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by Tom Burke Happy Birthday to Peggy Tarrant longtime parishioner of St. Raphael's in San Rafael , who turned 85 years old on February 15th. "God is good," Peggy said. "I'm in good health and have great family and friends. " Thanks very much to Peggy for her affirming words about this column and Catholic San Francisco. "I read it the minute it gets delivered ," she told me.... Happy 55 years married to longtime St. Anne of the Sunset parishioners, Bea and Stacey Ver, who commemorated the occasion with family on March 27th....Thanks to Aine O'Brennan, a proud 1938 alumna of St. Paul's High School and now longtime parishioner of San Francisco 's St. Stephen 's for a littl e bit of history on the statue of St. Patrick th at .is seen every year in the SF parade bearing the City co-patron 's name.

Apparently the sculpture originally belonged to St. Patrick Church - site of the annual Mass preceding the march - but a renovation of the place where it was stored caused its ending up "homeless and unwanted," Aine said. To the rescue was parade co-chairman Malachy Ruane, and after Malachy's death, his son, and Aine's nephew and godson, Jim. Between parades, the casting rests in a San Francisco warehouse of the family 's firm, Patrick J. Ruane, Inc. which has assisted in the restoration of many churches in

Much up in the household of Mira and Jim McTiernan who celebrated 75th and 80th birthdays with family and friends at Daly City 's Val's Restaurant on March 9th and will commemorate their 54th wedding anniversary on May 7th.

the Archdiocese including St. Paul's and the Mission District's St. Peter 's. Jim and his wife, Noreen, are parishioners of St. Robert Parish, San Bruno and partici pate in many activities there . Their children are St. Robert 's and St. Ignatius alums, Stephanie and Jim.... Celebrating 30 years of marriage April 28th are Theresa and Tom Miller of St. Brendan Parish and parents of Brendan, a student at City College. Thanks to Theresa 's folks, Holy Namers Elizabeth and Bill Lynch, for the good news....A tip of the thesaurus to Katy Miller, a 5th grader at St. Catherine of Siena Elementary, a winner in the first annual Readers' Digest Word Power Challenge. Katy, whose proud mom is Julie Miller, was among the top 100 scoring students in the state....Filed with calls asking "What Samantha Smiley, a 7th time is midnight Mass?" was a recent grader at Our Lady of inquiry from an unidentified viewer who Angels, Burlingame, is soon wanted to know when the TV Mass would on her way to Washington , "since air we pushed our clocks D. C. as state representative ahead?" ...Remember there is no CSF next in the Scripps Howard week.

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A Lenten pilgrimage for unity and peace One of the unanticipated blessings of our recent ecumenical pilgrimage was the chance to see Rome, so familial" from long years as student and priest, through new eyes - the eyes of separated brothers and sisters for whom so much is new and unexpected.

Our small band of 15 pilgrims envisioned this 12-day Lenten journey as a witness to the hope and prayer for Christian unity that is embedded in the soul of every Christian by the prayer of Christ himself at the Last Supper: "I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you , Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me" (John 17: 20-1).

Our time in Rome was brief; it included a day in Assisi, where we prayed at the tomb of San Francisco's patron saint a fervent prayer for peace in a time of war in Iraq. We followed the example of Pope John Paul II and leaders of the world religions, who have twice journeyed to Assisi to pray for peace under the patronage of St. Francis, who prayed , "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." May that prayer be fulfilled in the witness of our lives and ministries.

Since we were a small pilgrim group, led by the local San Francisco bishops representing our three Christian communions, still divided but with so much in common, beginning with our Baptism into the grace of divine life by water and the Holy Spirit, it was my hope in planning our few days in Rome to highlight some of the common history we share. For example, I thought it would be important for Bishop William Swing, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, to be able to visit the church of Pope St. Gregory the Great, built on the site of his father 's house - the church from which he sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to England in 597 to evangelize the people of that island. We had just come from a visit to Canterbury, steeped in its memories of Augustine and Thomas a Becket, of centuries of Archbishops before the divisions of the Reformation. And here was a new and unexpected link in our common history to nourish our memory of and our prayer for unity. Now this church serves as a base for the sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta in Rome, for their old folks' home and other outreach programs.

For Metropolitan Anthony, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of San Francisco, it seemed important to call attention to the many locations in Rome associated with the Emperor

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Before he left Rome to build his new capital in the East, Constantine took pains to leave great monuments for Christian devotion and history. He built the first Basilica of St. John Lateran to be the cathedral church of the Bishops of Rome. It still serves as Rome's cathedral today in a much redecorated form , this church which is called "Omnium urbis et orbis Ecclesiarum Mater et Caput" - "Mother and Head of all the churches of the City and of the World."

The two great Constantinian basilicas built over the tombs of St. Peter (on the Vatican hill) and St. Paul (outside the walls) remain, after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which Constantine built at the site of his mother St. Helena's discovery of the cross of Christ and his empty tomb in Jerusalem, among the most precious sites of pilgrimage for Christians throughout the centuries. To visit the tombs of these two central New Testament figures puts the visitor in the company of the apostles, foundation stones of Christ's Church. Our ecumenical prayer at these two basilicas gave new impetus to our common quest for full, visible unity among all the disciples of Jesus Christ.

Adjacent to the magnificent triumphal arch of Constantine, built to memorialize his victory in 312 over his rival co-emperor Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge just north of Rome, is the centerpiece of the ancient metropolis of about one million Romans, the Colosseum. Built in the first century after Christ by the emperors Vespasian and Titus, not long after Peter and Paul had been martyred during the reign of the hated Nero, the Colosseum epitomizes the extravagances of ancient Rome in the time of the emperors, after the virtues of the Republic gave way to the conquest of empire. It was an extraordinary architectural achievement, clad in travertine marble and able to seat 50,000 for spectacles of gladiatorial battles and contests with wild beasts. Its floor could even be covered with water for simulated naval battles - a monument to a popular taste for "bread and circuses."

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Its unhappy history is also associated with the martyrdom of Christians during successive persecutions by some of the Roman emperors of the first three centuries. St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch at the end of the first century, is among the first mentioned as having his blood spilt on the sands of the Roman arena. It was Pope Benedict XTV in the mid-18th century who dedicated the ruins of the Colosseum to the Passion of our Lord, in memory of the many martyrs who received there the martyrs' crown of glory. No wonder, then, that the Good Friday Way of the Cross, at which our Holy Father presides, is celebrated with the Colosseum as its backdrop.

Our Lenten pilgrimage offered a unique sense of following Jesus more nearly - to his cross of Good Friday, and to the great joy of his Resurrection on Easter. Thanks be to God for the gift of such great love in the person of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ.

May the memories of this Lent be with all of us pilgrims to the shrines of our common Christian history, and to the shrines of our churches in the San Francisco Bay area - as a pledge of our prayer and work for unity among Christians.

May this effort for Christian unity be as well a sign of our commitment to pursue the cause of peace in our war-torn world, and to be instruments of a lasting peace, built upon the reconciliation of our human family with our God, and with one another, in the confident hope that is ours in the Risen Christ.

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Supporters of the Islamic courts argue that courts primaril y deal with domestic affairs such as marriage , divorce and property inheritance and do not impede the country ' s criminal system. "I' ve heard the Christians argue that , if they want to provide for that, then they should give a special provision where Christians are able to interpret Christian principles" in the law, Waliaula said.

She said provisions banning abortion and homosexual marriage also will be important agenda items for Catholics participating in the conference. The church has been hosting workshops to help prepare participants in the National Constitutional Conference , set to begin Apri l 28. More than 150 Catholics are expected to partici pate.

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'Patriotic ' bis hop is appointed to hig h government post in China

WASHINGTON — The Vatican has confirmed the U.S. English version of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal . The revision , approved in English translation by the U.S. bishops last November, is the first in 25 years.

The instruction presents norms for the celebration ol Mass. It includes detailed instructions for each part of the Mass; for the duties of the celebrant, other ministers and the peop le; for differences when there are concelebrants and when a deacon is present or not; for the arrangement and furnishing of churches; and for the bread and wine and sacred furnishings , vessels and vestments.

It also has norms for the choice of texts for the Mass, the selection of texts set to music and special rules for Masses for the dead and Masses with prayers for various circumstances.

Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, notified the bishops in late Marc h that the Vatican letter of confirmation had been received. USCCB Publishing said it plans to have the instruction published in book form by early May. In the meantime people who wish to read or reference the document may view i! on the Internet at: www.usccb.org

HONG KONG — The election of a government-recognized bishop as the first Catholic in the leadership of China's top legislative body has drawn varying reactions from mainland church leaders and church watchers in Hong Kong.

Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan of Beijing, 62, was elected as one of 15 vice chairmen of the Standing Committee of the 1 Oth National People 's Congress, China 's legislature. The vice chairmen assist the chairman in handling the day-to-day work of the Standing Committee, reported UCA News. Bishop Fu is vice c president of the Bishops ' Conference of the Catholic Church in China, the government-approved bishops ' conference.

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Anthony Lam Sui-ki , senior researcher at the Hol y Spirit Study Center of Hong Kong Diocese, called the position a "reward" for Bishop Fu. He said the election might cause discord among reli gions in the country but that it MBKH would not affect Chinese-Vatican relations. Althoug h jflJnau China 's government-approved "patriotic" churc h officiall y ' -/ ' ¦' l 2 spurns ties to the Vatican, one Chinese bishop has said that Hrair up to two-thirds of the government-approved bishops have Isis B^H reconciled secretly with the Vatican.

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Ukraine church group asks U.N. to recognize1930s genocide

WARSAW, Poland — A coalition of Ukrainian church groups petitioned the United Nations to declare that a Soviet-orchestrated famine that killed millions in the 1930s was an "act of genocide."

'This terrible disaster took the lives of approximatel y 10 million people and became the largest in scale and at the same time least-known of all the 20th century ' s tragedies ," the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches said in a petition to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan . "It was an evil, deliberate policy, targeted at ultimatel y annihilating the Ukrainian nation, its gene pool and any mention of its existence in worl d history. It was a policy of 'final solution to the Ukrainian problem ,'" the statement said.

"The man-made famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine was devastating for our nation and placed our people 's very existence in question," the statement said. A quarter of Ukraine's rural population perished in the famine.

The church council is, chaired by the head of the Eastern-rite Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Lviv. It includes Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders.

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Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., committee chairman. It was issued the same day that about half of the 80 arrested dissidents were convicted of collaborating with the U.S. government and foreign-based opponents of Cuban President Fidel Castro to subvert the government.

The Cuban bishops, Amnesty International, the U.S. government and the human rights commission of the Organization of American States also criticized the roundup of dissidents.

The U.S. bishops ' statement said that human rights activists, independent journalists, poets and labor leaders "have been subject to arbitrary arrest and trial ." It asked the Cuban government to "recognize the error of these mistaken acts and release these nonviolent dissident prisoners ."

Jailing of Cuban dissidents draws Kenyan Catholics oppose p lan to criticismfrom US. bishops WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops asked the Cuban enhance role of Islamic courts government to release scores of dissidents who have beer sentenced to prisons terms ranging from six to 28 years following a March crackdown on opponents of the government of Fidel Castro.

"While we are not in a position to jud ge individual cases, those arrested seem to fit die general category of human rights and democracy advocates, which only authoritarian regimes have reason to fear," said a statement issued April 7 by the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Policy and signed by

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BALTIMORE — Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore criticized a vote against a federal ban on partialbirth abortion by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, a Catholic Democrat who lives in his archdiocese.

"I am deeply troubled by your continuing insistence that such a heinous procedure should be available in the United States of America," Cardinal Keeler said in a March 21 letter to Mikulski .

The Senate vote March 13 to enact a ban passed 64-33.

Also voting against a ban was Maryland' s senior senator, Democrat Paul S. Sarbanes, a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. The bill, which President Bush has said he will sign, prohibits doctors from committing an "overt act" designed to kill a partially delivered baby.

Charging that partial-birth abortion "has no place in a decent and compassionate society," the cardinal told Mikulski , "The new federal bill that you voted against incorporates congressional findings from medical expert testimony that partial-birth abortion is never necessary to protect the health of a woman, and , indeed , that it exposes women to substantial and additional health risks. " Despite the claims of supporters of legal aborti on, Cardinal Keeler said it is not true mat partial-birth abortion is used "only very rarely." He cited a January survey of abortion providers completed by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, that estimated that 2,200 partial-birth abortions were performed in the year 2000.

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Archbishop William J. Levada returned to San Francisco last Saturday following a unique 12-day Ecumenical Pilgrimage shared with Bishop William Swing of the of the Episcopal Diocese of California , and Metropolitan Anthony, Greek Orthodox Bishop of California and the West.

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Elementary school students were asked to write a 150 word essay answering "How do you feel when you receive the Body of Christ?" Each of the 21 school winners read their essays and Father Tom Dal y, director of vocations for the archdiocese , awarded a trop hy and $200 to grand prize winner, Bridge t Folan, an eighth grader at Good Shep herd School in Pacifica. Miss Folan said the Bread of the Eucharist "is not just nourishment for my body, but also nourishment for my soul. " The strength she receives from (he Bod y of Christ gives her "inner peace " and an ability to forg ive herself and others for wrongful deeds. "Opening my heart to others becomes easier, because I know God's arm s are always open to me," she said.

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By Jack Smith Students , parents and faculty of St. Paul of the Shi pwreck elementary school in San Francisco ' s Bayview chanted and picketed at the Archdiocesan chancery office on Monday for another chance to save their financiall y-troubled school.

Low enrollment and poor revenue have forced the school into a financial crisis which could result in a deficit of $500,000 for the next year were the school to remain open. As a result , St. Paul of the Shipwreck pastor, Conventual Franciscan Father lohn Heinz , has recommended to Archbishop William J. Levada that the school be closed at the end this school year. Father Heinz alerted the school and parish community of his recommendation in a letter dated April 10.

Father Heinz, nonetheless chose to be among his parishioners during the picket at the chancery. "Among the school families there is a lot of anger . .. and among the parish families there is just sadness," he said. "The parish has been struggling with the school for six years and they ' ve done an extraordinary job of supporting it."

Father Heinz came to the picket in the hope that "someone , somewhere could see the problem . . . and come to the aid of the archdiocese and the school and turn this around . . . Some billionaire , somewhere ."

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"We came down here today because we 're trying to save our school. It 's the last blac k Catholic school in the Bayview dism Continued from page 7 trict ," he said. The school community is ties , he said. Father Heinz said that he does not "have a onl y "asking for a chance to make this responsible and viable plan to open the doors and pay deficit up," he said. "This is a black Catholic the teachers next year and it would be irresponsible for school and we need to be surrounded by our culture ." me to make a recommendation otherwise."

Mr. Turner said it would be wrong to turn Father Heinz, recounted dat a about St. Paul of the Shi pwreck school that was presented to school commu- the "students away and let them go to public nities at a recent convocation at St. Mary 's Cathedra l schools. We want them to have a Christian livelihood and which sought to find reorganiza- ——— Christian teachers." tion alternatives for the City's Mr . Turner said four predominatel y African- Father Heinz came to the the school has turned American schools. St. Paul around "100 perreceived about $200,000 in pick et in the hope that cent " in quality since tuition and fundraising from the Franciscans have parents last year, he said, and "someone , somewhere been at the parish. $260 ,000 from the Archdiocese.

He believes that the "For our part we needed to raise could see the problem . . . parents were not $300,000. We failed. All we properl y informed raised was less than $100,000, " and come to the aid of the five years ago about he said . the financial situaAccording to a "report pretion of the school pared for the recent convoca- archdiocese and the school and if they had tion , St. Paul of the Shi pwreck been , would have has received $1,8 million in sub- and turn this around . . . " "stepped up " and sidies from the archdiocese over raised the money. "Today we want the archthe last ten years. The report cites the declining number of childre n and African- diocese to just give us a chance to get to American children in particular who reside in the City work right now. It 's wrong to just close at as a significant reason for the school' s difficulties. the end of the year."

St. Paul has a low enrollment of 145 students with an Mr. Turner , like Father Heinz , is hop ing average class size of 16. Of those students , onl y 37 per- that someone will hear the pli ght of the cent live in the parish and 22 students do not live in the school and step in. "We're getting the word City. According to the U.S. Census, San Francisco has out and corporate America needs to hear," experienced the greatest decline in African-American he said. "Somebody needs to step in and save this population of any major city over the last ten years and school ," he said. Otherwise, he said , "What are Catholic the City has the smallest percentage of families with schools coming to? Onl y for the rich? . . . We are all God' s children." children under 18 in the State.

Walter Turner is president of St. Paul of the According to Superintendent of Catholic Schools Shi pwreck School Board and parent 's association. He Maureen Huntington , no decision has yet been reached has a child in 7th grade and grandchildren in first and about the organization or fate of St. Paul of the sixth grades. "These kids love this school ," he said, Shipwreck School. At the convocation held on March pointing to dozens of children who were present at the 31 , a recommendation was adopted for cooperation between two of the City 's largely African-American p icket on Monday.

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In London , the three reli gious leaders and fellow pilgrims visited Lambeth Palace , home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the worldwide Ang lican Community.

In Ital y, the group made a visit to Assisi , home of the patro n of the Archdiocese and of the City of San Francisco. Archbishop Levada celebrated Mass in the crypt chapel at the tomb of St. Francis.

On April 7, Archbishop Levada , Bishop Swing and Metropolitan Anthony met privatel y with the Hol y Father at the Vatican and this meeting was followed b y an audience with Pope John Paul II that included all of the members of the Ecumenical Pil grimage.

The Rome portion of the pil grimage included visits to St. Peter ' s Basilica and the churches of Santa Susana , St. Gregory, St. lohn Lateran and St. Mary Major. A moving ecumenical prayer service was held at the tomb of St. Peter.

At the Vatican , Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, held a candid and friendly discussion with the three California church leaders.

Istanbul , Turkey - formerl y Constantinople — was the final stop of the pilgrimage. Archbishop Levada , Bishop Swing, Metropolitan Anthony and other members of the pilgrimage met with His All Holiness Bartholomew , Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church.

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At the conclusion of the Ecumenical Pil grimage , Archbishop Levada, Bishop Swing and Metropolitan Anthony expressed their thankfulness for the blessings of "an extraordinary and fruitful" journey to advance both Christian unity and peace in the world.

Meeting with Pope John Paul II are , from left, Archbishop Levada , Metropolitan Anthony and Bishop Swing.

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Dear Archbishop Levada, Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am pleased to welcome your ecumenical delegation of Catholics, Greek Orthodox and Anglicans from the San Francisco Area. This pilgrimage, which coincides with the I50th annivers ary of the founding of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is a testimony to your commitment to the growth of Christian unity through sincere dialogue , common prayer and fraternal coopera tion in the service of the Gospel , It is my hope that your visit to this City, blessed by the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul and the memory of the early martyrs , will deepen your love of Jesus Christ and your zeal for the spread of his kingdom. At a time of conflict and grave unrest in our world, I pray that your witness to the Gospel message of reconciliation , solidarity and love will be a sign of hope and a promise of the unity of a humanity reborn and renewed in the grace of Christ. Upon you and your communities I cordially invoke God's abundant blessings.

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By Cin dy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II entrusted the young peop le of the worl d to the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, asking her to bring them closer to Christ and help them be peacemakers in the world.

Addressing Mary as mother means "committing yourself to peace," the pope told thousands of young people gathered April 10 in a rain-soaked St. Peter 's Square.

"Mary, queen of peace, is in fact a mother, and like every mother she has only one desire for her children: to see them live in peace and harmony," the pope said.

"In this troubled moment of history, when terrorism and wars threaten agreement among people and among religions, I want to entrust you to Mary so that you become promoters of that culture of peace which is more necessary man ever," the pope told the young people. « Joining the Roman youths for the evening of song, dance and testimonies were youths from Canada — host of the 2002 World . s Youth Day — and from Germany, where the 2005 international ¦ o £ gathering of young people with the pope is being planned. o H The 82-year-old pope told the youths he had experienced o X a. .

Mary 's protection throughout his life, and he prayed that new ° *i> ^ 7. generations of Catholics would have the same experience.

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Christ shine in them."

"They are the youths of this century who, at the dawn of the new millennium , still live under the torments caused by sin, by hatred , by violence , by terrorism and by war," the pope told Mary in prayer.

But they are also the ones to whom the church looks with trust , knowing that if they place themselves in God's hands, "they will believe and live as witnesses of the Gospel," he said in the prayer.

The pop e prayed that Mary would guide them as they discover their vocations and lead those called to married life "to the knowledge of true love and bless their affections."

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II will meet with Spanish young people and will proclaim five new saints during his May 3-4 visit to Madrid, the Vatican announced.

The pope will spend just over 30 hours in Madrid during his fifth visit to Spain, meeting President Jose Maria Aznar, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia as well as leaders of the Spanish bishops ' conference.

The May 4 canonization of two priests and three women religious in the central Colon Square, featuring a massive statue of Christopher Columbus, will be die culmination of the visit.

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hCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Facing up to toug h choices In early 2001, the Archdiocesan Board of Education recommended to Archbishop Levada that a Strategic Planning Commission for Catholic Schools be established. This idea arose partly from concerns about declining enrollment in some Catholic elementary schools in San Francisco resulting from demographic and socioeconomic trends.

After consultation , the Archbishop appointed a large and representative Strategic Planning Commission in the fall of 200 1 and the group began working.

During the spring of 2002, the Commission consulted with pastors and principal s to share findings on the challenges facing schools; to solicit comments from members of the parish and school communities; and to engage in initial discussions as to strategies that might be used to deal with the challenges.

A summary report of the Strategic Planning Commission for Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese was presented to the Archbishop near the end of 2002. Among the recommendation s was a general meeting on Catholic Education in the African-American Community. (Report available at www.sfcathoiicschools.org.)

At the end of March, representatives from four parish elementary school communities in San Francisco with a largel y African-American student population Sacred Heart, St. Dominic, St. Emydius and St. Paul of the Shi pwreck â&#x20AC;&#x201D;joined with others in Catholic education and supporters of inner-city schools lor discussions at St. Mary 's Conference Center.

At the end of the Convocation on Catholic Education in the African-American Community, a cooperative plan involving elementary schools at Sacred Heart and St. Dominic gained approval , but a similar plan for St. Emydius and St. Paul of the Shipwreck schools did not find support. (See Catholic San Francisco, April 4, 2003.)

In his Palm Sunday homily, Franciscan Father John Heinz , pastor of St. Paul of the Shipwreck parish, spoke of his letter to Archbishop Levada recommending closure of St. Paul of the Shipwreck School.

"This year, the Archdiocese ga ve our school over $260,000 in support. For our part, we were responsible to raise $300,000. We were only able to raise a little less than $100,000. 1 have kept our school board, parish council, and finance council informed about the situation. In October, I wrote Archbishop Levada informing him of the f inancial crisis, and my increasing concerns about the long-term viability our school.

Since then, we have been f i ghting to find a way to keep our school open. I have spent an enormous amount of time meeting with peop le trying to put something workable together. We even discussed the possibility of combin ing our school with another Catholic school; the discussion did not work out.

We are faced with two hug e problems. The f irst is that our support from the Archdiocese is scheduled to be lowered next year to $100,000. This was not a surprise. We are in the last year of a f ive-year p lan to make our school self-sufficient.

The second major problem is that we will need to fund raise between $450,000 and $500, 000 next year in development.

This last week, it became apparent to me that we do not have a viable p lan to overcome these obstacles. I cannot in good conscience, as your Pastor, open our school next year only to lay off our teachers in midyear, and leave our families scrambling to find a school for their children. With great personal sadness, I have sent word to the Archbishop recommending that our school be closed at the end of this school year."

Archbishop Levada has not made a final decision on the future of St. Paul of the Shipwreck and will not do so until he has a comprehensive approach to issues facing the Catholic schools in San Francisco serving the African-American Community.

Certainly, there is a broad consensus that simp ly maintaining the status quo is not satisfactory and that changes in the way the four schools currently operate is essential.

Between 1995 and 2000, San Francisco had an 18 percent decline in the number of children under five years of age, and San Francisco ranks last among California cities in the number of families with children under 18 years of age.

Meanwhile, the African-American population overall in San Francisco declined 15 percent between 1990 and 2000 - the largest such drop among major U.S. cities.

At St. Paul of the Shipwreck School, the number of current students is 145. Of this number, only 53 students live in the parish, while 92 live outside the parish including 22 who live outside San Francisco.

As Father Heinz noted, the Archdiocese has invested a huge amount of time and talent and treasure trying to Find a solution to the problems of the school. In the nearly six years he has served as pastor, the Archdiocese has given the school more than $1.5 million in direct support.

The pastor told his congregation, "I have never seen such support for any Catholic school in any diocese that 1 have worked in."

Archdiocesan support for St. Paul of the Shipwreck School over the past decade is more than $1.8 million. This is approximately one-half of the direct financial assistance provided to all four of the Catholic elementary schools in San Francisco with predominantly African-American students.

A fundamental question in the discussion of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is how to most appropriately and most effectively use limited resources. If one school in difficulty garners a disproportionate share of resources, the needs of other more viable schools will be affected.

Whatever the final outcome in the sad and difficult case of St. Paul of the Shipwreck School, students will have an opportunity to receive a Catholic education. The Department of Catholic Schools is prepared to work with parents to place students in other Catholic elementary schools in the area where space is available.

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The wrong culp rit

Though it is popular to blame globalization for just about every economic and social malady, Fr. Kenneth Weare's "Globalization: A real danger to the Christian famil y " (April 11, 2003), is way over the top. High unemployment in the Phili ppines does not result from 10 percent of the population living abroad and sending money home. It is precisely the other way around; hard working Filip inos leave their homes because there are few high-wage jobs at home and much better opportunities abroad. The Philippines should be understood as a country that benefits from globalization through the export of the only product its government cannot tax away or otherwise confiscate: skilled labor. Ask a Philippine National living and working in San Francisco, "would you and your family be better off had you not left the Phili pp ines to come here?" The question answers itself.

As for globalization and its effects on the Christian famil y, generally the most stable and wealthy countries - the ones where Christian families have the best opportunities to stay together - are the most open or "globalized." Such countries are magnets for immigrants in search of better lives. By contrast, those countries that most practice protection of their favored industries, or what the article calls "economic nationalism," are more likely poor, badly governed, and suffering the very maladies the article describes, including low wages and the consequent break up of Christian families through the emigration of their sons and daughters.

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Stephen St. Marie San Francisco

Big ots in media

It is impossible for me to properly say "thank you " for Brent Bozell's guest editorial "Anti-Catholic 'entertainment'" on April 24.

While I did not watch the particular shows that he discussed, I have been upset by a couple of shows that were not mentioned. I read with absolute disgust his description of these shows and was amazed at how entrenched antiCatholic bigotry is in this country, particularly in the entertainment industry.

Barbara Graham San Francisco

Real dialog ue

Most conversations we engage in and many editorials we read are black and white anti-Bush or pro-war rhetoric that leave us with headaches and very little to dialogue about. I found it refreshing to read Sister Christine Wilcox 's "When it comes to war, what's a Catholic to do?"

Reflective and thoughtful , she recognizes our lack of understanding of the many factors that have led to the war and echoes the sadness of all of us as we pray for an end to the war that we do not understand.

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Many thanks to Father Ken Weare for sharing his insights, particularly in the issue of globalization , during his pastoral experience in Manila in January. He took the ti me to address the economic, social and political problems that my home country still struggles with . He met with Filipino families of v arious social levels , politicians, businessmen, religious, students and activists.

As an immigrant from the Philippines the past 24 years, I am saddened that such problems still exist, and I am concerned that it will take decades to eradicate the problems. While the Filipinos grapple with life 's difficulties , they remain faith-filled and hopeful.

There have been so many talks, conferences, books and articles about globalization worldwide yet there seems to be lack of solutions and definite plans of action of governments and the church to alleviate some if not all the negative impact such as poverty, social injustice and destruction of natural resources.

We are challenged now more than ever to continue discussions of how globalization can positivel y affect people's lives now and in the future.

Thanks for publishing Fr. Ken's article in your newspaper. As you know, there is a growing number of Filipinos in the Archdiocese of San Francisco who are active Catholics and are interested in reading such articles.

Ofelia Albrecht South San Francisco

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Broker of kindness

Bless you for your wonderful article on the Sisters of the Holy Family, who, among other things, taught me my catechism and prepared my brother and myself for First Holy Communion.

A long time ago!

There was another Sister Dolores - in the Sister 's book "A Legacy of Caring" an entire chapter is devoted to Sister Dolores Molina, referring to her as "the broker of human kindness" which is certainly correct. She was one of the greatest persons I ever met and was born and raised in San Francisco.

She died a few months short of what would have been her 50th anniversary as a nun. I knew her before she even entered the Sisters of the Holy Family.

I'm sure it was an oversight, but I would have liked to see something of her in your article.

Thanks again and keep my wonderful friend "Dodie" in your prayers.

Roberta Bauccio San Carlos

Needs more reflection

Father Gerald Coleman is to be commended for his "Reflections" column on the sexual exploitation of children. He is right on target to emphasize the incredible and shocking incidence of sexual molestation of children. Among the recovering addicted women with whom I work in a rehabilitation program, 50 to 70 percent have a history of childhood sexual abuse, usually perpetrated by a relative or "close" family friend. Although abuse specifically by clergy is over-emp hasized, we, the Church, are disgraced not because there are pedophiles among us, but because those in authority in the quest for secrecy, enabled and facilitated it.

Nevertheless, Father Coleman 's "treatise" on pedophilia is not only clinically correct but vitally important to understanding the problem. Without this basic information, there can be no resolution. We need an independent panel of experts including sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychiatrists to find some answers. What is the true incidence of pedophilia in the priesthood and what are the factors influencing the selection of candidates?

Are there more pedophiles among clergy than in other segments of society? What attracts sexually immature candidates for the priesthood? Does mandatory celibacy offer a pseudo-refuge for those individuals embarrassed by their own sexual immaturity and/or frightened by their own sexual fantasies? The questions can no longer be avoided.

Father Coleman s observations need to be widely disseminated among authorities here and in Rome. I fear that the truth will not convince those who are determined simply to blame the crisis on homosexuality in the priesthood, or on failure to observe church teachings.

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Embryo stem cell research The March 16th edition of The New York Times report s on the increasing "broad movement " backing embryonic stem cell research in the United States and Europe.

This "backing" comes from state capitols , universities , charitable foundations , hosp itals , private groups , the Juvenile Diabetes Researc h Foundation , the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson 's Research , the Christop her Reeve Paral ysis Foundation , the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research , a lobb y ing effort by severa l disease research groups.

This past year an anonymous benefactor gave Stanford University $12 million to build a stem cell research center; and Andrew S. Grove, Intel Chairman , gave $5 million to the University of California at San Francisco to build a stem cell research center.

Scientists contend that embryonic stem cells could eventual l y yield treatments for diabetes , Parkinson 's, Alzheimer 's, heart disease, cancer and other ailments such as spina! cord injury.

Unquestionabl y, the scientifi c world , aligned with great support from the lay community, seeks to find treatments for severe medical ailments , with financial support readil y available. As a general estimate , no moral problem seems evident in this research and support for embryonic stem cells.

The church has consistentl y spoken out again embryonic stem cell research noting, among other points , that there are alternatives: e.g., using stem cells

derived from blood , bone marrow, body fat, umbilical cord blood , and certain organs. All of these have been reported in the medical literature on this subject.

Opponents claim that these types of adult stem cells do not have as broad a range of possibilities as those taken from embryos , as embryos are "toti potent," capable of reproducing in virtually any part of the human body.

The churc h is certainl y favorable to finding ways of treating diabetes , Parkinson 's, etc. However, the church remains constant in its object ions to embryonic stem cell research. What is at the heart of these objections?

The human embryo is a human being, a human organism, and a member of the human species.

Embryos result from the union of male sperm and female eggs and their genome is characteristic of the human species.

Permitted to develop, save for disease, accident, or deliberate human intervention , they will become sequentiall y a born child , a prepubescent human , an adolescent , and finall y an adult human.

It is morall y wrong to destro y a human embryo even for a noble intention (to treat serious medical disorders). A good end does not justify the use of an evil means. Taking stem cells from embryos kills the embryo. Nothing morally justifies this.

Another moral difficulty in this research lies with the intentional creating of a human embryo in a manner

other than b y fertilization: e.g., by embryo splitting. This type of research is an offense against nature as the intentional creating of a human embryo in this fashion is aimed at "use:" create embryos in order to harvest thei r cells , and destroy

them.

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Human embryos created by artificial reproductive technologies (ART) is an offense against natural law which determines that embryos are the result of sexual intercourse by a married man and woman. "Making" embryos cannot be equated with the creative order in which embryos result from a loving relationshi p of a husband and wife.

The destruction of human embryos constitutes formal cooperation in evil , while the production of embryos for scientific and research puiposes constitutes a disrespect for human life. Neither process deserves our approval.

Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman is president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

The Catholic Diff erence

The pope, the genius and the 'presacrament' In his new poem, Roman Triptych , Pope John Paul II makes extensive references to the Sistine Chapel , which has a special hold on his mind, heart , and soul.

In the Sistine Chapel, Karol Wojtyla lived through the most dramatic moment of his dramatic life, his 1978 election as Successor of Peter. In 1994 , a decade after having taken the daring decision to have Michelangelo ' s Sistine frescoes cleaned , the Pope referred to the restored chapel as the "sanctuary of the theology of the bod y " — a theology that will likel y be John Paul' s most enduring contribution to the heritage of human thought.

Now, in "Roman Triptych ," the Pope calls the Sistine Chapel a "presacrament " in which "the invisible becomes visible." Most suggestivel y, and with reference to the cardinals who will elect a pope "after my death ," John Paul writes that Michelangelo 's vision of the creation and the last jud gment "must speak to them" and "teach them. " Was Michelangelo Buonarroti the greatest genius in history ? It 's an impossible question to answer, of course. Still , Michelangelo 's claim is a strong one.

He was, in the first place, a man of marble — the greatest sculptor in history, as witness the Pieta (now in St. Peter 's), the David (in his native Florence), and the

Moses (in the Church of St. Peter in Chains in Rome). I simply cannot imagine how anyone can look at a block of Carrara marble, "see" the descent from the cross, the young David , or the elderl y Moses in it , and then lift that figure out of stone with chisels and hammer. Yet that is what Michelangelo did , giving humanity three unforgettable , even archetypical , images: the tenderness of the Pieta , the heroic biblical humanism of the David , and the awesome power of the Moses, in which we sense what happens to a man who talks with God "face to face."

Michelangelo was also one of the world' s most accomplished painters , and arguably the greatest master of fresco ever. He hated being forced to paint the Sistine ceiling and the Last Judgment. But having accepted papal commissions to do so, he poured onto wet plaster a stunning vision of the beginning and end of humanity 's story on earth — and that story 's origins and destiny in the time beyond time.

Renaissance artists said that no man who lacked courage should attempt fresco: steady nerves and speedy hands were indispensable , as the painting had to be done in a few hours before the freshl y-applied plaster dried.

To do this lying on a scaffolding on one 's back, ofte n in freezing cold, and to produce in the process some of the most extraordinary art ever created — that is the epic

accomp lishment of o Michelangelo 's Sistine H O X ceiling. a.

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Michelangelo the archi< ui tect. Asked to assume 2 X o responsibility for overseeing the construction of the "new" St. Peter 's in 1546, when he was seventy-one , Michelangelo rescued the ori ginal design from unhappy revisions and completed it with the most magnificent dome in the world.

Michelangelo had a difficult personality ; he was constantly involved in artistic , political , and financial contro versies; he was unlucky in love. The world remembers him as a great Renaissance genius. The Church should also should remember him as a man of intense, even volatil e, faith : the man who created the "presacrament" of one of the privileged spaces in the Christian world.

George Weigel

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

Spirituality

Contemplative Prayer: Thomas Merton's insights One of the great spiritual writers of our time is Thomas Merton , a Trappist monk. A checkered past and a driving restlessness led Merton to the monastery.

What he was looking for was solitude , respite from a temperament that would not let him rest.

His mother and father had both been artists and Merton inherited from them huge talent , a fertile imagination , and a punishing restlessness. By the time he was 25 , he was poised professional ly to do great things , but his personal life was a mess. He was dying, literall y, because he couldn 't slow down , anchor himself in every day life , and simply rest. He wasn ' t eating properl y, sleep ing regularl y. He had no redeeming rh ythm or routine to his life. He was spending his nights in jazz clubs , living on cigarettes and alcohol , nursing a stomach ulcer, and having too man y sleepless nights.

He was searching, sincerely and even desperately, for someone pr something to commit himself to; but , even as he flirted with faith and church , his restlessness

and bad habits made it difficult for him to commit himself to anything in a consistent way.

His honesty eventuall y paid off and he took the plunge of faith . Leaving New York, career, and friends behind , he entered the Trappist Abbey in Kentucky. He did it, in his own words, to save his life, having realized that , unless he did something as radical as this , he would soon die. He did it, too, to search for God and to find something that had eluded him all his life: simple rest.

Initially, the monastery did for him what he had hoped for; it gave him a sense of God' s presence, a clear direction in life, and a calm body and spirit. He went through a burst of first fervor that he shared with the world in his classic autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain."

But restlessness, as we know, cannot be turned on and off like a water tap . It seeps through even monastery doors. His restlessness returned , but now, as a monk , he had an answer for it. His answer?

Contemplative prayer, solitude.

During the last years of his life , living as hermit , Merton tried to explore more deep ly what it meant to live in solitude and contemp lation .

Contemp lation , he found out , is not some altere d form of con============;;==; sciousness , or a blank consciousness emptied of all thought and feeling, or even a consciousness that empties itsel f of everything except thoughts and feelings about God. As Merton lived these years alone, as a hermit, he sensed himself moving in and out of solitude and contemplation and he tried to give words to that experience. Solitude , he came to ROLHEISER , page IS

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The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur: 'With Hearts Wide As the World' B y Sister Patricia McGlinn, SND deN The discovery of gold in California in 1848 broug ht not onl y the "48ers" and "49ers" but also the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur into the "Golden State." The Sisters had been founded in Belgium in 1804 by Sister St. Julie Billiart . These sisters, (henceforth to be referred to as SND' s), had been summoned to Oregon in 1844 by the famed Jesuit missionary Pere de Smet. The sisters had built , ofte n by the work of their own hands , two academies, the first at St. Paul Willamette and the second , St. Marie, al Oregon City, then the capital of the Oregon tenitory. Old photograp hs of these academies reveal two impressive buildings. The students consisted of Native American girls, French-Canadians and a few Anglos.

The fortitude of these Belgian women was amazing, when one recalls that most of them came from fairly comfortable families , and yet they confronted and adapted to rather severe frontier conditions. The language challenge, the lack of items that were essential for good teaching, much less good community living, were faced with good courage and a sense of humor that is a lesson to current Christians. To read more about their life and struggles tire volume "Willamette Interlude " b y Sister Mary Dominica is helpful and inspiring.

With the discovery of gold in California's territory, large numbers of the fathers of the students in Oregon raced to the gold fields expecting swift riches. Many died of cholera and other diseases. Very few returned with wealth. Those who did retu rn often quickly squandered their gold thu s becoming poorer than they were when they left . As a result many students were withdrawn from the schools, and the sisters left in a difficult financial situation.

Sister Mary Cornelia Tne sisterS often tried to make money by sewing sacks or selling the food they had grown or the animals that they had cared for.

It soon became obvious that the ministry "to save souls " needed a new focus. California! Even the Superi or General , Sister Constantine , in a letter dated Namur 1850 wrote: "It is evident that God has His designs upon us in conducting us so near to California just at the moment when so many poor creatures are eager for gold, so indifferent for their salvation. But we must await the moment He has appointed for their instruction without anticipating it and without refusing it. It is here that the end of our holy Institute is carried out more perfectly when we can devote ourselves to the children of the most abandoned places."

Two Jesuit priests laboring in Oregon, Fathers Joseph Nobili and Antoine Langlois, visited San Francisco and spoke to the newly appointed Bishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany about a proposed ministry in San Jose, and discussed the possibility of inviting the SNDs to begin a ministry in California as well. Alemany agreed to invite Sister Loyola, the Oregon Superior, to pay him a visit. Happily, this invitation coincided with the expected arrival of a band of four sisters coming from Cincinnati, the fust mission of Notre Dame to America, founded in 1840.

Sister Loyola traveled to St. Paul Willamette to consult with Sister Superior Cornelia about a visit to California

College of Notre Dame in San Jose , 1851-1922.

Sister Cornelia , already short of SND personnel , agreed to Alemany did not wish the sisters to found a house in San "lend" Sister Mary Catherine , her right hand, to Sister Francisco. A Father Maginnis had already invited the Sisters of Charity to the town and he fel t that the town was hardl y Loyola as her companion.

On March 25, 185 1 Sisters Loyola and Mary Catherine large enough for the two religious congregations.

Instead, he pointed the way to San Jose, which was the departed for San Francisco sailing down the Columbia River and meeting with "Goliath ," the ship that would take growing capital of California at the time. Fr. Langlois was delighted! The Sisters of Nou-e Dame at them to San Francisco. They stopped at San Jose would be close to Santa Clara Humboldt Bay along the way. While there PROCLAIMING where Fr. Nobili was founding a college ! the two SNDs, thanks to the generosity of Sisters Loyola and Catherine traveled a Mr. Cook, had their firs t taste of clams — THE to the hospitality of and wasn ' t it a barbarous thing to eat clams TO A A N to San Jose, thanks Martin Murphy who owned a ranch in strai ght from the shell! In these situations Mountain View. Martin Murphy was part it was difficult to maintain a polite compo- ^mm^1IHr g : of the Townsend-Murphy-Stephens party sure. How comicall y distressing ! that had traveled the Siena in the winter of . The Golden Gate welcomed the sisters 1844 in a saga that predated the disastrous who eventually found their way, first to the *™^2l Donner Party crossing. new Saint Francis Churc h, and subsequentill Vs. i, S The sisters saw at least three factors that ly to the extremel y unpretentious dwelling encou raged their decision to move from of the Ordinary who, they discovere d, was Oregon to San Jose. First, the Jesuits were not at home at the time and would not taking a leading role as pastors of some San return for at least two weeks. Father Jose parishes. Second, religion here was, as Langlois took care of the sisters as they they perceived it , poor — just look at the awaited the bishop and their sisters . The A XESQVHCT.N'ili'NrSlAt.V BAR Of way people behave at Mass (remember, following weeks were spent at vanous X KMBMB'CANCE AND RENEWA L these were proper Belgian Women) Men Catholic citizens ' homes who must hav e never attended Mass and the women and wondered at these two strangely dressed children did not seem to understand the women. In those days when SNDs traveled liturgy at all. Finally, there was a significant they often did not do so in their habits but number of families who would have reliin dresses cobbled together out of all sorts gious education for their children and were, of cloth and featuring all sorts of sty les. at first , eager to finance the enterprise.

Often, Sister Loyola met with the These promises of assistance were often short lived but Jesuits while Sister Catherine waited and worried. She had heard talk about moving to California; she admired Sister Sister Loyola went ahead with the plans for a brick building Loyola 's zeal but her heart was with her Chinook girls in that would grace the pueblo and give the students a sense of Oregon and with the natural beauty of the Oregon wilder- their dignity. Soon, land was acquired , a prospectus drawn ness. She was very anxious about how those talks were up, the newer sisters brought to San Jose rather than to going and what they might mean for the future of the order. Oregon, and the beginnings of the school and convent arose At last, Alemany returned and received the sisters. He and - even more hopeful — the first student boarders told them of Father Langlois ' praise for their work in Oregon accepted. Somehow beds, books, school supplies , cutlery, and of their current situation; he then took Sister Loyola furniture , and food arrived at the property on Santa Clara aside for an interview, which left her pensive. It seems that Street. An announcement appeared in the Alta California inviting parents to send their children to the school , and on August 4, 1851 what was to become the College of Notre Dame opened classes . The school consisted of three levels of education; elementary, secondary and the coll ege.

Sister Loyola left Sister Mary Catherine and the new sisters in charge as she journeyed back to Oregon to beg in to sell the property, to break the news to the sisters, to arrange the transfer of the Oregonians - in brief, sadly, to bring the Oregon Story of the Sisters of Notre Dame to an end. By 1854, the transfer/sale process was complete and Sister Loyola returned to San Jose where Sister Mary Cornelia had been named superior. Shortly after that, Sister Loyola was herself transferred to Cincinnati and Sr. Cornelia assumed the tasks of heading the schools and directing the ministry of the sisters. In those days, whoever was the Superior of the convent was also the president of the college.

Ten years later, the arrival of ei ght SNDs from Belg ium allowed Sr. Mary Cornelia to respond positively to the request of Father Michael Accolti that a small group of sisters commute to Santa Clara on the day stage to begin an elementary school. The first school was literally a shack beside Mission Santa Clara. Later, other property was purchased that became the nucleus of the school in 1872. Today, the mission of St. Ju lie and her daughters is continued by the administration and teaching of the admirable laity.

By 1866 San Francisco was large enough to accommodate more than one religious congregation. At the insistence of Notre Dame High School in San Francisco.

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Notre Dame . . . ÂŚ Continued from page 16 Father John J. Prendergast, later the Vicar General of the Archdiocese, the SNDs opened a school across the street from Mission Dolores. Don Timoteo Murphy, of San Rafael fame, offered the sisters property on Market Street but Sister Superior Mary Cornelia had her eye on acreage across from the mission . Here, she opened a boarding and a day school for girls. Later, the ministry of the sisters included a girls ' elementary, a boy 's elementary and a girl s' high school. The school in San Francisco became so successful that it stood second to the house in San Jose. In time, it became well known for its literary excellence, producing many published poets and also many future SNDs who became excellent teachers of literature.

In 1868, two years after the sisters ' foundation in San Francisco, the State of California chartered the College of Notre Dame in San Jose as the first chartered college for women in the stale . The charter is dated June 20, 1868 two months after the March 23 chartering of what would become the University of California in Berkeley.

In 1876 Father Accolti persuaded the SNDs to take over the instruction of boys , at least up to their First Communion. The Sisters of Notre Dame had been founded for the education of girls but with the approbation of the Superior General Mere Aloysie the boys were accepted.

In the spring of 1880, Father William Gleeson of Oakland , who was responsible for the mission to the island of Alameda, sensed the need for a school to be located on the island. He requested sisters from the Sister Superior Mary Cornelia who sent Sister Aloyse to reconnoiter and to find a good location for the school. Sister Aloyse accompanied by Sister Alenie left San Jose April 8 to make an inspection tour. Sister Maiy Cornelia visited the island to make the final choice from the list of possibilities gathered by the two sisters.

By March 19, 1881, the Feast of St. Joseph, the list of the sisters bound for the island was published. When they arrived they found a house and school ready to go. Archbishop Alemany dedicated the buildings March 27. The school eventually consisted of an elementary school and a girls' hi gh school, which would join St. Joseph's High School for boys to form Notre Dame St. Joseph's High School in 1985 The community continued to grow and expand through the end of the century. In 1884, the sisters began their mission to Redwood City, and in 1888 they took up their shortlived ministry in Petaluma.

In 1893 Judge and Mrs. O'Connor of San Jose offered the sisters their large home with a large endowment as an orphanage. As time went on and as the college moved to Belmont this home became the hearth site for Notre Dame High School of San Jose.

In 1923 the SNDs began what would become the Provincial House, Novitiate and Villa for the sick and retired in the lovely village of Saratoga. As the parish of Sacred Heart developed , the novices often were sent to teach religion to the children of the parish and prepare them for the sacraments. Later on a school was built on the property of the new parish site and the SNDs were called to ministry there.

Meanwhile the growth of the city of San Jose and other factors in and around 1922 forced the sisters to acknowledge that "Old San Jose" had served its purpose. It was, of course, a sad decision full of prayers and tears to move the home of

Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont.

Notre Dame in California but the sisters saw the "writing on the wall". They began to search for a new site for the college/high school/elementary school and they learned of the availability of the Ralston Estate in Belmont. One sight of the hills , trees, stream and flowers made the decision a bit less bitter. Upon inspection and the approbation of Sister Berchmans Joseph, the provincial, and under some persuasion of Father Michael Munay, headmaster of a military school for boys located at Belmont, the property was purchased by the sisters.

The elegant Victorian "White House of the West," having fallen into much deterioration, required that the sisters began an intensive cleaning and renovation effort. Moving was a titanic process. Imagine moving everything collected over the years from San Jose to Belmont. Ralston Hall's elegant ballroom became the "temporary" chapel- for thirty-eight years ! Masses were celebrated, novices received the habit, prayers were offered , and vows were taken in the hall, where now receptions, musical events, civic meetings and student affairs take place.

When the sisters moved from Santa Clara Street, those who had lived there and taught at the three parish schools, St. Mary 's, St. Joseph's and Sacred Heart took up residence at the O'Connor Notre Dame House in San Jose. Sisters who taught at St. Leo's school resided in the house at Santa Clara's parish, a house closer to the school. Father Hardiman of San Jose's Sacred Heart Parish established a school in 1905, under the direction of Mrs. Agnes Graham and a faculty of laypersons.

The following year the SNDs began to teach in the school .

The sisters walked to Sacred Heart daily from their convent in Santa Clara until a new school and convent were built in 1949.

These women walked the walk and talked the talk !

In San Mateo County, St. Dubstan 's in Millbrae, Immaculate Heart of Mary in Belmont and St, Charles in

San Carlos came under SND tutelage. In Santa Clara County the sisters added St. Lucy's to their teaching family. In San Francisco recentl y St. Paul of the Shipwreck had an administrator Sister Kathryn Camacho SND. In recent days , SNDs have served as parish ministers, chaplains in hospitals , counselors, ministers in social service agencies, hospice persons , and caregivers of all sorts.

Their new home situated on the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont will continue to challenge them to newer service. St. Julie 's, a parish in San Jose, was one of the first parishes named for St. Julie at the time of her canonization and the first solemn Mass celebrated in the new St. Mary 's Cathedral was that celebrating her canonization.

For what did St. Julie found the SNDs but to celebrate with their lives her constant cry, "How good is the good God!" This celebration begun in 1851 continues today in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and the Dioceses of San Jose and Oakland as well as Stockton , Washington , Oregon , Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and dioceses in Nicaragua , Pern, Brazil , Kenya , Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

Indeed , this Archdiocese of San Francisco might well join her Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in chanting with joy "How good is the good God!" Sister Pa tricia McGlinn is archivist of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. This is one in a year-long series of articles marking the 150th anniversary of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Jeffrey Burns, archdiocesan archivist and author of a history of the Archdiocese is coordinating the series.

Contemp orary Sisters of No tre Dame de Namur and education is through the Notre Dame Mission Volunteers (NDMV). The Sisters of None Dame de Namur founded the Today 's Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur continue organization in 1992, and in 1995, NDMV sought a partnertheir nearly 200-year-old ministry of traditional educaship with AmeriCorps to increase the number of volunteers.

Since 1995, Notre Dame-AmeriCorps (NDA) grew from six tion, while focusing on the changing times and exploring a variety of new ways of teaching, according to Notre to over 200 members in 13 cities nationwide.

Dame Sister Margaret Hoffman.

The majority of NDA volunteers are young adults .

Sister Hoffman is a product of the Sisters ' from around the country, willing to assist the traditional education, having attended Mt. Sisters in their commitment to "helping peoCarmel Elementary in Redwood City, Notre ple help themselves" through a variety of Dame High School in Belmont, and then the services.

College of Notre Dame in Belmont. It was Of the 18 NDA volunteers working in the role models of those Sisters who "always California this year, two are at San Francisco's looked happy, and were really good teachMission Dolores, and another two at St. Paul of the Shipwreck grammar schools. "Many of ers," that earned her love and respect and a desire to join the Order some 50 years ago. the young people assist with after-school proAs Communicator and Justice and Peace grams, mainly literature," Sister Hoffman said.

"Associate membershi p is an increasingly advocate, Sister Hoffman speaks of the significant part of the story of religious comSisters ' dedication and concern for the poor, and their outreach to educate in ways that munities today in the country," said Shyri McCormick, community relations director. could have been considered non-traditional Sister Margaret The sisters enjoy the commitment and dedibefore Vatican II. Hoffman The Sisters realize that some students, cation of "more than 60 associates," serving especiall y the needy, may have circumstances that prein various capacities, while assisting the Sisters in their vent them from attending a traditional school, so they search for spiritual growth and service to others. bring their skills where they are needed the most. "We An Associate, according to Sister Hoffman , is a perbegan a reading program in Redwood City called Kids in son, attracted to the spirituality and missions of the Partnership," said Sister Hoffman. The program matches Sisters. "Although the Associates do not take vows, they at-risk hi gh school students with elementary school studo make formal commitments that are renewed yearly. dents who need mentoring/tutoring, with benefits to both This is preceded by preparation, meetings and prayer groups. Classes are held in the city's public library. before any decision," she said.

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former students, Notre Dame school teachers, former teachers, co-workers, relatives and friends of the Sisters supporting the mission and spirituality of St. Julie, their founder.

"The congregation is not bound by an archdiocese or a nation. It is a global mission," said Sister Hoffman.

"We have California Sisters in missions in Kenya, Nigeria, Japan, Congo D.C., Zimbabwe, South Africa, Pern , Brazil, as well as in Europe, which is our cradle England, France, Belgium and Italy."

Currently, NDNU has two Nigerian Sisters receiving additional educational input by stud ying in the U.S., according to Sister. "The global challenge in terms of sharing resources and understanding concepts is exactly where we need to be in the world today."

Today"s Sisters of Notre Dame can be found teaching at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, on the Health and Wellness Team while maintaining a ministry of clowning, and even at the United Nations.

"The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur recently were recognized as a Non-governmental Organization (NGO) of the UN , said Shyrl McCormick. One of the Sisters is the SND representative to the UN. Today's possible candidate for the Sisters of Notre Dame can expect a very spiritually rewarding life," said Sister Hoffman. "We are free to explore, and share concerns -out of our background of the Gospel, sign of the times , documents of the Church, our own constitutions, and our collegia! way of coming together to pray and discern."

"The Gospel is demanding and possible," Sister added. "If we do the right thing, religious life will take care of itself. We don't have to worry about the lack of vocations - it is in God's hands."

Does salvation outside the Church make sense?

Q.

Our parish monthly study group is puzzled by two columns you wrote last year concerning salvation outside the Catholic Church. You quoted the Catechism of the Catholic Church that peop le who live good lives according to their consciences can be saved. And you quote Pope John Paul 11 that peop le, apparentl y including Catholics, have the right to chang e to another religion.

We basically agree. But if that is true, how do we exp lain that one relig ion, or no relig ion, is not just as good as another, and it doesn 't make any difference what we believe ? (New York) A. Let's review first exactly what the Catholic Church teaches today. As Catholics, we believe that the fullest abundance of those aids to salvation intended by Jesus Christ — the sacraments and other liturgical worship, unify of faith, and communion of prayer and teaching — are found in our church. / ""^^ However, both Vatican £ Council II (in the Constitution on the Church , No. 14) and the ^ Catechism of the Catholic Church ^^ (No. 846) teach clearly that salvation is available to other people , including those not Christian.

Both of these sources put it this way.

Whoever, "knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by God, through Jesus Christ, would refuse to enter her or to remain in her, could not be saved."

In other words, whoever believes in conscience that he or she has a duty before God to join or remain in the Catholic Church must do so. Obviousl y, people who are not Catholic general ly have no sense of such a responsibility to be part of the Catholic Church. With God's saving grace, salvation is, we believe, open to them.

In his message for the World Day of Peace, Jan. 1, 1999, Pope John Paul II specifical ly applied this principle also to people who change religions. In the section on the right to religious freedom , which he called the heart of human rights , he taught that "no one can be compelled to accept a particular religion, whatever the circumstances or motives." The inviolability of religious freedom , he continued, "is such that individuals must be recognized as having the right even to change their religion if their conscience so demands. People are obliged to foll ow their conscience in all circumstances and cannot be forced to act against it."

To answer your question then , as the church perceives it , freedom of religion and conscience is based on the rights and dignity of the human person, not on an assumed parity of religions or indifference to the often contradictory beliefs of various religions and cultures.

As Pope Paul VI pointed out, in commenting on the Vatican II Declaration on Religious Freedom, the council does not found this freedom on the fact that all religions and teachings have more or less equal value. It is based rather, he said.

"on the dignity of the human person, which demands that he not be subjected to external limitations which tend to constrain the conscience in its search for the true religion or in adhering to it" (1976 address to the College of Cardinals and Roman prelature).

Thus, the freedom of conscience which the Catholic Church defends does not derive from a notion that all beliefs are equally good and true, so it doesn 't make any difference what you believe. Such an attitude , widely held as it may be today, is not sensible or rational.

How long is Christ present?

Q. What happens to the body and blood of Christ after we receive holy Communion ? How long does it remain in our bodies ? (Ohio) A. It is Catholic doctrine that Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist as long as the reasonable appearance of bread and wine is there. The traditional theolog ical phrase is that Christ is present in the Eucharist "under the species," or appearance, of bread and wine.

The Latin word "species" means that which can be seen or that which makes manifest. In other words, as long as the eucharistic species looks or tastes like bread and wine under ordinary human observation, the sacramental Christ is present. When that appearance or "species" of bread and wine is no longer there, as in almost microscopic crumbs, for example, the body of Christ is no longer present.

The church wants us to deal with the sacraments, including the Eucharist, with eyes of reverent faith, but also in a common-sense, human manner. It is not necessary, in the example I gave, for instance, to wony scrupulously about tiny, almost invisible particles that "may" have fallen and adhered to clothing or fingers.

This should answer your question. Our digestive processes quickly change the eucharistic species so they are no longer identifiable as bread and wine. Thus, there is no longer a eucharistic presence of Christ in that sense.

Of course , this does not end the sacramental and spiritual effects of our Communion, which remain as elements of the believer 's relationship with the Father and with our Lord .

As St. Augustine reminds us (in his commentary on the Gospel of John, treatise VI), whatever other ministers may be involved , Christ is always the first and central minister of all the sacraments, particularly the Eucharist. He gives his promise of "hope and strength for life 's journey in that sacrament of faith where natural elements (bread and wine) refined by men are changed into his glorified body and blood , providing a meal of brotherly solidarity and a

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foretaste of the heavenly banquet " (Vatican II, Constitution on the Church in the Modem World, No. 38).

That pledge of hope and strength endures as God' s gift , renewed each time we receive the Eucharist with reverence and faith.

Recycling a gold rosary

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My enthusiastic and extravagant son gave me a goldbeaded, gold chain and gold crucifix rosary, made by our local jeweler. Since it 's very expensive I 'm afraid to take it out of the house, and now that I am a widow 1 'm trying to simplify my life.

Could I have this blessed rosary broken into nine segments, one for each of my sons and daughters? They would be worn probably as some form of neck chain or other jewelry. (Florida) A. There is nothing wrong or irreverent in what you propose. Blessed articles should be treated devoutl y, of course, but when they lose their identity they are no longer considered blessed.

Most Catholic homes graduall y accumulate more religious articles than they know what to do with. Some can be given away. When they become unusable, however, it is normally proper that statues be broken, blessed pictures burned or torn, crosses broken and then discarded.

Other parents have done what you suggest. It can be a lovely way of sharing a symbol of your faith with the family you leave behind.

When you disassemble your rosary it loses its blessing as a rosary. But the necklaces or other pieces of jewelry you make from its parts may be blessed when you are finished.

(Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. This column is copyrig hted by Catholic New Service.)

'Pacem in Terris' is still relevant, J erusalem Patriarch says

By Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service JERUSALEM (CNS) — The call for a guiding moral world order issued by Pope John XXUI in his 1963 encyclical; "Pacem in Terris" ("Peace on Earth") is still relevant today, said the president of Pax Christi International.

"A guiding moral order has been lacking to direct and sustain the economic, political, cultural and military order of our day," said the Pax Christi president, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem, marking the 40th anniversary of the encyclical.

'This is the relevance of the message of 'Pacem in Terris,' Without such guidance, ideological systems like communism or unbridled capitalism arise with a seemingly solid base, but in reality they are very weak because they lack clear moral foundations," he said.

"Pacem in Terris," issued April 11, 1963, instructs that war is not the way to rectify any situation, but says differences among peoples and nations must be resolved through "negotiations and agreements."

"Yes, war is a horrible thing. ... It is imperative that we ask ourselves: Where are the moral foundations on which we can build a sustainable peace?" said Patriarch Sabbah. __—

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In addition , the encyclical states that the "universal common good" is promoted through a "properly constitu ted public authority at an international level, not throug h coercion or force but through the consent of the community of nations," the patriarch said.

He asked "that the world find a solid foundation on the four pillars of Blessed Pope John XXlll's historic encyclical: truth, justice, love and freedom, " The patriarch issued his statement at the end of the Pax Christi France national congress in Paris in late March; it was released to the press in early April.

The patriarch said the need (OT the "legitimate use of political authority" is perhaps the most obvious in the Middle East, specifically in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He said each side contributes to the unending violence — the Palestinians with their suicide bombings and the Israelis with their-retaliatory strikes and, most recently, construction of a wall that will leave the Palestinians de facto living in a large open prison.

"Day after day, year after year, an unending cycle of violence and retaliation has stalled efforts to engage in serious dialogue on the real issues," he said.

The patriarch said courageous men and women are needed to implement policies "firmly based on principles of

respect for human dignity and human rights" in order to solve this clash.

He also said that in the U.S.-led war in Iraq there has been no political authority "guaranteeing international law."

"As war rains down on the people of Iraq, how many more refugees will be added to those who have already been forced to leave their country ?" said Patriarch Sabbah.

"Let us remind ourselves of the clear truths ... that war leaves behind a legacy of bitterness and hatred that lasts for generations, that in desperate situations any available weaponry will tend to be used, that the bulk of casualties in any war will be innocent civilians and that irreparable environmental damage will be the inevitable outcome of any modem war," he added.

The 2001 attack on the World Trade Center showed the "stark evil of international terrorism" that can strike cruelly and easily, he said. That, in addition to the threat of tenorists using biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, has turned world leaders to the idea of a "pre-emptive war," which he said raises "serious moral considerations," "All our efforts in this straggle will not end terrorism if we do not address its root causes, including our own weaknesses in penmttinginjustice and the oppression of the poor," he said.

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Here-is Merlon's description of solitude : "It is enough to be, in an ordinary human mode, with one's hunger and

sleep, one's cold and warmth, rising and going to bed.

Putting on blankets and taking them off , making coffee and then drinking it. Defrosting the refrigerator, reading, meditating, working, praying. I live as my ancestors lived on this earth, until eventually I die. Amen. There is no need to make an assertion about my life, especially so about it as mine, though doubtless it is not somebody else 's. I must learn to five so as to forget program and artifice."

Contemplation is not, first and foremost, a technique for prayer. Sometimes prayer, especially centering prayer, can help us find it, but contemplation is something more.

It 's a way of being present to what 's really inside our own

experience. Sensing the eternal in the ordinary is contemplative prayer and that, and that alone, stills our restlessness .

Father Ron Rolheiser, a theologian , teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as general councilo r for Canada f o r the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

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SISTERS: CATHOLIC NUNS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA , By John Fialka , St. Martin ' s Press, 353 pages Reviewed by Sister Celeste Marie Nuttman , RSM He told me over the phone that he wanted to write a book that could be understood "by the folks in the pews, by the ordinary peop le " when he called to set up a date to come and spend some time at House of Mercy in St. Louis. He felt the story of the sisters had been neglected and needed to be told. He was ri ght. John Fialka has made a fine attempt at making a large portion of the sisters ' contribution to the Churc h and society in the U.S. available for popular consumption.

The history homework has been done and storied in a fashion that grabs the reader 's attention and keeps it engaged (there are a coup le of glitches: he has us arrive in San Francisco in January 1855, to note one) but the major movement and most of the detail of the tales is accurate and speaks of the contribution of Mercys and other congregations of women reli gious that has been profoundl y ignored in our U.S. society.

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the building of America in the eastern cities and on the frontiers in areas of education , health care, social work , and civil ri ghts. He catches the reader 's interest throug h fascinating stories of individual sisters , ordinary women , as well as extraordinary ones , founders and followers. He tells their vocation stories , gives their contexts , shows their impact.

Fialka does not avoid chronicling the tensions and conflicts that women relig ious have had with their clerical brothers from the earliest days. He notes their attempts to control such women. He sees the dynamic , especially with bishops , as one of ongoing creative tension. He follows the shifts initiated by Vatican II and gives a "mixed review" in his interpretation of our evolution.

While he is positivel y excited by the earl y pioneering women , I believe his bias toward the role of sisters in the past becomes visible as he describes and compare s the changes initiated by different groups of sisters in the last forty years. I believe he fails to deeply grasp the difference between the essentially monastic forms and practices, and those of the active religious who do not come from monastic roots. He overtl y praises their earlier strength and quietl y laments many of the changes that have been made regarding habits, whether of clothing or structure.

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Food & Fun Ongoing: Leaders ot the Labor Community, an exhibit featuring the photos , awards, and memorabilia of former SF Mayor P. H. McCarthy, founder of the SF Building and Trades Council and an inductee of (tie International Labor Hall of Fame. South Court , SF City Hall 1st Floor. M - F 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALL O NIBR OS A CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

April 26: Pulsing Spirit: Celtic Spirituality with Suzanne Young

Monthly: Luncheon of St. Thomas More Society featuring guest speake rs takes place at noon at the Bankers Club, 52nd floor. Bank of America Building, 555 California St., SF. Reserve by noon April 14, please. Tickets $30 members/$40 non-members.

Call Stacy Stecher at (415) 433-1400.

May 3: Motherhood as a Spiritual Journey: Uncovering the Hidden Work of God with Julie Paavola, a mother with a unique perspective on the layperson 's call to holiness.

May 10: Shifting Seasons: Mothers and Daughters with Suzanne Young, that will explore the blessings and challenges ol the healthy mother/daughter relationship.

April 19: Easter Egg Hunt hosted by the Sisters of the Presentation at the Log Cabin near Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park at 2 p.m. Alt families invited.

Features games, easier egg hunt and prizes for childre n up to 12 years of age. "This free event is a great opportunity to bring together the Catholic community, especially alumnae, alumni, friends and benefactors ol the Sisters oi the Presentation, the congregation said." Call Kara Mollison at (415) 4225015.

Taize Prayer 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

April 24: Treats of San Francisco , the annual Rosalie House Conference Luncheon and Games Day, at the Olympic Club, Lakeside. Benefits the work of Rosalie House, a St. Vincent de Paul Society shelter for victims of domeslic violence.

Cocktails at 11:30 a.m. Luncheon at 12:30 p.m.v Tickets $40. Call Marie Mahoney at (415) 3339348.

April 25, 26, 27: Spring Festiva l at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Paiish. Grand and James St., Redwood City. Weekend includes amusement rides , international food arcade , and entertainment. Benefits OLMC school. Opens Fri. at 3 p.m. Call (650) 3668817.

April 25: The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County invites you to Raise the Roof at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel , 600 Airport Blvd., Burlingame beginning with no-host cocktails at 6:30 p.m., dinner with wine at 7:30 and live auction at 8:30. Proceeds benefit outreach and emergency services for the poor. Tickets at $95 per person are available at (650) 373-0622.

April 27: Wishes Do Come True, the 2003 fundraiser benefiting the works of the St. Paul High School Alumnae Association at St, Paul's Parish Cente r, 29th and Church St., SF at 2: 30 p.m. Grand Raffle at 4 p.m. Sponsorships available. Call (415) 648-7538.

April 26: Baile Primavera , a Spring Dance of St. Finn Barr Parish, 415 Edna St. off Monterey Blvd., SF. Tickets at $17 include dinner. Call Armando Balderramos at (415) 822-7532.

April 28: Meeting of San Francisco Council of Catholic Women at St. Gabriel Parish Center, 2559 40th Ave., SF at 7:30 p.m. Evening features presentation on Women Saints of the 21st Century.

Refreshments follow. Remember the Leadership Confe rence June 9 to help all incoming officers of organizations . For both events, contact Cathy Mibach at (415) 753-0234.

May 2 , 3, 4: Shamrocks and Shenanigans, the 2003 St. Gregory Parish Festival, featuring over 20 game and activity booths, a silent auction, entertainment, exciting rides, great food and drinks and more ! Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat. 1 - 10 p.m.; Sun. 1 - 7 p.m. 2701 Hacienda St. between 27th and 28th Ave, San Mateo. Call (650) 573-0111 or www.stg regssanmateo.org.

May 3: Annual Spring Conference , San Francisco Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women at Our Lady ol the Pillar Church in the "beautiful coastline city of Half Moon Bay." Guest speaker is Brian Cahill, Executive Director , Catholic Charities/Catholic Youth Organization with panel presentations featuring Lorraine Moriarty, Executive Directo r, St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County and others. $25 ticket includes morning snack , lunch and materials. Begins with Mass at 9:30 a.m. and concludes with 50/50 Drawing at about 3 p.m. Call Hildegarde Thims at (650) 726-4985 or Diana Heafey at (415) 731-6379.

May 3: 8th annual Whale of a Sale at St. Sebastian Parish, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Kentfield , 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., benefiting the parish St. Vincent de Paul Conference.

Vendor spaces available at $25 each. Sell your crafts or household items and keep all proceeds.

Contact Kathie Meier at (415) 461-4133 or whaleofasale@attbi.com.

May 4: A gathering of the Militia Immaculata at St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. off Monterey Blvd., SF. Families, singles religious are welcome. Mass at 3 p.m., followed by talk by Brother Louis Schmid and potluck meal. Please bring a dish if staying for the meal. Contact Nellie at (415) 387-8431 or Nellie@ignatius.com.

May 10: Festa Di Italia, an evening benefiting the work of St. Vincent;s School for Boys on the sumptuous grounds of the San rafael facility beginning at 4 p.m. A "delicious Italian dinner" is the crown to this festive event that also includes lively musical entertainment, silent auction, and a raffle. Tickets at $65

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313.

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF.Call Laura McClung at (415) 362-1075 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd„ Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 631-2882

The Great Gatsby Garden Party is the theme of this year 's Auction Dinner Dance

benefiting St. Brendan Elementary School and spons ored by the St. Brendan

Mothers ' Club. The May 10th gala will be held in the St. Brendan Parish Center , 234 Ulloa St. off Portola , SF, with Silent Auction and Cocktail Reception at 6 p.m.; Dinner and Live Auction at 8 p.m. and Dancing in the Garden from 10 p.m. Tickets at $100 per person are available by calling (415) 731 -2665.

From left and previewing the Gats by look are , Maria Cunningham, co-chair; Holly Olson , Mothers ' Club prez; and Karen Mulligan , co-chair.

Not available at picture-taking time was co-chair , Rick Franceschini. he is an experienced speaker and musician with inspiring "knowledge and an out standing sense of humor."Talks at 7 p.m. each evening. Call (415) 4564815.

available from Peggy Parenti at (415) 897-8563.

Deadline for reservations is April 22.

May 11: Mother's Day Brunch, Best House and Graden benefiting Sisters of the Holy Family at the congregation 's motherhouse , 159 Washington Blvd., Fremont. Seatings at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.Tickets $40 adults/$!5 youth, under three free.

Call (510) 624-4581.

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May 2: First Fri. Mass at St. Thomas Church , 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd., SF with at 7 p.m. and liturgy at 7:30 p.m. Father Sanders presides. Music by Prince of Peace Call Lito at (415) 586-0257.

Admission free unless otherwise noted.

Easter Sunday: Organ recital by David Hatt of St. Mary 's Cathedral, at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF at 4 p.m.

Music includes some of the artist's original compositions.

Weekends April 25 through May 11: Dominican University presents the Fringe of Marin, a festival of new one-act plays and solo works in the school's Meadowlands Assembly Hall, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. Tickets $10/$8/$3. Call (415) 673-3131 or 457-4440 for times and titles.

Meetings/Lectures/ TV-Radio Schneider, is keynote speaker on the issue at University of San Francisco's Xavier Hall. All day confe rence, 12:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., includes workshops on saving energy in local situations, and how to talk to different constituencies about the topic, as well as other speakers. $10/free for students. Call (510) 444-4078, ext. 312 or Sarah @ interfaithpower .org.

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

Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 5672020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public.

May 10: Annual Recognition Ceremony and Mass, 10 a.m., St. Mary's Cathedral. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Reception follows.

Reunions

June 8: The Mysteries of Light, 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon.

Reception follows.

April 26: Annual Memorial Mass of Notre Dame Alumnae, San Francisco Chapter, at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th and Dolores St, at 10 a.m. followed by a Cruise Down Memory Lane luncheon at The Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd.

Honorees are Golden Belles of '53 and Silver Belles of 78. Tickets $35. Please reserve ASAP. Call Patty Moran at (415) 861-2378.

April 30, May 1: Galileo grads fro m classes of 1953 and '54 are being sought for reunion. Call Dave Negherbon at (650) 873-6263 or Monica Parenti Kirkland at (650) 355-2468.

May 23: Presentation High School at Olympic Club Lakeside beginning with no-host cocktails at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at 12:30 p.m. Tickets $50. Call Phyllis Kyne Abad at (415) 661-3855.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities April 27, 28, 29, 30: Rejoice and Be Glad, an Easter Parish Mission at St. Rita Church , 100 Marinda Dr. , Fairfax. Mission leader, Michael Cumbie , will share his "incredible journey into the fullness of faith." A convert to Catholicism in 2001,

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June 28, 29: Principles of Home Visitation at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 40th Ave. and Balboa, SF. $50 lee includes materials and lunch.

Social Justice/ Family Life April 29: 5th Annual Catholic Lobby Day, a gathering of people of faith raising their voices in sincere dialogue "seeking the common good."

Participants will travel by bus to Sacramento for a march to the capitol and meetings with their individual legislators. Mass at Sacramento 's Blessed Sacrament Cathedral ends the day. Registration fee of $20 includes bus transportation. Send check to Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns , One Peter Vorke Way, SF 94109. For more information , call Melanie Piendak at (415) 614-5570 or piendakm@sfarchdiocese.org .

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month. Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foster care. Call (415) 406-2387 for information.

1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

Single, Divorced, Separated April 27 through June 8: Divorce Recovery Course at St. Stephen Parish, O'Reilly Center, 451 Eucalyptus Dr., SF at 7 p.m. Helps provide understanding of the emotional journey that begins with the end of a marriage.$45 fee includes materials.

Sponsored by Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese ol San Francisco. Call Susan at (415) 752-1308 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236.

April 25 - 27: Beginning Experience weekend for separated, divorced and widowed men and women at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Creates a space for reevaluation and moving on to the future with hope. Call Alan at (415) 584-2861; John at (650) 692-4337; or Nicole at (408) 578-5654 .

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

St, Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmef, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850.

St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 4725732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 5840823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 5647882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Information about children 's and teen groups

is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

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'Bulletproof Monk ' Superpowered martial artist (Chow Yun-Fat) and his young apprentice (Seann William Scott) battl e an army of evil neo-Nazis who are searching for an ancient scroll which they have sworn to protect in director Paul Hunter 's hi ghflying, but flawed chopsocky actioner. While boasting impressive acrobatics, the script is so hackneyed at times that better writing has been found in fortune cookies. Recurring violence, minimal profanities and a few crude expressions.

The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-1II — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some materia] may be inappropriate for children under 13.

'Ghosts of the Abyss '

Employ ing cutting-ed ge 3-D technology, filmmaker James Cameron plunges more than two miles down to the bottom of the sea to the site of the legendary wreck of the Titanic in this Imax documentary. Despite a disjointed narrative and some talk y sequences, the film , narrated by Bill Paxton , offers haunting, never-before-seen images of the ghostl y shi pwreck where 1,500 souls lost their lives nearl y a century ago. Some disturbing images. USCCB: A-ll — adults and adolescents. MPAA: G — general audiences.

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Contemporary fairytale about a spirited American teenager (Amanda Bynes) who travels to London in search of the father she has never known onl y to find out that she is the dau ghter of a blueblood politician (Colin Firth) running for Parliament. Directed by Dennie Gordon , this delightful modern Cinderella story celebrates the bonds between parents and children and the possibility of second chances that love affords. Instances of mildly offensive language and scattered sexual innuendoes. USCCB: A-II — adults and adolescents. MPAA: PG — parental guidance suggested.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — A special Easter liturgy taped at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles with Cardinal Roger M. Mahony as the main celebrant and homilist will air in the San Francisco area on NBC 11 at 5 a.m. Sunday, April 20. The one-hour program is produced by the U.S. bishops ' Catholic Communication Campai gn.

"This beautiful cathedral , the newest in the world , is full of light and a great place to celebrate the most joyous liturgy of the year, " Ellen McCloskey, CCC executive producer, said in a statement. "We are especiall y pleased to bring the beauty of the Easter liturgy from this very special churc h to a national audience. "

This Sunday, Apri l 20, Maury Healy, director of communications for the Archdiocese of San Francisco , will chat with Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester on KRON Channel 4 . The top ic of this month' s presentation of "For Heaven ' s Sake" will be the rich meaning of the liturgical seasons of the Church .

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It also is the world's first cathedral to employ the most up-to-date "base isolation " technology to prevent damage wrought by catastrop hic earthquakes.

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Music / Choir Director Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame is seeking a Music/Choir Director. This person would need to be an experienced musician in organ and piano and have a good background in liturgical music. The responsibilities would include planning and directing music for the weekend liturgies including special feasts and seasons of the Liturgical year and direct a choir at one of the weekend liturgies. Salary and benefits based on Archdiocesan guidelines.

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St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo, CA is seeking to hire a fulltime Parish Initiation Coordinator to oversee the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. The RC1A is not simply the celebration of the sacraments, but all the rites belonging to the catechumenate.

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma

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1st Saturday Mass - Saturday, May 3, 2003

Rev. Charles Puthota, Celebrant • Holy Name of Jesus Parish All Saints Mausoleum Chapel - 11:00 a.m.

Memorial Day Mass - Monday, May 26, 2003 Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma IVlost Rev. Ignatius Wang, Celebrant Auxili ary Bishop of San Francisco Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel - 11:00 a.m.

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Menlo Park

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020