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Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In one of his most impassioned public pleas, Pope John Paul II said March 16 that war would have "tremendous consequences " for Iraqi civilians and for the equilibrium of the entire Middle East and could foment new forms of extremism.

At his Sunday blessing, the pope called on Saddam Hussein to cooperate urgently and fully with the international community "to eliminate any motive for armed intervention , " and asked member nations of the U.N. Security Council to respect their own U.N. charter, which allows the use of force only as a last resort, when all peaceful means have been exhausted.

"I say to all: There is still time to negotiate . There is still room for peace. It is never too late to understand each other and to continue to work things out , " the pope said.

Two days later, after President George W. Bush abandoned international diplomacy and set a countdown for war on Iraq, the Vatican warned that whoever gives up on peaceful solutions would have to answer for the decision to God and histo ry.

The Vatican statement March 18 came a day after Bush gave Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons a 48hour ultimatum to leave Iraq to avoid military conflict.

"Whoever decides that all the peaceful means made available under international law are exhausted assumes a grave responsibility before God , his conscience and history, " said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vails.

The one-sentence statement did not mention Bush or any other international leaders by name.

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"There is so much discrimination and racism and fears of other cultures , " she said. "We want to focus on the positive - that we are ail brothers and sisters, that God has given us the beautiful gift of goodness, the spark of the divine within us. We want to develop that spark and share it with everybody."

embers of Paz Y Bien, a group of Bay Area Latinos , participated in marches opposing 2:\ a U.S. war against Iraq as a way of expressing their dedication to a nonviolent approach to life.

The Sp anish words "Paz Y Bien " mean 'Peace and all good" and they reflect the group 's effort "to work to develop a culture of nonviolence from the perspective of Hispanics in the United States, " Franciscan Sister Graciela Martinez, a leader of the group, said.

"We want to go out to all Latinos and nurture the seed of nonviolence given to all of us by God. We want to develop a spirituality of how we as Latinos experience nonviolence and then share that gift with other cultures , " said Sister Graciela, associate director of Hispanic catechesis for the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry.

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"Through practice and discernment, we deepen our understanding of how our Latino culture in the United States contributes to a vision of making present the Reign of God in our world today in active nonviolence. " Paz Y Bien, traces its roots to a group called Pace e Bene , Italian for "Peace and All Good," founded by Franciscan Sister Rosemary Lynch, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale and Allain Richard 25 years ago. That predominantly English-speaking and European-American PEACE, page 18

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Thanks to longtime St. Anne of the Sunset parishioner, Mary Moran Pajalich for her keen eye and correct identification of late attorney, Garret W. McEnerny, in a recent step-back-in-time photo that appeared in the Feb. 14th issue of CSF. Mary worked in the law offices of attorney Tom Riordan, which, like Mr. McEnerny 's, were in the Hobart Building at 582 Market St. in the City. "My employer was on the 9th floor from 1926 to 1935 and 1 occasionally used Mr. McEnerny 's law library," Mary said. "Mr. McEnerny was a very tall man - well over six feet. " Mary became an attorney herself in 1932, working for many years as chief counsel to the California Public Utilities Commission leaving in1972to become a San Francisco Municipal Court Judge. She retired in 1977.

Mary 's husband , Randolph Pajalich, executive secreta ry to the state PUC , died in 1972. Their daughters are Mary Schneider, a retired teacher living with her husband , Franz, in Hollister, and Jeanne, also a teacher, who lives in Davis.

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Where You Live b y Tom Burke Happy birthday to Lena Isacotti who celebrated her 90th year at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Mike Callan of St. Gregory Parish, San Mateo. Lena has been a parishioner of the Excelsior District's Church of the Epiphany for 80 years and is a Charter Member of Branch 20 of the Italian Catholic Federation. Lena 's grandkids are Anne Marie Callan, an alum of Notre Dame High School, Belmont and Santa Clara Universi ty who is now a civil engineer, and Michael Callan, a grad of Junipero Serra High School and Cal Poly who is now a landscape architect. Mike and his wife, Shana are the proud parents of Nicholas. Lena is known by many "for her great Northern Italian cooking," her daughter Dorothy, said....If ya ' get the chance, encourage a young person you know to take part in next weekend's concert featuring the music of composer/performer Jesse Manibusan. Jesse got his liturgical music

A Dewey Decimal System salute to Adrienne Moore who has helped establish a Spirituality and Prayer lending library at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Novato . A lay Carmelite for seven years, Adrienne , and a 16-member committee have amassed more than 400 volumes for parishioners ' use. From left: Evelyn Lynch, Jeanne Roche, Carol Snee, Adrienne, Andrea Bell, Jean Dinse, Barbara Rodriguez. Unavailable at

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start here in the Bay Area and today is a regular at major Church events including World Youth Day and the recent Religious Education Congress in Los Angeles. The evening promises great fun and inspiration for Catholic youth especially in Lent, a time that can even be somewhat in the abstract for us older folks. (See Datebook)... Coming up April 12th is the annual Luncheon and Fashion Show of All Souls Women's Club, proceeds of which benefit the South San Francisco parish and its school . Heading it up is Beverly BonalanzaFord, longtime All Souls parishioner and SSF City Treasurer since 1986. Bev 's dad, John Bonalanza, who died in 1985 and was SSF treasurer for 40 years, preceded her in the post. "He died on a Sunday morning getting

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Interfaith leaders speak out on behalf of the uninsured

By Evelyn Zappia An interfaith prayer breakfast held at the Cathedra l Hill Hotel on March 14 attracted a diverse group of local religious leaders uniting to raise the awareness of the plight of California 's 7 million residents without health coverage.

The San Francisco Inlerfaith Council , San Francisco Organizing Project and the FAITHS Initiat ive of the San Francisco Foundation organized the event.

The gathering was one of 60 interfaith events taking place throughout the country as part of the Cover the Uninsured Week sponsored by three health foundations; The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , the California Endowment, and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation as well as several national organizations.

Msgr. Maurice McCormick , pastor of San Francisco's Mission Dolores Basilica, spoke of a survey taken at the parish school in which he learned that "over 50 percent of the school children did not have medical insurance. It 's the major reason I am here today, " he said.

"We need to take health care out of the political area," said Rev. Alan Jones of San Francisco's United Methodist Mission. "It 's not something we should be arguing about.

Everyone has the right to health care, just as they have the right to breathe the air."

Anthony Wright of Health Access said an estimated 4 J million Americans are uninsured, and the number is growing because of the economy, rising health care costs, and fiscal shortfalls in state budgets.

"The myths surrounding the uninsure d are many," said Mr. Wright.

Uninsured does not mean unemployed, he said. "Over 80 percent of U.S. workers are without insurance, and only 15% of the workforce are offered health insurance," he said.

Small businesses are "notoriously charged exorbitant health insurance premiums," he said, making it impossible for the majority of employers to offer health insurance to employees.

"Many believe the uninsured ultimately get health care free anyway," Mr. Wright said. "That's not true. Most people don't seek medical attention because of the extreme financial repercussions. Half of all bankruptcies are because of health bills in the U.S." "It's likely that most uninsured will not get good health insurance because of financial ruin ," Mr. Wright continued.

"Consequentl y, many of the uninsured die prematurely."

"Don't feel guilty, just take some action , " Rev. Jones told the gathering. He suggested sending e-mails to congress, making others aware of the health crisis, and staying focussed on the issue.

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In Washington, D.C., three Catholic leaders appealed for help for the uninsured in a letter to the chairmen and ranking minority members of the House and Senate Budget Committees.

"As organizations united in a faith tradition and committed to the principles of Catholic social justice teaching, we recognize and affirm the sanctity of human life and the inherent dignity of every human being," said the letter signed by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Policy; Father J. Bryan Hehir, president of Catholic Charities USA; and Father Michael D. Place, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.

"We consider access to adequate health care to be a basic human right, necessary for the development and maintenance of life and for the ability of human beings to realize the fullness of their dignity," they added.

The letter, which was copied to all members of the committees , was made public March 12 during Cover the Uninsured Week.

In an open letter to the American people published March 11 in USA Today, the National Interfaith Advisory Board for Cover the Uninsured Week expressed hopes that the week would be "a rallying point for people of faith to

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pray, reflect , learn more about the problem , and add their voice to those seeking solutions for the uninsured. " "Facing a crisis with moral and ethical dimensions, we come together in support of America's uninsured," the letter said. "While people may disagree about how best to solve the problem, we agree that it must be an urgent national priori ty. " Signers of the letter included Nancy Wisdo, director of the U.S. Catholic bishops ' Office of Domestic Social Development; Garland Pohl, president of the National Association of Diocesan Ecumenical Officers; the Rev. Eileen W. Lindner, deputy general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Hannah Rosenthal of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs ; Sayyid M. Syeed, secretary-general of the Islamic Society of North America; and representatives of the Congress of National Black Churches, Salvation Anny, Southern Baptist Convention and United Methodist Church.

"Millions of uninsured Americans — most of them in working families — are denied access to necessary health care," Wisdo said. "As a result, they often are diagnosed later, delay seeking medical care, receive less preventive care and are generally in poorer health. We are all called to learn more about this problem, and work together to solve it."

"The plight of the uninsured is one that must involve the efforts, commitment and prayers of people of all faiths if it is to be recognized and solved," said Pohl, former ecumenical officer of the Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston.

In a news conference by telephone March 11, several religious leaders outlined their reasons for joining in the effort.

"Each of our traditions approaches this issue differently, but with a common vision," said Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

"Every one of God's children is entitled to health care."

We cannot afford to let this issue be overshadowed by other news on the front pages," said Syeed, whose organization has more than 300 affiliates in the United States and Canada. "We cannot ignore this issue when so many peop le, are suffering and in need."

Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said he expected health care to become a major issue in the 2004 elections.

"The role of the faith community is to call the nation to their brother 's keeper," he said . "We must fi nd effective ways to meet the health care needs of the community."

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Catholic health official warns against unraveling saf ety net

Medicaid , the joint federal-state health insurance program for the poor, has been increasing ly subject to efforts to limit eli g ibility and reduce benefits , Father Michael D. Place said in writte n testimony submitte d to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

"Yet cutting Medicaid spending is not reall y a means of containing health care costs ," he said. "It simp ly shifts the costs to other parts of the health care system and to individuals who are least able to afford it."

Calling Medicaid "the premier safety net program in the country," Father Place noted lhat the program now provides health cov erage for 47 million Americans , including 24 million children , 11 million adults in low-income families, and more than 13 million elderly and disabled people.

Father Place said the Catholic health ministry "remains concerned" that the Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services could allow states to "scale back Medicaid benefits and/or increase cost sharing without any appreciable benefit to the uninsured. "

Hong Kong, Beijing bishops disagree oyer subversive law

HONG KONG — Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong said he was surprised that his opposition to an anti-subversion law was criticized by a bishop of the government-controlled church in China. Bishop Zen said in a March 7 statement that his counterpart in China , Bishop Michae l Fu Tieshan of Beijing, "is in a situation where he can ' t contro l himself ," reported UCA News.

It was "strange that Bishop Fu interferes (in) Hong Kong 's internal affairs ," said Bishop Zen , a frequent critic of the anti-subversion law. Bishop Fu said earlier March 7 that law was important for national security reasons and should be supported b y Hong Kong clergy and bishops. When asked by reporters about Bishop Zen 's opposition to the law, Bishop Fu, a standing committee member of the congress , said one must "render to Caesar the things that are Caesar ' s, and to God the things that are God' s."

The process to enact the controversial law in Hong Kong is still under way. A draft of the legislation required by Article 23 was submitted to Hong Kong ' s Legislative Council and passed Feb. 26. The council established a committee to be responsible for national security legislation as prescribed in Article 23.

Combat role for VS. is opposed by archbishop in Philipp ines

MANILA , Phili ppines — Citizens in the troubled southern Philipp ines overwhelmingly reject the use of U.S. troops in combat against rebel groups , Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato , president of the Phili pp ine bishops ' conference , said.

The archbishop said people would support the presence of U.S. troops if they were there to advise, train and provide technical and logistical support to Philippine troops, reported UCA News. U.S. troops are in the Philippines conducting joint counterterrorism exercises with Philippine troops to flush out rebel armed groups in southern parts of the country.

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A group of women, including a Catholic nun, wait for the start of an interfaith peace march in Davao in the southern Philippines. Carmina Teo, a 10-year-old Muslim, holds a sign that reads "Peace " in Tagalog. A week earlier a bomb exploded at the Davao airport killing 21 people.

The government blamed a rebel separatist group for the attack.

Philippine newspapers have reported that American troops were to fi g ht in battles during the training, attributing that information to a U.S. defense source in the Pentagon. "1 myself would be totall y against " the use of U.S. troops for active combat on Mindanao Island , the archbishop said.

Since Feb. 11, his archdiocese in the southern Philipp ines has seen military attacks on the camps of the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front , which is fighting for a separate Islamic state. As the clashes continue , more than 100,000 villagers have packed evacuation centers in Cotabato and four nei ghboring provinces.

Catholic school on Navajo reservation avoids closure

ST. MICHAELS, Ariz. —A Catholic school in Arizona founded by a U.S. saint has avoided closure, Blanks to donations from all over the country and hel p from the Chicago-based Catholic Extension organization. More than 400 students attend the kindergarten to grade 12 St. Michael School on a Navajo reservation where the majority of families are living at or below the poverty line.

A wildfire last summer came dangerousl y close to reaching the 100-year-old St. Michael School , which lacked a fire protection system. Last fall , the Arizona fire marshal ordered the school, to upgrade its fire safety system at a cost of $250,000 or face government closure.

The school , founded in 1902 by St. Katharine Drexel sought financial assistance from Catholic Extension , the largest supporter of Catholic missionary work in the United States. The organization gave the school $75 ,000 and made a national appeal to help save the school. As a result , the school was able to raise $300,000, which allowed it to pay for the new fire safety system and purchase a fire hydrant system, an alarm and a fire-escape door, which have now been installed.

Pope condemns killing of Serb p rime minister as 'barbarous '

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II, condemning the "barbarous act of violence" in which Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic of Serbia and Montenegro was assassinated , offered his prayers for the nation 's people.

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Djindjic was shot and killed March 12 in front of government buildings in Belgrade.

Although the pope and top Vatican officials were on retreat when Djindjic was assassinated , Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, sent a telegram of condolence in the pope 's name. "At this time of national mourning, His Holiness expresses his solidarity with the people of Serbia and Montenegro in their resolute efforts to work for the renewal of society and the building of a democratic order marked by justice , cooperation in the pursuit of the common good and respect for the rights of all," said the telegram.

Meanwhile , church leaders in Serbia and Montenegro reacted with shock to the assassination.

"Djindjic was a man of great strength and wisdom who represented hope for renewal throughout the Balkans ," Archbishop Stanislav Hocevar of Belgrade told German radio March 13. "The most important task facing the government after his death is to continue his political reforms.

But we are in a very delicate situation , not just for the country 's inhabitants, but for all Europe," the archbishop said.

Christians seek compensation f or killings of fa mily members

KARACHI, Pakistan — Christians in Pakistan have met with an official of the Sindh provincial government to demand compensation for relatives of church workers assassinated by terrorists in September. Lawyers representing the families met with a Sindh government official in Karachi March 9 and asked for about $3,000 per family in compensation, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

Sindh's governor had promised each famil y $3,000 after two gunmen stormed the Committee for Justice and Peace office in Karachi, killing ei ght people. The committee was a joint operation of the Archdiocese of Karachi and the Church of Pakistan , a Protestant church. Yaqoob Tlyas, Sindh minister for information technology, told the families that compensation "soon" would be disbursed.

Pakistani Christians have been the target of several terrorist incidents since the United States attacked Afghanistan in October 2001. The deposed f undamentalist Islamic regime of Afghanistan has many supporters across the border in Pakistan, where about 95 percent of the people are Muslims.

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Bishop Wang j oins in blessing new home of Asian Art Museum Bishop Ignatius Wang and Presbyterian minister Reverend Norman Fong emceed a blessing ceremony for the new Asian Art Museu m of San Francisco on March 10.

They and representatives of numerous faith traditions blessed the new home of the Museum at the Old Main Library in San Francisco's Civic Center.

The Asian Art Museum began in the 1960s with a series of donations of Asian artifacts from the personal collection of Avery Brundage. The collection was eventually housed in a wing attached to the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. The Old Main Library has been completely redesigned, while maintaining the original facade, to be a permanent home for the Museum.

Bishop Wang thanked those whose generosity made the new Museum project possible and blessed the building with the prayer that all who enter its doors "find peace, tranquility, harmony and beauty, " and that such may be for the greater honor and glory of God. "This edifice stands as a great bridge to understanding between Asia and the United States, a place where peoples of all cultures will gather for years to come, to appreciate the unique and exceptional accomplishments of human talent, from ancient time up to the present," Bishop Wang said.

The Museum now consists of more than 14,000 objects, approximately half of which were from the Brundage collection. Three thousand objects are on display at any one time representing various eras, 'themes and media from throughout Asia. The Museum has pieces dating back 6000 years and is home of the oldest known dated Chinese Buddha in the world. It also contains some of the most significant Korean, Thai, Chinese and Japanese collections outside Asia and collections from other cultures and countries.

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Danny Duncan , a renowned choUnder the direction of Richard reographer said , "If you learn how to Herron, the school's music teacher, the be a good team member, and realize participants included local newscasters, not one person is more importan t than disc jockeys, airplane pilots, police offithe other, it will spill over in your life, cers, pastry chefs, bankers, physicians, and success will be yours. " teachers, and even an ice cream taster.

The students were told by many of The event 's theme, "I am somethe guests that to realize your dreams bod y," was intertwined throughout Richard Herron, Music teacher it takes a great deal of faith - believe the day as speakers explained the duties of their jobs,, and expressed to the students the in yourself , have the strength of your own convictions , persevere and. get the best education possible. importance of education to obtain their dreams.

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Cardinal George: Christians must welcome immigrants CHICAGO (CNS) — The Gospel calls Christians to welcome the migrant and the refugee, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago told about 500 people gathered to discuss immigration policy.

And in Illinois, a state where one in five residents is an immigrant or a child of an immigrant, everyone needs to do a better job welcoming them, he said.

The cardinal offered the first keynote address at a Feb. 28-March 1 Illinois Immigrant and Refugee Policy Summit sponsored by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

He explained how and why the Catholic Church is called to speak for immigrants in a complex time of growing insularity and globalization.

Economic globalization allows money to flow more freel y through national borders and around the world, the cardinal said. But that freedom has not extended to the flow of people, some searching for a better life and some fleeing from horrific conditions in their homelands, he said.

"We are able to move capital very easily now," he said, "and we also have to move labor. We don't do that very well. All

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of these globalization efforts have created a social situation that is more and more untenable."

Added to that is the fear of terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — which led to the creation of the federal Department of Homeland Security, now responsible for immigration services. In many cases, advocate's say, immigrants are now seen as a threat rather than a vulnerable population.

Still, sometimes in spite of legal barriers, immigrants keep coming. Illinois , located in the heart of the United States, has seen its immigrant population jump from about 950,000 to 1.5 million from 1990 to 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau .

Nearly half come from Mexico and Latin America, with a little more than 25

percent from Europe, primarily Poland and other former Eastern bloc countries , and slightly less than a quarter from Asia.

The summit, held in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights , reflected another reality : the transition of immigrants from Chicago to the suburbs and other outlying areas.

"Government, business and labor all complain about illegal immigration, yet all are complicit in a system where we want cheaply produced goods and services," Cardinal George said. "Undocumented immigrants are the hidden pistons that run our economic engine, and they were responsible for a portion of the growth of the 1990s. Now we must ask whether we have created a permanent underclass. "

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Although the biopsy showed the tumor was benign, the surgeons told Mrs. Garcia they were unable to remove the entire tumor because the technology needed for her son's complete recovery was not available in Nicaragua.

Mrs. Garcia visited the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua asking for a visa for Carlos. "I was told , I needed to give them the proof that I had the money for the operation before I could bring my son to the United Stales."

Tor the last three months, I have been looking all over and calling any organization I think might be able to help my son," said Mrs. Garcia, who brought copies of her son's x-rays to the U.S. with her. "A doctor at the University of California at San Francisco said they can take the case but it will cost $154,000. They said, 'Once you have the money we will take your son.'"

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Apologetics author Step hen Ray previews new film on Moses B y Jennifer Puccio Catholic apologetics author Stephen Ray spoke about his conversion and adventure s while filming, "Moses: Signs , Sacraments and Salvation ," during a sneak preview for Campion College and Ignatius Press at St. Dominic parish in San Francisco.

Adorned in the same desert hat and vest he wore in his film , Ray gave an account of his first caper: a confused Egyptian navi gator who couldn 't find Ml. Sinai.

"They were circling the wrong mountain for us to take aerial footage . Then they said, 'We're done. ' I had a map and was ahle to direct them."

And then there was Stephen 's surprise arrest after setting fire to a bush tor the burning bush segment.

"A car came fro m nowhere in the desert. They said it was a protected shrub. They wanted us to pay a fine but I eventuall y signed something I couldn 't read. The translator said it read I'd broken one law and promised to not break anymore."

His wife Janet , who co-wrote the Moses script with him , said there were some stranger mishaps.

"We'd be out in the middle of nowhere in the desert filming and someone would start running a jac k hammer or driving a dump truck ," she said. "We had to reshoot a lot. It became a joke. We'd say, 'Where 's the jackhamme.r?'"

Moses is the third installment in a 10-part "Footprints of God: The Story of Salvation From Abraham to Augustine" video series by Ignatius Press. "A history of salvation series from the Catholic point of view," said Stephen, an idea that came to him in a dream a few years ago.

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After mentioning John 3:5, he added , "The waters of Mara parallel with the waters of Baptism. The priest prays, making the water "sweet" for salvation. "

'I want to help Catholics love and unders tand their faith. And I want my own kids to stay Catholic/ Althoug h it can be viewed in one sitting, the film is designed as a four-part bible stud y for "10-year-olds to PhDs, the Catholic famil y, from one end to the other," said Ray. Bible stud y guides are included with the VHS (due out in a month) or a DVD purchase , expected out this May. "I want to hel p Catholics love and understand their faith," said Ray, whose four children are all practicing Catholics. "And I want my own kids to stay Catholic."

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"I wrote a letter to my father, why I was becoming a Catholic. I wrote about my intellectual and spiritual struggles with my faith. It was a love letter to my father to hel p explain to him and help him not be distressed. " This love letter turned into the book , "Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historic Church" (Ignatius Press). What followed was more investi gation and another book , "Upon This Rock" (Ignatius Press), a stud y about the primacy of Peter and the papal office.

"He has a great enthusiasm , all the,parallels between the Old Testament and New Testament of the church and how the story of Moses prefigures all the sacraments ," said Matt Hendricks , a Church of Nativity at Menlo Park parishioner who 's also read Crossing the Tiber.

Michael Matteucci of Our Lady of Peace Catholic church in Santa Clara agreed. "I liked the parallels between Moses and Jesus and using it as his structure to present the Catholic faith and the validity of Rome. And the camel ride up (Mt . Sinai) added a lot of humor."

Ray 's latest book, "St. John 's Gospel: A Bible Study Guide & Commentary" (Ignatius Press), came out of another need - a weekly bible study for 250 people in their local Catholic church in Milan , Michigan. "We couldn 't find the definitive study we needed for our church so we created our own," said Janet Ray. So what 's next? "We'd like to turn this (Footprints of God) series into an A & E movie." Following a verbal listing of possible ideas for other 10-part series he mused, "After this, I'll be 82 years old like Moses."

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He had been a priest for 66 years and a bishop for 46 years.

Born on Oct. 27, 1908, he was about four months younger than the nation's oldest Catholic bishop, retired Bishop Aloysius J. Wycislo of Green Bay, Wis., who was born on June 17, 1908.

Bishop Clinch was one of the last surviving bishops named by Pope Pius XII, who died in 1958. The onl y remaining U.S. bishops to have been appointed b y Pius XII are retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans and Auxiliary Bishop Charles G. Maloney, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Louisville , Ky. Bishop Clinch attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), which he ranked as the "most extraordinary movement of reform in the church since the Council of Trent."

Pope Paul VI named him the first bishop of the new Diocese of Monterey in California on Oct. 12, 1967. He was installed in that post on Dec. 14, 1967, and retired on Jan. 19, 1982.

In 1968, on his way to visit the birthplace in Spain of Father Serra, Bishop Clinch said California still needed more missionaries. The major problem of his diocese, he said at the time, was the scarcity of priests to serve the growing Spanish-speaking population.

Between 1967 and 1982, Bishop Clinch ordained 22 men to the priesthood and established five new parishes.

He was instrumental in establishing the Office of Education and the Office of Religious Education and inaugurated the departments of Hispanic ministry, youth ministry and adult education for the diocese.

In July 1974, Bishop Clinch expressed strong disapproval of a planned visit by representatives of the major superiors of religious men and women to the Salinas Valley in support of the United Farm Workers of America. But he said he joined with other U.S. bishops in advocating recognition of the just ri ghts of farmworkers, growers, merchants and unions.

marked "a closure to the special history of the diocese and the territory of Monterey. " "In becoming the first bishop of the restored Diocese of Monterey, Bishop Clinch in his own way imitated Father Jumpero Serra as a leader and p ioneer of the church here on the central coast," he said, referring to the Franciscan priest who founded nine of California 's 21 missions in the late 1700s.

"We who knew him are deeply grateful for his example as a faithful servant of Christ and one who generously spent his life to serve others. He leaves a great legacy to us all," Bishop Ryan added.

Born in San Anselmo, Calif., Bishop Clinch studied for the priesthood at St. Benedict 's College High School in Kansas City, Mo.; St. Joseph's College in Mountain View, and St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park.

He was ordained to the priesthood for the MontereyFresno Diocese on June 6, 1936, at St. John 's Cathedral in Fresno. Following his ordination, Father Clinch spent 12 years in diocesan administrative positions, including assignments as director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and associate editor and later editor of the diocesan newspaper, known as the Central California Register.

In 1939 he also founded and became first director of Bishop Clinch Camp Teresita, a diocesan summer camp.

His pastoral ministry included hospital chaplaincy and "Social justice is not realized overnight," the bishop pastorates at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Clovis; said. "Emotional though well-intentioned outside groups Sacred Heart Parish, Fresno; St. Mary's Parish, Taft; and can only delay serving the common good."

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Amid retrofitting, Old St. Mary 's continues its mission.

Congregation worships before a a cross surrounded by manzani ta, with a p lastic construction drape as a backg round.

Old Saint Mary's meets challenges of retrofitting

By Sharon Abercrombie Last November, when Old St. Mary's Church in downtown San Francisco launched a major retrofitting project, the staff quickl y learned that flexibility comes in all sizes, shapes and situations.

As workers began working on the foundations , removing debris, cordoning off the side aisles, and covering everything witii dust and grit, Paulist Father Charles Kullmann, pastor, faced a daunting task: how to keep all the liturgies running smoothly in the midst of this chaos.

There was no question about keeping the church open during the 14-month project -on weekdays Old St. Mary's draws many people from the nearby financial district to its two daily Masses, not to mention the influx of tourists. On weekendsthere are another 300 registered parishioners to serve. "There was no other option except continuing to worship even through the church had turned into a construction site ," said the Paulist.

So Tim Keller, coordinator of litu rgical environment , hung a big banner outside over the church doors assuring the faithful it was still okay to come in. "We're open ," it proclaimed.

Then, the staff took each day, each week, one minute

at a time. Sacristans followed construction workers around with brooms and dustpans "to keep the church from looking like a sandstorm, " said Jim Foster, pastoral council president. As celebratory space continued to shrink with the loss of the side aisles, Father Kullmann and Mr. Keller had to continuously find new p laces for the tabernacle and the ambo, and figure out how to reconfigure the communion distribution stations.

On Ash Wednesday, to accommodate large crowds, the staff distributed ashes not onl y in the church , but at a nearby hotel ballroom as well. Nineteen hundred people showed up that day.

But nobody reall y has minded the moving around and shifting environment , the pastor noted. "It's actually caught the imagination of the parishioners. " Father Kullmann said the experience has served as a reminder "both figurativel y and literally, that we are building the City of God. " There has been a kind of excitement to it, as well, adds Mr. Foster as everyone crowds together in the center section of pews. "We discovered that within a smaller space, the litu rgy is more powerful , more focused. It 's all been pretty incredible. " Incredible even when all the statues, the paintings and

Stations of the Cross had to be put away, said Mr. Foster.

Mr. Keller 's artistic imagination joyously ran free when more scaffolding and plastic coverings appeared.

And all he had to work with was a large cross to remind people they were in a Catholic church.

Making the best of what could have been a bleak situation , Mr. Keller twisted manzanita branches around the cross, and then draped it in purple fabric. When Easter arrives, the branches will sprout leaves and flowers.

The Stations of the Cross have been replaced with large signs, don e in newspaper headlines, proclaiming the traditional words of each station. They are strung around the church , surrounding the people, "sort of like the Times Square sign, " he said "It struck me, these times are told in newspaper headlines every day, so why not make the Way of the Cross in headline form ? It makes the event more immediate. We are so used to looking at the Stations, their effect doesn't jar us anymore. But black and white headlines point up how horrific the whole situation was," explained Mr. Keller.

Old St. Mary 's sanctuary renovation is the first of a four-phase project , said Father Kullmann. He expects this p hase will be completed by Christmas. Subsequent projects

include redoing the bell tower, installing a chair lift and wheelchair access, and lastly, replacing the organ as well as adding some final beautification touches. But those will remain on hold until the parish can raise $6 million.

The parish conducted a fund drive over the past several years, which brought in nearly $5 million for the first phase. The Archdiocese of San Francisco has p ledged an additional $1 million .

In spite of these economic hard times, Father Kullmann hopes that all the people who love Old St. Mary 's will be motivated to help, such as the large Chinese community in San Francisco, as well as those individuals who are interested in historic preservation of old buildings.

A bit of that history came alive for Jim Foster a few months ago during the early phase of die demolition process.One day, he and Fate Kullmann took a tour of the church premises. Down in the basement , they found themselves looking into a large hole on the Grant Street side. Not only did they see the recent stones and debris drat had been thrown down there that week, but also some old stuff which had been tossed down under the building, perhaps by laborers around the time of the 1906 Earthquake.

For Foster, "that hole became a place of faith, a sure sign that Old St. Mary 's is meant to last."

Retrofitting in the basement.

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A sketc h of the retrofitting p roject.

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Signs replace Stations of the Cross along side of the church.

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Great history

Thank you Catholic San Francisco for your articles on the various Bishops and Archbishops of San Francisco. I have enjoyed reading each and every one of them on the internet. No one should ever underestimate the value of archives and research.

The late Father John Tracy Ellis of San Francisco and the late Father Harry Morrison of Oakland taug ht me that many years ago. If we didn 't have history, we would never have the ability to put our own times and experiences into a more clear and accurate perspective in relationship to the challenges and successes of the courageous men and women who have gone before us.

Things might seem tough at times, but they shrink in comparison to the p ioneer day s before jet transportation , faxes, computers, cell phones , and instantaneous communication.

Added to my comments is my admiration for Joseph Sullivan (profile by Evelyn Zappia) who epitomizes a true San Francisco Catholic gentleman. His sharp mind underscores one of my favorites traits of the Irish , being unsurpassed story tellers.

His recollections brought back many, many memories. He has obviousl y lived his life with his eyes and ears open , and his heart in the right place. Everything he shared in his interview was positive and up lifting, even thoug h he shared both happy and sad times and events.

There are countless numbers of good lay people whose support and hard work provided , and still provide, the energy and will for those ministering in their parishes and schools to do their good work. Obviousl y, Joe is one of them.

Congratulations and thanks to Dr. Jeffrey Burns , the archivist of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and to those with whom he collaborated in providing us with such a wonderful historical record . I hope to see a book in the future that contains all of these ¦— memones.

John J. Kennedy Bellevue, Washington

I mmmammmmam On the dangerous road to war By the time this issue of Catholic San Francisco is printed and mailed, the deadline set by President Bush for U.S. war in Iraq will have passed and military action against the regime of Saddam Hussein may already be under way.

According to the U.S. Defense Department, military p lans call for an all-out air attack of unprecedented proportions prior to an invasion by troops. A massive wave of 3,000 air strikes by bombers and missiles against targets in Iraq is expected in the first few days of the wen.

Saddam Hussein, who has used chemical and biological agents against his own people in the past, has churned that Iraq no longer possesses such weapons. But U.S. forces in Iraq will proceed on the assumption that Hussein still has these weapons of mass destruction — and is likely to use them in this war.

Given these expectations, the death toll and casualties among the Iraqi population, U.S troops and Iraqi soldiers may be substantial.

The reason we have reached this juncture in history is harshly contested - both in this nation and around the world. On one side, the war is completely justified in the name of national and global security. On the other side, UN efforts to disarm Iraq that are short of war are strongly supported.

The emotional foundation of each position is understandable. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 were a murder of nearly 3,000 people and a violent tearing of the American sense of security and wellbeing. Out of this experience arose justifiable anger and an American resolve to harshly punish anyone who would harm this nation.

Many Europeans, however, are strongly opposed to U.S. war in Iraq. Europe has the experience of two catastrophic world wars in the twentieth century and has seen the killing and maiming of a score of other major conflicts. Is it any surprise then that in Europe the human heart calls out for peace?

Even in our own country, however, significant numbers of Americans are uneasy at the alacrity and ardor with which President Bush has embraced a war culture. Early on he described the terrorist attacks and his proposed response as "the first war of the twenty-first century."

The expected outcome of war in Iraq also is sharply contested. President Bush claims the Iraqi people will be liberated from oppression and democracy will sweep the Middle East. However, critics say the result of the war will be an expensive and unwanted American presence in the region. In making Iraq its "client state," detractors wonder if this conflict smacks of colonialism and is more accurately described as "the last war of the nineteenth century."

For the time being, these arguments are put on hold as we join in prayer for the safety of U.S. troops, Iraqi civilians and others caught up in the tragedy of war.

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The war and our parish In our parish, we are doing everything we can to support our troops. We want our young men and women who are serving our country to know our gratitude , love and support.

Every day at Mass we pray for the safety of those who are serving our country. At the same time we also pray for the innocent civilians of Iraq.

In the back of church we have a binder in which we have begun collecting the names and addresses of relatives and friends on active duty. One of our parishioners heads a ministry to them. We will try to remember them with cards on birthdays, holidays, holy days and anniversaries. We will send letters and care packages to let them know we are thinking of them and their sacrifices.

We also try to remember our soldiers, sailors and airmen as they come and go.

Our parish is sending a volunteer group to help at the USO lounge at the nearby airport where many young soldiers are shipping out on military flights .

While our whole parish wants to show support for our men and women in uniform, this does not mean that our whole parish agrees with this war. Far from it.

I, for one, think this war is morally dubiou s and legally questionable. It will lead us into a quagmire that we will not emerge from for years to come.

In fairness to President Bush, we have to admit that it is only the credible threat of force that has moved Saddam to accept inspectors at all or take even small steps to disarmament. Nevertheless, I agree more with the pope than the president on this issue.

Like the pope, I believe that an attack on a Muslim nation by a largely Christian nation risks creating an era of hostility between Christianity and Islam that will last for generations. It will be perceived as a new crusade.

This war may well radicalize a whole generation of Islamic youth. We will create another 10,000 volunteers to join the terrorists ' ranks.

The Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war is contrary to the principles of international law and violates the Catholic tradition of the just war, which has been the cornerstone of the law of war. A pre-emptive war will contribute to instability in the world.

What argument will the United States make to other nations who want their own preemptive wars in places like Kashmir, the China/TaiwanStraits and the Korean peninsula?

I believe that the weapons of war are not the instruments of Christ or his followers. So long as there is a glimmer of hope for peaceful means, we should pursue them.

As a pastor I find this situation agonizing. For now, I am seeking a delicate balance. We should support our troops every way we can. At the same time we reserve the right to use the freedom that flows in part from their brave service to disagree with the government and speak for peace.

Father Peter J. Daly is pastor of a parish in Prince Frederick, Mary land and writes a column distributed by Catholic News Service.

I believe the presenters missed an opportunity to teach or explain the relevance of the Gospel to our anxious times.

Peter Milllington Oakland

Try containment

Jane L. Sears in her letter in Catholic San Francisco (March 7) is correct when she says that the world has to get rid of Saddam Hussein, who is not only a vile despot and cruel dictator, but also a mass murderer.

However, if we are going to save the Iraqi peop le from a brutal dictator, do we have to bomb, kill and maim thousands and of innocent civilians?

Some Iraqis will welcome us as liberators, also many will not, and these many will be the ones who will see some of their family members killed or maimed by American bombs and missiles. They will seek revenge and terrorists and suicide bombers will be created . Why does the White House have to create more hate for the nation ?

The world over feels that the inspections are working well and producing results. So why not give the inspectors the time they need?

Many American presidents have been very successful in resolving crises by the use of 'containment '.

When there was a crisis with Egypt against Britain, France and Israel over the Suez, President Eisenhower chose 'containment' rather than the use of force and peacefully had the crisis resolved.

Rather than invade Cuba , President John F. Kennedy used 'containment '. President Ronald Reagan also chose to contain Libya, rather than invade the country. Why don 't we continue to use the same method with Iraq ? Iraq has never threatened America the way North Korea does and there has never been proof that Iraq was involved in the September 11 , 2001 attacks.

Where then is the case of attacking Iraq ?

It would be more realistic to send the troops to Israel and Palestine as peacekeepers. This may help to bring peace in that volatile area.

Lenny Barretto Daly City

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Sing a new song

I attended the Seventh Annual Archbishop John R. Quinn Colloquium on Catholic Social Teaching. Each of the three panelists presented their approaches to the question of a just war : Scholastic , Pragmatic and Personalistic. It seemed to me, however, that all Sacred Scripture references used by the panelists were from the Old Testament.

Our Christian faith and its institutions should have been the foundation of the discussions. The absence of references to the Gospel might lead one to believe that Jesus Christ did not reveal God 's presence and dominion when humanity looks to violence and war as responses and solutions to dangerous times.

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Fooling the peop le

I' m surprised at the number of people who write in to this ostensibl y Christian paper complaining of pacifists, protesters, and other proponents of di plomacy and nonviolent conflict resolution. If nothing else, such militants need to be aware that they appear more like faithful fascists than th ey appear as faithful Christians.

No doubt it is such people that the writer of II Peter had in mind when he spoke of those who will bring the Way of Truth into disrepute b y their pernicious deeds (II Peter 2:2). "Take heed that the light that is in you is not darkness," Christ also warned us in more than one place. "If such is the case, how great is that darkness!" Again, pointing out the common traits of us sinful humans , St. Paul quoted Isaiah in writing that our "feet are swift to shed blood."

Many of the rationalizations of these defenders of George Bush and company beg a response from the transcri pts of Hermann Goering's Nuremberg trial in 1946. "Wh y of course the people don 't want war," spouted the notorious Nazi leader. "But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it 's always a simp le matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they 're being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."

Tom Saltsman San Francisco

Sp irituality

Obstacles to prayer: Busy-ness, restless hearts Jan Walgrave commented that our culture constitutes a virtual conspiracy against the interior life. He wasn't suggesting that somewhere there is a deliberate force consciousl y scheming to keep us from interiority and prayer, but rather that an accidental flowing together of forces and circumstances in history is making it difficult for us to live the examined life.

Thomas Merton was asked what he considered to be the major spiritual disease in the Western world. His answer: "Efficiency. The major spiritual disease in the Western world is efficiency because from the government offices down to the nursery we have to keep the plant running and, afterward, we've no energy left for anything else." He 's right.

The first problem we have with prayer is that we're too busy and too preoccupied to make time for it. There 's never, it seems, a good time for prayer.

We rise early, rush through breakfast, fight crowds and traffic en route to work, settle into a task that 's demanding and draining, gulp down lunch , end the workday tired, commute home, tend to the needs of loved ones, share a meal with others who are just as tired and restless.

The day consumes us, drains us, and leaves us sitting before a TV set, tired, dissipated, needing still to prepare some things for tomonow, and wanting a mindless distraction rather than the discipline of prayer. It's hard to pray in our over-busy lives.

But we re not just too busy to pray; we re also too restless.

There 's a congenital disquiet inside us. Moreover, this natural resdessness is fanned to a hi g h flame by the culture. Five hun-

dred TV channels are within our reach, the Internet brings the whole world into our private rooms. There are new movies we haven 't seen, songs we haven 't heard, sporting events that seem on everyone 's mind, and every kind of special event - the Olympics, Academy Awards, to World Cups - to distract us.

It 's hard to pray when we are restless and, mostl y, we are. Henri Nouwen puts this well: "I want to pray, but I also don 't want to miss out on anything — television , movies, socializing with friends , drinking in the world."

We don 't want to miss out on life. Thus, to pray is (rul y a discipline because when we sit or kneel in prayer so many of our natural cravings feel starved and begin to protest.

Finally, there is the ambiguity of prayer itself. Prayer isn 't easy because we don't understand it, don 't know how to do it, and don 't understand how the experience should feel.

Talking to God, hearing God's voice, and centering ourselves in God is not as easy as we sometimes make it out to be. God's reality, while massively real and the ground of the whole universe, is not tangible. The worl d seems more real; family and friends can be hugged, touched, and talked to, and physical sensation of all kinds doesn't leave us doubting its reality. Relating to God demands something else and it 's easy to find ourselves bored, doubting, distracted , and anxious to get on to something else.

What we experience in prayer is just as real as the physical world , but we need to be at a certain depth of prayer to know this — and that 's the paradox. Because

prayer can seem unreal we ofte n stop doing it, but it will seem real onl y if we persevere in it long enough and do it deeply enoug h. We often give up too soon.

It 's hard to sit still and , seeming ly, do nothing when so many necessary tasks demand our attention and when so much inside us aches for activity and involvement. Walgrave is right; there 's a certain conspiracy against the interior life today. But prayer beckons us beyond , asking us to lift even this up to God.

Father Ron Rolheiser

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theolog ian; teacher and award-winning author. He currently serves in Toronto and Rome as the general councilor f o r Canada for his religious order, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Father Rolheiser can be contacted at: info@ronrolheiser.com

Family Lif e

Spring cleaning inside and out I heaved another stack of old magazines into the recycling bin with a sigh of relief. Good riddance! Then I turned to the papers piled by the phone. An expired pizza coupon .

A reminder to attend last month' s field trip. A note to phone Anita. Who 's Anita? Why was I keeping all this stuff?

I don 't mind a little clutter, but enough is enough.

Unfortunatel y, my family doesn 't share my enthusiasm for spring cleaning. "What are you doing, Mom?" asked Lucas, coming into the kitchen.

"Spring cleaning. Yo'ur room could use a little attention , too."

"Not now. I just thought of something I need to do. " Undeterred , I continued my quest to pare down and spruce up. In the last week, I've bought a new plant for Gabe's room, hung up an arty shower curtain my mom gave us, and put out a new welcome mat. I donated outgrown toys and clothes to the thrift store, tossed unneeded papers, and organized my files.

Spring is also a great time to resolve those nagging home maintenance problems.

"The garage door is sticking," I reminded my husband.

"You're just walking around looking for things that are wrong," he grumbled, pulling out a can of WD-40.

"I hate to tell you this, but I just noticed that we've got a leak under the driveway."

"Again?"

The plumber arrived the next day and dug a knee-deep hole in the mud and gravel. "There 's a leak in the joint ," he announced.

"Can you fix it?"

"No problem."

With the plumbing under control , at least temporarily, I turned my attention to the garden.

I studied a native plant sale catalog and sketched a plan for the garden. I could put cone flowers on this side, yarrow next to the fence. Or should it be the other way around?

On the day of the sale, the exhibition hall was lined with tables covered with pots of firs, ferns, and flowers.

Pink signs gave planting tips. I studied an attractive groundcover. Full sun. "Nope. Not in our yard."

A native plant steward stepped forward. "May I help you?"

"I see plants for sunny, dry conditions and plants for shady, wet conditions," I said. "But we're blessed with huge firs and cedars, and most of our yard is shady and dry."

"You could grow sword fern," she suggested. "Or salal and Oregon grape."

"We have those."

"Have you tried thimbleberry ?"

"No. I'll look for some. Thanks."

I stood in line to pick up the wildflowers I'd ordered. The plants they handed me looked nothing like the gorgeous photos in the catalog. They were bare roots with a few dry, scrawny leaves.

But I planted them in the Harden with faith in their unseen potential.

Just as spring inspires us to freshen up our sunoundings, Lent calls us to spruce up our souls. Lent is a time to strip away the clutter that impedes our spiritual life, a time to fix the things that aren't working. It 's a time to plant new habits of prayer and service and get to know God, ourselves, and our place in God's plan a littie better. It takes work, but , like spring cleaning, it 's well worth it for the fresh beauty it releases in our lives.

Christine Dubois

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

Contact her at: chriscolumn @j uno.com.

The CatholicDiff erence

Great bosh: combining gravity and vacuity Perhaps it was because I had just spent a week lecturing in England. But when I read the latest charge that my views on just war and Iraq constituted "dissent" from authoritative Church teaching, I immediately thought of a scene from "Brideshead Revisited." Lady Cordelia Flyte, die exuberant, eccentric younger daughter of the noble Marchmain family, asks the novel 's protagonist , "Charles, Modern Art is all bosh, isn 't it?" "Great bosh," Charles Ryder quickly replies.

Which is precisel y what I would reply to the charge of "dissent." It 's all bosh. Great bosh.

The intellectual poverty of these charges, which were begun by the editors of Commoweal some months ago, continued with a National Catholic Reporter editorial in late January, and now include columns by Jesuit Father John Kavanaug h and Father Richard McBrien , is depressing. My motives , and those of colleagues like Michael Novak and Father Richard John Neuhaus , are impugned. Theological and pastoral confusions multi p ly. These charges constitute a distinctive combination of gravity and vacuity.

Let 's begin with the role of Pope John Paul II , and indeed the role of popes in general , as authoritative teachers.

The Holy Father speaks, as all popes speak, in different registers: magisterial , doctrinal-theological, pastoral , prophetic .

To suggest, as the critics do, that these are all the self-same papal voice — equivalent acts of the papal magisterium with equally binding force on the consciences of Catholics — is to

make a fundamental theological error. The Pope himself doesn 't make that mistake. Neither should critics who attempt to parse the Pope's statements on Iraq as binding magisterial support for their own prudential judgments about the best way to handle the Saddam Hussein regime.

Then there is the question of the appropriate Catholic response to statements by officials of the Holy See. These statements, in the main, have had to do with the possible effect of armed intervention in Iraq on international law and the politics of the Middle East. Such statements do not constitute , and cannot constitute , an exercise of the papal magisterium. They are to be carefull y and respectfull y considered as the prudential jud gments of experienced churchmen. To claim that they are more than that is to misunderstand the nature of the Church's teaching authority.

As for statements by officials of the Hol y See that have to do with applications of settled moral principle to specific contingencies — for example, whether the use of armed force to prevent Iraq acquiring or using further weapons of mass destruction is justifiable under the moral criteria of just cause and last resort — they, too, are to be respectfully considered , in light of the Catechism 's teaching that "the evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential jud gment of those who have responsibility for the common good" [#2309].

To suggest that different applications of principles we all agree upon , or different understandings of the precise

content of those principles, constitutes "dissent" from authoritative Church teaching is not theo logy. It 's polemics.

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The just war tradition clearl y needs to be refined to take account of new factors in world politics. That necessary refinement will be impeded if charges of "dissent" are deployed by critics who seem to have run out of real arguments .

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

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Archbishop John R. Quinn: Learned and Pastoral the St. Francis College seminary and in 1964 he became rector of Immaculate Heart Seminary School of Theology.

On December 12, 1967 he became the second On February 22, 1977, John Rap hael Quinn became the sixth archbishop of San Francisco upon the retire- Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, and the first native of ment of Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken. Archbishop the Diocese to be named Bishop. On January 5, 1972 he Quinn would oversee an eventful eighteen-year episco- was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma City pate during which he would play a significant role in and Tulsa , and became the first Archbishop of Oklahoma City on February 6, 1973, local , national , and even , internationwhen the diocese was split and al affairs. Shortly after coming to San P R O C L A I M I N G Oklahoma City was raised to an archFrancisco he was elected President of diocese. On April 26, 1977 he was the National Conference of Catholic THE installed as Archbi shop of San Bishops serving in that capacity until TO Francisco at St. Mary 's Cathedral.

1980. In the mid 1980s Pope John Paul II demonstrated great confiSOCIAL JUSTICE dence in Archbishop Quinn by During his episcopate Archbishop appointing him to two highly sensiQuinn came to be known as a learned tive pontifical commissions — one preacher and careful scholar , noted which studied the state of religious for the profundity of his pastoral life in the United States and one statements. In addressing the major which resolved the Archbish op issues of the day, he presented the Hunthausen controversy. Quinn 's Church' s teaching in a clear, powerepiscopacy was distinguished by his accessible manner. ful , and f'^-i ]-] ^ |§ •¦w / mm:y- .^-'- \ gentle leadershi p, his learned and Repeatedl y he transformed forma] powerfu l pastoral statements , his perChurch documents into language ^ s s m i .^^JC^nK^iS^^^w,*^^ sonal holiness , and his social justice unders tandable and relevant to peo^12** £/ *3t22r7$ concerns. p le in the Bay Area , living up to his John Quinn was born on March own definition of the Church' s misA SESQWCENTENNIAL VEAR 01 28, 1929 in Riverside , California , to sion: "The mission of the Church is REMEMBRANCE AND RENEWAL Ral p h J. and Elizabeth Carroll Quinn. wmmMmmmmmm mmmmmmm to proclaim the truth in all its clariIn 1947 , he entered the seminary in ty."(1979) San Diego to stud y for the priesthood Nowhere was this more true than for the Diocese of San Diego. In in his pastorals on social justice con1948, he was sent to Rome where he cerns. Over the course of eighteen completed his studies at the North years, Quinn addressed a wide variAmerican College and Gregorian ety of issues: abortion , euthanasia , University. He was ordained to the the arms race , war with Iraq, the priesthood on Jul y 19, 1953 at the Church of San AIDS crisis, violence against gays and lesbians , the Marcello in Rome by Archbishop Hector Cunial. He economy, the morality of budget cutting in Sacramento returned to San Diego, where , after a brief stint of pas- and Washington , D.C., the political crises in Central toral work, he began teaching at Immaculate Heart America and the democratic revolu tions in the Seminary in 1955. In 1962, he was named President of Philipp ines and China. On each issue he spoke out ,

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clearly articulating the moral dimensions of public policy issues , and effectively presenting the Church' s social teaching. In the tradition of previous archbishops , Quinn placed the Church in San Francisco squarel y on the side of the poor, the displaced , the sick, and the powerless.

CENTRAL AMERICA Archbishop Quinn showed a great solicitude toward immigrants and refugees. His concern for the growing numbers of refugees from Central America received a jolt in March, 1980. On March 24, the beloved archbishop of El Salvador , Oscar Romero , was slain by a government supported death squad during Mass. The colossal outrage was magnified the following week on Palm Sunday, when Romero ' s funeral mass was disrupted by bombs and gunfire. Archbishop Quinn , attending the funeral on behalf of the NCCB, captured the terror in notes he wrote immediatel y following the attack. He wrote , "[During the sermon ,] a shot rang out followed quickl y by an explosion of a bomb. The crowd gasped and surged and swayed—[there was aj momentary effort to maintain calm but another bomb and more shots and the crowd could not be controlled. They began to push toward the Cathedral...I was carried by the force of the crowd...and feared...I would be crushed...Somehow I [made it] inside the Cathedral ...[which] was packed to the point that it was impossible to move. Shots continued and bombs exp loded. " The tumult finall y subsided and Quinn returned to San Francisco.

Over the next fifteen years Archbishop Quinn became an outspoken critic of the United States policy towards Central America and refugees, in 1983, he issued a pastoral letter "On Central America," in which he called for an end of U.S. military assistance to and intervention in , Centra l America. He also called on Bay Area Catholics to provide assistance to the refugees. By 1983, some 80,000 refugees from El Salvador , Guatemala , and Nicaragua had arrived in the Bay Area.

In 1985, Quinn all but endorsed the Sanctuary Movement, a movement to provide shelter and protection to refugees who did not have legal status in the U.S. In a pastoral statement , "When I Was a Stranger ," Quinn asserted , "The moral princi ples of faith... call upon us to protect and shelter citizens of other nations who have been deprived of their homeland by the threat of violence or terror or war." At least two parishes — St.Teresa's in San Francisco and St. Bruno 's in San Bruno — became sanctuary parishes providing shelter for refugee families.

In 1993 and 1994 , Quinn spoke out against the infamous Proposition 187, which sought to keep "illegal aliens," that is , undocumented immigrants and their children, from receiving benefits from California social services. Archbishop Quinn opposed this initiative , which he called "cruel" and "inhumane. " In a pastoral statement he asserted , "Efforts to make life more difficult and unbearable for immi grants and refugees is morally wrong and an offense against human rights and the dignity of the person."

THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE

Archbishop Quinn greets Mother Teresa.

Early in his episcopate , Archbishop Quinn became aware of the growing danger presented by nuclear proliferation. On the feast of St. Francis, October 4, 1981, Quinn made a powerful denunciation of the arms race in

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Quinn . . . ¦ Continued from page 14 a sermon at St. Mary 's Cathedral; a pastoral letter on the same -top ic was published at the same time. "The continued existence of the human race is seriousl y endangered today by the threat of nuclear destruction. " Quinn condemned the massive sums being spent: "In human terms , excessive spending on arms production takes lives just as surel y as if the weapons produced had actually been put to use." Using Gospel imperatives and traditional just war theory, Quinn concluded , "The teaching of the Church is clear: nuclear weapons and the arms race must be condemned as immoral. " Though Quinn had delivered the sermon with some trep idation , the reaction of the crowd shocked him — they rose to their feet and gave him a standing ovation.

Quinn played a significant role in the U.S. Bishops ' 1983 Pastoral "The Challenge of Peace," authoring three amendments that strengthened its position against the use of nuclear weapons. The same year, in recognition for his efforts , Quinn received , on behalf of the U.S. Bishops , the "Beyond War Award for Peace " from the Creative Initiative Foundation.

GAY AND LESBIAN ISSUES

Archbishop Quinn also took note of the growing gay and lesbian community in the city. By 1980 it was estimated that close to twenty percent of the city was homosexual. The growth of the homosexual community presented the Church with enormous pastoral problems.

The church' s traditional teaching on sexuality and family clearly condemned homosexual activity, and that condemnation created a friction between the Churc h and the gay community.

By 1980, Archbishop Quinn thoug ht it necessary to address the issue. On May 5, 1 980, he issued a "Pastoral Letter on Homosexuality. " Quinn clearl y restated the Church' s opposition to homosexual activity, but noted , homosexual "orientation " was not condemned. In addition , the Churc h clearl y condemned violence and discrimination against homosexual persons. "While it is clear that the Scriptures condemn homosexual behavior , this does not imp l y any justification for the exp loitation of the homosexual or injury to his or her di gnity as a human person. Thus there is a clear difference between the acceptance of homosexual persons as worthy of respect and as having human ri ghts , and approval of the homosexual lifesty le. " Like everyone , he noled , homosexuals had to strive to overcome sin and "become rooted in the person of Jesus Christ. " The Church must be pastorall y sensitive to this strugg le and assist all peop le to holiness.

Over the next fi fteen years Archbishop Quinn continued to wrestle with the challenge of appropriate ministry to the gay community. In the meantime , the gay community was confronted with a problem of disastrous proportions — the AIDS epidemic , which disproportionatel y affected the gay community. Archbishop Quinn received much positive publicity for his compassionate response to the crisis. In 1985, Most Hol y Redeemer parish , located in the heart of the Castro , began holding an annual Forty Hours Devotion before the Blessed Sacrament to pray for those suffering from AIDS and to pray for an end to the ep idemic. By 1995, Archdiocesan Catholic Charities had become the single largest supp lier of housing to people with AIDS and HIV in the West.

THE POPE COMES TO SAN FRANCISCO

Two events defined the latter years of Quinn 's episcopate, the papal visit in 1987, and the earthquake of 1989.

On September 17, ¦ 1987 Archbishop Quinn greeted Pope John Paul II upon his arrival at Crissy Field at the beg inning of his historic San Francisco visit. In less than twenty-four hours , the Pope hosted four major events — a meeting with AIDS patients , their friends and families , the elderl y, and retire d priests at Mission Dolores , a meeting with the men and women reli g ious of the United States at St. Mary ' s Cathedral , a meeting with' representatives of the U.S. laity, and concluding with an outdoor Mass at Candlestick Park.

Several memorable moments stand out: at Mission Dolore s, the Pope embraced a young fo ur-year old boy named Brendan O'Rourk e, who was suffering from AIDS. At the meeting with the men and women religious , when Father Step hen Tutas , SM , praised Archbisho p Quinn for his direction of the Papal Commission on Religious Life , the crowd erupted in a spontaneous standing ovation for Archbishop Quinn.

And, of course , the high point of the pope ' s visit was the Mass at Candlestick Park celebrated with 70 ,000 energetic Catholics , who wildly cheered the pope.

Archbishop Quinn with Pope John Paul II in 1991.

THE LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE

On October 17 , 1 989 shortl y after 5 p.m., as the Bay Area prepared for the third game of the baseball World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics , the area was rocked by an earthquake that measured 7.1 on the Richter scale. While the quake was not as devastating as the 1906 earthquake , si gnificant damage did occur. Eight churches in San Francisco suffered enoug h damage to be temporarily closed. As had happened to Archbishop Riordan in 1906, Archbishop Quinn was out of town when the earth quake hit — he was in San Diego attending a meeting of the California Bishops. After learning of the earth quake , Quinn began to hear "extravagant reports " of damage , including the rumor that the Bay Bridge has collapsed. He was not able to return to San Francisco until the following day. He was relieved to find the reports of damage exaggerated , but he spent the next several days visiting relief shelters and the damaged parishes. On Friday morning, October 20, at St. Vincent de Paul parish , Archbishop Quinn celebrated a Mass for the victims of the earth quake.

THE AFTERMATH: THE PASTORAL PLANNING COMMISSION

The last years of Quinn 's episcopate focused on develop ing a pastoral plan for the archdiocese, a development that was a direct result of the earthquake .

Following the earth quake, the City of San Francisco passed a strict new building code that required the retro fitting of all unreinforced masonry , buildings. This statute directl y affected several of the oldest and most

tations. B y the end of summer 1995 the Commission made its final recommendations. The most controversial element was the closing of parishes which met with considerable resistance and protest. Nonetheless , the Plan set the groundwork to usher the Churc h in San Francisco into the 21st century.

In August , 1995, Archbishop Quinn announced his plan to retire after the Pastoral Plan had been accepted

by Pope John Paul 11. On August 17 . William J. Levada , Archbishop o( Portland , was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop. The entire Plan was approved and promulgated by Archbishop John Quinn and Coadjutor Archbishop William Levada on December 15, 1995 , and entitled , A Journey of Hope Toward the Third Millennium. Less than two weeks later, on December 27, Archbishop Quinn retired.

Even in retirement , Archbishop Quinn continues to contribute to the Church with his timely articles in America , and other journals , and his impressive stud y, The Reform of the Pap acy: The Costl y Call to Christian Unity (1999).

Finally, amidst all the drama of his episcopacy, what particularl y stands out about Archbishop Quinn is that he is a man of prayer , with a deep and abiding love of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The image of Christ that burns throug h Archbishop Quinn 's life and teaching is the suffering, compassionate Jesus, who shares our suffering; the paradoxical Christ, who at times, does not remove our snffering bul rather transforms it into something good — suffering to joy, death to life. In his AIDS pastoral , Archbishop Quinn reflected on Jesus ' raising of his friend , Lazarus , "In this gospel we see Jesus as the one who stands in the midst of

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The image of Christ that burns through Archbishop Quinn's life and teaching is the suffering, comp assionate Jesus . . / beautiful churches in the Archdiocese. Initial estimates suggested that the cost of retrofitting all the buildings affected by the ordinance could exceed $70 million. At this point , Monsignor James P. McKay, the Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese , suggested that rather than just deal with the immediate crisis, the Archbishop should take this opportunity to evaluate the entire archdiocese and develop an overall pastoral p lan.

Archbishop Quinn agreed.

On February 8, 1993, Archbishop John Quinn established the Pastoral Planning Commission to develop a Pastoral Plan for the Archdiocese through a broad consultative process. The Commission was to observe every aspect of Catholic life and structure in the Archdiocese , and recommend ways to achieve renewal and growth. The Commission then began parish consul-

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transforms it into life and joy... The minister of the Church must understand their tears [those who suffer from AIDS , but it is applicable to all who suffer] , but help them to find Him , who crucified in weakness , is risen in power, and is present in their tears— the One who was dead , but is now alive and lives forever, and who wipes away every tear. Tears are not the last word for the Church.. " Ultimatel y, it is this profound love of Jesus that has directed Archbishop Quinn in every dimension of his episcopate. It is this love of Jesus and hope of resurrection that has sustained him in difficult times.

Archbishop Quinn will be remembered as a man of great holiness and integrity, who prepared the Church of San Francisco for the third millennium. His motto , "Lumen Gentium Christus ," "Christ is the Light of the Nations," is appropriate ; however, perhaps better suited to describe his life is the saying, quoted b y Archbishop Quinn following the 1989 earthquake , "In te Domine speravi , non confundar in aeternum." "In you , O Lord , I have hoped , and I will never be disappointed."

Datebook

Lenten Opportunities March 30; Jesse Manibusan, popular composer of songs including Open My Eyes and Fly Like a Bird performs in concert at St. Brendan Parish Center, 29 Rockaway Ave. at Laguna Honda, S.F. at 7:30 p.m.

Ken Canedo, co-author of the Mass of Glory with Bob Hurd and other liturgy settings, will also perform. Jesse was a headliner at this year's Religion Education Congress in Los Angeles for which he composed the weekend's theme, Bearer of Hope. He has also appeared at World Youth Day and sung for the Pope.

Tickets, available in advance and at the door, are $10 adults/$5 students. Save the date and be prepared to sing! Contact Sean or Kelly at (415) 681-4225 or seanaloi@shcp.edu.An SFYouth Ministry Event.

Tuesdays during Lent: Lenten Leclure Series at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, at 7:15 p.m. March 25: St. Francis and the Seraph with Franciscan Sister Ramona Miller; April 1: Franciscan Father Daniel Lacke; April 8: Dante's Comedia - A Lenten Journey with Steve Cordova.

March 22: Divine Mercy Conference, St. Mary's Cathedral,Gough St. and Geary Blvd., SF, 8 a.m. -6 p.m.

Tickets at $35-adults$20 youth include lunch in advance, $40 at door with no lunch. Free admission to religious, clergy. Speakers include Redemptorist FatherTom Forest, Jesuit Father George Schultze, and Msgr. James Lisante.

Call (510) 412-4715 or JesusMary@iuno.com.

March 22: Life in the Spirit Seminar at Corpus Christi Church, 62 Santa Rosa Ave. at Alemany Blvd., SF, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call Norma at (415) 468-8369.

March 25: Day of Prayer for Peace in Families and in the World beginning with 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony Church, 1000 Cambridge Ave., Novato. Father Brian Costello to preside. Exposition of the Blessed sacrament, Stations of the Cross, Litanies, Readings, Silent Meditations, Song will continue throughout the day closing with Benediction at 7:30 p.m.

March 29: Annual Charismatic Renewal retreat with Father Jose Arong at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Call Mario at (415) 468-1346 or Judy at (415) 826-7827.

food & Fun March 22: 31st Annual Dinner of United for Life honoring Mary Alba of Birthright with UFL's Human Life Award. Guest speaker is USF professor and UFL founding member, Raymond Dennehy who will present "What an Abortion Means." Master of ceremonies is Campion College president, John Galten. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang will offer the invocation. Evening takes place at the Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat Blvd., SF. Tickets $35. No-host cocktails at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Call (415) 567-2293.

March 22: Star Spangled America , Annual Auction and Dinner Dance benefiting Mercy High School, Burlingame in the school's popular and beautiful Kohl Mansion beginning with hors d'oeuvres and silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Live auction takes place after dinner. Tickets $60. Contact Mercy Development Department at (650) 343-9602.

March 28, 29, 30: St. Anne of the Sunset Parish Festival, Funston Ave. and Judah St., Sf. Games, food, entertainment. Fri: 3-10 p.m.; Sat. noon - 9 p.m.; Sun. noon - 5 p.m.

March 29: Hooray for Hollywood, a silent auction, dinner and dance benefiting St. Cecilia Elementary School, SF, at the Westin Hotel, Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets $75.

Call Debbie Monfredini at (415) 664-4056.

March 29: An Evening in Tuscany, 14th Annual Auction, Dinner Dance and Grand Drawing of

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Proceeds benefit IHM parish and school.

March 30: Irish tenor, Mark Forrest in concert at St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. at Hearst, SF. 7:30 p.m..

Tickets $15. Corned beef and cabbage dinner with entertainment from the Meehan Brothers beginning at 5:30 p.m. in parish hall. Tickets $10. Call (415) 333-3627.

April 2: Spring Palette, annual Spring Luncheon/ Fashion Show sponsored by the Good Shepherd Guild and benefiting their work at San Francisco's Grace Center. Takes place at Green Hills Country Club, Ludeman Lane, Millbrae with social hour at 11:30 a.m. and luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Tickets $45. Contact Beverly Desmond at (415) 587-5374.

April 4: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets. Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield, with breakfast and presentation following in parish hall. Today's speaker is Jesuit Father Charles Gagan; pastor, St. Ignatius Parish, San Francisco. May 2: Father Lowell Case. Reservations required to Sugaremy@aol.com or (415) 461-0704 daily.

Members $5, others $10. Dues $15 per year.

April 6: The Mothers' Auxiliary of Junipero Serra High School announces Italian Holiday, a fashion show and luncheon benefiting the school. The afternoon begins with no host cocktails at 11 a.m. and luncheon at noon. Takes place at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City. Tickets $50 per person available by calling Kathy Lavezzo at (650) 345-7836.

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For additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spl@att.net. Pre-registration is necessary for many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splsf.org.

Liturgical Training for Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers: March 22, 29:9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., St. Brendan Church, 29 Rockaway Ave. at Laguna Honda, SF; April 5, 12: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae; May 17, 24: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Junipero Serra High School, 451 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo. $40 tuition includes materials.

Training for Ministers to the Bereaved - Grief Ministry: April 5, 6, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. $50 tuition includes materials.

Social Justice/Family Life March 29: The Journey of Caring: Accompanying Family Elders, a workshop for Caregivers of Elder Relatives, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Notre Dame High School, 1540 Ralston Ave., Belmont. $20 registration includes lunch and materials. Sponsored by Elder Care Alliance. Call Notre Dame Sister Claudia McTaggart at (408) 920-0196.

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Raymond Dennehy April 12: Annual Luncheon and Fashion Show of All Souls Women's Club, South San Francisco beginning with cocktails at 11:30 a.m. and luncheon at 12:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, Burlingame. Fashions from Talbot's , Cache', and Wet Seal. Models include All Souls pastor, Father Bill Justice. Tickets $35. Call (650) 588-5491.

May 3: 8th annual Whale of a Sale at St. Sebastian Parish, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Kentfield, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., benefiting the parish St. Vincent de Paul Conference. Vendor spaces available at $25 each. Sell your crafts or household items and keep all proceeds. Contact Kathie Meier at (415) 4614133 or whaleofasale @ attbi.com.

Reunions March 22: Golden Alumni Reunion of USF, classes of 1953 and before , 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at USF Call the alumni office at (415) 422-6431.

March 29: Classes of '49, '48 of Our Lady of Lourdes School, Oakland at the Old Spaghetti Factory, 62 Jack London Square beginning at 12:15 p.m. Tickets $12. Contact Joanne Kennedy Lande at (925) 254-5070 or John Tobin at (925) 736-5405, jjtobinl@earthlink.net.

April 5: Golden Jubilee Celebration of Holy Angels School, Colma begins with Mass at 10 a.m. and Open House at 11 a.m. Alumni, former students and friends should call (650) 755-0220.

April 6: SF's St. Gabriel Elementary School, class of '53, commemorates its 50th year since then with Mass in the parish church at11:30 a.m. followed by a reception in the school library. Call Vicki Castiglioni-Bornstein at (415) 566-0314.

Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information.

St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 4725732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

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31st Annual Dinner of United for Life March 22nd. Evening honors Mary Alba of Birthright who will receive UFL's Human Life Award. Guest speaker is USF professor and UFL founding member, Raymond Dennehy who will present "What an Abortion Means. " Master of ceremonies is Campion College president, John Galten. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang will offer the invocation. Takes place at the Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. at Sloat Blvd., SF. Tickets $35. No-host cocktails at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Call (415) 567-2293.

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Musings on divers ity and the wearing of the green

By James O. Clifford

Case in point is my feud with San Francisco Chronicle columnist Annie Nakao. A while back she wrote a column about Irish and Chinese living in the same district in San Francisco. In the main, it was a warm, only-in-San Francisco thing. It referred , however, to someone many Irish would like to forget: Denis Kearney, the 1880s rabble-rouser infamous for his cry of "The Chinese must go." Not likely to win today 's "Mr. Congeniality " award, but hardly, as Nakao claimed, responsible for the lynchings of "countless Chinese."

We don ' t need this , I said to myself, especiall y now that San Francisco can boast of Bishop Ignatius Wang, the nation 's first Asian-American bishop .

I asked Nakao for the source for her claim of attempted genocide. She never answered, although she did conect the spellings of Kearney's name and the era in which he operated. I pressed her but still no answer. She is definitely dodging this bullet . Modern journalists have been accused of never "letting the truth stand in the way of a fact," but in this case the fact itself was in dispute. "Countiess" is a mighty big word to toss around.

My frustration turned to anger when she later referred to members of another ethnic group as "people of color," which they are not. Ms. Nakao wrote an entire column correcting the error.

The lesson I have learned from all this? It 's not easy being green.

James O. Clifford , Sr., of Redwood City, a former Associated Press newsman, is a member of the advisory board of Catholic San Francisco.

Was 1 the onl y one made uncomfortable by the March 17th deadline set by the U.S. in the current crisis? Would this be dubbed "The St. Patrick's Day War,"' I wondered.

Why not? After all, there was a Yom Kippur War. I became even more uneasy when I realized this moniker was DOA. As far as 1know, no one in the mass media made the connection. To reporters and editors March 17 appeared to be just another date on the calendar.

My Irish-Catholic insularity had not suffered such a shaking since my daughter Erin was born on St. Patrick' s Day. A fellow father in-waiting asked me why I wanted to name a girl "Aaron."

I shouldn 't have been surprised by the media blackout. I spent 40 years in the news game. When I left, most of my colleagues thought St. Patrick's Day was just an excuse for a lot of people to get drunk. When 1 entered, no one needed an excuse.

In newsrooms, St. Pat ' s was right up there with Ash Wednesday when people with rings in their lips inf ormed you "there's something on your forehead."

I don't want to make a federal case out of this. However, it just so happens that the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing an affirmative action case in which that policy 's backers insist that diversity is worth any discriminatory side effects.

The case involves a university, but I say if diversity is that important it should be morally mandated in the nation 's newsrooms. It should also extend beyond the usual suspects of race and gender.

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On St. Patrick's Day, Nobel laureate , cardinal call for peace

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The conflict in Iraq should be resolved peacefull y to avoid the death and suffering ol innocent civi lians , said a Nobel Peace laureate from Northern Ireland.

John Hume , co-reci p ient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his work for peace in Northern Ireland , said that while he had great respect for President Bush he hoped to "see peace without further suffering. " Meanwhile , in a St . Patrick' s Day homil y at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana , a retired Irish cardinal prayed that war could be averted.

Speaking to reporters following a March 17 St. Patrick ' s Day Mass in Washington , Hume said war could be avoided if the United States allowed for a continued dialogue.

"Instead of sending armed armies , we should send armies of peacemakers to encourage dialogue ," he said.

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Birthrig ht volunteers had noticed the effectiveness of public advertising campaigns to young women and decided to let "girls and women know we ' re available to help them if they choose to go on with their pregnancy," Ms. Schmaltz said. Birthright approached award-winning Philadelphia ad

Peace . . . ¦ Continued from cover group developed African-American , Asian-American and Latino groups about five years ago "to address the reality that diverse cultures have distinct values which influence their experience of violence and nonviolence," Sister Graciela said.

Members of Paz Y Bien participated in earlier anti-war marches. On Saturd ay, for the first time, they carried a ban-

Pap al Plea . .. ¦ Continued from cove r Bush , issuing his ultimatum during a television address from the White House, said war would be an act of selfdefense against a country that had tics to terrorists and was still try ing to amass, hide and develop biolog ical , chemical and nuclear weapons.

"Instead of drifting along toward tragedy, we will set a course toward safely," he said.

Bush said the members of the U.N. Security Council who have voiced opposition to military action — most notably, France, Russia and China — were aware of the threat posed

by Iraq's weapons but did not share U.S. resolve to enforce Iraq's international disarmament commitments.

"The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities ," he said. "So we will rise to ours."

Hume said he would tell President Bush to remember the words of the United Stales ' founding fathers , "e pluribus iinum ," the Latin phrase for "out of many, one."

"The people of America should never forget thai their forefathers came fro m countries of conflict that lacked freedom ," Hume said. "The founding fathers decided to found a country where that would never reoccur. " He said he was hopeful that the United States and Iraq could reach a peace agreemen t and thai tensions in the Middle East overall also could be resolved. As an examp le he noted that two world wars divided Europe in the firs t half of (he 20th century, but the continenl was united before the century ended.

Technology, he said , has "made the world a much smaller place," enabling rap id communications among nations.

"Our dream should be that this new century will be the fi rst century where there is no war or conflict ," he said.

At Notre Dame, Cardinal Cahal B. Dal y, retired arch-

bishop of Armag h, Northern Ireland , said the dark shadow of war hung over St. Patrick' s Day celebrations.

"We pray today that , even at this 11th hour, war may be averted and the world may be spared its horrors and the dangers to world order which war carries with it ," he said in a homil y at lhe Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame.

The cardinal also prayed that "the developed nations of the earth may come together in a great coalition against poverty: a peaceful campai gn to confront the serious and abiding threat to world peace posed by poverty, underdevelopment , inequality of opportun ity, injustice , alienation , and , in many places , starvation. These are the factors that foster terrorism ; these are the real sources of division between nations and continents and cultures in today 's world.

"The Romans had the despairing slogan 'If you want peace, prepare war. ' We must change that to the slogan 'If you want peace , prepare a more just world order. '"

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500 offices throug hout the United States. Birthri g ht uses its own resources and those of the community to provide positive and loving alternatives to abortion . They do this in part by providing confidential friendship and emotional support , financial advice, educational support, and maternity and baby clothes. They also provide advice and referrals for the legal , financial , medical and social service needs of women in crisis pregnancies. All Birthright services are free.

In addition to substantial funding from the anonymous grant , the ad campaign was made possible through the support of Jesuit Father Charles Gagan, Ray Frost and parishioners of St. Ignatius Parish and members of the young adult group at St. Dominic 's parish.

ner saying, in Spanish: "Latinos for nonviolence.

Nonviolence chooses love and not hate." And a sketch of St. Francis of Assisi talking to a wolf.

"We are opposed to anything that creates violence - verbal , emotional , physical - that harms any of God's creation ," Sister Graciela said.

"War is morall y wrong because it destroys life, is based on fear, greed and power. What God wants for us is life in abundance , sharing as brothers and sisters all of life from our Mother Earth. We are all one earth com-

munity - that is our vision of life on this Planet Earth ."

The core group consists of about 15 people from the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Oakland and San Jose dioceses, she said. Members include people from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemal a and Argentina , as well as Latinos bom in the United States.

"We are involved in outreach , giving workshops and retreats ," Sister Graciela said. "And we network with nonviolent groups in other countries." She does that directly when she goes to the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Bush warned Iraq ' s military not to use chemical or biolog ical weapons or destroy the country 's oil fields.

He told Iraq i civilians , "The day of your liberation is near. " Shortly after Bush' s address , the U.S. government raised the national terrorism alert to "high risk" — the second-hi ghesl level — in antici pation of a potential backlash from the threatened U.S. military action.

The pope had sent a personal envoy to Bush earlier in March to urge that the Iraqi crisis be solved peacefully through the United N ations.

After returning to Rome and briefing the pope March 15, the envoy, retired Italian Cardinal Pio Laghi, criticized what he called a rush to war in Iraq and said it was an illusion to think democracy can be imposed through militar y force.

"Democratization throug h war is a Utopia. It is wellknown that growth in democracy takes a long time ," he

said in an interview published the next day by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Cardinal Laghi , a former ambassador to the United States , said there was a serious risk that a U.S.-led war with a few Western allies would be seen by many Muslims as a "Christian " war against Islam. Hatred and terrorism can be expected to increase as a result , he said.

He said a key part of the Vatican's concern was maintaining the authority of the United Nations. This authority has been endangered by "those who demanded too much too soon" on a complicated question like disarmament in Iraq.

At the same lime, the cardinal said, other members of the U.N. Security Council may have involuntaril y weakened the pressure on Iraq to disarm by publicl y opposing the United States.

Cardinal Laghi said he told Bush that the pope would no doubt keep up his strong anti-war statements if the United States attacks Iraq.

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