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by Tom Burke Building for the future ... Prayerful best wishes to St. Stephen Parish as members break ground Sunday for an addition to their elementary school. New site will include classrooms, library, computer room, science lab and new administrative offices. Princi pal is Mercy Sister M. Paulina Simms. Pastor is Father Joseph Walsh.

Helping 0Hf...The Archdioeesan Holy Name Society recentl y donated $1,000 toward the cost of replacing windows damaged by vandals at St. Mary Cathedral several month s ago. Presenting Archbishop William J. Levada with the check were Augusto Navarro, chair of Filipino Heritage Foundation; Francia Estudillo, an officer of the Cathedral branch of the society; Menchie and Felix Sablad, officers of the society at the archdioeesan level and George Wilson, society marshall.

A journey... The annual Lakeport Outdoor Passion Play goes on May 15 - 16 on a 1000-foot stage with a 140meinber cast. For information , call (707) 279-0349.

Parish potpourri...St. John of God Parish will honor longtime parishioner Mary Connaughton at a potluck dinner on May 15. Mary is making a permanent return to Ireland. St. Isabella Parish, San Rafael says "grat's" to Gil, Sarah, Katie and Emily Medeiros, Frank Lorch,. the parish Girls' Club and more than 20 religious education third graders with teachers Teresa Owen, Fran Johnston, Teresa Galli and Pam Russo for helping spread wood chips in several areas of the compound. St. Benedict Parish is communicating with parishioner Ken Kramer in Nepal where he 's with the Peace Corps. St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Buiiingame and St. Peter Parish in Pacifica report they have installed new hearing devices for the hearing impaired. St. Peter 's Confirmation Coordinator, Judy Martin, thanks Tim Malone, Art Angst, Christopher Branco and Margaret Palmini for their help with the parish's recent confirmation retreat. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Redwood City will fest April 23, 24, 25. Rides , food and fun guaranteed. Discount ride tickets sold on several dates before. Call (650) 366-3802. The Family Support Group of St. Matthias, Redwood City helps persons concerned about illness, healthcare, grief. Leaders are Evie Dwyer and Mary Jane Dempsey. St. Dominic Parish is beholden to Eduardo Fortini, Linda Bachman, Ulysses D'Aquila, Lucia Dugliss, and Dominican Sister Barbara Sullivan for their personal Lenten reflections printed in the parish bulletin and to confirmation candidates who helped with after-Mass coffees. St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon is grateful to the following children who partici pated in their Stations of the Cross: John Landcficki, Kevin and Christopher Gallagher, Sara and Billy Gale, Sean and Colin Rigby, Meaghan Haire, Kate Sylvia, Kirstin Tiedje, Ian Fiske, Christina Argyres, Brianne Giudice, Georgia Hontalas, Juliana, Liz and Helena Karas and a very special thanks to Neil Kelly for making the cross. St. Hilary parishioners who have supplied makins' for parish continental breakfasts are specially thanked including Daisy Smith and Rosemarie Hess. Happy birthday to St. Luke, Foster City pastor, Father Jack Penebsky who celebrated his natal day with parishioners after Mass on March 21.

Corpus Christi Parish Festival is April 25 beginning at 9 a.m. Bring everybody for fun , games and food. Call (415) 585-2991. Thank you, congratulations and prayers to Saiesian Sister Rita Bailey who celebrated her SO1" anniversary as a woman reli gious with the parish community on March 14. Sister Rita coordinates the Corpus Christi Religiou s Education Program. St. Patrick, Larkspur is stalling a Social Justice Committee led by Jesuit Father Joe Eagan. The Arab Catholic Community of the

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Father John Greene told St. Monica parishioners recently that he felt "fortunate to be their new pastor " and they have made him most welcome. Had a chance to gab with new Nazareth House chaplain , Father Warren Woods, who says he 's still "spreading joy." St. Anthony Parish, Menlo Park published a quick human relations course in its bulletin recently. Among the good points were the Carnegie nugget, "Calling people by name is music to their ears," plus cordiality is a lost art and it 's time to bring it back. I took the hint and appreciated the reminders. St. Timothy Elementary School, San Mateo wants to be in touch with its graduates. If you 're one and not receiving mail about reunions and such, check in at (650) 342-6567.

Such a good cause.. A concert by the Philippine Boys Choir benefiting overseas work of the Sisters of Social Service and educational opportunities for the poor takes place at St. Mary Cathedral on April 30, at 7:30 p.m. The choir began as a music ministry for Masses at a Benedictine Abbey in the Philippines Bukidnon Province, an impoverished rural area. The group, under the direction of the Bendictines, has now appealed throughout the Philippines, as well as on television and a video. This is the singers' first U.S. performance since 1990. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for children . For information, call (415) 584-8297. Sisters of Social Service in the Archdiocese include Sister Celeste Arcbuckle, director of the Office of Religious Education.

Benedictines are well represented here by their Woodside Priory school in Portola Valley. The school recently presented St. Benedict Medals to individuals who had a hand in the Priory 's establishment 42 years ago. Local benefactors

San Jose coadjutor Bishop Patrick J. McGrath presented the Toward the Altar of God Award to Michael Harabaglia at ceremonies in San Jose 's St. Joseph Cathedral last month.

included Willa Brudge, Charles Stanley of Hillsborough; George Clyne, Hubert Brugger of Woodside; George Nichol of Novato; Tom DeSzily of San Carlos.

Winning Scouts... Dan Peirano of St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon , reached the highest level in Scouting as recipient of the Eagle Scout Award on April 11 at the parish center. His mother, Mary, is quite proud. She has been an example for

From left,Adam Lee,Scott Fung, and Jeremy Blackman are winners of Scouting's Children of God Badge.

him in her own life, including volunteer work with South Marin Deanery Action (SOMDA)(see story in our April 2 issue). Meanwhile, Cub Scouts Adam Lee, Scott Fung and Jeremy Blackman of St. Luke Parish, Foster City, and Boy Scout Michael Harabaglia of St. Pius Parish Redwood City recently earned two of Scoutings most prestigious awards.

The Children of God Bad ge, a stepping stone to die Toward the Altar of God Award given to Michael at ceremonies in San Jose on March 14, will be presented to Adam, Scott and Jeremy at a special St. Luke's Mass on April 18. Jeremy 's mom, Victoria, said Adam and Scott have since moved on to the Boy Scouts as "active members of Troop 175 in Foster City." Mike's mom, Judy, said the awards programs "hel p Scouts develop a fully Christian way of life."

Today's Students, Tomorrow's Leaders

Five parishes begin 'test running ' education campaign

On Apri l 10, five "pilot parishes" started a "dry run" of the Today's StudentsTomorrow 's Leaders Campai gn for Catholic Education , six months before the rest of the parishes in the Archdiocese.

The five parishes — Holy Angels in Colma, St. Francis of Assisi in East Palo Alto, and the Church of the Epiphany, Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Gabriel in San Francisco — will test the campaign 's procedures to allow campaign staff to make evaluations and adjustments prior to September when the remainder of the archdioeesan parishes fully come on board, according to Scott Vachon, director of the campaign.

Michael DeNunzio , director of development for the Archdiocese, pointed out that each parish and different areas of the Archdiocese are uni que.

"This pilot program will also allow the staff to see how things are going," DeNunzio said , "and if there's a particulai point that needs attention , they can take care of it before September when the other parishes get going."

"One of the greatest challenges for us is the diversity and breadth of parish experi-

ence, said Vachon.

"While there are some aspects of the plan that are vital to raising $30 million in a major campaign like this, we also want to work with the pastors and parish lay leaders."

Campaign officials said they wanted to approach parishes that would represent as broad a cross section of the Archdiocese as possible in terms of size, ethnic and racial demographics, whether or not it operated a school, location , and revenue.

According to materials in the campaign update, the pilot parishes will conduct the campaign on a 12-week timetable , April 10 through June 27, during which time each parish will work directly with a campaign office representative in implementing the campaign plan.

In addition to securing endowment funds for tuition aid, all parishes in the Archdiocese will be encouraged to raise

money for their own local needs throug h Today's Students — Tomorrow's Leaders.

"This is a result of our meetings with priests last year," said Bishop John Wester, Campaign Clergy Coordinator and chairman of the Clergy Committee. "We realized that if we ' were going to ask parishes to undertake a major camoaien for tuition r c. aid, it could also be a golden opportunity to address some of their own needs."

The pilot parishes, like all the parishes, have financial targets, not assessments, to work toward in the parish-level segment of the $30 million endowment campaign.

Parishes will ask all registered households and non-Catholic school families and friends for support for the campaign.

"Our goal in the campaign is to reach every Catholic household with a complete presentation of our needs and a request for

support. We are trying to give children the opportunity to attend Catholic schools without regard to their financial circumstances, " explained Bishop Wester.

Father Bruce Dreier , pastor of Epiphany, said that in addition to its larger goal the campaign "will be a hel p to raising money for local parish needs" which at this time include adding a science classroom and expanded computer and library facilities at Epiphany Elementary. "It will be a major task, but do-able," Father Dreier said.

"No one will be spared a phone call," the priest laughed. "Every family will get a chance to give." Father Dreier said volunteers working on the drive within the parish will number as many as 350 "at the height of the campaign."

Monies raised by a parish in excess of campaign target will be returned to the parish , in accordance with campaign guidelines.

Campaign officials said the campaign was "on track" and that there had been "very positive responses" in contacts with major donors including foundations , individuals, and corporate entities.

Parishes are being asked to raise $10 million of the $30 million goal.

Archdioeesan schools head addresses N CEA convention

By Elizabeth A. Perry NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, superintendent of schools for the San Francisco Archdiocese, says "it's a good time to proclaim the good news of Catholic culture."

That was also the title of Sister McPhee's talk April 8 in New Orleans on the importance of Catholic identity in schools and their role in the Church mission of spreading the Gospel to the larger society.

She told an audience at the National Catholic Educational Association's convention that the special function of Catholic schools is to develop an atmosphere of liberty and charity in each school community; enable children to grow as individuals and as faithful members of the body of Christ; and to bring the message of salvation to all people.

A contingent of more than 20 from the Archdiocese of San Francisco attended the NCEA gathering representing the Department of Education as well as a number of individual schools.

Sister McPhee based her talk on the NCEA document, "As We Teach and Learn: Recognizing Our Catholic Identi ty."

Catholic schools are distinctive because they try to foster a spirit of community "permeated by the Gospel spirit of freedom and love," Sister McPhee said, quoting from the Second Vatican Council' s Declaration on Christian Education.

Sister McPhee said dimensions of a school's Catholic identity or "Catholicity" include: — Faith community : A hospitable environment, respect for all, sacred imagery and religious atmosphere is emphasized. She noted more laity are filling positions in schools once held by reli gious , but she said the trend is "an exciting time ... the time of lay leadership."

— Faith development: Administrators and faculty make the school's religious mission their own, and place a hi gh priority on 'their own faith development through participation in retreats, prayer and continuing personal religious education.

"Faith development is the key to Catholic culture," she said. "It reaches far beyond the classroom. We need to be welcoming and inviting back, nurturing faith development and taking people where they are."

Sister McPhee said today 's educators aren 't just ministering to the faith develop-

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— Religion instruction and integration: A school's religious education program is sound , balanced, sequential and developmentally appropriate.

— Service learning: Relevant and deveiopmentally appropriate service projects and student reflection on them are part of the curriculum, from grade school through college.

"The service component needs to be integral," said Sister McPhee. "There also needs to be reflection time. If teens are out there doing things but not thinking about why they're doing it, it's not going to work.

Reflection will deepen the perception that this is something I have to do for the rest of my life."

— Prayer and liturgy integration : There are regular, frequent opportunities for prayer, retreat and Mass , which are age appropriate and meaningful for students and their parents.

"We need to tie the school and parish community with a tight knot," said Sister

McPhee. "Parents want excellent academics and a safe environment for their children, but it's more important that we are a worshipping environment. It should be an environment steeped in liturgy. We need to continual ly teach children with their parents."

— Social justice: Such issues are addressed directly from the Church's social teaching. Faculty, parents and students are challenged to put on the shoes of the poor and marginalized to critique their school and society.

"I was struck by the lack of homeless here in New Orleans ," Sister McPhee remarked. "In San Francisco we literally have to step over the bodies on our way into work in the mornings."

She said students at Mission Dolores School in San Francisco have made a school social justice project out of helping four homeless men living outside near the school.

Sister McPhee said the trend in education today is shifting away from a "teaching community" toward a "learning community," where the objective is to produce learning and elicit student 's discovery of the material, instead of merel y delivering instruction and transferring knowledge.

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"Justice requires the Kosovar refugees fleeing their homeland be given the opportunity to return to their homes in safety . . . . Any interim or final settlement to this conflict needs to respect (that) right," he said.

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Oregon lawmakers seek 'tweaks ' to assisted-suicide legislation

SALEM , Ore. (CNS) — A key panel in the Oregon Senate has approved a bill that would give more clout to health providers opposing doctor-assisted suicide.

Senate Bill 491, OK'd unanimousl y by the Senate Judiciary Committee , would give institutions such as Providence Health Systems clear authori ty to penalize doctors who aid in suicides on health system grounds. , Providence — a network of Catholic hospitals, assistedliving communities, clinics and hospices — is Oregon 's largest health system. Founded by the Sisters of Providence, it tends about 1,500 licensed beds in the state. The bill would allow groups such as Providence to penalize violating doctors by canceling office leases and nixing some privileges.

"It's like any other policy ; we hope not to have to use it, but we like to have it there in case any of our people have any questions," said Lisa Godwin , spokesperson for Providence. "We want this so we can live our morals and values. Providence respects everyone's views. We ask that legislators respect our views."

The proposal does not allow health systems to penalize doctors who go to a patient 's home to aid in a death.

Oregon's assisted-suicide law permits terminall y-ill adults to hasten death with a doctor 's prescribed overdose.

According to the new bill , doctors working where assisted suicide is prohibited are allowed to answer questions about hastening death and to refer patients to other doctors who might help.

The bill would require doctors to file a copy of the lethal prescription with the state. Doctors also would be obli gated to let pharmacists opt out of filling suicide prescriptions.

The proposal requires suicide patients to be holders of an Oregon driver 's license or identification card to quell fears of those concerned the state will become a destination for deadi because the suicide law has vague residency requirements.

The bill now moves 'to the full Senate. The placid hearings posed a contrast to rancorous past debates over Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. Now, no one is trying to overturn the law, which voters first passed in 1994 and strongly reaffirmed in a failed 1997 repeal bid.

More than 25 killed in East Timor

DILI, East Timor (CNS) — More than 25 people were killed when a militia group attacked a church and rectory in East Timor, said Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo of Dili. The parish priest, Father Rafael dos Santos, claimed 45 people were killed in the April 6 incident. He accused proIndonesia paramilitary groups from East Timor of hacking to death some of the victims. In a Dili press conference April 7, Bishop Belo said the military told him "there were

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A coalition of Hispanic , religious, development and human rights organizations , including Catholic Relief Services, is urging Congress to promptl y release the $956 million in hurricane reconstruction aid for Central America now languishing in conference committee. At a Capitol Hill press conference April 7, Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., said the funds to aid reconstruction following last year's Hurricanes Georges and Mitch in Central America and the Caribbean had been proposed by President Clinton and approved by both houses of Congress. But it was not being acted upon because of wrangling in conference committee over cuts in other programs to fund the reconstruction package, he said.

Italian churches vandalized

ROME (CNS) — Two Italian churches were set on fire and several were spray-painted in what investigators believed to be a series of Satanist incidents. During the night of April 6, vandals in the village of Versasio, near the Swiss border, broke into a 16th-century church and sprayed it throughout with occult symbols. They then stacked up the pews and chairs and set them ablaze. Only a statue of Mary and a shrine were spared the red paint and flames. One message sprayed on the walls was, "Satan, lord of hell, is among us."

ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — A massive "Operation Save America" anti-abortion protest, scheduled for April 18-25 in Buffalo , has sparked legal action fro m New York' State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer — and an official response from the state's Catholic bishops. Spitzer has filed a lawsuit to expand the 15-foot "buffer zone " that keeps pro-life protesters away from abortion clinic entrances to as much as 60 feet and to ban protesters' use of loudspeakers , megaphones or other "excessive noise " within 1,000 feet of the clinics. The bishops of New York state released a statement in early April affirming "the right of all citizens to express their views peacefull y and publicly on issues of concern."

Bishop s back debt relief bill

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The heads of Catholic Relief Services and the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee have endorsed a new debt relief bill for poor countries and urged members of the House of Representatives to join in sponsoring it. The bill, called the Debt Relief for Poverty Reduction Act of 1999, was introduced in midMarch by Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, with six co-sponsors.

ARC-USA near fi rst report

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation , ARC-USA, neared completion of its first major report on authority at a March meeting in Baltimore. The relationship between the local church and the universal church was the chief topic. John Borelli, associate director of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, said the 23 participants discussed all the major elements of a draft report but did not have time to finish an agreed final text.

Muslims, Christians clash

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) — Sectarian riots in Tual, a town in Indonesia 's Maluku province, interrupted Holy Week celebrations as local Catholics and others fled the town for safety. Meanwhile, police and local media said 40 people were killed in Christian-Muslim clashes throughout Indonesia April 6-7, including 17 in Tual, where nearly 100 people were injured and more than 140 houses were burned or badl y damaged. Ethnic tensions developed after rioting in Ambon Jan. 19. In Tual March 31, the tension broke into Christian-Muslim clashes, reportedly sparked by graffiti insulting Islam.

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Refug ee safety, rig hts exhorted

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In handling the Kosovar refugee crisis, the refugees' safety should have the highest priority, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Migration. Also high on the list should be unity of families and respect for the right to return safely to their home-

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ROME (CNS) — Germany is undergoing a reli gious crisis and therefore confronts issues such as abortion with "political correctness " rather than moral consideration , said the head of the Vatican 's doctrinal congregation. "This situation creates the possibility that God will be considered a distant hypothesis (in Germany), and that everything which concerns religion will be pushed into the realm of the subjective," Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said in an interview published April 4.

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Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, said it is unlikely the Catholic Church will ordain women deacons. Althoug h the Vatican has issued no official statement or document on a question considered open for theological reflection and investigation , the cardinal said March 25 the discussion "is almost a closed chapter."

Pizza magnate backs law school

ANN ARBOR , Mich. (CNS) — A new Catholic law school, the Ave Maria School of Law, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2000 in Ann Arbor.

The school will be established with $50 million from its sponsor,,, the Ave Maria Foundation , run by Thomas Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza. The Ave Mari a Foundation also sponsors Catholic elementary schools, missions in Central America, pro-life causes, a Catholic radio station and Legatus, an organization for Catholic heads of large companies.

The school's motto , "Fides et Ratio ," ("Faith and Reason") is taken from the title of Pope John Paul It's latest encyclical.

"The United States has approximatel y 60 million Catholics, yet there are only 24 Catholic law schools.

Couple these statistics with the moral crisis this country is facing and the reason for this school is abundantly clear to us," Monaghan said in a statement April 7.

Italian bishops begin camp aign

ROME (CNS) — Using a multinational public relations firm , Ital y 's bishops are conducting a fund-raising campaign to hel p pay priests ' salaries.

The bishops hope to spread word of the Church's many charitable activities and to increase giving, said Bishop Attilio Nicora , the Italian bishops' main ecclesial legal authority, at the campai gn 's April 9 launch. He added that at the same time, the bishops ' conference was releasing detailed accountings of Churc h spending.

The bishops launched advertising spots on national television networks. More than 27,000 multimedia information kits were being shipped to all Italian parishes, and glossy publications were to be available to customers at post offices across the country.

The entire effort cost more than $3 million , said the bishops ' spokesman on financial affairs, Paolo Mascarino.

Saatchi & Saatchi — the publicity giant with offices in 92 countries and a client list that includes Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble and Hewlett-Packard — devised the campaign and was conducting it at a discount, Mascarino said.

Debate over homelessness

Local sister, group continue pu sh f or Presid io access

By Sharon Abercrombie

Providence Sister Bernie Galvin , director of Religious Witness With the Homeless, said last week her group will continue to pressure San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown to open more than 200 units of housing at the Presidio to homeless people.

Known as Wherry Housing, the vacant complex was formerly used for families of enlisted military personnel.

Religious Witness is a six-year-old advocacy group based in San Francisco. Membershi p includes 3,000 from many faith traditions on both sides of the Bay, Sister Galvin said.

Religious Witness has invited the Mayor to attend a 2 p.m. rally in Civic Center Plaza on Aprifl 8 to report whether or not he will implement Proposition L, a measure which gives the City of San Francisco power to withhold services from the federal Presidio Trust until housing is made available to all economic levels, including the homeless.

The Presidio Trust is a government corporation established by Congress to lease, maintain and manage property at the former military base. Jurisdiction over the land was transferred to the National Park Service in 1996. The Trust has opened more than 1,100 housing units to Presidio employees as well as to federal employees, college students, and others. Non-residential buildings are being leased to tenants involved in education , the arts, research , environmental studies, healthcare, philanthropy, conflict resolution and international relations.

If Brown rejects the group 's invitation , members say they will participate in a sit-in at City Hall.

Sister Galvin said her group collaborated with members of the Board of Supervisors last year to qualify Proposition L for the June ballot. Over 90,000 San Franciscans voted for the measure, said the activist. Mayor Brown also favored it , she said, "but he's been dragging his feet for over 10 months."

Kandace Bender, the Mayor 's press secretary, confirmed the Mayor supports Proposition L, but said the Presidio Trust has not asked for city services. She added that approval to open housing to the homeless would have to

Episcopal Community Services. come from the five-member Presidio Trust.

Pacific Bay Inn will provide housing and on-site services for During last year 's Proposition L debate, U.S. people leaving homeless shelters and drug rehabilitation programs.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Dem.And another project between San Francisco) told voters the the City and the John Stewart ballot measure would have Co.will rehabilitate 776 units on no binding effect on federal Treasure Island. Two hundred of decisions on the Presidio, those units will be made available to Rep. Pelosi said relying on the National Park Service to homeless people, Bender said. <raddress housing shortages was Bender said nearly 2,300 units for the homeless have been made "an ineffective exercise, an unrealistic notion." In addition available in the last eight years , , she added, San Francisco approximately 1,200 of that total in housing shortages would not S the last three years. be met by use of Presidio Sister Galvin said she was Sister Bernie Galvin talks with a news media repreaware of the efforts , but national park lands or property.

The legislator does back sentative during March 10 event at San Francisco charged that 700 people have efforts of Swords to Civic Center marking the end of a hunger strike to died on the streets of San call attention to the plight of the homeless.

Plowshares, a veterans ' Francisco during the past five group, 10 esiaonsn a years — the period of time Veterans'Academy at the Presidio. The project, due to open Wherry Housing has stood vacant. next February, will include a residential program for up to All those months, people could have been living in dig100 veterans at a time and will provide counseling, voca- nity at the Presidio, she said. tional education and training programs. The Academy will The Wheny Housing issue has been an ongoing focus serve as a national model for reintegrating veterans into the for Religious Witness. Last month , members of the group mainstream, according to a spokesperson in Rep. Pelosi's completed a 21-day fast to bring public attention to San Francisco office.

Proposition L. For Sister Galvin , however, the core issue is available Sister Galvin 's call for fasters rallied 727 individuals to housing which could be utilized now — even if it is located the cause including 224 homeless people. Some skipped in a national park. Kandace Bender of the Mayor's office one meal a day, while others went on a complete fast. Their questions the nun 's preoccupation with the Presidio location, collective action totaled 4,314 days , she said.

Bender praised Sister Galvin for her work, but said she About 275 attended a closing event March 10 in Civic was puzzled why Religious Witness has stayed focused on Center Plaza with prayer, poetry, food and dance. Sister the Presidio while the City has been working on a number Galvin said the fast created "an exuberance " and sparked "a of projects to provide housing and services for street people. renewed determination for the people who took part ."

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Staffed by physicians, nurses, home health aides, chaplains , and volunteer careNot once, but twice, Jack Mulqueeney has givers, Mission Hospice allows people to seen rainbows dancing on wind-blown waves. remain in their homes and surrounded by The first time, Mul queeney had taken their families , friends and pets. A key comhis friend , a young dad dying of brain ponent of hospice care is the studious attencancer, for a drive along Pacific Pier in tion paid to pain management, so an individual can spend his or her last months and San Mateo.

"Do you see what I' m seeing ?" the one- days in comfort, underlined Carol Gray, time Navy weatherman marvelled. Both executive director.

Being in the company of the dying has men were awe struck. "The offshore wind was taking the tops off the huge swells and taug ht volunteers like Mul queeney, a 62rainbows were forming in the mist that year-old retiree, not to fear what awaits on swirle d 60 and 70 feet into the air. I'd never "the other side," he said.

"Some people get spooked when I say it seen anything like it."

That is , until Mul queeney, his dying is a most marvelous event," he said.

One woman with whom he prayed , friend , and the latter 's two elementary school-aged children returned to the same repeatedl y told Mul queeney how happy and ready she was to be moving toward the next spot a month later.

"The same thing happened. We got phase of life. "She taught us a real beautiful goosebumps," Mul queeney, said. "It was way to experience this process ," he like the heavens saying, 'Look, we have observed.

"It's a gift of God to be able to be a part rainbows for you.'" of this drama. You get punched into people's The young father died earlier this year.

In his years as a volunteer for Mission stories. And it's satisfy ing. After I leave a Hospice of San Mateo, Jack Mulqueeney person 's house, I' m walking on cloud nine," has learned how to listen when the heav- added Mulqueeney, a Catholic who calls ens speak. The non- profit group provides Mercy Center in Burlingame his spiritual physical , emotional , social and spiritual community. He medidates at the Center, often five days per week.

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"We wanted to do something more humane than collect money," said Sister Donnelly, a former president of the college.

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Marguerite "Mac" Nash was a cancer patient. In 1977, doctors told her she had two months to live. However, she lived another two years, long enough to meet Helen Lagen who had just suffered through the death of a close friend.

In March of 1979, with the hel p of Dr. Pierre Salmon, Evelyn Grant, Edith Morris, and Helen Campbell, they incorporated Mission Hospice of San Mateo County.

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Volunteers can do a variety of tasks from li ght housekeeping, cooking and runnin g errands to providing a sympathetic , listening presence.

"The families are so grateful for any help, and so appreciate the opportunity to keep their loved ones at home and free of pain," said Sister Schlitt.

Sister Donnell y said she liked being able to provide consolation to families. The ecumenical nature of Mission Hospice was also appealing, "getting to work with other denominations," she said.

Carol Gray, executive director and another May 20 honoree, was also in that first class of volunteers. She came to Mission Hospice from an area hospita l where she had worked as a coronary care nurse.

It was not always a positive experience being there, she recalled. "Back then , dying patients were put in a room at the end of the hall." With large patient loads, there wasn 't time for nurses like Gray to be able to talk to these lonel y, terminal individuals .

Gray was not alone in her frustration. "A lot of medical peop le were getting disgruntled over the way dy ing people were treated , and were looking for alternatives ," she said. When an article appeared in a local newspaper seeking hospice volunteers , Gray responded immediately. Within a year she had become patient care coordinator, and in 1988, executive director.

Like Jack Mulqueeney, Gray has stories to tell. One of her favorites concerns Doris Smith , an 85-year-old woman who was able to stay at home with her pet rooster, cats and dog, thanks to Mission Hospice caregivers.

Interesting ly, Hosp ice caring continues even after an individual has died.

Volunteers keep in touch with families to see how they are faring.

For instance , Jack Mul queeney still visits with Charles Coulby, a widower who lives in Half Moon Bay. His wife, Faith , died 18 month s ago. Coulb y, who has advanced glaucoma, was unable to hel p lake care of Faith. As a result , he was feeling quite lonel y and out of the loop, said his daug hter, Susan Kinsey, also of Half Moon Bay. "Jack saw a special need and was ri ght there for my dad ," she said.

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And even thoug h her mother was unable to communicate well , Mission Hosp ice staff "never talked over her. They talked to her directl y, alway s treating her with kindness, good humor and respect ," said Kinsey.

"They saw my mother as a child of God, a valuable, precious person with a soul," she said.

Widowed almost two years ago, Barbara Lynch of St. Timoth y Parish , San Mateo, agrees. "There is a special place in heaven for them — the volunteers and the nurses and everyone at Mission Hospice."

She said her husband, Eugene (Gene), "could never have gotten the care" he required and be allowed to stay at home if it were not for the organization. "Sometimes when I would go out for a little bit they even did my dishes for me."

Mission Hospice is the oldest of five hospice groups serving San Mateo County. "Our* name was taken f rom the original Mission Hospice, a resting place on the King 's Highway for people traveling from Mission Dolores to Mission Santa Clara in the 1850s," said Carol Gray, executive director.

Since its founding in 1979, the agency has cared for 2600 patients and their families. Sixty percent of its budget comes from Medicare and private insurance, the remainder from fund raising.

Mission Hospice concentrates on making patients as free of pain and as comfortable as possible, officials said, noting that helping family members is an essential part of its mission.

Physician-assisted suicide is an anathema to Mission Hospice's philosophy, as well as to its parent group, the California State Hospice Association , according to agency spokespeople. The CSHA does not support such legislation, calling it dehumanizing to the process of dying, and ultimately devaluing life.

Mission Hospice recently moved from cramped offices to a new facility at 151 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo, Volunteers are available to speak to churches and other groups ; call (650) 554-1000.

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Members of the Portland house, whose average age is 65, are yawning and quiet by 9 p.m. or so. They gather for prayer regularly, talk about life and families, and share household chores.

Like all communities, they struggle with each other 's PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — At the age when many retirees prefer the familiar confines of the living room, Bill quirks, perhaps more so because habits have had decades to and Margaret Fissinger left their posh house to live and solidif y.

Another member of the Portland community, John work amid poverty.

The couple is in Portland for a year as part of a new Kaddlec , came to Elder Corps after life pulled the rug from Jesuit volunteer prog ram that harnesses the energies of under him. Within a short those over 40. time he was widowed , "To uproot ourselves and leave all our friends behind , downsized out of a job and well, we just weren 't sure we could do that ," said Bill had major heart surgery.

Fissinger, 72, a retired college development director from At 55, he sold his house Hanover, N.H. in suburban Minneapolis But the Fissingers, who have 13 grandchildren , have and headed west. Now he been at it for seven months. They work long hours with dif- works at St. Andrew Parish ficult people and get by on a stipend of $80 a month. They in Portland providing share an apartment with four other older volunteers near emergency services to the streetfront haunts of drug dealers. those in need .

Bill helps solve dilemmas for poor people who are tenSarah Patterson , also 55, is a partner in a San Francisco ants in downtown Portland' s subsidized apartments. law firm. For the year, she is helping AIDS patients in Margaret works as an advoc ate in the courts for American Portland find services they need. (See story page 9) Indian children and families.

"The idea of bringing together people of that age and "For a lot of people, success has to be measured by just bringing their experience to the work setting seems to be getting along day to day," Bill told the Catholic Sentinel, working well," said Jesuit Father Gary Smith , a Portland Portland's archdioeesan newspaper. street minister who celebrates Mass regularl y at the In addition to the Portland Elder Corps community, Portland house. "They have a feel for people you don 't there are houses in Seattle and have when you are 22 or 23. And Anchorage, Alaska. Plans call for because they have that kind of wisnew Elder Corps houses next year in dom from the start, they can grow in Yaltima, Wash., and Bethel , Alaska. their experience."

The Jesuit Volunteer Corps was Father Smith also observed that founded in 1956 in Alaska. Drawing these volunteers are "deeply in touch on graduates from the 28 American with their faith ."

Jesuit colleges, it soon became one Elder Coips originated in its own of the largest young adult Catholic right, but may have saved the day for volunteer organizations in the world. the overall volunteer program .

Its rounding principles are comIn the past few years, the number munity life , spirituality, simple living and social justice. of college-age applicants to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps has In Elder Corps, community living is also part of the dropped. At its height in 1994, the program fielded about experience. But unlike their younger counterparts, Elder 600 volunteers nationwide. Last year, only 400 joined. In Corps members are not likely to pack into an old car and the Northwest, the corps actually had to close down a halfdrive to the beach spontaneously. dozen houses last year for lack of volunteers.

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But as baby boomers age in the next decade, Elder Corps applications should increase, organizers project.

With only modest advertising last year, 400 people inquired about Elder Corps. Not all applied , but the number shows that a market of older volunteers exists. Other Jesuit Volunteer Corps regional officers are keeping an eye on the Northwest to see how the Elder Corps works.

On occasion, older and younger volunteers convene for prayer or workshops. Having colleagues so disparate in age has been gratifying for both ends of the age spectrum.

During one recent meeting, a young volunteer was discouraged by recidivism among his clients — youths on parole. It took a few of his elders to comfort him , using their experience as parents to help him realize that faithfulness to the task is more important than dazzling statistics.

Where life will lead after the Elder Corps years is not a big issue for the Fissingers, at least. They will return to their house, love their children and grandchildren ,' keep up service as long as possible, and take what comes.

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Sarah Patterson is a member of St. Agnes Pansh now on sabbatical from her San Francisco law practice to serve with Elder Corps in Portland , Ore. Her final step to joining Elder Corps, she says, was realizing she had 14 different phone lines in her name.

"I' m now down to one and a half ," Patterson laughed earlier this week in a conversation with Catholic San Francisco, referring to the community phone she shares with her housemates and the personal line she maintain s in her room.

Patterson said her Elder Corps assignment is assisting people living with AIDS to find services they need. It has been "a heart-opening experience" especially in her coming to know co-workers who are HIV positive.

"Nothing had prepared me for this," Patterson said fighting back tears. "They are people with amazing stories on a heroes ' journey. Knowing them has been an epiphany."

Laughter was Patterson 's immediate response to being asked how she likes living in community. It has "opened and closed her heart," she said with a chuckle, adding that she "will never complain about solitude again."

"It was the part I wanted the most and the part that scared me the most," she said. "Once, I was even ready to leave but everyone is doing their best." Patterson said the experience has taught her to again "value people for what they are" and the gifts they possess. She continues to hope, however, for "more faith sharing " among her peers.

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Though many Elder Corps members have income outside their $80-a-month stipend, all are called to treat it as their only income in accordance with the JVC guideline of "simple living."

"I love theater and rather than miss it, I volunteer as an usher to get free tickets," Patterson said. Other activities for the Wisconsin native and Marquette alumna include yoga, hiking and recent certification to volunteer in the local jail system.

Patterson will complete her Elder Corps commitment in September. Her future "probably includes a return to the law in some form ." Among other options are staying on in Portland , returning to the City and traveling to Tibet.

Pattersons has two sons: Scott, a former Jesuit Volunteer, soon to graduate law school; and Brandon , who works in the music industry in Chicago. She has been a member of the JVC Southwest Region board of directors for the past five years.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Mo bilize for peace On this day, the 21st day of NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia, there are indications that we will see a more intense level of conflict in the region in the weeks, and perhaps months, ahead. The Pentagon has approved a request for 300 more U.S. warplanes, which will require a call-up of reserves to service the aircraft. A Serbian incursion into Albania has coincided with an effort by the Yugoslav Parliament to draw Russia and Belarus into a union with Yugoslavia. Nalo allies and countries neighboring Kosovo are trying to deal with the desperate circumstances of more than 700,000 displaced people. Many voices now call for the use of land forces in the conflict.

The situation in Yugoslavia has worsened, but it has not deviated greatly from the March 24 analysis of Bishop Joseph Fiorenza, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops: "The crisis in Kosovo requires a serious response by the international community, given the escalating attacks against the civilian population , the Yugoslav regime 's brutal history of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Croatia , the regime 's alarming record of repression and human rights violations in Kosovo over the past decade, and the mounting risks of a wider regional conflict."

The current conflict in present-day Yugoslavia reflects centuriesold cultural rivalries and deep-seated religious antagonism between peoples of Muslim, Orthodox Christian and Roman Catholic faiths.

Yugoslavia emerged from World War II as a six-republic federation composed of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. For more than three decades, the communist dictatorshi p of Marshall Tito was able to suppress cultural and religious infighting. After Tito's death, Yugoslavia simmered through the 1980s and began to unravel as the J 990s began.

Slovenia won independence from the rest of Yugoslavia in 1991.

That same year, Croatia made a bid for independence, a move that brought the Croats and Serbs into a civil war. The United Nations helped to establish a cease-fire in that conflict in 1992, just as Bosnia declared independence and another civil war broke out among the Croats, Serbs and Muslims. In this fighting, civilians were targeted by all combatants. The Dayton Accord in 1995 established a fragile peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Yugoslavia, dominated by Orthodox Christian Serbs, was by this time reduced to the four provinces of Vojvodina, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro, the latter province having a large degree of autonomy.

The government and Serbian people have become totally opposed to the loss of any more territory to independence movements, particularly Kosovo, where ancient Serb monasteries and gravesites are located.

Kosovo, on the other hand, is increasingly committed to independence. Representatives from Kosovo were excluded from the Dayton talks, and Kosovo's desires for autonomy or independence were not discussed there. In the next two years, ethnic Albanian Muslims, under the Kosovo Liberation Army, pressed their campaign for independence. By 1998 , the situation had become critical. The Serb army destroyed several villages in Kosovo, and when no credible response was forthcoming from other nations, the Yugoslavian government escalated the conflict.

Finally, U.S. and European nations pressed both sides in the conflict and forged a peace accord for Kosovo, calling for Serbs to give autonomy to Kosovo and to allow NATO peacekeeping troops to enter the province. Kosovo, while wanting independence, was willing to accept the accord. Only the government of Yugoslavia refused to sign, and on March 24, NATO began its air campaign of bombing to force Yugoslavia to accept the peace conditions of the accord. We now are entering the fourth week of that campaign, with small hope, unfortunately, of moving" away from a course that leads to greater destruction and suffering.

In anticipation of a more intense level of armed conflict , the focus of NATO allies may become one-dimensional, with reduced attention to peaceful efforts to end the bombing and hostilities. But nations should strive to deploy the forces of peace as readily — and as massively — as they deploy the weapons of war. Pope John Paul n, through his personal involvement and daily attention to the situation in Yugoslavia, underscores his Easter message call, "Let the solidarity of everyone be mobilized, so that finally brotherhood and peace may begin to speak once more!"

M.E.H.

Dollar or dignity?

Thank you for your abundant coverage of the Third World debt crisis (April 9). The best distillation of the argument for debt cancellation was the essay by Dr. Kenneth Weare.

His article provides all the necessary arguments for anyone interested in supporting our pope and our Archbishop in their agenda of international humanitarianism.

Weare introduces several important ethical issues, such as the irresponsibility of the original loans. Imag ine your neighborhood bank approving an enormous loan to an impoverished individual unable to pay even the interest without great hardshi p: doing without sufficient food , shelter and clothing. .

It didn 't take a crystal ball in the 70s and 80s to see that sub-Saharan Africa would be in trouble for the long term . Weare makes an additional ethical point: the terrible suffering and cultural stagnation that loanrepayment demands is not borne by the national leaders who made (and usuall y benefited from) the commitments, but by the innocent millions of hopelessly impoverished common people.

Of course, we must keep in mind this is not someone else's money we're talking about, some nameless "other." Our banks are tied to all of us. A hit to our banks is a hit to every American. But the choice comes to this: either we write off the money or we write off the lives of hundreds of millions of our brothers and sisters.

As Christians, we are called always to reflect: what would Christ choose? The dollar or the dignity of the human person?

Eric Meub San Francisco

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Gordon M. Seely, Ph.D. Belmont

PPSL history corrected

In your April 2 edition it was reported that the Peninsula Parochial School League (PPSL) "has been the parish sports coordinating affiliate in San Mateo County for the Archdiocese for about 20 years."

For your informati on, representatives of six men's clubs formed the PPSL in 1944. The charter clubs were St. Catherine and Our Lad y of Angels , both in Burlingame; St. Matthew in San Mateo , St. Joseph Military Academy in Belmont; Mt. Carmel in Redwood City and St. Joseph in Menlo Park. Many other schools have been added over the years.

I was the baseball coach and athletic manager at St. Catherine from 1945 throug h 1948 , and was selected president of the Parochial League from. 1950-57. Until about a year ago representatives of the various men 's clubs ran the league.

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In his touching guest commentary (April 2) on the loss of his long-time canine companion, Toby, Father Gerald Coleman enumerated consoling comments from Scripture that point to the possibility of an afterlife for animals. Father clearly understands the powerful reciprocal affection that can exist between humans and their animal friends.

May I suggest an additional support for his hope that Toby and all of our animal friends will be waiting for us at heaven 's gate?

The Church has declared infallibly that Francis of Assisi now experiences all the joys of heaven. Can anyone seriousl y believe that our dear Little Frenchy would

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Thanks, Archbishop

I am so impressed with the fine newspaper you are providing for us.

The March 26 issue was outstanding, especiall y Archbishop Levada 's column , "As we enter Holy Week...". It became my preparation for the sacrament of reconciliation.

The forgiveness theme is also going to find a place with the "cli ppings" that I save to share with family and friends. Thank you.

Doris M. Zona Burlingame

Let 's he clear

It's official : "Church bashing" has been sanctioned by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors as an appropriate response to the Catholic Church's refusal to endorse and permit same-sex marriages and to otherwise approve of homosexual behavior.

Board member Mark Leno said as much during his appearance April 2 on the nationally broadcast TV program "Pro and Con". His view explains why an overwhelming majority of the Board approved the Sisters of Perpetual Indul gence 's "20th anniversary celebration " on Easter Sunday despite irrefutable evidence their claim of entitlement to that date was contrived.

Let's be clear on this. Mr. Leno and others believe desecrating the Host, denigrating nuns and priests , vilif ying Catholics in general and mocking the pope in particular , ridiculing those who disagree with their view, that is those who embrace what the Hol y Father refers to as "total self-giving" as the only appropriate expression of love through sex, is ok.

Well, sir, it is not. If you want to debate the issue of the propriety of homosexuality, let's debate it on the merits. Stooping to personal attacks and insults adds not at all to a better understanding of the issue. What it does is to confirm for many that their argument on the merits would be difficult to sustain.

Joseph P. Russoniello Chair, Catholics for Truth & Justice San Francisco

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John Thavis JLn an unusual airing of differences , two cardinals have debated the proper role of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in investigating the orthodoxy of theologians.

Austrian Cardinal Franz Konig said the Vatican congregation should adopt a less-defensive attitude and a more-careful method when examining theological writings on interreligious dialogue.

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who heads the doctrinal congregation, said his agency is only doing its job when it protects the faith — and the faithful — from concepts that would place all religions on the same level.

The cardinals expressed their view s in sharply worded letters published recentl y by the English Catholic magazine, The Tablet. What prompted Cardinal Konig 's initial criticism in January and Cardinal Ratzinger 's response in March was the case of Belgian Jesuit Father Jacques Dupuis , a theologian at Rome 's Gregorian University who has written extensively about Christian theology and other religions.

In late 1998, the doctrinal congregation asked Father Dupuis to respond to its criticisms and questions about his 1997 book, Toward a Christian Theology of Relig ious Pluralism. He was given three months for a written response.

Father Dupuis declined to discuss particulars of his investigation , citing the doctrinal congregation 's insistence on confidentiality. Church sources in Rome said the Vatican's main questions focused on his treatment of the Church's mediating role in salvation. Father Dupuis has written, for example, that the Church's purpose is not to "render the kingdom of heaven accessible only through itself."

Cardinal Konig, a 93-year-old retired archbishop who has written extensively on other religions, called Father Dupuis ' latest book "masterly," He said the investigation of the theologian was "an indication that mistrust, suspicion and disapproval are being prematurely spread about an author who has the highest intentions."

While he said it was not his job to give advice to the doctrinal congregation, Cardinal Konig added: "But I cannot keep silent, for my heart bleeds when I see such obvious harm being done to the common good of God's Church ."

He suggested the doctrinal congregation should "find better way s of doing its job to serve the Church effectively." The doctrinal congregation has moved "too fast too soon," using methods that may be particularly ill-suited to interreligious questions, he said.

Cardinal Konig pointed out most of the doctrinal congregation members are Westerners "very much afraid that interreli gious dialogue will reduce all religions to equal rank."

"But that is the wrong approach for dialogue with the Eastern religions. It is reminiscent of colonialism and smacks of arrogance," he wrote. The Church must better learn to understand other forms of spirituality, he said.

Cardinal Konig said that with the Second Vatican Council and with Pope John Paul II' s encyclical Redemptoris Missio , the Church revised its "apologetic and defensive attitude " toward non-Christian religions.

The question of reconciling Christ 's uniqueness with salvation outside the Church needs careful and wide discussion today, he said.

In his letter, Cardinal Ratzinger, 71, expressed "astonishment" at Cardinal Konig 's criticisms. He said the congregation 's request for clarification from Father

Dupuis was an "attempt at dialogue " undertaken with great discretion .

"Is dialogue with authors to be forbidden to us? Is the attempt to reach confidential clarification on difficult questions something evil?" Cardinal Ratzinger wrote.

The congregation did not make the case public, he said. Whoever did may have wanted to "mobilize public opinion against our dicastery," he said.

On the more general issues of interreligious dialogue raised by Cardinal Konig, Cardinal Ratzinger said two crucial questions must be faced: Can a Christian engaged in dialogue relinquish his faith conviction that Christ is the true son of God and that there is something unique in Christianity? And "is he being honest with himself and with others if he sets this conviction aside?"

Cardinal Ratzinger noted parenthetically he did not think Father Dupuis had denied the uniqueness of Christ and the differences between religions.

Cardinal Ratzinger said he was upset that Cardinal Konig had cited papal and Vatican II teaching against the congregation.

"I cannot imagine that you seriously believe that the congregation 's thinking is in contradiction with the Second Vatican Council and with the pope 's fundamental encyclical letter on missionary activity," he said.

If that were so, then the pope would not have personally approved the congregation 's dial ogue with Father Dupuis, "as in fact he did," Cardinal Ratzinger said. He asked Cardinal Konig to reread the pope 's 1991 encyclical.

Cardinal Ratzinger said he hoped the "discussion " with Father Dupuis would come to a good conclusion , in a way that serves the "truth , the Church and all of us."

Father Dupuis submitted his response to the doctrinal congregation in early January. He had not yet received a reply in late March.

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

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Confession: dialogue, drama

George Weigel X~Vt a parish near my home in suburban Washington , D.C. a priest preaching a parish mission recently tried to entice those attending to receive the sacrament of reconciliation , telling them that they only had to confess one sin to be fiilly absolved. At least 1 think that 's what the priest was doing - enticing people, however strangely, to return to the sacrament. The alternative explanation — that this is the latest scam by defiant or confused clergy to get around the restrictions on genera) absolution — is too depressing to contemplate.

Why has the Church laid such emp hasis on individual confession over the centuries? Why does Pope John Paul II insist that Catholics have a right to private, auricular confession? What 's the big deal about confession?

Those are good questions at any season , but they 're particularly apt at Easter season, when we remember that the risen Lord gave the power to bind and loose to

his apostles. Confession has always been a mystery to non-Catholics. It now seems to be a mystery to many Catholics. Thinking about the sacrament in a dramatic context rather than a legal one may help rekindle interest in , even devotion to, this distinctive practice.

Every Christian life has the interior "structure" of a drama. For each Christian life, including the lives of saints, is lived in the gap between die person-I-am and the personI-ought-to-be. Life within that gap has an inherent dramatic tension to it. And diere is no drama without dial ogue.

Individual confession is one way the Church creates the space within the drama of the Christian life for that dialogue to unfold in an intensely personal way. That is why "going to confession " ought not be a matter of simply rattling off a list of transgressions, receiving 30 seconds of counsel , and then being dismissed with a modest penance. The kind of confession that makes sense within the "theo-drama" of the Christian life is a genuine conversation between confessor and penitent.

In that conversation , the penitent reviews the unique circumstances of his or her personal drama with the aid of a fellow Christian. The fellow Christian, a priest acting in the person of Christ, helps the penitent to "name" the dramatic tension in which he or she is living, to identity the Gospel norms that bear on life within that tension, and to cooperate with God 's grace in closing the gap between the person-I-am and the person-I-ought-to-be.

Although the sacrament or penance has its juridical dimensions, the confessional or the reconciliation room is not primarily a tribunal. It is a place for spiritual discernment , for wise counsel , for a conversation about growing in the virtues, including the theological virtues of faith, hope , and love.

Private, individual confession , in which we learn to

"name" the dramatic tension in which we are living, is a privileged way to enter more fully into the drama of one's unique Christian life.

In emergency circumstances, general confession with general absolution can be necessary. But the Church's teaching on the priority of individual , private, auricular confession is not a stubborn, mulish insistence on maintaining a venerable practice just because of its age. It is a defense of the drama of the Christian life, and of the individual Christian 's ri ght to be accompanied in that drama by a fellow believer, one who is authorized

by Christ and the Church to forgive sins, to reconcile us to God and to the Christian community in Christ's name and by Christ 's power.

Isn 't it odd that, immersed as we are in a self-consciously therapeutic culture, many Catholics have abandoned a practice that anticipated today 's obsession with "counseling" by centuries? Hundreds of years before therapists "discovered" that "naming " our problems was essential to dealing with and resolving them , good confessors knew that - and so did serious penitents. What happened?

Reducing the practice of the sacrament to a kind of spiritual mass-production line certainly drained confession of its inherent drama. So did post-Conciliar moral theologies that taught the relative indifference of particular acts in jud ging how we were living the Gospel. One answer to both these distortions is to recover a sense of the drama built into the life of faith , and to rediscover confession as one privileged example of the dialogue in the drama. * George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington , D.C.

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he lost art of making illuminated manuscripts of the Bible has been rediscovered and is being used to create the Saint John 's Bible — the first handwritten and illuminated Bible in five centuries.

St. John 's Abbey and University in Collegeville has commissioned the Bible 's creation. Illuminated means to be decorated with gold , silver or brilliant colors or with elaborate designs or miniature pictures.

The St. John 's Bible will consist of seven volumes about 23 inches tall by 16 inches wide. The text will be written with goose-quill pens on at least 1,150 pages of calfskin leather called vellum.

The first volume, The Gospels and Acts of the Apostles , will be unveiled at Christmas in the year 2000. All seven volumes will be completed in 2004, at a cost of $3 million.

Commissioned to write and illuminate the Bible is Donald Jackson, 61, an artist informally known as "the queen 's calligrapher," or, more formally, as "the scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Crown Office at the House of Lords in the United Kingdom."

The Briti sh calligrapher authored a landmark book, The Story of Writing, and premiered a 30-year retrospective exhibition of his work at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1988.

With the St. Bible, John 's however, his calligraph y is about to be exhibited like never before . Some 300 invited guests — including friends of St. John 's, benefactors of the Bible and members of the media — had a sneak peek of the first fruits of Jackson 's labor at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts March 22.

What they saw was the first illuminated page completed, which faces the opening text of the Gospel of Matthew, the first book of the New Testament. It depicts the genealogy of Jesu s as a family tree in the shape of a Jewish menorah.

"The illumination roots Jesus solidly in Jerusalem " and Jewish history, said Benedictine Father Eric Hollas, director of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library at St. which has John 's, A archived via microfilm more than 25 million pages from 90,000 volumes throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

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"The St. John's Bible will illuminate Scripture from our tradition," said Father Hollas. But it will also reflect modem science and technology — DNA, outer space, cyberspace. It will be multicultural and ecumenical , incorporating imagery and symbols of Buddhism, Hinduism , Taoism and the culture and spirituality of Native Americans in Minnesota.

"We are looking to create a 21st century Bible in the 21st century," said Father Hollas. "This is a Bible to celebrate the new millennium , one that is inspired by, and in mm can inspire , our time."

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The Bible will be bound with wooden boards with hand-stitched bindings and leather covers.

Just as medieval scribes wrote in monastery scriptoriums, Jackson will invite scribes and artisans from around the world to consult and work with him at his scriptorium in Wales where , along with his artist-in-residence studio at St. John 's, the majority of the Bible will be written.

Bui medieval monks did not swirl gold-leaf filigreed double-helixes of DNA about their illuminations, as Jackson did on his genealogy page. Nor did they use the New Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible, which uses genderinclusive language in references to men and women.

The manuscript is the first handwritten Bible to be created with the aid of a computer. Text of the NRSV was sent to Jackson on computer disks. Using a digital template , he then nlans Daae layouts of the script and illustrations.

St. John 's is planning a CD-ROM version of the Bible for worldwide distribution. Information on the making of the Bible and excerpts from it are on the Saint John 's Bible Web site at www.saintjob.nsbible.org.

Contemporary scripts and fonts , including a unique font Jackson has created , will be used in the Saint John 's Bible. The production of the Bible is being guided by a team of Scripture scholars , theologians and artists working collaboratively with Jackson.

Plans are to exhibit the Bible's pages and volumes in museums and libraries globall y, even before its 2004 completion date. Eventually, said Brother Reinhart, it will have a home at St. John 's, probably in a building of its own, where it is expected to be the focus of pilgrimages.

The Bible 's $3 million price tag is being funded by private support — more than 35 individuals, families, foundations and corporations have, to date , contributed nearly $900,000 for the project.

"Five hundred years from now, buildings will go, but this bit of artistic achi evement will still be here," said Father Hollas. "It 's the one thing we'll probably be remembered for."

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Father Gerard O'Rourke ,archdioeesan director of ecumenical and interreligious affairs and director of the original RENEW effort in the Archdiocese several years ago , began with a prayer and reflections on how the process has influenced building of the Christian community in parishes. Pictured are ,from left: Father O'Rourke; Father Dave Pettingill,director of the Office of Parish Life, who was the evening's emcee; Holy Family Sister Antonio Heap hy, director of RENEW 2000; Mary Ellen Hoffman of Council of Priests Office; and Diane Lawrence of St. Gabriel Parish.

Seven students and three teachers from St. Ignatius College Preparatory are scheduled to leave for Washington , D.C. April 29 to take part in a nationall y-organized protest aimed at closing the School of the Americas located at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Archbishop Oscar Romero, four American Church women, and six Jesuit priests along with thei r two co-workers were all killed by soldiers who graduated from this training facility.

The students and teachers will attend a rall y at the White House on May I , a vi gil at the Pentagon , and a concert b y Pete Seeger, the Indi go Girls, Bonnie Raitl and other performers . The last time Congress voted on the school's closure, it came within 11 votes of shutting down the facility.

"This school leaches soldiers how to torture civilians , how to arrange for their 'disapppearance ,' and how to use force to oppress innocent people," charged Mary Ahlbach , the SI faculty member organizing the trip.

"As a member of a Jesuit institution, I feel it is imperative that we be represented at this vigil ," she added. In addition to Ahlbach , SI Rector Greg Goethals, SJ, Community Service Director David Mezzera , and Veronica Bricker, who moderates the SI chapter of Amnesty International , will accompany the students.

Students scheduled to make the tri p are Chrystine Lawson, Christina Pavloff, Elena Reyes, Sara Suman , Tonilynn Sideco, Susanna Farber, Sierra Fish. For more information on the Washingto n rall y, call (202) 234-3440.

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As we come to the end of this millennium it will become 'important to many people to take stock and see where they are health-wise , financiall y and spirituall y. Endings and new beginnings help us to do this. That is why many people make 'New Year resolutions. Now, as we' approach the beginning of a new millennium , is an excellent time to help your friends and acquaintances become more interested in "getting back" to the active practice of the Faith.

RENEW 2000 is a non-threatening way to help people become involved 'in reviewing their faith life. Season Three will begin in October. The topic for reflection will be evangelization - - reaching out. We ask each of you to begin now by reaching out to anyone you know who is no longer active 'in the Church and to use the simple, five-step process of "Reaching Out In Prayer" (see following) to help them.

In his letter to the Church , On the Coming of the Third Millennium , Pope John Paul II declares: "One thing is certain: everyone is asked to do as much as possible to ensure that the great challenge of the year 2000 is not overlooked , for this challenge certainl y involves a special grace of the Lord for the Church and for the whole of humanity." If Pope John Paul were to ask you, today, how you have met this challenge, what would you answer?

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On Being Catholic

Father Milton T. Walsh

"A JT\.t the sight of the Lord , the disciples rejoiced." (Jn

20:19) How simply the fourth Gospel describes the effect of the risen Christ on his fearful friends. Passing through the locked doors of the Upper Room, Jesus also passed through the locked doors of their hearts — the doors of their humiliation at having failed the Master. In place of anxiety and sadness he imparts joy. The litmus test of Easter faith is j oy.

This is the test imposed by the 19th-century philosopher Nietsche, who said, "I might be tempted to believe that Christ was the Savior if Christians looked more saved." In 1975, beset by storms pounding upon him from all sides, Pope Paul VI took up the challenge of Nietsche and wrote an Exhortation on Joy. In it he noted, "Yes, it would be very strange if this Good News, which evokes the alleluia of the Church, did not give us the look of those who are saved."

Do we look saved? Do our lives radiate a conviction that God's love is stronger than the forces of evil?. If so, we are people of Easter faith ; if not, we must ask ourselves if we really believe the Creed we profess each Sunday.

Easter litmus test: iov Easter joy is not an escape from the harsh realities of life. On the contrary, the Gospels teach that true joy can be the fruit of these realities. The Christ who brought joy to the disciples on Easter night bore in his limbs and side the marks of crucifixion. When , at the Last Supper Jesus promised his friends a joy which no one could take from them, he did so while speaking of his death , which he compared to a mother 's birth-pangs. If we attend to the Gospels in their entirety (and not choose simply the "cozy " sections), it is clear that Jesus warns his disciples their lives will be harder, not easier, if they follow him.

Harder, and yet joyful.

Happiness is contingent: it is produced by circumstances, and can be lost in the same way. God has made the good things of this world for our happiness, so it is certainly not wrong to derive pleasure from them — indeed , not to do so would be a mark of ingratitude. But the good things of this world are passing. Our possessions, our abilities, our family and friends , our earthly life itself, all can be taken away and will be taken away.

To his disciples, Jesus gives something greater than happiness, and this greater gift is joy, "a joy which no one can take from you." (Jn 16:22) This gift is linked to the death of Jesus, because it is death which marks the difference between what can be taken away and what cannot . Had Christ not died and rose again for us, he might have been able to give us happiness; he could never have given us joy.

Christian joy does not prevent our mourning. Even the One who proclaimed himself to be "the Resurrection and the Life" wept at the tomb of Lazarus. In the face of death we are saddened, but the Apostle Paul urges us not

to grieve as the unbelieving world does, but to mourn as those with hope, a hope given by the resurrection (1 Thes 4:13). Sickness, death, failure rob us of our happiness, and fill the skies of our earthly lives with dark clouds. But faith in the resurrection lifts our vision beyond the horizon of this world, and it is this which is the source of our joy.

Nor should we think that Christian joy exempts us from concern for the needs of this world. C.S.Lewis calls the smile of the artificial Christian a blasphemy. The risen Christ did not leave his disci p les to "bliss out" on Easter joy in the Upper Room.

He sent them out to change the world. Arduous j ourneys, separation from loved ones, tensions within the community and persecution from without — they would have been much "happier" if he had left them alone, to go back to their fishing. But he did not come to make them happy, but to give them joy.

Through the ages, people have dabbled in alchemy, " a science" which promised to find a way to turn base metals into gold. We have possessed the true alchemy in the Church for 2,000 years; it is the cross of Christ, instrument of both his humiliation and his victory.

Without Christ, we may be happy but we will never be joy ful. With him, even when we are not happy we will be joyful. The gold paint of earthly happiness eventually wears away. Only God's love can taste death and overcome it.

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

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SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Through breaking of the bread J esus penetrates and permeates Sunday 's Scripture shows us the wonder of our assembly wherein the risen Third Sunday of Easter Jesus penetrates us through the Word we Acts 2:14, 22-33; Psalm 16; hear and "the breaking of bread" we share I Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35 and missions us to proclaim him to our world.

The disciples on the road to Emmaus were certainly off track. For Luke, the "exodusjourney (9:31)" of Jesus leads to Jerusalem and then to be "taken up to heaven." (9:51; 24:51) They, like us , need to be re-routed and re-directed. They, like us, need to experience the risen Lord, whose journey is completed and whose Spirit can propel our journey. Fortunately for them and us, there is a way.

Jesus first opens up the Scriptures for them and us. "Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets , he (Jesus) interpreted to them what referred to him in all the Scriptures." They and we, in turn , begin to respond as God's Word creates that response in us: "Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scri pture to us?"

Jesus next breaks the bread for them and us. "And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread , said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him , but he vanished from their sight." Led by the Word they heard, their hearts burning within them , they partici pate in the meal which recalls and makes present the saving, completed exodus-journey of Jesus. Now Jesus can disappear from their sight, because through Word and "the breaking of the bread" he now permeates and penetrates them.

Then, they and we are launched on the right road of living and proclaiming the Lord's way. "So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem...then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how lie was made known to them in the breaking of bread." The Eucharistic Prayer for Masses f o r Various Needs and Occasions (1994) captures this work of Jesus so beautifull y, as it plays out in our Sunday assembly, "Blessed too is your Son, Jesus Christ, who is present among us and whose love gathers us together. As once he died for his disciples, Father David M. Pettingill Christ now opens the Scriptures for us and breaks the bread."

Proof of the pudding appears in our first reading. Placed on Peter's lips, one of the Church's earliest Easter proclamations asserts that people said their "no" to Jesus and his ministry by having him crucified. God said his "yes" to Jesus by raising him from the dead. Then the work of the risen Lord—opening the Scriptures for his disciples— becomes visible as the speaker sees in Psalm 16 much more than "David" (the pseudonymous author) ever did, Jesus resurrection from the dead and our own rising to new life with him. It is this Psalm that comes readily to our lips from our "burning " hearts as we respond to the first reading.

The First Letter of Peter (the second reading) reminds us we are still on our journey.

"Conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb." Something has happened to us that makes us different and enables us to live differently.

Communities, who have been "Eastered ," reveal this fact in their concern for human beings, the value of human life, the rights of those who are being exploited, the breaking down of barriers erected by prejudice , the reconciliation of factions, the formation of neophytes (newly baptized), and the planning for the future of our Church. They have found the risen Jesus in their assembly in the Scriptures which he opens for them and in "the breaking of the bread" and so they become companions to their sisters and brothers, open the Scriptures for them, and host meals of love and inclusion. Then more eyes are opened, and the process goes on and on and on.

For RENEW small faith-sharing communities who are still meeting, here are some potential discussion questions: How has this RENEW community "opened" the Scriptures for you?

How has the "breaking of bread" become for you the event where you recognize the risen Lord?

How can you be a companion to others on their journeys?

How can you bring new vitality to your parish, the community of communities?

Father David Pettingill directs the archdioeesan Parish Life Office.

Neophyte Mass to be celebrated Sunday Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at the Neophyte Mass this Sunday, April 18, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral.

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RC1A) refers to the newly baptized as neophytes. Since the establishment of the RC1A, the Church has emphasized a renewal of the bishop's role as an integral part in the journey of the catechumenate.

The period of post-baptismal catechesis or mystagogy is, according to the RCIA norms, "a time for the community and the neophytes together to grow in deepening their grasp of the paschal mystery." (No. 244) These norms further recommend that "to show his pastoral concern for these new members of the Church , the bishop ...should preside at a celebration of the Eucharist with them." (No. 251) This special Mass offers the neophytes another opportunity to continue in that spirit of community, officials pointed out.

All are invited to attend this newly established annual event, particularly catechists and pastoral associates who were involved in the instruction of the neophytes.

Our new baptismal font: both womb and tomb It was hard to miss the bare feet. The marble around our new parish baptismal font was cold under the catechumens' feet, but the little ones were enjoying the sensation, wiggling their toes. It seemed the whole parish accompanied our catechumens to the new font on that windy, stormy Easter Vigil night, awe-shuck ourselves by the looks of exhilaration and awe on their faces.

The sound of the flowing water was so inviting, so welcoming. A simple white sheet draped each catechumen modestly over bathing suits; several pulled the gray shawl more snugly over their shoulders, shivering from the chill - - or was it from anticipation? The gray shawl meant something different for each of the adults: old habits, old ways of thinking and living, guilt and fear, self-hate, hard-heartedness. All will fall away as they step into those inv iting waters of re-birth. The moment they have awaited is here: the gift of new life in Christ, incorporation into Christ's own Body.

The deacon carries the Easter candle to the font and the pastor takes his first steps into the water. Our new font is in the shape of a cross so the catechumens literal ly descend by three steps down into the heart of the cross, following Christ's descent into death and burial.

The flowing waters of the font are clear and clean, warm, flowing, and inviting. The pastor, standing now in the center of the font, his Easter alb partly submerged in two-and-a-half feet of water, smiles at this experience — presiding over a eucharistic assembly barefoot and deep in water. That's a fust! But well worth the planning and waiting.

When the font and waters are blessed, the renunciation of sin and profession of faith begin. The questions ring out over the assembly, standing around the font, surrounding the catechumens, "Do you reject ... T "Do you believe ...?" Each catechumen matches the pastor 's intensity: "I do!" The expressions on their faces reveal something of the mystery of their individual journeys of faith that have led them to this parish community, to this particular incarnation of the Body of Christ. What a singular moment of grace this is - just to share this moment with them.

The youngest catechumen (Efren is 11) comes eagerly to the font, and walks down the three steps, walks down into the waters to die and to be buri ed with Christ. He kneels in the center of the font and three times is immersed in the life-giving waters, three times plunged into the mystery of the death and ¦resurrection of Jesus Christ (with just Sister Sharon McMillan. SND enough time to breathe between each one!).

This pastor's arms are sturdy support as Efren then crosses the waters (as Israel crossed the Red Sea, as Noah was saved through the water) and comes up out of the water (as Christ himself came up out of the waters of the Jordan). Efren, the newly-baptized (the neophyte), walks up the three steps on the opposite side of the font into the welcoming arms of godparents, sponsors, family, friends, and parishioners, embraced by their own joy, and is wrapped in the largest white towel he has ever seen.

Then Van enters the waters to die and rise with Christ. And so the pattern continues throughout this most holy night: the Easter Vigil, "the Mother of all vigils." We accompanied seven catechumens that night, praying and watching like mid-wives as the neophytes were re-bora one by one, embraced, kissed, wrapped up and dried off , anointed and sealed in the Spirit, brought to the eucharistic table for the first time.

The font in which they die and rise in the mystery of Christ's cross is also the womb of the Church through which these new members of Christ's own Body are born again. They are re- born by water and the Spirit, that same Spirit which hovered over the waters of creation, hovered over the Mother of God at the Annunciation , and hovered over the infant Church at Pentecost.

As the neophytes changed into their Easter clothes, each of us in the assembly renewed our own baptismal promises, grateful for the gift of our faith, challenged as were the catechumens to reject sin and live as Christ's own Body for the life of the world. As our voices rang out through the church ("1 do!"), we each then took time to come to the waters of that saving font. We blessed ourselves with those extraordinary waters of birth, death, and wedding feast. We experienced again the truth that as Christians we are born again into the very life of the Trinity, dying and rising with Christ, joined in everlasting union with Christ, the Bridegroom, entering with one another the wedding feast of the Lamb which never ends.

The font's presence now at the entrance of our church reminds us of all that. The inviting sounds of flowing water never cease to bring back the memories of that most holy night of the Easter Vigil. I take water from the font as I enter the church and make the sign of the cross, tracing again the lines of commitment as a disciple of the crucified and risen one. And I also take water from the font , mindful of our neophytes and of the gift and challenge they are for the rest of our parish. And yes, mindful of that extraordinary night of the bare feet.

Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMill an is an assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary,Menlo Park.

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Family Life

Separation makes heart grow... blink the headli ghts three times? It means 'I love you.'' He smiled good-naturedly and flashed the lights.

Half-an-hour later, I was on my way down 1-5, headed for the Oregon coast to teach a weekend magazine writing workshop. I love teaching, and I love the coast, but I was already missing my kids.

At noon, I pulled into our favorite lunch spot in Centralia. As I munched my garden burger and sipped my chocolate shake, 1 looked out over the play area. In my mind, I saw Lucas and Gabe, riding the space shuttle, sliding down the slide, pushing the merry go-round.

At the outlet mall, I told myself I didn 't have to go into the toy store, but 1 did anyway. 1gazed at the action figures.

I couldn 't remember which ones we already had. "If only the boys were here," I thought. "They 'd know." I ended up buying a frying pan at the Corning Revere outlet instead.

Back in the car, it was strangely quiet. No voices in the back wailing, "Are we there yet?" I saw a car with a Kentucky license plate, and started to say, "Lucas, there's Kentucky !"

Then I remembered—no one was keeping a list.

At last I reached my motel and settled in for a quiet evening. Too quiet. I tried to read, but my mind wandered. I remembered the blur of activity that surrounded other trips to

the coast. It felt odd not to have anyone else to fix a snack for to help into dry clothes, to remind to brush their teeth. I realized again how blessed I am to be able to share my life with my children, and how much I love being their mom.

Being separated from my loved ones helped me understand in some small way the emptiness the disciples felt on Good Friday. The master they 'd loved and walked with , joked with and broken bread with , was gone. What joy they felt on Easter to be together again.

The gift of Easter is the promise that no matter what pulls us apart, we can be reunited. Christ has overcome everything that separates us from God, ourselves, and one another. Easter is God's way of inviting us home.

Sunday night, I drove straight home, counting the minutes until I could hug my children again. "Mama's home!" they shouted, as I walked through the door. Gabe threw his little arms around me. "I'm so glad you 're home!" he said.

"I know," I said. "So am I."

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I turned around and lifted him up for one last hug. He buried his head in my shoulder. "I don 't like it when you leave," he said.

"I know," I soothed. "I don 't like it either. But I'll be back on Sunday."

I peeled him off me, walked out the front door, and climbed into van that would take me to the rental car agency. Gabe waved sadly from the living room window.

"Would you do me a favor?" I asked the driver. "Could you

the discip les felt on Good Friday.

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

Contact her at: chriscolumn @juno.com

How can I forgive after shooting death of my son?

Q. Father, my soul is in deep mourning. Several months ago our 11-year-old son was shot and killed by a neighbor boy one year older. He had found his older brother's unlicensed gun and shot our son in the face.

I didn 't go to therapy or counseling groups because my questions are not for these groups, but I hope you can help.

I' ve searched the Bible on the death of a child, but found nothing that helped. My son did receive Communion and the other sacraments before he died. Does he have the g ift of eternal life with God? Is there such a thing as my being able to speak with him and he be aware of it? What about the soul of the child who killed my son ? He received a very light sentence, which was like a slap on the wrist.

Is his soul in danger, or mine, because I can 't seem to find forgiveness ? It 's the f irst time in my life I have had hatred for a child. (Ne w York)

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Catechism continues, "according to the constant faith of the Church, this union is reinforced by an exchange of spiritual goods." Those in heaven continually help us in our weakness and intercede with the Father for us, putting their merits at our disposal "through the one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus" (955-6).

How about forgiveness? In spite of the remark we often hear to forgive and forget, forgetting a terrible hurt is probably not possible. An forgetting has little to do with forgiveness.

Forgiveness, as we are reminded in the Our Father, is rooted" in God's forgiveness of us. It is not an exercise in mental or emotional gymnastics, trying to maneuver our feelings into the way we "ought" to feel. It is profoundly and simply a matter of love, a response to Our Lord's command that we love one another as he has loved us (Jn 13:34).

Your questions about the other child's soul show that your love and faith , your concern and care, are there.

A. You and your husband have a heavy load to carry, and .I'm sorry for your hurt. No one can take away the pain, but there are a few things that may be helpful in light of your questions.

Can you speak with your son and he be aware of it? Can he speak to you? One of the most consoling and remarkable ancient beliefs of our Christian faith, one we too often don 't think about, is the Communion of Saints. It proclaims that there is a conscious communion, a living interaction, between those of us still here on earth and those who have gone before us into eternity.

This truth was specifically reaffirmed at Vatican J^_____[______*__ *w3rK. Council II, and later in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. "For all who belong to Christ," says the council , "have his Spirit , form one Church and cleave together in him (see Ep hesians 4:16).

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That love is not negated or diminished by the fact that you remember with tears and still hurt terribly.

I hope readers of this column, all part of the Communion of Saints, will pray widi you and all (he other parents and children who have experienced die kind of loss you are suffering.

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4 ,500 boys take part in San Francisco County CYO basketball Compiled by Kenneth Barroga The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) has coordinated youth sports programs in San Francisco County for over 40 years.

During the 1998-99 season there was a total of 52 programs partici pating in the county CYO boys basketball program.

This included 39 parishes, five private schools (Cornerstone , French American , San Francisco School , and Waldorf School, West Portal Lutheran), and eight youth service agencies (Aptos Recreation; Jewish Community Center; SF Boys and Girls Club; Griffith, SF Boys and Girls Club; Ingold , SF Boys and Girls Club; Mission , SF Boys and Girl s Club; Portola , South of Market Athletics, and Telegraph Hill).

Joann Dillon , CYO athletics director for San Francisco County, estimated nearly 4,500 boys from third through eighth grades played on about 450 teams throughout San Francisco.

In addition to 7 of the 10 eighth-grade boys ' championship teams pictured here, following are rosters of the third -through -eighth grade boys ' championship teams: 8th Grade No. 3: St. Peter (SF) — Octovio Ocon, Anoy Hen-era, Alberto Rodri guez, Mario Alabi , Abraham Gonzalez , Willie Hernandez , Chris Marino, Jason Khorge. Coach: Jim Sanchez.

8th Grade No. 6: Jewish Community Center —• Jeremy O'Connor, Simon Snyder, Robert Holmes, Isaac Kurlen, Travis Kay-Rugen, Aaron Brown, On Again, Benjamin Springwercs. Coach Crai g Salgado.

8th Grade No. 7: St. Brigid — Evan Kung, Timothy Dwok, Michael Lim , Hector Morales, Ivan Yee, Douglas Chang, Salvatore Rappa, Robert Chu , Kevin Wang. Coach: Warren Kwok.

7th Grade No. 1: Ingold Boys & Girls Club (SF) — Darnell Brown, Charles Chatwind , Wayne Gatlin , Tony Gelton , Clifford Hammonds, D'Angelo Hargrave, Delarian Lee, Troy Matthews, Nathan Thomas, Alan Wu. Coach Nate Ford.

7th Grade No. 2: Mission Dolores — Raymond Atkins , Emmanuel Blackwell , Thomas Le, Sean Monar, Nicholas Rice , Luis Samayoa, Saul Sanchez, Alex Solorzano, Joshua Stout.

Coach Carlos Cairi llo.

7th Grade No. 3: St. Brendan — Pat Donovan , Chris Dowdy, Tim Lopez , Clif Machado , Joh n Sanglacomo, Steve Sanglacomo, Mike Schimaneck , Chris Shanahan. Coach Dan Donovan.

7th Grade No. 4: West Portal Lutheran — Joshua Chow, Adam Dong, Steve Goon. Jeffrey Lui , Joshua Man , Jeffrey Rosales, Frank Song, Jonathan Thomas, Brian Withelm. Coach Patrick Man. 7th Grade No. 5: West Portal Lutheran — Erik Chan, Chris Daniels, Derrick Joe, Ryan Li, Honrado Lopez, Theodore Ma, Joseph Piazza, Matt Spitz, Garrett Wong, Edward Yuen. Coach Ed Wong.

7th Grade No. 6: Corpus Christi — Sean Ahern, James Baker, Andrew Borja , Marcus Dela Paz, Jorge Elias, David Feranda, Ryan Murphy, Anthony Pena, Jan Rodrigo, Joseph Vivas. Coach Pat Ward.

7th - Grade No. 7: Epiphany — Steve Ayala, Nick Bisagno, Zack Bradstreet, Frank Chang, James Cordova, Chris Duran , Lloyd Lacayanga, Juan Leyton, Christian Portillo , Chris Stone.

Coach Ed Gutierrez.

7th Grade No. 8: St. Thomas More — Noel Barrantes, Samuel Galvez , Gino Giusti , Johnny Rojo, Christian Saiz, Brendan Spillane , Kyle Tanedo. Coach Jonathan Rojo. • 7th Grade No. 9: Epiphany — Jose Bustamante, Justin Bustos, Carlos Calara, Nick Corkery, Alvin Cuesta, Mike Manibusan, Aaron Nievera , Adolph Rarajah , Francisco Sandoval , Amadeo Vivat. Coach Ivan Bermudez.

6th Grade No. 1: Jewish Community Center —Azach Benei n, Jacob Cohen , Jake Guernsey, Nick Delund , David Liss, Noah Pri tzker, Max Schoening, Emerson Taymor, Alex Tiblier-Weiss, Austi n Tyler. Coach Crai g Salgado.

6th Grade No. 2: St. Paul — Raymond Bailon, Chris Brown Lee, Miguel Browne, Matthew Campbell , Anthony Garcia, Christian Marcos, Daniel Nemirofi", Julian Pargus, Benton Shuttish, Adam Thuore, Michael Ugarte. Coach Carlos Garcia.

6th Grade No. 3: St. Dominic — Nicholas Cristdoal, George Falley, Laron Doss, Bryant Evans, Giovanni Gardner, Rodney Gash , Byron Hay, J.J. Payne, Landon Sims , Gabriel Sims, James Smedley, Bradley Wills, Marcques Whiteside, Joqueses Whitfield. Coaches James Payne and James Whitfield.

6th Grade No. 4: St John — Maurice Aranda, Jovan Blake, Darius Bowden , Nicholas Camilli, Rodrigo Castillo, Patrick Fitzgerald , Oscar Fuentes !

Stefan Gomez, Daniel Gonzales , Mark Keen, Eduardo Lopez, Victor Sagastume, Christopher Smallin, Scott Smallin, Joseph Wettstein. Coach Daniel Gonzales.

6th Grade No. 5: Waldorf School — Danny Brooks, Eugene Cleghorn, Niles Freebury, Gabriel Goldthwaite , Eduardo Ruiz , Alasdair Sun , Simon Woodard. Coaches Mick Colburn and Nghiem Nguyen.

6th Grade No. 6: Sacred Heart — Tobi Akirtola-Thomas, Jeremy Boss, D'Marco Boyd, Bre 'an Hayes, James Hunter, James Isaac, Ryan Jones, Jeremiah Mims, Damarcus Moore , DiMarco Naskins, Dante Simon , Nathan Wegner.

Coaches William Bracy and Michael Ward.

6th Grade No. 7: West Portal Lutheran — Christopher Chao, Samuel Cho, Kevin Fong, Dante Glen , Jeffrey Hau , Benjamin Hwa, Preston Jeung, Marcus Lee, Khari Nash , Michael Tom, Adam Viera-Ribeiro, Brian Wong. Coach Dick Fong.

6th Grade No. 8: Salesian - Sts. Peter & Paul — James Aicardi , Richard Aicardi , Justin Cadelago , Alexander Murray-Clark , Brendan David , David Mieger, Paul Rich , Nicholas Wong.

Coach Randal DeMartini.

6th Grade No. 9: St. Gabriel — Jason Chan, Andy Choe, Benjamin Eng, Wolf Hibbeler, Gabriel Huie, Frank Johnson , Patrick Moncada, Michael Salinas, Brendan Winans , Benjamin Wong. Coach Franklin Johnson.

5th Grade No. 1: Mission Boys & Girls Club [SF) — Edwin Acosta, Ladavid Anderson, Jeremy Bryant, Brandon Leon Bucsit, Joseph Raymond Cadera, Amanze Emenike, Adrian Gordan, Darnell Hadley-Garret, Rashawn Harris, Clarence Lewis Iv, Steven Williams. Coaches Emmanuel Sewart and Donald Bryant.

5th Grade No. 2: Our Lady of Mercy — Michael Bosetti, Cesar Cabatbat, J ohn De Los Angeles, Devin Daught, Kevin Hawthorne, Daniel Jimenez, Jacob

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Human Life Award

Kati e Short combats abortion on sidewalks and in court

By Joan Frawley Desmond

Sitting at her kitchen table with the telephone crammed against her shoulder, one hand taking notes on a legal pad, the other bouncing a fretful baby, Katie Short personifies the high-energy denizens of Silicon Valley.

But while many of her neighbors in upscale Atherton are busy starting Internet companies and making deals, this mother of seven, homeschooler, and pro-life lawyer puts her multitasking skills to very different uses: raising and educating her brood while serving as the legal director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation.

While hi ghtech executives trade business strategies over morning coffee at the local Starbucks , the slender, perennially cheerful Short takes command of her overworked telephone while navigating a dizzying array of activities: from reading instruction to resolving a crisis pregnancy, from math drills to crafting a legal brief.

The wonder is that Short not onl y earns accolades from pro-life activists, she also maintains a TV-free household, finds time for daily Mass, and commandeers her children on regular biking tri ps.

Short, who just celebrated her 40th birthday, has been a dynamic presence among pro-life legal activists for more than a decade. Her efforts were celebrated this week by the San Francisco-based pro-life education group, United for Life, which selected her as the 1999 recipient of the Human Life Award.

"When we began to research potential recipients for this year 's Human Life Award, we decided to highlight the role of pro-life journalists and lawyers, and our thoughts immediately went to Katie," reported Bea Smalley, a United for Life board member.

"Katie has worked on behalf of pro-lifers, who have been penalized for their activism and hauled in on trumped-up charges," Smalley explained. "Whenever pro-lifers have needed help, the Life Legal Defense Foundation has always been there."

The Life Legal Defense Foundation raises money and organizes pro bono legal representation and guidance for pro-life activists, including side-walk counselors and protesters, who have become ensnared in increasingly restrictive ordinances designed to shield abortion clinics and their patients from encounters with abortion opponents.

While pro-lifers celebrate the LLDF's gutsy role, abortion ri ghts groups bemoan the group's effectiveness. In a recent report released by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, the LLDF was identified as one of 12 legal advocacy groups that "severely diminished" the "constitutional right " to abortion.

Smalley, a long-term activist who has participated in numerous protests and vigils, has had an excellent vantage point from which .to view Katie Short 's ability to juggle family obli gations with the growing demand for her legal work.

Smalley has served as an ad hoc babv sitter during Short 's court-room appearances on behalf of pro-life defendants , and Smalley has witnessed the lawyer 's nocturnal visits to imprisoned activists during the heyday oi Operation Rescue.

Short 's passionate commitment to the unborn , ignited by her early involvement ir the Respect Life group at St.Ray mond's Parish in Menlo Park , is shared by a number of her sisters and brothers who also provide pro bono legal assistance or do sidewalk counseling .

Short grew up in the large, devoutl y Catholic Wynne family in Atherton. She was educated at private schools and graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart, before attending Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, and then completing her law degree at Boalt Hall.

Short helped organize the Life Legal Defense Foundation in 1989. As an early side-walk counselor, she had first-hand experience with the stepped up prosecution and vilification of abortion opponents , whose First Amendment rights were under fire in American courts and media.

In the eighties, abortion rights proponents began to accuse side-walk counselors and crisis pregnancy centers of harassing

Shorts own discussions with the often ambivalent women suggested many did not want

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Symposium on care and housing needs for aging

A national symposium tor Church personnel, government officials and private-sector representatives "to foster creative partnerships" in addressing care and housing needs of the aging population will be held July 14 in Portland, Ore., according to a letter to bishops written in February by Portland's Archbishop John G. Vlazny.

The gathering is being sponsored and coordinated, he said, by the St. Anthony Village Enterprise (SAVE), a "parish-based model for senior care and housing" based in Portland.

"In addition to presentations by nationall y known speakers there will be workshops on how to develop projects similar to St. Anthony Village," the archbishop stated.

He described St. Anthony Village as "a parish-based community for people of various ages, conditions and backgrounds. Father Michael Maslowsky, SAVE president, is symposium coordinator.

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women tor, Short wants to protect die ability of prow h o life activists to share s o u g ht information with desabortions , perate women, and she However is utterly opposed to Short 's recent court rulings own disthat narrowly restrict cussions the activities of aborwith the tion opponents, and often even authroize proseambivacution- of some l e n t activists under the women RICO federal rackesuggested teering laws designed many did to punish organized not want crime. to go At the recent United For Life event where Katie "Pro-life activism through Short was presented the 1999 Human Life Award, has become the with the are husband Bill Short,Katie and son Tom. wrong cause at the procedure and were looking for a way out. wrong time," Short concluded. "During the "As a side-walk counselor, there are Vietnam War, the courts relaxed freetimes when your work is so easy," speech restrictions for anti-war protesters, explained Short. "You go up to them, give but they have not done that for us."

(Ed. note: Information on the Life Legal them information , they look at it, and then they walk away from the clinic. The idea Defense Foundation is available on its that all these women are desperate to have Internet web site: http://www.Udf.org) abortions is totally false. Many want help."

"For some women, having an abortion is simply following the course of least An award-winning journalist and resistance," Short continues, briefly ignormember of Catholic San Francisco 's ing a ring ing telephone and giggling chilAdvisoiy Board, Joan Frawley dren. "I remember one girl I spoke with Desmond is the mother of three young who had already had one abortion. She children and a member of Church of knew how to have another abortion , but she the Nativity Parish, Menlo Park. didn 't know how to go to a prenatal clinic and get help with her pregnancy."

Short put side-walk counseling on hold in 1990, a few years after her marriage to husband and fellow attorney, Bill Short, resulted in a growing family that limited her ability to visit abortion clinics. Yet that early experience still clearly fuels her present LLDF work.

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Catholic relief agencies in forefront of refugee aid (Ed. note: while news stories rarely call attention to advertising, readers might wish to know there is a Catholic Relief Services display message on page 15 this week.)

By John Thavis SKOPJE, Macedonia (CNS) — The magnitude of the Kosovar refugee crisis shocked the world and caught international aid agencies off-guard, but Catholic organizations were among the first to respond with help.

In a region where the Catholic Church is a small minority, its relief structure suddenly found itself in the front lines of an effort to feed , clothe and assist some 300,000 Kosovar refugees who landed in Albania and Macedonia in late March.

Catholic Relief Services, American Catholics' international relief and development agency, led the way, beefing up staff throughout the reg ion and delivering crucial supplies to refugees caug ht in a no-man 's land on the Macedonian border and in the northern Albanian city of Kukes.

See editorial, page 10 In early April , Albanian Archbishop Rrok Mirdita of Durres-Tirana welcomed the first of four emergency airlifts from Caritas Croatia and aid from Caritas Ital y, while Caritas Austria shipped 10,000 blankets and 400 tents to Macedonia.

The British-based Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, the official aid agency of the Catholic bishops of England and Wales, immediate ly diverted funds from its regular Albanian programs to finance delivery of urgently needed food , blankets and utensils to refugee centers throug hout the country.

The Geneva-based International Catholic Migration Commission provided special assistance to the most vulnerable of the refugee population in Macedonia.

Church agencies were able to respond so effectively to the refugee explosion because they have been in place for many years in the Balkans — and they plan to be there long after the attention of media and other relief organizations has shifted from the current crisis.

That is one reason why CRS agreed in mid-Apri l to take over management of the biggest refugee camp in the region , near the northern Macedonia airport of Brazda.

"We're in it to stay, even though we know there s never been a camp where there haven 't been huge problems as time goes on. But we're planning on being with these people back in Kosovo some day, so we should be here with them now," said David Holdridge, a CRS regional director.

When the crisis hit, he said , "we rallied around very quickly. I think we've done a better job than most because we have a network of 14 offices in the reg ion."

David Snyder, a CRS media liaison in the Balkans, said when some 40,000 Kosovars crossed into Macedonia in early April to a camp at Blace, CRS was the only non-governmental agency distributing relief at the border, partly because its office in Macedonia had foreseen an influx there.

CYO... ¦ Continued from page IS Sahagun, Matthew Williams. Coach Dewey Haught.

5th Grade No. 3: St. Cecilia — Nick Alvarado, Robert Alvarado, Connor Daly, James Daly, Max Mills, Sean Murphy, Matt Sahagun, Sean Smith . Coach Rick Murphy.

5th Grade No. 4: Stuart Hall — Scott Gossens, Paul Lalonde, Timothy Larson, Shing-Hon Lau, Christopher Morales, Samuel Vaughan , Joseph Whitner, Taylor Wroolie. Coach Will Jaggers.

5th Grade No. 5: St. Thomas Apostle — Eamon Byrne, Joseph Cheng, Christo pher Chili , Richard Kim , Nick Labriola, Gary Lai, Alex Lam , Alan Lee, Benjamin Lee, Henry Lee, Cian Quattrin.

Coach Clinton Tan. 5th Grade No. 6: South of Market Athletics — Manish Amin , Julius Baclay, Joseph Beck, Quincy Cooper, Curshion Jones, Raffy Lacap, Katan Nathansiri.AmitPatel , Ed wing Rosas, Bryan Salenga, Salvador Villalohos.

Coaches Ed Martinez,Tim Figueras, Mike Gallegos.

5th Grade No. 7: Good Shepherd—Ricky Baciocco, Alex Battaglia, Andrew Cagle, Mychael Herrera, Michael Kavanaugh, Kevin Moran, Mikey Morris, Manny Sian, Erik Van Ess. Coach Greg Battaglia.

5th Grade No. 8: St. Stephen — Eric Axelson , Rick Delgado, Jonathan Florenda , Brett Lando, Beau Roberto, Jordan Rosen, Justin Song, Scott Wardell, Derek Wong. Coach Alia Song.

5th Grade No. 9: St. Anne — Sam Araj, Jonadian Dee, Bryan Iseri, Eric Jen, Nicholas Lau, Justin Lee, Ray Leong, Hendson Lin, Ryan Lin, Brendan Yang. Coach Michelle Lam .

4th Grade No. 1: St. Stephen — Connor Feeney, Matthew Grehwiler, Matthew Hall , Patrick Hennessey, Reid Kurpinsky, Aaron Levinoer, Steven Pratt, Christopher S piro. Coach Darnet Ducket.

4th Grade No. 2: Good Shepherd — Andrew Cooper, Chris Dong, Matthew Feldman , Jack Forbers, Daniel Keenan , Bradley Martyn, Patrick Murphy, Marcus Pointer, Robert Rescino. Coaches Steve Pointer and Jim Feldman.

4th Grade No. 3: St, Gabriel — Steven Enjaian , Paul Jackson , Brandon King, Trevor McDevitt, Ricky Medina, Scott Miller, Shane Murphy, Jim Navarro. Coach Mike Fegan.

4th Grade No. 4: St. Cecilia — Domi nic Barsetti, Daniel

He said CRS, using tractors supplied and manned by a local Muslim relief organization, was able to send in load after load of supplies to Blace.

It was a lifeline that other aid organizations were simply not positioned to provide.

In an ironic and sad twist , CRS also discovered that some of its staff members from Kosovo were showing up in refugee camps.

"It's been very difficult for the staff to see CRS people in the camps and not be able to get them out," said Phil Oldham , who head s the CRS office in Albania.

About half the CRS staff in Kosovo remained unaccounted for.

Along with immediate relief, other church experts were planning for long-term refugee problems.

Lacy Wright , policy adviser for the U.S. Catholic Conference 's Migration and Refugee Services, was gath- ¦^¦^¦^ra™*»i^^^^ ering information in Macedonia and Albania on the possible scenarios for the 300,000 Kosovar refugees.

One issue was the widely different fates awaiting Kosovars who crossed into Albania , many of whom were settled with local families, and those who received a much cooler welcome in Macedonia and were being shuttled to other countries.

Dale Buscher, head of the International Catholic Migration Commission in Geneva, said his organization was looking into refugee rights protection , along with jobcreation , skills programs and psycho-social counseling.

"We're looking at their needs right now, and also try ing to see what their needs will be if a return (to Kosovo) is possible, to help them restart their lives," Buscher said.

"For the meantime , we want to help these people be productive members of their camps, not just passive recipients of aid," he said.

All the aid workers said the Catholic nature of their programs was important to them , but less so to the relief recipients.

"Many times our church status gives us access to places where government agencies have problems operating. But most refugees here don 't know that a Catholic organization is involved.

There's little time to talk about that," said CRS' Snyder.

In times of humanitarian crisis, much relief agency work includes logistics. The CRS offices in Tirana resembled a war room, with boards tracking refugee flow from the North , the arrival of food supplies , transportation conBennedetti, Robby Evangelista, Jerome Gaynetche, Mari o Guerrero , William Keightly, Benjamin Low, Farid Moganum , Nial l O'Kane , Tony Smith. Coach Bernie Guerrero .

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4th Grade No. 6: St. Dominic — Aubrey Abrakasa , Brandon Banksmith, Romulo Beltran , Christopher Blazer, Asante Delacruz , Ariel Selma, Hodari Shortrid ge, Chaz Smedley, Clifford Vador.

Coach Raymond Delacruz.

4th Grade No. 7: Star of the Sea — Geoffrey Ainn, Robert Balmy, Shane Butler, Daniel Cooper, Eric Fu, Trevor Krivens, Devon Lee, Richard Linn, Wen Mahoney, Alex Mayo, Clayton Newliouse. Coach Mike Balmy.

4th Grade No. 8: Epiphany — Franco Cruz, Mike Garcia, Dave Herrera, Kevin Morales, Arvee Pajarillo, Benedict Paz, Julian Sagang, Eddie Sanchez. Coach Michelle Van Winkle.

3rd Grade No. 1: Good Shepherd — Nicholas David , Devan Donaldson , Ryland King, Richard McNamara, Brandon Moe, Sean Moore, Brian Payne, Juan Santiago. Coach Lynn Moe. 3rd Grade No. 2: St. Elizabeth — Alexander Austria, Major Corpuz , Brandon Espejo, Theron Jones III, Samson Mai , Vince Perez , Daniel Quinonez, Robert Romani. Coach Ferdinand Austria.

3rd Grade No.3: Jewish Community Center — Reed Campbell , David Goldberg, Adam Greenberg, Roger Kristof, Joshua Meet, Barry Mondiy-Cohen, Max Sander, David Schenker, Jonathan Williams. Coach Craig Salgado.

3rd Grade No. 4: St. Peter (SF) — Jairo Camacho, Jose Diaz , Sabin Hernandez, John Libiran , Alberto Martinez, Dillo n Martinez , Antonio Navarro, Erick Peralta , Angel Rodriguez, Emerson Sosa , Steven Ybarra, Peter Yepez. Coach Frank Ybarra.

3rd Grade No. 5: St. Brendan — Vince Legarza, Matt Lof 'tus, AndrewMoore, Eric Pagan, Alexi Papalexopoulos, Adam Rosasco, Michael Sweeney. Coach Mike Legarza.

3rd Grade No. 6: Salesian - Sts. Peter & Paul — Jordan Boyajian , Matthew Cadelago, Martin Cadiz, Vincenti Chen, Andrew Eng, Ian Sarmiento, Danilo Somarriba, Brian Yee, Steven Yuen.

Coach Roberto Balestreri.

3rd Grade No. 7: Notre Dame Des Victoires — Daniel Idzkowski , Iman Jaward, Rene Kamm, Alec Mar, Joseph Strizich.

Warren Tam, Michael Welsh, Kyle Wong. Coach William Gaus.

tracts and local purchase orders.

Working, by walkietalkie and cell phone in a country where phone communications is weak at best, the CRS Albania stafi had to deal constantly with seemingly minor problems that can derail relief: a late truck , a loading palette left on a runway or a shipment manifest that was never faxed.

"We've got oil , flour and beans up at the camp, but how are they going to use it? We need to buy cooking equi pment," one worker said , reaching for a p hone .

In Macedonia , CRS had to carefully avoid buying local foodstuffs that had been sitting in warehouses too long. One staffer, suspicious of a load of "Din Don " pate with no expiration date, confronted the vendor and said: "You open a can and eat it." When the seller balked , CRS decided to hold off distribution.

The International Catholic Migration Commission 's deputy regional director , Albert Ramirez, helped arrange a $50,000 church donation for cellular phones so refugees in Brazda could call relatives in other European countries.

The first question many refugees asked relief workers was.

"Mobile phone?"

Given the human suffering and the logistical challenges, nerves get frayed among relief workers. CRS in Macedonia pulled in a consultant to address that issue, said Jessica Pearl, a liaison officer there.

"A lot of it is self-management, knowing when to say: 'OK , I' m done, I need to go home and sleep.' And we do look out for our colleagues and tell them when it 's time to take a break," she said.

Althoug h the stress is heavy, the rewards can be deeply satisf ying.

Thanks in part to CRS. refugees were moved from the appalling Blace camp on the Macedonian border to three new facilities, where they enjoyed a basic standard of food, water and hygiene.

"It was an amazing transformation ," said Snyder. "One day they were living in near-disaster, and the next day they were eating chicken roasted by an English cook."

(Ed. note: For updates on CRS activities in the Balkan conflict, persons can access the agency 's Internet Web site: www.catholicrelief.org)

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Retreats/Days of Recollection April 23: "Assisted Suicide: The Issues" with Mercy Sister M. Brian Kelber, noon - 1 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, call (650) 340-7474.

May 1: Enrichment day for ministers of consolation, sponsqred by Catholic Charities at Mercy Center, Burlingame, 9:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. lunch. For details and fee information, call (415) 564-7882.

May 8: "The Spirituality of Aging," retreat, St. Stephen Parish Donworth Hall, 601 Eucalyptus Dr., SF, 9 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Care givers to the elderly and anyone wishing to know more about growing older are invited. Sponsored by School of Pastoral Leadership. $10. Call (415) 242-9089.

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.

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

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

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.

Perf ormance April 23, 24, 30 and May 1: Mercy High School's Fine Arts Dept. will stage Rodger and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" at 7:30 p.m. in the Mercy Theater, 3250 19th Ave., SF.Two matinee performances for students are scheduled April 22 and April 28 at 10 a.m.with student ticket price of $3 (chaperons free). Evening performance tickets are $7 in advance, $8 at door. For information, call (415) 334-0525.

Food & Fun Second Saturdays: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

April 17: Annual Spring Festival, Our Lady ol Perpetual Parish, 60 Wellington Ave., Daly City, 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. in school auditorium. $15 foi dinner and dance includes 1 raffle ticket. Call (650) 755-9786.

April 17: Alberian #93, Young Ladies Institute Bingo Lunch, 12 noon at Corpus Christi Hall, 1599 Alemany Blvd., SF. $12. For tickets, call Janet Smith at (415) 587-6884.

April 17: "Spring in Paris" will be the theme ol St. Rita School's annual dinner/dance fundraiser — 7 p.m. to midnight. Music by The Larry Love Band. Drawing for raffle grand prize of 1999 Toyota Camry LE (or $17,000 cash) will be done at the dance. For information, call (415) 456-1003.

April 17: Annual Spring Conference fot Archdioeesan Council of Catholic Women, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mark Parish, 325 Marine View Ave., Belmont. Day features a talk on The Liturgy by Father John Talesfore, Worship Director for the Archdiocese. ACCW chaplain, Msgr. Edward McTaggart, will preside al Eucharist. Call Maryann Larke at (650) 3684300. $10 fee includes lunch.

April 23, 24, 25: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Spring Festival, 301 Grand St., Redwood City.

Carnival rides, games, food, fun. Ride ticket books, usually $20, can be bought for $10 on several dates before festival begins including festival's first day. Call (650) 366-6127 or (650) 3668817 for hours and other information.

April 27: Holy Family Day Home's "Mission into the Millennium" dinner. Evening takes place in different parts of San Francisco's historic Mission Dolores and benefits Sisters of the Holy Names ' facility that has helped San Francisco families for 86 years. $99 per person. Begins with cocktails at 6 p.m., call (415) 565-0504.

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

May 1: "Simply the Best," an evening of dining, dancing and more at the Burlingame Hyatt Regency at 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Mothers'Club of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame.

Proceeds benefit parish and school activities. $85 per person,black tie optional. Call (650) 697-5745.

May 1: The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Sebastian Parish announces availability of space for their "Whale of a Sale" 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rent an 8 foot space for $25. Join the fun as vendor or shopper. Call Joyce Massucco at (415) 461-3395.

May 17 - 18: "Reno Fun Trip," Adults only for this overnight jaunt that costs only $50 not including cash and food coupons at casinos.

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Datebook Nancy Manion at (415) 333-2798 or Patricia Mairena at (650) 756-9525. Arranged by St. Thomas More Parish community.

May 21, 22, 23: "Farewell Nineties," three day festival at St. Kevin Parish, 704 Cortland Ave., SF.Food, fun, games for all ages. Call (415) 6485751 for tickets or more information.

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

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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.

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.

Laguna Honda Hospital, SF is in need of volunteers to serve as eucharistic ministers, lectors and chapel escorts at Tuesday and Sunday morning Masses. CallSister Miriam at (415) 6641.580, ext . 4-2422.

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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) 8631581.

April 27: "An Evening of Faith Sharing: The Catholic and Jewish Young Adult Experience," wine and cheese reception at 7 p.m., discussion at 7:30 p.m. Congregation Sherith Israel, 2266 California St. at Webster, SF.Call Mary Jansen at (415) 563-6503.

May 2000: Young Adults to Italy, information meeting April 21, 7:30 p.m. St. Dominic Parish Hall, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, call Maria VickroyPeralta at (415) 776-0588.

April 25 & May 23: "Jesus Christ - Lord, God & Messiah" at St. Mary Cathedral Conference Center, Hal! A, Gough St. and Geary Blvd., SF. Refreshments at 6:45 p.m., talks at 7 p.m. $5 admission. Call (415) 436-0359.

Older Adults April 22: First meeting of St. Stephen 50+ Club, 12:30 p.m. in Donworth Hall 601 Eucalyptus Dr., SF. Men and women invited to join. $40 annual dues. 50+ Club will continue to meet every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Call Helga D'arcy at (415) 731-8211.

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.

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

Bernal Heights Neighborhood Elders Support Team helps seniors remain at home with rides, food delivery and companionship.

Interested volunteers should call Lisa Lopez Coffey at (415) 206-9177.

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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 Middlefleld Rd., Menlo Park on the third Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. and later that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (at Bon Air Rd.), Kentfield.

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July 1 - 4: Golden Jubilee of the Christian Family Movement, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, call Center for Continuing Education at (219) 631-6691.

Introductory sessions of Seton Medical Center's Natural Family Planning program will be held through this fall. Call (650) 301-8896 for dates and times as well as to register.

Second Collections April 25: Church in Latin America May 16: Catholic Charities June 13: Catholic University of America June 27: Peter's Pence - Holy Father

April 18: Blood Drive, 8:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m., in Kennedy Room of St. Raphael Parish, 5,h and A St., San Rafael. Call Jean at (415) 453-2645.

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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) 487-8560.

Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Church, 98 Bosworth St., SF, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. M -F. in Parish Center Chapel, (415) 334-4646. St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fridays,9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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

May 4: "Annulments: Myths and Misconceptions" at St. Raphael Elementary School, Kennedy Room, 1100 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, 7:30 p.m.

Presenters are Canon Lawyers, Providence Sister Nancy Reynolds and Ursuline Sister Lynn Jarrell.

Evening includes question and answer period and refreshments. Call Peter Bohan at (415) 897-4634 or Margaret Ryan at (415) 892-3302.

April 30 - May 2 & June 11 - 13. RetrovaiHe weekends,a program for troubled marriages. Call Lolette and Tony Campos at (415) 893-1005, For information about Beginning Experience,a group assisting those experiencing loss to move on to the future with hope,call (415) 616-6547.

Music Sundays in April: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m.

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April 18: Cooper High Schoo l Concert Choir at St. Paul Church, 29'" and Church St., SF. The group is a premier choral ensemble from Texas.

Choir will lead song at 12:15 p.m. Mass and offer a concert of sacred music after. Call (415) 6487538.

April 24: Phil Coulter, Ireland's Ambassador of Music, performs in concert with special guests at St. Paul Church, 29"' and Church St., SF at 8 p.m. $20. Proceeds benefit St. Paul Church Preservation Fund.Call (415) 648-7538 April 30: Philippine Boys Choir performs at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF at 7:30 p.m. $15,adults; $7 children/Call (415) 584- 8297.

May 1: Spring Concert featuring music of George Gershwin and Cole Porter by Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School Chorus. Call (415) 775-6626,ext.715 for tickets and information.

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

April 26 to July 25: A mixed media art installation inspired by 17,h century Mexican poet, intellectual and nun, Sister Juana Ines de La Xruz at University of San Francisco's Gleeson Library's Thacher Gallery. For information on dates and times of events related to the installation, call (4 15) 422-5979.

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

Joshua Bell recital marked by gentility and grace since its first publication , some years after the composer 's death. Bell p layed if for its inherent "comfortable" grace, but without claiming more than its modest proportions demand.

The Beethoven, conceptually and emotionally a much larger affair, elicited a correspondingly expansive reading from the artist. The opening and closing allegro movements surrounded a truly songful (cantabile) slow movement with due weight and thrust.

Having played the first half of the program with his music open on the stand, which did not seem at all inhibiting, Mr. Bell set the stand aside after the intermission and played with still greater gusto.

The highlight was a group of two pieces by Bela Bartok, beginning with some sprightl y Romanian dances. The ensuing Rhapsody No. 1, perhaps the most beautiful music of the evening, showed Mr. Bell' s ability to convey romantic warmtii while retaining a strong technique.

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The passage from youthful virtuoso to mature artist is not easy, but jud ging from his recent recital in Herbst Hall, the violinist Joshua Bell has managed it nicely.

In a program that deftly combined the classical-romantic repertory with 20'" century works, Mr. Bell exhibited the great talent he has had since his teen-age triumphs, now complemented by Ihe poise and self-assurance that come from age and experience. (He is 30 years old.)

Bell's playing is marked by gentility and poetic grace.

This is not to deny the forceful and vigorous aspects of his work, but simply to affirm the specific qualities in his work that comprise its interpretive richness.

One looks, for instance, to a Maxim Vengerov for the steel y precision , accompanied indeed by lyric sensibility, that characterizes a player of powerful intensity.

Joshua Bell , by contrast, never blows the listener away; he weaves an enveloping spell of irresistible charm.

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One feature of the recital that deserves special notice is the outstanding contribution of Simon Mulligan , the young English pianist who performed with Mr. Bell. He was not merely an accompanist but a genuine partner in the music making.

Reticent when the music required it , the pianist was capable of brilliant touches as well, and Bell acKnowtecigea nis co-musician very generously, ine artists were mutuall y responsive to tlieir respective roles and clearly enjoyed the collaboration.

Was there anything to find fault with? Well , musicians are not machines; there may have been a note fudged here or there, the superb intonation may have faltered for an instant. So what?

The great pianist Artur Schnabel, after completing a recording, was asked to repeat a certain measure where he had missed something. "What for?" he asked, "I couldn 't play it any better." Precisely.

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The Director will train Lead Couples throughout the Archdiocese involved in Marriage Preparati on Programs. They will assist parishes with the organization of Marriage En richment reheats and workshops. They will also work with parishes and deaneries to promote Parenting Sessions as well as sessions in Natural Family Planning Training, This office also supports the widowed, separated and divorced Catholic programs.

A Bachelors Degree in a related field is required , a Master 's of Theological Degree is highly desired. You will need a high level of proficiency on Windows 95 and some desktop publishing skills. 3-5 years of pastoral experience at the parish level is required as well as a strong familiarity with Roman Catholic teachings on marriage and family life. Bilingual skills in Spanish are desirable.

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"Go" (Columbia) Smirky comedy divides its time between a small-time drug deal gone awry with near deadly consequences and a gambling jaunt to Las Vegas by four pals also culminating in violence. Director Doug Liman's mindless comedy takes a benign view of drug abuse and treats dealing as a lucrative lark as long as net one actually dies , Recreational drug use, a menage a trois, some nudity, brief instances of violence, grand larceny, occasional profanity and much rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is 0 — morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association rating is R — restricted.

"Never Been Kissed" (20th Century Fox) Drippy romantic comedy in which a 25-year-old rookie reporter (Drew Barrymore) goes undercover as a high school senior to write about teen life and ends up reliving her adolescent insecurities before winning the heart of her English teacher (Michael Vartan). Barrymore 's clunky performance further sinks director Raja GosnelPs contrived coming-of-age tale. Implied affairs, sex references, a sex-

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Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415479-9020