December 8, 2000

Our Lady of Guadalupe The annual celebrations honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of the Americas , throughout the Archdiocese , include the yearly Mananitas (early morning) Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco at 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 12 with Bishop John Wester presiding.

The celebration features live Mariachi music and a light traditional breakfast follows the service. The Church of the Epiphany in San Francisco will have its annual Mass honoring Our Lad y of Guadalupe on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.

The event includes music by the parish choir and a Mariachi band.

Also in San Francisco , St. Thomas the Apostle Church p lans a celebration Mass, Dec. 16 at 11 a.m. featuring the Mariachis Los Cacherros and the parish choir.

This dep iction of Our Lady of Guadalupe (above) is located at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Olema, Marin County.

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St. Patrick is said to have p reached at the Roch oj Cashel (below) in County Tipp erary, Ireland.

The f irst oj a three-p art series, "The Irish in America: Long journey Home , " airs on Public Broadcasting stations Dec . 15.

See program review on page 18.

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by Tom Burke Ralph Briones, a 1992 grdd of Archbishop Riordan High School and now a teacher at the San Francisco school, was awarded Best of Festival ranking at the recent Berkeley Video and Film Festival for his "Tagumpay". The video, which traces the strugg le and success of Filip ino-American artists in and around San Francisco, has already aired nationally on PBS. Also at Riordan , students donated more than 4,000 food items and $1,000 to a Thanksgiving food drive.

The gathered goods and money were later taken to St. Teresa Parish on Potrero Hill and shared with families in need.

Father Peter Sammon, St. Teresa pastor and a preeminent social justice leader for more than 50 years, was homilist at the school 's AH Saints Day Mass which kicked-off the campaign....A walk-a-thon/gift wrap sale at Mercy High School, San Francisco raised $60,000 for student activities and the school's new multi purpose Catherine McAuley Pavilion that will be dedicated on May 12, 2001. Freshman.

Marie Grace Anselmo, placed first in the contest by selling more than $600 worth of buttons and bows and garnering more than $200 from sponsors of her stroll. Junior homerooms overseen by Carol Nurisso and Gail Chastain tied for first place in the group category with totals of $2,560 each. Advanced Placement scholars at Mercy are Denise Chan, Jennifer Chao, Michelle Fernando, Debbie Yen, Enrica Fung, Marisa Louie and Tiffany Ng who also was among winners in a recent speech contest across the bay.

Other victors among the "Talking Heads" as the speech club is known , were Rafaela Ramirez, Lourdes Libre, Dora Lee and Alexandra Strathopoulos. Congrats to Mercy tennis coach Michael Gutierrez who was recentl y named "2000 Honor Tennis Coach" by the Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation....

Officers of the National Honor Society at Notre Dame High School , Belmont are Monique So, Tara Drake and Lindsay Rango. Prez et al of the school 's California Scholarship Federation are Jaizi Abedania, Jackie Flaherty, and Jennifer Tantillo. Award winning author, Victor Martinez, recently addressed and fielded questions from the school's more than 700 students at an assembly in the gym of big sister school College of Notre Dame. Last year's Notre Dame yearbook has received a first class honor rating from the National Scholastic Press

San Rafael's St. Vincent Boys Home, a refuge and step forward for troubled youth for so many years , has announced a campaign to restore and landscape its original gardens. The effort has been named for Father David Ghiorso , seen here with residents of St. Vincent 's, who was director of St. Vincent 's and CY0 for 14 years and now serves as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Redwood City. During this season of giving, remember the wonderful work of Father Dave and St. Vincent 's with your contribution in any amount to The Father Dave Courtyard Restoration Project , One St. Vincent Dr., San Rafael 94903, or call [415) 507-4395.

Syracuse....Mercy High School, Burlingame sent juniors Sarika Hudson, Annie Bautista, Doris Garcia, and Natalie Caceres to a Voices Against Violence Summit last month.

The school's Students Against a Violent Society Club, which currently has 24 members and an active agenda , was the work of students who attended the meetings two years ago. In October, juniors Angela Infusino, Caroline Hickey, and Irma Gabriel attended Nursing Career Day al Mills Peninsula Hospital. Thanks to Mercy alum , Elizabeth Murphy, now a nurse at the San Mateo medical facility, for her part in the day. Congrats to new freshmen class officers Elizabeth Button, Jordan Gonzalez, Ellen Thompson , Andrea Gonsales, and Roxanne Leung....

Hats off to junior Girl Scout Troop 1269, all fifth graders at When Ed Riffle , a 46 year member of Redwood Belmont's Immaculate Heart of City's St. Pius Parish , says he 's goin ' for a ride , he Mary Elementary, for their means it. The avowed cyclist recently pedaled 82.3 recent foray into helping others miles to commemorate his 82nd birthday just a few that included donating two comweeks ago. The trip took him to several cities as far plete Thanksg iving dinners to south as San Jose with a certain stop at the grave of his late wife Mary. The two had been married 58 Second Harvest Food Bank.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the abortion pill RU-486 began arriving at U.S. abortion clinics around the country, pro-life advocates renewed their warnings about the dangers involved in using the pill.

"RU-486 has the potential to be this generation 's thalidomide or DES," said Laura Echevarria , spokeswoman for the National Ri ght to Life Committee. "American women need to know just how dangerous this drug can be.'"

The sleep-inducing drug thalidomide caused birth defects when taken by pregnan t women in the 1950s and '60s, and DES exposure in pregnancy has been linked to higher frequencies of cancer and infertility among the children born of those pregnancies.

RU-486, known genericall y as mifepristone and used in connection with a second drug, misoprostol , which induces uterine contractions , was approved by the Food and Drug Administration Sept. 28 but was not available in abortion clinics until late November.

Echevarria expressed particular concern about reports in the Los Angeles Times that the drug being produced for the U.S. market was made in China by a company that "has been cited by federal regulators for bringing mislabeled and impure drugs into the United Slates."

Even if the drug is pure, RU-486 "takes the life of an unborn child and has the potential to threaten the lives and health of women," the NRLC spokeswoman added, citing the fact that one in 100 U.S. women who participated in clinical trials for the drug had to be hospitalized and 2 percent hemorrhaged so severely as to require surgery.

Judie Brown , president of the American Life League, said that as the drug is distributed around the country, Planned Parenthood "is attempting to redefine a mortally dangerous drug as 'edicine '" and to remove its identification as RU-486.

In a press statement, Gloria Feldt , president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America , said , "We are very proud that Planned Parenthood will take a leadership role by offering American women this earl y medical abortion option.

"American women want this option ," she added. "They have been asking us for it during the entire 12 years that have passed since it first became available in Europe . We are thrilled we can finall y say 'yes, it's here.'"

Said Brown: "Unfortunately, the truth is, regardless of Planned Parenthood's deceptive propaganda , the RU-486 reg imen always costs the life of at least the baby, and in some cases it can claim the life of the mother."

Cathy Brown , director of Why Life?, an affiliate of the American Life League, said use of the drug over several days will lead to "devastating " psycholog ical consequences for the women using RU-486, since most women will expel the remains of the child at home.

"Mothers will come face to face with the reality that they have participated in the killing of their baby," said Cathy Brown.

The pro-life leaders also noted that Searle, manufacturer of the misoprostol drug Cytotec , which is used with RU-486 to complete an abortion, has warned against such use, saying it could kill the child and cause various health difficulties to the mother.

More than one thousand participants of RENEW 2000 attended a Mass of Thanksgiving presided by Archbishop William J. Levada at St. Mary 's Cathedra l in San Francisco, Dec. 2. "Today, we reflect on the conclusion of RENEW as an organized program but not the continuous blessings and benefits," the Archbishop told the gathering. "We thank you for the gifts of these years of semeste rs that you have given us that renew our lives and the Church. " The Arch bishop expressed his appreciation to Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy, director of Evangelization and RENEW, for her "leadership, diligence and efficiency," in assisting the successful program , along with the training that the School of Pastoral Leadership provided.

Irish seminary head speaks on vocations

By Cathy Joyce SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) - The president of St. Patrick' s Seminary in Maynooth , Ireland , told a Sacramento gathering that deeply spiritual and welleducated priests are needed now more than

ever, not onl y in the United States but in his own country.

Msgr. Dermot Farrell visited Sacramento in late October to help raise funds to maintain and modernize St. Patrick's to help keep it "not only our heritage but also our legacy," he said.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II told Ukrainian Catholic bishops he is looking forward to his June tri p to Ukraine as "a true spiritual gift." The pope met with 22 Ukrainian Catholic bishops Dec. 1, the day afte r Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro -Valfs announced the papal trip would take place June 21-24. "I hope very much the Lord will allow me to be among you soon , on Ukrainian soil , to announce with all Christians the common desire to find in Christ the response to all human worries and the only true light which does not fade ," the pope told the bishops, who were making a jubilee pil grimage to the Vatican.

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MEMPHIS , Tenn. (CNS) — The fact that just 2 million or so African-Americans are Catholic , out of nearl y 40 million Americans of African ancestry, shows "a crucial reality " for the Catholic Churc h , says Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memp his. That reality is "the need for Catholic evangelization among African-Americans ," he said. There has been "no significant growth" in the numbe r of black Catholics in recent years, he told the African-American Catholic Evangelization Conference, held in Memphis in November. "Some would say that there is an ever-growing exodus of African-Americans from the Catholic faith ," he said. "There are 12 active African-American bishops out of over 300 bishops serving the United States." While these figures "are dismal," he said, "there is a great harvest of African-American s th at the churc h has an opportunity to evangelize."

Priest sees U.S. AIDS danger

METUCHEN , N.J. (CNS) — It may be that the AIDS threat in the United States has never been more dangerous , says Father Robert J. Ascolese, a New Jersey pastor. "There is a growing perception in this country that AIDS is a disease of the past ," said the priest , pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Washington. He has coordinated a multi-state fund-raiser for AIDS outreac h for the last six years. "People are living longer and so the critical nature of AIDS awareness is diminished ," he said. Whole segments of the population who had been carefully educated about the risks of HIV are now experiencing infection at record-breaking levels such as the heterosexual teen population , where the incidence of AIDS is the highest it has ever been, he said.

Hisp anics are hope fo r church

MILWAUKEE (CNS) — A New York Times Magazine columnist and close friend of Pope John Paul II believes Hispanic Catholics are the hope of the U.S. Catholic Church.

Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete, theology professor at St. Joseph's Seminary in New York, said "any observer from Mars would see that very soon the majority of Catholics in this country will be of Latin American background. ... I see this as an opportunity to heal our church." Being Catholic "is not about being individuals , but a people. That sense of peoplehood has been severe ly wounded in the U.S., except for Hispanics," he said. Because of the influence of Hispanics on the Catholic Church in America "we can expect a time of great flourishing, unlike ever before ," he added .

Lima archbishop congratulates

LIMA , Peru (CNS) — Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne of Lima congratulated new ministers appointed by Interim President Valentin Paniagua and called on them to hel p in the "moral reconstruction " of the country. "I wholeheartedl y congratulate the new ministers , and I offer my prayers so they may bring Peru on the track of truth , decency and justice ," Archbishop Cipriani said.

Paniagua appointed a new 15-member Cabinet Nov. 25 in an effort to restore confidence in the government after a series of political events that included Congress ' removal of Alberto Fujimori from the presidency.

Condemns Dutch euthanasia

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican condemned the Dutch parliament 's approval of a bill to legalize euthanasia , calling it a violation of natural law and human dignity. The legislation was overwhelming ly passed by the parliament 's lower house Nov. 28 and will become law if , as expected , the upper house approves it next year. The Netherlands would thus become the first country to make it legal for doctors to hel p patients commit suicide. "This is certainl y a sad record for the Netherlands , to be first in passing such a law ... that violates the dignity of the human person ," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vails said. NavarroValls said an immediate and important issue raised by the Ilegislation is the "serious ethical problem for the doctors that are supposed to carry it out."

W s s § NEW DELHI, India (CNS) — An ecumenical document £ says that now is the favorable time for Indian Christians to u. w Z. respond to the nation 's problems, and it warns of immeasurao ble losses if churches miss the opportunity. Catholic and Protestant theologians formall y released the "Indian Kairos Document" in New Delhi Nov. 27, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, hi the document, the theologians ask churches to respond to the nation 's social, political, economic, cultural and religious concerns. The beginning of the third millennium is the time for churches in India to act, says the 52-page document with 42 signatories.

1 Vincente Fox, who was sworn in as president of Mexico Dec. 2, is seen here speaking to Sister Claudina Montoya following Mass in San Cristobal Nov. 26. Fax, a member of the National Action Party, defeated the candidate of the institutional Revolutionary Party that had ruled Mexico since 1929. During his campaign . Fox called for respect for freedom of religion, and he promised to ease restrictions on Catholic schools and on religious activity in public schools.

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Sudan violence continues

ROME (CNS) — More than 60 peop le, most of them women and children , died in a series of bombing raids carried out by the Sudanese military on towns and schools in southern Sudan , a missionary news agency reported Dec. I. "The situation is becoming more serious day by day," Bishop Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek , Sudan , told MISNA , the Rome-based agency. Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe of Yei said the bombardments are "war crimes" for which Gen. Omar el Bashir , the Sudanese president , should be prosecuted.

Pop e urges debt reduction

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the holy year neared its end , Pope John Paul II vowed continuing efforts to reduce the foreign debt of poor countries — one of his jubilee priorities — as a crucial step in fighting global poverty. "We cannot permit fati gue or inertia to weaken our commitment , when the lives of the poorest in our world are at stake," he told partici pants in a Vatican seminar on debt relief. In a Dec. 4 message to the seminar members , whom he received the same day, the pope said debt relief must be carried out in a way which makes the poor themselves the protagonists of their own development.

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more like the Americans in their attitudes to matters of faith , God and church , according to a new survey into reli g ious attitudes and behavior in Ireland. The survey, conducted for the Dominican pub lication Doctrine & Life and published in late November , also shows that confidence in churc h leadershi p has fallen dramaticall y, though confidence in parish priests and parish curates remains hi g h. Coauthor Father Andrew Greeley, a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago , said: "While this decline of approval for the religious organization in the 1990s has occurred in most European countries , it is particularl y preci p itous in Ireland. Indeed , Russians have more confidence in their relig ious leaders than do the Irish."

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Fam ily is pa ramount at Vatican conf e rence

By Cind y Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When the Pontifical Council for the Famil y decided to look at the impact of the global economy on the famil y, it invited like-minded thinkers from some surprising quarters to join in.

Cath olic politicians , lawyers and professors shared views with businessmen and two well-known Protestant evangelists: Dr. James Dobson , founder of Focus on the Famil y, and Charles Colson , founder of Prison Fellowshi p Ministries.

The Nov. 27-29 meeting, organized with the hel p of the U.S.-based Acton Institute for the Stud y of Reli gion and Liberty, was held in the old Synod Hall deep inside the Vatican.

Most of the partici pants are well known in conservative political circles, but their presence at the Vatican received little publicity or news coverage .

They did not even meet Pope John Paul II as a group, althoug h several ski pped a morning meeting to attend the pope 's weekl y genera l audience .

The council for the famil y is expected to publish conclusions from the meeting sometime in December.

Abortion , divorce , radical feminists and "one-worlders " — people who think the United Nations should rule the world — were condemned in several talks.

But the main thing uniting partici pants was the conviction "that the famil y is central and there has been an attempt to destroy the famil y," said Kathryn Hoomkwap, a Nigerian who served on the Vatican 's delegation at the 1995 U.N. Conference on Women.

Hoomkwap 's vision of the free market economy and the government 's role in setting economic policy was a minority view in the group, which included the Acton Institute 's founder , Father Robert A. Sirico , and Michael Novak of the American Ente rprise Institute .

"Globalization has a tendency to absolutize the economy and reduce the influence of the government ," Hoomkwap said. "Some would say reducing the role of the government is the best way to end poverty, but in Africa we see privatization simp ly as a shift from one big company to another."

In Hoomkwap 's view, the role of the government is to care for the needs of the people "and to protect citizens from the harshness of the economy."

Novak , on the other hand , suggested one way to help poor families would be for nations to replace social securi ty with privatized pension funds , invested tax-free by individual workers in state-approved accounts.

The accounts give workers "independence from the state" and give "families a sense of ownershi p, a sense of partici pating in the dynamism of economic growth."

Dobson , a pediatrician , said the global economy is not his area of expertise , but he felt honore d to join the discussion and praised the Catholic Church for its efforts to protect the family.

His presentation to the group focused on the crisis facing boys in the United States and other Western countries.

"Boys are in far greater danger as a group than girls are," he said. "Part of it is the confusion over what it means to be a man , and some feminist ideas have precipitated that confusion ."

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The breakup ol families and the absence of fathers are leaving boys without health y role models , he said.

Dobson said that as an evangelical he has some theolog ical differences with the Catholic Church , "but when il comes to the famil y, there is far more agreement than disagreement , and with regard to moral issues from aborti on to premarital sex, safe-sex ideology and homosexuality, I find more in common with Catholics than with some of my evangelical brothers and sisters ."

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo , president of the family council , told partici pants economic globalization is carry ing with it the spread of anti-famil y ideals and policies.

The cardinal told partici pants that the rich countries ' campai gn against the poor can be seen in "the so-called demograp hic policies " supported by international agencies such as the U.N. Fund for Population Activities.

The policies , he said , "propose to reduce the increase of the woild' s population by the spread of abortion and contraceptive methods , carrying forward the prospect of a lifesty le without famil y, without matrimonial commitments and without children. " Colson , who founded his prison ministry after seven months in jail for obstructing justice in the Watergate scandal , agreed with Cardinal Lopez that the global economy is "creating a global culture ."

His work with prisoners and with the criminal justice system fit into the meeting 's theme , he said , because "the princi pal cause of crime is the breakdown of the famil y."

Colson said , "The cultura l elements which , in the United States, led to the breakdown of the family are spreading around the world and are directl y related to the rise of crime in every nation. An anti-famil y atmosphere breeds crime."

Two U.S. Republican congressmen, Chns Smith of New Jersey and Robert B. Aderholt of Alabama , also partici pated.

Smith told the conference , "Today the weapons employed against the famil y are leg ion" and include abortion , trafficking in human beings — especiall y for prostitution, sexual promiscuity, the recognition of homosexual unions and allowing homosexual coup les to adopt children.

The United Nations is part of the problem , Smith said.

"Significant pressure , as we all know, to conform to a one-world policy of abortion on demand continues to rise in the bowels of the United Nations ," he said . "U.N. conferences , especial ly in the last decade , hav e sought to compel governments to embrace anti-life policies.

"Population control is the equivalent of nuclear war: It is massive in its destructive capabilities , and it is done in a way that it is cloaked in sheep 's clothing."

Smith told the conference that the Catholic Church and all other religions must encourage their members to become active in politics to work for pro-life and pro-family policies.

"The laws we enact and the monies we spend have ethical implications ," and churches should work to ensure that they have educated representatives among the politicians making the laws and allocating the money.

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Ministry resource for parishes Presentation Sister named head of pastora l ministry Archbishop William J. Levada has appointed Presentation Sister M. Antonio Heaphy, Director of the Department of Pastoral Ministry for the Archdiocese. The appointment was made public to parishes and media Nov. 30.

For the past three years, Sister Antonio has been director of the Archdiocesan Office of Evangelization/RENEW , a role in which she will continue. The Department of Pastoral Ministry offers parishes a central resource in the are as of ethnic ministry, evangelization , marriage and fam ily life ministry, religious education and youth ministry, young adult ministry, worship, and adult education through its School of Pastoral Leadershi p.

Sister Antonio told Catholic San Francisco she was grateful to be able to assist Archbishop Levada as department director , while being able to continue her Evangelization/RENEW work.

"The new job works very well with Evangelization and vice-vers a," Sister Antonio said. "Evangelization and the small faith communities are ministries 1 really enjoy."

"It 's also not taking a priest out of a parish Sister Antonio said her experience in where we need priests desperately." hel p ing the parishes through the five sea"I think this is a very good and strong sons of RENEW, which ended with a department ," Sister Antonio said. "The Mass of Thanksg iving on Dec. 2 at St. peop le work very hard and try to do a Mary Cathedral , puts her a few steps good job. They are all well prepared for ahead on her new journey. "I've learned a their ministry and that makes my job lot about the parishes and met the priests much easier." and many people there and I think the Born in Cork City, Ireland , Sister familiarity will help me."

Antonio entered religious life in 1956 The Presentation sister said the offices coming to the United States two years of the department had alread y been worklater. Previous assignments have included ing closely. "One of the things we're elementary school teacher, parish relidoing as a department is to find ways we gious education director, and associate can collaborate more and not dup licate superintendent of schools in the effort, and I'd reall y like to see that conArchdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, and tinue. We should work smarter not harder Sister Antonio Heaphy service as a reli gious education consultant as the saying goes," Sister Antonio said.

She supports Archbishop Levada 's promoting from to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Education and a within say ing her appointment precludes the "group 's having to learn a new person " and work with somebody new. graduate degree in Religious Studies.

Patrick J oyce named new editor of Catholic San Francisco

second editor and said , "In just a short Patrick Joyce , an editor with wide experience at Catholic and secular time, Catholic San Francisco has had a tremendous impact on the Archdiocese newspapers , has been appointed editor and the support of our Gospel mission. of Catholic San Francisco , the official We look forward to continued growth newspaper of the Roman Catholic in the paper 's quality and influence."

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Joyce said , "Catholic San Francisco He fills the post formerly held by Dan Morris-Young, who resigned in has quickl y grown into a strong and November to pursue personal and famvital newspaper. I look forward to working with our staff of professional ily interests in the Northwest. MorrisYoung returned to his native state of journalists to continue the progress Washington in late November. they have made over the past two Joyce has more than three decades years ." of newspaper experience and is former In an "Information Age ," Joyce general news editor with Catholic said , "the Catholic press plays a more News Service in Washington, D.C. important role than ever, providing Patrick Joyce Catholics with information about the His newspaper back ground includes tenure s as editor of the Catholic Review in the Church and its people - and by presenting the news in a Archdiocese of Baltimore , managing editor of the Catholic perspective."

Catholic Herald in the Diocese of Sacramento, city ediJoyce, 60, is a graduate of Loyola University in tor and columnist for the Sacramento Union and copy Chicago. He began his journalism career at Chicago's editor and assistant metro editor for the Baltimore American.

He and his wife Cathy have four grown children: Sara, Evening Sun. For the past five years, Joyce has been a press secre- Matthew, Thomas and Michael. The couple lost their son tary in the California Legislature and part-time editor of Joh n in a fatal auto accident nearly three years ago. the Catholic Lantern in the Diocese of Stockton .

The new editor joined the Archdiocese in December Archbishop William J. Levada , publisher of Catholic and will move into his duties almost immediatel y.

San Francisco , expressed gratitude to Dan Morris-Young Catholic San Francisco was launched by the and noted his significant role in "helping to bring the Archdiocese of San Francisco in February 1999 and is newspaper into existence and establishing high standards mailed to more than 96,000 households. The newspaper of quality and credibility." is the successor to The Monitor , which was published by The Archbishop welcomed Joyce as the newspaper 's the Archdiocese from 1858 to 1984.

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Members begin process of "visioning and p lanning "

Three dozen members of the newl y formed Archdiocesan Pastoral Council gathered for the group 's inaugura l meeting Nov. 30 at St. Mary 's Cathedral Conference Center in San Francisco.

Archbishop William J. Levada welcomed the charter members and after introductions presented his thoug hts on the purpose and goals of the new Archdiocesan Pastoral Council (APC).

"Archdiocesan pastoral councils are part of the governance structure of the Church and the principal way in which the laity partici pates in decisions at the diocesan level," explained Archbishop Levada.

He said he believed the group "ought to have as its primary task that of visioning and planning the future direction of the Archdiocese , proceeding with broad consultation and input from many sources and other internal structures to come to a consensus on a vision and plan."

Archbishop Levada said the council' s agenda "should come from the needs of the entire Archdiocese."

Archbishop William J. Levada greets Jim Foster of Old St. Mary Cathedral Parish before start of Nov. 30, Archdiocesan Pastoral Council meeting Goals of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council include enabling a broad cross section of people from the Archdiocese to partici pate in the governance of the local Church , drawing insi ght and vision from persons of various cultural backgrounds , experiences and ministries.

Levada Archbishop asked APC members to begin their work with a review and update of the goals and strateg ies outlined in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan , promul gated in 1995 after a three-year planning process.

Groups were formed to

Early arrivals for Archdiocesan Pastoral Council' s first meeting on Nov. 30 were , from left, Mary Ann Bouey, St. John of God Parish, San Francisco; Ed Texeira , St. Raphael Parish , San Rafael; Sam Washington , Sacred Heart Parish , San Francisco; Willy Lukach , St. Anselm Parish, San Anselmo; Doris Munsterman , St. Vincent de Paul Parish, San Francisco.

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In a wide-rang ing initial discussion , Sister of Charity Maureen O'Brien , pastora l associate at Visitacion Parish in San Francisco , pointe d to "the need for Catholics to live out the discipleshi p that is the Gospel mandate."

Roberto Borja , St. Anthony of Padua Parish in San Francisco , and Peter Yee, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in San Francisco , and others expressed great interest in efforts to connect youth with the Church and the Catholic faith .

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Enjoying coffee and a few words before the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council meeting are Kathy Parish-Reese , Epiphany Parish, San Francisco , and Aulola Lavulo , St. Bruno Parish , San Bruno.

Nutrition kept the almost 40 member panel strong for the almost three hour meeting. Helping themselves at the buffet are Elsie Foley, St. Anthony, San Francisco; Peter Yee, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish , San Francisco; Roberto Borj a, St. Anthony Parish, San Francisco.

est in strengthening efforts to promote vocations to the priesthood.

Aulola Lavulo, of St. Bruno Parish in San Bruno, suggested the group might look at how the Church could hel p immi grants with practical app lications to continue their faith traditions.

Deacon Leon Kortenkamp, director of the Archdiocesan permanent diaconate , said the APC might focus on a few priorities, such as ministry to the aging and incarcerated - both growing populations.

Walter Turner a member of St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish who works in partnership with Our Lady of Lourdes community in San Francisco , expressed the opinion of many in his comment, "This was a good beginning, 1 think we can accomplish a great deal."

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U.S. Bishops' Statement

Returning to the Path of Peace in the Middle Eas t

We are shocked and .saddened by the Palestinian people are equall y entitled to current disastrous events in the Middle live in their own homelan d in dignity and East. In his November 7, 2000 letter tc security " (Letter to the Latin Patriarch Bishop Josep h Fiorenza, President of the Michel Sabbah , November 6, 2000).

National Conference of Catholic Bishops, A just peace demands speedy imp lethe Latin Patriarc h Michel Sabbah mentation of relevant UN resolutions and described this ongoing traged y: "Our peop le in the Hol y Land are living gloomy days during which the dream of peace which seemed very close is now vanishing away. mm mm Violence , retaliation , fear, death , unemployment , the end of the peace process summarize our situation today."

We are deeply disturbed by efforts of other provisions of international law, and extremists , in the region and abroad , who the establishment of an internationally recincite and intensif y religious conf lict ognized Palestinian state. A just peace throug h inflammatory rhetori c, and anti- equall y demands respect for Israel's right to Semitic , anti-Muslim and anti-Christian exist and flourish within secure borders . acts. The Holy Land must be a symbol of The future of the Middle East must be built peace, love and unity, not a source of reli- on mutual respect, recognition and reconciliation , not hatred or exclusion or occupagious hatred and violence.

Desp ite the events of the past six weeks, tion. We urge the U.S. government to conit is not naive or Utop ian to insist that the tinue to work tirelessl y to revive the peace season of peace in the Middle East has not process, and we pray that it will do so in a passed, that Palestinians and Israelis are not way that is trul y balanced , does not acquiinevitabl y destined for yet more years of esce to unilateral actions which undermine conflict. Reviving the peace process in the negotiations , and that responds with respect Middle East is not onl y possible , it is the to the legitimate claims and expectations of , onl y realistic way forward . Muslims , Jews both parties. and Christians , Palestinians and Israelis Any peace settlement between Israelis cannot separate themselves into walled and Palestinians must address the future of enclaves; they must find ways to live the Holy City of Jerusalem. During his histogether, as equals and in dignity. This is toric visit to the Holy Land, our Holy impossible amidst an escalating cycle of Father witnessed to the universal reli gious provocations , threats , violence , excessive significance of Jerusalem , calling for force , and rep risals, all of which onl y com- Jerusalem to be "a City of Peace for all peopound injustice and inflame hatred and fear. ples" (March 23, 2000). The Holy See The only acceptable option is an end to (he believes the difficult issues of territory and violence , respect for the basic human rights sovereignty should be resolved by negotiations. It also has repeatedly urged "an interof all , and a return to the path of peace.

While the peace process has led to sig- nationall y guaranteed statute for the most nificant progress in some areas, it cannot be religious parts of this uni que city" denied that it has also created deep resent- (Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, March 9, ment about unfulfilled promises and unmet 1999). Such a statute would provide guarexpectations. Nonetheless, as the Holy antees for equality of rights for all resiFather recently said , "Only a return to the dents, freedom of religion for all, and free negotiating table on an equal footing, with access to and protection of the Holy Places. due respect for international law, is capabl e While attention is rightl y focused on the of disclosing a future of brotherhood and conflict between the Israelis and peace for those who live in this blessed Palestinians , a comprehensive Middle East land ." He continued , "[A]1I individuals peace must address the situation in Lebanon [must] see their fundamental rights guaran- as well. We are dismayed by the deterioratteed: both the Israeli people and the ing situation in some areas of that country,

and we full y support the call of the Maronite Patriarch and bishops for an open national dialogue. We share with them a hei ghtened concern over the flight of young people from the country. It is gravel y troubling that , a decade afte r the close of the civil war,

accelerate the departure of Christians from the Holy Land. These endangered Christian communities in the Hol y Land merit, in a special way, the support and solidarity of Christians around the world.

We join our Conference president , Bishop Joseph Fiorenza , in asking the faithfu l to pray from the beginning of Advent to Ep iphany for a genuine peace in the Holy Land, and in recommending voluntary fasting and abstinence on Fridays during the same period , in accord with our call in The Challenge of Peace (1983).

With our Holy Father and our brothers and sisters in the Hol y Land, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and we ask Jews, Christians , and Muslims to join us in beseeching God Most Hi gh that by his grace "justice and peace may embrace" (Ps. 85) in the sacred land we all love. What people cannot do by themselves , God in his mercy can surel y bring to fruition .

The above statement by the U.S. Bishops was released by the United States Catholic Conference on November 15, 2000.

M t k National Conference of Catholic Bishops ^iW United States Catholi c Conference Lebanon is not yet a full y sovereign state.

We call on the government of the United States to work energetically for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon , and for respect for its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence.

In the pursuit of a just peace for all in the reg ion , the Christian presence in the Hol y Land must not be forgotten. We fear that the continuing fighting and growing despair about the future will further marginalize the Christian community and will

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Pray for the peace of J erusalem "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!" These words of Psalm 122 (v. 6) were a familiar prayer to Jesus and his contemporaries. They are familiar to us today as well, as they are placed on our li ps in the prayer of Christ in his Church (Evening Prayer I of Week IV of the four-week cycle of the Psalter).

Psalm 122 is a pilgrim 's prayer. It antici pates the joy of standing within the walls of the Hol y City in a time when Israel know s the blessing of peace, when the pil grim 's journey is not marred by violence or precluded by war.

At our annual meeting of the United States Catholic Bishops last month in Washington, we turned our attention to a statement embodying yet again a prayer and a plea for the peace of Jerusalem. For some of us, we had recent experience of a Jubilee pil grimage thwarted by the escalating violence of these past months in the Hol y Land. How we longed to be able to pray with the Psalmist, "I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord!' our feet are standing within your gates, 0 Jerusalem."

For Jews and Christians alike, the Bible has inspired a geographical focus to the earthl y pilgrimage of life: "Let us go up to the house of the Lord , to Jerusalem , the city of peace." So the Passover toast of Jews throughout the world, "Next year in Jerusalem." And for Christian pilgrims since the mother of Emperor Constantine , St. Helena , to pray at the holy sites of Our Lord's life, death and resurrection in Jerusalem has offered a physical sense of union with the one who has intertwined himself with us , both as individuals and as the human race, in the incarnation — whose great 2000th anniversary Jubilee we celebrate this year, and whose annual commemoration in the beautiful feast of Christmas we begin to prepare for as we commence another Advent.

Advent is the season of hope, hope insp ired by the coming of the one who is called Prince of Peace. It is in this spirit of hope that the U.S. Bishops appeal to their fellow Catholics throughout this country, to their government officials, and to worl d leaders , in our statement "Returning to the Path of Peace in the Middle East " (page 8). And it is in response to our brothe r bishop , the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem , Michel Sabbah , to offer the assurance of our solidarity with him and our fellow Christians in the Holy Land , the small remnant descended from the first disci p les of Jesus.

If a task offered a particular challenge, Jesus counseled prayer and fasting. He gave us this example in his own life and ministry. For this reason the President of our Conference of Bishops , Bishop Joseph Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston , has asked all his brother bishops to invite our people to follow this example of Our Lord at this difficult moment in the Holy Land , to pray intentl y from the beginning of Advent until Epiphany for peace in the Holy Land. He also invite s us all to mark this time with voluntary fasting and abstinence from meat on each Friday during this same period , renewing the call we made in our 1983 pastoral Letter "The Challenge of Peace."

In that important statement addressing the concerns of the nuclear aims race in the pursuit of peace, we made the following commitment: "As a tangible sign of our need and desire to do penance we, for the cause of peace, commit ourselves to fast and abstinence on each Friday of the year.

We call upon our people voluntari ly to do penance on Friday by eating less food and by abstaining from meat .

This return to a traditional practice of penance, once well observed in the U.S. Church , should be accompanied by works of charity and service toward our neighbors. Every

Archbishop William J. Levada Friday should be a day significantly devoted to prayer, penance, and almsgiving for peace" ("The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our. Response," no. 298).

It is tempting to leave peace to expert negotiators; their work is of course indispensable. But indispensable too is the conversion of heart of every person to believe in peace, to desire peace, to Jive peace, and to work for peace. For this conversion of heart , penance is the ideal tool. May our witness of penance have its effect on the hearts of brothers and sisters in the Middle East , where violence too often replaces hope with revenge and counter-violence .

As Advent prepares our minds and hearts to reflect on the events of Nazareth and Bethlehem 2000 years ago, may God hear our Advent prayer for the peace of Jerusalem and its surroundings , and bring to it the gift of Jubilee peace.

Most Rev. WiUiarn J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

PublicAffairs

What the Catholic vote in California means Now that the national presidential election is almost over, what happened in California? In particular what happened with the "Catholic vote " in California?

Vice President Gore won the state by a handy margin unlike many other places in the country. In exit polling, Catholics accounted for approximatel y 28 percent of voters and the Catholic vote went to Gore by a margin of 56 percent to 40 percent for Governor Bush. National ly, the Catholic vote went for Gore over Bush 50 percent to 47 percent .

As we look deeper in California , we see that white Catholics went for Gore 49 percent to 47 percent. This reflects the national pattern more closel y. Accounting for the much wider difference for the state are California 's Hispanic voters , mostl y Catholic , who went for Gore by 68 percent to 29 percent.

In the Bay Area, Gore not only won resounding ly, but Democrats picked up every seat sav e one in the

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What does this mean for "Catholic" issues in the State legislature? One might think that this would be some good news, in terms of Catholic social teaching, for certain issues dealing with economic justice , legislation helping the economically poor , immi grants and the like.

But , with a Governor who acts very much like a fiscal conservative on these issues and Democrats racing to the middle , little progress will be made for the poorest of the poor in our society.

On the major social issues of the day important to Catholics, abortion , euthanasia and a friendl y reception on a variety of church institutional issues, the picture is very dim indeed. It is no secret that Planned Parenthood is in firm contro l of the State 's Democrats and even legislation that attempts to moderate the excesses of "abortion on demand ," such as parental notification or a ban on

George Wesolek partial birth abortion , will never even make it out of committee.

Senator Dion Aroner is very likely going to reintroduce her euthanasia bill, which was successfully kept at bay last session. Planned Parenthood and other PUBLIC AFFAIRS, page 14 __

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Arnel and Evelyn San Diego travel from Antioch every Sunday to attend Mass.

Deaf community f i nds a home at St. Benedict parish in San Francisco Story and p hotos by Evelyn Zapp ia

the corner of Octavia and Pine Streets is a small stucco churc h building Atthat retains two parish names, preserves two unique histories and embraces two strikingly diverse cultures. It is where the Japanese and Deaf communities worship sidc-by-side every Sunday.

It could not be taken ior granted thai the merger of St. Benedict Parish (for the Deaf) and St. Francis Xavier (the Japanese National Parish) would succeed when the Planning Commission for the Archdiocese recommended this step in 1993, according to Pastor, Father Dan Adams.

"St. Benedict 's is like an ant farm with the glass broken , " said Father Adams. "Things are always going on all over the place - conversations, movement , and the continuous Sign Language adds to all the activity."

"The Deaf community tends to be out there and is very expressive, honest and blunt," Father added.

The Japanese Community of St. Francis Xavier by comparison , "is very stylized with a feeling of serenity. There is always a sense of beauty and order something you might see in a Japanese flower arrangement. " "So, where it seemed it could be a train wreck bringing these two communities together, it really hasn't - it's been an astounding kind of marriage that I could never have predicted doing so well," Father Adams said.

An indication of the success of the six-year "marriage " is that the Japanese community asked Jane Lampe , a member of the Deaf community to leach them Sign Language some five years ago.

Every Tuesday, approximatel y 20 Japanese parishioners and others from the parish attend American Sign Language (ASL) classes. "The students know all the signs for the parts of the Mass and they participate with the Mass in Sign Language ," said Father Adams.

Also, for the past thre e years, Father Adams has been learning Japanese from Sugako Berne , a Japanese parishioner. He is quick to admit he is not doing very well. The lessons are his attempt to "get a little more of the insider's perspective of the Japanese community " who in 1994 was so willing to welcome "our world" (Deaf community) to their 87-year-old parish , he explained.

Father Adams' ministry to the Deaf community began a few years after his ordination in 1980. As vocation director for the Archdiocese of Portlan d, Oregon, he was in residence at a parish where some members of the Deaf community worshipped . He enjoyed the interactio n with the community but felt frustrated communicating through an interpreter.

When the Deaf community received permission from the Archdiocese of Portland , to search for a priest who would work with them, Father Adams made it known he wanted the position. He attended California State University at Northrid ge for one year to learn ASL.

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some English and write it and ASL is th eir principal language - they have us beat. Their visual acuity is startling. It's part of the cultu re and part of the language."

Father 's appointment to St. Benedict's was extended for three years in 1998 but after eight years of full-time ministry to the community, Father still thinks of himself as a "learning student " in the world of the unique deaf spirituality and culture. "I will always be an outsider. I am not deaf and I do not have their experiences. " Visum Liturgy Father Dan Adams , pastor, signs the Gospel "How do Deaf peop le pray," asked Father Adams - then answered, "It 's evident - with their hearts ."

The weekly 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Benedict/St. Francis Xavier Parish is a unique visual worshi p for all parishioners.

"We try to place our liturgy, and our communal life on the basis of the Deaf community - receiving our faith and our nourishment for our faith through our eyes - then it's the hearing who must adapt ," said Father.

Before Mass begins, new people attending are introduced. The reason , according to Father, is part of the Deaf community culture. Although the community is spread through the U.S., it is small in number so the possibility of a parishioner knowing the visitor or a family member of the visitor is quite high.

Since the entire Mass is signed, the ability to see is important. The participants do not stand during Mass so that the signing is always visible.

As Mass begins, the Deaf and others, respond to Father Adams with the rhythm of their hand movements. A continuous reminder to an "outsider" for thendevotion to God is when the Deaf "clap" in "praise" of him throughout the Mass.

There are no time restrictions when celebrating Mass. The prayers of the faithful can take up to 20 minutes or more as parishioners explain in detail the importance of their requests.

The Gospels are often dramatized, especially during the seasons of Lent, Easter, Advent and Christmas. "We have a few people I call the Richard Burtons of the Deaf community," said Father.

"Each dramatization is a real three-dimensional type of presentation that is culturally translated," Father said. "It's very valuable that the community see Jesus, Mary and others as signing persons."

For many of the Deaf , St. Benedict's liturgy is a weekly visual celebration and refuge from the outside world. "Before I heard about the deaf church I always felt lonely on Sundays at a hearing church," said Chun Wong. "My people have given me a lot of support and it has helped me to understand my faith better.

"Faith and sensitivity to the deaf world and its needs " are the major reasons why Evelyn and Arnel San Diego attend Sunday Mass all the way from Antioch. The journey takes "an hour or more " each way.

"This is our home," said Arnel. "St. Benedict's is so good for us deaf folks , it really inspires us to do our best and be our best. "

In 1992, the Portland Archdiocese loaned Father Adams to the Archdiocese of San Francisco for six years.

"I was a stranger," said Father Adams, "yet I never felt so welcomed. " Father Adams discovered his San Francisco parish encompassed a Deaf community diverse in age, ethnic background and experiences. Many of the parishioners came from different parts of the world and possessed entirely different sign language systems.

"The Deaf community was "not sh y" in correcting Father's signing or letting him know when he was signing with a "prominent hearing accent. " Still a student of signing, Father observed, "Sign Language and spoken English have very different structures. The slightest difference in an ASL movement, although very subtle, is a distinction that can escape me. " The quick learning skills of children amaze the priest. He fingerspelled a proper name and said, "That may have looked fast to someone not familiar with ASL but the children can do it twice as fast. They can blow me out of the water with their innate ability to communicate."

Father said the majority of the St. Benedict community prefers to be identified as "Deaf" and not "Hearing Impaired. " - impaired already labels a person as "less than."

"I believe," said Father, the Deaf do not see themselves as "less than. " And rightfull y so - They would consider themselves to have more in common with a "linguistic minority."

Father continued, "The Deaf community knows more languages than most Americans. I know, several people who can lip read some Spanish and write it, lip read For Patricia Nobriga, St. Benedict's has been her homefor 30 y ears.

Unique Religious Education Program "Imagine," signed Pat Sirianni , to "her little ones" preparing for First Communion "you print your name in this sandbox and you make a mistake. That's almost like when you sin.

And, if you 're really sorry and tell God that you are - God will forgive you just this fast ," and Sirianni shakes the sandbox and the mistake disappears.

The challenge of creating unique visual examples of teaching religious education classes to the deaf and hearing children of deaf parents is created by Sirianni, the director of religious education for the past three years at St. Benedict. Sirianni praises Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, the director of Religious Education of the archdiocese, for her untiring assistance in helping make the

unique programs successful.

Recently, explaining the Holy Spirit to eight children preparin g to receive Confirmation , Sirianni put in a glass of water some yellow food coloring. She held the glass up to the class and said , "this is you and me and everyone. " She then placed a blue ice cube in the water and the class slowly watched the ice cube melt. As the water turned green she told the class, "This is the Hol y Spirit entering your body - that's where you can't feel the Hol y Spirit and can't see the Hol y Spirit but He's there. " "Pat is very gifted and has a wonderful connection with the children ," said Father Adams.

"1 love my job and I'm so happy," said Sirianni who was born deaf.

"The visual is all we have. It's so important that the children understand our faith and relate to it in their world , that's why I challenge myself to find creative and fun presentations. " Sirianni has produced other visual Catholic faith lessons such as "M & M," for Martha and Mary; "Good and Plenty," the story of multip lying the fish; "Rocky Road ," the creation of earth , and "Starburst ," the creation of stars and sky.

Sirianni also teaches religious education classes at St. Anthony of Padua in Menlo Park and teaches ASL at Kentfield's Marin Catholic High School.

Every third Saturday Father Adams travels to Menlo Park , signs the Mass in ASL, and voices it in Spanish for the Deaf and their family members at St. Anthony's of Padua.

St. Benedict Parish provides a full Reli gious Education program for both hearing and deaf children and a Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

Housed in St. Benedict's is Catholic Charities Hearing Impaired Program (CCHIP), founded by Father Jack McMullen at St. Benedict's in 1976, among other services. The program counsels and supports deaf parents in the task of raising their children and claims to be the onl y one of its kind in the Bay Area.

Diverse Community

Ruth Baldacch ino credits St. Benedicts Jor giving her a happy life.

The non-territorial parish established to serve Marin , San Francisco and San Mateo has 250 registered parishioners . More than 70 are deaf. The remainder are hearing members of deaf families, the Japanese community, neighborhood people, students learning Sign Language and people involved in the deaf world one way or anoth er, according to Father Adams.

Althoug h St. Benedict 's was designated as a "Parish " in 1984, many of its members have

been worshiping at the St. Benedict Center's original site on Bush Street for almost 30 years.

Over 50 years ago, Ruth Baldacchino came to America from Malta after a bout with Mediterranean Fever that left her deaf. "I have had a good life and I owe it all to St. Benedict's ," she said.

Baldacchino credits the Center for giving her the confidence to pursue and secure a job. The Center taught her ASL and instructed her on filling out job applications. She worked for the U.S. Post Office for several years. "I found friendships , a social life and my Church," she said. "In Malta , none of this would have happened. They treated me differently there because 1 was deaf. " Patricia Nobriga speaks of an exciting life as a famous deaf ice skater who missed going to the 1950 Olympics by p lacing fourth in the tryouts. Yet for the last 30 years she considers St. Benedict's, "the place she is most content - the place where she can relate to everything."

Marie Conroy-Salvi has no connection to the Deaf community yet she has attended services at St. Benedicts for some 30 years. "1 find comfort here," she said. "We pray together and support each other. Everyone has time to ask how you are doing."

"When I first came to St. Benedict's," said Penny Green, "I thought this is the parish for the Deaf , 1 can't ever belong here. " After four years, Green said she is a full-time member of the community and has found a family. "It 's a group of peop le who bring out the best in each other across the hoard. " "Here, I feel like I'm truly following God," said Racel Gallardo. "I' m very happy. It 's a wonderful way to see my faith through the leading of the Deaf people. I very much enjoy it and feel at home."

On July 1, Father Adams is scheduled to return to the Portland Archdiocese and one community member said, "we miss him alread y " "A disparate and diverse community such as ours remains a fragile entity in need of constant reinforcement and nurturing, " said Gerry Cannon , longtime parish member. "The importance of Father Dan's quiet leadership cannot be overstated. We all love him, " "Father Dan has made this parish into a very loving, healing and supportive community," said Mark Crossley, a parishioner who travels more than 150 miles every Sunday from Sacramento to attend Mass and often interprets for parts of the Mass.

"The experience with the Deaf community and the Japanese has been more fun than I could have ever imaged or written a script for, " Father said.

"I feel fortunate to inherit the very rich history and strong identity of both cultures ," said Father.

"It would be very selfish of me to stay. Somebody else should get the delight of this parish too. 1 know whoever is assigned here will be just as smitten."

St. Benedict History I he commitment of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to minister to the Deaf Community began more than 100 years ago.

In 1895, St. Joseph's Home in Oakland was established to serve the needs of Deaf Catholics throughout the Bay area until 1962 when the Diocese of Oakland was established, separating St. Josep h's Deaf Center from San Francisco.

St. Benedict Center was founded in 1962 to minister to the local Deaf community in San Francisco.

The Center on Bush and Lyon Streets was the site of the former African-American Parish, named for St. Benedict the Moor, a sixteenth century saint.

In the early 1960s, the Cursillo movement was beginning to flourish. The organization's purpose

was to form lay leaders who would take seriously Jesus' instruction to bring the Good News to the world. Cursillo found a home at St. Benedict 's alongside the Deaf community, beginning a relationship of support and respect that has lasted to the present day.

Father Jack McMullen became the first pastor of St. Benedict "Parish" in 1984 after Archbishop John R. Quinn made this designation. At that time, St. Benedict Parish distinguished itself as the onl y Catholic Deaf "Parish" west of the Mississippi.

In 1993, the Planning Commission for the Archdiocese of San Francisco recommended that St. Benedict Parish move to the site of St. Francis Xavier on Octavia and Pine Streets built in 1939, the Japanese National Parish.

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Jewish experience

"Love one another 11 Most of us , at some time, likely have become angry at some action or lack of action by others and we may have expressed our dissatisfaction.

Many of us also have been on the receiving end of complaints, and we all know thai some complainers go over the top.

This week, Catholic San Francisco received calls or messages from three very angry readers who were upset about three different stories - one on social justice activities , another on priest misconduct and the third on our cover story last week on the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans , The reader angry at our social justice coverage felt that the activists, who were trying to improve the conditions of life for the poor, were Communists.

The caller saw the activists as enemies and worthy of contempt.

The second caller was outraged because of our coverage of community reaction to recent reports of priest sexual misconduct. The caller felt it gave excuses to the conduct. "Child molestation is not caused by frustration ," the caller said, "Child molesters aren 't frustrated , they 're perverts."

The third complainer asked , "Why do you have to print stories about the Japanese? Instead, the caller demanded, "You should write stories about American boys who died in that war. The Bataan death march was worse than anything the Japanese suffered. " Rational answers to such complaints often fall on ears that will not hear and eyes that will not see.

People who are trying to live out the Gospel message of caring for the poor may indeed take actions or support positions that are in opposition to individual economic benefit.

In the second instance, the caller totall y misperceived the comments of parishioners and clergy. No one at all excused improper behavior.

Lastly, to tell the story of one person does not mean that another person 's story is denied , ignored or forgotten.

In ail three callers, we sensed a hardening of the heart - a moving toward a hatred that can enter our hearts on the slippered feet of reason and justification. "Why are those people trying to steal my livelihood? Why are those people g iving excuses to perversion? Why can 't you write about "our" people?

The teachings of the Church regarding charity, forgiveness and love of neighbor strike these people as wrongheaded or simply not realistic.

The cities, towns and rural areas that compose the Archdiocese of San Francisco are inhabited by Catholics with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

We are, of course, all immigrants to this continent. Some, like the Native Americans have been here centuries: Others, from Western Europe, the Irish, Italian, French, English and German, for example, are largely immigrants from the 19th century. Still others, like the Filipinos, Hispanics, and Pacific Islanders are mostly 20th century immigrants.

There is a story told of a young priest who was given the assignment of writing brief remarks for Pope John Paul II, who was to address an ethnic group at a reception. The priest drafted the remarks and forwarded them to the pope through channels.

The priest was surprised to receive a call from the Holy Father's office saying the pope would like to see him. When the young priest was brought into the papal apartment , the pope asked he expected the remarks to be delivered as written.

The flustered priest finally managed to say "Yes."

Father Milton Walsh's articles are always so thoug htfu l , instructive and spiritual. I am so grateful for his talented writing. In his Nov. 17 column , he writes of the upheaval in the Holy Land and suggests that along with prayer we can connect with our Jewish and Arab nei ghbors .

The reverse happened to me. My Jewish friends invited me to attend a serv ice with them at Congregation Beth Shalom in San Francisco. The service was beautifu l and impressive with the cantors , Rabbi Lew's sermon , and a young girl who, with such poise and evident stud y, experienced initiation into adulthood with the ceremonies of Bat Mitzvah. The sincerity of the congregation and the holiness were pal pable.

I was experiencing our Catholic roots. So much is the same. For ¦— example, we stand in respect when the Book of Scripture is carried hi gh in procession and when the Gospel is read. The Jewish congregation stands in respect when the curtain is opened and the Torah is carried up and down the aisles.

Virginia Magrath San Francisco

Landlord respo nds

I was very impressed and elated to see the letter written by Dr. Thomas J. Perlite (Nov. 10) referring to the issue of abortion in an article by George Weigel.

Dr. Perlite has been my physician for about 40 years, and he delivered our four children. He is a very compassionate and caring doctor.

I wish more doctors would stand up and speak for unborn babies. All human life is sacred. The argument would be what if a pregnancy is due to rape, incest , deformity, poverty, etc. But situations are never black and white and there is no easy solution for me. Mother Teresa said adop-

"Well, " said the pope, "I would like to change only one word."

"You have in the beginning," continued the pope, " the sentence 'While I am not of your ethnic background, I understand your experience.'"

"Yes, " answered the priest.

Instead of the word 'While,' I want to say 'Because' the pope said. "So the first sentence will be 'Because I am not of your ethnic background, I understand your experience.'"

People of various ethnic or racial groups have different experiences and backgrounds , but it is precisely because we have this different perspective that we are able to empathize with the experience and background of people from very different cultures.

To counter the inclination to hatred, we need prayer and testimony (in word and action): Prayer, for ourselves and for others , to avoid the path of little hatreds that can grow large and harden into stone; Testimony of our call to love God and others.

An alien visitor - seeing the harm that hale produces, might say, "Yes, I see why the message of Jesus Christ was love and forgiveness, and I see why he was killed."

In the end , our hatred kills Christ and kills the Christ that is within us. MEH

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Where is the outrage?

"Those who do not remember history, are condemned to repeat it. " - George Santayana.

When Nazi storm troopers marched into Christian churches and Jewish synagogues , we were outraged. When Ariel Sharon entered a Moslem shrine with armed guards - was it different?

When Nazi Germany "annexed " Austria based on a "historic " claim , we were outraged. When East Jerusalem was "annexed" by Israe l based on a "historic " claim - was it different?

When Fascist Italy used tanks and bombs against Ethiopian tribesman armed only with spears , we were outraged. When Israel uses rockets and machine guns against stonethrowing Palestinian boys - is it different?

Where is the outrage? Where is our American sense of fair play ?

Mary Ann Bouey San Francisco

T T E R S

I was disappointed in reading a story in the Nov. 10 issue of Catholic San Francisco. As a landlord and property owner, I have attended many meetings of the Board of Supervisors where Mr. Jose Morales supported the San Francisco Tenants Union. I have been in direct opposition to every thing this group advocates. Most small property owners like myself seek only to receive a fair compensation for the housing we provide; yet this man and his ilk depict us as greedy ogres. My senior tenant of 20 years pays well below market rent , and owing to the vagaries of San Francisco 's rent laws, enjoys more privileges than I do.

John Malone San Francisco

Adopti on op tion

tion is an option , and with this I agree wholeheartedly.

Bernice Dong San Francisco

Globalization issues

Thank you for the intelli gent article by Kenneth Weare , Ph.D. on the ethical problems of globalization (Dec. 1). It is my hope that this is just the first installment on this vital issue. All true Christians must not onl y take to heart the conditions of the poor and the oppressed around the world but must also inspect their own unwitting contributions to worldwide poverty and oppression.

I would like very much to see some follow up articles detailing some of the ways in which our work , our recreation , and our spending patterns can evolve into vehicles of progress and hope for the oppressed everywhere . Every small change is a step in the right direction. What we need is a roadmap: not just a secular theory, but a mission of faith in the example of Christ.

1 trul y believ e that ignorance is our greatest enemy on this journey. It insp ires me to know that theolog ians like Weare have the courage to share their knowledge and lead us forward. The question for all of us in this season of Advent is: Do we welcome enough Christ ' s commandment of compassion to follow on this road?

Eric Meub San Francisco

Term B.C.E. revisited

The editor 's note in your Oct. 13 issue was correct. So were the two letter writers (W.H. Marshall and Paul J. Conley, Jr.) correct in your Oct. 20 issue.

According to my "Webster 's College Dictionary, " published by Random House , both "Christian " and "Common " are correct in the abbrev iation B.C.E. The sarcasm expressed by the two letter writers is therefore unwarranted.

Louise Courpet Daly City

Thanks fo r the article

Thank you for the interesting article about the Japanese Catholic community in San Francisco with the wonderful p icture.

We realize the article was mostly about what happened to the community following the bombing of Pearl Harbor; however we were disappointed that the years since 1945 were barel y touched upon. Also there was scant mention of LETTERS, page 15

On Beim Catholic

An Understanding Heart When Solomon inherited the kingshi p over Israel, God asked him what blessing he would like. The young man replied , "an understanding heart." (1 Kg 3:9) His request was heard , and the wisdom of Solomon became legendary.

The virtues of the holy men and women of the Old Testament reach their highest human expression in Mary, the Mother of Jesus and a central figure of the Advent season. So it is with the wisdom of Solomon: his prayer for an understanding heart is answered in a pre-eminent way in Mary.

The heart of Mary is mentioned on three occasions in the Gospel of Luke. The first is at the birth of Jesus, when the shepherds are told of the newborn child , and , having seen him , glorif y God. St. Luke adds, "As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart."

(Lk 2:10) The second time is when Mary and Joseph bring their infant son into the Temple and Simeon rejoices to behold the glory of Israel and the light of the nations. Then he turns to Mary and says, "This child is a si gn which will be opposed — and a sword will pierce your heart , too." (Lk 2:35) The final incident takes place when Jesus is left behind in Jerusalem and his parents frantically search for him. After three days they find Him in the Temple, and their anxiety prompts a surprising ly nonchalant response: "Did you not know I had to be in my Father 's house?" The holy

family returns to Nazareth and Luke tells us, Mary stored all these things in her heart." (Lk 2:51) In this busy holiday season, the Church sets before us the figure of Mary and inviles us to follow her example of prayerful , heartfelt pondering of all that concerns her Son. "Where can I possibly find the time?" you ask. Can you spare a half hour to pray the rosary? Pray the rosary, not merely "say" the rosary. It can be a wonderful contemplative prayer, for what we do in praying the rosary is enter into the mysteries of the life of Jesus in the company of His Mother.

I would suggest that we can even find the roots of the traditional threefold grouping of these mysteries in the Gospel events we find in Luke: the birth of Jesus —joy ful mysteries of Christ 's infancy; the opposition to Jesus — sorrowfu l mysteries of His death; the finding in His Fath er 's house after three days — glorious mysteries of His resurrection .

This contemp lation is something much greater than sentiment. While it is true that there is no human , bond closer than that between a mother and her child , it is as a disciple that Mary points the way in our contemplation.

According to St. Augustine, "Mary conceived Christ in her heart before she conceived Him in her womb." She stands as a model of faith for us , pondering the joys, the

The virtues of the holy men and women of the Old Testament reach their hig hest human

expression in Mary, the Mother of J esus and a centra l fi gu re of the Advent season.

sorrows and the glories of Christ , prayerfull y revisiting all that hei Son said and did to gain a deeper understanding of what God wishes to reveal in Christ. Love never tires of thinking about the beloved.

Mary 's relationshi p to Jesus was unique; she alone was chosen by God for the great vocation of giving birth to the Incarnate Son of God. Yet we too give birth to Christ in a way by our faith . Jesus Himself teaches us that whoever does the will of His heavenly Father is brother and sister and mother to Him. (Mk 3:35) By pondering, treasuring in our hearts as Mary did , Christ comes to birth in us, and like her we carry Him to others.

An understanding heart is the fertile ground in which the word can take root. I invite you to carve out a little time each day in this Advent season to ponder the question of the carol , "What child is this?" in company with Mary so that Christmas may not celebrate onl y His coming two thousand years ago, but His living presence in us now.

Father Milton T. Walsh

Father Milto n T. Walsh is academic dean and an assistant professor of systematic theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

The Catholic Diff erence

The Tattered Seamless Garment However the presidential race has turned out , or is turning out , as you read this (I' m writing just before Thanksg iving), one thing seems depressingly clear about the 2000 election: Ihe Church's message on the priority of the life issues in our democracy is not getting throug h to a sufficient number of self-identified Catholic voters.

Earl y readings of the exit polls were not encouraging. Mr. Gore, the candidate of abortion-on-demand , won the aggregate Catholic vote by a 50-47 percent margin over Mr. Bush. For three presidential elections in a row, a majority of U.S. Catholics have supported the candidate with a position wholly at variance with the Church's teaching on the premier civil rights issue of our time.

Yet in three presidential elections before that (1980 , 1984, and 1988) the majority of the Catholic vote went to the candidate more in tune with the Church's principled defense of the right to life from conception until natural'death . Which suggests, minimall y, that the life issues are not determinative for many, many Catholics in the United States.

A closer look at the exit polls reveals some good news buried inside that bad news. Those of all faiths who attend religious services more than once a week were 63-30 percent for Gov. Bush; those who attend once a week went for Bush 57-40 percent. When you get below the threshold of weekly attendance , the figures flip: 51-46 percent for Gore among those who only attend church monthl y; 54-42 percent for Gore among those who attend church "seldom"; and 61-32 percent for Gore among those who "never" go to church.

If these figures hold true for Catholics, and if they can be correlated with the votes of those who

that Catholic union o members were maras shaled in large numbers to support Mr. Gore ; this suggests that z. o economic questions still trump the Jife issues in a decisive number of Catholic minds. But why should that be the case in an election year in which a heartening number of bishops and priests wrote and preached publicl y about the priority of the life issues, as a matter both of justice for the innocent and of basic constitutional principle?

I have no survey to back this up, but my hunch is that the "seamless garment " framework promoted by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago was at work here . Cardinal Bernardin believed that "linking " the abortion (and , later, euthanasia) issue to cap ital punishment and nuclear arms control in a "consistent ethic of life " would give the Church' s teaching on the inalienable dignity and value of every human life a fresh hearing.

This judgment, it should be frankly admitted , was quite seriously mistaken. Whatever the cardinal' s intentions, the net results of the "seamless garment " were to give politicians who took a liberal position on capital punishment and arms control a .667 batting average, and thus to diminish a sense of urgency about the life issues (one-third of a package deal, as many voters came to see it) among Catholic citizens — especially, I suspect, those Catholics who were checking into church somewhat irregularly.

In 1998, the U.S. bishops quietly jettisoned the "seamless garment" and began talking about the "foundations of the American house of freedom ": the inalienable right to life. But 15 years of the "seamless garment" had taken a toll. That is, in part, why Nov. 7 happened the way it did.

George Weigel

say that the life issues are determinative, that would suggest that the Church' s message is getting through to faithful Catholics. But that is not altogether reassuring in a church in which weekly Mass attendance hovers a bit (and sometimes a lot more) below 45 percent.

If Gov. Bush had cap tured just a slightly higher percentage of the Catholic vote in Pennsy lvania , Wis c on s i n , Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri , the Palm Beach County board of election supervisors would have remained in deserved obscurity; the nation would have been spared a post-election circus; and the abortion license would not be on the verge of being set in constitutional concrete by a Supreme Court dominated by Clinton and Gore nominees. The Catholics who didn 't get the message were, quite literally, the decisive votes in this election.

What 's going on?

I've Anecdotal evidence heard from Pennsylvania, Wisconsin , Michigan, and Iowa has it

For three presidential elections in a row, a majority of U.S. Catholics have supported the candidate with a pos ition wholly at

variance with the church's teaching on the p remier civil rig hts issue of our time.

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

Catholic On Purp ose

Where do I begin?

In response to a previous column about Church terminology, several peop le asked for resources and strateg ies to learn more.

We each follow a uni que path to God , and another 's steps are not necessaril y the ones I have taken. Still , 1 write to give voice to the silently struggling members of Christ 's body who have no idea how to begin the journey. I hope to provide a map, however incomp lete , and a flashli ght.

As a teen , I resolved to read the Bible from beginning to end. I probabl y read thirty pages on two or three different occasions before giving up. Now I have a clue why beg inning "at the beginning " was not especiall y hel pful.

The Bible is more like a library than a book , according to an article distributed in a Bible study course I onl y now am taking, seventeen years after my first attempts at understanding the Word of God. In a library, readers choose from non-fiction , history, literature , poetry, how-to resources , and other types of books. Similarly, the Bibl e also contains various types of writings.

While the Bible does not contain "fiction ," there are "stories" that make a theolog ical point rather than describe actual happenings , according to Jesuit Father Donald Sharp, who teaches the Bible stud y course at the Archdiocese 's School of Pastoral Leadership. There are also literal accounts , notabl y of Jesus ' teachings and miracles, as wells as songs and poetry.

One needs to know what "type " of writing is encountered in a Bible passage, at least sufficiently to understand when he is reading something different from a news article.

Father Sharp strong ly recommends selecting a well

translated Bible with usefu l notes , such as Jerusalem 01 New Jerusalem , New American , or NRSV (New Revised Standard Version ). He "greatl y discourages " reading Douay, Old King James , or Good News Bibles.

I have found it helpfu l to pray before reading Scripture. I ask God to "please teach me what you want me to learn today.

Hel p me to understand your Word and apply it in my life. " Filled with knowledge of Bible accounts and term s, those seeking understanding also sometimes need clarification on Church terminology.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church covers a variety of top ics. Jesuit Father John MacKenzie 's Dictionary of the Bible and Our Sunday Visitor 's Catholic Encyclopedia define terms and provide context.

Ignatius Press, Kaufer 's Reli gious Supp lies, McCoy Church Goods and Pauline Books and Media are among local outlets for these and many other books about Jesus Christ and Catholicism.

Contact Ignatius Press at 1-800-651-153 1 or on the Web at www.ignatius.com. Pauline Books and Media is on the Web at fspsanfran(5)aol.com or www.pauline.org or telephone at (415) 781-5180. Pauline has a retail outlet at 46 Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. Kaufer 's also has a store, located at 55 Beverl y in San Francisco , and telephone number for orders: 1-800-874-6987. McCoy Church Goods is in San Mateo at 1010 Howard Ave., (650) 342-0924.

Some peop le have been Catholic all their lives , but don 't unde rstand certain Church teachings and cannot exp lain their faith to others. Books called "apologetics " explain Catholic teachings.

Two books I find hel p ful are Bi shop Henry G. Graham 's Where We Got the Bible, which includes his conversion story, "From the Kirk to the Catholic Church; " and James Drummey 's Catholic Rep lies. 1 hope to begin reading soon the next book on my wish list , Rome Sweet Home , by converts Scott and Kimberl y Hahn. I found these titles at the Couple to Coup le League (www.ccli.org and 1-800-745-8252 for orders or (513) 471-2000 for infonnation).

The Couple to Coup le League teaches engaged and married coup les how to practice natural famil y planning, in response to perhaps one of the least understood Church teachings: that against artificial contraception. The Art of Natural Family Planning and Sex and the Marriage Covenant , both by CCL's John Ki pp ley, provide exp lanation and clarification.

I join to the above list my prayer that God 's Word will fill the hearts and souls of all persons searching for truth.

Kamille Maher

Kamille Maher is a member of St. John of God Parish, San Francisco, and a member of the Catholic San Francisco editoria l team.

Sp irituality

Being Present to God and Life Shortl y after his conversion , St. Augustine penned these immortal words: "Late have I loved you , O Beauty ever ancient , ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me , but I was outside , and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovel y things that you created. You were with me, but I was not with you ."

Augustine , sincere , but patholog icall y restless , had been searching for love and God. Eventuall y he found them in the most unexpected of all places — inside of himself. God and love had been inside of him all along , but he hadn 't been inside of himself.

There 's a lesson here. We don 't pray to make God present to us. God is alread y present , always present everywhere. We pray to make ourselves present to God. And God , as Sheila Cassidy colorfully puts it , is no more present in church than in a drinking bar, but we generally are more present to God in church than we are in a drinking bar. The problem of presence is not with God , but with us.

Sadly, this is also true for our presence to the richness of our own lives. Too often we are not present to the beauty, love, and grace that brim within the ordinary moments of our lives. Bounty is there, but we aren 't.

Because of restlessness , tiredness, distraction , anger, obsession , wound , haste - whatever — too often we are not enough inside of our ourselves to appreciate what the moments of our own lives hold. We think of our lives as impoverished , dull , small-time , not wort h putting our full hearts into , but, as with prayer, the fault of non-presence is on our side. Our lives come laden with richness , but we aren 't sufficiently present to what is there. A curious statement —unfortunatel y true.

The poet , Rainer Mari e Rilke , at the height of his fame, was once contacted by a young man from a small ,

provincial town. The young man expressed his admiration for Rilke 's poetry and told him that he envied him, envied his life in a big city, and envied a life so full of insi ght and richness. He went on to describe how his own life was uninteresting, provincial , small-town , too dull to insp ire insi ght and poetry.

Rilke 's answer was not sympathetic. He told the young man something to this effect: "If your life seems poor to you , then tell yourself that you are not poet enoug h to see and call forth its riches. There are no uninteresting places, no lives that aren 't full of the stuff for poetry. What makes for a rich life is not so much what is contained within each moment , since all moments contain what 's timeless , but sensitive insi ght and presence to that moment." Poetry is about being sufficiently alert to what 's in the ordinary.

Augustine was lucky ; the clock never ran out on him.

He realized this before it was too late: "Late have I loved you!" Sometimes we aren ' t as luck y; our health and our lives must be radicall y threatened or taken from us before we realize how rich these in fact already are, if only we made ourselves more present to them. If everything were taken away from us and then given back , our perspective would change drasticall y.

Like Augustine , Victor Frankl , the author of Man 's Search for Meaning, also was lucky. He had been clinically dead for a few minutes and then revived b y doctors .

When he returned to his ordinary life , everything suddenl y became very rich: "One very important aspect of post-mortem life is that everything gets precious , gets piercing ly important. You get stabbed by things , by flowers and by babies and by beautiful things —just the very act of living, of walking and breathing and eating and having friends and chatting. Everything seems to look more beautiful rather than less, and one gets the much-

intensified sense . of miracles."

The secret to prayer is not to try to make God present , but to make ourselves present to God. The secret to finding beauty and love in life is basicall y the same. Like God , they are alread y present.

The trick is to make ourselves present to them.

Rarely are we enough inside of our own skins , present enough to the moment , and sensitive enoug h to the richness that is alread y present in our lives. Our experience comes brimming with riches, but too often we are not enoug h inside of it. Like the young Augustine , we are away from ourselves , strangers to our own experience , seeking outside of ourselves something that is alread y inside of us. The trick is to come home. God and ' the moment don ' t have to be searched out and found. They 're alread y here . We need to be here .

Karl Rahner was once asked whether he believed in miracles. His answer: "I don 't believe in them , I rel y on them to get throug h each day !" Indeed , miracles are always present within our lives. Are we?

Public affa irs . . .

great part of the future of the Catholic Church in California , are just beginning to feel their political power. While the Hispanic Democratic leadershi p, by and large, has accepted the Planned Parenthood noose along with the Party, there are indications that this could change if enough Hispanics make their voices heard .

Believe it or not, there are places in the nation , Michigan and Ohio for example, where there are pro-life Democrats! For example, David Bonior, the third ranking Democrat in the House is pro-life.

What this means, at the very least, is that efforts to

journey with our Hispanic brothers and sisters using all aspects of Catholic social teaching, especiall y at the grassroots , must be a priority. Otherwise , California will be the bellwether siate in advancing the Culture of death through out the nation.

¦ Continued from page 9 "reproductive rights" groups , led by Senator Jackie Speier will continue to attack Catholic hospitals , Catholic Charities and schools by legislating them to be "secular" and not Catholic thereby forcing them to provide services that are against the Church's moral doctrine.

In the midst of this negative scenario, however, there may be some hope and opportunity. Hispanics , who are a

Father Ron Rolheiser

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theolog ian , teacher and award-winning author, and currently serves in Rome as general councilor for Canada for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

George Wesolek is Director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Our focus is on God who makes promises and fulfills them Some peop le sadl y justif y our say ing, "A good laug h would kill them." With little capacity to perceive incongruity, double meanings , or any divinel y provided entertainment , they cast their pall over gatherings and leave a trail of gloom wherever they go. The Word of God , chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy of the Word , says they are definitel y not Advent people but that we who allow the Word to deepen our capacity for joy can be.

The Word focuses our attention on God who makes promises and fulfills them. You can see strai ght away the health y and heart-enlarg ing perspective this approach g ives: we are moved away from our failing human strategies to architect the future , our cherished dreams that do not mesh with reality, and our illusions that the total of all our efforts will produce the kingdom of God on earth. We are led to a God who intervenes in human history and authors surprises for us, to Jesus the lived-out Yes to all the promises made by God (II Corinthians 1:19-20), and to Spirit-filled communities where God creates a future full of hope and where we utter the Amen throug h Jesus Christ to the glory of God. How health y is that!

Our first reading has the "prophet Baruch ," historicall y a secretary of Jeremiah , speak to a time of crisis long after the exile in Babylon. God, for the author, is always bring ing exiles home, and , therefore, what is spoken of hope and joy of homecoming can speak again to all kinds of exiles.

Ultimate ly our destiny envelopes us as the result of God 's eng ineering: he can bring us back to each other; he can create us as his community; he can enable us to reach out to fellow exiles and bring them home. "Jerusalen 'r°, off your role of mourning and misery ; put on the splendor of glory from God forever: Wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that displays the glory of the eternal name.... Up, Jerusalem! Stand upon the hei ghts; look to the east and see your children gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Hol y One.... Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring them back to you borne aloft in glory on royal thrones."

Second Sunday of Advent Baruch 5:1-9; Psalm 1 26; Philipp ians 1 :4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6.

Father David M. Pettingill Our second reading would share Paul's hope for his beloved Phili ppians with our parish assemblies. Once again , our focus is directed to God who has caught us up in his enterprise: "1 am confident of this that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus." Our Sunday assembly sees to it that we are identified with the rhythm and momentum of what God accomplished for us in Christ and that we are thus carried along to the final day of glory, as Paul observes in 1 Corinthians , "As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes."

The Gospel selection , no surprise here either , proclaims God' s pursuit of his over-arching plan . Jesus Christ , for Luke , is not some marginal shadowy figure; he takes his place at the center of Roman and Hebre w history : "In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea , and Herod was tetrach of Galilee... during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas.... "

For Luke , history is divided into two parts: the experience of Israel with John the Baptizer as the final person of that epoch. The experience of the Church of the Nations subdivided into two parts: the ministry of Jesus and the Ministry of the Church. The Baptizer then invites a change of heart: move on into the next phase of God's plan; accept the future on God' s terms; return home from exile where you placed yourself and catch up with God who constantl y moves on.

Finall y, Luke , like Mark , quotes from Isaiah 40 but includes a final verse on his own, "All flesh shall see the salvation of God." Including this verse prepares us for both works attributed to Luke , the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, where we hear of God's boundary-breaking, all inclusive action begun in Jesus and prolonged in the Church.

As we allow God to work on us though Jesus Christ in our Spirit-filled assemblies, we become more aware of God 's intent for our future and so we welcome each other home from exiles and we break down barriers with hospitable welcome and inclusion.

Questions for Small Communities of Faith: • Wh y does the future play such a role in the present for God' s people?

• How can we prolong the Renew 2000 experience by going forward ? How can we involve more partici pants?

Father David M. Pettingill is assistant to the moderator of the curia and parochial vicar at St. Eniy dius Parish, San Francisco.

How important are the readings at Mass?

Father John Dietzen Q. When I was young the readings at Mass were somewhat important. If they were missed one had to hear at least that part of another Mass. But they were definitel y not essential. The "essential " parts of the Mass were offertory, consecration and Communion , with consecration as the sing le climax.

As I understand it, the readings then became one of the two main parts of the Mass, with the consecration being the other. Is this merely a concession to ecumenism ? Or is there a valid theology behind this "new " practice? (Ohio) A. The earliest descriptions of the Mass we possess, from the first and second centuries A.D., describe in some detail two major parts of the Sunday Christian liturgy, what we title again today the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

Particularly during the second century, a group of Christian thinkers called apologists attempted to give a rational defense of the Christian faith and recommend it to outsiders. They were the first to try to reconcile faith and reason.

The most outstanding of these was the convert and martyr St. Justin. In his "First Apology," addressed to Emperor Antoninus Pius about 150 A.D., he describes what

Christian men and women do when they gather fro m the surrounding areas on the "day of the Sun." They begin , explains Justin , by hearing the memoirs of the apostles and writings of the prophets . When the reader is finished , the "presider " gives an instruction on what has been read and - ; , exhorts the people to imitate:e the rhey good things they have heard . They then rise together, offer their intercessions and exchange y"-^^ the kiss of peace. £ 1 Apart from the kiss of V J ^ peace, which for us today ^1 ^ ^ comes later in the Mass, it 's obvious Justin is describing exactly the structure of our Liturgy of the Word . For them and for us, this part of the Sunday celebration is not incidental or relativel y unimportant.

It was the occasion each week when Christians confronted themselves with the Scri ptures , especially the Gospels, and were challenged, as Justin says, to consider how their lives should measure up to the word of God they heard.

Along with our praise and petition , that is precisely what this part of the Mass is intended by the church to be for us today.

After the kiss of peace, Justin tells us, bread , wine and water are brought, and the presider, usuall y the bishop, offers prayers and thanksgivings ("eucharist " means "thanksgiving " in Greek), "according to his ability."

After the peop le say their amen , the bread and wine

over which the thanksg iving has been said are distributed to the people and sent to those who are absent.

Justin explicitl y declares that "the food which is blessed by his (God's) word " is "the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh. " A similar description of the Sunday Christian celebration can be found , for example, exa in a document called the "Didache," generally dated datec in the second century, but parts ot which apparently go back even before the year 100 A.D. As you can see, recognizing the importance of the Liturgy of the Word at Mass has nothing to do with modern ecumenism. As you note , and as older Catholics will remember. for reasons having more to do with the Counter-Reformation , the Scripture part of the Mass was sadly slighted for a long time.

But that was not what the church intended through the centuries. It is the back ground for the reform of the Mass called for by Vatican Council II , a restructuring based or what had been discovered in recent times about the ricl ancient Catholic traditions of Sunday liturgy.

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communities. Father Guetzloe was fluent in Japanese and broug ht peop le together in the once active parish and school (Morning Star). We are happy to see the Japanese and Deaf Communities praying side by side , and the liturgy being celebrated in Japanese once a month.

K. Hayakawa San Francisco

QUESTION s CORNER

¦ Continued from page 12 Father Joseph Guetzloe , for years was affiliated with St .

Francis Xavier 's parish , who did so much and meant so much to the Japanese-American Catholic and Buddhist

(Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325 , Peoria, IL 61651; or e-mail jidietzcn (d) aol.com

School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials, costs, exacl locations and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087 or spl@att.net Preregistration is necessary for many of these programs. Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org.

Holy Hour each Fri. 1 - 2 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Vallejo at Columbus, SF. Dec. 9: Ceremony of Lessons and Carols by the Schola Cantorum of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , most recently heard at Jubilee Mass 2000, at St. Vincent Chapel, San Rafael.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and other offerings call (650) 325-5614.

Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

Dec. 13: "He Came. So What?" an Advent opportunity to ponder what Christ's coming means today.

How can Christ's coming make a difference in you?

Facilitated by Vallombrosa pastoral associate , Sister Toni Longo.

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

MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 3rd Sun: Salon, a monthly gathering of people in the second half of life to explore opportunities and challenges facing them using arts, literature and conversation. Facilitated by Sandi Peters.

Taize Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church , 2390 Bush St., SF, Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 Calfornia at Grant, SF. Call (415) 288-3809 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452 3rd Fri. al 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Partola Valley. Call Dean Milter at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

Young Adults Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenwort h, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges @ yahoo.com.

Dec.13, 20: School of Pastoral Leadership Young Adult Advent series at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 7:30 p.m. Contact Scott Moyer at scott@esgear.com or Jesuit Father Mike Barber at barbermike @ compuserve.com.

Jan. 5-7: Retooling, Refueling, Debugging Your Spiritual Terminal, a retreat for Young Adults 21 30-something with Sister Molly Neville at San Damiano Retreat Center, Danville. Call (925) 8379141.

Social Justice/Respect Life Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling countries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or welesher@aol.com.

3rd Sat.: Maryknoll Affiliates meet from 11 a.m.

- 1 p.m. at the Maryknoll House, 2555 Webster (between Pacific and B'way), SF to share faith and plan an action agenda. This is a group comparable to some religious communities ' Third Orders made up of lay women and men interested in assisting the Maryknoll mission. Call Marie Wren at (415) 386-6600.

Prayer/Devotions Dec. 12: Annual Mass and reception celebrating Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Church of the Epiphany, 827 Vienna St. between Italy and Amazon , SF at 7 p.m. Music by parish choir and Mariachi Band. Cali (415) 333-8437 or (415) 5857878.

Dec. 12: Yearly Mananitas in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 4:45 a.m. at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th and Dolores, SF with Bishop John Weste r presiding and live Mariachi music. Light breakfast follows in school auditorium. Cali Bob or Kati Huerta at (415) 239-9107.

Dec. 16: Outer Richmond Celebration Mass commemorating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas , 11 a.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 3835 Balboa Ave. at 40th Ave., SF. Mariachis Los Cacherros and the parish choir will lead song. Bring a dish to share at reception that will follow. Call (415) 668-5108.

Feb. 2 and most 1st Fri.: Join the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a meal beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. And Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Members $5/non-members $8. Call (415) 461-0704.

2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Barr

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Church , 10:30 a.m. Includes talk by priest from Opus Dei with silenl prayer and Reconciliation if desired. Followed by simple lunch in rectory. Call (415) 333-3627.

Take a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land without leaving the Archdiocese by visiling an ongoing exposition at St. John of God Parish , 5th Ave. and Irving, SF. Open M-F 1:30-5 p.m. and until 1 p.m. on Sundays. Their Web site address is www.sjog.org.

Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church , 133 Golden Gate Ave., SF al 5:30 p.m. Takes place on last Sun. of month. Call (415) 863-7515.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013.

St. Sebastian Church , corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae , M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 4610704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560.

Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m.

St. Isabella Church , One Trinity Way, San Rafael , Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Churc h, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m.

- 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Churc h, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus , SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 3221801. St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m.

Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 5677824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Churc h, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, Mon., 8:15 a.m. through Wed. at 7:30 a.m.; St. John of God Church , 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m.

Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751.

St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:3C p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon , M - F 7:45 a.m.

- 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary 's Cathedral , Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Family Life Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages.

The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a dynamic marriage enrichment experience designed to deepen the joy a coupfe shares. Cail (888) 5683018.

Dec. 20: An introductory presentation on the Billings Ovulation Method of Natura l Family Planning, St. Brendan Parish Hall, 29 Rockaway Ave at Laguna Honda, SF at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 681-4225.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free information meetings on the 2nd Tues. of every month at 36 37th Ave., San Mateo at 7 p.m. for singles or couples who want to learn about childre n waiting for adoptive families. Call (415) 406-2387.

Single, Divorced, Separated Dec. 21: Cable Car Christmas Caroling Party beginning with Mass at 5:30 p.m., a light supper al 6 p.m. ($5), and a San Francisco caroling tour at 7 p.m. by motorized cable car ($22). Sponsored by New Wings at St. Thomas More Church. For information or to sign up, call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016.

Catholic Adull Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639.

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church meets on 3rd Thursdays, Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 334-9088 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016 about upcoming social activities.

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

Lectures/ Classes/ Radio-TV Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief" a 13-week series airing Sundays at 9 a.m. on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525.

Catholic Healthcare West offers free classes and instruction on all areas of health at their San Francisco and Daly City facilities. Visit their web site at www.chwbay.org for details.

"The Irish in America: Long Journey Home," will air in three parts on Dec. 15, 22 , 29 at 9:30 p.m. on KQED - Channel 9.

Holiday PBS viewing may also include "American Byzantine" which follow s the creation, execution and installation of "The Universal Call to Holiness" relief at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington , D.C. The new work of art weighs 38 tons and covers the massive church's rear wall, and brings the shrine's 80-year construction , which is still in progress , closer to completion. "American Byzantine airs on Dec. 24 on KQED at 1 p.m., and on San Mateo County's KCSM -TV on Dec. 10 at 11 p.m., and Dec. 16 at 10 p.m.

Tours and seminars on the art and the church of St. Anne of the Sunset. Call Rosemary French at (415) 681-9441 or Victoria Giambruno at (415) 731-7856.

Food & Pun Dec. 8-9: Final days of half-price sale at Mt. Carmel Shop, 45 Lovell Ave., Mill Valley, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. All items at half-price. Proceeds benefit Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish. Call (415) 388-4332.

Dec. 9: Morning with Santa presented by Women 's Club of All Souls Parish 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in All Souls School Cafeteria , South San Francisco. Pictures with Santa, continental breakfast , prizes. An adult must accompany children.

Tickets $11/$5. Call Loretta Callies at (650) 952-8346.

Dec. 9: Christmas Bingo Luncheon at Mater Dolorosa Church, 307 Willow Ave., South San Francisco. Doors open 11 a.m., lunch at noon followed by Bingo. Call Kathleen Dunleavy at (650) 589-8233 or Gay Clausen at (650) 952-8076.

Dec. 10: The Magic of Christmas , the annual fashion show, luncheon, holiday boutique by the Mothers Club of Our Lady of Angels Parish , Burlingame al the SFO Marriott Hotel. Fashions by Bradford' s on Primrose , Bare Necessities , President Tuxedo, Macy's, The Gap. Begins with no-host cocktails at 11 a.m. followed by fashion al noon and lunch at 1 p.m. Tickets $40/$25. Call (650) 343-9200.

Dec 31: Midnight in New Orleans, a close of the century party at St. Peter Parish, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, 7 p.m. - 1 a.m., semi-formal attire.

Enjoy buffet-served Cajun and international foods.

Dance to music of DJ Booty Jack. A party to remember. $50 per person. Call Jim Mylett (650) 355-3607 or Frank Ryan at (650) 355-8588.

3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bingo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St., SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m.

Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177.

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641.

3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

2nd Collections Dec. 9, 10: Annual collection benefiting Retirement Fund for Religious men and women will be taken at weekend Masses.

Reunions If you are a member of Class of 1950, St. James Boys Grammar School , 22nd and Fair Oaks, SF, and interested in a reunion, please contact , Mike Miller, at (650) 344-1074 or okmiller@pacbell.net.

Did you attend SF's St. Paul of the Shipwreck Elementary School? We need to hear from you.

Please call the school at (415) 467-1798 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mon. - Fri. or e-mail Shipoff@stpaulshipwreck.com with your name , address , phone numbers and year graduated. A special event is planned for spring 2001.

Centennial of St. Anne's Home, SF. Looking for old photos or written recollections of the Little Sisters of the Poor , St. Anne's Home or residents of the home. Contact John McGuckin at (415) 7652945.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

Dec. 9, 10: 15th annual presentation of "The Music of Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol" at College of Notre Dame Theatre , 1500 Ralston Ave. between El Camino Real and Afameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Sat. curtain at 8 p.m.; Sun. matinee at 2 p.m. Call (650) 508-3456.

Dec. 8, 9, 10: New comic opera based on Chekhov works at Dominican University of California's Meadowlands Assembly Hall between Acacia and Palm Ave., San Rafael. Music by Marin County's Robert L Weiss. Tickets $12/$8/$3.

Curtain Fri., Sat. at 8 p.m.; Sun. at 2 p.m.

Dec. 10: San Francisco Lyric Chorus presents Masterpieces of the Renaissance , directed by Robert Gurney at St. Stephen Episcopal Church, 3 Bay View Ave., Belvedere. Tickets $15/$12.

Reception follows. Call (415) 775-5111 or www.sflc.org . Call (415) 673-3131 .

Dec. 10: "Of Christmas Past" , a holiday musical charting the events leading up to Christ's birth featuring sacred and secular carols and American Gospel music at 7 p.m. at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th and Dolores, SF. Directed by Mario Dell'Olio with accompaniment by organist, Jerome Lenk.

Tickets $15/$10. Call (415) 621-8203.

Dec. 10, a sing-along carol concert with the St. Peter and Paul chorale and Howley Strings at St. Peter and Paul Church , 666 Filbert St. at Washington Square, SF at 2:30 p.m. Call (415) 421-0809.

Dec. 17: "A Christmas Promise ", the annual holiday concert by the St. Philip Church Choir and Chamber Orchestra at St. Philip Church, Elizabeth and Diamond St., SF in the heart of Noe Valley.

Tickets $10, available at door or in advance by calling (415) 333-3529.

Sundays in Dec: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. No concert Dec. 24.

Sundays in Dec: Concerts at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

Volunteer Opportunities SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 6641580 , ext. 2422.

Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco 's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265.

California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers , servers , donors , and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (41 5) 585-9085.

Filipino Choir and Dance Cantata Nov. 10 The Archdiocesan Fili pino Choir and Dance Group will present a Christmas Cantata on Sunday, December 10, at Patrons Hall , Conference Center of St. Mary Cathedral , at 6:00 p.m. Ang ie Bacho-Manalili is director of the 50-member choir, while Gig i Velarde David is the choreographer of the show.

Entitled "The Gifts of Christmas " — the Cantata will be followed by a dinner and dance. The Archdiocesan Office of Ethnic Ministries is sponsoring this fundraising event to support education and medicine needs of (he poor and children of the Philipp ines. Tickets; $50.00 per person.

Priests' Choir Concerts Performances will be at St. Hilary Church , 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon on Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th Street and Dolores, San Francisco on Dec. 17 at 5 p.m.; St. Robert Church , 1380 Crystal Springs Rd., San Bruno , on Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.

Admission is free. Concert-goers will have an opportunity to make a contribu tion to the priests retirement fund.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes , schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date , p lace, address and an information p hone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired.

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In the latest development in a rare case of a priest suing his bishop , a San Francisco priest is seeking to overturn a lower court dismissal of his lawsuit against the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Father John Conley 's lawsuit against the Archdiocese was dismissed in San Francisco Superior Court May 5, 1999.

However, attorneys for the priest appealed the adverse ruling.

The California Appellate Court in San Francisco heard oral arguments in the case Nov. 21. A ruling on the appeal is expected within 90 days.

The priest claims the Archdiocese "took numerous actions" to retaliate against him for "fulfilling his legal obligation to report an incident of suspected child abuse."

However, Archdiocesan officials say they instructed Father Conley to inform civil authorities immediately when the priest first brought the incident to their attention.

Archdiocesan General Counsel Jack Hammel said the Archdiocese "made sure that the inciden t was properly reported to the criminal authorities." Father Conley "was later disciplined for entirely unrelated reasons," Hammel exp lained.

The Archdiocese has said in the past that Father Conley

Priest p leads not guilty In San Francisco County Nov. 30, Salesian Father Bernard J. Dabbene, former archdiocesan vicar for pastoral ministry, formally denied felony charges of assault with intent to commit oral copulation and false imprisonment and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery and annoying or molesting a minor.

Father Dabbene, 63, was arrested by San Francisco police on Nov. 11 when discovered with a youth in a parked car at 25th and Illinois Streets. He was immediately relieved of his priestly functions and public ministry by Archbishop William J. Levada.

The youth told police he had accepted a ride from Father Dabbene after being chased by gang members in the Mission District and that the priest had tried to fondle him and held him against his will. Father Dabbene, however, told police the youth approached him and asked if he could help him find a job, and they were discussing job opportunities when the police arrived.

Father Dabbene was ordered to return to court on Dec. 15 so a preliminary hearing date may be set. He remains free on $10,500 bail.

was placed on administrative leave because of an apparent anger contro l problem that led to acrimonious exchanges with parishioners , the auxiliary Bishop and vicar for clergy and the Archbishop.

Hammel said, "The administrative leave action occurred subsequent to the incident , but it was absolutel y not based on Father Conley 's reporting."

In late 1997 Father Conley reported witnessing a wrestling match between Father James Aylward and a teenager at a parish rectory. Both police and Archdiocesan investigations were inconclusive because the priest and the teen both maintained the wrestling had not been sexual in nature.

Earl y this year, in a deposition taken under oath, Father Aylward made the shocking revelation that he had engaged in wrestling of a sexual nature with minors approximate ly ten years prior to the rectory incident. However, the priest maintained the rectory wrestling did not have sexual overtones.

A lawsuit brought by the family of the teen involved in the rectory wrestling incident was settled by the Archdiocese and the insurance carrier paid the settlement amount.

Father Conley declined to comment and referred Catholic San Francisco to his attorneys.

One of the priest 's attorneys , Michael Guta of Oakland , said the priest 's lawsuit accuses the archdiocese of wrongful retaliation and seeks damages for defamation. The priest is seeking damages for loss of earnings, costs incurred in seeking to replace lost income, and mental anguish among other claims.

After he was placed on administrative leave, Father Conley resided at Vallombrosa Retreat Center. He now is in residence at St. Philip the Apostle Parish in San Francisco.

Paul Gaspari, an attorney with the law firm of Tobin & Tobin in San Francisco representing the Archdiocese in the appeal, said the priest's lawsuit has no basis in law. "The state cannot interpose itself in the internal affairs of any church," he said. "Constitutional protections and federal jurisprudence forbid this kind of interference."

Noted author to teach course at School of Pastoral Leadership Noted author and Jesuit Father Dennis C. Smolarski will teach "The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred" to Archdiocesan School of Pastoral Leadership 's adult education students , diaconate formation candidates and their wives, and core curriculum students in San Mateo at Serra High School 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings from January 16 to February 20, 2001.

The text for the class will be Smolarski's "Sacred Mysteries - Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice " published by Paulist Press in 1995. The Santa Clara University Professor has written several other books including "Eucharistia: A Study of the Eucharistic Prayer," "How Not To Say Mass" and "Liturgical Literacy."

Joni Gallah gher of the School of Pastoral Leadership (SPL) said the course would be excellent for Directors of Reli g ious Education , RCIA Coordinators , Adult Education Pastoral Associates, religious education teachers and anyone who would like an update of their faith.

Additional classes slated for SPL's spring semester include "The History and Theology of the Mass" with a practicum for Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers, and courses in Social Ministry, Liturgy/Music , and Teaching Ministry.

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The series continues the following two Fridays at the same time.

The opening episode, "The Greal Hunger ," is devoted to the devastating consequences of the black blig ht , which destroyed Ireland 's potato crops during the years 18451850.

The vast majority of the Irish peop le were poor sharecroppers who depended upon the potato as their main source of nutrition.

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Ironicall y, the potato was brought to 17th-century Ireland from America and the 1845 bli ght causing the Great Famine came from fungus in the holds of shi ps sailing from American ports.

Irish Catholics were not welcome in a largel y Protestant America , as seen in the vivid account given of an anti-Catholic riot , which raged in Philadel phia for three days.

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Vocations . . . ¦ Continued from page 3 The priest noted that many parishes and schools throughout the United States were founded and stalled b y priests trained at St. Patrick's, the Irish national Catholic seminary.

He said an estimated 4,000 Irish-born , Irish-educated priests now serve in the United States.

"We are particularl y proud of the contribution Ireland has made to building up the faith in the United States," he said.

He added that the Catholic Church in Ireland , like the Church in many places around the world, is facing troubled times.

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"One thing is certai n - that when the faith is under attack one needs to look at the history of Christianity, particularl y in Europe," he said. "What (held) the Church in good stead in times of difficulty ... was that it had a clergy that could articulate the faith."

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"Some years ago, we did a survey of our own seminarians, looking at the roots of their vocations," he said. "One of the things that emerged was 73 percent said their local parish priest or assistant pastor was the most influential person in terms of develop ing Iheir vocation to the priesthood. If there are no priests there are no sacraments. No priest, no Eucharist.

"In that sense every priest - whether we like it or not - is a promoter of vocations ," Msgr. Farrell said. "Vocation directors channel vocations after they have been unearthed, developed and nursed by the priest in the parish and obviousl y by parents. "

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Cathedral of Christ the Light

Oakland Dioces e selects cathedral architect and des ign

By Monica Clark The architect whose dramatic glassinfilled concrete buildings have become landmarks in several European cities will design the new cathedral for the Oakland Diocese. Bishop John Cummins said he has selected Santiago Calatrava as the cathedral architect.

The bishop also announced that the new building will be called Cathedral of Christ the Light , taking its name from the Vatican II document on the Churc h , "Lumen Gentium " (Light of Nations).

Calatrava , a native of Spain now living in Zurich , proposes to create a crystalline structure of light that will be the center of worshi p in the diocese as well as an urban landmark.

"I see the cathedral as being full y Catholic , a universal building lhat will radiate calm , beauty, peace and reconciliation for the whole community," he said in a recent phone interview.

In making the cathedral announcement , Bishop Cummins acknowled ged that the diocese is still looking for an appropriate site for the Oakland church and has yet to launch its formal fund-raising campaign.

He said the selection of Calatrava will help both efforts because the architect is world renowned for creating exquisite public Design concept of buildings.

"His vision for our cathedral generated a great deal of enthusiasm among the selec- sion to be Christ 's light in the world. The tion committee members and I expect that name will also proclaim the mystery of our enthusiasm to reverberate throug hout the faith to the broader community, " said city and the diocese," Bishop Cummins Bishop Cummins. No other cathedral in the said.

United States, and perhaps the world , has Indeed , Calatrava , 49, exudes ferv or and that name.

In a departure from the tradition of callcommitment in speaking of the cathedral project. "It is more important for a city to ing a cathedra] after Mary the Mother of have a cathedral than other buildings ," he God or a patron saint , the name surfaced said during a visit to Oakland. He noted during a polling of diocesan representatives that the great cathedrals of Europe have fed who participated in a series of discussions the spirit of their communities for centuries about the cathedral last year. and said the new Oakland cathedral will "In dedicating its mother church to become "a gift to the City of Oakland as Christ the Light , the diocese is highlighting the role that Christ must play in the new well as the Catholic community."

Calatrava got his first millennium ," said Father major commission when Donald Osuna, a memhe was 32 years old as ber of the cathedral liturpart of an architectural gical committee which group retained to design will work with Calatrava the Stadelhofen railway on the plan. station in Zurich.

The Cathedral of Since then he has Christ the Light will be moved on to numerous the first church that public commissions that Calatrava will design. In have produced airport 1991 he submitted the terminals in Bilbao , prize-winning design for Madrid , Lyon and New an addition to the York, opera houses in Episcopal Cathedral of Valencia and the Canary St. John the Divine in Islands , several major New York City. It feabridges, the Planetarium tured a roof opening in Valencia and the toward the sky with a Model construction of Milwaukee Art Museum. planned Cathedral new glass-and-steel For the cathedral structure, but because of design competition he submitted detailed a lack of funds it has not been built. drawings and a scale model that shows an In speaking about the Oakland catheelli ptical building made of narrow beams of dral , Calatrava said he wants "to bring forth steel interspersed with glass. It will rise the essence of spirituality using the materimore than 100 feet at its peak. als of today." He will continue to dialogue The design is the prototype of the struc- with the liturgical committee, chaired b y ture intended to replace St. Francis de Sales Father William Cieslak, president of the Cathedral which was razed after suffering Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, irreparable structural damage in the 1989 to ensure that every detail of the church Loma Prieta earthquake . meets liturg ical guidelines and supports full In selecting a new name for the cathe- participation by the worshipping communidral , Bishop Cummins said it was appropri- ty. Such dialogue "will enrich and make an ate that a 21st century church reflect the even more beautiful design," he said. ecclesiology of Vatican II as set forth in Like all of Calatrava 's buildings, the "Lumen Gentium ."

Cathedral of Christ the Light will display "Christ is at the heart of our Church. Our broad sweeping symmetry with an analogy cathedral name will remind us of our mis- to the human body. "The idea for Oakland

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was for a building that would be like a pair of hands," he said. "It 's a vertical link between the earth and the sky."

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The interior will feature circular seating for 1 800 around the altar with clear visibility for every worshipper. Small side chapels and reconciliation rooms will fit into the perimeter. Special attention will be paid to acoustical balance for both listening and sing ing. The church will open to a large p laza where the congregation can gather before and after liturgies.

Regardless of what site is finally selected , Calatrava said the basic cathedral design will remain the same.

He will also design the other buildings proposed for the site including a rectory, conference center and offices for diocesan staff. These buildings might not be part of the initial construction , but would be completed when additional funding is secured , said Christian Brother Mel Anderson who is heading up the cathedral project.

He said all the money for the 33,000 square-foot cathedral , estimated to cost about $ 1,000 per square foot , will come from major donors and foundations , not throug h parish fundraising or the annual Bishop 's Appeal. A feasibility study conducted last May indicated the diocese could raise the needed funds.

Calatrava said he expects to have the full design ready in about nine months. It will take another nine months to complete the working documents for all the building specifications , including the seismic requirements. The construction itself will take another 12-18 months , he said.

Monica Clark is Editor of ' The Catholic Voice

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