States must respond with force to the terrorist murders. What else can be done? The people behind the Sept. 11 murders must be brought to justice and their long-running campaign of terror must be ended. That can only be done by some sort of military action. While President Bush talks about a long-term "war on terrorism," he also emphasizes that this will not be a conventional war. He clearly wants to target terrorists and their supporters, not the innocent citizens of other nations. Some people oppose any sort of military action. That would be self-defeating. It's one thing to choose not to defend oneself. But what about the children, the elderly and the disabled? Who will defend them? And, remember, those who are least able to defend themselves are the prime targets of those whose goal in life is to terrorize a society. The "nuke them back to the Stone Age" approach advocated by some exaemists is obviously immoral and just as clearly impractical. Who would be on the receiving end of a nuclear attack? At this point, it's not even certain exactly who - except for the suicide terrorists - is responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Pope John Paul II has warned against retaliation taken in "vengeance" and military action that could deepen divisions in the world, but his spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Vails, has indicated that the pope understands that the United States may have to take military action. "It is certain that if someone has done great harm to society, and there is a danger that if he remains free he may be able to do it again, you have the right to apply self-defense for the society which you lead, even though the means you may choose may be aggressive," Navarro-Vails said. "Sometimes it is more prudent to act rather than to be passive, " he said. "In this sense, the pope is not a pacifist because one must remember that in the name of peace, even some horrible injustices can be carried out. " A horrible injustice was committed Sept. 11, apparently in the name of religion but by thugs who don't understand the meaning of religion. "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father" the Letter of James says, "is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world." The murderers who killed thousands of defenseless people Sept. 11 defiled whatever religion they had - if any - creating orphans and widows and widowers. To look on these hate-filled and arrogant men as martyrs is either contemptible or naive. They were not brave soldiers in a just war. They were cowardly criminals who committed the greatest of injustices: mass murder. P.J.

sivity". Recent history proves otherwise, hi the late 1940s Gandhi's followers freed India from British rule through nonviolent action. The July 13 issue ("Catholic Charities The nonviolent civil rights movement ended loses appeal") detailed how the court refused de facto segregation in our country. Later, to give Catholic Charities a religious exemp- nonviolent action dismantled apartheid in tion from State Senator Jackie Speier 's bill South Africa , and the peaceful protests of the (the "Women's Contraceptive Equity Act"). Polish Solidarity movement toppled the This new law will require employers who pro- Communist regime in Poland. Nonviolent action has its roots in the vide prescription drug coverage in their health Gospel of Jesus. His words to us, His followplan to include provision for contraceptives. Is it not passing strange that Americans, ers are clear, " Love your enemies. Do good to who live in the wealthiest society in history, those who bate you; bless those who curse you are so Door that thev snend billions to avoid and pray for those who maltreat you ." The Beatitudes tell us we are blessed when the economic hardship of parenthood? we show mercy and are peacemakers. 's hard to tell who is poor Sometimes it As America prepares to unleash its and who is rich. military might, which will surely bring It would seem that Ms. Speier, who tenor, suffering and death to countless is described by your reporters as an innocent victims, some, perhaps many "active Catholic", could have easily of us are acquiescing or not protesting accepted an amendment to her bill so but remaining silent. that organizations like Catholic There is a powerful scene in the been excused from Charities could have Garden of Gethsemane where one of this onerous requirement. This she Jesus' followers cuts off the ear of the refused to do. high priest's servant. Jesus prophetically Voters in San Mateo County, Jackie warns, "Put back your sword. Those Speier 's electoral district, will have an who use the sword are sooner or later opportunity to express their opinion at destroyed by it." the ballot box next time she stands for Nonviolent action requires commitelection. I am very tired of so called courage and a profound reverence ment, "Catholic" politicians who profess then for all life. Are we Christians up to the Catholicism at home, while underminchallenge? ing the Church's teaching in Lorraine Burtscher Sacramento or in Washington. Foster City Deke Welch San Rafael

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Justifiable anger

I have heard many religious leaders advise then congregations that "vengeance is mine, said the Lord," quoting scripture. I am once again reminded how convenient it is to isolate bible verses for the orator straining to validate his or her particular position. I should like the clergy to meditate on the words of William Bennett,' a Catholic of impeccable credentials, referring to the identical passage. Noted Bennett on CNN, it cannot be doubted that God utilizes man to exact vengeance, or righteous justice if vengeance is unappetizing to dainty ears. Can these religious leaders question that the Lord used as his instrument FDR and the allies in World War U to confront and defeat evil? I am weary of the distorted portrayal of Christ by the clergy and confused laity as a precursor of Rodney "can't-we-all-get-along" King, suggesting we assume a supine position when a muscular Christianity is frequently demanded. When Christ encountered buyers and sellers in the temple profaning a house of prayer he did not break into a chorus of "Let There Be Peace on Earth." He overturned tables and rousted the wrongdoers from the temple with what 1 would characterize as anger. Ours is not only a God of love, he is a God of justice. Scripture clearly reveals both sides of his nature, even as the clergy often does not. B.F. Smith Atherton

Make Confirmation special

Immediately upon leaving St. Mary 's Cathedral on Sunday, May 20th following the Confirmation Ceremony, my thought was to write this letter but I decided to wait a while to see if my own feelings would change. They have not. The sacrament of Confirmation (I'm from the days of the Baltimore Catechism), is when one becomes an adult in church, when one becomes the spiritual defender of our religion. Therefore, the rite itself should have special meaning. The "mass" Confirmation of 233 candidates, in no way allowed for that to happen. It was much too large, which made it very "impersonal" and did not exhibit much meaning except it was a large celebration. Although this is a very minor detail, and I do realize an expense which may be unnecessary, the red gowns did add to the dignity of the ceremony itself - red because of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon each of the candidates as they become soldiers for Christ. In a conversati on with one of the Cathedral staff following the ceremony, the feeling was this was great because some of the candidates had never been in the Cathedral. My response to that is wh y does everyone have to be punished because some have chosen not to visit the Cathedral which has been in existence in that location for about 25 years. Personally, I think it is unfair to the majority of the class. I realize that scheduling each parish for an individual Confirmation ceremony is The September 7th Catholic San demanding, However, it is for that quite Francisco printed a letter from a reader who reason that every other year has been the dismissed pacifism,(i.e. nonviolence) as "pas"norm" rather than every year. In order to make it more meaningful to the candidate, allowing the Pastor the permission to perform the rite would be more acceptable. Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers, Please: I had a grandchild in this class and she felt it was too many people therefore she »- Include your name, address and did not get as much out of hers as did her daytime phone number. sister last year. >¦ Sign your letter. Leaving the Cathedral after the ceremo>¦ Limit submissions to 250 words, ny, there were other families (who m I did »• Note that the newspaper not know), expressing these same thoughts reserves the right to edit for to each other, hi talking to parents I do clarity and length. know, the sentiments were the same - too Send your letters to: big, no spiritual meaning. I ask the "Powers That Be" to p lease | Catholic San Francisco One Peter Yorke Way consider this in the future . San Francisco, CA 94109 "Bi g" is not always best." i Fax: (415) 614-5641 Dolores Williams E-mail: mheaIy@catliolic-sf.org San Francisco

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The imperative of Christian realism in new world On September 11 itself , and for days afterward , few reporters , commentators, or public officials resisted the temptation to describe the attacks on New York and Washington as a "traged y." The sentiment is understandable. But the usage is mistaken. And the results of that semantic error could be profound. A tragedy, we remember from the Greek dramatists, is an inevitability, a fate that is unavoidable. What happened on September 11 was an act of aggression , indeed an act of war. There was nothing inevitable about it , and some experts argue that it could have been avoided. September 11, 2001, was no more a "traged y " than December 7, 1941. What happened at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were acts of war against the United States. Why fuss about semantics? Here's why. For many years, U.S. policy has treated international terrorism as a species of crime. Terrible crime, yes. Tragic for its victims, to be sure . But essentially crime, committed by criminals, who are to be dealt with like robbers and murderers — by the criminal justice system. The vocabulary of "traged y " has reinforced the notion that what is happening here is crime writ large. It is not. The terrorists who hijacked and then drove jetliners into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were combatants; those who trained, paid for, equipped, and provided them with logistical support are combatants. What we are engaged in is a war.

Which means that the appropriate moral categories in which to think through our policy are the categories of the just-war tradition. This will require a seriou s intellectual effort by scholars, military leaders and public officials. The just-war theory, like every other way of thinking about international affairs for the past thr ee centuries , has assumed that the state is the onl y significant "unit" in worl d politics. The smoldering ruins in lower Manhattan have made unmistakably clear that terrorist organizations are crucial units in the world. States are not all there is. The just-war tradition needs to be developed to deal with this new reality. In confronting terrorism, "just cause" cannot be limited to repelling an "aggression already under way " — as some current Catholic thinking has it. When facing terrorist organizations , pre-emptive military action is not only morally justifiable but morally imperative. How to articulate the moral case for pre-emption without turning the world into a free-fire zone is something much in need of discussion. Given the nature of terrorism, the contemporary tendency to think that the U.N. or some other transnational agency is the "legitimate authority " for sanctioning the use of armed force must also be revisited. If someone is making war on us, as the terror network surely is, we do not require the permission of others to defend ourselves or to take the war to the enemy. Allies are welcome.

Their approbation , while prudentiall y desirable , is g o not morally necessary. * IX cij But here , too , is an important subject for debate. b Just-war thinkers are going to have to reconsider what we mean by "last resort." "Terrorists, by definition , do not play by the rules. I can 't see how it makes moral sense to argue that one must first attempt to negotiate with peop le who regard negotiation as weakness , for whom acts of mass murder are deemed religiousl y praiseworth y. Yet again , a thorough sorting-out is needed. The Christian realism of the just-war tradition has tried to bring reason into the realm of the terribly irrational since the days of St. Augustine. We have neglected it, intellectually, for too long. Its development will be crucial in the decades of struggle ahead.

George Weigel

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

Family Lif e

What do we tell the children? "As for our role," read the letter from Gabe 's secondgrade teachers, "we stuck to the facts. We remin ded them to ask you , so that you could decide how much you wish your child to know.... We encourage you to talk with your children about this event , as we are sure it will be something their children will be asking them about someday, just as we asked about the events of Pearl Harbor." What did I want my children to know? That was the problem. Normally, I try to shelter my children from the harsh realities of life. They came to the world so sweet and innocent, and I want to keep them that way. But this was something that couldn 't be ignored. At our house, we listen to music, not news, in the mornings. So when we dropped off the boys at school on Sept. 11, we didn 't know that terrorists had hijacked a plane and slammed it into the World Trade Center. Lucas and Gabe were probably the only kids at school who hadn 't seen that horrible footage replayed over and over, Steve and I didn 't find out until we stopped by the tire center to buy new tires for the car. The mechanics were huddled around a TV that seemed to be showing a honor movie. "What happened?" I asked.

"Haven 't you heard ? Terrorists attached the World Trade Center. And the Pentagon." We went home and , like the rest of the country, sat by the TV. Still, I turned off the TV when the kids came home. The events in New York were a long way away, yet all too close. Talking about it seemed easier without (he graphic pictures. "I don 't think anyone would drive a plane through our house, " said Gabe. "They 'd only kill four people. " "What will the tenorists do next?" asked Lucas. "No one knows," said Steve. "If they knew, they 'd stop them." Over the next week, I watched to see how the boys were taking it. In Lucas' sixth grade class, the language arts teacher threw out the lesson plan s and focused on the tragedy. The students talked , wrote in their journals , and made American flags. At the elementary school , students gathered on the soccer field for a moment of silent prayer. Like other adults , 1 grappled with the specter of war and worried about a loss of civil liberties. But life for my children went on much as before . They did their homework, cared for their guinea pigs, and played basebal l in the backyard. Their happy faces and everyday concerns helped

calm my jangled nerves. One night , I heard a professor talk to a PBS inte rviewer about evil. The devil's first strategy is to make peop le believe evil doesn 't exist, he said. His next is to make them believe evil is under every stone. At last, I realized what I want my children to know is what they ' ve already shown me: that there is evil in the world, but that good is stronger and more plentiful. That life may change, but it will still go on. And that if we trust in God' s love, we can get up each morning with joy, not fear, in our hearts .

Christine Dubois

Christine Dubois is a widely published fr eelance writer who lives with her family nea r Seattle. Contact her at: chiiscolunm@juno.com.

Sp irituality

Within one hour, the whole world changed Iris Murdoch once said that the whole world can change in 15 seconds. She was talking about falling in love. Hatred , it seems, can do the same thing. On Tuesday morning, September 11, the world changed. Inside of what is supposed to be the most secure p lace on earth , thousands of innocent people were killed within the space of an hour. Stunned , muted , we nonetheless tried to speak to the situation. Many of the voices we heard were hard , angry, calling for retaliation and vengeance. Most voices , though , were gentle, looking only for a safe, intimate p lace to cry, for someone to hang onto. One Internet media site simply had a blank screen , a silent gesture that spoke eloquently. What , after all, can be said? The opening lines from the Book of Lamentations offer this haunting description: "How deserted she sits, the city once thronged with people! Once the greatest of nations, she is now like a widow." Later on , this same book tells us that there are times when all you can do is to put your face to the dust and wait. Sometimes silence is best. Yet a few things need to be said, even in the raw immediacy of this thing. First of all, each life lost was unique, sacred, precious, irreplaceable. None of them should have his or her name lost in the anonymity of dying with so many others. Their lives and deaths must be honored , individually. This is true, too, for the suffering of their families and

loved ones. Second, clear voices must call us, especially our governments, toward restraint. Many see this as an attack on civilization itself. They ' re right. Accordingly, our task is to respond in a civilized way, reiterating always our belief that violence is wrong, whether it be theirs or ours . The air we breathe out into the universe is the air that we eventually breathe back in. Violence begets violence. Terrorism will not be stopped by bitter vengeance. Catharsis won't bring about closure . We shouldn 't be naive about that. Nor, indeed , should we be naive in reverse . These terrorist acts offer us a very clear picture of the world these people would create were they ever given scope and license to do so. They must be brought to justice. In bringing them to justice, however, we must never stoop to their means and, like them, be driven by a hatred which blinds one to justice and the sacredness of life. Horrific tragedies of this sort call us to fiercel y reroot ourselves in all that is good and Godly — to take more time for what is important , and to tell those close to us that we love them. Yes, too, it calls us to seek justice and it asks for real courage and self-sacrifice in that quest. We are no longer in ordinary time. Most of all, though, this calls us to prayer. What we learned again Sept. 11 is that, all on our own, we are neither invulnerable nor immortal. We can

only continue to live, and to live in joy and peace, by placing our faith in something beyond ourselves. We can never guarantee our own safety and future. We need to express that in prayer — on our knees, in our churches, to our loved ones, to God, and to everyone whose sincerity makes him or her a brother or sister inside the body of Christ and the family of humanity. And we are called to hope. We are a resilient people , with faith in the resurrection. Everything that is crucified eventually rises. There will be a morning after. The sun will shine again. We need to live our lives in the face of that, even in times of great tragedy.

Father Ron Rolheiser

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

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY In God's order the 'have-nots' are celebrities We simply cannot call God our Father or Mother at worship without treating all the members of our species as sisters and brothers before, during, and after worship. So says "Gaudium et Spes" (the document of the Second Vatican Council bearing the title in English, "The Church in the Modern World"). So says this Sunday 's scripture texts, which bear the living Word of God into our listening hearts. God's table reverses this world's order: the have-nots are the celebrities ("the first") and the haves ("the last") better latch on to them and cherish them or wind up "tormented." Wealth, for Amos (our first reading), is an anesthetic, that numbs us to the pain and need of others; it purchases what convinces us that we are in charge and that we will last no matter what may happen to others. Amos has it right: "Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortable on then couches, they eat lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the stall! . . . . They drink wine from bowls (cups wouldn 't do for them!) and anoint themselves with the best oils.... " Yes, they are "first" in their own eyes, enjoying the privileges they think they deserve. They will be "first" in a most unattractive way according to Amos: "Therefore , now they shal l be first to go into exile, and their wanton revelry shall be done away with." Luke (our Gospel reading) is no less forceful with the parable he places in Jesus ' mouth. What sharp contrasts in the lives of its two characters both here and hereafter. Character number one, step forward : "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day." Character number two, step forward : "Lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table." A second contrast appears in the description of then deaths: " When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham." "The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld , where he was in

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; I Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31.

Father David M. Pettingill torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. " The final contrast says it all: Abraham is made to reply to the rich man, "My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented." The rich man, then, thinks of his five brothers who need to be warned lest they come "to this place of torment." By being responsive to human misery in their faces now, they can enjoy comfort hereafter. "But Abraham replied, "They have Moses and the prophets: Let them listen to them.' He (the rich man) said, '0 no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent. ' Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets , neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead." Get it?

We have Moses, the prophets, and Someone risen from the dead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all persuading us to interact with God's poor now. Sooner (hopefully) or later (second best), it dawns on us that we are asked to witness to God's reign, begun with the resurrection of Jesus and to be completed at his glorious return on the final day. We are empowered to live the kingdom ' s values right now: in God's reign the poor are first , so we tteat them that way now. An older preacher of the Word encourages Timothy, a younger preacher, to do no less: "Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many, witnesses." Timothy's baptismal "confession " has launched him into a life of witnessing, as noble as Jesus ' own : "I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Jesus Christ, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ.... " We come to the kingdom 's feast anticipated at our parish Sunday table. We can sing, "Here at this table the last shall be first" and mean it if we treat God's needy as the kingdom 's celebrities they truly are. Questions for Small Communities What does "preferential option for the poor " mean to this group? How do we live our Catholic informed conscience in this world? How can people say, "Religion is the opium of the people"?

Prayer with the monks: slower is deeper

Early in the morning, those coming for prayer gather in the abbey church. Passing the baptismal font whose waters gently stir, taking up its water to repeat again the sign of the cross renews the baptismal covenant each have made. Monks in then Benedictine habits, students, neighbors, residents such as myself: all bow to the altar, symbol of Christ. We find our way in ones and twos into the monastic choir stalls as the candles flicker. The morning hush is about to turn into praise and prayer. The abbey church at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, beckons all to prayer with its bells and hospitable invitation to sit with the monks for morning, noon, and evening prayer. The most noticeable thing for me is the pace of the prayer. It's actually possible to pray the prayers here! What 's so different? As we recite the psalms together, there is a breath at the end of every line and the recitation itself is not done in haste. Between each section of the psalm, we pause for several seconds before beginning again. And at the end of the psalm, a glorious whole minute for meditation on what we have just prayed. This gentle and deliberate pace makes all the difference. One of our seminary faculty wisely remarked once that Catholics tend to sing too slowly and recite too quickly. That has certainly been my experience at worship. We can drag down hymns so that everything sounds mournful and recite prayers (like the Creed) at head-spinning speed.

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND So what a pleasure it has been to learn from the Benedictine monks how to pray in common well. No surprise, of course, since that has been their charism, their gift to the Church for almost 1500 years. The bells ring at 7:00am and we rise together, sunendering our individual prayers to the community's common

offering. The opening hymn soars from all the garnered voices, and we sit for the psalmody. The slow, careful, humane pace lets us savor words and p hrases that I admit I have often missed as they have flown by me in a blur: "your faithfulness and love," "in the midst of affliction ," "justice and praise spring up," "redeem us because of your love." We pray the ancient words of the psalms, touch all the human emotions. We grieve with those who grieve and rejoice with those who rejoice. We lament, we praise, we call out, we scold, we give glory to God. The pace the monks set allows everyone to breathe together, be silent together, pray together. Even when we conclude with the Lord's Prayer, the words are not rushed, but prayed at a speed that all can follow with ease, as if we were saying the words for the first time and wanted to mean every one of them. As I think of the Seminary and our perennial attempts to speed up the singing and slow down the praying, I am grateful to the monks at St. John's for showing me that it is all possible. But I' m also aware this is the work of many years and much trial and error. And prayer in a monastic abbey with 150 is not parish Eucharist with 800+. But experiencing this prayer gives me hope that ours efforts are worthwhile. May our good God continue to bless the work of those committed to making our parish worship the transcendent and hospitable experience which changes hearts. Let us be about this work...at a slower pace!

Europe's believers obligated to promote unity, says cardinal By Marta Bodo

Catholic News Service

TARGU MURES, Romania (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; European Christians have an obligation to promote unity among the continent's believers and among nations, said Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna. As the percentage of non-Christiansin Europe increases, he said, "Christians would be in great sin if they did not do all they can to give a common witness" and to highlight the importance of Europe's Christian roots. "It is not a question of whether the church can help, it is a question of whether we are doing what we are obliged to do," he said in an early September interview with Catholic News Service in Romania. The cardinal's Sept. 1-8 trip to Romania was designed

primarily as a visit to the nation's Eastern Catholic Church, but also included a visit to the Catholic Bible Center of ethnic Hungarian Catholics in Targu Mures. The center is supported by Austrian Catholics. Cardinal Schonborn said European Christians do not have to "arrange all the details" or solve all the difficulties of Christian and European political unity, but they have an obligation to do all they can. The cardinal said Pope John Paul IPs 1999 visit to Romania, his first visit to a predominantly Orthodox nation, "was one of the most important steps of his pontificate." Romanian Catholics outside the capital, Bucharest, were disappointed that the pope did not visit their cities and towns. But Cardinal Schonborn said what the pope "has done for the whole church with his visit ... and the

breakthrough it was in many respects is so important that we must put aside our personal desires and see the greater good of the universal church, especially regarding what the Holy Father always insists on, the effort for the unity of all Christians." In the CNS interview, Cardinal Schonborn also spoke about the situation of the Catholic Church in Austria, which was rocked by protests and scandals in the late 1990s. "The protest movement we had five years ago, which went all over the world in the media, was an understandable protest movement because there had been very serious difficulties in the Catholic Church in our country â&#x20AC;&#x201D; personal problems, structural problems," the cardinal said. "I always said this blow-up of fire would not have happened ... if there hadn't been a big pile of stiaw. But this straw has now burned," he said.

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Let's get Catholic moral teaching out in the open When President Bush agreed to limited federal funding of fetal stem cell research , the U.S. Catholic bishops expressed profound disappointment. Arguing that any research which depended on the destruction of embryos violated moral absolutes guarding the sanctity of human life , the bishops ' conference still sought a total ban. Privatel y, however, many bishops expressed relief that their dialogue with the president bore some fruit; at least Bush sought to limit federal funding to research using pre-existing stem lines. Yet while the bishops and Bush were locked in respectful disagreement , one strange fact received little media coverage: many Catholic politicians, displaying utter indifference to their Church' s stand , demanded unconditional federal funding for the controversial research. Leading the charge were Catholic Senators Ted Kennedy and Patrick Leahy. And Kenned y and Leahy were hardly an anomaly: numerous opinion polls confirmed that the majority of Catholics neither understood nor accepted the Church's views. Thus a bemused onlooker might well ask: Why should an American president , who is a Protestant, give Catholic moral teaching more credence than Catholics themselves? These cogent observations recently surfaced in an incisive article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal editorial page. Written by the Journal's Features Editor, Bill McGurn, a Roman Catholic, the article made several critical points about two parallel events: the failure of the Church to transmit its moral teaching to ordinary Catholics, and the concurrent political activism of the bishops and other "social conservatives" who seek to impose their moral vision through the political process. McGurn questions whether the unwieldy legislative process is the best way for the bishops to change the hearts of Americans. But he also asks why so many Catholics don 't seem to share their spiritual leaders ' moral passions. The answer, for the author, is that most

Catholics are woefull y ignorant of Church teaching. It 's the Catholic hierarchy 's job to educate its flock, but McGurn isn 't much impressed with the bishop s' record on this critical obligation. Prelates may be lobbying on Capitol Hill, but , in his view, they aren 't pressing their priests to preach the hard moral truths embedded in the faith and spelled out in Ihe catechism. A regular churchgoer, McGurn can barely recall the last time he heard a sermon on abortion or contraception , let alone on the more arcane subject of fetal stem cell research. Not all Catholics will share McGurn 's perspective. Many pastors do preach on conttoversial subjects. And while some are applauded for their courage, others are punished for then efforts with a decline in donations and abrupt departures during the middle of the homily. Yet there is more than a kernel of truth to McGurn 's observations. First, one must ask whether a significant number of priests simply do not accept Church teaching on controversial topics like contracep tion and abortion. How else to explain what amounts to a deafening silence in many churches, even as the pope describes our American society as a "culture of death?" But our priests also are preaching and ministering to a whole generation that has come of age during a time of widespread dissent on Catholic moral teaching. The Church always has taught that moral absolutes are unchanging, and that a healthy conscience is a kind of temple where the soul engages in loving dialogue with God and his moral law. Yet many churchgoers have come to view moral absolutes guarding the dignity and rights of the person as culturally conditioned rules that unfairly suppress the autonomous individual and his or her conscience. The Church always has taught th at our moral choices mold our very being, turning us, ever more, into peop le who do good , or people who do its opposite. Yet many Catholics believe that they can isolate their faith, and even their soul , from their immoral choices. Thus a

man can be a "good person " while cheating on his wife , or a woman can be a "good Catholic" while aborting her unborn child. What matters are good intentions , seen in the larger scheme of things. With many Catholics deeply resistant to the counter-cultural message of the Gospel, it's no wonder that our homilists consign difficult topics to the back burner. Yet if we accept the fullness of our faith , we know that this failure of nerve will only y ield a bitter fruit. Silence forces sin underground , fueling an ever more profound corruption of the person and of the society in which the person fives. Now, however, we face a new opportunity. In the wake of the tragic events of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, we have witnessed a kind of moral resurgence. When one survivor of the attack on the World Trade Center emerged from the maelstrom, after leading his colleagues to safety, the first refuge he sought was a church. There he was asked if he was in shock. Grateful for his life and touched by the many acts of heroism he witnessed, the New Yorker responded: "I've never been more cognizant." This may be the time to bring the hard disturbing truths of our faith back to center stage. This is a time for the Church to re-propose -its teaching, not only on Capitol Hill, but, first and more important, in its parishes.

Joan Frawley Desmond

Joan Frawley Desmond is a member of the Catholic San Francisco advisory board.

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Power of music in national time of need Watching with horror on the morning of September 11, 2001 the nation drew a breath as the breath of life was snuffed out of our brothers and sisters. Fires raged and hearts burned with fear, and anger. The nation screamed as two of its buildings began to collapse. Sirens split the air as emergency vehicles brought brave souls to the place that would soon clai m heroism from good hearts. The scene and the events would be in normal circumstances , too difficult to witness. Even though this surreal sequence of events may have been described as the worst of virtual reality computer games , we must acknowledge the fact that these events trul y occurred. These events have left us with deep losses and wounds that hurt and cause us to cry out to God for justice, understanding, protection and peace. We too, want the pain to be taken away. We reach out in many ways and have certainly done so as a nation , particularly on our day of national mourning: September 14. It is truly ironic that for us who are Catholic, this day of mourning occurre d on the feast day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The day to follow was of course the feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows. We were plunged into the experience of pain , loss and Christian hope. It was amazing to witness the powers of music in our time of need. These God-given powers include the power of cleansing wounds, the power of healing and the power of spiritual connection we so desperately need with our God and with one another.

Music has taken many form s in these days close to the tragic events. After the shock of these horrific events our ears were filled with the sounds of bells tolling. The bell toll called us to attention moving us beyond our shocked stupor, to the action of acceptance, responsibility and prayer. The bells tolled calling more people to churches, synagogues, mosques and even public squares than ever before . We heard the solemn tone of clapper to steely bell as a stark reminder split the air. After that we heard the haunting and powerful sound of the many hymns we sang. The sound of Amazing Grace was heard in the nation 's Capitol building as members of Congress met to pray. The amazing grace of God was acknowledged as that which was needed to heal broken hearts, soothe frayed nerves and invoke Divine Wisdom at a critical hour. Many other hymns were sung to invoke God' s healing power and blessing, such as America the Beautiful , so poignantl y sung at the memorial service at National Cathedral on our day of mourning and prayer. Trumpets also blared calling us to attention. We were startled b y the sound of tap s at West Point as the cadets carried out an unprecedented service of prayer for the nation and her fallen children . Was there anyone who could keep a dry eye? The power of that sound knows

no limits and will live in our memory. Trumpets also cut the air at National Cathedral as the Battle Hymn of the Republic began calling us to responsible action. May God grant us the grace to be healed as we sing our hymns , sound our trumpets and heed our bell calls to silence and sung prayer. May the Battle Hymn of the Republic be sung not with vengeful hearts, for that would mean that the amazing grace of God has not yet penetrated the deepest recesses of our hearts, and our song has been sung in vain. Rather, let us sing with hearts that have been cleansed , as painful as that may be, in order that God may grant us forgiveness and unity in the Spirit of God .

Father Jim McKearney

Father McKearney is a Sulp ician candidate from the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn., and director of music f o r St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Catholics are urged to reach out to Muslim neighbors WASHINGTON (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Following a rash of antiMuslim incidents across the country, a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops official has urged Catholics to reach out to their own Muslim neighbors with concrete acts of friendship. "This is exactly where our faith calls us," John Borelli, acting director of the bishops ' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, told Catholic News Service. "The first response is on the local level, on the neighborhood level," he said. "Catholics really need to go out to their Muslim neighbors to reassure them, to visit them, to express their friendship, to tell them that they 're there for their help, to help protect them; if they 're afraid to go to the store, to run errands for them; to be of support to them." Borelli said he telephoned a friend, Imam Fawaz Damra of Parma, Ohio, after hearing that a man had intentionally

crashed his car Sept. 17 into the Great Mosque in Parma, a Cleveland suburb. The imam told him what it meant for him at an interfaifh service when Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland , embraced him. Borelli asked Damra what passage from the Koran he would offer to any Christian asking what authentic Muslim faith says about the tenorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He said Damra cited the 32nd verse of Sura (Chapter) 5 against killing an innocent person: "If anyone slays a human being ... it shall be as if he had slain all mankind; whereas, if anyone saves a life, it shall be as if he had saved the lives of all mankind." In discussions of terrorism, Borelli said, "I'm very

uncomfortable with the language you hear so much in the press, 'Well, most Muslims are not this way.' I would like to say, 'Muslims are not this way.'" He added, "How uncomfortable we would feel if we heard people say, 'Most Christians don't believe in terrorism.'" Christians would want to answer, "Christianity and terrorism are incompatible," he said, "And that's, I' m sure, the way Muslims feel" about their faith. Borelli said he was encouraged by the numerous interfaith prayer vigils across the country following the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks. "We need just to know each other's name," he added. "We need just to reassure each other of our friendship. We need to be willing to have more interfaifh vigils together â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that 's critical.

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Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees , times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director . 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 (he Parable of the Lost Coin; Nov. 11: Father Wayne Campbell with the Parable of the Wedding Feast.

San Francisco 's St. Agnes Parish , 1025 Masonic, SF and St. Agnes Spiritual Life Center, 1611 Oak St., SF announces talks and prayer opportunities. Call Chad Evans at (415) 487-8560. Synergy Yoga at St. Agnes/SF, Mon. and Wed. 7:30 - 9 p.m. in Lower Gym Hall, $5 per class. Call Chad Evans at (415) 487-8560, ext. 226.

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

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers two free information meetings on adoption and foster care on the 2nd Tues. of eac h month in San Francisco and on 1st Mon. in San Mateo at 7 p.m. Call (415) 406-2387.

Oct. 14: Mercy Center celebrates its 20th year with a Taize Prayer Service and picnic supper on the lawn of the Burlingame retreat . Dinner is at 5:30 p.m. with the prayer service at 7 p.m. Oct. 19-21: Women invited to Vocations Weekend. Do you want to deepen your spirituality and serve people in need as a Sister of Mercy? Are you a woman age 18 - 45? Come talk at a wekend of discernment. Contact Mercy Sister Lenore Greene at (650) 340-7434 or lenorersm@aol.com.

Single, Divorced, Separated Oct. 19: The Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese is hosting its annual Dinner gala at Cafe Riggio, SF. Tickets are $36 with reservations required by Oct . 15. Call (415) 751-0420 or (415) 273-5521.

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

Oct. 7 - Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.: Are you or someone you know separated , divorced , widowed? Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Is offering The Divorce Recovery Course which provides a chance to understand the emotional journey begun when a marriage ends. Takes place at St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush at Steiner, SF. $40 fee includes materials. Call Pat at (415) 389-9790 or Theresa at (415) 666-0876. For information about additional minist ries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521.

Women 's Spirituality: God's Work of Art in Progress, a retreat for Catholic women between the ages of 22 and 50, Oct. 12 -14 at Presentation Center, Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz mountains. Facilitated by a team of Presentation Sisters the experience will name, discuss , reflect and pray about the various stages through which women come to know God as they develop their spirituality. No fee. Donations accepted. For more details, contact Presentation Sister Monica Miler at (4 15) 7510406, exf. 22 or mmiller@pbvmsf.org by Oct. 5.

Oct. 26 - 28: Beginning Experience of San Jose/San Francisco offers a weekend for divorced, separated and widowed men and women that is designed to be a powerful , positive growth experience. Weekend creates space where those who have suffered loss can reevaluate themselves and their lives and move on to the future with renewed hope. Call Pam at (415) 934-8932; Alan at (415) 422-6698; or John at (650) 692-4337.

Oct. 7: Mass for Deceased Members of Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians at United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave. at Sloat , SF at 10 a.m. followed by Champagne Brunch. Call Kathleen Manning at (415) 664-0828 or Caroline O'Reilly at (415) 485-0625.

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, SF meets on 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 452-9634 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 992-4307 about upcoming social activities. Oct. 13: 3rd annual Bon Fire at the Beac h starting at 5 p.m. Call Ron for details.

Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace. Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498.

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

Young Adults The Young A dull Ministry office of the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone at (415) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-maii at wilcoxc@sfarchdiocese.org orjansenm @starchdiocese,org.

Consolation Ministry Our Lady of Angels, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 - H 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) 3663802; 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) 5672020, 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.

Oct. 15: Join Two Tribes, young adults from the Catholic and Jewish tradition who meet to dialogue 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, 5th annual Young Adult Conference with keynote, workshops, Mass, dinner and dance. Contact Eric Suba at (415) 922-2364 or eric.suba@kp.org. Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 - 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692. Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or mariebo rges@yahoo.com. Help at St. Joseph's Village Homeless Shelter. Bi-monthly Sat. from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Village is at 220 10th St., SF on site of former St. Joseph Parish. Call susangsf@yahoo.com; (415) 584-5587; anne.petrides @centresolutions.com; (415) 440-3598.

leetm$/ Gta$m/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. Oct. 1 hear Father Tom Madden of Menlo Park's Vallombrosa Retreat Center speak about his work. "Mosaic ", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIX-Channel 5. Sept. 23: Guest is Ned Dolejsi, chief Sacramento lobbyist for the Catholic bishops of California.

Food& Fun Sept. 28, 29, 30: 50 Years of Solid Gold, a parish festival marking the first half-century of St. Ve ronica Parish, 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco . It' s a golden opportunity for great family fun. The more the merrier! Come on by! Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat. 1 10 p.m.; Sun. 1 - 8 p.m. Sept. 28, 29, 30: "Tropical Paradise" , parish festival of St. Robert Parish, San Bruno. It' s a family affair with games, prizes, rides, entertainment , food and more. Oak St. and Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Sept. 28, 29: Oktoberfest OLA 2001 , an annual fun festival with food, games and prizes on the parish grounds at Hillside Rd. just 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: Celebration of St. Sebastian Parish 50th anniversary begins with Mass at 5 p.m. with a reception following. Parish picnic Sept. 30 after 11 a.m. Mass. 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. Sept. 30: Our Lady of the Pillar Fall Festival, 400 Church St., Half Moon Bay. Fun for the whole family. Entertainment from Bobby Hutcherson and Mike Rossi plus food, arts and crafts and more. Call (650) 726-4674. Oct. 5: Join the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a catered breakfast beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Guest speaker is Joe Fink, president of Dominican University, San Rafael. Members $5/non-members $10. Dues are $15 annually. Please respond to sugaremy@aol.com or (415) 0704 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Oct. 5, 6, 7: Mission Dolores Fiesta marking the 225th anniversary of the SF landmark. Carnival games, a silent auction, live entertainment, raffles , and food. Family fun for all. Fri. 6 -10 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Spaghetti dinner Friday, Dinner Dance Saturday. For tickets, call (415) 621-8203. Oct. 5, 6, 7: All Souls Parish Festival, comer of Miller and Spruce, South San Francisco with lots of games, prizes and food. Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat, Sun. noon -10 p.m. Great family fun!! Call (650) 871-8944. Oct. 6: Annual Blessing of the Animals at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave, SF with Franciscan Father Floyd Lotito presiding In the

model of his community 's patron, St. Francis of Assisi. 1:30-3 p.m. All pets welcome. Oct. 7: Carnival with games, crafts , snacks , petting pen and Karaoke from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. at St. Matthew Parish, 910 So. El Camino Real, San Mateo. Call David Villa at (650) 579-5856. Oct. 7: Step Into Fashion, annual fundraiser benefiting SF's Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School at SF Airport Marriott with silent auction at 10:30 a.m. luncheon and fashion show beginning at 12: 30 p.m. Clothes from Scademy of Arts College, Jessica McClintock and Gingiss Formals. Call Deen Anderson at (415) 586-9238. Sponsored by SHCP Parents Association. Tickets $50/tables of 10 for $450. Oct. 11: Annual Sisters of the Presentation Golf Tournament at Presidion Golf Course. $200 entrance fee includes greens fee , cart , lunch, dinner, fabulous prizes, and great fun. Call (415) 422-5022. Oct. 13: Holy Name Carnival and Craft Faire benefiting the parish school. Games, food, raffles, crafts and gifts from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 40th and Lawton, SF. Call (415) 731-4077. Oct. 19, 20: Fun for the entire family at St. Catherine of Siena Parish "County Fair". See "Late Night Catechism" on Fri. night and dance the night away to live jazz in Festival Tent on Sat. Fun rides, exciting games, lots of food, even a 9-hole miniature golf course. Call (650) 743-9418 or SCCountyFair@aol.com. Benefits parish and school projects.

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Oct. 5-8: Class of '61 of Notre Dame High School, Belmont in Arlington, Vermont. Contact Pat Lewis at (206) 322-9211 or Psistyone@aol.com or Liz Stafford Thomsen at (650) 591-8535 or lizjwposd@aol.com. Oct. 5: Class of '86, Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact Kathy Green Hemmenway at (925) 933-5266 or Khemenway@aol.com. Oct. 7: Class of '76 of Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact Ellen Schwinger Roy at (650) 548-0723 or elroy @ raiser.com or Martha Kudlacik at (650) 32201222 or Marthak15@earthlink.net. Oct. 13: Class of 76, St. John Ursuline High School, SF. Call Eileen Hermelo-Schoening at (650) 363-8272 or SJU76 @ aol.com. Oct. 14: Class of 1966, Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact Connie Partmann Trewin at (650) 343-6889.

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Oct. 3: Singing Ave Maria Through the Centuries by the Musicians of St. Dominic's beginning with pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. $8 in advance/$10 at the door. Call (415) 567-7824. St. Mary's Cathedral Boys Choir is recruiting for the 2001/2002 season. Now in its 10th year, the ensemble is open to boys in grades 3-8. The group has traveled to seven states and Italy. Prior musical experience is not necessary. Call Christoph Tietze at (415) 567-2020, ext. 213 or ctietze @ compuserve.com.

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Capsule Film Reviews "The Glass House " Thriller in which a suddenly orphaned brother and sister are sent to live with former neighbors (Stellan Skarsgard and Diane Lane) whom die sister (Leelee Sobieski) comes to suspect may have caused her parents' deaths. As directed by Daniel Sackheim, ominous visuals and fine performances add to the suspenseful nanative, which falters in a melodramatic final flourish. Some violence, a scene of drug addiction and minimal profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Liam " Exttaordinary Depression-era tale depicts the trying circumstances of a poor Catholic family in Liverpool that push the patriarch (Ian Hart) to join the Fascist party, leading to tragic consequences. Through the eyes of the 7-year-old title character (Anthony Bonows), director Stephen Frears relates a more universal story about the loss of innocence and the roots of intolerance in a passionate drama filled with humor and affection. A scene of violence, an implied affair, brief full nudity, an instance of rough language and fleeting profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-1H — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. "Glitter " Pathetic musical drama set in the 1980s New York City club scene that tracks the rise of a young singer (Marian Carey) from a childhood spent in foster homes to her discovery by a disc jockey (Max Beesley) and on to ultimate fame. Along with indistinguishable original songs, a pitiful narrative and connived camera work, director Vondie Curtis Hall's leading lady has no charisma to pull off the vanity vehicle. An implied sexual encounter, brief violence and some crass language. The U.S. Conference of Cathohc Bishops classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Go Tigers! Spotty documentary tells the true story of a small town 's high school football team during a pivotal season, focusing on the

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Pope visits Asia, Vatican signals wider support for U.S. The day before, the pope told a mixed Muslim and Christian audience in Kazakstan that "we must not let what has happened lead to a deepening of divisions " and said , "1 beg God to keep the world in peace. " Especially in Central Asia , the pope 's word s seemed to echo widespread apprehension about U.S. military action in the reg ion and the potential consequences around the globe. The Vatican spokesman waited a day, then made his carefully chosen remarks about the leg itimacy of self-defense. Afterward , neither he nor other Vatican officials were available for elaboration , leaving a large corps of journalists wondering just how the Vatican position had evolved. In the 1991 Gulf War, the pope was perhaps the most vocal critic of the U.S.-led invasion that pushed Iraq out of Kuwait and pounded Iraq i targets for weeks, in the Western war against Yugoslavia, the pope frequentl y voiced his reservations about the heav y damage to civilians and said further negotiation should have been pursued to settle the Kosovo question. The pope has made clear that he has similar reservations about military action in countries suspected of harboring terrorists , but his spokesman has now g iven notice that a limited armed action against terrorism might meet with Vatican approval.

By John Thavis Catholic News Service

ASTANA, Kazakstan (CNS) — As Pope John Paul II made a four-day visit to Central Asia , the Vatican appeared to signal a wider — though still qualified — margin of support for eventual U.S. military action against terrorists around the g lobe. The pope 's own pronouncements during his Sept. 22-25 stay in Kazakstan were consistent with his previous warnings against a retali ation taken in "vengeance" or any armed intervention that could deepen divisions in the world. But statements by papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vails indicated that the Vatican would understand if the United States decided to go after terrorists in "self-defense," especially if it meant warding off future attacks. His remarks illustrated a concern voiced privately by Vatican officials in recent days , that the pope not be seen simp ly as a pacifist who rules out any use of force in the protection of individ uals or nations against ruthless perpetrators of evil. They also showed that the Vatican views the need to combat terrorism in a different category from previous U.S.-led war efforts , such as the Gulf War of 1991 or the war against Yugoslavia in 1999. In an interview Sept. 24 with the British news agency Reuters , Navarro-Valls said the pope understands the "difficulties of a political leader Pope John Paul IPs visit to Kazakstan gave who has to respond to such issues" in the wake of him a chance to honor some long-remembered Ihe devastating terrorist attacks in New York and 8\n _ personal heroes. Among them were the priests Washington. _ '. _ and bishops of Polish descent who suffered and "It is certain that if someone has clone great S 7 died in Soviet gulags after being deported from harm to society, and there is a danger that if he. their homeland in the 1930s. remains free he may be able to do it again, you At a Mass in the Astana cathedral Sept. 24, the have the right to apply self-defense for the society pope recalled several martyr-pastors whom he which you lead , even though the means you may has long admired and some that he knew personchoose may be aggressive," Navarro-Valls said. "In heart and spirit I relive the unspeakable ally. "Sometimes it is more prudent to act rather trials of all those who suffered not onl y physical than to be passive. In this sense, the pope is not a Pope John Paul II prays in Astana , capital of Kazakstan , Sept. 22 at exile and imprisonment , but public ridicule and pacifist because one must remember that in the forced into Kazakstan a monument that pays homage to millions violence because they chose not to renounce the name of peace, even some horrible injustices can under Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin ' s collectivization campaign. faith," he said in a sermon before some 350 be carried out, " he said. "Sometimes self-defense priests, nuns, seminarians and lay missionaries. implies an action which may lead to the death of a The pope 's connection with the Kazak martyrs The spokesman was g iving voice to a strong current of person , he said. goes back to his yputh and helps explain his determination who do not want the Vatican officials , among Navarro-Valls said that "either people who have carried thought out a honendous crime are put in a position where they can pope 's frequent appeals against war to be seen as an to visit the former Soviet republic in Central Asia, where do no further harm, by being handed over and put into cus- endorsement of peace at any price — especially in the wake almost all of the 180,000 Catholics are descendants of tody, or the princi ple of self-defense app lies with all its of the monstrous acts committed against the United States. deported families from Germany, Ukraine and Poland. wnen growing up in soutnern southern foiana Poland , When consequences." one of the future pope 's spiritual directors His statement appeared tailor-made to was Father Tadeusz Federowicz. Father apply to the U.S. demand that Afghanistan Federowicz was assigned to the hand over Osama bin Laden, suspected as ¦ Archdiocese of Lviv in what is now a guiding hand behind the Sept. 11 suicide Ukraine, and when he learned that a group hijackings in the United States. of his parishioners was being deported to Navano-Vails was careful to recall that Central Asia , he obtained permission to church teaching requires that armed share their pli ght. response be proportionate to the threat and The pope also remembered Father that innocent people not be harmed in the Wladislaw Bukowinski, whom he also process. He also stressed that "eventual had known in Krakow. The priest ended action must be directed against terrorism up in a gulag in Kazakstan, and when and not against Islam." offered his freedom he chose to remain But while the church places a very high ' value on peace, he said, "the common good ... is sometimes The sensitivity of the issue inside the Vatican was evi- among the pnsoners. Eventually he secretl y founded a conabove it." The important thing is that those trying to cany dent by the manner in which Navarro-Valls chose to make gregation of nuns that is still active today in numerous former Soviet territories. out justice do not end up causing another injustice, he said. his comments.

Pope honors personal heroes

"Sometimes it is more prudent to act rather than to he passive. In this sense, the pope is not a pa cifist because one must remember that in the name of peace, even some horrible injustices can be carried out," he said. "Sometimes self -defens e imp lies an action which may lead to the death of a pe rson," he said.

Letter to my daug hters . . . ¦ Continued from cover The long lists of dead men and women at the Wall in Washington - a marble and gr anite wall of tears for the bright young people, out friends turd neighbors. I became aware that you have never experienced anything even remotely similar until now. Your world has been peaceful , prosperous , safe and secure. Your view of the world will now be seen through the lens of the smoke and blood of the World Trade Center and your vulnerability and fear. This is important . Your generation , those bright young people, so full of promise, that I have met at Boston College and Loyola Marymount have lost their innocence. Oh, some will deny it all, and continue to party as if nothing had happened. I know you have no capacity to do "that. I know that most of your friends have no capacity to push this aside. Some of them, you know, may die in the conflict that is about to engulf our world. Some will vigorously and passionately oppose any further violence based on their religious beliefs. Many I fear, too enamored of their past prosperity and with no will for suffering, will want- to avoid anything having to do with a committed response. But , surely for all, the carefree security, the hopes and dreams of September 10 are altered if not lost. I must now be parental and offer you some advice. The inevitable divisiveness has started. It is palpable

here in San Francisco. I have a great sense of foreboding now - not just about the violence that is to come, but about the ripp ing divisiveness that I see looming over whatever course our country takes. In a few short days we have heard the most profound and the most outlandish of commentaries. From religious rhetoric asserting that this event was God's punishment for America 's secularization to reli gious leaders (I heard this one in person!) blaming America 's racism , homophobia , classism and sexism. Both of them , from the extreme ri ght and the extreme left , are saying: "What do you expect America! You brought this on yourself." As always, be careful of these extremes, of these false prophets who would use the pain and suffering of innocent people as talking points in their own personal agendas. You know how I feel about America and her failings. We've talked about these many times at the dinner table. I want to emphasize now that in my travels in many parts of the world, I have never seen a human system of government that equals ours, with all its imperfections, in providing a balance of freedom , opportunity and joy to its citizens. We have a long way to go in chang ing attitudes so that the poor and the vulnerable, the unborn and the immigrant are also given these same opportunities. But it is unfair and illogical to say that because we have failed in these areas, this horrible violence was somehow our fault! That event was an act of carnage by people who hate us. If they are not stopped they will continue to ravage us.

Their use of nuclear weapons and chemical and biolog ical agents is not out of the question . They would have easily blown up your campuses without regret if they felt that this would aid in achieving their goals and their divine mission. We need to see clearl y now that, even thoug h there are connections between our posture in the world and how we contribute to injustice , the problem we now face is located in a fanatic 's murderous mind. Logic and di plomacy will not solve this problem alone. I am saying to you that a military response is inevitable and right. 1 deem it self-defense in the narrowest interpre tation of that word. It cannot be out of revenge. It cannot target civilians. It cannot be so massive that more evil is produced than good. But it will have to be persistent and sure. And it will come at a cost. I know we will have to discuss this more . I'm not sure I can believe this, but there is a possibility you may not agree with me! What I have been reminded of again is that as always , our love is our anchor — our love of God and each other. You are in my embrace. Dad George Wesolek , director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concents of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, wrote this letter to his daug hters, Brienne, a student at Loyola Marymount, and Stephanie , a student at Boston College.