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Pope John Paul II prays during Mass for World Mission Sunday, Oct. 22, in St. Peter' s Square. The San Francisco St. Mary's Cathedral choirs (below) sang for the event and were placed about 30 feet from the Pontiff. The Pope said the Church' s missionary efforts must be based on service,not domination. The annual Mission Sunday collection was taken in most local parishes last weekend.

Cathedral choirs sing at St. Peter 's on Mission Sunday By Vivian Dudro Special to Catholic San Francisco ROME - After singing in churches in Venice, Florence and Assisi the choirs of San Francisco' s St. Mary's Cathedral experienced a "harmonic convergence" Sunday as they sang before a crowd of 150 ,000 people during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Square. It was World Mission Sunday and Catholics from every corner of the earth had flooded the square to celebrate the occasion with Pope John Paul II. Beginning with colorful songs and dances from throughout the world and ending with a procession of missionaries from many lands, the celebra tion was a visual and musical display of the universality of the Church with participants from such far-flung places as China, Africa, Latin America and the Philippines.

The choirs of St. Mary's fit perfectly with the event. "I liked how it was a worldwide celebration ," said choir member Tessa Kamau , 13. "And I liked how we had the best seats in the house," added her 11-year-old sister, Malaika, who received a smile from the Holy Father after vigorously waving to him from the choir stall situated about 30 feet from his outdoor altar. Choir members were enthusiastic about their proximity to the Pope. Stephen Walsh, the cantor at St. Mary's Cathedral, found himself shedding tears during the Mass. "I did not expect to be so moved ," he said , explaining he had never before felt a personal connection to this Pope. When John Paul II was a younger , more vigorous man, it was possible to attribute such a phenomenon to his charisma. But now that his hands tremble, and his voice quavers, and his head rests upon his staff , one must look elsewhere CHOIR, page 10

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More than 40,000 parishioners of the Archdiocese of San Francisco are expected to fill Pacifi c Bell Park tomorrow for the Jubilee Mass 2000 celebration. Tickets are required and have been distributed through parishes. (see photos on page 3)

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As a guy from a town where the sport of crew is held in high esteem and where currents are the least of what 's moving throug h the rivers , it 's hats off to the rowing season kick-off sponsored by Mercy, Burlingame, Notre Dame, Belmont and Juni pero Serra high schools on Sept. 30. Faculty from the three schools got their feet wet, and a whole lot more methinks, in a brave attempt to put a light on this worthy recreation.... Congrats at Notre Dame to Commended National Merit scholars Stephane Barile, Laura Billingsley, Colleen Byers, Margaret Curnutte, Regina Donohoe, Megan Lamson , Diana Morris, Lindsay Rango, Marisa San Fili ppo, Erin Sjostrom, and Amanda Waldo. Commended students ' scores are among the top five percent of the more than one million entries....Confusion , a state of which 1 am often a citizen , musta ' been the villain that had me name Jim Grealish as a 1944 grad of St. Ignatius instead of his younger brother Jack. Jim 's a St. James Hi gh School , now Riordan , alum....

Representing the Archdiocese at General Assemb ly 2000 of the National Council of Catholic Women in Portland, Ore. were , back from left: Joan Higgins; Msgr. Edward McTaggart , moderator , Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women; Cathleen Mibach, past ACCW president; front , from left: Rosemary Phelps, current ACCW president; Kathryn Parish-Reese, president, San Francisco County Council of Catholic Women; Bernadette Simien. Also attending but not pictured was Mary Ann Schwab of St. Brendan Parish , a former national president of the group.

brated his 50th birthday in Ireland...Thanks to OLAers Dick and Ginny Rossi for their positive comments about Catholic San Francisco and this column , and to Jack Scannell of St. Cecilia Parish who says he reads it too. ..Extra! Extra! for Jim Clifford of Redwood City 's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish , who recently retired after 40 years with the Associated Press. Jim said he 's enjoy ing his time off especiall y with "the grandkids ". Jim 's wife, Peggy, teaches 8th grade at OLMC's parish school.... Many more to Rita and John McGrath of St. Stephen Parish who were married 57 years ago at Noe Valley's St. Paul Parish. "My sailor suit took care of the tux ," John said....Many thanks to the more than 4,000 people who gave up their tickets to tomorrow 's Jubilee Mass 2000 when fire regulations caused a surprise cut in the number of peop le allowed in Pac Bell Stadium for the liturgy. Thanks , too, to the priests , relig ious and lay staff who facilitated the emergency reductions. The Mass will be broadcast live from 3 - 5 p.m. tomorrow on KPST - Channel 66, Cable Channel 20 in San Francisco , San Honored recently for service of more than Mateo and Marin two decades each at Notre Dame High School , counties....Happy Belmont, were administrative assistants Betty Birthday one more Rupp (left) and Margaret Keller (right). Principal Rita Gleason (center) presented both with a plaque. time to Sarah Dabbene, mom of Speakin ' of Riordan, an orchestral salute to school band Salesian Father Ben members Nathan McKenzie , Albert Chang, Ron Honrada, Dabbene , vicar for Holy Ghost Father Liam Chris Hernandez, and Will Mays on being named to Honor parishes , who will be O'Byrne (left) with Father Band, Bay Section and who will perform with other honorees honored by family and Brian Costello following Mass at Cal State, Hayward on Nov. 8....Thank you to our friends at a celebration at the Little Sisters of the Catholic Cemeteries for their hard work in hel p ing families on Nov. 25. When Poor 's St. Anne 's Home, where remember those they have lost. One such event is an annual asked where she wanted Father O'Byrne resides. The Memorial Day Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. go for her special day, Mass was one of the first at More than 600 people attended this year 's Mass celebrated in Sarah told her son she which Father Costello, now a Holy Cross Mausoleum with Bishop John Wester presiding had her si ghts set on parochial vicar at St. Anthony and Deacon Paul Solan, St. Peter Parish, Pacifica , assist- Reno where she enjoys Parish, Novato, presided after ing. Among the assembly was a family member of the late Lt. the nickel slot his ordination in June. Charles Warren Kendrick who died during World War II machines.... at age 25 at Guadalcanal and whose father, Charles, at The Ignatian Guild & Nordstrom Present age 70, returned to the moun- I tainous and heavily forested Fashion Show island to find his body and bring him home for interment at Holy Cross. ...Howard Connolly of St. Dunstan, leads a hats off to Holy Ghost Father Joe Glynn, a parochial vicar at the Millbrae parish, for his ' $1 ,000 Grand Prize ! fil ,7\ kf / I attention to Joe Rusotti who l $750 1" Prize lh KJ' Li J died recently. The priest was 2nd $500 Prize W /^ a "rock of stability " for foe 's *i Drawing For Extravagant Gift Baskets *...«?, | _ family, Howard said. Howard I'll R\i Drawin8 t0 be hel d on Nov- 5, 2000 also asks "prayers please " for ft v^* Mark Makai of the San ion & ticke ts call: Shirley Minger 731-7500 Ext. 242

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Voters from San Francisco 's Supervisory District 1 and District 7 have been invited to upcoming candidate ni ghts at two City parishes. The District 1 gathering will take place Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.in the auditorium of Star of the Sea Elementary School on 9th Ave. between Geary and Clement. District 7 voters will gather at St. Finn Ban- Parish Hall , 215 Edna St., on Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. "These types of programs are both legal and appropriate as along as all candidates are invited," said George Wesolek, director of the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, in an Oct. 23 letter to parishes asking their assistance in publicizing the events. The evenings will "provide an opportunity for candidates to present their positions on issues that relate to human dignity and social concerns... and enable participants to ask questions ," Wesolek said.

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Father Privett to be installed USF president

Jesuit Father Stephen Privett wilt be inaugurated as the 27th president of the University of San Francisco on Nov. 18 in ceremonies scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ignatius Church , Fulton St. at Parker St. on the Univer sity campus. An on-campus reception will follow, USF officials said. Theme of the inauguration is "Educating for A Just Society." Father Privett chose November for his inauguration to commemorate the lives of six Jesuits , their housekeeper and her 15year-old daughter who were massacred in November 1989 by military troops in El Salvador , according to a USF news release. Archbishop William Levada and San Francisco Mavor Willie Brown will both Father attend. Stephen The presidential address will be folPrivett , S.J. lowed by a benediction by Rabbi Stephen Pearce of Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco. On. Nov. 17, the day before the official installation , a Mass of the Holy Spirit will be held in St. Ignatius Church to celebrate the inauguration. It will begin at 10 a.m. with Father Privett as princi pal celebrant and Jesuit Father Dean Brackley of the University of Central America as the homilist. Archbishop Levada will be in the liturgical procession and partici pate in the Mass.

1 The Pastoral Center/Chancery forfeited its lunchroom for two days so staff, under the direction of Deacon Gary West of St. Stephen Parish in San Francisco could sort and bundle the more than 40,000 Jubilee Mass 2000 tickets to be distributed to archdiocesan parishes for the event at Pacific Bell Park , Oct. 28. At right, Kathleen Buckley of the Public Policy and Social Concerns Office and Annabelle Groh, assistant to Auxiliary Bishop John C. We ster, display tickets. Sorting them below are , from left: Canossian Sister Maria Hsu, director of Chinese Ministry; Notre Dame Sister Elizabeth Hagmaier of the Ecumenical and Interrreligious Affairs Office; and Maurice Healy, director of communications. The volunteers were surprised when Auxiliary Bishop John Wester showed up late on the last night of sorting to help speed up the enormous project. The Bishop and others worked well after midnight.

Local Todos Los Santos celebration altered this year The local custom of celebrating a Mass marking "Todos Los Santos" at Holy Cross Cemetery on the Saturday before All Saints Day will be altered this year, according to cemetery officials, who said they are encourag ing worshippers to join them instead at the Jubilee Mass at Pacific Bell Park on Oct. 28 (see details on page 3). "Together with the faithful of the Archdiocese , in addition to participants from visiting dioceses, prayers will be offered for our beloved deceased friends and famil y members buried in our Catholic cemeteries," said Katherine Atkinson , cemeteries director for the Archdiocese.

Todos Los Santos is an All Saints Day tradition broug ht to the Philippines by Spanish Missionaries. Persons spend the entire day at the cemetery praying for and remembering their dead. The tradition continues today in the Philippines and other countries including the U.S. The annual All Soul's Day Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery will be celebrated Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. by Msgr. James P. McKay, pastor of St. Matthew Parish , San Mateo, and former director of cemeteries. All Saints Day, Nov. 1, remains a holy day of obligation.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Bel gian Cardinal Godfried Danneels said it is possible Pope John Paul II will resign after the Holy Year, but the Vatican said there is no sign he will do so. "I would not be surprised if John Paul II resigned after 2000," the cardinal , archbishop of MechelenBrussels , said in an interview Oct. 19. The Pope, he said, "absolute ly wanted to be present for the Jubilee Year," but "I think he is capable of retiring afterward. "

BERKELEY—St. Mary 's College High School , founded here in 1863 and conducted by the De La Salle Christian Brothers since 1868, formally launched the construction of a $4.5 million classroom building with a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 10. The two-story, eight-classroom Frates Memorial Hal l will "address several needs, alleviating a classroom squeeze caused by a sludent population that has reached capacity at 630, and offering a state-of-the-art facility to house a computer lab and take advantage of the latest in technology," a school news release stated , adding, "Construction begins this fall thanks to the $2.5 million gift from Dr. Frank E. Frates, Jr., a graduate of the Class of 1927."

RU-486 saf ety bill said dead

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chief sponsor of legislation designed to improve safety requirements for use of the abortion pill RU-486 says the bill is dead for this session of Congress. Rep. Tom A. Coburn , R-Okla., told the Tulsa World newspaper Oct. 13 there would be no vote on his RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act before Congress adjourn s later in October. "I can't get it to the floor because we have too many members that don 't want to even talk about this," he said. "They don't want another abortion vote ." Coburn , a practicing physician who has delivered thousands of babies and performed two abortions to save the life of the mother, is not running for re-election.

Food for Poor CEO removed following admitted misconduct By Tom Tracy WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — The Sept. 25 resignation of Food for the Poor founder and CEO Ferdinand Mahfood came after he adrnjtted using donations to benefit two female members of his staff and their families, according to the Ferdinand group 's new chairman and a Catholic Mahfood bishop on the agency 's board. Speaking with The Florida Catholic newspaper Oct. 2, Bishop Paul Boyle of Mandeville, Jamaica, and Robin Mahfood, now CEO and president of the south Florida-based organization , confirmed Ferdinand Mahfood also admitted to allegations of sexual misconduct with the two women prior to his resignation . They said he admitted to inappropriately using funds from the agency's sister company in Jamaica— an estimated $150,000 — to assist the women and/or members of their families, including the homeless brother of one. Food for the Poor officials say the Mahfood family later returned the full amount to the agency. "That money has been restored," said Bishop Boyle, a senior member of the board of directors. Founded in 1982, Food for the Poor raises funds and provides direct relief assistance to the poor in more than 16 countries, mostly in the Caribbean and Central America. When Ferdinand Mahfood's resignation was first announced, Robin Mahfood said his brother had engaged in inappropriate behavior and was being treated aggressively for manic-depressive illness. Ferdinand Mahfood has long suffered from bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression. FFP officials said he planned to enter a residential facility for treatment. Bishop Boyle said the board hired an attorney to look for criminal activity, and so far the lawyer "says he found nothing and feels there will be nothing (illegal)." The U.S. Attorney's off ice in south Florida could not say whether it was investigating Food for the Poor. The state attorney general is not, but the Broward County Sheriff' s Department was contacted by one former employee concerning the allegations. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the Miami division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Oct. 11 the bureau 's white collar crime section was looking into the Food for the Poor situation. "We do have a case open, but it is still in the initial stages so we can 't really comment on an open investigation," said spokeswoman Judy Orihuela,

the comments in an inte rview that Catholic News Service distributed to its client publications Oct. 16. In it Gore said he believed a law banning partial-birth abortion could be crafted to meet objections from both sides of the issue. The pro-life caucus chairman , Rep. Chris Smith , R-N.J., called Gore 's comments "a big lie designed to hide his extremist view on abortion." Father Frank Pavone, who said he was speaking as a private individual rather than as national director of Priests for Life, also commented, "Far from being someone who seeks common ground on abortion , Mr. Gore is an avid supporter of the abortion-ri ghts movement."

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Immi grants , immigration reform, crime and criminal justice , and the relation of church buildings and art to liturgy are among major top ics the U.S. Catholic bishops will take up when they meet in Washington Nov. 13-16. They will also vote on brief statements titled "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Culture of Death" and "Sudan 's Cry for Peace." Final modifications in their new conference statutes are up for a vote, as is a proposal to form a new standing Committee on Catechesis.

Death p enalty stand 'p rudential '

NEW YORK (CNS) — Jesuit Father Avery Dulles said the teaching of Pope John Paul II and other bishops today O H o against the death penalty is a "prudential conclusion " and I does not change the princi ple the state has the right to Z D, impose the penalty. In a lecture Oct. 17, the priest said that he supported the Pope 's and bishops ' position , but that Catholics were not bound in conscience to agree with it. Catholics should , however, be "attentive to the guidance of the Pope and the bishops ," he added. o 5

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$1.6 million to FSTB

BERKELEY — In June the Franciscan School of Theology here received a $1.6 million grant from the Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation of Modesto, Calif , FSTB officials announced this week. The gift will annuall y endow 10 full-tuition scholarships in professional ministry and academic theology studies. The Mary Stuart Rogers scholars will be selected "on merit with preference given to applicants from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton ," an FSTB news release said. FSTB is a seminary and graduate school of theology owned and operated by the Franciscan Friars of the Santa Barbara (California) Province. It is the onl y "freestanding " Franciscan theological school "remaining in all of North America," the news release stated.

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KAMPALA, Uganda (CNS) — Catholic Relief Services and other nongovernmental agencies pulled staff out of northern Uganda after an Ebola virus outbreak killed dozens of people. Meanwhile , Ugandan official s declared limited mobility out of regions affected by the virus.

Activist released from Mya nmar

MANCHESTER , England (CNS) — Officials in Britain welcomed news that Catholic human rights protester James Mawdsley was to be freed after spending more than a year in jai l in Myanmar. Mawdsley, 27, was sentenced to 17 years in prison in 1999 after distributing pro-democracy literature in Myanmar, formerl y called Burma. His famil y had recentl y complained he had been beaten and tortured.

Af rica Christianity grows

ROME (CNS) — While Africa has been the most successful continent for Christian evangelization over the last century, the Church is still strugg ling with how to make the Gospel a trul y "native" faith , participants at a missionary congress were told. The last century has seen a virtual explosion of Christianity in Africa, largely in places where indigenous African reli gions had thrived before missionaries arrived , according to experts who addressed the Vatican-sponsored congress Oct. 18. More than half the continent's population is now Christian , by some estimates.

Former Polish p riests surveyed

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — A survey published in a Polish Jesuit journal shows most former priests in Poland left the priesthood after becoming demoralized by lack of wealth and disillusionment with celibacy. The editor said the findings indicated an impending crisis in Polish Catholicism and were intended as a "wake-up call" for local leaders. In the survey of some 320 former priests , published in the Jesuit order 's Przeglad Powszechny monthly, three-quarters agreed poverty was a "necessary criterion of priestly life."

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ROME (CNS) — Fresh from accepting an award for his work to end global hunger, George McGovern , the U.S. ambassador to the Rome-based U.N. food and agriculture agencies, praised the Vatican's commitment to hel ping the world's undernourished. "I think the Vatican is firml y behind not only the efforts of their own church but of all the churches and the work of the United Nations in battling hunger," he told Catholic News Service Oct. 20. McGovern , a former U.S. congressman and senator and the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, received the Food For Life Award from the U.N. World Food Program Oct. 19.

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/u Miss America, Angela Perez Baraquio , a Catholic elementa ry school teacher from Hawaii , speaks to the media after winning the pageant title in Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 14.

§ Mrs. America, Leslie Lam, poses in front of her alma mater, St. Francis School in Honolulu , in September. She said her family and Catholic fa ith are important in helping to overcome life 's obstacles.

Silenced priest honored

MT. RAINI ER , MD —A priest banned from ministry with homosexual Catholics and their families last year by the Vatican was recognized for his work by the Alumni Association of the Yale Divinity School on Oct. 10. Salvatorian Father Robert Nugent was presented with a "distinction in ministry awtfrd" for Ordained Ministry Within the Church at the annual Convocation on the New Haven campus , Oct. 9-13. Father Nugent was chosen for the award , according to Yale, because his work "embodies precisely the type of conscientious caring and articulate pastoral presence Yale University Divinity School takes great pleasure to acknowledge and honor among its alumni." Father Nugent is a 1984 graduate of the Divinity School. He worked for more than 30 years in ministry with gay and lesbian Catholics and their parents. Afte r an 11year investigation of his work the Vatican issued a Notification in Jul y 1999 saying he could not longer engage in pastoral work with gay and lesbian people .

E-mails describe Israeli and Palestinian suffering , terror Front line is becoming closer... 'Hearts and hopes are broken' The following e-mail was dated Oct. 19 was sent by Judy Lash Balint who moved to Israel in 1997 and currently resides in Jerusalem where she works as a freelance writer and Israel representative of the Coalition for Jewish Concerns-Amcha . She lived 20 years in the Seattle area and holds a master 's degree f rom the University of Washington. Jay Knopf is excited at the prospect of his first visit to Hebron. The bespectacled , Wall Street trader on a three-day solidarity visit to Israel this week is not deterred by the headlines. He's determined to get a glimpse of the Jewish community he has supported from afar but has never seen. Hebron isn 't exactly at the top of the tourist agenda these days. With media reports of nightl y shootings and road closures, Hebron , just 40 minutes south of Jerusalem , has become virtuall y off limits to all except those who live there. But for those who are frequent visitors to Israel, individuals who own apartments here or who have close famil y connections in the country, a chol hamoed (intermediate days) Sukkot trip organized by the Hebron community was a chance to look behind the headlines. Twenty American visitors joined the armored bus ride from Jerusalem to Hebron. Most had visited the ancient city before , but for Knopf it was all new, exciting and ultimately, inspiring. Traveling on the tunnel road out of Jerusalem , Knopf expresses surprise at the bus Itself—one of the rare bullet-proof and rock-proof buses in operation . But apart from the obviousl y thick windows, it 's indistinguishable from other tour buses. As we roll through the terraced Judean hills , past the Jewish communities of Gush Etzion , nothing looks amiss. Efrat , Elazar and Neve Daniel all look peaceful , masking the misgivings about the security situation of many residents in the area. When we pass the Kfar Etzion junction it 's all Arab villages until the Kiryat Arba turn off. At the side of the road old wrinkled Arab women in traditional dress sit next to boxes of huge, succulent wine-colored grapes waiting for customers. The flat roofs of the two and three story houses on either side afford a good vantage point for stone throwers. During our journey, all is quiet. In Kiryat Arba, the Jewish suburb of Hebron developed in the 1970s and 80s, There 's a strong Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) presence and the streets seem empty, subdued. We continue on to Hebron, stopping to pick up community spokesperson David Wilder . Hebron is under curfew, Wilder explains. In fact the streets are empty. The casbah silent. Only the IDF, Jewish residents of the community and TIPH observers are out and about. The curfew is lifted for a few hours every day to enable peop le to buy food. According to Wilder, ita ™s the price the Arabs must pay for their violent activity against the Jews. We stop at Tel Rumeida, one of the half dozen Jewish neighborhoods scattered throug h Hebron. In the home of Bracha Ben Yitzhak, we see the bullet hole in the bathroom wall, evidence of the nightly shooting attacks coming from the facing hills. The 13 Ben Yitzhak kids go about their daily life seemingly unfazed by the violence all around them. A well-manned IDF guard post across

the way affords protecDear Friends, tion , but in reality, nothIt has taken me ing can protect families most of the day to feel from sniper fire aimed as if I can sit and write into their bedrooms. It 's this e-mail due to the a miracle no one in Tel stress of last evening. Rumeida has been Last night , gun injured or killed in the shots were fired from 20-day barrage. the fields around Beit Sandbags line the Jala toward Gilo. Sadly, window sills facing the numerous homes were hills. Bracha, a lean , hit. Two women were soft-spoken woman in reported as treated for her 30s sits in a wheelshock and I'm sure chair with her leg in a many children were cast. The injury kept quite scared. her in the hospital for Fortunately, no resithree days after an \jiiv were dents vjofi . Gilo uviuo nit >Yva^ hit Arab driver ran her off by gunfire. t c the road. Strings of i In response to the garlic han g in the \ shooting, the Israeli i kitchen and there are c military decision was \ not only to fire back plants everywhere. At \ with guns, or even with the height of the shoot{ machine guns, but to ing, Bracha and her family slept in the also move to heavy Jorge Nazzal.6, holds his nearby archaeological artillery. From my damaged stuffed toy inside gardens. She laughs home in Beit Safafa, 1 his bedroom hit the night before nervousl y as she heard a large amount of by machine gun fire from Israeli describes her feeling machine gun fire in the troops. Israeli soldiers returning nowhere is safe. Not earl y evening. About fire with Palestinian snipers in her home , not the one hour later, attack the West Bank neighborhood roads , not even the helicopters came overof Beit Jalla O ct. 22. unprotected ambuhead and began to open lance which took her to the hospital in fire on the village of Beit Jala. The barrage Jerusalem. was deafening in my home, as if they were firWilder says people are doing their best ing from my very rooftop. I sat on the floor of to preserve some normalcy. He shows us my living room absolutely terrified. Not the Sukkot (booths) which grace every because of worry about my being hit — they Jewish home, and we take part in the dedi- were firing the other direction — but absolutecation of a beautiful new library and com- ly frantic about what was happening just over puter room which will serve those living in the hill. Not long after the barrage stopped, the Beit Hadassah. tanks located just below Gilo (about one-half But the lack of visitors and empty streets mile from my house) fired two large rounds, have dampened the atmosphere. The regular rounds so big my house shook. Soon after, the Sukkot concert was cancelled, although power went out in Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Mordechai Ben David came to entertain Beit Safafa. For the next four hours, a mixture Hebron residents. The sukka where we eat of smaller fire from the tanks and machine lunch is empty save for our group and one or guns filled the air off and on. Quiet fell at two soldiers. Inside the Cave of Machpela, 00:15 a.m. we are virtually the only visitors—extraordiI sat in the dark, madly dialing the phone to nary for a festival" day. The Gutnick Visitors check on friends and colCenter is deserted. Jay Knopf is moved by leagues, shaking like a leaf. As the opportunity to pray at the Cave, and can't I talked to friends on the understand why others are staying away. receiving end of the fire, I FRONT LINE, page 14 could hear their children E

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screaming in the background . Folks were describing the flash of li ght from the helicopters and tanks before hearing the booms. Today, reports are that Israel is moving to isolate Beit Jala and that more tanks have been moved in, although this is not confirmed. We know the road s into the village are blocked and folks have been warned to leave their homes. Olive groves between Beit Jala and Gilo are being uprooted. If we don't find a way to interrupt the cycle of violence , many more will die on both sides. Already the trauma of the violence is severe. People are depressed and in some cases, despondent. The toll on the children is gut-wrenching. Ni ghtmares, vomiting, sleeplessness, uncontrollable crying, screaming, catatonia almost in some. Hearts and hopes are broken. Friends, we must find a way to break the cycle. At this point , political rhetoric from both sides is killing us — literally. I've had numerous conversations with both Palestinians and Israelis to try to figure out a way to call a "non-political" cease fire, maybe setting a three-day mourning period for the dead. None of us yet know how or if such a thing is possible. But , it is imperative we here and you there pray and th ink and act creatively. But , to break it there must be a real vision for justice and security for both peoples. A simple cease fire that attempts to take a "time-out" only to return us to the status quo will not be effective. If we can find a way to work toward a cease fire and get the international community to work diligently with the two peoples toward a just solution, then maybe the bloodshed and terror will stop. As I prepare to leave the office now, I admit I'm apprehensive. My nerves aren 't ready for another night of shelling. But , then neither are the nerves of the people of Beit Jala and Bethlehem, And I suspect, neither are the nerves of the people in Gilo. Please don 't give up on this situation . For the sake of the children of Palestine and Israel we roust find a path to justice, compassion, freedom and security. It's a difficult task, but in faith, we know all things are possible to those who believe.

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U.S. Catholic Conference Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Beginning in 1988, the United States Catholic Conference has submitted to presidential candidates a questionnaire on issues of national significance. The 2000 President ial Candidate Questionnaire, which was compiled by the USCC Office of Government Liaison, was sent to the presidential campaigns of Pat Buch anan, George Bush, Al Gore, and Ralp h Nader. The f irst of the two installments of the verbatim responses of Buchanan , Bush and Gore are presented below. Nader did not respond. The following are for purpos es of voter education. The USCC Internet Web site is www.nccbuscc.org. Next week's issues will include immigration, marriage, human rights , and debt relief.

Issue: Abortion

What is your position on leg islation now pending in Congress which would ban partial birth abortion except in cases where the mother 's life is endangered? Buchanan: Support Bush: No answer Gore: No answer 77ic? use of taxpayer funds to pay for abortion? Buchanan: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer Protecting the rig ht to life of unborn children through a constitutional amendment? Buchanan: Support Bush: No answer Gore: No answer

Comment: Abortion

Buchanan: The right to life is basic and fundamental. No compromises on killing the unborn. Bush: I want to build a culture that respects life , where all unborn childre n are welcomed in life and protected in law. While I respect those with differing views, I am pro-life and support compassionate alternatives to abortion. 1 support the goal of a Human Life Amendment with exceptions for rape , incest and to save the life of the mother. If elected president , I will provide leadershi p to take positive , practical steps to reduce the number of abortions in America: ending partial-birth abortion , streamlining adoption , hel ping women in crisis through maternity group homes, promoting abstinence , and passing laws requiring parental notification and waiting periods. I believe the U.S. Supreme Court 's recent decision upholding the brutal practice of partial-birth abortion was wrong, and as president I will fi ght for and sign a ban on partial-birth abortions that passes constitutional muster. I also oppose using public money to provide or advocate abortions. Gore: Al Gore strong ly supports a woman 's right to choose. He believe s that abortion should be safe , legal, and increasingly rare. A womanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even one without financial means -should be granted choice in a safe and legal environment. Consistent with Roe v. Wade, Al Gore opposes late-term abortions and the procedure of partial-birth abortions. Laws prohibiting partial-birth abortions should not , however, be a "back-door " means of restricting or denying a woman's right to choose. Al Gore believes that any law prohibiting the partial-birth abortion procedure must be narrowly tailored , and should include protections for the life and health of the mother.

Issue: Arms and landmines

What is your position on the United States signing and ratify ing the anti-personnel landmine ban treaty, namely, the Ottawa Landmine Convention? BuchanamOppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer Legislation to limit arms sales from the U.S. to other nations ? BuchanamOppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as a step toward further progress on nuclear disarmament? Buchanan: Oppose Bush : No answer Gore: No answer

Comment: Arms and landmines

Buchanan: The U.S. should bring home all ground troops, thereby mooting the issue of landmines to protect their bases. President and Congress should act jointl y and responsibly in transferring high-tech weapons. Generally I oppose global treaties, and favor bilateral agreements designed in U.S. interests. Bush: I favor a new approach to nuclear security that matches a new era. I recently proposed a unilateral reduction of the nation ' s nuclear arsenal to the lowest possible number consistent with national security. Unneeded weapons are the expensive relics of dead conflicts. In halting proliferation , though, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is not the answer. It 's neither verifiable nor enforceable. The CTBT offers only words and false hopes and high intentions with no guarantees. We cannot wish weapons away with unwise treaties , America should continue its moratorium on testing. But it is more important to constrict the supply of nuclear materials and the means to deliver them. The U.S. must cut off the demand for weapons by addressing the security concerns of those who renounce these weapons. And we must diminish the evil attraction of these weapons for rogue states by rendering them useless with missile defense . The CTBT does nothing to attain these goals.

Gore: Al Gore believes America 's peace and security depend on our unflagg ing leadership and engagement in gl obal affairs , and that Forward Engagement is the strategy that must guide us. In this global age, the U.S. must be able to deal with the classic security agenda, work to counter new threats and provide leadershi p for global peace, stability and prosperity. Al Gore will work to maintain America ' s economic and military strength to secure the bases of our leadershi p. He will continue to close the gates of war by making peace among former enemies. Al Gore will fight to stop terrorism and weapons of mass destruction , and demand the Senate ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to hel p stop the spread of nuclear weapons. He will also form partnershi ps to help solve global problems and take advantage of new global opportunities. Finally, Gore believes we should support international efforts to encourage economic and political development in new democracies and develop ing nations around the world. The United Nations is an important tool through which the U.S. can build international support for issues and policies important to our policy goals. Gore supports pay ing America 's UN dues in full. Gore will place a high priority on promoting efforts to fi ght disease, enhance democracy, education and sustainable economic development in develop ing nations and increase debt relief to hi ghly indebted poor countries.

Issue: Capital punishment

What is your position on abolishing the death penalty ? Buchanan: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer On abolishing the death penalty when it is certain that an individual will be confined for life without possibility of parole ? Buchanan: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer On imposing a moratorium on the death penalty ? Buchan an : Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer On leg islation to assure access to DNA evidence , adequa te legal counsel, and other measures to reduce the chances of the execution of innocen t peop le? Buchanan: Support Bush: No answer Gore: No answer

Comment: Capital punishment

Buchanan: Capital punishment is a decision that should be left to the states. Bush: I do not support a national moratorium on the death penalty. I believe individual states should make every effort to ensure their criminal ju stice systems are fair and impartial and that every defendant has full access to the courts . Any time DNA evidence , in the context of all the evidence, is deemed to be relevant in the guilt or innocence of a person on death row, I believe we need to use it. When I became governor of Texas, I took an oath to uphold the laws of our state, including the death penalty. This is a serious responsibility; the final determination of innocence and guilt is among the most profound decisions a person can make. I support the death penalty because I believe it saves lives. I recognize there are good people who oppose the death penalty. I have heard their message, and I respect their heart-felt point of view. Gore: Al Gore supports strong enforcement of tough pen alties for violent crimes, including the federal death penalty for particularly heinous crimes. However, Al Gore believes we must not be swayed in our jud gment by questions of ethnic ity, class or by shortcomings in our justice system such as lack of adequ ate counsel or lack of DNA testing. Gore believes that if we are to impose such an extraordinary punishment , it must be imposed with the greatest care.

Issue: Communications

What is your position on conditioning the grant of di g ital television licenses to broadcasters on their adherence to public interest regulations which ensure that they ascertain community needs and interests and air programming which serves those needs and interests? Buchanan: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer

Comment: Communications

Buchanan: No Comment. Bush: Like most Americans , I am disturbed by the amount of violence, substance use, and explicit sex on television. I believe restoring decency to our coarsened culture is a goal that unites all Americans. To counter a culture that is robbing our children of their innocence, we need a renewal of sp irit in this country. As president, I

will work with entertainment leaders , advertisers , and others to encourage less violence , substance abuse , foul language , and sexuality. I also support efforts to persuade producers of television to reserve at least the firs t hour of prime time in their schedules as "famil y time. " Ultimate l y, however, it must be parents and other concerned Americans that enforce "famil y time " in their homes. The sing le greatest protective factor at work in kids ' lives is a strong famil y connection. Parents are the firs t and best defense against exposure to violent and unhealth y images, and they must closel y supervise and limit their children 's media exposure . Holl ywood should produce more famil y-friendl y programming, but parents should take more responsibility for what their children watch and read and hear. Government can hel p with tools like V-chip technology and Internet filtering software for schools and libraries that receive federal funds. As president , I will use my bull y pul pit to urge parents and others to avail themselves of these new technolog ies. I will also remind entertainment leaders that their actions have consequences. I will urge them to voluntaril y limit violent and sexual images and also to imp lement a clearer set of ratings for television shows, movies , music and video games. This isn 't government censorshi p, which I oppose , but social responsibility and self-restraint and good corporate citizenship. Working together, we can find sensible, famil y-friendl y ways to curb excessive material and to set a positive tone for America. Gore: No Comment.

Issue: Low-income families

What is your position on the federal government providing financial resources to low-income families through the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act (TANF), which would reward work , protect the vulnerable, and provide support for those who are beyond the 5-year time limit imposed by the 1996 Welfare Reform law? Buchanan: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer Legislation which would increase the minimum wage to insure workers and their families could live above the poverty level? Buchanan : Support Bush: No answer Gore: No answer Leg islation which would provide increased access to affordable , quality child care and programs for early child development? Buchanan : Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer Legislation to expand tax relief to low-income working families with children, for example, refundable children 's tax credit and/or an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit(EJTC)? Buchan an: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer Leg islation that increases financial assistance to provide greater access to decent , affordable housing ? Buchanan: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer

Comment: Low-income families

Buchanan: My belief is that almost all social welfare and poverty programs-under the princi ple of subsidiarity-should go back to the states, along with the funds to finance them. Bush: First , I believe educational excellence is the surest path to security and prosperity in the 21st century. Educating our children is the most important thing we will ever do, and we must get it ri ght. My education reform plan brings hi gh standards and accountability to low-income schools , turning them into eng ines of mobility. Second , I believe tax relief will keep our economy strong, provide more jobs , and hel p strugg ling families on the outskirts of poverty. Third , my New Prosperity Initiative will tear down barriers to the middle class for families caug ht between poverty and prosperity by 1) rewarding work with smart tax relief, 2) boosting access to affordable health care, 3) expanding homeownershi p, and 4) promoting savings and personal wealth. I support raising the minimum wage as long as states are given flexibility not to price entry-level workers out of the market. As governor, I have consistentl y supported initiatives that boost access to affordable , hi gh-quality childcare and earl y childhood learning. As president, I want to support working families b y doubling to $1 ,000 the current per-child tax credit , letting parents keep more of their hard-earned wages, significantl y reducing the marriage penalty, and improving existing programs that expand childcare options for low-income parents. Gore: Providing the tools for self-sufficiency is central to Al Gore' s vision for America. The Clinton-Gore Administration took on this challenge to reform the welfare system and they succeeded. They transformed welCANDIDATES, page 9

erl y, and believe all human life has immeasurable dignity and should be protected from the moment of conception until natural death. Gore : No Comment.

Issue: Food and agriculture

What is your position on amending current farm policy to make it more favorable to family owned and operated farms , including the provision of a safety net in times of low prices or natural disasters ? Buchanan: Support Bush: No answer Gore: No answer

Comment: Food and agriculture

Buchanan: Also , trade can be structured to preserve the famil y farm . Bush: America ' s farmers , ranchers , processors and field workers are the best in the world. The best way to Vice President Al Gore Governor George W. Bush Patrick Buchanan ensure a strong agricultural sector is through a more market-driven approach that allows our farmers to full y parobtain their cells for experimentation (embryonic stem cell tici pate in the world economy. Two major components of research)? the 1996 Farm Bill are giving farmers increased planting ÂŚ Buchanan : Oppose Bush: No answer Gore : No answer Continued from page 8 flexibility and eliminating annual supp ly management programs. When the 1996 Farm Bill was passed and signed by President Clinton , farmers were promised fare to a system that requires work in exchange for timeBuchanan: No comment. increased investment in research for new agriculture limited assistance. As a result , the welfare rolls hav e fallBush: I oppose using federal funds to perform fetal tistechnolog ies, regulatory and tax relief and expanded en by more than half , resulting in the fewest number of sue research from induced abortions. Taxpayer funds trade . Unfortunately, the Clinton-Gore Administration people on welfare since 1968. Most importantl y, millions should not underwrite research that involves the destruction has ignored these commitments , failed to pass crucial of people have moved from welfare to work. The next of live human embryos. funding for high priority agricultural research , and critical phase of welfare reform is to promote responsible Gore: Al Gore believes stem cell research can have an opposed much needed tax relief for rural America , fatherhood and ensure that those who owe child support enormous beneficial impact on our ability to treat disease. including eliminating the estate tax , which is vitall y meet their responsibilities , to provide those who have left He supports federa l funding for stem cell research, but will important to maintaining our nation 's family farms. the rolls with the support they need to stay off , and to ensure that it is conducted under strict ethical guidelines to Gore: Al Gore understands food quality security help those remaining on the rolls move into work . Al ensure that the embryos are not created for the purpose of relies on supporting famil y farming and rural communiGore ' s plan to move families into work includes a role this research. ties. The "Freedom to Farm Act " devised by the not onl y for government , but also for local communities , Republicans is seriousl y flawed , as shown by continuing faith-based and community organizations , and the private low prices and yearly battles for emergency aid. Al Gore sector. And to ensure that people who work can make a What is your position on strengthening federal regulation believes we need to shore up the safety net that supports decent living, Gore supports raising the minimum wage of pesticides to insure the protection of children 's hecdth, or famil farmers , stabilizing farm income on a year-to-year y and expanding support under the Earned Income Tax increasing the federal role in protecting children f rom envibasis and achieving revenue stability within the growing Credit (EITC)-a central pillar of the Administration ' s ronmentally-related disease ? year throug h federall y backed insurance policies. The fight to eliminate poverty and make work pay. EITC has Buchanan: No answer Bush: No answer Gore: No answer establishment of a permanent yet flexible safety net helped reduce poverty and child poverty rates to their would hel farmers pay for the costs of production if p lowest levels since before the Reagan era. In 1998 , EITC Buchanan: Clearl y there is a federal role in keep ing crop prices fal l, or if farmers suffer unexpected low was directl y responsible for lifting 4.3 million peop le out hazardous wastes and chemical s out of the environment. Adequate credit should be available to hel p farmyields. of poverty. Al Gore is seeking to expand the EITC to proBut the EPA has plenty of money to do its job. ers get started and to get by throughout the growing year. vide tax relief to 6.8 million working familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in addiBush: A successful 21st century environmental Gore's agenda for rural areas goes beyond fa rming, policy howtion to the 14 million families who have alread y received requires a leader who can reach across partisan lines and ever, to ensure the education , health care and transportaa tax cut from EITC. bridge political differences. I hav e proposed a comprehen- tion necessary for rural Americans to enjoy a high qualisive agenda to encourage more clean-up and redevelop- ty of life. What is your positio n on legislation to provi de f inancial ment of brownfields , to promote local and private conserassistance to all parents with respect to education tax cred- vation of land and rare species, and to ensure that the fedWhat is your position on legislation to restrict the misuse of its or tax free savings accounts for the educational expens- eral government , which is the country 's largest polluter , handguns through child safety locks? complies with all environmental laws. America has entered es of 'K -12 schooling ? All three candidates: No answer a new era that requires a new philosop hy of public stewBuchanan: Support Bush: No answer Gore: No answer Education vouchers!scholarships to pay all or part of the ardshi p and personal and corporate responsibility. Government must inspire public stewardship, and all cost of their children 's K-12 schooling ? Buchanan: Anyone who purchases a hand-gun or rifle Americans must be carefu l and conscientious in using our should be aware of its possible misuse-and should personBuchanan: Support Bush: No answer Gore : No answer What is your positio n on leg islation to provide f inancial natural resources. I am confident economic prosperity and ally make sure it is safe and secure from children. support for services to all elig ible private and religious environmental protection can and must go hand-in-hand. I Bush: I favor voluntary efforts to equip all new handfavor a system that rewards innovation and results. As pres- guns with child safety locks, and if Congress passed legschool students with disabilities? ident , I will set high environmental standards and clear islation mandating trigger locks for all new handguns , I Buchanan: Support Bush: No answer Gore : No answer environmental expectations , and I will work to provide would sign it. But requiring child safety locks on every market-based incentives to develop the new technolog ies new gun sold is not enough. That's why I recentl y Buchanan: U.S. Department of Education should be and approaches for American s to meet - and exceed -those announced "Project ChildSafe ," a $650 million initiative shut down. Return money to states. Maximum amount of standards. to make fre e child safety locks available for every sing le parental involvement and choice in primary and secondary Gore: Al Gore has challenged America to make the one of the estimated 65 million handguns in America. education. next 10 years the Environmental Decade , making I've already started the program in Texas, allocating $5 Bush: Educating our childre n is the most important unprecedented progress in cleaning our air, .water and million to provide a free child safety lock for parents thing we will ever do , and we must get it ri ght. We will soil; cracking down on polluters; develop ing cleaner wanting to make their homes safer. Generally, I believe never be the nation we should be until every child in sources of energy and curbing the risk of global climate the best way to reduce gun violence is to vigorously prosAmerica is educated and no child is left behind. I have change; protecting our forest , rivers , public lands , and ecute those who illegally sell guns , those who illegall y proposed expanding education savings accounts, to allow wildlife; and encourag ing smarter growth and livable carry guns , and those who illegally commit crimes with families or individuals to contribute annuall y up to communities. Al Gore is proposing a new Energy guns. My administration will aggressively enforce feder$5 ,000 per child in an account. Parents will be permitted Security and Environment Trust - a bold and unprece- al gun laws and focus its efforts onleeping guns out of to withdraw funds without being taxed on any gains or dented commitment to achieve an even more prosperous the hands of criminals and juveniles. interest earned to use for education-related purposes -- economy, powered by cleaner, more reliable energy, in a Gore: As a member of Congress and as vice president , from kindergarten to college and beyond - in public , pri- healthy, trul y livable environment. He knows choosing Al Gore has fought to keep dangerous guns out of the vate , religious or home schools. I reject the soft bigotry between the economy and the environment is a false hands of criminals while protecting the ri ghts of lawof low expectations and believe any school that receives choice. In the long run , we can never have one without abiding gun owners. He has supported a ban on assault federal funds must measure student improvement to hel p the other. That is why he has worked to protect the envi- weapons , worked to pass the Brady Bill , and fought to close the achievement gap. Under my plan , if a child ronment in a way that is market-based and realistic , and close the gun show loophole - so everyone who wants to remains trapped in a persistentl y failing school that fails does not lead to economic cooling. buy a handgun has to prove they are legally eligible. Gore to improve after three years, the federal funds would be has been a vocal advocate for keeping guns out of our g iven directly to the parent s to make the best decision on schools and requiring child safety locks on all new guns. y our position on leg islation that would allow a how to educate their child, including mentoring, tutoring, What is As president , Gore would require every handgun buyer hysician to prescribe drugs specificall y to assist in the suior selecting another public , charter or private school. p obtain a photo license, after passing a background check pat ients diagnosed as terminally ill? When I am president , the federal government will no cide of and safety test; ban so-called "junk guns" specifical l y Buchanan: Oppose Bush: No answer Gore: No answer longer pay schools to cheat poor children. made and sold f or crime; and raise the minimum age of Gore: No comment. gun ownership from 18 to 21. He would also take steps to oppose efforts to provide special protection for gun manBuchanan : No Comment. ufactures and fight against efforts to loosen existing limlife. 1 respects build a culture that Bush: I want to What is your position on using fed eralfunds for research its on concealed weapons. eldboth the unborn and the , the sanctity of life believe in to that involves the destruction of live human embryos

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Pilgrims attend canonizations

Above left, a large portrait of Blessed Mary Josephine Bakhita was prominently displayed in St. Peter's Square for the Oct. 1 canonization of the Sudan native and others, notably 120 Chinese martyrs including two Salesian missionaries. A Canossian Sister, St. M. Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped as a child and spent years as a slave . Canossian Sister Maria Hsu, director of Chinese Ministry, and 12 pilgrims of the Archdiocese attended the three-hour event in the pouring rain. "We had a great view," said Sister Hsu, "we were in the tenth row. This was a wonderful opportunity to partici pate in the canonization of so many who gave their lives for the faith so it could be spread to us. " Gathering outside the Sistine Chapel (above right) are Sister Hsu; Patricia Pon, Star of the Sea , San Francisco; Carol Cheung, Holy Family Mission, San Francisco; Theresa Pon (background), Star of the Sea , San Francisco; Ester Friera , St. Stephen; Lorna Young, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Daly City; a tour guide; Helen Pankaew, St. Augustine, South San Francisco; Catherine Chen, St. Thomas the Apostle, San Francisco and Apolonia Risano , Epiphany, San Francisco. Bottom right, Salesian Father Bernard Dabbene, vicar for pastoral ministry, blesses pilgrims at the San Francisco airport before their departure — from left, Sister Maria Hsu; Helen Jong of Lafayette Holiday Travel; and Catherine Chen.

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For new Canossian saint

Sudan rig hts activist , Bishop Gassis, to deliver homily

By Evelyn Zapp ia Hailed by many, including U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albri ght , as the voice of Sudan 's voiceless , Bishop Macram Max Gassis of the El Obeid Diocese there will be visiting the Bay Area Nov. 2-5 and is scheduled to be the homilist at a Nov. 5 Mass of Thanksg iving at St. Mary 's Cathedral in memory of St. M. Josephine Bakhita's, Sudan 's first saint. Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at the 11 a.m. Mass which will be special one for the local Daughters of Charity of Canossa (Canossians) community of which the new Sudanese saint was a member. "It is wonderful to have our own saint canonized in this time of religious persecution ," Bishop Gassis said , regarding St. Josephine Bakhita 's canonization by Pope John Paul II on Oct. 1 at the Vatican. St. Bakhita , a victim of slavery and racism in Sudan, died as a Canossian

nosed with cancer and traveled to the U.S. for treatment. Here he learned the Sudanese government had barred his return , indicting him for criticizing the country 's human rights record . His address to The Peninsula Chapter of the World Affairs Council of Northern a. California, titled "The Hidden Holocaust: o Human Rights Abuses in the Sudan," will focus on the more than two million lost 5 o y lives and the more than four million disp laced in the war waged by the government of Sudan against its own people in Bishop Macram Max Gassis (left) is the south, according to members of the greete d by Archbishop Levada local group. The address is scheduled Nov. 3 at Stanford University, Palo Alto. For during the Sudanese bishop 's May, more information , call (415) 293-4600. 1999 visit to the Bay Area. Bishop Gassis will preach and Archbishop Bishop Gassis ' Bay Area appearances Levada preside at a Nov. 5 Mass comare part of a coast-to-coast tour of the U.S. memorating the Oct. 1 canonization of and Canada to garner support for the" needs Canossian Sister M. Josephine Bakhita . of the populations of southern and central Sudan, organizers of the events said. During their Nov. 13-16 annual meeting in the late 1940s. Sister in Italy In 1990 the Bishop Gassis was diag- in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Catholic bishops are expected to endorse a statement , "Sudan 's Cry for Peace," drafted by the bishops ' International Policy Committee. It says all sides in "the cruel , fratricidal conc/l

Former Pacifica teacher taken by death Providence Sister Mary Josephine Suelzer died at her community 's Karcher Hall in St. Mary of the Woods, Ind . on Oct. 5. She was 91. Sister Suelzer, a native of Fort Wayne, Ind., taught at Pacifica's Good Shepherd Elementary School from 1980-85 as well as at schools staffed by her community in Missouri, the District of Columbia, and her home state. She was a member of the faculty at St. Mary of the Woods College for 27 years, seven as academic dean. Sister Suelzer would have celebrated her 70th year as a Sister of Providence in February.

"Sister Mary Josephine was one of our most brilliant women, a Classics scholar and a voracious reader," said Providence Sister Nancy Reynolds, associate director of the Canon Law Department of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. "She had a veiy warm personality and was a very personable person. She loved it in Pacifica when she was there." A vigil service was held on Oct. 9 and a funeral Mass celebrated on Oct. 10 with interment in the Cemetery of the Sisters of Providence. Remembrances may be made to the Sisters of Providence, 675 Chestnut Ave., San Bruno, 94066.

Choir... ¦ Continued from cover for the explanation. The celebration was both a privilege and a challenge for St. Mary 's music director, Christoph Tietze. The choir was assigned to sing with the Vatican choir during the Mass and provide an upbeat recessional piece congruous with the World Mission Sunday. Pope John Paul II used the occasion to reiterate the theme of his pontificate: "Do

flict in Sudan ... are imp licated in egreg ious human rights abuses." Responding to repeated p leas of Sudan 's bishops , notabl y Bishop Gassis, for peace and an end to the government 's campaign of terror against Christians , the statement seeks to arouse greater attention by the U.S. government and the international community to the 16-year war. In February Bishop Gassis received the 12th annual William Wilberforc e Award from Prison Fellowship. The award honored the bishop for efforts to raise awareness of reli gious persecution in Sudan , according to Chuck Colson, the former Watergate figure who heads Prison Fellowshi p Ministries. Bishop Gassis remains wanted b y the Sudanese government because of his testimony before the U.S. Congress about atrocities committed by that government. He is unable to travel to the northern half of his diocese, which is controlled by the fundamental Islamic government of Sudan . For more information on Bishop Gassis and his Sudan Relief and Rescue charitable foundation , visit the Web site: www.peter.svoice.com. not be afraid; open the doors to Christ " and to urge Catholics throughout the world to commit themselves to a new evangelization. The message was particularl y meaningful for Nora Uyeda, who entered the Catholic Church the day before left with the choir for Ital y. Uyeda, whose daug hter sings in the girls' choir, said she her conversion was in large part due to the example and care of her children 's parochial school teachers. "They never put any pressure on me," she said. "They simply lived their faith and showed me how the Catholic Church reaches out into the community."

Keynote speaker Paulist Father Brett Hoover a utographs a copy of his book , Losing Your Religion: Finding Your Faith.

Fall Fest young adult prilgrims — some 300 of them — walked fro m the campus of Dominican University to St. Raphael Church in San Rafael for Mass. Auxiliary Bishop dohn C. Wester presided.

Fall Fest 2000

Record numbers at annual young adult gathering

By Sister Christine Wilcox, O.E With a record registration of 315 peop le , Fall Fest 2000 brought together Catholic young adults from the Bay Area including the Archdiocese of San Francisco as well as the San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Oakland dioceses with even some folks up from Southern California and a partici pant all the way from Virginia! Fall Fest, it seems, trul y addresses a great need in the Church . Upon learning that the previous Fall Fest venue , the University of San Francisco, was unavailable , the core planning team decided to host Fall Fest 2000 at Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Concerned that moving "over the brid ge " fewer peop le would attend , we were grateful to discover the brid ge could do just what its supposed to: bring people together; lots of people. . The Fourth Annual Fall Fest, "Life:, A Jubilee Journey," continued the tradition of young adults ministering to and with one another in the name of their Church. The core team of 13 young adult volunteers began working together in April at a planning retreat. Noting this special Year of Jubilee , the team decided to create an event which would include workshops about how Jubilee is not just a one-year event, but can be a way of Christian life — that life, itself, is a jubilee journey toward fuller integration

of our faith and that we travel it together. Father Bob Haberman , director of Campus Ministry at Dominican University, invited us to use the campus full y to accentuate the nature of pilgrimage. The participants at Fall Fest journeyed from one building to another for the events of the day. We began al Angelico Hall with prayer and the keynote address by Paulist Father Brett Hoover, national coordinator for the Paulists' new young adult endeavor and author of Losing Your Relig ion; Finding Your Faith, a groundbreaking book on young adult spirituality. Father Hoover suggested that we are all on a journey to f uller freedom from whatever holds us captive, physically, emotionally, or spirituall y and offered insi ghts on how to become more free. Our journey continued on to Guzman Hall for the workshops on topics such as "Forgiven for Life" by Dominican Sister Rebecca Shinas; "Sex, Love and Marriage" by Pam and Walt Birdsall who addressed Catholic relationships; "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Catholics" by Scott Moyer whose PowerPoint presentation helped partici pants see how we can become more proactive in our faith . Other presenters included Presentation Sister Monica Miller, Deacon Jim Myers, Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan, Jesuit Father Bemie Bush, Tara Carr and Kathleen Buckley and the ever-popular Father David Pettingill. San Rafael residents were surprised to

Three members of Fall Fest's core planning team work on pre-event decorations , from left: Vicky Otto , pastoral associate at St. Raphael Parish; Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox , head of the archdiocesa n Office of Young Adult Ministry; and Tony Chan of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, San Francisco.

aged partici pants and those parishioners who welcomed us to full y engage in our faith. Many noted the pil grimage walk to and from St. Raphae l as a highli ght of the day because it provided time to get to know one another and to be a visible witness to the Holy Spirit alive in our world. Back at Dominican in yet another building, Caleruega Hall , the sharing, storytelling, and much laughter continued over dinner followed by a rocking dance where many participants showed off their swing dance talents. I want to thank the many volunteers whose generous participation as greeters, registrants , decorators , planners , exhibitors , and speakers created a day of faithfu l celebration of our rich Catholic tradition. 1 offer special gratitude to the core team chaired by Mary Jansen and consisting of the following young adults: Kendra Amerson, Melissa Andrews, Tony Chan , Kail Gonzalez, Monica Gonzalez, Tiffany Fall Fest pilgrims gather on the Hoover, Karen Kimble, Frank Lavin , Vick y steps of St. Raphael Church. Otto, Molly Pedersen , and Rachel Penalosa. see 300 people process peacefull y and joy- Indeed the Church is blessed with many full y past their homes on the pilgrimage to generous, talented young adults ready and St. Raphael Church where the celebration willing to share the gifts with which God continued with prayer before the Holy Door has blessed them. We look forward to next and Mass with Bishop John C. Wester and year and the fifth annual gathering of Bay Area Catholics at Fall Fest 2001. Father Paul Rossi , pastor. Bishop Wester's homily and the musical accompaniment by the St. Dominic Parish Sister Wilcox directs the archdiocesan Office of Young Adult Ministry. young adult contemporary choir encour-

Four members of religious orders headed a Fall Fest dialogue titled "What 's Call Got To Do With It? " From left: Presentation Sister Jill Stapleton, a novice; Dominican Brother Robert King, a seminarian; Oblate Father Brian Crawford, regional vocations directo r of the Oblates of St. Joseph; and Mercy Sister Sandy Prucha , a counselor at Mercy High School, San Francisco.

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I Guest editorial

Mystery of holiness f ound in j oyfu l spiri t

The following commentary is written by Father John Catoir, a columnist for Catholic News Service. It provides insights appropriate to the "Grief ministry " supp lement in this week 's Catholic San Francisco. When bad things happen to us, we often ask, Why? Why did God allow it? Why me? Classical theology tells us that God's infinite wisdom transcends our immediate needs. He often leaves us puzzled, confused , angry and unsatisfied. In this state of emotional pain , he lets us try to figure it out for ourselves. It took St. Augustine a long time to understand that "our hearts are restless until they rest in thee, Oh Lord." He came to realize that God has a secret plan . God wants us to be happy, but to get us there he lets us stew in our own soup until we learn how much we need him. Granted, sometimes things get worse before they get better, but the Lord wants our trust. Things turn around when we really trust him. Jesus gave us some stark advice: "Unless you die to yourself you cannot live.... Take up your cross and follow me." He said this so that our joy might be full. This brings us to the ultimate mystery of holiness. Is holiness living a gloomy life on earth in the hopes of being rewarded later in heaven? Or is it something more splendid? When Jesus said, "I have told you all this that your joy may be complete," I take him at his word. He doesn 't want us to live naiTow lives, afraid of our own shadow. All through the Gospels, Jesus practically begs us not to be afraid: "In this world you will have many troubles , but cheer up, I have overcome the world.... Be not afraid.... Be of good cheer." It 's true our hearts will be restless until they rest in the Lord , but once we discover him as a partner in life everything changes. Christian life is meant to be much more than mere passive resignation to God's will. Once you find the Lord, once you understand the truth that he alone will be your strength and your joy, something wonderful happens. A new kind of jo y, and peace, which the world cannot give, fills your soul. For me, the mystery of holiness is not found in a resigned , miserable spirit, but in a joyous one. Joyful acceptance is far superior to dour resignation. Blessed Julian of Norwich put it beautifully: "The greatest honor you can give to almighty God, greater than all your mortifications, is to live gladly, joyfully, because of the knowledge of God's love." Hidden in the depths of the human heart is a mysterious power that enables us to plug into God's life. Those who plug in successfully are the holy ones. Their joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a perfect example. She had a life filled with many sacrifices and mortifications , but above all she was a woman of joy, and she taught her sisters to be joyful. When asked about the criteria she used in accepting candidates to her religious order, she said: "I approve every one of them myself. If they are happy I take them in , if they are not happy, I send them home." This may sound severe, but it is very wise. The mystery of holiness is found in a joyful spirit.

I am writing to you as chair of Women 's Interfaith Dialogue on the Middle East, a San Francisco Bay Area organization dedicated to bring ing men and women from different back grounds together to share and learn about Middle East issues affecting peace in that area. We are horrified as we watch the continuing violence and hear the statements of leaders hurling accusations at each other as innocent people continue to die. It is time to slop the "blame game". What is so frustrating about the present situation is that a peace settlement has seemed so close. We must speak out as forcibl y as we can to urge Israeli and Palestinian leaders back to the negotiating table to work out their differences. The alternative is continued bloodshed in a struggle in which there ¦ can be no winners. Lorraine Honig San Francisco

Entanglement?

Vivian Dudro 's Oct. 13 column properly raises the question of "government entanglements " for Catholic schools, should Proposition 38 pass. Proposition 38 is the initiative which would allow $4,000 per child as a voucher from the state for parents with children in private schools. In forming a right conscience, Catholics do well to assess the potential for state regulation as part of the process of deciding how to vote. Proposition 38 contains a provision designed to prevent undue interference. Existing state law (as of Jan. 1, 2000) and existing local law (as of Nov. 1 , 2000) will remain in effect. Any amendment by the state will require approval by three quarters of the Legislature and any change in local law or regulation will be limited to health , safety, and land use with requisite approval by two thirds of the governing authority and majority vote of its citizenry. In this light, apprehension about undue interference b y government seems overdrawn. Voters may confirm this information by referring to the Legislative Analyst's impartial exposition in the "Official Voter Information Guide ," page 33, or to the text of the proposed law itself. Deke Welch San Rafael

depend on life itself for their existence and exercise, the failure to recognize the right to life undermines the effort to advance any other rights. "Bringing a respect for human dignity to practical politics can be a daunting task. There is such a wide spectrum of issues involving the protection of human life and the promotion of human dignity. Good people frequentl y disagree on which problems to address, which policies to adopt and how best to app ly them. But for citizens and elected officials alike, the basic principle is simple: We must begin with a commitment never to intentionally kill , or collude in the killing, of any innocent human life , no matter how broken , unformed , disabled or desperate that life may seem" (Living the Gospel of Life, 21). It is deeply disturbing to hear candidates and public officials express their commitment to human rights , yet ignore the rights of an entire segment of humanity — the unborn — to even exist. How can one be a public servant while turning his or her back on an entire segment of the public that is being destroyed? Father Frank Payone National Director, Priests for Life Staten Island , New York

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Turning backs on life

"Calls to advance human rights are illusions if the right to life itself is subject to attack" (U.S. bishops , "Faithful Citizenshi p," 1999). Our elected officials are obli ged to do their best to advance all human rights. Our bishops point out , however, the common sense insight that because all ri ghts

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'GOP decep tion '

There is a big deception that somehow a vote for Republicans would stop abortion — as per letter writer Frank Hegarty, Sept. 22. The reasoning for this is false. The opposite is true. An act of abortion is murder —a mortal sin. No way your vote can assure such an act not happening. This Republican deception in effect is a "cover-up" for the number of murders, torture and killing among the vast poor civilian populations in Panama, Nicaragua , Guatemal a, EI Salvador, Chile, East Timor, Cambodia. Most were poor, uneducated , and barel y making a living. Lies in U.S.A. were that it was to stop "Marxists". No question about this 40-year verifiable horrible history. You reall y would stop murder b y rejecting every Republican candidate . Randale Montalvo San Francisco

One-issue thoug hts

Dominic Intravia states, "I cannot have one issue control my vote. I'll go Democratic and be happy" (Letters, Oct 13). Is your "one issue voting " a matter of party loyalty based on what the Democratic party used to stand for but now onl y pays lip service to? What decisions of Ju stices Thomas and Scalia do you find fault with? Perhaps only on one issue, pro life? What issues do you find more important than the right to life of an innocent unborn child? R. Lillis San Francisco LETTERS, page 14

The Catholic Diff erence

Nov. 7's implications for abortion In a recent conversation with the National Catholic Register, former Carter administration cabinet officer Joseph Califano argued that the abortion license should not be decisive for Catholic voters because "it 's not the only issue." Indeed, Califano, a practicing Catholic , "[doesn 't] think it has to be the most importan t issue." The bish ops of the United States, he noted, had laid out "a whole series of issues" in their 1999 statement, "Faithful Citizenship," from which Califano concluded that "it 's inappropriate for Republicans or Democrats to have a litmu s test." Auxiliary Bishop William Murphy of the Archdiocese of Boston reads "Faithful Citizenship " quite differently. Writing in his archdiocesan paper, Bishop Murphy acknowledged there are multiple threats to the dignity of human life: euthanasia, frequent resort to the death penalty, extreme poverty, racial and ethnic war. But then he drew a bright line: "I fail to understand how any Catholic can support a candidate who is outspokenly and unambiguously 'pro-choice,' who supports the idea that the child in the womb is the property of the mother to be disposed of at will, and [who] will make appointments to the Supreme Court that will reinforce the tremendous error of Roe v. Wade." Bishop Murphy, I suggest , has a much clearer understanding of the choice before us on Nov. 7 than Mr. Califano. The Clinton-Gore administration , otherwise notable for the elasticity of its policy convictions , has indefatigably and unswervingly promoted abortion-on-demand. Minutes after his 1993 inauguration , the president signed five executive orders deepening the government 's

involvement with abortion. At the 1994 Cairo world population conference , the administration tried to have abortion-on-demand proclaimed a "fundamental ri ght " on a par with reli gious freedom and freedom of speech. The president has consistentl y vetoed a ban on partialbirth abortion , a form of infanticide the American Medical Association termed "barbaric." The president and vice president recentl y welcomed the Food and Drug Administration 's approval of RU486, the chemical abortifacient that Congressman Chris Smith rightl y labeled "baby pesticide." Addressing the Democratic National Convention , Mr. Gore promised to impose a stringent litmus test on his Supreme Court appointments; any justice he nominates must defend Roe v. Wade and its declaration of a constitutionall y-guaranteed "right " to aborti on. The next president will likely appoint three, perhaps four, Supreme Court justices. If those justices agree with Mr. Gore that American s have a right to commit lethal violence for private purposes — which is what Roe v. Wade holds — that will almost certainl y end the legal debate over abortion for a generation or more. Such a decision would poison other aspects of our public life, including the debates over euthanasia, the myriad issues raised by the new biotechnologies , and the legal status of the severely handicapped. Abortion is not the only issue. But the concept of freedom as personal willfulness , on which the abortion license rests, is the issue beneath many of the gravest questions on the national agenda — and that notion of freedom has no standing in Catholic social ethics. Gov. Bush ought to have made the fault line on these

issues more apparent during the campai gn. The governor 's waffle on RU-486 during the first presidential debate was not helpful. And while Mr. Bush frequentl y says exactly the right thing about the pro-life goal ("an America in which every child is welcomed in life and protected in law"), it can sound at times more like a scripted sound bite than a passionate conviction — which is odd , for those who know him say that Gov. Bush is committed to the pro-life cause as a matter of moral principle. Would a Supreme Court reshaped by Bush nominees declare Roe wrongly decided? Perhaps not. But it would not set Roe in constitutional concrete. That is precisely what Mr. Gore has pledged to do. That pledge carries with it a profound danger — that , in the America of the 21 s' century, the strong, wealthy, and well-positioned will decide whether the weak, "useless," and troublesome have a sufficient "quality of life" to merit being permitted to live. That, and the continued slaughter of the unborn innocents in the name of the sexual revolution , is what is at stake on Nov. 7. And that, from a Catholic perspective, is the issue that trumps all other issues.

George Weigel

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

Guest Commentary

Proposition 38 and Church teaching In November , California citizens will vote on Proposition 38 (the Draper Initiative) that is fully titled , "The National Average School Funding Guarantee and Parental Ri ght to Choose Quality Education Amendment." Context: The Administrative Board of the U.S. Catholic bishops recently published "Faithful Citizenship " to provide a moral lens for the upcoming national and local elections and ballot measures. It begins with this important centerpiece: "The year 2000 marks a great spiritual milestone and offers an important civic challenge. For Christians , this year represents the coming of the Great Jubilee , marking the 2,000th anniversry of the birth of Jesus Christ. For U.S. citizens, this year brings the election of those who will lead our government into the new century and a new millennium... (T)hese two events bring special responsibilities and opportunities." This new millennium , the bishop write, requires "a new kind of politics focused more on moral principles than on latest polls, on the needs of the poor and vulnerable " and on the "pursuit of the common good more than the demand of special interests." This challenge brings with it certain questions , the bishops note: •How can we overcome the scandal of a quarter of our preschoolers living in poverty in the richest nation in the world? • How can our nation help parents raise their children with respect for life, sound moral values , a sense of hope, and an ethic of stewardship and responsibility? • How can society better support families in their moral roles and responsibilities , offering them real choices and financial resources to obtain quality education? As members of the Catholic community, we enter the public forum to act on our moral convictions. Althoug h our moral framework does not easily fit the categories of right or left , Democratic or Republican , we are called to be a community of conscience within the larger society and thus add our values to the dialogue over our common future.

With this perspective, "Faithful Citizenshi p " comments, "The education of children is a fundamental parental responsibility. Educational systems can support or undermine parental efforts to educate and nurture children. No one model of education is appropriate to the needs of all persons. All parents —- the first , most important educators — should have the opportunity to exercise their fundamental right to choose the education best suited to the needs of their children , including private and religious schools. Families of modest means especially should not be denied this choice because of economic status. The government should , where necessary, help provide the resources required for parents to exercise this basic right without discrimination." Teaching of the Catholic Church: Vatican IPs "Declaration on Christian Education " (1965) teaches, "The role of parents in education is of such importance that it is almost impossible to provide an adequate substitute." John Paul II has reaffirmed this belief in Familiaris Consortio (1981): "the ri ght and duty of parents to educate their children are primordial and inalienable." (no. 3 6) The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994) teaches, "As those first responsible for the education of their children , parents have the right to choose a school for them which corresponds to their own convictions. This right is fundamental. As far as possible parents have the duty of choosing schools that will best help them in their task as Christian educators. Public authorities have the duty of guaranteeing this parental right and of ensuring the concrete conditions for its exercise." (no. 2229) Proposition 38 reflects these standards by upholding the right of parents to choose the appropriate educational setting for their childre n , whether that setting is a public , private or reli g ious school. Proposition 38 aims at assisting parents (not schools) who choose to send their children to non-state schools (or any of its subdivisions or agencies) with an annual scholarshi p (or a voucher/grant of $4,000 per child) if the child is a new enrollee and the

In light of the Church's teachings on education and the p rimordial rights of p arents, it seems Proposition 38 contains both strengths and weaknesses.

private or reli gious school is "qualified." To become a "qualior fied/qualify ing", '"scholarship-redeeming school," certain requirements are necessary: • The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color or national origin , or advocate unlawful behavior of any kind (this does not preclude the establishment of same-gender schools or classrooms). • The school does not deliberately prov ide false or misleading information about itself. •No person can contract with or be employed by the school who has been convicted of any felony or crime involving moral turpitude , any offense involving lewd or lascivious conduct, or any offense involving molestation or other abuse of a child. • The school must demonstrate proper accreditation , and students must meet admission requirements. • The school must prepare and distribute an annual financial statement. •The school must administer nationally accepted reference tests that are mandated for pupils in public schools. •The school must establish a code of conduct and discipline. In light of the Church's teachings on education and the primordial rights of parents, it seems Proposition 38 contains both strengths and weaknesses: From a point of strength: Proposition 38: • Demonstrates respect for the family by recognizing the parent as the primary educator. • Lends dignity to the profession of teaching in acknowledg ing the value of a sound education in our society. •Provides fairness for those who now are taxed twice because they send their child to a private or religious school. • Assists some low-income families by helping them send their children to a school of their choice. From a point of weakness, Proposition 38: PROPOSITION 38, page 15

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Father Gerald Coleman

Family Life

Hold breath and count to teen After a quarrel with his elder brother, my younger first time I let him ride his bike beyond our neighborson turned to me in exasperation. "He always wins," he hood , he came home sooner than I expected and announced , "You 're not going to believe this, but I just said , fighting back tears. "It's not fair." I agreed. It is not fair that one child is older and hit a car." I jumped up and gasped , "What? Are you okay?" bigger than the other. "But it 's foolish to fi ght with After I looked him over, "He has I said. your brother," ______^^_^^_ _^________^^_ he calmly explained that a car the advantage ri ght now, and had suddenly pulled out of a will for a while yet. You parking lot in front of him. The know, he 's about to become a driver had not seen him in time teen-ager," "Yeah," my younger son to stop. And as he was riding rather speedily down a hill, he replied bitterly, "and I can tell did not have time to stop either. he 's going to be one of those He crashed into the car's front right bumper, and the bad ones." in fact , become a teen-ager this impact sent him flying over the hood and into the street. My older son does, Fortunately, he was wearing a bike helmet. month. And like my younger son, I am finding the phe"That 's it," I was tempted to say. "I' m locking you nomenon a little intimidating. For one thing, the boy is within an inch or so of looking at me eye to eye. How in your room until you 're 35." But no boy can grow up can this be, when only yesterday I could scoop him up into a responsible and capable man while lounging on into my lap and kiss his "boo boos" away? his bunk and reading Tintin all day. There is no escaping Even more disturbing than his increasing size is the it; I have to let him go. deepening pool of trouble he can stir up for himself. The But how much to let go, and how soon? Neither my

.. .only yesterday I could scoop him up into my lap and kiss his 'boo boos' away....

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Those of us who spent our youth as Democratic Party enthusiasts have been waiting for some new ideas from that party about how to protect the unborn since Jimmy Carter was president. Instead, the leaders of the Democratic Party have become even more fanatical about extending the "license to kill" the unborn up until the full nine months. How can the current leaders of the party claim to be really concerned about children and youth when their solution to difficult pregnancies is "choice". America needs to show solidarity with women and children , not give women and children partial-birth abortion and RU-486 as a "solution". It seems the new motto of the leaders of the Democratic Party is "Give me liberty and give me death". When the Democratic Party (and its adjunct the Green party) come up with ways to protect the unborn , I'll consider voting for them. For now my conscience tells me to vote for them is to be complicit in a grave violation of human rights. Raymond Frost Daly City

If I could choose...

The follo wing reflection from a preborn child' s point of view was accepted as a letter to the editor: My mother plans to abort me on Tuesday, Nov. 7. I have no say in this matter. She is a strong believer in a woman's right to choose and has been active in this cause for many years. My father respects her decision and will drive her to the clinic right after they vote in the national election. If I had the right to choose, I would choose life. Wouldn't you? I would choose to live in this beautiful state with its won-

Fron t line . .. ÂŚ Continued from page 5 We hurry out of town in the early afternoon to avoid a funeral of a Palestinian killed in the riots. On the way out, three 10year-olds hurl stones at the bus from an alley. We make it through the tunnel road minutes before another closure is announced because of shooting. I'm traveling with Rabbi Avi Weiss who is spending the intermediate days of Sukkot

derful weather, soaring mountains , gleaming shores, and diverse population. I would play with friends and go to school to learn about this fascinating land where perhaps I could become famous scientist or study medicine and perhaps find a cure for cancer or AIDS. Maybe I could become a good baseball player and pitch for the Giants at PacBell Park . I would marry that pretty girl I met in college and we would raise a nice family and take vacations in Hawaii and Europe and drive a late model car. I would be proud to be an American and would be happy to care for my parents in their old age and live close to them so they could enjoy their grandchildren. I would name our little girl with the blond curls after my mother. I would do all of these things and more if onl y I had the right to choose. Please think of me and the 4,200 other unborn children who will be aborted in the United States on Election Day. Arthur J. Brew Mountain View

Dominus lesus lauded

As a convert to the Catholic faith , it never ceases to amaze me how unprepared many Catholics are to defend their faith or to understand the postulations set forth by their spiritual leaders. For example, there seems to be much opposition to the restatement of the basic convictions of the Church set forth in Dominus lesus because it is feared it will alienate other religions and threaten the ecumenical dialogue so essential to peaceful relations between the different religions - and world peace itself. However, having studied the major (and some minor) religions, members of which I have had the opportunity to dialogue with, the position of Dominus lesus is no different than most of the other major religions. For example, in a dialogue with faithful Muslims, they made no bones here in solidarity with the families of victims of the recent violence as well as those in communities at risk. Avi wants to go to Gilo, the Jerusalem neighborhood under attack from the adjacent village of Beit Jala. We meet Uri Bank, a young Gilo resident, at the police barricade closing off Anafa Street. We're able to talk our way onto the other side using my press card. This morning shots had again been fired at the homes on Anafa. By the time we arrive, a small convoy of private cars decked out in flags and signs is driving around the neighborhood. The

husband nor I have the answers because we have never raised a teen-ager before. We were teen-agers once, of course , but the world seems so much more dangerous now yivj an \y DudrO than when we were __________^__ young. I suppose we will be spending time on our knees and beseeching friends and relatives for advice. In a way, first-born s are experiments. We parents know so little about raising kids the first time around. So, my second son 's lot in life is not as grim as he thinks. For the moment his brother has the upper hand in the argument, but in the long run he will reap the benefit of his older brother 's, as well as his parents ', mistakes.

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages four to 13) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

about the fact they believe Mohammed is the last prophet and nothing supersedes his authority. In a dialogue with Mormons , they clearly stated that only those who are baptized in the spirit by one who has been anointed from the direct line of one of the Mormon prophets (of which there are now 12) will be saved. In a dialogue with a Baptist minister, it was made clear the Baptist perspective is the only true one. In dialogues with those of the Jewish faith , although there is a basic agreement on the Ten Commandments and monotheism, they admit they haven 't been convinced Jesus is the messiah. What does all this prove? It proves the Catholic Church is by no means alone in the conviction it is the true path to salvation. Yet, ironically, it is the only Church attacked for stating it. Secular influence is so powerful that Cardinal Ratzinger is rightfull y concerned it has infiltrated the Catholic Church with the attitude that "anything goes," "your truth is as good as mine," "what works for you," etc. - which dilutes the great body of truth stored in the Church and handed down from Jesus Christ, truth that transforms lives and leads to salvation. There is no reason why Dominus lesus should put an end to ecumenical dialogue. It doesn 't negate the basic belief most religions have in common (among other commonalties) that God is our father and we all look to his guidance to be transformed into his image and to transform the world. The definition of "ecumenism" isn't "we all melt together in one belief." My vote goes to Cardinal Ratzinger with a prayer for revival in the Catholic Church. Mary Pecci San Francisco I am writing in response to the letter written by the gentleman from San Bruno. His concern was in reference to

"Vatican says Catholic Christianity needed for salvation. " The gentleman stated he is a "bom again" Christian. For a man who is not a practicing Catholic, he speaks very Catholic. Is he angry with the Church? Probably so. If so why? I, too, am a born again Christian. More times than I can enumerate I've been bom again. Many times, I considered leaving the Catholic Church. I go over the list of possible choices. I always come back to the same one, the Catholic Church simply because I cannot phantom living without the Holy Eucharist. I cannot live without receiving the body and blood of Jesus Christ in holy Communion. I find strength, perseverance and the will to go in the life giving Body of Christ. I've had many ' opportunities , for lack of a better word, to leave the Church. Each time the Holy Spirit guided me to open my eyes, or was it my heart, to see the Church was not responsible for the pain. One or two persons belonging to the body of the Church, yes. I am an African American woman, bom on a farm in Louisiana in 1937. 1 saw my parents' tears. There is no pain comparable to the pain suffered by me and mine. Abuse did not stay at the door of the Church . It was brought inside, having hitched a ride in the hearts and souls of those people standing at the altar in the sanctuary. I sometimes stop and think to myself; why am I still in this religion? The answer comes almost immediately, the Blessed Sacrament. So I say to my "bom again" brother, every time I meet a crisis I am born again. When we step inside the house that affords the Church (people) a place to worship, we should go in with the attitude of giving of our hearts, souls, ourselves. Taking part in the celebration and contributing to the celebration of the holy Eucharist, I find that when I give of myself, I truly receive. The Hol y Spirit is always there to inspire and guide us. Theresa M. Guillany Foster City,

flags carry a message which is repeated to the foreign press by Gilo representatives. "We don't have any other country." Just about 50 yards in front of the apartment houses on Anafa sit two Israelii tanks. They sit there. They don't attack. They don 't shoot. They're just there. Uri, a reserve tank commander, is furious. "They 're not protecting anyone by just sitting there," he says. As we stand watching, cranes are unloading 10-foot high concrete blocks in front of the apartments. "This way the government can say they're doing

something. It's for decoration ," Uri comments. Gilo is now the new front line; 19-year-old border guard Shimon Ohana of Beersheva fights for his life after being shot in Gilo. Gilo is a 20-year-old residential area which occupies the highest point in Jerusalem. If Gilo weren't there, the front line would be in my back yard in Old Katamon. While we were in Hebron and Gilo, the ceasefire negotiated at Sharm completely disintegrated in Shechem. Looks like the front lines are rapidly closing in.

Born again, and again

LT J URGY & SCKIPTUKE The General Instruction 2000: what's happening? You will no doubt recall the confusion and concern that arose several months ago in rectories, sacristies, and liturgy committees in this Archdiocese and in dioceses throughout our country. The anxiety stemmed from publication of new rubrics in the celebration of Mass. The source of the rubrics was a study translation of a document written in Latin called the General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM), edition 2000. It seemed to some that those rubrics were to be put into effect immediately. This was not the case and is not the case. Hel pful clarifications soon arrived from the Bishops ' Committee on the Liturgy based in Washington , D.C. Their insights were of critical importance. The original Latin document was a draft. It was not yet universal law. It was not yet to be implemented. The English translation of it was also a draft , meant for study. The final and official Latin document was to be published this month . It now appears that it will not be available unti l spring. Although GIRM2000 will become universal law the moment it is published in the original Latin, one cannot implement what one cannot read, as Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb of Mobile recently explained. Archbishop Lipscomb is the chairman of the Bishops ' Committee on the Liturgy. He suggested that the U.S. bishops will ask for time for the official English translation to be prepared and time for teaching about the document to begin . Then the bishops of the United States will review the translation, vote to accept it, and request confirmation of that document for use in this

Sister Sharon McMillan , SND country by the Congregation for Divine Worship in Rome. Following the early weeks of confusion, many bishops who studied the unofficial translation realized that a few directives might not be pastorally useful for parishes in the United States. One example may be the new directives regarding the roles that eucharistic ministers now take during the Communion rite . Those roles were offered to eucharistic ministers in a document of liturgical guidelines approved by the bishops

of the United States more than 10 years ago. The document is called "This Hol y and Living Sacrifice " and its provisions are still in effect. When GIRM2000 is officially published and translated, how will these differing documents be understood? A likely scenario is this. Before any directives take effect, the bishops of our country will have an opportunity to write an appendix to this new GIRM, indicating areas in which liturgical practice in this country may differ from any of the rubrics in GIRM2000. As the bishops wrote an appendix to the first GIRM in 1969, they will now carefull y review pastoral practice in this country, inviting consultation with offices of worship, diocesan liturgical commissions, and other advisors. They may decide that some exceptions to the new GERM are called for. The bishops' goal of course is that parish celebrations of Sunday Eucharist may not in any way be diminished by the new directives but in fact may increase in renewed understanding, renewed prayerfulness, and renewed participation by all the faithful. As GIRM itself states: "It is of the greatest importance that the celebration of the Mass, the Lord's Supper, be so arranged that the sacred ministers and the faithful who take their own proper part in it may more fully receive its good effects." Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Jesus moves his followers from 'by the roadside' I genuinel y enjoy "Hokus-Focus " in the funnies section of the Sunday Examiner. You see two drawings , one above the other , and you are invited to notice six differences between the two pictures: anything from a different shirt collar, to a picture missing, to relocated furniture . When I am hitting on eight cylinders , I usuall y get all six , but there are days when I simply cannot see what lies before my eyes. As Catholics we can suffer a similar blindness , doing a zombie-like walk throug h with our lives, our eyes shut or at least partiall y shut to human experience , the only place where we can encounter God. This Sunday 's Liturgy of the Word proclaims th at there is Someone enabling us to see, the very agent for God's reign , who takes us from sitting "by the roadside" to starting to follow "him up the way." Jeremiah , our first reading, surprises us with its spirit of optimism. Usuall y when the title "A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah" is announced , we know we are in for it: "Violence and outrage is my message." (Jer 20: 8) But today we hear of restoration from exile and renewal for God's people: "Behold , I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst , the mothers and those with child; they shall return as an immense throng. They departed in tears, but 1 will console them and guide them; I will lead them to the brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble. For 1 am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my first-born." The words offer us hope for deliverance, a return home, none of us can accomplish for ourselves, we, "the blind," "the lame," "the mothers," and "those with child." This new exodus will see us seeing ourselves rescued by our loving God as we discover him present to us. Mark tells us that this wonder is present reality in the

Prop osition 38 . . . ¦ Continued from page 13 • Does not have a preferential option for the poor, lowincome families , or children with special needs, as all scholarships are distributed equally, regardless of economic or need status. • Provides an unfair opportunity to caricature all public schools as "war zones" of violence where teachers and students have comp letel y lost their moral direction . • Creates a situation of "option " where there could be a greater number of students seeking private or reli-

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52

Father David M. Pettingill ministry of Jesus prolonged in our communities of faith. The blind Bartimaeus , when first presented , is not a fol lower of Jesus but one who "sat by the roadside." When he hears that Jesus was passing, he calls him by the messianic title , "Jesus , son of David , have pity on me." His persistence in crying out in the face of those telling him to be silent merits Jesus ' address to him , '"What do you want me to do for you? ' The blind man replied to him , 'Master, I want to see.' Jesus told him , 'Go your way; your faith has saved you. '" For Mark , ending his section on discipleship (8:2210:52) the way he began it with the cure of a blind person , Jesus is constantl y at work in communities of faith to let them see where they are to move. This son of David is constantly engaging them in the real , gritty deeds of disci ples and enabling them to see these deeds coming from others and themselves. Thus he gives us gious schools than actual seats available , thus necessitating increased funding for private and religious schools. • Does not address the real problems of poorly performing schools and could have a negative impact on public schools if sufficient funds were not available to raise their educational and economic status. By seeking what is trul y for the common good and our democracy, taking into consideration the strengths and weaknesses of Proposition 38, we should remember this point in "Faithful Citizenship": "The call to faithful citizenship raises a fundamental question . What does it mean to be a believer and a citizen in the year 2000 and beyond? As Catholics, we can cele-

this notice as the Gospel reading concludes: "Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way (of disci pleship)." All this can happen to us because it is the priestly work of Jesus , maintains Hebrews, our second reading. The reading contrasts the Old Testament priesthood begun with Moses ' brother Aaron with that of Jesus: The Old Testament priesthood was inherited by birth into the priestly families, while the priesthood of Jesus was conferred on Jesus by God. The Old Testament priests atoned for their own sins as well as for those of the people, while Jesus , the sinless one, aton es only for others; the Old Testament high priest entered the Holy of Holies each year on the Day of Atonement, while Jesus entered the heavenly sanctuary once for all. This superior priesthood exercised b y Jesus in heaven before his God and Father empowers us at Sunday assembly to function before God with him. Identified with him, we begin to see how God is at work in our lives. The experiences of dail y living begin to yield up a consistent Presence, whom we begin to discern and whom we choose to follow. We seize opportunities we used to miss; we find sickness and bereavement y ielding up new dimensions: we discover we are hemmed in by an exquisite Providence who will not allow us to be lost . In the words of T.S. Elliot , we "know the place for the first time." Father David M. Pettingill is assistant to the moderator of the curia and parochial vicar at St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco. brate the Great Jubilee by recommitting ourselves to carry the values of the Gospel and Church teaching into the public square. As citizens, we can and must participate in the debates and choices over the values , vision, and leaders that will take our nation into (this) century. This dual calling of faith and citizenship is at the heart of what it means to be a Catholic in the United States (at) the beginning of (this) new millennium."

Sulp ician Father Gerald D. Coleman is p resident and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials, costs, exact locations and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087 or spl@att.net Preregistration is necessary for many of these programs. Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org . Oct. 31-Dec. 12 (Tues., 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.): History and Theology of the Mass with Father James McKearney, music director , St. Patrick Seminary. Includes Lector workshop with Kathy Carey; Eucharistic minister training by Doug Benbow; and class or eastern Christian Spirituality and Iconography with Father Damian Higgins. Junipero Serra High School. 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo Nov. 1- Dec. 13 (Wed., 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.): The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred with Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan, Catholic San Francisco columnist and associate professor , St. Patrick Seminary. Includes cours e in Eastern Experience of the Eucharist by Father David Anderson . Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan, SF Dec. 9: Lessons and Carols with the Schola Cantorum of the National Shrine of St. Francis of As sisi at St. Vincent Chapel, San Rafael. Holy Hour each Fri. 1 - 2 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Vallejo al Columbus , SF. Nov. 4: Detention/Prison Ministry conference , "Grace Behind Bars", with St. Joseph Sister Suzanne Jabro and Bishop John Wester at Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave. and Lawton, SF. Includes prayer, lunch, dialogue. 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALL0MBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto , Program Director. Nov. 4: "Experiencing God in the Seasons of Our Lives", a look at the natural cycle of the spirit and the seasons through Scripture and photography, with Carol Fowler. Nov. 4-5: "Remember and Forgive" , a silent retreat on healing life's hurts with Holy Ghost Father Tom Timmins. Discover the riches that are held in memories even memories considered painful or hurtful. Dec. 13: "He Came. So What?" an Advent opportunity to ponder what Christ 's coming means today. How can Christ's coming make a difference in you? Facilitated by Vallombrosa pastoral associate, Sister Toni Longo. 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. MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474

Jaizd Prayer 3rd Tues al 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia.Molloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 Calfornia at Grant , SF. Call (415) 288-3809 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

Social Justice/Respect Life Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by .struggling countries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or wefesher@aol.com. 3rd Sat.: Maryknoll Affiliates meet from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Maryknoll House, 2555 Webste r (between Pacific and B'way), SF to share faith and plan an action agenda. This is a group comparable to some religious communities' Third Orders made up of lay women and men interested in assisting the Maryknoll mission. Call Marie Wren at (415) 386-6600.

Prayer/Devotions Oct. 31: Healing Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel, San Leandro, 7 p.m. Father Richard Bain, director of the Ministry for Healing in the Archdiocese will preside. For information , (415) 663-1139. Nov. 5: Sunday evening prayer at St. Patrick Seminary chapel, a Jubilee Year pilgrimage site, 320 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park , 5:15 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Call (650) 325-5621. Also Nov.12, 19; Dec. 3. Nov. 5: Archbishop William J. Levada presides at a Mass commemorating the life of Saint Josephine Bakhita, a Canossian Daughter of Charity. All are invited. St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF. Call (415) 753-6685. 2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Barr Church, 10:30 a.m. Includes talk by priest from Opus Dei with silent prayer and Reconciliation if desired. Followed by simple lunch in rectory. Call

Datebooks (415) 333-3627. Take a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land without leaving the Archdiocese by visiting an ongoing exposition at St. John of God Parish, 5th Ave. and Irving, SF. Open M-F 1:30-5 p.m. and until 1 p.m. on Sundays. Their Web site address is www.sjog.org. Oct. 29: Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave., SF at 5:30 p.m. Call for dates (415) 863-7515.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel , (415) 4610704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame , M- F afte r 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , daily fro m 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 3221801. St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m. Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 5677824. Our Lady of Ml. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, Mon., 8:15 a.m. through Wed. at 7:30 a.m.; St John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass , (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr.,Tiburon , M - F 7:45 a.m. 9 p.m.; Sal. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Family Life Nov. 10 - 13: Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages, at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. The weekend an follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net.

Single, Divorced, Separated Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639. Are you or someone you know separated, divorced, widowed? Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese is offering the Divorce Recovery Course which provides a chance to understand the emotional journey begun with loss of a marriage. Group meets Sun. through Nov. 19 at St. Dominic Church at Bush and Steiner, SF at 7 p.m. $40 fee includes materials. Call Pat at (415) 389-9780 or Theresa at (415) 666-0876. For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521. New Wings at St. Thomas More Church meets on 3rd Thursdays. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 334-9088 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Oct . 21: Potluck at 6:30 p.m. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016.

Grief Ministry Thurs : "Good Grief" meets at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish , James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, from 6-7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802.

Classes/Radio-TV/Exhibits Landings, a program for returning Catholics will meet for 10 weeks on Mon. and Tues. evenings at St. Dominic Church , Steiner and Bush St., SF with a group retreat on Dec. 2. Call Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 567-7824 or Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288. Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief" a 13-week series airing Sundays on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525. Catholic Healthcare West offers free classes and instruction on all areas of health at their San Francisco and Daly City facilities. Visit their web site at www.chwbay.org for details. Through Oct. 31: "Faces of Mary", an exhibition of icons featuring the Madonna by artist , Stephanos, in Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, at

Graduate Theological Union, 2400 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, M-F 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 338-3024. Nov. 4: Lung Cancer Rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, 10 a.m. - noon. This is a national coast to coast rally with local entertainment by "Rockin' Lloyd Tripp and the Zipguns." Call Carolyn Clary-Macy at (415) 885-3882. Tours and seminars on the art and the church of St. Anne of the Sunset. Call Rosemary French at (415) 681-9441 or Victoria Giambruno at (415) 731-7856.

Oct. 27: "Apostle in a Top Hat" an annual silent auction/dinner dance benefiting the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County at Burlingame's Sheraton Gateway Hotel. Tickets $50 per person. SVDP founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, often wore a top hat. Call (650) 3730623. Oct. 28: Pumpkin Fiesta benefiting United Farm Workers and Urban Ministry of Palo Alto with Bay Area children's author Caryn Huberman Yacowitz fro m 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. at 567 Lincoln Ave., Palo Alto. Refreshments and Old Juana's pumpkins , too. Call (650) 723-8237. Oct. 28: BBQ Benefit for the Glen Rupiper Family at Marin Catholic High School beginning at 5 p.m. Glen was seriously injured recently in an automobile accident not his fault that will keep him out of work for close to a ^ear. This evening will assist Glen's family during tine time there will be no income in the household. Glen is a Marin Catholic alumnus and Marin native. Tickets $50 per person/$75 per couple. Donations also accepted. Sponsored by friends of the family. Call (415) 9248903. Oct. 29: Halloween Social sponsored by Westlake Catholic Women of Our Lady of Mercy Parish, One Elmwood Dr., Daly City. A scary funfilled adventure in the Haunted House Doom Tomb plus treats, hot food, pumpkin ice cream, popcorn, bobbing for apples , pumpkin and Frisbee toss , face painting. Costume and screaming contests , too. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Benefits parish hall repairs. Call (650) 755-8067. Nov. 3,4,5: "Wild Kingdom 2000" the annual St. Cecilia Parish Festival. 17th Ave. at Vicente St., SF. Food, games, raffle , silent auction. Fun for all ages. Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat noon - 4 p.m./ 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sun. noon - 6 p.m. Sat. dinner from 5 - 7 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481. Nov. 3: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets for 7 a.m. Mass, breakfast and a talk from Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. and Diane Cirincione, Ph.D. of the Center for Attitudinal Healing at St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae. Members $5/ non-members $8. Call (415) 461-0704. Meetings take place on first Fridays. Dec. 1 hear new USF president, Jesuit Father Stephen Privett. Nov. 4: Dinner celebrating the founding of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1650 in LePuy, France. Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. and Sloat Blvd., SF. Social at 5:30 p.m.. Dinner and silent auction beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets $60 per person. Proceeds benefit Sisters of St. Joseph retirement fund. Call Sister Therese Martin at (415) 387-9350 or Kay Gulbengay at (415) 5660675. Nov. 4: 20th Annual Memorial Mass and Dinner Dance commemorating San Francisco's St. Peter Parish and School and this year honoring its classes of 1950 and 1975. Mass at 5 p.m. in the parish church, 24th and Alabama St., with Father Dan Maguire presiding. No-host cocktails at 6 p.m. with dinner and dancing beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets $15. Call Betty Cirelli at (415) 648-0450 or Don Fogarty at (415) 681-7286. Nov. 4: "International Night" at Church of the Epiphany, 824 Vienna St., SF featuring songs , dances, and foods of many lands. Begins after 5:30 p.m. Mass. Tickets $18. Call Frances at (415) 239-7740 or Josie at (415) 584-6760. Nov. 4, 5: Ignatian Guild and Nordstrom Fashion Show 2000 at St. Ignatius College Preparatory 2001 37th Ave., SF. Tickets to the Sat. evening gala featuring cocktail reception, dinner, fashion show and dancing are $95 per person. Tickets to the Sun. luncheon and fashion show are $50 per person. Grand raffle tickets for prizes including American Cities vacation are available at $100 each. Benefits SI Scholarship Fund. Call Shirley Minger at (415) 731-7500, ext. 242. Nov. 10: Holiday Boutique at Mercy High School 3250 19th Ave., SF, 4 - 9 p.m. Many beautiful decorations and crafts from vendors , parents, teachers and staff. Wine and other refreshment available. Benefits school athletic program. Call (415) ' 334-0525. Nov. 11, 12: 11th Annual Luncheon and Craft Faire, All Souls Church , Miller and Walnut Ave., South San Francisco. "Holidays for the Home ' features professionally hand-made crafts fro m 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Sat.; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Sun. Home decorations , foods, jewelry, scarves , paintings and ornaments. Meet Santa, too. Free face-painting. Sponsored by parish Women's Club. Benefits parish school and religious education program Call Dolores at (650) 588-0810. Nov. 15: Christmas Boutique Preview Party benefiting St. Anne's Home , 300 Lake St., SF, 6 - 9 p.m. Tickets $60. Shopping days are Nov. ' l7, 18

from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Choose from fabulous Christmas items , crafts , gourmet foods , garden shop. Box lunches available for $10.Wonderful things for everyone. St. Anne's Home is a work of the Little Sisters of the Poor, "serving the aged of San Francisco since 1902". Call Part Parenti at (415) 681-6133. Nov. 18: Dinner Dance and Silent Auction benefiting building fund of Most Holy Redeemer Parish, SF, in Ellard Hall, 100 Diamond St., SF beginning with silent auction at 6:30 p.m. and dinner and dancing at 8 p.m. Tickets $75/$60/$40. Professional photographs also available for a fee. Call (415) 863-6259. 3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bingo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St., SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m. Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177. Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615 , call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council , call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641. 3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

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Performance Nov. 12: Concert by Musicians of St. Dominic's Church under the direction of David Schofield at St. Elizabeth Church , Somerset at Wayland in SF's Portola District. The a cappella program includes the Palestrina Missa Brevis and Howell Requiem with Motets from Josquin, Lassus, Byrd ahd Mouton. Ample parking. Call (415) 567-7824. Sundays in Nov: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext . 213. Sundays in Nov.: Concerts at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

Volunteer Opportunities SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 6641580, ext. 2422. Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265.

The Mission District's St. Peter Church was recently rebuilt following a tragic 1997 fire. See Food and Fun for information about the annual Mass and dinner commemorating the more than century old parish and school.

Dotebook is a f ree listing for p arishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, p lace, address and an information ph one number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least Wo weeks before the Friday pu blication date desired. Mail your notice to: Dotebook, Catholic San Francisco, 441 Church St., SF. 94114 , or f a x it to (415) 565-3633.

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Deeply religious, 'Dead Man Walking' is powerful opera By Father Basil DePinto Opera , being largel y a 19th century and Italian enterprise , althoug h a welcome import to these shores , has never been very successful as a home-grown product. Gershwin 's masterpiece "Porgy and Bess " is a special case which doesn 't fit easil y into the operatic model . During the tenure of general director Lotfi Mansouri , the San Francisco Opera has bravely waded into these troubled waters with generous and hopeful commissions , but thus far has only managed to draw attention to a gaping hole in American musical life. That troubling lacuna may finall y be overcome with Jake Heggie 's beautifu l and moving "Dead Man Walking " at San Francisco 's War Memorial Performing Arts Center. More about the music in a moment. Terrence McNall y 's libretto is an excellent distillation of Sister Helen Prejean 's book , an admirable reflection of her struggle to come to grips with conflicting claims on her deep-rooted Christian compassion: a murderer 's need for redemption and the sorrow of the families he has devastated. Like the book and the nun 's work , the opera is not simply a brief in opposition to the death penalty, althoug h it is necessaril y that as well. More deep ly it is about the universal need for finding trust and compassion in a world mired in hatred and lust for revenge. The opera begins and ends with death — first the brutal murders and lastl y with Joe De Rocher 's execution , each followed by Sister Helen 's simple song of hope in God's power to bring about redemption and reconciliation. For the end to parallel the beginning Sister Helen must bring Joe throug h the desert of denial to the acknowledgement of his guilt , and so throug h repentance to redemption. But she must go through her own ordeal as well so that she can be the channel of that final grace. McNalty has constructed this rite of passage with admirable economy of means but with poetic expansiveness as well , without losing the feel for natural , vernacular speech. It is an enviable achievement. But an opera stands or fails on the music and Heggie a—». r— y^^ - f

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Being sick and poor is a grim situation istry training /parish support network and is any time. But Nov. 28 pushed young a licensed marriage and family counselor. In retrospect , Patrick says he should Patrick into the kind of sorrowful awareness no one should have to go through have asked for help earlier. He has continalone. Especiall y not a 13-year-old. One ued in counseling since his mother 's death . whose parents are divorced. One whose "This is an hour a week when I can tal k to dad and three older siblings are scattered someone and not worry. It 's a place where I can de-stress because I do so much." "all across the country. " The young man credits Catholic Patrick' s abrupt plummet into the world of dy ing and death began on a Charities as "the best part of the Catholic leisurely outing. He and his mother were Church" because "it is really there for peodriving toward Monterey when she had a ple in a tang ible , compassionate fashion." the next phase seizure. Recalls of Patrick and his Patrick , "I had to mother ' s journey move her leg off He took his mother on Julia and Patrick Kelly was finding a good the gas pedal hosp ice situation. because we were the bus. .. paid hills.. . He wants to stud y computer science and The young man says he hung onto They chose the Zen headed toward a Hospice in San those words. Trusting has since been literature , and then join the Jesuit Volunteer cliff." He managed foug ht with the landlord, Francisco. Both son manifested in gifts of community - the Corps. Even though he has had to grow up to throw the car Social Security, the and mother loved Jesuits at St. Ignatius and a Franciscan very fast, the fun-loving teen-ager peeks into park. the wisteria in the friend who were part of his mother 's throug h. Hours later , an The day of this intergarden and the funeral. His teachers. His emergency room medical insurance and view, he was dressed in a friends. His counselor. His hummingbirds physician in Santa ' esus is Roman toga set off with buzzing around dad and three siblings. His J Cruz gave Patrick credi t card p eop le. ... rows and rows of glass it.Patrick found parish community at St. the blunt diagnosis. beads from New Orleans another source of John of God in San human. You "Your mother has a around his neck. It was big brain tumor." He had jusl started his support there as well - Zen meditation. Francisco. His guardians , and Charlie can talk to him Sp irit Day at St. Ignatius eighth grade year at St. Anne School in San Learning how to sit peacefull y, watch his Karen when every bod y dresses in breath and quiet the "monkey mind ," Cunning ham from St. Anne Francisco. about anything ' outlandish outfits. As the For the next two years, the boy jugg led allowed him to dip into a wellspring of of the Sunset Parish. "They don 't just talk class bell rang, Patrick hura busy school schedule with a whole other spirituality. 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Running on a segment of the Bill Moyers Show deal"Jesus is human," Every morning at 5 a.m. he awoke his cross country. Going to Columbus, Ga.., ing with death and dy ing . The crew had mother to bathe her and fix food for her can talk to him about anything." 's next month to protest the School of the filmed Patrick and his mother before her after his mother Patrick recalls how, before going to classes. He counseled her. Americas military training facility. death . They came back to talk with Patrick. he was cry ing and The thought of turning her care over to second neurosurgery, Serving on his parish council. Graduation. Was he hesitant about granting the televirailing about their misfortune. At one point , another was unacceptable. He remembers thinking, "She's my mother and I' m not he looked at a crucifix and heard Jesus ask , College — maybe UC Berkeley. Maybe sion interviews ? "Not PBS. 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By Evelyn Zapp ia After 10-year-old Ryan Greco 's death on Aug. 14, his parents — John and Lana - say it 's as if he guided them to make the decision to donate his organs so that other children could live. The nig ht before Ryan died , his mother dreamed Ryan had awakened in the hosp ital from his fo ur-day coma caused by a choking accident. In her dream , he was running from one child's hosp ital room to another. She called out to him. He turned and said , "1 know , mom. Just a minute," Then he continued running from one child ' s room to another. The next day, hosp ital officials asked the Grecos if they wanted to donate Ryan 's organs. "I immediately remembered the dream ," said Lana. "I believed it was a sign from Ryan telling us he wanted to help other kids. " "Shortl y after our decision ," said Lana , "we were told that Ryan 's heart was being g iven to a 10-year-old girl who didn 't have a chance of living without it." The gift was fitting of Ryan whose mother described him as "always a giving little boy who had to fix a situation , if he could." She also recalled a day when Ryan noticed the pink organ donor consent slip attached to her driver 's license. "He asked me about it ," said Lana. "After I explained about organ transp lants , Ryan said, T think it 's a good idea. '" Ryan 's funeral on Aug. 18 at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park could not accommodate the hundreds of attendees. Noticeable was the great number of children , many of whom were

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undoubtedl y students of Lana's first grade Catechism classes which she has been teaching for the last four years. "Facing Ryan 's death has been the hardest thing in our fives ," she said. "It 's also been a continual lesson in human kindness. We've received support from famil y, friends and strangers — and trul y

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By Sharon Abercrombie It was with a sweet sense of peace that Mary Wagner fell her deceased husband Hank's word s — "I'll always be with you " — come back to her, reinforced , when she partici pate d in a bereavement retreat last January at her parish in Belmont , the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In one of the retreat exercises Wagner lit a candle in memory of her loved one who died two years ago. Hank's words had never left her, but kindling the flame in his honor broug ht a vivid freshness to them. "He was a great guy," said Wagner, 66. "Before he went , he kept telling me , 'I'll always be with you '. I believe he is nere with me now " Barbara Elordi The bereavement retreat the Grief Care and Support she attended was sponsored by Program of Catholic Charities of San Francisco. During the one-day retreat , Wagner also meditated and partici pated in an art project. She came away wanting to pass along her newl y found sense of comfort to others. Wagner signed up for an eightweek Catholic Charities prog ram which would certif y her as a minister of consolation. Today, Wagner is preparing to initiate a bereavement support group at her own parish. She is visiting other parishes to see how their support groups operate. Wagner has several choices. There are 40 parish-based support programs involving more than 200 bereavement ministers in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Each parish has its own modus operandi. In some programs, ministers make phone calls, pay visits , and write notes to families. Others sponsor weekl y or monthl y support groups and have special sessions , such as cop ing with the holidays. The Catholic Charities ' effort to reach out to the grieving is largel y the creation of Barbara Elordi , a licensed marriage, famil y and child therap ist at Catholic Charities. Elordi , who also has a private practice , began the outreach program in the early 1980s, and today oversees the training process for grief ministers .

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By Linda Cherek , R.N. On Jul y 24, 1999 , my dad died following an accidental fall that resulted in traumatic brain injury. He was 86 years old and had penetrating blue eyes, a handshake that scared potential boyfriends , and a gentle , caring ear. My mother, siblings and I sat at his bedside as he began the journey into life eternal. The moment of his last breath can best be described in the words of a dear friend on the death of her husband: "It was as delicate as the flutter of the wings of a butterfl y." While his death was peacefu l, it felt sudden , harsh and unexpected. He had been part of my life for nearly 50 years. Questions ran throug h my mind. How could I acknowled ge the influence he had on my life? What would it be like not to hear his voice or laug hter anymore? What would it be like for my mother to be alone after 62 years of marriage? Wh y him , why now, why my dad? I asked myself many of the same questions when our daug hter , Kristen , died six years ago at the age of 19. How much of my experience of loss from Kristen 's death would resurface? I felt exhausted , empty and numb from nine days of anticipating Dad's last breath. I knew it was normal for grieving peop le to feel hel pless and out of control. The feelings were all too familiar. So I turned to journaling, as I had after Kristen s death. Writing on a regular basis , using words to express feelings , gives us time for reflection. It provides a clear picture of time , hel p ing to document the past where my grief and loss began , the present where the perception of loss associated with my Dad's death was currentl y, and the future , where I wanted to be physicall y, mentall y, emotionall y, and spiritual ly in the next month , year, two years, etc. Journaling hel ped me acknowled ge feelings , hopes and dre ams and lead me on the journey toward healing. Journaling hel ped my personal history unfold once again. Often , we have grief and loss issues that have never been acknowledged , expressed or understood - moving

How to begin... Author/therapist Linda Cherek offers the following suggestions on using journaling as a tool for addressing grief: • Find writing materials that appeal to you - a bound book , a spiral notebook, or loose sheets. • Create a special place to write — comfortable and inviting. • Set aside time to write. Julia Cameron in The Artist 's Way suggests waking a half-hour earlier each day (while your brain is still free from the cares of the day ahead) and write three pages - whatever comes into your head. • Don 't worry about punctuation , spelling or grammar. If you can 't think of anything to write, pen "I can't think of anything to write" over and over. Often , your innermost feelings will emerge. • Consider some questions to focus your writing. Are there unresolved problems or questions about your relationshi p with the loved one who died? What am I going to do without their physical presence? What do I want to remember? What have I learned about myself? • Consider writing a letter to your loved one what it has been like since their death , or what you want your life to be like in years ahead . away from our childhood home , leaving a best friend , divorce , chang ing schools, graduations , loss of a job or retirement. Often death will be a tri gger event , and these older losses will resurface. Throug h writing, we can express our ideas and feelings about the death and these other losses in our lives , and look inward to identif y and consider our strengths , areas for growth and cop ing mechanisms. Journaling is a way to recognize and name our losses - to get on paper what is within our heart , mind and soul.

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