Albanians aided by local group Speaking Italian and Albanian, Franciscan Sister Assunta teaches a group of Albanian children how to make the Sign of the Cross at her order 's mission in Torovice, Albania. At left , one of the youngsters shows off his prize pet. The San Franciscobased La Madre de los Pobres Foundation, founded by the late Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker, supports the mission as well as other apostolic work around the world. See stories on the legacy of Father Boeddeker and the work of the Foundation on pages 12 and 13.
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Holy Doors sealed
On the first Sunday of Advent, Nov. 28, Archbishop William J. Levada "sealed" a set of doors to St. Mary's Cathedral during a brief ritual at the beginning of the 11 a.m. Mass. At Christmas Midnight Mass, the seal will be broken during a rite inaugurating the beginning of the Jubilee 2000 Holy Year. A parallel event will take place in Rome on Christmas Eve when Pope John Paul II opens the Holy Doors of St Peter's Basilica.
At the request of Bishop Pierre DuMaine, 68, who wishes to retire from diocesan . administration to "teach , write and have more time for pastora l service," Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation as bishop of San Jose effective Nov. 27, it was announced on that date by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo , Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. Bishop Patrick J. McGrath , 54, who had been coadjutor bishop since June 30, 1998, immediately succeeded him, becoming the second bishop to head the Diocese of San Jose. A coadjutor bishop normally automatically succeeds his predecessor. San Jose continued on page 10