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Pop esees war as threat to hop e f orbetter lif e By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the toll of death and destruction mounted during the second week of war in Iraq, Pope John Paul II repeatedly prayed for peace and said the conflict must not be allowed to become a "religious catastrophe. " Meanwhile, some church leaders stepped up criticism of the war effort led by U.S. and British troops, as Catholics tried to wrestle with the moral issues involved. Many in the United States were distressed at the loss of life on both sides, including four U.S. soldiers lulled by an Iraqi suicide bomber at a military checkpoint. Speaking at a noon blessing from his apartment window above St. Peter 's Square March 30, the pope said the world was experiencing a moment in which "painful armed conflicts are threatening humanity 's hope in a better future. " He offered a special prayer to Mary for war victims and especially for her intercession for peace in Iraq.

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The day before, addressing bishops from predominantly Muslim Indonesia, tire pope expressed deep concern about the interreligious impact of the war in Iraq. "War must never be allowed to divide world religions. I encourage you to take this unsettling moment as an occasion to work together, as brothers committed to peace, with your own peop le , with those of other religious beliefs and with all men and women of good will in order to ensure understanding, cooperation and solidarity," he said. "Let us not permit a human tragedy also to become a religious catastrophe, " he said. At his weekly general audience March 26, the pope said his heart was weighed down by reports coming out of Iraq, and he urged Catholics to continue praying tire rosary for peace. On March 25, the pontiff sent a message to a group of international military chaplains meeting in Rome. He encouraged chaplains to educate soldiers in the ethical values that underlie humanitarian law POPE WAR, page 9

St. Mary's Chinese Mission turns 100 By Patrick Joyce St. Mary 's Chinese Mission began its 100th anniversary celebration with words of gratitude to the Paulist Fathers who have served the mission since 1903 and words of praise for the people of Chinese heritage who worship at the mission and were educated at its schools.

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The progress of Chinese-Americans in the Church and society was highlighted by the presence of Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, the nation 's first ChineseAmerican bishop , as celebrant of the anniversary Mass in Old St. Maiy 's Cathedral Saturday, and by the success the community has achieved in its efforts to build a new St. Mary 's Chinese School.

At the beginning of Mass, Bishop Wang thanked the Paulists "for 100 years of faithful service to the Chinese people. " At the end, Father Joh n Duffy, president of the Paulist Fathers, praised the peop le of St. Mary 's: "We are celebrating the gift Chinese cultu re is to our Church , to San Francisco and our culture. " In a homily given in both Chinese and English, Paulist Father Jim Donovan traced the history of the mission, describing the obstacles faced by peop le of Chinese heritage and by the Paulists who decided to serve them at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time , the United States was entering a new century as "a nation of power and purpose" filled "with excitement and hope," Father Donovan said. Chinese ST. MARY'S CHINESE, page 6

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b y Tom Burke Should have mentioned earlier the upcoming Mass and luncheon of the San Francisco Chapter of Notre Dame High School Alumnae that takes place April 26th. Golden Belles from class of '53 and Silver Belles from class of '78 are being honored and all grads are invited to the Cruise Down Memory Lane day. Ma rtha Adriasola , Debbie Calgaro and Patty Moran are among those coordinating the event. (See Datebook).... In a recent conversation with St. Anthony Foundation staffer, Krista Lucchesi, I learned that beloved St. Anthony 's founder, late Franciscan Father Alfred Boeddeker, and I share August 7th as the day of our birth. As this would have been the revered friar 's 100th birthday, St. Anthony 's will be pullin out , at least, some of the stops to commemorate the occasion, Krista told me. A Wisconsin native with a graduate degree from USF, Krista has been with the Tenderloin mainstay for two years and has served as its Development Manager for about six months. St. Anthony 's, now 52 years old, will serve its 30 millionth meal right around Easter time. Though I kick myself for not still having the

Happy 60 years married to Theresa and Mario Vella who celebrated the occasion with family and friends at the home of their son , John, and his wife, Joanne. Theresa and Mario have been parishioners of St. Dunstan's, Millbrae for 36 years.

baseball card from which I learned this many years ago, another August 7th bambino is World Series perfect Don game p itcher Larsen....Married 55 years March 27th were Lena and Richard Ragni , who took their vows in San Rafael's St. Raphael Church and have been parishioners of St. Dunstan 's, Millbrae for 40 years....The tradition of St. Joseph's Table was honored at Sts. Peter and Paul Church on March 12th. More than 120 people gathered for the meal that included fish and Pasta San Giuseppe , a macaroni dish served with fried bread crumbs instead of cheese to recall the sawdust of the carpenter saint. Among those attending were Salesian Sister Antoinette Pollini and Salesian Father John Malloy, pastor, who led an , opening prayer. Coordinators of the event included Antoinette Canapa , her son , John, Anna Capurro, Paul Capurro , Pete Cresci , Marie Lavin and Frank Cub Scout Cody Dragon, here with St. Finn Barr pasto r, Father Lavin , who filled us in about Larry Goode, was awarded the Light of Christ achievement at the "centuries old Sicilian cusa morning Mass at the San Francisco church on March 23rd. tom" that gre w out of prayers to His proud mom is scouting enthusiast, Cynthia Calhoun St. Joseph "during the Middle Dragon, who said, "Congratulations , Cody!"

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HONG KONG — The Hong Kong Diocese has called for using protective masks at Mass and limiting church activities to prevent the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as SARS, that has killed at least 10 people here. The guidelines instruct parishes to stop distributing consecrated wine or administering Communion in the mouth. Priests and eucharistic ministers are encouraged to wear masks while distributing Communion, and distribution of Communion to patients in hospitals or at home is suspended. The two-page document deals with sterilization of churc hes and with close contact during Mass , confessions and Sunday school, reported UCA News. The guidelines advise Catholics suffering from a cough, fever or respiratory difficulty not to attend Mass, even on Sunday, but pray privatel y instead. Use of hol y water fonts at church entrances is to be discontinued temporari l y. All priests and liturgical ministers are instructed to wash their hands before services, and bod y contact during Mass is to be kept minimal .

Cuban bishops ' p anel criticizes crackdown on political dissidents

HAVANA — The Cuban bishops have criticized the communist government for arresting political dissidents who "think and act differentl y from the official ideology. " The statement was posted on the bishops ' Web site March 25, less than two weeks after the government began rounding up dissidents. On the same day, the independent Cuban Human Ri ghts Commission said that 75 po litical opponents, human rights activists and independent journal ists had been arrested in the roundups. The way to deal with political oppo sition is through public debate and a national dialogue , said the bishops ' commission. It expressed "deep sorrow " that "hi our country inapprop riate measures are being used to stain reputations and detain persons. "

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VATICAN CITY — While confessors should treat penitents "without harshness or coldness," they must uncompromisingly present authentic church teaching, especially on marital and bioethical issues, Pope John Paul II said. He said he was concerned that penitents "leave the confessional with somewhat confused ideas, especially if they find that confessors are not consistent in their judgments." The pope made his comments in a speech March 28 to participants in an annual course on matters of conscience sponsored by the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican agency that deals with issues involving the sacrament of penance and indulgences. He said priests should be conscious of the "gift of grace p laced in their hands " in the confessional and should offer penitents "the charity of a kind welcome, without being selfish with (their) time and without harshness or coldness. " He said faithfulness to church teaching was particularly important in problems relating to complex contemporary bioethical issues and mari tal questions.

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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives called for a national day of prayer, fasting and humility to ask for God' s guidance in meeting the nation 's challenges, to understand its failings and how its peop le can do better. In a vote of 346-49 March 27, the House approved a resolution asking the president to issue a proclamation designating a day "for humility, prayer and fasting for all people of the United Slates." The Senate passed a similar resolution March 17. "Throug h prayer, fasting and self-reflection , we may better recognize our own faults and shortcomings and submit to the wisdom and love of God in order that we may have guidance and strength in those dail y actions and decisions we must take," read the resolution. The bill's chief sponsor, W. Todd Aki n, R-Mo., noted that the country has a long history, in times of armed conflict , of turning to God.

House committee p asses bill banning p artial-birth abortion

WASHINGTON—The House Judiciary Committee voted 19-11 March 26 to pass the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act without any amendments. The bill is now in position for a vote on the House floor and is expected to pass by a wide margin. The Senate passed a similar ban in mid-March and President Bush has vowed to sign the legislation into law. During a March 25 hearing on the legislation , experts in obstetrics and gynecology testified that the partial-birth procedure is "excruciatingly painful" for the unborn child. Dr. Mark Neerhof, assistant professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in Evanston , 111., also explained the health risks to women from partial-birth abortions. House committee members who opposed the partialbirth abortion ban as unconstitutional had proposed several amendments to loosen the bill' s restrictions , including a provision to eliminate prison terms for doctors who perform the procedure that failed in a 15-8 vote.

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JERUSALEM — A Catholic committee charged that Israel has hampered the church' s ability to work in the Hol y Land by deny ing entry visas to priests and religious. The report said visas have been denied to church personnel for nearly two years, negatively affecting many church institutions , including the local seminary. The Israeli government ' s policies , the report said , have infringed on "the right of the church to train , appoint and dep loy its own personnel" and establish and maintain its institutions. The report said 86 app lications for entry visas and residency permits for religious personnel have been requested but not granted , with 70 of the applications coming from church personnel from Arab countries. Tova Ellinson , spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry, denied that the policy toward granting visas to priests or to Christians had changed. "All demands are taken care of according to fixed criteria as in the law," she said. For "specific cases, we need details and information , and the request will be handled in a professional way and by the law. "

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City's African-American Catholic Schools discussed By Jack Smith Participants in a Convocation of the African-American Community discussed and made recommendations on a variety of proposals for the reorganization of the City's predominantly African American Catholic elementary schools. The Convocation , held at St. Mary 's Cathedral last Monday, was designed to hel p determine how "resources „ l A ~A : ~ l ~A L.. +l- _ A 1 . J! i_ currently ueaicaiea oy me Arcnaiocese to the apostolate of Catholic elementary schools" can best be utilized . The convocation was recommended by the recen tly released Report of the Strateg ic Planning Commission for Catholic Schools. Among challenges facing San Francisco schools, the report found "the declining African-American population within the Archdiocese has created a situation in which virtuall y every elementary school... with a sizeable AfricanAmerican population has overall enrollment too low to be sustainable. " Major change was required in order to provide quality education in well maintained facilities with well organized and qualified staff and stable financial support , the report said. The challenges laid out by the plan called for significant changes at four largely African-American schools in particular: St. Dominic, St. Emydius, St. Paul of the Shipwreck and Sacred Heart elementary schools. The convocation brought together about 100 representatives of the four schools, donor groups, school department staff and Planning Commission members to discuss a range of alternatives and make recommendations to Archbishop William Levada. The five-hour meeting began with song, readings and prayer for the guidance of the Hol y Spirit led by Archbishop Levada. The sessions of the meeting were facilitated by Notre Dame Sister Maureen Hilliard. Superintendent of Catholic Schools Maureen Huntington set the expectation of the convocation from the outset. "Each of the four schools will operate differentl y next year . . . All four will be impacted by this convocation," she said. Ms. Huntington hoped that the discussions would stem from a realization that current structures were "unsupportable " and that solutions must consider the longrange benefit of the entire community. A package detailing the hnancial , enrollment and plant maintenance difficulties facing the schools was provided earlier to the participants. At the meeting three options for school organization were presented for discussion and recommendation. The options were prepared "in conversation with the principal s of the four schools and consultation m M ,« i.

with members of the Strategic Planning Commission as well as good educational insi ghts as to what works and what doesn't," Ms. Huntington said. The three options were discussed at tables by small groups and then a preliminary vote was taken. One option, which would have kept all four schools open, but with classes only offered up to the fifth grade was overwhelming ly dismissed in the first round.

sented general insights and criticisms and many took issue with one or more aspects of the preferred plan . Some speakers were dissatisfied with separating out the African-American schools for consideration from the context of all other schools. One speaker said, "We need to move away from ethnicity and towards quality education." Another felt that separating the African-American schools into one convocation limited choices, excluding the possibility of considenng cooperation between St. rmn carr and St. Emydius, which may hav e been a more suitable partner for St. Emydius than St. Paul of the Shipwreck. Several requested delay ing any action until planned convocations in other communities were completed so that a broad er picture and more options could be brought to light. Most expressed approval of the provisions for cooperation between St. Dominic and Sacred Heart, while opposing such provisions for cooperation between St, Paul of the Shipwreck and St. Emydius. In general it was felt that St. Paul of the Shipwreck and St. Emydius were too far apart geographicall y to cooperate effectivel y in terms of student retention between the two sites and transportation. In addition, many felt that maintaining four physical plants was not financially possible. Archbishop Levada and Ms. Huntington requested th at a further vote be taken on the separate provisions for the Sacred Heart/St. Dominic plan and the Shipwreck/St. Emydius plan. The Sacred Heart/St. Dominic plan received a strong majority while the Shipwreck/St. Emydius plan was overwhelmingly defeated. The recommendations as well as the insights and criticisms will now be considered by Archbishop Levada as he deliberates the options for the best utilization of school resources in San Francisco.

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Sisters of the Holy Family:The Archdiocese's Homegrown Order By Sister Michaela O'Connor , SHF the 1850's hundreds of thousands of gold seekers poured into San Francisco. The estabInlished communities of the eastern United States viewed the western city as a wildly dysfunctional p lace, fearless, lawless and godless. This pictu re was partial ly true but the gold rush also brought persons who would profoundl y affect the city and the west in positive and productive ways. Four such persons were responsible for the foundation of the Sisters of the Holy Famil y, the Archdiocese 's only native congregation of religious women. First , in 1850, came Archbishop Josep h Sadoc Alemany, O.P. Originall y from Vich, Spain, but well versed in English, an American citizen and a pastoral man, he had been a missionary in the Ohio Valley, Tennessee, and Kentucky for ten years before his episcopal appointment. In a vast area Alemany would create a diocese in true missionary fashion, exerting himself to sustai n all the human needs represented there. He saw to it that churches, schools, hospitals and colleges were built and staffed , but he also provided temperance societies, libraries , adult education and aid to the poor. In San Francisco he would even become a volunteer fireman. He expected the church workers that he enticed to California to be just as creative. From Sydney, Australia, in 1852 came a young child, Lizzie Armer. Bereft veiy early of a mother, she and her two brothers were given a home with a friend of the family, Richard Tobin, while Robert Armer went to work as a barrel maker in the gold fields. The boys eventually joined Armer in the camps, but Lizzie remained with the Tobin household, raised as a daughter, having the same education and social life as their own children. Also in the 1850"s a second little girl, Ellen O'Connor, came with her parents in a covered wagon from Boston to Placerville. Later, the family moved to San Francisco. The fourth person in the story, Father John Joseph Prendergast, arrived in 1859, having volunteered for California at the All Hallows Missionary College in Dublin , Ireland. Alemany was delighted to receive the young cleric, destined to become one of the most beloved and effective pastors of his Archdiocese. The priest had enormous concern for the poor and, like Alemany, a practical, compassionate understanding of how to help them. He often sold off his own possessions to enable him to assist poor families. Alemany often sought the legal expertise and counsel of Richard Tobin, whose extraordinary gifts as a lawyer and businessman often benefited the church's charities. They, with Prendergast, planned and carried out many projects to benefit the people of the San Francisco Archdiocese , Catholic and non-Catholic alike. Tobin's wife Maiy Ann, with Lizzie and her daughters decorated the altars of Alemany 's new Cathedral (now called Old St. Mary 's). As she approached young womanhood, Lizzie Armer existed in an atmosphere of challenge , faith , service and practical attention to needs. She taught catechism at the Cathedral , and she assisted in attending to the poor. Lizzie's love for God, nurtured in the practical FatherJohn Prenderg ast faith of the Tobin household , attracted her to the religious life. She approached the Archbishop to request letters of introduction to a cloistered community in the eastern United States, since there were no such groups as yet in California. The bishop 's answer to her request reveals discussions about her with his close advisors. With an understanding twinkle in his eye, with a realization of her gifts and determination, he responded, "Father Prendergast and I have another work for you to do. " On the surfacethe plan seemed simp le. The institutions being built in the Archdiocese, the established religious communities of men and women at work there, had full programs and could not do more. Many excellent volunteersdid not have the time to address situations consistently. The first responsibility of married parishioners was to their families. Father Prendergast had a vision of a society of dedicated women who would visit the houses of the poor. These women would not need

to be approached for assistance, but would go out to find to San Rafael) to experience a novitiate. She was to lead those who needed it. her companions through the same spiritual training after Viewing the results of the process it seems natural to us she completed her instructions. When she came home in that Lizzie put aside her own plans long enough to con1879 Ellen took her first vows and was appointed by the sider what had been asked of her and, in the end, made Archbishop superior and novice directress for the other the plan her own. We do not know her fears or uncerwomen. She was now Sr. Teresa O'Connor. tainties. We only know that , having set her hand and During a veiy busy novitiate , the work never ceased. The mind to the task, she never looked back. day care outgrew the house. Alemany and PrendergastsugOn November 6, 1872, in a rented flat on Pine Street, gested that the women organize a "Faire , " to provide money together with Miss Sally Collins , Lizzie began to build a larger house and day home. The Faire was a success, and in the tiny chapel of that first convent , on March her life 's work at die age of twenty-two. Together the women began to minister to the 19, 1880, Lizzie Armer and four of her friends pronounced their first vows. Lizzie became Sister Dolores, the others takpoor of the city. They home visited, took food , ing the names of Magdalene, Joseph , Agnes and Augustine. clothing, cooking utensils, bedding and other necessities to those they found in need; Under Sister Dolores' leadership the Congregation grew. they taught catechism , begged for hinds and Three large day homes were functioning by 1900 , and sisfood for their clients; decorated the Cathedral ters were teaching catechism to public school students throughout the city. There were sewing mid cooking schools altars, sewed clothing for the poor and for poor children. Dramatic and musical entertainments shrouds when needed. Every Monday mornwere being performed for the joy of families and the raising ing the two presented themselves at the of funds. Enormous Thanksgiving dinners for the children Archbishop 's door to receive a portion of the were held at the day homes and then, eventually, in a large Sunday collection to devote to the supplies new convent at the corner of Hayes and Fillmore streets. and charities that claimed their attention. In 1905 , at the early age of fifty-four years, Sister They began and ended the day with prayer. Dolores Armer died. They cooked, cleaned and sewed for themJust in time for the terrors of the 1906 earthquake and selves. They tramped on foot over the hilly fire , Teresa O'Connor became the next elected leader. In streets of San Francisco, carrying dieir burSister Dolores Armer,f oundress of the earthquake's aftermath the day homes burned, only dens , though occasionally friends must have the convent at 890 Hayes Street survived. Immediately it helped them deliver goods to the poor. the Sisters of the Holy Family . was put at the service of the city. The building became the It was a simp le life full of work into which the two offices of the San Francisco courts and sheriff's departments. It housed the Jesuit fathers , and young women fervently threw themselves. They depended on youth , strength and sincere intenthe sisters ' sewing room became St. Ignatius Church. The nurses who went out among the sick tions to surmount all obstacles. Sally Collins literally worked herself into a nervous breakdown. and injured of those days were housed there. Mental patients were attended to on the ground The external manifestations of Sall y 's illness took a religious turn. She showed the wounds floor. The sisters' safe became the bank for whatever people managed to save from the catastroof the crucifixion in her hands and feet - the stigmata. At first Lizzie, the Tobins and Fr. Prendergast were deceived. Eventually the priest discovered that the wounds were self-inflicted. p he. The house was a relief station. A day home was opened and the sister-cook, on an outdoor stove, prepared meals for hundreds. The sisters slept in the attic. The scandal caused by this event was tremendous. A popular newspaper of the day, The Jolly The congregation expanded to San Jose, Oakland, and Los Angeles, then into the Central Giant, delightedly carried hideous stories concerning Lizzie. Suspicions followed her for years, Valley of California , Nevada , Utah , Alaska, Texas, Hawaii, and Kentucky. The sisters' Associates with accompanying taunts and finger pointing which she endured without comment. Sally was sent to relatives in New York to recover and Lizzie struggled to continue her work. Another comp anion j oined and then left her. All seemed to be a failure. Then, in the summer of 1874, another young woman knocked at the Pine Street door. It was Ellen O'Connor. For two days she had come , but found no one at home. Her third attempt was on June 29th , the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The Peter and Paul of the Holy Family foundation had found one another. After Ellen 's arrival the fortunes of the tiny community took a decidedly upward turn. The work began to attract others. The third member was Mrs. Ellen Javet, a widow with teenage boys. She was a steady worker by day and returned home at night to care for her sons until they were old enough to be on their own. With each addition to the little group it moved to a slig htly larger Hat, the women were referred to as "the girls upstairs " or "the Miss Armers, " even by the city officials who began sending young wards of the court to them to be looked after. In 1878, in their home on Post Street , the group began a new endeavor. They strove to keep families together by providing day care for the young children of working parents. Lizzie, wanting to do something beyond custodial care, insisted that the women be certified in the new system of Kindergarten education. The tiny community took to the work of pre-school child and infant care with amazing speed and success. It became one of their major occupations , one in which the merchants of the city and wealthy families became efficiently involved. Knowing that the women desired to take religious vows and form an official institute, Archbishop Alemany sent Ellen O'Connor to the Dominican Sisters in Benicia (who later moved

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work in South Dakota and Arizona as well. In the late 1920's the sisters were among the first to offer catechetical summer school in ru ral areas, particularly the gold country of California. Almost immediately they were dubbed "the sisters who drive. " The charism of the sisters is to seek out those who need them - they quickly took to cars to enable that search. Today the Sisters of the Holy Family serve in many ways and places. They work with immigrants, as chaplains in prisons and hospitals, in catechetical and day home ministries. They train leaders for faith form ation. They work with the developmentally challenged. The sisters are spiritu al directors, liturgy coordinators, child welfare workers, grief counselors and visitors to the terminally ill. They go to cou rts, work with immigrants and the poor, serve as pastoral administrators in parishes without priests, work in Hispanic ministries of all kinds. They visit homes and plan parties, they celebrate life in all its manifestations among the people of God. John Prendergast said, "Your purpose is in your name - Holy Family." Jesus called the church to be community, to be family, whole, and holy. The sisters of the Holy Family continue to reach out in ways that build toward that ultimate day in which each person, like a precious jewel, shines in the splendor of the Reign of God. This is one in a year -longseries of articles marking the 150th anniversary of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Jeffrey Burns, archd iocesan archivist di i h . h h Ar hd d h

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Anti-Catholic 'entertainment! Entertainment television relishes salacious current events , so much so that countless hours of fictional television are brazenly advertised as "ripped from the headlines. " That doesn ' t mean TV entertainment sees a responsibility to be fair. Quite the opposite . Oftentimes , drama and comedy writers shape events like clay to fit their own Hollywood prejudices. These prejudices can accumulate into a toxic pattern . The year 2002 was a terrible year for the Catholic Church in the United States, and a year in which some church officials deserved everyone 's harshest rebukes. While the overwhelming majority of Catholics — and particularly their parish priests — were not just innocent of abusive crimes, but strived to be good, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights noticed that they were all still cannon fodder for dark dramatic scripts, nasty comedy plots and tasteless jokes. This is more than broad reli gious bigotry. This is specific anti-Catholicism. The league reports that since September 11, 2001, no television dramas have painted Muslims with a broad brush as a religion full of terrorists and haters . But Catholics weren 't that lucky — they saw not only their priests mocked, but their beliefs mocked on TV shows last year. The examples are too numerous. The CBS drama "Family Law" featured an episode with a priest who found he'd fathered a child before taking his vows. As the lawyers on the show debated whether the priest should now raise the child, Tony Danza 's character suggested, "Maybe the kid would be better off without all that superstitious crap screwing her up. " The thankfully short-lived ABC series "The Job" premiered with a detective dressed as a priest and a stripper dressed as a nun. The "hot nun " was shown disrobing in front of a set of detectives, and then putting her foot in the crotch of both male and female detectives during an interrogation. The "priest " abused the confessional by squeezing information out of a thief who stole from the collection basket. A monsignor was then portrayed as caring more about the sanctity of his own reputation than of the confessional. Imagine a prime-time ABC episode dedicated to a snipping rabbi or a dishonest imam . All one can do is imagine, because it would never — could never — happen. That would be wrong. TV producer-writer David E. Kelley liked the Catholic scandal grist so much that he thrived on it with two episodes of ABC's "The Practice " and another couple of ep isodes of Fox 's "Boston Public. " While clerical sexual abuse is never right, neither is sex between teachers and students, or between teachers and students' parents, but those have been regular- p lotlines on "Boston Public," with a lot less moral condemnation from Kelley. HBO' s "Sex in the City " is thankfully on its last legs, or to be more precise, its characters are in then last few beds. Last summer, the series featured this anti-Catholic poison in one plot: the boyfriend of red-headed single mom Miranda insists on baptizing the child to reassure his Irish Catholic mother, who 's stereotyp icslly depicted as not onl y afflicted by rigid religious prejudices , but also as marinated in alcohol. Miranda, as one of the show's so-hip female leads, demanded there be no mention of Christianity in the sacrament. This makes no sense, but this is Holl ywood , where the ridiculous is allowed. The central character of the show then joked that Miranda was surprised the priest was so flexible , but "the truth is, in these troubled times, the Catholic Church is like a desperate 36-year-old single woman, willing to setfle for anything it can get." It 's sad that HBO is so desperate to punch Catholics in the teeth for a lame gi ggle. Faithful Catholics took blow s below the belt from standup comedians, too. On CBS, David Letterman jokingly compared Catholics to the Mafia: "The Gambino crime family will probably fall apart. That will make the largest crime organization in the city ... the Catholic Church!" On NBC, Jay Leno joked about a None Dame football victory : "I guess going to a Catholic school as a young boy, you really learn how to run fast. " In a separate category of meanness was die unmissed Bill Maher, who was still blasting away in 2002 on ABC's "Politically Incorrect." Days before the show was canceled , Maher was blunt: "1 have hated the Church way before anyone else. I have been pounding religion for nine years on this show." Three days later, he suggested the Church should just "drop the pretense and just go gay ... It 's high time you gay Catholics stood up and announced to the world , 'We 're here, we 're queer, get Eucharist. '" Students learn in history class that America in the 19th century was rife with antiCatholic bigotry. It 's time they 're told it 's still alive and kicking in the 21st century. Just torn on the TV. Brent Bozell is Pres ident of Media Research Center Distributed by Creators Syndicate, Inc.

With all due respect , the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United Slates , got some of it wrong in "Strangers No Longer ," the pastoral letter concerning migration. They start out in the first paragraph with a misdiagnosis stating that immigration from Mexico to the United States is a result of globalization , which it is not. By the second paragrap h they are name calling (e.g. . . ."racist and xenophobic attitudes"), And then much of their anal yses, statements and recommendations contained in the remainder of the 108 numbered paragrap hs are untrue , silly, contradictory or seem to be derived fro m a leftist political and social agenda designed , not to sol ve the problem , but to keep people poor, ignorant , dependent , and resentfu l , that would create a balkanization of society and ¦— foster class warfare . The conditions necessary to create jobs and move people out ot poverty are no longer in question. Democracy, free markets , and the rule of law are the prerequisites coupled with empowering peop le with freedom , education , and responsibility. I don ' t think a single one of these six factors was even mentioned in the pastoral letter. And it is these conditions that are far more likel y to provide human dignity for migrants and the poor than is a policy of compassionate clerical paternalism to some feudal peasant underclass. John Wallace Menlo Park

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that need to be evaluated? They are enumerated in the preceding paragraph and include: "1) the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave and certain (emphasis mine); 2) All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective; 3) there must be serious prospects of success; 4) the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavil y in evaluating this condition. " By no stretch of the imag ination can one conclude that the damage inflicted on the United States by Iraq is "lasting, grave , or certain." Iraq was the most observed , inspected, contained , and limited nation on earth. Clearly there is no moral justification for a pre-emptive strike at this time under the conditions required by the Catechism. George Weigel therefore dissents , not onl y from the repeated "prudential jud gment " of Pope John Paul II but from the official teaching of the church. Bosh it 's not. Robert M. Rowden, M.D. San Rafael

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On March 21, Maurice Healy wrote a thoughtful , fair and balanced assessment of the "Pros/Cons" surrounding our Iraq i incursion. Unfortunatel y, in the last sentence, he blew it. (Pro) "President Bush claims the Iraqi people will be liberated from oppression." (Con) "Detractors claim this conflict smacks of Colonialism." (i.e. we are doing this to take over their- country.) Then MEH writes , "For now, put these arguments on hold." (i.e. I don 't know.) Twelve years ago we went to war to free Kuwait from this same Iraqi dictator. We drove his troops out of oil rich Kuwait. Did we seize the oil? Colonize Kuwait? We won 't this time either. It 's not the American way. Robert Riordan Redwood City

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In several recent columns and at the February Quinn Colloquium at USF, George Weigel quoted from the Catechism of the Catholic Church 2309, which deals with the concept of just war: "The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential jud gment of those who have responsibility for the common good". What are "these conditions"

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He hit me first

If Mr. Bob Dunn (letters - Mar. 28) reall y cares about the truth , I am not a pacifist. I only believe in practicing what some parents might teach their children: you may hit back but only if you are hit first. In such a case, violence may not attain the level of nurturing holiness that Christ lived and taught us, but at least it may be just. In any case, nonviolence is best. The main thrust of my previous letter was that aggressor nations always have to rationalize their nasty behavior and the wandering children of darkness always buy these silly rationalizations. In so doing, such children earn a welldeserved , ugly reputation that their grandchildren have to live with. Tom Sattsman San Francisco

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1 found your commentary "Peace and War" in the March 28 issue most offensive. You present the war as if it were a political issue open to various perspectives rather than a moral one. The Hol y Father, Catholic leaders and all major Christian denominations have spoken out against the war. Are you afraid of offending the American majority by clearly presenting the theological and humanitarian reasons why they should oppose it? The recent survey by the Pew Foundation found that there is a gap between Christian leaders who overwhelmingl y oppose the war and many Americans, who consider themselves religious, who support it. The stud y suggested that this is because local priests and Christian leaders are not arguing against the war to their congregations. It seems the official newspaper of the San Francisco archdiocese is not doing so either. Given that public opinion for the war surged 20% after it started, there seems to be a substantial group of Americans who are wavering or confused about the issues. It is not surprising that they have opted for the amoral and materialistic perspective being forcefull y presented b y the government and media given the absence of strong leadership from the Church at the local level. In recent years, the Catholic Church has been heavil y criticized for not speaking out against the Holocaust. I commend the Hol y Father for acknowled ging and apologizing for such historical shortcomings of the Church. I would urge the San Francisco archdiocese to follow his example and provide decisive moral leaders hip to its flock. At present, it seems to be pandering to public opinion as if it were vying for ratings with the for-profit media. Susan V. Hayes San Francisco

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When it comes to war, what's a Catholic to do? Thirty-six years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against the war in Vietnam. His eloquence echoes across the years, "We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation.... We must find new ways to speak for peace and justice.... If we do not act, we shall surel y be dragged down the long, dark, and shamefu l corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, mi ght without morality, and strength without sight.... Somehow this madness must cease. I speak as a child of God... . I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being deslroyed , whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home and death [in the war], I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken. I speak as one who loves America, to the leaders of our own nation: The great initiative in this war is ours ; the initiative to stop it must be ours." As I write this , the United States is at war with Iraq. The leadershi p of the Catholic Church has been and continues to be opposed to this war. In the eyes of the inte rnational community the U.S. has committed at best an unwise preemptive move and at worst a war crime of aggression. So, what ' s a Catholic American to do? In her song, "Hands," Jewel suggested that worry is useless in times like these. "I won 't be made useless. 1 won ' t be idle with despair." She sings, "I will gather myself around my faith for light does the darkness most fear. " Gathering ourselves around our faith , we 're faced with the choice

between Church and State; God and Country. Or are we? I' m a Christian and an American and I believe as Dr. King did, that war is a poor tool for building peace. Peacemaking is both a patriotic and a reli gious duty. "It is the duty of citizens to contribute along with civil authorities to the good of society in a spirit of truth , justice , solidarity, and freedom. Their loyal collaboration includes the right, and at times the duty, to voice their just criticisms of that which seems harmful to the di gnity of persons and to the good of the community" (Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) #2239, 2238). 1 support our military personnel when I affirm war is not (he only, nor ever the best , option for solving our differences or making the world a safer place. I pray for their safety just as I pray for the safety of the civilians and soldiers of a country already desperatel y familiar with suffering. The Catholic stance on the military is clear as well, those who serve honorabl y in the military "trul y contribute to the good of the nation and the maintenance of peace" (CCC #2310). My response to the war must include informing myself about the potential effects of this war and the many factors that have led us to it. Whether I agree with the need for a war or not, attending to voices of those more intelli gent, more involved and more articulate than mine is a way to contribute to the efforts toward peace. This is the very basis upon which informed and responsible action must be built. I support (and join) the peaceful protesters of the war when I voice opposition to violent or disruptive means of

protesting it. I came to this conclusion after hearing the story of a young boy who arrived at a local Catholic school , the first day of the war, badl y shaken because it look him four hours of public transportation , lots Sister of anxiety and fear to get there. The protesters may Christine Wilcox have needed to make a point, but I doubt their point was made for that one little boy or his family or, indeed the many, many people who were unable to get to work, or to the doctor or to a school to pick up or drop off a child. The words of Ghandi reverberate today, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." Peace, like charity, begins at home. If we ask for no more war in the world yet create hostility at home by our actions surel y we are shooting our cause in the metaphorical foot.

Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox is director oj Young Adult Ministry and coordinator for university and college campus ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Family Lif e

Snow prompts acts of kindness "How much snow is there?" Gabe 's excited voice came through the phone line from Seattle. "Well, if you stood at the end of the driveway, it would be almost over your head ." "I want to be there!" I had arrived in the Denver metro area to visit my folks just in time for The Great Blizzard of 2003. Dense, wet snow blanketed the trees and p iled up on the streets. Roofs collapsed. Schools and offices were closed , mail delivery canceled, interstate highways shut down. Thousands were stranded at Denver International Airport. National Guard troops were out in Humvees rescuing stranded drivers. Snowplows worked round-the-clock shifts and still couldn 't get everyone out. "I've never seen it like this," everyone agreed. And still it kept snowing. On the TV, local reporters switched dizzil y back and forth from coverage of the storm to the opening salvos of the assault on Iraq . If we'd had illusions that life was predictable and under control , they were quickly dashed. Our neighborhood , in the foothills west of Denver, caught the brunt of the storm. When the snowplow finall y did appear, it got stuck on our corner. Fortunately, we had power and had stocked up on groceries. We put out seed, bread crusts, and raisins and count-

ed the birds huddled in the trees. A streak of blue flew out of a pine tree. "Get the binoculars '." It was a mountain bluebird, blown off course by the storm. He rested awhile on the ledge outside the window, looking thoroughly disgruntled, then flew off in search of belter weather. After too long inside , I bundled up, waded through the diigh-deep snow in front of our house to the street, and headed up the road toward Lookout Mountain. Adults shoveled driveways, kids built snow forts , young men with skis and snowboards tested the slopes. Everyone smiled and waved. Somehow the snow made us all friends. I gazed down at the town below, blanketed in white , and prayed for peace in the world. On the way down, I greeted a woman walking her dog. "I' m just visiting from Washington State," she told me. "Really? So am I." It turned out her son lived across the street from my parents . Small world. As the storm began to let up, people began to dig out. A young woman who'd abandoned her car in front of our house on Tuesday morning came back on Thursday to uy to dig it out. I grabbed the snow shovel. "I'll give her a hand." I found her gazing uncertainly at the pile of snow that covered her car. "It 's hard to know where to start," she said. Scoop by scoop, we dug a space in front of the car. Another neighbor

walked up, one with more experience than we had in rescuing snowbound cars. He knocked the snow off the driver's side door, told her to get in, and shouted encouragement as she rocked the car forward and back. Soon it was Christine Dubois free. ~" Back inside , I brewed a cup of tea and watched the snow start up again. I thought of the power of small acts of kindness. Friendly greetings, care for animal s, a snow shovel when needed. All helped restore sanity in an uncertain time. There's much in the world that we can't control. But our faith tells us that we can make a difference. With God's help, we can sow the seeds of faith , kindness, and love that will make the world a better place. Christine Dubois is a widely published freelance write r who lives with her family near Seattle. Contact her at: chriscoluran@juno.com.

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Prayer's most important words: I love you A couple of years ago, I attended a six-day retreat given by Robert Michel, an Oblate colleague and a highly sought-after spiritual mentor. His approach was disarming. Most of us are forever looking for something novel, at the cutting edge, outside the box, something complex, but what he offered was stunningly simple and down-to-earth. He spent the whole time trying to teach us how to pray in an affective way. What exactly does that mean, to pray affectively ? In essence, what he told us might be summarized this way: "You must try to pray so that , in your prayer , you open yourself in such a way that sometime — perhaps not today, but sometime — you are able to hear God say to you: T love you!' These words, addressed to you by God, are the most important word s you will ever hear because , before you hear them, nothing is ever comp letely right with you, but , after you hear them, something will be right in your life at a very deep level." These are simple words, but they capture what we ultimately try to do when we "lift mind and heart to God" in prayer. In the end, prayer 's essence, its mission statement , its deep raison d' etre, is simply this: We need to open ourselves to God in such a way that we are capable of?hearing God say to us, individually, "I love you!"

This might sound pious and sentimental. It 's anything but that. Don 't be put off by simplicity. The deeper something is, the simpler it will be. That 's why we have trouble understanding the deep things , be they of science or the heart. What separates the great minds (Augustine , Aquinas, Descartes, Whitehead , Einstein, Lonergan) from the rest of us is their capacity to grasp the simple. Anyone can understand what 's complex, but we have trouble grasping the princi p le of relativity, the concept of being, the concept of love, and things about the nature of God , for exactly the opposite reason. They're too simple. The simpler something is, the harder it is to wrap our minds around it and the more we need to make it complex in order to understand it. That 's true, too, of prayer. It 's so simple that we rarely lay bare its essence. It has ever been thus, it would seem. John 's Gospel alread y makes that point. The Gospel of John , as we know, structures itself very differently from the other Gospels. John has no infancy narratives or early life of Jesus. In his Gospel , we meet Jesus as an adult right on the first page and the first words out of Jesus ' mouth are a question: "What are you looking for?" That question remains throughout the rest of the Gospel as a hermeneutical coloring suggesting diat beneath everything else a cer-

tain search is going on. A lot of things are happening on the surface, but underneath , there remains always the nagging, restless question: "What are you looking for?" Jesus answers that Father question explicitly only at the end of the Gospel, Ron Rolheiser on the morning of the resurrection . Mary Magdala goes looking for him, carrying sp ices with which to embalm his d bod y. Jesus meets her, alive and in no need of embalming, but she doesn 't recognize him. Bewildered , but sincere, she asks Jesus where she might find Jesus -— something, I suspect, we do often enough in prayer. Jesus, for his part, repeats for her the question he opened the Gospel with: "What are you looking for?" Then he answers it. With deep affection , he pronounces her name: "Mary." In doing that, he tells her what she and all

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Rolheiser... ÂŚ Continued from page 13 of us are forever looking for: God' s voice, one-to-one , speaking unconditional love, gently saying your name. In the end, that 's what we are all looking for and most need. It's what gives us substance, identity, and justification beyond our own effort s to make ourselves lovable , worthwhile, and immortal. We are forever in fear of our own seeming insubstantiality. How to give ourselves significance? We need to hear God, affectionately, one-to-one, pronounce our names: "Carolyn!" "Julia!" "Kern!"

"Gisele!" "Steve!" "Sophia!" Nothing will heal us more of restlessness, bitterness and insecurity than to hear God say: "I love you!" Moreover, since prayer is meant to be a mutual thing, it's important, too, that we respond in kind. Part of affective pray er is also that we, one-to-one, with affection , occasionally at least, say the same thing to God: "I love you!" In all long-term, affectionate relationships the partners have to occasionally prompt each other to hear expressions of affection and reassurance. It's not good enough to tell a marriage partner or a friend just once, "I love you!". It needs to be said regularly. The relationship of prayer is no different. Prayer, it is said, is not meant to change God but us.

True. And nothing changes us as much for the good as to hear someone say that he or she loves us, especially if that someone is God.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author. He currently serves in Toronto and Rome as the general councilor f or Canada f o r his religious order, the Oblates of Mary Immacu late. Father Rolheiser can be contacte d at info @ ronrolheiser.com

High *% School Hi-Lites Schools of the Sacred Heart stuAmts and staff can 't wait for completion of the new Siboni Arts and Science Center, recently graced with its final beam and expected to be ready for occupancy in early 2004. The new structure is a model for use of space and in addition to its state-of-the-art auditorium , art studios, science labs and classrooms includes a rooftop playground. The facility is named for principal donors, Joan and Roger Siboni, whose children are Sacred Heart students Katherine and Marguerite, a senior and freshman at Convent High School; and Elisabeth, a fifth grader at Convent Elementary.

Joan Siboni signs the new building 's final beam before it was hoisted into place at "topping out " ceremonies on Jan. 27. Looking on is Pam Hayes, Directo r of Schools , and project contracto r, Mark Herrero.

A Christmas tree and American flag were also mounted on the girder before it left the ground , according to Jo Ann Shain, communications coordinator for the schools. Topping-out rites date to very early times, she said, noting that the Vikings placed trees on the tops of new buildings "to appease tree spirits for use of the wood." Today's symbols signify "safe completion of the structure" as well as the wish of its long and productive use....Recognized as "teachers who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in the classroom," were Stuart Hall Hi gh School's math department chair, David McSpadden, and Convent elementary social studies teacher, Megen O'Keefe. The Herbst Foundation awards include $2,000 grants to the winners and a $1,000 grant to the school....Representing the schools at recent interfaith service for peace were students Neema Patel, Tiffany Ward, Anne Kelts, Ivy Paw, Christina Campos, and Yasmin Ben-Halim.

Sacred Heart Cathedral... Debaters made their way to the state finals of the We the People program , oral competitions featuring contempora ry government top ics. Making their points were members of a Government and Politics class taught by Bill Link. Back from left: Ian Mclntyre, Molly Scudder, Bobby Petrini, Erik Larson, Andrew Lawhon, Molly Paul, Ryan Mack , Duncan Wilson, Peter Ridenour, Matt Morales. Middle from left: Regina Leong, Sasha Jouk, Kathleen DeRequito, Jennifer Chen, Estefanie Ramirez, Carmen Aguilar, Jessica Johnson, Ashley Gam, Stacey Keenan, Addison Anderson, Albert Rodriquez, Francesca Torre, Bill Link. Bottom from left: Bernice Aquas, Stefany Fontela , Danielle Schultz, Katie Smith, Jessica Schutz, Julie Leong....In addition to her success as a debater, Jessica Schutz , has been named a Prudential Spirit of Community Award winner for her untiring service to the annual SHCP Clothing Drive. Her proud mom is Judith M. Kline....Senior Jason Hill will attend Washington State University on a football scholarship. "Jason has what it takes...strong academics and skill on the field," said head football coach Phil Freed.

Notre Dame, Belmont... Fallen Angel, a poem by senior, Pelfini , Ashley Batz, Rachel Stock, Nahal Agahi, Valerie Jasmin Collazo, was accepted for publication in the anthology, Swanson, Angela Tremholada, Courtney Godfrey, Lauren A Celebration of Young Poets. . . .Seniors Emily Gerth and Herrera. "Mi ghty proud," is coach,/advisor, Patti Poling. A Madeleine Flint have advanced to finalist standing in National campaign to raise the more than $25,000 needed to finance the Merit Scholarship competitions.... Chris Read, Science Hawaii trip is underway. Information is available by calling Department chairperson, has been named an Educator Who (415) 382-1693. Makes a Difference, a program sponsored by KTVU Channel 2 and Sylvan Learning Centers. She is one of eight Bay Area honorees and will be seen in announcements of the honor on Channel 2....Therese Falco, a member of the school's Foreign Language Department has been presented with the Internet Innovator Award from National Semiconductor for her Connecting Legends to Real Life project that is directed at students with fledgling and intermediate language skills... Marin Catholic . . . Coming out with high marks in recent competi tions were MC's Dance Teams with winSacred Heart, Atherton... Principal Richard Dioli, (right) was honored by Palo ning choreography from senSt. Elizabeth Seton Elementary School during January 's Catholic Schools Alto's iors Celestin McGIynn, Week for his dedication to the Bridge Program, a local effort aimed at increasing Brianna Smyk, Laila educational opportunities for underprivileged children. Joseph Ciancaglini, Ed.D., Shamsavari, and junior, Mollie Ryan. Invited to shuffle directo r of the Sacred Heart Schools, and Daughter of Charity Sister Theresa off to Hawaii for national comMcDermott, principal, St. Elizabeth Seton, congratulate Richard on the award. pedtions in July are the choreographers, and hoofers including Liz Nazarian, Carly Mercy, San Francisco . . . The Skippers placed first Bowers, Dessie Foustis, Valerie Valente, Shadya Fazeli, in West Bay Athletic League basketball standings with a Danielle LeBrun, Erica Campbell, Alexa Alioto, Natalie season record of 17 wins and 7 losses. Special honors went Rehkopf, Caitlin Campbell, Ashley Porter, Katie Finley, to seniors, Ashley De Silva, Melissa Fung, Gina Wood, Ashley Anderson, Nicole Erlach, Sarah Steinbrecher, Gwen and Stacy Perez; and sophomore , Karlynn Lee.

Immaculate Conception Academy... Coming home again March 13 were 13 alumnae ready, willing and able to share the careers they've chosen with current students. Jeanette Pavini, '81, (pictured) perhaps fami liar from her local television appearances , spoke of her experience as a Consumer Health Watc h reporter for KPIX - Channel 5. Also among the baker 's dozen of proud 1CA grads were Lourdes Alatorre, '96, 3rd grade teacher at the Excelsior District 's Corpus Christi school; Diane Alper , '61, president of a personnel services firm bearing her name; Sara Baldwin, '95, manager of emp loyment, Seton Medical Center, Daly City and Daug hters of Charity Health Services; Erica Bcrmudez , '95, promotions and programming assistant for Clear Channel , owner of radio stations including KMEL and KISS; Leslie Grisdale, '96 , stage manager, Oakland Ballet; Ernalou Lagrimas, '93, hospitality management professional; Melina Martinez, '80, child care provider with specialty in infants and toddlers; Patty O'Connell Sass, 72, peri-operative nurs e, California Pacific Medical Cente r; Jennife r Pangilinan-de Dios, '88 , Web Designer for Charles Schwab Brokerage; Stacey Sarmiento, '94, clinical social worker in child and adolescent psychiatry, Kaiser Permanent^, South San Francisco; Shannon Stabile, '88, paramedic , Am erican Medical Response; Mary Nilan Staske, 72, Lieutenant , San Francisco Police Department; Laura Colin, '93, police officer, San Francisco Police Department. "Speakers opened up an amazing variety of caree r paths for students," the school said , noting that "this is the first career day when all presenters have been alumnae."

Mercy, Burlingame... More than a dozen juniors and seniors spent a week in the nation 's capita l as part of Close Up, a program offering educational trips to students and teache rs where they get a chance to see "democracy in action. " The group 's schedule included a meeting with local U.S. Representative Tom Lantos. Back from left: Robin Horner, member of the faculty and chaperone; Jenette Loveseth, Analisa Raccanello, Kim Grisham, Congressman Lantos, Katie Pulaski, Amanda Gamble, Nicole Johns. Front from left: Jennifer Reis, Julie Murphy, Kristina DaMota, Sheena Naidu, Ann Engberg, Courtney Harrison , Clarissa Quintanilla, Nicole Dalton, Lauren Joe.

Reunions 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 tane luncheon at The Spanish Cultural Center, 2850 Alemany Blvd. Honorees are Golden Belles ol '53 and Silver Belles ol 78. Tickets $35. Call Patty Moran at (415) 861-2378.

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Log Cabin near Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park at 2 p.m. All families invited. Features games, easter egg hunt and prizes for children up to 12 years of age. 'This free event is a great opportunity to bring together the Catholic community, especially alumnae, alumgi, friends and benefactors of the Siste rs of the Presentation, the congregation said." Call Kara Mollison at (415) 422-5015. 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 domestic violence. Cocktails at 11:30 a.m. Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Tickets $40. Call Marie Mahoney at (415) 333-9348.

Lenten Opportunities April 5, 12; Charismatic Renewal presents Father Peter Sanders with A Teaching on the Prophetic Ministry, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. and Vicente , SF and on the 121h at Church of the Visitacion, 655 Sunnydale Ave., at Rutland, SF. Call Nolan at (415) 564-7729.

April 25: The St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County invites you to Raise the Roof at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, 600 Airporl 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.

Through April 13: Good Neighbor Lenten Food Drive for SF Food bank. Lend a hand to the less fortunate. Drop off donations at following locations: Convent ol the Sacred Heart High School, 2222 Broadway St, SF; Corpus Christ! School, 75 Francis St, SF; Holy Name School, 1560 - 40th Ave , SF; Mercy High School, 3250 - 19th Ave , SF; Mission Dolores Church, 3321 16th St, SF; Mission Dolores Elementary, 3371 - 16th St, SF; St. Brigid School, 2250 Franklin St, SF ; St. James School, 321 Fair Oak St, SF; St. Teresa Church, 390 Missouri St, SF; Stuart Hall High School; 715 Octavia St, SF. Through April 13: The Jesus Experience , "an amazing chronicle of the saints and rogues who carried the message of Christianity across the globe" on the Hallmark Channel. Call your Cable provider for specific dates/times. A Paulist Production. April 9: Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution premieres at 9 p.m. on KQED Channel 9. A part of the Empires history specials, the two-and-a-half hour presentation tells the story of "two of the most important protagonists" of what "would become the Christian faith." Filmed in Morocco, it combines Paul's words, other ancient writings, interviews with scholars and dramatic reenactments to demonstrate how Christianity developed and flourished. April 12: Taize Prayer Around the Cross at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 828-7447. April 13: The Reluctant Saint: St. Francis ol Assisi premieres at 7 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel. "A mystic on the edge of madness...the astonishing life of the world's favorite saint," says information promoting the telecast. A production of Faith and Values Media. April 5 through 9: Jesuit Father Tom Allender will conduct a Parish Mission at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr. off El Camino Real, Burlingame. Father Tom will preach at all w eekend Masses at OLA on April 5 and 6, and preside at the daily 8 a.m. Mass on April 7, 8, 9 with a mission talk following the weekday Masses. The talk will be repeated Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. April 6: A gathering of the Militia Immaculata at St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. off Monterey Blvd., SF. Families, singles religious ate 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. April 11-13: The Journey to Easter with Holy Ghost Father Tom Timmins at Vallombrosa Retreat Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Father Timmins assists at St. Luke Parish, Foster City and is a popular Vallombrosa retreat leader. These days will help retreatants enter more deeply into the most solemn period of the Church's liturgical year. Prices $170/$150. Begins with dinner at 6 p.m. Fri., ends at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tuesdays during Lent: Lenten Lecture Series at National Shrine oi St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St.' at Columbus , SF, at 7:15 p.m. March 25: St. Francis and the Seraph with Franciscan Sister Ramona Miller; April 1: Franciscan Father Daniel Lacke; April 8: Dante's Comedia - A Lenten Journey with Steve Cordova.

Food & Fun Through April 5: Store-wide 1/2 price sale at Mill Valley's Mt. Carmei Shop, the only department store in town. Everything in shop will be sold for 1/2 the marked price. Proceeds benefit OLMC parish. Call (415) 388-4332. April 12: International Food Festival, an

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 . 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.

Still time to book space on Passports, a Spring Festival benefiting Sacred Heart Cathedra l Preparatory School taking place A pril 12th. The evening promises fun and food from countries around the world with a silent and live auction, grand raffle, and more. Tickets at $150 include "food and drink for two and one chance in the Grand Drawing. " Takes place in St. Mary Cathedral Conference Center, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF beginning at 6 p.m. Call the school's development office at (415) 775-6626, ext. 765 or visit the web site at www.shcp.edu. Among those "hard at wo rk" on the event are , top from (eft , Jan Donovan, Oenise Monfredini, Leslie Deely, Cindy Price, Kay Neath. Bottom from left, Cindy Passanissi, Rene Vignoles, Dawn Jose, Sandra Gulli, Maureen Rasmussen. Unavailable for the photo we 're committee members Maria Creasey, Rosine Ryan, Sharon Shea, Patty Diner, Debbie Passanissi, Anna Chaban. Evening of Food, Music and Fun, benefiting St. Dunstan Elementary School, Millbrae from 5 - 9 p.m. Admission of $25 for adults and $10 for children includes treats from around the world plus entertainment , children's activities, and a silent auction. Takes place in the Parish Center, 1133 Broadway. Call (650) 692-9323 or (650) 6922230. April 12: A n n u a l Luncheon and Fashion Show of All Souls Women 's Club, South San Francisco beginning with cocktails at 11:30 a.m. and luncheon at 12:30 p.m. at the S h e r a t o n Gateway Hotel, Burlingame. Fashions from Talbot's, Cache', and Wet Seal. Models include All Souls pastor, Father Bill Justice. Tickets $35. Call (650) 588-5491. April 12: Mardi Gras Festivities benefiting St. Philip Elementary School begin at 6:30 p.m. at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave and

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Sloat Blvd., SF. Features dinner, dancing, silent and live auctions with celebrity auctioneer. Tickets at $50 per person are available by calling Jane Perry at (415) 8245196 or stphilipfundraiser@yahoo.com. April 12: International Night at Sts. Peter and Paul School on Washington Square, San Francisco. ueieoraies me cuuurai diversity of North Beach and its many lares including foods from China, the Philippines, Italy, and Latin America. Live music by Kickback plus silent auction and student entertainment. Tickets $35/$15 children. No tickets sold at the door. Call (415) 421-5219. Benefits school reading and literature program.

Rachael Steimnitz and Jean Lor are Audrey and Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors at Archbishop Riordan's Lindiand Theatre, tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Directed by Valerie O'Riordan with music direction by Scott Souza. Tickets are $10/$7 students and seniors . Call (415) 587-5866.

April 17: Monthly luncheon of St. Thomas More Society featuring guest speaker Jesuit Father Joseph Daoust, attorney and President, of Jesuit School Theology, Berkeley, who will discuss "integrating principles of (Catholic) faith into the practice of law." Takes place at noon at the Bankers Club, 52nd floor , Bank of America Building, 555 SF. California St., Reserve by noon April 14, please. Tickets $30 members/$40 non-members. Call Stacy Stecher at (415) 433-1400. April 19: Easter Egg Hunt hosted by the Sisters of the Presentation at the

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Lavish sci-fi thriller in which the earth' s electromagnetic atmosphere has gone awry, necessitating a team of six (including Aaron Eckhart , Hilary Swank and Stanley Tucci) to bore their spaceship into Earth 's core to restabilize it. Director Jon Amiel' s lengthy disaster movie may be preposterous but is well-crafted and well-acted , and its special effects are impressive'. Scenes of mayhem, lethal danger and an instance of rough language. USCCB: A-II — adults and adolescents. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strong ly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Unsatisfying military thriller in which an ex-Army Ranger (John Travolta) and a prickly Army captain (Connie Nielsen) must try to unravel the truth behind the Panama jungle deaths of a hated Special Forces sergeant (Samuel L. Jackson) and four trainees under him while two survivors spin an elaborate series of stories about what happened. Director John McTiern an 's macho action flick takes a 'Rashomon '-like approach to the narrative, but the dozen characters , murk y visuals and constant plot twists eventually become tedious. Recurring violence, much rough language and intermittent profanity. USCCB: A-IV — adults, with reservations. MPAA: R — restricted.

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Leaden romantic comedy in which a small-town working-class woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) goes after her dream to become an international flight attendant. With a scatterbrained plot and flat jokes , director Bruno Barreto 's failed satire chugs along awkwardly unable to maintain interest in its characters. An implied affair, a few sexual references and minimal crass language. USCCB: A-III — adults. MPAA: PG-13 — parents are strong ly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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