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Faith and f ightf ill young athlete's life Story and photo by Evelyn Zappia

Jtaris Alexander could be called a paradox. By day, he is a gentle and patient man working with developmenat Potrero tal^ disabled senior citizens Hill Neighborhood House in the city. By night , he is - by some standards - brutal , sparing in earnest at the Police Athletic League (PAL) gymnasium in Hunters Point getting in shape for his next professional fight. Alexander, 34, boasts to be the only man to hold the California Lightweight Title (June 1996) and the United States Lightweight Title (Jul y 1996) at the same time. "At one time, I was the only game in town," he said, adding: "The state title means the most to me because I won it in front of my hometown crowd at the Longshoremen 's Hall in San Francisco." Alexander 's ancestry is black and white. His mother Jean, who recently died, was African American. His father, James, is Irish American. "That makes me 'Black-rish' ," smiled Alexander. At present, he is a "vagabond Catholic, " not belonging to any particular parish since he travels, extensively throughout the world. In the last year-and-one-half, he has foug ht in Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Germany, Finland, and - he smiles, again - "Paris," France. The United States ' boxing fan 's traditional focus on heavyweight fighters to the exclusion of other weight i classes forces him to box outside the country. "It's the I only way to get decent money for a match," he ; explained. PARIS Continued on page 12

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I Polish World War II veteran tells little known story in book By Kamille Maher

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"Good night, sleep tight," goes the nursery rhyme, "don 't let the bedbugs bite." Thus are children sent off to sleep - without necessarily knowing what bedbugs do. Wanda Pomykalski knows. Bedbugs, the size of a woman 's thumbnail, emerge from holes in prison walls and feast on human flesh at about the midnig ht hour. One can hear them pouncing onto the surface of the skin. Pomykalski also knows why the hungry Bolshevik soldiers marauding through Lwow, Poland, in 1939 reeked of coal tar, and how long an 18-year-old woman can live with inadequate amounts of food before she becomes sterile. VETERAN Continued on page 13

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McCarthy for keepin ' us current on the school's recent SO annivers ary bash in September. More than 400 alumni/ae , present and former faculty members and folks who ju st love the San Bruno learning p lace turned out for Mass and dinner. Father Vincent Ring, presided at Eucharist with Deacons Rusty Duffey and Brian Costello assisting. Concelebrants included Father Francis Cilia and Jesuit Father James Schaukowitch who both graduated from the school. Serving on the anniversary committee are grads by Tom Burke Rich Dondo, Kathy Sweeney Fitzpatrick , Regina Gonnella, John Ranahan, Dennis English, Nancy Buller Green, Jeanne Yanke Kucsak, Lenny Dold, Lena Frank , cup of kudos and Years ago and years to go... A big Beth Pipinich Franceschi, Jerry Pipinich and Mary who continue to thank s for our retired priests and religious Shypertt . Complementing the alum contribution were y throug h continued ministry in the impact our lives dail Hilda Barradas, Al Ciraulo, Patrick Kelly, Margaret pastor, Ran into retired St. Mark 's community and prayer. ' ' Patty Ciraulo, Ms. McCarthy, Mary Ann the time off Shypertt, who says he s lovin Father Bill Flanagan, La Verne Butler, Kerry Hansel and Virg inia Saisi with the sacraments in Belmont and at , while still helping Our Lady of the Pillar , Half Moon Bay, where he's a reg- Yanke. The parish has introduced an alumn i page on its ular visitor....The legacy of Presentation Academy con- website, www.stroberts.org.... Our Lady of Mercy music director, Teresita Santisteban , lets us tinues among us throug h its alumnae know of the Daly City parish' s annual and the Sisters of the Presentation of 8-week cantor workshop . Father the Blessed Virgin Mary. Many thanks Manuel Curso, pastor , guides the and please keep us in your prayers to summer undertaking that supports "the Presentation Sisters Sylvia Hamilton, parish community," Teresita said. More Catherine Knudsen , Peter Claver than a dozen people are part of OLM's Schuster, Bernadette Giles, Thomas cantor program.... Magee , Gregory Allen, Damien Tina Burgess-Coan was named a King, O'Connor, Virg inia San Franciscan of the Year by the SF Berchmans Spicer, Agnes Mary Forum, receiving her award at North Orth, Aileen Regan. The sisters, who Beach ceremonies a coupla ' month s all taug ht at Pres , now live at the mothago. Tina, the widow of Judge George 2340 Turk Blvd., erhouse , 94118....Congrats and all that to Tina Burgess-Coan with Archbishop R. Coan, is active with the Carmelite William J. Levada Sisters of Cristo Rey whose monastery Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, is near her USF neighborhood home. new program director at Vallombrosa' Retreat Center in Menlo Park . For info about what s up at Longtime St. Gabe's parishioner, Jerry De Ryan, is the this most beautiful and restful place, call (650) 325- Forum's Sargent at Arms....Hu go Rafael Esparza Perez, 5614....Best thoughts and prayers please for retired Father Raul Lara Jimenez and Manuel Rodarte,youth leaders at Jim Atkins, Serra Clergy House, San Mateo, who's not San Rafael's St. Raphael Parish, are winners of well , and Capuchin Father Flavian Welstead, who's not Millennium Leadership Awards that recognize "promising retired. Father Flavian , director of development for his young Marin leaders in the fields of the arts , environment , community and guardian of their Burlingam e friary, is politics , sports, commerce, science and human needs." Father Paul Rossi , pastor, calls them "men of fai th and overcoming a card iac condition .... Elder care p ioneer , Mission Helpers Sister Miriam vision " who "live their faith by serving the community." Walsh, is being honored at a celebration of her 50 years of Congrats and thanks to them all.... Rita Gleason, principal , religious life today at the United Irish Cultural Center. Notre Dame High School , Belmont , has announced "It 's 50 years to the day," said Sister Miriam, who for the Advanced Placement Scholar Awards have been earned by last two decades has been an integral part of the pastoral Jennifer Arrington , Jacqueline Castro, Marisa care program at SF's Laguna Honda Hospital.... Dixon Dominquez , Zorka Galic, Teresa Granucci, Sarah Wong, a senior at Archbishop Riordan High School sure Haldan, Meleeneh Kazarian , Gina Labozetta , Lisa knows his sharps and flats, putting them, together to win Roecks, Stephanie Schneider, Cecilia Slawik, Kandra state-level music composition contests.... Chan, Landra Chan, Jennifer Giovanzana , Ewa At Marin Catholic , seniors Kristen Cincotta and Jagodzinska , Meghan McCarty, Denisse Salinas, Patrick Lecour have been picked to participate in a col- Margaret Aycinena, January Chi, Amanda Fabbro, lege-level "Step Up to Leadership Program". Buckets of Nicole Ipakchi , Jessica Jenkins, Heather Maclean, Knsty sympathy for junior Shaheen Shamsavari whose hole in Murphy, Yugi Sugawara, Katherine Windstrup....St . one at the school's annual Booster Tournament won him Stephen Elementary School's 7'" and 8'" graders had their a brand new driver but three holes earlier would have won day in court last month as part of Children, Courts and him a brand new BMW. Jennifer Siler will partici pate in Classrooms, a new program designed to help young peop le this year 's Nordstrom BP Fashion Board where she'll get a sense of the legal system beyond the various versions learn all about the rags biz. English teacher Tom Lippi put of courthouse conduct they see on television. Mercy Sister an adage to rest while winning an apology from KNBR Pauline Simms, principal at St. Stephen 's for 13 years, said morning man, Gary Radnich . The announcer's use of she "liked the idea right away" when attorney Stephen "Those who can do, those who can 't teach" was unwise Murphy proposed it. Murphy, who chaperoned the trip with within earshot of Tom who fired off an e-mail debunking his wife, Patricia, and other class parents , hopes the prothe saying. Much support from MC students , too, who gram will spur civic responsibility in the students as they p iled on their own e-mail messages to the station. Junior mature. The Murphy 's twin sons, Conor and Brandon, are Garth Hall went live on the Radnich show covering the 7» graders at St. Stephen....Louis Alessandria is the new story for MC's student newspaper. Slide rules raised for executive director for the San Francisco Council of the St. Robin Hammack and the MC math department for prepar- Vincent de Paul Society. Since 1993, he has been an SVDP ing nine students to pass the Advanced Placement Calculus board member and for all his life has been a direct descen exam earning the students three college credits before hav- dant of Bank of America founder A.P. Giannini. Louis said ing to experience university cuisine. Chapeaus off for art his grand-uncle would approve of his new job, saying it 's teacher, David Tuchsen, who has had two paintings "something A.P would be proud of." accepted in the Pro Arts 1999 Juried Annual. More than 150 artists vied for the 65 spots....Many thanks to St. Robert Elementary Development Director Robin

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By Evel yn Zapp ia "The poor stand in line all their lives but the new buildi ng is going to change all that ," said Mercy Sister Patrick Curran , referring to the upcoming relocation of St. Anthony Foundation and its well-known dining room operation to a larger building. St. Anthony 's purchase of the former Knig hts of Columbus Building at 150 Golden Gate Ave. "will create more di gnity for our guests ," said Sister Curran , the charitable foundation 's executive director. "They won 't have to wait in line for their meals any longer because the new dining room will be twice as large as the old one. I always felt sorry for our brothers and sisters standing in line , especiall y in the rain." Seismic retrofitting expenses are behind St. Anthony officials ' decision to vacate the site at 121 Golden Gate Ave., nearly directly across the street from the new building. "By moving across the street , we will gain additional square footage and remodel the space to suit our programs ' needs, all at less expense than it would have cost to retrofi t the existing site ," said Tom Gleeson , St. Anthony director of development and communications. The cost of the new site , including the purchase , seismic upgrade , and renovation of the new building is approximatel y $10 million. Estimated retrofitting of the existing building was roug hl y $15 million and would not have provided any additional space, according to Gleeson. An anonymous donor provided a major portion of the building purchase , he said , adding, "We will rel y on the continued generosity of the community to help pay for the renovation costs." A task force is presently being formed to assess space needs for St. Anthony 's and to make recommendations to its board of directors regarding the future use of the old site. "There's so much we can do," said Sister Curran. "We want to include our Tenderloin neighbors and ask their opinions, too." The new facility plans include housing

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St. Anthony 's Dining Room , free medical clinic , social work center, emp loyment program and administration. Move-in date has been set for 200J. " T h e guests are so excited," said Sister. "They know we are creating a new environment for them - one with more respect. " Sister Curran sees the relocation as an opportunity to continue Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker 's work. The friar founded St. Anthony 's Dining Room in October 1950. At that time, the dinincr room served 400 meals a day.

Nearly 50 years later it serves more than 2,100 meals dail y and has grown to include 14 comprehensive social service programs that feed , heal , shelter and clothe those in need. "Father Boeddeker had a vision of ending hunger by the year 2000," said Sister Curran. "He had hoped that St. Anthony 's would no longer be necessary by the new millennium. We are committed to working with our community partners in providing vitally needed services until every one of our sisters and brothers has food , security, jobs with wages that support self-sufficiency, access to health care , and affordable housing. This new building is a sign of hope that we can hel p the community in realizing this vision."

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Old age and death naturall y are frightening, 79-year-old Pope John Paul II said, but Christians must face the end of this life with the certainty they will be with God in the next. "Despite the limitations brought on .by age, I continue to enjoy life," the pope wrote in a letter to his peers throug hout the world. "At the same time ," he said, "I find great peace in thinking of the time when the Lord will call me: from life to life!" Pope John Paul's "Letter to the Elderly," was released at the Vatican Oct. 26 and was written to mark the U.N.'s 1999 Year of the Older Person.

Pain control bill: 'turning p oint'

WASHINGTON (CNS) — House passage of a bill that would forbid the use of federally controlled drugs for assisted suicide "should mark a turning point in our nation 's efforts to promote the comfort and dignity of seriously ill patients," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Pro-Life Activities. After a sometimes heated debate Oct. 27, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the legislation that would imp rove pain management and effectivel y end assisted suicide in Oregon , the onl y state that has legalized it

Mi tch recovery slow

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNS) — Despite millions of dollars in international aid, recovery remains a long way off for Honduras one year after Hurricane Mitch ri pped through Central America, said Church relief workers and local analysts. "I find it very surprising how incredibl y slow the infrastructure reconstruction has been. Even repairing the bridges, the roads , has been very, very slow," said Sorcha Fennell , project worker with the Trish Catholic aid agency, Trocaire. Worse still , said Fennell, heavy rains that fell across the region in late September have set back progress already made.

Fear clashes to hurt tourism

JERUSALEM (CNS) — Bethlehem 's mayor said he was "deeply concerned" that clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers will negatively affect tourism as the city prepares to welcome Christian pilgrims for Ihe jubilee year. "We want Bethlehem and the surrounding areas to be quiet and calm and stabilized. It is in the best interest of everyone," said Mayor Hana Nasser, who is Catholic. "There is no doubt this will affect tourism ," he said. He said -he believes it will only be temporary. Meanwhile a local priest said "our doors and our homes are open " to receive pilgrims, but the lack of peace remains a "great problem " Clashes left a dozen Palestinians wounded Oct. 27 follow ing the funeral of a Palestinian man killed by an Israeli soldier Oct. 25 near Rachel's Tomb. Demonstrations after the killing left almost 40 Palestinian s wounded, and two Israeli civilians and.one Israeli soldier injured .

Sees new 'ecumenical method '

NEW YORK (CNS) — The Vatican's decision to join Lutherans in signing ajoint declaration on the doctrine of justification— after making "severe criticisms" of the document — shows the use of a new "ecumenical method" derived from the Second Vatican Council, according to Jesuit Father Avery Dulles. In the past, Lutheran and Catholic statements would have been examined individually to see if they could be harmonized, he said. Today, he said, theologians look at each system as a whole, and see the way it tries to express the Christian faith "through different thought-forms." Father Dulles made the Catholic-Lutheran declaration the theme of his fall lecture as McGinley professor of religion and society at Fordham University in New York.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS) —A new survey has found younger adult Catholics in the United States are less Church-connected and considerably less likely to marry in the Church than their parents or grandparents. A team of sociologists, writing in the National Catholic Reporter , said young women in particular showed a "dramatic decline in allegiance " to the Church. The survey was conducted by the Gallup Organization by questioning 875 Catholics nationwide.-

Heartened by pa rtial-birth ruling

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A spokeswoman for the U.S. Catholic bishops said she was encourage d by a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling to uphold Wisconsin and Illinois laws that ban partial-birth abortions. Helen Alvare, director of p lanning and information for the bishops ' Secret ariat for Pro-Life Activities , said the Oct. 26 opinion by the Chicago-based appeals court supports many of the positions the U.S. Catholic Conference has taken in arguing that such laws are constitutional. Addressing Wisconsin and Illinois statutes that prohibit partial-birth abortions , the 7th Circuit ruled 5-4 that the laws should stand.

Asks return of looted goods

ATAMBUA, Indonesia (CNS) — The bishop of Atambua ' in predominantly Christian western Timor, Indonesia , urged local Catholics to return materials looted from East Timor during the post-referendum chaos. "Catholic leaders here have urged me to appeal to all people in Belu district , especially Catholics , to return the materials looted from East Timor to the owners ," Bishop Anton Pain Ratu of Atambua said in mid-October.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS)—The Diocese of Raleigh, like many other agencies responding to the disaster of Hurricane Floyd , has been inundated with offers of help and donations from around the country. To date, the diocese has received more than $750,000 from outside North Carolina with the promise of more to come. "We have been receiving unsolicited funds from a variety of sources," said chancellor Russ Elmayan.

Doctors join CHA campaign

WASHINGTON (CNS) — An association representing more than 115 ,000 doctors of internal medicine has joined the efforts of the Catholic Health Association to make accessible and affordable health care a national priority. The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine announced its involvement in the "Be Heard for Accessible and Affordable Health Care" initiative Oct. 25. The grass-roots campaign urges Americans to sign a petition asking national leaders to put health care at the top of the American agenda. To date , there have been requests for more than 90,000 petition forms.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cooperation among members of different reli gions continues to grow worldwide, even thoug h the interreli gious ideal is not shared by all believers , partici pants at a Vatican conference said. "Thirteen years ago, our (Muslim) friends ridiculed us for sitting dow n with infidels" at a gathering of world religious leaders in Assisi, Ital y, with Pope John Paul II , said Kamel Al-Sharif , a Jordanian and secretary-general of the HAVANA (CNS) - International Islamic Council. "Today, those same people The Catholic Church are working alongside us ," he told a press briefing Oct. 26. wants greater freedom to inject Cuba with the social services and valSAN PABLO CITY , Phili pp ines (CNS) — A bishop in ues needed for survival the Philipp ines resi gned from a presidential death penalin the next millennium , ty review committee following the execution of a consaid Cardinal Jaime demned convict. Bishop Francisco San Diego of San s '6 Ortega of Havana in a Pablo listed five pastoral commitments in his resignation pastoral letter. The 29- letter he said would make it impossible for him to remai n 1 " page letter criticized cona member of the Presidential Conscience Committee, « z ditions in Cuba and reported UCA News. Bishop San Diego, chairman of the ^¦B^M«.»»»»M»Ma«~~.- attacked the communist bishops ' commission on prisoner welfare , refused to Cardinal Jaime Ortega has mQti_ answer questions on ideo]ogy the timing of his resignation Oct. 26, ^ vated the government since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. the day that Pablito Andan was executed by lethal injecThe govern ment's legacy is a society "lacking hope," and tion. On Sept. 10, however, the bishop told UCA News he marked by a deep "rancor" and "hate" that divides Cubans , had originall y accepted the presidential invitation with said Cardinal Ortega. His Oct. 18 letter asks for forgiveness reservations over possibly being used as "window dressby all sides , including a generous government amnesty for ing " to legitimize the committee 's work.'T told prisoners. (President Estrada) that if I felt used at any time I would The cardinal made no direct mention of the letter Oct. 24 resi gn the next day," Bishop San Diego said then .

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more than two dozen cities and counties across the nation have enacted living wage ordinances as a means to address the issue of the working poor. These local laws simply say that a city or county will not do business with contractors who pay poverty wages. Local governments require that employers with city or county contracts pay their workers wages that are high enough to support themselves and their families. Living wage ordinances have proven to be successful in cities where such laws have been enacted , and San Francisco should take similar action. The enactment of an ordinance governing the wage level for workers of entities having contracts with the City should have the support of the entire community. At the same time, consideration should be given to the impact of a living wage ordinance on small organizations or those with special circumstances. San Francisco's political leaders speak proudly of the booming economy and the current surplus in the city budget. Yet thousands of San Franciscans work full time and cannot support their families. Ironically, the City pays less than a living wage to many people working in poverty programs that help other poor people. Are we going to continue to ask the poor to subsidize services to other poor people? Are we going to continue to perpetuate poverty in the midst of prosperity? Pope John Pau l II, in his 1981 encyclical, On Human Work, noted the importance of a just wage: "The justice of a social and economic system is finally measured by the A just wage way in which a person 's work is rewarded is a concrete measure - and in a sense the key one - of the justice of a system." In endorsing the concept of a living wage ordinance, I readily acknowledge that there are some areas where agreement will be difficult, including wage level, scope of applicability and adjustments for various categories of employers.

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But in resolving these issues, we should not let the "best" become the enemy of the "good" - that is, holding out for the ultimate ordinance will lose the opportunity for enacting any living wage measure. As a beginning, the City should be able to set a decent base of coverage without setting hurdles so high that it becomes impossible to do anything. Poverty level wages create a situation in which individual respect and human dignity are diminished. Indeed , the health of the community as a whole suffers when there is no concern for the working poor. Living wage ordinances are a means by which local governments, acting on behal f of the people of the community, begin to assume a rightful responsibility for the welfare of citizens who are earning poverty wages. Here in San Francisco, it is time for us to adopt an ordinance that will give working peop le a living wage.

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Bishops' meeting agenda: higher ed. to jubilee year By Jerry Filteau WASHINGTON (CNS) — When the U.S. Catholic bishops meet in Washington Nov. 15-18, they plan to vote on Catholic hig her education norms, pastoral messages on charity and on the blessings of age, and a message for the jubilee year. They also plan to vote on a pastoral plan for adult fai th formation and a series of proposals to restructure the National Conference of Catholic Bishops-U.S. Catholic Conference and revise its statutes. The agenda calls.fo r them to discuss — without voting on — a draft document on Church art and architecture , a draft basic p lan for the ongoing " formation of priests and a project report on ecclesial lay ministry. If they approve a proposal to develop a new 'National Catechetical Directory, they will be committing themselves to a major new project that could take several years, involve national consultations and cost several hundred thousand dollars . The bishops also face 10 votes on liturgical or legal issues , including approval of an introduction to the Book of the Gospels, norms for lay preaching and norms for read-

mission of seminarians who have discontinued studies or been dismissed from another seminary. Among their annual budget and planning decisions are votes on a proposed diocesan assessment increase and a $52.7 million budget in 2000. If the proposed norms for U.S. Catholic higher education are approved by the bishops and confirmed by Rome, it will mark the end of a long process of trying to develop U.S. implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae 'C'Vrom the Heart of the Church"), Pope John Paul IPs 1990 apostolic constitution on Catholic higher education. In 1996 the bishops approved a nonjuridical implementation document which Rome rejected. The version now before the bishops has detailed juridical norms, including rules requiring theologians to obtain a mandate from a bishop in order to teach. The proposed pastoral message, "In All Things Charity," is subtided "A Pastoral Challenge for the New Millennium" and is keyed to the papal millennium preparation theme of 1999 as the Year of Charity. The 10,000-word message says Catholics "cannot remain idle witnesses" amid the tragedies of poverty, hunger, violence ,

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By Sharon Abercrombie The Bay Area Organizing Committee (BAOC), a group of religious congregations, community organizations and labor unions involved in social advocacy work, has received a $30,000 grant for the 1999 funding cycle from the Catholic Campai gn for Human Development (CCHD). It is one of four grants awarded to Bay Area groups. Other awards went to a former recipient and two first-time grantees: Peninsula Interfaith Action Organizing the Working but Poor, $35,000: Marin Family Action For Housing in San Rafael , $30,000. Senior Action Network's Senior Housing Action Collaborative was awarded its second $30,000 grant. Since 1995, the CCHD has awarded a total of $130,000 to the BAOC to support its work in training people how to solve problems affecting their community.

To CCHD post Sophie Lei Aldrich, chief operating officer for Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of San Francisco , has been invited to serv e on the advisory committee of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development for a three-year term. Each year the CCHD awards nearly $10 million in operating grants to programs designed to fight root causes of poverty. Aldrich , who first served as Charities' executive director for development, was praised for her "work and its impact on the lives of our customers and their families " by Charities' CEO Frank C. Hudson who also lauded her appointment.

CCHD is the largest private funder of antipoverty programs controlled by the poor in the United States. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops established the Campaign in 1970 to bring both Scri pture and the Church's social justice perspective into the public area, noted a spokesperson for the Archdiocese 's Office of Public Policy and Social Concern s which recently assumed oversight of the local campaign from Catholic Charities . The CCHD issues grants on the basis of need rather than reli gious affiliation. The Campaign has served as a vehicle for social change, attempting to address root causes of poverty and bring empowerment to those it supports. CCHD-funded groups have been successful in creating jobs, bu sinesses, housing, child care options and in bringing needed services to their communities, CCHD officials said. Since its founding in 1993, the BAOC worked with its member parish, St. Bruno, to preserve 240 homes in one San Bruno neighborhood , stopped the contracting out of city jobs, won 200 jobs for the poor, and worked to oppose Prop. 187 which was to impose severe restrictions on state assistance for illegal aliens and their families. In recent months, it has been involved in affordable housing initiatives, immigration , and advocacy for passage of both the FilipinoAmerican Veterans Equity Bill and a local living wage ordinance. Father Peter Sammon , pastor of St. Teresa Parish in San Francisco and one of the original founders of BAOC, said 10 church congregations arc currently dues paying members. They include St. Dominic, St. Boniface, St. Anne, St. Teresa, St. Augustine in South San Francisco, arid St. Bruno in San Bruno. A total of 20 organization s comprise the BAOC. Two years ago, BAOC under the leadership of Sister Kathleen Healy of St. Teresa Parish helped speed up the immigration process for hundreds of people by having immigrants apply for citi zenship through their own parish. They came to their parish for the process of obtaining a photograph, being fingerprinted and to complete their application with expert advice available. In some instances INS officials came to the parish to administer the final citizenship test. Last year, led by Father Father Louis Vitale of St. Boniface , the group sponsored a meeting of 800 Filipino-American Veterans and Congressman Robert Filner at St. Boniface Church. For years, the U.S. government has promised to provide Filipinos who fought in World War II the same benefits as their American counterparts, but has not. Today many of these people are poor and dying in

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Campaign backs safer neighborhood Youth Working for Positive Change , a group of young people ages 10-22, took on the challenge of making DesMoines ,lowa inner- c ity streets safer and combating youth-on-youth violence. With support from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the group formed a neighborhood patrol for drug dealers so children can walk to school without fear. The annual CCHD collection will take place Nov. 21 throughout the United States, including the Archdiocese of San Francisco. This past year, the Catholic Church's program to fight poverty in the U.S. gave $10 million in grants to 306 community-based projects , the highest dollar amount ever awarded in the program 's 29-year histo ry during which it has distributed more than $250 million to more than 3,500 programs. "This is grassroots funding to meet grassroots needs ," said Father Robert Vitello, CCHD executive director. "While some donations are large , many are small and are from peop le who give what they can. Individual Catholics have put their dollars into the collection basket because they recognize that not everyone enjoys the same level of dignity and comfort in the United States."

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St. Thomas M ore Award recipien t challeng es Catholics to 'he heard By Sharon Abercrombie If St. John Fisher, a 16th century English bishop martyred by King Henry VIII , were alive today, he would be speaking out on social and moral issues no matter how unpopular his views mi ght be to the political establishment , believes Catholic attorney John McGuckin, Jr., the 1999 recipient of the St. Thomas More Award. Fisher, one-time bishop of Rochester and a canon lawyer, would approach abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment , discrimination , racism, education , and environmental justice with the same kind of uncompromising stance he took while defending the validity of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, McGuckin asserted Oct. 13 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church during the annual citation ceremony sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society, an organization of Catholic lawyers. Each year the society honors an attorney who exemp lifies a distinguished record of service and dedication to the Church , the community and the legal profession. Executive vice president and general counsel for Union Bank of California , McGuckin has served as a lector and eucharistic minister at Old St. Mary 's Parish. He was financial chair for the cloistered Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in San Francisco and since 1991 has been chair of the Archdiocesan Parish Deposit and Loan Fund. The citation also noted McGucken 's avocation as a historian : "His chronicles of St. Paul's Parish , San Francisco and St. Anthony ' s Parish, Mendocino , and his articles on the Irish heritage he shares with (the late) Archbishop Joseph T. McGuckin pre serve the rich historical traditions of Catholicism in northern California." A Knight commander of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, McGuckin is a member of the Archbishop 's Ring of Charity and one of the founding members of the San Francisco chapter of Legatus. "A lawyer of integrity, honesty and dignity, he subtly melds his Catholic faith , education and background into his daily work and volunteer activities ," said the citation.

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Serrin Foste r, executive director of Feminists for Life of Ame rica, will present "The Feminist Case Against Abortion " at a wine and cheese event Nov. 19. Sponsored by the Respect Life Program of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns , the 7 p.m. reception and 7:45 p.m. presentation will take place at Star of the Sea Auditorium, Geary Blvd. at 8lh Ave.. Cost is $5. For information , call (415) 565-3673.

For his acceptance speech , McGuckin "One evening we returned from Rocky 's turned to one of his favorite topics - history walk to find the driveway blocked by a — for inspiration. And to St. John Fisher, a black and white police car. Next to the car churchman , prominent during the reign of stood an enormous Hawaiian policeman. Henry VIII. The saint was a contemporary "The first thing I knew, I was on the end of of St. Thomas More, perhaps history 's most a leash firmly attached to a dog firm ly famous Catholic attorney. They were attached to the arm of a Honolulu cop," beheaded two weeks apart during the sumMcGuckin said he could see the headmer of 1535 in the Tower of London for lines: "Law clerk jailed for biting cop . Dog telling the king he was wrong in insisting goes free." his marriage was invalid. Fortunately, the officer's jacket protected Referring to a 1996 statement by the his arm and a neighbor explained the young U.S. bishops , "Political Responsibility: McGuckin 's presence at the judge's house. Proclaiming the Gospel of Life, Protecting When McGuckin wanted to return to the Least Among Us, and Pursuing the Boston the following year, his job at the Common Good ," McGuckin told his colBrahmin law firm had evaporated. leagues Catholics have the right as well as Eventuall y, he decided to set out for San the obligation to become involved in the Francisco following a trip to England , political process. That includes Catholic where he visited Brampton Oratory. There attorneys, in particular , he said. he saw a side altar dedicated to the English "I want onl y to suggest th at we, as martyrs . One of them was John Fisher Catholic lay men and women, especially as whom, McGuckin learned , "never ceased John McGuckin Catholic lawyers, have a responsibility, a proclaiming an unpopular position to a civil right to be heard in the public debate in our had not mentioned Rocky, the jud ge 's and political establishment , which rejected nation. We are not barred from that debate Dalmatian . McGuckin said he was not only his uncongenial message." because we are Catholic , because our polit- "tapped to dog sit Rocky" when the judge Clearly, in today 's world , "we need ical beliefs are based in our religious faith." was away, but that Rocky was responsible more John Fishers," said the St. Thomas "From the founding of our country until for his first and only run-in-with the law. More Society 's 1999 citation recipient. now, few challenged religion 's public role in American life, in American political debate." However, said the attorney, that has changed . Quoting from Jesuit theologian Father John Courtney Murray, McGuckin said there is now a new "anti-Catholicism " afoot which "springs from ' secularist posiThe Archdiocese of San Francisco 's Catholic Charities Grief Care Program will offer tivism that dep lores bigotry at the same time several workshops designed to help grieving people get through the holidays. as it achieves a closure of mind and an edge "Holidays are times we look forward to being with family and friends," says Barbara Elordi, coordinator of the program. "They hold many memories for us. This of antagonism that would be the envy ' of the is a reality that hurts as we miss absent loved ones who have died. Handling the holmost fevered bi got who fire bombs synaidays is not deciding how to eliminate the pain of missing these people, but rather gogues or shoots out cathedral windows." how best to live widi the hurt without being consumed by it." learning The speaker observed that "all too often The workshops will help partici pants acknowledge the difficulty of this season as ... the American public market place of ideas one who is grieving, gain new tools for working one's way through the holidays , and in San Francisco, in California and throughjoin with others for support, she said. out the nation has room today for all ideas Following are dates and locations of upcoming workshops. except those founded on a religious belief." San Francisco County San Mateo Count}' (conl.) Educated by the Irish Christian Brothers St. Mary's Cathedral, . Si. Robert, 1111 Gough St.. San Francisco 1380 Crystal Springs Rd., San Bruno at Brother Rice High School in Birmingham, Nov. 14, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Msgr. B owe Room , Beta Nov 10, 2:30 to 4 McGuckin graduated Phi p.m. Contact: Sr. Ita Clesry (650) 583-2544 Mich., Contact Sr. Estter McEgan (415) 557-3020 at, 218 Marin County from Harvard magna cum laude, Kappa, St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., Sun Francisco St. Isabella, 1 Trinity Way, San Rafael Nov 10, 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 10, 7 to 9 p .m. before attending Harvard Law School. He Contncl: Carmen Solis (415)584-0823 Contact: Pat Sack (4 15)479-1560 was the first law clerk for the Hon. Herbert Most Holy Redeemer, 100 Diamond St., SanFrancisco Our Lady of Lorctto, Nov. 13, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. 1806 Novato Bl vd.. Novate Choy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Contact: Kalhy Carey (415) 863-6259 Nov. 10, 4 to 6 p.m. Circuit in Hawaii before beginning a career St. Gabriel, 2559 40* Ave., San Francisco Contact: Sr. Jcanette Lombatdi (4 15) 897-2171 Nov. 16, 10:30 to noon , or 7 to 9 p.m. St. Hilary, in private practice in San Francisco. Contact: Barbara Elorcti (415) 564-7882 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon Although the St. Thomas More Award Son Mateo County Nov. 17, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Our Lady of Angels, Contact: Sr. Colette (415) 435-7659 does not require recipients to possess a 172 1 Hillside Dr., Burlingame Christmas Memorial Service (No Mass) sense of humor, McGuckin's droll Irish wit Nov. 8, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Holy Cross Cemetery, Contact: Sarah DiMaro (650) 697-7582 AH Saints Mausoleum, was present in his talk. He told his colOur Lady of Mt. Carmel, 1500 Mission Rl .Colma Dec. 11 , 11 a.m. 300 Fulton St., Redwood City leagues he never p lanned to practice law in Nov. 11, 6 to 7:30 n.m. Officiating: Father John Talesfore California. "But I was banned in Boston," Contact: Mamie Huber (650) 368-4446 Contact: Holy Crass Cemetery :(650) 756-2060 he claimed. His shunning resulted from a No registration is needed for workshops, fit addition, an emergency support hot line is availahle at (415) 781-0500. series of serendipitous circumstances beginning one night when he was a law clerk studying for the Massachusetts bar exam. He saw a Harvard bulletin board notice of a law clerk opening for a judge. One of the requirements was a commitment to spend a full year in Honolulu. McGuckin said he borrowed $350 from the Law School for the airfare "I didn 't dare tell my parents what I was doing, flew myself from Boston to Los Angeles and back in one day and landed the job." 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Character in sports: Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? By George Devine, Sr. The annals of Catholic educational institutions — from major universities to parochial schools — are full of tales of derring-do on field and court. Who has not heard of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame — and locally, teams of the same name at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep? And the Wildcats represent both St, Ignatius College Preparatory and Marin Catholic with pride, to say nothing of Archbishop Riordan 's Crusaders, the Spartans of ICA, Mercy 's Skippers, the Penguins of Dominican College and the University of San Francisco Dons whose legends go back to the days of Ray Maloney and Tom Rice. In the neighborhood s, families and friends flock to Gilheany Gym at Epiphany Parish, or to similar facilities throughout the Archdiocese, Some parishes are building or expanding athletic facilities to keep up with the interest and demands of youth and those who encourage them toward the goal: mens sana in corpore sano; a sound mind in a sound body. However, increasingly athletics are undergoing self-examination in this era when the temptations of power and lucre are frequently attached to sports. The moral issues surrounding athletics come under scrutiny — and did Oct. 21 at USF in a panel examination of the topic: "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? Is Character Still Important in Sports?" Panelists were Steve Baker, a sports attorney representing clients in football, baseball and basketball

... panelists ... agreed that lessons in character come from family and f rom the f ollowing of rules. as well as broadcasting ; Glenn Dickey, columnist for 28 years in the Sporting Green of the San Francisco Chronicle and author of numerous books on local sports; Richard Harvey, 10-year veteran linebacker in the NFL, currently with the Oakland Raiders; and Rodney Knox, director of marketing and community relations for the San Francisco 49ers and a graduate of USF's sports and fitness management master 's degree program. Prof. Lawrence Wenner, director of that program, served as panel moderator. Often interviewed by the national press on collective bargaining, athletes' salaries and economic dimensions of the sports marketplace, Baker opened the multifaceled discussion, responding to Wenner's question, "What is the most pressing issue?" "We raise our kids to look up to these people," the attorney responded, referring to star athletes. Thus, he implied, there is a responsibility on the part of the athlete to be someone worth looking up to in the first place. A similar view was sounded by Knox, who alluded to a sort of character testing that goes on with teams like the 49ers in terms of the impact a given personality will have in the clubhouse as well as on the field; Harvey was not as sanguine. He said teams "don 't pick because of character; they pick players because they can perform." Dickey voiced agreement with basketball star Charles Barkley, retiring this year, who has said he wasn't hired to be, and shouldn 't be expected to be, a role model. That said, however, Barkley is donating a million dollars for student scholarships. While the panelists came at the same topics from a myriad of views, they agreed that lessons in character come from family and from the following of rules, in addition to role models in or outside of sport. Harvey elaborated on this theme, from the standpoint of his experience, noting that older players on a team tend to take a rookie aside, to steer a behavior pattern away from the mistakes of youth outside as well as inside the arena. Baker added his emphasis on the importance of helping athletes realize they must work with other people and act out of a sense of values, even in a society where rules can seem "out of whack". CHARACTER, page 19

A guest of Potrero Hill Neighborhood House receives praise for his a rtwork from Paris Alexander.

Paris... ¦ Continued f r om page 1 Before each match , he prays. "I ask the Man upstairs to take care.of me and my opponent. " "I feel blessed to have the family I was given," said Alexander. "My mother gave me the wisdom to believe in myself and strive for an education. " The fighter holds a degree in childhood psychology from San Francisco State. "My dad showed me the importance of patience ," Alexander continued , "and throug h my grandmother 's example, I was given faith and inner strength. " Although Alexander described his late mother as "very Catholic - she went to Churc h at least twice a week," his grandmother , Elverta , taug ht him the "meaning of faith , inner strength , and the power of prayer," he said. "I was humbled by my grandmother ' s bravery, " explained Alexander. "She had a very hard life. It never got easy for . her. Even .at 78 years old she was assaulted in her own home. And her death was a difficult one. She had stomach cancer. Yet through all of it she always said to me, 'It 's just God testing me, baby'." The athlete-social worker shares his knowled ge and experience with school kids, talking to them about his dual careers. "I just tell them if you work hard , have dedication , and keep your nose clean, then you can make something of yourself ," he said. i, i n n it was ooxer sugar Kay Leonard wno convinced Alexander he wanted to be a boxer. "I saw him win the gold at the Olympics. He made it look so fluid , so beautiful. Something struck a chord in me. I' m not quite sure, maybe destiny. " Alexander was older than most who start boxing, 17. He missed qualif ying for the Olympics by one fight. It didn 't deter him. "My mom couldn ' t stand the idea of me fighting. I wanted to fig ht as much as she didn 't want it for me. She wouldn ' t come to any of my fights. She always kept asking me, 'How can you put a f ace and a brain like yours in the ring?"' The cerebral side of Alexander brings him great j oy. "I' m fascinated with the human psyche. Working with the is developmental^ disabled a challenge , a privilege. I look up to them. Talk about fighters - they are the real fighters. They fight for everything - sometimes it can be about tying a shoe - something that can take months to learn." According to Alexander, the number one rule in working with the mentall y challenged is " never take it to a personal level. " But , he admits, "It 's hard to do. You become their big brother, their father, and friend - it 's difficult not to feel something. "

| How can a man who works with the developmentally disabled be involved in such a violent sport? "I only know once I had my first taste of boxing it 's been th rough my blood ever since. I call boxing the brutal ballet. There is a time in the ring when your body is loose and flowing. You walk in the eye of the storm and you have a chance to prove or improve. " "Boxing has always been a seedy profession ," Alexander admits. "I call it the red-lig ht district of sports. Right from the get-go, it 's had problems - the Mafia , people throwing fights. " He believes today 's boxing scandals could be alleviated if "it had one governing body. The probl em now is there are too many back-room deals. There is not enoug h regulation in the sport . It 's too easy to sli p throug h the cracks. People who have a lot of money can get away with things they ought not to. Just like the National Football League and the National Basketball Association each has one governing body, so should boxing. " What does he think of women boxers ? "It 's okay with me. If they are willing to sweat, bleed and work for it, why not? The one thing I don ' t like is many of the women I've seen boxing have not been trained properl y. It's all about money in the boxing game. " If anyone these days g ives boxing a consistent good image in Alexander 's view it is Evander Hol yfield , the current heavyweight champ ion. "Evander is a very humble, soft spoken and easy going guy. He is also "very religious. He s a great role model for young kids. Alexander hesitates to speak of so-called sports heroes. "Quite frankl y, I don 't understand wh y Americans put sports personalitie s on pedestals. I believe it's a mistake. " Talking about sports heroes , however, brought back a moment in his life when he received a letter from a father whose son had recentl y died of Leukemia. Alexander makes it a point to answer all fan mail he receives. In return , the father wrote him a thank you letter. In it,- the father thanked Alexander for the autographed picture he had sent to his dying son. "It meant so much to my son in his last days ," the father wrote. "After reading that ," said Alexander , "I asked myself , wh y was I a hero to the kid. What have I done? I just go out and beat on other guys. The real hero is the kid struggling with the fact he is going to die and facing it. " Alexander figures he has a few more years of boxing and continues his grueling workouts at the PAL gym. In the meantime, he's been dabbling in training others. "It reminds me when I first started boxing, " said Alexander. "I begged and begged my trainer to let me spar. When he finally gave me the chance , I got the stuffing kicke d out of me."

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Veteran... ¦ Continued fro mpage 1 The Polish veteran of World War II and local parishioner has detailed how she learned such lessons in a compelling account of her experiences in Soviet prisons during the War in her recent book , The Horror Trains: A Polish Woman Veterans' Memoir of World War II (The Minerva Center, 1999). Now a Hillsboroug h resident, the St. Bartholomew parishioner was captured in 1939 by Soviet "liberators " of Poland and forced onto a boxcar rambling throug h the vast Siberian wilderness. ivien ten me mey are shocked women could go through such sufferings ," the author told Catholic San Francisco during a recent interview, "and women say we were survivors ." Having joined the Polish military just out of high school, Pomykalski served her country from the beginnings of World War II. Supporting Polish military defenses against the Nazi occupation , a 17-year-old Pomykalski became adept at moving supplies and organizing . quick escapes. However, Soviet soldiers captured her and two friends at the Hungarian border after they set out to join the Polish Army-in-exile. The Soviet take-over of Poland came at a time when the Catholic nation was furiously defending itself from Nazi air and ground attacks. For then-unknow n reasons, Bolshevik soldiers suddenly entered Polish cities and began "liberating" first the goods and then the citizens of the country. Before they understood what was happening, Polish nationals were subjugated by the Soviets, in a manner very different from past invasions during other conflicts throughout the nation 's troubled history. "It looks," said then-17-year-old Pomykalski to her father in one of their last face-to-face conversations, "as though the Soviets not only want to wipe out Poland as a land, but also as a memory-—even our language." Her father concurred and convinced her to attempt escape: "You are young, and you have much that you can say. Poland and its independence are under a dark cloud that may persist many years. Somebody has to warn and tell the world." Then he added, "The truth must be allowed to get out. If no one from the outside world makes an issue of the Red invasion, the Bolsheviks will create a Communist Poland, a sort of Tabula Rasa." "Tabula Rasa" refers to "a method—dating back to Plato—that is used to bring the frame of mind to a blank state and such mind becomes conditioned to receive worthless beliefs or misinformation ," her father explained. • Pomykalski's detail in the book, from UX X

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explaining philosop hical concepts to describing the taste of a meager meal, is startling. She brings alive the breakfast scene where she and her comrades relax on the morning before their capture. She relates conversations and thoug hts with precision and reconstructs the appearance , behavior, attitude, and viewpoints of her captors with sharpness. The reader can almost smell the coal tar, which the Bolsheviks used to treat incessant lice infestation. One can nearly experience Pomykalski's hunger that results in sterility after a few weeks of Soviet imprisonment. Guards intentionally starve the women to eliminate sanitary considerations associated with menses. Pomykalski's infertility lasted four years, but she eventually bore two children, she explained during the interview. Only her time in a Siberian solitary confinement escapes her memory. She does not know all that happened in the cell after she blacked out, or for how long she remained there. A near miracle led to the release of Pomykalski and other Poles. In a prison latrine, she found a scrap of newspaper announcing a general amnesty granted to Polish citizens held in Soviet prisons. Believing it was left by a sympathetic guard, Pomykalski and her cellmates successfully distribute the piece of freedom and eventually demand their release. Several times throughout the book the author describes how her Catholic faith sustained her. . For example, on die last Sunday before her escape attempt , Pomykalski recalled attending Mass and the strength it provided. "I welcomed Sunday when it came, and gladly joined my relatives for the walk to church ," she writes. "The church bells sounded their welcome call across the village. The village had just the one church, and it was filled with parishioners. The villagers had retreated to their church as their only salvation, but there was no message from the pul pit." "The priest," she continues, " either confused or concerned for the safety of all, said riothing about the situation which confronted us all. Instead, he confined himself to the Latin, with only a few words urging hope and faith. This seemed to be enough for the faithful, and we walked home in stronger spirit, despite the ever-present Bolsheviks outside and along the road." She would need that strength during the next two years as she rode for weeks at a time in boxcars without heat, blankets, or toilets, through the Soviet wilderness and into various prisons. After recovering from her two-year captivity, she became a soldier with the Polish Army-in-exile. She served as a clerk typist with the Polish forces in the Soviet Union, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, and Egypt .

Pomykalski, third fro m left , and compatriots in Egypt in 1943.

Pomykalski drives a jeep in Palestine near the end of WWII.

She served in Italy just 40 kilometers from the front lines at the historic battle for Monte Cassino in May 1944. The 350-page account would have been valuable as a memoir only, as it tells a compelling and nearly unknown story. But it is more. Pomykalski delivers a history lesson, dense with politics, geography and ideology. Her experiences provide a behind-thescenes understanding of larger political events. She records the German announcement on April 13, 1943, that the decaying corpses of thousands of missing Polish officers had been found "butchered in the Katyn Woods, 14 miles west of Smolensk, near a holiday resort of the NKVD (Soviet military officers). The murders were carried out by annihilation squad s between March and

Pomykalski, 1944

May 1940. All these officers were shot in the back of the head, with hands bound , and their corpses lay face downward in a mass grave." "The Polish officers ," Pomykalski continues, "had been buried in their uniforms , complete with identity cards, notes, even letters from home, and Russian newspapers in their pockets—all dated between March and May 1940. Russians who claimed to have witnessed the deaths said that the Poles had been shot by NKVD soldiers." Other shocking events followed. According to Pomykalski, the Poles felt stunned and betrayed by NATO's signing away their nation to the USSR at the Yalta conference of 1945. Polish soldiers and citizens had drawn strength and pride from the notion they were fighting with NATO for liberation. Instead, "Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt simply handed Poland over to Stalin and put more than half of Europe under communist rule!" she writes. She also writes about the Warsaw Uprising, the actions of the Polish First Armored Division in France, and the feats of Polish Air Force pilots in the Battle of Britain. Pomykalski 's story has remained largely unknown until now. Citizens of the contemporary free world did not believe the few Polish accounts of Bolshevik brutality that managed to break through the war lines. In one passage, the young soldier and her friends foreshadowed the disbelief they would encounter: "Like everyone else they

(some recently released Polish prisoners) frequentl y asked, 'Do you think the outside world will ever believe us . . . when we tell diem what the Soviet Union is all about?' 'Yes, our real trouble is that the West will not believe us.'" Fifty years later, few survivors remain to tell the story of the countless thousands of Polish and even Russian citizens who were starved , beaten , murdered , and "lost ," during the seemingly senseless journeys across the Ural mountains and Siberia. Photographic inserts show a recovered Pomykalski, then in her early 20s, with friends at several locations , such as Egypt and Italy. Also shown is the middle-aged author duri ng an audience with one of her countrymen, Pope John Paul n. "I couldn ' t believe a Polish pope would be there," the author explained. "Of course it was such a great experience. We went to a little private chapel. He was kneeling and praying." Pomykalski explained how a group of young people from Poland was touring the Vatican at the time she visited in 1984, just before the pontiff went to his homeland in the name of solidarity. The pope asked the group to sing Polish folk songs, which he recognized and enjoyed, the author said. Later, they all shared Mass. "When he was giving Holy Communion, he just looked into your eyes," Pomykalski recalled. "It was very, very emotional." "When Polish are in peril, diey always tu rn to the Church," she added. During the interview, Pomykalski said she never saw her parents after her capture. At the end of the War, the then 24-year-old soldier served in England , where she met her husband. The young family moved to the United States and Pomykalski wished to visit her country again. However, with her homeland under Soviet rule she feared imprisonment for herself and her parents if she contacted them. They exchanged a bit of correspondence, but a visit was never possible. She had seen her father briefl y before she tried to cross the Hungarian border but ended up in Soviet hands. The last time she saw her mother was before the war began. Her father died in 1961 and mother in 1965. However, she has told the story for years, recalling sharper and sharper detail each time she revisited it. When her two grown children were in elementary school she gave frequent talks to students, trying to correct some of the inaccuracies American students had about the War. Inspired by Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk, which she read in the late 1950s, Pomykalski knew she could write her story as well. In a full circle, Rawicz contributes the preface to Horror Trains. She began writing the book in 1970 and finished it in the mid-1990s. Having done so ended the nightmares that had tormented her for decades. "I am very pleased to have done something," the author confided. "It's my baby. It took a long time and I know it will continue after I am gone." Pomykalski offered advice to readers. "Be brave and recognize facts from falsehoods. People have their own agendas to destroy life and countries . It should be a learning lesson not to trust too much. Truth is always strong. Nobody can defeat it."

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Veterans Day story p reserved f or future "It's an important story and it deserves to be better known." These are the fighting words of Linda Grant de Pauw, a retired George Washington University professor who since 1983 has run a publishing and research center exploring the roles of women in the military. This issue of Catholic San Francisco features a new book detailing the experiences of Wanda Pomykalski, a Polish World War II veteran and parishioner of the Archdiocese. As an 18-year-old Pomykalski was captured by Bolshevik soldiers "liberating" Poland during the Nazi invasion. Captured in 1939, the Polish service woman remained in Soviet prisons for two years. Under normal rules of publishing economic reality, her story might never have been told. Her book , The Horror Trains, did not interest commercial publishers. However, de Pauw published it through her organization, The Minerva Center, as she has brought to fruition countless other stories of women veterans. De Pauw expresses justifiable frustration that the issue of women as military personnel receives short shrift in universities and publishing houses — and the public. "This field of study falls between ~two er_tt_^—&h_ explains. Feminists don 't want to think about women in war except as its victims , and military researchers don 'l want to think about women in war at all. The prevailing assumption is that there are so few of them, they hardly merit mention. De Pauw oversaw a doctoral program focusing on women in the military at George Washington. It dissolved, however, for lack of interest when she retired. Now most scholarly work on the subject is by "non-affiliated scholars" — like Pomykalski. De Pauw finds it satisfy ing, but dicey, that The Minerva Center still exists. "I claim victory every year," she says. She also finds the lack of intej est baffling because she personally finds the field "innately fascinating." More than that, Pomykalski's story is a critical piece of history. Yet it only came to Catholic San Francisco's attention via a personal note from the author, who had read a feature on Polish war veterans we carried in for our Memorial Day issue. Charmed by the handwritten note, we took a hard look at the book. And are very glad we did. "Sales (of the book) are terrible," confided De Pauw. Her organization is a non-profit with no staff, and no money for promotion. However, she feels proud that Pomykalski's story has been recorded for history's sake. Likewise, we feel proud to able to participate in a small way as well by reviewing the book and interviewing the author. We admire Pomykalski's ability to survive and hope her story is passed down the generations. KKM

'Slig htly slanted '

I was quite taken aback by your slightly slanted (in my most humble opinion) story on taking away the parking lot from St. Thomas More Church , which comes under almost the same heading as closing the church which has been drawing more and more people. I must agree with Linda Shaw (Oct. 29) about the dreadfu l intersection of Junipero Serra, Thomas More Way and Brotherhood Way. If you can survive this intersection without spending the rest of your life at Westlake Shopping Center, consider yourself lucky. The parki ng is already very bad , and cars are frequentl y vandalized "just for the fun of it" so it takes dedication, which a great many people apparently have. I hope you print this letter. It is a bit more colorful than some of the boring ones you have been running. Roberta Bauccio San Carlos

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marriage. I believe all of these relationshi ps are of equal value "without betray ing the creative and redeeming love of God." The California Catholic Conference , with this action and support , promotes and fosters bigotry and discrimination against those who happen to be homosexual. This action uses the law to deny homosexual persons equality before the law for all citizens of California. I suggest the California Catholic Conference has the opportunity to put the Gospel to practice by funding and starting a statewide initiative to promote domestic partnershi p legislation which promotes the same benefits and legal protections to domestic partnershi ps presently afforded to married couples. Marriage and domestic partnerships are certainl y differen t relationships but they both have equal value in promoting the values of an enlightened and loving civilization. Gay and lesbian people are not looking for tolerance but are demanding equality before the law. James T. Lonergan San Francisco

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May I applaud your Oct. 22 "Ordinary Time" article and the Archbishop's actions in regard to the Defense of Marriage Initiative. Additional praise is due you for the editorial thrust of the selected articles for the Catholic San Francisco. I especially note the article in the same issue on the U.S. bishops ' Administrative Board urging Catholic voters to measure . each candidate, policy and political platform against —Gatlwlic_ _ch teaching. The onl y beef T woutd"have~is- that the last paragrap h of the latter article is not read from every pulpit in the 'Archdiocese. The leaders of the Archdiocese need to stress the basic political obligations of the layman. So .you do not have to look up the article, the paragrap h reads: "As Catholics, we need to share our values, raise our voices, and use our votes to shape a society wnicn protects human life, promotes family life, pursues social justice and practices solidarity." The bishops said. "These efforts will strengthen our nation and renew our

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As a practicing Catholic and member of Most Holy Redeemer Parish , I feel obligated to write concerning the subject of the "Ordinary Time" column in the Oct. 22 issue. I whole-heartedl y disagree with the point of view as well as the Church' s decision to use archdiocesan funds to support the Protection of Marriage Initiative. The statements "Marriage is lmked-asjin institution witii die family. Stable marilagesaire the best guarantor of stable famiIies'r lQ_ -arj sohitely correct. So how can anyone argo_ ->-. gay marriage is "bad for society"? If anything, making gay marriages legal will strengthen the bond between same-sex couples and provide the same societal support heterosexual married couples receive. Whedier or not a gay couple decides to have a family, their open commitment to each other, both legally and spiritually, can only serve to demonstrate the importance of mairiage to society as a whole. rtmiwfc __ . < " Secondly, I completely disagree with F.R. Geraty using archdiocesan funds to support the San Francisco exclusionary Protection of Marriage Initiative. There is a huge difference between "religiousl y-based rationale to I read and re-read the Oct. 22 com- comment" and actually donating funds for mentary on the marriage initiative in political purposes. I'm convinced most Catholic San Francisco with interest and Catholics in the San Francisco Archdiocese appreciate the Archbishop's efforts at clari- would strongly disagree with donating the fying the position of the California Catholic $31,724 in support of this initiative. There Conference in regard to the upcoming are so many other important societal issues Knight Initiative. Clarification of the law in • this money could be used for : quality regards to political participation of tax child-care, domestic violence, immigrant exempt organizations was very helpful and rights, gun control, etc, instructional . I consider myself extremely fortunate I agree the "law is a powerful educa- to have found a welcoming, inclusive tor ". I do not agree with the statement: "If spiritual community at Most Holy we were to enshrine in our laws a different Redeemer. We will continue our active concept of marriage, one that subordinates ministries to all people, regardless of genfamily to personal lifestyle choices, we der, race, or sexual orientation as would would be setting a different standard for the have Jesus Christ. education of young people". I believe that Jay Cuetara here lies the "rub" for many thoughtful gay San Francisco and lesbian people. Your own statement promotes the belief that the domestic partnerships of gay and lesbian people are Thank you for last week's side-to-side somehow of a "lesser" value, or only a per- opinions on the need for the passage of sonal lifestyle choice, to legally sanctioned Proposition A.

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Equality, not tolerance

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In essence, Father John Jimenez, writing from as far away as St. Pius Church in Redwood City, brought us close up to the life-sustaining need of Laguna Honda residents to be visited by relatives, friends , and volunteers in their close-to-home facility. This is a view not all of us have heard before, and it bears seriou s consideration because its supporting sentiment flows LETTERS, page 18

On Being Catholic

Pray for the living and the dead

Sp iritual works of mercy — Part VII

Father Milton T. Walsh

J. ray for me." "I'll be praying for you." Exchanges like this are very familiar to us, the currency of a spiritual communion we share. Beneath the surface lurk a host of philosophical problems: Is sickness or misfortune willed by God? Does my prayer change God's will, so that sickness is banished? Does God listen to the prayers of one person more than another? Whatever the theoretical questions, our accepted practice of bring ing needs to God in prayer is based on the direct commands of Christ himself: "Ask and you shall receive." (Lk 11:9) "If two of you agree about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father" (Mt 18:19) "If you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it to you ." (Jn 16:23) We are invited to childlike trust in God. Such trust

is far from superstition, although the two can look very much alike . In my first parish I knew a family where the father had been out of work for several months . One of his children made a novena to St. Jude, although some criticized her for her "superstition." On the ninth day, her father got a job. I have known too many such incidents to dismiss them as coincidence. 1 do not know how this "works," but it is certainly not magic. It is trust. Of course, often our prayers do not receive such an immediate response. This should not surprise us, if we see the situation in li ght of Jesus' own prayer in Gethsemane: "Abba, Father, ... remove this cup from me" (Mk 14:36) The Father does not answer his prayer by taking the cup away. Rather, he leads Jesus through the agony of the cross to the glory of a transformed humanity. Had Jesus been spared from death, as Isaac was, we would never have been freed from death . God' s "no" to the prayer of the Son concealed a deeper "yes " which has given us eternal life. The prayer of Jesus in the garden is the model of our prayer: certainly we ask God for what we want, but the main goal of our prayer is not to bend God's will to our plan, but our will to his. Prayer is an exercise in expanding our hearts to reflect the heart of God. We can apply this understanding of prayer to the injunction to pray for others in two ways. First, it calls us to bring the needs of others to God with tremendous confidence in his will. It is natural for us to pray that illness, suffering or misfortune be taken away from the lives of those we love. Jesus himself healed the sick, and lifted bur-

Violence workshop homily

dens from many. But this is not the principal reason why he came. If it were, how explain those long years when Jesus performed no healings? By his miracles, Jesus gave us a glimpse into the Kingdom but it was by his cross that brought that Kingdom about. At the center of our faith is not the banishment of suffering, but its transformation. In the face of distress, we pray for alleviation, as Jesus himself did in Gethsemane; but our deeper prayer must always be for the strength to embrace God's will in love and trust. Secondly, prayer for others challenges us to expand the horizons of our concern beyond our immediate circle. As the Catechism teaches, "God's love has no bounds , neither should our prayers." (CCC #2793) This is why when we celebrate the Eucharist we pray for the needs of the whole Church and the entire world. This is why Jesus instructed his followers to pray for their persecutors. No one should be beyond the loving embrace of our prayers. How far can such prayer reach? It can travel across the world and unite us in solidarity with people who are suffering. But it can go even further. The Song of Songs proclaims that love is strong as death (Song 8:6); the resurrection of Christ proclaims that love is even stronger than death . Next week we will reflect on how prayer can reach beyond death itself.

Father Milton T. Walsh is dean of students and an assistant professor of sys tematic theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

'Lov e defends those who have no def ense '

Following is the homily delivered by Permanent Deacon Nate Bacon at the concludingMass of the Oct. 23 conference on violence at St. Mary 's Cathedral sponsored by the Archdiocese in conduction with Respect Life Month. Ordained June 26, Deacon Bacon and his wife , Jenny, oversee Comunidad San Dimas, a ministry to at-risk Latino youth based at San Francisco 's St. Peter Parish where they are members. The deacon is local director of InnerChange, an ecumenical missionary order among the poor and marginalized. Today, many of us here present have just finished a half day conference called "A Stand Against Violence." We listened to speakers. We participated in small groups. We asked questions of the presenters, and we made personal commitments to active non-violence. We hear in the Gospel: love the Lord your God, with all your heart, soul, and mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. But isn 't life more complex than this? Yet, there is a simplicity that is beyond the complexity — crystal clear, yet deeply challenging, God invites us to participate in the very essence of God's being — love. Can there be anything more opposed to love, than violence? Yet violence rages around us. The news is filled with stories of violence. It has tragically become part of the fabric of our society. From the same heart flows both love — and violence. As witnesses, victims, and even participants in that violence, could it be that we arc still wrangling with the question of who our neighbor is, and just how far our obligation to her or 'him should go? Our first reading reminds us of some of the people who are our neighbor: the alien (the immigrant), the widow, the orphan , and the poor Those who have no one to defend them in society are the very ones God is most concerned about , God hears their cries, he says, and woe to those who are doing the wrong. How could the Hebrew people not get the picture? They have jus t cried out to God, who heard their cries. They had seen how God dealt with their oppressors when they hardened their hearts, and stopped their ears to their cries as slaves. Could it be that we are also becoming deaf in a desire to be neutral? Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa once said, "If the elephant has its foot on the tail of the mouse, and you say you are neutral , the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. " He concludes that when we claim neutrality in a situation of oppression, we cast our vote and our support with the oppressor.

Our God is a God of life, who desires for us to have life, How long will it take us to realize that the death penalty is and life abundant. And yet we settle f o rdistractions. a contradiction in terms in today's society? Who are those who are crying out to God today ? Single How long will it take us to see that the prison indusmothers struggling under the weight of responsibility, die try, whose lobby power has grown exponentiall y, only skyrocketing cost of housing, and the appalling lack of deepens our wounds, warehouses minorities, and does little to deter crime or reform lives? Tougher sentencing, decent, affordable childcare options. The unborn, who struggle for life, even as their life is lit- stricter laws, in the final analysis are pure l y bandaid erally sucked away from them while in the former protection approaches, When we send the message in a million different ways of the womb. Death Row inmates who cry out for the chance to see (you are nothing , you don 't matter, your life is not imporredemption come—who are being punished by an eye for an tant, you have no rights, you deserve to die) then , brotheye, a life for a life. We commit murder in the name of deter- ers and sisters , we reap what we sow. The same is true: When we expose ourselves to untold hours of violence ring it. The undocumented—who come from countries which and murder and infidelity on the television and in the have provided riches to U.S. companies, with the simple goal movies, and deceive ourselves into thinking it doesn 't of supporting their families. Just as God affect us. called on the people of God to remember When in the name of our constitheir roots, we too as an immigrant tutional rights , we continue to allow nation are called to not forget our roots so many assault weapons to prolifby mistreating the immigrants among us. erate on the streets—weapons The list could go on. which are bound to take someWe are invited by Jesus today to body's life. renew our baptismal promises of loving How many wake up calls do we God and loving neighbor. We are invited need? How many murder-suicides? to escape from the anasthetic false comHow many Littleto n Colorados? X passion of watching die news, shaking —PI Our God is a God of love , and he 5 calls us to follow him , to be his mesour heads, and saying, "Poor people..." 0 V) sengers, Love is active, and love defends those his prophets of love, life, 5 j and who have no defense. Love invites us to hope. We cannot be neutral. lii work together for a transformed world. _ There are cries going up to God , and That transformation can only flow from many of them from us right here. U Violence stains us all. its source — the very love of God which is displayed in the life of Jesus Christ We are our brother 's and sister's Deacon Nate Bacon addresses who gave himself completely for us. keeper. God invites us today to hear particpants of the workshop We have a great cloud of witnesses the cries and respond with compason violence at St. Mary's who surround us and point the way, sion. those who have given their lives for the Cathedral Oct. 23. In the offertory baskets will be ~ sake of a transformed world, for the carriea rorwara containing personal ; coming of the Kingdom of God. From the saints who would commitments of those who attende d the conference. It is not bow down to Caesar to the prophets of today: Monseiior the moment where in the Bread and Wine we offer anew Oscar Romero of El Salvador, Martin Luther King, Jr., our very lives to our Lord , that they mi ght be transformed Mohatma Ghandi, Cesar Chavez, Dorothy Day. into the Body and Blood of Jesus—who is Love incarHow many people have to die from domestic violence nate. As we are renewed in this Eucharist and sent out before we look to deeper solutions? again as a community with the mission of Jesu s, may we, How many more young people have to go to their grave, like the Thesalonians , be peop le for whom no explanabefore their 18th birthday? tion or excuse needs to be made. For they will say: in that How many sick and elderly will sacrifice their lives for the people we saw life , we received love, we were touched convenience of Euthanasia? by God.

SCRI PTURE ©L ITURGY Sorting out scrip tural meaning for the end of time .... It is quite a stretch for us to relate to end-time and the return of Jesus. The apocalyptic literature Of the Scripture in which these climactic events are encoded , the present millennium madness which misreads the biblical data and sees doom around the corner, and nonbiblical p iety which focuses on "my death and my particular jud gment " make it quite difficult to embrace the final , glorious consummation of God 's plan for all human beings and all creation with Jesus ' return as the communal and cosmic event it shall be. Yet that event is integral to the paschal mystery accomplished in the flesh of Jesus, once crucified , now forever glorified , and in our memorial of him each Sunday at the Eucharist table , where we say in Eucharistic Acclamation No. I , Father David M. Pettingill "Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again." Perhaps the Word of God, chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy, will warm us up to the final day and to the assur- That is why we express our longing for this "conditionance we are being readied for it. A tall order , you may ing" to happen in the words of Psalm 63. Paul proclaims the glory of end-time to the think , but this is the Word of God. Thessalonians in our second reading. While dealing from the Book of Wisdom reminds Our first reading us God can bestow understanding as his pure gift to us. with a problem for his community (will those who Wisdom is described as a lady who grants her gifts to those have died miss out on end-time glory and the return of who wait in watchful prayer: "She hastens to make herself Jesus?), Paul declares that what was Jesus ' experience known in anticipation of their desire; whoever watches-fer -wJJIJaejJur own beca use we are one with him: "For if her at dawn shall not be disappointed , for he shall find her we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God sitting by his gate.... She makes her own rounds, seeking through Jesus , bring with him those who have fallen those worthy of her, and graciously appears to them in the asleep." And that day, with all the biblical symbols of divine intervention , will be glorious communion: "For ways, and meets them with all solicitude." , the Lord himself , with a word of command , with the of Wisdom gracious description Upon hearing this we allow the fourth Gospel to guide us in identifying voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God , that Wisdom with Jesus, God's Word—Wisdom made will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ flesh , and appreciating his work as the one "sent" by the will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left Father to speak an experience of God into our hearts. (Paul at this time, expected the return of Jesus to be

32th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 6:12-16; Psalm.63: I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13

imminent), will be caug ht up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall be with the Lord forever." Because this final encounter is the completion of God's plan , it will be glorious , radiating the triump h of the glorified Christ to all creation. Matthew reminds us, however, that we are in for a long wait. Consider the point of the parable he uses about the ten virgins waiting to meet the bridegroom upon his return . While five were not provident , five were wise enough to bring "flasks of oil with their lamps", and were thus ready to greet the bridegroom and enter the wedding feast. The five wise virgins commend themselves to us because they were prepared for the "long haul." They dug in and waited it out. For Matthew "digging in " and "waiting it out " mean being Church now. To interact with the least of Christ 's sisters and brothers in their various states of repair is to interact with Jesus the Lord and so be judged worthy of the kingdom on the final day. (Matthew 25:31-46) If we have no problem being Church now, if we are not put off by our own weakness and the fragility of others, if we are willing to stretch ourselves in .the direction of our sisters and brothers in need, if we allow the Sunday assembly of Word and Eucharist to hav e its way with us, the final day will be no calamity for us because we already know the returning Lord and he, us.

Father David Pettingill directs the archdiocesan Office of Parish Life.

November feasts and traditions highlight communion of saints Over the last few weeks I have very much enjoyed Sister Sharon McMillan 's articles on hospitality in the liturgy. Hopefull y the series has inspired some parishes to consider a welcoming ministry where one does not already exist. I am particularly delighted that Sister chose to develop this topic at the very time when parishioners are establishing a hospitality ministry at St. Brendan Church where I am in residence. The ministry of hospitality reminds us that we do not worship alone in the Mass. The private prayers of our devotion and the public prayer of our liturgy while intimately linked are nevertheless distinct. As Sister Sharon 's articles have highlighted the communion we share with those physically presen t in the assembly, this month of November invites us to a better awareness of all those others in every place and time with whom we gather in the communion of saints. In the words of Pope Paul VI, "we believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ , those who are pilgrims on earth , the dead who are being purified and the blessed in heaven , altogether forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints is always attentive to our prayers ." November prayers for the dead November is tradition ally the month to remember the faithful departed in a special way. Starting out as it does with the Feast of All Saints on the first and the Feast of all Souls on the second, this month is quite naturall y a favorite time to pray for the dead and in turn to ask the dead to pray for us. Countless generations and cultures have nurtured this tradition with All Saints Day pageants to celebrate those who have preceded us to glory, and All Souls Day Novenas or special visits to the cemetery to pray for those who may still need our prayers. Even in our own day, new November traditions are

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local churches where relics of the saints were solemnly placed in the altar during the rites of dedication. Indeed every time the Church prays one of the eucharistic prayers, we honor the saints, we intercede for the dead and we look forward to that day when we ourselves will share the fullness of communion with them all in God's presence. "Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again; bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence. Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the virgin Mother of God, with the apostles, and with all the saints who have done your will throughout the ages. May we praise you in union with them and give you glory through your Son, Jesus Christ." (Eucharistic Prayer II) Father John Talesfore directs the Office of Worship

emerging in this same spirit. Some parishes display the names of those who have died during the last year at an appropriate place in the church . In certain churches you are invited to add the names of your own beloved dead in a beautiful book or scroll enshrined in a spot where others will come to pray for them throughout the month. Other parishes invite you to bring photos of the dead as an added incentive to remember them and pray. Often this November shrine finds a fitting place at the statue of St. Joseph , recognized as the patron saint of a happy death because Jesus and Mary were surely with him when he died. Liturgy of heaven and earth The Church has always honored the saints and prayed for the dead at Mass. We are especially reminded of this when we go to an ancient church like Saint Peter's Basilica that grew up where an altar was erected upon the tomb of a saint. This tradition is reflected in many of our

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QUESTION CORNER What s happens at final judgment?

to do our best to live now the kind of life we will hope to have lived when that time comes. But that judgment is not something to panic about or fear. It is not likel y that , under this kind of eternal scrutiny, any of us humans will be concerned about what other people think. We will all be too humbled by the majesty and beauty and love of God , too awed by the unimag inable debt we each owe to his mercy and goodness. This is the real drift of the Church's unders tanding of the "final" event when God "will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation, and understand the marvelous ways by

which his providence led everything toward its final end. The last jud gment will reveal that God's justice triump hs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God's love is stronger than death" (Catechism 1038-41). Briefly, a lot will be revealed at that time. Our puny sinfulness will be a long way from the focus of attention. Questions may be sent to Father Die tzen a Box 325, Peoria, III. 61651; or e-mail: jjdietzen @aol.com. Copyri ght (c) 1999 by Catholic News Service

Cj' On the last day, at the final judgment , will all our sins be made public to everyone? I am 85 years old and always believed that, but my children tell me they do not. Is this still part of Catholic doctrine !' {Tennessee} A. According to Catholic teaching, th at is at best a very limited and incomp lete way to describe what will take,place at "the end of the world ," whatever and whenever that may be. The centr al truth about the "last jud gment " is that Christ will come in his glory, and , as the Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it , "In the presence of Christ , who is truth itself , the truth of man 's relationshi p with God will be laid bare." In other words , we will, as full y as created human nature can do so , see things as God Father John Dietzen sees them. We will understand , as the catechism says, the fullest consequences of the good things we h ave done or failed to do in our earthly life. Also see Father Pettingill 's column, page 16 This awareness can motivate us to conversion, to commit ourselves "to the justice of the kingdom of God ,"

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By Sharon Abercrombie A convocation of representatives from the Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist , Islamic, Native American, Protestant , Orthodox , and Hindu traditions will join forces with 62 California health agencies Dec. 1-4 in San Francisco to address the on-going HIV/ AIDS epidemic. "A Call to Oneness: a Conference on Compassion and HIV/AIDS Disease" is the first such meeting to take place at the statewide level , said Chris Sandoval , director of the Multicultural AIDS Resource Center of California (MARCC). His organization is a major convener, along with the office of the Mayor, and the city and county of San Francisco. Most sessions will be held at Most Holy Redeemer Parish, 100 Diamond St. in the Castro District, but related events will take place at other sites. An estimated 500 people are expected to attend. The conference will open at 10 a.m. Dec. 1 at City Hall with a World AIDS Day prayer breakfast. An interreligious healing service and reception will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the same day at St. Mary 's Cathedral Conference Center, 1111 Gough St. Choirs from Most Holy Redeemer as well as from City of Refuge Churches in San Francisco and La Pena Cultural Center from Berkeley will participate in the service. "This is an unprecedented conference," said Sandoval, a St. Dominic parishioner. He said he was inspired to bring church and state together under the banner of compassion after Pope John Paul II convened a broad gathering of faith leaders a number of years ago at Assisi, Italy for dialogue on suffering caused by pandemics like the HIV/AIDS disease. It was decided to add the secular dimension to the San Francisco conference, said Sandoval , to bring both sectors together to explore ways to share resources to face the HIV/AIDScrisis. "It is important for people to kn ow compassion is a cultural common denominator which exists in every wisdom tradition," Sandoval said. "Christians say, 'Do unto others as you wornd have them do unto you,' while Native Americans say, 'Great Spirit, grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins,' and the Hindu

Dr. Ron O. Valdiserri, director of HIV prevention at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta , will speak at 10 a.m. Dec. 2. An 11 a.m. session will explore spirituality and coping witii HIV diseases; spirituality and science, and the role of spirituality in addressing HIV disease. A 1:30 p.m. panel on spirituality and prevention will feature Dr. Jessica Clark, medical director at San Quentin Federal Prison , Franciscan Father Louie Vitale , pastor of St. Boniface Parish in San Francisco and George de la Mora , executive director of the Mexican-American Alcoholism Program. Other hi ghli ghts : a session on "All Call to Arms in Communities of Color", 9 a.m., Dec. 3, with Stephen Oxendine, director of AIM High, African Americans; Louie Campos , education and prevention section 5, of CASOA; Dredge Kang, Asian-Pacific Islands Wellness Center; Peter Brokenleg, Friendship House for Native Americans; and Lawrence Ozoa, from Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC) in San Francisco. At 10:45 a.m. will follow a session titled "What Works, What Doesn 't in Communities of Color" with Carol Kleinmeyer of the Shanti Project . Archbishop William Levada is scheduled to participate in a panel on "A Call to Compassion" at 10 a.m. Dec. 4 along with Metropolitan Anthony of the Greek Orthodox Diocese, and San Francisco Supervisor, Rev. Amos Brown. A number of rituals and meditations led by Hindus, Buddhists , and Native Americans will be held during the conference! For further information, contact Sandoval at (415) 777-3229.

Religious leaders back AIDS crisis statement SEBASTIAN, Fla. (CNS) — An interfaith group of religious leaders is supporting a statement of conscience on die AIDS crisis that calls on "all people of faith to come together and reach out in caring for those suffering from the AIDS pandemic," The statement was released by the River Fund in Sebastian in advance of the Dec. 1-8 Parliament of World Religions in Cape Town, South Africa. The River Fund serves people with AIDS and cancer, The parliament is expected to draw about 6,000 participants. Events on the first day of the gathering, which is World AIDS Day, will include a display of the AIDS memorial quilt. The AIDS statement specifically calls on the world's wealthy nations to "share their resources with those parts of the world where the need is greatest" and says further that "the full resources of those nations must be directed toward the search for effective treatment and a vaccine." tradition advises, 'Whatever you consider injurious to yourself, never do to others.' This is the essence of charma." Sandoval will address the Dec. 2, 9 a.m. opening session at Holy Redeemer. Harold Rassmussen, education and prevention chief for the California State Office of AIDS, (CASOA) and Oblate Father Thomas Hayes who is AIDS chaplain for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and site host, will join him. ¦

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School of Pastoral Leadership Nov. 27: "Praying with Scripture - Lectio Divina," an afternoo n of dialogue with Benedictine Father Luke Dysinger at St. Vincent Chapel, San Rafael. Includes "Ceremony of Lessons and Carols for Advent" by choir ot St. Francis of Assisi Shrine. ¦ Jan. 29: Mass and SPL student recognition cere-

monies preceded by a keynote address by Alexie Torres of Youth Ministries tor Peace and Justice, 10 a.m., St. Mary Cathedral , Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Torres spoke at the recent Jubilee Justice Conference in Los Angeles. All are welcome. For registration materials and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087.

Retreats/Days of Recollection Dec. 17-19: Annual HIV/AIDS Christmas Retreat at the East Bay's San Damiano Retreat in Danville. Intended for people wanting to deepen their relationship with God as they struggle with the challenges this disease presents in their life. $25 suggested donation. Call (925) 837-9141.

VALLO MBR O SA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees and times call (650) 325-5614. Nov. 13: "Great Things Can Happen When East Meets West" with Melkite Father James Graham. Prayer, exploration, reflection while looking at several Eastern saints through icons used for feast days. 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. $30 fee includes lunch.

MARIANIST CENTER A Place of Discovery 22622 Marianist Way, Cupertino. For fees and times, call (408)253-6279. Dec. 2: An invitation to spend the first Thursday of the month in prayer and reflection. 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.

Take PrayerAround the Cross 3rd Tues. at 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 California St. at Gra nt, SF.Call (415) 288-3809. 3rd Thurs. 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , facilitated by Sister Toni Longo. Call (650) 325-5614. 2nd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Presentation Sisters Motherhouse Chapel, Turk and Masonic, SF. Call Sister Monica Miller, PBVM at (415) 751-0406, ext. 22; and at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke Parish, 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foste r City. Call (650) 345-6660. 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at (650) 340-7452.

Social Justice/Advocacy Nov. 6: "When I Was in Prison,.. " a day of reflection and solidarity with the imprisoned , 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Leander Church, 474 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro. $10 (no one turned away). Bring lunch. Call Tom Webb at "(415) 285-2281. Nov. 16: "Night of Culture" at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, 6:30 p.m. An evening of Latin American inspired food, music , art , solidarity. Call (510) 893-4648, ext. 201. $4-$10 fee. Nov. 21: Procession commemorating the victims of the School of the Americas in Golden Gate Park beginning at SF's ' Panhandle, Masonic ' between Oak and Page St. Sponsored by SOA Watch West. Call Laetitia Bordes at (650) 359-6635.

Consolation Ministry Nov. 19: "Stories of Healing and Renewal: Finding Peace When Faced With Loss" sponsored by Mission Hospice of San Mateo County, 11:30 a.m. 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1500 Easton Dr., Burlingame. $13 includes lunch. Call Linda Darata at (650) 554-1000, Nov. 20: "Dying With Dignity: Hospice Care on the Coastside", an educational Hospice program for health professionals and the public at Cunha Intermediate School, Church and Kelly Ave., Half Moon Bay. Registration 8 a.m., program 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $25 per person, lunch and CE credit included. Topics include "Dying as a Stage of Life" and "Maintaining Dignity in Death and Dying". Underwritten by a group Including Seton Medical Center and coordinated by the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay. Call Linda Darata at (650) 554-1000.

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Nov. 8: Information meeting on archdiocesan World Youth Day pilgrimage Aug. 6-21, 2000 (ages 16 into 30s), 7:30-8:30 p.m., Epiphany Parish, 827 Vienna St., SF; for info, call Young Adult Ministry Office: (415) 565-3629. Nov. 9: Two Tribes - Catholic and Jewish Interfaith dialogue, 7-9 p.m., St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF. Call Mary Jansen at (415) 563-6503. Nov. 14: Young Life Liturgy at 6 p.m. followed by Thanksgiving Dinner Dec. 15: Christmas Caroling. Our Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame. Call susan.winchell@synergyic.com. Nov. 16: Information meeting on archdiocesan World Youth Day pilgrimage Aug. 6-21, 2000 (ages 16 into 30s), 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Raphael Parish, 1104 5th Ave,, San Rafael; for info, call Young Adult Ministry Office: (415) 565-3629. Nov. 27: Post-thanksgiving Day Party; Dec. 18: Young Adult Mass and Christmas Party; Dec. 31: Y2K New Year's Eve Party, St. Andrew Church, Daly City. Call www.jps.net/standrew/light

Datebook At the Cemetery Nov. 11: Veteran 's Day Memorial Service in Veteran's Section of Cemetery; Dec: 11: Christmas Remembrance Service, Father John Talesfore, presiding; Mass is celebrated on the 1st Sat. of the month in All Saints Mausoleum Chapel. All liturgies begin at 11 a.m. For more information, call (650) 756-2060.

Prayer/Devotions Nov. 7: Anniversary Mass commemorating deceased members of Knights and Ladies of Peter Claver, 10 a.m., Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Innes at Hawes, off Evans, SF with Father Kirk Ullery presiding. Call (415) 648-0352. For information about events sponsored by the Office of Charismatic Renewal of the Archdiocese, call (415) 564-7729. Nov. 21: Sung Latin Mass with Gregorian Chant, St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 180 Harrison Ave., Sausalito, 5 p.m. Call Gerald Holbrook at (415) 332-1765. Dec. 31: Mass and Blessing of City, 11 p.m., St, Francis of Assisi National Shrine, Columbus and Vallejo St., SF.Call (415) 983-0405. Weekdays: Radio Rosary, 7 p.m., 1400 AM KVTO, includes prayer, meditation, news, homilies. Call (415) 282-0861. 2nd Sun.: Pray for Priests,3:30 p.m. at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Blvd. at 8th Ave., SF. Call (415) 751-0450. Centering Prayer: Mon. 7 p.m.- 8:15 p.m., Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond St., SF Call Sr. Cathy Cahur at (415) 553-8776;Tues. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m., Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., SF. Call Chuck Cannon at (415) 752-8439; Sat. 10 a.m. - 12 noon, St. Cecilia Church, 2555 17th Ave., SF. Call Coralis Salvador at (415) 753-1920. Mass in American Sign Language is celebrated each Sun. at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Parish, 1801 Octavia (between Pine and California) in SF.A sign language Mass is celebrated at St. Anthony Parish, 3500 Middfefield Rd„ Menlo Park on the third Sat. of the month at 10:30 a.m. and later that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (at Bon Air Rd.), Kentfield. For information, call St. Benedict at [415) 567-9855 (voice) or (415) 567-0438 (TDD).

family Life Nov. 9: St. Gabriel Elementary School, 2550 41st Ave., SF will hold Kindergarten Open House for families of children entering in September 2000. Day includes meeting parents and staff and tours. Call the school at (415) 566-0314. Nov. 7: "Make Your Goal Mercy" open house at Mercy High School, Burlingame, beginning at 1 p.m. in Kohl Mansion. Tours, presentations , entertainment and refreshments. Call Betty Duran, admissions director, at (650) 343-1414. Catholic Charities Foster Care and Adoption Program offers free information meetings the 2nd Wed , of every month at 7 p.m. Adults and couples are invited to learn more about adoption and the growing need for permanent families for children. Meetings are held at Catholic Charities, 814 Mission St., 5th Fl., SF, Call (415) 844-4781. Introductory sessions of Seton Medical Center's Natural Family Planning program will be held through this fall.. The office also offers educational programs for youth on topics including the changes that occur during puberty and the responsibility of relationships. Health educators are also available to speak about NFP, infertility, adolescent sexuality, preparing for pregnancy, perinatal loss and drug abuse in pregnancy. Call (650) 301-8896. Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages, has upcoming weekends. Call Lolette or Anthony Campos at (415) 893-1005.

Single, Divorced, Separated For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. Nov. 12: Monthly meeting; Nov. 20: 5 p.m. Mass at Star of the Sea, Sausalito; Nov. 25: If you're alone for Thanksgiving and want to share the day with other CASA members; Nov. 27: Christmas tree cutting in Petaluma. For details on these and other activities, call Bob at (415) 897-0639. New Wings at St. Thomas More Church meets on 3rd Thursdays. Call Claudia Devaux at (408) 447-1200 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com.

Lectures/Classes/Exhibits Nov. 7: "Are You Longing for More?" an afternoon of information and fellowship at St, Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr„ Tiburon. Father James Tarantino, pastor. Call (415) 435-1122. Nov. 11-13: "Italian Americans: A Retrospective on the 20th Century," a three-day conference at San Francisco Marriott Hotel, Fisherman's Wharf , sponsored by St. Mary's College, Moraga. More than 200 scholars from Italy, Australia, Canada, France and the U.S. will be on hand. For information: Prof. Sensi-lsolani, conference chair, (925) 631-4476 or (925) 631-4706. Nov. 13: Legion of Mary, OL Guadalupe and OL China praesidia, after 9 a.m. Mass at Holy Name of

Jesus Parish, Flanagan Center, 39th Ave. and Lawton, SF. Call (415) 331-9279. Nov. 14 through Jan. 15: "Light of India," an exhibition of photographs by Craig and Judith Kolb, San Marco Gallery of Alemany Library, Dominican College, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. Artists' lecture Nov. 30, 2 p.m.. Gallery hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon to 6 p.m. Sundays. Free. Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m.: Father Jim Aylward presents and discusses Vatican II at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley. All welcome. Coffee and refreshments , too. Through Jan. 5,2000: The work of illustrator and printmaker David Lance Goines at USF's Thacher Gallery and Donohue Rare Book Room, 1st and 3rd fl. of school's Gleeson Library. Artist speaks at USF Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. Call'(415) 422-2434. Dec. 3: Jesuit Father Tony Sauer, President, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, prays and speaks with the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club. Call (415) 461-0704 for reservation and information. Through Nov. 14: "The Treasury of St. Francis Assisi," includes 70 rare works of art, many from the time of the great saint, at the California Palace ol the Legion of Honor, 34th and Clement St,, SF. Tues.- Sun., 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults $8/Seniors $6/Youth $5/under 12 free. Call (415) 863-3330

Food & Fun Nov. 5, 6, 7: "Steppin' Thru Time" at St. Cecilia School, 660 Vicente St., SF. Fri. 6-10 p.m.; Sat.5-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-6 p.m. Dinner served on Sat. 5-7 p.m. Fun for all ages with booths, climbing wall, craft ' items, games, food. Call (415) 664-8481. Nov. 6: An "Arab Cultural Evening" at St. Anne of Sunset Parish lower hall, 1365 Funston St., SF, beginning at 7:30 p.m.. Live music, dancing, refreshments , "maza ," and more. $25 donation. Nov. 6-7: "Candy Cane Lane Christmas Boutique and Cake Sale" at St. John the Evangelist Parish Hall, 19 St. Mary's Ave., SF, Sat. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Handmade crafts , ornaments, baked goods and white elephant items. Cali (415) 334-4646. Nov. 6: Christmas Boutique benefiting Dominican Sisters ol Mission San Jose, Immaculate Conception Academy auditorium, 24th and Guerrero St., SF, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Do your Christmas shopping early at ICA. Call (650) 588-6832. Nov. 6-7: St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Nordstrom present "Millennium Prelude", fashions for a new era. Saturday evening gala features hosted cocktail reception, dinner, show and dancing. Sunday luncheon features show and gift basket raffle. Proceeds benefit SI Scholarship Fund. Call (650) 692-7999 or (650) 348-0246. Nov. 6: "A Nile at the Races" sponsored by St. Kevin Parish Women 's Guild, Ellsworth off Cortland, SF. No Host cocktails at 6 p.m. Full-course family style, Spaghetti and Meatballs dinner at 6:45 p.m. followed by authentic races on large TV. Programs provided. Door prizes, too. Dinner $10 adults/$5/children. Call (415) 648-575 1 for reservations. Nov. 13-14: Christmas Bazaar, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in auditorium at 17 Buena Vista Ave., Mill Valley. Popular cake booth complemented by toy booth, gift items, collectibles, antiques, and crafts. Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., lunch available; Sun. 9 a.m.-noon. Call (415) 388-4332. Nov. 13-14: 21st Annual Christmas Boutique and Bake Sale, Our Lady of the Pillar Church Hall, Church St. and Kelly Ave., Half Moon Bay. Handmade items include toys, dolls, quilts, decorations, Christmas items with something for everyone. Sat, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call JoAnne Bustichi at (650) 726-2269. Nov. 20: Annual benefit auction and dinner at Junipero Serra H.S.; in gymnasium, 20th Ave. and Stratford Way, San Mateo. Silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m.; live auction at 8 p.m.; dinner is $35. Proceeds benefit building and endowment funds. For reservations: (650) 573-9935. Nov. 23: 1999 Red Tie Gala benefiting Little Sisters of the Poor and St. Anne's Home at Nieman Marcus Union Square, 7 p.m. Five floors of fantastic foods, music and more. Entertainers include Rich Olsen Orchestra, and Pride & Joy. For information, call Bernice O'Brien at (415) 334-0345 or Phyllis Lavelle at (415) 221-9091, 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. Second 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.

Reunions "Milestone Class Reunions" for Notre Dame High School, Belmont, classes 1939 through 1994, are being planned now. For information, call Donna Westwood, '64, alumnae relations director, at (650) 595-1913, ext. 351 or e-mail alumnae@ndhs.pvt.k12.ca.us Attention Alumni and former students of Good Shepherd Elementary School, Pacifica. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Please leave your name and address with the development office at (650) 738-4593 or fax to (650) 359-4558.

Nov. 6: St. Paul Elementary, Class of '54. Call Dennis Creedon at (650) 692-9979. Nov. 21: Mass commemorating the "200th Anniversary of the Founding of the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart" with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding, 5:30 p.m., St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF.Were you or your children educated by the Religious of the Sacred Heart? Please join alumni/ae and friends for this special Mass. For more information, call Janice Toohey Vela at (415) 292-3114. Our Lady of Angels Elementary School, Burlingame: Attention alumni/former students, parents, grandparents. OLA is developing an alumni newsletter. Please leave your name, address and phone number with the development office at (650) 343-9200 or fax to (650) 343-5620, attn: Susan Baker.

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About Health Nov. 6: Patient education class for lupus patients and their families teaching basic facts about lupus as well as treatment methods, coping mechanisms at Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City. Fee of $25 person/$40 for 2 people, includes continental breakfast, lunch and comprehensive packet of informative medical articles. Call Bay Area Lupus Foundation at (408) 954-8600. Nov. 12: 3rd Annual National Lung Cancer Awareness Day with rally at UCSF/Mt. Zion Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero, SF with talks by recognized experts on cancer and patients living with cancer. Live music from Lloyd Tripp and the Zipguns, Food and beverages, too. Call Carolyn Clary-Macy, RN at (415) 885-7283. Free Flu Shots at St. Mary's Medical Center, SF, for elderly and at risk individuals. Call (415) 7505800 tor an appointment.

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Nov 5: Coro Hispano/Conjunto Nuevo Mundo performs its seasonal Dia de los Muertos with the wellknown Misa Criolla at St. Patrick Seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, 8 p.m. The group repeats the concert on Nov. 6 at Mission Dolores, 16th St. and Dolores, SF, at 8 p.m. and on Nov. 7 at St, Vincent's Chapel, One St. Vincent Dr., San Rafael at 4 p.m. $15 general admission/$12 seniors and students. Under 16 free. Call (415) 431-4234. Nov. 5, 6, 12, 13: "Scapino" , a merry, slapstick evening from Tri-schools Junipero Serra , Notre Dame and Mercy, Burlingame. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. in Serra theatre , 20th Ave. and Stratford Way, San Mateo, $6 adults/$5 senior citizens and students. Call (650) 345-8207. Nov. 12, 13, 19, 20: "Midsummer Night's Dream" at Mercy High School , SF. Opening night gala Nov. 12. Featuring talent from Mercy, St. Ignatius , Riordan and Sacred Heart Cathedral. Call (415) 334-0525 for curtain times and tickets. Nov. 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20: "The Visions of Simone Machard" by Bertold Brecht at USF's Gill Theatre near Fulton St. between Parker and Masonic, SF. Curtain at 8 p.m. $5/$3; Call (415) 422-5070. Nov. 21: Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers at Sts. Peter and Paul Church , 666 Filbert St, SF, 2:30 p.m. Call (415) 421-0809. Nov. 18: St. Luke Productions returns to St. Anne Home, 300 Lake St., SF with "John of the Cross: Living Flame of Love" starring Leonardo Defilippis who has been performing lives of the saints since 1980. $8 adults/$4 children. For more information, call Sister Margaret Patricia at (415) 751-6510, Dec. 17: Christmas Concert by Marin Children's Choir, Martha Wall, director, St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 180 Harrison Ave., Sausalito. $8 adults/$5 students , seniors. Call Gerald Holbrook at (415) 332-1765.

Sundays in November: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists Nov. 7: Organ concert by David Hatt, 3:30 p.m. Archdiocesan Choir Festival listed for this date earlier has been postponed; Nov. 21: Interfaith Concert , 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF, Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Sundays in November: Concerts at St. Francis of Assisi Shrine by various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Also Dec. 19: Carol Concert; Dec. 26: Three Sopranos Christmas Concert; Dec. 31: New Year's Eve Organ recital by John Renke , 10:15 p.m. Call (415) 983-0405.

Volunteer Opportunities Be a guardian at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call the cathedral at (415) 567-2020, Docent opportunities to lead student and adult tours are available at Mission Dolores , SF. Share the rich California mission history with some of Mission Dolores' thousands of visitors. Call Paula Zimmerman at (415) 621-8203. The Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns offers volunteer opportunities in social justice , respect life , advocacy and other areas Call (415) 565-3673,

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Color and virtuosity shine in Guarneri Quartet West Coast finale The Guarneri Quartet are celebrating their 25th anniversary of continuous performing together. They have received all kinds of awards and honors and their recordings have been a foundation on which many of us built our understanding of the chamber music literature. This concert was the last occasion when we on the West Coast will hear die group in their intact form: Roger Soyer, the cellist, has opted to stop touring and will only perform closer to home. That will be a loss, but the Quartet will continue to give pleasure to music lovers, we hope, ad multos annos,

By Father Basil DePinto The string quartet, as all the world knows, is composed of two violins, a viola, and a cello. Composers have loved to stretch this format in various ways, with some glorious results. Mozart added an extra viola and came up with four wonderful quintets. Schubert added a cello and gave the world one of his most sublime works. Both of those composers were in the twilight of their years, and their music has a corresponding air of gravity. Brahms, on the contrary, was full of zest when he composed his Viola Quintet in G major. He had just come from an Italian vacation and was comfortably ensconced in his Alpine retreat, and the music is redolent of both southern warmth and brisk mountain vitality. The performance given recently in Herbst Theatre by the Guarneri Quartet, ably assisted by violist Ida Kafavian, was a superb example of first-class musicality. Discipline and flexibility were judiciousl y balanced, allowing for maximum color along with the stunning virtuosity for which this group has long been famous. Brahms' chamber music never seems very far from his symphonic output and it has been claimed that the beginning of this quintet was meant to open a Fifth Symphony, which of course did not materialize. Still one senses-the" composer's need for a broad palette on which to place the exuberance of his musical ideas.

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Mary, Mother of Jesus' pro ducer : 'not a boring movie' B y Mark Pattison HOLLYWOOD (CNS) — Portray ing the life of Mary on the small screen is exciting , said Bobb y Shriver , who with his mother, Eunice , is executive producer of the upcoming NBC program "Mary, Mother ol* Jesus ," which will air Sunday, Nov , 14, 9-11 p.m. on NBC. "This is not a boring movie " Shriver said in an interview after a Hollywood press conference promoting the production. "You know how people said, "This is not your father 's Oldsmobile ".' Well, this is not the Mary you know from Renaissance paintings ," he exp lained . "We're not trying to make Mary rock ' n ' roll , but to make her more modem." Nor will the film be dependent on special effects, Shriver said. "There's some angels swirling around, but it 's not like we have a lot," he said. "You don 't need a lot to show water chang ing into wine." The show 's makers hope the film will appeal to nonCatholics as well as Catholics. "We try to imagine her life as a young Jewish girl born in this kind of world , and what was her life like ," he said. "I imag ine some peop le

Christop her Routh stars as John the Baptist Pernilla August plays Mary and Simone Bendix plays Mary Magdalene in the NBC-TV movie , "Mary, Mother of Jesus " to air Nov. 14. are going to be offended , and other people will say we did a good job. " "Mary, Mother of Jesus " stars Pernilla August as Mary. August played the mother of Anakin Skywalker, a.k.a. the future Darth Vader, in the summer blockbuster "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace." Christian Bale , who

starred in this year 's movie version of "A Midsummer Night 's Dream ," plays Jesus. NBC bills the movie as "a timeless story of love, sacrifice and faith" that "both humanizes and celebrates Mary 's p ivotal role as the mother of Jesus." Kevin Connor, who directed the cable TV feature "Mother Teresa: In the Name of God' s Poor," directs "Mary, Mother of Jesus." Much of the filming was done in Budapest , Hungary, and Prague , Czech Republic. "I hope this isn 't seen as reli g ion on TV — more like irituality on TV or wisdom on TV," Shriver told TV sp writers. "We hope it 's not going to be — and (that) you all won 't write about it as — 'a Catholic movie ' and people think , 'Oh, that 's reall y boring." Eunice Shriver is new to the Hollywood production business, but Bobby has a little experience , having been one of the producers of the popular action film "True Lies," starring his brother-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver, is an anchor and reporter for NBC News. Her brother said the family connection p layed no part in NBC agreeing to air "Mary, Mother of Jesus."

Homily landed priest a j ob consulting on 'Mary' TV movie WASHINGTON (CNS) — Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Donald Heet is not a Mariolog ist; rather, he is a homiletics professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington. So how did he wind up being the theological consultant for the upcoming NBC madefor-TV movie "Mary, Mother of Jesus"? It was his stock in trade — a homily — that landed him the job. He was helping out at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Potomac , Md., a Washington suburb, where Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her family attend church . Eunice and her son Bobby are executive producers of the movie.

"1 gave a homily — it wasn 't even about Mary, it was about the Prodigal Son," Father Heet said in a telephone interview with Catholic News Service. "I think (Eunice) was hnptrinnid with j__W I tell a story." _ That was more diann^cTy2aTSago. The fruit of the Shrivers ' and Father Heet's efforts will be visible when "Mary, Mother of Jesus" airs on NBC Nov. 14, 9-11 p.m. "I had to do a lot of research," Father Heet told CNS. He didn 't uncover any long-hidden truths about Mary, but the research put into clearer focus for him "the way we relate to Mary — the Mary of Scripture and the Mary of faith."

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The priest said he would review scripts to "What I learned the most was how the see if they were theologically and historicalsecond Mary, the Mary of faith , developed ," accurate. he said. But for the needs of TV, he added, ly One of the stickier points was "we stuck with the Mary of Scripture 's whether to depict Mary as being at the much easier to show." because it - -Roughly- die J_ sJ 30 minutes of the two- Last Supper , as some Renaissance painthour movie show the young~Mary through ings have. In talking through the issue, the flight into Egypt with Joseph and the Father Heet recalled , one argument infant Jesus. The next 30 minutes or so deal against it was that "if Mary is attjie Last with Mary 's life until the time Jesus begins Supper , then you 're saying that woTrren. should be ordained." In the end , Mary is his public ministry. That was after three rewrites of the not there. "You would have to read between the script — one wholesale rewrite, and the other two "pretty significant," according to lines and read a lot into it to find something objectionable," Fath er Heet said. Father Heet.

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Capsule movie reviews... NEW YORK (CNS) — Following are recent capsule movie reviews issued by the U.S. Cath olic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting: "Bats" (Destination) When a Texas town is decimated by mutant bats on a killing rampage, the sherifl (Lou Diamond Philli ps) and bickering scientists struggle to devise a manner to kill them before mayhem spreads across the country. Director Luis Momeau 's formula horror flick delivers cliches in place of chills and the rapid-fire depictions of the attacks are a blur. Recurring violent bat attacks, some profanity and minimal rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IH — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents cautioned some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Body Shots" (New Line) Repelling tale of eight single twentysomethings (including Amanda Peet and Sean Patrick Flanery) who, after arranging to meet at a Los Angeles dance club , pair off sexually, but the next morning one (Tara Reid) accuses another (Jerry O'Connell) of rape. Director Michael Cristofer 's selfobsessed characters talk to the camera with their pretentious views on sex when the

camera isn ' t recording ugly scenes involving body fluids or rough sex. Several casual sex encounters, a brutal beating, much substance abuse and constant profanity and rough language. USCC classification is 0 — morally offensive. MPAA rating is R — restricted, "Man of the Century " (Fine Line) Amusing comedy in which a reporter (Gibson Frazier) dresses and acts if it were the 1920s in courting his sweetheart (Susan Egan) and seeking exclusive scoops. Briskly paced and shot in crisp black- and-white, director Adam Abraham 's fish-out-of-water tale may be slim on story but the earnestly naive main character is consistently likable Unlike some of his foul-mouthed contemporaries. Brief violence, mild sexual innuendo , some profanity and recurring rough language. USCC classification is A-III — adults. MPAA rating is R — restricted. "Music of the Heart" (Miramax) Inspiring true story of an abandoned wife and mother (Mery l Streep) who turns her life around by moving to Harlem and instilling self-esteem in underprivileged schoolchildren by teaching them the disci p lined art of playing the violin. Anchored by Streep 's finely tuned performance, director Wes Craven 's biographical movie realisticall y captures a devastated woman ' s personal

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USCC classification is A-Il — adults and adolescents. MPAA rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Three to Tango" (Warner Bros.) Failed sex comedy in which a Chicago architect (Matthew Perry) fears losing his job if he refuses to chaperone the mistress (Neve Campbell) of his new employer (Dylan McDermott) who believes he 's a homosexual. Directed by Damon Santostefano, the result is a dreary TV-level sitcom that offers few laughs and no credible characters . Sexual situations and innuendo involving marital infidelity as well as several instances of profanity and rough language. USCC classification is A-IV — adults , with reservations. MPAA rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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V_/ne of the more endearing things about John Keegan's carefull y crafted history The First World Wa is that the British scholar does not dance around the shrubbery before delivering an opinion, a spastic tendency fairly common among academics. Without preliminaries , Keegan begins his assessment forcefull y: "The First World War was a tragic and unnecessary conflict. Unnecessary because the train of events that led to its outbreak mi ght have been broken at any point during the five weeks of crisis that preceded the first clash of arms ... tragic because the consequences of the first clash ended the lives of 10 million human beings ... destroyed ... the culture of the European continent and left ... a legacy of political rancor and racial hatred so intense" that the Second World War "was the direct outcome." One can quibble about the use of the term "unnecessary," 1 suppose , insisting that, given the political realities and nationalistic struttings of the early 1900s, conflict was inevitable and that with that conflict the notion of Empire, and with it its socio-cultural underp innings , would tumble. If not that war, then another, the argument goes. Still , there is no gainsay ing the fact that World Ward I, in which the soldier became fodder in ways hitherto unthinkable , was a war that none of the combatant nations really wanted but fell into as a result of posturing, jealousy , miscalculation and promises bundled under the princi ple of national honor. Not since Barbara Tuchman 's 1962 book. The Guns of August , has a history of that period captured the public 's fancy to the extent Keegan 's reprise has. However, the reasons for this success are not readily apparent desp ite the book' s historic accuracy and its delineation of every phase of the combat , from the bloody

When journalists tackle comp lex historical issuest they sometimes reach for headlines instead of balanced jud gment. That 's one big problem with John Cornwell's Hitler 's Pope: The Secret . History Of Pius XII' : It oversimplifies and sensationalizes. It takes one of the most difficult and disturbing questions the Church has faced in the 20th century, whether Pope Pius XII should have done more to help save Jews from Nazi persecution , and turns it into an almost comic-book account of good guys vs. bad guys. The title is an exaggeration that even Cornwell seems (o disavow in the text. He writes that Pius XII was no friend of Hitler , no admirer of Nazism and even secretly offered to mediate a plan to depose the German fuhrer. So why the title? Well, it makes a good headline . Pius XII was an anti-Semite , the book states. The evidence? A letter he wrote as a young nuncio in 1919 , after encounteri ng a . group of Jewish Bolsheviks in Munich. The future pope describes his revulsion upon meeting a "pale ... vul gar " man who led the revolutionary group and his "lecherous " mistress. "Jews like all the rest of them ," the nuncio writes. This state ment of fact may have been insensitive , but as the basis for an accusation of lifelong anti-Semitism it is slim. The book resurrects the infamous "lost encyclical" by Pope Pius XI that would have condemned anti-Semitism but which was . quietl y shelved when Pius XII was elected. For all its good intentions , however, this draft encyclical was deep ly Hawed; in fact, it legitimized a state 's rig ht to protect itself from Jewish activities. Yet Cornwell concludes that "perhaps " Pius XII buried the encyclical not to inflame the Nazis. Cornwell almost offhandedl y mentions that Pius XII and his aides worked behind the scenes to hel p save thousands of

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Hitler 's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII , by John Cornwell. Viking (New York, 1999). 430 pp., $29.95. Reviewed by John Thavis

Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John - Paul II , by George Weigel, HarperCollins , 1999, 832 pp, hardcover, $30. Reviewed by Brother John Samaha, S.M. In a conversation with the author, Pope John Paul II reflected that most writers "try to understand me from the outside. But I can be understood onl y from the inside." This is the point of departure for George Weigel as he explores the convictions that drive the pope 's life. The result is an absorbing portrait of this Holy Father who has left an indelible and large imprint on the Church and world. The author comes with good credentials for this task. He has met the pope on a number of occasions over years, is a recognized theologian and journalist , and a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington. More importantl y he was granted over a period of three years some 20 hours of private conversation with the pope, and enjoyed access to Vatican sources, including never-before-seen personal correspon- ÂŚ deuce with world leaders. The puzzling paradoxes that swirl around the pope, one of the most visible figures of our contemporary world , indicate that John Pau l II is not thinking of endings but of leading the Church into the next millennium and "a new springtime of Christian life. " The world knows Pope John Paul II as a man of rigorous intellect and mystical faith , a radical visionary and a dogmatic defender of tradition , a fearless champion of freedom and a stern authoritarian. When historians assess the 'cultural , relig ious , and geopolitical movements of the late 20lh century, certainl y he will be jud ged one of the most influential leaders of the world. His wideranging concerns and his extensive travels have carried his influence far beyond the Church he shepherds. His actions have captured the attention WITNESS continued on page B3

PIUS XII , Continued from caver... of Jews from deportation and certain death in extermination camps. He offers no detailed accounts of these efforts. Whatever the pope did , for Cornwell it was too little and too late. He even belittles Jewish testimonials to the pope after the war, arguing that , basical ly, they didn 't know what they were talking about. The author starts with a strong antagonism to Pius XII and his "autocratic " papacy, and then makes every piece of historical evidence fit this portrait. It's a one-sided account that leaves little room for doubt - even thoug h almost all of the information presented has been interpreted and debated by experts inside and outside the Church for years. The book' s most convincing and disturbing chapter is a narrative of the events of 1942, a year in which several Allied diplomats called on the Vatican to request a strong papal statement about the persecution of the Jews. Throughout the war, the Vatican professed it could not know the extent of the Nazi extermination effort. Yet these pages, which include excerpts from the diaries of diplomats, make a strong case against Pius XH' s policy of public silence. This is a question that has a legitimate place among modern Catholics and Jews. But it 's a questi on we already knew. And the answer demands a sense of historical fairness that is missing in this book. In the end, Cornwell argues that the autocratic papal policies of Pius XII have begun to re-emerge under Pope John Paul II. The author doesn't seem to notice th at the moral leadership standard against which he indicts Pius XII has largely been set by Pope John Paul, who more than any other pontiff in history has used the papacy to publicly denounce human rights abuses.

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Two problems do prove irksome. One is Keegan 's constant enumeration of the divisions and regiments engaged in particular battles as if the reader is going to plot troop movements. The other is a presumption of geographic knowledge in the absence of maps. Still , Keegan 's tour of the messy geopolitical mix , the personal leadership sty les of the war 's leading architects and the ethnic distrust prevalent in Europe at the time is particularl y welcome now when once again the world finds itself seemingly helpless in the face of events in Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. It was, after all, the assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand by Serbian nationalists that gave rise to the socalled Great War. Rather than retaliating immediately with a blow at Serbia - an event the European world was seemingl y ready to accept - Austria dithered and then enlisted Germany 's support , which triggered Russian and French intervention as a prelude to the world's first global conflict. Keegan tells the story well. He examines tactics and strategy, strengths and weaknesses, national traits and all the other elements that influenced the conflict and led to what we now recognize as a disastrous peace. While his vignettes are not as sharp as those of American World War II historian Stephen Ambrose (D-Day, Citizen Soldiers), he nevertheless provides vivid pictures of the fighting and the senseless slaughter of 30 percent of the continent 's young men. As an honest and comprehensive account of what was once thought of as the War to End All Wars, it stands as a testament to the futility of war and the dangers inherent in war planning, for it was Germany 's aggressive Schlieffen Plan , drafted in 1905, that was central to turning a regional dispute into a world conflagration. Reflecting on the unmarked graveyard of the defeated German Fleet in British waters, Keegan writes: "It is one of the many graveyards which are the Great War's chief heritage. The chronicle of its battles provides the dreariest literature in military history; no brave trumpets sound in memory for the drab millions who plodded to death on the featureless plains ...." In short, the Great War was a hell like no other until it was eclipsed, 30 years later, by the war it spawned.

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I he Vatican has sharply criticized the author of a new book about Pope Pius XII and said his claim to have spent months researching Vatican archive material on the topic was absolutely false. It said the book Hitler 's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII, by Eng lish journalist John Cornwell, should be approached with caution by readers who have been led to believe the work reflects serious scholarship. The comments came in an unsigned article published Oct. 12 by the Vatican newspaper, L 'Osservatore Romano. The Vatican article noted Cornwell has no academic degree in history, law or theology, all of which figure largely in his book. Cornwell said he began his research with the idea of exonerating Pope Pius XII for his policy of prudent silence during World War II, but concluded instead the pope was an anti-Semite who played into Hitler 's hands and failed to condemn the Nazi persecution of Jews. Cornwell said he was the first researcher to be granted access to the archive of the Secretariat of State. The Vatican said this was "completely false," and that numerous scholars have seen documents from the archive. It said Cornwell had consulted only two series of documents regarding Bavaria and Austria between 19131921; documents from 1922 onward remain closed to the public, the Vatican said. . Cornwell wrote he worked in the archives "for months on end," but the Vatican said he was there only for a three-week period in 1997, often for very brief visits. He claimed he discovered in the archive a 1919 letter written by the future Pope Pius XII, which he said reveals anti-Semitism; Vatican officials have denied the letter's contentswere anti-Semitic.Cornwell described the letter as having lain in the Vatican archive "like a time bomb until now"; in fact, the letter was known and published in a 1992 study of Vatican-German diplomacy, the Vatican said.

Thomas, retired editor in chief of The Christop hers and a former diocesan newspaper editor, is a frequent reviewer of books.

Orbis p ublishes English version of rep ort on Guatemala atrocities By Barb Fraze

sion, and demands for the future. It documents more than 400 massacres, thousands of murders, rapes and cases of torture. The book is based on information gathered during the historic memory project. It is based on interviews with survivors, witnesses and even perpetrators of the abuses, most of which were carried out by the Guatemalan military. Roberto Cabrera , who

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Orbis Books has released its English translation of last year's .Church-pro duced report documenting atrocities during Guatemala 's civil war. "This book is like a Holocaust Museum for the people of Guatemala ," said Michael Leach , executive director of Orbis Books . At a Washington press conference Oct. 26, Leach said the book, Guatemala : Never Again! documents "a war of genocide against the Mayan people." The one-volume English translation is taken from four volumes issued by the Archdiocese of Competitive Prices & Personalized Service Guatemala human rights office 's Recovery of the Historical Memory Project. « '.,. !#>B W _ '^fefik "We don ' t expect i_i > ___fl ^r '^P Guatemala : Never Aga in! to be a best seller," Leach told reporters gathered at the Longworth House Office Building . "It wasn 't written by Stephen King, but it's more horrible than anything he could write." The book, published in cooperation with the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights , was abridged from the original Spanish and addresses the 1010 Howard Avenue suffering of the population, San Mateo, CA 9440 1 how repression functioned, (650) 342-0924 the consequences of repres-

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1 In these first-hand accounts of the early churc h, the spirit of T1 u rtCt A ntv AKLY Pentecost burns with prophetic " force thro u9 h the fo 9 envelopC H PISTIANS v_ riruo t mtNJ j ng the modern church. A clear and vibrant faith lives on in these writings , providing a guide and yardstick for Christians today. Its stark simplicity and revolutionary fervor will it; ' iv > .• ¦ . .'.': y;£. \ stun those lulled by conven. tional Christianity. I „ -;' y*" The Early Christians is a topically arranged collection of primary sources. It includes the extra-biblical sayings of Jesus and excerpts fro m Origen , Tertullian, Polycarp, Clement of Alexandria , Irenaeus , and others . Equally revealing material fro m their pagan contemporaries critics , detractors , and persecutors - accompanies their statements.

A wellspring of remarkable spiritual depth , this classic work invites readers to turn from the chaos of a society distracted by violence and greed to that "inner land of the invisible, where our spirit can find the roots of its strength. " Only there, he argues , can our life be placed under the illuminating light of the eternal and seen for what it is. Only there will we find the clarity of vision we need to win the daily battle that is life , and the inner anchor without which we will lose our moorings. ¦ .,¦¦¦ : Thomas Merton ,, . . . ,. . . Arnold's writing is simple , luminous, direct...it has the authentic ring of a truly evangelical Christianity, and moves me deeply. It stirs to repentance and renewal. _¦ . . . is la 1 y Totiav y

but this is no dry, scholarly book. Pithy, readable passages explore the fabric of first century Christian life, society, worship, beliefs , and practices. The selections range from apolog ies and confessions of faith to short sayings , parables , and poetry. Reproductions of early Christian symbols fro m the catacombs introduce each of the six sections , and an extensive topical index and bibliography comp lete the volume. The Early Christians has proved to be.a valuable re' source for teaching, worship, group study, and devo= , ,, , ' . , bona readinq - a book¦ a¦ aypeop e, pastors , priests , ¦_ !_ . _. 1 • • • students , seminarians , historians , theologians , librarians , and history lovers will want on their shelves. ¦

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"""'"TsassT It is hard to exaggerate the sig' :- ¦ ¦ ; nificance of Innerland, either for in ¦ ;' 'WM& Eberhard Arnold or his readers. ' I The author 's magnum opus , it abI sorbed his energies off and on for I most of his adult life - from World : Wat I, when he published I he first | ,- .icS chapter under the title War: A Call /""""T to Inwardness, to 1935 , the last ; ¦ ¦' year of his life. ' ¦ "¦ ' ' : I Packed in metal boxes and buried at night for safekeep ing fro m the Nazis , who raided the .author 's study a year before his death (and again a year after it), Innerland was not openly critical of Hitler 's regime; nevertheless it attacked the spirits that animated German-society: its murderous strains of racism and bigotry, its heady nationalistic fervor, its mindless mass hysteria and its vulgar materialism. In-this sense Innerland stands as starkl y opposed to the Zeitgeist of

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Larry 0. Fourman, Ministers Book Club An invaluable resource for preaching, worshi p, teaching, arid personal devotions. ¦" __- 379 pp., hardcover $20.00 ¦ . * LU¥B l i W.UUII Writings on Nonviolent Social Change Thich Nhat Hanh

Perhaps the hardest thing about following Christ is translating our DkdnlPShiD good intentions into deeds. Christ calls us, and we yearn to answer -3«'!f him , but tune and again we lose resolve. Is discipleship possible d mt^ ^t I amid the stresses of modern life? WSmmSm Can Christ bring about lasting ¦^1=, „„:» =„„>*« C ha ng e in our lives? How can we be centere d on him, when every„,,„, «„ __ ». " , -' ¦ ' . I thing seems to pull us apart? This book offers hard-won insights into the challenges of living for Christ in the nitty-gritty of daily life. Many of the selections offer answers to specific needs or problems. Others grapple with broader themes such as the importance of community. All of them pulsate with conviction and compassion , and all of them radiate hope.

' " ] Among Thich Nhat Hanh's more j |_S_i!____ i than 35 books ' this stands as the 1 I most timeless and insightful exploI ration into the heart of war and I peace today, and contains a deep I challenge to Christians at war with | _F I | H themselves and with their country. f" Fro m a beautiful play commemo rating four of his students who § ¦_______¦_ were abducted and executed to incisive essays on the Persian Gulf War, Thich Nhat Hanh writes with humility and compassion about the seeds of war in the human heart, lay ing bare our false perceptions , while illuminating the path to true peace. His words embody a rare authority, borne of a lifetime of "engaged" Buddhist practice in the midst of a world of striking contrasts.

Henri J M nenru m. Nouuuen MOUW n ' . A prophetic, boo m a t.me ,ri which few people dare to speak unpopular but truly healing words.

Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist , Thich Nhat Hanh was exiled fro m his home country in 1966 and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin . Lut|w Kjng< Jr Havj ng devQted hj s ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ lence he has become one of the spiritual giants of the movement for genuine peace throughout the world. As spiritual leader of Buddhist communities in Europe and the United States, Thich Nhat Hanh continues to speak into our time, writing and holding retreats for thousands of people each year. .,- . 154 pp., softcover t $13.50

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I Seventy Times Seven tells stories of real Peo Ple scarred by crime , SEVEN! Y betra V al abuse . bi 9°tr y. an d war ' TIMFS people who have earned the right Qf7\/PM t0 te y0U that for 9 iveness is tne " _¦______¦¦ I only way out. Arnold won 't ask you I to excuse , ignore , or forget your 3 wounds. He knows forgiving isn 't 1 easy. But he is convinced , as are the _ Ml w witi—__¦ men and women you 'll meet in this book , that it is possible.

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- __ 192 pp., softcover $13.00 ^ Ask about the Seventy Times Seven workbook _ >9, oni foraivina m IW 8I The Autobioqraphv x c-»:., !ci_ nv OT iaini* Tharaco Inerese n OTl I LISieUX The Story of a Soul ' Translated by John Beevers ^P_|^H____| Few spiritual figures have _ I touched as many readers in the W . .. I past century as Saint Therese of E_____ l^iP Lisieux (1873-1897), the unknown ^ench girl-turned-saint popularly ^S known as tne Litt 'e Flower _ _ M Br% HiJiiv ' Though only twenty-fou r when '4 f |»_l. she died, her writings have had Wk ^^^ [1SIM tremendous impact on people as M ,li l i l l varied as left-wing radical Dorothy _HB____ B__ I Day (who called her " my favorite

""^"' a"C' P°Pe P'US Xl' 7?ie Story of a Sou/, Saint Therese 's autobiography, has been a 50urce of special inspiration ever since it was written , selling millions of copies around the world decade afte r decade. II has been translated into more than fifty languages. Its childlike candor and guilelessness give it an appeal - and a depth - unmatched by many, if not most , "spiritual" autobiographies. 159 pp., sollcover $10.00 MeiSter Eckfldft , ffOITI Whom God Hid NothillCJ s

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Life, Death , and Eternity Johann Christop h Arnold Foreword by 7 Madeleine L'Enele

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Girls Wiser than Men » llyas • The Three Hermits • The Imp and thei Crust • How Much Land Does a Man N e e d ? «A Grain as Biq as a Hen s Eqg • _. _ , _. _ ., 3S f_ . The¦ Godson • The Repentant Sinner • The __ .* r» _. _ : L. Empty Drum • -The «Coffeehouse of* rSurat • -r Too ,u JJ r, .•e A • • >», i *• Dear Esarhaddon, King of Assyria Work, * ,. ¦ ¦ ?¦ lL ' j , , _ %_ „ ^ Death, and Sickness: a Legend * Three Questions

596 pp softcover $20.00 Revelation Of LOVe .. . . , T ran o orvnc Ju Translated by Jo hn Skmner "There can be no doubt that Julian is the greatest of the English mystics, " wrote Thomas Merton. Her fourteenth-century classic , from the very heart ot Western | I mysticism , has suddenly become J popular. Perhaps it is because this ^ ^ ^ ^ new translation by John Skmnei Hag| has renderMl ll ^cessible while i-B _HH__ I___ I respecting the poetry and rhythmic structure of the original. Or perhaps it is, as Frederic Bauerschmidt recently observed m Commonweal, "Julian attracts because she teaches us things modern culture would have us deny. She teaches that life is painful , but can be borne with grace. She teaches that we will never find rest in the things of this worldwhether material goods, goals, friends , or family -but that we can love them and love God through them if we can see them with God's own eyes. We are drawn to her because we are drawn to the truth about ourselves, our world , and God. " jTffflW|nrTrffl|li| I i i

Richard WlrSorlev " Georgetown Center for Peace Studies _ . .. . , . ... .., „ Oscar Romero was a saint in our midst . His life , , . ..< ,_ _ . gives an example ofx how to¦ ¦ share the burdens ,.. „ , A ¦ _ .u of the poor and oppressed and the price we , , . r _, ¦ may have to pay for doing so. " __- 234 pp softcover $14 00

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All Saints recovers forgotten saints liberates familiar ones fro m the constraints of conventional hag iograp hy and interweaves them all with historical and contemporary figures who are not among the list of canonical saints (Vincent Van Gogh, for one) yet whose lives open new windows on the challenge of the gospel.

1 Henri Nouwen to the last page of H__ 4__ ^S i Romero 's text, this powerful little H«g_ B volume of eloquent, simple meditations never wastes a word. Yet the vcSt^&sB 1 of Romero 's message lies i_l_^_l—b_H real depth itrm wr_Sl orlJ not in his words themselves , poetic wki f \ \ f£ B as they are. It lies f r-JiWWwX»tT'II* in the life they give witness to the RHMK^HMwl hard life of a man who was martyred for Ins faith Thus this hook gives mure insight perhaps, than any biographical account oi Ins life During his three years as archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Romero became known as a fearless defender of the poor and suffering. His work on behalf of the oppressed earned him the admiration and love of the peasants he served, a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, honorary degrees from abroad - and finally, an assassin 's bullet on account of his out-spokenness. .. ... ,.his .insistence „ _ ., „ . Romero was ,martyred for that following _ .. . .' . , . ., , , ,, ..? Christ cannot be relegated to the spiritual realm. He did , .- . , . , . ., . ,. . ' not die in vain; the people of Central America say his ,.. ,. ' . _ ~ ., . _. i i • J spirit lives on in them. As their struggle for justice * and ,, , . , , . . . _ , dignity intensifies his words take on a renew urgency. 3

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I Uncluttered by the comI plexities of plot and character I that daunt so many readers of fSmM ml iB I the longer Russian masterIffiMir^^ IH I Pieces , Tolstoy's tales illumine t __Pp^' j rl_l I eternal truths with forceful brevity While inspired by a ¦ i p l i_*^t_| I Bf ' ^!t*" * ' sense of spiritual certainty, ' H( ffi ,(S| I their narrative quality, subtle , and visionary power BBI'V _ l 'JE I humor tnem lai above the com _i^r_W M I ''" _ I___M I mon run °' ' K"' ll 9 lo "s litera_ I ture. Moralists purport to tell us what our lives should mean , and how we should live them. Tolstoy, on the other hand , has an uncanny gift for simply conveying what it means to be truly alive.

° Tell You A Mystery addresses fears that every human faces fears of vulnerability, illness, aging, and dying Yet this bool is about overcoming these fears by living purBl posefully and fully, for a cause greater than yourself. " It is aboul living each day for love, and facing eternity with the mysterious strength ih,n comes from faith Drawing (in stories of peop le he lias k nown and counseled as pastor, relative , or friend , the author shows how suffering can be given meaning, and despair overcome. He offers the assurance that even today, in our culture of isolation and death , there is such a thing as hope.

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" j as wheri it was Denned this four i :! | teenth-century spiritual classic offers :... ;: I a practical auide on the oath of con_ ¦ templation A work of great literary I bea(Jty (and comp |ete anonymity ' ' |despite numerous attempts over three centuries to discover its author), it illuminates hea||ng ,:a||iliK; e lh( , s ,) lj| s (|1 |(1 ,, f„ God w|th g

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Action in Waiting

Christoph Blumhardt Foreword by Rodney Clapp

Notes and Conversations along the Way Johann Christoph Arnold

Burning away the chaff of modern piety with unabashed-fervor, Blumhardt proclaims a message that still today, a century after he voiced it, has power to stir up the embers of a dying faith. In his quest to get to the essentials of faith , he reduces religious trappings to ashes And yel his passion en< ourages, rather than H intimidates Blumhardt's witness profoundly influenced theological giants like Bonhoeffer and Barth: But Action in Waiting is not.theology; it is too blunt, too earthy, too real. This is adrenaline for faltering and compromised followers of

-H Everyone's seeking peace, bul aBM few seem to find it. Why? In his WM newest book , best-selling author | "¦$* *% JlH I Johann Christoph Arnold says mosi people are looking in the wrong MMT I NI U P E A C E direction. Where can we find peace of heart and mind peace with T ourselves, with others, , inti with God? For anyone weary of the spiritual soup served up on so - I many bookstore shelves these ]' ' days, Seeking Peace is sure to satisf y a deep hunger.

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John C. Dwyer,St. Bernard' s Institute that human beings love Amold ""^stands stones and that through them deep truths are opened up to us...There is a lifetime s material r meditation, and an abundance of life m this f° book. It deserves to become a classic.

Stanley Hauerwas, co-author, Resident Aliens Who else, besides Barth, is so unrelenting in their attack on religion? Yet who else uses the language of faith so straightforwardly and with__ „ ¦__; ,•> .„ :,apology. out

Jonathan Kozol, author, Amazing Grace A o[d wri*« n the tradition of the Berr.gans, f" ' Merton. Activists of °* Simone Wei1 atho« "d Thomas who think themselves aga st nPes e n " . ' nostlcs ou 3^ ht not to '9 nore thls book ' ' David Steindl-Rast, Mount Saviour Monastery peace is for us humans what water is for fish. Seeking Peace is a book for people who realize that we are fish out of water. Arnold speaks out of a |jvj ng trad ition of rac|jcal response to the challenge of one whose very name is Peace. There is living water here for gasping fish. . ' .¦ .„ 4 . ., Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate Seeking Peace inspires each of us to seek peace within our own hearts...It gives hope that through our acceptance of God's will, we can find wholenesS; happiness, and harmony, which is after all the fulfillment of his plan for humanity.

Karl Barth Blumhardt does something very few of us can do: represent God's cause in the world yet not wage war on the world, love the world and yet be completely faithful to God. ¦"" -w 256 pp., softcover $12.00 DicarmoH LHSarmea anrl anu Ftanrforniic ISangerOUS The Radical Lives and Times of Daniel and Philip Berrigan

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What transformed Daniel and Philip Berrigan fro m conventional Roman Catholic priests into "holy outlaws " - for a time the two most wanted men of J. Edgar Hoover 's FBI? And how did they evolve from their traditionally pious, secondgeneration immigrant beginnings to become the most famous (some would say notorious) religious B rebels of their day?

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MHliM I" Drained, Arnold tells stones of 'M men and women who overcame ¦[& { '¦ their greatest obstacles. He builds B|* ¦K""*""'"* a his book on the premise that the

lon 9 ing for peace lies deep Wl ,hln fj mM M every person. Dra/ned makes no B lli attem Pt t0 present a cure-all for Pl_#:i<# 1 fe '5 prot)lem5 DutTor mose reac|y ftj Bp __ !_/_ _ '' ' t0 9° beyond quick-fix " remedies , " _ [ EJ—_ [ l fferS stepping 5tones ' " ' ' ful" ____L___ I1 " ° filled life. had everything she ever wanted: a bving Ann fln „ „g _ home tQ cg|| her ^ fj nanda , curIty, beaytj . ha pp iness except fu| kj ds Everytningi that . she ^ couldn't figure out what was wrong. Until she stopped trying to outrun the ghosts of her childhood abuse. . , |n

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he mkd w(th despair Then a fnend offered sexed ^ him a book that changed the course of nis |ife forever . ,

Richard Donkin, Financial Times A gem of a book...Drained captures a mood of disillusionment among many people struggling to find fulfillment. Arnold is right to question the way we live..There is an Urgent need for a return to old-fashioned values such as trust and service to others,

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Prepared for the British market . Drained is based on the author 's 1998 book Seeking Peace and ineludes several of the same stories, though cast in less religious language.

Daniol Gnrl' Avnlntinn u c S R ncvu lu u u Under the Siege of the Divine " _ _ Daniel Berrigan Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom ¦ Eberhard Arnold mmimmm::aium-^.^^=-., ~ . ... * ... Durm 9 tne Vietnam War .Berrigan , ____________ K rT poet and priest poured na Palm on I "A disturbing, radical book that fBKSSi ' summons U5 bdtk 1O """' revoluti on, ' §8 t&_ draft files , landed in a federal prison , _1 _____T _ j * and galvanized a protest movement ill<__ M:j| _#4p _ | ary witness of the New Testament. " M Wm % that eventually turned the tide against God's to/o/ur/on challenges read M _ N I I ers to break out of the stifling com | the war. Thirty years later he is still at ins irin a new generation of ques1 1 placency of conventional life and I | _Hl__ i^iS '*' P 9 tioners and seekers in classrooms, and l 1 live out the uncompromising but l || gMSfWrMj at conferences and retreats. M I healing truths of Christ. It contains ___ H_ H____ I selections of the writings from In Daniel, Berrigan reflects on his __H_H_ H__ R Eberhard Arnold, the maverick namesake and role model , the ancient seer of Hebrew theologian and co-founder of the Bruderhof communifame. But this is no pious Sunday school drivel. Continuties ll is a prophetic ca t0 a completely different way. ing the series he began with Isaiah and Ezekiel, Berrigan " ' fuses social ' ue J«*h mj drash and polifol com" "^ ' Be warned: Arnold doesn 't approach discipleship as a '. t tlnCt n ^ "" '° benign route to religious fulfillment , but as revolution ** itSop tT ' a transformation that beg ins within, with the purging of seW _ and spreafj s outward to encompass every aspect of Daniel reveals the deep biblical moorings beneath life. Here is the raw reality of the gospel that has the Berrigan's fabled activism, and demonstrates why he has power t0 change the world. become a trusted mentor for three generations of pacifj sts and resjste „ A bo ,d gnd unorthodox app | ica ,ion of j im Wa , |is,Sojourners the Old Testament to current political and social disThe w itness of eberhard Arnold is a much course , Daniel is not simply a book about a bygone needed corrective to an American church that prophet , but a powerful charge to all people of conhas |ost the vita |_ bj b|ica | connection between science belief and obedience... Shows us what discipleship might look like in the modern world. Megan McKenna,

The first full-length unauthorized biography of the Berrigans, Disarmed and Dangerous, answers these questions with an incisive and illuminating account of their rise to prominence as civil rights and antiwar activists. It also traces their careers as constant thorns in the side of church authority as well as their leadership of the ongoing Plowshares movement - a highly controversial campaign of civil disobedience against the contemporary arms trade and nuclear weapons.

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Selected Writing n IS i rnbf Robert Coles ^_^^^^__^^ , J !iJB ilP!)I!I I|M it's a rare person who hasn't read C onho e <- or at least heard of ' " B ON o l f r t i l f nm Theol w °9 |an . P^or , and marI tyr, he is universally regarded as one of the most significant Christian witnesses of our century. His courageous resistance to Hitler, B which ended in his imprisonment and execution , dramatizes in parf_E^l,3 j ' ticular what he called "the cost of ......,.. i_aa„_

' Bonhoeffer was s prolific ts he is famous , however, and for the first-time reader wondering where to begin, the array of choices can be daunting. That's why this ¦slim but power-packed selection of his writings (with 4 .• uu ¦ i sketch i * uu i. 4 rits penetrating biographica by n Robert Co ies)\ - is K . , , " , . ., .. ..„ i. ' a great place to begin: it distills the essence of nBonhoeffer 's writings in a concise manner without giving short shrift to any of his important themes. ,c _ . „ i ' , . . . ,„, Includes The Secret of Suffering," se ections from ' , ,„ „ „, „ r ,Letters „r ~. W D and Papers from Prison, Costly Grace , Love, "Christ the Center," and more .

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Living the Sermon on the Mount Eberhard Arnold Foreword b y Jiirgen Moltmann

Reflections fro m a Prisoner of Conscience Mumia Abu-Jamal Foreword by Cornel West

I Most of us are comfortable with Christ 's call to holiness. But what 1 -A does it really mean to be poor m spirit , to be merciful , to be pure in WSm heart, and to turn the other cheek? N H H H H Salt and Light puts hands and feet t* l_____ r__ l l0 lne demands ol the Sermon H___j i I on the Mount from the viewpoinl I of a writer who believes they are i _BBH not only viable, but inescapable ^ something for us to live out today. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus puts aside his usual parables and speaks plainly in language anyone can understand. Yet for centuries countless scholars have dissected and analyzed these important words and dismissed their demanding precepts as unrealistic or symbolic.

HFHTrTTflHI I When Mumia Abu-Jamal's first li_lil(!_L_ ! I book , Live from Death Row, ap1 peared in 1995 , its searing indictI ment of racism and political bias in _ R_ I our judicial system fueled nation __ *W K_ B wide controversy Now, in this new (if shon vignettes and _ _ _ *__: I collection I reflections , he examines the deeper H dimensions of existence. The result I___ H__ H is a powerful testament to the in vincibility of the human spirit. ¦ , ¦ » __ *.« _. .-- .19 F,recracker Alternative rBook Award Finalist "

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Like Francis of Assisi and others, Arnold chose to live Jesus ' words. He found new life by embracing the selfsacrificing demands of the Sermon on the Mount this collection of talks and essays vividly describes a healing, energizing power foi those burdened by the concerns of daily life. Arnold calls us to live for the Sermon 's ultimate goal: the overturning of the prevailing order of injustice and building in its place a just , peaceable society motivated by love Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935) was a noted theologian, philosop her, and educator In 1920 he left a promising careei as a publisher and the privileges of upper-middleclass life to start a small Christian community based on the Sermon on the Mount Seventy-five years latei the Bruderhof , this same community, is still striving to be sail and light. Thomas Merton [This book] has the simple, luminous, direct vision I've come to associate with. Arnold's name. The kind of book that stirs to repentance and renewal; it moves me deeply. I am very grateful for it. ^ __t 184 pp., softcover $12.00

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Waitillfl for God " _ Sim one Weil -i philosop her, theologian, social , ' |critic , and political activist . simone , Weil has become a legend of¦ mod- ¦ I ern spiritual and political thought. Waiting for God contains her most profound thoughts on the relation•'-. ship of human life to the eternal * especially as it relates to obedience, - ,. surrender, spiritual poverty, readi_'£ lE i | ness to bear suffering, and the love of God.

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Rilke s Book of Hours Love Poems to God Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy "God speaks to each of us as he i makes us, then walks with us silently H ~H I out of the night. " In lines like these, I German poet shares H this beloved o with the reader a new kind of int.macy with the divine. A rich underH I l I l M l l standing of the link between God 'f l w J i i ' and man - and of the inherent deilH__ U__ J tured in his verses. Writing in his twenties, Rilke recorded what he felt were spontaneously received prayers. Perhaps it is this aspect of freshness which makes them pulsate as vibrantly today, nearly a century later.

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j _ T1" "I .'.'! ! lfc^i*^S»^imi attack , de Mello was a master at making vivid the great questions of faith, and readers from around the globe treasure d him for it. AS for his "theology," this reviewer remains mystified as t0 wh V the Vatican has taken such pains, in the dozen years since de Mello's death, to warn against its "dangers " - unless it has something to do with its childlike spontaneity. It's rare for religious writers to advocate living from the heart (rather than the head), but . st t |_t Deep |j_ without being comp de Me||o does , „^

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study questions, incorporated readers' suggestions, and enriched the narrative by weaving in anecdotes to flesh out broader themes Includes chapters on sex, alternato tives dating, parenthood, singleness , homosexuality, abortion, divorce and remarriage.

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Sp iritual Writings of Kierkegaard Compiled and Edited b y Charles E. Moore

— _______T _l Soren Kierkegaard has been I accused of being one of the most !___ m Km Mj— . m frustrating authors to read. He

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is so because his style dense, his Hf' _ ^I I __ >• _tf__ I thoug ht so complex , and his ; words so harsh Rewarding. beHPI_P__3 ' cause embe dded within his writLHHS __ I RH ings and jou rnals are metap hor- , § | | y B ___|__l__j_il_ l__Zi__J and truths so deep and vivid that they can overwhelm you with an almost blinding clarity. Kierkegaard is not one to be read lightly, lest you get burned The purpose of this new collection is twofold. First , to make Kierkegaard accessible , second , to present in as concise a way as possible his heart - his core themes , and his pathos. Divided into six sections , Provocations contains a little o everything from Kierkegaard' s prod,gious output, including his famously cantankerous (yet wryly humorous) attacks on what he calls the " mediocre shell" of conventional Christianity, his brilliantly pithy parables , and his incisive attempts to dig through the fluff of theology and dear a way for the basics: decisiveness , obedience , and recognition of the truth Arguably the most accessible Kierkegaard volume to be published in decades , Provocations is a must for every serious reader. Indeed, the wealth of sayings and aphorisms collected in one of the sections is reason enough to buy the book. r - A pp., soncover ,. - Af - __ -a* <i_ nn »i4.uu 4b4

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, . ' ¦¦* ¦ _ • What is the source of personal • r n i f l l o r i ID writing? a When,. do we begin M to cono .. t , j of, a _______i__ 9S __ sider our own lives worthy ¦™, storyy ? These vpowerfu and passionSw ou Lt lx s. . , . .x . ,. ° x ^ ate selections of spiritual autobiog! •••"¦¦¦ , , , . ,. , :: raphy do not merely represent a vital ....:. .::. ' :.:. . ,./ J . ... . ' uXL , ^together literary tradition; they bring A,\ ,.„ r . . . ' / I t / i .. I fifty-eight writers whose search for %

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, . ... . , I ¦ spanned over two millennia and . - ,„ , _ severalr continents. From Saint Augustine and Rabi' a to T.S. Eliot and Kathleen Norris , each of these autobiographies tells the story of the inner life as a spiritual quest Although separated culturall y, historically, and linguistic v, they are united by their efforts to respond to Socrates ' diallenge to "know thyself. " In four parts, this insightful collection includes works by • Wanderers and seekers , like Leo Tolstoy and ThoI mas Merton , who feverishly explore many experien. es _„-> world ,A,„r|j .,;.,.,. and views .Pilgrims and missionaries, like Anne Bradstreet and David Livingston, who unwaveringly puisne God and holiness in lives of self-sacrifice • Mystics and visionaries, like Julian of Norwich and Annie Dillard, who discover the ecstasy of epiphany in a life of contemplation and seclusion. ,,, i A u in . cu_ . and u'i - J philosophers, • Scholars like rSimone Weil and , ,,. . , . , . . . i, D Blaise Pascal , who seek to ground spiritual conviction on a rational certitude. Strong, deep, and enduring, the selections in this illuminating anthology remind us that "the unexamined life is not worth living" and speak to us with an immediacy that transcends time and space. r , -, nn ,nftrrlvpr c 17 nn * "'

Evening Prayers for Every Day of the Year Christop h Blumhardt Children the world over are taught to say prayers at bedtime - but how 1 many adults take time to turn to God

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these verses con,ain a|1 ihe ardo1 ol a T-f* ^* devout man filled with love for God -

j > g of prayers is one of the few daily _Sa__ "*M devotionals especially intended for senbut also an unabashed joy in the L__ l i_k t> a ___ _____ ! suous beauty of creation. For first-rate 1 illllllr ll I 11! use in the evening. '" ••••¦ In Lift Thine Eyes, the faith of a poet ry (and letters) of love and longing, doubt and faith, man who recognized human despair Ihese are hard to surpass ,fi ' " but refused to give into it offers a ' «12 50 f ' " hardrm/er ' 5 " wellspring of hope to turn to again and again Blumhardt 's prayers (and the corresponding Bible passages he has chosen for them) bespeak a certainty in God's nearA Joyf III Pilgrimage ness; the peace that flows from them' comes from an ¦/ • n My Lire in Community unshakable conviction that his kingdom is indeed on the Emmy Arnold way |n stormy and cnanging tj mes |jke Qur ^ most people need this reassuran ce frequently, if not dail y In this vibrant autobiography, a HF^ ^___i WM remar|cab|e woman traces her )oul . f I Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School fro m midd |e.dass housewife t0 _ ^mI . This book IS a tonlc many weary sou ,s need . CQ founder o| a radka| chnst | ^f I

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munity that began when the author and her husband abandoned their affluent Berlin suburb to start a new , „ ., . .. „ ,-, life and venture of faith. _. , . Thomas Merton ,, ,. ld i u s story is a simple Very moving. ..Emmy Arno . , -t. ¦ ¦ vs. *. • ... j 4. . a and¦: direct account of a Christian life stripped to * rr A . _ the essentia s. _ «« _^. .», pp., softcover, *«• $14.00 ^_-184 rr ,_

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"Wl would rather avoid in conversation , ., .. . „, •, ¦ why would anyone want to reveal _¦ .' . . . ¦ ¦ P ! . . , private jealousies, resentments , fani ., , T -i , or other weak<¦ . irrpraOTTl it.v->_iv7j .ix tasies •, temptations fcmc;n£ , nesses? Yet steady sales of this ,_._ < oiiuvu ' va uab e htt e book attest that• there I hru -rrrhfv 1nuUvllu* o are plenty of us who strugg le with ¦ and J • u. > _ ___ ™_™_»~__ these iU j^g^H______ things - ^ desire help , , . "

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