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Doctrinal g athering

Cardinal Ratzinger gathers representatives from U.S., Canada ar d Oceania

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Semester at sea

A dozen Mercy High students set sail on academic adventure

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School of Americas

Support growing for effort to close down facility accused of torture training

Archbishop Levada:

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Communication key to healthy Archdiocese

f- Famil y Life : 1 JL 3 'Is this any way to worship?' asks columnist -, Q RENEW 2000: 10 Nearly every parish ready for 'second season'

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Local author looks at today's spiritual qu ests

About the cover

Viewof St. Mary's Cathedral altar from behind baptismal font. History: 1962 installation of Archbishop Joseph McGucken. Faith: young woman depicts Our Lady of Guadalupe during 22-mile pilgrimage from Soutli San Francisco's All Souls to die Cathedral on Dee. 6 (Luis Gris pliolo). Future: cover photo of archdiocesan pastoral plan laken from Cathedral overpane. Ministry: USF nursing, graduate Erikn Speier and the late Jesuit Fatlier Bill Monihan, courtesy University of San Francisco Magazine. Culture: children 's choir at Jon. 29 Eighth Annual Chinese Ministry Dinner, San Francisco.

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SAN FRANCISCO

Official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Most Reverend William J. Levada, publisher Maurice E. Healy, associate publisher Dan Morris-Young, managing editor Joseph Pena, advertising director Enrico Risano , production manager Evelyn Zappia, feature editor Tom Burke , "On the Street " and Datebook Kenneth Barroga, assistant editor Julie Benbow, graphic consultant Editorial offices are located at 441 Church St., San Francisco, CA 94114 Telephone: (415) 565-3699 News fax : (415) 565-363 1 Circulation: i -800-828-1252. Advertising lax : (415) 565-3681 Catholic San Francisco is published weekly, except the last Friday in December, and bi-weekl y during the months of June , July and August for $20 per year by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1595 Mission Rd., South San Francisco, CA 94080-1218. App lication to mail at periodical postage rates is pending at South San Francisco and at additional offices. '

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What you have before you is Catholic San Francisco, a weekly newspaper published by the Archdiocese of San Francisco for Catholics in the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin. This new publication is being mailed to all individual s, families and households currently registered at parishes within the Archdiocese. Through most of the year, you will receive the newspaper weekly, bi-weekly in the summer months.

You will not be billed. You will receive the newspaper regularly as long as you remain a registered parishioner within the Archdiocese. Catholic San Francisco is being funded throu gh the Archdiocese and by income received from advertising. Catholic San Francisco also seeks funds from patrons, both individuals and foundations.

Nine months ago, in announcing plans to start the newspaper, Archbishop William J. Levada said , "This action is inspired by the call of Pope John Paul II for a greater understanding of our faith and a more intense awareness of our communion with Jesus Christ." The Archbishop noted that the commitment to a weekly newspaper "reflects a deeply held belief th at increased communication will help us build a stronger community of faith, a more informed and involved laity and a renewed commitment to the mission of the Church as we prepare to enter the new millennium."

Catholic San Francisco has come to life after years of thought and discussion and after a shorter, but more intense , period of p lanning and development. Formal efforts to re-establish a newspaper for the Archdiocese began in 1994 when a taskforce on communications recommended serious study of the idea. The Archdiocese had an earlier tradition of Catholic journalism , represented by The Monitor , published between 1858 and 1984. After that , a monthly magazine, The San Francisco Catholic, had a 10year life and for the past five years, the Archdiocese has had an insert to parish bulletins called Sunday to Sunday.

The newspaper recommendation of the 1994-95 taskforce on communications was strongly supported in the final report of the Pastoral Plan , which put "increased communications " among its highest priorities. After the Pastoral Plan was adopted in December 1995 b y Archbishop John R. Quinn and Archbishop William J. Levada, a 1996-97 taskforce under Bishop Patrick J. McGrath advanced the stud y a newspaper.

In 1997 , additional research and study was completed and the Council of Priests provided its approval. The Archdiocese in May 1998 publicly announced its intention to establish Catholic San Francisco.

The vision behind,the newspaper includes-several key concepts. First,,the,.newspaper will have the broadest possible distribution; every registered parishioner throughout the Archdiocese will receive it. Second, the U.S. Postal Service is delivering the paper directly to those homes. This large audience advances the goals of evangelization and provides an attractive market for advertisers. Third , the newspaper is to be part of a communications effort by the Archdiocese that uses a variety of media to reach our diverse community.

What you have before is Catholic San Francisco, a new voice in the San Francisco Bay Area. The newspaper takes its place among the ranks of Catholic publications with the goal of serving Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco with faith and integrity.

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St. Bruno shelter established

Par ishioners combat hunger, homelessness Story and Photos

By Evelyn Zapp ia

One night in early spring of last year, a few homeless people noticed St. Bruno 's church doors open. The warm, quiet churc h was sanctuary they couldn 't resist. They brought sleeping bags, a few possessions, and slept on the pews. Occasionall y, parishioners coming in and out of the church to pray awakened them. Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was the reason the church building was open .

The few homeless seeking shelter of the church quickl y grew to ei ght.

According to Stiehler, some chatted softl y in corners. Unfortunatel y, some showed up drunk or high. There were a few fights.

Their presence disturbed the prayer vigil.

Some parishioners felt threatened and feared the situation could grow worse.

Still, they didn 't want to kick the homeless out. They were torn.

Parishioner Ramon De La Rosa expressed the feelings of many : "How can we worship the Body of Christ in adoration and turn our backs to the Corporal Body of Christ?"

Parishioners met with Father Rene Gomez, who had recently succeeded Father Burke as pastor. Father Gomez responded by soliciting Stiehler and ChatfieJd's help in converting the dining room into a homeless shelter at night.

"I want to treat the homeless with more dignity, more compassion by providing them with a place that is decent to sleep," Father Gomez explained. In July the Hospitality Center welcomed its first overnight guests.

Not all parishioners wanted the shelter.

According to Stiehler, "One woman expressed her views against the shelter at each parish council meeting. She feared the church would be overrun with homeless. She believed the cost would be exorbitant and a burden on the parish. She spoke against the shelter project at every opportunity."

However, smiled Stiehler, "today she bakes pies and delivers blankets to the shelter," The new shelter has attracted some media attention. In last Nov. 15's San Mateo County Times one of the guests who

Peter Stiehler rides his bicycle up to the Hospitality Center at St. Bruno Church. He jumps off and leans the bike against the wall. He doesn ' t lock it.

A homeless man shouts, "Hey, man , that's asking for a lot of trust ." Another homeless man yells , "Nothing will happen to it. I'll watch it."

Stiehler nods his head to the self-proclaimed protector of his bike. Wearing cowboy boots that make him appear as if he walked from his hometown of Corpus Christi , Texas to San Bruno, Stiehler begins welcoming the hungry and the homeless. He is the director of the parish' s hospitality R.J., a shelter guest, ponders between jokes at the dinner table. center and supervises the dining room 'Who are these people?' Having a bed beats parish was sheltering them. I wanted to and homeless shelter. the hard wooden pews." help them."

In February 1996, 's Larissa is the unusual volunteer. A recent rooms are furnished with Stiehler and his wife, Kate Chatfield , The shelter ' college graduate and not a Catholic , she sent bare essentials.

Some repairs await attenapproached then St. Bruno s pastor, Father woodher resume to the Redwood City Catholic tion at the timeworn structure.

Stiff, Ron Burke, with the idea of the parish opening a dining room to feed the hungry in the en, high back chairs line the dinner table. A Worker house in hope of a paid position.

Jan Johanson of Redwood City Catholic worn couch in a corner appears too smal l area. They explained they were members of Worker wrote back explaining, "We're Catholic Worker Movement (CWM), a nonfor guests. The lighting is dull.

But the hospitality is not. Signs of activ- probabl y not what you 're looking for profit, nationwide ministry that works with ity appear in the small kitchen. Volunteers because CWM is a community of people the homeless and hungry, who live simple lives and stir things on the stove, The couple had been feeding (and lodgshare with those who open and close the refriging) the poor in their own home for two have little. No one earns erator and set the main years. The need was growing. a salary." dinner table. They work A long-time social justi ce activist and Larissa decided to quickly as the number of Latin American missionary, Father Burke investigate. She began hungry outside grows. broug ht the issue to the parish council withworking at the Redwood During dinner a man out hesitation. He recalled, "When I raised City Catholic Worker and a woman smile at the issue with the parish council, there was house. She met Stiehler each other, whispering as no resistance." A trial basis was agreed upon. and Chatfield by chance if in a restaurant. From the The jugg ling act began. The proposed one day as they were visback of the hall comes site, St. Raphael Hall, was the only meeting iting Larry Puree!!, laughter.

A table of men to the various parish groups. available lace p founder of Redwood City shares jokes. Two men All would have to find new places. "It wasreading the newspaper occupy the couch. Catholic Worker. The couple was seeking n 't easy, but everyone couldn't have been One is reading the . front page, the other advice on their San Bruno work. more cooperative ," said Stiehler. "The The Redwood City Catholic Workers searching the classifieds. The conversations parishioners wanted this to happen and they grow louder and the room feels comfort- helped Stiehler and Chatfield with a small worked hard towards its success." Because able. The hungry don 't eat and run. They 've grant to jump start the San Bruno house. the hall had housed women religious in the Larissa works there now. "If I had a lifefound a home, even if a temporary one. past there was no need for special permits.

Stiehler walks around talking to the partner, I would like to help others just like In April 1996, St. Bruno welcomed its first guests. Because the snei- Stiehler and Chatfield ," she said. guests for dinner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about For Stiehler and Chatfield , each day is a ter is first-come , firsta dozen. Today up to 50 serve, this is guests ' struggle. They live entirel y on donations. people are served Monday opportunity to request a Stiehler describes their lives as "voluntary through Thursday. The dining room prepares extra bed for the night. Stiehler poverty."

"With this commitment we don 't have food on Thursdays for and Chatfield still take the guests to take home for the occasional person home if to raise enormous sums of money," he there is not enoug h room pointed out. three days the dining room In addition to supervising the dining at the shelter. is closed. room and shelter, Stiehler goes to the South Volunteers at the shelMost volunteers are from die parish, San Francisco Produce Terminal one day a regulars ter tell you they are has week to collect produce scheduled for the they grateful for what but the dining room from St. dump.

The produce still has four days of help to have and are willing also drawn life, Stiehler helps shelf load a truck bound Bruno, St. ease the suffering of Robert in San for St. Anthony of Padua Dining Room in South San little. those who have Veronica in Menlo Park where approximately 1,000 Charles "When I go to Jane said, Francisco, and St. dinners are served daily.

Stiehler gleans church I see the people in San Carlos. Local and waiting in line to be fed some produce from the truck and distribPresbyterians and I can 't stop thinking utes it once a week in the parking lot of St. Lutherans volunteer, too.

Bruno Church to those who need it. about them."

For two years the hun- Peter Stiehler, director of Hosp itality Center at St. Bruno Church with wife The number of peop le who are a St. VeronCharlotte , gry and the homeless Kate Chatfield, and daughter Ella.

"It , employed, yet stay at the shelter, surprises ica parishioner, noted shared meals in the small ht thing to do for ror many. Most are day laborers. right hall. Following dinner, some went to their formerly slept on a pew was quoted as say- just seemed tike the rig " "The cost of living is criminal," said modest homes while others found shelter in ing, "I felt like it was a place of worship, these people. I had to get involved.

Chatfield.

"What we are saying to these Susan said, "How could I turn my back doorways, cardboard boxes and parks. The not a place to sleep. People would come in is we want you to watch our kids, closest public shelter for the homeless was, to pray and see us. They would not say any- on these peop le every week going to people SHELTER, Page 14 and still is, 20 miles away in Redwood City. thing but you could tell they were thinking church? It wasn 't enoug h for me that the

The hungry don't eat and run.

They talk to each other.

They 've found a home,

even if a tempo rary one.

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'Kow could I turn my back on these peop le every week go ing to church?

Bishop Wester

Everyone loves a good story people are eager to listen to stories , and what is more, they do not seem to mind hearing the same story again and again. It is said even God loves a good story and that is why He created us! I wonder if it is not this insatiabl e desire to tell and hear stories that contributes to the publication of our new Archdiocesan newspaper ?

Our Church is filled with stories of people who are captivated by the Word, formed by that Word and saved by that Word: Jesus Christ. Indeed , the Gospels are written summaries of the story of Christ 's death and resurrection , expanded to include His Incarnation , His baptism and His ministry among us. This "greatest story ever told" has influenced generation after generation and continues to hold our attention as we add our own stories to the pages of Church history.

One of the great privileges I experience in my new ministry as Auxiliary Bishop is the opportunity to hear from so many peop le throughout our Archdiocese. It is a genuine joy to hear their stories. I am inspired by confirmation candidates who explain their journey of faith , pastors who reveal their love of Christ and His people at a

Recently, Father Len Calegari showed me a copy of the Feb. 16, 1962 Monitor. Its yellowed pages revealed a variety of stories — a spring fashion show, a celebration of the Catholic Daughters of America , announcemen ts of baptisms and weddings , a t alk by Msgr.

Tappe to the National Conference of Catholic Women, pre-Lenten events at several parishes, a luncheon-whist party of the National Catholic Women 's Union , a Catholic Charities student tour .for high school leaders , sports events, newsy items in the "Limelight ", a reci pe for New England Beefsteak Pie, and four op-ed pieces by Bishop Merlin Guilfoy le, Father Mark Hurl ey, Father Frank Quinn and Mr. Val King.

Quite an assortment of stories! And now we stand on the threshold of a new era of Catholic journalism in our Archdiocese with this first edition of Catholic San Francisco. Looking through these pages, it will be evident that names and events change but the stories go on.

Truth is, everyone loves a good story.

Regardless of age, culture , time or place,

Mass of installation , "parish pillars " who revel in the rich and sacred memories of their beloved parish. More than once I have seen pictures of founding pastors "presiding" over a reception in the parish hall.

Proud staff members have taken me on tours of their newly remodeled church.

Excited children have explained what they were doing for the poor of their neighborhood. Newly married couples have expressed gratitude for the marriage preparation program directed by their parish priest and several volunteer couples. All in all, our local Church is chock full of stories, stories which will appear on these pages each week in order to deepen the bonds which unite us as faithful believers in the Word made flesh.

I salute all those who have worked so hard to make this paper a reality. Archbishop Levada, the Office of Communications and the Catholic San Francisco staff have labored to make this paper a popular and important tool in the ongoing education of us all. I look forward to reading the countless stories that will appear here: stories of faith, of hope and of love.

Bishop John C. Wester

Thinking back on that issue of The Monitor 37 years ago, I cannot help but think of T. S. Eliot 's lines, "We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." We have a lot of story telling to do before we reach the end of our exploration of faith: happy reading !

Most Rev. John C. Wester Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco

Former editor reflects on newspaper 's role

By Father John A. Penebsky • The ordination of two new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of San Francisco (Bishops Francis Quinn and Pierre DuMaine).

• The death and funeral of a Pope (Paul VI), the election and installation of a new Pope (John Paul I).

• The death and funeral of another Pope (John Pau l I); the election and installation of another Pope (John Pau l II).

The assassination of the mayor of San Francisco (George Moscone) and a supervisor (Harvey Milk).

These were the major events, which occurred during the first six months that I served as editor of The Monitor , the Catholic newspaper which served the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1858 until 1984. While the secular media (newspapers, television and radio) covered these events extensively, the coverage provided

by The Monitor in each case gave a Catholic and in some cases local perspective to each event.

When Pope John Paul II was elected, a member of The Monitor staff remembered that Cardinal Karol Wbjtyla had visited the

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Polish community in San Francisco a few gambling addiction led to taking money years before. With pictures from the from unsuspecting parishioners or the blisarchives and excerpts from the stories pub- tering report issued by Task Force on lished at that time, we were able to report Gay/Lesbian Issues established by the Commission on Social on the election of Pope Justice of the Archdiocese John Paul II with the headline; "He was here. of San Francisco.

Obviousl y, during the In the years following, other significant events years I was editor, The Monitor covered events were treated from a local and carried stories which perspective. were not reported in the Archbishop John R. national or even local Quinn , the Archbishop of San Francisco at the time, media. These were stories was present at the funeral of archdiocesan or parish of the assassinated archcelebrations or events: bishop of San Salvador, • Ordinations of priests.

Archbishop Oscar Romero, • The jubilees of reliwhen shots were fired and women and men. gious Father John A. Penebsky panic broke out. Arch• The anniversaries of bishop Quinn barely escaped in the confu- parishes.

• The deaths of priests who had served sion that followed. When he returned, he in the Archdiocese. wrote for 77ze?Monitor a vivid account of all And many other events of this nature. In the events surrounding the funeral of addition, The Monitor was able to cover in Archbishop Romero.

There were also times when we reluc- more detail events which the secular media tantly covered stories, but we felt that our might mention in a few lines: The meetings credibility and the credibility of the of the National Conference of Catholic Archdiocese would suffer if we ignored the Bishops; the World Synod of Bishops and unpleasant stories such as the priest whose the particular synods which the Pope con-

Sister Conrotto

Eight members of the Archdiocese each with strong areas of expertise were appointed to an advisory board for Catholic San Francisco by Archbishop William J. Levada in November.

Created to provide advice and counsel on editorial policy as well as major aspects of the newspaper 's operations , the board met for the first time Dec. 16. Members received an update on progress of the newspaper, contributed to development of a mis-

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Advisory board named for Catholic San Francisco sion statement , and expressed opinions on editorial issues. The advisory group includes the following members: • Noemi Castillo, currently archdiocesan director of Ethnic Ministries, has served in Washington , DC. as national coordinator

vened; papal encyclicals; the bishops ' pastoral letter on peace.

Also given extensive coverage was the election of our own Archbishop Quinn as president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops — the first time a bishop from west of the Mississippi held that post.

The newspaper also provided a forum for responsible opinion in the form of regular columns, guest columnists , editorials and letters to the editor. While some of the above might have been carried in other vehicles , no one vehicle provided an overview of Catholic life in the Archdiocese of San Francisco once The Monitor closed.

Therefore , as a former editor, I was delighted when the announcement was made that the Archdiocese would again publish a newspaper. I congratulate the new editor and staff and wish them well in this difficult endeavor. As a pastor, I am also delighted people of the parish in which I serve and all the other parishes of the Archdiocese will have the opportunity to again learn what is going on in the Church intern ationally, nationally, and locally. I consider a Catholic newspaper as a tool for adult education and I look forward to reading this new publication weekly.

of Asian and Pacific Ministries for the U.S. Catholic Conference and director of Fili pino Affairs for - the San Francisco Archdiocese. She has written on Filipino religious and cultural issues and plays a national role in ethnic ministry concerns.

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• Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto taug ht at Presentation Hi gh School in San Francisco for 14 years and has held administrative posts including a recent eight-year tenure as president of her congregation. In 1998 she partici pated in the creation of "Safe House," a facility in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco that helps women escape prostit ution.

• Father Tom Daly, a native of San ADVISORY, Page 29

O RDINARY T IME

Getting to know one another better ] oumey of HoPe T°ward *e Third Millennium: • •A The Pastoral Plan of the Pilgrim Church of San /\ 1. JV. Francisco" was nearing completion when I was appointed coadjutor archbishop in late 1995. Archbishop John R. Quinn and I adopted the plan on Dec. 15, 1995, just 12 days before I became the seventh Archbishop of San Francisco when Archbishop Quinn resigned his office on Dec. 27.

The Plan contained the brief recommendation "that the Archdiocese comp lete in the year 1996 an in-depth stud y to determine the viability of an archdiocesan newspaper."

The more I have reflected on my arrival here almost three and a half years ago, the greater my gratitude to Archbishop Quinn and the many priests, deacons, religious and laity who collaborated over three years (19931995) to shape this Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan. The series of clearly focused recommendations touching every area of the life of the Archdiocese — like the one cited above — provided for me a fruitful map for beginning my service here as your new shepherd .

"Communications" was singled out with some urgency as key to the implementation of the Pastoral Plan. For this reason, I established a task force, with then Auxiliary Bishop Patrick J. McGrath as chair, to review and prioritize the recommendations in this area. The task force emphatically validated the need for a first-rate Catholic newspaper — since many of the other recommendations for more effective communications could be greatly enhanced by such a vehicle.

The first task I assigned our new communications director, Maury Healy, was the newspaper feasibility study. He presented the following conclusions: the education level in the Archdiocese indicated high readership potential and an advertising base would be likely to cover a large portion of the newspaper's costs if it could be distributed by mail to every household in the Archdiocese.

As Archbishop and publisher of Catholic San Francisco, it g ives me great pleasure to contribute this "Ordinary Time" column to the first issue. While the launching of a venture like this , anticipated by so many in the Archdiocese and commented upon by many I—SlMMHEH^Ml *^

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around the country, is anything but "ordinary, it is my hope this newspaper, in the coming new century (and millennium), will be our companion in building up our community of faith here in this local church we call the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Catholic San Francisco should help us get to know each other better — and to get to know our parish families, our diocesan family, and the family of faith which God our Father continues to form throughout the world , through Christ and in the Holy Spirit, as the universal and Catholic Church.

If I ever need to be reassured in my convictions about the importance of a Catholic newspaper for correct, comprehensive information about "the Church in the modern world" (you may recall this was the title of the groundbreaking pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes of the Second Vatican Council), I have only to turn memory's eye to that Saturday evening a year ago when I made an appointment with my TV, awaiting a promised "in-depth " report on the papal visit to Cuba by Peter Jennings on ABC. Alas, I was told by a breathless, beaming Jennings that he had been recalled to Washington to report on the breaking news story of one Monica Lewinsky. And that 's pretty much been the news ever since. As you might have guessed, the Archbishop 's evening ended somewhere between disappointment and frustration. Without a Catholic newspaper, where were we to find information about a news story of such geopolitical and historical significance as Pope John Paul IPs visit to Cuba? Not from our usual TV-lite. And with no regular religious reporting in San Francisco's two major dailies (which, I have confessed to both their editorial boards , I find unique in my experience in the nation), we have no regular means of keeping up with the relig ious dimension of our all too secular society.

I might say something similar for the Pope 's recent pastoral visits to Mexico and St. Louis. I came back from both brimming with enthusiasm, caught I am sure from the crowds of young and old who prayed and sang with him, listened to his powerful homilies and messages, and experienced a unique dimension of what it means to be Catholic: to be with the Successor of Peter and Vicar of Christ as he fulfills his apostolic mission as

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Dear Archbishop Levada:

You and the people of your archdiocese are to be congratulated on the new diocesan publication being launched in February.

Catholic newspapers are an important means of evangelization , of providing authentic religious information and formation, of building the life of the diocesan community and of reinforcing a sense of Catholic identity among the faithful.

Under your leadership and that of your skilled and experienced staff, I feel sure that this new publication will provide you and the Catholic peop le of San Francisco with a much-needed voice in the community.

May God bless this most important effort in Catholic communications.

Sincerely in Christ,

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President, Pontif ica l Council for Socia l Communications

Archbishop William J. Levada pastor and shepherd of the universal Church. When I returned from St. Louis, one person I met said she only got to see the Pope with President Clinton on her news program. Believe me, that was not the main event.

Our Catholic faith is about a God who took on our humanity to make us partners in His work of salvation.

More about that as "Ordinary Time"" continues. But the history of salvation is not yet done; it is unfolding day by day, year by year, in our lives and the life of the Church in our time. ¦ Just as we can become intrigued by the historical record of the Archdiocese of San Francisco over these past 146 years when we read back issues of The Monitor, or San Francisco Catholic , or even the too brief columns of Sunday to Sunday, so to we owe it to ourselves, and to future generations of Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, to give testimony for the record about how we responded to the immense love of our God in that brief p ilgri m journey that was the story of our salvation.

May God bless our new Catholic San Francisco, successor to The Monitor. I place this new venture under the protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe, to whom we prayed daily at the Synod of Bishops for America a year ago as "the star of the firs t and of the new evangelization in America." Please join me in begging the intercession of our patron, St. Francis of Assisi, on behalf of this newest Catholic newspaper.

f btilLasS^ C^UJ^J-- * The Most Rev. William J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

I CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Working Mission Statement for Catholic San Francisco As the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Catholic San Francisco is charged with sharing in the mission of spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ.

It at once functions as a public communication between the Archbishop and the people of the Archdiocese as well as a vehicle to assist readers reach an awareness and clearer understanding of news, events, issues and Church developments — locally, regionally, nationally and globall y.

Catholic San Francisco will adhere to professional standards of journalism and at the same time strive to be an instrument of unity. Through accurate , open, complete and truthful reporting in concert with commentaries, reflections and dialogue, the pages of Catholic San Francisco should serve to inform , inspire, catechize and motivate its readers. ^BH(!SW»HHR^^mi^^WKMiBEffl ^ra^^^H8^^^BM^I::

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No gay weddings, says Oakland Diocese

OAKLAND — In response to public allegations that weddings for gay coup les are being held at St. Augustine Parish in Pleasanton , Oakland diocesan officials have reiterated the Churc h does not perform weddings for homosexual couples.

The response came after nine Catholics living in Pleasanton, along with 13 other Catholics, released to the media a letter asking Oakland Bishop John Cummins to remove Father Dan Danielson as pastor of St. Augustine, alleging the priest allowed gay weddings in the parish.

Sister Barbara Flannery, diocesan chancellor, said the letter signers mistakenly believe last year's friendship blessings of two lesbian couples within the parish were marriages. Sister Flannery said the blessings were not gay marriages. "The elements that the Church requires for a marriage were not present." These would include vows and an exchange of rings, she said.

Father Danielson acknowledged that friendship blessings could be misunderstood when done in a church or chapel. He said no future blessings would take place there.

ship service with distribution of Communion outside Mass date to 1974.

Catholics f r om 37 states in 106th Congress

WASHINGTON — There are 153 Catholics among the members of the 106th Congress, representing 37 states and two territories. Of those , 25 are in the Senate and 128 in the House of Representatives.

The 153 represents two fewer Catholics than the record number in the 105th Congress two years ago, but Catholics still form the largest single denomination in the body. Baptists and United Methodists have the second and third largest representations , with 69 and 59 members respectively.

19 U.S. bishop s could retire during 1999

WASHINGTON — As many as 19 U.S. bishops, including three cardinals, could retire for age reasons in 1999. Six currently active bishops celebrate their 75th birthday in 1999. Thirteen active bishops, including Cardinals John J. O'Connor of New York and Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia turned 75 in 1998, or before . Four of Cardinal O'Connor's auxiliaries are over 75 or will be before 2000.

Church law says at age 75, a bishop is "requested to present his resignation" to the BELFAST — The number of Catholics Pope. The Pope may refuse or delay acceptwho applied to join Northern Ireland's police ing it, and Pope John Paul II in recent years force in 1998 was double the number who has kept many bishops active beyond their applied in 1993. At the end of 1998, more 75th birthdays. than one-fifth of the 5,000 applicants to the Royal Ulster Constabulary were Catholics.

While Catholics make up 47 percent of Northern Ireland's population , Catholics make up only seven percent of RUC police VATICANCITY — The hold ings of the officers. The police force is currentl y under Vatican secret archives, including docureview by the Independent Commission for ments that might not be flattering to the Policing in Northern Ireland. The commis- Church, should be preserved and studied , sion, headed by Chris Patten, a Catholic Pope John Paul II said.

The texts contain "the memory of the who was the last British governor of Hong Kong, is" due to make recommendations Church, and therefore, the continuity of its apostolic service through the centuries, with later this year. its lights and shadows," the Pope said during a recent meeting with officials of the Vatican Secret Archives and the Vatican Library.

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Preserve archives, insists p ontiff

Bishops to study g rowth of p riestless services WASHINGTON — Prompted by the concerns of diocesan liturgy directors, the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Liturgy plans to study die growing practice of weekday parish Communion services in the absence of a priest. Father James P. Moroney, executive director of the bishops' Secretariat for the Liturgy, said the committee would take up the issue at its meeting in March.

Part of the problem , he said, is that the current norms governing a weekday wor-

No 'Crystals ' or F ' fiis ' says Sante Fe archbishop

ALBUQU ERQUE — People in the Santa Fe Archdiocese are being reminded of the importance of selecting a saint's name for themselves or their youngsters when approaching the sacraments of confirmation and baptism. "There will be no 'Crystals ' or 'Fifis '," said Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan, who noted that when

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Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Bishop Donald W. Montrose of Stockton, left, and has named Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Blaire, center, to succeed him. Installation ceremonies are scheduled for Annunciation Cathedral in Stockton March 15-16. The Pope also named Auxiliary Bishop Michael P. Driscoll, 59, of Orange Diocese (right) to head the Diocese of Boise, Idaho. Bishop Blaire, 57, has been a bishop since 1990. He previously served as Los Angeles chancellor and moderator of the curia. Bishop Driscoll was vicar general of Orange when appointed auxiliary bishop in 1989.

he was named to head the Santa Fe Archdiocese in 1993, he "made it very clear that people should be named after saints."

Pop e extends law on clergy sex abuse

WASHINGTON — Pope John Paul II has approved a 10-year extension of U.S. modifications in Church law, making it easier for bishops to impose penalties on clerics who have sexually abused a minor.

Penalties may include laicization , which means returning an ordained person to the lay state and taking away all clerical rights and privileges.

The U.S. bishops had sought the changes to make Church law on clerical sexual offenses against minors more compatible with U.S. civil law. Part of their concern arose from cases where a priest could be tried and convicted by the state for a sex crime against a minor but no Church penalties could be applied. General Church law defines a minor as someone who has not yet turned 16. Since most state sex abuse laws in the U.S. define a minor as anyone under 18, the bishops had asked Rome to apply the same age to ecclesiastical law in the U.S.

Arizona court upholds tuition tax credits

TUCSON — In a 3-2 ruling last month the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1997 state tuition tax credit law. As a result , Arizona parents seeking a Catholic education for their children can earn tax credits for donations to a "tuition support organization."

Labor Hall of Fame inducts Cesar Chavez

WASHINGTON — Cesar Chavez, labor leader and founder of the National Farm Workers Association, was inducted into the

Labor Hall of Fame on Jan. 28. According to Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, Chavez was "able to bring . . . public visibility to a large segment of this country 's labor force who had trul y worked and labored invisibl y."

When Cardinal Mahony was auxiliary bishop of Fresno and bishop of Stockton , he actively supported Chavez and the farm workers movement.

Susp ect in Fili p ino bishop murder arrested

MANILA — Police in the southern Phili pp ines arrested a suspect in the 1997 killing of Bishop Benjamin de Jesus of Job. Mubin Mandangan was apprehended Jan .

27 at a police checkpoint in Tagbak, in the Sulu Province, 580 miles south of Manila.

Mandangan , who was once a security officer at the office of the governor of Sulu , was identified by a witness as one of two men who shot Bishop de Jesus six times in front of the Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo.

'Stem-cel l research moving too quickly '

WASHINGTON — The federal government is moving too quickly toward stem-cell research that involves deliberately destroyed human fetuses without exp loring other viable scientific options for creating new cells, an official of the U.S. bishops ' conference told a Senate subcommittee last month.

Richard M. Doerflinger, associate director for policy development at the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education that in recent weeks advances in research show an enzyme called telomerase, used to reverse signs of cellular aging, are opening up new possibilities for rejuvenating various cells in the body, making it premature to use cells from human embryos.

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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , met this week at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park, with bishops who head national doctrinal commissions in the United States , Canada and Oceania.

While the meeting was set to end today with a noon "press briefing," Cardinal Ratzinger will remai n and deliver a public lecture tomorrow at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park. The talk will be titled "Culture and Truth: Reflections on the Encyclical Fides et Ratio ".

In a news release issued prior to the Feb. 9-12 meeting, the doctrinal congregation said this week's session was held to give the Vatican an opportunity "to know up close the reality of the religious situation " in the countries involved and to reflect on several themes with bishops from those countries.

Participating bishops were scheduled to make presentations on the role of the theologian, on feminism and on homosexuality, the congregation said Feb. 4.

Cardinal Ratzinger was to open the meeting with a presentation titled "Subjectivism, Christology and the Church ."

The Vatican invited chairmen of the doctrinal commissions of the bishops ' conferences and/or conference presidents of the United States, Canada, Australia , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea and the Pacific islands to attend the meeting.

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Canada was represented by Cardinal Aloysius M. Ambrozic of Toronto, who spoke on the doctrinal situation in Canada and on the implications of feminism for Catholic doctrine; and Jesuit Father Gilles Langevin , director of the Canadian bishops' Theology Commission staff.

Three Australians were to attend: Archbishop Joseph E. D'Arcy of Hobart, Bishop David L. Walker of Broken Bay and Auxiliary Bishop Michael E. Putney of Brisbane .

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Bishop Peter J. Cullinane of Palmerston North , New Zealand; Bishop GerardJoseph Deschamps of Daru-Kiunga , Papua New Guinea; and Archbishop Adrian T. Smith of Honiara , Solomon Islands.

The Vatican congregation has held similar meetings with regional gatherings of bishops in South America, Africa , Europe, Hong Kong and Mexico.

Fathers Langevin and DiNoia told Catholic News Service that they assumed the role of bishops ' doctrinal commissions within countries as well as their relationship with the Vatican 's doctrinal congregation would be discussed.

Pope Paul VI called on bishops ' conferences to form doctrinal commissions in 1967. Guidelines on their role and function were first spelled out in a 1968 circular letter from the doctrinal congregation and updated in a similar letter in 1990.

Contributing to this story were Catholic News Service journalists Cindy Wooden and Jerry Filteau.

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SAN FRANCISCO The death p enalty: Changing hearts and minds

During his recent pastoral visit to St. Louis, Pope John Paul II addressed the moral dilemma of the death penalty in America, and created the opportunity for an important turning point in this nation 's support of capital punishment. The Pope called on all Catholics to be "unconditionall y pro-life " including opposition to the death penalty.

Pope John Paul II explicitly places the death penalty in the continuum of life issues, including abortion and euthanasia, th at must be of great concern to all Catholics. At the same time, the Pope knows many Americans do not share this view. Catholics support the death penalty by roughly 2-to-l , the same as other Americans.

Nonetheless, the Pope has spoken out often against the death penalty. In his 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae, he wrote: "The nature and extent of the punishment must be carefully evaluated and decided upon, and ought not go to the extreme of executing the offender except in cases of absolute necessity; in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society. Today, however, as a result of steady improvements in the organization of the penal system, such cases are very rare, if not practically nonexistent."

Clearly, the death penalty is not needed to defend American society. We have at hand an appropriate and effective altern ative to capital punishment, which is life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

Almost as if providing an examp le of this moral position, Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan , a supporter of the death penalty, commuted the death sentence of a convicted murderer to life in prison without parole, in response to the personal appeal of Pope John Paul EL Sadly, similar appeals by bishops of the California Catholic Conference and leaders of other faiths to California Gov. Gray Davis to spare the life of convicted murderer Jaturun Siripongs were not successful, and the native of Thailan d was executed by the State of California Feb. 9.

Whil e not denying the traditional position that the state has the right to employ capital punishment, many Catholic bishops, together with Popes Paul VI and John Paul II, have spoken against the exercise of that right by the state. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that the death penalty is permissible in cases of "extreme gravity" However, "if bloodless means are sufficient to defend human lives against an aggressor and to protect public order and the safety of persons, public authority must limit itself to such means."

In the end, the death penalty does not defend innocent lives , it does not deter serious crime, and it does not protect public safety or safeguard the people. Instead, it is a stain upon the fabric of the nation, a punishment that is not imposed with equal j ustice, falling disproportionatel y on poor and uneducated persons and racial and ethnic minorities.

In working to change the minds and hearts of Catholics who now support the death penalty, we must appreciate the emotional response to horrific acts of violence, beyond the moral and intellectual dimensions of the issue. We should be sensitive to the agony of murdered victims ' family members. Were we in their place, our initial reaction also might be hatred for the offender and desire to see the death penalty imposed , even though we know that carrying these feelings beyond the moment is destructive.

Many people not directly affected by violent crime nonetheless share an overwhelming anger and hatred for those who commit heinous acts. Much support for the death penalty stems from this anger and a desire to balance somehow the terrible damage done. Such feelings may be expected in the face of brutal and senseless violence inflicted upon innocent people. People legitimately desire justice.

However, justice is not served by the death penalty, nor is the need for healing felt by family members and society at large. Indeed, the legal process of death sentencing feeds frustration and continuing anger, and precludes the sense of closure that a sentence of life imprisonment might provide. When American Catholics consider all aspects of the death penalty issue and reflect upon the teaching of the Church, we have hope they will be open to change. We encourage people of good will to reflect seriously and in an informed way on this important moral issue, strengthened by the words of the Gospel, "Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good." (Rom. 12: 21).

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I was deli g hted to read that the Archdiocese is hop ing to publish a weekl y newspaper. In my opinion , ending publication of The Monitor was a bi g mistake. The local secular press whose coverage is limited, if not distorted , is now virtually the only source of information about Catholic news and events taking p lace in the Archdiocese.

Neither Sunday to Sunday nor one 's local parish bulletin is a substitute.

In addition to coverage of news and statements from , for example, the bishops and the Vatican, announcements of forthcoming events, I would hope to see in-depth reporting of various Catholic institutions including, especially, schools. As a public sector lawyer who has represented public schools and a children 's services agency involved in juvenile dependency cases, I think the public social service agencies are, with rare exceptions , intellectuall y and morall y bankrupt. There is a desperate need for Catholic alternatives. Perh aps a newspaper could stimulate interest in and financial support for them.

I would also hope to see columns offering a diverse range of viewpoints from lay, religious and clerics, and of course , letters to the editor.

Mary M. Ash Sowell Belmont

Built on such a platform , an archdiocesan newspaper could offer Catholic opinion, serve to bond the faithful , and stir hearts and minds of Christ 's hands for the third millennium. I look forward to the efforts in reviving the press as a viable medium of information in our news-lite era.

Paul E. Moslander San Francisco

Wish come true

Recentl y I chanced upon the Los Angeles Archdiocese 's paper (The Tidings) and found it most interesting. I wished we had a similar publication in San Francisco.

Then , lo, what did I see in Sunday to Sunday but a proposal for a San Francisco archdiocesan paper.

Certainl y I wholeheartedl y support the proposal. I recommend a voluntary subscription or donation from readers who care to contri bute toward the paper.

Good luck with the project.

Frances Heffernan San Francisco

Three cheers!

We read with great interest in Sunday to Sunday about an archdiocesan newspaper. My wife and I think it is a great idea — a wonderful way for the layperson to be kept abreast of things going on in our local Church that we never read about in the secular press. The average Catholic really does need a way to be kept more informed about current events in our Archdiocese.

Also, I would like to suggest a classified section be included to promote a stronger sense of Catholic community in business transactions.

Perhaps also a social section to give voice to laypeople trying to stait faith sharing or Bible study groups in their neighborhoods. The paper can also let peop le know about those I activities] that already exist.

It would act as a catalyst to get more peop le, entire families, sing le people, teens, the elderly to join in Church activity, meet each other, and form new friendshi ps leading to a stronger, closer and better Catholic communi ty.

The paper could be a very powerful tool indeed. Just what the Holy Spirit ordered!

Three cheers for Archbishop Levada and those involved in this undertaking.

Wayne and Janice Racek San Francisco

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I was encouraged to learn the Archdiocese is fielding a successor to 77;e Monitor, the Catholic journal of Archbishop [John Joseph] Mitty's day.

The standards of commercial print journalism have declined nationwide in the last half century. In region after region, local newspapers exist to deliver the maximum readers to the advertisers - not to deliver information and informed opinion to the readership.

A viable archdiocesan newspaper should first provide exemp lary journalism. Our Archdiocese has a chance to provide real news, to inform Bay Area readers presentl y managed by commercial ad-oriented news sources, to gain respect for Catholic institutions as objective truth-tellers — not just moral partisans.

Such journalism takes having the forthrightness to present uneditorialized, solid fact to readers in the confidence wellinformed people will make conscientious judgments.

I hope the phrase attributed to the Archdiocese 's director of media relations , Maurice Heal y, that the new newspaper will seek "a national reputation for quality," will mandate sound news journalism of the highest cultural and professional levels — not merely the cutest , cleverest prose wrapped in the most cuddl y graphic design that a soft-news organ of partisan comment can purvey.

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Coverage needed

I have been very p leased to learn of Archbishop Levada 's decision to begin a weekly Catholic newspaper for the Archdiocese. It is something that has been greatly needed ever since The Monitor ceased publication. The Sunday to Sunday supplements to parish bulletins have filled the gap quite well. However, more complete coverage of Catholic viewpoints on issues and events that are often unfavorably slanted in the secular press will be most welcome.

I look forward to the first issue and hope it and succeeding ones will be worthy successors to The Mon itor. Best wishes for great success for Catholic San Francisco.

Rose Marie Webb San Rafael

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I have been a member of many Catholic communities in my lifetime. I've been a "catechism student " at St. Callistus Parish in Chicago, a student at St. Mary 's High School and Mundelein College in Chicago, a teacher at Siena High School in Chicago, and a religious education teacher in Massachusetts, Illinoi s and California. I was a member of the public school community in Washington Irving School in Chicago and LETTERS, Page 10

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God: Father, mother — or Casper?

Lynne Weil JLJelievers have long wrestled with questions about God — the character and characteristics of the Divine have been the aim of countless personal searches through the centuries.

Now the Catholic Church has engaged its members in a conversation about the nature and the image of God , a dialogue set to last until the start of the jubilee year.

Pope John Paul II laid the groundwork for this discussion in 1994 when , in his letter, "Tertio Millennio Adveniente," ("As the Third Millennium Draws Near"), he asked the faithful to consider a series of subjects for one year each , and he dedicated 1999 to God the Father.

The Pope launched into the topic in his first weekly general audiences of the year when he reflected on God as a father-image and as a mother-image.

"To seek the face of God is a necessary journey, to be taken with sincerity of heart and constant commitment," the pontiff said Jan . 13. "Only the hearts of the righteous can rejoice in seeking the face of the Lord."

But he added that some people are tempted to imagine an all-powerful being with qualities "that mirror the

human world too much," and he cited as an examp le the way the ancient Greeks perceived their most powerful deity, Zeus — as a capricious , willful father who readil y punishes and abandons his offspring.

These observations inspired a flurry of articles in the secular Italian press, which pays close attention to Pope John Paul' s weekly catechesis.

Newspapers speculated that the Pope wanted to dispense with the image of a remote and bearded God with flowing robes , typified by Michelangelo 's wellknown fresco of the creation of Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

At his Jan. 20 audience , Pope John Paul said that "such a divine fatherhood , which at the same time is so 'human ' in its forms of expressions , includes all the features which are usuall y attributed to a mother 's love."

In a talk that principally concerned the ancien t Hebrews ' relationship with God , the Pope pointed to scriptural comparisons of divine solicitude to motherly love, including a section of the Book of Isaiah in which God says, "As a mother comforts her son, so I will comfort you; in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort."

In keeping with the Pope 's intention , other Church officials have recently taken up the topic of God' s nature.

As part of a series of talks in preparation for the jubilee by a Rome Catholic lay group, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna , Austria, delivered a "Meditation on the Name of God" Jan. 26.

"God has a name," Cardinal Schonborn said. "The Ineffable, Infinite Mystery, the Eternal, reveals Himself , says His name — and in this name, which is His and His alone, He Himself becomes present , connects Himself with the people to whom He reveals His name and who in the future are to be His peop le."

On a local level as well, in dioceses and Catholic media worldwide, God's nature and His relationship with humanity have become the focus of earnest exploration.

The spiritual searches of even the youngest have been captu red in a recently published Italian book , What Children Think of God. The book features Catholic school students, who were asked for their views on theological matters; their rep lies — though not the most scholarly — were so unaffected and universal that they may be appreciated anywhere.

"The angels are near God," said one child. "I dunk they keep Him company because He is afraid to be alone ."

"I have a videotape of 'Casper the Friendly Ghost,'" another explained, "and I think God is made of the same material that ghosts are made of."

"God has very littl e free time," said a third , "because there are many people in Italy to watch, and then there are the French and the Chinese."

One small philosopher suggested God is busy "keeping heaven clean. He collects the pieces of the stars and meteors that fall. He collects them in a basket, takes them home and turns them all into light."

The book 's editor , child psychologist Pina Tromellini, said adults would profit from following how the "voyage into infantile spirituality " unfolds.

"Individual evolution is a flowering of ideas and of little meditations which will help construct our interior patrimony," Tromellini wrote. "All that does not occur in a linear manner, but oscillating between progressions and sudden regressions. The inner child therefore follows a path that is m ore similar to a labyrinth than to a street."

Along this path , as well, may travel the thoughts of others called this year to consider the attributes of God. Catholic News Se rvice

Lynne Weil is the European correspondent f o r Catholic News Service and is- stationed in the CNS Rome Bureau.

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Clinton trial muddles public culture

George Weigel j Lxuring the yearlong debate over President Clinton 's affair with Monica Lewinsky, I frequentl y revisited Father John Courtney Murray 's magisterial work, We Hold These Truths: Catholic Reflections on the Americ an Proposition. First published in 1960, many of this elegant thinker 's observations retain their salience today. Here, for example, is Murray on the older American morality inherited by our culture from mainline Protestantism: "In its mood, the old morality was subjectivist.

Technically it would be called a 'morality of intention.'

It set primary and controlling value on a sincerity of interior motive; what matters is not what you do but why you do it...[In] its whole spirit the old morality was individualistic... [Its] single focus [was] on individual existence and on the moral problems that arise in interpersonal relationships. As for society, it believed in a direct transference of personal values to social life...."

Father Murray is buried in the Jesuit cemetery at old

Woodstock College. This past year, whenever I heard a U.S. representative or senator suggest that all would be forgiven if President Clinton would only make a full confession of his misbehavior, it was almost as if I could hear Murray groaning, and then saying . .. "My dear sir (or madam), you have, I fear, missed the entire point.

"The president is accused of public offenses. The framers of the Constitution determined that the Congress should be the final jud ge of a president 's public acts, not his personal moral condition. The latter surely influences the former: a man who lies to his family is, I concede, prima facie more likely to lie to a grand jury. But the Congress of the United State s is not a tribunal of confessors . Its writ does not run to sacr amental absolution. It is a body of public official s, charged with a legal and constitutional responsibility.

"Like any Christian, indeed like any humane person , I, too, devoutly wish that the president would acknowledge his errors fully, amend his life, and make suitable recompense to those he has injured by Ms misbehavior and his prevarication about it. But you must understand this: If the president became a Catholic, confessed his sins to the Pope himself, and did the penance imposed on him, that ought not have the slightest bearing on your judgment about his constitutional fitness for office .

"You are not judging the sincerity of the president 's contrition or the adequacy of his restitution. You are judging whether he committed the crimes of perjury and obstruction of justice, and whether those acts, by themselves and irrespective of any subsequent remorse over them, disqualify a man from being the chief executive of the United States, the representative of America before the world, the constitutional officer who nominates every federal jud ge and U.S. attorney, the commander in

chief of the armed forces , and the embodiment of the aspirations of the American founding.

"This wretched affair has done enough damage to the republic already. 1 implore you, please ensure the Congress does not further confuse the public moral culture of the country."

The sources of that confusion are sometimes misidentified . It is true that "the '60s," the sexual revolution , and the culture of "I did it my way" have damaged the public moral culture of our country. But the deeper crux of the problem lies where Father Murray identified it , two generations ago — in a way of thinking about morality that had no place in it for the distinctive realm of public affairs , and thu s had a very hard time formulating the moral norms appropriate to public life.

That "older morality " had ceased to dominate our culture by the time William Jefferson Clinton was a Georgetown undergraduate . But you could still hear traces of it whenever someone suggested, this past year, that the president ' s making a clean breast of it would solve the constitutional problem posed by his actions.

Father Murray hoped the Catholic community in the United States would , in its maturity, provide the country with a richer public ethic. If the politicall y-driven commentary on the Clinton affair from too many Catholic theologians, publicists, and journals is any gauge, Father Murray would be disappointed in that, too.

A senior fello w at the Ethics and Publ ic Policy Center in Washington, D.C, George Weigel is a wellknown commentato r on issues of reli g ion and public life. Author or editor of 12 books , he is currently writing a biography of Pope John Paul II.

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Catholics carry dual citizenship

Father Milton T. Walsh We Catholics carry two passports, and if we forget one of them we lose our identity. As citizens of two homelands, earth and heaven , we experience the tensions which competing, and at times conflicting, loyalties create. Jesus has called us to be in the world, but not of it — and how much easier it is to be simply one or the other.

To be in the world: now that many of us have moved beyond the immigrant stage, it is relatively simple to fit in, to take on the attitudes and values of those around us.

In a culture which views religion as a hobby, something to be cultivated — or not — in the privacy of one ' s home, it is tempting to follow the path of least resistance. A friend in the business world shared a secret to success in the workplace: "Show up, shut up, and wear beige." With the exception of a smudge of ashes one Wednesday a year, how easy it is to keep my faith to myself, especially in a society which condemns every bigotry — except that aimed at Catholics.

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All this background has given me the experience of being a "second class Catholic" when I attended catechism classes as a youth (a "gentile," if you will) as well as the experience of being IN the inner circle with Catholic school youth . I celebrate the Catholic school youth with you — their works are to be commended.

However, I cannot sanction exclusion of the rest of the youth of the Church .

I suggest you acquire staff and members on your editorial board who have not had the exclusive experience of a Catholic school

education who will offer you a broader perspective of the Church and its faithful.

Otherwise, you cannot call your publication "Catholic " San Francisco with any truth.

My goal is to see the youth with whom I work (many of whom have been told in differing ways that they do not count) be recognized for the beautiful children of God that they are, publicl y, in print, as they see others so recognized. I look forward to Catholic San Francisco. I wish you great success in this new endeavor.

Mary Ann Sabie Moss Beach

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reduce the tension of dual citizenship. If the world is hostile, we can circle the wagons and create our own parallel society, complete with our own schools, hospitals, organizations. We have to keep the faith , and if that means thick walls and small windows, then that's what we must build. The mutual support of a group of likeminded believers — and of course, all true believers agree with my group — is the haven some seek .

It is much simpler to cany just one passport , but the Lord has given us two. I invite you to read the prayer Jesus offered for us on the night before He died (John 17). We want to "fit in " and Jesus says that we do not belong to the world, that He has taken us out of the world. We retreat behind our stained-glass, and Jesus tells us to go into the world, to live in such a way that everyone will believe in Him. If the conflicting loyalties of dual citizenship challenge us , they did more than that to our Lord . Jesus died nailed to a cross, and that sacred sign illustrate s His mission and ours. The cross 's vertical arm points to heaven , proclaiming an obedient love for the Father which puts His will before any earthly goods, even life itself. The horizontal arm stretches out to embrace this world, overcoming the walls erected by fear and petty pride. To those whose horizon is determined by this passing age Jesus says, "My kingdom is not of this world ," and to those who would seek refuge in the sacristy He says, "Go out to all the world and proclaim the Good News!"

In these columns, I hope to reflect on "being Catholic." It is never easy for us as individuals or as the Church, to walk the tightrope of being both in the world and not of it. Those competing loyalties take on a special flavor in America, and a unique intensity in our San Francisco Bay Area. Not so long ago, San Francisco was in many ways a "Catholic town ". In the 1930s Archbish-

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Those were the days when the temptation was great for the Church to be all too much in the world.

Times have changed. Parades in front of our cathedral have given way to demonstrations. There are many in the community who do not want the Catholic Church to be in the world — at all. We build a cathedral with glass wails open to the world — and some in a city which prides itself on tolerance break our windows.

The answer is not to board up the windows and resume the cold war between Church and society. That great gift of the Holy Spirit , the Second Vatican Council, has reminded us that we are to be the Church in the modern world. Nor should we take down that "divisive" cross and turn our cathedral into a community center whose sole mission is to provide mellow spiritual vibes, to be tolerated provided we never dare to speak out on moral issues, be they in the bedroom or the board room.

That same Council has proclaimed Christ as the "Light of the Nations ," and it is our duty and our privilege to proclaim the Gospel with all its joy and all its demands.

"Being Catholic" in San Francisco is bracing, frustrating, challenging, but not boring . I will try to make these columns reflect that reality !

Rector of the Archdiocese of San Francisco 's St. Mary 's Cathedral from 1989-97, Father Milton T. Walsh is currently dean of students and an assistant professor of systematic theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park. He holds both licentiate and doctoral degrees in sacred theology from Rome 's Gregorian University.

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I can quite understand that an all-ni ght cafe should not have sleepers cluttering up its doorway, and neither should a hotel or apartment house , but most of the establishments with these horrid signs are not all-ni ght places. They do not need their doorway s at night , and would lose little if anything by allowing the homeless to sleep there.

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Several helpful insights have come from some Scripture texts about fatherhood , and the fatherhood of God. One important area in which I' ve not found much information is the background of the religious use of the title "father , " especially, of course, in the Catholic Church.

A* Use of the title "father " goes back to early Christian centuries, when it was applied primarily to bishops as teachers and to those monks who served as spiritual directors.

Later it referred also to mendicant friars , members of religious orders who depended solely on God's providence and gifts of people for their necessities.

In more modern times, the usage spread from Ireland to England, particularly with the strong urging of Cardinal H. Manning about 120 years ago, and then to the United States and other countries. Today, the custom of calling all priests father is by no means universal. It is limited almost exclusively to English-speaking nations.

When the title "father " is applied to priests, the reasons are simple and obvious. They are the usual ministers of those sacraments that, in the name of Christ and His church , give us the new birth and life of grace. They have the responsibility to nurture the life of God which we share as Christians in a manner similar to the nurturing role of natural fathers .

For this reason, St. Paul, for example, does not hesitate to call himself the father of his Christian converts.

"Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, he tells them, "yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the Gospel" (1 Cor 4:15).

He also calls Timothy his son because he had brought Timothy 's family to the faith of Christ (Phil 2:22).

Understood literally, the polemical language of Matthew (Chapter 23) would forbid calling our natural fathers by that name or referring to instructors as teachers.

The whole context makes clear that Matthew's Jesus was not hung up on the words "father " and "teacher," but that he condemned the practice of some Jewish leaders of the day heaping titles on themselves out of pride.

As one of the most respected Protestant Scripture commentaries notes, "If one takes this command literall y, the titles 'doctor' and 'professor ' as well as 'rabbi' and 'father ' are forbidden to Christians in addressing their leaders " (Interpreter 's Bible, Vol. 7).

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By Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, OP, superintendent , Department of Catholic Schools Archdiocese of San Francisco is blessed to have 60 activities, administration and staff, physical facilities, The parish elementary schools, five religious community finance and public relations.

This self-study process is validated by a visiting owned-and-operated elementary schools, four archcommittee whose members write a series of commendadiocesan high schools and nine religious community ownedtion and recommendations that become the road map for and-operated high schools. These 78 schools educate over growth in this ongoing six-year process. Sensitive to the 29,000 students in the three counties (Marin, San Francisco complexity of families' needs, our and San Mateo) of the Archdiocese. elementary schools have extended The student population reflects care programs.

Schools continue to the rich ethnic and cultural diversity into all curricuintegrate technology of the San Francisco Bay Area. la areas.

Financial assistance is Ethnic minorities constitute 52 peravailable to families. cent of the total enrollment. In the More importantly, our schools are City and County of San Francisco communities of faith. Faith, hope and the ethnic minority is 71 percent at love are underpinning virtues that the elementary level and 62 percent support these communities.

Out of at the secondary level. these virtues grow respect and self Why do we believe in our Catholic discipline which are hallmarks of our elementary and secondary schools?

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Students are being The reasons are formidable! An formed in values that call them to impressive 99 percent of all Catholic embrace God-centere d lives. school students in the Archdiocese Learning takes place in environments graduate. Over 95 percent of our high permeated by Gospel values. school graduates go on to colleges Students learn in a milieu that nurand universities. Every school, K-8 Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, OP tures spiritual and social developand 9-12, is certified by the Western ment as well as intellectual growth. Liturgies and prayer Catholic Educational Assn. (WCEA) and accredited by the celebrations are of the highest priority. Service within and Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges (WASC). To beyond school communities is common in our schools achieve this distinguished status each school successfully and these promote social responsibility. completes a self-evaluation process demonstrating that criteria are met for Catholicity, philosophy, organization, curricula and instruction , student services, extracurricular

In the General Directory For Catechesis the essential elements of evangelization are identified as proclaiming the Word, witnessing, teaching, the sacraments and love of neighbor. All of these transmit the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the challenges of our Catholic schools is evangelization of the entire school community: students , educators, parents and parishioners. Pastors and principals accept this challenge and provide dynamic leadership in insuring all involved in Catholic education are in a process of continuing conversion.

This continuing conversion is particularl y noteworthy in the religious certification program for educators.

The basic program for new teachers covers the follow ing content areas over a two-year period: Faith and Creed, christology, Church, Mary, morality, sacraments, sp irituality, liturgy, Scripture , and social justice.

Certification is renewed every three years by attending 18 hours of refresher courses. This ongoing formation is crucial to our Catholic identity.

Assessment of learning has many faces. Openended writing samples challenge every fifth grader.

Portfolios are becoming common on all grade levels.

Standardized test scores continue to confirm that the longer a student remains in Catholic school the higher the outcome.

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The wrecking ball (above) went to the old St. Paul School (founded in 1916) in November 1997 and last month the new $5 million facility at 29 th and Church in San Francisco (top right) was blessed and occupied in ceremonies with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding. Upper left, Father Mario Farana , St. Paul pastor, organizes participants in the parade staged in conjunction with the event Below left, St. Paul students carrying the school banner were , from left: Meaghan Carey, Vincent Harrington , Jennifer Curtin, Daniel Rogers , Bianca Mercado and Christian Panganiban. The Archbishop Riordan High School marching band (lower right) bouyed the parade.

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Educator sees 'active faith' for young as fundamental

By Sharon Abercrombie The most effective pathway into the attention spans of children is "to engage them personally by asking questions that reach into the depths of their very souls," advises a well-known theolog ian and religious educator scheduled to address a major conference for Catholic school teachers of the Archdiocese today at St. Ignatius College Prep.

"Find out what their hopes , joys and sorrows are . Get kids to really express themselves. I believe there have been all these school shootings because young people have had so much bottled up inside them," said Thomas Groome.

A professor of theology and religious education at Boston College and a teacher at its Institute of Relig ious Education and Pastoral Ministry, Groome made the remarks during a recent Catholic San Francisco interview.

Author of several relig ion series foi children , and more than 70 articles in journals of religious education, pastoral ministry, and theology, Groome said today 's address would be based on themes from his latest book, Educating for Life: A Sp iritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent (Thomas More Press, 1998).

Groome said the title was inspired by a Boston College student, who recalled much of his past religious education as "deadly."

The student assessment confirmed a lifeLife-giving ideas "should flow over intc most successful inner-city Catholic schools long passion of Groome's â&#x20AC;&#x201D; how educa- the school, celebrating the dignity of every have mothers and fathers volunteering in tors must effectively communicate and child. We should invite peop le to reach for the library, cafeteria and classrooms, he make Catholic teaching available to young their best, developing bodies, minds, hearts said. "When a kid sees his parents do tutorpeople so they will want to make it a part of and talents and nurturing what St. John ing, for example, he or she knows this is important." their daily lives.

Chrysostom calls the 'life of the world' ."

Groome feels parents began losing "This always has been a concern of Groome said one of the hallmarks of a mine," he said , noting that early in his truly Catholic school is the central place it influence during the middle of this century gives to Mass as a com- "when we lulled them into the false career, "I thought the Church had great ideas, munity experience. "We assumption , the myth, that all they had to go to God together , do was just drop their kids off. Schools over but it didn't always know reaching out to foster a promised that we could do it ourselves." how to express them in sense of belonging for The increased number of families where life-giving ways." two parents worked made the situation everyone."

Groome has spent much Catholic schools worse along with politicians promising bigof his career reframing Catholic ideas, giving juice should have a "real com- ger budgets would improve education. "But mitment to the essen- none of it did. Parental involvement is to what often languished as tials, to reading, writing imperative," he said. dry theory divorced from Groome addressed last year's archdioceand appreciation for spiritual practicality. good literature , art, his- san Religious Education Institute and Archdiocesan school tory and poetry," he said , echoed advice for catechists he made at that department officials estiwhile they encourage "a time. "Integrate life with faith . Knowing mated more than 1,000 deep reverence for the isn't enough. We have to bring faith to our teachers of grades K-12 traditional wisdom of lives and our lives to our faith . Faith is not would be attending the ages, all the while just for the head ." today 's lecture. keeping in mind that it His hopes for the 21st century? "I would "What happens when Thomas Groome has to be a living tradition." like to think Catholic education would be a we put 'Catholic' in front Although Groome said he did not want genuine choice for Catholics and nonof school or education?" Groome asked. "I propose that Catholic identity should be to spend extensive time making compar- Catholics alike." He cited as an example isons between Catholic and public schools, Milwaukee, Wis., which has given 25,000 shaped by our core faith."

True Catholic identity involves he noted that several recent studies indicate inner-city parents $5,000 per child (through acknowledging "Christ wasn 't kidding that a sense of community, j oy, and strong tax credits, vouchers and funding) to "buy" when He said life was for here, not just for core curriculum are much more in evidence their children the best education they can find. Nearly 90 percent of those parents later," he said. "We should be celebrating in Catholic schools. instead of being dour, negative and disThe educator emphasized the impor- have enrolled their students in Catholic couraging." tance of parental involvement. Some of the schools, he said.

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¦ Continued from Page 3 clean our houses, mow our lawns, bus our tables, park our cars but you can ' t live with us. You have to live somewhere else because this area is for high-wage earners or the rich.

This is the breakdown of the social contract that Christians believe — that these are our forgotten brothers and sisters."

Several who now survive solely on Social Security dine at the shelter. Ernest , for example. An elderly gentleman who walks and stands with assistance of a cane, he told Catholic San Francisco, "I worked all my life. I had a government job. I got injure d on the job and they denied me workers compensation and SSI." "That 's illegal , yet they did it to me," he charged. "I fought them and lost. I didn 't have enoug h money. I worked all my life and I' m homeless."

The shelter is open seven nights a week. A staff person sleeps in the hall. A night guard patrols the grounds. A church guardian assures no one is sleeping in the church.

If someone shows up late, the shelter has a deck to accommodate one or two people.

Each guest signs a contract — no drinking, no showing up high, no panhandling, and no sleeping in the church. If the contract is broken , they must leave.

Offici ally, residen ts can only stay for two weeks. In that time Stiehler and Chatfield try to help them find affordable shelter, jobs, and restore dignity to their lives. "Of course," said Stiehler, "some people have stayed six weeks. It 's not easy getting back together after what these people have been through. Right now I have an elderly gentleman who gets Social Security and is having a reall y difficult time trying to find a place. I'm not going to say, 'Your two

St. Bruno 's Hospitality Center 's food "is the best I've tasted ," said a recent guest, John.

weeks are up, you 're out.' Kate and I will work with him."

St. Bruno parishioners believe in their shelter and see it as a long-term commitment. For now it stays open because Stiehler, Chatfield and the parish won 't give up the daily struggles to find the resources to keep the hungry fed and the homeless sheltered.

To volunteer or donate to the shelter, write San Bruno Catholic Worker, 672 Second Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066; or call (650) 827-0706. CWH is a non-profit organization founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933 to promote social justice.

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San Francisco 's St. Anthony Foundation has added a drop-in, daytime shelter to its services for homeless families and individuals, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day but Sunday. Visitors to the new facility receive information and referrals , attend classes or simply get out of the cold.

Mercy Sister Patrick Curran , St. Anthony 's executive director, said the shelter grew from staff concerns about sending homeless people treated at St. Anthony 's clinic "back into the cold."

Police sweeps displacing many of the homeless was also an issue.

"St. Anthony 's is committed to the dignity of those who find themselves poor or homeless," Sister Curran said, "and part of this digni ty is having a place where they know they will not be asked to move."

About 50 persons are using the shelter each day, according to St. Anthony 's spokesperson , Stacey Hammond. "The drop-in shelter is really an emergency

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Hammond said St. Anthony's identity as a resource for the poor has helped. "I think people trust St. Anthony's and know we will try to get them from point A to point B as quickly as possible." She added that most of the daytime guests are taking advantage of the classes and information available at the shelter.

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Tip-toeing into our pews during the Gloria with scowls on our faces, I consider how much easier it would be to give up the whole enterprise. This temptation only grows as Mass progresses and I find myself not listening, not praying, but separating the two who are fighting, finding a tissue for the one who just sneezed the biggest sneeze of her short, little life, or chasing after the toddler in the back of the church.

Is it worth it? Is this any way to worship God? As with so many other questions regarding things of the Spirit, I must look past the human failure, which for some reason has the greater power to grab my attention , in order to notice the subtler signs of another reality. I have to quiet all of my feelings of embarrassment and disappoint-

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ment before I can hear my two-year-old sweetly sing ing the Alleluia. I must take my eyes off my son 's slouching to observe that he is actually listening to the Gospel .

Of course, his attentiveness will not last long, but there he is held by some divine truth for a moment. And what is my fid gety five-year-old doing now? Incredible as it seems, she is kneeling reverently with head bowed and eyes closed. Is it possible she is praying ? At last, I find myself praying, too. Grateful from the bottom of my heart for my family.

Apparently there is more happening to all of us at Mass than I thought possible given our woeful start. It seems our human frailty did not prevent God from arriving, accepting our pitiful gifts of thanks and praise, and giving us a portion of Himself.

So, finally I rest in the truth : the only thing any one of us has to offer at the Mass is our imperfect self, and God became Perfect Man in order to make it possible for us to give Him what little we have. If we hold it back, we will lose even that.

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It was not onl y buildings that would come to be evaluated, but also brick and mortar issues of the Catholic community 's faith life

By Kenneth Barroga itself.

In = what some now see as an almost divine domino effect , the devastating destruction forced the Archdiocese and its people to reevaluate what structures — many of them rich in history, and steeped m generations of devotion — could or should remain standing, notabl y in light of newl y mandated building codes that would require millions of dollars of "retrofitting".

However, not just edifices and finances would be scrutinized , but pastoral and ecclessial issues as well. An exhaustive collaboration that lasted more than two years and involved laity, priests and religious was eventually synthesized in a far-reaching vision and plan for Bay Area Catholics — A Journey of Hope Toward the Third Millennium: The Pastoral Plan of the Pilgrim Church of San Francisco.

Begun in 1993 and promulgated in 1996

by Archbishop John R. Quinn who had initiated the effort , and by Archbishop William J. Levada, who was named coadjutor bishop with right of succession in December 1995, the Pastoral Plan became the "well-articulated vision for our local Church," and the "appropriate challenge and strategy to move toward the Third Millennium as a Church renewed ," in Archbishop Levada's words. (See related column, Page 5.)

Dozens of interviews in recent weeks confirm that the Pastoral Plan's recommendations — from exhortations for improved liturgies to insistence on increased attention to young people — continue to ring true

'We need to evangelize better. We need to reach out to youth and young adults who are no longer active in Church life. Too many hav e drifted away.

We need to be living examp les who attract f o l k s to the Church. ' — Rodger Palisoc

The call to evangelization

'We moved from Latin to the language that all the peop le understand.

There is a part of me that misses hearing the Latin. Still , I think it's better that peop le know what the words mean.'

— Judy Labaria with Catholics across the Archdiocese.

This newspaper is one concrete result of the Plan's call for enhanced communications (Catholic San Francisco will reach over 110,000 households).

Of the five major areas of Church life articulated in the Pastoral Plan — worship, leadership, evangelization, education and service — worship at the parish level and a call to reach out to the young were mentioned most frequentl y by lay persons interviewed by Catholic San Francisco.

Many noted that the most significant changes in Church life in their lifetimes centered on celebration of the Mass. "We moved from Latin to the language that all the people understand," says Jud y Labaria, religious education coordinator of St.

Patrick , a parish in San Francisco where there is a strong Spanish-speaking presence. "There is a part of me that misses hearing the Latin. Still, I think it's better that people know what the words mean , and not have to be told what the words mean."

Maria Henderson of Menlo Park's St. Anthony Parish, a catechisl, said, "The music at Mass is so happy, so uplifting now.

Before it was so somber, so depressing."

Maria 's husband , Spencer Henderson , former Baptist , long-time choir member, recent graduate of RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) and now an RCIA catechist added , "It's good that we can all see each other and the priest."

Social Service Sister Eva Marie Lumas who recently spoke at the 60th annual Religious Education Institute attended by some 1,400 at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, could have been quoting from the Pastoral Plan's call for "liturgies that reverently give glory to God and nurture the spiritual development of our community" and "quality homilies in all our liturgies."

"We have got to do something about the preaching in our churches," she said to applause, "so that people come away [from Mass] inspired to be sent forth , with the good feeling that comes with a strong and powerful Word and message preached from the pulpit!"

Sister Lumas also insisted the Church continue to deepen attention to the young and to the varied cultures and cultural perspectives of the Bay Area — again echoing the archdiocesan Pastoral Plan.

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The call to worship

'We have got to do something about the preaching in our churches. So that people come away [from Mass] inspired to be sent forth , with the good feeling that comes with a strong and powerful Word and message p reached from the pulp it!'

— Sister Eva Marie Lumas

The music at Mass is so happy, so uplifting now.

Before it was so somber, so depressing.'

— Maria Henderson

spoken by many: "We need to pay more attention to our youth. They are the Church of tomorrow." Too many young "feel nobody really cares" — including his own grown children, said the Eucharistic minister who is also active in charismatic renewal at St. Patrick Parish, San Francisco.

He made a plea for "more vibrant " church life and , like many, encouraged involving young people themselves.

Fellow St. Patrick member Sister Maria Glori a Gonghanoy agrees. The youth minister would like to see "more opportunities for leadership for them, opportunities for the young to express their uniqueness and enthusiasm and spirit."

• "Too often they don't see themselves reflected" in Church life, she added , notably in liturgies. It is still the old peop le who run the show."

"We need to evangelize better," said Rodger Palisoc, a team leader for a small faith sharing group in St. Andrew Parish, Daly City. The father of two adult sons (23 and 30) added , "We need to reach out to youth and young adults who are no longer active hi Church life. Too many have drifted away. We need to be living examples who attract folks" to the Church."

Onesevangelization effort already showing positive results in the Archdiocese-wide RENEW 2000 process that will involve some 15,000 parishioners — representing nearly 10 percent of the local Catholic households — in regular, small-group faith sharing . (See story, Page 18.)

Nancy Wu, a third-grade religious education teacher at Holy Family-St. Mary, San

Francisco, appreciates "the fact the door is always open — no matter how far or for how long someone might have been apart.

They are still part of our (Church) family."

A former youth group member who did not attend Catholic schools , Wu underscored the role of famil y in evangelization of the young. "It all starts there," she said , "with your parents and grandparents."

The need to "strengthen families in the Archdiocese" permeates the Pastoral Plan .

It specifically encourages the Catholic community provide "our elementary schools and reli gious education programs better resources for forming children and their families in faith." (See "$30 million effort , " Page 23.)

At the same time "Journey of Hope" asks the Archdiocese to "recognize and empower youth and young adults as full members of the Church" and "affirm and strengthen in enthusiasm and numbers those called to serve our Church in the priesthood , the diaconate and religious life ."

Father Crai g Forner, archdiocesan vocations director, pointed out, "In a 1996 study, Catholic teen-agers in the United States were asked: 'Have you ever, even briefly, considered becoming a priest , brother, or sister?' Thirty-six percent of the men and 24

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to see a coming together ol the ministries.

In my lifetime, I would like to see Hispanic ministry become one with the other ethnic ministries , and with the entire Archdiocese in communion and solidarity with the one Churc h, and form one community of the Church. Build encuentro, community and solidarity," Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish, San Francisco, Father Rodriguez says he has "seen great changes in the presence of the Hispanic communities. There's been inclusion , growth and further development of the Hispanic apostolate in the Archdiocese. Also the changes in the education and invol vement of the laity encour-

The call to leadership

'We need to focus more on our youth — they are our future . . . .

It all starts with family.'

— Nancy Wu percent of the women responded positively.

So then the question is: why aren't the seminaries and houses of formation full right now? Could be that no one asked these men and women to seriously consider a religious vocation. We need to be doing that ."

Father Forner said, however, the number of men inquiring abou t the priesthood is encourag ing. "Some weeks I interview two or three men interested in app lying.

Granted , we 'd like to see a lot more."

"Right now," he continued, "there is a total of 11 men preparing for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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— Anthony Luna

The call to educate lege seminary program in San Diego; one seminarian study ing at John XXIII Seminary in Boston and one in Rome. And this year, we're only ordaining one to the priesthood." (See story on Page 21.)

At the same time, however, enrollment remains strong in the Archdiocese 's School of Pastoral Leadership, founded in 1994 to train and catechize lay leaders. And many of these new lay leaders reflect the changing demography of the Catholic population with increasing numbers of people of color and various ethnic and language groups.

Noemi Castillo started as the director of Filipino Ministries for the Archdiocese 11 years ago. When the Office of Ethnic Ministries was established three years ago, she was appointed director.

"Years ago when I started with Filip ino ministries I could hardly get any pastor to listen to me because they were afraid I would be creating a separate ministry within the total ministry." Castillo said. "Now it 's different . It has become a very welcoming Archdiocese. There is both interest and support in what the Office of Ethnic Ministries is doing. It has grown a lot.

Before there were only four ethnic groupings identified: the Chinese, the Filipinos , the Hispanic and blacks . Now we have 20 identifiable groups in Ethnic Ministries." * Castillo expressed hope about the future. "I would like to see changes come from within Ethnic Ministries, so it can be said that we're not 20 ethnic ministries , but one ethic ministry in which all the ministries including the dominant culture talk to, accept and pray with one another. I look forward to different groups bringing their unique gifts of music and such so that we are one joy ful and celebrative Archdiocese."

Father Jose Rodriguez shares Castillo 's vision. "Toward the year 2000, 1 would like

"The Church has always been very supportive of all groups ," she said, "the poor, the new immigrants. But today without serious financial aid and resources , Catholic school education cannot be a choice for many. I continue to be concerned about inner-city schools and how to enable people to have a choice for a Catholic education."

On the positive side, Sister Glenn Anne notes enrollment numbers "have stablized" and that need for schools ' "Catholic identity" has rarely been more clear.

"We must never let go of the deep roots of our Catholic faith ," she said. "This is the stronges t influence maintained in all

age more to take more part in the ministry of the Church."

Father Kenneth Westray, pastor of Sacred Heart , a predominantly AfricanAmerican parish in San Francisco, told of a time "about late 70s when the black Catholics of St. Benedict Parish, after forming a black worshipping community there, were all encouraged to return to their own parish churches to worship. It was painful, a very difficult transition, but now you can see the results and the success."

Addressing cultural and ethnic diversity is also on the forefront for Catholic elementary and secondary schools, according to Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, archdiocesan superintendent of schools.

Currently 52 percen t of K-12 enrollment in the Archdiocese is ethnic minorities. (See story, Page 12.)

aspects of our curricula. This is the dominan t challenge — to continue to strengthen the Catholic culture and identity of our schools."

Sister Glenn Anne acknowledged the growing presence of lay teachers in Catholic schools and the challenge of recruiting even more. "The days of religious women as being the only educators in Catholic schools are past. We took their formation for granted. Today, we are challenged to provide a similar faith formation for all our teachers, and welcome their participating in a teacher certification program aimed not so much at methodologies as adult faith formation ."

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The call to serve 'We need to focus on what the peop le really need. For examp le, there is really very little done for the elderly. ' — Robin Greene

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RENEW 2000

Looking f or something special this Lent?

"If you are looking for something special to do for yourself this Lent," Presentation Sister Antonio Heap hy tells almost anyone , "join a small faith-sharing community in your parish" this Sunday as nearly every parish in the Archdiocese launches the "second season " of RENEW 2000.

Coordinator for the archdiocesanwide spiritual enrichment effort , Sister Heap hy said Valentine 's Day was an appropriate time to begin the second of RENEW 2000's five "seasons " because "this is a time for changing hearts , for

conversion , for doing our best to project the image of God , as we are all called to do."

Sister Heaphy noted onl y 11 months remain until the Jubilee Year 2000 "and so this is the last Lent we will have until the new millennium. This is a tremendous opportunity to take advantage , to prepare for one 's own personal , on-going conversion. " "Conversion " is the theme for the six-week "season ".

More than 1,200 facilitators who speak languages rang ing from Eng lish and Spanish to Cantonese and Tagalog have been trained to lead the small , faith-sharing groups which are at the core of the process. Nearl y

15,000 will take part across the Archdiocese , Sister Heaphy estimated.

The small-group gatherings that normally run about 90 minutes include prayer, reflection on Sunday Scripture readings, and "an exchange of personal understanding of how the Scripture is speaking " to those present , RENEW materials explain , adding: "No one is ever forced to talk , but everyone is invited and given a chance to speak."

"It should be pointed out ," Sister Heaphy added , "that a number of persons who are not Catholic have taken part in last season of RENEW. Feel free to invite anyone you feel would benefit from seeking a change of heart. "

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A dozen students from San Francisco 's Mercy High School will take part in nearly two months at sea along the California coast and into Mexican waters as crew members of the tall ship Californian in a unique " academic adventure " in which a rigorous curriculum of math, history, literature , social studies, language and seamanship has been designed around the voyage. According to Mercy instructor Caitlin Schwarzman who has spearheaded organization of the "Semeste r at Sea," hy trip 's end the young wome n will actually be trained to fully take charge of sailing and navigating the 145-foot long, 100-ton replica of an 1848 schooner built in 1984. Above , senior Angela Massoni takes the helm during a getting-to-know-you cruise last year. Class members convene this Sunday at Mercy to depart for Long Beach where the Californian is berthed. Persons may keep up to date on the voyage via the class internet website: www.mercvhs.org/tallship/index.htm.

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Franciscan , will be ordained to the priestThe new Father Nguyen will preside at hood Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of his first Mass on Feb. 14 at St. Boniface , Angels Parish in Burlingame by Bishop G. 133 Golden Gate Ave, at 3:30 p.m. The Patrick Ziemann of Santa Rosa.

Mass precedes a celebrat ion of the Our Lady of Angels has been entrusted Vietnamese Tet New Year at 5 p.m. in St. lo the Capuchin community since the Boniface 's historic 450-seat theater. parish was established in "The New Year's celei 1926. Capuchin Father bration is a wonderfully Michael Mahoney is pastor. colorful event ," said Rev. Mr. N guyen , 33 Franciscan Brother Kelly and a native of Vietnam , Cullen , director of the St. came to the United States Boniface Restoration in the mid-1980s and Project. Brother Kelly said the Vietnamese community entered the Capuchins in 1990. "A young man like has been "an ongoing source of revenue" for the Hung doesn 't come along very often ," said Father $11.5 million campai gn Ron Talbott , Capuchin through "fasting on Fridays and donating their grocery provincial. "The maturity he has shown throug hout money to help restore their Rev. Mr. Hung Nguyen formation is something you beloved church." really appreciate. He is a wonderful and St. Boniface is one of several San very spiritual man who has already shown Francisco churches raising multi-million dolgreat gifts for parish , hospital and prison lar sums to pay for retrofitting mandated by ministry. " City regulations passed following the 1989 Father Talbott said 30 of the 65 Loma Prieta earthquake. The New Year's celCapuchins serving in the province, which ebration will feature food and entertainment. includes the West Coast and northern St. Boniface pastor is Franciscan Father Mexico, will be at the ordination. More Louis Vitale. than 10,000 Capuchins are in ministry around the world , he noted.

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Kennedy s vocation was back on track. He returned to St. Patrick to complete his spiritual formation and studies for priesthood.

Kevin Kennedy's vocational journey has "After an adventurous interi m of 13 long come full circle more than once. years, I was allowed to retu rn to the semiIn 1977 Kennedy entered the Order of nary and continue my third year theology as Discalced Carmelites, but after four years if I had never left ," he smiled. decided reli gious order life was not an exact Kennedy will be ordained at St. Mary's fit. He left the Carmelites in 1981 and imme- Cathedral by the Archbishop William J. diately continued his priestly formation for Levada on Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. the Archdiocese of San Francisco at St Patrick Kennedy's first Mass will be celebrated Seminary in Menlo Park. Two years later he Feb. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at St Gregory Parish took a hiatus to further examwhere he is currently comine his vocation. pleting an assignment as a From 1983 through 1988 transitional deacon and where Kenned y was a program he will serve as associate pasdirector for St. Anthony tor after ordination.

Foundation in San Francisco Father Craig Forner, archwhere he coordinated emerdiocesan vocations director, gency shelters, hygiene facilhas watched Kennedy's path ities, clothing and food distriunfold. "I just simply admire bution, drop-in centers, crisis his perseverance. Kevin has counseling, financial assisbeen an excellent student , tance arrangements, and a and by all accounts is proving wide spectrum of services for to be a very good minister the poor and homeless. Also Rev. Mr. Kevin Kennedy and preacher. I really wish we had a dozen more of him!" in this capacity, Kennedy engaged in public relations and fund raising.

Father Gerald Coleman, St. Patrick recFor the next several years Kennedy tor, observed, "Kevin's journey has been a traveled and worked in a variety of human long, arduous struggle, and it has been a service organizations including St. delight to see him follow his heart back to Nichol as Youth Home and Moss Beach the Roman Catholic priesthood. Kevin is Home in San Mateo where he counseled blessed with the ability to apply his inteldelinquent youth. His journey also encom- lectual gifts to blend in with pastoral conpassed personal care ministry which cerns. He is an extraordinary individual." included bringing him face to face with the Kennedy said he has come to appreciate needs of elderly in his own family. the time spent off'the main path as detours In 1996, after 13 years of on-the-job, from which he has learned and benefi ted. prayer ful discernment , the direction of "On my journey to the priesthood I have

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traveled severa l roads , each imparting its own wisdom. Far from being wasted time, the years I spent in monastic life and in social service work provided an invaluable addition to the formation I received at St. Patrick's. As I prepare to serve this archdiocese as a priest , my heart is tilled with gratitude for all who have encouraged and assisted me throughout my fife. I have never been happier," he said.

This year Kennedy is the only person scheduled to be ordained for the archdiocese. This also makes him the last to be ordained this decade, this century, and this millennium. Being made aware of this Kenned y reflected , "As the Church approaches the next century and the new millennium , I really want everyone to see and believe that there is still much to be happy and grateful for in the priestly life."

Born May 11, 1954 in San Mateo and baptized at St. Matthew Parish, Kennedy was ordained a transitional deacon last August at St. Bartholomew Parish. He graduated from Serra High School in 1972, then attended the University of San Francisco for two years.

Because of congenital eye disease, Kennedy had to undergo corneal transplants in both eyes which forced him to discontinue his college studies. In 1981 while living in community with the Carmelites, Kennedy completed bachelor of arts degree work in religious studies at Santa Clara University.

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Owen 's folks are Candie and Jim been named provost at the University of Whooley, both graduates of San San Francisco. Before coming to USF last Francisco 's Epiphany Elementary and year as academic vice president , Professor later Immaculate Conception Academy Wiser spent more than a quarter century at for girls and the all-boys Archbishop the Jesuit 's Loyola University in Chicago.

Riordan High School. Owen 's grandmoth- Dr. Wiser will manage several developing er, Margie Owen, still lives in Epiphany areas at USF while continuing "his stewand is "pretty proud" of her grandson 's ardship of the academic division ," said superb scholastics. His brother Michael is a Marlon Villa of USF's Office of Public sophomore this year at Burlingame High Affairs . Dr. Wiser and his wife, Diane, are School. Owen says his parents "always members of St. Ignatius Parish.

Help Line: Actor Michael J. Fox's encouraged him to study and work hard" and that he is grateful for them. He contin- recent public interview s about life as a perues to be in contact with St. Robert 's pastor, son living with Parkinson's Disease have Father Vincent Ring, whom he says "is a helped shine a needed light on the underpublicized and widely spread condition. An very nice guy."

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RENEW Two : RENEW 2000's second season kicks off in parishes on Feb. 14.

Parish members spoke of their Season One RENEW experience in recent bulletins. St. Anne of the Sunset's Cora Cruz said she "enjoyed the camaraderie, the openness, sincerity and friendship " of her small faith group. A Most Holy Redeemer RENEWer said the six-weeks were an opportunity to "realize that I' m beholden to a larger group of Christians and that my actions have very real consequences for my spiritual life."

Madison Avenue has some competition at St. Patrick Parish, Larkspur where parishioners were asked "Is your Soul Y2K compliant? Are you working on a worn out spiritual system? Rejuvenate by joining a RENEW small group ." If you haven 't already checked out the opportunities for involvement at your parish , be sure to do it this weekend.

Great Work and You Can Get It: If you're over 21 and interested in long-term volunteering, call Mercy Corps, a lay volunteer program for women and men sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. Emphasis of the program is service, community and prayer.

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Julia Dowd is coordinator of church programs at the City 's St. Ignatius Parish and Tara Carr is the newest staff member in the Archdiocese 's Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

At Home: Father Edward Dura , installed last month as pastor of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish was grateful in a recent bulletin "for the friendship and support " shown him by the St. Anne 's faith family. Father Dura said his installation was an example of how St. Anne 's "wonderful , multi-cultural community worked so well as a family." St. Anne Elementary School Choir , under the direction of Laura Diaz-Flaviani , has been invited to sing in May at the National Cathedral in Washington , D.C In the Breaking of the Bread: The Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets first Friday mornings for prayer, food and talks by various speakers . The group recently welcomed Auxiliary Bishop John C.Wester. Denis Ragan of St. Patrick, Larkspur thought of the idea about four years ago. President is Ed Tarrant of St. Sebastian 's, Greenbrae, where the group about 180 for Bishop Wester's visit — usuall y gathers. For information , call Sandy Hufford at (415) 924-4633.

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$30 million effort launched to endow Catholic education

Wtui a goal of providing tuition assistance to 2,000 or more students per year in local Catholic schools, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has launched a campai gn to raise $30 million to add to the current $5 million tuition aid endowment fund.

Called "Today's Students — Tomon'ow's Leaders ," the campaign "is a direct response to the Archdiocese 's Pastoral Plan " which calls for strengthening families throug h education and formation ,

said Michael DeNunzio , archdiocesan director of development.

"This should not be thought of as a campaign where the Archdiocese needs an extra $30 million ," stressed DeNunzio. "It 's 2,000 kids from poor families in the inner city and the counties who need help. The campaign will give these kids a chance of getting a Catholic education , a chance they might not otherwise be able to afford ."

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Archdiocese are Louis I. Giraudo and Dr. Suzanne Giraudo, who accepted the leadership positions of campaign chairpersons at the request of Archbishop William J. Levada.

"This historic campaign to raise $30 million in endowment funds for tuition assistance to students needs support from our community," the Giraudos wrote in a campaign letter. "Catholic education is an invaluable civic asset and a dynamic partner with parents in the formation of leaders

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in business, education , public policy, the professions and the arts."

Giraudo, a partner in the San Francisco law firm of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy and Bass, LLP, has a long-standing interest in Catholic education and is a director of the Alemany Scholarship Fund. His wife, Dr. Suzanne Giraudo is the clinical director of the Child Development Center at the California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics.

Scott Vachon of Community Counseling Service Co., Inc., is the campaign 's executive director. "We are now working with a year-long timetable which began last month ," he said. "We will be soliciting major gifts from individuals , families and some corporate donors and foundations."

"So far, the campaign has been wellreceived. We've alread y had some generous commitments and donations ," Vachon said.

"We are off to a good start, but we still have quite a way to go."

Three clergy conferences were staged during January — one in each county of the Archdiocese — to outline the campaign.

According to campaign officials, nearl y 1,500 elementary and secondary students applied to the Archdiocese for tuition assistance last year. About 1,000 were eligible to be helped, but onl y with about one-fifth of their demonstrated need.

A total endowment of $35 million would produce an estimated $2.1 million annuall y for tuition assistance , officials said, which would translate into grants to "an average of 2,000 students per year."

"Income from the fund will be restricted to tuition assistance," campaign literature states. "The original endowment gift will never be expended. Only interest and dividends will be distributed. "

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By Sharon Abercrombie

Eight years ago 10 people led by a Maryknoll priest gathered at the front gate of the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Ga., to protest the U.S. Army ' s alleged training of Centra l American soldiers in methods of violence and psychological intimidation .

This past November , the number of protesters swelled to nearly 7,000, and more than 2,300 of them risked arrest by crossing into the Army base.

Eight years ago, the 10 were reviled and cursed , with some of them, including the priest, sent to federa l prison on trespassing charges. They were labeled a ragtag bunch of wild-eyed hippies left over from the '60s.

Last November, in an ironic twist, the formerl y protester-unfriendly town mayor mingled with the crowd , shaking hands. A few days after the vigil, the Columbus , Ga. Convention Bure au called the Maryknoll priest, asking how many people mi ght be coming next year. The Bureau wished to make their visit as pleasant and memorable as possible.

Father Roy Bourgeois ' campaign to shut down the SOA by having Congress eliminate its $20 million annual budget has grown into a viable proposition, he said.

Legislation to that effect will be introduced in the U.S. House and Senate later this month , he noted.

Last month the Maryknoller was awarded the 1999 Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice. Previous winners include Catholic Worker co-founder Doroth y Day, and farm labor organizer Cesar Chavez.

Father Bourgeois served as a Navy chaplain in Vietnam. In 1972 Marykn oll assigned him to Bolivia shortly after an SOA graduate , Hugo Banzer, overthrew the government and began targeting religious leaders who opposed his rule.

During pastoral visits to Bolivian prisons, Father Bourgeois saw how political prisoners were being treated. He incurred the regime 's wrath when he informed members of the U.S. Congress what he had seen.

A short time later, as he was leaving a human ri ghts meeting in Bolivia, Father Bourgeois was picked up by two gunmen and taken to a prison. Interrogators tried to force him to reveal names of those attending the meeting . When he refused they beat him. Finally, his captors decided his next destination should be the cemetery. But as

California residents among nearly 7,000 to take part in November 's protest at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Ga., included , kneeling from left: Jen Owens, Bernie Ko (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles , students), Angelina Barisone and George Sanchez (USF students); standing, from left: Richard Almeida (LMU student), SOA Watch founder Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois , Jesuit Father Tom Powers (LMU faculty), Maureen Pryor (head of USF campus ministry), and Issac Madrono (USF student). The sign reporting the number who trespassed onto the military base was later update d to 2,340. they were leaving the prison , he managed to shout to a Maryknoll priest arriving on the scene with an embassy official. He later was released, but when local officials told him they couldn 't guarantee his safety, Father Bourgeois knew he had to leave the country. If he stayed, he would be endangering others' lives.

On his return to the U.S. the priest began documenting names of SOA graduates involved in Central American human rights violations.

In 1990 he launched a campai gn to have the school closed after a UN Truth Commission investi gation revealed that 19 of the 26 officers involved in the murder of six Jesuit priests and their two housekeepers in San Salvador had been SOA trained.

Called SOA Watch, his activist group alerts the public and the U.S. government about the human rights record of some of the school's graduates, including the rape and murder of three U.S. nuns and a Catholic lay woman in El Salvador in 1980.

SOA officials say the school, founded in 1946, provides training in democratic prin-

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ciples and that the violent legacy of some of its former students is past.

Pentagon documents declassified in 1996 include SOA manuals which endorse assassination and forms of torture. Before his April 1998 murder, Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi released a report exposing human ri ghts abuses including allegations SOA graduates orchestrated innumerable murders and violence during that country 's 30-year civil war.

Graduates are also alleged to be responsible for torture and murder of Spanish citizens living in Chile during Gen. Augustin Pinochet 's 17-year rei gn. Spain is currently working for Pinochet 's extradition from Great Britain.

Last November , a human rights group in Spain paid Father Bourgeois ' airfare there so he could provide documentation about Chilean atrocities committed against Spanish citizens by SOA graduates.

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persuasions have come to support the cause. Last August, he pointed out, "We came within 11 votes" of SOA elimination.

He contrasted that vote to a 1993 vote of 174 to 256.

What happens if the SOA is re-located to Puerto Rico under a different form as has been rumored? "SOA Watch will be there," the Mary knoller said. "We're not going to go away."

Several dozen persons from the Bay Area took part in the most recent SOA protest , including Maureen Pryor, director of campus ministry at University of San Francisco along with USF students Angie Barisone , George Sanchez and Isaac Madrano. Also attending were Jesuit Father George Schultze of the USF College of Professional Studies , Julia Dowd and Susan Todaro of St. Ignatius Church on the USF campus.

St. Ignatius was one of eight sites where Father Bourgeois delivered public addresses Jan. 29-Feb. 1. Other San Francisco lectures included St. James Church , Immaculate Conception Academy, and Mary knoll Mission Development House.

The SOA question is not complicated , he said. "It is about suffering and death, bullets and guns, soldiers killing the poor people in their own country so the rich can stay rich."

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Mercy Sister Diane Clyne, left, and Zenia Paz inspect relief goods at a Dole Company warehouse in La Ceiba , Honduras. As a result of Hurricane Mitch last November, Sister Diane, whose ministry is a home for children suffering from AIDS in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, pitched in to help oversee distribution of tons of relief donations collected from 47 Catholic Healthcare West hosp itals in California and Arizona and 60 Daughters of Charity hosp itals nationwide. The aid effort is largely coordinated by Eugene Smith, director of the Seto n Institute in Daly City who visited La Ceiba Jan. 20.

Nearl y three weeks after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake flattened cities in western Colombia , relief agencies continue to scramble to meet people 's needs while thousands have fled some of the hardest hit areas.

In the day s that immediately followed the Jan . 25 quake , the president of the Colombia bishops ' conference and Pope John Paul II called for solidarity wilh victims of the disaster that has left an estimated 1,000 dead , more than 3,400 injured , and 200,000 homeless.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco put out a call for aid in the Bay Area immediately after the earth quake , asking area residents to support Catholic Relief Service efforts in Colombia.

Both CRS and the Catholic Medical Mission Board dispatched supplies and personnel after the earthquake.

Speaking in Mexico City Jan. 25 Pope John Paul expressed his concern for the victims. "We show our love, being in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who are suffering at this time ," he said.

A CRS news bulleti n said its sister organization , Caritas-Colombia, reported its offices in Armenia, Colombia, were destroyed in the earthquake.

Contributions toward the relief work may be sent to Colombia Relief , Catholic Relief Services , P.O.Box 17090, Baltimore , MD 21203-7090.

Role of Christianity in China to be among topics A national Catholic conference examining peace and justice concerns in China opens today and runs through noon Sunday at Mercy Center in Burlingame. Co-sponsored by the Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco and the U.S. Catholic China Bureau at Seton Hall University in South Orange , NJ , the conference will explore how Christianity can contribute to the quest for equality and social justice.

Keynote ¦ speflkew^-ai'e.„.b^jj iL_Father Benoit Vermander, poet, philosopher and artist from the Taipei Ricci Institute at Fu

Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, and Dr. Phili p L. Wickeri , a China scholar and theologian currentl y teaching at San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo.

Several concurrent workshops will explore topics and issues of religious and social interest. There will also be a panel presentation by young Chinese scholars on current challenges in China.

Oakland Bishop John S. Cummins, the U.S. bishops' liaison to the Asian ep iscopal conferences, will preside at a Sunday liturgy, According to Mary knoll Missionary

Sister Janet Carroll, executive director of the U.S. Catholic China Bureau , the country 's rapid development is putting its social system in a state of "traumatic transition."

Meanwhile , "many Chinese are desiring deeper meaning and purpose in life , beyond mere materialistic advantages," she said.

Sister Carroll noted a number , of Chinese scholars are develop ing a "renewed appreciation for Christian teaching as a philosophical ideology or moral code which can underg ird a rapidl y modernizing society. "

Photo exhibit

Photographs ol the United Nations Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya are on display at the Mercy Center Art Gallery, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame , through Feb. 28. The exhibit is the work of Sister of Mercy Marilyn Lacey, directo r of Immigration , Refugee and Employment Services at Catholic Charities in San Jose. Sister Lacey was one of three U.S. resettlement officials chosen by the State Department to travel to Africa last September to help prepare refugees for living in the U.S. Siste r Lacey 's photos provide glimpses of 16 exiled nationalities crowded into the camp.

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But these expectations presume something has happened to us. We are expected to behave differently because we have been made different. That something is beyond our imagining: " 'What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him,' this God has revealed to us through the Spirit." / Corinthians rejoices to proclaim that God's plan for us has succeeded through the death and resurrection of Jesus, Thus Pilate and Herod, or the forces of evil that oppose God's plan, have unwittingly aided God: "We speak God's wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory, and which none of the rulers of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." Thanks to the success of God's plan, thanks to Father David M. Petting... the death and resurrection of Jesus, thanks to our Sunday assembly where we hear this Word and celebrate the Eucharist, we are made new by the Spirit, we are rerouted and redirected, we are empowered to live the new life.

Thus, Jesus, presented by Matthew as the new Moses, can ask more of his renewed people than the law does. Because we remember, make present, and eat and drink what God has accomplished in Jesus Christ at every Eucharist, we can give a more complete response to the commandments of the law; we oppose the anger that gives rise to murder ("You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times , 'You shall not murder '; . . .

But 1 say to you, whoever is angry with brother (or sister) will be liable to jud gment."); we oppose the lustful desire that gives rise to adultery ("You have heard that it was said , 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart."); we favor honest speech that makes the taking of oaths unnecessary ("Again you have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'Do not take a false o a t h . . . ?' But I say to you , do not swear at all.").

Ours is a marvelous , graced freedom , of which Sirach (our first reading) reminds us: "He (God ) has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand." The expectations God has for his renewed people make sense only if we are free to choose, onl y if we welcome in Word and Eucharist what God has done for us, and only if we realize that a whole new world has begun with the death and resurrection of Jesus ("until all things have taken place.").

Far from feeling overwhelmed, we may even want to do a little flaunting of this new world by the choices we make.

Father David M. Pettingill has directed the Archdiocese of San Francisco 's Office of Parish Life since 1997. A popular retreat director and lecturer, Father Pettingill recently co-authored a book with Father Gerald D. Coleman, rector of St. Patrick Seminary, that reflects on the call of discip leship, Following In The Footsteps of Jesus (Paulist Press).

Lenten observation

In order that our iove for Christ and identification with him may be deepened, I earnestly exhort all Catholics daring the period of Lent and the Easter season to attend daily Mass, to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance, to receive Holy Communion often, to participate in the devotional life of the Church, to give generously to the religious and charitable works of the Church, to assist the sick, the aged and the poor, to practice voluntary fast, penance and self-denial, and to pray more fervently, particularly for the intention of the Holy Father and the mission of the Church.

As Canon 1249 of the Code of Canon Law indicates, "All members of the Christian faithful in their own way are bound to do penance in virtue of divine law; in order that all may be joined in a common observance of penance, penitential days are prescribed in which the Christian faithful in a special way pray,exercise works of piety and charity, and deny themselves by fulfilling their responsibilities more faithfully and especially by observing fast and abstinence," in accord with the norms of Church law for the United States: Abstinence: Everyone 14 years of age and older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday,the Fridaysof Lent and Good Friday.

Fast: Everyone 18 years of age and older but under the age of 60 is also bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The Easter fast should also be observed on Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil if possible.

On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, the law of fast allows only one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food during the day, so long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquids during the day is permitted.

When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. In doubt concerning fast or abstinence, a priest assigned to pastoral ministry or confessor should be consulted. In the spirit of penance, the faithful should not lightly excuse themselves from this obligation.

Most Reverend William J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

Singular moment of grace seen in Rite of Election Everywhere in the world on the first Sunday of Lent, Roman Catholics gather with their bishops to celebrate the Rite of Election. You are welcome to join Archbishop William 1.

Levada and the priests, deacons, and parish ioners of the San Francisco Archdiocese for celebration of the Rite of Election on Feb. 27 at St. Mary 's Cathedral, 3 p.m.

The meaning of the Rite of Election shines most clearly for me in the faces of the catechumens. Most catechumens (those unbaptized) walk through the doors of our cathedral for the first time on the first Sunday of Lent . They enter the church , accompanied by their priests, deacons, and catechumenate team, and surrounded by their godparents , sponsors and catechists, but they come most of all , led by the Holy Spirit to this singular moment of grace.

For many catechumens, this is one of the first times they know they are not walking this journey of faith alone. At the cathedral , they see other catechumens — hundreds of other catechumens — people of every race and nation , peop le of every language and way of life, catechumens from almost every parish in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties. They see they are in very good company. And the joy and gratitude in their eyes and smiles are beautiful to see.

Also celebrating at the cathedral are the candidates (those baptized , not Catholic). They bring the treasure of their own Christian heritage into our parishes. This liturgy for them is a call to continuing conversion, not election, since they are already baptized members of Christ. Their journey of faith has led them to seek full communion with the Catholic Church. We welcome them whole-heartedly too.

Archbishop Levada's questions to the godparents are worth special attention. He calls them to testify before all of us to the catechumens' readiness for baptism by asking three vital questions , each one a Sister Sharon McMillan , SND lesson about following Christ in his Church: Have they faithfully listened to God's word proclaimed by the Church!

What does the question mean? Have they listened to God's word with all the attention of then mind and heart? Jesus himself meets them in the Bible 's words, but most especiall y when the Bible is proclaimed in the midst of Christ 's own Body, the Church, gathered on Sunday. Jesus is truly present in his word proclaimed.

Have they listened deeply to God's word as it is proclaimed and broken open by the homily? As it is proclaimed and broken open by the living witness of the baptized near them at Mass? As it is proclaimed and broken open by the intercessions offered for the needs of the world? Have they listened to God' s word faithfull y, day after day, month after month , in all times and seasons, letting it penetrate to their core? Yes. The catechumens know this experience.

Have they responded to that word and begun to walk in God 's presence?

Have they listened so deeply to God's word that they have begun to walk in the light of the Word who is Christ? Has his presence become like a flame within them , shining steadily through each moment, each breath , each concern, each joy of the day? The word of God has guided them to this day and will sustain them on the path of their new life.

They walk in God's presence, accompanied by us, their fellow parishioners and friends.

Yes. The catechumens personal ly know this experience.

Have they shared the company of their Christian brothers and sisters and joined with them in prayer?

The Archbishop 's last question is about our life together: nothing about this journey is privatized; it is personal and communal since we are bound indissolubly together by Christ. The company of their Christian brothers and sisters is one of those privileged places where Christ dwells. And here the Archbishop 's emphasis is on what we do above all when we gather: we pray. Have the catechumens joined us in prayer ? Have they learned from us that prayer is the source of our unity and the motive for our courage in laboring for the reign of God? Yes. The catechumens know this experience.

So St. Mary's Cathedral resounds with the sure voices of the godparents in answer to the Archbishop's questions, affirming before all of us the conversion of mind and heart and life that the catechumens have experienced.

And then comes a moment they have waited for so long. For some catechumens the journey to this day has taken years and years, for some many long months. Now Archbishop Levada addresses them directly: Do you wish to enter fully into the life of the Church through the sacraments? Of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist?

And with commitment born of the Holy Spirit's grace, they respond in faith and trust: We do.

How grateful we are for those simple and life-changing words. And how much our own minds and hearts are moved to renew this commitment in our lives. How blessed the Church of San Francisco is to receive and welcome these elect, called and chosen by God to follow Christ as members of his household. How blessed we are to be enlivened by their faith, challenged by their vision, supported by the gifts of then lives in our works of justice and mercy.

The Archbishop declares them to be "the elect" (their new name, since God has chosen or "elected" them): they will receive Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist at the next Easter Vigil. Then all of us surround them with prayer and pledge the support of our lives of faith. What an exhilarating way to begin Lent!

Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is an ass istant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park. She recently earned a doctorate in sacred liturgy from the Pontifical Liturgical Inst itute ofSant ' Anselmo in Rome.

Cathedral ceremony Pontifical award given Sister Maria de la Cruz; Father Maginnis honored Society of Helpers Sister Maria de la Cruz Aymes and Jesuit Father Andrew Maginnis were presented with awards by Archbishop William J. Levada at St. Mary's Cathedral on Jan.31.

Sister Maria, a woman religious for 61 years and an internationally known catechist, received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award, a papal honor given for service to the Church.

Father Maginnis was recognized for his 25 years as vicar for religious in the Archdiocese.

"I am very happy to receive this award," Sister Maria said . "It is an honor for me and all the catechists in the Archdiocese.

Archbishop Levada has been very kind,

thoughtful and generous to ask the Holy Father to do this."

Sister Maria's international career includes nine years as director of religious education for the Archdiocese (1954Sister Maria de la Cruz 63). She has also authored or co-authored more than 100 religious education textbooks and served as a religious education consultant to the Vatican and the local Church in the

Americas , Europe and Asia.

Her guiding principles have been respect for the student and the belief that any approach to teaching religion must be influenced by "who the student is; the Father Maginnis situation he or she is in, whether poverty or wealth; and his or her cultural roots," she said.

Father Maginnis, a Jesuit for 60years and a priest for 47 years, has served as vicar for

religious with three San Francisco archbishops, first appointed by Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken in 1974. "These have been a wonderful 25 years and I've enjoyed the opportunity to be of service in this way," Father Maginnis, the Archbishop 's representative to 1,085 men and women religious in the Archdiocese, said.

Father Maginnis ' great great uncle was Father John Maginnis, first pastor of San Francisco's St. Patrick Parish. Another relative is the late Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Alice Maginnis who taught in Catholic schools here for 60 years.

The day chosen to make the presentations was the 1999 World Day for Consecrated Life.

Veteran family-children organization leader named CYO executive director A 30-year-veteran of family and children's services, Brian F. Cahill, has been named the new executive director of the Archdiocese 's Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) effective Feb. 1.

Most recently the senior advisor of health and human services for the Deloitte and Touche Consulting Group, Cahill succeeds Father David A. Ghiorso who headed the CYO program since 1985. Father Ghiorso will remain with the office for a period of time to assist with the transition.

"We are fortunate to have an individual of . Brian's caliber," slu^TSiaTlc9-L-L)aftiels-, Jr., vice chair of the CYO Board of Directors.

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and extremely good fit for CYO, and he'll be Angeles, joining an organization with a superb staff executive director of Childs-Help. and excellent programs."

From 1975-83 "CYO has a great tradition and record of service, and I am looking forward to getting "Cahill was execustarted in this new assignment," said Cahill, tive director of California who early in his career worked as assistant the and later executive director of the San Assn. of Services Francisco Boys Home under Msgr. Peter for Children in Armstrong. Cahill said becoming CYO's Sacramento, a group of 70 nonchief executive "is like coming home."

Before joining Deloitte and Touche, profit organizaBrian F. Cahill Cahill was general manager of the San tions.

Father Ghiorso said his CYO work "has Francisco Department of Social Services. He has also been chief executive officer of been a wonderful experience because of an Hathaway Children 's Services in Los excellent staff , a dedicated board, and cornr

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Cahill holds a master 's degree in social work from San Francisco State, and a philosophy degree from St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park. He and his wife, Donna, live in St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco.

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Shopp ing for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium by Richard Cimino and Don Lattin. JosseyBass Publishers , San Francisco (1988). $25.

"Three Mothers and a Father " is an occasional movie review column for Catholic San Francisco, written by three mothers (with nine children among them and master 's degrees in education, nursing, and speech) and a father (with doctorates in theology and communications) who live in St. Catherine, St. Bartholomew, St. Mark and Our Lady of Angels parishes. They prefer to remain anonymous. However, they look forward to hearing from you through Letters to the Editor.

By Father P. Gerard O'Rourke

I am glad this book was written and that it was written at the end of the 1990s. It jolts all of us who are even vaguely interested in the state of religion in the U.S. on the threshold of the new millennium. Early on the book ing mantras of our takes on one of the annoy^^_ k time: "religion is d_n| Wk dead" (or "dying" or at least «__|

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Both thumbs are up, the little man is jump ing out of his seat, the Motion Picture Assn. of America gives it a PG, and the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting rates it "All." Everybody but Bible scholars (who find it more show-biz, than Scripture) loves "The Prince of Egypt."

It 's a gloriously graphic reminder that the most powerful language of our media culture is pictures and music. It 's an example of what God could have done with a larger bud get and four years of creative production from DreamWorks.

Three Mothers and a Father went to a matinee, when the popcorn lines are shorter, so that some of the kids could join us. Three-year-old Kelly liked the cool animals and the spectacular parting of the Red Sea. Five-year-old Kyle liked the brushing of blood over the doors of the Hebrew slaves in Egypt to preserve them from God's wind of wrath.

But the kids were bothered by the occasional intensity of action and the dialogue. They had trouble understanding some of the flashbacks when Moses, as the Pharaoh of Egypt's adopted son, realizes his Hebrew roots. They were frightened when Moses ' staff became a snake and when the Egyptian babies were killed.

All of us found the movie a bit long.

You remember the story from Exodus, Chapter 2: "Now a certain man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, who conceived and bore a son . . . ." To save little Moses, his mother wraps him in a basket and sets him adrift on the river. Pharaoh's daugh ter finds the baby, and adopts him as her son. The rest is history, salvation history: the burning bush ("I am who am!") and God's call to Moses: "Set my people free!" Followed by 10 plagues, the Passover, the Exodu s, the Red Sea, the covenant at Mt. Sinai, the Ten Commandments, and so on. Hey, it 's a script for an Academy Award winner !

In addition to the brilliant animation , we enjoyed the authenticity, the hu manness, and the spirituality of "The Prince of Egypt," which some of us felt was an improvement over Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 epic "The Ten

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Egyptolog ists , the Prince story is peopled with believable To any of us who are charged with a pastoral role or characters — especially Moses. He is portrayed as a hero ministry this book is a challenge as we try to serve a peo— and not the sometimes brooding and violent enigma of ple who are seekers or searchers, conservative or liberal , the Old Testament, but a human hero, a mortal man who rooted in tradition or flexible futurists . It calls for a willrecognizes the injustice of slavery and fights for human ingness as a pastoral minister to be open to a diverse and dignity. demanding people.

The best and deepest part of Moses — and the movie — A recurring theme in the book is the allegedly ongoing is the spirituality. Our teen-age Peter felt it was his own tension between the secular and spiritual. It is particularly faith and religious background that enabled him to appreci- intriguing for me to be accosted with this given and accepted reality as a Catholic ate the movie. Burning bushes and God's call are all around us, if we can get our shoes off and open our earlids. Perhaps priest who was ordained as a secular priest. The we need a wakeup call. For Moses it was witnessing the As the authors authors of Shopping for flogging of an elderly Hebrew slave. God often speaks Faith simply record as a loudest in human need. see it . . .

Much has been made of the well-known actors reading given what they see as ubiquitous separation of the various parts. Moses is read by Val Kilmer; Miriam by congregations the secular and spirituSandra Bullock; Moses' future father-in-law, Jethro, by al. Dealing with the secDanny Glover. Michelle Pfeiffer 's voice is perfect for committed to ular is at the center of Moses' wife, Tzipporah , as are Steve Martin and Martin life as a Christian and Short 's voices for the Egyptian high priests , Huy and the spirit of certainly at the core of Hotep . Some may view Huy and Hotep as a put-dow n on another religion , but in the movie it's just schtick. community thrive. my life as a secular pri est. Underly ing all Much mag ic and fun come from the music. Songwriter sp iritual formation in Stephen Schwartz ("Pocahontas") and lyricist Hans Zimmer ("The Lion King") deliver.

Christianity is a commitment to break down the seeming Last December Pope John Paul II spoke of film as a her- barrier between the spiritual and the secular. Vatican II was ald of civilization and authentic humanity. "From its birth, a huge recommitment to renew all of us Catholics and the big screen is the mirror of the human soul in its constant Christians in the call of the Christian faith to open all the search for God," he said. "The Prince of Egypt" — at least elements of our fives to the Spirit of God. SHOPPING, Page 29 when viewed with faith — succeeds.

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Indeed , what Cimino and Lattin observe in our world today are many different expressions of this tension as people search for spiritual roots in life. The wri ters observe that where religious bodies ignore this hunger for the spiritual they will in turn be ignored by the searchers.

The authors also record what they term a "post denominational era." They present startling evidence for this. For persons in ministry this can , indeed , be a huge challenge.

As the authors see it, many people are really searching for community. And congregations committed to the spirit of community thrive. Sometimes this search is within old congregations as they take on a spirit of renewal, especially with small faith sharing groups. (Our Archdiocese with its Renew 2000 process is very much on target in prov iding for this spiritual need.)

Written in a flowing journalistic style, Shopp ing for Faith is not a book on religion or spirituality. It is a report on what the authors observe in us engaged in the religious and spiritual life. As such it is fair and always engaging. The authors are excellent observers of religious life in all its diversity, which is especially useful for us who live in this area.

If 1 have any reservation , it concerns the authors ' penchant toward that which is on the fringe rather than at the center. But, of course, their job as journalist and social scientist is to observe, not to explore..

James Wiser, provost and vice president of academics at the University of San Francisco, expressed sentiments similar to those of Sister Glenn Anne. "We need to find more effective ways of articulating what it means to be studying at a Catholic university. What identifies an institution of higher learning as characteristicall y Catholic? It 's not just the liturgies or the obvious presence of men in black , wearing collars , walking around campus and teaching classes."

"The composition of the faculty has become increasingly professional and national," Wiser added. "The selection of faculty comes from recruitment efforts no longer confined to just the local level, but from a more diverse, premiere, national pool including non-Catholics, with more doctoral credentials accompanying them.

"On the student level, the composition is more diverse than it ever was. The student body is no longer limited to the Catholic, parochial , secondary school students. Many now come from a less Catholic tradition. It is also more 'feminized' — meaning it has more women than men. We're coed, no longer single-gender, and the age range is not 18 to 21 years old. There are students from every walk of life spanning a wide age range •— a lot of older students, women and men who have their careers, but now feel called to learn something more, and perhaps to do something else. Students are diverse in terms of religion, ethnicity, ideologies."

Interestingly, young people themselves were well represented among those who told Catholic San Francisco the Church should underscore an active role "in the world" — ministering to those in need and providing a strong, moral voice in society.

Probably unaware he was underscoring the Pastoral Plan's emphasis on making "our Archdiocese an advocate for the social teaching of the Church," Salesian High School junior Anthony Luna addressed life issues: "With the advances in science and technology, there will be a lot of challenges for the Church to call the shots on how life should be lived. Each advancement will raise question s about how Catholics are to live life correctly, and the Church will have to take some pretty hard stands for life, I believe," "Things like abortion and euth anasia are wrong," he explained. "Life should be preserved and protected , and I think that this ought to be promoted by the Church and the Archbishop."

Francisco, was ordained in 1987 and now serves as chaplain and teacher at Marin Catholic High School. A graduate of Sacred Heart High School and University of San Francisco (USF), he also is pastor of two rural parishes, St. Cecilia and St. Mary, and a chaplain of the San Francisco Fire Department.

• Joan Frawley Desmond is the mother of three young children and an award-winning journalist with experience at Catholic and secular national publications. She has written for the Wall Street Journal , San Jose MercuryNews , National Catholic Register and Catholic New York and has reported from Cuba, Central and South America, Italy and Asia.

• James Kelly and his wife of 53 years, Mary, have 10 children and 18 grandchildren. A 1940 USF graduate, he served in the Army in Worl d War II, before beginning a long and distinguished career as a journalist and writer. He has won awards in the Catholic and secular press for his reporting, and remains active in retirement.

• Father John P. (Jack) Penebsky, a third-generation San Franciscan and grad uate of St. James, St. Joseph Minor Seminary and St. Patrick Seminary, was ordained in 1965.

During his 34 years of priestly service, he has been pastor or associate pastor at parishes in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo. He currently is pastor of St. Luke Parish in Foster City. A former editor of The Monitor (see reflection on Page 4), he also has been director of clergy education and an active member of the Council of Priests.

• Dr. Kevin Starr is a renowned historian and writer, a respected university professor and, since 1994, state librarian of California. A 1962 graduate of USF, he earned a doctoral degree from Harvard University and went on to teach at major universities including Harvard , UC-Berkeley, Santa Clara University and USF. His wide-ranging background includes business and government service. A prolific writer and much sought-after speaker, he currently is a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times.

• Susan Winchell has been a leader in youth and young adult ministries. She hel ped establish Fall Fest, an annual one-day conference for young adults of the Bay Area, and was a member of a delegation from the Archdiocese that attended World Youth Day in Paris two years ago. She has organized numerous retreats and programs for youth and young adults , and her School of Pastoral Leadership stud y focused on these ministries.

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Richard Cimino is editor and publisher of Relig ion Watch and author of Against the Stream: The Adoption of Traditional Christian Faiths by Young Adults (1966). He holds a master 's degree in sociology from Fordham University.

Don Lattin is an award-winning writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. A former fellow at the Program in Religious Studies for Journalists at the University of North Carolina, he has taught at UC-Berkeley's graduate journalism school.

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Retreats/Days of Recollection Feb. 17: "God, the Prodigal Father," an Ash Wednesday day of recollection at Sf. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito, facilitated by Father Milton Walsh , professor of theology at St. Patrick Seminary. Begins at 10 a.m.; closes with Mass and distribution of ashes at 2 p.m. Light lunch included. Register by Feb. 14 by calling (415) 332-1765.

Feb. 21-24: Lenten Mission at Sf. Monica Parish 23rd Ave. and Geary Blvd. SF. Father Peter Sanders will preside. For information , call (415) 751-5275.

Datebook Sf. Sebastian the Martyr Church, corner ol Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, Mon. - Fri. 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704

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Bingo Monday Sf. Pefer Parish, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, doors open 5 p.m., warm-up games start at 6:45 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m. (650) 359-6313

March 6: "Turn to Me," a Sf. Paul Parish retreat with Jesuit Father Bernie Bush. This day of prayer, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will focus on Lent as an opportunity for conversion and deepening one's relationship with God. Begins at 9 a.m; closes with Eucharist at 5 p.m. St. Paul Parish is at Church and Valley St., SF. For more information or to register, call (415) 648-7536.

Ongoing: Sf. Anselm Parish, Ross, is hosting a special RENEW Group for anyone facing a lifethreatening illness. The group will meet on Friday mornings beginning Feb.19 and is open to all.

Grief Counselor Brenda MacLean will facilitate.

For information , call the parish at (415) 453-2342

Tuesday Sf. Anne of the Sunset Parish, Judah & Funston St., SF, doors open 5 p.m., games start 6:45 p.m. (415) 665-1600

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VALL0MBR0SA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees and times, please call (650) 325-5614

Ongoing: Engaged Encounter Weekends are planned beginning April 9-11. For information, call Maria and Joe Bonkowski at (415) 664-1985.

Friday All Souls Parish, 315 Walnut Ave., SSF, 7 p.m.

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Feb. 17: "Lenten Day of Prayer" with Sister Toni Longo.

Feb. 19-21: "Dreams - Servants of Health and Wholeness" with Jeremy Taylor March 12-14: "Washed in the Blood of the Lamb," a retreat for women with Father Jim Franck and Sister Toni Longo.

JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. For fees and times, please call (650) 948-4491 Feb. 16: "Healing For Survivors of Abuse," an evening program with Jesuit Father Bernie Bush.

Feb. 17: Ash Wednesday day of recollection with Jesuit Father Dare Morgan Feb. 23: March 23: "Evenings of Healing Prayer" with Jesuit Father Bernie Bush Feb. 26-28: "My Yoke Is Easy, My Burden Light," a silent retreat for men with Jesuit Father Bernie Bush.

Feb. 19-21: "Making Sense of Your Life Journey," a retreat for women with Valerie Endter, Kay Meidlinger and Jesuit Father Jim Hanley.

Feb 19-21: "Finding God in All Things," a retreat for separated and divorced persons with Mercy Sister Patricia Galli.

March 12-14: "Prayers From the Cross," a silent retreat for women and men of the legal profession with Jesuit Father John Mossi.

March 19-21: "Spirit of Lent, Spirit of Freedom,"a silent retreat for women with Jesuit Father Bernie Bush.

Ongoing; A Marriage Encounter Weekend helps couples take a fresh look at their relationship. Weekends available beginning April 16-18. In San Mateo County, call Claire and Dean Simonich at (650) 348-8957; in San Francisco, call Mary and Bob Hawkins at (415) 564-4838; in Marin, call Pam and Walt Birdsall at (415) 883-6649.

Twelve Step Ongoing: Sf. Anthony of Padua Parish, 3215 Cesar Chavez St, SF, (415) 647-2704. Sun. at 4 p.m., Neuroticos Anonimos • Mon. at 7:30 p.m., Al-Anon in Span. • Wed. at 7 p.m., AA in Eng. & Span. • Thurs. at 5:30 p.m., Overeaters Anon, in Eng.; at 7 p.m., Sex Addicts Anon in Eng • Fri. at 6:30 p.m., Al-Anon in Eng • Sat. at 7 p.m.

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Thursday Our Lady of Mercy Parish, One Elmwood Dr., Daly City, 7 p.m. (650) 755-2727

Saturday Sf. Matthias Parish, Canyon and Cordilleras Rd., Redwood City, doors open 5 p.m.; 50/50 sessions at 6:30 p.m.and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m. (650) 366-9544 Our Lady of Mercy Parish, One Elmwood Dr., Daly City, 7 p.m. (650) 755-2727

Food& Fun Feb. 20: "Star Struck - An Evening With the Stars" to benefit San Francisco's Sf. Stephen School, 6:30 p.m. Evening features a silent auction, hors d'oeuvres and entertainment. For ticket information call (415) 681-2444.

Feb. 20: Come to the "White Elephant Sale" in the school auditorium at San Francisco's Star ol the Sea Parish , 9th Ave. between Geary Blvd. and Clement , fro m 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For information, call (415) 386-2635.

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Volunteers interested in assisting with the Oct . 23 celebration should call (415) 675-5900.

Separated,Divorced,Widowed For information about ministries and activities for separated, divorced and widowed Catholics, call Susan O'Keefe-Smith at (415) 664-8351.

Kids' Turn is an organization serving children and parents of separation or divorce. For information, call (415) 437-0700.

Volunteer Opportunities Catholic Charities' Sf. Joseph Village can use donations of clothing, shoes, accessories , kitchen supplies, diapers, linens etc. To volunteer to assist in this program that helps homeless families become self-sufficient , call Kristen Rauda at (415) 575-4920, ext. 223.

Ongoing: Would a Grief Support Group be right for your parish? Contact Barbara Elordi, MFCC, coordinator of Grief Care Ministry for Catholic Charities at (415) 564-7882.

Ongoing. Classes in the new Catechism for adults at St. Sebastian the Martyr Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, every Wednesday, 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m., (415) 461-0704.

Feb. 18: Noted Israeli author Nava Semel will present a talk titled "Second Generation - Children of Holocaust Survivors in Israel" at the University of San Francisco at 4:30 p.m. in the University Center Faculty Lounge. For reservations and information , call Irene Brenner at (415) 422-6302.

March 23: "Spring Day of Prayer," several hours of meditation, silence, song, story and Taize Prayer with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

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Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, 441 Church St., S.F 94114 or fax it to (415) 565-3633

Ongoing: The School of Pastoral Leadership, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 2429087 for information.

March 6: "Lenten Journey - Exploring Hidden Riches Through Meditation, Dance and Music," with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan and liturgical dance expert Carla DeSola.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:

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Feb. 27: "Men's Spirituality - Finding God in the Seasons of Life," a day exploring the different times in men's lives facilitated by Jim Neafsey, D.Min.

Mass in American Sign Language is celebrated each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Sf. Benedict Parish, 1801 Octavia (between Pine and California) in SF. A sign language Mass is celebrated at St. Anthony Parish, 3500 Middlefield Rd. in Menlo Park on the third Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. and later that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (at Bon Air Road) in Kentfield. For more information, call St. Benedict at (415) 567-9855 (voice) or (415) 567-0438 (TDD)

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools, retreat facilities and non-profit groups. Notices must include event name, time, date, p lace, address and an information phone number.

San Francisco's Sf. Anthony Foundation invites you to volunteer in one of its many outreach programs to the poor. Call (415) 241-2600.

MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees and times, please call (650) 340-7474.

Ash Wednesday Services at San Francisco's downtown parishes and shrine: Sf. Boniface, Golden Gate and Leavenworth, Masses at 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., ashes at each Mass, (415) 863-7515; Notre Dame des Victoires , Bush St. between Grant and Stockton, Masses at 7 a.m., 12:10 p.m. and 5:15 p.m, ashes at each Mass, (415) 397-0113; Sf. Patrick's, Mission St. between 3rd St. and 4th St., Masses at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 12:10 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., ashes at each Mass, (415) 421-3730; Sfs. Pefer and Paul, Filbert between Powell and Stockton, Masses at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., ashes at each Mass and at the rectory at 1, 2,and 3 p.m., (415) 421-0809; Old St. Mary 's, California and Grant, Masses at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 11:45 p.m., 12:05 p.m., and 5:10 p.m. with Service of the Word at 11:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., ashes during each Mass and service, (415) 288-3800; Sf. Francis of Assisi Shrine, Mass at 12:15 p.m. with ashes, (415) 983-0405.

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This Spanish Colonial structure group; a youth program; a St. Vincent de highlights Larkspur 's main thoroughfare Paul Conference; and St. Patrick' s Thrift at 114 King St. Dedicated in 1941 by Shop, a 13-year-old operation managed Archbishop John J. Mitty, it is con- by more than 50 volunteers. Music at St. structed of reinforced concrete accord- Patrick includes a children's choir, a ing to a desi gn by architect Henry guitar ensemble, an adult choir and a Minton. Changes to the church, which singing assembly. have included repositioning of the altar to face the assembly and addition of a Pastor: Father J ohn D. Shanahan Bride 's Room lined with faceted stained glass windows recalling the sacraments, Masses: Saturdays at 5 p.m.; Sundays at have not affected the integ rity of its 8, 10, 11:30 a.m. Child care available at 10 a.m. Children's Mass at 10 a.m. on original design. fourth Sunday of the month.

The parish school has an enrollment of 250 students and 200 parish youth Seating capacity : 250 partici pate in its religious education program. Action, enrichment and outreach Founding dates: 1899 as mission; 1915 programs include St. Patrick's Helping as parish Hands for the elderly; a social justice Phone: (415) 924-0600

Feb. 20, March 20, April 24: Learn about the Enneagram, an assist in self-understanding,with Mercy Siste r Rosaleen O'Sullivan at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Must take part in first day to participate. Days are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information and fees, call (650) 340-7474.

Feb. 20: 'Teresa of Avila -The Living Waters'bf Prayer," 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sf. Gregory Nyssen Church, 500 DeHaro St, SF. Presenter is Richard Hardy, Ph.D., former professor of Carmelite spirituality. Day will focus on St.Teresa's writings on prayer. For more information, registration materials and fees call (415) 252-1667.

Feb. 27: Parenthood classes in Cantonese seven-week course covering infant development, nutrition and care at Chinatown Public Health Center, 1490 Mason St., 2nd Floor. For more information, call (415) 705-8500. Registration required.

Feb. 27: The third annual Archbishop John R. Quinn Colloquium on Catholic Social Teaching will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Pacific Rim Conference Center on the Lone Mountain Campus of the University of San Francisco. Titled "Black and White in America: A Catholic Perspective," presenters include moral theologian, Father Bryan Massingale and Toinette M. Eugene Ph.D., Director of the African American Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Oakland. Lone Mountain is at 2800 Turk Blvd.between Parker and Masonic. For more information , contact Tara Carr at (415) 565-3673.

March 13-14: Robert Grant, Ph.D., a trauma specialist who has taught in countries around the world, will facilitate a workshop titled "The Psychological and Spiritual Impact of Trauma" at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame.

Registration deadline is Feb. 27. Call (650) 3407474 for fees and more information.

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Forgiveness, Faith and Freedom—A retreat for women in recovery of alcoholism. April 24-26, 1999. Pat Galli, RSM. Centering Prayer Ten Day Intensive Retreat—This retreat is for those experienced in Centering Prayer, leading them into a more profound level of spiritual practice in silence, solitude and community. May 28-June 6, 1999. Fr. Carl J. Arico, Marguerite Buchanan, RSM, Mark Lodico, Suzanne Toolan, RSM. Retreat with Sister Ishpriya—Sr. Ishpriya brings together spiritualities of East and West, offering fresh nourishment for our faith and life in God. June 10-June 13, 1999. Sister Ishpriya.

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