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Most schools sponsor a handful of ni ghts like this each year, often without cost as this ni g ht was. As a rare attendee, I' m the pot advising the kettle here, but please take advantage of them. The few I 've been to have been very helpful. Thanks to Daphne Small and Kathleen Britsch gi for their work in organizing the forum. Mom , Linda Lydon, was so convincing role-play ing ways to get kids to clean their rooms that when I got home I made my bed. OLMC princi pal , Teresa Anthony, led an opening prayer that integrated agriculture into living a good life with calls to sow "peas" including patience; "squash" including squashing gossip; "lettuce " including let us be loyal; and "turnips" including turn up when needed. Great proverb offered at meeting 's end was, "Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were bom in a diiferent time."...

Life imitating Scripture with the 5th grade basketball team at St. Brigid's Elementary finishing last a year ago and first this year. Way to go!...

Young musicians from San Anselmo 's San Domenico High School will perform at Brookl yn New York's Bargemusic tomorrow. The facility is actuall y a boat harbored under the Brookl yn Bridge that has been converted to a chamber music hall. The young women are the first nonprofessional ensemble to play there. Thanks to the school's Faith France for lettin ' us know....

Hats and gloves off f or the Loyola Guild celebrating their 75th anniversary with High Tea tomorrow at the Sunset District's St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, a long-

Good thoughts again for the Sant family who went beyond their grief to donate a new ambo to San Francisco 's St. Elizabeth Parish in memory of their late son, Joe. Sorry for not naming Joe's sister, Jeanette Santos , when we wrote up the generous act a coupla ' weeks ago....

Took chow with Presentation Sister Monica Miller recently and the much skilled vocations director/young adult mentor said the Millb rae Police deserve a hats off for their neighborly handling of a blocked driveway inciden t she was part of. Seems instead of towing the guilty vehicle, the courteous cops went to the car-owner's home and told him to move his rudely parked auto. I iove it. Does this resonate with anyone who has a handicapped placard they don 't qualify for?... Deanna Boyle, a 1997 alum of San Anselmo's San Domenico High School and now a junior at Washington State's Whitman College, is in a student exchange program in Florence, Italy....

Thanks to Hol y Name pastor, Father Don i— D'Angelo for his comment that Catholic San Francisco is "what he hoped it to be," saying he espe- • ciall y likes the "layout " and "look" of the paper paying r^ a large compliment to the CSF production team, Enrico Risano, Karessa McCartney, and the soon-to- 11 depart Ernie Grafe, who 's off to new projects , and Julie Benbow, who is moving to France. A major "merci" and "tres bien" to them all....Enjoyed coffee and com flakes with Fathers Piers McCarthy, retired pastor, Epiphany Parish, and Bill Worner, retired pastor, St. Greg's, San Mateo, at their Serra Clergy House digs recently. Both are avid golfers and rely much on the sport to keep themselves in shape. Clergy Clockwise from cello San Domenico musicians house resident, Father Bill Quinn, retired Holy Name Elizabeth Alonso-Hallifax , Clare Twohy, Ann Lu, pastor, also likes the links, but is even more dedicated Juliette Javaheri , Margot Schwartz. to his daily walk. In fact, when it rains, he drives the coupla' blocks to Hillsdale Mall and strolls inside the time beneficiary, with University of San Francisco, of the labyrinth shopp ing place....Speakin ' of cereal, Jim group's fundraising. The guild has been around since SI "was Wagstaffe of Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, says he rising out of the sand dunes," said Connie Mack , a guild reads this column amidst the snap, crackle and pop of his member since 1983. One of the guild's 700 members is Saturday morning repast. Thank you very much....

Katherine Walsh, mis year celebrating her 99th birthday .

Prayers and good thoughts please for Randy Vogel, Katherine has been "most loyal to the guild and the Jesuits ," longtime admissions director at Junipero Serra High School Connie said. See Datebook for High Tea details.... and St. Charles, San Carlos, parishioner, who is recovering Serra of the Golden Gate raised more than $2,000 for St. from recent surgery... Immaculate Conception Academy, Patrick Seminary and the vocations program of the "the best school in the City," according to ICA Parent's Archdiocese at a Crab Bash last month. The sell-out crowd Guild prez, Edie Epps, will hold its "International Spring was the largest in the event 's 20-year history, said Vivian BBQ" tomoiTow at the school. See Datebook for details. Muilaney, the club's communications person.

Edie's husband was "Riordan Crusader" Ken Epps who died last year. The couple 's three daughters are ICA grads Lisa and Kristy, and current junior, Cindy. The Epps live in San Francisco 's Visitacion Parish where Chuck and Fran Barberini are also long-timers. Hard hats off to construction pro, Chuck, who worked many years keeping the buildings of the Archdiocese standing straight....

I' m a better dressed man today thanks to Vi Dellasanta , a St. Dunstan, Millbrae , parishioner and Nordstrom Rack starrer. M y color perception, which From left: Vocation director Father Cra ig Forner; St. Patrick Seminary is bad at best, became a non-problem a professor , Father Milton Walsh; Serra Golden Gate prez, few Saturdays ago when Vi advised me Art Green , and chaplain , Msgr. Edward McTaggart. on the hue of a blazer I had my eye on....Welcome to Judy Morris, longtime parishioner of St. Cecilia Parish and sister of Father Jim Morris, parochial vicar, St. Robert Parish, San Bruno , who now assists in the work of the communications office and Catholic San Francisco. Jud y 's administrative journey has included Hibernian Bank as well as earlier Church assignments....

Two busesfull of parishioners from Tiburon's St. Hilary 's found their way to all five of the Archdiocese 's Jubilee Year pilgrimage sites on March 25. One bus was "meditative" and the other "singing", which is no surprise considering pastor, I Welcome to the Security, Comfort & I Father Jim Tarantino's love for — and facility with — ¦Elegance of Americas Finest Retirement Hotel I music. Thanks to parishioner Mary Ellen Hoffman, who is Centrally Located • Overlooking Cathedral Hill sorry she couldn 't make the trip, for the info....

Better parenting was the carrot that brought about 40 moms and dads to Redwood City 's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary on March 29. The talk by family con1499 Sutter Street • San Francisco , CA 94109 flict resolution specialist, Barbara Porro, was quite engag-

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Education Colleg e of Notre Dame names new p resident The College of Notre Dame has announced the appointment of John B. (Jack) Oblak , Ph.D., as its 17th president.

A senior administrator at Ithaca College in Upstate N.Y., Oblak will begin his duties at the Belmont college within the next few months, according to school officials.

Oblak succeeds Margaret A. Huber, Ph.D. who will complete her second three-year term in June .

"Dr. Oblak is exceptionall y well qualified to implement the visionary plans created by Dr. Huber, and adopted by the board of trustees two years ago," said Cressy H. ¦ Nakagawa, trustees chair.

For the past 12 years , Oblak has been vice president for Student Affairs and Campus Life at Ithaca College. As associate professor of theater arts , he also served as director and associate director of summer sessions and continuing education and dean of the

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A native of New York State, Oblak earned an undergraduate degree in speech education at the State University of New York College at Geneseo, and a master 's degree in speech/theater at the University of Nebraska. He holds a doctorate in theater history, criticism and dramatic literature from the University of Kansas.

Before joining Ithaca College, Oblak taught at Indiana State University in Terre Haute and was academic administrator for 10 years.

Oblak said during the first few months as president of the College of Notre Dame, he wants to meet with the campus community as well as reach out and learn as much as he can about the Bay Area.

He and his wife , Janiece Bacon Oblak , have four adult children.

San Francisco native named 27th president of USF A Jesuit priest with extensive experience in cultural diversity and community-based learning has been named the University of San Francisco's 27tb president , the school's board of trustees announced March 31.

Currentl y provost and vice president for academic affairs at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Father Stephen Privett, 57, will succeed the Father John P. Schlegel this fall , announced trustees chair Dominic Tarantino.

Father Privett has served at Santa Clara since 1985 after receiving his doctoral degree in catechetics "with distinction " from the Catholic University of America. Father Schlegel , USF president since 1991 , has been named president of Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. A San Francisco native, Father Privett entered the Society of Jesus in 1960 and was ordained a priest in Los Angeles in 1972.

At Santa Clara University, Father Privett hel ped establish the Eastside Project , a program that received national recognition as a model for community-based learning. The priest was tenured and promoted to associate professor in 1990. As a faculty member, he received the Sears Roebuck

Father Stephen Privett. S.J. Foundation award for teaching excellence and campus leadership. He was named academic vice president in 1991 and provost in 1997.

J esuits profess final vows University of San Francisco Jesuit Fathers (left to rig ht) John R. Treacy, Thomas M. Lucas, Peter J. Togni and Geoffrey R. Dillon professed their final vows at a March 25 ceremony at St. Ignatius Church. California Jesuit Provincial Father Thomas H. Smolich presided overthe Mass which was held on the Feast of the Annunciation. Participants included the choir of St. Joan of Arc Parish, San Ramon; the St. Ignatius Church staff; Don Crean of USF University Ministry; Sheila Glenn; Liza LocsinEnriquez; and the USF Jesuit Community of which Father Treacy is rector. Father Lucas is director of the Fine and Performing Arts Program. Father Togni is associate dean for Student and Academic Services in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Father Dillon is assistant professor of education.

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Father Privett is the author of numerous articles on the Hispanic community and the Catholic Church , and is author of the book The U.S. Catholic Church and Its Hispanic Members: The Pastoral Vision of Robert E. Lucey (San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1988).

"There were many qualities we required in a new president, and Father Privett demonstrated them all," said Tarantino, who headed the national search committee to fill the president 's positi on . "He has the vision , experience and dedication needed to hel p us grow."

"I am excited and pleased to become part of an institution that places such strong emphasis on teaching, scholarship and service to society, especiall y to its most vulnerable members," Father Privett said. "And the momentum that built up here undeT John Schlegel's leadership is clear. Applications for enrollment are on the rise, and everywhere I look, a new project is taking shape: a new library for the School of Law, a new home for the College of Professional Studies, and plans on the drawing board for several other major facilities.

"I am also impressed with the University 's deliberate and successful effort to enroll such a richly diverse student body. More than 40 percent of our undergraduate students are persons of color. Such diversity represents a rich learning resource for us all and further distinguishes USF among other Jesuit universities."

"In Father Privett , the University is fortunate to have an experienced administrator , a proven leader and a strong advocate of Jesuit education ," Father Schlegel said . "J think the fit is a good one."

Father Privett was baptized at St. Monica Parish in the Richmond District. His famil y moved to the Los Angeles area when he was an infant.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Supreme Court , having barred organized school prayer from public school classrooms and graduation ceremonies, must now decide if it will allow student-led prayers over the public address system before football games. In oral arguments before the court March 29, most of the justices seemed hesitant to allow this now-suspended policy of a pre-game invocation in a Texas school district to resume. The court 's ruling is expected by early July.

Pop e urges love of Eucharist

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II urged the world's priests to grow in their love and awareness of Christ 's presence in the Eucharist. "Let us rediscover our priesthood in the light of the Eucharist ," he said. "Let us help our communities to rediscover this treasure," which is the "heart of the Church's life." The Pope commented in his annual letter to priests for Holy Thursday, commemorating Christ 's institution of the Eucharist and the priesthood at the Last Supper. The Pope signed the personal meditation March 23 while visiting Jerusalem 's Upper Room, where Christ is thought to have dined with his disciples the night before his crucifixion. The letter was released during a Vatican press conference March 30.

Priest p leads innocence

GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) — A diocesan priest accused in the murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera of Guatemala City reiterated his innocence, claiming he "saw nothing ... and did nothing." "I didn 't see anything, I didn 't hear anything, I didn 't do anything," Father Mario Orantes told reporters March 29. "All I did was find my brother, Bishop Gerardi , murdered ," he said from the hospital bed where he has been confined since returning to Guatemala from the United States, where he reportedly was receiving medical attention for an unspecified illness.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of 75-year-old Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico and has named the bishop of another diocese in the Mexican state of Chiapas to replace him. Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of Tapachula, 59, is secretary-general of the Latin American bishops' council, He also has been chairman of the Mexican bishops ' commission for indigenous peoples and is a member of the Mexican bishops ' Commission for Peace and Reconciliation in Chiapas. Bishop Arizmendi's appointment to San Cristobal , the scene of ongoing conflict between the Mexican government and the mainly indigenous Zapatista movement , was announced March 31 at the Vatican.

The announcement came three months after Pope John Paul transferred Bishop Ruiz ' coadjutor, Bishop Raul Vera Lopez , to Saltillo instead of keeping him in Chiapas to succeed Bishop Ruiz. The Vatican said Bishop Vera's transfer was made for "purely Church-related" reaB sons, not because the Mexican government objected to his presence in Chiapas. In accordance with canon law , Bishop Ruiz submitted his resJu ignation when he turned 75 in November.

Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia Bishop Ruiz is well known for his work among the indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state. But by defending the indigenous poor, he also angered large landowners and the state and federal governments, who accused him of fomenting the armed rebellion that began in 1994.

Bishop Arizmendi, his successor, said in a mid-1998 interview that the only way to bring peace to Chiapas would be for the Mexican government to assume responsibility for the needs of the people "and promote peace, development and justice."

Bishop Arizmendi supported the Mexican bishops ' 1998 decision to withdraw from the official Chiapas mediating commission. (/]

Alaskans welcome new coadjutor

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS) — Nearly 2,000 people crowded into an Anchorage high school March 24 to welcome Coadjutor Archbishop Roger L. Schwietz of Anchorage. The welcome Mass opened with a procession that included 22 people representing the interfaith community, about 40 lay people bearing gifts , 13 deacons, 58 priests , 19 bishops , six archbishops , and Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, an old friend of the new coadjutor, who unt il his appointment Jan. 18 was bishop of Duluth , Minn.

woman for the simple fact of being a woman ," Archbishop Harry J. Flynn stated. "Women help make human relations more honest and more authentic." Archbishop Flynn addressed more than 700 people — mostl y women with a sprinkling of men — who attended the liturgy that opened the archdiocesan evening of prayer and reflection for women March 18.

Out-of -state case settled

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — A Philadelphia-area public school district and a couple who charged a school guidance counselor with coercing and assisting their Book aid to nonpublic schools minor daug hter to have an out-of-state abortion reached a BALTIMORE (CNS) — The Mary land House of settlement without trial. Under terms of the settlement , Delegates has joined the state Senate in approving $6 mil- accepted in U.S. District Court in Philadel phia, the lion to help pay for nonreligious textbooks in Maryland's Hatboro-Horsham School District admitted no guilt and Catholic, private and other religious schools. In a 72-68 will make a payment of $20,000 to Howard and Marie vote, the delegates agreed to keep the money in Gov. Parris Carter. It also agreed to issue and enforce a district-wide N. Glendening 's $19.6 billion state budget when they directive prohibiting personnel from encourag ing any studefeated an amendment introduced by Democratic Del. dent to have an abortion.

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Court rules on immigrant cases

WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Supreme Court on March 27 rejected the appeal of a man who has been detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Florida since 1997 pending a deportation order. The court also refused to hear the appeal of a group challenging a 1996 law that cut off welfare benefits to legal immigrants. In that case, the court left intact a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that found a 1996 law cutting legal immigrants off from food stamps and other welfare benefits to be constitutional.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — In comments filed March 27 with the Federal Communications Commission , the U.S. Catholic Conference urged the commission to require holders of digital TV broadc ast licenses to pro vide free programming in the public interest.

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ROME (CNS) —An Italian archbishop asked forgiveness of an 11-year-old boy with Down syndrome after the boy's parish priest refused to hear his confession. Archbishop Giovanni Marra of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucai del Mela visited the boy 's home in the Sicilian village of Venetico March 27, saying he apologized "hi the name of the whole Church."

Venetico's 80-year-old parish priest, Father Nino Romano, had refused the sacrament to the disabled child, identified only as Piero, during a March 25 first confession ceremony.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Women unite reason to feeling, combine sensitivity with intuitiveness , and know how to listen , said the head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. "If Jesus were here ... He would thank every

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Office of Marriage and Family Director Chris Lyford (left) with Joe and Dianna Gallagher and their son Frank (napping above) of St. Cecilia Parish in the Sunset District were among more than 175 participants at the Catholic Family Life 2000 Conference at St. Mary 's Cathedral , March 31. Conference speakers Dr. Ray Guarendi and Michael Pritchard (at right, respectively) "hit it off and were cutting up together like they were some long-time comedy tag team ,"smiled Lyford.

Guarendi , a clinical psychologist , and father of 10 adopted children told participants, "There are two things you can do to be a good parent — love your spouse and instill discipline in your children. As a Catholic parent , you must hold your children to a higher standard. Just about everything you do will make you unpopular, so tell your children often you love them very much. " Pritchard , probation officer turned comedian and lecturer , said , "As a parent , I had to learn to let go ," referring to accepting a child's learning to make his or her own decisions. "The overall impact was one of practicality, appealing to families to stand strong against the aspects of this modern , high tech culture that, unchecked , can easily rip families apart ," said Lyford about the gathering.

Catholic Charities and parishes involved in Census process

Catholic Charities as well as Star ol the Sea Parish are among Bay Are a groups involved in Census 2000 outreac h activities.

Catholic Charities has organized and deployed a team of skilled outreach workers and volunteers to distribute Census information to residents of the Ocean View, Merced and Ing leside (OMI) district. The team will be based at the OMI Senior Center office in that district, operated by Catholic Charities for the San Francisco Commission on Aging.

Catholic Charities serves primarily African Americans , Asian , Pacifi c and Hispanic seniors in the area, all populations that traditionally have been underrepresented in past census counts , a Charities spokesperson said.

Star of the Sea Parish in the Richmond District has offered Census officials space in its school gymnasium at no charge. The Census will use the office space to test job app licants and to train workers.

Given the major thrust of this particular census — counting minorities — Star of the Sea is a particularl y good location for workers to be , noted a parish statement. The parish has opened its doors to multicultura l organizations in San Francisco for the past 50 years, David Lloyd, a spokesperson for Catholic Charities , said that including traditional ly underrepresented populations in the Census 2000 count is a priority this year. Federal and stale governments allocate funding based on population for

services assisting seniors , low-income persons , and persons with disabilities. If population is undercounted , the Bay Area will not receive the funding to which it is entitled , he said.

Georg e Wesolek , director of the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/Respect Life, said his office has sent Census materials and flyers to parishes in the Archdiocese urg ing pastors to advise parishioners to take part in the process.

In addition , the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (ICIR) is available to send representat ives to parishes during the month of April to hel p peop le fill out the forms. For further information , ICIR can be conlacfed at (415)-227-0388.

Annual Chrism Mass to be celebrated during Holy Week

The annual Chrism Mass will be celebrated at St. ments of initiation. It is used on a number of occasions over bette r understand the Gospel and accept the challenge of Mary 's Cathedral on the Tuesday of Holy Week, April 18, the course of months in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Christian living.

The Chrism will be processed forward with the confirAdults and onl y once for an infant baptism. at 5:30 p.m. mation classes from schools and reli gious education proOn April 18 the Oil of the Sick will have an escort of The Mass takes its name from the rite for consecration " grams at the parishes of Our Lady of Loretto in Novato, "anointing representatives of pastoral ministries from Nazareth House "chrism" which means of the holy oil called Name of Jesus in San Francisco, and Our Lady of , the Kni Holy in Marin of Malta , ," ghts in Daly "Anointed One and Seton Hospital just as the title "Christ" means the Burlingame . Before the prayer of consecration , Angels in City.

The blessing prayer for the Oil of the Sick asks that director of the archdioceexplained Father John Talesfore, sweet smelling balsam into the the Archbishop will mix God's benediction come upon all who are anointed with it , san Office of Liturgy. aroma communicates the unseen presence "whose Chrism that they may be freed fro m pain and illness and made well of used in the sacraments By means of the Chrism t," noted Father Talesfore. of the Holy Spiri mind and soul. again in body, "Christ who , baptism , confirmation and ordination In the consecration prayer the Archbishop asks that the The Oil of the Catechumens will be accompanied at the was anointed priest of the new covenant g ives the digChrism be made a sign of life and salvation and that Mass by candidates for baptism frdm St.Raphael in San He has made to the people nity of a royal priesthood through its anointing the Church may be granted "royal, Rafael , Sts. Peter and Paul in San Francisco and St. share chooses men to His own " and "from these He prophetic honor." priestly and Catherine of Siena in Burlingame .

The blessing prayer asks ," Father ing on of hands His sacred ministry by the lay wisdom and strength for those anointed with it that they on the rite.

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Social justice: first person Delegation returns to A rchdiocese 'eager to share ' Following is a f irst-person report on the recent journey to Guatema la and El Salvador by a delegation from the Arch diocese of San Francisco.

By Father Joseph Eagan , S.J. "If they kill me, I shall rise again in the Salvadoran peop le. May my death , if accepted by God, be for the liberation of my people and as a witness of hope."

Thus prop hesied the much beloved martyr Archbishop Oscar Romero a few days before he was assassinated March 24, 1980, in San Salvador while saying Mass.

Our I5-member delegation from the Archdiocese of San Francisco , led by George Wesolek, director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns , agreed we indeed profoundly experienced Archbishop Romero 's presen ce as we celebrated in San Salvador the 20th anniversary of his death .

Everywhere we saw heroic-size photos and colorful posters of him. Especially sigMembers of the Archdiocese 's group to recently visit Central America included, left to nificant were challeng ing phrases from his right, kneeling: Vince Spohn, Deacon Sal Alvarez, Tara Carr, Father Ignatius DeGroot , homilies that so aptly captured his passion and Father Mario Geremia (of Guatemala); left to right, middle row: Jesuit Father Joseph for the poor and for justice. "The Church Holy Names Sister Mary Alice Hein, Melanie Segp, Holy Names Sister Jean Eagan, that is not united with the poor is no tru e Cather, and group driver Humberto Rodas; left to right, back: Hank Yudice, George Church of Christ." "Preaching that doesn 't Wesolek Bill Cuneo and Jesuit Father Charles Gagan. Delegation members not pictured: , denounce the sin [of injustice and murder] Father Alejandro Castillo, Franciscan Sister Judith Ruvalcaba and Adam Watchorn. is no preaching of the Gospel." "With this people it 's easy to be a good pastor."

Our visits to his tomb in the cathedral refugees at the border between Guatemala obtained a new appreciation of the wonderful work Catholic Relief Services is doing. crypt inspired and moved us as we prayed and and Mexico and within Guatemala. watched a constant stream of men, women We soon became aware that Guatemala • Bishop Julio Cabrera of Quiche, the and young people put flowers on the simple .campesino diocese hardest hit by assassina- (200,000 persons killed over 30 years) and concrete tomb and pray with tears running tions and disappearances in the 80s, El Salvador (80,000 killed over a 12-year down their cheeks. Particularly impressive explaining his efforts to heal and rebuild the period) are countries of martyrs. The folwas the 6 p.m. outdoor Mass celebrated by diocese after its shutdown by the Army. lowing were especially moving spiritual Cardinal Roger Mahony with 30 bishops and • The courageous head (Nery Rodenas) experiences for us: 150 priests before 40,000 Salvadorans and of the Archdiocesan Office of Human • An informal prayer service at a delegations from Australia, Europe, Canada, Rights in Guatemala City where Bishop campesino cemetery to honor the 13 marU.S.A. and Central and South America.

Juan Gerardi was brutally murdered two tyred catechists of Parramos Parish whose After the Mass we marched in the joyful, days after publishing the extensive report pastor at one time was San Franciscan prayerful three-mile candleli ght procession to on human rights violations , "Guatemala: Father Ron Burke , now in residence at the cathedral , singing and chanting "Monsenor Never Again."

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• Five campesino leaders of the United Romero Viva!" Each time I met college stu• Visit to the room where American dents from the United States, their invariable Farmworkers Committee , Guatemala City.

Father Stanley Rother was killed in 1981 at comment was "Overpowering!" At the cathe• The pastor of a poor Salvadoran parish his parish in Santiago Atitlan in the dral we participated in a joyou s ecumenical and six leaders of small Christian commu- Guatemalan hi ghlands and a wonderful nities who told of their sp iritual formation Sunday afternoon Mass there for 2,500 celebration praising Archbishop Romero.

The broader purpose of our March 16- training programs , their sister parish rela- Mayans packed into the old colonial 26 trip to Guatemala and El Salvador was tionshi p with three U.S.A. parishes , and church who sang with joy ful gusto and to learn and experience their present situa- their technical school. received Communion with great reverence. tion in terms of justice and human rights • Six campesino leaders of Catholic Fellow delegation members Father Ignatius and the work of the Church. Six briefings Relief Services/Guatemala who drove us to DeGroot of St. Anthony of Padua Parish were especiall y informative for us: one of their many projects: a well and and Deacon Sal Alvarez of San Jose and I • Salesian Father Mario Geremia and latrine facility for the 127-family were privileged to take part in the Mass his humanitarian work with thousands of Providence Community of campesinos. We with Father Tom McShrrry, the local pas-

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For example , I was able to make the jour ney part of last weekend's homily at the Masses at St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur where I reside.)

• Seeing the garden where six Jesuit priests , professors at their Central American University (UCA) were dragged from their beds and murdered by soldiers trained at the School of the Americas, Ft. Benning, GA, and pray ing in the UCA chapel dedicated to Archbishop Romero with its 14 vivid charcoal drawings of naked , tortured , murdere d peop le — a Salvadoran Way of the Cross. This visit was especiall y poignant for me since I personally knew four of the Jesuit martyrs.

The trip was a challeng ing learning and profound sp iritual experience for each of us. Perhaps even a conversion. Napa lawyer Vince Spohn and St. Rita parishioner Bill Cuneo felt a call to establish an assistance program and school , respectivel y, in Guatemala.

Grateful to God, we offer these insights from our grace-filled tri p: • The profound impact martyrs have on peop le of faith.

• The extraordinary love and devotion of the Salvadoran poor for their martyr, their pastor, their friend , their "voice of the voiceless," Archbishop Romero.

• The power of a genuinely inculturated liturgy on the Mayan people.

• The strong Christian hope of campesinos, catechists and their priests despite staggering obstacles.

• Though peace accords have been signed , the causes of the guerrilla insurgence remain: failure to redistribute land as promised , grinding poverty, subsistence living, lack of education and health care, power still determinedly held by the privileged classes and the military.

• The faith is well and alive in people who have lived with Jesus His paschal mystery !

A Jesuit of the Wisconsin Province, Father Joe Eagan was a professor of theology at the University of San Francisco for 20 years. Founder of the St. Patrick, Larkspur, Social Justice Action Group, he is author of the award-winning book Restoration and Renewal: the Churc h in the Third Millennium. This was his third fact-f inding journey to Central America . Presentations on the delegation 's journey are possible; call (415) 565-3673 for information.

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Students at the University of San Francisco were to begin a juice-onl y fast yesterday, April 6, in solidarity with thousands across the United States who are calling for the closure of the School of the Americas (SOA), a U.S. facility in Ft. Benning, GA. which trains military personnel from Centra l America.

Led b y USF law students Stephen Murphy and Monalisa Vu, people were to have gathered in front of the Flood Building at 870 Market St. in San Francisco , to show solidarity with Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois , who is participating in a juice-onl y fast for two weeks on the Capitol steps in Washington , D.C. Local planners said they chose the Flood Building because it houses a number of Central American consulates.

In 1989, Father Bourgeois began a campaign to close the SOA, after a graduate

was implicated in the murder of six Jesuits , their housekeeper and her daughter at the University of Central America in San Salvador.

Other SOA graduates were also connected to the murder of El Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980. Each November since 1989, growing numbers have partici pated in a vi gil at the SOA in Ft. Benning, GA. Last year, a group of 10,000 descended upon the installation to protest its work. Some partici pants were arrested.

The USF students will be gathering between noon and 1 p.m. through April 18 weekdays to focus on a specific country impacted by the SOA. Meetings with representatives at the various consulates are also being planned , said Jesuit Father John Savard of the campus ministry office.

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Jesuits seek inquiry on 1989 murders in El Salvador

By Mike Lanchin SAN SALVADOR (CNS) — The Society of Jesus has formally requested an investigation into the participation of former El Salvador President Alfredo Cristiani and six retired generals in the 1989 murder of six prominent priests, their housekeeper and her daughter.

The rector of the Central American University in San Salvador , Jesuit Father Jose Maria Tojeira, said March 27 the Society of Jesus had given the attorney general a formal petition for reop ening

the crime investigation.

"It's important to reopen this case to strengthen the country 's institutions , to assure they are functioning, and that impunity gradually ceases to exist," Father Tojeira said.

He said the Jesuits were accusing Cristiani, currently president of the ruling ARENA party, and his former defense minister, Gen. Humberto Larios, of guilt by omission , claiming they had prior knowledge of plans to carry out the killings but "did not do anything to prevent them."

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Bustillo , Francisco Elena Fuentes , Inocente Montano and Juan Orlando Zepeda, all members of the themarmy hi gh command , are accused of direct partici pation in the crime.

Bustillo, head of the air force at the time, told a local radio station March 27: "I had no part whatsoever in this, directly or indirectly. I was never part of any agreement with (the other officers) . . . . I never sat down with them to commit such a crime."

Rene Figueroa, an ARENA congress-

man, said: "Why do we continue looking backward? . . . There has already been an amnesty law. There is no point to stirring up the Salvadoran people again."

Father Tojeira said th at a 1993 amnesty law pushed through congress by ARENA was unconstitutional and therefore does not preclude further inqu iries into the case.

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By Tom Burke The annual Archdiocesan Chora l Festival , sponsored by the Department of Catholic Schools and featuring the voices of students from 27 archdiocesan elementary schools was held in the Lindland Performing Arts Center of San Francisco's Archbishop Riordan High School on March 30.

The festival takes place at about this time each year in conjunction with Music in Our Schools Month which is celebrated each March at public and parochial schools around the country.

In remarks opening the afternoon program , Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, superintenden t of Catholic schools , said she was "very proud of the Fine arts programs in our schools."

Barbara Varian Barrett, director of the music program at San Mateo's St. Matthew Elementary for 14 years and a teacher in archdiocesan schools for 20 years, founded the festival 12 years ago. "It grew out of interest among several music teachers who wanted to hear one another's choirs," Barrett

said in the lobby of the Lindland complex with one ear to the interview and the other to the music being made just a few feet away.

"It's something our students really enjoy and look forward to," she said.

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to participate, Barrett pointed out , noting "there is often a waiting list " and this year 's complement of 27 schools "packed the 90minute morning and afternoon programs."

Noting that everything from "spirituals to Gospel to musicals" would be sung,

An estimated 10,000 Catholic educators from around the nation will meet in Baltimore, Md, from April 25 -28. The annual National Catholic Education Association convention features a theme of "Catholic Education: Broad Stripes and Bright Stars."

Several local educators will make presentations at the meeting. The University of San Francisco's Gini Shimabukuro of the school's gradu ate education division , Institute for Educational Leadershp, will speak on "Curiculum for the 21st Century: Grounded in the Sacred."

Dorothy McCrea, principal , Mercy High School , San Francisco , will speak on "Sustaining and Guiding Changes in School Culture ".

Barry Thornton, theology department chair at San Mateo 's Junipero Serra High School, is one of 15 educators chosen from around the nation to visit Central America and Ghana during the last three years, at the invitation of the NCEA and Catholic Relief Services. The excursions are part of an awareness-raising plan to bring more "issues of justice into the classroom," Thornton said. His topic on April 26, will be "Building Global Solidarity."

Mercy Sister Pauline Borghello, principal of San Francisco 's St. Gabriel Elementary School for the last 19 years, will be among those attending the convention. In addition to the general benefits the meetings bring to "brainstorming " and planning, Sister Borghello is hoping to gain

new insight into "the growing culture of the Internet" and how children can better view what 's presented to them by the media.

"I am looking for workshops that will help us understand the culture of Internet relationships ," Sister Borghello told Catholic San Francisco. "So many elementary school students are on the Internet unsupervised and it is taking away from their socialization. This is something we must not be chasing but be on top of."

Sister Borghello said "dangers inherent" to the Internet are regular discussion topics in classrooms today but students and parents need to know more, "Children are in chat rooms thinking they're anonymous but the Internet cannot promise they will remain

Members of the Choral Festival organizing committee include,from left: Sister Therese Tsang, Barbara Varian-Barrett, Sister Marianne Viani, Laura Diaz-Flaviani, Pamela Carey, Michael Lauricella.

Barrett said, "It 's nice to become aware of the diversity of the Archdiocese through the festival ," where this year St. Mary 's Chinese Day School sang in Chinese. In other years more languages have also been represented.

The festival concept has been adopted in the dioceses of San Jose and Oakland, noted Barrett, who presented a session on the topic at a recent National Catholic Education Association convention in Anaheim.

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In addition , Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy concelebrated Mass with Archbishop William J. Levada during his A pri l 4 visit to the seminary.

President of the Pontifical Council foi Promoting Christian Unity and of the Vatican Commission for Reli gious Relations with the Jews, the cardinal was also a featured speaker that evening at the inaugural symposium of the Flannery Hyatt Institute for Interfaith Understanding under the auspices of the University of San Francisco 's Swig Judaic Studies Program.

Also speaking at the Flannery-Hyatt symposium was Rabbi Norman Solomon, fellow in modem Jewish thought at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.

The cardinal head s two related but distinct efforts: one, to forge unity among Christian faiths , and two , to reinforce Is Catholic ties , a "special link", with the Jewish reli gion.

S .3 "We are two faith communities that can do a lot together for the good of mankind ," At Tuesday's Mass at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park , are, from left: Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman , president-rector; Cardinal Cassidy remarked about the relaRev. Mr. Brian Costello , seminarian; Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy; Msgr. J. Warren Holleran (background), professor of tionshi p of the Catholic and Jewish faiths.

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"Prayer is the priority," Cardinal Cassidy told 100 St. Patrick's seminarians and staff who gave the cardinal a standing ovation at for Pentecostals , and one Orthodox church the conclusion of his remarks. "The gift we does not represent another.

Still , he pointed to events during the past are looking for is the gift of the Holy Spirit. six months which signified "an improveWe have to ask for it, so we have to pray for ment over the past 35 years" since the curit." The cardinal added prayer "is something rent ecumenical effort began: Church." everyone can do in the moment of prayer and • A significant Common witness to faith comprises the warm greetings between the Holy Father and second p illar of ecumenical outreach , he patriarchs last May. Romanian and Georgian exp lained. "There is so much we have in participation of 22 ecclesial • The " said common , much more than divides us, churches at the Jan. 18 opening of the Holy the cardinal . "We must do together every' ::^jtfjnfe^: ' Door of St. PauFs Cathedral . 't crething we can do together which doesn m& m% • The Oct. 31 signing of a joint declaraate a crisis of conscience for us." « BNiHiftfca-. tion between the Lutheran Synod and the He went on to remark in response to a question , "If everyone gave the witness Roman Catholic Church.

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By Kate Martin

The Sister Samuel Conlan Recreation Center

New center and new name slated for Dominican College Dominican College 's new $8.5 million recreation center — named after a well known veteran of the San Rafael institution — will be blessed in an April 29 ceremony that will also include announcement of a new name for the 110-year-old institution.

The center replaces the 60-year-o!d building on the San Rafael camp us that throug h the years was nicknamed "the barn", according to college officials.

"The Sister Samuel Conlan Recreation Center is named after a woman who trul y is the lifeblood of Dominican College , " said Alexis Cohen , of the school's marketing and public relations department. "Sister Samuel-hel ped mold the college into a coeducational , independent, international Catholic liberal arts institution with her celebrated teaching style at the college, her tenure as president and her continuous dedication today."

According to Cohen, two anonymous, sizeable donations were received that asked that the new facility be named for Sister Conlan. "This gesture shows Sister 's ability to touch the lives of many," said Cohen.

Sister Conlan was a student of the college (class of 1948) , dean of students (1963-67) , academic dean (1967-68) , and President Emerita (1968-80) . Until her retirement in the spring 1997, she was a professor of En glish for more than 25 years.

"Sister 's influences on the institution are many," said Cohen, noting th at Sistei Conlan was instrumental in expanding the College 's board of trustees, once composed exclusively of members of the Dominican Order, to include lay members . In " 1971, after Dominican College had been an allwoman institution for more than 80 years, Sister Conlan Sister Samuel Conlan, O.P. helped open its doors to men. and guided the college's transition to becoming a co-educational institution.

Today at age 70, the Dominican Sister is co-chair of a major fundraising campaign which included the new recreation center along with a science and technology building and chapel .

"The new facility is a dram atic change," said Cohen "The barn ' was so old it didn ' t have spectator seating but the new center can seat over 1,200 people. " Joseph R. Fink, president of the college , will dedicate the new state of the art gymnasium that can be divided into two separate playing courts at the same time. It also holds a multipurpose room for ballet , wooden floor springs for aerobic classes and weight training, along with a swimming pool and physical therapy room.

The April 29 Mass and dedication will be led by Father Robert Haberman , director of campus ministry and instructor of religiou s studies , at 10 a.m. in Guzman Lecture Hall..

April 15, 2,000 friends , families and well wishers will join the Dominican Sisters of San OnRafae l and the Dominican Friars of the Western Province at St, Mary 's Cathedral to celebrate 150 years of Dominican presence and service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and beyond.

Archbishop William J. Levada will preside and the Master of the Order of Preachers , Most Rev. Timoth y Radcliffe , will be the homilist at the 1.0 a.m. liturgy.

The story of the arrival in San Francisco of the firs t pioneering Dominicans is one of faith and courage. ,„__________, While in Rome in 1850 , Dominican Father Joseph Alemany was told he would be the new bishop of Monterey. His first impulse was to make a "humble and modest resignation " directl y to Pope Pius IX. "But ," Bishop Alemany wrote in his diary, "before allowing me to refuse, he said that it is necessary that I go to Monterey.

'You must go to California; there is no alternative; where others are drawn by gold, you must go to carry the Cross. God will assist you. '" Reluctantl y accepting his new assignment, Bishop Alemany promptl y recruited Dominican Father Francis Vilarrasa as his companion in this ministry. Seeking further support , the bishop and the priest traveled to several Most Pen. Timothy Radcliffe , O.P., master general of the Dominican convents in Europe. Without miniOrder of Preachers with Sister Patricia Simpson, O.P., mizing the hardships that lay ahead in the New prioress general, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael World, Bishop Alemany described the great need there would be for children 's education. In Paris , Sister Mary of the Cross Goemaere, a Belgian-born novice about to make profession , volunteered to go with him. The three members of St. Dominic 's Order of Preachers boarded the Columbus in London, and set sail for New York in September 1850.

The missionaries boarded the steamer Crescent City, bound for the Isthmus of Panam a in late October. They arrived on the Atlantic coast of Panama on Nov. 6 and the next morning set out on the river in a small boat "guided and worked by three Indians." Traveling by boat and mule, it took six days to cross over to the Pacific Ocean. Thankful for a brief rest, they boarded another steamer on Nov. 16. Not quite three weeks later they entered San Francisco Bay at 11:00 on the nig ht of Dec. 6, 1850.

The new bishop and his party spent eight days in San Francisco meeting people and exploring the city and its environs. It may well have seemed primitive to them , used to the older and well-established cities of Europe as they were; The new diocese included all of what was known as Lower and Upper California , Nevada, most at Utah and the southernmost part of Arizona..

Bishop Alemany, Father Vilarrasa and Mother Mary Goemaere first settled in Monte rey, establishing residences for friars and Sisters, and a school named St. Catherine 's (Santa Catalina in Spanish).

In 1853, due to jurisdictional disputes with Mexico , Bishop Alemany was made Archbishop of San Francisco . The Dominicans relocated to the new capital of California: Benicia. The priests and Brothers began their work of establishing churches and parishes. The Sisters focused on their ministries of education and health care.

The Dominican friars established a house in San Francisco in 1863, "where they were given charge of St. Brigid Parish , remaining there until 1875," notes archdiocesan archivist , Jeffrey Burns , Ph.D., in his history of the Archdiocese.

He adds, "In 1865 they also took over St. Francis of Assisi Church where they stayed until 1872.

In 1873, they established their main parish and priory at St. Dominic's Church in the Western Addition where they remain to the present day."

In 1862 the Sisters established a convent in San Francisco in St. Rose Mission Parish . "There they opened St. Rose Academy, a grammar and high school that served the Archdiocese for more than 125 years," Burns recorded, adding: "In 1888, the Sisters established their motherhouse in San Rafael , and as such came to be popularly known as the San Rafael Dominicans. In 1889 they began the College of the Hol y Rosary which ultimately became Dominican College of San Rafael."

As the 21st century begins, the Western Province numbers 158 priests , Brothers, students and novices with its administrative offices in Oakland. The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael are 149 strong.

While Dominican men and women still live and work in the Archdiocese of San Francisco , their ministries have expanded throughout California and the West. Peop le meet Dominicans in parishes and Newman Centers, in schools and social service agencies, in diocesan offices and retreat centers.

Dominicans labor in more than 100 nations, carrying on the work started by St. Dominic and the earl y friars and Sisters in southern France in the 13th century.

The City and Archdiocese of San Francisco are indeed richer for 150 years of ministry b y Dominican Friars of the Western Province and the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael .

For more information about the Western Province, call (510) 658-8722 or visit the Web site at www.op.org/opwest; to find out more about the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, call (415) 456-1544 or visit their Web site: www.sanrafaelop.org.

Kate Mar tinis directorof developmentfor the DominicanSistersof San Rafael.

Photos courtesy of the archived collectionsof the DominicanSistersof San Rafael and the DominicanFriarsof the Western Province

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Rule of law, not rhetoric

Later this month , the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council v.

James Dale. This case is noteworthy for the principle of law involved as well as for the stand of Hie Catholic Church , which faces misunderstanding and misrepresentation of its position.

The United States Catholic Conference (USCC) and New Jersey Catholic Conference have asked the nation 's highest court to overturn a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling, that the Boy Scouts violated state law in terminating the volunteer services of a self-described gay activist who was an assistant scoutmaster.

The USCC is the vehicle through which the bishops speak cooperatively and collegially on matters affecting the Catholic Church, its people and society in general. It advocates pastoral teaching across a range of issues including sanctity of life, rights of parents and children, equal opportunity and social justice concerns.

In an amicus curiae brief , USCC and New Jersey Catholic Conference stressed the case is not about discrimination against homosexuals , but about the First Amendment right of a private organization to decide what its beliefs are and who will represent those beliefs.

"Catholic bishops condemn unjust discrimination against all people ," the brief emphasized. In other statements, the bishops have clearly articulated the Catholic view that prejudice or hatred of homosexual s is absolutely wrong. While taking a strong moral position against homosexual acts, the Church believes that all people are children of God and worthy of our love and respect.

The USCC brief emphasized that discrimination is not genuinely represented in this case, except, in the way it has been publicl y postured.

The brief noted, "The Boy Scouts of America, like many organizations, including many religious groups, teaches that homosexual conduct is wrong.

That message is part of the moral code of Scouting as it is for many other organizations, especially religious groups. Whether one agrees with that message is irrelevant, as the First Amendment broadly protects the dissemination of messages, even those that some might think to be out of vogue.

"For the judiciary effectively to direct the Boy Scouts to convey, through its Scout leadership, another and directl y contrary message is indefensible and threatens the integrity of a wide range of American institutions. Churches and religious organizations and other groups that exist to promote strong social and moral messages, and take firm stands in support of those messages, are particularly at risk."

Stating an organization "that genuinely believes in its own values will select leaders who demonstrate those values in word and deed," the brief declared: "Otherwise any organization would be at risk of being, as it were, 'hijacked ' by those with opposing views and turned to the service of the very concepts it most opposes. Whether the judiciary will countenance and enforce such stratagems is the primary question posed by the case. This court should declare that such efforts , when aided by state law, are unconstitutional."

The brief said the New Jersey Supreme Court stretched words beyond their meaning when it ru led that the Boy Scouts of America was a "place of public accommodation" as defined in a state antidiscrimination statute.

As such, that court found that the Boy Scouts could not discriminate in its selection of Scout leaders. In practice, this meant that the organization was prohibited from removing the plaintiff", James Dale, from a position as an assistant scoutmaster.

Mr. Dale was a "gay activist" who had stated that he intended to present himself as a "role model" for youth, and had begun litigation against the Boy Scouts to prove how "bad and wrong " their policy was of prohibiting known homosexuals from serving in troop leader positions.

"By definition, private associations are just that, 'private ' groups of like-minded citizens formed for limited purposes, to undertake a particular purpose or espouse a particular creed or mission," the brief continued.

"One may not always agree with the message ... but the First Amendment protects persons' right to organize and profess what they believe without penalty from the government."

"No organization may be ordered to retain a leader who affirmatively acts contrary to the beliefs and values of the organization," the brief said.

"Every organization has the right to decide for itself the content of its own beliefs without having to submit to the sabatoge of those who would challenge or undercut them. For a court to order private associations ' policies and views to be overridden in such an instance implicates the courts in a potentially unconstitutional exercise."

The brief concludes that the New Jersey ruling "threatens the ability of a broad range of social, political, and religious groups to define their own missions and purposes and retain leaders willing to implement them. It defies common sense to force a group to retain a leader who has publicly stated he wants to change the group because he believes its views are wrong. If a state nonetheless asserts it has that power, then the exercise of that power must be restrained by the Constitution."

The case will come before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 26 and a decision is expected later this year.

The entire USCC brief is posted on www.nccbuscc.org/ogc.

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Archbishop Levada deserves deep thanks for his timely visit to Death Row at San Quentin. What he didn 't share is equally important. He spent over six hours of his busy schedule visiting the men. In addition , desp ite the insistence of the correction s officers, he refused to wear a bullet-proof vest.

What a sign of faith to the men he visited.

As a regular volunteer at the prison , I can report that the Archbishop 's visit had a very positive impact on the entire prison popula tion. They all pray for him and his support of the abolishing of the death penalty.

Deacon George Salinger St. Matthias Parish Redwood City

Holy Land g ratitude

The following letter was addressed to Archbishop William J. Levada and forwarded to Catholic San Francisco : On behalf of the Custos in Jerusalem and the friars serving in the Holy Land, I wish to thank you , the clergy and the laity of the Archdiocese of San Francisco for your continued help and support in their important apostolates. The additional contribution of the Archdiocese for 1999 in the amount of $41,695.00 is gratefully acknowledged.

Father Martial Luebke, O.F.M. Commissariat of the Holy Land

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Time for change

Cardinal Law of Boston stated in a recent article in the Boston Globe that 75 percent of Catholics in Greater Boston do not attend Mass regularly and the number priests and nuns has been declining for years.

At the Pope 's Mass in asking for forgiveness , Cardinal Francis Arinze offered a prayer for "women who are often humiliated and marginalized. " Church leaders at the same time have confessed to a host of sins; among others , "sexual misconduct of priests."

With the above statements in mind , it is time for a married clergy and women priests for those who desire it. I hope the Church one day soon will admit it was in error in not permitting same and will come into the new millennium refreshed and in tune with the modern culture .

For those who believe women should not become priests because they lack talent and are somehow inferior, I remind them to remember the internationall y famous Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers dance duo of the 1930s that Ginger not only could do what Fred could do, but she could do it backwards. Underestimating women is an egregious mistake.

Robert H. Fitzgerald Belmont

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The following letter was addressed to Archbishop William J. Levada and forwarded to Catholic San Francisco: Thank you for your check for $155,086.32 which has been deposited in the Retirement Fund for Religious account. This brings your archdiocesan contribution for 1999 to $175,815.68 and your total diocesan contributions for all of the years of the collection to $2,518 ,483.61.

The money has been recorded as part of Appeal XII for 1999 and will be used to provide retirement grants to eligible relig ious institutes of women and men in June 2000. These grants will continue to assist our religious institutes to reduce their current unfunded retirement liabilities as well as to plan for future retirement needs.

All of these efforts have helped the members of these institutes in their endeavors not only to care for their elderly and infirm members but also to continue their active service for the Church.

Your support and the support of your Retirement Fund for Religious coordinator , pastors, parish priests and deacons are essential to the Fund's success and we are grateful for all you do. You can be assured of the prayers of retired religious across the country for this generous response from your people for their needs.

My sincere thanks to you and your

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people for help ing to care for the retirement needs of our elderly and infirm reli gious.

Sister Mary A. Leahy, S.P. National Director National Reli gious Reti rement Office

Another surp rise?

The secular press has given Catholics little to be proud of in the last few years. But the Pope 's visit to the Holy Land in a spirit of penitence and reconciliation, and the positive publicity it is receiving, gives us reason to raise our heads again.

When the subject of married priests or ordained women is mentioned to either clergy or laity, it is often met with the comment,- "It will never happen with this Pope." Now Pope John Paul II has asked for forgiveness for the sin of having humiliated and marginalized women.

The Holy Father is not one to toss his words about indiscriminately. Could it be we are in for another pleasant surprise? Let us hope and pray.

Muriel Calegari San Carlos

Quite a stir

This is an open letter to the priests , Brothers, Sisters, and parishioners of our San Francisco Archdiocese. I propose we start an open discussion between the Church hierarchy and the peop le who are concerned about gay issues and women 's issues.

Our Church and newspaper are dancing around important issues that need to be discussed with the people they are affecting. I know many gay and lesbian people who feel alienated by our Church. The reasons may be obvious to everyone but the Church hierarchy itself For example, we know the Church 's contribution to the Limit on Marriage Initiative, Proposition 22, created a stir in the San Francisco Bay Area. Then , when the proposition passed by 61 percent to 39 percent in the state, there appears an article in Catholic San Francisco that states, "The Catholic bishops of California are ' gratified ' because the measure 'affirmed the traditional definition of marriage,' said the CCC." Here's the problem : the measure didn 't pass by 61percent to 39 percent in the Bay Area. The majority of voters in San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, and Santa Cruz counties voted against the measure. While one cannot figure out which votes are Catholic and which are not, I give this LETTERS, page 18

Guest commentary Thoug hts on the 'great demand f or f etal tissue '

By Gail Quinn v3oon after the Supreme Court legalized abortion-on-demand , some predicted that a few enterprising folks would find a way to make money from all the dead bodies. If reports are true, that prediction was accurate.

Lite Dynamics, a Texas-based pro-life organization, has assembled a great deal of information about trafficking in fetal remains. The organization has made available interviews reportedly conducted with people who run the Anatomic Gift Foundation and Opening Lines, two companies that get dead baby parts into the hands of researchers. For a price.

If all that is coming to light is even close to accurate, ' we re no longer sliding down a slippery slope — we are looking up it.

Life Dynamics has reproduced forms showing universities and pharmaceutical companies ordering up baby parts obtained from Planned Parenthood clinics.

Some want eyes, others hearts, livers, blood products , lungs and limbs, even a "whole intact leg, including the) entire hip jo int." Orders may specify the need for "fresh" tissue, insisting even that it must be taken within 10 minutes of the child's "passing." Some indicate desired gestational age (for example, 20-24 weeks), preparation for shipping (such as "snap frozen ") and shi pping method (wet or dry ice, overnight or not). There are even price lists for services and parts.

The more you read, the more disbelief g ives way to numbness, and then you start making connections. Like how many researchers call for fresh fetal specimens of advanced gestational age which are free from defect.

That blows a great big hole in the assertion made by growth industry. The availability of fresh specimens is abortion advocates that late abortions are performed pri- advertised in brochures and on the Internet in language marily because of fetal anomaly. designed to soothe.

In the U.S. it is against the law to make money from "Turn your patient 's decision into something wonder" the sale of human bodies or human body parts. Those nal- ful , encourages an Opening Lines brochure for abortion ficking in fetal tissue say no one is selling body parts. They clinic doctors and administrators. It explains that "President say that some abortion clinics donate dead fetuses to those Clinton lifted the moratorium on federal funding of research who harvest the parts. The harvester pays the clinic a "site involving transplantation of fetal tissue from induced aborfee" (rent for the space used for dissecting), and researchers tions,", thus creating "a great demand for fetal tissue." pay "service fees " for getting fetal tissue to them.

In lifting the moratorium , President Clinton also A woman who allegedly once harvested fetal tissue opened a door through which entrepreneurs have told Life Dynamics she knew of abortionists determin- rushed through , filling a demand for an endless suppl y ing the method of abortion not out of concern for the of baby body parts. mother 's safety but to insure retrieval of fetal parts True? Sure sounds like it is. Opening lines its proudly mm im _________^_^____ advertises researchers had ordered. m m wares. ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ If true, we are look"Our goal," it says, "is to ing at an industry that offer .. the highest qualialready makes its money ty, most affordable and from killing, now makfreshest tissue prepared ; ing even more money by to your specifications killing in ways that will allow even greater profits. A and delivered in the quantities you need when you need it." filthy industry, and it is totally unregulated.

On Oct. 21, Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire Have we become so desensitized by the volume and brought these reports to the attention of his colleagues in banality of abortion that we can 't see the humanity of the U.S. Senate. On that same day the Catholic bishops those who die at the abortionist 's hands? After all, every urged Congress to conduct extensive hearings and called unborn child whose life is ended by abortion is a mem- on investigative reporters to look into these reports and ber of the human family and somebody 's baby. Do we determine if abortionists are committing infanticide and care? Women who have abortions struggle with that performing abortions in ways calculated to produce the decision because they know that if they have an abortion maximum of fresh human body parts for sale. their own child will die. And now who is going to tell them that what clinic staff assured them was only a "blob of tissue," not a baby, actually had body parts that Gail Quinn is executive director of the Secretariat got sliced up and shipped out to research clinics? f o r Pro-Life Activities, National Conference of Yet trafficking in fetal body parts seems to be a Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.

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The Holy Land lives. The remote ancestors of the flowers, birds and badgers I saw must have touched the human heart of our divine Savior with their loveliness. This little corner of creation suggested to Jesus the images which He used in His parables, teaching us of a Kingdom even more breathtaking than this.

The living mosaic of the land, however, is its people: $ >•m Jews, Christians, Muslims of various kinds for all of whom this is "the Holy Land." During my tliree-month sojourn •E a. there I was able to taste something of the exuberance, the passion, the determination of those who live there. As |Father Tom Stransky, a longtime resident, told us, "There is no past and present here: past and present co-exist."

Visitors to the Holy Land look out over the It is this which leads to conflicts, and, sadly, even Sea of Galilee from the Mount of Beatitudes. bloodshed. Yet I sensed something of a shared secret Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass on the among the Jews and Arabs who live there: their love for mount during his March 20-26 pilgrimage. this special place, with all of its bitterness and tensions, gave them a common bond which we visitors did not location, others commemorate an event in the general share. For us, this was a goal of p ilgrimage; for them, it area where it took place. For example, in the 20th centu- is home. ry the ruins of Capernaum were discovered and excavatHere is the conclusion of the journal I kept during ed, including a site venerated from well beyond the era my stay in the Holy Land: "This little piece of real of Constantine as the home of the Apostle Peter; the like- estate, fought over and prayed over, is not a museum but lihood is high that it truly was the site of Peter 's home. a laboratory. The most exotic plants seem to blossom On the other hand , several places in Jerusalem claim to here, and it is the casual visitor, in trademark sunglasses be the location of the Upper Room; the most one could and western clothes, who seems out of plaqg. I have worassert is that the original site was in that neighborhood. shiped the one God with many tongues here, and I leave While Jerusalem is the setting for the most dramat- with the sense that this land, which I have found to be so ic events in the life of Jesus, it is Galilee which is most strange, is the place God calls 'home.' Jesus told us that evocative of the .Holy Land He knew. I vividly recall in His Father's house there are many mansions — if this walking down a dirt path which wended its way along earthly cellar is any clue, I am sure I will not find the the shore of the Sea of Galilee to the excavation of upper floors of heaven boring!"

Capernaum. It was a fresh , quiet spring morning, and I thought how blessed this little comer of the world is: God loves everything He has made, but He must love Father Milton T. Walsh is dean of students and an this beautiful spot with a special affection, with that assistant professor of systematic theology at St. human affection we feel for places important in our Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

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Father Milton T. Walsh 1^1o event so far in this Jubilee Year has so captivated the imagination of the world as the visit of Pope John Paul to the Holy Land . This small territory is sometimes called "the fifth Gospel" and any Christian who has been privileged to visit never reads the Bible in quite the same way again.

Its most fundamental lesson can be summed up in one Latin word, Hic:here. Here Mary conceived the Word made flesh; here Jesus was bom; here He taught and healed; here He was crucified and rose from the dead.

The shrines of Galilee and Jerusalem remind us that Jesus did not live "once upon a time." As we proclaim in our Creed, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He truly entered into the stream of human history, time and place.

Believers of earlier eras accepted these holy places at face value. Our own age, more scientific and skeptical, cannot help but ask, "Did it really happen? Did it really happen here?"

A useful distinction I learned when visiting the shrines of the Holy Land: some sites mark a precise

Family Lif e.

Regardless of our feelings...

Vivian W. Dudro \ ^Jne afternoon , while my children and I were walking to the park with some friends, my older son unwittingly bonked his younger brother on the head with a tennis racket.

"Somebod y 's hurt already," I groaned to myself when the howl reached my ears, "and we haven 't even arrived at the park yet."

Drawing near my injured son, his cry turned from

one of pain to one of indignation. He was sitting on the ground holding his head and accusing his older brother of injustices against him, while the latter was standing over him and dishing out excuses.

After determining that my younger son 's lump was minor and was caused by his brother 's absentmindedness , I asked my older son to apologize. "I did already," he said.

"Yeah, right ," bellowed his younger brother, "bu t 're you not really sorry ; you didn 't even care that I was hurt!"

"You don 't look sorry," I said in agreement.

"Well, that 's because I'm not," he replied smugly. "It was an accident, and he 's acting like I hit him on purpose."

Another inward groan; that was not the answer I wanted to hear, especially in front of our friends , who by then had gathered around us. With the eyes of onlookers boring into me, I explained to my older son that we must do more than casually say we are sorry when we have hurt someone. Accident or no accident, we must be sorry. And being sorry means making amends.

He softened a little, apologized again, and offered to help his brother up, though he still failed to exhibit empathy.

Next, I turned to my younger son and asked him to

accept the apology. "No ," he answered firmly, refusing his brother 's hand. After much coaxing and finally threatening to end our outing, he relented. "I forgive you ," he said reservedly.

Since neither of these boy s had put their whole heart into the matter, one might expect th at the words "I am sorry " and "I forg ive you "would have failed to work their magic. But amazingly they did. Minutes later the two brothers were playing happily together as if nottvng had happened .

The incident demonstrated that sometimes we must say and do the right thing, as demanded by the reality of the situation, regardless of our feelings. In such cases, the right feelings will often follow, rather than precede, the right course of action.

There is no time like the present for sizing up the bumps and bruises — both visible and invisible , intentional and unintentional —that we have inflicted upon others and making reparation for them. If we wait until we feel sorry to be sorry, we mi ght never be reconciled.

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages four to 12) and a member of St. Mary ' s Cathedral Parish.

The Catholic Diff erence.

The law that liberates

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George Weigel Oome month s ago I was invited to a nearby Catholic school to "talk about the Pope ," as the invitation had it. Not wanting to simply tell John Paul II stories , I thought about how 1 might get these high school freshmen to understand the Office of Peter in the Church. Before launching into these unknown waters , I called Father Scott Newman , a friend with considerable teaching experience , and asked him what he thoug ht.

"Assume nothing," was his immediate answer.

When I asked what that might mean, he proposed that I "begin with Abraham," hold down the fast-forward button (so to speak), and relate Peter and his office to the story of salvation history. It seemed a bit like the famous "Classical Gas" g ig on the old Smothers Brothers TV show, in which thousands of images of

great paintings were flashed on the screen during Mason Williams ' two-minute guitar instrumental.

Still , I followed Father Newman 's advice and did Abraham-to-Peter — with brief stops at Moses, the covenant, the prophets , the annunciation, the incarnation , the ministry of Jesus, the Paschal Triduum, Easter, Pentecost , and the preaching of the early Church — in seven minutes flat.

The kids seemed to appreciate it. But what struck me most was their fascination with my description of the Ten Commandments: "a moral code to keep the people of Israel from falling back into the habits of slaves." The Ten Commandments as an instrument of liberation: that was news, and they were intrigued.

I remembered this happy interlude recently when I read an account of yet another court battle over posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Would the argument change, I wondered, if the Ten Commandments were not assumed to be the peremptory moral decrees of some out-of-this-world divinity, but a liberating code to keep us all from falling into the habits of slaves?

John Paul II made a similar point shortly after returning from Mt. Sinai, traditional sight of Moses' reception of the tablets of the law. The Ten Commandments, the Pope reminded his March 1 general audience, "are not the arbitrary imposition of a tyrannical God." Scripture tells us Yahweh wrote the commandments on stone, "but he inscribed them above all in the human heart as the universal moral law, valid and current in every time and place."

Here is a law that binds and frees at the same time. By proscribing "egotism and hatred , lying and contempt , which destroy the human person," the Ten Commandments make possible an "authentically human future."

Binding and liberating, simultaneously — it 's a very difficult concept to grasp in our contemporary culture, in which any "law" is thought to be an imposition from outside, a restriction on personal "autonomy." Yet in the proper Christian conception of the moral law, the Ten Commandments are not imposts from "outside " our human condition. They are expressions of the tnith about the human person, a trath inscribed in our human nature from the beginning. And that is why, as John Paul said, to be faithful to God and God's commandments "is to be faithful to ourselves [and] to our [most] profound ... aspirations."

No one really wants to be a slave — which is life lived at the whim of an arbitrary, "outsider " authority.

But however much we dislike the idea of slavery, we are born with inclinations that can enslave us. That is wh y there are lots of slaves in these United States, 134 years after the 13th Amendment was ratified.

To live freely means to rid ourselves of the habits of slaves, just as the people of Israel were called to do. To worship rightly, to honor parents and the sanctity of life, to deal honestly and justly with others — these are the habits of free men and women. That is why God enjoins them on us in the Ten Commandments.

The proper response, then , to those who would ban the Ten Commandments from public space is that these Commandments are not so much about God as about us.

To be sure, Jews and Christians believe they were given to us by God. But anyone can understand that this is the moral code of people who decline to be slaves.

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

Did your advice on marriage ignore the needs of others?

Q. 1 was deeply disappointed in your answer to the senior citizen who wished to be married sacramenlally, but did not want the marriage recorded civilly, for financial reasons.

You discussed several implications, including the penalties a priest or bishop might incur if he perform ed such a marriage.

But you did not discuss the morality of a coup le who wish to defra ud the government and their heir fellow Americans.

Isn ' t the desire of seniors to get more f inancially than they are legally entitled to dishonest and greedy ?

The burde n of Social Security taxes on younger generatio ns is oppressive , and experts tell US it willget worse.

Tow should have told them that the Gospel calls each of us to consider the needs of others as well as our own.

QUESTION CORNER % Father John Dietzen

A. Space usuall y limits me to respond onl y to the direct questions people ask. But you make a good and important point. Actions that may be manipulated into legality are not always therefore automatically moral or just. ^ (Questions may be sent to Father Die tzen at Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651; or e-mail fjdietzen@aol.com.)

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LITURGY & SCRIPTURE Easter Triduum: three days, one celebration The following column on the Eastere Triduum is being reprinted from Easter season of 1999 in light of the reception it received at that time.

Each year the Church enters into a Lenten pilgrimage which makes its way to the celebration of Christ 's death and resurrection. With the elect who are being prepared for the sacraments of initiation , the whole Church enters more deeply into the lived experience of Christ 's victory over sin and death as we make ready for the renewal of our own baptismal commitment.

Just as this conversion is an ongoing process which spans the course of our lives, so too its liturgical celebration extends over the course of three days called the Easter Triduum.

The three days The term "triduum " is a Latin word meaning "a space of three days" much in the way the terms octave and novena refer to ei ght and nine day spans respectively. In the case of the Easter Triduum, the expression refers to the three-day period from the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper after sundown on Holy Thursday until Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday. Neither a part of the 40 days of Lent nor the 50 days of Easter, the Easter Triduum stands betwixt and between these two great seasons like a hinge upon which they turn .

In fact the Triduum stands at the center of the entire liturgical year as the heart and soul of our annual cycle.

Stating that the Triduum is to the year what Sunday is to the week, the Church teaches that "the Easter Triduum of the Lord 's Passion and Resurrection is the preeminent celebration of the Church's liturg ical life. It is at the same time the culmination of all the observances which constitute the liturg ical year, and the source which gives shape and structure to each year of grace." (General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, 18)

Father John Talesfo re Pointing to the significance of these days in Christ's passage through death to new life, St. Augustine called them "the Triduum of the crucified, buried and risen Lord ."

These three phases of that one saving event constitute the pattern for this single celebration which unfolds over the course of three days.

The one celebration In spite of a popular tendency to separate the Triduum into a dramatic reenactment of three distinct moments in the last week of Jesus ' life , the liturgy itself emphasizes the unity of the three day s and the saving event they make present. To speak of Jesus ' death is to speak of His resurrection and vice versa. One has no meaning without the other and our life has no meaning without them both.

The highlights of this one Easter Triduum liturgy are the

Mass of the Lord's Supper after sundown Thursday evening , the Celebration of the Lord's Passion on Friday afternoon and the Easter Vig il after the sun sets on Saturday night. Within a context of vig ilant prayer and fasting, these rite s unfold in one act of worshi p with only one beginning and one end.

Although the Triduum unfolds over the course of three days, it has only one introductory rite at the beginning of the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Thursday night , and it has only one concluding rite at the end of the Easter Vigil late Saturday night or earl y Sunday morning.

The liturgy of Thursday night does not end after Communion. The whole community processes with the Blessed Sacrament to the altar of repose where people remain in prayer and adoration. In this spirit of vi gilant prayer, each departs quietl y without a blessing or dismissal.

The liturgy of Friday afternoon continues without introductory rites. The priest neither makes the sign of the cross nor greets the peop le. After a dramatic entry in silent procession and prostration , he pray s the opening prayer immediately without even saying "let us pray." In the same way, he departs in silence. He neither blesses the people with a sign of the cross nor does he dismiss them. All keep vigil throughout that evening and the following day.

Again the liturgy continues Saturday evening at the doors of the Church without the introductory rites, but it finall y concludes with a blessing and the solemn dismissal chant , "Go in the peace of Christ , alleluia , alleluia."

Three days, one celebration.

Father John Talesfore directs the Office of Worship

Raising of Lazarus points to Jesus' death-defeating power As we hold the final scrutiny today for our elect , the Liturgy of the Word previews what will happen to them at the Easter Vigil (April 22) by showing them what is going on in our parish communities. It is no less than our passage from death to life: "We know that we passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters." (I John 3:14) What a glorious sight to behold: a community defeating death by hospitably welcoming, including, and enfolding new members. Here, the elect can be formed and grow; here the initiated can look at themselves again and experience what attracted the elect to them now encourag ing them to renew their baptismal commitment to the community.

It resembles but surpasses the return from the exile Ezechiel promises, "0 my peop le, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel....I will put my sp iri t in you that you may live , and settle upon your land."

Is it any wonder we respond to this promise-crammed reading by admitting our need for God's gathering and renewing action: "Out of the depths I cry to you , 0 Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my voice in supp lication.... For with the Lord is kindness and with Him is plenteous redemption; and He will redeem Israel from all their iniquities "?

Our parish communities are so fortunate that the Spiri t, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in each member and demands the ultimate defeat of death on the final day ! "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you , the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you ," so says Romans. ¦We might be inclined to think this defeat of death is reserved for the last day only. Not so. To Martha, grieving

El Salvador ¦ Continued from page 7 Lopez Lopez, Segundo Montes and Juan Ramon Medrano, were dragged from their beds during the early hours of Nov . 16, 1989, by an elite anny unit and shot dead .

Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A Ezechiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45

Father David M. Pettingill her brother Lazarus' death, Jesus says, '"Your brother will rise.' Marth a said to him , T know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.' Jesus told her, '1 am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if the person dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.'"

According to the fourth Gospel , the final day is today, the future has become the present, and end-time already enfolds us. To embrace Jesus with faith is to participate with the community in His death-defeating Passover: "Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that His hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved His own in the world and He loved them to the end." (John 13:1) The raising of Lazarus is a sign of the power of Jesus ' The soldiers also killed the priest 's housekeeper, Elba Ramos, and her teen-age daughter, Cecilia.

Considered by the military and members of ARENA as the brains behind the Marxist guerrillas , the six priests were the most prominent intellectuals in the country at the time.

The murders, which occurred at the heig ht of a guerrilla offensive against the capital , caused an international outcry.

Passover, indeed the climactic sign that closes the first part of this Gospel (chapters 1-12), called the Book of Signs. As a sign , Jesus ' raising of Lazarus anticipates God' s raising of Jesus as He completes His Passover and goes home to the Father. As a sign, the raising of Lazarus points to Jesus' death-defeating presence in our Sunday assembly.

Jesus is "bread of life" as Word proclaimed: "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst." (6:35) Jesus the Lord in His completed Passover is eucharistic food and drink: "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise the person up on the last day." (6:54) • Death-defeating life and love nourish our communities in Word and Eucharist. The first defeat of death we experience is our being gathered into a community. The next defeat of death is our choosing to be part of a community.

The subsequent defeats of death are the relationships we cultivate in which healing, forg iveness, inclusion , justice , and peace flourish. So here we are previewing for the elect the delights of their initiation: a community, death-defeating, rescued from exile, awaiting the final day 's victory, and actually being the final day 's victory now.

Father David Pettingill directs the archdiocesan Office of Parish Life.

A 1993 U.N. tmth commission concluded the crime had been planned by a small group of officers , all members of the high command. Two lower-ranking officers were briefly imprisoned for the crime in 1991 , but were later released with the amnesty. The role of Cristiani, who is believed to have been with the military high command the night before the murder, has never been investigated.

School of Pastoral Leadership For registration materials and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087. Pre-registration is necessary for many of these programs.

May 13: "2nd annual Spiritualty of Aging Retreat" with Sister M. Timothy Prokes, author of 'Toward a Theology of the Body," speaking on "Aging: The Challenge of Bringing Life to Fullness," 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF with Mass at 12:10 p.m. $20 fee includes lunch and program materials.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBR O SA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

April 11, 18, 25: "Come Away and Rest Awhile ," Tuesdays spent listening to God's promptings in the recesses of our hearts using Scripture, nature, and life experience. Please bring a bible. Facilitated by Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto.

April 7-9: "Best Friends Forever," a retreat for married couples with Jesuit Father Charles Hoffman and Mercy Sister Ann Rooney.

April 9: "Living the Beatitudes" continues with Dominican Father Michael Carey speaking on "the meek."

MERCY CENTER

2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings call (650) 340-7474.

April 10, 17, 25; May 8, 15: "The Quest for Meaning: Finding Ourselves in the Second Half of Life," a dialogue oriented series providing an opportunity for people in the 2nd half of life to explore and clarify values, identity, beliefs reality, self-affirmation with Ann Berens and Sandi Peters.

April 16-23: "Holy Week Retreat" where relreatants may take part in one or many days, Spiritual directo rs will be available as well as celebration of the Triduum liturgies.

April 16: Father Thomas Keating, a contemorpary and well-known promoter of Centering Prayer, invites experienced meditators to this day of preparation for faking the time-honored mode to the incarcerated.

May 5-7; July 7-9: Centering Prayer Retreat weekends following First Friday Taize Prayer. Facilitated

by Vicky Boltz and Mercy Sister Marguerite Buchanan. Centering Prayer Days with Vicky and Sister Marguerite will take place on April 8 and June 3.

SANTA SABINA CENTER

25 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael. For fees , times and other offerings , call (415) 457-7727.

April 19-23: "Holy Week Retreat" beginning with a Seder meal and continuing with redactions on the Paschal mysteries of life, death and new life.

May 19-21: 'The Intimate Merton: His Life From His Journals" , with Jonathan Montaldo who edited the recently published selections from Merton's diaries. Ongoing gatherings for quiet and shared reflections on Merton's writings continue on March 7, April 11, and May 16.

April 8-13: Parish Mission, St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae , with Mercy Father David Wilton. Mission opens with Mass at 5:30 p.m. on April 8, continuing at 7, 9, 11 a.m. April 9; 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. for rest of week.

Call (415) 461-0704.

April 10, 11, 12: "Dangerous Stories for a Jubilee Year: A Parish Lenten Retreat" with Father David Pettingill at Our Lady of Mercy Church , 5 Elmwood Dr., Daly City. Mass and Father Dave's presentation at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Call (650) 755-1059.

April 15, 16, 17: "Come Home, Prepare, Choose the Gift", a three-evening mission with Father David Pettingill presiding at St. Emydius Church, corner Ashton and DeMontfort St., SF, each night at 7:30 p.m. Invite a friend. You won't be disappointed. Call (415) 587-7066.

SILVER PENNY FARM Retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace . Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498.

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3rd Tues. at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF. Call (415) 288-3809.

3rd Thurs. 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, facilitated by Sister Toni Longo. Call (650) 325-5614.

2nd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Presentation Sisters Motherhouse Chapel, Turk and Masonic , SF. Call Sister Monica Miller, PBVM at (415) 751-0406, ext.

22; and at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke Parish, 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City. Call (650) 345-6660.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at (650) 340-7452.

Social Justice/Respect Life May 2: "Lobby Day 2000," a hands-on political immersion in Sacramento including speakers on the lobbying process and orte-on-one meetings with legislators. Call Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns at (415) 565-3673.

Drop-in Bereavement Sessions al St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF on 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Sponsored by Catholic Charities and Mid-Peninsula Hospice. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

Datebook Ongoing Sessions: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish at the Parish Center, Fulton and James St., Redwood City, Thurs., 6-7:30 p.m. Call (650) 3663802. 1st Mon. at 7:30 p.m. and 1st Thurs . at 9:30 a.m., Our Lady of Angels St. Francis Room/ Upper Hall, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame. Call Consolation Minister Sarah DiMare at (650) 697-7582. St. Gabriel Parish, 40th Ave. and Ulloa, SF; 1st & 3rd Tues, 7-9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882. St. Hilary Parish, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon; 1st & 3rd Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659.

on 3rd Thursdays. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 3349088 ore-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com.

Lectures/ Classes/Exhibits April 11, 18: "Jubilee Presentations" with Jesuit Father Joe Eagan at St. Raymond Church, 1100 Santa Cruz Ave ,Menlo Park at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Topics include understanding Vatican II; Vatican II spirituality; and the Church in the new millennium.

Call (650) 324-8310.

Structured 8-week Session: Our Lady of Loretto, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, evenings or afternoons available. Call Sister Jeanelte at (415) 897-2171. St. Isabella Parish, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, evenings. Call Pat Sack at (415) 479-1560.

April 8: "In the Service of Life ," with author Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and her "Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal," blessings we give and receive through service to others , at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave, SF 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call Hospice by the Bay at (415) 626-5900.

For Parents Who Have Lost a Child: Our Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 2nd Mon. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

April 18: "Asia: No Longer a Monolith," a series of public "armchair" briefings hosted by jou rnalist, Marsha Vande Berg with guests. For locations and times, call (415) 422-6357.

Children/Teen Groups: Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Thursday morning Lectionary-based Bible study with Father Jose Corral at St. Anthony Church, 3500 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park. 9 - 10:30 a.m. Child care for children 3 years and above is available. Call (650) 366-4692.

"Compassionate Friends," a non-profit organization offering friendship and support to families who have experienced the death of a child, meet on 2nd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 850 Judah St. at Funston , SF. Call Marianne Lino at (415) 892-7969.

Young Adults You may contact the Archdiocese Young Adult Ministry office by phone at (415) 565-3629; by e-mail at mjansen@sfyam.org or christineop@sfyam.org; or visit the ministry 's website at www.sfyam.org.

Unless other wise noted contact the Young Adult Office for additional information about the following activities.

The date for Fall Fest 2000 , the largest Young Adult conference in the region, is Oct. 14. Volunteer opportunities available.

YoungAdult communities have been established at the following parishes. Please call the numbers listed for more information. St. Dominic , SF, (415) 5677824; St. Gabriel, SF, (415) 731-0650; St. Vincent de Paul, SF, (415) 922-1010; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, (650) 343-5809; St. Andrew , Daly City, (650) 756-3223.

At the Cemetery 1st Sat. of the month: Mass in All Saints Mausoleum Chapel. All liturgies begin at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma. For more information, call (650) 756-2060.

Jubilee Mass 2000 Oct. 29: "Extraordinary Jubilee Year Mass and Catholic Community Celebration" at San Francisco's PacBell Park with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding. Will include prelude "Call to Worship " featuring more than 450 singers and 200 multi-cultural dancers from throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco. For information , call Kathleen Buckley at (415) 565-3672.

Prayer/Devotions April 30: Monthly Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church , 133 Golden Gate Ave,SF at 5:30 p.m. Last Sunday of every month. Call (415) 863-7515.

Wed. and Fri. during Lent be part of "Lenten Worship in the Byzantine Catholic Tradition," at Our Lady of Fatima Byzantine Catholic Church, 101 20th Ave at Lake St., SF. Call (415) 752-2052.

Weekdays: Radio Rosary, 7 p.m., 1400 AM KVTO, includes prayer, meditation, news, homilies . Call (415) 282-0861.

2nd Sun.: Pray for Priests,3:30 p.m. at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Blvd. at 8th Ave, SF. Call (415) 751-0450.

Centering Prayer: Mon. 7 p.m.- 8:15 p.m., Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond St., SF. Call Sr. Cathy Cahur at (415) 553-8776; Tues. 7:30 p.m.

- 8:30 p.m., Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., SF. Call Chuck Cannon at (415) 752-8439; Sat. 10 a.m. - 12 noon, St. Cecilia Church, 2555 17th Ave , SF. Call Coralis Salvador at (415) 7531920; Tue. 7 - 7:50 a.m., St. Raphael Church, 1104 5th Ave ,San Rafael. Call Patricia Hartnett at (510) 215-6931.

Thursday: The laity prayer cenacle of Marian Movement of Priests meets at 7 p.m., St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 180 Harrison Ave,Sausalito. Call (415) 331-3306.

Mass in American Sign Language is celebrated each Sun. at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Parish, 1801 Octavia (between Pine and California) in SF. A sign language Mass is celebrated at St. Anthony Parish, 3500 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park on the third Sat. of the month at 10:30 a.m. and later that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (at Bon Air Rd.), Kentfield. For information , call St. Benedict at (415) 567-9855 (voice) or (415) 567-0438 (TDD).

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639.

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

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church meets

Food & Fun Parish Soccer League invites new teams. Games played on Saturday mornings at 9 and 11 o'clock on Peninsula from Feb. - June. Men and women invited. Call Otto Sterba, commissioner at (650) 9686708.

April 8: Immaculate Conception Academy 's "Annual International Spring BBQ", at ICA auditorium, 24th and Guerrero St,SF. Doors open at 4 p.m. with complete BBQ dinner and student entertainment. $10. Call (415) 824-2052 or just show up.

April 8: "High Tea" celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Loyola Guild, Carlin Commons area of St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 2001 37th Ave ,SF at 2 p.m. Silent Auction, informal fashions from each decade of the group's existence , and a commemoration of past presidents will highlight the afternoon. Hats and gloves welcome. Call Denise Branch, (415) 567-9236 or Donna Perorti, (650) 3551703.

April 8: "Fiesta," the LCA Juniors' annual fashion show and luncheon with proceeds benefiting Catholic Charities' children's programs. Tickets $50.

Call Debbie McGrath at (415) 664-7993.

April 8: Bingo Luncheon, Alberian Institute #93, Young Ladies Institute, at Corpus Christi Parish Hall, Alemany Blvd. and Santa Rosa Ave , SF, $12 includes lunch and one game card. Call Connie Pisciotta at (415) 334-6429.

April 8: "HealthWalk 2000" benefiting Visitacion Elementary School at Candlestick Point. A 2-mile sponsored walk followed by music and a picnin/BBQ. Come and join the fun. Call (415) 239-7840 between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

April 14: 5th annual "St. Stephen's Men's Club Golf Tournament," Lincoln Park Golf Course , 1 p.m. starting time, banquet to follow. Call Patrick at (650) 593-9170.

April 15: Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group presents "Monte Carlo Night", 6-11 p.m. Hors d'oeuvres, door prizes galore, and more. $20 donation. Call (415) 863-1581. Benefits MHRASG now in its 15th year.

April 15: Annual "Plant and Garden Sale" at the Mt. Carmel Shop. 45 Lovell Ave,Mill Valley, 9 a.m. 4 p.m. featuring several varieties of tomato plants.

Proceeds benefit Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish. Call (415) 388-4332.

April 15: "Spring Carriage House Sale" at St. Anne's Home, 300 Lake St., SF 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Choose from gently used clothing, furniture , books, jewelry, housewares, linens, toys, luggage, art and much more. Refreshments available. Benefits St. Anne's Home. Call (415) 751-6510.

April 29: Gala celebration of Archbishop Riordan High School's 50th year. Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at a special Jubilee Mass. Call (415) 586-9190.

May 5: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets for 7 a.m. Mass, breakfast and dialogue at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd, Greenbrae. Speaker is Peter Breen of Centerforce.

Members $5/non-members $8. Call (415) 461-0704.

Reservations a must.

May 6: "Festa Primavera", a dinner dance sponsored by Madonna del Lume of St. Peter and Paul Parish in North Beach at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 480 Sutter St,SF beginning with no-host cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dancing to the Expresso Five until midnight. Tickets $85/$55. Call (415) 474-9995.

May 6: "Whale of a Sale" at St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sponsored by parish St. Vincent de Paul conference. Space available for those wishing to sell items at the meet which has been a huge success in past years. For table reservations , call Kathie Meier at (415) 461-1933.

June 3: St. Thomas More Community's 1st annual Golf Tournament. Register now with Lito Mendoza at (650) 355-4063 or Gil Palencia at (650) 992-4009.

3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bingo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St., SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m.

Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177.

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council, call Vito Corcia at (415)

564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council, call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641.

3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St , SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

Reunions June 7, 11: Events to remember and a Mass are planned for alumnae of the class of '50 from St. Rose Academy. Call Diane Daube Sperisen at (650) 3669767.

SF's St. Cecilia Elementary School's class of 1950 celebrates its 50th year on April 15th at the Irish Cultural Center. Class members should call Doris Grimley at (415) 664-2247.

"Milestone Class Reunions" for Notre Dame High School , Belmont, classes 1939 through 1994, are being planned now. For information , call Donna Westwood , '64, alumnae relations director, at (650) 595-1913 , ext. 351 or e-mail alumnae® ndhs.pvt.k12.ca.us.

Attention Alumni and former students of Good Shepherd Elementary School, Pacifica. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Please leave your name and address with the development office at (650) 738-4593 or fax to (650) 359-4558.

Our Lady of Angels Elementary School , Burlingame: Attention alumni/former students, parents, grandparents. OLA is developing an alumni newsletter. Please leave your name, address and phone number with the development office at (650) 343-9200 or fax to (650) 343-5620, attn: Susan Baker.

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April 8: 2nd annual "Back to School for Your Health Symposium" at Notre Dame High School, Belmont. .Open to women of all ages, this is a day of discovery about your mind and body. 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tickets $40 adults/$10 students. Call (650) 5951913, ext. 351.

Save a Life! Donate Blood Now! Blood Centers of the Pacific has announced a critical blood shortage in the Bay Area. To schedule an appointment at a location near you, call (888) 393-GIVE (4483).

Children's Health Service at St. Mary's Medical Center Pediatric Clinic, 2235 Hayes St. at Shrader, SF. Medical services for your child's tota l healthcare .

Clinic accepts Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, other insurance plans. Sliding scale. Translations available. For appointments, call (415) 750-5923.

Mondays in March, 5-6 p.m.: Free foot exams for diabetics and anyone with foot problems at Seton Medical Center, Daly City and SF Wound Center.

Diabetes risk tests also available. March is "Sound the Alert" month dedicated to diabetes screening.

Call (415) 882-1400.

Performance April 7,8, 12, 13, 14, 15: "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris' by University of San Francisco's Clasical Theatre in the school's Gill Theatre in Campion Hall at Fulton and Cole St. Tickets $5/$3. For curtain times , call (415) 422-6070.

April 9: "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around", an Afternoon of Lenten Gospel Music featuring the Sacred Heart Gospel Choir from the Western Addition's Sacred Heart Parish, at Mission Dolores basilica, 16th and Dolores St , SF, at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets $10/$5. Benefits Confirmation Program of Sacred Heart , Mission Dolores and St. James parishes. Call (415) 861-5460; (415) 824-4232.

Series of literary readings at USF' s Lone Mountain Campus, 2800 Turk Blvd, SF. April 18: Pamela Lu; May 8: Nicole Brassard. For times and specific locations, call (415) 422-6243.

April 12: 'The Gospel of Mark," a spectacular and dramatic presentation with Michael Reardon and Patrick Lane at St. Robert Church, 1380 Crystal Springs Rd,San Bruno, at 7 p.m. Call (650) 5892800.

April 28, 29 30: The musical "Godspell" at St. Pius Parish Fitzsimon Center, 1100 Woodside Rd. at Valota, Redwood City. Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m.; Sun. at 1 p.m. Produced by St. Pius Young People Theatre Group, Karen Elmore, director. Tickets at door, $6 adults/$4 seniors, students, or reserved seating in advance, $10 adults/$8 students , seniors, by calling Margie Lawson at (650) 366-6080.

April 30: The SF Lyric Chorus presents "English Masterpieces" under the direction of Robert Gurney at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1668 Bush St. at Gough, SF at 5 p.m. Reception follows. Call (415) 775-5111.

April 30: Richard Allen Davis, organist, St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 850 Judah St. at Funston, SF, will present a concert of Easter organ music at 4 p.m.

Sundays in April: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd,SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213.

Sundays in April: Concerts at St. Francis of Assisi Shrine by various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

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Letters .. . ¦ (Continued from page 12) example to ponder. The people of these counties voted against the measure because they think it is unfair to paint out gay people who might get married in other states in the future from having their relationships recognized in California. The traditional definition of marriage may not apply in March 2000.

In every day life, as a practicing Catholic , I hear from people , especial ly women, who feel their role in the Church is limited. While this might have been okay in the past, it is not okay today. Today, openly gay people play roles in every aspect of our world. Today, women hold every conceivable

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Look us in the eye

I have a suggestion for the presiders at the Mass at the April 8 National Day of Atonement. Take a clue from the Pope. Look the people of this Archdiocese in the eye, and say, "We're sorry. We are so sorry."

Do not connect the sentence with a second one like "however, we are continuall y impressed by the ongoing dedication ...etc." Do not be defensive. Do not insult the intelligence and integrity of the people. Apologies are needed. Apologies are cathartic . Apolog ies demand humility and forthri ghtness.

Bishop Wester recently stated, "Our hearts go out to anyone who might have been hurt by Father Schipper 's actions."

Might have been? "Might have been" needs to go.

Take some advice from Bishop Cummins and Sister Barbara Flannery in Oakland. Get some professional women in here to help you come clean, and second, take notes on the words Bishop Cummins uses. They are simple, honest , humble , and precise.

Mary Ahlbach Sausalito (Ed. note. Bishop Wester s pastoral comment was issued prior to Fa/her Carl Schipper 's arraignment on charges of allegedly using the Internet to transmit illegal and harmful

materials. Father Schipper p leaded not guilty at a March 16 arraignment in Santa Clara County Court in San Jose.)

A test?

Was Henry Robert Brett , 4th 's March 17 letter a test?

To see if we 're paying attention?

One might be more inclined to consider his wisdom as greater than that of the Catholic Church he proposes to correct if he could at a minimum get his quotes right.

His apparent hero , Karl Marx , did not say either that knowledge is power or that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Nobody said the latter, except the leg ions who have misquoted it.

Francis Bacon said knowledge is power — and somewhat before Marx 's time, since Bacon died in 1626. Sir Francis can be assumed to have been acquainted with Proverbs 24:5, "A wise man is more powerful than a strong man , and a man of knowledge than a man of might."

The correct quote for the later part of Brett , 4th' s statement is, "Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton (John Emerich Dahlberg) wrote that in a letter to Bishop Creighton in 1887.

Mr. Brett, 4th,' probably is acquainted with Karl Marx 's thesis that "the first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion." And Marx did refer to religion as "the opium of the people" in the introduction to the same document.

Marx 's mother, by the way, is quoted as saying, "If Karl , instead of writing a lot about cap ital , made a lot of capital , it would have been much better" (in Fathers to Sons

by Alan Valentine).

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Catholic Lobby Day to connect parishioners, politicos

373 Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae This Marin County church, dedicated by the late Archbishop John J. Mitty, will be 50 years old in 2001, a year that will also mark the half century anniversary of the parish. It portrays a Romanesque exterior with a Spanish revival interior and has been the community 's sole worship space.

Murals of St. Michael and Our Lady by local artist Donald LaBash highlight the body of the church. St. Sebastian was the first Marin parish to offer Eucharistic Adoration, see Datebook for times, and an early sponsor of the "Gabriel Project", an outreach ministry for pregnant women.

Other ministries offere d by this worshipping community of more than 500 families include a St. Vincent de Paul Conference, the Ministers of Care, a Helping Hands branch , and a Young at Heart club.

The parish invites all members of the archdiocesan family to a Renewal Mission beginning April 8.

See Datebook for times.

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The California Catholic Conference will sponsor the second annual Catholic Lobby Day on May 2 in Sacramento, CCC officials announced. The event seeks to inform Catholics on multiple state legislative issues and promote personal contact between the participants and their legislators.

"In an election year, it is extremely important that Catholics make their voices heard on issues that affect them," said George Wesolek, director of the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/Respect Life.

The day will begin with a 7 a.m. Mass at the Sacramento cathedral; Sacramento's Bishop William Weigand will preside.

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ent the keynote address. Herrera is a translator for the United States Catholic Conference and has spearheaded projects on interracial justice sponsored by the USCC. CCC Executive Director Ned Dolejsi and the Catholic Catholic Conference staff will present an orientation at 9:45 a.m. on selected state budget issues that include reverence for life, food security, health care, farm worker housing, religious freedom and education .

A 10:30 a.m. session will review effective lobbying techniques. Participants will be able to meet with their legislators from 11:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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According to the FCC Web site, "There is no federal law or regulation that gives the FCC the authority to prohibit radio and television stations from presenting religious programs. Actually, the Communications Act (the law that established the FCC and defines its authority) prohibits the FCC from censoring broadcast material and interfering with freedom in speech in broadcasting.

By Mike Killeen ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CNS) — The rumor that will not die about a fictitious Federal Communications Commission proposal to limit or ban reli gious programming on television and radio is circulating again.

According to e-mails and letters sent to a few St. Cloud diocesan offices as well as petitions to combat it being found in various parishes of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, a self-proclaimed atheist, is asking the FCC to consider limiting or banning religious programming.

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Neither are true.

In addition , the FCC has received mail claiming O'Hair fded a formal petition (RM-2493) calling for an end to religious programs on radio and television.

The rumors — which have also been reported in the other parts of the country in recent weeks — are unfounded , according to a statement on the FCC Web site (www.fcc.gov).

In fact, O'Hair has been missing since 1995 — the victim , authorities believe, of foul play.

"During the 1980s the issue of the supposed O'Hair FCC petition came up at least twice," recalled Father John Penebsky, editor of the Archdiocese 's newspaper at that time, the Monitor , and now pastor of Foster City's St. Luke Parish.

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The FCC cannot direct any broadcaster to present , or refrain from presenting, announcements or programs on religion , and the FCC cannot act as an arbitrator on the insights or accuracy of such material ," the statement adds. "Broadcasters , not the FCC, nor any government agency, have the responsibility for selecting the program ming that is aired by their stations."

According to the statement, the rumor has circulated periodicall y since 1975.

The petition Father Penebsky discov ered encourages potential signers by stating, "We don 't need to sit back and be passive on this one. This is really scary and once you read it, you 'll realize that CBS would even be forced to discontinue

'Touched by An Angel' because they use the word 'God' in every program ."

The tenacity of the rumor was substantiated by Sister Mary Ann Walsh, associate director of communications for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops , saying she has received "a spate of calls" about the non-existent effort by O'Hair.

"The fact the FCC has been forced to set up a Web site to deal with it states how problematic it is to them ," she said.

"They (the rumors) make it into the national folklore. I guess I don 't know why it happens. I guess people believe ... it seems feasible, and it's something that would just send them over the edge. It captures people 's imaginations," Sister Walsh added.

The petition quoted in the letters and emails — RM-2493 — was actuall y filed in December 1974 by Jeremy Lansman and Lorenzo Milam. They had asked, among other things, that the FCC inquire into the cards on behalf of the Vatican. operating practices of stations licensed to Grisanti noted that parishes , school or religious organizations. The Lansmannonprofit groups which sell the phone cards Milam petition was denied by the FCC on also keep a portion of the profits.

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Each phone card bears a photograph of "Since 1975 to the present time, the Pope John Paul II, images Siesta Telecom says FCC has received and responded to milhave never before been published. The cards lions of inquiries about these rumors," the also bear his signature, seal and a prayer. Four FCC's statement said. "Many efforts have images in the series have been released, the been made by the FCC to advise the public remaining four will be released in 2001. of their falsehood."

The cards will be distributed through O'Hair and two of her adult children convenience stores, college book stores, via vanished from San Antonio in 1995. Last Siesta's Web site at www.siestatelecom.com December, a federal grand jury indicted a and through various Catholic fund-raising Michigan man on charges of kidnapping projects. For information or to order, call O'Hair, resulting in her death. Her body has (800) 720-5114. never been found.

Phone card sales to benefit Pontiffs personal proj ects

MIAMI (CNS) — A new series of prepaid phone cards bearing the image of Pope John Paul II will help fund the Pope 's personal projects.

One dollar will be donated to the Pope for each card sold in the Vatican Card Series, available throug h Miami-based Siesta Telecom Inc. Cards sell for $15 and include 75 minutes of domestic calling.

"These cards provide a uni que way to fund the Holy Father 's personal priority of famil y programs because Siesta Telecom is donating one dollar from each card to the Vatican for that purpose," said Claudio Grisanti of the Forum of the Famil y Association in Rome , which authorized

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Catholic Cemeteries offer a variety of burial options: f Burial Sites with Headstones or Flat Stones f Mausoleum and Garden Crypts f Niches and Burial Sites for Cremated Remains t Private Family Estates

Tradition

Catholic Cemeteries have served many generations of Catholic Families.

Since 1887 Catholic families have chosen Catholic Cemeteries for their burial needs.

For more information about The Catholic Cemetery nearest you , please call: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road , Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

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

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

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery - Colma 2000 Calendar of Events Father Peter Yorke Tribute Mass

Memorial Day Mass

Palm Sunday, April 16'" - 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Anthony Hannick Sponsored by the United Irish Societies of San Francisco All Saints Mausoleum Chapel

Monday, May 29'" - 11:00 a.m.

Most Rev. John C. Wester Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel

Todos Los Santos Celebration c~

AH Souls ' Day Mass

Saturday, October 28* - 11:00 a.m.

Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel

Thursday, November 2nd -11:00 a.m.

All Saints Mausoleum Chapel

Veterans' Day Memorial Service

Christmas Remembrance Service

(No Mass) Saturday, November 11'" - 11:00 a.m.

Veteran's Section

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(No Mass) Saturday, December 9'" - 11:00 a.m.

Rev. John Talesfore, Director of Worship All Saints Mausoleum Chapel

Monthly Mass - 1" Saturdays - 11:00 a.m.

All Saints Mausoleum Chapel