March 26, 1999

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social justice gathering in U.S. Catholic history is scheduled for the UCLA campus in July.

leaders, letter writers, and even the CCatholic League for Civil and Religious Rights have stepped into expanding debate over the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ' recent decision to issue a permit to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to close down a block of Castro Street on Easter Sunday.

The controversy follows largely in the wake of an editorial and commentary in the March 12 Catholic San Francisco which criticized the Board 's decision as tantamount to city government endorsement of the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence 's anti-Church antics which the editorial said included "mocking the pope during his 1987 visit (to San Francisco) with a theatrical exorcism in Union Square" and performing "a 'Condom Savior Mass ' which corrupts the words of the Sacred Consecration of (he Mass."

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Homestretch to Easter . . .

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1" Landmine treaty commemorated About the cover Top right: The eighth grade of St. Charles School , San Carlos, annually stages a dramatic version of the Stations of the Cross, this year under direction of Liz Hannan , music director , and Maureen Zane, eighth grade teacher. Pictured is Matt Arata from last year 's production. Today 's enactment begins at 2:15 p.m. Photo by Maureen Zane.

Bottom: from left , "defendant " Nate Pinkson; associate "jud ge " Laura Slosz; associate pastor, Father Ed Bohuert. Photos by Evelyn Zappia.

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by Tom Burke No doubt about /'/...Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese , was recentl y honored for her "Outstanding Contribution to Children and Families" by the University of San Francisco Center for Child and Family Development. Sister Glenn Anne will celebrate her 35th anniversary as an educator in the year 2000. Since finishing undergraduate work in history and political science at Oakland' s Holy Names College in 1965, she has taug ht at the secondary and college levels and has been princi pal of elementary and secondary schools. Sister Glenn Anne also served as an associate superintendent of schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1979 until bring ing her gift s north to lead schools here in 1987. Academic credits include a lifetime California Teaching Credential from UC Berkeley, a graduate degree in educational administration from Loyola Marymount , Los Angeles , and a certificate in spirituality from the City of Angels' St. Mary's College.

Her understanding of Catholic schools as a crucial element of the Church' s future has made her a sought-after speaker on topics including "The Spirituality of Leadershi p " and "Effective Grading."

She will be there till the end, you can call her your best friend... "Competition ," "Best Friend" and "Destiny" are poems by Maryanne Camitan, Danielle Vosburg and Aaron Baldwin that will soon be published in this year's "Anthology of Poetry of Young Americans. " The three are eighth graders at Nativity Elementary in Menlo Park . School receptionist Sandy Cassidy and I were both touched by the pieces when she shared them with me recently. Sandy is a lifelong Menlo Parker and a grad of Notre Dame Hi gh School , Belmont. Her daughters Christine and Kathryn are both Nativity grads. Sand y and her husband Michael Cassidy are joy ful about new grandchild , Kyle , born to Christine and husband Tom Stedman just nine weeks ago. Nativity seventh grader Kirstin Hill competes tomorrow in the San Francisco Examiner Spelling Bee, a semi-final round whose winner will go to Washington , DC for a final alphabet battle in June. Kirstin 's jump to tomorrow ' s spell-off was fueled by her correct spelling of Galilean — or having to do with firs t astronomer Galileo. Kirstin 's mom and dad are Belinda and Roger Hill . Her sisters Julia and Laurel also go to Nativity.

More great school stuff. . .Seniors at Notre Dame Hi gh School , Belmont are to be congratulated. Announced recentl y as National Merit Finalists are Jennifer Arrington and Margaret Aycinena, of St. Bartholomew Parish, San Mateo; Amanda Fabbro of St. Pius Parish, Redwood City; Jennifer Jenkins of St. Matthias Parish, Redwood City and Katherine Windstrup. Bank of America Achievement Plaques and Certificates , recently went to Ms. Aycinena, Ms. Windstrup, Yuki Sugawara , Amber Howa rd, Molly Vallor, Ms. Fabbro, Ms. Jenkins , January Chi, Sarah Valencia, Natalia Carse, Landra Chan, Gina Labozetta , Kathleen Peredo , Colleen Clardy, Kristy Murphy, Kandra Chan and Meleeneh Kazarian. The B of A awards are for scholastic performance and community involvement. The second annual Catholic School Junior High Science Fair drew 32 students from six schools to Mercy Hi gh School , Burlingame on Feb. 4. Eighth grade winners were Shea Rausch, St. Pius , first; Kevi n Kolbe, Good Shepherd ,

YLI, YMI Mass Dolores Williams, grand president of the Young Ladies Institute , recently presente d Archbishop William J. Levada with the annual YLI seminary burse. This year 's check was for $4,320. At right, Archbishop Levada (center) presides at a Mass for YLI and Young Men 's Institute members at St. Rita Parish , Fairfax on March 7. From left: St. Rita pasto r Father Robert Cipriano; Deacon Peter Kehrlein, Archbishop Levada , Father Thomas Keffe r, YMI grand chaplain and Father Paul Perlite.

From left, Paul Warren , Ph.D., dean , School of Education , University of San Francisco; Sister Glenn Anne McPhee , OP; George Boisson , Ed.D., who was honored with Sister Glenn Anne for his work in schoolbased family counseling.

Pacifica, second; Marc Kurose, Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame , third. Seventh grade winners were Michael Harabaglia, St. Pius, first; Rebecca Sullivan , St. Pius, second; Ellen Cohn, Notre Dame Elementary, third .

Students at St. Peter Elementary School have been praying the Stations of the Cross with acting and singing each Friday during Lent. On Good Friday they will pray the great devotion on neighborhood streets from noon to 3 p.m. Princi pal Vicki Butler and pastor , Father Daniel Maguire are "very proud of the children " for the chance they 'll give the community "to stop and remember Jesus" during those sacre d three hours.

Fill it up. ..With just a week before we celebrate the empty tomb, 50 Easter baskets for children at Catholic Charities' St. Joseph Village are waiting to be filled. St. Cecilia parishioner Rosie Dominguez is leading the drive and can use your help. No cash donations may be accepted but goods such as butter creme eggs -1 love the peanut butter ones -jelly beans , toys etc . are most welcome. If you can hel p, give Rosie a call at (415) 664-8520.

Soon it 's gonna ' ram...The Fantasticks, the longest running hit of composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt play s again in Apri l at the University of San Francisco's Gill Theater. Bill Allard , founder of the schools ' Classical Theatre Company and an original member of the comedy troupe , Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre, directs. Will Connolly, plays the show' s Old Actor , a bit of a stretch for the not very aged singer whom many know as a cantor at St. Brendan Parish and a veteran of many shows with The Lamplighters. He is the definitive longtime member of St. Brendan having graduated from the parish school in 1957 and continuing to reside there. His mom and dad are Margarete and the late Will Connolly. Lisa Correa, a junior studying nursing at USF play s ingenue Louisa. Lisa hails from Orange County and is a member of the choir at the 9 p.m. student Mass at St. Ignatius Parish each Sunday. For ticket information , call (415) 422-6070.

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Easter 'permit:' reaction varied and passionate

¦ (Continuedfrom the cover) Tom Ammiano, board chair, disoverwhelmed by public reaction — e- agreed. There had been "extensive public mails, letters, calls. hearing " at the meeting previous to the While the board voted 8-0 on March March 1 vote, he said in response to 1 to reverse a City Department of Parking Becerril Monday. and Traffic decision to decline the permit , Members of the Sisters of Perpetual two of the supervisors said at the board 's Indulgence have repeatedly underscored March 22 public meeting they wished to their intent is education, entertai nment reconsider the issue. and charitable fund raising by using satire.

Supervisor Amos Brown , pastor of Letters to editors have poured into _ ---j Third Baptist Church , said his ori ginal area publica^^ — vote had been based on the understanding he was voting for a "group that had \j done charitable work." but that since then he has come to fear the \n ." vote could be seen as "a statement , ¦ of great insensitivity " or even "pro„. viding a platform " for "caricaturizatioii and derision . . . on the high, c:" holy day of Christendom."

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Mayor Brown, also said she wanted [ «« Ciirisliar •> to re-visit the decision. She suggested the board consider changing the date of the event permit, a topic the board is now tions on the issue. scheduled to address on Monday.

A number of Bay Area commenators Both Becerril and Brown registered have weighed in on the issue, including concern that the March 1 resolution had The Independent 's Warren Hinckle who been processed outside normal proce- viewed the "current political hoo-ha" as dures on an "expedited" basis. "I won- an effort by Ammiano to make points dered why," said Becerril , "but I failed to against Mayor Brown in the event he ask why. I was stunned how quickly attempts to unseat Brown. things occurred."

Hinckle said Ammian o "fanned past "Had it (consideration of the reso- an unobservant board the biggest relilution) taken the norm al course ," she gious hot potato since the attemp t by said , the current controversy might have atheists and civil libertarians to rip down been averted. the cross atop Mount Davidson." The writer said the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence "indulge in This is also not a gay issue. performance-art rites the equivalent of using the Eucharist as The sexual orientation of the silly putty."

San Francisco Chronicle men in their habits is none of columnist Ken Garcia observed our business. We object to the March 20, "Believe it or not , some people still take religious holidays rather seriously, and it's unique city 's taking the almost not just the Catholic Church , posi tion of overruling its own which admittedly has shown little sense of humor in the past officials and closing down four or five hundre d years. If the good sisters had picked Rosh streets to giv e this mockery of Hashanah, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day or any other holiday to our faith official sanction in stage their frockfest , they'd be , hearing from other interested the city named for St. Francis. parties about the propriety of — Wade C. Hughan their request."

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ever, said they were uncomfortable with comparing the Board of Supervisors ' vote to endorsement of neo-Nazi or American Nazi Party celebrations on a major Jewish holy day, comparisons made in both the Catholic San Francisco editorial and commentary.

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as the American Nazi Party is one which intends to eliminate Jews, Blacks and people of color in general ," Rabbi Douglas Kahn, executive director of the Jewish Relations Council, told Catholic San Francisco. "The Jewish community is certainly in sympathy with the Catholics in their feelings of taking offense to the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence, and even the slight this poor anal ogy directed toward us is taken lightly in view of the strong Catholic feelings and reaction to the ugly mockery ."

Professor Andrew Heinze , associate professor of history at the University of an in San Franq^sco and expert the history of Judaism, concurred. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's "displays are flagrantly disgusting and in poor taste, demeaning and abhorrent ," he said, "but they aren't a hate-and-want-to-kill group."

Wade C. Hughan, who wrote the March 12 commentary titled "Bending

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over backward to ridicule the faith," said he has been pleased "as a Catholic to see hundred s, perhap s thousands of us speaking with such confidence and faith to ask that the city respect our deep reverence for the meaning of Easter and also our deep respect for women religious."

He objected to what he called efforts by "Supervisor Ammiano and others to mischaracterize the issue and even to accuse us of insensitivity. Free speech is not the issue. This is also not a gay issue. The sexual orientation of the men in their habits is none of our business. We object to the city ' s taking the almost unique position of overruling its own officials and closing down streets to give this mockery of our faith official sanction in the city named for St. Francis."

Hughan praised supervisors Becerril and Brown. "It is a hallmark of leadership," he said , "to admit you have m ade a mistake and to work toward a more fitting solution.

The mayor's comments have also been extremely welcome."

May or Brown said during radio news interviews he would work to modify the situation.

Meanwhile , the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights issued a threat that it would call on Catholic organizations to boycott San Francisco if the city did not reverse its decision to allow the Easter Sunday Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence event , an event SPI members say is their 20'" anniversary.

In December the League was hi ghly critical of the American Cancer Society for taking contributions from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, accusing the Society of exhibiting "tolerance for antiCatholic bigotry."

League spokesman Rick Hinshaw said the New York-based organization has purchased a half-page ad vertisement in the March 29 San Francisco Chronicle.

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Education USF 'has never been more deliberately Catholic ' The mandate could discourage Catholic USF will join the growing ranks of Catholic theolog ians from teaching in Catholic institutions with such a structure. " On the possible loss of federal funding, schools and even discourage young scholars from entering the field , the priest said. Father Shlegel said some media reports had "Both possibilities constitute threats to the been misleading. "While the threat to research Catholicity of our schools, something the and construction dollars could be at risk , stubishops do not intend , and something we dent financial aid is not at risk. Contrary to press reports , financial aid given directl y to the presidents do not want to happen." student is not threat"This is a very ened unless accreditacomp lex issue," he tion is lost." exp lained , "and has "Reli gious univerengaged us for almost sities should not feel " 20 years. have to apolothey "In dialogue with ize for their reli gious g the bishops," Father ," character the USF "we Schlegel noted , "Rather leader said. will be trying to find we should be building an alternative to the ourselves up as modmandate that comels of an alternative bines freedom with hi gher education that responsibility, and that others might want to allows both the bishop emulate. " and theologian to disSpeaking on other charge their mutual campus issues, Father responsibilities."

Schlegel described In that regard , the Projec t 2005, USF's USF administrator announced that USF and plan for institutional prioritization and budArchbishop William Father John P. Schlegel geting . The vision of J. Levada plan to cohost a conference at USF in April. Invited Project 2005 is that "USF graduates of 2005 participants include presidents and board will be distinguished by their strong liberal chairs of all Catholic institutions of hi gher arts background , knowledge, and skills oi education west of St. Louis joining with their chosen major and profession , a strong bishops of their respective dioceses. sense of values, a commitment to personal In addition , he said he would officially growth, and for service to a society which is announce at today 's USF board of trustees both pluralistic and global in character." meeting "establishment of an official standThe university will continue to upgrade ing committee of the board for 'Catholic its physical plant , creating a professional Identity and Mission ' and in doing so that USF, page 15

In a major address on priorities for the educators and Churc h officials are currentUniversity of San Francisco as it enters a ly attempting to address in "the third dra ft new millennium , Jesuit Father John P. of the ordinances , that is, the mechanisms Schlegel said yesterday he is confident by which the directives are to be imp le"the university has never been more delib- mented," he said , are: erately Catholic, more intentionall y • Requirements or expectations that Catholic colleges and universities must mainCatholic in its spirit. " While the March 25 speech covered a tain a majority of "faithfu l Catholics " for wide-range of topics from a re-cap of 20th board members and faculty, and th at the local bishop must apcentury USF hi ghprove the apli ghts to future propointment of a jects and plans, the 'Religious universities non-Catholic as university president president. paid significant should not feel they have attention to Ex • A requirement that anyCorde Ecclesiae , to apo logize f or their one teaching the 1990 Vatican Catholic theoldocument dealing religious character. ogy must obtain with Church-uniRather we should be "mandate " a versity relations. from the local "We join the building ourselves up as bishop.

Vatican and the bishops in their • The possialternativ e models an of bility Catholic concern for the i n s t i t u tions preservation of our her education that others hig could lose some Catholic identity, federal support described in the or funding if main document , Ex mig ht want to emulate. perceived to be, Corde Ecclesiae ," said Father Schlegel , "but we emp hasize what the courts call, "pervasively sectarian."

Concerning the theolog ical "mandate," that that identity has to be pursued in ways appropriate to institutions operating in Father Schlegel remarked, "Bishops have a mainstream American higher education. " legitimate concern for the teaching of He said he was concerned that "draft Catholic theology in our schools, as they do ordinances" suggested for imp lementation for the quality of liturgy and pastoral care. of the document "in many ways depart But we need to find a means of responding from the spirit " of Ex Corde Ecclesiae itself to this concern in a way that does not make and do not recognize "the authentic the task of the theologian even more diffiAmerican cultural context". cult, or compromise the essential integrity Among areas of specific concern that of our schools."

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As we enter Holy Week . . .

The whole Church now enters into our Holy Week, at the end of our Lenten pil grimage with Christ. He is surely the focus of our attention when we come to church: on Palm Sunday, we listen to the Passion according to St. Matthew, which presents in vivid narrative the final days marked by suffering, death on a cross, and Resurrection!

On Holy Thursday, the last day of Lent proper, we begin the celebration of the Sacred Triduum (literally, three days) with the evening Mass of the Lord 's Supper , commemorating Jesus ' ^ paschal meal with the Since the earliest Apostles , who were ordained priests to "do this days of the in memory of him," who , ,.

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words of St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians: "He humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross." And then the silence of the tomb.

On Tuesday of Holy Week the Mass of the Blessing of the Oils, commonly known as the Chrism Mass, will be celebrated at 5:30 in the evening. This Mass is one of the principal expressions of the fullness of the priesthood of the Bishop, and it signifies the close unity of the priests with the Bishop. With priests fro m throughout the Archdiocese concelebrating this Mass, I will consecrate the chrism which will be used in conferring the sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil, and in confu-mations throughout the Easter season. In addition, I will bless the other oils used in the sacraments: the oil of the sick, used in the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, and the oil of the catechumens, used to prepare the future members of the Church during the period of their catechumenate.

I extend to all priests , deacons, religious and lay faithful of the Archdiocese an invitation to join in the celebration of this beautiful annual liturgy at St. Mary 's Cathedral on Tuesday, March 30, at 5:30 p.m.

A final note about the sacramental celebrations of

Hol y Week: this is a time made in heaven for our celebration of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation.; and so it should be with us. You may recall the article in last week's Catholic San Francisco in which the pope hoped the time of the Jubilee would be a "time when Catholics rediscover the value of confession and its reconciling grace," To help all of us prepare well for the reception of this sacrament , I am passing on a thoughtful examination of conscience aimed at adults , which I found in a new liturgical aid called Magnificat ( www.magnificat.net). It bears the title "An examination of conscience for those who are not sure what sin is": Do I love God above everything and everyone else ? Do I live as a child of God, confident in the Father's mercy ?

Am I humble ? Am I mindful of my nothingness ? Do I depend on God as 1 should?

Am I prideful? Do I try to make the world revolve around me ? Do I live out a sense of self-sufficiency, imposing my will on others, acting as if I were the cause of the good in my life?

Am 1presumptuous? Do I think I can do whatever I want and that it will not matter to God? Do I yearn to know God' s will and do I abandon myself to divine providence moment by moment?

Do I pray everyday ?

Do I go to Mass every Sunday and Holy Day? Do I devote myself to growing in faith ?

Am I thankful ? Do I express my gratitude, sincerely and outwardly, especially in works of mercy ?

Do I make excuses for my faults , blame others, rationalize or relativize ? Am I self-ri g hteous?

Am I forgiving ? Do I harbor grudges , resentments ? Do I take delight in the misfortunes of others ?

Do 1jud ge others, label others, exclude others, condemn others?

Is my life in any way ruled by anger, jealousy, envy or impatience?

Do 1 make gods of money, power, prestige, accomplishment, materialism, sensuality, vanity, p leasure, comfort , leisure, complacency, apathy or anything else ?

Do I put myself f irst through self-centeredness, egoism, selfishness , vanity, self-aggrandi zing, etc.?

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Do 1 dedicate myself to knowing, loving and living the truth as it is taught by the Catholic Church ?

Do I live in the truth and do I tell the truth, always and without compromise?

Do I misuse speech through cheating, gossip ing, backbiting, profanity, blasphemy, complaining, being silent when 1 should speak , etc. ? Am I true to my vows, my commitments, my contracts, my word?

Is my mind filled with thoug hts that are lustful , vicious, carnal, mean-spirited , prejudicial, venal , worldl y, etc. ?

Do I waste time? Am I generous with my time? Am I lazy?

Do the p riorities in my life reflect and serve the precio us g ift of faith God has g iven me? Do I ever live more for myself than for God or others?

Do I live by faith or by emotions, by worldl y p hilosop hy, by current fads , by popula r ideolog ies, by the pressures and deceptions of media and culture ?

Do I recognize how God is present and active in every moment of my life ?

Do I live by any standard other than the way of love revealed by Jesus Christ?

May our fruitful , regular reception of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation become for us what Pope John Paul calls "a school that has formed many saints."

And may it prepare us to experience a full measure of the Lord 's peace and joy at Easter.

v- iMLc^S^ /^L^^__ Most Rev. William J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

Forgiveness theme

World religions seek tolerance at Dallas conference

DALLAS (CNS) — Dozens of the world's religious leaders pledged at a conference in Dallas to promote tolerance and forgiveness within their faiths to help mend some of the rifts that have pitted the world's religions against each other.

More than 80 delegates promised to employ practical measures that would encourage the faithful to adopt an attitude of forgiveness that might help diffuse interreligious tension.

"On the eve of. a new century, we desperatel y need to concentrate on what unites us, and we owe it to our children and their children to build a more just and peaceful world ," Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican Communion , said during the event's closing ceremonies.

The assembly of world religious leaders, who came from as far away as India , Jerusalem and Thailand , was organized by the Thanks-Giving Found ation, a Dallas organization founded 35 years ago to promote forgiveness among relig ions and cultures. The gathering was held March 12-15 at Thanks-Giving Square, an interfaith park and monument in downtown Dallas.

The religions represented included Baha 'i, Buddhism , Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism , Judaism , Unitarian Universalism , Sikhism , American Indian culture and the indigenous peoples.

Participants included Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue;

Achok Rinpoche , a representative of the Dalai Lama; gions can work more closely together.

Many delegates said they were inspired by the assembly to Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, a world renowned Talmudic scholar; K.L. Seshagiri Rao, editor in chief of the Encyclopedia plan to apply the concept of thanksgiving in their own comof Hinduism; and Muzammil Siddiqi, president of the munities. A Sikh from Ohio said he intends to create an interfaitli social services netIslamic Society of work, and a Hindu from North America.

India said he hopes to Often robed in the . . . there are signs of a new approach ceremonial vestments build a Thanks-Giving of their faiths , delegates to religion based on the recognition that Square in his homeland. offered a kaleidoscope Representatives of of color and beliefs. different faith s in strifediversity does not mean divisiveness.

Although some of torn Northern Irelan d the discussions proannounced during the duced a little tension — sometimes within the same faiths — assembly they plan to break ground next year on a $2,5 delegates eventual ly were able to reach consensus on how to million Thanks-Giving Square in Belfast, a city that has strive for religious harmony and mutual understanding. become a symbol of sectarian violence between Catholics "On the threshold of the third millennium , no religion or and Protestants. culture remains in splendid isolation ," Rao said. "The Alf McCreary, a journalist and author from Belfast and West, along with the rest of the world, is increasingly one of the six-member delegation from Northern Ireland, becoming multicultural and multireligious. And there are said the center would be built as a place where people of all signs of a new approach to religion based on the recogni- faiths could gather to be reconciled in the common denomtion that diversity does not mean divisiveness." inator of nearly every religion — thanksgiving.

Brother David Steindl-Rast , a Benedictine monk and Thanks-Giving Square will now sift through the hundreds of pages of documents produced by those discussions philosopher who has written extensively on sp iritu ality, in an effort to draft a statement incorporating the inspira- sought to convey the fruits that he believed the world gathtional language. The statement, which the event's organiz- ering would produce. "You can count the seeds in an ers p lan to present to UNESCO in November, will suggest apple ," he said in his soft-spoken manner, "but you cannot actions and a framework through which the world's reli- count the apples in a seed."

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SAN FRANCISCO Call fo r Christian virtue and action

Sometimes relativel y minor actions can set in motion very profound and significant events. This seems to be the case in the public response to die San Francisco Board of Supervisors' vote to approve a street closure permit to the Sisters of Perpetu al Indulgence for a celebration on Easter Sunday.

We now are at a point in the controversy at which it is possible for debate and relationships to move in one of two opposite directions. On the one hand , the situation could deteriorate, widi heightened rhetoric and increased tensions and further polarization. On the other hand, the situation presents a real opportunity for greater understanding and increased respect among the diverse communities that make up the City of San Francisco. The latter is the better choice, but it is one that demands that we listen to one another.

Today, we call upon everyone involved in the current debate to embrace calm and clear thinking — and to adopt a responsible and respectful approach to resolving this issue. As Catholics, we pray that the Christian virtues of love, compassion and forgiveness will guide our words and our actions. While people should be able to openl y express their view s, we should be intent on building bridges , not widening the divide. Indeed , the current issue should not be allowed to become a test of wills between the Catholic and gay communities.

In opposing the Supervisors ' decision to approve a permit for the celebration by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Catholics , fellow Christians and others are not saying that they "own" Easter — and th erefore can dictate what activities should be allowed or not allowed. The people who protest the decision simply are saying that the scheduling of the event on Easter Sunday offends them. It is ri ght and proper for members of the community to express their views and seek redress — in this case a change of the scheduled date.

For most Catholics, this is not a church-versus-gay issue. In fact , the initial objection expressed by hundreds of people was solely on the basis of religious sensitivities. That the group 's self-described composition includes gays, lesbians and transgendered persons was not an issue. Most felt that San Francisco, which is zealous in protecting the rights of individuals and groups to express themselves as they wish, also should be committed to tolerance of reli gious beliefs.

Catholics approach the issue from an historical perspective that includes centuries of respect for devoted women religious who have faithfully and reverently served the Church and their fel l ow human beings. This perspective also includes the history of San Francisco, in which religious orders of Catholic women have played an extraordinary role. Catholic nuns came to the City nearly 150 years ago, and they represented the early infrastructure of schools, hospitals and social service. Today, hundreds of Catholic Sisters continue to serve God and people of all faiths throughout the Archdiocese.

The good works of the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence, Inc., which is incorporated as a non-profit organization, should be recognized. The group has undertaken efforts to foster safe-sex practices in the gay community and has done works of charity. The leaders of the organization also eschew any anti-Catholic prejudice, and believe that nuns' habits were initially worn to create interest not ridicule.

Unfortunatel y, the method of expression that has been chosen by the group creates a paradigm that inexorably offends many Catholics. During the past 20 years, Catholics have periodical ly seen televised reports of various Sisters of Perpetual Indu lgence activities, and they have felt that Catholic symbols, figures, institu tions and liturgies were being mocked and ridiculed. The "Condom Savior Mass" may have the good intentions of saving lives among sexually active gay men , but the chosen model is guaranteed to give offense to Catholics, Ridicule may not have been the intent of the Sisters of Perpetu al Indul gence, but that is the reality that has been perceived by many Catholics, On both sides of the issue, there are people who would carry the controversy to dangerous and destructive ends. We should resist the tendency to condemn those who disagree with us and avoid die temptation to demonize one another. Instead, we should work to create an environment of respect in which it is OK to say, "I am offended by some of your actions " without being characterized as anti-gay. And others should be able to say "I am serving the needs of my community in a way that is ri ght for me."

When the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meet on March 29 to consider a resolution to postpone the street closure to a different date, we pray that a decision be reached that recognizes the viewpoints and interests of the entire community. Whatever the decision, it should not be interpreted as one protagonist winning over another. We would hope that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence would voluntarily move the date of the street fair to another time.

Such a step would set in place a new perspective on their actions.

M.E.H.

Major gaffe !

It is with hoiror I discovered a major gaffe in my article on the Irish (page 1 feature , March 12). It was pointed out to me that the Archdiocese has six archbishops of Irish heritage — not just five as I wrote.

Our current Archbishop, William J. Levada, is also Irish. While his father was Portuguese , his mother is Irish! My apologies to Archbishop Levada for not including him with his Irish forebears. I can only hope the Archbishop inherited his mother 's Irish sense of humor !

Jeffrey M. Burns, Ph.D., Archivist Archdiocese of San Francisco (Ed. note: The annual Archdiocesan History Day sponsored by the Archives is schedule April 10 from 1-4:30 p.m. at St. Mary 's Cathedral, 1111 Goug h St. One of the featured lecturers will be former Santa Rosa Bishop Mark Hurley. For information, call (650) 328-6502.)

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strated a great deal of compassion for homosexuals caught up in the AIDS epidemic. There 's also a good understanding

by Church leaders that homosexuality is inborn. It's not chosen. It 's like skin color and baldness. So far so good.

The Church tells gays that while Catholics understand their situation , celibacy is still their only option to avoid sin.

Priests and nuns are celibate because they choose such a life. It 's voluntary. Until gays can express their sexuality in ways acceptable both to the Church and their own inmost feelings, some will continue to express anger and frustration by mocking the Church. They're wrong, but so is backing a whole group of people into a corner.

What are people to do when they are told there is no time, place or outlet to j express their strongest feelings?

How can we solve this dilemma to the satisfaction of all concerned?

Hugo Mollis Pacitlca

L E T T E

On March 1, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and Then Destruction , also known as the Ottawa Treaty, went into effect.

The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas join with people across the world in celebrating this milestone in the long struggle to rid the planet of these deadly weapons. However, we express our deep concern the United States is not among the more than 130 nations that have signed the convention.

According to the United Nations , an estimated 100 million landmines are buried in the soil of almost 70 countries. More than 25,000 people, mostly civilian women, men and children , are maimed or killed each year by these weapons. Landmines remain lethal long after wars have ended.

Landmines exact a terrible toll on poor people in post-conflict situations.

The presence of landmines hinders resettlement efforts and renders large areas unfit for agricultural activity. Mine removal is very expensive and drains resources needed to meet basic needs.

Therefore , rooted in our commitment to follow Jesus Christ in his compassion for suffering people and to act in solidarity with the economically poor of the world, especially women and children, we join all Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in calling on President Clinton to sign the Ottawa Treaty and send it to the Senate for ratification as soon as possible.

Judith Carle, RSM President, Burlingame Region Diane Grassilli , RSM Vice Presiden t Corita Burnham , RSM Councilor Marina Clare Valenteen, RSM Councilor

Homop hobia?

In the March 12 editorial section there is an article titled , "SF Supervisors vote is art Easter outrage". I am outraged at the thought of you comparing the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence to the NeoNazis. It was such a neo-Nazi who bludgeoned to death a homosexual in Alabama recentl y.

I do not think in my wildest dreams the outrageous Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence would advocate the death of homosexuals, Jews and other minorities. Might I remind you the Nazis also included homosexuals in their extermination program; hence the pink triang le.

As a homosexual Catholic I continue to be distressed at the continued homophobia and downright ' prejudice on the part of the Catholic Church toward homosexuals. It is very difficult for me to remain a "Catholic " when my "Mother Church" promotes hatred against my own person. Perhaps we have gotten away from the "Love one Another" phrase. Maybe if the Church weren 't so homophobic there would be no need for the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence to exist?

Robert G. Rice San Francisco

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In general, I must agree with your March 12 editorial. The closing of a street for the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence is an outrage. This group mocks the Catholic Church and especiall y those who have dedicated their lives to its service. That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors should unani mously favor these "sisters" illustrates the major loss of SF political clout the Church has suffered in recent generations. In the thirties or forties a quiet phone call to the mayor would have stopped the "sisters" in their tracks.

Catholic San Franciscans , including high ranking Church leaders, have demon-

Example, not tramp le

I write to take issue with your editorial on the "Sisters" of Perpetual Indulgence, and with Wade C. Hughan 's heartfelt column in the same issue. In my view, the best way to deal with these clowns is to ignore them . Since their goal is to offend Catholics , anything we do to deny them a forum will encourage them , and also lead to accusations of "censorship " against the Church.

Whatever their sins , and however obnoxious their behavior, these men are children of God. Let's pray for them and try to give them a good example.

Paul Brown San Francisco

Leadership , not silence

Your March 12 editorial was excellent and long overdue. The article by Wade C. Hughan , "Bending over backward to

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Vatican learning to speak 'computer one recent day to compile a list of German translations of the pope 's 1997 Marian audience talks. Four times a week she stops by for about 90 minutes to lend a hand.

"It is an exciting moment for the Church ," said Zenoni. "The Internet is there for everyone, and this particular site will be of great service."

Coordinating the team is Pauline Sister Elaine Gui gnard , the former manager of a religious book store

John Thavis V^ onsolata Missionary Sister Maria Guardia , 67 , tapped at her keyboard, fluidly translating an Italian-language Vatican text into Spanish. "I spent 17 years in Colombia," she explained . "Spanish remains relatively easy for me. Gradually, I have learned to speak the lan guage of computers , too."

Sister Guardia has programmed her screen-saver to display her first name , bouncing about in perpetual motion , as long as she stays off the keys — which is never for long.

As one of the 30 nuns working full time on the Vatican's new Web site for the jubilee year, Sister Guardia has discovered the fun aspects of computer use, like screensavers, in addition to its potential as a communication tool.

"Working on the Web site is complex ," she said, "but it provides a lot of satisfaction. We are using technology to promote the faith , and this is an effective instrument" In an office just down the road from St. Peter 's Square, dozens of nuns work full time , translating the content of the Vatican's Web page, while 20 volunteer lay people stop by when they can to hel p out — when they are not doing the work from their homes.

Monica Zenoni, 32, came to the computer center

A Vatican Internet site dedicated to the year 2000 celebrations went on line Feb. 22. The web site offers practical information including directions and event dates for Rome and the Vatican plus information such as a papal biography and "virtual rosary. " The site address is www.Jubil2000.org. in Lyon, France. She said that "one of the gre atest difficulties has been hel ping the nuns adjust to dealing with computer s — some of them had never seen a computer before. We all had to leave our other work to come here," she said, indicating a number of nuns who, until recent-

ly, had been caring for ill people in hosp ices or teaching children in dev eloping countries. "And we find that we are not experts in these means of communication. But most of us are experts in communication by other means , and so we are learning about this one — slowly."

The site has listings for Rome 's main pilgrimage spots and provides facts on liturgy, history and practices connected with the Hol y Year. It also has documents concerning the jubilee and related papal writings. And p lanned for the future are virtual tours of p laces where pilgrims might want to go, but cannot reach — such as Roman catacombs open only to archaeologists. (The site is available in Italian at www.Jubil2000.org. An English-language version is expected to begin working in early April.)

Eventually, the site will include up to 30,000 pages of information , according to its Vatican-appointed supervisor, Luca De Mala. He waved off criticism that some of the features planned for the site when it was first announced in January have not yet been brought on line.

"When you think about what we have achieved so far," he said, "it is a miracle that we did it all in three months."

An affiliate of the Italian telep hone company, Telecom, is responsible for the site 's funding, programming and realization — and as a result , the company gets to put its logo on screen.

The system for the new site is designed to sustain up to 60,000 "hits " per day, or about nine per second , said Loredana Berardocco, a Telecom official. B y May, she added , the capacity will be increased to 81 hits per second — 7 million each day.

Telecom's arrangement with the Vatican includes financing the Web site unti l June 2001. Then , Berardocco notes, "it will be the Holy See 's decision whether to pull the plug."

John Thavis is chief of Catholic News Service 's Rome bureau.

The Catholic Diff erence

Inculturation 's core questions

George Weigel W hile Christianity has always claimed a g lobal reach , 21sl -century Catholicism will be a "world church" in an unprecedented way, enriched and challenged by its encounter with non-European cultures and religions. That encounter will demand a thoug htful answer to a crucial question: Is Christian faith universal ? Or, as theolog ian Raimundo Panikkar has proposed , is it the case that Jesus is Christ, but Christ is not only Jesus?

Put another way: Is Jesus Christ the unique savior of the world, the one mediator between God and humanity?

Or was Jesus of Nazareth one expression of a generic, divine "will to save" that expresses itself through other figures in other civilizational stories?

These issues are the heart of the debate over "incul turation," the issue of question of how the Gospel is taught, celebrated, and lived in different cultures. The special Synods for Asia and Oceania this past year suggested that the inculturation debate may be for early 21"-century

Catholicism what the liberation theology debate was for the late 20*-century Church.

In a 1995 address to the principal theological advisors of Asia 's Catholic bishops, Cardinal Joseph Ratzi nger suggested that the new debate over universality and inculturation was actually the reprise of an ancient argument. The fourth-century Roman Emperor Julian, Ratzinger noted, had harshly criticized both Christianity and Judaism for their "intolerance " of other gods.

As the cardinal put it, it was the first commandment, that Israel must have "no strange gods" before the God of Sinai, that was "Julian ' s main complaint against Christianity and his single objection to Judaism ... He ... would not recognize the uniqueness of the one God. "Even the God of Israel, the God of Jesus Christ, is for him one appearance of the divine, but one which does not deplete 'the great mystery,"1 To think otherwise, according to the man whom history remembers as "Julian the Apostate," w a s . . . well, it was intolerant.

Julian 's complaint has a very contemporary ring.

Syncretism - a little Christianity here, a littl e Hinduism, Buddhism , or Confucianism there - seems so reasonable to Westerners taught by our therapeutic culture to be "nonjudgmental " and persuaded by secularists that religious conviction is simp ly another lifestyle choice.

Cardinal Ratzinger, however, proposed that syncretism inevitably drains biblical faith of its content. For, in the biblical tradition , "only the one God can be adored in truth; to worship other gods is idolatry." Christianity revolutionized the ancient world by proclaiming one God and his one mediator, Jesus Christ. To abandon that proclamation is to abandon Christian faith .

To be sure, to proclaim the one God and the unique-

ness of Christ 's redemption is no easy business. It requires conversion. And conversion, Cardinal Ratzinger proposed, is for cultures as well as for individuals. Christian faith always involves a "new beginning," a "turning away from" as well as a "turning toward," for Christianity is "not merely a cultural variant in an ever-developing religious framework." God's self-revelation to the world and the redemption God wrought in Christ were revelations of the truth.

To deny this (or to blunt the edge of challenge it embodies) is to make oneself, again, a slave of the gods , or of Fate.

At the same time, the cardinal insisted , "conversion is transformation, not destruction." To convert is not to destroy other cultures and religions but to transform them, as ancient temples were once transformed into Christian churches. In that transformation , the "inner truth" of older religions is liberated and becomes visible in a new framework, for Christianity gives other religions "die space in which their truth [can] develop and become fruitful." That fruitfulness , in turn, require s radical conversion to the person of Jesus Christ, not just to the idea of a "savior," of which Jesus may be one incarnation.

Conversion to Christ is therefore a matter of "transforming conservation," as Cardinal Ratzinger put it. That is what Christianity did to the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian cultures it encountered in its first centuries.

And that, the cardinal concluded , is what Christianity must do in its 2Kcentury encounter with the great religions of Asia - if, that is, Christians are true to the conviction that liberation in the truth of Christ, which is liberation for eternal life, is the deepest meaning of liberation.

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

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Seeing Passion Sunday through eyes of our Christian ancestors For the first decades of r—;— Isaiah 50:4-7 blXl ll Christianity 's existence, our ancestors in the faith had for their Scripture the Sunday Psabn 22 > Philippians 2:6-11 Old Testament. They would go to synof Lent Matthew 26: 14-27:66 agogue and hear the Old Testament in I the light of their faith in Jesus the Lord , who "was handed over to death" and raised up into glory. They heard in these words a key to appreciating Jesus and his ministry, which they now continued , and they discovered that Jesus ' death and resurrection was the final act in human history of a faithful God, who was from the beginning forming a "peop le of his own." Some of their favorite passages form the Liturgy of the Word for this Passion Sunday and shaped Matthew s passion narrative.

Scattered throughout "The Book of the Consolation of Israel" (Isaiah , chapters 40-55) are exquisite poems concerning a "servant of the Lord," who thoug h sent by God as a prophet is rejecte d by the people , mad e to suffer, broug ht to grief , and ultimatel y vindicated. In fact, this servant 's death is described as in atonement for sins which have caused division among God' s people and his vindication as a source of gathering a renewed peop le of God .

Hearing our firs t reading, we savor the fact that the destiny of Jesus was no accident but loving ly designed by a God who wishes to create us as his forgiven peop le.

Our second reading, (Phil 2:6-11), an ancient Christian hymn, receives Paul's unmistakable touch Father David M. Pettingill and becomes a healing of the Adam story in Genesis contrasted with that of Christ. Adam tried "to grasp equality with God" by his sin. Jesus, though equal with God, "emptied" himself and "took the form of a slave." "It was thus that he humbled himself , obediently accepting death , death on a cross!" God' s response to this self-donation is to exalt Jesus and make him Lord . Once again we hear that what human beings wanted to achieve for themselves God has achieved for them in Jesus Christ.

Another favorite Old Testament passage so listened to and loved by our ancestors in the faith is Psalm 22, which serves as the responsorial psalm today and which has shaped the passion narrative of Matthew. In this poetic masterp iece we hear expressed the naked trust of a faithful Israelite , who thoug h buffeted by sickness, insults , and treachery still believes the God of Israel will save his own.

Following Mark , Matthew places the opening words of this psalm on the lips of Jesus: " 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' " and has him repeat them at the moment of his death: "Once again Jesus cried out in a loud voice and then gave up his spirit." If we are to understand Matthew ' s interpretation of Jesus ' passion , we must give a hearing to this psalm, which begins in desolation and anguish and ends in triump h. Savor selections from both parts: "0 my God, I cry out by day, and you answer not; by night, and there is no relief for me....

In you our ancestors uusted; they trusted, and you delivered them....

But I am a worm, not a man; the scorn of people, despised by the people.

All who see me mock me with parted li ps, they wag their heads; .

He relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him....

They have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones.

Tbey look on and gloat over me; they divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots...."

Now the tone changes as the speaker feels vindication and a compulsion to proclaim God's gracious deeds on his behalf.

"I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you....

For he has not spurned nor disdained the wretched person in misery....

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; All the families of the nations shall bow down before him....

And to him my soul shall live; my descendants shall serve him.

Let the coming generation be told of the Lord that they may proclaim to people yet to be born the justice he has shown."

Notice now the details of Matthew 's passion narrative which borrow from this psalm: dividing of the garments (27:35); the shaking of the mockers ' heads (27:39); the words of mockery (27:43); the prayer as death approaches (27:46); the reaction of the centurion and his men to Jesus' death (27:54). Notice more importantly what Matthew would have us understand: this Jesus, who lovingly embraced his destiny to the last b'reath of his life , has trusted in the God of Israel to vindicate him; this Jesus has been vindicated by God; this Jesus is the source of God's creating a renewed peop le of Gentiles as well as Jews.

What we hear from first to last on this Passion Sunday is not an invitation to a good Catholic to wallow in guilt , not an opportunity to punish ourselves or others because of our failures , not a "my sins caused Jesus' death", but rather a celebration that Jesus died and was raised to produce and gather us as Church: God' s victory in Jesus and in us.

Father David Pettingill directs the archdiocesan Office of Parish Life.

Mass of the Chrism: annual celebration of tradition , renewal

On behalf of Archbishop Levada, I would like to extend a special invitation to participate in our annual Chrism Mass which will be celebrated at St. Mary 's Cathedral on the Tuesday of Holy Week, March 30, at 5:30 p.m. It is one of the most solemn and significant liturg ies of the Church year.

Chrism The Mass takes its name from the rite for consecration of the hol y oil called "Chrism" which means "anointing " just as the title "Christ " means the "Anointed One." By means of this Chrism used in the sacraments of baptism , confirmation and ordination , Christ who was anointed Priest of the new covenant "g ives the dignity of a royal priesthood to the people he has made his own " and "from these he chooses men to share his sacred ministry by the lay ing on of hands." (Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer for the Chrism Mass) According the ancient rite, Archbishop Levada will bless this Chrism along with the Oil of the Catechumens and the Oil of the Sick for sacramental use in every parish of the'Archdiocese throug hout the year to come. On the same occasion the priests , who share in the Archbishop 's sacramental ministry, will renew the commitment to priestl y service which they made at ordination.

The Holy Oils Some might be surprised to know that the Churc h has three different oils for the celebration of the sacraments. Until recentl y it was not common for parishes to display these oils in a prominent place Father John Talesfore within the church building. Lately more and more churches have begun housing the holy oils in lovely decanters within a special shrine called an "ambry." The term comes from a Latin word for "armory " which suggests that the three oils provide spiritual strength and protection.

The three decanters are usuall y inscribed with different letters indicating the Latin name for each of the holy oils: ilSC" for the Sacred Chrism, "01" for the Oil of the Sick and "OC" for the Oil of the Catechumens.

The Sacred Chrism is an instrument of consecration in the sacraments of baptism , confirmation and ordination as well as the rite for dedication of a church. The Oil of the Sick is used for spiritual and physical healing in the sacrament of the sick which until recently was postponed to the very moment of death and therefore called the "last anointing " or "extreme unction." The Oil of the Catechumens conveys strength for the spiritual endurance of those approaching the sacraments of initiation. It is used on a number of occasions over the course of months in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and onl y once for an infant during the Rite of Baptism itself.

The Blessing of the Oils Given the significance of these oils, it is easy to understand the di gnity with which th ey are housed. Let us now consider the solemnity with which they are blessed.

During the preparation of the altar and gifts , the oils are processed forward with the bread and wine. Representatives of parishes and institutions throug hout the Archdiocese accompany three deacons who carry the oils in large vessels called "ampullae."

The Oil of the Sick will have an escort of representatives from Most Hol y Redeemer 's AIDS Support Group and members of the chaplaincy services of St. Mary 's Hospital.

According to tradition , this oil alone is blessed at the end of the Eucharistic prayer. The blessing prayer asks that God 's benediction come upon all who are anointed with it "that they may be freed from pain and illness and made well again in bod y, mind and soul."

The Oil of the Catechumens will be accompanied b y candidates for baptism from St. Mary 's Cathedral and St. Bartholomew Parish. Along with the Sacred Chrism, it will be blessed following the prayer after Communion. The blessing prayer asks wisdom and strength for those anointed with it that they may better understand the Gospel and accept the challenge of Christian living.

The Chrism will be processed forward with the confirmation classes from schools and religious education programs at the parishes of St. Anne of the Sunset , St. Thomas More and St. Hilary. Before the prayer of consecration , the Archbishop will mix sweet smelling balsam into the Chrism whose beautiful aroma communicates the unseen presence of the Holy Spirit . In the consecration prayer the Archbishop asks that the Chrism be made a "sign of life and salvation " and that throug h its anointing the Church may be granted "royal, priestly and prophetic honor."

The Chrism Mass is a uni que opportunity to partici pate in that great honor.

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Director of the archdiocesan Office of Worship, Father Talesfore holds a licentiate degree in sacred liturgy from ,the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, Sant 'A nselmo , Rome.

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Family Lif e

Family celebrates Holy Week

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\m^t hristmas is so much easier forour family to prepare for than Easter. The seasonal music and decorations everywhere keep our spirits high and our sights focused.

At home there is a joyful mood as we all take part in the decorating, gift-wrapp ing and baking. Even my husband, who was banished from the kitchen during our first year of marriage for informing me that I was not cooking a certain dish the way his mother did, dons an apron and whips up some of his family 's cherished recipes.

Though Easter is the hi ghest holy day of the year, bringing about this kind of esprit de corps before the

Is my Baptist spouse eligible for Church funeral Eucharist?

C2- My husband of 52 years was raised a Baptist. He is a wonderful husband and helped raise our three children Catholic.

He goes to Mass with me often, but is adamant about not becoming Catholic. He cannot "see " confession and some other beliefs.

Would he be elig ible to have a / Catholic funeral service in church?

-_ Also, is it permissible for him to ( receive Communion? (Wisconsin) V. > A. It is not impossible for some Catholic funeral service, even in church, to be held for someone who is not Catholic.

Several important things need to be considered , however.

We must first respect the wishes of the person who has died. The Church is, and all of us should be, reluctant to impose anything on someone after death that he or she declined during life.

Occasionally it happens other factors are involved , and the priest, at the request of the family, would have a Catholic service, even in the church. Rarely would that include Mass, but there could be Scripture readings,

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Attending as many of the celebrations as we can and/or Whether or not we make it to Good Friday services mirroring their meaning in family practices at home helps together as a family, before bed we pray the Stations of us pull ourselves together for this most special holy day. the Cross, with lots of candles. Thrilled with pyrotechOver the years, I have collected ideas for Holy nics of any kind, our children love candles. In fact they Week from a variety of sources. Below are some that fi ght over who lights them and who blow s them out, so have worked well for our family. more is better.

Holy Thursday: The Mass on Holy Thursday Hol y Saturday : Soon after coloring our Easter evening recalls the Last Supper Jesus shared with his eggs, we go to confession together. The children are disci p les on the night before he died. This supper was a encouraged when they see mom and dad humble themseder meal, for it was Passover — the Jewish holiday selves in this way. It says to them, "See, we know commemorating God's deliverance of the Hebrew slaves we 're not perfect. We are sorry for our failings, and we in Egypt . are not giving up."

When our children were too little for a long evening There are many more customs that can be gleaned Mass, we used our own dinner at home as a way to cel- from the numerous cultural backgrounds represented in ebrate this event. With a Bible and samples of the foods the Bay Area. It only takes a few to prepare a family for eaten at a seder — lamb, matzo, etc. — we recalled the a truly joyful Easter. story of the Exodus, followed by the story of the Last Supper. We have continued this tradition, even though the children have grown old enough to attend the Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages thre e to 11) evening liturgy. and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

Good Friday : I have actu ally found a way to hel p prayers and other elements of our ceremonies for the dead.

St. Augustine noted centuries ago that our Christian funeral liturgies are more for the living th an for the dead.

So the spiritual and emotional good of those who grieve the death also need to be carefully weighed.

Talk it over with your husband , and then discuss your wishes with your parish priest. He will advise you what avenues are open for you.

Your remark that he "adamantly" opposes joining the Catholic faith makes me wonder if you may be pushing him a little too hard. Be patient. Whatever happens, you and your children will always be able to pray for him, even have Masses said for him if you wish, if he dies before you do.

Finally, you must be aware that normall y people not of our faith should not receive Communion at Mass. The times when they may do so are explained well in the Catholic Church's regulations on sharing worp ship and the sacraments (see the Vatican inevitably be that he does not share our beliefs about the < Norms on Ecumenism, 1993; Nos. significance and importance of this sacrament. Perhaps it's 129-132). something else to review with him.

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Today, with a prayerful background of recorded sacred music, the Blessed Sacrament will be present on the altar. All are invited to come to Church for quiet prayer, adoration and meditation. All are encouraged to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation today or each Saturday at 3:00 pm. This is a special time of grace and blessing. If you've been away from the Church for a while, please come back now, Jesus loves you so much and St. Agnes church is so happy to share God's mercy and compassion in this Holy Sacrament

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A "National Catholic Gathering for Jubilee Justice " in Los Angeles on the campus of UCLA Jul y 15-18 will focus on how individuals can carry ministry to the poor and disenfranchised into the new millennium , according to the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

Billed as the largest social justice gathering ever organized by the U.S. Catholic Church , the meeting will involve more than 60 national offices mid organizati ons , according to planning officials at the U.S. Catholic Conference and National Conference of Catholic Bishops , the event 's two primary sponsors .

Calling the meeting "an historic event ," George Wesolek, director of the local public policy office , said it will hi ghli ght "the Churclf s best kept secret — our storehouse of social teaching," Theme will be "Open the Doors to Christ."

Open to lay, reli gious and clergy, the convocation will offer more than 100 workshops in English and Spanish on social justice issues rang ing fro m youth ministry, community organizing, and prison ministry to economic development, education , and environmental justice . Students and young adults are being encouraged to attend and specific workshops have been designed with them in mind, planners said.

Hispanic ministry, health care, immigration and refugee resettlement , international development , leg islative advocacy, liturgy, multicultura l ministry, parish life, pro-life issues, and rural life concerns are also on the agenda.

"Everyday Christianity : To Hunger and Thirst for

Justice ," the U.S. Catholic bishops' 1998 pastoral letter , will run as a thread throug hout the meeting, said Wesolek, noting the letter examines how Catholics can connect worshi p on Sunday to work on Monday.

Also influencing the tone of the conference will be Pope John Paul IPs recent exhortation in Mexico City urging the wealth y northern hemisp here to narrow the gap between itself and its impoverished southern neighbor by providing debt relief , said the archdiocesan official.

The lineup of speakers includes cardinal s, bishops and social justice activists fro m around the globe such as Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president of the Vatican 's Central Committee for the Great Jubilee Year 2000 who will bring greetings from Pope John Paul and offer a g lobal perspective on justice.

The opening session will feature talks by Mercy Sister Maria Elan Gonzales , president of the Mexican American Cultural Center, and Msgr. Raymond Easter, pastor of Nativity Church in Washington, D.C. As part of the same program , Maria Elena Hernandez , head of the human rig hts office in El Salvador , and veteran actor Carroll O'Connor will share stories of faith and justice work .

Other well-known speakers will be Mark Shields , PBS/CNN commentator; Peggy Noonan , writer; Rev. Eugene Rivers , the Boston minister who recently addressed the Archbishop John R. Quinn Colloquium on Catholic Social Teaching in San Francisco.

A letter with registration information has gone out to all parishes , said Wesolek. His office may be contacted for further information or additional registration materials: (415) 565-3621.

Local efforts seek removal of landmines around world

By Sharon Abercrombie

"There is neither violence nor cruelty in the heart of the God of peiiect peace ," Father Gerard O'Rourke told an interfaith gathering March 1 at the San Francisco Presidio commemorating the Ottaw a Treaty, a world-wide effort to ban landmines.

Father O'Rourke , archdiocesan director of interreligious affairs , made his remarks before more than 100 local religious and governmental leaders representing Catholic, Episcopal, Muslim , Hindu , Buddhist and Native American traditions as well as the embassies of Germany, Norway and Croatia.

Calling for peace, healing and "an end to the sneaky violence of these overt, cowardly" devices which cause untold suffering and maiming to thousands of men, women , and childre n, the priest declared , "Our sacred mother earth is designed for vines, not mines; vineyards, not minefields."

Father O'Rourke co-officiated at the service with California Episcopal Bishop William Swing of San Francisco, Bells rang during the ceremony reportedl y in concert with similar events in other parts of the world.

The landmine treaty is the result of a 1996 initiati ve by the Canadian government and was finalized in December 1997 at ceremonies in Ottawa at which representatives of 134 nations signed. The treaty calls for banning production , sale, stockpiling or use of anti-personnel land mines.

The United States has yet to join the initiative.

Administration officials , however, have pledged to do so by 2006, on the condition acceptable alternatives for their use in Korea can be found.

Nobel Laureate to speak at USF on landmine issue

Nobel Laureate Jody Williams will speak at a free public lecture on April 12 at 8:00 p.m. at the University of San Francisco's McLaren Center, Room 250. Williams ' lecture is titled "Citizen Involvement in Global issues; Eradicating the World-Wide Use and Production of Landmines."

Williams, winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, will also speak at 5:30p.m. the same day at the USF Gleeson Library's Thacher Gallery. In conjunction with her visit, the gallery will be exhibiting pictures by noted photographer Jesuit Father Don Doll. His exhibit is titled "Snakes in the Grass: the Deadly Legacy of Landmines."

USA. At present UNA-USA has four official adoption sites — two in Cambodia and one each in Croatia and Mozambi que.

Four leading California vintners who attended the Ottawa signing are Roots of Peace coadoptees. Beringer Vineyards, Robert Mondavi , Wente Winery and Grgich Hills Winery will join the effort to clear an estimated 50,000-square meter area in what used to be a major agricultural field in Slovania. They want to rep lace the mines with grape vines.

Mike Grg ich , president of Grg ich Hills Winery, said his homeland is filled with at least two million landmines. "It's all fertile land , but (fl people there are afraid to go home because of the mines," he said.

So far, Roots of Peace has $15,000 in grants and the support of the Marin Foundation , the American Red Cross , and the San Rafael A Nicaragua!! farmer who lost part of a leg to a land mine stands Rotary Club. outside his home in Managua. A global treaty to ban land mines A fund raiser for the organization is scheduled went into effect March 1. Pope John Paul II urged nations that Palm Sunday. The Pax Christi chapter at Our had not signed the document to do so, including the U.S. Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Ave., Burlingame , will sponsor a benefit concert from At a national level, Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of 3 to 4 p.m. March 28. The recital will feature Geraldine Newark, NJ , chairman of the U.S. bishops' International Reicher, a singer with the San Francisco and Los Angeles Policy Committee, welcomed the anti-land-mine pact as a operas; and John Crei ghton Murray, violinist. Both Reicher step toward a more humane world. He pledged continued and Murray will be accompanied by renowned trombone efforts by the Catholic Campaign to Ban Land Mines. The player, Gordon Rowley. A donation of $10 is being asked. campaign is a joint effort of about a dozen national The Robert Mondav i Winery will sponsor a dinner at its Catholic groups including the U.S. Catholic Conference. private dining room in Napa at 6 p.m. on May 22. The At the local level, several groups have chosen an earthier reservation-only event will have among its speakers Don route — literally. They are adopting minefields and paying to Steinberg, President Clinton 's special assistant for global have them removed so the land can again be planted. The humanitari an de-mining; and Prince Zeid Ra'ad AlPresidio event doubled as a public announcement to that Hussein of Jordan , nephew of Queen Noor. Last year effect by Heidi Kuhn , founder and director of Roots of Peace. Queen Noor and her late husband, King Hussein , paid to A member of St. Raphael Parish, San Rafael, she said have land mines removed from around the River Jordan her organization is joining the "Adopt a Minefield" pro- area where Jesus was baptized , said Kuhn. gram , sponsored by the United Nations Association of the For reservations , contact Kuhn at (415) 445-8884.

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y Week's arrest-and-prosecution Hol narrative of Christ will probabl y take on uni que intensity for Nate Pinkston — and his St. Raymond Parish confirmation classmates — for the rest of their lives. So will news reports on persecution of Christians.

Last week some of those classmates attempted to convict Nate — and sentence him to "death". Others tried to defend him.

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tantl y became the "defendant " after nine s other classmates who had initiall y expressed an interest in the "role " backed down, smiled Ashland. "After interviews and more thought , every single one of them declined.

Some of them had talked to last year ' s defendant. His experience was pretty brutal. I remember him saying after the trial, 'I think I know what Jesus felt like. Mike'."

Jennifer Carlson , Nate Pinkston , Thomas Foley Because the defendant 's life is very much "on trial ," that person "has to be someone who is very mature," Ashland underscored.

Staging of the "trial" took place on two successive Tuesday evenings, March 9 and 16.

Witnesses called to testify included Ashland and volunteer ministry colleague, Joe Connolly; Nate 's mother, Debbie ; associate pastor Father Ed Bohnert; friends of the Pinkston famiGabneila Bluett-Mills , Vince Nims , Laura Siosz ly; and teachers of religious studies Still others sat in jud gment while relatives, friends , parishioners whose testimony included descriptions of modern-day persecution — and others watched. including torture and murder — of For the second time in two years, St. Christians around the world.

Raymond's confirmation class staged "The Christian Trials " during which one Precautions are taken to avoid harmful situations , Ashland noted , of its members is accused of being a Lindsey Bacoltnt , Nathaniel Myall Christian in a concrete application of the including an adult "judge" and real(prosecution team) old catechetical question: if you were life attorneys who advise the proseaccused of being a Christian , would there cution and defense be enough evidence to convict you? teams. Dressed in In Nate 's case, there was. However, judicial robes (as realizing his conviction carried a "death were student "associsentence," the "jury " ultimatel y found a ate judges " Laura middle ground and dismissed the case Stosz and Gabriella Bluett-Mills), Vince — to the applause of the more than 80 Nims persons in the "court room" (St. repeatedly emphasized for those Raymond Church). present th at "safety" The "Trials " has been incorporated Nate Pinkston (defendant), of the defendant was into the parish' s year-long confirmation Thomas Foley (defense team) paramount. curriculum, a four-week course during Regardless , the third quarter which focuses on justice.

Josh Bentley (adult attorney), Caitlin Hayes, Ed pointed out Ashland, An elaborate program that involves real attorneys , dra Muransky, Lindsey Bacolini (prosecution team) the potential for matic staging, research , rehearsal, reflection and imagination embarrassment the "Trials " is the brainchild of youth min"The defendant exists. has absolute final say" who has , 47, istry veteran Mike Ashland about who will testify, he said, "but if someheaded St. Raymond' s youth ministry for the one blurts something terrible out in the courtpast five years. room, there 's nothing we can do about it. The "I started a Christian Trial in the 80s at whole concept is a little risky. But so is being St. Leander in San Leandro ," Ashland said. "I a Christian." thought the old catechetical question was a During Ashland's own testimony he pretty cool basis for a real trial . We did it on a revealed he had been imprisoned 15 times for very simple basis there, and I used it at Sacred civil disobedience.

Heart in Salinas as well."

Director of Youth Ministry for the San The concept and its imp lementation has Jose Diocese, Nims said he hopes to adapt the evolved with time and experience , Ashland "Trials" program for his diocese in the future . wide latisaid. "At St. Raymond's I was given The students, who attend 11 different pritu de to re-create confirmation preparation , and Laura Stosz (judge) and Father Ed Bohnert vate and public so we have incorporated it into schools, clearly took that program. It has grown to their roles seriously. become an integral part of our Caitlin Hayes, 15, said parish Lenten journey." the experience "has Each of the 37 members of really helped clarify the confirmation class had a role in my faith for me." A the trial — from bailiffs, judges, member of the proseand jurors to prosecutors , produccution team, her father tion managers and — defendant.

A senior at Menlo Afherton The jury included , front , from left: Genny Sidone (foreperson), Nicole Regan , Justin Bristow , Johanna is an attorney, she said.

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¦ (Continued from page 6) ridicule the faith ," was also excellent. Per his suggestion I have e-mailed my thoughts to Mayor Brown. However, jud ging from his past lack of interest in any such moral issues I rather doubt he will respond.

Perhaps those of the faith should organize their own march as is done often in Ireland to let the Board of Supervisors , who seem to be only intereste d in one's sexual preference , know there are those who do no! approve of such blatant insensitivity for the Churc h and in fact any Christian beliefs on the special day of Easter.

This is not a new situation. The Board has long been known for its negative attitudes toward Christianity and the Church.

Unfortunatel y the Archdiocese has in the past failed to take a firm stance regarding such issues. An example is Catholic Charities which appears to have prostituted itself to gain municipal funds rather than taking a firm position as did the Salvation Army.

It is up to the Archdiocese to provide moral leadership — not silence on such issues. The editorial should be required reading in each parish during Sunday Mass.

Carl Christensen San Francisco

Inapp rop riate attach I agree with Father Larry Lorenzoni

(Letters , March 12) in regard to the name of our excellent new weekly. I, too, remember The Monitor in its prime and would have thought a revival of its history appropriate .

On another note, I have trouble with Father Lawrence Goode 's attack (March 12) on Sen. Jackie Speier who has strongly supported legislation regarding women, children , and other social justice issues. I do not agree with Speier 's position on abortion. I would like to know how this directly bears on her support for bus safety. Can she do no good? I wonder if Father Goode thoug ht about how his attack on elected officials might impact the thinking of high school students who made an effort to address their issues throug h appropriate channels.

By the way, Mayor Brown also has done some good things.

Paula Butier, SND Redwood City

Career reflects care

In response to the March 12 letter from Father Lawrence Goode on Sen. Jackie Speier 's role in bus safety, I would add that Sen. Speier has a long record of supporting issues affecting women and children.

Working to assure buses are safer is precisely the kind of issue she would support.

Sen. Speier 's career reflects care and concern for others.

Evelyn M. Stretch Belmont

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Celebrating mass murder is in no way comparable to mocking religion.

Quite apart from the ill-chosen words of the editorial , the stance taken by the newspaper is itself wrong. Freedom of speech and freedom of religion both require that when authorities evaluate public performances for special permits, they should make their anal yses in content-neutral ways. Public authorities cannot be permitted to allow religious criteria, such as the existence of a religious holiday, play any part in deciding to grant a permit. The wisdom of this approach is apparent from the contemptible example of Israel, where one Jewish religious sect is empowered by law to decide for secular, legal purposes who is a "Jew " and who is not. It is also made clear by the example of Russia , where the Orthodox Church has been able to legall y

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I was saddened and disappointed to read Archbishop Levada 's comments on the Defense of Marriage Act. About the Act itself I am indifferent; if it turns out Califomians think we need it, fine. What I don 't understand is why the Archbishop must ridicule our city and our mayor for supporting gay and lesbian relationships. I do not quite see how committed same-sex relationships detract from or threaten the sacredness of heterosexual marriage, but by his tone the Archbishop certainly suggests they threaten and repel him. If those are his feelings, I do not challenge them. I only wish, as a gay Catholic, that asserting the dignity of married love did not require the assistance of mockery.

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St. Agnes Church Jesuit Fathers 1025 Masonic Ave. Between Page St. & Oak St. San Francisco, Ca 94117-2010 (415) 487-8560 PASSION (PALM) SUNDAY Saturday March 27, 4:00 pm Sunday March 28 Masses 8:30 am , 10:00 am 6:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday March 31, All Day 8:00 am to 9:00 pm HOLY THURSDAY April 1 Liturgy of the Lord' s Supper 7:30 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY April 2 The Way of Ihe Christ's Cross begins at Noon in Ihe church and proceeds through Ihe Haight Sta tions of the Cross 2:00 pm Liturgy of Ihe Lord's Passion 7:30 pm HOLY SATURDAY April 3 Great Vi gil of Easter 8:00 pm EASTER SUNDAY April 4 Masses 8:30 am and 10:00 am No 6:00 pm Mass Convenient parking available in our lots on Oak St. just West of Masonic Ave.

On Being Catholic.

Mocking of Christ: then, now

Father Milton T. Walsh V_>ould this be the start of the intifada , a fuse igniting the powder keg of an oppressed people? Some cherished that hope one warm spring day when the Galilean rabbi rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. He came from one of the strongholds of Jewish resistance , and Passover, with its celebration of deliverance from slavery, was a season when revolution was in the air.

Whatever the meaning of this procession to the crowds , its meaning to the authorities was clear: a provocation , to be dealt with quickly. Crucif y him , and make him an advertisement to the throngs of Caesar's power.

In this case, however, the horrendous execution was prefaced by cruel sport: a mock coronation , with a crown of thorns and soldiers insulting and slapping the defenseless man . "Behold your king !"

As we walk with Jesus during this most holy week, our faith proclaims a remarkable truth: this bruised and beaten man is King. It is above all the fourth Gospel which proclaims his regal identity. We will hear St. John 's Passion on Good Friday, but it would be fitting to contemplate his account throug hout the week. For the

fourth evangelist , Jesus is not king in spite of his humiliation and death , but through them. Stripped of every shred of worldl y di gnity, he seeks , he can seek, glory fro m only one source: his heavenl y father. Our Easter feast is the celebration of the true glory, the only real life, which is the father 's gift. Compared to this beauty, the titles and honors of the world are revealed for the trinkets they are — worthless trophies gathering dust.

We can ruin others and ourselves to attain these trifles, and we can cling to them with a grip of steel.

Christ 's antidote is to freely renounce his dignity, divine dignity by being born a weak creature , human dignity in dying a despised criminal. He did this to wean us from our childish toys and call us to seek the onl y trophy we can carry to the grave — life stronger than the grave, glory which is the father 's gift. Human pride seeks to take what in fact God wants to give, eternal life. But it must be given , never taken , and that means bankrupting our human pride by divine humility.

The saints , who have followed the Lord before us , teach us that if we wish to wear the crown of life we must accept the crown of thorns. In the words of St. Ignatius , we should desire "insults with Christ loaded with them, rather than honors." We would prefer it otherwise , but there is no Easter Sunday without Good ¦ Friday. The Church is the Body of Christ , and the bod y must share the desti ny of the head. This is a theme developed by St. Luke, whose Acts of the Apostles we will hear during the Easter season: the fate of Christ is the fate of Christians.

The mocking of Christ is very much a real ity in our community, although the Bay Area prides itsel f on sophistication and tolerance. This Easier, the holiest day in the Christian year, men will don the habits of religious

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Sacred Trlduum Holy Thursday April 1 Mass of the Last Supper: 7:30 PM

2:00 - 3:00: Liturgical Service with Holy Communion 3:00 - 5:00: Confessions

Good Friday - April 2 Solemn Celebration of Lord's Passion 1 2 - 3 p.m.

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Mass of the Lord's Supper Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Parish Center Chapel until 10.00 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY, April 2nd 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Good Friday Devotions Penance Service will be celebrated during tills time Good Friday Liturgy Good Friday Evening Services, widi communion

HOLY SATURDAY, April 3rd

There will be no 8:00 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Mass.

3:30- 5 p.m.

Confessions Easter Vigil Mass: blessing of the Easter Fire; 7:30 p.m. welcoming our new Catholics through Baptism.

Confirmation and Eucharist.

VASTER SUNDAY, April 4th

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Holy Saturday - April 3 Confessions 4 - 5 p.m.

Easter Vigil Services 8 p.m.

Holy Saturday April 3 2:30 - 4:30: Confessions MASS OF THE EASTER VIGIL - 8:00 PM

Father Milton T. Walsh is dean of students and an associate professor of systematic theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Continue your celebration of the Resurrection with our Byzantine "Russian Easter" Services!

Join us in our bright, prayerful Pascha worship, starting at 11 pm on Saturday night, April 10

Holy Thursday - April 1 Mass of the Last Supper 8 p.m.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Francis of Assisi Chapel 9- 1 1 p.m.

Good Friday April 2 12 - 12:30: Stations of the Cross 12:30 - 2:00: Seven Last Words of Christ

Easter Sunday April 4 Masses: 7:30 . 9:30 & 11:00 AM

sisters in derision of lives dedicated to the service of Christ and the poor. But it is not only uncouth soldiers who jeered at Christ — the effete , refined figure of Herod also made him the butt of his jest. So it should not surprise us that the cultural elite attack our religion. In the last several years, we have had to endure the ridicule of our clergy by Disney ("Priest"), of our Holy Father by ACT ("The Pope and the Witch"), and our most sacred sacrament, the Eucharist , by KQED ("Stop the Church").

We all wan t to be accepted by others . But to buy acceptance at the price of fidelity to the Cross is to empty Easter of its meaning; the feast becomes simply an occasion tor baster-egg hunts and bunnies.

The first disciples rejoiced that they had been found wort hy to suffer humiliation for the sake of Christ (Acts 5:41). We may not find ourselves flogged as they were, but if we cling to Christ we will sooner or later feel the sting of mockery.

What to do? We should follow the straightforward advice of St. Basil: "seek glory from the Lord of glory."

The dramatic contrast this Sunday between the Lord 's triumphant entry into the holy city and the proclamation of his Passion exposes how ephemeral is the garland of human praise. Hands which one day wave pal m branches can soon be clenched in condemnation. On the contrary, God' s love transforms a crown of thorns into a diadem of resurrection life. Let us place blessed palms on our crucifixes — and as we see them fade and wither throug h the year ahead , pray for the eyes of faith which reveal a desp ised criminal as Lord of Life.

All Are Welcome! t Church of St. John The Evangelist

98 Bosworth St. San Francisco HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE PASSION IPALM1 SUNDAY (March 28^ Masses: 4:30 PM (Saturday) (Sunday) 7:30 AM; 9:30 AM; 11:00 AM and 12:30 PM Masses (Spanish) PALM PROCESSION: before 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM Masses EASTER TRIDUUM (A pril 1) Holy Thursday 7:00 PM Mass of the Lord 's Supper (Multilingual) Eucharistic Adoration: after Mass until 10:30 PM Good Friday (April 2) 9:00 AM Morning Prayer Noon - 2:00 PM Good Friday Devotions 2:00 PM Good Friday Liturgy (English) 7:00 PM Good Friday Liturgy (Spanish) Holy Saturday ¦ (April 3) 9:00 AM Morning Prayer 7:00 PM SOLEMN CELEBRATION OF THE EASTER VIGIL EASTER SUNDAY (April 4) Masses: 7:30 AM; 9:30 AM; 11:00 AM and 12:3(1 PM (Spanish)

Easter reflection: 'Do you believe?'

RENEW 2000 is now in the sixth and final week, of Season Two. It is hard to believe that more than 15 ,000 peop le in our Archdiocese have me! consistentl y for about two hours each week for the past six weeks to read the Scri ptures , reflect , pray and share how the Scri ptures resonate with their "faith story ".

For those of us who have been involved there is a sense of great joy: joy in that we have made strong ties with ihe members of our Small Faith Community, and in the knowled ge that we have grown to a much deeper appreciation of how our faith affects our day-to-day living. Many of us have come to a new understanding of what it means to be a "faith-filled Catholic ," to be consciousl y aware of the action of God in the ordinary events of life.

There is also a sense of regret for many of us: regret in that when the six weeks are over we will not be meeting consistently again until Season Three begins in October.

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with my Small Faith Community each week. I will really miss it when we are done. " Many parish coordinators realize this and are providing alternative materials that can be used between the Seasons of RENEW 2000 so meeting and faith sharing can continue.

During this final week of Season Two we are asked to ponder an important question: "Do you believe? " Do you truly believe you will live forever; that you will be raised from the dead; that with Christ new life is yours?

When we pray the Creed at Mass we say we believe in "life everlasting ". However, many of us just say the phrase without giving much thought to its true meaning. As we come to the holiest week of the year, our Church asks us to ponder this very question.

We reflect on the fact that Jesus died , rose from the dead and lives forever. We invite you to join us in reflecting on what this has to do with our own lives and , if you wish, to share the fruits of your reflection with another person during Hol y Week.

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HOLY SATURDAY 7:30 p.m. Vigil Service, First Mass of Easter 9:30 p.m. Vigil Service (Spanish) BASTER SUNDAY Masses: 6:30, 7:30,9:00 (Spanish), 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

HOLY WEEK CONFESSIONS Monday & Itiesday: (Chapel) 5:00 to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday: 4:30 lo 5:30 p.m.

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March 29: Monday-Parish Penance Service: 7:30 pm

GOOD FRIDAY . 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. "Meditations of Calvary," Father Gerald Coleman, S.S. 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Liturgy of Good Friday, distribution of Holy Communion 7:00 p.m. Ulurgia de la. Pasion del Sehor (Spanish)

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Holy Saturday 8:30 Morning Prayer 8:00 p.m. Great Vigil of Easter

7:30 p.m.

English 7:30 & 8:45 a.m.; 12:45 & 5:30 p.m.

Chinese 10:15a.m., Italian 11:30 a.m.

Palm Sunday Masses

Qood Friday 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 10:00 a.m. Children 's Stations of the Cross 12:00 N Individual Meditation s Prayer 1:00 p.m. Liturgy of Qood Friday 7:00 p.m. Liturgy of Qood Friday

EASTER SUNDAY: APRIL 4th 7:00, 8:00. 9:15, I 1:00, and 12:15 p.m. ¦

Hol y Week Services

Holy Thurday 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 7:00 Celebration of the Lord's Supper Fr. O'Reilly Center - 255 Jules St.

APRIL 2nd Stations of the Cross 11:30 p.m.

Seven Last Words 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Good Friday Liturgy 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Filbert St. San Francisco

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Wednesday of Holy Week 8:30 a.m. Mass 7:00 p.m. Communal Reconciliation

i HOLY THURSDAY: APRIL 1st Evening Mass at 7:30 p.m.

Day li g ht Savings Time for 1999 kicks in on April 4 at 2 a.m., a change that could lead to arriving at the wrong time for Easter Sunday Masses.

Msgr. James McKay, pastor of St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo, has been hel p ing parishioners adjust to the annual spring correction (turn clocks forward one hour) for 44 years. "The people come to Ihe 10 o 'clock Mass thinking they 're at the 9 o ' clock Mass," Msgr. McKay laughed. "The time change happens every year but when it happens on Easter the number of peop le affected multi plies."

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

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Sat. - 5:30 p.m. Vigil Sun. - 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.

1999 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Reminder: Daylight Savings set to begin

1999 Hol y Week Schedule Reconciliation Service (Confessions) Mon., March 29* 7:30 p.m.

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7:30 p .m , Easter Sunday - A pril 4,k Masses 8:00, 9:30 , 11:00 a.m.

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USF . .. ¦ (Continuedfrom page 4) learning and work environment , Father Schlegel said. He elaborated on USF's new "master plan " to stake out possible building sites for future projects. This plan informs the city and surrounding community of the physical changes taking place on campus. Specifically mentioned was a new humanities building which will replace the present Campion Hall and will be built on the existing footprint with possible underground parking.

Also mentioned was the future of Xavier Hall , the new Jesuit residence to be completed by mid-summer. It will also be available for alternate university use.

Two major gifts were announced during the address: • An endowment of $2 million for the Jesuit Community fund for Catholic Education; the fund will support scholarl y projects of the Institute of Catholic Educational Leadership (ICEL).

• An endowment of an additional $2 million for the USF Jesuit Foundation.

"The purpose of this fund ," Father Schlegel said, "is the integration of Ignatian spirituality and values with education at the University of San Fransisco." It will underwrite projects such as faculty seminars and curriculum development.

Father Burghardt, SJ, renowned theologian, sets Jul y workshop Renowned theolog ian and preacher , Jesuit Father Walter Burg hardt will conduct a workshop, "Preaching the Just Word, " at San Damiano Retreat House in Danville July 18-23.

The Franciscan School of Theology 's Cronin-Noonan Institute of Preaching and Evangelization is sponsoring the event.

Goal of the workshop, planners said, " is to assist priests , reli gious and other ministers to be more effective in preaching social justice ... (and) to bring preachers to a lively understanding of social reality or culture: what it is, how it originates, how it operates , how it shapes and forms hu man consciousness and communities for good and ill , how it improves and how it deteriorates."

The workshop format will be "based on theme from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola , integrating personal prayer with reflection upon sacred Scripture , the social teaching of the Church , contemporary culture , homiletics and liturgy," planners said.

To register, or for more information , contact Franciscan Brother John Kiesler, Franciscan School of Theology, (510) 8485232 or e-mail him at jkiesler @fst.edu

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USF appoin ts new law dean

University of San Francisco School of Law Professor Jeffery S. Brand has been appointed new dean of the Law School , announced James Wiser, provost and academic vice president.

Brand, who assumes office Sept. 1 , succeeds Jay Folberg, who will return to teaching.

"Jeff Brand brings experience and familiarity with the School of Law to the deanship," said USF President Jesuit Father John P. Schlegel. "He is intelligent, articulate, committed to the values of the University, has an international perspective, and a collegial manner. The attribu tes he brings will complement and enhance the progress made by the law school under the fruitful leadership of Jay Folberg."

At USF since 1984, Brand has taught constitutional law, civil procedure, evidence and employment-related courses and remedies. He is chairman of the, school 's Center for Law and Social Justice where he directs its programs in Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Prior to joining the USF law faculty, Brand was a trial attorney in the Contra Costa County Public Defender 's Office and served as an administrative law judge

Jeffery Brand for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. He was also a partner in the law firm, of Farasworth, Saperstein and Brand, where he specialized in employment law and federal civil rights litigation During his tenure at USF, Brand has been named the Distinguished Professor of Law three times.

Brand received his law degree from the University of California School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1969. He received a degree in history from UC Berkeley in 1966. He is a Berkeley resident.

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EASTER SUNDAY. APRI L 4 Masses for Easter Sunday 7:00 am , 8:30 am , 10:00 am 11:30 am and 3:30 pm Please note: There veill be a 5:30 pm Liturgy on Easter Sunday tilis year.

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Monday, March 29th Sacrament of Reconciliation 10:30 am & 7:30 pm

GOOD FRIDAY 12:00 Noon MUSIC • 12:15 p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS 1:00 p.m. THE CELEBRATION OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Archbishop Levada, presiding HOLY SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. THE EASTER VIGIL Archbishop Levada, presiding

Good Friday, April 2nd 12:00 - 1:30 pm Reflections on The Passion 12:00 - 1:00 pm Childrens Liturgy (Gym) 1:45 - Solemn Celebration of The Passion (English) 7:30 pm - Solemn Celebration of The Passion (Spanish)

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Holy Saturday, April 3rd 7: 30 pm Easter Vigil

HOLY SATURDAY. APRIL 3 3:30 pm Sacrament of Penance 8:00 pm Celebration of the Easter Vigil

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Easter Sunday, April 4th 5:00 am Salubong 6:30 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:10 am (Spanish] 12:30 pm There will be no evening Mass on Easter Sunday

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

This will be a time to pray, remember, reflect and find new hope on the joorney of grief. Please come to remember and be comforted as you share time A with others who are grieving. Rev. Harry Schlitt will officiate .

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ST. CHARLES CHURCH 880 Tamarack Ave. San Carlos (650) 591-7349

Holy Week and Easter 1999 Saturday, March 27 8:10 p.m. Sacrament of Pawnee (Individual Confessions) 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass for Passion (Palm) Sunday

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Simple Blessing 7:10 &.11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

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Reflections on Seven Last Words Reverend Harry Schlitt Director of God-Squad Productions 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Individual Confessions 1:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Passion 7:00 p.m. - Stations of the Cross Hol V Saturday, April 3 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the Easter Vigil

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BEIJING (CNS) — China takes relations with the Vatican seriousl y, and the Church in China is eager to see Sino-Vatican relations improve, said the govern ment-recognized bishop of Beijing. However, di p lomatic ties between Taiwan and the Vatican are the main hurdle for improvement in Sino-Vatican relations , said Bishop Michae l Fu Tieshan , chairman of the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. Sino-Vatican relations involves state-state and church-church relations , he said. It is onl y a fter the relations at the state level improve that those at the church level can enter a new stage, said the bishop.

Environmental awareness urged

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul 11 appealed for greater worldwide awareness of the environment , along with increased efforts at sustainable development and environmental education. Speaking to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences March 12, the pope said, "Human behavior sometimes is the cause of serious ecological imbalance , with particularl y harmful and disastrous consequences in diffe rent countries and the globe as a whole."

Abortionpush unlikely in Ireland

DUBLIN , Ireland (CNS) — Recommendations on making abortion available throughout the European Union 's 15 member slates are unlikel y to be implemented in Ireland , said a pro-life leader. The deputy chairman of the Pro-Life Campaign , Geraldine Martin , said rights of the unborn in Ireland are protected under the Irish Constitution and the Maastri cht Treaty. She added it was "disturbing " the European Parliament "seems to be in total denial of the humanity of the unborn child."

Catholic Relief Services on Web

BALTIMORE (CNS) — Catholic Relief Services, the overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic Church, has launched its official Web site at www.catholicre I ief.org.

The site is designed to raise awareness about conditions in the developing worl d and about the agency 's role in addressing emergency and long-term development issues.

It features links to country and regional profiles, human interest stories and peace-building efforts , as well as to information about domesti c programs throug h which partici pants can help those in need , CRS officials said.

CRS, based in Baltimore, provides assistance in more than 80 countries.

Denver to create new seminary

DENVER (CNS) — Denver Archbishop Charles J Chaput announced March 16 the creation of the first archdiocesan seminary to serve the rapidly increasing numbei of men preparing for the priesthood in northern Colorado.

St. John Vianney Theolog ical Seminary of the Archdiocese of Denver, located at the John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization, will open in the fall of 1999.

Named for the patron saint of parish priests.

"We have 68 men in formation for the priesthood today — that 's more than double a few years ago," Archbishop Chaput told news media gathered for the announcement.

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SAN BERNARDINO , Calif. (CNS) — Bishop Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernardino has announced that the Inland Catholic , the diocese 's newspaper for nearl y 20 years , will cease publication June 30.

The bishop cited budgetary concerns and the need for the diocese to re-examine its priorities for ministry.

To cut costs , the paper became a monthl y publication in 1990 and was then reduced to 10 times a year in 1993. The decision will leave the San Bernard ino Diocese as the onl y diocese in California without a newspaper.

Papal voice featu red on Sony CD

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Peter Gelb , president of Sony Classical , showed in his most recent visit to the Vatican that, in the record business, there is more than one meaning to the word "spin. " A million copies of company 's newest release, a CD featuring the voice of Pope John Paul II set to custom-made instrumental works, were to go on sale worldwide March 23.

On March 17, the pope received the first pressing of the disc before thousands of p ilgrims in St. Peter 's Square, who gathered for his general audience. He also was handed a shiny, metallic gold copy of the disc which Gelb later explained "shows up better in the photos."

The record executive told assembled journalists he wanted the papal compilation to outsell the soundtrack for the movie "Titanic " — a smash hit also produced b y Sony.

He said the company was "in some ways more excited about the pope CD" than about the planned release in May of the soundtrack to the new movie in the "Star Wars " series, "The Phantom Menace. " Jesuit Father Pasquale Bovgomeo, director of Vatican Radio, said the Vatican had retained the right to control how the video was used and all other means of pro moting the disc.

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PORTLAND , Ore. (CNS) — The Oregon Catholic Conference is supporting a state House bill that would require doctors to notif y parents when minors seek an abortion.

Oregon Ri g ht to Life is the main backer of H.B. 2633, which could meet with success in the House and Senate but would likel y be vetoed by Gov. John Kitzhaber.

Rep. Ron Sunseri , R-Gresham , who introduced the bill , said it is not meant to limit abortions but to give proper information to parents. In 1997 , Sunseri led an effort to repeal Oregon 's assisted-suicide law. The repeal failed.

CFM honored with award

ST. LOUIS (CNS) — The Christian Family Movement , founded by a Catholic coup le more than 50 years ago, has received the 1999 Circles of Peace Award from the Institute for Justice and Peace in St. Louis.

"The number of excellent programs we reviewed is insp iring, " said Jim Vogt. national coordinator of the Families Against Violence Advocacy Network.

Fetus survival shakes Italy

ROME (CNS) — The case of a 25-week-old fetus who survived an abortion has prompted Ital y to take a new look at norm s that regulate late-term pregnancy termination.

The baby, weighing less than two pounds , lived through the abortion in earl y March at a hospital in the northern Italian city of Pavia and was being kept alive in an incubator. The parents h ave said they do not want to keep the child.

The mother decided to have the abortion after the fetus was diagnosed with a brain deformity. But after birth , doctors at the hosp ital said the bab y had no deformity ; instead it had a small cerebral hemorrhage that should not present lasting problems if the infant survives its premature birth.

In response to the case, on Marc h 17 Italian Health Minister Rosy Bindi announced formation of a commission to draw up new guidelines for late-term abortions.

Stocton bishop installed

STOCKTON , Calif. (CNS) — Bishop Stephen E. Blaire hi ghli ghted themes of love and service at his installation March 16 as fifth bishop of Stockton.

Bishop Blaire , 57 , succeeds Bishop Donald W. Montrose, 75, who retired in January after heading the diocese for 13 years.

During the liturgy at the Cathedral of the Annunciation , Archbishop William J. Levada of San Francisco praised Bishop

Bishop: seek to he healers

WASHINGTO N (CNS) — To prepare the Church for the nex t millennium "we must seek to be healers and reconcilers ," Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y., told some 1,800 U.S. Catholic religious educators gathered in Washington.

"We cannot wri te off individual s , groups or movements because they have a different theolog ical or ecclesiological model than ours ," he said. "For those to be served are not objects to be used or adversaries to be defeated but persons worthy of reverence and respect. " Among challenges within the Church , he said, is a need for less centralized exercise of authority. Bishop Hubbard delivered the keynote address at the 27th annual East Coast Conference for Religious Education , held in Washington March 5-7 under the sponsorship of the National Center for Pastoral Leadership.

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PARIS (CNS) — French bishops have declared alcoholism an illness that presents a serious threat to health in France. In a mid-March document , the social commission of the French bishops ' conference reported that each year in their country, 40,000 people die from alcohol-related illnesses, traffic accidents , suicides or incidents at work — making alcohol' s death toll in France five times hi gher than that of illegal drugs such as heroin.

"It is necessary to create discussion of the suffering oi those who drink, before it becomes too late," the bishops wrote. "There exist in our society too many taboos about the subject of excessive consuming of alcohol and of alcoholism. " Joseph J. Marchettl President

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Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo , papa! nuncio to the United States , read the papal proclamation appointing Bishop Blaire to Stockton. Bishop Blaire has been a priest since 1967 and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles since 1990.

The six-county Stockton Diocese , east of San Francisco and Oakland , stretches from the fertile delta and valley of the San Joaquin River to the foothills and mountains further inland.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles , bishop of Stockton from 1980-85, said: "No other diocese in California is blessed with all the elements of God' s creation so beautifull y blended. "

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April 1 - 4: Holy Week Triduum; Father Jack Bonsor, presiding.

June 1 6 - 2 0 : "Come to the Water" for caregivers and single parents with Father Ed Murray and Helen Bunje.

Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

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

March 31 - April 4: Vocation retreat in Los Angeles for men interested in becoming a Maryknoll Missionary. Sponsored by Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Register with Maryknoll Father Jim Eble at (415) 921-1100.

March 27: Dancing, gourmet dining, live and silent auctions highlight "An Evening of Dreams" benefiting Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Belmont at Hotel Sofitel. For information or reservations, call (650) 593-6157.

Taize Prayer Around the Cross Second Friday of the month at '8 p.m. at Presentation Sisters Motherhouse Chapel, Turk and Masonic , SF. For information , call Sister Monica Miller, PBVM at (415) 751-0406.

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

Second Friday of the month a! 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke Parish, 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City, For information , call (650) 345-6660.

March 31: Cesar E. Chavez Birthday Breakfast Celebration , 8 - 1 0 a.m., Holiday Inn, 8th St. at Market , SF. For information , call (415) 6741884.

Third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For information , call Sister Toni Longo, ASC at (650) 325-5614.

April 10: Crawfish Feed Fest in auditorium of Star of the Sea Parish, 8th Ave between Geary and Clement , SF. Adults $25, children $10.

Reserve by April 2. Call Sofia Booker at (415) 386-2635 or the school office at (415) 221-8558.

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

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

April 10: Annual United for Life Dinner at Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45 lh Ave., SF (across from SF Zoo), $30. Call (415) 567-2293.

Reunions

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 551-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449.

April 24: Alumni Day honoring all alumni of St. Joseph College and St. Patrick Seminary, call (650) 325-5621.

April 10: Alumnae of Notre Dame High School, San Francisco celebrate an annual Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica at 10 a.m. A "Rock 'n Roll Luncheon" follows. Call Joan Flade at (415) 893-9673.

April 28: Annual St. Anthony Foundation Farm lunch, 11205 Valley Ford Rd., Petaluma. $15, reserve by April 20. Call Kathleen Patterson at (707) 765-9017 or Rose Forni at (707) 539-2716.

Are you an alumna/us of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City but not on the current mailing list? Especially looking for members of classes 1948-49 Call Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817.

Shows March 26 27: The musical comedy, Murders of 1940, plays at 7:30 p.m. each of these days at Sacred Heart Cathedral High School. Tickets $10, Students $5. For information , call (415) 7756626, ext. 715.

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

September 1999: 45"' National Rosary Pilgrimage to Lourdes, call (301) 530-8963.

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

San Francisco 's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers for its many outreach programs to the poor: (415) 241.2600.

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

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

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

Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group is looking for volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to people living with AIDS. For information , call Milton Headings at (415) 863-1581.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary Cathedral invites you to join them in service to the poor: (415) 563-0863.

Women in Community Service, seeks people to assist women making the transition from public assistance to the workforce. Call Gwen at (415) 397-3592.

Worship April 18: Annual Neophyte Mass with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding at St. Mary Cathedral, 11 a.m.. Call (415) 567-2020.

Mass in American Sign Language is celebrated each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Parish, 1801 Octavia (between Pine and California) in SF. A sign language Mass is celebrated at St. Anthony Parish, 3500 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park on the third Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. and later that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake BSvd. (at Bon Air Rd.), Kentfield.

For information, call St. Benedict at (415) 5679855 (voice) or (415) 567-0438 (TDD)

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St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae , M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 4610704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 4878560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Church, 98 Bosworth St., SF, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. M -F. in Parish Center Chapel, (415) 334-4646.

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

Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin meets for support and activities. For information, call Don at (415) 883-5031; Peter at (415) 897-4634.

April 9-11.-a Beginning Experience weekend at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. The weekend is a space for those

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

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

March 28: Recital benefiting Pax Christi featuring soloist Geraldine Reicher and violinist John Creighton Murray at Our Lady of Angels Parish , 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame at 3 p.m. Tickets $10. For information , call (650) 347-7768.

April 15: Junior High students of St. Gabriel school perform the opera "Carmen" in Bedford Hall, 41st and Ulloa St., SF. Professional singers also in cast. 7:30 p.m., call (415) 566-0314.

Social Justice April 10: Walk in the footsteps of Cesar Chavez in the 2nd annual Walk for Justice in San Francisco. For information, call Sara Flocks at (510) 832-8765, ext. 18.

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

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

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

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

Lectures/ Classes/Displays Now through May 11: Free one hour computer science lectures Thursdays at. 11 a.m.

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

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

Now through April 30: Photographer Gita Dedek's images of Israel and Central Europe at The Gallery of Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For information , call Elizabeth Dossa at (650) 340-7480.

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The program introduces the Vatican as a is explored from its massive dome to the city-state within Rome, pointing out its art shrines under the main altar.

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Much of the footage is recycled from other documentaries , but what adds freshness and interest are some of those interviewed , including U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Corinne C. Boggs, Jesuit historian Father John O'Malley and Vatican tour leader Father Thomas Powers.

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By Father Basil De Pinto Bach wrote two certainly authentic settings of the Gospel Passion stories , those from Matthew and John; two olhers are either spurious or fragmentary. The two we are sure of are recognized masterpieces, but the earlier one, the St. John Passion, always suffers by comparison with the glory of the St. Matthew Passion: the latter is one of a handful of works that constitute the Mt. Everest of western art .

Still , the St. John Passion is a superb work in its own right. It was a privilege to hear it in the recent performances by the San Francisco Symphony led by the orchestra 's conductor laureate , Herbert Blomstedt.

The performance I heard was marked by clarity and simplicity, due in large part to the diminished orchestral forces. Only some 20 musicians were used , corresponding to about the size of the orchestra Bach would have known.

This made the structural lines of the music audible , and that was a joy to the ear.

Mr. Blomstedt's tempos were somewhat rushed; this was especially unfortunate in the great closing chorale, which needs to breathe and expand as it reaches its devotional climax. But the conductor was obviously dedicated to the deep

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¦ (Continued from page 11) In a homily inviting parishioners to attend the "trial," Father Bohnert said the program also "helps us as contemporary Catholics and Christi ans to get a more complete sense, not only of Jesus' persecution and suffering, but also of how the early Christians were seriously and legally persecuted for their faith , and of how modern-day Christians in places like Africa and Asia and Central America are still being persecuted — and violently put to death for the singular crime of being a Christian."

Father Patrick Michaels, pastor, said parishioners, notably parents , have enthusiastically supported the "Christian

power of the work as a whole. Blomstedt is not a flamboyant conductor but he delivers the goods every time.

The choru s was reduced in number but still rather too large , and dominated by the women 's voices. Well, tenors are hard to come by, but this group was not strong enough to fulfill the demands of the music at some crucial moments.

The soloists, with a single outstanding exception , were a not very impressive lot. Stanford Olsen is, of course, a world-class singer, but he was overparted as the Evangelist , lacking the heft this long role requires.

Berthold Possemeyer, the Jesus, sang with diy, colorless tone. Soprano Malin Hartelius and mezzo Ingeborg Danz were adequate.

Herbert Lippert deserves credit for simply attempting the impossible and making the very difficult tenor solos more than just painful to listen to.

The bass has nothing to sing in the fust part of this Passion. A terrific jolt came after intermission as the performance skyrocketed with the voice of Peter Mattei. The

Swedish bass-baritone 's very first words, as Pilate at the interrogation of Jesus, were sung with rare authority and sonority. The voice is large but well controlled and projected effortlessly.

Throughout the recitative passages Mr. Mattei was not content merely to present a text but to convey its dramatic implications as well. He has sung a limited number of opera roles, including Don Giovanni and the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro. One 's mouth waters at the prospect. But in the Passion this intelligent singer carefull y preserved the boundaries of the genre, and acted with dignity and restraint.

In the solo "Betrachte, meine Seele" (Consider, my soul) Mr. Mattei spun a tapestry of beautifu l sound. The combination or strength and sweetness ot tone, along with a keen sense of style indicated an enviable artistic maturity. We cannot hear this singer again too soon.

In short , then , a great piece of music in a less th an stupendous performance, but with sufficient rewards to be grateful that it all happened.

A terrific jolt came after intermission as the performance skyrocketed with the voice of Peter Mattel . . . . well controlled and projected effortlessl y.

Trials," and applauded Ashland 's administration of it. istration happy and avoid conflict. But he chose to do the right "The Trials change most students' relationships with thing , after prayer and seeking guidance. It meant taking a being Christian," Ashland said. "It looks and feels pretty stand that caused some discomfort in quite a few adults." comfy before. After, however, they seem to understand that "A common thread" Ashland has observed "is the Jesus was crucified not for being bad or evil or even break- change in the students ' publicl y proclaiming their beliefs. I ing the law, but because he actuall y lived out his life loving see students who don 't normall y talk about their faith in others and his father. These students look at the cross a such open and articulate ways become a lot clearer after the whole different way after the Trials."

Trials . In fact, a couple have done witness talks for our The youth minister cited the example of one young man junior high youth ministry." who "through his role in the trial and the way it played out , There is significant impact on parents as well, he added. became angry to be so challenged. "Later, however, the "Several were grateful for bringing them closer to how young person told him about "a situation he had been in at Jesus must have felt during his own trial. And several menschool that was so similar it scared him. Before, he would tioned going home and wondering, 'What would my life have simply done what would make the teachers and admin- look like on trial?'"

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