March 19, 1999

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When Pope John Paid -II and Iranian PresidentMohammad Khatami shook hands at the Vatican, it marked a breakthrough in the Church' s efforts to build bridgeswith Muslimsaround the world.

Help ing the poorest of the poor , comforting mothers and children with HIV and AIDS, and lessening the worries of homeless families are the ministries of three young Jesuit Volunteers.

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Clipper 's life a contrast to culture

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Family

Life viewed through eyes of a 4-year-old

Oscars

'Shakespeare in Love' has soft spots

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Archbishop Levada:

A case for marriage defense

Social Justice:

Students to aid East Timor

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by Tom Burke What a nice idea... Old St. Mary Parish is having their third annual Name Tag Sunday during Masses this weekend.

Prizes are awarded for the most original , funny and tasteful.

Committee members behind the idea are Jan Spielberger, Maryan n Bachleder, Michael Sieczkarek, Jim Foster and Peter Zograt'os. Paulist Father John Foley is pastor. Jim Foster can be heard Wednesdays at 6 p.m. interviewing authors of new books on KBZS Radio 1220 am.

Do you really get 500 points for spelling your name rig ht?... I' m pretty sure you also gel points for using the right end of the pencil on the SAT, a must for all going to college when I was young and still a measure of some weight for university entry. On March 30 at 4:30 p.m., high school freshmen , sophomores and juniors are invited to "Outsmarting the SAT," a live over-the-air seminar featuring ti ps and strategies from two representatives of the company that prepares the comprehensive math and verbal exam.

The program is sponsored by insurer and financial services provider John Hancock. It will air locall y in San Mateo.

Dennis Pettinelli , longtime parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont and former president of San Mateo County Serra Club, is a John Hancock agent and a big supporter of the upcoming cram session. Like me, Dennis comes from a time when you "just showed up " for the several hour test. Dennis and his wife, Cynthia , are the proud parents of Liane, a nurse at Stanford University; Jon, a college student and Leslie, a senior at Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Seating is complimentary but limited. For information , call (888) 598-5454, ext. 113.

A new dimension .. .Mercy Sister Marguerite Buchanan invites those experienced in the practice of meditation to a workshop on Apri l 10. The day-long session will acquaint people with a Folsom State Prison program that has helped eliminate recidivism among participating inmates. Those who attend will be asked to think about taking Centering Prayer Meditation to other prisons. "The practice hel ps inmates cope with problems of everyday life by allowing God to work within them in daily quiet," said Elizabeth Dossa, public relations coordinator for Mercy Center, Burlingame where the conference will take place. For more information , call (650) 340-7480.

A gift...The Sts. Peter and Paul Benevolent Society, which had its start at St. Boniface Parish in 1864 and is the oldest German club of its kind in this part of the country, has presented the Tenderloin churc h with $25 ,000 toward its $11 million restoration campaign. Club vice president , James Affolter, of Our Lady of Mercy Parish , Dal y City, suggested making the gift in honor of original members who helped build St. Boniface. Ruth Raab Elliott , the late wife of club president , Charles Eiliott of All Souls Parish,

From left James Affolter, Franciscan Father John Hardin , R.R. Elliott, Franciscan Brother Keith Warner.

Places, p lease....People will say they 're in love shortl y after the curtain rises toni ght for Rod gers and Hammerstein 's' "Oklahoma," a Tri-School production of Mercy High School , Burlingame , Notre Dame, Belmont and Junipero Serra, San Mateo. With 55 cast members, more than 20 orchestra members and 20 students on the stage crew, this is the "largest " show the schools have ever put on together said Tom Sullivan , chair of Serra's English Department and show production manager. Some of the cast are Mercy 's Colleen Thompson and Christy Stratos as featured dancers ; Notre Dame 's Natalie Ford as Laurie, Lexi Sange as Ado Annie and Sarah Bowles as Aunt Eller; Sen a's Randy Yabes as Curly, Doug Li as Jud and Arturo Spell as Will Parker. Jay Jordan, musician and Serra 's Visual and Performing Arts chair conducts. For ticket information , call (650) 345-8207.

Worth the trip ... Archivist Jeffrey Burns , Ph.D. has announced the annual Archdiocesan History Day on April 10 at St. Mary Cathedral from M:30 p.m. Presenters include San Francisco priest and former Santa Rosa Bishop Mark Hurley who will speak about the origins of the new Cathedral; Norman Straub who will speak on St. Mary Magdalene: Marin 's Hidden Treasure and well-known respect life advocate , Evelyn Eaton, Ph.D. who will speak on vocations. For information , call the Archives at (650) 328-6502. Thanks to Stuart McKenzie, Archives volunteer, who spends more than 10 hours a week helping at the Archdiocese 's memory bank.

A great beginning... Colma ' s Hol y Angels Elementary School kicked off their Lenten season and Holy Childhood Association efforts with liturgy sponsored by their third graders. Presider was Mary knoll Father Manuel Mejia of the local HCA office. Third grade teacher and assistant principal is Dinah Costello whose husband is James Costello, princi pal of neighboring Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary . Jim 's brother is future priest of the Archdiocese , transitional Deacon Brian Costello. Hol y Angels princi pal is Franciscan Sister Therese Improgo. Pastor is Father John Cloherty. All grades pitch in for the benefit of HCA. Last year the more than 300 boys and girls donated $2, 148.64 to the cause.

Holy Angels Elementary helps HCA Clockwise from bottom left: Marjorie Ramos , Mrs. Costello, Sister Therese , Gina Gomez , Samantha Nordman , Krystle Mae Pascua , Mark Ruidera , Father Mejia , Kirsten Maneja.

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ing the poorest of poor, comforting mothers and Help children with HIV and AIDS, and lessening the worries of homeless families are the ministries of three young members of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) serving in the Archdiocese.

Chris Griffin , 31 , works at the General Assistance Advocacy Project (GAAP) in the heart of the Tenderloin in San Francisco. Five days a week, drop-in clients wait patientl y in the shabby reception area of a run-down office hop ing Griffin can conv ince government officials to continue their General Assistance (GA).

Terri DiMartini , 22, serves at Raphael House, a privately funded shelter for homeless families in San Francisco. "I do everything from helping the families with their children in the morning to changing toilet paper," she said.

Heather Murp hy, 22, works with both mothers and children diagnosed with HIV and AIDS at Rita da Cascia, a Catholic Charities ' program established ten years ago in the City.

Althoug h his University of Utah law degree was not required for his job at GAAP, Griffin said it helps. For examp le, he represents his clients at "mini-trials" if their disputes cannot be handled over the phone.

...you 'll never be able to look at the poor again from your comfortable living room and not feel something must be done. His familiarity with the legal world also comes into play in his conversations with the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation (SFNLA), which will file an appeal in the event Griffin is not successful at a client 's hearing. SFNLA is a non-profit legal service for the low-income ran by San Francisco lawyers and paralegals who provide free legal counsel.

Why didn 't Griffin just launch a lucrative career in law?

"I read the Bible ," he answered effortlessly.

"I wanted to be sure I kept focused on things that were importan t outside of law school - things important in the bi gger scheme of things. I lived on campus at the Newman Center (a Catholic campus ministry for secular campuses) because I thought it would keep me centered ," said Griffin.

He gave much credit to the example of the parishioners and priests at the University of Utah 's Newman Center. It played a large part in his decision to seek service to the poor before beginning a traditional law career, he said.

That challenge of "working and living with the poor and examining (he causes of social injustice " attracted him to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

According to Griffin , "The poorest of poor are seeking GA. They live on the streets, or in run-down Tenderloin hotels , referred to as SROs (single room onl y), or in overly populated apartments with others in the same position."

"General Assistance is not a handout ," Griffin stated emphatically. "Everyone receiving GA must work for it.

For examp le, a person must work approximately 69 hours a month , at minimum wage, to earn $355 a month ."

Jobs performed by his clients include washing MUNI buses , sweeping streets, and washing laundry at San Francisco General Hospital. Griffin claims, "The City of San Francisco has a contract with the federal government and saves millions of dollars employing the poor as cheap labor."

According to Griffin , GA demands can be stringent. He has witnessed persons lose GA for being 10 minutes late, forgetting to sign-out after a day's work, or missing a day because of illness.

Dismissed employees solicit Griffin 's help. They want him to do their talking for them. Many of his clients have "minimal education , mental or physical disabilities , and public speaking terrifies them."

Working at GAAP has been an "incredible learning experience " for Griffin. "Once you see reality from the point of view of the poor you' 11never be able to look at the poor again from your comfortabl e living room and not feel that something must be done. The Jesuit Volunteer Corps

From left, Terri DiMartini, Heather Murphy and Chris Griffin practice the art of "Quick , Thrifty Cooking " creates a work force one-by-one and tries to change things for the poor and make it better."

Griffin's year of JVC service ends in August. He plans to continue his work as a public interest lawyer. He is determined to use his law degree to "help people, the poor people."

Attending a Jesuit university and visiting Northern Ireland led to Terri DiMartini enlisting in the JVC. "It's impossible to go to a Jesuit school and not hear about the JVCs ," said DiMartini, referring to her alma mater, St. Joseph University in Philadelphia.

During her senior year, she visited Northern Ireland for a month and, although Catholic, lived with a Protestant family. Given the opportunity to speak with former IRA (Irish Republic Army) prisoners and former UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) prisoners, and families of both who lost children, she learned "things are not always black and white."

DiMartini's work in Ireland inspired her to investigate the JVC. Her resulting decision to work with the homeless was "not a popular one" with her family. "Like any parents,

they worried about me," she said. That has improved , however, she pointed out , because they have come to see how much the ministry means to her.

Her full schedule at Raphael House includes teaching computer classes, creating resumes for residents, working on the shelter 's newsletter, and tutori ng people seeking General Equivalency Diplomas. A proud moment was when her first student passed a GED test.

Yet, admitted DiMartini, "Sometimes the best thing I can do for the residents is just listen."

In DiMartini's spare time, she is an assistant track coach In addition to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, the Archdiocese is served by lay volunteers of other programs sponsored by religious communities. These inciude Mercy Corps Volunteers operated by the Sisters of Mercy and Notre Dame Mission Volunteer Program (in concert with AmeriCorps). See future editions.

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Jesui t Volunteer Corps: f rom Alaska to the world

The Jesuit Volunteer Corps offers applicants an opportunity to work full-time for justic e and peace, according to its recruiting materials. Although the JVC is rooted in the Roman Catholic tradition , applicants from other Christian traditions are welcome.

The JVC began in 1956 with a handful of volunteers in Alaska. Today, over 500 serve throughout the world, Volunteers commit to a year of service, normally living and working among the poor.

Benefits: room and board , small monthly stipend , health insurance , deferred student loans, transportation home at the end of the JVC service. Requirements: 21 years of age minimum , emotional maturity, good health, college degree or work experience, Christian motivation, flexibility, sense of humor. Applicants may be married (no dependents). Commitment: One-year contract/covenant usually beginning in August.

For information: Jesuit Volunteer Corps, 475 Valencia, San Francisco, 94 114 or call (415) 522-1599.

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Ital y, taken as a souvenir in 1997 by a pair of Brazilian tourists , was returned in earl y March. The Brazilian couple , who had taken a memento of the roughly 3 square inches ot ceiling fresco , asked authorities not tc reveal their identities because "they were embarrassed ," Franciscan Father Nicola Giandomenico said March 9. He spoke short ly after he took part in a brief ceremony marking the return of the fragment.

Urge U.S. leaders not to delay relief

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Representatives of reli gious , development and human rights communities urged President Clinton and congressional leaders to make sure U.S. aid to Centra l America for Hurricane Mitch relief "does not become mired in domestic political disputes."

"The unprecedented response of the American peop le in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch demonstrates the importance that Americans attach to rebuilding this region ," the organizations said in a March 10 letter to Clinton, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-lll. Among the letter 's signers was Kenneth Hackett , executive director of Catholic Relief Services, American Catholics ' internati onal relief agency.

a ./- Tauran, Vatican secretary for relations with states , said a continuing priority of the Holy See is its centuries-old concern for "the survival of the Christians of the Middle East."

Cardinal excludes gay group f rom directory

LONDON (CNS) — A British cardinal excluded a Catholic gay and lesbian support group from a Church directory because it refuses to accept the teaching th at all homosexual acts are sinful. Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster, president of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, suspended the entry of the group, Quest, from the 1999 Catholic Directory, which lists official Catholic organizations. He said he deleted the listing because Quest refused to implement his suggested amendments to its written constitution , which the cardinal considered ambiguous.

St. Mary 's College go al: $150 million

MORAGA — St. Mary 's College of California earlier this month unveiled what officials there say is the "largest ever" fund-raising campaign ever undertaken by a Catholic college or university on the West Coast.

The $150 million "Spiri t of St. Mary 's" campaign would "enable the college to invest in critical programs — fro m supporting our students and faculty to developing the kinds of educational initiatives that will continue to distinguish St. Mary's," said Christian Brother Craig Franz, Ph.D., college president , in announcing the project.

According to the college s press release, "The current campai gn build upon the work of the 1986-92 campaign , which raise $52.5 million. In 1 994 the college began planning for a new fund-raising project "that would continue supporting the original initiatives as well as address newly identified needs ," it stated.

"However, an outpouring of support .. .led the college to realize the original goal of $75 million could be exceeded," the release said, adding, "Even before moving to its public phase, the campaign raised $107 in 'lead' gifts. As a result ...campaign planners revised the goal to $150 million" by the year 2001.

Catholics f i g ht tax fu nds fo r abortion

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Forty-seven pro-life Minnesotans , most of them Catholic, are fi ghting a state law that allows public money to be used for abortions. At issue is wheth er people who believe abortion is a moral evil should be required to pay for it throug h taxes. In a lawsuit the plaintiffs asked a U.S. District Court judge to require the Minnesota Department of Human Services to stop paying medical assistance claims to abortion providers.

Mixed rulings intact in clinic cases

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear California

J appeals in a dispute over sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics. Without comment March 8, the court let stand a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A ppeals ruling that slopped enforcement of a Santa Barbara ordinance that forbids picketing, counseling, and verbal or silent protests within a "floating bubble zone " — within eight feet of anyone who is within 100 feet of a clinic. The court also let stand the appeals court ruling upholding the section of the ordinance that prohibits such protests within a "fixed bubble zone," of eight feet from clinics or their driveways.

App eal to pop e, Clinton to help Bethlehem

JERUSALEM (CNS) — Palestinian leaders , including the minister of tourism and the mayor of Bethlehem , have sent an appeal to Pope Joh n Paul II, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and U.S. President Bill Clinton , asking them to put a halt to "unjust Israeli practices" in Bethlehem. They said Bethlehem has been exposed to settlement creation and expansion , construction of bypass roads, house demolition s and diversion of water sources to Israel and its settlements, resulting in acute shortages.

"We feel that the situation in the Holy Land has reached a point so grave and so alarm ing that genuine , substantive intervention by the world community has become a moral , political and practical obli gation ," said the statement issued March 9.

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ASSISI, Italy (CNS) — A fragment of the earthquake-damaged basilica in Assisi,

Pope , Iranian leader discuss the future

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an encounter that appeared to open new prospects for interreli gious dialogue , Pope John Paul II met Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and discussed how to improve relations between Christians and Muslims around the world. "I consider this visit important and promising," the pope said in front of reporters after speaking with Khatami for 25 minutes in his private library March 11. The black-robed Iranian leader smiled and told the pontiff he came from their meeting "full of hope for the future. "

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Viet rig hts activist joins CUA faculty

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Human rights activist Doan Viet Hoat, who served 19 of the last 21 years in prison for nonviolent criticism of the Vietnamese government, has joined the faculty of The Catholic University of America 's Columbus School of Law as a scholar in residence. During a reception welcoming Hoat to the school , he received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award , which he won in 1995 while serving a 15-year prison sentence. The award, presented to Hoat by Ethel Kenned y, Robert Kennedy 's widow, is given each year to individualswho stand up to oppression in pursuit of respect for basic human rights.

Postulator appo inted fo r Mother Teresa

CALCUTTA, India (CNS) Archbishop Henry D'Souza of Calcutta has appointed a postulator for the sainthood cause of Mother Teresa. Earlier, the pope waived the five-year waiting period before the process can begin. Archbishop D'Souza told Vatican officials that Missionaries of Charity Father Brian Kolodiejch.uk was scheduled to reach the eastern Indian metropolis of Calcutta in mid-March to begin the process, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Father Kolodiejch.uk is the superior of a Missionaries of Charity house in Rome, said JX spokesman for Missionaries of Charity Fathers in Calcutta.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II named an experienced Vatican diplomat , Mexican Archbishop Luis Robles Diaz , as his new apostolic nuncio to Cuba.

As nuncio , the Vatican's equivalent of an ambassador, the 61-year-old Archbishop Robles is expected to play a key role in ongoing negotiations with the communist government of Fidel Castro on church rights and freedoms in the Caribbean country. The Vatican announced the appointment March 6.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a Washington speech on Vatican diplomacy in the Middle East, a top Vatican official said the Holy Land "should be a sort of workshop for interreligiou s dialogue , with Jerusalem , the holy city par excellence, as its symbol." Archbishop Jean-Louis

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NEW YORK (CNS) — Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York told priests of his archdiocese in a letter earlier this month he might be in his final year as archbishop . The cardinal , who succeeded Cardinal Terence Cooke in 1984, referred to his possible retirement in a letter inviting priests to join in celebrating the annual Chrism Mass March 30. "I don't want to sentimentalize this , but it is obvious that this may well be my final Chrism Mass as archbishop of New York," he wrote. "Your participation with as many of your parishioners as possible would therefore be especially welcomed."

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In defense of marriage and family...

I read a few weeks ago that Mayor Willie When Brown was about to conduct another of his now annual "marriage " ceremonies for gay and lesbian coup les at City Hall , I wondered whether to file the piece under "Marc h madness " or "Lenten penance ."

Unfortunatel y, what 1 suppose many thought of three years ago as our new mayor 's penchant for flamboyance has now turned out to have a far more subversive purpose.

As the news article suggested , even though this socalled "blessing of unions " has no legal effect , since marriage is regulated by state law, it is linked to a relativel y new, broad-based campai gn to change the legal definition of marriage to include same-sex unions.

With many in our society - indeed with what seems a solid majority in Congress and among the voters in the states where it has been placed on the ballot -1 think such a change in law would put our civil law in contradiction to the law of nature. Such a change would be immensely subversive of the good order of our society, in which marriage and famil y are rightly seen as a foundational unit.

For most of English and American history, the law held homosexual sodomy to be a criminal offense. Only in the latter part of this century (1962) did the drafters of the Model Penal Code propose that private homosexual conduct between consenting adults no longer be punished as a crime.

Such toleration of homosexual conduct today has been expanded beyond decriminalization to forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation in a variety of areas, depending on the jurisdiction: employment , housing, public accommodations , insurance , health care, etc. Non-discrimination laws place homosexual orientation and sometimes homosexual conduct on a par with such immutable traits as race, national origin , sex, and age.

More recently, we have seen advocacy move beyond freedom from discrimination , in itself a laudable goal , to pursuit of public support for homosexual relationships and conduct , for example in the recognition of domestic partners as a basis for health and other benefits, both in the private sector and here in San Francisco in public policy decisions. Advocates for homosexual rights have also sought

On Being Catholic

Father Milton T. Walsh dramatic is the reunion of the Prodigal Son with Sohis father that it is easy to forget that this is not the end of the story. The whole village joins in the feast, save one: the older brother. He does not share his father 's rejoicing, he resents it. In the words of St. Peter Chrysologus, "The dance of affection keeps him outside. " We need to see this parable of Jesus in its context.

Chapter 15 of Luke 's Gospel presents three stories of lostand-found: the shepherd who seeks out the lost sheep, the woman who scours her house to track down one lost coin , and the father who regains his lost son. Why does Jesus tell these stories to illustrate his Father 's mercy? Because the scribes and the Pharisees were complaining, "This one welcomes sinners and eats with them."

You are most likely receiving Catholic San Francisco because you are a registered parishioner. Perhaps you attend daily Mass, or serve on some committee in your parish; or are involved in RENEW or a prayer group. Such were the

some* or all of the benefits and entitlements ordinarily given to married couples , either through domestic partnership or by asserting a "rig ht to marry."

With regard to homosexual activity, in the memory of folks as old as I am, then , the historical trajectory has gone from prohibition and punishment to toleration to non-discrimination to advocacy for endorsement. J suggest that the good order of society itself requires us to draw a line to protect the institution of marriage and the family.

We might think , quite correctl y, that most people would not approve such a change in our common law. But in our system it onl y takes one or two quirk y jud ges (who bypassing centuries of moral and legal tradition , invent a new argument) to cause a revolution in our law, and - since law is a great teacher of right and wrong - in our society 's values as well. This judicial mayhem has alread y happened in Hawaii , where the case is still being played out among courts, the state legislature and the voters .

This has produced another campai gn of sorts, in order to forestall the possibility that Hawaii might somehow legalize same-sex unions, and thus effect a similar recognition in all other states even without a change in law through what is known as the "full faith and credit clause" of the constitution , which provides that legal acts of one state, such as m arriage, be recognized as having binding effect in the others.

This is the reason wh y the U.S. Congress passed by wide margins the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), to ensure at the federa l level th at the "full faith and "credit clause" would not apply to same-sex marriages. But since marriages are regulated by state law, many states have adopted similar DOMA statutes , or voted in constitutional amendments, to ensure that the decision of a court (or legislature) in some state would not require the recognition of same-sex marri age in their states.

A DOMA initiative has qualified for the March , 2000, ballot in California. It proposes to add one sentence to the California Family Code: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

The Catholic bishops of California have decided to

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endorse this initiative. We see this as a necessary step to guarantee the institution of marriage and family in the present social climate. We will do our best to prov ide public education on this issue throug h reasonable and , I hope, persuasive argument, and not with inflamed rhetoric.

The teaching of the Catholic Church and the entire Judeo-Christian tradition is clear on what marriage is. The teaching has frequently been restated , both by Pope John Paul II and by the U.S. bishops. Such statements will provide useful re-reading over the next year in preparation for March , 2000. _

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Some hav e further said that DOMA is unnecessary. If Mayor Brown accomplishes anything by his "blessing of gay and lesbian unions ," he will surely show just how necessary next year's Defense of Marriage Act initiative really is.

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Do we resent mercy? scribes and Pharisees: devout people, who took their religion seriously. Our Lord intends the figure of the older brother as a warning for them — and for us, those who are religious.

The older brother boycotts the feast, and when the father comes out to plead with him to come in, he receives a horrifying shock: he has lost another son. In a blinding flash, a lifetime of resentment is vomited up: "All these years I've slaved for you, and have never disobeyed your commands." Slaved? Commands? This is not the language of filial affection, of duties embraced out of love. It was painful to the father when the younger son took his inheritance and left home; how it must have broken his heart to discover that the older son, the reliable one, had in fact turned his back years before. Beneath an outward display of dutiful attention lay a heart seething with indignation.

The older son does not consider himself a son, but a slave. Breaking the ties with his father , he denies any kinshi p with his brother — "this son of yours " — whom he accuses (w ithout evidence) of wasting his inheritance on prostitutes. (How vividl y the self-ri ghteous betray their own fantasies in their accusations!) He resents his younger brother 's conversion , he resents his father 's largesse in welcoming him home — killing the fatted calf ("MY fatted calf, thank you very much, since the rest of the inheritance is mine"), and he resents the villagers for sharing in the feast. Jesus has just described how much joy the repentance of one sinner brings to heaven; but there is no joy in the older brother 's heart; only bitterness.

Our Lord diagnoses the older brother 's ailment in another parable, the story of the landowner who hired people to work in his vineyard at different hours of the day, and then paid them all the same wage (Mt 20:1-16).

When those hired first saw what happened, they grumbled . The employer replied, "Are you envious because 1

am generous?" How tragic that God' s goodness should provoke, not gratitude and joy, but anger and resentment.

Commenting on the condition of the older brother, Chrysologus observes: "Just as charity unites us to God , so does envy cut us off from him." The man is jealou s of his kid brother, who in his mind has gotten away with something, and he is envious of his father for a generosity which does not consider love to be a reward , but a gift.

Is this how we see our God, as a taskmaster for whom we slave to earn his love? Do we bear the sacrifices the Gospel entails resentfully, with a jealou s eye on the deathbed convert? Could our stumbling block be, not a fear of God's judgment , but a disdain for God's mercy?

These are the questions Jesus puts to those who are scandalized that he eats with sinners.

The father 's love cannot be bought; the child's love cannot be coerced — this is the double lesson of the parable. God always invites. He never compels. Somewhere, C.S. Lewis wrote that the gates of hell are locked from the inside. The wedding feast of heaven is a celebration to which all are freely invited: but even the greatest party is hell for someone who does not want to be there.

Does the older brother ever come to the feast of the father 's mercy? Jesus does not say. It is left to you and me to write the final chapter of this story.

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

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Spirituality of aging to be topic of May 8 retreat The archdiocesan School of Pastoral Leadership will sponsor a retreat May 8 on "The Spirituality of Aging" at Donworth Hall of St. Stephen Parish , 601 Eucalyptus Dr., in San Francisco.

Sessions are open to individuals who provide care for the elderly — those in parish ministry, relatives , friends — as well as to anyone who wants to know more about "who we become as we grow older," said Joni Gallagher, SPL assistant director.

The 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. retreat is being held in conjunction with "Toward a Society of All Ages," which is (he theme for the UN's 1999 International Year of Older Persons.

Three guest speakers will address key issues of the aging process: • Mercy Sister Patrick Curran , executive director of the St. Anthony Foundation and former director of Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland, will speak on "Aging: A Spiritual Journey," focusing on the faith dimension and how aging affects famil y, friends and the community.

• Sul p ician Father Gerald Coleman, president , rector and professor of moral theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, will address the pastoral dimensions of end-of-life issues in his talk, "How Faith Can Help Me Deal with Death and Dying."

• Ruth Hayes-Barba, director of ministry to the aging for the Archdiocese of Portland , Ore., will discuss the mystery of suffering in "Praying Through Pain: the Holy Spirit."

The day will also include Mass, celebrated by Jesuit Father Michael Barber, director of the School of Pastoral Leadership. Sacred music will be provided by the choir of the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi.

For further information , contact the School of Pastoral Leadership at (415) 2429087 ; fax: (415) 242-9089; or e- mail spl@att.net. A $10 registration fee includes retreat materials , refreshments and lunch.

Reservation deadline is April 23. Make checks payable to: Archdiocese of San Francisco; mail to SPL, 475 Eucalyptus Dr., SF 94132.

The annual American Bishops Overseas Appeal , a second collection dating to 1939, will take p lace in parishes of the Archdiocese at Masses on March 27 - 28.

Proceeds support agencies including Catholic Relief Services and the Hol y Father 's Relief Fund .

In 1998, parishioners of the Archdiocese contri buted $110, 452 with more than 97 percent of every dollar going directly to the support of distressed communities around the world.

Easter reminder: beware time change Daylight Savings Time for 1999 kicks in on April 4 at 2 a.m., a change that could lead to arriving at the wrong time for Easter Sunday Masses.

Msgr. James McKay, pastor of Si Matthew Parish, San Mateo, has been helping parishioners adjust to the annu al spring correction (turn clocks forward one hour) for 44 years. "The people come to the 10 o'clock Mass thinking they 're at the 9 o'clock Mass," Msgr.

McKay laughed. "The time change happens every yeui out wucn 11 uappciis im Easter the number of people affected multiplies."

Msgr. McKay said the advanced hour is especially hard on people who think they are on time for the last Mass of the day. 'They look at me and ask, 'Don't you have a 12:30 Mass?' and then I have to tell them, 'Yes we do and it just ended ' ."

The Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was dedicated in 1964 and renovated in 1989. It commemorates Poland's 1,000 years of Christianity. Pilgrims of the Archdiocese of San Francisco will be able to visit it in August during the trek to the national shrine.

Pilgrimage registrations 'coming fast Registration is well underway for August archdiocesan pilgrimage with Archbishop William J. Levada to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. "Registrations are coming in fast," said Noemi Castillo, director of Office of Ethnic Ministries which is coordinating the Aug. 13-16 journey, the first of its kind from a West Coast diocese.

"It's truly going to be a multicultural celebration of all people coming together and experiencing what our Church is in the third millennium ," said Castillo. "A special Tongan welcome dance performed in the foyer of the Basilica will greet us, and a history of our immigrant Church celebration is planned."

The Franciscan Monastery, Washington, D.C, The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton , Emmitsburg , Maryland and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore Maryland are additionally scheduled visits for the pilgrimage.

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By Sharon Abercrombie

Students studying social justice at St. Ignatius College Preparatory School in San Francisco will sponsor their annual "Solidarity Dinner " at 6 p.m. on March 25 to raise scholarshi p funds for Catholic school children in East Timor.

The event features a simple meal of rice and beans made by the students. The oneand-a-half-hour program will include an educational program and prayer service, also run by the students.

Co-sponsored by East Timor Reli gious Outreach , a project based at First St. John 's United Methodist Church in San Francisco, the dinner will be held in Carlin Commons, 2001 37th Ave. Cost is $5.

East Timor, a country the size of

Connecticut , is on the island of Timor.

Located between Indonesia and Australia , it has been the scene of continuous conflict since Indonesia 's invasion of the former Portuguese colony 23 years ago, according to Jim McGarry, chair of St. Ignatius ' religious studies department. The invasion was supported by the U.S. government, which has supplied weapons and military training "to aid Indonesia 's illegal occupation ," he said.

The benefit is being coordinated by students who take McGarry 's class on morality and social justice . The class is structured around genocide and examines concrete instances of mass population exterminations fro m Nazi Germany to Guatemala , El Salvador, Cambodia , Bosnia , Rwanda and East Timor.

McGarry claimed more than 200,000 East Timor people have been tortured or murdered under the Indonesian regime.

There are 40,000 orphans in the country, he said, and 70 percent of the population exists at or below the poverty level.

Suffering in relative obscuri ty for most of those 23 years, East Timor's human rights situation has become increasing ly visible since its Catholic bishop, Carlos Ximenes Belo, won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. And in recent weeks, Indonesia has indicated it is willing to offer independence "to this small but troublesome corner of its beleaguered emp ire ," said McGarry.

Officials there are currently involved in talks with Portugal , which the UN still considers as East Timor 's administrative power. East Timor was undergoing decolonization when Indonesia invaded.

East Timor's minority Catholic population has consistently resisted Indonesian attempts to inculturate them with "Nazi-like" propoganda , McGarry asserted. The Diocese

of Dili operates its own schools and health clinics as alternatives to state institutions.

Cooking rice and bean s to help finance East Timorese children 's tuitions is one of many activities in which some of McGarry 's students are involved. They also wri te letters to government officials about human rights issues. They gather signatures for petitions. And sometimes they take to the streets to protest and pray. Several have gone on to colleges and are working with East Timor support groups there . There is a particularl y active group of St. Ignatius alums at UCLA , McGarry said.

Three times a year, SI students gather in front of the Indonesian Consulate in San Francisco for prayer vigils — the next time being 1 p.m. on Holy Thursday.

"Morality needs to be as scrupulous about genocide as it is about other issues," McGarry said he tells students.

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Teacher shortage starting to pick up steam

By Kenneth Barroga

A teacher shortage in Catholic schools of the Archdiocese is not new, but it is growing, according to archdiocesan school officials.

"Already there's a state-wide mandate requiring class sizes for kindergarte n, first and second grades to be limited to 20 students, and nex t year we anticipate this will includ e the third grade as well ," said Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, superintendent of Catholic schools. "This mandate impacts eveiy school not just Catholic schools. It particularl y increases the need for teachers at those levels."

Specialized subject areas can also be a challenge to fill , noted St. Joseph of Carondelet Sister Marcella Holian , assistant superintendent of schools for personnel and staff development.

She listed music , art, computer technology, foreign languages , special education , library, physical education , math and sciences as examples.

The school department 's primary teacher recruiter , Sister Marcella said filling teacher openings has not reached a crisis level, but competition for competent , committed and certificated teachers is intense.

Recniiting efforts are carried out on multiple fro nts to augment the nearly 1900 teachers who teach in the 13 secondary and 65 elementary Catholic schools of the Archdiocese, "We have placed our information and job listings on web sites of colleges and universities as well as the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)," she

pointe d out. "We have already received replies, inquiries and resumes and applications from around the country."

The department has plans to ask parishes to carry bulletin announcements encourag ing former or retired educators to consider re-entering the profession.

Recruitment also still includes the traditional one-on-

A teacher candidate is evaluated on 'his or her readiness and willingness to teach the Christian values we hold ' one approach. For example, many college and university campuses host job fairs for the graduating students at which Sister Marcella makes presentations for persons completing teaching credentials.

"A key component to those presentations," she added, " is a pitch for teacher recruitment." She gladly distributes information about and applications for schools of the Archdiocese.

Basic criteri a sought in an applicant for the Catholic elementary system include a bachelor of arts degree and a teaching credential .

"We do hire teachers who do not yet have a teaching credential but expect them to obtain one within five years," Sister Glen n Anne said.

Applicants who do not have a credential are required to

comp lete courses in class management , teaching reading skills, and multi-cultural and diversity sensitivity.

Catholic school wage scale can be a sensitive topic, Sister Glenn Anne conceded.

"We conscientiousl y avoid making any comparison of our teachers ' wages with that of 'the market ' because teacher 's salaries range between extremes, and are too widely varied and spread out ," she explained. "Besides, there is really no other comparable teaching situation that truly applies."

"However," she added , "the Archdiocesan Board of Education reviews our teacher salaries every three years , and does everything possible to provide a just wage."

The educator said Catholic schools will consider nonCatholic teacher applicants, but all app licants must clearl y understand , respect and support a school' s Catholic faith environment.

Catholic schools place strong emp hasis on adult as well as classroom faith formation , she said, so any teacher 's evaluation is enhanced by "his or her readiness and willingness to teach the Christian values we hold."

"If there 's any hesitation on their part to be open to this , any reason to suspect a problem , we simply could not hire that person. We are a Catholic institution and we teach Catholic values ," she underscored.

About 1,168 teachers staff Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese , and another 722 teach at the secondary level, according to school department statistics. Over two thirds of the elementary grades ' teachers are women. Fewer than 90 of these are women religious.

For information or applications , persons can call the Department of Catholic Schools at (415) 565-3660.

Teachers embrace faith, hope and values

Dominican Sister Carol Ward has weathered the transi- being pulled in different directions. Issues like these trantion , too, but from a reli gious ' point of view. "Teaching is a scend any religious group."

"But ," Abrams added, "There's great potential ministry of the Church for the total people of for a Catholic school community to rise above God , not just for the reli gious ," said the 18-year these hard issues, and respond as a community.

The salaries could be higher. Resources could be more Catholic school veteran.

It's a very powerful tool to have a community that Princi pal of St. Anthony / Immaculate plentiful. Class loads could be smaller. And, communicacan hang together and deal with it." tions with parents can always be better. Yet, teachers, prin- Conception School, Sister Carol said there 's an Christina Moore knows the feeling in her dual cipals and counselors who labor in the Catholic schools of "exchange of gifts" between religious and lay the Archdiocese meet these challenges and others with res- teachers. "There's a beauty in seeing the lay role of school job and parent. For Moore , who olution and creativity. absorb the charisms of religious communities. In oversees the day care program at Immaculate Steve Abrams Heart of Mary in Belmont , the "personal sacrifice One of several interviewed by Catholic San Francisco, our case, the Dominican spirituality has been adopted and is shared. We learn from Natalie Morris said her challenges include two is that the teaching never stops." In addition to each other, and are united for the kids." others: teaching in the first classroom of her own working at IHM, Moore is raising a teen-age — and in a Catholic school.

The years have not only produced daughter attending Catholic school.

Having substituted for seven years in public changes in teaching staffs, but also dra'Teaching Catholic values is ongoing even matic shifts in educators' roles — a realschools , she accepted a first-grade teaching when I go home. I leave school alter an eight-hour assignment at Epiphany School in San Francisco ity DiNoto of St. Mary 's Chinese School day, and my teaching responsibility continues at last fall. Morris said , "There are large class sizes, calls "formidable ". home. Catholic teaching doesn 't stay in one spot," The school administrator explained, and therefore a need to keep focused. And there 's said Moore. "It keeps me focused all the time." more paper work because I'm dealing with 'let- Deidre Hillard "In the past , parents sent their kids to Jerome DiNoto One challenge for St. Dominic School teacher ter grades' for the firs t time." school , and took for granted that their Deidre Hi Hard is more traditional — meeting the Still , there is significant benefit. "One positive children were in a safe place. Now, the expectations of parents. "When parents think needs of society are different, and teachchange for me is that I enjoy sharing my Catholic their kids aren't doing well in school, then the faith," Morris pointed out. "I couldn 't do that in ers have different roles. Teachers have teacher can become the first and easy target ," said public schools." also become social workers, have somethe teacher of sixth- and seventh-grade science, and eighth-grade math.

The faith dimension of Catholic school life times even become the 'other parents ' was a common theme among those interviewed. who have to change who they are and Keeping parents satisfied is similarly challeng"For myself, the greatest challenge is to be what they do, out of necessity." ing for Oscar Siguenza who has taught Spanish at convincing to students in a way that reflects the Catholic school responses to this , Natalie Morris Immaculate Heart of Mary in Belmont for eight Ed Tayloi greater glory of God," said Janet Reid, a teacher DiNoto said , have clearly contributed to years, and has been teaching since 1966. "There's at St. Ignatius College Preparatory since 1975. their "phenomenal growth in the inner an attitude of some parents who think that just "Adolescents often feel less-than-whole city." However, he added, "with every because they spend lots of money sending their kids because of their age and what they 're going program improvement we try to put in to a Catholic school, automatically the students are through as adolescents. But they do reflect the place, the costs to implement it deserving of everything." Siguenza explains , greater glory of God, My challenge and job as a increase, so resources always seem to "Parents have to understand that their kids must be teacher is to encourage this in them," Reid said. be emptying out." part of the school and must become involved."

Through the last 24 years, Reid has also lived Still, DiNoto has hope. "I would It is widely acknowledged that Catholic school through times when there was friction between hate to see Catholic schools become employees — from administrators and teachers to Janet Reid religious and lay faculty members. That, for her unaffordable for folks who would real- Sister Carol Ward office and clerical staff—tend to be paid less than and others, is history. their public school counterparts. ly want to choose this environment and "We are beyond that now, thank God," she education. The success of the campaign However, like many other Catholic school observed. "Catholic schools are 'people institufor Catholic education will help folks in teachers Ed Taylor says teachers do not teach for tions' and we now have wonderful lay educators the bread alone . He even praises the income. "I the inner city who'd like to choose in the system who are the backbone. That's the know there'll be many who 'll disagree, and even Catholic education." direction Catholic schools have been and are DiNoto was alluding to the archthink I'm crazy. But as far as the so-called low going, and I am happy for that." diocesan campaign to raise an additional pay Catholic teachers get, well, I have to admit Jerome DiNoto , principal at St. Mary 's $30 million to endow tuition assistance that for me, I' m amazed that I' m making as much Chinese School, who has been in the Catholic Oscar Siguenza for Catholic school students.

Christina Moore as I' m making." school system for over 30 years, also acknowledged the evoBesides, added the ninth-grade reli gious studies Steve Abrams, a counselor at St. Dunstan in Millbrae, lution in faculty make-up. "When I first started teaching in shared this viewpoint on the chang ing role of Catholic teacher, "every day is a new day with great challenges to Catholic schools," he noted, "I was the only faculty staff schools. "We live in a stressful culture. Most families have make life relevant. I'm doing what I like to do. I get paid to member not wearing a veil." both parents working and the kids feel stress of the family do it. And I'm having a great time."

By Kenneth Barroga

Religious education

Volunteer catec hists challenged by time, resources

By Kenneth Barroga

Antici pating the question , she began , "Before you even ask, yes, there is definitely a calechist shortage because the need for teachers is never filled. " Director of the Archdiocese ' s Office of Reli gious Education , Social Service Sister Celeste ArbuckJe quickl y added , "When I say catechist , that is not limited to reli gious education teachers in the so-called parish CCD programs. I also include those who teach religion in Catholic schools in that definition. A teacher of reli gion is a teacher of reli gion.

The Church needs more of both."

"And it 's no longer the 'CCD' program either," she emp hasized. "Many directors or coordinators of reli gious education (DREs or CREs) and catechists use that reference , but 'CCD' stands for 'Confraternity of Christian Doctrine ' which is limited in scope and an outmoded name. Parish reli gious education offers, more specificall y, not just Christian doctrine , but formation in Scripture , prayer, Christian art , liturgy, and living a moral life, and it 's the same formation in Catholic schools."

Last year, parish religious education programs in the Archdiocese served nearl y 20,000 students from grades kindergarten throug h 12. Every parish has a relieducation program , gious The Office of Religious including some which share Education is , facilities resources and partially funded by the staff.

Archbishop 's Annual A 1998 archdiocesan A ppeal. report on religious instruc-

tion recorded nearl y provide formation for both , without 1,700 teacher catediluting the lesson chists in addition to for anyone. It 96 DREs and coordinators of reli gious takes a lot of patience, creativieducation.

Lay ty and pray er." women make up the "Ideall y, " she majority of DREs and coordinators at added , "all cate56% (54); religious chists need to feel women are next , they are support28% (27). There ed in their ideas were nine lay men, and methods. But five priests and one they also need brother reli gious. catechetical trainWhile the need ing in how those for volunteer cateideas must work chists is wide in terms of conspread , Sister tent . and faithCeleste said , it is sharing experinotab ly acute among ence. They themSocial Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle , the Spanish-speakselves need fordirector , Office of Reli gious Education ing. mation."

"Fortunatel y," she noted , "we have several SpanishBefore they enter the classroom , Sister Celeste underspeaking master catechists to hel p bring the community scored, catechists are screened by the parish director of along." religious education.

Master catechists , according to the California Recruiting teachers for certain subject areas can be a Conference of Catholic Bishops , are "extensions of the challenge, too , the educator observed. It can also be easier teaching office of the bishop " and are selected and com- to secure catechists to prepare young people for first recmissioned to provide specific formation and courses of onciliation or first Eucharist than it is to find volunteers for studies, provide workshops and in-service training for the junior high or high school classes. continued growth and formation of catechists , and build a More fundamentall y, she said , "We must train parents to core group of adults in each diocese who will exercise share the faith of the Church with their children. Faith is teaching leadership. life. It is not one hour or five hours per week of class work.

Master catechists are the leaders who have the training It is our flesh and blood." and expertise not only to teach , but to provide training and To the teacher prospect who would say, "I love the faith, mentoring for others who want to become reli gious educa- but I don 't feel well versed enough in it to teach," Sister tion teachers.

Celeste would respond , "Ask why you want to teach. If the Catechists are challenged to teach in a variety of cir- intention is true and honest, then we would welcome them, cumstances, Sister Celeste pointed out , citing an example. reassure them , and provide them support , good training and "In a classroom with a student mix of those who can read mentoring." alongside others who cannot , the task is for the teacher to Unfortunately, she said, misconceptions about parish religious education program s are not uncommon including it being perceived as lacking substance or strong catechetics.

Too often , she conceded , religious education participants are viewed as "second class citiizens."

Sister Celeste added , "I'd like to think we've moved the bilingual Spanish/English textbook series. from that, but I don't know."

"Sacramental preparation involves participation and takes Too often , she noted , religious education programs sufp lace in the context of the parish community," whereas fer from a lack of physical and financial resources despite "religious education is a more comprehensive, continuou s the fact they generally reach out to larger numbers of young endeavor tackled in the classroom." people and their families. "Our pro grams do quality formaSalem emphasized involvement of parents throug hout tion and I'm very proud of our catechists, DREs, and the teaching and learning process. "Catechists and the famCREs." ilies collaborate in passing on the faith ," she said.

The event was hosted by St. Peter Parish and coordinated by Jessy Lira, director of religious education there. Also assisting in the Convivencia was Jesuit Father Francis MacPeck, known as "Father Paco," who has worked both in John Hancock is hosting a complimentary satellite Mexico and with Hispanic communities in the United seminar featuring The Princeton Review, "Outsmarting States. the SAT," for college-bound students and their parents.

'ConvivenciaY a celebration of faith "There is really no adequate word-forword translation for Dia de Convivencia. It is a gathering of people and food , for celebration and learning, and provides a forum for discussion and common prayer, " according to Julie Paavola, an assistant director of the Office of Religious Education.

Last month , the first Dia de Convivencia in the Hebeca s>aiem Archdiocese was held at St. Peter Church, San Francisco, Paavola said, and included several Hispanic directors of religious education (DREs) and catechists who came together in a unique celebration of fellowship and faith.

"We hope this will be the first of many," Paavola said.

"We want to start gathering like this three times a year, to visit , share and learn from each other. So far, we're off to a good start."

The lunch was "exquisito y abundante" ( that is, "marvelous and p lentiful"), but the true focus was "for the support and exchange of ideas and experience," added Paavola.

The afternoon gathering included a presentation by Rebeca Salem , who taught religion in Los Angeles for 20 years, and is now a consultant for Sadlier Publishing .

Salem reminded religious educators of their vocation to "form students in the faith by means of the ongoing process of becoming vitally committed adult Catholics of tomorrow," Paavola said.

"The sacraments are not things that we do, but experiences that we live," Salem commented in her discussion of

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In God's imase Confe rence participants receive crash course in l ife issues physician-assisted suicide. Pro-life efforts should cer- the sexual revolution on today 's teens.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pro-life leaders from Historian Elizabeth Fox-Genovese of Emory around the country including the Archdiocese of San tainl y include a medically sound and morall y acceptable " University said thai despite the feminist movement 's Francisco received a crash course in life issues rang ing treatment of pain. claims that easy access to abortion would liberate Dr. Walter R. Hunter, associate national director of from invitro fertilization to pain management for the VistaCare and a nationall y known expert on hospice care, American women, it has "degraded the status of women dying March 3-5 in Washington. D.C. urged those concerned about the more than it has elevated it."

With talks by six cardinals , the Patricia Funderburk Ware, an expert in teen pregnandangers of ph ysician-assisted suileadership convocation at the law cide and euthanasia to working in cy and AIDS , said adults who are buy ing into the culture school of The Catholic University their own communities "to change of death are failing the next generation. of America had a strongly the way we care for the dying."

Catholic flavor. But speakers and Wesolek concurred. "We are participants also included Jewish already providing a tremendous leaders and representatives of amount of outreach and resources other Christian denominations. for the sick and d ying, but we are Convened by Cardinals John J. now looking to do even more. The O'Connor of New York and pain at the end of life is mostly Bernard F. Law of Boston in colone of loneliness and emotional laboration with the Pontifical abandonment. " (See related Council for the Family, the U.S. retreat story on page 6.) bishops ' Committee for Pro-Life "The greatest tragedy of the sexual revolution has The underlying challenge for Activities and the law school , the implementing ideas discussed at been the breakdown of the family, the breakdown of convocation had as its theme, "In the national meeting, he said, is marriage," Ware said. Adults who accept the tenets of the God's Image: Called to Build a "continuing to raise peop le ' s sexual revolution "are placing not onl y themselves but Culture of Life." awareness" on them. their children at risk," she added.

George Wesolek, director of 's Many of the convocation sessions were devoted to He noted that part of the local Office of the Archdiocese " specific and sometimes quite technical aspects of life Jubilee 2000 agenda would be a Public Policy and Social call and a welcoming back to issues — such as the array of new reproductive technoloConcerns, said he was particularwomen who have had abortions. g ies, U.S. efforts to spread a family planning agenda ly struck by the information on So many women feel this is the worldwide, and palliative care in end-of-life situations. worl d population. "It is clear our Georg e Wesolek unforgivable • sin , but nothing is A Jesuit genetic researcher called on the Catholic problem is not overpopulation , Church and pro-lite community but rather focusing attention and energies on figuring out beyond God s forgiveness.

Abortion was one of the topto spread the word about how to best distribute the God-given resources we have." advances in reproductive technolBy the year 2040 the world population will actually ics addressed by Cardinal beg in to decline ," Wesoiek said , adding, "Many coun- O'Connor in his opening talk. ogy that do not diminish the "When the law says it is all ri ght sacredness of the human person. to kill infants, and when the law "The Church is not against sciin some places says it is all right ence, it 's against science being ' to kill the feeble , the dying, that s used badly," said Jesuit Father " teaching a set of moral values, Kevin T. Fitzgerald, a research he said. associate at Loyola University "This is a demon; this is diaMedical Center in Chicago. "It 's bolical, what 's happening in our against medical advances being country, this culture of death," he held out as available only to those added. "And it can only be driven who can afford them." out by prayer and fasting."

On the international front , tries in Europe are already having real problems because Cardinal Alfonso Lopez "under population " and "looming their populations are in decline."

Trujillo , president of the depopulation " are threats in many He and Mary Ann Schwab attended the gathering for Vatican's Council on the Family, parts of the world , according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Schwab is local called the culture of death "a disSteven W. Mosher, president ol respect life coordinator. turbing and spreading phenomethe Population Research Institute.

Convocation participants devoted a half-day to non " that is especially "manifesl Cardinal Francis E. George oi euthanasia and assisted suicide , the role of doctors as in the legal execution of the Chicago closed the meeting by Mary Ann Schwab their patients near-death, and the need for hospice care unborn child in the womb." calling on participants "to create a and improved pain management at the end of life.

In a message to the gathering, Pope John Paul II "All too often , the availability of pain control is not hailed the conference as "another sign that in the United sufficiently known or utilized ," said Cardinal Law. States of America the Gospel of life has found fertile "Appeal for compassion for the pain-ridden patient is ground in which to grow and bear fruit." often the most compelling reason why some misguided Speakers on the conference 's fi rst day traced the hisbut well-intentioned people support euthanasia and tory of feminism and abortion , as well as the impact of

"The Church is not against science, it 's agains t science being used badly,"

"Many countries in Europe are already hay ing real p roblems because their populations are in decline. "

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Respect Life Essay Contest opens for elementary ages Elementary school children are being invited to enter the Archdiocese of San Francisco's annual Respect Life Essay Contest. This is the ninth year for the writing competition which last year drew more than 3,600 entries. This year's contest theme is "Life: In God's Image."

"We are pleased that participation in the essay contest has increased yearly as additional schools and religious education classes join in," said Mary Ann Schwab, coordinator of respect life activities for the Archdiocese. "The theme provides an opportunity for students to reflect personally and together with their classmates that all persons are made to the image of God and about the meaning of the special gift of life."

Mrs. Schwab also said the contest can provide a space for children to think about their call "as follow-

ers of Christ" to "respect and support one another " and those needing "special love and care" including "the poor, the suffering, unborn children and the sick and elderly." Prizes include U.S. Savings Bonds.

Available background information to acquaint contestants with the theme includes thoughts from the late Mother Teresa who said, "And it is so wonderful that God has created a child, has created me, has created you, has created that poor person in the street.

That hungry person , that naked person, God has created them in God's image, to love and be loved , not to just be a number."

For information about the essay competi tion, contact Respect Life Commission members Gloria Gillogley at (650) 345-9076 or Penny Labourdette at (415) 892-9989.

peop le made in God's image and likeness... "

culture worthy of people made in God's image and likeness."

"If we decry the tension between the culture of death and the culture of life , we can't simply point to it and despair," he said. "We have to work as best we can to change it." Critic and radio talk show host Michael Medved blamed television for much of die deterioration in American culture, saying that even if its content were cleaned up, "it would still undermine moral values, it would still threaten the very existence of the family."

But a pair who often appear on television as the "God Squad" told the convocation the culture of death can be defeated with collaboration rather than competition.

Msgr. Thomas Hartman , director of radio and television for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., who appears with Rabbi Marc Gellman, senior rabbi at Temple Beth Torah in Melville, N.Y., said organizations promoting life should be "not monuments to ourselves, but monuments to God's gift of life."

How do we arrive at Easter's date? le often puzzle over the different dates or

By Brother John Samaha, S.M. astronomers to correct these inaccuracies, and he proPeop which Easter is celebrated. In short , however claimed changes in the Julian calendar. Regarding the the differing dates are determined by the differled to Christians in the 16th century celebrating Easter solar year, 10 days were dropped from the calendar, and ent calendars used for reckoning Easter. on different Sundays. that year Oct. 5 became Oct. 15. In the future , three leap In the Old Testament the Jews celebrated the feast ol The Julian calendar was established by Julius Ceasar years were to be omitted every 400 years. To rectify the the Passover, or Pasch, in remembrance of their delivin 46 B.C. The astronomers of his time calculated the moon cycle, the calendar full moon that year was drawn erance fro m Egypt. The Book of Exodus , Chapter 12, back four days. In the future the calendar full moons were solar year to have 365 days and six hours . Every fourth tells the story. year became a leap year with 366 days. This was to be drawn back one day eight times in 25 centuries. With Thereafter the celebration of Passover was begun on the remarkably close, but each year was too long by 11 min- these reforms the Julian calendar was brought veiy close 14th day of Nisan to tire astronomical solar (Abib), the Paschal full year and the astronomimoon following the cal moon cycle. spring equinox (Lv The Gregorian calen23:5-8; Dt 16:1-8). dar took its name from Spring equinox is the Pope Gregory XIII, who time when day and ni ght proclaimed it to the are equal. world.

The Jewish calendar, The new Gregorian however, since it was a calendar was quickl y lunar calendar consistaccepted by the Catholic ing of 12 or 13 months countries of Europe: per year, caused difficulItal y, France, Poland , ties in determining the Spain and Portugal. The spring equinox.

Protestant countries — Consequently, Passover Germany, England celebrations would (inclu-ding North Amerbegin on the full moon ica), Denmark, Sweden, of either March or April Nor-way -adopted it of the Julian calendar. about 200 years later.

The Gospel of St. The non-Christian counJohn explicitl y states tries of Japan , China , that the death of Jesus Siam, Turkey, Egypt , coincided with the etc., accepted it about Paschal celebrations of 350 years later. The the Jewish people Orthodox countries — (John 13:1; 19:31).

Greece, Bulgaria , The Christians in Russia, Ukr-aine, and die Asia Minor, Caesarea, Patri-archates of S y r i a , a n d C o n s t a n t i n o - p ie , Mesopotam ia Antioch, and Alexandria observed Easter on the — adopted it in the 20th ¦I e century in civil and hisday of the Jewish C Passover. But the c toric matters only. They p 0 Christians in Rome still observe the reli gious I< and Egypt celebrated feasts (Christmas, Easter, 5 Easter on the Sunday <2 Pentecost, etc.) according after the Jewish < to the old Julian calendar.

Passover.

• C This divergence can place S Easter celebrations as Pope St. Anicetus much as five weeks apart .

(155-166) supported I the celebration of In determining 2 L Easter the discrepancy Easter on the Sunday between the Julian and after the Jewish Pasch.

A fresco by Giotto di Bondone from the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua , Italy, depicts disciples of Jesus mourning Gregorian calendars This was up held by it was taken from the cross.

Holy Week begins with Passion Sunday March 28 this year. over his body after Victor grows each year.

Pope St. (18 9 - 1 9 8 ) . utes and 14 seconds. This small difference accumulated Controversy ensued, and finally it was resolved by Marianist Brother John M. Samaha to one day in 128 years. In addition the astronomers fi gPone St. Sy lvester at the first ecumenical council in is a popular retreat master and well-known ured that the moon cycle of 19 years was exact, that is, Nicaea , Asia Minor, in 325. The council decreed Easter educator. Currently in residence at Villa St. that the full moon retu rned to the identical day and hour be celebrated on the first Sunday following the Paschal Josep h in Cupertino, he has taught relig ion at after 19 years. However, the cycle was too long by one full moon after the spring equinox.

Archbishop Riordon High School, served the hour, 29 minutes. This difference amounted to one day in From that time for 1,247 years Easter was celebratarchdiocesan Department of Catholic Schools, 308 years. By the 16th century astronomers were alarmed ed on the same Sunday in the entire Christian Church and was archdiocesan coordinator with the that the Julian calendar was out of congruence with the — East and West. According to the Julian calendar, Catholic Television Network. He was chair of seasons of the year by 10 days, and with the cycles of the March 21 was considered the day of the spring equinox the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council under moon by four days. in the Roman Empire.

Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken.

In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII asked the leading calendar inaccuracies of the Julian the Eventually

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Rediscover value of confession , urges Pope J ohn Paul II VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II said he hopes Holy Year 2000 will be a time when Catholics rediscover the value of confession and its reconciling grace. The pope made the remarks in a speech March 13 to participants in a Vatican-sponsored course on penance.

The pope said he was praying that confessors would have a key role in the jubilee celebrations scheduled for Rome and elsewhere and that the Holy Year would help bring the faithful back to the sacrament of penance.

He said that would be an important step in making the Holy Year a year of forgiveness and reconciliation , and thu s a "singularly effective chapter in the history

of salvation." He said the priest 's responsibility to hear confessions and forgive sins stems from Christ's own instructions to his Apostles. The pope underlined several basic Church teachings about confession: • Sacramental confession is needed for the remission of mortal sins committed after baptism. A sinner can also obtain forg iveness of mortal sins by experiencing a true sense of contrition, as long as there is the firm intention of sacramentally confessing those sins at the first reasonable opportunity, he said.

• Likewise, Catholics who receive general absolution must either have confessed mortal sins individually or have the intention of doing so as soon as there is an opportunity.

• Sacramental confession of mortal sins must precede licit reception of the Eucharist.

• Venial sins may be remitted outside of confession. But the pope recommended confessing such sins in order to enjoy the special grace of the sacrament.

He said the practice of confessing even when there are only venial sins is a good one and represents a "school that has formed many saints."

The pope emphasized that the jubilee ' s theme of reconciliation with God depends also on reconciliation with one 's fellow human beings. Along with .personal holiness, people need a deepened sense of solidarity, he said.

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Giving attention to our f amilies The Catholic Churc h on this day of March 19, as it has since the end of the tenth century, honors St. Josep h, husband of the Virgin Mary. The model of a loving, constant and honorable husband and father, St. Joseph also is the patro n of workers and , by tradition , of carpenters. St. Joseph is revered throug hout the world, and Pope Pius IX, in 1870, declared him Patro n of the Universal Church. However, it may be in his role as protector of the famil y that St. Joseph comes most to mind in the current age of America. Soon after the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ , he took Jesus and Mary to Egypt , removing them from harm 's way to protect them from the violence ordered by King Herod. Later, in Nazareth , he helped to provide a secure and nurturing environment for the Holy Family.

Today in America, nearly 2,000 years after the flight into Egypt , we are in need of men and women who share the same deep family love and protectiveness of St. Joseph. The contemporary Catholic famil y, whether it be a two-parent or single parent structure , is challenged to protect and preserve the values of our faith and to pass on these values to succeeding generations.

In his initial comments after arriving in St. Louis for a pastoral visit earlier this year, Pope John Paul II said America today is facing a time of trial. He described "a conflict between a culture that affirms , cherishes and celebrates the gift of life and a culture that seeks to declare entire groups of human beings - the unborn , the terminall y ill , the handicapped and others considered 'unuseful' - to be outside the boundaries of legal protection." Noting both the seriousness of the issues involved and America's great impac t on the world as a whole, the pope said "a resolution of this new time of testing will have profound consequences for the century whose threshold we are about to cross."

Pope John Paul II said it was his fervent prayer that "through the grace of God at work in the lives of Americans of every race, ethnic group, economic situation and creed , America will resist the culture of death and choose to stand steadfastly on the side of life." He noted , however, that only a higher moral vision can motivate the choice for life, and "the values underlying that vision will greatly depend on whether the nation continues to honor the family as the basic unit of society: the famil y - teacher of love, service, understanding and forg iveness; the family - open and generous to the needs of others; the family - the great wellspring of human happ iness."

On this feast day of St. Joseph , we might well consider whether we, as a nation , really honor the family as the basic unit of society. Do we provide an environment of respect for the di gnity of all human beings including the unborn? Do we support measures to assure that children are not raised in hunger or poverty ? Do we encourage values that will develop mature social behavior and responsibility ? Do we support tax laws and economic policies that do not place additional burdens on families? Do we support a living wage so families can live with dignity?

The Hol y Father has spoken often of the need to reaffirm that the foundation of human life is the conjugal relationship between husband and wife, a relationship, which , between Christians, is sacramental. He also has called for greater pastoral care for the role of men as husbands and fathers, as well as the responsibility they share with their wives for their marriage, the family and the raising of children. The Christian family needs to be in a setting in which parents are ready and able to hand down the faith , since they are for their children, in word and example, the first heralds of the faith.

In our personal lives, our pastoral ministries and our national policies, the family should be the focus of increased attention.

MEH

Two p oints

I read with mixed feelings the March 12 Catholic San Francisco. Perhaps my ambivalent reaction was merely a petulant response to the disappointment I felt that my daug hter 's team from Good Shep herd School scored only two points lower than the winning team in the Super Quiz portion of the Academic Decathlon , thereb y missing getting their pictures in the paper by just a teeny bit. I will have to do some meditating on the sin of pride in the weeks ahead .

Putting aside the aforementioned disappointment. I was struck by the seeming ly wide contrast between the incendiary editorials expressing hot outrage over the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence and the thoug htfu l columns by Fathers Walsh and Talesfore on the subject of reconciliation. The SPI are sill y, yes , and they do most assuredl y make fun of our Catholic faith. Bui their displays are hardly an attack against Catholics on the same level as that of the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan against Jews and AfricanAmericans. Aren 't there more important things for us Catholics to be concerned about , like our relationship to God and community?

And is it reall y such a sin to hav e a sense of humor about our reli gion?

Judy Robertson Pacifica

Death p enalty change

Less of a secret now

Bay Area Pax Christi wishes to thank Archbishop Levada and the Archdiocese of San Francisco for Catholic San Franc isco.

We are especiall y pleased to see the broad coverage of a variety of life issues reflective of the late Cardinal Bernadin 's consistent life ethic. That you have found fit to cover issues like the move to close the School of the Americas , the problem of racism inside the Church and in our broader national life, capital punishment , the international landmines treaty, labor relations and p hysician assisted suicide as well as abortion offers Catholics an excellent introduction to the depth and breadth of Catholic social teaching, "our best kept secret!"

Tom Webb, chairperson Bay Area Pax Christi San Francisco

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I once accepted capital punishment as a legitimate part of the American justice system. However, because John Paul II has spoken out against the execution of criminal s I feel obligated to reconsider my position. I recall that St. Therese of Lisieux prayed for the conversion of incarcerated criminals. She wanted to save all souls - even the most hardened - for Christ. While there is life widiin them , criminals can turn to Christ and be saved. If we cut short their lives throug h execution , we cut short their chance for salvation.

I have great respect for our bold pope.

I trust the great wisdom with which he has been graced. I think all would do well to reall y listen to his word s about capital punishment, abortion , euthanasia,.and assisted suicide.

Both liberal and conservative Catholics must open their hearts to the great prophet we have in Pope John Paul II. In Old Testament history the Israelites were forever hardening their hearts against the prophets God sent to them to speak his word. If we do not listen to our present day prophet we will be a divisive Church without hope of reconciling with our Protestant brothers and sisters because we cannot unite with ourselves.

Maureen Sitzmann San Rafael

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DNA and abortion

I wondered if DNA has been incorporated in some fashion into Churc h doctrine on abortion. I noticed that Roe v. Wade came out the year before the DNA discovery won some local scientists a Nobel Prize. What I was mulling over was whether "conception " was defined in such a way that discussion of DNA was relevant to the abortion debate.

If DNA is seen as the genetic physical blueprint for a uni que human being, when is that unique person 's DNA present (as opposed to the DNA of the parents being present)? Has this been part of the cases litigated?

Jim Merriman San Francisco

Where were xoters?

On page 5 of the Feb. 26 issue of Catholic San Francisco, the California Catholic Confe rence states there are nearly 8 million Catholics in California. Where were these people at the Novembe r election when Gray Davis and Barbara Boxer gave us a steady diet of the abortion measure , a woman's right they call it? It 's still a sin, and it is murder of the unborn . Is the party more important than the issue? It must be by the outcome.

Dorothy Mazzina Marin County

Cardinal app lauded

A vote of strong support for the commentary of George Wei gel (Feb. 19) and his welcome word s in appreciation of Cardinal Ratzinger. As the pope 's wisely chosen workhorse, the cardinal has devoted two decades to low-key damage control , resisting endless attempts to redefine Catholicism in ever more meaningless terms.

Loyal Catholics who take heart from his restorationist ecclesiology must continue to cheer him on.

Clarence Zaar San Francisco

Cardinal questioned

Reflecting on the recent Cardinal Ratzinger visit , various stories in this paper and the secular press , and Dr. Robert Rowden 's excellent letter in the March 5 Catholic San Francisco, several aspects have not yet been brought out.

First, the cardinal asserts, "Catholic faithful have right to know what is Catholic and what is not Catholic ," assails Catholic universities for secular taints and mounts a not-so-subtle campaign, especially against non-Catholic faculty. Also, in the story LETTERS, page 14

The Catholic Diff erence

Where have you gone, indeed?

George Weigel A he death of the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, five days after the broadcast of Monica Lewinsky 's interview with Barbara Walters, prompts some reflections on how the concept of celebrity has changed in the past 60-some years — and what that tells us about America as a culture .

DiMaggio , the most elegant of baseball's immortals, achieved greatness through discipline and self-mastery and was celebrated by a popular culture that valued those virtues. Ms. Lewinsky is the child of a culture of indulgence; her notoriety is the product of her lack of self-discipline.

DiMaggio took honest pride in his craftsmanship and was honored for the gracefulness of his performance.

Ms. Lewinsky asks us to identify with her self-absorption and to feel sympathy for her lack of "self-esteem. ' Reticent about publicity, particularly in his postbaseball life, DiMaggio defended his privacy like a gentleman and was respected for it. Ms. Lewinsky made the front pages and the best-seller lists by cliirruping on national television about activities that would have made Casanova blush — and seemed to regard the opportunity as the high point of her life. DiMaggio ordered his representatives not to make statements about his final illness, thinking, correctly, that a human being should be permitted to die in dignity, not as a bit-player in a media circus. Ms. Lewinsky has seized every opportunity in recent months to divest herself further of her dignity, providing the price is right.

Joe DiMaggio was a patriot who did not begrudge

giving his country the prime years of his afliletic career. from his immigrant parents — the virtues whose truth he When he served three years in the U.S. Army during had displayed so magnificently at die plate and center field World War II, neither he nor anyone else thought it par- — were mocked by the popular culture he had once domticularly noble; it was widely understood at the time this inated. In Monica Lewinsky 's America, well indeed may was the decent thing to do. Like her onetime White House we sing, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio . . . ?"

The contemporary cult of celebrity celebrates bad "soulmate," Ms. Lewinsky seems unconcerned about , and perhaps even unaware of, the fact that her serial indiscre- manners and worse behavior, confuses selfishness and self-indulgence with selftions about their carryingsexpression , and rewards on in the White House those whose willingness exposed the United States to seize the big payoff to blackmail. trumps any loyalties that DiMaggio bore the are owed to friends , famigreat sorrow of his life, the ly, or colleagues. The fracture of his marriage to cheap and transient Marilyn Monroe , with celebrity of today, in quiet nobility. Living in the which notoriety is of far media capital of the world , more consequence th an he always refused to pander excellence, is the antitheto the tabloid imagination sis of the celebrity the about his personal life. Is Yankee Clipper enjoyed , there anything about Ms. and sometimes suffered Lewinsky's emotional life under, for more than six with which the entire decades. It is all the more nation is not painfull y, intii then , that mately, familiar? Is there 1 interesting, DiMaggio 's death , comany nobility in that? s i ing so shortly after the Monica Lewinsky ano e Lewinsky/Walters i exerswered Barbara Walter 's o cise in public tawdriness, questions. Joe DiMaggio 11 a. would have excused himself was met by an outpouring Z Su of i — and walked off the set. affection and respect DiMaggio never wore for a man many may well Pallbearers carry the casket of baseball great Joe out his welcome. But have forgotten.

DiMaggio down the steps of Sts. Peter and Paul Church when he made his someWhich suggests that March 11. The Yankee star hitter once greeted young Americans may be a bit what rare public appear- fans on those steps,recalled Father Armand Oliveri,forances in the '90s, there mer pasto r of the church in the neighborhood where the ashamed of themselves hitter grew up. DiMaggio died March 8. He was 84. after all, and are trying to was a kind of wistfulness Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. deal with that by paying in his eyes, as if he were respects to fame earned the hearing, yet again, the honorablyy done, with question in Simon s song, Mrs. Robinson. 1hat wistful old-fashioned way — by hard work honorabl expression was a byproduct of age and its burdens, tenacity and decency, in a craft worthy of praise. including the burden of a still-broken heart.

But it may also have reflected a dignified man 's disGeorge Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and comfort at the vulgarities of American celebrity at the end of the 20th century. The virtues Joe DiMaggio had learned Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Bridges to Muslim world

John Thavis VV hen Pope John Paul II and Iranian President Mohammad Khatami shook hands at the Vatican, it marked a breakthrough in the Church's efforts to build bridges with Muslims around the world.

Iran is home to 13,000 Catholics, a small but historic presence in the fundamentalist Muslim state. But the Vatican hopes the March 11 meeting sends signals far beyond Iran — to countries across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where Muslim extremism has made life difficult or dangerous for Christians.

The pope called the encounter "important and promising," and gave Khatami a remarkably warm

welcome. The Iranian leader said he left the papal audience "full of hope" about the future of interrelig ious cooperation.

The Vatican has conducted dialogue with a variety of Muslim organizations for three decades, but the exchange has been limited to specialists, rarely touching the world of Islamic fundamentalism.

Now, the Vatican believes, Iran 's tentative opening to the West presents a window of opportunity for relig ious tolerance. Khatami, 56, an early leader in the Iranian revolution who has lately espoused a moderate line, is seen as the right man at the right time.

"I have an excellent impression of him. He is educated and very balanced. He speaks often about the rights of young people and others, about international harmony, about the defense of the family and against violence," said Archbishop Romeo Panciroli, the apostolic nuncio in Iran .

Archbishop Panciroli had praise for Khatami's proposal of a "dialogue of civilizations" to ease long-standing cultural and religious antagonisms.

"This is a good and intelligent proposal , without precedent on the part of a Muslim world leader. It surprised a lot of people. It contains the idea of a rapprochement between ancient civilizations and the Christian world," the archbishop said.

Like Pope John Paul, Khatami has studied theology

and philosophy extensively. Like the pope , he believes religious and moral principles should guide public policy. But he has shed the extremist religious views of Iran 's former ayatollahs.

Church leaders particularly like the fact Khatami has expressed appreciation for Christ's teachings on love for one 's neighbors and dialogue with one 's enemies.

The Iranian president has said Christian-Muslim differences should be put aside, and he has been open to cooperation on moral issues.

"All the divine religions are not quintessentially different ," Khatami said at a lecture in Florence the day before the papal meeting.

This was music to the ears of Vatican officials, who receive daily reports of Christian-Muslim tensions in Indonesia, Pakistan and Sudan — to name just a few of the current hot spots in predominantly Muslim countries.

The hope is Khatami' s message of tolerance will catch on. Iran is considered a leading country in the Muslim world, and Khatami currently chairs the 55nation Islamic Conference. For those reasons , his influence could help open a whole new chapter in ChristianMuslim dialogue, Archbishop Panciroli said .

What a contrast with the situation in 1979, when the Muslim theocracy of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took hold in Iran. Soon afterward , dozens of missionaries VATICAN LETTER, page 18

Guest commentary

Lent and the elev enth hour jou rney

encounter—fleeting, A few years ago on Ash Wednesday, a g ifted euphori a which formed a uni que bleakest moments homilist described Lent as the process of negating the ep hemeral—a gift given to me in my transformation. loss and Lenten genuine self, of being reduced to ashes so that the Lord might of I understood in a new way the Church' s wisdom in scoop up that handful of dust and breathe life into each 've Lent.

For arrived at the fifth week of So we shap ing the calendar around this 40-day ascent up some, the time has been an intense excursion into the of us as God the Creator had done in Genesis.

What a beautiful image, I thoug ht. But Lent that Calvary to the surrender at Gethsemane, the grim day of spiritual landscape. But for others, the hope and comlorious alleluia of Easter. Steeping mitment with which we received ashes on the first day year coincided with an earl y spring and a joy ous period crucifixion, and the g of the season creates in us a the Scriptures of my life. I spent those six weeks serenel y tending chil- ourselves in wore off as quickl y as that smudge on our foreheads. with the Lord 's journey. And No Scripture reading, no fasting, no biting our dren and daffodils , and smelling the fragrant citrus blos- familiarity, an intimacy, as all lives ultimatel y tongues on acerbic witty responses at the expense of oth- soms opening. Penance and spiritual catharsis seemed a when our suffering parallels his, then the echo of those Scriptures— way, do in their own ers. And the daily Mass we meant to celebrate on our forei gn country. to the Last Supper, the the invitation Lent, as the Church envisions it , is in many way s an Isaiah' s Servant , way to work ? That went by the wayside as we stood in artificial interval. Painful circumstances impose the true cross we tire asked to shoulder and the death we are line for an essential cup of morning coffee.

Now what? Just go throug h the motions of Palm Lenten seasons of our lives, as I discovered during the asked to endure—will resonate deeply in our hearts.

Even if we have squandered Lent up to this point , Sunday and the Triduum? Or perhaps chuck it all and autumn after I heard that insightful homily. An overaccept that invitation for a weekend trip, which inciden- whelming trauma left me completely humbled and pow- now is the chance to rejoin the climb up the hill , to keep erless, often incapable of speech or action . Spiritually I our minds attentive to the extraordinary Scriptures and tally begins on Good Friday?

For many of us, Lent is a train that leaves the station was reduced , as the pastor 's words portended , to a hand- events of Holy Week and the Triduum. Then when our private Lenten journey begins , no matter the time of while we 're still try ing to figure out the schedule. The ful of ashes.

I began to read the Scriptures daily, and to celebrate year, to guide us we will have the wisdom of John and average layperson isn 't tuned into the time frame of Church cycles in the same way that priests , religiou s, Eucharist as often as possible during the week. In silence Isaiah , and to sustain us, the image of the good thief and the parish liturgy committee are. Perhaps we feel and contemplation I struggled throug h that out-of-season being welcomed at the eleventh hour into paradise.

And ultimately, we will experience the depth and that the 40-day period is thrust upon us like an onerous Lenten journey. And I did sense the Lord breathing life task our parents demanded in childhood. Or the rigorous into me in a way that I had never before felt; his presence jubilance of Mag dalene 's stunned alleluia when the lead up to final exams. Or the sweaty-palmed prepara- was so palpable that in certain instances my heart seemed Lord 's Easter li g ht at last breaks throug h our dark ness. to beat with his in a manner described only by mystics. tion for a big event that, in the end, is anti-climactic. of In those months of spiritual desolation the weight In spite of haphazard results, each year I along with multitudes of Catholics throughout the world take up the the cross was a reality, not a metaphor. I knew the feelA widely published writer and poet, pil grimage again. But age and personal crisis have ing of being mixed into the ferment of the chalice then Christine Vovakes is an active member of taught me what ritual could not: Lent is a season of the lifted up in unison with the Lord in his Eucharist. They Sacred Heart Parish, Red Bluff, Cal. heart as much as it is a season of the liturg ical calendar. were dizzying month s of abject loss juxtaposed with

By Christine Vovakes

Letters . .. ¦ Continued from page 12 about the Black and White Colloquium , Archbishop Levada heaves a big "Amen" when "order and discipline" in the Church are praised. Other examples could be cited.

When I look out at the world , I'm afraid too but I don ' t think building fortress-Catholic is the way to go. For one thing it 's against the Gospel. This is a sign of a Church in trouble — a Church that has forgotten its mission. Where is the openness to the world, the welcoming, in Christ's name, of all people of good will , the tearing down of barriers, of being a "light to the nations"? Rather, the image is one of the disciples huddled in the upper room for fear of the Jews. Fear is defensive, juridical , inward looking, a light unto ourselves, sectarian. These are mistakes of the past. Are we doomed to repeat them by choosing fear over love?

While condemning secular contamination of "orthodox Catholicism," these people fail to notice a more pervasive secularization raxing place unaer our noses, aisnops these days are appointed on the basis of being loyal members of the "management team." In other words, I submit, a corporate structure has taken over much of the institutional Church. What we are seeing is exactly what a large corporation's response would be when challenged - reaffirming its power over and the loyalty of its members.

We must continue to speak out against the abuses, but also have compassion. And humility for our own fears and blindness.

Garth M. Stanton San Anselmo San Francisco (Ed.note: Archbishop Levada 's good humored "Amen " during the Colloquium was uttered in the context of Rev. Eugene Rivers ' praise of the Church 's intellectual legacy and its significant body of teaching

penance undertaken on behalf of the dead."[No. 1032] Father Ted Shipp Catholic Chaplain San Francisco General Hospital

on social justice. If the news report could be interpreted otherwise, Catholic San Francisco apologizes. )

Purgatory column weak

The teachings of the Catholic Church on purgatory are quite simple and clear. Would On Easter Sunday, while the Sisters of that Father Dietzen (Question Comer, March Indul gence are cavorting on Castro Street, 5) had been as simple and as clear.

Althoug h he quoted from the two blocks away Alleluias will be ringing Catechism of the Catholic Church, he omit- out at Most Holy Redeemer. Another block ted some basic teaching. He omitted the beyond music and song will be celebrating purpose of purgatory for those who might the Risen Christ at Metropolitan still be imperfectly purified. This purpose Community Church. Not far away in the the catechism states clearly: "after death other direction , the community at Mission they undergo purification (not a purifica- Dolores will join the glad tidings. Up the tion) so as to achieve the holiness necessary bill St. Philip, and toward Market Street St. Francis Lutheran — and circle upon circle to enter the joy of heaven." [No. 1030] in me t^atecnism nownere couia i una all over San Francisco the joy of Jesus purgatory described as "an event, a process, Resurrection will rise. Those of us who pass not a place or location." But 1 did find pur- along or cross Castro Street on our way will gatory referred to as "the state called pur- not gawk at the silly "sisters," but if we meet one-on-one, we will smile a friendly greetgatory", [cf No. 1472] The Catechism is much clearer than ing. For we know members of our own comwhat Father wrote. He states, "As the munities who once partici pated in the foolCatechism says, something happens to us al ishness but now rejoice in the Easter or after death which, if necessary, prepare.' Mystery with us. Maybe - just maybe — us for the face-to-fac e vision and presence because we recognized them as also God's of God." The Catechism in describing "this children and tried to imitate our Lord 's final purification of the elect," cites: "The unconditional — and unjud gmental — love.

Mary F. Quinlin tradition of the Church , by reference to cerSan Francisco tain texts of Scripture , speaks of a cleansing fire". [No. 1031] Moreover, the Catechism is muct 1 This is a comment on the March 12 artimore specific about Father's cited belief ir 1 cle by George Weigel. Being antediluvian the communion of Saints which he states! does not give Mr. Weigel right of passage on "are joined in Christ , whether on earth or ir i Noah' s Ark. All creatures entered the ark the next life." However, the Catechisnt two by two. It would be a reasonable policy, states, "In the communion of saints, sI and a good challenge for Catholic San perennial link of charity exists between the¦ ' Francisco to pair Mr. Weigel' s conservative faithful who have already reached theii r approach with an article by someone more heavenly home, those who are expiatint ! current, and perhaps more tolerant, to an their sins in purgatory and those who an s opposing point of view. That would be more still pilgrims on earth ."[No. 1475] in keeping with the policy imp lied b y Lastly the Catechism states, "The i Archbishop William J. Levada in the first Church also commends almsgiving (no t issue, when he decried the editorial policies gifts of charity), indulgences and works o:f of the local daily newspapers.

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Weigel:antediluy ian

Many of us readers are graduates of , and have also taught at, the "elite" colleges and universities which Mr. Weigel accuses of moral melt down (a nice slogan). If he would bother to inform himself, he would discover how hard these institutions work on issues of ethics and justice , and to keep both students and alumni informed on these subjects. To imp ly otherwise invites serious questions on the credibility of your publication and especiall y of Mr. Weigel.

Mr. Weigel, in future articles, may try to follow the lead of one of the foremost U.S. theologians who suggests the follow ing Rules for Effective Dialogue: 1) Attempt to identity areas of agreement; 2) avoid use of slogans; 3) represent the opposing position accurately and fairly; 4) distinguish the pairs "right ; wrong" "good ; bad"; 5) try to identify the core issues; 6) admit doubts, difficulties and weaknesses in one's position; 7) distinguish the formulation and the substance of a moral conviction; 8) distinguish morality and public policy; 9) incorporate the perspective of those affected. (From R.A. McCormick, SJ, How Brave a World?, Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, New York, 1981.)

The core issue at stake in the article "Anti- Ex Conk" is that sincere Catholic theologians are often in a position that seems to challenge dogma. However, real truth will always stand up to critical thinking and current information. This is the view of the Church ever since the time of Pope Pius XII, an authoritarian control of theologians seems redundant. It is appropriate for bishops of America to think critically on this issue because many good faculty and students will opt for alternate schools where freedom in the pursuit of truth is not hampered.

Note: The present writer recognizes that "antediluvian" is a slogan, and uses it here only in imitation of Mr. Weigel's article. How does it feel, George?

Alex M. Saunders, M.D. San Carlos

Family Lif e

Seeing the world as a 4-year-old The next day, we dropped off the film , eagerly awaiting the results.

Eight-year-old Lucas ' photos looked a lot like mine: panoramas of the towering Saguaro cactus, a clay pot in the doorway of the mission storeroom, a hummingbird (you had to look closely) sipping from a flower. There were photos of smiling family members seated on benches beside fountains or on the sofa at home.

Four-year-old Gabe 's photos were another story.

Christine Dubois

"Tinteresting photo angles ," commented the man at

the one-hour film development center as he handed me my children 's photos of our visit to grandma and grandpa.

We'd given the boys disposable cameras to record their impressions of Arizona. Despite our warn ings to "save a few shots for later," they 'd gone on a clicking frenzy. They snapped their way through the 300-yearold Spanish mission at Tumacacori , photographed the javelinas rolling in the mud at the desert museum , documented their grandparents ' Tucson apartment. They tried their hand at nature photography, freezing hummingbird s in mid flight and getting up-close-and-personal with spiny cacti. Before long, we were back at the store for another round of cameras.

Too often we for get that others— children and adults—may see the world differently than we do Rather than posing people for photos , Gabe simply shot what he saw. Print after print showed peop le ' s backs, often from the neck down. There were people standing in line (for what, you couldn 't see), his brother and dad walking ahead of him, his grandmother looming against the sky. Other shots showed the backs of tall people crowding in front of him to see a museum exhibit , the bottom half of the statue of a saint in the mission church , the back of my jeans.

In his favorite picture, a tiny mouse sits on the spiny arm of an aguave plant. Gabe had been the first to spot the mouse. An adult hand points down into the picture

frequency is clearly essential for our spiritual life and growth as Catholics.

It is not possible to discuss this at length here. The catechism spells it out thoroughly in its long treatment of "The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation."

Then what explains the frequent , though certainl y not universal, practice you describe in Mexico, which can be duplicated in other Latin American countries and other parts of the world?

Many reasons contribute. A major one, however, seems to be that much of the colonization and evangelization of these mission countries took place during the time when a heresy (or set of heresies) called Jansenism had enormous influence on European Christianity.

Centuries earlier, a strong movement toward frequent , even daily, Communion had begun to expand in the Church. By 1562, the Council of Trent was urging people to receive Communion at every Mass they attended.

Q. My question deals with confession before Communion.

During the 1600s , however, Jansenism , which affected During the summer I drive Mexican migrant workers to France in particular , took a puritanical , extremely rigoristic Mass. I noticed very few went to Communion. A fellow vol- attitude toward Catholic spirituality and the sacraments. unteer said it is part of the culture. If they haven 't gone to Frequent Communion was one of its targets. No one, it was confession, they don 't feel "worthy " of the Eucharist. said, should receive Communion withou t perfect contri's in the Catechism of the tion, which a confessor would guarantee by delaying Another volunteer said it Communion at least a week. recently CatholicChurch not to take Communion unless The abbot of one popular monastery encouraged abstigoing to confession. nence from Communion for the whole of Lent in 1635. It catechism to this kind I could f ind no reference in the , even for contemplative nuns and monks, was not unusual and the Eucharist. of link between reconciliation (penance) to receive this sacrament once a year or less, and then only Church rules when Are many American Catholics bending after sacramental confession.

St. Therese of Lisieux tells of " con"suitably frequent they receive Communion without her joy at age 11 when her confessor allowed her to receive fessio n? (North Carolina) the Eucharist on major feasts.

Only the urgent appeal of Pope Pius X in 1905 for freA. Let's look first at some Church regulations about these two sacraments as we find them in canon law and the quen t, daily Communion gave a death blow to this attitude.

Catechism of the Catholic Church. It 's important to con- Unfortunatel y, by this time the Catholic people of Mexico were suffering a ruthless persecution which continued well sider these very carefully.

While Catholics are formally obliged to receive the into the 1900s. Many were martyred.

For this and other reasons, education in matters of faith Eucharist only once a year, during the Eastertime if possiwas all but impossible, and Mexican people were isolated ble, we are strongly urged to receive this sacrament each 1388; Canons time we participate in the Mass {Catechism , 919-920). This simply recognizes the significant place that hol y Communion by all the faithful holds in the liturgy of the Eucharist at Mass.

Confession of grave (serious) sins in the sacrament of Celebrate with us at our ILgtii reconciliation is required at least once a year. This would follow, of course, from the obligation of annual Communion, since anyone conscious of grave sin must A ref lectivemoment receive the sacrament of reconciliation before receiving the to Klj f eed y our heartfor the week.

Eucharist (Catechism 1457; Canon 989).

Thus, confession of non-serious (venial) sins is not strictly required in Church law at all. I say "in Church law " deliberately because reception of this sacrament with some

from above. "He's right. There is a mouse there."

It was life from a 4-year-old' s point of view, dramatic proof that things look different when you ' re onl y three-and-a-half feet tall. Too often we forget that others—children and adults—may see the world differentl y than we do. Gabe 's photos reminded me that we all have our own angle on life.

Child development experts know how important it is to squat down and speak to young children at their eye level. Not only do you hold their attention , you show them you want to share their world. Kids notice the difference. They feel valued and understood.

It's a comforting truth of our faith that whether we 're 3 feet tall or 6 feet tall , God bends down to share our view. Rather than towering above us, God kneels beside us. God knows what life feels like from where we're living it.

But it doesn 't stop there . Just as Gabe begs, "Mama up!" until I lift him into my arms for a better view, so God—when we ask—will lift us up to see life from a place of deeper joy and love.

My brother Will, a professional p hotographer, has offered to make enlargements of the boys' favorite photos. I'm just hop ing Gabe won 't choose that shot of the back of my jeans. ¦Ill

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Christine Dubois is a widely published freelance write r who lives with her family near Seattle.

Contact her at: chriscoiumn@juno.com

QUESTION CORNER

Confession before Communion: why do practices vary?

Father J ohn Dietzen from these kinds of developments that were enriching other areas of the Catholic world. Inevitably, this affected the Catholic culture of the country and the way of viewing eucharistic Communion.

Copyright (c) 1999 by Catholic News Service (Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651)

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LITURGY & SCRIPTURE Reconciliation of Several Penitents with Individual Confession , Absolution This week we come to the last installment in a five-part series on the Sacrament of Penance. In the first three articles , Sister Sharon McMillen provided a thorou gh stud y and reflection upon the structu re and content of the Rite for Reconciliation of Individual Penitents. Last week I offered some preliminary background on the communal celebration of the sacrament in the "Rite for Reconciliation of Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution " which most parishes schedule at some time during Lent. In li ght of that background , this article will look at the rite itself and comment upon its structure and content.

Like all Roman Catholic liturgy, the "Rite of Reconciliation of Several Penitents with individual confession ana Absolution is cnaracterized by a "noble simplicity" with a structu re of four distinct parts: the Introductory Rites, the Liturgy of the Word, the Rite of Reconciliation , and the Concluding Rites. As with any composition of excellent design, the introduction and conclusion serve to amplify the main body of the rite , the Liturgy of the Word and the Rite of Reconciliation. These two ritual parts are so closely connected that they form but one single act of worship. Let us consider each part in its due course.

Introductory Rites The purpose of the Introductory Rites is to help the assembled people to become a worshipping community and to prepare them for listening to God's word and celebrating the sacrament of reconciliation .

Father John Talesfore These introductory rites should not be unfamiliar to Catholics. They are essentiall y the same as the introductory rites of the Mass during Lent except that they lack a penitential rite since the entire celebration is penitential.

There is a Gathering Song (which could accompany an entrance procession of acolytes, lectors and clergy), a Greeting with an optional explanation of the purpose and structure of the rite (especially if this liturgy is unfamiliar to the particular community), and an Opening Prayer or "collect" as these prayers are sometimes called. Thus "collected" into a worshipping community, we are prepared for listening to the word.

Liturgy of the Word One of the primary building blocks of all Catholic worship, the Liturgy of the Word should be very familiar to all gathered. This part of the rite contains Scripture, a Homily and an Examination of Conscience. In this penitential context, the word of God calls us to repentance and leads us to a true conversion of heart.

The rite provides a great deal of flexibility in the choice of which and how many biblical readings are included in this Liturgy of the Word. There could be as few as one piece of Scripture which should be a Gospel or as many as three readings and a psalm as we have at Sunday Mass. To assist those preparing these liturgical celebrations, the rite has arranged reading s around biblical themes like "Love is the fullness of the Law," "Your mind must be renewed," "Penance leads to a strengthening of baptismal grace," and "Penance prepares for a fuller sharing in the paschal mystery of Christ for the salvation of the world."

Within this penitential liturgy, the homily should lead the penitents to examine theii conscience and turn away from sin and toward God. In response to this homily, the assembly enters into a period of silence for an examination of conscience. The priest or deacon may help with a brief scrutiny to awaken true contrition which brings us well disposed to the Rite of Reconciliation itself.

Rite of Reconciliation The rite consists of a General Confession of Sins , Individual Confession and Absolution, a Proclamation of Praise for God's Mercy, and the Concluding Prayer.

Having just made an examination of conscience, all kneel or bow their heads and acknowledge their sinfulness with the familiar confiteor ("I confess to almighty God") so often confessed at Mass. This is completed with a litany or song of contrition and the Lord's Prayer with its well-known petition for the forg iveness of our trespasses.

Those who wish to make a private confession now have the opportunity to approach one of the priests. Since the rite has already included thorough introductory rites, a Liturgy of the Word and the general confession of sins, the penitent need not make the sign of the cross as though prayer is just beginning or make an act of contrition again. In these circumstances, one simply confesses his or her sins, receives an approp riate penance and is absolved. Meanwhile, the whole assembly continues to pray with and for one another with a blend of song and silent prayer until all have returned to their places.

In an outward sign of the reconciliation accomplished by the sacrament, all join in a corporate expression of God 's mercy in an approp riate song or prayer such as the Magnificat of Mary or "Holy God We Praise Thy Name." Finall y the priest sums up this praise in the concluding prayer as he does after communion at Mass.

Concluding Rites With a Blessing and Dismissal, these concluding rites are identical to those at Mass.

Their purpose is identical as well. We are sent forth to live as we worshi p in the spirit of the Good News proclaimed by St. Paul: "Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Cor 5: 17-18) Director of the archdiocesan Office of Worship, Father Talesfore holds a licentiate degree in sacred liturgy from the Pontifica l Liturgical Institute, Sant 'Anselmo , Rome.

Here we are: awaiting the victory of final days Unfortunatel y we have all experiFifth Ezechiel 37:12-14 enced people who were dead long Sunday Psahn li0 • -g ; John ll:l-45 before they were pronounced so. of Lent R°mms 8:8-ii Wi th d rawn , isolated , and disconnected , they consumed oxygen in our presence but never engaged us in any way. They even made us wonder if we will become like them.

Fortunatel y we do have an alternative , which we, the elect (those who will be initiated at the Easter Vigil) and the alread y initiated , can celebrate this Sunday more joyousl y and so live more profoundly: our passage from death to life. It looks like this: "We know that we passed fro m death to life because we love our Drothers (and sisters)" I John 3:14.

What a wonderful sight to behold—a community that hospitably welcomes, includes , and enfolds— he very defeat of sin, death , isolation and rejection!

Here the elect can be formed and grow. Here the initiated can look again and experience what attracted the elect now attracting them to renew their baptismal commitment to the Church.

It resembles but surpasses the return from exile hat Ezechiel promises, " '0 my people, I will open /our graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel... I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and settle you upon youi :and.' " Is it any wonder we respond to this promiseaden reading bv admitting our need for God's gathFather David M. Pettingill ermg ancj ren ewing action: "Out of the depths I cry to you, 0 Lord ; Lord hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication....

For with the Lord is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption; and he will redeem Israel from all their iniquities."

Why, this parish community is so fortunate that the Spirit, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in each member and demands the ultimate defeat of death on the final day ! "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you ," so says Romans.

But wonder piles upon wonder when we listen to John and the raising of Lazarus. This event is the final "sign" in the first section of the fourth Gospel, called the Book of Signs (chapters 1 - 12). Signs are events, looked at in the light of faith , that refer to: 1) Old Testament experiences; 2) anticipate the "passover of Jesus;" 3) and are present in the life of the Church through baptism and Eucharist. The late Oscar Culman captured the beauty of this viewpoint when he wrote that the fourth Gospel "traces a straight line from Jesus of Nazareth, in whom the Word became flesh, to each Christian community, in whom the Word continues to become flesh."

So we see the raising of Lazarus as sign points to Old Testament passages such as our first reading where God promises the renewal of life for his people. As sign the event shows that with Jesus what people hoped would happen "on the last day" is happening now.

"Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise.' Martha said to him, 7 know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day ?'Jesus told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.' " The future is now present; end-time is present time; embracing Jesus with faith is to participate in Jesus' passover: "Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end." In his passover Jesus reveals God's death-defeating love for us , God's "friends ." The raising of Lazarus is a sign of this fact.

This sign is also present to the Church in holy assembly on Sunday. Jesus is "bread of life " in the proclamation of the Word: "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.' " (6:35) Jesus the Lord in his completed "passover" is eucharistic food and drink: " 'Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him (/her) up on the last day.' " (6:54) Death-defeating life and love nourish us in Word and Eucharist. The first defeat of death we experience is our being gathered into a community. The next defeat of death is our choosing to be part of such a community. The subsequent defeats of death are the relationship we cultivate in which healing, forgiveness , inclusion, justice , and peace flourish.

So here we are, alive, death-defeating, community-rooted, rescued from exile, awaiting the final day 's victory, and actually being the final day's victory now. What a place to flourish.

Father David Pettingil directs the archdiocesan Office of Parish Ministry.

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First Friday of the month at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For information, call Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at (650) 340-7452.

Wednesdays during Lent at 5:35 p.m., Old St. Mary's Parish, Grant and California St., SF. For information, call (415) 288-3800.

Religious/ Continuing Education March 22: For religious education teachers, "Leading Children to Prayer," facilitated by associate directo r of religious education, Lynn Zupan, 7 - 9 p.m., Chancery Lunch Room, 443 Church St. (between 16th and 17th), SF. For information , call the Office of Religious Education at (415) 565-3650.

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

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

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

Food & Fun March 20: Mercy High School, Burlingame's annual auction and dinner with a "Who Dunnit?" theme at Kohl Mansion on Mercy's campus at 2750 Adeline Dr. Evening includes dinner and murder mystery. Tickets $45. For information and reservations, call (650) 343-9602.

March 20: University of San Francisco alumni Supper Club at City Hall featuring the music of Tony Hill and the Hallmarks, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. For information, call (415) 422-6431.

March 21: Annual Irish Breakfast at St. Finn Barr Parish, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 415 Edna St., SF. Entertainment, too! For information, call Margaret Hall at (415) 333-3627.

March 23: St. Thomas More Society monthly lunch ($23) at the Bankers' Club, 555 California St., SF Guest speaker is Ray Knoll who will address Vatican II today. For information or reservations , call Carroll J. Collins at (415) 9571800.

March 20: St. Patrick celebration at St. Rita Parish, Fairfax beginning with Celtic Mass at noon. Corned beef buffet, pipers, step dancers.

For information, call (415) 456-4815.

March 20: St. Gabriel Elementary School spring fundraiser, noon to 3 p.m. at the school, 40th and Ulloa St., SF. Afternoon features catered lunch, raffle, celebrity MO Tickets $25.

For information , call Jiwanah Nasrah at (415) 681-2343.

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For ticket information , call (415) 563-2900.

March 27: Fil-Am "Swing 99" dance with dinner at 6 p.m. and dancing featuring "Carding Live Band" from 8 p.m. at St. Kevin Parish, 704 Cortland Ave., SF. For information , call (415) 648-5751.

March 27: Catholic Charities' annual Loaves and Fishes Dinner, Merchant Exchange Building, 465 California St., SF. March 27: Dancing, gourmet dining, live and silent auctions highlight "An Evening of Dreams" benefiting Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Belmont at Hotel Sofitel. For information or reservations, call (650) 593-6157.

March 28: Annual Easter Bazaar at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 850 Judah St. (at Funston), SF, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.. All kinds of food, silent and live auction, mini-raffle, Easte r egg hunt, magic show. For information, call Jerry Motak at (415) 661-7378.

March 31: Cesar E. Chavez Birthday Breakfast Celebration, 8 -10 a.m., Holiday Inn, 8th St. at Market , SF. For information , call (415) 674-1884.

Shows March 19, 20, 21, 26, 27: Tri-School production of Ftodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma featuring the talent of students from Mercy, Notre Dame and Junipero Serra High Schools. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. except on March 21 when curtain is at 2 p.m.Tickets $10, seniors and students $6.

Junipero Serra Theatre, 20th Ave and Stratford Way, San Mateo.For tickets, calls (650) 3458207, ext. 560.

March 19, 20, 25,26 27: The musical comedy, Murders of 1940, plays at 7:30 p.m. each of these days at Sacred Heart Cathedral High School. Tickets $10, Students $5. For information, call (415) 775-6626, ext. 715.

Pilgrimages August 1999: To the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington , DC with Archbishop William J. Levada. For information, call the Office of Ethnic Ministries , (415) 565-3622.

Volunteer Opportunities Catholic Charities' St. Joseph Village can use donations of clothing, shoes, accessories , kitchen supplies, diapers, linens etc . To volunteer to assist in this program that helps homeless families become self-sufficient , call Kristen Rauda at (415) 575.4920, ext. 223.

San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers for its many outreach programs to the poor: (415) 241-2600.

Birthright needs people to work with women faced with unplanned pregnancies. For more information, call Mary 'Alba at (415) 664-9909.

San Mateo County's Volunteer Center: call (650) 342-0801.

Laguna Honda Hospital, SF is urgently in need of volunteers to serve as eucharistic ministers, lectors and chapel escorts at Tuesday and Sunday morning Masses. Contact Sister Miriam at (415) 664-1580, ext. 4-2422.

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Worship Mass in American Sign Language is celebrated each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Parish , 1801 Octavia (between Pine and California) in SF. A sign language Mass is celebrated at St. Anthony Parish, 3500 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park on the third Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. and later that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (at Bon Air Rd.), Kentfield. For information, call St. Benedict at (415) 567-9855 (voice) or (415) 567-0438 (TDD) Fridays at 3 p.m., Divine Mercy Devotions; Saturdays at 12:15 p.m., Franciscan Marian Devotion, Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. (at Columbus), SF. For information , call (415) 983-0405.

Exposition of the Blessed SacramentC hurch 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, Mon.- Fri. 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, Mon.- Fri. after 8 a.m.

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Divorced, Separated For information about ministry available to divorced and separated persons , call (415) 2735521. * Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. For information , call Don at (415) 883-5031 ; Peter at (415) 8974634.

April 9-11: a Beginning Experience weekend at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. The weekend is a space for those experiencing loss to reevaluate and move on with hope. For information , call Lanier Reeves at (650) 375-8332 or Fran King at (415) 928-3441 .

Information about Retrovaille, a program for troubled marriages , is available from Lolette and Tony Campos at (415) 893-1005.

Music March 25: Annual elementary school choral festival at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., SF, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information , contact Holy Names Sister Marianne Viani, associate superintendent of schools, at (415) 565-3660.

March 21, 28: Sunday recitals at 4 p.m. following sung Vespers at 3:15 p.m., St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF. For information, call (415) 983-0405.

March 21, 28: Sunday afternoon concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. For information, call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213.

March 21: St. Catherine of Siena Parish, 1310 Bayswater Ave. (at El Camino Real), Burlingame, recital on newly dedicated 3-manual digital organ by internationally-known organist Bene Hammel at 3 p.m. For information , call (650) 344-6884.

March 21: Loyola Marymount University Chorus in concert at St. Agnes Parish, 1025

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March 28: Recital benefiting Pax Christi featuring soloist Geraldine Reicher and violinist John Creighton Murray at Our Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame at 3 p.m Tickets $10. For information, call (650) 3477768.

During Lent Wednesdays: Lenten lecture series through March 24 at St. Raymond Parish, 1100 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, 7:30 - 9 p.m. Presenter is Father Pat Michaels, pastor, (650) 323-1755.

Thursdays: "Justice is Who We Are and What We Believe" is the principle guiding Soup Supper presentations and dialogue at St. Luke Parish, 1111 Beach Blvd., Foster City. For information, call (650) 345-6660 Fridays: Lenten Christian Meditation and Faith Sharing, Sacred Heart Church, Fell and Fillmore Streets, SF. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. For information, call Chuck McNeil at (415) 255-0969 or John O'Grady at (415) 626-9753. Saturdays at Sacred Heart, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., dialogue will have a social justice focus.

Fridays: Food, Fellowship and Prayer at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Soup supper and dialogue at 6 p.m., Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m. For information, call Mary Ann Eiler at (415) 567-2020, ext. 215.

Fridays: Pray for vocations at St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF Mass at 12:15 p.m., Exposition of the Blessed^" Sacrament after Mass until Benediction at 5:15 p.m. A talk on a Franciscan Lenten theme by one of the shrine's Conventual Franciscan Friars begins at 6 p.m., (415) 983-0407.

March 25: Deanery -wide Penance Service, St. Brendan Parish, Ulloa and Rockaway Ave. (off Portola) , SF at 7:30 p.m. Deanery One invites all to celebrate Christ's forgiveness. For information, call (415) 681-4225.

March 28: The Filipino community of St. John the Evangelist Parish , 98 Bosworth St. (between Mission and San Jose Ave.), SF pray the Passion of Christ in song during the celebration of "Pasyon" from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. For information, call (415) 334-4646.

Lectures/Classes/Displays March 31: "Europe and Asia in the New Global Framework," lecture at USF Center for the Pacific Rim by noted Italian international relations scholar on rapid social , political and economic changes in Asia and Europe; free, 5:30 p.m., Lone Mountain campus, 2800 Turk Blvd., Handlery Room , LM 100. Reservations required.

Call (415) 422-6357.

Now through May 11: Free one-hour computer science lectures Thursdays at 11 a.m.

University of San Francisco , Golden Gate Ave. between Parker and Masonic , SF. Series is in its 27th year. For information , call (415) 422-6235.

April 10: Annual History Day focusing on Bay Area Catholicism , 1 - 4:30 p.m., St. Mary Cathedral, SF. Presenters include Bishop Mark Hurley, Evelyn Eajpn , Ph.D. For information , call the Archives at (650) 328-6502.

Datebook is a free listing for p arishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, p lace, address and an information phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publica tion date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, 441 Church St., S.F. 94114, or fax it to (415) 565-3633.

This proud Excelsior District church at 827 Vienna St. in San Francisco

was comP leted in l95 1- ll was Duilt ''>' CamI1 Brothers Construction Co.

from a design by architect William E. Schinner and under the watchful eye of the late Msgr. Maurice J. O'Keefe. The parish' s ori ginal church , which sits next door, was then remodeled as a gymnasium. The now-gym reached its present site in 1922 after it was split in half and rolled up Russia Street H on barrels and logs. The three-week task did not lack for sidewalk superintendents —junior , adult and senior, according to the Epiphany Parish history published 10 years ago.

Many Epiphany parishioners have been members for many years, having attended the school , married there, and still have children living there.

H Many remember the new church being built and the old church becoming the gym.. There are numerous organizations and prayer groups that serve the nearly 3,700 registered households. In addition , a significant number of people , while not registered, still consider Epiphany their parish.

Approximatel y 70 percent of the parish population is of Filipino descent from Hispani c, Italian , Irish and other heritages.

H with others coming Ministries and organizations include outreach to the homebound , Knights of Columbu s, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and a strong music pro-

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Pastor: Father Bruce Dreier Saturdays : 5:30 p.m.; Sundays: 6:30, 8, 9, 10 Masses: I 11:10 a.m.(Spanish), 12:30, 5:30 p.m.

Seating capacity: 1000 ¦ Founding date: as parish, 1914

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Gospel witness.. . ¦ Continued from page 3 for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. "I hear the kids at Cathedral talking about their parents, television programs, and expecting their moms or dads to pick them up after practice. They make me think about the children I serve and how little they have. I'd love to hear the children at Raphael House say, 'I have to go home now, my mom's here to pick me up '," said DiMartini.

"I've seen absolutely wonderful examples of what the Catholic Church does in San Francisco on social justice issues," she added. "For instance, Providence Sister Bernie Galvin, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale, pastor of St. Boniface Church , and the Sisters of the Presentation. " DiMartini is also concerned that "Catholics don 't unite more as a whole in San Francisco. Just think what we could do if we did."

Heather Murphy, a graduate of Gordon Wenham College, a Christian college in Massachusetts , said she heard about the Jesuit Volunteer Corps "from good

Jesuit Volunteer Corp s : no longer just the young Retired? Need a change? Taking a sabbatical? A recent offshoot of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Northwest Elders , is accepting applications from persons in their mid-40's through early 70's to work and live full-time among the poor. Inquires: JVC: Northwest Office , 3928 N. WilliamsAve., Portland, OR 97227 or call (503) 335-8202.

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Vatican Lett er... ¦ Continued from page 13 were expelled or began leaving because church institutions were nationalized.

At that time, Vatican efforts at civil dialogue were rebuffed. Khomeini bitterly criticized the pope as a proAmerican prelate who failed to confront the world's oppressors.

The current turnaround is a tribute to the patience of Vatican diplomacy. Desp ite the setbacks in religious freedom and restrictions on Catholic activities, the Vatican never broke relations with Iran. A few years ago, a softening of the fundamentalist line was perceived , and the Vatican gently nurtured it.

Small but significant changes were seen: Visas for missionaries were approved. An Italian theologian was invited to del iver the first Catholic lecture at the Islamic university at Qom, the Iranian holy city.

Church leaders realize the loosening of the fundamentalist gri p in Iran may have much to do with economic inte rests; indeed , during his trip to Italy, the first official visit by an Iranian president to a Western country since the 1979 revolution , Khatami opened negotiations on a possible $2 billion oil deal with Italy.

But that does not lessen Khatami's appeal at the Vatican, where officials recognize that positive historical changes often have complex causes John Thavis is chief of Catholic News Service 's Rome bureau.

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"It was the JVC Tenets, 'Spirituality, Community, Social Justice, and Simple Living ' that attracted me to the program ," said Murphy. In turn, the JVC connected her to Rita da Cascia which reaches out to mothers and children with HIV or AIDS. A large part of Murphy 's time is spent with children.

Since many of the "moms are not always up to physical activities ," Murp hy and other staff of Rita da Cascia take the children ice skating, bowling and to other activities. Her work often frees Rita da Cascia case managers for other tasks, such as assisting families to secure housing.

Murphy also accompanies mothers and children to the hospital. "Sometimes it 's one-on-one, and just being a support person ," she said.

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Perhaps it should have been "Shakespeare in Lust."

Whatever happened lo the captivating innocence and transcending love of Romeo and Juliet? Even West Side Story stayed closer to the original. And screenplay writers Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard practiced by modernizing Hamlet in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead." "Shakespeare in Love" could have been so much more loving.

Set in Bustling London of 1593, young, broke Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is working on "Romeo and Ethel , the Pirate's Daughter" but sufferswriter 's block. Enter Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) a pretty noblewoman smitten by showbiz (in an age when women were not allowed on stage) to serve as Will's muse. With a boy 's wig and fake mustache, she lands the role of Romeo in Will's unfinished play.

Before Shakespeare can say "Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied; and vice someti mes by action di gnified" (II ,iii), the two are in bed. But Will is married (when she finds out , Viola feels betrayed , but , like a contemporary courtesan , keeps coming back) and Viola is engaged (against her will—Shakespearean pun intended.)

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Or is America already ethicall y numb? "What 's in a name?

That which we call a rose (sin) by any other name would smell as sweet (sour) ." (II,ii)

Oscar-winning film and director at SI A March 28 screening of the 1998 Oscar winning short film, "Visas and Virtues," will benefit displaced Bosnian families. The half-hour film tells the story of Chiune Sugihai a, Japan 's consul general in

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Lithuania, who in 1940 wrote 2,000 visas that saved the lives, of more than 6,000 Lithuanian Jewish families.

Chris Donahue, who directed the film, will lead discussion after the screening.

The film will be shown at in the Weigand Theater of St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 2001 37* Ave., SF at 5 p.m. $5 donation requested.

For more information , call the school at (415) 731-7500.

¦Three Mothers and a Father were not bothered by Viola 's dainty breasts and other peoples ' skin on screen but nudity was so unnecessary and with the mild violence, profanity, and boozing probabl y contributed to the R rating. (It is rated A-1II by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcast.) We found Paltrow enchanting (one mother read that she was a convert to Catholicism - with Michael Doug las as her godfather) and Fiennes expressionless (the poor man looks so much like the self-absorbed rock musician , Prince, we were distracted.) Our favorite was Judi Dench's sardonic Queen Elizabeth.

"0 Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" For us , most enjoyable were the Shakespearean high and low jinks , coincidences, masquerades, self deprecating humor and screwball timing. We loved the scenes, costuming, props and stagecraft -and the insights into theatre 16th Century: where the audience sat or stood—and , above all, the revival of Shakespeare 's wonderful way with words: their majesty, their power, their fun.

"He jests at scars, that never felt a wound. But soft!

What light throug h yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!" (II,ii) But no, parting was not "such sweet sorrow."

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The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco Easter Remembrance Service Holy Saturday, April 3rd at 11:00 a.m. in All Saints Mausoleum Chapel Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma (Mass will not be offered)

This will be a time to pray, remember, reflect and find new hope on the journey of grief.

Please come to remember and be comforted as you share time with others who are grieving. Rev. Harry Schlitt will officiate.

For More Information, Please Call Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery

650.756.2060