February 25, 2000

ARCHBISHOP'S ANNUAL APPEAL From seminarian support and priest retirement to youth ministry and cultural diversity See special supplement

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by Tom Burke An early morning drive down the El Camino Real reminded me of the patience our brothers and sisters at three Peninsula parishes have shown during the raising of Cal Train tracks in San Carlos and Belmont. An easy ride to the sacraments, school , work and errands ended a long time ago for parishioners of Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Mark's and St. Charles, when often used thoroughfares were closed by construction still far from finished.

Hats off and grats to all these folks who have let their lives be altered in the name of safety for all.... Sue Campbell and Glenn Majeski used the light on Ground Hogs Day to illumine their walk down the aisle. The new Mr. and Mrs. met three years ago at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, where Sue is administrative assistant to cemeteries director, Kathy Atkinson, and Glenn is burial supervisor. Congrats and many happy years to them....

Shirley Barulich, who has been kindergarten teacher at St. Charles Elementary School, San Carlos, since the pro-

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Sulpician Father James Myers, pastor of the St. Mary 's Ave. parish , echoed the good thoughts saying St. John 's is "very happy to welcome CYO." CYO will soon begin a program , modeled on its successful Mission Day Care , at Menlo Park's St. Anthony of Padua Parish where Father Jim Garcia is pastor....

Happy 80'h birthday on Feb. 16 to Madeline Duggan, matriarch of the Duggan family, founders of Duggan's Serra Mortuary in Daly City. Madeline's children are Bill y, Maureen, Dan and the lat e Patty, whom the family constantly remembers with dad, Bud, who also has died....A double scoop of kudos - or is that kiddos? - to Marie Childs, music minister at St. Emydius Parish, for the last 18 years, and her children, Claiborne, a Riordan grad and current Yale sophomore; and Jennifer, a Mercy, SF, grad now making her way in hospital administration . Marie still volunteers at the schools saying "it 's always important to give back."

Also on the music team at St. Emydius is Debbie McAuliffe of the Archdiocesan Worship Office. ... At the front of the annual fashion show benefiting South San Francisco 's All Souls Parish on March 4, will be pastor, Father Bill Justice, who with SSF Mayor Karyl Matsumoto and State Senator Jackie Speier, takes to the runway as model. Father Bill's "rags" will be of the evening attire sort. Top hats off and canes raised for this priest who event chair, Beverly Ford says is a "man for all seasons." Anyone interested in attending should call Bev at (650) 588-5491.... A Crab Bash benefiting St. Patrick Seminary and sponsored by the Serra Club of the Golden Gate kicks off at 6 p.m. on March 4 at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish. Call Cecil Casey at (415) 221-9668. 1 love crab fetes but don 't think the bibs you get really protect you enough from the crustacean bits that take to the air during the meal. Is there a market for the Crab Bash Poncho?

A memorial Mass for late Serran Marvin J. Colangelo will be prayed March 8 at noon at the Olymp ic Club Downtown with Jesuit Father John LoSchiavo presiding.. . .SF's St. Vincent de Paul Society will gather for its annual "Lenten Mass and Simple Supper" at the Castro District 's Most Hol y Redeemer Church on March 10. More than 350 Vincentians hel p the poor from 32 conferences, including two youth conferences , at parishes throug hout San Francisco. Similar numbers of good hearts do the work in San Mateo and Marin counties. The simple supper reminds the members of the meager existence of many here and kicks off the group ' s Lenten ministries that include making Easter and food baskets , and cards for the needy. Call Steve Maraccini at (415) 977-127 1 if you 'd like to help ....

As a commuter, I listen to a lot of music, and while I'll always love the songs I grew up with like "Cherish," "Sunday Will Never Be The Same," "You Were on My Mind ," and "Precious and Few," the hits of today are making an impression on me. One in particular , "I Knew I loved You Before I Met You" by a group called Savage Garden , is about the most romantic song I've heard . The line, "I think I dreamed you into life," shows the lyricist could use a biology brush up, but other than that , WOW. Now if I can just maneuver a few of my son , Conor's, CDs into my collection, and yes, I do eat quiche....

gram 's inception in 1975, was honored at special "Catholic Schools Week" ceremonies on Jan. 31. A recent author, Shirley's "Experience Centers: A Place Where Children Love to Learn," details the classroom methods she's put to use over the last quarter century. St. Chuck' s principal, Arl ene Weidner, said , Shirley's "classroom is a special place" where "children feel valued and loved."...

In a recent homily, Father Paul Warren, parochial vicar at St. Stephen Parish, said when the goin' gets tough , we should remember the Lord' s expectations are not that complicated ; just "accept God's love and love one another.' ....

An all hats off for Red Spillane , a lifetime member of Noe Valley 's St. Paul Parish, who died a few weeks ago. St. Paul native Liz Hannan, now a member and music minister of Our Lady of Angels Parish , Burlingame, clued me in on the quote Red is best remembered for: "God visits other churches but lives at St. Paul' s." Red's beloved church was closed for a year of retrofitting just days before his death but Father Mario Farana , pastor , opened it for the devoted St. Vincent de Paul Society's Louis Allessa ndria , Deborah Payne , and Ed Dollard parishioner 's vi gil service and funeral Mass, which packed the worship space known across the nation as the setting of the hit fdm, "Sister Act". Red is survived b y FREE GUIDE EXPLAINS WAYS TO SAVE FROM 20% TO 40% children Rita, Bill and Larry....

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Following are the Lenten regulations for the Jubilee Year 2000 issued by Archbishop William J. Levada: In order that our love for Christ and passion and glory of Our Lord and peridentification with Him may be deepmission is hereby given for Exposition ened , 1 earnestl y exhort all Catholics and Benediction of the Most Blessed during the period of Lent and the Sacrament to be celebrated in connecEaster season to attend dail y Mass, to tion with these devotions , with the celebrate the sacrament of penance , to exception of Good Friday. receive Holy Communion often; to parDuring Lent , marriages may be celeticipate in the devotional brated within Mass and life of the Church; to the Nuptial Blessing give generousl y to the should always be religious and charitagiven. It is, however , ble works of the contrary to the spirit Church; to assist the of penance during this sick, the aged , and the ason to p lan elaborate poor, to practice voluneddings and lavish dec)iations. In virtue of a tary fast , penance , and self denial; and to pray special indult , I have more ferventl y, partic- &M mM ^ extended the Easter season from the ularl y for the -^ jj ^ im intention of the L First Sunday of Holy Father and Lent, March 12, l 2000 unty ,fjje celebration of Trinity the mission of the Church.

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During this Holy Year of the All the faithful who have made first Great Jubilee 2000, the faithful who Communion are bound to worthil y have confessed their sins, done receive Holy Communion during this penance and participated in the Easter season, preferably in their Eucharist are exhorted in a spirit of parish church. penitential prayer to visit at least one of the five designated pil grimage sites Abstinence here in the Archdiocese where they Everyone 14 years of age and may receive a plenary indul gence for older is bound to abstain from meat the full remission of the temporal on Ash Wednesday, the Fridays of punishments due to sin.

Lent and Good Friday, with the Lent is an admirable time to preach exception of Friday, March 17, the the Gospel message of reconciliation and for pastors to make available com- Solemnity of St. Patrick. munal celebration of the sacrament of penance. In this way, the social and Fast Everyone 18 years of age and older ecclesial aspect of sin and reconciliabut under the age of 60 is also bound to tion may be underscored. fast on Ash Wednesday and Good The faithful are encouraged to Friday. partici pate in the National ¦^ ^_ On these two days, Day of Reconciliation ^\ Y) > the law of fast allows and Pardon on z \3 j . onrv one f u " mea ' a \f day, but does not proA IM hibit taking some food Rite of Reconciliation JH ip during the day, so long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquids Absolution will be cele^§||' during the day is permitted. church in each deanery of the FWhen health or ability to Archdiocese.

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"Last night , Archbishop William J. Levada and I were dismayed to learn that during the course of Father Aylward 's deposition yesterday, Feb. 16, Father Aylward admitted to engag ing in wrestling matches with other teen-agers more than 12 years ago that did have sexual overtones. He further stated that he told no one about these incidents.

"In the deposition , Father Aylward stated that no one from the Archdiocese ever asked him if he had ever engaged in any such behavior. In fact, however, in the course of our initial meeting, Bishop (Patrick) McGrath and 1 specificall y asked Father Aylward whether he had any sexual contact of any kind with any minors at any time — and he denied having done so. During subsequent conversations with myself and others, he never wavered from that position.

"Upon learning this new information , Archdiocesan General Counsel , Jack Hammel , immediately notified the Investigation Unit of the Burlingame Police on Feb. 16, via evening voice mail , and personally called San Mateo County District Attorney James Fox on the morning of Feb. 17.

"Father Aylward was placed on administrative leave from his duties as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Feb. 17. Because the civil case is pending, requests for further information must be directed to Archdiocesan defense counsel , Paul Gaspari, at the Tobin & Tobin law firm.

"Please pray for any victims involved, for Father Aylward, and for Father Joe O'Connell and the faithful at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church."

While local news reports indicated the Archdiocese did not require Father Aylward to seek psychological evaluation following the 1997 incident, a January 1998 letter from the then St. Catherine of Siena pastor stated he had sought "the care and treatment of a mental health professional" on his own initiative , a move Bishop Wester indicated was supported by the Archdiocese.

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Archdiocesan officials were stunned last week following statements made by Father James Ay 1ward in a deposition in a civil case against him and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The case arises out of a "wrestling match" involving Father Aylward and a then-16-year-old employee which took place in the rectory of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame , Nov. 6, 1997.

While still maintaining in his Feb. 16 deposition that no sexual misconduct was involved in the 1997 incident , he did reportedly admit to engag ing in "wresting matches" with other teenagers more than 12 years ago th at did have sexual overtones.

In light of the revelations, Church official immediately notified the Burlingame Police and the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office , and also placed the priest on leave from his duties as parochial vicar at Mill Valley's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish.

In a Feb. 17 letter to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel staff and parishioners as well as priests of the Archdiocese, Auxiliary John C. Wester stated as follows: "As reported in the media on several occasions, a civil case against Father Aylward and the Archdiocese of San Francisco is set for trial on April 10. The case arises out of a wrestling match involving Father Aylward and a then 16year-old employee, which took place in the rectory of St. Catherine 's Parish in Burlingame on Nov. 6, 1997. That incident was reported by one of the parish priests to both the Archdiocese and the police , and was investigated by each of them. They both concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support sexual misconduct. Father Aylward has steadfastly maintained that there was no sexual misconduct involved. However, as a precaution , he sought counseling shortly after the incident with the concurrence of the Archdiocese to better appreciate the imprudence of his behavior.

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The Oakland Diocese has begun a feasibility study to determine whether it can build a new cathedral to rep lace St. Francis de Sales Cathedral which was damaged beyond repair in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, The Catholic Voice w newspaper reported this week . Christian Brother Mel 13 Anderson, director of .special projects for the Oakland £2 .

Diocese , is quoted as saying Milano , Ruff and Associates of Los Angeles , a financial consulting firm, is currentl y studying o the feasibility of funding such a project. Although no esti- i mated costs of the potential project were released, Brother oii; Anderson said a new cathedral should "accommodate at least 1,500 worshippers " and that it would be part of a complex Md., for the first such session in the Western Hemisphere. provi ding offices and meeting space for diocesan ministries. Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, a key Church leader in the ongoing dialogue between the two long-separated Christian faiths , will host the historic 10-day event, HARTFORD, Conn. (CNS) — To ease the debt burden of which had originally been scheduled for June 1999 but was heavily indebted poor countries , the Sisters of Mercy think postponed due to reli g ious tensions provoked by NATO's Americans should put in their "two cents" worth . They have attacks on Kosovo. The commission met most recently in begun a campaign asking Americans to write to President June 1993 in Lebanon.

Clinton urging the cancellation of debts that threaten to crush some of the world's poorest countries. And they want letterJERUSALEM — The Catholic Latin-rite Patriarch of writers to include two pennies. Mercy Sister Jean Carroll of Newington said that the idea is a play on words. '"Let me Jerusalem on Feb. 17 demanded a public apology from the give you two cents ' worth .' It 's kind of a clever gimmick — producers of an Israeli "candid camera" TV show that porand they 're (attaching) it to those letters ," she said. trayed an actor dressed as a priest talking with passers-by "Hopefully, because of the attached coins , it 'll attract some- about his love life.A hidden camera filmed the actor with one 's attention more than just a letter or postc ard would. " an actress/nun asking passers-by how to win her heart. He also "blessed" peop le by slapping them on the head.

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'Mental p ilgrimage' to Iraq

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Unable to visit Iraq, Pope John Paul 11 said he will lead a special mental pilgrimage to the land of Abraham 's birth . "This will be the beginning of my jubilee pilgrimage to the places linked to the biblical account of God's interventions in history," the Pope said Feb. 16 at his weekly general audience. The Pope said he would lead a special reflection on the life and faith of Abraham Feb. 23 at the Vatican. Pope John Paul was scheduled to travel to holy sites in Egypt Feb. 24-26 and in Jordan , Israel and the Palestinian territories March 20-26.

Rabbis protest papal Mass

JERUSALEM (CNS) — Hundreds of rabbis are protesting the celebration of a papal Mass on a Saturday in March , saying it will force the desecration of the Jewish Sabbath by requiring security forces to work . The rabbis have signed petitions asking Pope John Pau l II to avoid celebrating a Mass scheduled for M arch 25 in Nazareth , Israel , because it would require the extensive mobilization of Jewish police, soldiers and security personnel. The rabbis said they expect the Pope to respect Jewish tradition.

Ask executions be suspended

AUSTIN , Texas (CNS) — The Texas Catholic bishops have asked Gov. George W. Bush to suspend executions pending a tho rough review of the state 's system for carrying out capital punishm ent. In a Feb. 16 letter, Holy Cross Brother Richard Dal y, executive director of the Texas Cath olic Conference, asked on behalf of the state's bishops that Bush suspend all future executions on a case-by-case basis. Under the Texas Constitution, the governor does not have the authority to issue a blanket order stopping executions, even temporarily. But it would be legal for the governor and the Board of Pardons and Paroles to suspend executions individuall y as they come up while a study is conducted.

Sudan oil factor debated

OTTAWA (CNS) — A Canadian -church coalition denounced the federal government 's response to a government envoy 's report claiming that a Canadian-based oil

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BALTIMORE (CNS) — Catholic and Orthodox religious leaders from around the world will meet Jul y 9-19 at Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg ,

Gixes $50 million to university

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — A high school graduate who never attended college has endorsed higher educati on — and the University of St. Thomas — in a big way. Richard Schulze, founder, chairman and CEO of Best Buy Co. Inc., and his wife , Sandra , have presented the university, with campuses in St. Paul and Minneapolis , with an unrestricted gift of $50 million. This is the largest gift in the school's 115-year history, and the largest donation ever reported by a college or university in Minnesota.

Warning on Angolan war spread

CAPE TOWN , South Africa (CNS) — Namibian religious leaders expressed concern over the government 's increasing involvement in the conflict in neighboring Angola and stressed that the war be kept outside Namibia 's borders .

Nine members of the Council of Churches of Namibia, including Catholic Archbishop Bonifatius Haushiku of Windhoek, met with Namibian President Sam Nujoma in Windhoek in mid-February and stressed their concern that "everything be done to regain control" of Namibia 's border with Angola "and to contain the sp illing over of the war into Namibia." Nujoma repeatedl y has affirmed his commitment to helping the Angolan government. The Namibian government recently gave Angola permission for its troops to cross its border to crush pockets of resistance.

MANCHESTER , England (CNS) — Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has been appointed archbishop of Westminster, succeeding the late Cardinal George Basil Hume. The appointment was announced Feb. 15 at Archbishop 's House, Westminster. It ended months of speculation following the death of Cardinal Hume in June.

Archbishop Murp hy-O'Connor, 67, has been bishop of Arundel and Bri ghton since November 1977. He was once described by the weekl y Catholic magazine The Tablet as "everyone 's favorite bishop: human , genial , collaborative , imposing."

Chiapas church siezed

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company 's operations in Sudan are exacerbating its civil war. "The report confi rmed what we in the churches and the NGO community knew all long — that oil development in general and Talisman 's involvement in particular — were intensif ying the war in Sudan , and I would go so far as saying undermining the prospects for peace," said Gary Kenny, director of the Inter-Churc h Coalition on Africa.

Despite the findings of special envoy John Harker, Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworth y stopped short of imposing sanctions against Sudan or the Calgary-based Talisman Energ y Inc. in announcing Feb. 14 "new Canadian initi atives" aimed at bring ing peace to Sudan.

Westminster archbishop named

WASHINGTON (CNS) — With just one dissenting vote, the House voted Feb. 15 to bestow the Congressional Gold Medal on New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor "in recognition of his accomp lishments as a priest , a chaplain and a humanitarian. " In bringing the measure to a vote, Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., lauded Cardinal O'Connor for his commitment to education for all , his care for the sick, elderly and disabled , his involvement in interfai th understanding and his long career as a Navy chaplain, bishop and archbishop . Senate approval and the president 's signature are necessary before the medal may be awarded.

MEXICO CITY (CNS)—A paramilitary group operating with the support of local officials seized a church in northern Chiapas and forced its closure, the Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas reported. A Feb. 16 statement from the diocese said the group, known as "Peace and Justice," closed the church Feb. 14, bringing to 33 the number of Catholic churches in the diocese closed because of paramilitary violence. The church is located in the indigenous community of Jol-Ako in the munici pality of Tila, close to the ChiapasTabasco state border. Residents told die diocese the church was seized Feb. 14 by Peace and Justice members accompanied by local civil authorities, including the public prosecutor.

Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa addresses an audience at Seattle University in Seattle Feb. 13. He received an honorary degree from the Jesuit university for his role in dismantling apartheid.

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AIDS series a great disservice erh aps enough has been said about the series on 15 percent homosexuality has no app lication priests and kids, published over a period of severbeyond the group who responded. Moreover, the P al days and reprised in local papers in San Jose, most comprehensive studies of male homosexuals San Mateo County and Santa Rosa. in the United States (such as the 1994 University The purpose of the series seems to have been, of Chicago/National Opinion Research Center according to Albert de Zutter , editor of The Catholic Key study) put the percentage between two percent and (Kansas City-St. Joseph diocesan paper), to create a four percent for the general population. The ten "news" event by alleging "that the Church has a major percent upper limit cited in the story presumably problem with AIDS among its priests, and that the refers to the widely discredited studies of Alfred Church is suppressing the information and failing to deal Kinsey, which were based on small and highly with the problem." skewed non-random samples.

Eight hundred and one priests responded to a quesIf the percentage of homosexual males in the tionnaire sent to more than 3,000. There is no way to United States is roughly three percent, then the know whether these priests were representative of the fact that only 78 percent of the survey responmore 46,000 in the U.S. My guess is they were not. Most dents affirmed that they were heterosexual either priests are well enough aware of the tendentious use to means that priests are disproportionatel y homowhich a questionnaire from an unknown source can be sexual or that a disproportionate number of put. For most, it would be tossed in the basket. homosexual priests chose to respond to this sexBut the Kansas City Star , which commissioned the ual survey. Unfortunatel y, we can 't de termine survey, touted the response as "evidence" that Catholic from this survey which sta tement is true. Yet, the priests are dying at a rate "at least" four times that of article said, "About one in 114 said they either the general have HIV or population.

AIDS or mig ht Is such a con- 'Without knowing such things, we cannot have but haven 't clusion accubeen tested. rate or justi- estimate how much other poll results might That would fied?

The translate into about 400 judgment of vary from this survey 's findings. And this priests nationan independent (non- undermines the substantive claims that follow. ' wide . . . ."

Catholic) Specif ically, anal ysis by 0.5% of those who responded answered yes to having HIV or the Washington, D.C.-based News Watch of the Center AIDS , 0.4% answered possibly, and 99.1% for Media and Public Affairs pretty well sums up the answered no. In absolute terms, this means seven Sta r 's (or should I say "star-chamber") journalism: 1 individuals said they have or fear they mig ht have AIDS. Any projection of seven individuals onto a Despite the heavy and uncritical news covernationwide stage is statistica lly dubious, particuage, questions about the survey suggest caution in larly when we don 7 know how representative this inferring a hidden AIDS ep idemic among priests. group is. Still, the article concluded that "it Consider the following assertions about the survey appears priests are dy ing of AIDS at a rate at least from the Star article and the Knight-Ridder dis' four times that of the general population. " good ' . . . said very "The response rate was patch: the Star estimated the AIDS-related Finally, the Rev. Rodney DeMartini, executive director of death rate among p riests to be "about 4 per the National Catholic AIDS Network."

10,000 —four times that of the general population In fact , few survey researchers would consid" " rate of roughly 1 per 10,000." But the appropriate It very good. er a 27percent response rate to be comparison group for priests is surely not the genwere means that nearly three of four priests who eral population , which includes women and chiltargeted failed to respond. Normally, when a dren, but rather adult males. Data from the most response rate is this low, follow -up surveys are recent (1998) Statistical Abstract of the United least to the returns or at conducted to increase States put the AIDS-related death rate among were learn whether the minority who responded adult males at about 4 per 10,000, the same rate representative. that the Star estimates among priests. On this "Given the sample size, the poll 's marg in of contrary to the headlines, the AIDS death basis, if the that meaning points, error is 3.5 percentag e rate is not "hi g her f o r priests."

95 percent of same poll were conducted 100 times, those times the results would be no more than 3.5 percentage points higher or lower than the results of this poll , " the article said.

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Indeed. So why publish the results as if this crucial qualifier didn 't matter? To be sure, every AIDS death represents a human tragedy, and AIDS incidence among an avowedly celibate community raises special and sensitive concerns. In this case, however, to paraphrase Alistair Camp bell, the Catholic Church appears "more spinned against than spinning. " The first reading at Mass last Saturday from the New Testament's Letter of James provided this sober word to the Christian community: "Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers; you should realize that those of us who do so will be called to stricter account." (Jas 3:1) Of course every priest accepts the fact that since he 's called to this ministry of priestly teaching and service, he will rightly be held to a higher standard and be subject to public scrutiny.

But the standard of such scrutiny must be honesty and truth , not bias. Sadly, the Kansas City Star and its journalisti c clones failed the standards of honest journalism, and have done priests , Catholics and the reading public at large a great disservice.

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Holy Year

Bring Christ to the world , Pope tells p ermanent deacons

By Cind y Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Permanent deacons must not let anything stop them from bring ing Christ to the world , Pope John Paul II told deacons celebrating their jubilee at the Vatican.

"Do not let difficulties and opposition trouble your hearts but, on the contrary, grow in your trust in Jesus who redeemed men and women throug h the martyrdom of the cross," the Pope said.

More than 2,000 peop le — deacons , their wives and famil y members — attended the Feb. 19 papal audience during the Jubilee for Permanent Deacons at the Vatican.

Later in the day the deacons , many holding hands with their wives, processed from the center of St. Peter's Square , throug h the Holy Door and into St. Peter's Basilica to renew the promises they made at ordination.

Ei ghteen deacons — 17 Italians and a Spaniard — were added to their ranks Feb. 20 during an ordination Mass in St. Peter 's celebrated by Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos , prefect of the Congregation for Clergy.

Pope John Paul called the jubilee a good opportunity to promote a deeper understanding of the permanent diaconate , a ministry restored to the Latin-rite Church after the Second Vatican Council.

Being misunderstood or ignored is the most common form of "martyrdom " Christians are subjected to today, and many deacons know that personall y, the Pope said.

"Dear deacons, some of you may be worn out from exhausting commitments, from frustration because of apostolic initiatives which did not succeed or from

Informational program p lanned

An informational evening program on the permanent diaconate has been scheduled March 14 at St. Mary 's Cathedral , 1111 Gough St. The 7:30-9 p.m. meeting in the Cathedral's Lower Level Hall A will include an overview of the permanent diaconate 's formation program, presentations by deacons themselves, and explanations of the requirements to be a deacon candidate, according to Father Gregory Ingels, archdiocesan director of formation for the permanent diaconate .

Single or manied men ages 35 to 60 are specifically targeted for the meeting, Father Ingels said, adding that "wives of applicants are encoura ged to participate and are welcome to attend the evening."

"Since the first step in the application process is a letter of recommendation from an applicant 's pastor, interested pastors are also invited ," he said. For information , call (650) 325-5621.

Seventy-one permanent deacons currently serve in the Archdiocese. being misunderstood by many," he said.

"Do not lose courage ," Pope John Paul told the deacons. "Place yourselves in the arms of Christ; he will restore you ."

More than 85 percent of the world' s deacons are married and have children , ' C a r d i n a l Castrillon told reporters; because a deacon 's marriage came before his -ordination , "that is his primary commitment. " When Romulo Scelza , a deacon and director of health care in the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , spoke about his ministry during the jubilee , he referred constantl y to the importance of his wife , Maria Christina.

"When peop le ask us about any short-

age of time" for family when both devote so much time to Church activities , "we answer that if the quantity is less, the quality is undoubtedl y hi gher," Scelza said.

Mark Salvato , a married deacon from the Archdiocese of Denver and father of

'The deacon, his wife and members of his family are to have an abhorrence of the very thoug ht of evil , ' which demands

a critical attitude toward television, films and other forms of entertainment. two , told his fellow deacons , "Family cares or temporal problems are not forei gn to the deacon ' s spirituality, but are rather an integral part."

Deacons must see challenges as an

opportunities to grow in faithfulness to Christ and to the Church , said Salvato . Their relationships with their wives, their children and their communities should be examples for others striving to live the Gospel.

U.S. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford , president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, led a special jubilee session for deacons' families.

The deacon and his wife have a responsibility within the Christian community to be models of marriage and of parenthood , showing the world that the sacrament of matrimony is a reflection of God's love, he said.

Cardinal Stafford said the practical elements of the spiritual life of deacons and their families should include an observance of the penitential character of Fridays throug hout the year, not only during Lent; frequent recitation of the rosary together; and the strict observance of Sunday s as a day of prayer and rest.

"The deacon, his wife and members of his famil y are to have an abhorrence of the very thoug ht of evil ," which demands a critical attitude toward television , films and other forms of entertainment , he said.

Deacons constantl y must find ways to allow holiness and Gospel values to inform all aspects of their lives professionall y, in political and economic choices, in their families and in their sexuality, the cardinal said.

Regarding possessions , he said , the deacon and his wife can and must love the things God created , but they should enjoy things "in poverty and freedom of spirit."

The spirituality of the married deacon is not "characterized primaril y by flight fro m the world , horror of the world , but by a responsibility in and for the world ," Cardinal Stafford said.

Jubilee for Permanent Deacons underscores unique role

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Jubilee for Permanent Deacons is the only Vaticansponsored event for ordained ministers that includes an official program for the ministers ' wives.

The facts permanent deacons are ordained and the vast majority of them also are married underscores their unusual place in the Latin-rite Catholic Church.

But questions surrounding the role and identity of the permanent deacon go deeper, touching deacons whether they are married or not and whether they minister in the Latin or the Eastern Church.

"A permanent deacon is not a high-class altar server, nor a low-class priest," said Msgr. Anthony McDaid, an official at the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. "The diaconate is a vocation and a ministry, the ministry of Christ the servant."

The Vatican invited the world's more than 25,300 permanent deacons and their wives to Rome for the Feb. 18-20 Jubilee for Permanent Deacons.

Althou gh the Eastern Catholic churches kept the permanent diaconate, for hundreds of years the Latin Church used the diaconate

Rite of Election to be March 12

Around the world on the first Sunday of Lent, March 12, Roman Catholics will gather to celebrate the Rite of Election.

Archbishop William J. Levada, the priests, deacons , and parishioners of the San

only as a transitional stage to the priesthood.

The Second Vatican Council called for the return of a permanent diaconate.

Coming at a time when people already were struggling to articulate the specific identity of the clergy, the move away from the diaconate as a temporary step toward priesthood created some confusion , Msgr.

McDaid said.

A 1998 Vatican document highli ghted the diaconate as an ordained ministry, the

result of a sacrament , "which configures the ordinand to Christ , who made Himself a deacon , that is, the servant of all."

Klaus-Jergen Kaus, a German deacon and secretary of the International Diaconate Center, said the diaconate is strongest where the Church as an institution wants to acknowledge its obligation to care for the hurting and wants to entrust their care to members of the clergy.

"A priest is at the center of the parish ,

leading the celebration of the Mass ," Kaus told Catholic News Service. "The deacon is on the margins , bringing those who are outside in."

While the number of permanent deacons in the world has grown steadily over the past 30 years, the growth is uneven geographically. About half of the world' s pennanent deacons are in the United States. Italy, Germany and France are the only other countries with more than 1,000 deacons.

Having bishops who believe their dioceses need a deacon 's service and having a pool of men willing to serve are the determining factors , Msgr. McDaid said.

"The idea has crystallized that it is absolutel y wrong " to institute the permanent diaconate primarily as a response to a shortage of priests , he said.

William Ditewig, a deacon and director of Pastoral Services mid Ministry Formation in the Diocese of Davenport , Iowa, said surveys show "the vast majority of deacons say they would not seek the priesthood if celibacy were optional — the diaconate and the

priesthood are separate vocations."

The Vatican's scheduling of a jubilee session for deacon 's families is part of a growing awareness that in most cases the diaconate involves more than just the deacon and even more that just the deacon and his wife, Ditewig said.

"The whole famil y is involved ," he said , and part of discussion about the identity and role of the deacon is "getting a handle on how sacred orders and marriage go together — 90 percent of us are living both ."

Although the Vatican has made no definitive statement ruling out the possibility of women deacons, its discussions about the deaconesses of the earl y Christian community make it seem unlikely.

Cardinal Pio Laghi, who helped develop the Vatican norms for training deacons, said New Testament evidence and Church tradition suggest the women referred to as deaconesses in the Bible were blessed by Church leaders, but not sacramentally ordained.

The sacramental configuration to Christ, he said in 1998, always has been reserved to men, whether in the role of deacon , priest or bishop.

Francisco Archdiocese will celebrate the Rite of Election on th at day at 3 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St. The catechumens (those unbaptized) walk through the doors of the Cathedral, accompanied by their pastors , deacons , and catechumenate team and surrounded by their godparents , sponsors and catechists.

Archbishop Levada calls the godparents

to testify before all present to the catechumens' readiness for baptism by asking three questions: Have they faithfully listened to God's word proclaimed b y the Church?

Have they responded to that word and begun to walk in God's presence? Have they shared the company of their Christian brothers and sisters and joined with them in prayer?

The Archbishop then addresses the cate-

chumens directly, asking: "Do you wish to enter fully into the lif e of the Church through the sacraments of baptism , confirmation, and the Eucharist?"

Once the Archbishop declares them to be "the elect" (their new name, since God has chosen or "elected" them), they will be moving toward receiving baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist at the Easter Vigil, April 22.

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Values in world

Public defender looks at role throug h ey es of faith

By Evel yn Zapp ia "Although I did not go into this profession with the idea of a mission of faith, I think as I' ve gotten older it has become a strong mission of faith — one that has allowed me to go on, to continue," said Jeff Brown, chief executive officer of the Public Defender 's Office for the City and County of San Francisco.

Sitting behind his large, orderly desk, Brown , 57, spoke candidl y about his Catholic faith, his profession , and the challenges of directing the San Francisco Public Defender 's Office.

"There's one thing I'd like the Catholic community in San Francisco to know and that is that the office is well served. And that its members should feel good about the representation of people who are the most disliked and often most disadvantaged individuals," he said.

Brown manages an annual budget of $12.5 million and supervises 70 attorneys , and 40 support persons who ultimately represent more than 20,000 people a year.

The walls in his Seventh Street office are filled with awards and accolades earned duri ng his nearly 29 years of service.

Among them, a plaque of appreciation from the Richmond District 's St. Monica Parish for his volunteer service as bingo coordinator. He points to it and announces tongue in cheek, "This is never coming off the wall. It was one of the hardest tasks I ever had."

The native San Franciscan describes himself as "kind of an odd duck Catholic, kind of a converted Catholic." He immediately translates: "That's a person who has not been steeped in the Church and who attended public schools."

He fell away from the Catholic Church and turned to the Unitarian Church for quite a few years. "I came back to the Catholic Church on my own," he said. "I loathe to talk about why I came back because it is so personal. I would characterize myself as having a religious experience that convinced me the Catholic Church is where I belong and is where I would stay."

The St. Thomas Apostle parishioner graduated from U.C. Berkeley in the 60s when,

He has "taken heat" from the gay community over crimes involving gay men who have been hurt or even killed. "Sometimes they feel the tactics that we might have to

because he believed his attorneys were getting overloaded and "unable to reall y do a service to their clients." An agreement with the city was reached in which the city

'Life is about change and I want to be an agent of that change. I want to see a transition in this office and I want to see it occur in a managed and thoug htful way.'

One of the hardest case challenges Brown said he has faced was working to convince a jury his client , accused of raping and killing a young woman in her apartment , "should not be sentenced to the gas chamber." There was substantial evidence against his client , he said.

Brown discovered the man grew up in a foster home where the foster mother was involved in Jim Jones ' People's Temple. As a young boy, the defendant had been beaten and humiliated on a consistent basis in the temple. "He was a person totally cast adrift in life and all of the predictors of criminality were there and came into play," Brown said. "The result had a very gruesome result — a young woman was killed and raped by him. His background made it easy for me to say, this is a person that you ought not put in the gas chamber."

One of Brown 's happier cases was a not guilty verdict in an accidental killing.

Brown's client was involved in a bar fight.

The client knocked down a person who in turn hit the back of his head and died. The accused had never been in anything like this before. "I felt I had covered the bases on this one and the jury made the right decision.

Juries are receptive when they see evidence of provocation and the person does not do anything extreme. They can understand themselves being drawn into that situati on."

Brown also teaches. For the past five years he has taught criminal procedures at New College in San Francisco. Presently, he teaches 80 law students at Golden Gate PUBLIC DEFENDER , page 13

resort to are unfair or cause disparagement to the gay community," he said.

He is more than aware that victims or Jeff Brown family members of victims often feel "the office is not comforting to them." would provide Brown's office an additional However, Brown makes no excuses for his eight attorneys from the private bar. office defending thousands of people accused "Now," Brown said, "the caseload is of crimes,' even heinous ones. His conviction manageable." is that the legal system entitles the accused — The chief executive officer has the "luxuwhoever he or she is — to "a lawyer who will ry to pick and choose cases" for himself. insure whatever result comes down, that it's a Sometimes, Brown will see a case in the reliable result and the wrong person did not paper and "rush over to offer the services of get convicted of the crime." the Public Defender's Office." Other times, "I am less concerned about the state of he will randomly choose a case. "Everybody the facts against clients. I'm not here to wants to know why I take a particular case," guarantee a result." Brown explains. "I'm he said. "I really have no reason. I just don't." here to see clients have a fair trial and their rights are upheld. I'm here to guarantee the process will protect them as much as humanly possible."

He points out that prosecutors, jud ges, and juries are involved in determining a person's guilt or innocence. "My part is to protect my client's rights and see that the system is protecting the client's rights. If that means there is an advantage that might cause a guilty person to go free because of misguided procedures or law interpretation, then I have to pursue that. We cannot change " ""¦ "' vrj^B H ': the system for one accused person. The system 'must never break down." ¦ When offering advice to ' ¦x "";: r^^^^^^^IHBB - 'Family members and friends . . . potential attorneys, the sea- I'- . - ' "V soned lawyer said , "Intelliare often uncomfortable with the gence and passion have to work hand-in-hand. Passion drives you to vindicate your cases in which he is involved. client's rights. Intelligence tells you how to deploy your he said, "America thought of itself as a much resources and assets. A person without a more compassionate society." When he grad- strong value system will just look at his 1* ' ^H|i|| ^, vssiH uated from San Francisco Law School in responsibility as largely a matter of just I ^"Imiiiii, iiiiifiiiM 1970, he decided to become a public defend- processing cases. A person with a moral er. "I saw it as a helping profession," he said. commitment will work hard, search, review , :"¦ V Vy: After only seven years as staff attorney facts and the laws to see that the client is >^ >! \ possible."

'• '<• ; • of the public defender 's office , he was protected as much as . j Brown manages the public defender 's selected to run on the Democratic ticket for the elected office of chief executive in office largely throug h "delegated authori1978. He was elected with 75 percent of the ties." He hires staff and assigns individuals vote. Since then, Brown has run unopposed to supervise the work of the attorneys. He refers to his veteran head attorneys as being for re-election for 16 years.

In 1973, he married Wai Yung Brown. at the "top of their form" and able to make They have three daughters , Maranda , a variety of decisions on their own.

Presently, about 2,500 cases are being Simone and Olivia. Now college students , Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco various court they graduated from St. Monica Elementary. managed by the office with St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco "The younger generation seems to be dates. Brown sees to it that all clients are by represented and are more conservative," the staunch Democrat assigned an attorney Seton Medical Center, Daly Ciry Bay Area Region top of the case and Catholic HealthcaM West laughed. "I had to get down on my hands attorneys who stay on Medical CenterCoasiside, Moss Beach court. "It's not as and knees to beg my daug hters to reg ister ultimately defend them in CHW staff my because + difficult as it might sound Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City as Democrats." is self-motiand well overload the handles defender public He admits the role of O'Connor Hospital, San Jose is not always a popular one. Family mem- vated ," he said.

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Dialogue at USF

Status of women in Church, work , art focus of conf e rence

A March 3-4 forum focusing on women in Catholicism, work and art will be held at the University of San Francisco Lone Mountain campus, 2800 Turk Blvd., according to USF officials.

The conference, titled "Illuminations 2000: Dialogues on Women ," is insp ired by the 14th Decree of the 34th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus: "Jesuits and the Situation of Women In Churc h and Civil Society." "We wanted to take this document and breathe life into it ," said Else Tamayo, conference planning committee co-chair and a member of the President 's Advisory Committee on the Statu s of Women.

Leading theologian s and scholars have been invited to dialogue on the Jesuit document. A Saturday morning panel will feature Catholic theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether, a Northwestern University professor and author; Jesuit Josep h Doust , president of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley; Ada Maria Isazi-Diaz, assistant professor of theology and ethics at Drew University Theological School; Rosemary Di Julio , a Fordham Univers ity dean and a scholar of women 's religious orders;

USF Professors Joan P. Avis (left) and Susan B. Evans

and Mercy Sister Janet Ruffing, dean at Fordham University Graduate School of Religion.

By mid-day, the discussion will shift to a roundtable

dialogue on women and work with USF School of Education Professors Susan B. Evans and Joan P. Avis, authors of The Women Who Broke All the Rules.

Artist Helen Redman will complete the day with the opening of an exhibi t of her paintings, drawings, and writings at the Thacher Gallery.

"Birthing the Crone: Aging into Full Creativity " showcases an artist who "has been active in gaining support and recognition for women in the arts ," a USF organizer said.

Redman 's work explores issues around women 's aging and identity.

"We hope people are able to come out of the conference with a broad perspective of what issues affect women, whether women of color, older women , women who are religious, women in the Church, native speakers, nonnative speakers, or nuns ," Tamayo said.

Reservations for the conference are requested. Cost is $50 for both days and $35 for one day only. A special $35 price for both days is for USF alumni. For more information, see the conference Web site at www.usfca.edu/ACSW/conference or call (415) 422-6166.

Proposition E to be debated February 29 at USF

City of San Francisco Proposition E th at would limit cash payments for certain public assistance programs to 15 percent of total benefits will be debated at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 29 at the University of San Francisco 's Xavier Hall, 2497 Golden Gate Ave. Panelists speaking in fav or of Prop. E

include Supervisor Amos Brown and Earl Rynerson, co-founder and treasurer of Cash Reform with Enhanced Services (SF CARES). Panelists arguing against will include Mercy Sister Patrick Curran , executive director of St. Anthony Foundation. Renee Saucedo, staff attor-

ney for La Raza Centra Legal, will also speak in opposition to Prop . E. Event sponsors are The Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns of the Archdiocese and La Compania , USF's Hispanic alumni society. For more information , call (415) 565-3673.

El Retiro retreat center turns 75 El Retiro San Inigo, the desuit reatreat house in Los Altos, will be marking its 75th anniversary this year with a series of special events including a Bishops' Lecture Series in the fall, retreat officials report. El Retiro was formally dedicated by the late Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of San Francisco on April 2, 1925.

The facility 's Web site is www.elretiro.org: its phone is (650) 948-4491. The Bishops ' Lecture series will feature retired Archbishop John R. Quinn on Sept. 26; Jesuit Bishop Gordon Bennett on Nov.5; and Archbishop Daniel Pilarc zyk on Nov. 23.

SPL workshop to help individuals discern God's call

A workshop designed to help individuals find their "unique purpose in life" by helping them "discern the gifts God has given " them will be held March 17-18 at St. Mary's Cathedral , 1111 Gough St. Sponsored by the archdiocesan School of Pastoral Leadership and the Catherine of Siena Institu te, the Called and Gifted Workshop assists "Catholics to exp lore their unique, personal call from God and to discover the gifts God has given them for the sake of others," explain workshop materials.

The schedule includes a Friday opening segment from 7-9:30 p.m., then a day-long program on Saturday beginning at 9:30 a.m. and concluding at about 4 p.m. Admission is free, but advance registration is requested. A goodwill offering will be appreciated.

SPL director Jesuit Father Michael Barber praised the workshop as a tool for persons to gain a clearer understanding of lay ministry in the Church as well as their own potential areas of ministry.

"I have seen people leave the workshop thrilled and excited for the first time about being a baptized lay person," he said. "A whole new range of wonderful opportunities for Christian discipleship is opened up through the 'Gifts Inventory '. The inventory identifies 24 common charisms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and leaves the door open for more."

Emphasizing that the Church calls on lay persons to evangelize and minister "in the worl d," Father Barber said, "We have to think of our parish communities as transcending the walls of the church building to

be the leaven, the salt, the light â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the local community...."

The workshop will be directed b y Dominican Father Michael Sweeney and Sherry Weddell. Father Sweeney and Weddell are co-founders of the Catherine of Siena Institute, a program of the Western Dominican Province "dedicated to equipping parishes for the formation of lay Catholics for their mission in the world." Its Web site is www.siena.org.

For information, contact the SPL: (415) 242-9087; e-mail: spl@att.net .

According to workshop materials, target groups who have benefited from the program include parents, young adults, parish leaders , "people in transition ," and Catholics returning to the Church.

Lenten visit

Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, founder of Pax Christi and a well-known peace activist, will be in the Bay Area March 8-9. He will preside and preach at the 12:10 p.m. Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Mary 's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., and will also speak at 7:30 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church at the University of San Francisco , 650 Parker St. Earlier that day he will preside at a 9 a.m. liturgy at St. Bonaventure Church , 5562 Clayton Rd.,Concord; and speak at 3:30 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation, 2398 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. On March 9 at 7 a.m. he 'will participate in a prayer service at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore.

For information, call (510) 849-1540.

RENEW 2000

Sign-ups to partici pate in "Season Four " of RENEW 2000will continue in parishes throug hout the Archdioces e this weekend, according tohocal organizers of the spiritual renewal process.

They estimated more than 14,000 persons will take part in the sixweek "season " that begins March 5 and centers on faith sharing in small groups that meet weekly.

Sudan's Bishop Gassis:

School bombing said evidence of Christian p ersecution

By Jennifer E. Reed WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Sudanese bishop decried his government 's bombing of a Catholic school he founded as evidence the conflict is aimed at destroy ing the Christian population.

"This terrible , heart-breaking incident is yet another piece of evidence , if more were still needed, that the war in Sudan is a religious and ethnic war launched b y Khartoum and aimed at the destruction of my peop le," Bishop Macram Gassis of El Obeid told the first hearing of the U.S. Commission on International Reli gious Freedom in Washington Feb. 15.

In the Feb. 7-8 National Islamic Front bombing at Holy Cross School in Kauda , 14 children and a teacher were killed and "the number of injured is yet to be full y determined ," the bishop said. He said the school has 360 students and is the "only well-established school in the area."

He denounced the targeting of the school as an attack on the "the most vulnerable and most precious of our resources: our children. They are the future of the Church , the future of the country."

An official of the Sudanese Embassy in Nairobi , Keny a, Dirdiery Ahmed , told

Reuters , the British news agency, "The bombs landed where they were supposed to land."

The U.S. Commission on International Reli gious Freedom was mandated under the International Reli gious Freedom Act , signed into law in October 1998. Its first report was issued in September, and the commission singled out Sudan , China and Russia as three countries on which the United States should concentrate efforts in promoting religious rights.

Before the bishop 's testimony, Rabbi David Saperstein , chairman of the commission , read President Clinton 's Feb. 14 statement condemning the Sudan bombing as an "outrage." Clinton called on the Sudanese government to halt bombings , "to refrain from any attacks on civilian targets" and to provide "full and immediate access" by humanitarian agencies to deliver relief to war victims.

Bishop Gassis welcomed the president 's statement: "Final ly the leadership of the United States is speaking in our favor."

He urged the international community "to refuse to stand idly by while the African and Christian peoples of Sudan are exterminated."

"We are not asking you to carry our

cross — each person has to carry his. We are asking you only to hel p us carry it. . .

Bishop honored

Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid, Sudan, received the 12th annual William Wilberforce Award from Prison Fellowship in ceremonies Feb. 2 in Washington ,D.C, for his efforts to raise international awareness of religious persecution in Sudan. The bishop, who has spoken twice in the San Francisco Archdiocese in recent months, is scheduled to visit the Bay Area again in June, according to a local spokesperson.

.To be a Christian in Sudan means you have to be a hero," he added.

Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of iMewark, N.J., a member of the commission , welcomed Bishop Gassis as an "old friend ," calling him a "good shepherd to his peop le and a great voice for freedom."

In his testimony, Francis Deng of The Brookings Institution and former Sudanese ambassador to the United States praised Bishop Gassis for the risks he has taken in standing with victims of racial and reli gious persecution in Sudan.

"This man has done a tremendous job in transcending the keen divisions within the country. You look at him , and normall y he would be considered a northern Sudanese and by normal words of identity he would be called an Arab ," said Deng.

"It is a question of a man leaving the privileged category to identify with the underdog," he said.

Sudan has suffered decades of civil conflict that has left nearly 2 million peop le dead and 4 million displaced. Black African Christians and animists in southern Sudan have been fighting the Arab-Muslim North in a war that has raged on and off for more than 40 years, since Sudan gained its independence from Britain in 1956.

Investors seek monitoring of oil company in Sudan TORONTO (CNS) — Church-based investors in a Canadian oil company whose revenues allegedly support the Sudanese government 's war in the South will propose independent monitoring of the company 's compliance with human rights standards.

Peter Chapman of the Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility, which represents 11 Canadian and American churches and religious orders , said his group will present a shareholder proposal for independent monitoring of the Calgary, Alberta-based Talisman Energy Inc. at the shareholders ' annu al general meeting May 3.

Independent human rights monitori ng would be similar to the kind of independent audit law required of the company 's financial statements , Chapman said.

Talisman has been pumping oil from western Upper "Nile province since September, currently at a rate of 155,000 barrels per day.

Since then , the Sudanese government — also a shareholder in the oil project — has stepped up its attacks on civilians to defend

the oil fields from rebel attacks, resulting in widespread human rights violations.

Some Catholic aid agencies and victims of the conflict in Sudan have said oil in the South is the reason behind the conflict, which has disp laced thousands and prevented delivery of humanitarian aid for war victims suffering from diseases and hunger.

Sudan has suffered decades of civil conflict that has left nearly 2 million people dead and 4 million displaced. Black African Christians and animists in southern Sudan have been fighting the Arab-Muslim North in a war that has raged on and off for more than 40 years, since Sudan gained its independence from Britain in 1956. The current conflict began in 1983.

Peace talks resumed Feb. 21 in Nairobi , Kenya, between delegates from the Sudanese government and the rebel Sudanese People 's Liberation Army.

After the mid-February news that the Canadian government would not impose sanctions on Sudan, share prices in Talisman rose 16 percent in a day-and-a-half.

The Taskforce on the Churches and

Western Upper Nile People gather for an outdoor Catholic service at Mankein in southern Sudanese province of southern Sudan. Continued government attacks on sanctions. economic peop le over access to oil have prompted international

Corporate Responsibility has been fighting Talisman management to have the company adopt three measures in relation to its Sudanese operations: adopt clear human rights standards; create an independent organization to verify compliance with those standards; cease operations if the independent monitor concludes the company cannot comply with its own standards.

Last year Talisman management opposed a similar proposal.

This year management has no objection to the churches ' shareholder proposal , though they will not be a sponsor of the motion and would like to see some language in the proposition changed , said Talisman Vice President Jackie Sheppard .

"Talisman is not responsible for the conduct of the governmen t or of any rebel forces," Sheppard said. "We believe development in the country is good for the people. We believe in the proper and equitable distribution of oil revenues."

In January, Talisman adopted the International Code of Ethics for Canadian Business, which includes the - statement, "We value human rights and social justice."

"It's time to put some flesh on those bones," said Chapman.

The shareholder group supporting the monitoring proposal represents about 500,000 of Talisman's 118-million outstanding shares , or 0.42 percent .

The effort has garnered the support of peop le in charge of New York City 's investment portfolio and the State of New York pension fund , with assets of more than $120 billion.

A report released Feb. 14 by John Harker, Canada 's special envoy to Sudan, included allegations that Talisman has allowed Sudan 's army to use its airfield to launch bombing runs targeting civilians.

The Harker Commission Report , presented to Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, confirmed allegations made by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that Sudanese oil revenues are fueling the war machinery of the government.

Harker cited other ways in which Talisman's Sudanese oil project has exacerbated the human rights situation: Talisman's

roads are being used by Sudan 's army; southern rebel groups have intensified fighting among themselves over control of the oil-producing region; Sudan 's army is clearing people out of the region to ensure oilfield security and assure their government's revenues.

Talisman clai ms it has had a positive role in a complex situation and draws attention to its corporate philanthropy in the region , including a 60-bed hospital and company-drilled community wells.

The Harker Report, however, cast some doubt over the company's claims to be helping with development, said Chapman.

"Are there any non-Arabs using the hosp ital? Are the wells really for people or just left over from the company 's business operations?" he asked.

Gary Kenny, director of the InterChurch Coalition on Africa, said Feb. 16: "The report confirmed what we in the churches and the NGO community knew all long — that oil development in general and Talisman's involvement in particular — were intensif ying the war in Sudan , and I would go so far as saying undermining the prospects for peace."

The day Kenny spoke, the U.S. government imposed economic sanctions against Sudan's state-owned oil company Sudapet Ltd. and the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Co. Ltd., a joint venture including Talisman.

Talisman has a 25 percent share in Greater Nile 's venture to develop an oil project in Sudan.

But Talisman's Sheppard stressed it was not affected by the U.S. sanctions , adding "no U.S. persons are involved in the project, either in funding or in purchase at all."

In Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Investment and Trade said that beginning in Apri l, Canada will use its presidency of the U.N. Security Council to push for regional mediation in Sudan.

The Canadian government also will open an office in Khartoum, Sudan 's capital, and will give money to the Committee on the Eradication of Abductions of Women and Children , which tries to free captured slaves.

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Death p enalty review

In the first issue of Catholic San Francisco published in February 1999, the subject of the newspaper 's initial editorial was support for the abolition of the death penalty. The death penalty, which is one of several issues in the "respect for life" continuum of issues, continues to be studied and debated in American society. Today, there are signs of a growing recognition of the true nature of capital punishment and the need for society to find acceptable alternative s to execution.

Illinois Gov. George Ryan at the end of January announced he was imposing a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois until an investigation into the state's capital punishment system is conducted. Gov. Ryan will block executions by granting stays for those inmates scheduled for execution, a move that will keep inmates under a sentence of death but indefi nitely postpone their executions. He will appoint a special commission to study the state 's system and, more specifically, investigate what went wrong in the ¦cases of 13 death row inmates who were wrongly convicted in Illinois.

The governor 's decision makes Illinois the first of 38 states with the death penalty to halt all executions while it review s its death penalty procedures.

Last week, Kansas Gov. Bill Graves noted the importance of making sure innocent people were not convicted and urged governors to take another look at their death penalty systems. Kansas has three inmates on death row, but has not had an execution since 1976.

Currentl y there are 38 states with a death penalty, but eight of these have not had an execution since 1976. Of the 612 individuals executed in the United States between 1976 and 1999, one state accounted for nearl y one-third of these executions — Texas with 195. Several states with relativel y large populations , however, had far fewer executions during this period: Florida with 44, Illinois with 12, California with 7, and Pennsylvania with 3.

Twelve states and the District of Columbia have no death penalty. These states are Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan , Minnesota , North Dakota , Rhode Island , Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Gov. Ryan 's announcement of a death penalty moratoriu m springs from a realization that the system of determining capital punishment is fundamentally flawed. In the past quarter-century in America , 80 individuals who were facing the death penalty subsequently were found to be wrongly convicted.

The potential for error exists in every death penalty state. Following 18 years in prison , Dwayne McKinney recently was freed after Orange County, California , prosecutors called for McKinney 's murder conviction to be overturned. State investigators reexamining the case discovered strong evidence to support McKinney 's claims of innocence and mistaken identity. In addition to witnesses telling investigators th at they mistakenly identified McKinney as the killer, those actuall y involved in the crime came forward implicating themselves and naming another suspect as the killer. Although prosecutors sought the death penalty during the 1982 trial , McKinney was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole when jurors deadlocked on whether he should be sentenced to death .

The position of the Catholic Church on the death penalty is summed up in four points: 1) The Church is committed to the value of human life; 2) the use of the death penalty further erodes respect for life; 3) there are better alternatives to protecting people from violent crimes; and 4) the app lication of the death penalty is discriminatory toward the poor, the indigent and racial minorities.

Two weeks ago, the president of the U.S. National Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote to President Clinton urging a suspension of all federal executions. In his letter, Bishop Fiorenza called attention to the recent actions and statements by Pope John Paul II which highlight the Church's aversion to capital punishment. The Holy Father has said there are better ways to protect society that are more in keep ing with the dignity of all people. The Pope has said that because of our ability to protect society from aggressors, the need to execute individuals has become "rare if not practically non-existent."

Practical reasons to be against the death penalty, according to Bishop Fiorenza, include its arbitrary application , inadequate counsel for accused , the possibility of executing wrongly convicted people, and racial disparities. "We use such arguments in our efforts to convince Catholics and others to stop supporting this practice," the bishop wrote. "But we also condemn the death penalty because of what it does to our society. We believe the death penalty, along with legalized abortion and assisted suicide, contributes to a culture of death by saying that some lives are expendable."

He called to mind the words of the bishops ' Good Friday 1999 Appeal to End the Death Penalty: "Increasing reliance on the death penalty diminishes us and is a sign of growing disrespect for human life. We cannot overcome crime by simply executing criminals , nor can we restore the lives of the innocent by ending the lives of those convicted of their murders. The death penalty offers the tragic illusion that we can defend MEH life by taking it."

Why not say so?

The caption of your Feb. 18 cover p hoto stated a couple was wed in Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish , presumably at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalup e. So why not say so? After all, it was the only church in the parish. Just because it was closed in 1993 does not mean the church has ceased to exist. The Archdiocese found a use for it as a Catholic school , congruent with efforts around the country to find new life for historic buildings rather than destroy them, and that is commendable.

Its closure was painful. But pretending the church isn 't there, or deny ing its past , is very jarring to former parishioners who were the last of many generations to worship there. To them , and to the Spanishspeaking people whose former community built it , Our Lady of Guadalupe Church remains a powerful, beauti ful structure with possibilities for a long and livel y future.

Patricia Cady San Francisco

sional associations , and government agencies regulate , by law or by need for recognition , what is taug ht at universities. The ep iscopate is the "accreditation council" whose approval establishes the Catholicity of a theology department. The attempt to deny bishops this proper role reeks of anticlericalism. If people 's physical welfare demands that occupational therapy programs meet certain standards , surel y their sp iritual welfare demands that theology programs meet certain standards.

Incidentall y, I would wager that emp loyer Professor Cunning ham 's required her Ph.D. as a "mandate" from the granting university that she was "qualified to teach" in her field. This self-ri ghteous invocation of the mythical autonomy of universities should be recognized for the smoke screen it is.

As for her request for an "On the other hand... column , we get plenty of opposing views from the secular media, who happily air the op inions of arch-dissenters like Fathers McBrien and Drinan. The Catholic viewpoint expressed in George Weigel' s column is , jud ging from your letters column , a sorel y needed antidote to the secular attitudes so thoroug hly absorbed by Bay Area Catholics.

Christopher Nantista, Ph.D. Burlingame

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NFP 'secret'

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The best-kept secret is getting out thanks to the Catholic San Francisco and the Office of Marriage and Family Life. Your recent edition on Natura l Famil y Planning (NFP) was well done. It is encourag ing to see more information on the natura l and reliable methods of famil y planning available today.

Coup les learn from an instructor how to confidentl y identif y days of fertility and infertility and use the method according to their famil y planning goals. I hi ghly recommend coup les of any fertility status (child-beari ng years, breastfeeding, premenopausal) to use a natural method. I especiall y encourage couples planning for marriage to learn NFP. This is possibl y the best foundation of love , commitment and communication a couple could lay down for a new life together.

There are NFP instructors throug hout the Bay Area available to teach , and many are bilingual. Again, thank you and keep up the good work.

Millie Arnold, RN Creighton Ovulation Model Seton Medical Center

T T E E S

Self -ri g hteous invocation

In her Feb. 11 letter , Professor Dolora Cunningham informs us that "no one, government agency or otherwise , is free to dictate what is taught in a university or who is qualified to teach."

How ironic that in the "News in Brief section of this same edition we read ("Dominican program approved") of the approval , presumably sought, of an occupational therapy program at Dominican College by a national accreditation council.

Myriad such accrediting bodies, profes-

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Overstepped hounds

Thank you for your fine reporting of the addresses which Father Nugent and I presented during our stay in the Bay Area (Catholic San Francisco, Feb. 4). Last November , at the annual meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops , Bishop Joseph Fiorenza, conference president , commented on our case. Your article includes 1 two of his remarks. I offer the following observations: j First, Bishop Fiorenza stated , "It is not an invasion of conscience for the Church to ask those who minister in her name about their adherence to Churc h teaching."

Canon 833 specifies the persons who are obliged to make a profession of faith. These persons include: those who t ake part in an ecumenical council , a synod of bishops , or a diocesan synod; those who become cardinals , bishops , or deacons; a diocesan administrator, vicars general , episcopal vicars, and vicars judicial; pastors , rectors of seminaries or ecclesiastical universities , and professors of theology and philosophy in seminaries; teachers who deal with faith and morals in any university ; and superiors of religious orders of priests or brothers .

Pastoral ministers are not included among the list in canon 833. Furthermore, the profession of faith extends to those issues that are part of the deposit of faith .

Seeking assent from any Catholic on issues not part of the deposit of faith constitutes an invasion of conscience. Second, Bishop Fiorenza stated that "the Holy Father is the ultimate superior of all members of religious institutes" and that "acting in his own authority or through the dicasteries of the Holy See, the Pope can intervene in the affairs of religious institutes." Religious institutes of pontifical ri ght are subject to the Holy See, acting throug h the Dicasteries of the Vatican curia (Canon 593, Canon 590, #2).

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [CDF] is not the proper authority to impose a discipline barring reli gious from holding office in their religious community. Any intervention into the internal governance of a reli gious congregation is subject to the jurisdiction of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life.

LETTERS, page 14

On Being Catholic.

To be a pilgrim ...

Father Milton T. Walsh

A i l n English priest friend of mine was pulled over for

making a u-turn on 19th Ave. in San Francisco.

Realizing the man was a forei gner, the policeman did not give him a ticket , but advised him: "Father, you shouldn 't drive around if you do not know where you are going." M y friend responded, "Officer, I know where I'm going — I just don 't know how to get there!"

This incident provides an introduction to the first and most fundamental sign of the Jubilee : pilgrimage .

What distinguishes a pilgrimage from a vacation is destination: the tourist goes sightseeing, the pilgrim journeys to a goal. The attraction of p ilgrimage is deep-seated, and is found in many reli gions to a greater or lesser degree. Devout Jews at the time of Jesus took part in three such journeys to Jerusalem each year: Passover, Pentecost and Booths; these feasts commemorated the p ilgrimage of God' s people from the bondage of Egypt to the freedom of the Promised Land.

Since the Exodus was so central to the experience of

Jesus ' followers , it is not surprising that they applied its out on their pilgrimage, in which they will die and rise imagery to the pil grimage on which Christ leads us: not with Christ; the whole journey is played out in miniature.

As our first pilgrimage leads to the altar where the from physical slavery to earthly independence , but from the captivity of sin and death into the Promised Land of Eucharist is celebrated , so at the end of life our final unending life. Both the New Testament and the liturgy journey begins with the Last Sacrament , holy evoke the Exodus to describe the Lord 's "Passover" Communion received as viaticum (literally, "provisions from this worl d to the Father, his pilgrimage which we for the journey"). After death, we are carried from our follow. In the words of our Holy Father, the pilgrimage home to the church, and fro m the church to the grave. In of discipleship is "our personal journey in the footsteps the space of time given us between these first and last of the Redeemer." journeys , our entire Christian lives unfold under the sign At the Last Supper, Jesus of pilgrimage. We stop frequentassured his friends: "You know ly to catch our breath and be the way that leads where I am nourished by the Bread of Life; going." His disciples did not when we lose our way, we understand, and Thomas said, regain our bearings by a good "Lord, we do not know where confession ; we share the beauty you are going; how can we know and the challenges of the pilthe way?" (Jn 14:4-5) The discigrimage with those whom God in his Providence sends to travel ples ' confusion was only distheir experience of his pelled by with us on the road of life. death and resurrection. Until To see life as pilgrimage is a then, they could never have imagined such a glorious great liberation. We can enjoy the sights and sounds goal, nor could they have known that the only way there around us without feeling the need to pick up a lot of souwas through the agony of the cross. In a sense, they had venirs which only increase the load we carry. We enjoy always known "the way," since they had always known the companionship of others on the pilgri m trail , who for death. But they did not know it was a way, for until their own reasons share a common destination with us.

Christ it did not lead anywhere . Through his death and Above all , we have the joy of walking with Christ, who resurrection Jesus has made heaven the goal of our pil- alone knows the way because he is the way; who alone knows our destination because he is our destination. grimage , and death the route to follow.

We celebrate the Christian p ilgrimage in our liturgy, although we are sometimes inattentive to its rich symbolism. The rite of baptism for infants calls for a series of processions: from the door of the church to the place for Father Milton T. Walsh is dean of students and an the liturgy of the word , then to the font , and finall y to the assistant professor of systematic theology at St. altar. These newest members of the Church are starting Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

What distinguishes a pilgrimage from a vacation is destination: the tourist goes sightseeing, the

pilgrimjourneys to a goa l.

The CatholicDiff erence.

Sexuality : 'greater than you think'

George Weigel T JLn Commonweal's

impressive 75th anniversary issue this past November, former Commonweal editor Peter Steinfels argued , in so many words , that liberal Catholicism had run out of intellectual gas. A few weeks later, Commonweal associate editor Paul Baumann provided unhappy confirmation of Steinfels ' argument with a sarcastic critique of Pope John Paul IPs "theology of the body" that , in its attempt to be clever and humorous, succeeded only in being trivializing and juvenile. The Baumann article tri ggered a spate of correspondence , some of which deserves a broader audience.

To take but one example. Father Roger Landry is a newly-ordained priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., currently finishing his studies in Rome. Father Landry wrote a lengthy response to Paul Baumann, but the editors of Commonweal saw fit to print only the first half of his letter — perhaps for space reasons, perhaps on the theory that their readership isn 't really interested in theology, perhaps to allow Mr. Baumann an easier response to his critics. In any case, the second, unprinted half of Father

Landry 's letter to Commonweal makes important theological points with real pastoral consequences: "When any selfishness , hedonism, or utilitarianism invades the physical expression of human love (as the Pope argues it does with contraception and all extramarital sex), rather than ' making love ' such an act can and will corrode whatever love may be present within the couple.

Love is meant to embrace the other as a whole, and is thereb y incompatible with a rejection of genuine commitment to the other (extramarital sex) or with a rejection of the other 's life-giving or life-receiving capabilities within the very act designed by God for them (contraception).

"Any priest who takes his pastoral work with young couples seriousl y has seen these conclusions verified in couples ' choices ... [The] Pope 's message is that 'human sexuality is far greater than you imagine.'

How true this is! John Paul insists that human sexuality is not 'just sex ' but has a threefold meaning.

"The physical expression of conjugal love is supposed to renew with body language the covenantal promises the spouses made to each other verbally on their wedding day.

It is meant to express as well the mystical consummation of the marriage between Christ and the Church (Ep hesians 5) which likewise is 'consummated' when the Bride takes within her the flesh of the Spouse and they become one flesh in holy Communion (hence in bygone days the canopies over both the altar and over wedding beds).

"And, finally, in the greatest miracle of human existence, God has allowed the love of wife and husband to be literally capable of generating a personal incarnation of it, as the Father 's and the Son 's mutual love generates the Hol y Spirit.

"This is why the Pope can call authentic conjugal love an icon of the interior life of the Trinity. Such a vision of hum an love is quite different from our culture 's trivi alization of sex and, if my experience with young couples is any indication , could bring about a sexual revolution far greater than any we 've ever seen."

The language is a little complex, but Father Landry has it exactly right. John Paul ITs "theology of the body " is the most compelling response to the sexual revolution that any Christian leader has yet articulated. By taking the putative primary claim of the sexual revolution seriously and then raising the ante — by saying, to Playboy and alike, Cosmopolitan "Human sexuality is far greater than you imagine" — the Holy Father has not only put a halt to the appeasement with which most Christian churches have met the challenge of this powerful social force. Even more importantly, he has given millions of Christians a theological framework for understanding their vocation to sexual love and living it fully.

The novelist Walker Percy once wrote Commonweal in the late '60s, protesting its seemingly endless string of complaints about "Rome " and the papal magisterium. What you don 't seem to understand , Percy wrote in an inimitable Percyism, is that , these day s, the only choices are "Rome or California." With all respect to readers in that great state, Percy remains right-as-rain today. And some of the editors of Commonweal still don 't get it.

J o hn Paul ITs 'theology of the body ' is the most compelling respo nse to the sexual revolution that any

Christian leader has yet articulated

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

LITURGY & SCRIPTURE Obtaining indulgences and The Pilgrim's Jubilee Pray erbook ' Last week in this article , we considered the nature of indul gences which are such an important part of jubilee year tradition. Readers will recall that sin has two consequences , eternal and temporal , and each is removed in its own way. As Saint Augustine wrote, it is not the same thing to remove the arrow and to heal the wound. It is one thing to forgive the sin (remove the arrow) and another thing to heal the wounds caused by sin. Indul gences are concerned with that healing which must still take place afte r sins are forg iven in the Sacrament of Penance.

In this article we wiil look at the conditions for obtaining jubilee indul gences and a special pil grim 's prayerbook provided by the archdiocese to assist those who wish to obtain these indul gences at local pilgrimage sites.

Conditions for obtaining jubilee indul gences According to ancient tradition indulgences are only available to those who hav e celebrated the Sacrament of Penance and partici pated in the Eucharist.

Indu lgences are then to be gained by specific acts of prayer and chari ty. Certainl y pilgrimage stands out as the most significant such practice of jubilee tradition .

A recent document from the Vatican announced the conditions for obtaining the special indul gences available during this Jubilee Year 2000. After worthily celebrating the Sacrament of Penance and participating in the Eucharist , members of the faithful can receive for themselves or others the gift of

Father John Talesfore a plenary (full) indul gence by means of the following conditions: 1. Prayer for the intentions of the Pope, and 2. Acts of charity and penance whether in Rome, the Holy Land or the local diocese. In the local diocese, any one of the following would fulfill the conditions: • a pilgrimage to churches desi gnated by the local bishop. At any or all of these pilgrimage churches , the faithfu l must partici pate in the Mass or carry out personal devotional prayers; • a visit to someone in need or difficulty (the sick , the imprisoned , the homebound) "as if making a pilgrimage to Christ present in them "; • abstinence for a least one day from unnecessary consumption (smoking, alcohol , meat, etc.); • the donation of a proportionate sum of money to the poor;

• a contribution to good works of a reli gious or social nature ; • devoting some free time to "activities benefiting the community "; • other similar forms of personal sacrifice.

The Jubilee Pilgrim 's Prayerbook As alread y announced , Archbishop Levada has designated five local churches as pil grimage sites for the Jubilee Year 2000: St. Mary 's Cathedral , Mission Dolores and the Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi in San Francisco , Mission San Rafael in San Rafael and Saint Patrick' s Seminary in Menlo Park. For those who wish to obtain jubilee indulgences at these local sites , the archdiocese has published a special Jubilee Pilgrim 's Prayerbook.

The prayerbook provides all sorts of important information pil grims will need. At the heart of the book are the prayers that make the journey a pilgrimage. There are prayers for setting out on pilgrimage, prayers appropriate for each of the different sites, and prayers upon return home at the end of the journey. There is also hel pful information pertaining to the sites themselves. In addition to a brief history for each, the book offers practical details like the addresses, directions by car and schedules for Mass and Confessions.

One of my favorite features of the book is found in the inside back cover. I like to call it a "pilgrim 's passport. " Whenever you visit a local pilgrim site you can get your passport stamped according to an old tradition still observed along the route to important pilgri m sites around the world. Be the first on your block to get all five stamps!

The Pilgrim 's Jubilee Prayerbook is available free of charge. A limited quantity has been delivered to every parish and church in the archdiocese. Please consult your parish bulletin or contact the church office for more details.

Father John Talesfore directs the Office of Worship

Christ: the 'Bridegroom' who helps us see life anew Life can be a cruel teacher, slamming home the message that we don't get second chances. Lament how we may, regret how we will , attempt to take back what we said or cancel what we did , we are forced to live with the consequences of our choices.

Like a breath of fresh air, this Sunday 's Liturgy of the Word offers and makes present the freshness of a honeymoon revisited, the newness a bridegroom can create for his guests, and the deepened awareness that we do have an impact on each other. Apparently with the God revealed through Jesus the Lord in the power of the Spirit, second, third, fourth , you-number-it, chances abound .

Hosea sets the tone for us.'His own experience taught him the feeling s of God. He just loved to death the woman he married; she proved faithless and adulterous; he was always willing to take her back, hoping for a second honeymoon. That is precisely what he offers us in God's name: the invitation to be re-related to our God and the power to respond. Honeymoon time for Israel was her time in the desert after God had wed her at Sinai and made her his own. So we hear, "I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart, She shall respond there as in the days of her youth , when she came up from the land of Egypt."

But seriousl y, how do you redirect an old whore? Can the ways of harlotry be renounced? Hosea reposes his and our hope in what the Word proclaimed, now an event in our Sunday assembly, can do: "I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in ri ght and injustice, in love and in mercy; I will espouse you in fidelity, and you shal l know (the marriage word) the Lord ." We do burst into song with Psalm 103, "The Lord is kind and merciful ," doing for us what we cannot do for oursel ves.

Mark th en introduces us to the controversial bridegroom who gives new meaning to people and new religious responses. We are now at the center episode of five controversial encounters Jesus has with religious leaders.

Apparently the reign of God which Jesus brings on

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Hosea 2:16b, 21-22; Psalm 103; // Corinthians 3:lb-6; Mark 2:18-22

Father David M. Pettingill threatens them with a loss of control and power. Here the issue is that Jesus ' disci ples do not fast as the disci ples of John the Baptizer and the Pharisees do. Jesus is made to rep ly: "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them , they cannot fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day."

As bridegroom , Jesus comes to espouse God' s renewed peop le by becoming their focus. When he is perceived as present to them, they celebrate a wedding feast; when his absence is felt, they fas t in longing for his fuller presence. Jesus likewise makes new the very people he espouses, making them discontent with previous reli gious formulations , liturgy, prayer-forms, and ways of living; he is-not to be captu red and exhausted by any merely human word or action; like the horizon that forever recedes as it is approached , this bridegroom teases us out of our stayed and fossilized ways

What life may teach us about second chances, God blithely ignores... .

into the freshness of new encounters: "No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old , and the tear gets worse.

Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins.

Otherwise , the wine will burst the skins, and the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."

"Peoples ' reaction to our ministry confirms the fact that we have been made new when they respond favorabl y to us. Paul was deli ghted that the Corinthians he had to "alienate " by forcefull y addressing serious problems in their community had now embraced him with new appreciation. Indeed , they are his letters of recommendation: "Do we need , as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You are our letter, written on our hearts , known and read by all , shown to be a letter of Christ ministered by us , written not in ink, but by the Spirit of the living God...."

We appreciate once again," as we approach the hol y table , that we have accepted so many opportunities to be renewed by our gracious God and that we have had an impact on his people whose altered lives recommend us.

What life may teach us about second chances, God blithely ignores and invites us to do the same .

RENEW 2000 questions: When have you refused to move on? Stayed with one way of being Church, prayer, outreach?

How can you overcome this inertia? How can you help your parish do so?

Father David Pettingill directs the archdiocesan Office of Parish Life.

Family Lif e^

'Brrring' at Mass unnecessary

Vivian W. Dudro x Vfter a man in the pew behind us answered his cell p hone and engaged in a conversation during the middle of Mass, my 12-year-old son said, "You know, Mom, the Vikings had to leave their weapons outside the door before they could go into a church. Maybe people should do that with their phones."

Given that incidents such as this one are becoming more frequent , his suggestion is worth considering. Mind you, I am not proposing we frisk worshippers and confiscate their phones, but I am wondering when and how we can politely ask them to turn the things off. The last time

I attended the symphony, the program made the same request of the audience , and I doubt anyone objected.

The jarring "brrring " of a telephone and the hushed voice of a person answering it interrupt peop le at prayer.

Out of . simp le respect for others , then , we should 1 1 shut down these and other clamorous g a d g e t s Wj £& before entering a house of worshi p. v ¦ There is, of course, someone icture deserving respect , and I else in this ^^L p wish heeding ^BDJ. Him were as simp le a s Our throwing a ^«L switch. noted .^*%L ' \t pastor once in ^^^ a homil y that God T is always speaking to "^BM ^ us , and if we cannot hear Him , perhaps we do ^^H not have our receivers up. In H my case, even when my receiv- ^^B er is up, an overload of messages ^^B often jams my reception.

Distracting sights and sounds bombard me ^^ wherever I go. And at home, where I have tried to reduce the stimuli for the sake of my sanity, there is rarely a moment of peace. The house vibrates not only with the insistent needs and uncontrolled impulses of children , but also with the compelling noises of mechanical devices. Throughout the day, the telephone rings, the

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The pious mother of Eng lish clergyman John Wesley had oodles of children , and when the hubbub became bothersome during her prayer time, she flipped her apron over her head. When St. Teresa of Avila visited her sister with a large family, she escaped the domestic din not b y ducking under her scapular, but by hotfooting back to the monastery.

The calm essential to prayer does not simply happen.

We must quiet ourselves and our surroundings as best ^^^^ |jk we can to communicate #. ^ & with God . Even when Wk wc manage this , our W minds continue rattling and j con^^ w m thoughts cern s difficult to dampen. I ^^^^^^^^ sure wish silencing these was as easy as leaving them outside the church door.

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages four to 12) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

What s the 'right order ' of the Ten Commandments?

Q. Our community, like many others today, I understand , is having a major controversy about p lacing the Ten Commandments in a local park. One of the objections is that people , relig ious groups in particular, cannot even agree on how the Ten Commandments should read. When did the fourth commandment become the fifth jr commandment, as it is on a card I / obtained from a religious goods store ? One priest / ^^^^ told me it is a Catholic- £ Protestant problem. Is that true? Is there a ^ ^9^^ "rig ht " list of the com^^ mandments ? (Wisconsin) A. The confusion arises from the fact that there are two lists of the Ten Commandments in the Old Testament, one in Exodus 20:1-17, the other in Deuteronomy 5:6-21. And there are differences.

In all major basics they are the same, of course, although some variations are noteworthy and perhaps reveal some information about the time in which each was written.

In Exodus , for example, in one commandment, a man 's wife is listed as simply one of his possessions. You

shall not covet your neighbor 's wife, it says, "nor his ox or ass or anything else that belong s to him."

In Deuteronomy, however, which reflects a later time of Hebraic culture , the prohibition against coveting a neighbor 's wife is put first and is an entirely separate commandment from the prohibition about the rest of his household.

This also in part mi ght explain the difference in numbering. Exodus combines the last two of the other list, but seems to divide the first commandment into two.

Other divergences can result , naturall y, fro m differences in translation , though these should not affect the numbering or the meaning.

It is not entirel y accurate to call this a CatholicProtestant problem. Following St. Augustine , some Jewish traditions and many fathers of the Western church , Latin-Rite Catholics and Lutherans normall y use the enumeration in Deuteronomy.

St. Jerome and the Greek fathers , however, preferred the enumeration in Exodus. Protestants other than

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"Life is about change and I want to be an agent of th at change," he said. "I want to see a transition in this office and I want to see it occur in a managed and thoughtful way."

He noted that in 1970 the Public Defender's Office was staffed predominantly with white male attorneys. Today, almost half the lawyers are people of color and half are women.

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His counsel to hopeful lawyers includes encourag ing them to "not get discouraged."

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Is Proposition 22 discriminatory? nize a union between a gay couple in California nor in community, nor is it a subtle form of illusion which any other state, and thus such a law promotes prejudice compresses the meaning of civil and sacramental marriage. Proposition 22 is rather a claim that marriage susagainst homosexual persons.

Quieto rightly points out and affirms the Catholic tains a certain definition/meaning that should not be Church's strong stance of support for homosexual people. altered or manipulated.

Some homosexual persons have shown that it is The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear that homo"must possible to enter into long-term, committed and loving be is not a choice and homosexual persons sexuality accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sip of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided." (no. 2358) The moral question , then, is clear: Can one simultaneously affirm authentic respect and sensitivity toward homosexual persons and hold that marriage is a union only between a man and a woman ?

The Church's canon law is instructive and helpful: relationships, named by certain segments of our society X he Jan. 18 edition of San Jose 's Valley Catholic "The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a as domestic partnerships. prints a respectful and thoughtful article by Michael woman establish between themselves a partnership of I see no moral reason why civil law could not in Quieto, a senior at Spokane 's Gonzaga University. the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the some fashion recognize these faithful and loving unions Similar to many other negative critiques of Proposition good of the spouses and the procreation and education of by according them certain rights and obligations , thus 22, Quieto outlines his case: offspring, has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dig- assisting persons in these unions with clear and specified • The so-called Knight Initiative, now named the "Limit nity of a sacrament between the baptized" and "matri- benefits. These unions would then be recognized by socion Marriage" Initiative, is basically a message to the monial consent is an act of the will by which a man and ety as sustaining an important status deserving our people of California, specificall y the state's homosexual a woman mutu ally give and accept each other through an respect and protection. 1 believe that this possibility communities, that we, the people, will not tolerate irrevocable covenan t in order to establish marriage." could be pursued without equating such unions with marhomosexuality in our state; (canons 1055:1 and 1057:2) riage, and without in any way demeaning our needed • Civil marriage is a legal contract "between two persons" The point should be evident that "marriage" is a semi- respect and protection for the institution of marriage. and confers a variety of rights and obligations; sacramen- nal union /convenant between a man and a woman, a partThis proposal will not be acceptable to those who tal marriage, on the other hand, is a "very specific rela- nership which of itself sustains dignity, a relationsh ip which believe that all homosexual people are immoral and tionship between Christians:" promises the very best for the who believe that the Catholic Church condemns homovoters have no right to "conspouses, and which carries the sexual persons. sider legislation which would possibility of children.

The Church' s record on this point is clear and transaffect a divinely sanctioned Jesus did not change the parent, as evidenced in the citation from the Catechism. institu tion," and this distincmeaning of marriage. Jesus The biblical condemnation of homosexual acts cannot tion between civil and sacradid not create a sacramental and should not be translated as a condemnation of homomental marriage is "imporbond that evaluates a non- sexual people. tant" in this case; and sacramental bond as unworthy Vatican Council II taught that the well-being of • The issue "is not the value or undignified. Jesus merely individuals as well as of society and the Church is closeof marriage but the value of pointed out that the marital ly bound up with the healthy state of conjugal and famequal access to legal protection under the law," an union, when celebrated by two Christians, bears the addi- ily life (see Gaudium et Spes , nos. 47-48). access, if denied, that amounts to "discrimination." tional meaning of a sacrament, a living sign of the unique We all need to promote this well-being through our I would like to carefull y reply to these concerns as marriage which Jesus has established with His Church. support of Proposition 22 and at the same time continue they touch intimately two critical values — the meaning of Society and the Church hold a critical trust to pro- to foster respect, compassion, sensitivity and non-dismarriage; and the Church's posture toward homosexuality. tect this particular type of union, a marriage, a protection crimination toward our homosexual sisters and brothers The March 2000 ballot proposition 22 would add which understands man-iage to be a bond between a man (see catechism, no. 2358). one sentence to the California Family Code: "Only mar- and a woman, fostered for the good of both, and one riage between a man and a woman is valid or recog- which promises the possibility of offspring. nized in California." Those who reject this addition Proposition 22 is thus not a disguised opportunity Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman is president claim that, if passed, California law would not recog- to demean a segment of our society or our Catholic and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

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acts cannot and should not be translated as a condemnation of homosexual peop le.

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Proposition 22 is thus not a disguised oppo rtunity to demean a segment of our society or our Catholic community . . .

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¦ Continued from page 10 Such intervention would be appropriate after a process that determined the respective reli gious was unsuitable to govern , The CDF does not have unlimited powers. Its mission concerns doctrinaVmatters . In reaching into the internal governance of pontifical institutes , the CDF overstepped its bounds. , Through the experience of the Notification and its aftermath, I believe there are many lessons the Holy Spirit is trying to teach the Church , the People of God. As we learn, may we be open to God's grace to respect those whose views or actions that differ from our own.

Jeannine Gramick, SSND Baltimore (Ed. note: Documents related to the CDF notification are available on the Internet: www.natcath.com)

Judgment is p assed

I am angered by the Church's support of Proposition 22.

I have worked for the Catholic Church my entire adult life.

I studied for priesthood and completed my master of arts degree in theology/religious education.

The Catholic bishops of California have given more than $300,000 to support an anti-gay campaign. It jeopardizes basic health care to domestic partners, hospital visitation rights, anti-discrimination laws and adoption for gay/lesbian families; all under the guise of preserving the sanctity of marriage. The Church makes the distinc-

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tion that homosexual acts are evil, not the individual. By this , it fosters an environment in which anti-gay violence flourishes This is a quote from the Catholic San Franciso dated Feb. 4: "Lying, malicious gossip, murder, racism, fornication are intrinsically evil acts. To assert that an action is intrinsically evil is not to assert that those who commit these sins are themselves intrinsically evil. To call the homosexual inclination intrinsically disordered is not to pass jud gment on any individual' s mental or moral state."

When expressions of love between a same sex couple are grouped with acts of murder and racism, jud gment is passed. Gays and lesbians are being vilified. The Church rationalizes its support for this initiative because marriage is in trouble . More needs to be done to renew the Church and bring peop le into the Christian family rather than exclude those whom we do not understand.

Gays and lesbians teach in our schools, financially support and volunteer in parishes, and are ordained priests and bishops. How does one reconcile the Church's willingnessto accept this work and money yet deny basic rights? The Church's mission is to feed the hungry and educate the poor — not throw hundreds of thousands of dollars into a wedge issue which breeds fear and hate.

The Church's financial support for proposition 22 is illfounded and divisive. It does not preserve marriage. It disparages all who love in committed ways that do not fall within traditional guidelines.

Mario Dell'Olio San Francisco

Capsule reviews .. .

NEW YORK (CNS) — Following are recent capsule reviews issued by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

"Beautiful People" (Trimark) Moving drama about the troubled lives of four distinct British families who come to know the beauty in life when Bosnian immigrants unintentionally become part of their j lives. Writer-director Jasmin «E Dizdar 's alluring film has some IB script flaws that require suspen- W sion of belief but good performances help to overcome them.

Some gory battlefield violence including an amputation, some recreational drug abuse and an instance of rough language.

USCC classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted.

"Boiler Room" (New Line) Derivative drama about a college dropout (Giovanni Ribisi) who is seduced by the

serious look at familial relationships but instead gives in to the stereotypes of sibling rivalry using the telephone as a hokey prop.

Some rough language and brief sexual situations. USCC classification is A-III — adults.

The MPAA rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

enticing world of greed at a shady, suburban brokerage firm in the hopes of earning a quick million dollars and the respect of his stern father (Ron Rifkin). Ben Younger directs the film that delivers deft characterization s but offers an uninspired narrative that graduall y loses credibility until it reaches its predictable ending. A sexual drug encounter, some abuse ^.^CEL UCTijU and much rough JM nJjO language. USCC W^P"^ classification is A-III — adults. / The MPAA rating is R — restricted.

"Not of This World" (Entertech) Gentle story of a young Italian nun (Marg herita Buy) whose commitment to her vocation wavers when an abandoned infant is placed in her arms and she comes to befriend a sad loner (Silvio Orlando) who may be the baby 's father. Director Giuseppe Piccioni explores themes of loneliness and the need for human connections in a film whose spiritual perspective is both delicate and positive. Subtitles.

"Hanging U p" (Columbia Pictures) Mani pulative comedy-drama about a harried middle daughter (Meg Ryan) coping with the hospitalization of her difficult, senile father (Walter Matth au) while juggling the phone calls and attitudes of a domineering older sister (Diane Keaton) and a flighty younger sister (Lisa Kudrow). As directed by Keaton , the film aspires to take a

Sexual references. USCC classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. Not rated by the MPAA. "The Whole Nine Yards" (Warner Bros.)

A dark comedy set in Montreal about a mob hit man (Bruce Willis) hiding from a dangerous Chicago crime family who moves next door to a likable but dopey dentist (Matthew Perry) who is unaware that his conniving wife (Rosanna Arquette) wants him dead to collect on his life insurance.

Director lonathan Lynn's often funny, cleverly plotted comedy shows off Perry 's talent for physical comedy but is somewhat offputting in its light take on killers and killing .

Brief nudity, some stylized violence , a few sexual encounters and some rough language. USCC classification is A-III — adults . The MPAA rating is R — restricted.

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'Fictional memoirs' of bishop examine Church conflicts Behind Closed Doors: Conflicts in Today's Church

by Bishop Francis A. Quinn , Ingram Press (distributed by 1st Books, The International Online Library, Bloomington , IN), $16.95, www.lstbooks.com

Reviewed by Julie Sly Sacramento Bishop Emeritus Francis A. Quinn is the author of a new book he calls his "fictional memoirs," which "dramatically explore the turmoil convulsing the Church and the world at the beginning of the new millennium."

The introduction to Behind Closed Doors: Conflicts in Today 's Church describes the novel as "a fascinating account of (he challenges, failures and triumphs of th ree men in a changing world."

Set against the backdrop of today 's Church conflicts over celibacy, birth control , challenges to authority, sexual revolution and politics, the novel follows principall y the lives of three characters through youth and careers in the San Francisco Bay Area and "in worldwide intri gue." The three

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Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West, 1250-1350 , was recently published by Desiderata Press of San Francisco. The book was written by art historian and independent scholar Lauren Arnold , who is also a research fellow at the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco. Mark Mir of the Ricci Institute served as the book's editor.

Princel y Gifts examines the early artistic exchanges and influences among two unique cultures, citin g important works of art from archives around the world .

Arnold p lans to donate proceeds from sales of the first 1,000 copies of the book to the Institute .

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characters are Ladd Franklin , David Cannichael and Tyler Stone. The introduction explains that Franklin is "enamored of Willow Caprice, a classmate s sister with whom he strikes up a controversial friendship throug h the seminary years and during his priesthood."

Franklin enters the field for International Relief Services , an assignment that brings him to critical episodes on several continents.

Eventually he contends with Soviet Union officials , is pursued in Asia and South America for inadvertentl y overhearing information not meant for his ears, and is present in St. Peter 's Square at the time of the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Cannichael is described as "ambitious , looking forward to advancing his career." In interacting with his colleagues Franklin and Stone, he is continuall y opposed by archconservatives , members of Guardians of Doctrine (GOD).

Stone is called a "sensitive and caring " priest who finds the demands of celibacy particularly burdensome. In the course of his priesthood he is accused of molesting a high school student and is brought to trial. In an interview, Bishop Quinn said it

Julie Sly is editor of The Catholic Herald , newspaper of the Sacramento Diocese.

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The Belpre Award honors Latino and Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in a children 's book. Ada was named the winner of the Belpre Author Award for Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba, published by Atheneum Books .

In a heartwarming and loving portrayal of her childhood days in Cuba, Ada describes her deep friendship with a beloved dance teacher in Under the Royal Palms. Readers meet relatives and share the Alma Flor Ada tragedy of the loss of Ada's beloved uncle. Photographs enhance the diary-like portrayal of the author 's early years.

"This collection , a companion volume to Ada's Where.the Flame Trees Bloom, encourages children to discover the stories in their own lives and to celebrate the joys and struggles we all share no matter where or when we grew up," said Yolanda Bonitch, chair of the Pura Belpre Award Selection Committee.

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Bishop Quinn acknowledges in the book that "several sections of the story have come from thoughts I have gathered and passages I have read over the years." The characters are fictional with exceptions in minor references, he adds, while some events and p lace names are fictitious and some are real.

"Some of the events in the book came as I was thinking back on my own experiences ," Bishop Quinn said. "But most of them—especiall y the exciting parts—are fiction."

Since his retirement in 1993, Bishop Quinn has been working among Native Americans in the Southwest, cun-ently serving the Pascua Yaqui Indians in Tucson, Ariz.

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lenge of Pope John Paul II in his request to "engage with les the very vital question of the appointment of bishops me" in the dialogue he requested about the papacy and and the perceptions it may engender in the other Christian unity.

Christian Churches. The current practice rests almost Archbishop Quinn rightl y points out again and again entirel y in the hands of the authorities in Rome. that leaders and peop le from the other Christian churchThe author once again Reviewed b y Father P. Gerard O'Rourke es are vitall y interested in this dialogue also , and are traces the history of this .— -—"" \ H This timel y book is the result of Archbishop John R. keeping a watchful eye on how the le Catholic _ —^ ~~~^ development. He concludes „n \ ^ f - c Quinn 's accepting an invitation from Pope John Paul 11. Church and its leadershi p—espeby pointing out the Church 1 ^-r ^^ si The invitation is given in the Pope 's brilliant 1995 dail y the leadershi p in Rome— .— ¦"'-^" ^ I will have to respond to the "— "" encyclical letter , "Ut Unum Sint." The Holy Father reall y lives the expressed call of \ ot \ challenge of Pope John begins the length y invitation of "Ut Unum Sint " in the the Church for Christian unity. \ Paul II in "Ut Unum Sint" \ subchapter , "The Ministry of Unity of the Bishop of Colleg iality is a rather com- \ \ and find new ways to Rome." In paragrap h 96, he calls it "an immense plex term that has to do with col- \ \ resolve the fears of task...which I cannot carry out myself ." He pleads with lective , corporate or shared respon- \ \ many people within the Church leaders and their theolog ians "to engage with me sibility for the unity of faith as well \ \ Church as well as in in a patient and fraternal dialogue on this subject." In his as mutual collaboration between the \ \ the other Christian book , Archbishop Quinn , retired archbishop of San Pope and the bishops. Over the cen- \ \ churches about this Francisco , engages in this trul y "patient and fraternal dia- turies it has had a checkered career 2r \' \~ logue." He writes it as a man of faith , "the ever new and and became one of the great issues of ever ancient faith , concerning the primacy of Peter and Vatican II. his successors."

Archbishop \ The first chapter Quinn traces \ is a painstaking ... the Church will have to respond the history of \ anal ysis of "Ut colleg iality over \ Unum Sint" which to the challenge of Pope John Paul B the centuries and V the emphasizes how it fared in the \ dteS thC 6CU" imperative that in "Ut Unum Sint " and find new debates and back- \ W* MU U ^ cp \ men ica l PrOD "ecumenism , the l ground of Vatican \ " ist 1^ \ ^ lem Po^d by movement promot- ways to resolve the fears of many . VA \^ II. One of the \ C^ \ v _ _ ^ *e c iiege ing Christian themes of this \ T3 cxy ° as ^ of Cardinals unity... is an organ- peop le within the Church as well as debate , which contin- \ f -y . y \\> *v —-- ' ^ ^ ic part of the life ues, is the "episcopal \ \w a college within a college— and work of "TEE* in other Christian churches .... _ ~-~~-~~~^^ conference. " The \ the College of Bishops seeming to divide ^ Church and conseauthor is a genuine the episcopate into two classes, a first and second rank. quentl y must perauthority on this subject and you can almost feel his In many ways the rest of the book leads to Chapter Six, vade all that she is and does." intensity as he laments the gradual dismantling of this "The Reform of the Curia." The need for this reform lies, Archbishop Quinn rightfull y observes this will demand great asset to the Church since Vatican II. the author writes, in the failure to embrace three truths: 1) initiatives on the Church' s part and the Pope's part , always He also discusses the gatherings known as synods of "the Church is not...a monolithic structure with an omniallowing for diversity, which from the very beginning was bishops and sees them as a "great disappointment to competent cen tral administrati on; 2) the Church is a coma feature of the Church. many bishops from all parts of the world." He then tackREFORM OF PAPACY, page 19 In die book's second chapter, the archbishop speaks of two concepts thatXaflioffcs have tried to shun too often in modern times: reform and criticism. He patientl y walks us throug h this vital chapter with refreshing candor , understanding and courage as he ranges through Scripture, the early Fathers of the Church , the saints and scholars of the Middle Ages as well as modern scholars to set the stage for his chapters on "Colleg iality," the "Appointment of Bishops ," the "College of Cardinals" and the "Reform of the Roman Curia." The Curia is the Church's central administrative offices in Rome.

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Pre-registration is necessary for many of these programs.

'The Millennium and the Holy Year: What Does It Mean in Our Lives?" a discussion program at St. Gabriel Church, 2559 40* Ave., SF, 7:30-9 p.m.

Everyone is invited.

Feb. 28: "Questions Close to Home: Life and Death" with George Wesolek , Director, Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, Archdiocese of San Francisco.

March 7-April 11 {Tues.): "Catholic Moral Theology and Social Teaching" with Salesian Father Ben Dabbene and Msgr. Robert McElroy, 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Gregory Church, 2715 Hacienda St., San Mateo. Course is available in Wed. afternoon 2-4 p.m. module beginning March 8 with Dominican Father Xavier Lavagetto at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner. $45 March 8-April 12 (Wed.): "The History and Theology of the Mass" with Father James Aylward including a 2-session practice for lectors and eucharistic ministers, 7:30-9 p.m. at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., SF.$45 March 9-April 13 (Thurs.): "The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred" with Father Lee Kaylor, 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr.Jiburon. $45 March 17 (7-9 p.m.) March 18 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.): "Called and Gifted Worksho p" at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF March 19, April 2: '''Reconciliation" evenings of

prayer and discussion about "Personal Reconciliation" with Father John Talesfore; "Family Reconciliation" with Peg and Ed Gleason; and "Community Reconciliation" with Father David Pettingill, 7:30-9 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Church, 2320 Green St. at Steiner, SF. May 13: "2nd annual Spirituality of Aging Retreat" with Sister M. Timothy Prokes, author of "Toward a Theology of the Body," speaking on "Aging: The Challenge of Bringing Life to Fullness," 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF with Mass at 12:10 p.m. $20 fee includes lunch and program materials. ¦g^:,

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

Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto , Program Director.

Feb. 26, March 4: 'Three Saturdays in Spring" where retreatants can experience contemplative prayer with art, music and the labyrinth facilitated by Sister Toni Longo. Attend one, two or all three-days.

March 12: The monthly series "Living the Beatitudes" continues. This month's facilitator is Father Ken Silva who will present on "those who mourn," Join these discussions on how to live an "authentic Christian life" in the 21s' century.

March 18: "Images of God: The Ground of Our Spirituality," with educator and spiritual director, Sister Marilyn Wilson. Includes Scripture study, meditation, reflection, sharing and song.

March 24-26: "Our God is an Everyday God: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary," with educator and spiritual director, Sister Marilyn Wilson. Spend time discovering the presence of God in your everyday life. Includes input, reflection , meditation, sharing, and music.

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

Feb. 25-27: A weekend of Taize Prayer led by brothers from the founding place of the popular mode. An annual event featuring Prayer Around the Cross- , Bible reflections and silence. Modeled on the Taize gatherings at the brothers monastery in France where young adults flock to discover their own meaning and mission.

Feb. 26: "Encountering Mary: Opening to the Healing Power of Mary's Presence" with Kathleen Denison. Experience Mary as a haven of compassion rather than an unapproachable model of perfection.

March 11: 'The Art of Discernment" with Jim Neafsey. Find out how discernment can help you make wise choices and live an authentic spiritual life in a culture that offers few moral and spiritual guidelines.

March 3-5; May 5-7; July 7-9: Centering Prayer Retreat weekends following First Friday Taize Prayer. Facilitated by Vicky Boltz and Mercy Sister Marguerite Buchanan. Centering Prayer Days with Vicky and Sister Marguerite will take place on April 8 and June 3.

SANTA SABINA CENTER 25 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael. For fees, times and other offerings , call (415) 457-7727.

April 19-23: "Holy Week Retreat" beginning with a Seder meal and continuing with reflections on the Paschal mysteries of life, death and new life.

May 19-21: 'The Intimate Merton: His Life From His Journals", with Jonathan Montaldo who edited the recently published selections from Merton's diaries. Ongoing gatherings for quiet and shared reflections on Merton's writings continue on March 7, April 11, and May 16.

Datebook 3rd Thurs. 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , facilitated by Sister Toni Longo. Call (650) 325-5614.

2nd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Presentation Sisters Motherhouse Chapel, Turk and Masonic, SF. Call Sister Monica Miller, PBVM at (415) 751-0406, ext.

22; and at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke Parish, 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City. Call (650) 345-6660.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at (650) 340-7452.

Social Justice/Respect Life March 8: Bishop Thomas Gumbleton will preside at Ash Wednesday Masses at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF at 12:10 p.m., and St. Ignatius Church, 650 Parker at Fulton, SF at 7:30 p.m.. The following morning at 7 a.m., a gathering for prayer and action will take place at Lawrence Livermore National Labs, corner of East and Vasco Rd., Livermore. Sponsored by St. Ignatius Parish, Nevada Desert Experience and Bay Area Pax Christi. Call Cindy Pile at (510) 849-1540.

Consolation Ministry Feb. 26: "Transforming Grief: A Day of Spiritual Retreat for Those Who Are Grieving the Loss of a Loved One," at St. Gabriel Parish, 2559 40lh Ave., SF, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Facilitated by Matt Shea and Barbara Elordi. Call (415) 564-7882.

- Drop-in Bereavement Sessions at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF on 2M and 4lh Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Sponsored by Catholic Charities and Mid-Peninsula Hospice. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

Ongoing Sessions: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish at the Parish Center, Fulton and James St., Redwood City, Thurs., 6-7:30 p.m. Call (650) 3663802.1sl Mon. at 7:30 p.m. and 1SI Thurs. at 9:30 a.m., Our Lady of Angels St. Francis Room/Upper Hall, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame. Call Consolation Minister Sarah DiMare at (650) 697-7582.St. Gabriel Parish, 40"' Ave. and Ulloa, SF; 1* & 3" Tues., 7-9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Hilary Parish, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon; 1" & 3rd Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659.

Structured 8-week Session: Our Lady of Loretto, 1806 Novate Blvd., Novato, evenings or afternoons available. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. St. Isabella Parish, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, evenings. Call Pat Sack at (415) 479-1560.

For Parents Who Have Lost a Child: Our Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 2nd Mon. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Family Life/Respect Life March 31-April 2: "Catholic Family Life 2000" at the SSF Conference Center, with and outstanding lineup of speakers on topics including marriage and marriage prep. Call Office of Marriage and Family Life (415) 565-3680.

March 26: "Jubilee Year Celebration of Life" at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF, beginning at 8:45 a.m. with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding at 11 a.m. Eucharist. Facilitator is Sister Paula Vandegaer of Los Angeles and a wellknown individual in the Respect Life movement.

Sponsored by Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/Respect Life of the Archdiocese. Call (415) 565-3672.

Single, Divorced, Separated

"Compassionate Friends," a non-profit organization offering friendship and support to families who have experienced the death of a child, meet on 2nd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 850 Judah St. at Funston, SF. Call Marianne Lino at (415) 892-7969.

March 11: "New Wings" supper and bowling in Pacifica. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016.

Young Adults You may contact the Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese by phone at (415) 565-3600, ext.

2045; by e-mail at miansen@slvam.ora or christineop@sfyam.org; or visit the ministry 's website at www.sfyam.org. Unless other wise noted contact the Young Adult Office for additional information about the following activities.

March 16, 17, 18: A collaborative Young Adult weekend sponsored by the Young Adult ministries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of Oakland and San Jose. Joan Weber , a national leader in ministry to young adults, is among the speake rs. Areas of discussion include "Developing a Young Adult Responsive Parish" and "Young Adult Ministry 101".

The date for Fall Fest 2000, the largest Young Adult conference in the region, is Oct. 14. Volunteer opportunities available.

Young Adult communities have been established at the following parishes. Please call the numbers listed for more information. St. Dominic , SF, (415) 567-7824; St. Gabriel, SF, (415) 731-0650; St. Vincent de Paul, SF, (415) 922-1010; Our Lady of Angels , Burlingame , (650) 343-5809; St. Andrew, Daly City, (650) 756-3223.

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March 19: "Many Faces, One Body," a Deanery 5 Youth Day in the gym of St. John School, 925 Chenery St., SF featuring Jesse Manibusan, singer, storyteller, musician , 4-7 p.m. Call Sister Judith at (415) 621-8203.

Returning Catholics Feb. 29: "Catholics Coming Home", a series of meetings geared toward inactive Catholics, at Homer Crouse Hall of St. Pius Parish , 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City, 7:30-9 p.m. Call (650) 368-0429.

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T' Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF.Call (415) 288-3809.

Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Church, 98 Bosworth St., SF, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. M -F. in Parish Center Chapel, (415) 3344646. St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m. 6 p.m., 1sl Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday, Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 3221801.St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1sl Fri. from after 8 a.m. Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 67 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 567-7824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, Tuesdays, 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m. St John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1a Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1sl Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627. '

Children/Teen Groups: Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

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

S'-' Tues. at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition

March 4: 1st Sat. of the month Mass in All Saints Mausoleum Chapel. All liturgies begin at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma. For more information, call (650) 756-2060.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639.

For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521.

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church meets on 3rd Thursdays. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 3349088 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com.

Food & Fun Parish Soccer League invites new teams.

Games played on Saturday mornings at 9 and 11 o'clock on Peninsula from Feb. - June. Men and women invited. Call Otto Sterba, commissioner at (650) 968-6708.

Feb. 19: "Carnival-Island Hopping 2000" a silent and live auction with buffet dinner, live show and dancing at RCH, 207 Skyline Blvd., SF. $40 perperson/$75 per couple. Sponsored by the Women's Guild of St. Stephen Parish, SF. Proceeds benefit parish school playground enhancements. Call (415) 681-2444.

Feb. 23: Annual Spring Luncheon/Fashion Show of the Good Shepherd Guild at Green Hills Golf and Country Club, Millbrae. Social hour at 11: 30 a.m., lunch at 12:30 p.m. $35 per person. Benefits Good Shepherd Sisters' Grace Center. Call Janet Kelly at (650) 756-4818.

Feb. 23: Monthly meeting of Catholic Charities Auxiliary of San Mateo County, 11 a.m., at San Mateo Garden Club, 605 Parkside Way off the Alameda, San Mateo. Joe Marchi will entertain.

Lunch $8. Call (650) 349-1162; (650) 692-4598.

March 3: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets for 7 a.m. Mass, breakfast and dialogue at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Speaker is Heidi Kuhn of "Roots of Peace"; April 7 hear Father Miles O'Brien Riley.

Members $5/non-members $8. Call (415) 461-0704.

Reservations a must.

March 4, 5: Flea Market sponsored by St. Elizabeth's Women 's Club, at the church , Goettingen and Wayland St., SF. Sat. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Snack bar, too.

March 4: "A Trip Down the Nile, 2000 BC" a major fundraiser benefiting Notre Dame High School, Belmont at the SF Airport Westin Hotel, Millbrae.

Enjoy a vast silent auction, elegant and exhilarating dining, entertainment and dancing. $75 per person/black tie optional. Call (650) 595-1913, ext. 305.

March 4: "Crab Bash" benefiting St. Patrick's Seminary at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish , Judah

and Funston St., SF, with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7:15 p.m. Sponsored by Serra Club of the Golden gate. Call Cecil Casey at (415) 221-9668.

March 11: "Hats Off to Spring," a fashion show and luncheon sponsored by the St. Vincent School for Boys Women 's Auxiliary, 11:30 a.m. cocktails with lunch and fashion show at 12:30 p.m. at Embassy Suites, San Rafael. For ticket information , call (415) 507-2000 or (415) 457-2776.

March 11: Star of the Sea Parent Club announces a Spaghetti/Bingo Family Nite from 5:30 - 9 p.m. in the school auditorium on 9th Ave. near Geary, SF. Available packages include games and dinner or dinner only. Proceeds benefit school's enrichment programs. Call Sofia Booker at (415) 386-2635.

March 12: St. Paddy 's Day Extravaganza sponsored by the Junipero Serra High School Fathers' Club. Adults only. Donations of $100 include ticket in raffle with $20,000 top prize and a 3-5 p.m. cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception with entertainment by Keenan Irish Dancers . Call the school at (650) 345-8207.

March 25: "Mardi Gras at the Mansion," Kohl Mansion that is, celebrating Mercy High School, Burlingame's annual auction and dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction and hors d'hoeuvres followed by a 3-course sit-down dinner and live auction hosted by Mark Curtis and Rhonda Bentley of KTVU's morning news programs. Items available for bid include jewelry, a cocktail party for 50 in Kohl, tours and guest host slots on KTVU and KNBR Radio, trips and more. $45 per person. Call Janice Philip at (650) 343-9638.

March 25: "French Wine and Food Festival" at Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School, 659 Pine St., SF, 6-10 p.m. A celebration of regional French wine and food with specialties from restaurants throughout the City. $25 per person includes wine, hors d'oeuvres, buffet entrees, dessert and entertainment. Call (415) 421-0069.

April 29: Gala celebration of Archbishop Riordan High School's 50lh year. Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at a special Jubilee Mass. Call (415) 586-9190.

April 1: Tropical Enchantment ," the annual fashion show and luncheon of Junipero Serra High School Mothers' Auxiliary at Crown Plaza Hotel, Foster City. Tickets $45. Reserve early. Call Lily Golding at (650) 591 -2472 or Diane Kardas at (650) 593-3428. Proceeds benefit the group's work for the young men of the school.

April 1: "The Barbary Coast Express Casino and Silent Auction" at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., SF, 6 p.m. - midnight. Reservation deadline is March 10, no tickets at door. Call (415) 586-9190.Sponsored by the school Parent Guild with proceeds benefiting the school.

June 3: St. Thomas More Community's 1s ' annual Golf Tournament. Register now with Lito Mendoza at (650) 355-4063 or Gil Palencia at (650) 992-4009.

Performance Feb. 25, 26, March 1, 2, 3, 4: USF's College Players perform Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead" in the campus Gill Theatre in Campion Hall, 2130 Fulton St. between Parker and Masonic. $10/ $5 students and seniors. Call (415) 422-6133 for tickets and curtain times.

Feb. 26: The Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bell Ringers perform live at Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond St., SF at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit parish restoration fund. $10.

Feb. 26: The Three Fil-Am Tenors" of St. Finn Barr Parish, Edna St. at Hearst , SF entertain at 7:30 p.m. Special guest entertainment , too. Tenors are Patrick Bernaldez , Enrico Saboren and Narciso Yusi. Tickets $15. Call (415) 333-3627.

Feb. 26: "Broadway Heaven Bound" at St. Dunstan Parish cente r, 1133 Broadway, Millbrae , at 7:30 p.m. Hear Broadway's best music with a spiritual touch including selections from shows including Fiddler on the Roof , Godspell, and more. Tickets $10 adults/$5 students and children under 7. Call Deacon Paul Moriarty at (650) 3669847. Proceeds benefit St. Vincent de Paul Society programs.

Feb. 27: A "Sacred Music Festival" commemorating the 50,h anniversary of San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary, SF, 3 p.m. Six choral groups and a sacred dance troupe will perform. Call (415) 592-2790.

Feb 29: "Haunted by God" , an inspiring onewoman show portraying the life of Dorothy Day starring Lisa Wagner at Queen of the Holy Rosary College , 43326 Mission Blvd., Mission San Jose. Call Sister Mary Paul Mehegan at (510) 657-1734.

Series of literary readings at USF's Lone Mountain Campus, 2800 Turk Blvd, SF. March 6: Dorothy Allison; March 28: Jim Paul; April 18: Pamela Lu; May 8: Nicole Brossard . For times and specific locations , call (415) 422-6243.

March 5: Well known church organist, Dan Miller, plays the new Rodgers 950 3-manual pipeless organ at St. Sebastian Church, 373 Bon Air Rd. at Sir Francis Drake Blvd,Greenbrae at 4 p.m. Free will offerings accepted. Champagne reception follows. Call (415) 268-2351.

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

Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, 441 Church St., S.F. 94] 14, or f a x it to (415) 565-3633.

'Decibels overshadowed dedication' in rare Shostakovich Father Basil De Pinto Of the 15 symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich the critical consensus is that the 10th is the greatest. It is a work of such towering and searing emotion that any composer would be hard put to equal it.

Small wonder then that recent performances by the San Francisco Symp hony of the Symphony No. 11 , onl y performed here twice before , exhibited a composition of enormous breadth and extent which was not equall y notable for depth.

Shostakovich' s edgy coexistence with the Stalinist regime in Russia is well known. The composer suffered numerous denunciations from the high command and lived in a state of constant anxiety.

His music shows the terrible price he had to pay and has given him a parlous heritage. Is he to be condemned for cowardl y cave-ins to the demand for "socialist realism " or extolled for the hidden messages

Ref orm of Pap acy. . . ¦ Continued from page J 7 munion of Churches; 3) bishops are not "mere papal functionaries ," etc.

The failure to embrace these three truths leads the ettrhr"foTesist collegiality, subsidiary and legitimate diversity," the writer states. These are heavy-duty charges coming from a bishop who for over 25 years had to deal with the "omnicompetent central administrators ". Once again, he cites history beginning with the Acts of the A postles. And once again , he

of rebellion against and revulsion towards the regime?

No one has the right to condemn who has not lived under the awful shadow of oppression , but the music of Shostakovich does reveal the tension out of which it was born. The fifth symphony, for example, was an attempt by the composer to rehabilitate himself after the political denunciation th at followed his fourth . But that does not diminish in the least the marvelous lyricism and spiritual power of the Symphony No. 5.

Examples abound throughout the aeuvre of Shostakovich of this constant shift between the natural independence of the artist and the basic struggle for survival. In the Symphony No. 11 the weight of conflict propels the composer too far in the direction of empty rhetoric. The desire to pay tribu te to the victims who were slaug htered by the Czar's Cossacks in 1905 leads to an apparent paean of praise for the Soviet salvation brought by the revolution of 1917.

The evening began with a reading of Or does it? By 1956 when composition was begun , Stalin had been dead for three the Beethoven Fifth Symphony. As is the years. The triump hant finale may also be a custom these days, this famous work was shout of joy that the tyrant is gone and a treated to the lean and lithe approach , new hope is dawning . But 1956 was also thank you very much : let 's not dawdle and the year Russian tanks rolled into give way to a sentiment that mi ght be conBudapest and crushed the inci p ient fused with sentimentality.

In the event MTT' s rendition was perHungari an rebellion against Moscow.

There is no clear evidence to indicate suasive enough on its own terms, but let it what the composer was thinking about not be thoug ht that this was the last word these events. All we have to go by is music on the subject. Give another listen to that that is extroverted and opaque. The sym- earl y Bernstein recording (which he phony is long and loud, and only sporadi- admittedly spurned later on), or better cally delivers a sense of inward conviction. still , the magisterial version b y Michael Tilson Thomas led a passion- Furtwang ler. Old fashioned perhaps, but ate, committed performance but the deci- still worth y of their day in musical court. bels often overshad owed the dedication. It took five percussionists to hammer out the music's noisy program. On the other hand , Chapla in at Hig hland Hospital, there was a lusciously setsne threnody in Oakland , Father Basil De Pinto is a the viola section and a sweetly glowing solo from Julie Ann Giacobassi' s English frequent commentator on the Bay Area horn to temper the rattling of the noisy pot. fine arts scene.

refers to the obvious imp lications for Christian unity.

In my own special field of ecumenical and interreli gious ministry, I can refer to recent embarrassments regarding the Ang lican community. 1 can also add the lost opportunity of including His Holiness Alexsi II , Orthodox patriarch in Moscow, in the process of appointing the new Catholic bishop to Russia in 1991-92.

This created an unnecessary breakdown that does not go away easily.

In our instantaneous communication era , it is more critical than ever to "reform

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Archbishop Quinn offers a number of ideas to help in the reform of the Curia , which he calls "the single most important factor in responding to the Pope's aim."

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