December 12, 2003 by Catholic San Francisco

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Vatican II Liturgy Forty years later, reforms are called a gift of the Holy Spirit By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s document on the liturgy, Pope John Paul II, bishops and speakers at a Vatican conference called the council’s liturgical reforms a gift of the Holy Spirit. While the council’s goal of increasing people’s understanding of the Mass and their participation in it has been achieved, the pope and others said it was time to focus on what is too often missing: silence, reverence and a sense of mystery. “An aspect which must be cultivated with greater commitment in our communities is the experience of silence,” Pope John Paul wrote in a Dec. 4 apostolic letter marking the anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. When people’s daily lives are frantic and full of noise, “rediscovering the value of silence is vital,” the pope wrote in the document, which was distributed only in Italian. Pope John Paul said the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council was one of God’s greatest gifts to the church in the 20th century. The reform, he said, “demonstrated how it is possible to join norms which guarantee the identity and decorum of the liturgy with space for creativity and adaptation that draw the liturgy closer to the expressive needs of various regions, situations and cultures.” A lack of respect for the norms, and not the reform itself, has led to some “serious abuses” that cast a shadow over the mystery being celebrated and that cause concern and tensions among Catholics, he said. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria, Ill., in a Nov. 30 pastoral letter, told people in his diocese that reverence during Mass, expressed in words, gestures,

music and surroundings, inspires reverence for all of the Catholic faith and ultimately for God himself. “I would ask everyone to show greater reverence for the mysteries we celebrate,” Bishop Jenky said in his letter explaining and commenting on the new General Instruction of the Roman Missal, which took effect in all U.S. dioceses on the first Sunday of Advent. The bishop said reverence at Mass starts with actions such as dressing appropriately and arriving on time; praying and reflecting on the readings before Mass; observing the one-hour fast before Communion; repenting of one’s sins; going to confession frequently; performing acts of self-denial; and showing Christian charity to others. Participation in the Mass includes silence at appropriate times, Bishop Jenky said. Periods of silence allow the mystery of Christ to “soak deeply into our soul” during the liturgy, he added. The anniversary of the Vatican II document also was celebrated with a daylong Vatican conference sponsored by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. Claretian Father Matias Auge, a consultant to the congregation, told the conference that the church faces the challenge of balancing an individual’s need for a sense of devotion with the liturgy’s role as the prayer of a believing community. “Putting in harmony the needs of the individual and those of the community” would solve many of the tensions currently surrounding the liturgy, he said at the Dec. 4 conference. Father Auge said the widespread feeling that the new Mass has lost a “sense of mystery” must be addressed, but not by giving in to an attitude that liturgy should be “a strictly individual and purely private affair.” VATICAN II LITURGY, page 18

Franciscan Br. Bob Brady and volunteer Diana Sonn help prepare individual pumpkin pies for St. Anthony Dining Room’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Nearly 3,000 Thanksgiving meals were served with the help of 150 volunteers. Preparations are underway for an equally large event on Christmas Day at St. Anthony’s Dining Hall in San Francisco.

Concern expressed about impact of budget cuts on poor, needy By Patrick Joyce The most vulnerable members of society will be hit hardest by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to begin his attack on a $25 billion state budget gap by cutting nearly $2 billion in current state spending, Catholic leaders say. “Obviously there is going to be pain to be shared over the course of time but that pain shouldn’t start with the blind, disabled and elderly,” Edward J. Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, said. “We need to find some way to share that pain more responsibly. We would ask the Governor to reconsider his cuts in programs for the neediest among us.” “Balancing the budget at the expense of the poor is terribly unjust,” Rick Mockler, executive director of Catholic Charities of California, said. “Food stamps and welfare are subsistence programs. The majority of recipients are working and struggling to support themselves.” The poor did not share in California’s economic boom of the late 1990s, Mockler said. “They saw stagnation and even a decline in their incomes,” he said, and now they are facing cuts in programs that “enable them to put food on the table and pay the rent.”

“These are very tough times. We are facing a crisis in human services and health care in San Francisco and the archdiocese,” George Wesolek, director of public policy and social concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said. “We don’t know the details yet but it looks like the cuts will hit the blind, the poor and the disabled. We will do all we can to educate people about what the impact of these cuts will be. When they know the impact, they will look differently at these cuts.” The California Catholic Conference, the public policy agency of the state’s bishops, is “troubled by elements in the Governor’s proposal that involve what we call food security issues,” Dolejsi said. The proposal targets two food stamp provisions passed by the Legislature this year with the backing of the Catholic Conference. One provision allows people making the transition from welfare to work to continue to receive food stamps for six months after they start a job. “I’m not sure that this is a necessary or prudent cut because we get substantial portions of federal payments back for the food stamps,” Dolejsi said. BUDGET, page 18

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On The Where You Live by Tom Burke Well prepared are new Eagle Scouts James and Thomas Hart who were welcomed into the revered rank during rites at St. Peter Parish, Pacifica in September. Proud parents are Madeline and Mike. Proud grandparents are Helen and Jim Hart of St. Stephen Parish, and Madeline McGoldrick bearer of the good news and also of St. Peter’s. James is a junior and Thomas a sophomore at Pacifica’s Terra Nova High School….Happy birthday to Lupe M. Julius, 90 years old November 21st and a longtime parishioner of Mater Dolorosa, South San Francisco. Lupe’s husband was the late Henry Julius. They had been married 46 years when he died in 1994. A “ surprise birthday luncheon” hosted by daughter, Barbara, at the new nonagenarian’s “favorite restaurant” Spiedo’s in San Mateo marked the occasion. Lupe’s son, Franco is a longtime res-

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ident of Italy. “Lupe enjoys CSF and looks forward to Alaska when the seasons are “winter, still winter, almost receiving it,” Barbara said, and we couldn’t be happier winter and construction.” Similar to a tale I’ve heard about about that!!!!…Happy 40 years married to longtime Holy the weather in Buffalo, New York. Guys I went to school Namers Cathy and Don Mibach. The couple was “totally with from the Empire State told me once that seasons in the surprised” by a party hosted by their children Diane and Paul, Cathy said, calling it “a super wonderful day.”….“It was quite an eventful day,” said Sylvia Schembri Pignati of the recent reunion of the class of ’53 from All Hallows Elementary School. Special guest, Marist Father Patrick J. Coyle, a longtime All Hallows parochial vicar during the former students’ school years, led prayer and “had a great time,” Sylvia said. Classmate Don Dennehy On the loose with help from Dr. Seuss were faculty and staff celebrating Halloween at Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School in Novato. Back from left: Barbara Kane, Sue accepted a plaque in honor of his late dad Conley, Teresa Loberg; Susan Maino, principal; Sheila O’Sullivan, Marybethe Escobar, Daniel “who was always Jean Holt, Mary Ann Kelly, Nancy Wright, Jeanne Scott, Shyla Bauer. Front from left: Sharon Azevedo, Sandra Herrera, Fran MacKenzie, Elizabeth Claverie. a great help at the school.” Don and his wife, Beverly Sherry Dennehy, also from the class of ’53, upstate city - well known for its chilly temps and spicy are parishioners of St. Dunstan, Millbrae as are Sylvia and chicken wings - are “winter and July.”…Happy 50 years her husband, Art – a member of All Hallows’ class of ’52. married to Mercedes and Ponce Sinlao of Corpus Sylvia and Art, who celebrated 45 years of marriage May Christi Parish, San Francisco. “May God continue to 10th, are among “many long term marriages” in the class, bless this couple for many, many more years,” said Salesian Sylvia said. “It was wonderful,” she said. “We look forward Father John O’Brien, pastor, in a recent bulletin….It’s to doing it again in a few years.” Thanks to Sylvia for her best wishes on 70 years of marriage for Transita and affirming words about Catholic San Francisco, calling Alfonso Monero of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish. “Our CSF her “Friday morning paper.”…Based on Webster’s prayers and best wishes for them and their family on this definition of “catnap” as a “very short” snooze and the blessed event,” was the wish in a recent parish bulroutine of our beloved feline, Whiskers, I’ve concluded the letin….“Congratulations to Diane and Norman Giusti,” idiom is a misnomer. We’ve had Whisk since Conor was six said St. Peter Parish, Pacifica on the occasion of the couand I’d say the cat’s been awake for about 10 minutes of the ple’s 25th wedding anniversary in October…. “The whole 11 years. Methinks that “out cold” might better parish family of St. Paul of the Shipwreck” extends its describe our cat’s naps….Sweeter than the candy oft asso- “congratulations, love and prayers” to parochial vicar, ciated with the holiday was the wish of students at Our Conventual Franciscan Father Paul Gawlowski, who Lady of Loretto Elementary School to help families of celebrated his 4th anniversary as a priest November 6th…. deceased fireman, Steven Rucker, and his injured col- Birthdays, births, anniversaries, marriages, engagements, league, Doug MacDonald, with proceeds from the Novato new jobs and all kinds of goings-on are welcome here. school’s Halloween Carnival. More than $1,400 was raised Remember this is an empty space without ya’. Send at the event which is always “focused on fun,” said Toni items and a follow up phone number to On the Street Basich who let us know of the kids’ generosity…..Got a Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Fax kick out of the Serra Club of the Golden Gate’s recent (415) 614-5633; e-mail tburke@catholic-sf.org. Do not “You know you live in….” list. It’s California when “the send attachments except photos and those in jpeg, please. fastest part of your commute is down your driveway,” and You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634….

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Archbishop John R. Quinn celebrating his 50-year jubilee as a priest This year, as the Archdiocese of San Francisco celebrates 150 years since its founding, former Archbishop of San Francisco John R. Quinn is marking his jubilee of 50 years as a priest. Both of these anniversary dates are in July, and earlier this year Archbishop William J. Levada took the opportunity of the Archdiocese’s Sesquicentennial Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on July 27 to honor the 50-year jubilee of his predecessor, Archbishop Quinn. Born in the southern California city of Riverside on March 28, 1929, Archbishop Quinn completed his seminary studies at the North American College in Rome. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of San Diego on July 19, 1953 at the Church of San Marcello in Rome. Archbishop Quinn remembers fondly the time he spent in Rome, marked by a quiet contemplative quality that he has never forgotten. After he was ordained, he would celebrate Mass at a convent, and he recalls walking back to North American College on Sundays, seeing the sun reflecting off St. Peter’s Basilica. Archbishop Quinn also warmly recalls the memories of his first assignment as a parish priest at St. George church in the town of Ontario in Riverside County. “The families, parishioners, choirs, everyone there were wonderful people,” said Archbishop Quinn. He recalls being very busy in this assignment. “There were two priests in the parish, which normally had three,” he said. He began teaching at Immaculate Heart Seminary in 1955. In 1962, he was named President of the St. Francis College Seminary and in 1964 he became rector of Immaculate Heart Seminary School of Theology. For 36 years of his priesthood, Archbishop Quinn has been a bishop. He first learned of his appointment as a bishop in 1967 through a letter from the Papal Nuncio, who wrote that the Pope had it in his mind that Quinn become auxiliary bishop of San Diego. He went to see Bishop Francis J. Furey about the letter, and the bishop asked, “Have you sent the reply?” No, Quinn replied, saying he wanted to know if that is what the bishop wanted before responding to the Nuncio. The young Quinn did not want to put the bish-

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Retired San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn spoke on the obstacles to Catholic-Orthodox unity during a national conference at The Catholic University of America June 19, 2001.

op of the diocese in a position of having an auxiliary who he did not want. Bishop Furey said that he did want Quinn to be his auxiliary, adding “This will change your life.” Archbishop Quinn today sees that remark as an understatement. But he said that his life was changed – and changed for the better, giving him opportunities to

do good. “Not all of which I have taken advantage of,” he quickly added. After four years as auxiliary bishop in San Diego, he was appointed bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa in January 1972. One year later, he was named the first Archbishop of Oklahoma City. Four years later, in February 1977, he was named to be the sixth Archbishop of San Francisco. Archbishop Quinn said he still recalls the wonderful, warm welcome given to him by the priests and people of the Archdiocese. Shortly after his arrival in San Francisco, Archbishop Quinn was elected President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) for a three year term. Throughout his episcopate, he would play a major role at the national level. Agreeing that the 1987 visit of Pope John Paul II to San Francisco was a highlight of his tenure as Archbishop, he said he also recalls the Holy Father’s first visit to the United States after being elected pope in 1978. As the then president of the U.S. Bishops Conference, Archbishop Quinn accompanied the Holy Father to his visit to President Carter at the White House. “Those who are as old as I am may remember that when Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, visited the United States in 1936, there was such a hue and cry that the Cardinal could not be received at the White House by President Roosevelt.” Archbishop Quinn said Cardinal Pacelli had to go to Hyde Park, which was Roosevelt’s home in New York State. Crossing the threshold of the White House with Pope John Paul II some forty years later was an extraordinary event that Archbishop Quinn remembers to this day. While he will turn 75 years of age in three months, Archbishop Quinn said he doesn’t consider himself retired. Soon after resigning as Archbishop of San Francisco in December 1995, he went to Oxford and soon published a book. Nowadays, he continues to be busy — writing, teaching and giving retreats for clergy and women religious.

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Chaplains to provide comfort to troops in Christmas season GALLUP, N.M. — This holiday season is expected to be an anxious time for more than 32,000 U.S. Catholic families who have a relative serving in Iraq. Although specific dates, times and locations of activities could not be disclosed for security reasons, Catholic chaplains of all military branches will be available to make the Christmas season as joyous and reverent as possible for men and women in the service. “Part of our job is being able to meet the sacramental needs of the people,” said Franciscan Father Louis V. Iasiello, a rear admiral who is chief of chaplains for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. “I can’t say exactly where I’ll be but I’ll be in as many places as I can, which will include places where there is still combat,” Father Iasiello told Voice of the Southwest, Gallup diocesan newspaper, of his imminent return to Iraq

Iraqi archbishop calls for more involvement by U.N. and Arabs ROME — An Iraqi church leader said the answer to Iraq’s problems is not a hasty U.S. military pullout, but greater involvement by the United Nations and Arab countries. A sudden withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces “would be a great act of irresponsibility,” Latin-rite Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman of Baghdad told the Italian missionary news agency, MISNA, Dec. 5. “Neither the Americans nor the allies should leave the country. It would mean passing from anarchy to chaos,” he said. He said it would long be remembered if Western powers simply created another crisis zone in the Middle East and walked away. “If the United Nations takes up the problems of Iraq with the consensus of the international community, including the Arab countries, then it will be a force recognized by everyone. Even most Iraqis would show support for it,” he said. Archbishop Sleiman said that in retrospect it was clearly a mistake to dismantle the Iraqi army of 400,000 men immediately after the main battles ended in April. These soldiers are now dispersed in society, many unemployed, and may be participating in the guerrilla warfare, he said.

Religious tolerance essential to Europe, Vatican official says VATICAN CITY — Religious identity and religious freedom must be respected in order for the ideals of tolerance and nondiscrimination to function in European society, a Vatican official said. Msgr. Pietro Parolin, a top official of the Secretariat of State, made the remarks Dec. 2 at a meeting in Maastricht, the Netherlands, of the Council of Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Msgr. Parolin lauded the organization’s efforts to curb racism, xenophobia and discrimination on the continent, and said the church fully supports efforts to reduce intolerance through education and other methods. He cited a 1988 speech of Pope John Paul II, who condemned “any form of anti-Semitism and racism, which are contrary to the very foundation of Christianity and are completely unjustifiable in the cultures connected to Christianity.” The 55-member OSCE is Europe’s largest security organization, and engages in observer and reconstruction missions in several East European countries.

The former residence of the archbishop, pictured here, and some surrounding land will be sold by the Archdiocese of Boston to pay a portion of its $85 million clergy sexual abuse settlement. The archdiocese announced Dec. 3 that it will sell about 28 acres of the property in the Brighton neighborhood.

Feast of Immaculate Conception celebrated with prayers for peace ROME — Blessing a basket of roses placed at the foot of a statue honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary and her immaculate conception, Pope John Paul II prayed for peace. “In these times marked by uncertainties and fears for the future fate of our planet,” the pope said Catholics turned to Mary with trepidation, but also with trust. “Hear the cry of pain of the victims of the wars and many forms of violence which are bloodying the earth,” the pope prayed Dec. 8. “Clear away the darkness of sadness and solitude, of hatred and vengeance,” he continued. “Open the minds and hearts of all to trust and forgiveness.” The pope said the 2003 celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception marked the beginning of observances of the 150th anniversary of the solemn declaration of the dogma. On Dec. 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed that Mary was conceived without original sin.

Priests urge optional celibacy ALBANY, N.Y. — Approximately 85 priests from the Albany Diocese have sent a letter to the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urging the U.S. bishops to consider optional celibacy for priests. “We urge that from now on celibacy be optional, not mandatory, for candidates for the diocesan Roman Catholic priesthood,” the letter said. The Albany priests joined clergy from the Milwaukee Archdiocese and the Diocese of New Ulm, Minn., who have written similar letters. Ninety priests of the Diocese of Arlington, Va., signed a letter in strong support of mandatory celibacy. In Albany, three of the signers are members of religious orders; the remainder are diocesan clergy. Most are active priests, but some retired clergy also signed. There are 177 active diocesan priests and 106 religious priests in the diocese.

Pope to U.N. conference: Ending hunger is a part of peacemaking, VATICAN CITY — A global commitment to peacemaking must include serious, coordinated efforts to feed the poor, Pope John Paul II told government representatives from around the world. The pope met Dec. 5 at the Vatican with 400 diplomats and government employees in Rome for the annual

conference of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. FAO’s efforts to feed the hungry, improve food production and distribution and protect the environment are more necessary than ever, the pope said. “Hunger and malnutrition, aggravated by growing poverty, represent a grave threat to the peaceful coexistence of peoples and nations,” he said. Because of the close relationship between hunger and conflict, economic and political decisions “must increasingly be guided by a commitment to global solidarity and respect for fundamental human rights, including the right to adequate nourishment,” he said.

Patriarch calls terrorism ‘immoral’ JERUSALEM — Terrorism is both “immoral and a sin,” said Jerusalem’s Latin-rite patriarch in a new document. Patriarch Michel Sabbah said the church condemns “all acts of violence ... especially terrorism” that are intended to “injure and kill the innocent.” The document, “Reflections on the Presence of the Church in the Holy Land,” released Dec. 3, was signed by the 10 other members of the patriarchate’s Theological Commission. Patriarch Sabbah said in the document that the church was “painfully conscious” of the climate and “context of despair” in which acts of violence were committed. “We have stated: In the case of terrorism there are two guilty parties: first, those who carry out such action, those who plan and support them, and secondly, those who create situations of injustice which provoke terrorism,” the document said.

Irish bishops apologize for handling of sex-abuse cases DUBLIN, Ireland — In releasing a report that acknowledged the church’s past failures, Irish bishops apologized for their handling of child sex-abuse cases. Bishop John McAreavey of Dromore said the 332-page report, released Dec. 4, was an “act of sorrow” and “openness.” “For what has happened we are truly sorry, and while we cannot undo the wrongs of the past, we can use this research to help us deal with victims of abuse with understanding, compassion and sensitivity,” said Bishop McAreavey, who spoke at the news conference releasing the report. The report, commissioned by the church two years ago, made 19 recommendations for protecting children, handling complaints from alleged victims and training and supporting priests to prevent future abuse.

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Local Catholic women’s groups honored for environmental work By Catholic San Francisco Staff Four California chapters of the National Council of Catholic Women have been honored for their participation in a joint environmental project targeting the impact of toxic chemicals on children’s health. San Francisco, Oakland, Orange, and Sacramento chapters received “The Earth In Our Hands” environmental stewardship award at the recent NCCW national conference in Minneapolis. For the past 18 months the local chapters have been working with Women of Reform Judaism as well as other faith communities and secular groups through an umbrella organization, the California Interfaith Partnership for Children’s Health, to raise public awareness of this issue. NCCW volunteers provided information sessions to churches, schools and social justice groups, attended state legislative hearings, and participated in media events to highlight the availability

of environmentally friendly household cleaning products, shampoos, soaps and makeup which can be used in place of their toxic counterparts. According to Nick Guroff, public policy associate for the Interfaith Partnership, the volunteers have been part of a corps of speakers who have made presentations to 2,000 faith community members, given more than 50 presentations in congregations, at regional and national faith community gatherings and participated in 10 sit-down meetings of Interfaith Partnership members with California Senators and Assembly members. NCCW members of the San Francisco Council, including Cathy Mibach and Joan Higgins have made presentations in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Members of the Oakland diocesan council, Steffi Sylvia and Teresa Grant testified last year on behalf of children at California Congressional committees, participated in a statewide lobby day and

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Catholic television programming broadcast by the Eternal Word Television Network, better known as EWTN, becomes available to thousands of homes in northern California this week when cable-TV provider Comcast adds EWTN to its service offering for cable customers. EWTN will be added to Comcastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Digital Classic tier of service, which includes Turner Classic Movies, Discovery Kids Channel, Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Entertainment, Discovery Health Network, Science Channel, ESPN News, National Geographic Channel and other faith and family channels. EWTN has been assigned Digital Channel 229 in the Comcast lineup. On the air 24 hours a day, EWTN features a range of programs including call-in talk shows, daily Mass and devotions, family and children shows, and special broadcasts from Rome and other locations. On the Peninsula, EWTN will be added to Comcastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service in So. San Francisco, Burlingame, Hillsborough, San Mateo, Foster City, Belmont, San Carlos and those parts of Colma and Daly City where cable systems have been rebuilt with Comcastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiber optic network. The same availability principle holds true in San Francisco and the North Bay, where EWTN will be added to all of Marin County and parts of Sonoma County. Also included in the December 17 launch are many communities in the East Bay and South Bay About 140,000 Bay Area Comcast customers will have immediate access to EWTN through the Digital Classic tier of service. Comcast customers who want to view EWTN must sign up for the service, which is an added $10 per month. Created in 1981 by Mother Angelica, a cloistered Franciscan nun, EWTN today is available to 55 million U.S. households and viewers around the world. Father Steven Lopes, Parochial Vicar at St. Anselm parish in Marin County, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The expansion of EWTN will be a wonderful thing for our home-bound parishioners. Often I have visited sick and elderly parishioners who watched EWTN via satellite. By the time I arrived to bring them Holy Communion, they had already watched daily Mass, the Stations of the Cross and were halfway through the Rosary.â&#x20AC;? According to Jim Quinn, a parishioner in Our Lady of Angels parish in Burlingame and a long-time fan of EWTN, said the launch date for EWTN on â&#x20AC;&#x153;just in time for Christmas.â&#x20AC;? Christmas programs on the EWTN cable channel include the following: (NOTE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the times listed below are Eastern Standard Time): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Advent Reflectionsâ&#x20AC;? with Archbishop Edwin F. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services. Separate episodes air 4:30-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 (repeated 11:30 p.m.-midnight Tuesday, Dec. 16, and 10:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17); 4:30-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21 (repeated 11:30 p.m.-midnight Tuesday, Dec. 23) and 1111:30 a.m. Dec. 25 (repeated 9-9:30 p.m. Dec. 25). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gift,â&#x20AC;? a new episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kingdom Under the Sea,â&#x20AC;? in which everyone in the Kingdom has forgotten the true meaning of the holidays until Professor Pinch and sidekick Clawed try to destroy Christmas, 4:30-5 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19 (repeated 6-6:30 p.m. Dec. 19, 7:30-8 p.m. Dec. 21, 10:30-11 a.m. Dec. 24, 4:30-5 p.m. Dec. 25, and 9:30-10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Savior,â&#x20AC;? produced by Family Theater Productions and filmed in Spain, highlighting the events told in the rosaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joyful mysteries, 3-4:30 a.m. Dec. 21 (repeated 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, and 10-11:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26). Catholic University of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Christmas concert, 1:30-3 p.m. Dec. 21 (repeated 3-4:30 a.m. Dec. 27).

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Pope John Paul II prays under a Nativity tapestry during the 2002 Christmas midnight Mass at St. Peter's Basilica. This year's Mass will air live on EWTN from 6 to 8 p.m. EST on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, and will be repeated Christmas Day, 8-10 a.m. EST.

A Christmas episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Backstage,â&#x20AC;? with Mary Anne LaHood of Angel Force singing such carols as â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Holy Night,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ave Mariaâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Little Town of Bethlehem,â&#x20AC;? 44:30 p.m. Dec. 21 (repeated 11-11:30 p.m. Dec. 23, and 44:30 a.m. Dec. 26). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heralds of the Gospel Christmas Specialâ&#x20AC;? as the musical group performs Christmas music from Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Ala., 1:30-2 a.m. Dec. 22 (repeated 9-9:30 a.m. and 2-2:30 p.m. Dec. 24 and 8:30-9 p.m. Dec. 25). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joyful Hour,â&#x20AC;? with actor Pat Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien and his family praying the rosary interspersed with scenes of the story of Joseph and Mary, 5-6 a.m. Dec. 22 (repeated 1-2 a.m. Dec. 23, 8-9 p.m. Dec. 24, and 2-3 p.m. Dec. 25). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Candles and Carols,â&#x20AC;? featuring the 39th annual program of music and Scripture from Anderson University in Anderson, Ind., 10-11 p.m. Dec.22 (repeated 2-3 a.m. Dec. 26).

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By Jack Smith After 35 years in politics, Ray Flynn said he has discovered that “all that is important, all that is really meaningful, is to make sure that one’s experiences are communicated and passed on to the young.” Flynn did just that at a November gathering for students and supporters of Campion College of San Francisco at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Campion College President John Galten introduced Flynn as “an outstanding Catholic layman who has studied the social teachings of the Church and attempted in his personal and political life to put them into action.” Flynn has plenty of experiences to share. The one time pro-basketball player and longtime Democrat politician is a former member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, Mayor of Boston and Ambassador to the Vatican during the Clinton administration. His most important experience, though, and what he most wants to pass on is the wisdom gained from years of acquaintance and friendship with Pope John Paul II. Flynn told Campion College students he is “deeply concerned” that the legacy of Pope John Paul II is transmitted to the next generation. Flynn first met the Holy Father in 1969. After playing for the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics, and serving in the U.S. Army, he decided to run for public office. While Flynn is a born and bred Irish Democrat, he grew up in a largely Polish neighborhood. His parish was Our Lady of Czestochowa and he lived next to the Polish cultural center. “I smelled kielbasa more than I smelled corned beef and cabbage,” Flynn said. Looking for votes in his run for State legislature at a Polish community event, he was introduced by Boston’s Cardinal Cushing to a visiting guest of honor, Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow, Poland. “Nobody had ever heard of him” at the time, Flynn said. Cushing introduced Flynn to the future Pope as the

“son of a dock worker.” This caught the Polish bishop’s attention. Wojtyla told Flynn he had written an article about dock workers and the two of them hit it off. “My politics is kind of unique . . . I’m not rooted in any party,” Flynn said. “I was rooted and molded in the teachings of Pope Leo XIII.” Flynn was excited to meet the Polish bishop who shared his interest in dock workers and Pope Leo’s encyclical, Rerum Novarum, but “I never dreamed that some day he would be pope, and I ambassador to the Vatican,” he said. A few weeks later, Archbishop Wojtyla sent Flynn a copy of an article and speech he had written on the working conditions of dock workers in France. A political vision informed by faith would become the hallmark of Flynn’s 35 year political career. While molded in the Church’s social teaching, Flynn sought to bring the Church’s vision of the human person to all aspects of public life, running forcefully and often against the tide as a pro-life Democrat. Flynn expressed his concern that not enough is being done to inform today’s youth about the social teachings and moral vision of the Church and to engage them in politics. Nevertheless, he said he is encouraged by the great potential of our Catholic youth, a fact that he had not noted until he saw it through the eyes of Pope John Paul II. Flynn said he has been to almost every World Youth Day. Flying back to Rome with the Pope after World Youth Day in Denver, the Holy Father told Flynn, “I have seen the future of America, and I am more optimistic than ever before. The future of America is very, very bright.” Flynn over the years, has tried to gauge the reason for the Pope’s popularity with youth. “What is the attraction of this Pope?. . . There’s an age divide, a culture divide, a geographic divide . . . what he says isn’t even popular. It’s not

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even politically the right message,” he said. Flynn thinks the Pope’s success lies in his candor and genuine concern for the other. John Paul II doesn’t talk to young people like a politician, he said, telling people what is important to himself. “John Paul II says to young people what’s important to them . . . I’m struck by that. I’ve never seen anything like this . . . I’ve never seen a public figure who talks about anything other than what’s important to themselves.”

Young people can tell that the Pope “is not conning them.” Even when his message is not popular, young people can tell that the Pope “is telling them what is morally and spiritually in their best interest . . . Not what he wants them to know about him.” Young people can tell that though suffering, “Jesus Christ is the love,” in the Pope’s life, he said. “All of the obituaries of John Paul II have already been written” by the major news outlets, Flynn said. “And they are missing the point of what he has been to young people,” he said. Ambassador Flynn currently is active as president of Your Catholic Voice, a grassroots lay Catholic educational and political organization. He said many people often ask him why so many Catholics stopped going to Mass, why so many Catholics have dismissed the Church’s teaching on abortion or homosexuality. “Some blame the lack of leadership on the part of the priests and bishops,” he said, “But that’s nonsense. The defense of Jesus Christ is not in the hands of the priests, bishops, or popes. It’s up to us, the soldiers in the army of Jesus Christ. That’s what we get confirmed isn’t it? As soldiers for Christ.” Flynn said that even if his generation has fallen away or given up the fight, the great legacy of John Paul II is that “he has created the young leaders, a community of young people who are believers, who believe in him, who believe in Jesus Christ, and it will evidence itself.” For this reason, “Catholic schools like Campion College are so important,” he said. Catholic education begins in the home, he added, but good schools build upon that foundation preparing young people to live out their faith in the world.

Catholic San Francisco

December 12, 2003

Season of Advent Giving Opportunities St. Vincent de Paul Society – Marin Council “Volunteers and staff of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin are busy as Santa’s elves preparing to brighten the holidays for the county’s poor and needy,” said Sue Hunt LeMay, director of development for the group. Marin county’s 11 parish conferences and more than 100 Vincentians adopt local families in need hoping to make their dreams come true. They are assisted by donations from the local community and retailers including Nordstrom’s. The SVDP dining room in San Rafael will offer “community, entertainment, gifts, food, and even a slumber party for those living on the streets” on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Beginning midday December 24, “a traditional holiday feast” will be served. Guests will also be invited to hang a stocking, which later will be filled by Santa. At 6 p.m., a traditional Lessons and Carols program will feature “stories, music and singers.” The evening winds down into a slumber party for all needing “a place to sleep.” Christmas Day breakfast is served from 7 – 9 a.m. A Christmas Dinner at about noon promises a visit from Old St. Nick himself who will distribute gifts of warm blankets, coats, sleeping bags, rain gear, and treats. “The need has grown incredibly in Marin,” Ms. LeMay said, “especially seniors, families and the homeless.” Donations are welcomed. Marin SVDP needs hams, turkeys, all the trimmings, large athletic socks, underwear, calling cards, warm winter gear, blankets, sleeping bags, toys, and cash contributions. For more information, call (415) 454-3303. Items can be dropped off by the dining room at 820 B Street between 3rd and 2nd St. from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. seven days a week. During the week before Christmas volunteers will receive donations from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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St. Vincent de Paul Society – San Francisco Council “We will be active with our programs and in our conferences during Christmas,” said Steve Maraccini, director of Vincentian Life for the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco. Gifts and necessities including toiletry bags and hygiene kits will be made available to visitors and guests of SVDP’s Multi-Service Center, Ozanam Center, Riley Center, and Arlington Hotel. Particularly involved here are the conferences of St. Brendan Parish and Corpus Christi Parish, San Francisco. “One of our biggest programs is the Adopt-a-Family effort at the Riley Center,” a shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence, Maraccini said. Many of the 29 parish conferences, with more than 300 Vincentians, choose to adopt families. Two SVDP programs also sponsor conferences.

(L-R) Riley Center Director Jennifer Grant, Board Member Judy Tornese and husband Jerry Winters, and Development Council member Larry Simi sorting Christmas gifts for the Riley Center's Adopt-A-Family Program.

St. Mary Cathedral conference is hosting an Interfaith Winter Shelter providing hot meals and gifts for their guests. Conference Giving-Trees, at St. Philip and other parishes, benefit agencies including Mt. St. Joseph – St. Elizabeth. A food drive at St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School helps the Vincentian Help Desk provide for families in need. A number of conferences also will be delivering food to the needy, including Epiphany, St. Teresa and St. Finn Barr. Sts. Peter and Paul parish conference will cook a Christmas meal for more than 100 homeless people and serve

it to them in the parish center on Christmas afternoon. Items can be dropped off at the SVDP main office, 425 4th St. at Harrison, San Francisco between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can also call (415) 9771270, ext. 3003 to arrange to have them picked up. The wish list includes men’s clothes – especially pants and shoes – as well as women’s and children’s clothes, hygiene products, dishes, pots and pans, kitchen utensils, blankets, towels, and appropriate books and magazines.

St. Vincent de Paul Society – San Mateo Council “Ours is a personalized approach that concentrates on emergency assistance,” said Ed Watson, president, St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County. The group helped 6,000 people with food at Thanksgiving by way of its 34 conferences and more than 900 Vincentians. “We expect to reach 8,000 people with food during the Christmas season,” Mr. Watson said. More than 3,000 families – 10,000 people - will receive gifts that include not only toys but also gift certificates and essentials such as household staples and clothing. “Sometimes the best Christmas present is a new pair of shoes,” said Loretta Pehanich, development and public relations director for the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County. Approximately 62 percent of the adult population served are women, with children also making up a large part of those assisted. The wish list includes new socks and underwear especially in adult sizes, gift certificates for shoes, dressers, kitchen tables and chairs, bed frames, especially bunk beds, new sleeping bags, gift certificates for grocery stores, laundry detergent, toilet paper, paper towels and napkins, gift coupons for fast-food restaurants, scarves, warm hats and mittens, non-perishable food, Styrofoam containers with fitted lids, toothpaste and deodorant. Cash contributions also are vital. Cash provides for scholarships to summer camp - $350 per child and “a life-changing experience for youth,” and helps the many people in need of rent money. “You get a good feeling doing this kind of thing,” said Mike Socash of St. Bartholomew Parish, San Mateo. “We offer a safety net for children and their families as well as individuals who are at the end of their ropes and have exhausted all other resources,” said SVDP executive director Lorraine Moriarty. Donations can be dropped off at the SVDP headquarters at 50 North B St., San Mateo after calling (650) 373-0622. Families and persons needing assistance should call (650) 343-4403.

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Helping women change the direction of their lives is the goal of Catherine Center, a transitional housing facility for women newly released from jail or prison, sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo and the Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame. According to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, eight of ten women parolees in California return to jail or prison because they lack skills, resources, or a support system to help them get back on their feet. Catherine Center seeks to change that on the local level. The idea for Catherine Center came to Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan last year. An experienced prison minister, Toolan saw firsthand the need for a safe place for these women to rebuild their lives. Roger Hagman and the Jail Committee of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo were developing a similar plan, and the Sisters of Mercy and the St. Vincent de Paul Society joined forces. The center, established at an undisclosed location, houses up to six women for six months to a year as they participate in programs that promote recovery assistance, life skills, creative expression, spirituality, education, and career planning. Mercy Sister Marguerite Buchanan, program director, says the key to the center’s success is the fact that the women who participate all want to be there. “The women here want to change their lives, and we provide an opportunity to do that in a supportive environment.” Currently, three women are residents. Clara, not her real name, is the youngest of the group. She joined the house two months ago and plans to remain there for at least a year. “As soon as I came here I knew I was home,” she said. “I could feel the love coming out of the house.” Clara has found the creative writing and art therapy the most helpful on her way to recovery. Through the center’s programs she has had the opportunity to read her poetry in front of hundreds of people and give

speeches to young people about her experiences. Mary, another resident, says living in the house has helped her access her spiritual side for the first time in her life. “I wanted to get out of the cycle,” said Mary. “And you can tell that the people here really care, but coming here and connecting with our spirituality is our choice. That is what makes this group work.” Participants in the Catherine Center program do volunteer work at various St. Vincent de Paul facilities throughout the Bay Area, in addition to their normal routine of attending meetings, classes, and workshops. In return, the residents of the Catherine Center enjoy the freedom of being able to visit with family and return home for short periods of time during the holiday. Two more women are expected to join the group this month and though it means the loss of personal bedrooms the current residents are excited about bringing new people into the house. Programs offered through the Catherine Center are only available to the women who live there, but Sister Marguerite hopes to one day extend the programs to even more women who are willing to change their lives. The Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame and the San Mateo St. Vincent de Paul Society are sponsoring a special event Jan. 2 to benefit Catherine Center. The evening of music and dessert will take place at the Kohl Mansion in Burlingame and will feature a performance by renowned Irish singer Noirin Ni Riain. In addition to performing worldwide, Riain is a theologian and musicologist. Tickets are $100. Contact Gretchen Cody at rmcgse@aol.com or (650) 342-8329.

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Hanna Boys Center still goi Story and photos by Evelyn Zappia early 60 years ago, two San Francisco Catholic priests dared to dream of a refuge for troubled boys where education, compassion and religious faith played essential roles in the healing process they desperately needed to succeed in life. In their vision the refuge was to be the best of its kind in the country. In 1944, at the request of San Francisco Archbishop John J. Mitty, Msgr. William Flanagan, director of Catholic Charities for the San Francisco Archdiocese (which at the time included counties now part of the dioceses of Santa Rosa, Oakland, Stockton and San Jose) and Father William O’Connor, assistant director, sought “to find a home for orphaned and rejected boys.” After a successful pilot plan in a single cottage in residential Menlo Park, and the successful fundraising by a group of Catholic laymen, 25 boys walked through the doors of The Archbishop Hanna Center for Boys in December 1949. The Sonoma County center, named for Archbishop Mitty’s predecessor – Archbishop Edward J. Hanna, was led by Father O’Connor (until 1972) directing a small lay staff, a few administrators and five dedicated Sisters of St. Francis. Today, Hanna Center receives 400-600 inquiries each year from desperate parents of distressed boys requesting assistance. “Knowing what I know now, if I had a magic wand I would make a lot more Hanna Boys Centers,” said Father John Crews, who has served as executive director for the last 20 years. The soft-spoken priest, who has a calm demeanor and several years of experience as a Navy Chaplain, compares the Hanna experience to a “boot camp” with better living quarters. “You are away from home, with people who can and do tell you what to do. You address everyone as sir and madam, and you are living with a bunch of guys you don’t much care for,” said Father Crews. “In boot camp you are miserable and tired,” he added, “and you ask yourself, ‘who did this to me?’” Like enlistees who sign up for service in the armed forces, Each Hanna boy also signs his name on the dotted line. He, along with his parents, sign an oath-like document, pledging to work together at what possibly is the most import decision of their lives. From time to time, when a Hanna boy questions who did this to me, Father Crews shows him the binding document, giving the boy a clear picture of the real world. It is possibly the first adult life-lesson he learns. “If you sign your name you want to be real careful,” Father tells him. “Your name is power.” “None of the boys want to be here,” said Father Crews. “They want to be home, even if home is only a car.” Yet there are no walls, gates or locked doors keeping the boys from leaving. Not even a tough 24-hour watch by staff members who grade the boys on their daily performance deters them. The majority of boys complete the year commitment, and others stay longer.

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Faith is the foundation of Hanna Center. Some of the cottages the boys live in are named St. Joseph, Notre Dame, Rosary Hill and Mount Alverno. The chapel, Our Lady of Fatima, is strategically placed in the center of the campus. From grace before meals to religious studies, the boys are acquainted to the principles of faith. None of this is an attempt to make the boys Catholic, according to Father Crews. The center is open to all denominations. However, Father Crews believes chapel attendance gives the boys, families, and staff a chance “to raise some of the big questions: Why am I here? How am I using the talents and strengths I’ve been given? How do I deal with suffering and loss? Am I doing my best?” Visiting the chapel “is an effort to show the boys how to act appropriately and respectfully in a place some consider sacred or a place of honor,” said Father Crews. Although Josh, an eighth grader, is a Mormon, “it’s not a big deal to attend chapel,” he said. “Being Mormon, we spend about three-and-one-half hours in church,” he said, leaving one to believe the short Catholic hour was less painful for him. Yet he added, “Chapel is a way to help you respect the thinking of others.” Hanna boys arrive with a baggage of abuse, either self-inflicted or the victim of family, friends, or others. The boys are, just that, boys, and they are asked to do what many adults find difficult to do in their lives, “to be motivated and open to change.” Hanna’s staff always begins the healing of each boy with love. “Regardless of what they have done, you still care, and they know that,” said St. Francis Sister Ruth Gardner. Each boy receives individual and group counseling. In addition, Hanna provides family counseling and parenting classes. Perhaps the boys’ greatest ally may be in Tim Norman, clinical director, who describes part of his job as “being the advocate for the boys on this side of the staff.” He supervises “a very young, idealistic staff,” and views part of his role as “assisting the staff

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Hanna Boys have two things in common. “They are all motivated to change, and they are all smart,” said Father Crews. The current 119 Hanna boys are Caucasian, Hispanic, African-American and Asian. They come from many Bay Area counties, the majority from Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Solano and San Mateo. Approximately 39 percent of the current residents are Catholic. Hanna’s program is guided by the core values of Faith, Education and Caring with emphasis in the areas of: Education, Residential Care, Treatment/Counseling/Health Care, Spiritual Guidance, Physical Education, Sports and Recreation, and Food Service. Hanna is located on 160 acres in rural Sonoma County. The Residential Program consists of seven cottages for the young boys (grades 6 through 10) and three group homes for the boys (grades 10 through 12). Each cottage or group home has three child care workers and one supervisor. Hanna operates an infirmary and a Dental Clinic, staffed by nearly 90 volunteer dentists. A 45-member volunteer board of directors governs and oversees the operation of the center. Tuition is based on the family’s ability to pay. No boy is ever turned down because of financial reasons. Hanna Boys Center relies solely on private donations from individuals, private foundations and local corporations. It does not solicit or accept funds from any government or public funding agency, nor from the Catholic Church. Hanna maintains the status of independent nonprofit corporation which allows the Center to react more quickly to situations as they arise, and respond to the specific needs of each boy with levels of care and options for change that are highly individualized. If you are interested in supporting Hanna Boys Center visit www.hannacenter.org or contact them at 17000 Arnold Dr., P.O. Box 100, Sonoma, CA 95476-0100.

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pective what is normal adolescent behavior, and expected family reaction.” isn’t a place where kids come from bad parents,” said Mr. Norman. “The ys come from very functional parents, who are willing to grow with the boy.” h rare, Hanna has its painful stories of parents enrolling their boy and going uise of wanting to work with their child, then never return, according to Mr. stories reflect the enormous responsibility Hanna takes on when accepting e boy’s determination to succeed, often in difficult circumstances. man recalls the experience of one boy, anxious to go home for the holise early and made a sign welcoming his mom and dad. He stood outside ost of the day. Eventually his sign blurred from the raindrops and he went ottage. “It was hard on all of us,” said Mr. Norman. nts never came to take their son home for the holidays, and Hanna was locate his parents. Yet somehow the boy put it behind him and became his adult life. year-old boy whose parents also deserted him went on the TV program ysteries holding a picture saying, “These are my parents. If you see them, them call me.” Although the boy never did see his parents again, Mr. the boy also became successful. He chose the U.S. Navy as his career. ely, most of the boys and their parents work together and make the neces and make it work, according to Mr. Norman. “Many of our families are ve, involved, go to the games, attend every visiting Sunday, and stay well make the changes also needed at home.” success rate is evidenced by the hundreds of “former boys” who write, volrop by the center just to say thanks. e, Hanna Center for Boys Historian, is keeper of the alumni list. “He does a great the boys who stayed at Hanna briefly,” said Bill Conley, a former Hanna boy. ey, a San Francisco Police Officer for the last 10 years, lived at Hanna from h an assist from Hanna’s scholarship fund he graduated from San acred Heart High School, and attended the University of San Francisco. rews remembers Mr. Conley well. “Bill Conley was high maintenance,” he ambitious, competitive and Irish. It was his ball, his court, and his game. hallenge was learning it was our ball, our boundaries, and our rules.” ey, the product of a single mother household, admits Hanna was exactly ded. “It provided me with structure and a male influence,” he said. Also, s aspect” stayed with the 11-year-old boy who said, although he was id not attend Mass at the time. r. Conley and his wife, Donna, are parishioners of St. Cecilia Church in the an to enroll their four-year-old daughter, Madeline, in the elementary school. ey said “the microcosm of society” at Hanna’s, where he learned to live m all different walks of life, prepared him well. “As a police officer I someth what I call ‘grown up Hanna kids,’ who could benefit from programs ke Hanna Boys Center,” he said. oy at Hanna is a gift,” said Father Crews, “and our job is to do the best we t we’ve got while the boy is here. We are not the final authors to his story. meant to be will come.”

Father John Crews in a Hanna mobile ps to speak with eighth grader, Giovanni.

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Hanna boys reflect After being at Hanna for “one year, 11 months, and a few days,” Josh reflected on the reasons why he was living at Hanna - “not listening, bad grades, and behavior problems - especially anger.” He “went with the program” because of his father’s wishes. When he first arrived at Hanna he admits he did not follow all of the rules. But not doing so had consequences, like “getting grounded.” Josh’s goal is to graduate from Cal Berkeley. “I can always learn more,” he said. “That’s what this place taught me.” In just a short three months, tenth grader, Ezekiel, boasts of a “much better relationship” with his mom, who “needed away space from me. I needed it too,” he added. “Now, we see each other every Sunday and go to Mass.” Ezekiel’s immediate goal is to raise his “Status 2” behavior level (Status 1 is the best) so he can enjoy the privileges earned by the accomplishment. He wants the opportunities of “going off campus, attending Sonoma Valley High, and cooking his own food” - happily leaving behind “Hanna food.” Ezekiel feels Hanna is helping him accomplish his goals. He has his sites on going to college. Tenth grader Jeremiah appears to have learned in his two year stay at Hanna that he “wanted a better life” than the one he was leading. “Grades, family situation and a terrible gang influence d me,” he said. “I never really tried to change any of it until I got to Hanna,” he said. But the changes did not come easy for Jeremiah. Upon his arrival he thought Hanna was a terrible place. He did not like being away from his family. He admits not trying to accomplish anything at Hanna for the first three months. “One day, I said to myself ‘now its time to work the program,’” he said. Jeremiah boasts of a “2.86 GPA”, and “gaining a lot of things that are hard to describe.” He is planning to attend college after graduating from Sonoma High School. “I’m going to use the resources around me, and use good judgement about the people I hang around,” he said. Tenth grader Paul made an extraordinary accomplishment in only five months. He brought his grade point average up from below 1.00 to better than 3.00. Paul struggled with “drinking, smoking, anger problems, and messing up” before living at Hanna. “My maturity level has gone up,” he said. The proof is in his home visits where his anger is no longer an issue. “Hanna is the place for the people who can’t help themselves,” he said. Eighth grader Dallon says his eight months at Hanna has resulted in changes which make his father happy. “I’m mature, and have a lot more self-control,” he said. Although he and his mom did not get along, “now we do,” he said. He thinks, “Hanna is a great organization. “ It has given him the chance “to focus academically.” Eighth grader Timothy has made great strides during his four months at Hanna. “I was in too many fights at school,” he said. “I was hitting somebody for no reason, and I was robbing people too. Hanna has changed my life. I’ve learned a lot about respect.” Anger is the reason for sixth grader Justin being at Hanna. After only four months Justin said, “I’m pretty good now. I’m much calmer. My mom is glad to hear my anger problems are almost over.” “School problems and drugs” brought Sutha to Hanna Center. The eighth grader describes his two-year stay as “a joy to be here. The boys treat me like a brother,” he said. “Talking about what I was doing has made a big difference in my life. I really improved. I’m thinking about the future. It is so special to change your life.” For the past seven months, eighth grader Patrick has been “learning how to be consistent and respectful. It’s definitely worth the time,” he said. “I know I need to change and step up to the plate. My time is now.” Patrick has a lot of respect for the staff “who come here and have no idea just what they will have to do to help a kid. They give you a lot of chances,” he said.

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December 12, 2003

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This Sesquicentennial Year The season of Advent, with its theme of preparation, seems very appropriate as the Archdiocese of San Francisco approaches the end of this Sesquicentennial Year, marking 150 years since the establishment of the Archdiocese in 1853. Hopefully, the historical stories of faith and action, which have appeared in the pages of Catholic San Francisco during the past twelve months, have been helpful in preparing for our continued journey in the years to come. Certainly, we draw courage and strength from the extraordinary examples of faith and sacrifice that are a part of our heritage in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Through the stories of our local Catholic Church, which recall events over the past century-and-a-half, we have seen that we are an evangelizing people. When the first Archbishop of San Francisco, Joseph Sadoc Alemany, was reluctant to come to California, Pope Pius IX told him, “You must go to California. Where others are drawn by gold, you must carry the Cross.” Just as Alemany’s mission was to bring the Word of God to the people of his time, we too are charged with “Proclaiming the Good News to All Creation.” We have a responsibility to live and to proclaim the Gospel in our own time. Through the stories of committed clergy, religious and laity, we also have seen that the local Catholic Church has been a leader in serving the poor and providing help to those in need. The Christian charity that animated the orders of women religious at the beginning of the Archdiocese is still very much in evidence today. We have seen that the local Catholic Church was a defender of the rights of people – whether it be fair treatment for workers, or justice for immigrants. Indeed, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has been an immigrant Church from the very beginning when people from many nationalities came to pursue their fortune in the California Gold Rush. Throughout the past 150 years, wave upon wave of immigrants — from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa – came to these shores and became part of the local Catholic Church of San Francisco. But not without struggle. The call by Christ to be one has been difficult to achieve in the past, and remains so today. Welcoming the stranger among us continues to be a challenge, but it is a challenge that we are called to overcome. We also have seen in stories of the history of the Archdiocese of San Francisco a commitment to Catholic education – both in our Catholic schools and in Religious Education programs. We recognize the unique place that Catholic education has in our local Church and the important role it plays in our ability to pass on the faith to our children and grandchildren. Today it is our challenge to assure the vitality of our Catholic schools and, equally, to assure that the tenets of the faith are taught effectively to Catholic children and youth attending public schools. The stories of the history of the Archdiocese of San Francisco reveal concern and deep commitment for the issues of peace and social justice. This also is an important part of our heritage that is very much alive today. As the local Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco moves ahead, we can look to the many examples of evangelization, commitment and service in our history and draw upon them for inspiration. Our age is one in which proclaiming the Gospel of the Lord, being a witness for truth and a faithful Catholic, presents extraordinary challenges. As Pope John Paul II has pointed out, the acceptance of God’s love and his plan for human kind is an unpopular message in the contemporary culture. As we persevere in our spiritual journey, let us draw upon the examples of priests, bishops and deacons, religious men and women and lay persons who have led the way to holiness in the history of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. MEH

Collection for retired religious Most parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco will have a collection for Retired Religious this weekend, December 13-14. The annual collection, sponsored by the National Religious Retirement Office, collects funds to support retired Catholic brothers and sisters. We urge support for this collection and also for the annual collection for retired priests. MEH

Schools and evangelization I noted with great interest your November 21 feature of comments from our Archdiocesan Catholic Elementary School students on the items for which they are thankful this Thanksgiving Season. The thoughts of Arthur Lei, 6th grade, St. Monica School were most noteworthy and heartwarming where he says that he is thankful for St. Monica School because the School taught him about God and he didn’t know about God before enrolling at St. Monica’s. At a time when our Archdiocese has fewer of the European immigrants who built and nurtured our parish schools, young Arthur Lei’s words are evidence of our Catholic schools’ success in evangelization and faith formation to a new group of immigrants. Joseph A. Palazzolo San Francisco

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Another well done history piece with “Catholic High Schools of San Francisco and the Marianist Tradition.” For many years there has been a saying, “the Marianists are the best kept secret in San Francisco.” Your article by Brother Bill Bolts, S.M., along with the photographs and charts has helped change that. Being one of the 625 who received diplomas from St. James High School, it is a pleasure to see the Marianists receive some well-deserved recognition for their dedicated service, which continues at Archbishop Riordan High School. When I started in 1934, since my father was a longshorman on a three-month strike, tuition was an important considera-

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Pat Joyce’s story on Catholic Charities’ case before the State Supreme Court (CSF, Dec. 5) is an outstanding example of journalism that tries to inform rather than influence. Several stories in the for-profit press noted that “Viagra is often covered by health insurance but oral contraceptives are not.” This, they said, was contrary to the Women’s Contraceptive Equity Act brought to us by that famous Mercy Burlingame grad, State Sen. Jackie Speier. It is also contrary to logic and good reporting. Viagra helps one to reproduce, not avoid reproduction A better example would be condoms or a vasectomy. Does the Equity act demand these be paid for? And what about a female equivalent of Viagra? Inquiring minds want to know. Jim Clifford Redwood City

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The Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Investment Committee, for close to 10 years, has done its due diligence to ensure that we do not invest in firms which produce products or provide services contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church. We use an outside firm to screen our portfolios to ensure that our managers are complying. In fact, our guidelines for screens are similar to the ones which the U.S. Conference of Bishops recently approved. We also actively vote proxies which help to enhance those teachings. Contrary to a statement in a story in the Dec. 5 issue, we do not, however, invest in the Calvert or Domini Funds. Richard Hannon Chief Financial Officer Archdiocese of San Francisco

Let me go Regarding Vivian Dudro’s column, “The parents of Terri Schiavo,” I could not disagree with her more. I went immediately into the den to review my will and made sure that I had stated that I do not wish to be kept alive by artificial means. How would any of you like to be kept alive like that? God has called Terri Schiavo and she is being kept alive. I note that the author brought in the fact that Schiavo’s husband lives with his fiancé, etc. My heart goes out to the husband. Gertrude Chappell San Francisco

Juan Diego c. 1474-1548 feast – December 9 The Mexican Indian visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Juan Diego was venerated long before his 2002 canonization. In 1531 the widower saw Crosiers apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe on the hill of Tepeyac. He convinced Bishop Juan de Zumarraga of Mary’s visitations and her desire to have a church built there when he opened his cloak, releasing fresh flowers and revealing the imprint of Our Lady’s image. Juan lived out his days by helping others, praying and doing penance near the shrine. Saints for Today

December 12, 2003

Catholic San Francisco

The Catholic Difference Writing with an eye toward the 2004 election, a friend had the following, arresting thought: “The sad fact of the matter is that, if every Catholic elected official in the United States were to drop dead tomorrow and be replaced by a Mormon, we’d see more, not less, Catholic teaching become law.” Dyspeptic? Arguably. Inaccurate? Alas, no. Last month’s all-night brawl in the U.S. Senate over blocked Bush administration judicial nominees illustrates the point. Anyone paying the slightest attention knows what this fight is about: it’s about abortion, and the fear among pro-abortion forces that the Federal judiciary will “erode” the abortion “right” summarily decreed in 1973, and confirmed in 1992, by the Supreme Court. Who had the integrity to admit that this is what the whole argument’s about? Utah’s Senator Orrin Hatch, a Mormon. Who refused to wrestle with the abortion license as the issue-beneath-all-other-issues in the war over President Bush’s judicial nominees? Senator Kennedy (who described the Bush nominees, which include fellow Catholics like Alabama attorney general Bill Pryor, as “Neanderthals”); Senator Mikulski; Senator Durbin; Senator Leahy – Catholics all. Catholic legislators have been off the reservation for years, but I sense an increasing anger with the situation as I make my way around the country. Why? Perhaps because it’s no longer a question of Cuomoism (“I’m personally opposed, but won’t impose my views...”); it’s now a question of legislators who identify themselves as Catholics attacking fellow-Catholics who believe that the right-to-life, as the first of human rights, must be constitutionally affirmed in the law of any civilized

society. Moreover, those Catholic legislators who attack fellowCatholics as pro-life “Neanderthals” are now in bold and open defiance of a recent, authoritative statement on the moral obligations of Catholic public officials, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. No pro-“choice” Catholic legislator can plausibly claim that he or she doesn’t know what the Church’s teaching on the issue, or on their obligations, is. The anger I’m describing is often directed to bishops, which seems to me the wrong target, at least in the first instance. The bishops of Illinois didn’t elect Senator Durbin; the bishops of Massachusetts didn’t elect Senator Kennedy; the bishops of Maryland didn’t elect Senator Mikulski. Who did? The friends, neighbors, co-workers, and relatives of those stalwart Catholics who are angry at the bishops for not publicly condemning the senators in question. So the first people to work on, it seems to me, are those friends, neighbors, co-workers, and relatives. I sometimes get the impression that angry Catholics want the personal satisfaction of seeing a local bishop publicly condemning an erring Catholic politician. I sympathize emotionally. But the politician in me says that it’d be a lot more satisfying – and a lot more useful in the defense of the right to life – to defeat Senator X at the next available opportunity. On the other hand, angry Catholics have an important point that the bishops need to hear: the Church’s moral witness is compromised when the ordained leaders of the Church do not publicly address brazen, sustained defiance of the moral law by elected public officials. Bishops often respond that public condemnation would produce a sympathy vote for

the politician in question. Perhaps it would, in some instances. But is it the bishop’s job to calculate political probabilities? Or is it the bishop’s job to teach the truth, in charity but without compromise, George Weigel leaving it for lay Catholics to handle the electoral consequences of that unapologetic defense of the Gospel of life? Local bishops could get some useful reinforcement from their national conference on this question of what-to-do about Catholic legislators who defy Church teaching. The argument that “public condemnation will only make matters worse” often turns on (not unimportant) local considerations. What if the bishops’ conference, as a national body, issued a statement that made unmistakably clear the conference’s common disapproval of Catholic legislators who refuse to promote the inalienable right to life – and named names in doing so? An increasing number of bishops know that the current situation is unacceptable. Perhaps the first step toward more forthright local episcopal activism is a bishops’ conference action that creates a national context for local cases. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Family Life

A prayer for the days of Christmas Since my family practiced no religion when I was young, one of our neighbors took me to Sunday school at her Baptist church. There I learned many Bible stories and the Ten Commandments, and even memorized some Scripture verses. But the most impressive of my lessons was when the teacher asked all of us children to invite Jesus into our hearts. Using a flannel board with paper figures, the teacher convincingly demonstrated the difference between a heart with Jesus in it, radiant with love for God and neighbor, and a heart that was the throne of the self, darkened by sin. I had no doubt that the former was preferable to the latter. Then the teacher led all of us youngsters in a very simple prayer. With eyes closed tight and little hands folded, we repeated after her: “Dear Jesus, please come into my heart.” And I honestly believe that the good Lord took me at my word and drew nearer to me, for though only a little girl, I had freely and lovingly drawn near to Him. I felt very close to God as a child. But as I grew older and more willful, my heart hardened toward Him, until I

forgot about Jesus. But He did not forget me, and I continually bumped into what I thought at the time were the most unendurable people: evangelical Protestants. Eventually, I returned to God and became a Catholic, and for this thanks are due, in part, to those Christians outside the Roman Catholic Church whose zeal for souls pointed me in the right direction. Evangelical Protestants can be really good at this kind of thing, of leading the unchurched to Christ. And in general they seem so much better equipped for the job than we Catholics, with their Four Spiritual Laws or their pocket New Testaments with the underlined verses, or their flannel boards. But we have helps they lack, like the liturgical seasons and the sacraments of Penance and Eucharist. Take the Season of Advent, for example, and the many ways it inspires us to make room in our lives for Jesus. Yes, there’s nothing like the approach of Christmas to stir up in us the desire to make a good Confession, go to Mass more frequently, and give of ourselves to others.

And then there is Christmas itself, lasting not just one day, but twelve, and all during that time, in Catholic churches throughout the world, there is a babe lying in a manger. In becoming a helpless infant, one Vivian W. Dudro like any other human baby, God made Himself as approachable and adorable as possible. So, sometime during the Christmas Season, go to the crib and take your children with you. Kneel before the Christ Child and pray, “Dear Jesus, please come into my heart.”

of the Second Vatican Council. Devotional life, and indeed all spiritual enthusiasm, too easily lose balance and, almost without exception, tend to lose their grip on the essentials. That’s the danger inherent in all romance. Its very power to inflame the heart makes it a powerful narcotic that easily becomes an end in itself. We know that. But we also know its power to transform lives. It can change everything in 15 seconds. Christ, the Word, and the Eucharist are the essentials within our faith, but, just as the main course in a meal doesn’t necessarily make a complete meal so, too, the essentials of our faith don’t necessarily satisfy all our faith needs, particularly in terms of the heart. What the devotional life adds to the essentials is precisely the romantic, emotional fire. And that’s more necessary than we think. Eric Mascall, a Protestant theologian, commenting on the place of the devotional, suggests that the danger in opting for essentials alone is that “we end up on a diet of antiseptics, safe from food poisoning, but in danger of suffering from malnutrition.” To give an example: Today liturgists and theologians are almost universally opposed to having eulogies at funerals. The funeral liturgy, they contend, is complete of itself and the eulogy is an unneeded, inept distraction. They’re right, in a way. The funeral liturgy is complete of itself, theologically. But that doesn’t mean it’s complete humanly. The normal congregation at a funeral isn’t composed of people whose faith and emotional lives are so mature and integrated that the latter is fed and satisfied through the former. They want and need more than the essentials of faith and liturgy, particularly on that day. They want and need another kind of ritual, a devotional one that speaks more directly to them (however lengthy and in bad taste those eulogies sometimes are). The heart

is part of the soul and also needs its due. Classically, in terms of our prayer lives, this has been handled largely by devotions and, among devotions, the ones to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, have had the privileged Father place, especially among Ron Rolheiser the poor. In Marian devotions, the faith takes on a special relationship to the poor. In a manner of speaking, Marian devotions are the mysticism of the poor. In relating to her, countless people, without the benefit of professional training in theology or liturgy, have wonderfully appropriated to themselves deep, essential truths about God’s person, presence, compassion, and providence. They know and taste God’s love, through their relationship to Mary. Many years ago, when I was an 18-year-old novice, a very pious old priest gave us a talk. He shared how a young man had come to him complaining that he’d lost his faith. The old priest had simply told him: “You’ve lost your faith because you’ve lost your mother, Mary.” Funny how among the hundreds of hours of talks and conferences that I heard during my novitiate year, that pious, overly-simplistic, near-saccharine, theologicallyimpoverished comment is about the only thing I still remember.

Vivian W. Dudro is a parishioner at St. Mary’s Cathedral and the mother of four children, ages 7 to 16.

Spirituality

The Mary of Piety Devotional prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus, has always been the centerpiece within Catholic piety. Among other things, those devotions have focused upon various Marian shrines, places where Mary allegedly appeared — Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, Medjugorje, among other places. Karl Rahner, studying the phenomenon of Marian apparitions, points out that all these apparitions have one thing in common: In every case, Mary appears to a poor person. In every alleged apparition that has become accepted in popular devotion, the person Mary appears to is someone insignificant in the world’s eyes. Mary has never, it seems, appeared to a Wall Street banker, a major civic or church leader, or even to a theologian in his or her study. She seems to pick her audience with a special purpose in mind. What purpose? To provide for them, the poor, something that the elite find elsewhere, namely, a romantic vision of the faith by which to sustain themselves emotionally. That shouldn’t surprise us. Mary, after all, gave us the Magnificat. She has always had a special relationship to the poor. More recently, as we know, Marian devotion and devotional prayer in general have fallen on hard times, intellectually and theologically. More and more, Marian devotion is written off as nonessential to the faith, or worse, as a harmful distraction to it. Christ, the Word, and the Eucharist, it is argued, are what is essential and the object of our intimacy is Jesus, not Mary. Moreover, what brings us together as Christians are the Word and Eucharist, not devotional prayer. Simply put, you shouldn’t be substituting devotions for Scripture or the Eucharist, or saying the rosary in their place. In essence, this critique is correct and was a needed corrective both at the time of the Reformation and again at the time

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

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What to do about defiant Catholic legislators

Catholic San Francisco

December 12, 2003

Evangelization

The Prince of peace is coming! In speaking of the birth of our Savior the Prophet Isaiah tells us that “a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him . . . Prince of Peace. His dominion is vast and forever peaceful.” (Isaiah 9:5-6) As we approach the days in which we remember the glorious Birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, our thoughts turn to “peace”. In a world torn by war and anxiety it is not very easy to focus on peace and yet this is what we must do if we are to really appreciate the full meaning of the birth of our Savior. Peace means many things to many people. It can be the absence of war in our world or the absence of anxiety in our personal lives; or the tranquility we experience in the presence of a beautiful sunset or a calm ocean. It can also mean that wonderful feeling we have when we know that all is right with our lives. I remember when I was about twelve years old asking my mother what she would like for Christmas and she answered, “peace of mind.” This is another kind of peace. I believe it was Pope Paul VI who said, “If you want peace work for justice.” This again is another perspective on peace. So what did the Prophet Isaiah mean when he referred to Christ as the “Prince of Peace?” There is much for us to ponder here. During this Season of Advent we can make peace possible in our own lives and the lives of those around us. We can do this by making a conscious effort to be peaceable non-violent people. Just take a few moments to think about all the times during this day that you

have, or have not, taken the opportunity to be non-violent in your responses. For example when the telephone rang and a salesperson was trying to interest you in something for which you had absolutely no use how did you respond – did you slam down the phone or politely, but kindly, tell the person “no thanks?” Or, when you got to the coffee pot at your break and found that the person before you had emptied it and not gone to the bother of putting on a fresh pot how did you respond? Or when a careless driver cut you off on the morning commute, did you gesture your annoyance or pray for that harried person? Or when your child or elderly relative kept asking the same question over and over again did you answer in patience or impatience? Of course I could go on and on with examples, but I think you get my “drift.” Peace begins with “one.” You and I are that “one.” Isaiah tells us “His dominion is vast and forever peaceful.” In Chapter 9, Isaiah describes how the “people in darkness have seen a great light; … for the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder, and the rod of their taskmaster you have smashed.” This speaks of justice coming to the oppressed through the Savior’s dominion. Christ’s dominion is the Church, the People of God. We count ourselves as belonging to that “forever peaceful” kingdom. We are the embodiment of Christ’s kingdom on earth. Our task is to see to it that His dominion is forever peaceful. When we see an injustice in our society we are called to make a response, a peaceful response. Our job is to bring peace

into our world. This will never happen if we are not at peace ourselves. So what does this all mean to each of us as individuals? In every provocative situation we have a choice to Sister respond with peace or violence, with love or Antonio Heaphy hatred. When we have peace in our hearts we will be able to join with others in making a difference in our world. Our Gracious God leaves it entirely up to us to continue to make manifest the Prince of Peace. Our Church gives us this special time to focus on peace; the peace of Christ, which surpasses all understanding. When we have found that peace we will be ready to welcome the Prince of Peace and make him manifest by our words and deeds. During this busy season of rushing and spending as you wait in line for what seems like forever I suggest you use the time to share the “peace of Christ” through your patience and cheerful attitude. You will give those around you a reason to ponder what it is that makes a difference in your life! Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy is director of the Office of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Reflections

Moral questions of nutrition and hydration The wrenching story of Terri Schiavo is by now wellknown: she is 39 years old and has been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for 13 years due to brain damage brought on by a heart attack. There has been fierce opposition between her husband, her parents, the Governor of Florida, and many others about what to do in light of this medical situation, and there has even been disagreement over her diagnosis. Spiritually heartbreaking is the additional knowledge that she was not permitted to receive Holy Communion during the brief time when she was recently removed from tube feeding. Schiavo’s saga is not a new one in medical and moral history, exampled in such critical cases as Paul Brophy, Claire Conroy, Nancy Cruzan and Hugh Finn. These cases demonstrated legally that removal of life-sustaining medical technology is not murder, but rather a decision to allow a person to die. (John Paris, S.J., “Hugh Finn’s ‘Right to Die,’” America, 31 October 1998, pgs. 13-15) Let’s first be clear on the concept. PVS is an eyesopen state of unconsciousness with sleep-wake cycles in which patients are completely unaware of themselves or their surroundings. (Canadian Medical Association Journal, 24 February 1998, pgs. 491-493) The PVS patient sustains a loss of all higher brain functions with either complete or partial preservation of brain-stem automatic functions: e.g., blinking and smiling. Recovery of consciousness is highly improbable after 12 months if the PVS condition is caused by traumatic brain injury, or after 3 months if the PVS is caused by a non-traumatic brain injury. A PVS patient usually lives from 2 to 5 years and death is normally brought on by an infection in the lungs or urinary tract, respiratory failure, or sudden death of unknown causes. The length of survival depends in part on how aggressive these types of medical complications are treated. (Michael Panicola, M.D., Health Progress, December 2001) Second, let’s review pertinent Catholic teaching. In a 1957 Allocution, Pope Pius XII presented a concise formula for approaching medical and moral decisions. He taught that “Normally one is held to use only ordinary means … that is to say, means that do not involve any great burden for oneself or another… Life, health … are, in fact, subordinated to spiritual ends.” This same point is repeated in the 1980 Declaration on Euthanasia from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. This Declaration suggests, however, that it is now better to use the concepts “proportionate” and “disproportionate” means of treatment in order to distinguish between what medicine might think of as “ordinary” or “extraordinary” and moral discernment might judge as “proportionate” or “disproportionate.” The medical field now considers dialysis ordinary, e.g., but its use might be judged morally disproportionate in

a given case (a person diagnosed with terminal cancer). The terms “ordinary” and “extraordinary” were first used in the 16th century to demonstrate that one is bound only to preserve life through medical procedures, means and medicine common to all and which were helpful to the patient. In 1958 the well-respected moralist Fr. Gerald Kelly, S.J. reiterated this tradition by teaching that medical means are proportionate only if they offer a reasonable hope of benefit for the patient and can be used without excessive pain, expense, or other inconvenience. (Medico-Moral Problems, pg. 129) Morally, then, no one has to undergo interventions that are disproportionately burdensome or offer no realistic expectation of restoration of health. While now arcane, an enlightening example can be located in the Relationes Theologicae of the respected 16th century moralist Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. Eggs are common food, he wrote, while chickens and partridges are not. One is obliged only to eat what is common and useful, even if ordered by the doctor to eat partridge to prolong one’s life. In other words, a special diet was not obligatory if it was considered extraordinary or uncommon for this sick person. Third, how does this moral tradition apply to medically assisted nutrition and hydration? In his 1950 essay in Theological Studies, “The Duty of Using Artificial Means of Preserving Life,” Kelly judged that “no remedy is obligatory unless it offers a reasonable hope of checking or curing a disease… (A)rtificial means not only need not but should not be used, once the coma is reasonably diagnosed as terminal. Their use creates expense and nervous strain without conferring any real benefit.” This point has been recently reaffirmed by another highly regarded moralist, Kevin O’Rourke, O.P.: “If the cognitive affective potential is nonexistent, the person is still a human being, but a human being toward whom we do not have an ethical obligation to prolong life.” Fourthly, these recent references offer critical guidelines: (1) In 1993 the Pro-Life Committee of the U.S. Bishops issued “Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections.” These main points are made: ● We must always preserve human life while acknowledging that this duty has limits. ● Euthanasia refers to an action or omission where an individual’s intent is to cause the death of another person. ● We should not assume that “all or most decisions to withhold or withdraw medically assisted nutrition and hydration are attempts to cause death” (no. 1). ● The teaching of the church “has not resolved the question whether medically assisted nutrition and hydration should always be seen as a form of normal care” (no. 2).

● An unconscious patient is still a living human person with inherent dignity and value and the term “vegetative” unfortunately obscures this critical point, suggesting that the PVS Father Gerald patient is “a subhuman Coleman, S.S. animal” (no. 6). ● The presumption should be in favor of tube feeding “…to patients who need it, which presumption would yield in cases where such procedures have no medically reasonable hope of sustaining life or pose excessive risks or burdens” (no. 6). (2) Pope John Paul II said to U.S. Bishops in 1998 that tube feeding should be presumed and should be considered “ordinary means of preserving life.” (L’Osservatore Romano, 7 October 1998) In stating this, the Pope likewise said that careful consideration must be given to all the factors involved - meaning the medical situation of the patient. Presumption favoring tube feeding is thus normative, but not without exception. (3) The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (N.C.C.B., 2001, Directive 58) teaches that nutrition and hydration should be presumed “…as along as this is sufficient benefit to outweigh the burdens involved to the patient.” These teachings lead to certain “rules of thumb:” ● Patients who can swallow must receive fluids and food. ● Assisted nutrition and hydration should not be offered to patients who are clearly in the last stages of dying: e.g., terminal cancer; congestive heart failure. ● Life-sustaining treatment should not be withdrawn from a pregnant woman if continued treatment may benefit her unborn child. ● Be cautious about assisted nutrition and hydration for patients with end-stage dementia or multiple medical illnesses. ● Feeding tubes are helpful in situations of transient swallowing problems with a reasonable hope of recovery. ● The presumption in favor of medically assisted nutrition and hydration is analogous to the use of resuscitation in the setting of a cardiac arrest: it is favored but there many be situations which make no sense and would be medically contraindicated. (Myles Sheehan, S.J., M.D., “Feeding Tubes: Sorting Out the Issue,” Health Progress, December 2001) Finally, the teaching of the church maintains that our COLEMAN, page 15

December 12, 2003

Catholic San Francisco

Guest Commentary

Let Him be your King By Most Reverend Ignatius Wang Each year, alumni of the Maryknoll schools in Hong Kong hold a reunion celebration in the Bay Area. This year, on the Solemnity of Christ the King (Nov. 23), their celebration began with Mass offered by San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang. Bishop Wang is the first bishop of Asian descent to be ordained to the episcopate for the United States. Also invited this year were Bay Area alumni of other Hong Kong Catholic schools, including those from Jesuit, Christian Brothers and Salesian schools. The Catholic Church has a strong tradition of education in Hong Kong, even though many of the students are not Catholic. Bishop Wang’s homily below is a call to Catholic and non-Catholic alike to “listen to the voice of Christ” and nurture the seed of faith planted in Catholic school. About 400 attended the Mass and celebration including several prominent Bay Area Chinese. Offertory was brought up by San Francisco Superior Court Judges Lillian Sing and Julie Tang, alumnae of Maryknoll High School in Hong Kong. We are happy to celebrate the reunion of Maryknoll alumni on the Solemnity of Christ the King. A fitting day indeed to come together and walk down memory lane! Maryknoll alumni have invited the other Hong Kong students as well for a joint celebration. This doubles our joy! In some way, this larger gathering is a sign of the inclusive, universal nature of the Kingship of Christ, who calls us to forge larger unities, bigger coalitions, greater alliances, to work for the furtherance of His Kingdom. The Kingdom of God, Jesus says, is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed of all, and yet, when full-grown, it is the largest of plants (Mt 13:31). The Kingdom of God keeps growing all over the world, thanks to our readiness to embrace it. Here in the Bay Area and all over the world, we are delighted to meet with the alumni of Hong Kong Catholic schools, and we realize that the Kingdom of God is spreading and bringing people under its influence. The values of Christ the King you picked up in the Catholic schools in Hong Kong continue to live in your hearts. The values of Christ the King are too strong, too powerful, too attractive for anyone to lose sight of. When you seek to live by the values and vision of Jesus, when you attune your life to that of Christ, when you can hear the voice of Christ ringing ever irresistibly in your hearts, when you seek to grow to be Jesus’ disciples, then you will know, as Jesus says, that the Kingdom of God is not only at hand, but it is within you. There is a story of a mystic who says this about himself: I was a revolutionary when I was young and all my prayer to God was: “Lord give me the energy to change the world.” As I approached middle age and realized that half my life was gone without my changing a single soul, I changed my prayer to: “Lord, give me the grace to change all those who come in contact with me. Just

Coleman . . . ■ Continued from page 14 life and health are in fact subordinated to spiritual ends. The pursuit of spiritual goods is intimately connected with human life. Physical existence affords one the opportunity to love God and others. Human life must always be weighed against the spiritual goods of life, and ultimately our final goal of eternal life with God. The Catholic tradition is not a vitalist mentality. PVS patients have reached a point in their lives where their ability to pursue the spiritual goods of life has been totally eclipsed. They are beyond the reach of medical treatment. They should be provided supportive nursing care so that they may be allowed to die peacefully. Some will immediately ask, “Would not assisted nutrition and hydration be of benefit to a PVS patient?” The Declaration on Euthanasia teaches that one can determine whether a medical treatment (e.g., tube feeding) is proportionate by “studying the type of treatment to be used, its degree of complexity or risk, its cost and the possibilities of using it, and comparing these elements with the result that can be expected, taking into account the state of the sick person and his or her physical and moral resources.” The moral question is clear: for the PVS patient, does assisted nutrition and hydration offer any reasonable hope of benefit? Will tube feeding improve the

my family and friends, and I shall be content.” Now that I am an old man and my days are numbered, my one prayer is, “Lord, give me the grace to change myself.” If I had prayed for this right from the start, I should not have wasted my life. The Kingdom of God is within us. God has planted the seed in our hearts. It is growing. We need to be aware of the presence of God in our lives in order for the Kingdom of God to grow deep within us. Before we try to reform the world, before we can see the Kingdom of God spread all over the world, the most important task for us is to let the Kingdom of God be first and foremost in our hearts. If we can heed the call of Christ who says, “Repent and believe in the gospel,” the Kingdom of God will take root in our personal lives. Then the sweet fragrance of the Kingdom will spread to other people, families, communities, and nations. This reality of God’s Kingdom spreading all over the world is anticipated in the first reading from the Prophet Daniel. In a vision he sees the Son of Man receiving “dominion, glory, and kingship; all peoples, nations, and languages serve him.” The second reading from the Book of Revelation echoes the prophecy of Daniel by affirming that Jesus Christ is the “ruler of the kings of the earth.” But he adds that this King is the king “who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, who has made us into a kingdom, [and] priests for his God and Father.” It is clear that Jesus our King is not a domineering, worldly, powerhungry King, but a King who lays his life down for us. He has shed his blood for us. He has made us part of his Kingdom; in his Kingdom we have become heirs and sharers. Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. He invites us to remain in him as he remains in us. Jesus’ Kingship is an entirely different kingship from the kingships of this world. This insight is made clear in the Gospel reading. To Pilate’s question if he was the King of the Jews, Jesus says, “My Kingdom does not belong to this world.” There is no doubt that Jesus is King of the whole universe, including this world. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Everything was created in him and through him. But Jesus’ Kingship does not belong to this world in the sense that his Kingship has nothing to do with power, pomp, force, subjugation, intrigue, corruption and such other things that go with the worldly kingships. His Kingship does not end; it is, as Prophet Daniel says, “everlasting dominion; it shall not be taken away; his kingship shall not be destroyed.” The kingdoms of the world pass away; Jesus’ kingdom is imperishable. Jesus is King of the hearts. His rule is based on love and service. “The Son of Man has come to serve and not to be served.” He rules over people by washing their feet, by serving them, by shepherding them, and finally by laying his life down for them. What a difference between a worldly king who would want others to lay down their life for him and Christ the King who willingly lays his own life down for others! It is in this sense that his kingdom does not belong to this world. His kingdom is above this world, patient’s condition to the point that the sick person is able to pursue the spiritual goods of life? I would think not. While it is true that tube feeding will provide sustenance to prolong life, where is the benefit, as it does not restore these patients to a relative state of health. Tube feeding prolongs the PVS patient’s life, but this life will never improve to the point where the sick person can pursue the spiritual goods of life. Some moral theologians take another position by maintaining that tube feeding is always of benefit because it preserves a person’s life and prevents death. (William E. May, Quality of Life, 1990, pgs. 78-88) This scenario, in my mind, absolutizes human life and fails to understand that human life is relative to eternal life with God. Medical treatment has as its primary aim to cure and benefit a clinically diagnosed condition. Even the great 16th and 17th century moral theologians held that the taking of food could be considered extraordinary or morally optional given one’s condition and circumstances. These theologians were speaking of taking food in its natural state. How much more would their comments apply to the use of medically assisted nutrition and hydration? In cases of PVS, a decision to withhold or withdraw medically assisted nutrition and hydration is not the moral equivalent of murder, but an acceptance of the limits of life, and a faith-filled affirmation “that the person has come to the end of his or her pilgrimage and should not be impeded from taking the final step.”

Bishop Ignatius Wang and San Francisco Superior Court Judge Lillian Sing

beyond this world. His kingdom is present in this world, but it is not of this world. It belongs to the Father of heaven and earth. It includes all men and women of good will who commit themselves to be the followers of Jesus by imbibing his values and vision and attitudes. What does all this mean to you, the alumni of Catholic schools from Hong Kong? Let Jesus Christ be the king of your hearts. Let him rule over your life. Let your life be governed by his values. Let his life take over yours. Let him live in you. As St. Paul says, “It is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Be grounded and rooted in Jesus Christ. Surrender your life to him. Let him have complete sway over your life. Let him be your King. Let him be your ruler. Let him be your shepherd. When Jesus comes to dwell in you and grows in you, then you will have the knowledge and insight to go out of yourselves to love and serve others. Then you will be selfless; then you will be and become effective instruments of his kingdom. Since God has blessed you with material and spiritual blessings, you will be able to share them with others. The seed that was sown in you in the Catholic schools in Hong Kong will then grow into a mighty tree, where the birds of the air will come to nest. I wish you success, prosperity, peace, wisdom, and happiness for you in this country and in the Bay Area. God will be with you in your endeavors and efforts. As you go about searching for personal success, Jesus the King will lead you to the understanding that true success in life consists in forgetting self and in loving and serving others, especially those who are poor and in any way disadvantaged. This is what Christ the King did in his own life; this is what he wants his followers to do. May Christ the King lead you to a life of profound love, passionate loyalty, selfless service, abiding peace, and deep joy. (Texas Catholic Bishops, “On Withdrawing Artificial Nutrition and Hydration,” Origins, 7 June 1990, pg. 54) John Kavanaugh, S.J. wisely puts it this way: “When humans eat, it is as much about companionship as it is about refueling. It is about taste and savor, memory and refreshment… “(T)ubes … are best used as emergency solutions to short-range problems. Unfortunately they have become standards for nourishment, sometimes only prolonging the process of dying.” (“Food for Terri Schiavo,” America, 24 November 2003, pg. 8) There is nothing in the Catholic tradition that morally prohibits one to acknowledge that PVS patients have come to the end of their lives, and should not be denied their dying and entering into eternal life with God. The reflection of St. Cyprian is helpfully prayed both for the patient and by family members and friends: “When the day of our homecoming puts an end to our exile, frees us from the bonds of the world, and restores us to paradise…, we should welcome it. (W)e look upon paradise as our country, and a great crowd of our loved ones awaits us there, a countless throng of parents, brothers and children longs for us to join them… Let all our longing be to join them as soon as we may. May God see our desire, may Christ see this resolve that springs from faith, for he will give the rewards of his love more abundantly to those who have longed for him more fervently.” Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman is president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

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Advent/Holiday Opportunities St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco needs men’s clothes for its Vincentian Desk that serves more than 800 people a month most of whom are men. Items most needed are pants, shirts but not tee shirts, coats, sweaters, sweat shirts, shoes, belts, underwear and socks. Drop off station is 425 4th St at Harrison, SF, M – F from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Call (415) 202-9955. Dec. 14: Christmas Extravaganza at St. Philip the Apostle Church, noon – 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall, Diamond and Elizabeth St., SF. “Follow the signs to a wonderful time.” Pictures with Santa, designing arts and crafts, and holiday treats all included at $10 – one child; $16 two children; $24 for three or more. Benefits parish Children’s Liturgy Program. Call Norine Traci-Maloney at (415) 643-3343. Later in the day enjoy a concert featuring the parish Adult and Children Choirs at 4 p.m. “Don’t miss this truly inspirational event.” Admission free. Parking for both events in parish schoolyard. Dec. 16 – 24: The beloved Filipino tradition of Simbang Gabi will be prayed each day at 6 a.m. at St. Stephen Church 601 Eucalyptus Dr., SF. Complimentary breakfast follows. A cooperative liturgical work of parishes including St. Stephen’s, St. Gabriel’s, St. Finn Barr. “Everyone invited.” Call Manolito Jaldon at (415) 681-2444, ext. 26. Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Admission free. Dec. 24: Organ recital, by John Renke; Dec. 28: Organ recital by David Graham. Dec. 31 at the Shrine: New Year’s Eve recital by organist John Renke at 10:15 p.m., Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 5672020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public.

Reunions Dec. 27: Class of ’83, St. Matthew Elementary School, San Mateo, 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. in the school gym, 9th Ave. and El Camino Real, San Mateo. Call Nancy Desler Carroll at (650) 372-9536.

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The Filipino Advent tradition of Simbang Gabi will be prayed daily Dec. 16th through 24th at 6 a.m. at St. Stephen Church, 601 Eucalyptus Dr., SF. Complimentary breakfast follows. Among parishes involved in the planning are St. Stephen’s, St. Gabriel’s, St. Finn Barr. “Everyone invited.” Call Manolito Jaldon at (415) 681-2444, ext. 26. Coordinators of the event include, from left, Erlinda Ronas, St. Gabriel’s; Juliet Samonte, St, Finn Barr; Ricardo Taylor, Cheetah Taylor, Nellie Hizon, Manolito Jaldon, St. Stephen’s. to a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to register, call Michele or George Otte at (888) 568-3018. Seton Medical Center Natural Family Planning/Fertility Care Services offers classes in the Creighton Model of NFP. Health educators are also available to speak to youth and adults on topics of puberty, responsible relationships, adolescent sexuality, the use of NFP throughout a woman’s

Dec. 13: Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur offer Saturday Morning Prayer 9:30 – 11:30 each 2nd Sat. of the month at their Province Center, 1520 Archbishop William J. Levada will speak at the first Ralston Ave. across from Ralston Hall on Christmas Breakfast of The Catholic Professional and their university campus Business Club, December 18th, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, in Belmont. Today, Gough St. and Geary Blvd., San Francisco. Archbishop Giving Birth to a Levada presides at a 6:45 a.m. Mass in the Cathedral, and Peaceful Earth with will address members, prospective members and guests of Notre Dame Sister the newly established organization later in the Cathedral’s Sharon Joyer and downstairs halls. Information about the club is available from Immaculate Heart of its website, www.cpbc-sf.org or calling (415) 614-5579. Mary Sister Pat Nagle. Annual memberships are $45 each. Members pay $15 to Additional offerings attend the 3rd Thurs. of the month breakfast meetings and include the Catholic non-members pay $20. Scholar Series featuring Feb. 22: Notre Dame Sister Barbara Fiand; March 23: Sulpician Father Richard Gula. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 350.

Social Justice/ Family Life Dec. 14: Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer for Life Sunday begins with rosary at 3 p.m. in front of Planned Parenthood at 815 Eddy St., SF. Join people around the world interceding with the Blessed Mother for unborn children. Call (415) 221-5150. Information about Natural Family Planning and people in the Archdiocese offering instruction are available from the Office of Marriage and Family Life of the Archdiocese, Chris Lyford, director, at (415) 614-5680. Sat. at 9 a.m.: Pray the Rosary for Life at 815 Eddy St. between Franklin and Van Ness, SF. Call (415) 752-4922. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends can add

Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. Information about children’s and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Retreats —— Vallombrosa Center — 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director. Dec. 31 – Jan 1: Wisdom of the Ages: A New Year’s Eve Retreat with Patrick Collins, noted retreat leader, liturgist, musician.

Single, Divorced, Separated Separated and Divorced support groups meet 3rd Sat. at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, call Pat at (415) 492-3331; and 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc. of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

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Jan. 13, 20, 27; Feb. 3, 10, 17: St. Gregory Parish announces a six-week Catholics Returning Home series in the parish’s Worner Center located next to the church at 28th Ave. and Hacienda St., San Mateo. The 7:30 – 9 p.m. sessions are for Catholics interested in returning to the Church and will include informal sharing and information about the Catholic faith today. Call Kathy Lange at (650) 345-8506. Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have also been established at the following parishes: St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call the parish office at (415) 282-0141; St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 4352775; St. Anselm, Ross, parish office at (415) 453-2342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 4617060; Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949.

Volunteer Opportunities Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group needs volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to individuals with HIV-AIDS and/or assist with various program events and activities. Many opportunities available. Call (415) 863-1581 or www.mhr-asg.com. Caring for the Caregiver with Carolina Shaper meets Mondays 6 – 7:30 p.m. Call Ms. Shaper at (415) 984-0501. Help a child succeed in school and in life by serving as a tutor for two hours a week at Sacred Heart Elementary School, 735 Fell St., SF. Sessions take place Mon. – Thurs. from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Help welcome in a variety of subjects. Call Mary Potter at (415) 621-8035.

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Reviewed by Michael Dubruiel Catholic News Service “Stalking the Divine: Contemplating Faith With the Poor Clares” is a modernday “Seven Storey Mountain.” My job requires me to read a lot of books, and this is simply the best one that I have read in the past 20 years. Not since St. Clare turned back the invading armies of Frederick II in 1234, by raising a ciborium containing the Blessed Sacrament, have her descendants been considered a military threat. But recently, two Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland found themselves in conflict with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The two cloistered nuns, South Korean biological sisters, faced deportation. A ruling will permit them to stay as temporary business workers. Their story had made national headlines thanks in part to the author of this book about their community.

Author Kristin Ohlson found her secure world shaken when she stumbled upon the Poor Clares community a few years ago. Fascinated, she asked to enter the walls in order to write about their lives. The sisters resisted this, but did allow her to interview them, with the grill that separates them from the outside world between them. What unfolds in “Stalking the Divine” is an exposition of the spiritual life, not only of the sisters but of Ohlson and of whoever reads this fascinating book. There is a touching moment in one of Ohlson’s encounters with the Poor Clares that especially moved me. I realized, and I think most readers will also see, that the words spoken to the author are a testament of why Poor Clares pray night and day for the world. An elderly sister that Ohlson had just finished interviewing took Ohlson’s hand, kissed it, and said, “I love you.” Ohlson writes, “Usually, the people who say that get an automatic ‘I love you’ back, but it didn’t seem right: She was loving me as a fellow creature made in the image of God, and my love is confined to a much tinier slice of humanity.” Therein lies the charm of this book,

which could easily become the spiritual classic of our time. Ohlson’s almost happenstance encounter with this cloistered community suddenly transforms her life. And her life is at the center of “Stalking the Divine.” I say her life, but it would be more accurate to say that it is our life that she brings to her weekly interviews. Her questions are the questions of the modern world confronted with the seeming absurdity of those who leave it behind, forsaking all to give themselves fully to God. Ohlson, a self-described former Maoist and lapsed Catholic, is moved by the witness of the nuns. I think anyone who reads her moving narrative will share in this admiration. She writes, “I guess I’m tired of a world with so little faith. I’m tired of marriages that fall apart because people won’t persevere through the dry, dull, miserable periods; I’m tired of people who have given up on making the world better; I’m tired of people who cynically deconstruct everything for their own amusement — and I’ve been all these people. These nuns fell in love with God, married him after a long, careful courtship, and have stuck with him year after year.” Ohlson’s account reads like a pilgrimage of discovery both of the lives and vocations of the sisters but also her own call from God as she struggles to encounter God in prayer and belief.

Perhaps Poor Clares, who give up everything and follow Christ in a radical way, do present a “security risk,” not to our country but to those of us who have grown complacent in our faith. Dubruiel holds a master’s in Christian spirituality from Creighton University and is the author of “The How-To Book of the Mass” and “Praying the Holy Rosary with the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries.”

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Vatican II Liturgy . . . ■ Continued from cover Father Auge said respect must be given to the “spaces for silence, prayer and contemplation” called for in the liturgy because, even though people are praying together at Mass, they have a right not to be bombarded by an “arbitrary multiplication of words and gestures.” Cardinal Ivan Dias of Mumbai, India, said the Second Vatican Council highlighted “the common priesthood of the faithful and the communal aspect of the people of God in liturgical celebrations, especially in the holy Mass.” In the area of sacred music, the council encouraged singing by the entire assembly and the use of appropriate local music, he said. Inculturation — allowing local culture to influence the music and gestures used in the liturgy — is especially important in mission territories “to avoid the risk that Christianity is considered a foreigner or even an

Budget . . . ■ Continued from cover Also targeted is a new law that eliminates a 26-year-old provision linking car ownership and food stamps. Under the old law, a food stamp recipient could not own a car worth more than $4,650. Dolejsi pointed out the price of cars has risen dramatically in the past 26 years and, he said, most food stamp recipients have jobs and need a car to get to work. “We would ask that those cuts be reconsidered,” Dolejsi said. “At the same time we are appreciative of the governor’s efforts to try to take control of the budget, but let’s do it fairly. Let’s not start with those who are most vulnerable.” “We understand the need for budget cuts,” Dolejsi said, “but a wide range of options should be explored, including, administrative overhead, large payments to state employee pension plans and salary increases for a variety of groups of state employees, and there are some things that need to be looked at in the education budget. We are not proposing wholesale cuts, but that they take a responsible view of the whole budget.” “The fiscal problems of the state are deep and serious,” he said. “We didn’t get into them in one fell swoop, and we’re not going to get out of them in one fell swoop. What we ask for is responsible, measured and fair sharing of the pain.” In addition to the cuts in this year’s budget, the gover-

intruder in the local culture,” the cardinal said. Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago told the conference there was need for more study and a better understanding of what it means to participate in the liturgy. For many people, he said, “the emphasis is on verbal response and physical gesture and, in fact, the post-conciliar experience is one of an extremely verbal liturgy with much activity going on.” While words, gestures and thinking are part of participating and understanding, he said, emotion, feeling and an appreciation of beauty also are involved. Pope John Paul, in a separate document published Dec. 3, said that while Gregorian chant and pipe organs hold pride of place in Catholic liturgical music, the use of new compositions and other instruments are appropriate at Mass if they reflect the sacredness of the occasion and help people pray. Sacred music functions both as a way to pray and to praise God as well as a way to involve the entire congregation in the celebration of the Mass, he said in the document marking the 100th anniversary of a docu-

ment on sacred music written by Pope Pius X. The music used at Mass must be sacred music based on sacred texts, he said. Its content and tempo must match the gestures and tone of the liturgical action it accompanies. Secular music is not appropriate at Mass, the pope said, nor are “elitist” attempts to “introduce into the liturgy ancient or contemporary compositions which, while perhaps having artistic value, indulge in a language that is incomprehensible.” The papal document also emphasized the importance of welltrained choirs, cantors and instrumentalists not only in making the Mass beautiful, but also in helping the congregation participate through singing. When all those at a Mass fulfill their assigned roles, he said, the result is a “spiritual climate that makes the liturgical moment truly intense, participatory and fruitful.” Pope John Paul asked the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments as well as bishops and priests around the world to be more vigilant in assuring an appropriate use of suitable liturgical music and to promote both the training of liturgical musicians and the work of composers.

nor has proposed a permanent cap on spending and a $15 billion bond to pay off debt the state has accumulated in the past few years. The governor wants to put both proposals on the March ballot. “As serious as the individual cuts are,” Mockler said, “this larger contextual debate over a spending cap is even more serious.” The Schwarzenegger plan concerns him because it would cause “a major shift in power from the legislative to the executive,” with the governor having unprecedented authority “to almost unilaterally make budget decisions.” “We’re sensitive to that from Catholic Charities’ vantage point because the voices of the poor are oftentimes the voices that are first to be ignored and to be drowned out in the din of the other voices. When we have 120 elected legislative representatives making budget decisions, there are some representatives who can hear us and help champion our issues.”

The Catholic Conference recognizes that a bond issue to restructure the state’s debt is necessary to avoid “devastating cuts in state programs,” Dolejsi said. At the same time, spending cuts will also be necessary “as long as we are not willing to entertain new revenue from whatever source taxes or fees.” The conference has not taken an official position on taxation, he said, “but obviously it is a factor, At a certain point it kicks in, once you curtail so much spending. Then it becomes a question of what do people actually want and what they are willing to pay for. To roll back the car tax is a popular situation but it leaves a $4 billion hole in state payments to local government. That has to be addressed in some way.”

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Marin Catholic High School, is a Roman Catholic, college preparatory school that serves 725 men and women. Founded in 1949 by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the campus is located in Kentfield, CA, 8 miles north of Golden Gate Bridge. Consistent with our Gospel values, we are committed to the education and development of the whole person. We provide a spiritual, academic and extra curricular environment dedicated to imparting knowledge, values, and vision. Candidates for principal must be able to assume responsibilities for day to day administration of the school as well as in developing long-term goals and plans for the school. Excellent leadership and communication skills and enthusiasm for maintaining a top academic, religious, and extra-curricular program is a must. The Principal reports to the President.

Principal: Archbishop Riordan High School, located in San Francisco, is an Archdiocesan Catholic School that has been sponsored by the Marianist priests and brothers since 1946. Faculty and staff strive to develop the character of young men and instill Gospel values in an environment of academic excellence that reflects the cultural richness of the San Francisco Bay area. The school seeks to foster the five characteristics of Marianist education: ◆ educate for formation in faith ◆ provide an integral, quality education ◆ educate in family spirit ◆ educate for service, justice and peace ◆ educate for adaptation and change

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Catholic San Francisco

December 12, 2003

Adoptive mother of 13 wouldn’t have it any other way Baltimore (CNS) – If Mary Maureen “Moe” Shanklin skips just one day of doing the laundry, “it’s over.” After all, to run a household with 14 children (13 of whom are adopted), she needs to do a minimum of five loads a day. “If I were to not do the laundry, then when I get up tomorrow, I would have 10 loads of laundry instead of five,” said Shanklin, a parishioner of St. Edward in Baltimore, who begins each day at 4:30 a.m. Some might call Shanklin crazy for adopting 13 children. But she said she would do it again “in a minute, in a heartbeat.” The full-time executive director of Community Support Services for the Deaf in Baltimore County has two biological children — Patrick, 15, and Kelly, 23; Kelly no longer lives at home. Shanklin adopted her first child in 1987. Since then, her racially diverse family has grown to include 12 more adopted children. Shanklin also breeds golden retrievers to help support the cost of tuition. So in the morning, one child will tend to the dogs, one sets up breakfast, another finishes the lunches and then everyone sits down together at the long table in the kitchen. “And you can’t sleep in because, if you do, you’re buried,” said Shanklin. So why do it?

“I would never have thought that I would have had more than a child or two,” said Shanklin, who attended Catholic elementary and high schools and belonged to St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore when she was growing up. “Probably at 26, my spirituality and religion was more ritual than an actual identity or closeness or feeling,” she told The Catholic Review, newspaper of the Baltimore Archdiocese. But once she became involved in foster care and started adopting, that all changed. “What I found for myself personally is the children and their needs and the experience at St. Edward brought me into a realization of my religion,” Shanklin said. In addition to her two biological children and a foster child for whom she cared for many years, Shanklin has a 3-year-old, a 4-year-old, 5-year-old twins, a 7-year-old, an 8-year-old, a 9-year-old, a 10-year-old, four 12-year-olds (called the ‘91ers because they were born in 1991) and a 16-year-old. Shanklin said most of the children were born addicted to cocaine and most have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. One child has Asperger syndrome, which is a form of autism. Before they came to her country home, where they can play in open fields, in the woods and by a stream, many of the children suffered physical abuse.

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