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Fear and faith Chaplain from San Francisco sees and feels the reality of Iraq war By Evelyn Zappia The flight attendant's announcement, "Please don 't store your rifles in the overhead bins , " sounded odd to Jesuit Father Michael Barber, the only passenger on the plane who was not armed. The soon-to-be Chaplain for 7,000 Marines was on his way to somewhere in Kuwait. One look at his Kuwaiti campsite brought back a horrifying piece of history to the Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserve. It was the base the Iraqi soldiers "took" in 1990 , confiscating all the weapons of the enlisted Kuwaiti soldiers then letting them go home - but executing the officers , and sticking their bodies to poles. "The evil of the regime really set in, and how close we were to Iraq, " he said. The huge 700-tent city, occupied by "a vast majority of men and some women " was much worse than he imagined. "I wondered how I would deal with it , " he thought. "The water, the bathing, the toilets - it was Father Barber about as bad as it could be." The chaplain learned quickly the art of putting on his chemical gear and running for cover in just "60 seconds." That was all the time the radar detector allotted for incoming missiles. His first night, the sirens blared eight times. Father Barber counted them. g The missiles "were either intercepted by Patriot missiles, or " he said. /. missed their targets and landed in the desert or the sea, Father Barber described himself "like a fireman on duty, laying on my cot fully clothed with my chemical gear all laid out beside me." ( '¦::

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Encyclical's message: Eucharist 'unites heaven and earth' By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Eucharist is the greatest gift Christ left his church, a gift that makes the sacrifice of his life present for all time and gives strength and hope to the world , Pope John Paul II wrote in a new encyclical letter. Whether in a grand basilica or a small countiy church, the pope said, "the Eucharist is always in some way celebrated on the altar of the world. It unites heaven and earth. It embraces and permeates all creation. " Christ's sacrifice on the cross—his offering of love to God the Father — embraces and redeems all creation and offers it back to God, the pope said. . "The church draws her life from Christ in the Eucharist; by him she is fed and by him she is enlightened," the pope wrote.

In the letter, the pope reaffirmed the traditional teaching of the church on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, on the need for validly ordained ministers for its celebration, and on the importance of following the church's'liturgical norms. The 82-year-old pope also used the encyclical to express how important the Eucharist has been in his life and to offer a reflection on the Blessed Virgin Mary, "woman of the Eucharist, " From the day he was ordained in 1946 , he said, as a priest , "I have been able to celebrate Holy Mass I bishop, cardinal and pope, built along mountain paths, on lakeshores and seachapels in g. city s coasts; I have celebrated it on altars built in stadiums and ¦ - • ¦' ¦ • 0 E squares. " "This is no metaphorical food, " he said, quoting the Gospel of 1John: "My flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. " & EUCHARIST, page 7

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Congrats and grats to Franciscan Father Guglielmo Lauriola, pastor emeritus , Immaculate Conception Parish, San Francisco and 50 years a priest April 12th. In addition to Father 's more than 20 years at Immaculate Conception , he has served as a missionary in Korea and earned a graduate degree from San Francisco State. Chaplain to Italian Catholic Federation, Branch One, Father celMarried 58 years May 6th are Marcella and ebrates 60 years as a Lenneal Henderson, longtime members of San Franciscan in December , Francisco 's St. Michael Parish, and more and will be honored at vecentlv, St. Stephen Parish, where thev conImmaculate Conception tinue their service as Eucharistic ministers. on Sunday. Remember Thanks to the couple 's good friend , Delores the great spaghetti Robinson, "who thought it would be nice to lunches here every third wish them congratulations on a long, loving Wednesday of the and happy union.' I'll second that. Prayers, month. (See Datebook) please, for Lenneal who is battling illness.

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Where You Live b y Tom Burke Thanks to Maureen Dan for her questions that led to my learning a little more about Catholic University, beneficiary of proceeds fro m tonight 's Cardinals Dinner at the Fairmont Hotel. Maureen was sure that her father 's uncle , Father George Johnson, of Ohio, had a hand in the CUA history and indeed he did as both teacher and administrator. The revered educator also served under Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt on White House advisory boards. Born in 1889, he was ordained in 1914 and died in 1944 as an associate professor of education at CUA. Maureen , and her late husband Harry, who died just eight months ago, were early members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at South San Francisco's St. "Veronica Parish, and, since its founding in 1961 , have been active with SVDP at Mater Dolorosa. Grats and hats off to Heather Morgan of the CUA Archives for diggin ' up the info, and school publicist , Chris Harrison , for puttin ' the searc h in motion....Celebrating 50 years of wedded life are Lucille and Hugo Phillips who will commemorate the occasion with a Mass of Thanksgiving today at St. Isabella Church, San Rafael with pastor , Father Michael Keane, presiding. The couple celebrated their 25th anniversary prayerfull y at their former parish and now closed Blessed Sacrament Church. Father Warren Woods, then-pastor of Blessed Sacrament and now chaplain at Nazareth House, presided....The Chinese American Association of San Francisco's Star of the Sea commemorated on Apri l 6th the 40th anniversary of priesthood for Father Benedict Chang, a longtime parochial vicar at the Richmond District parish. Father Chang has since been in Rome where he was ordained and will be honored in a parish-wide celebration on Sunday. Thanks to CAA member, Tina Chow, for lettin ' us know. ...It only takes a moment to iet us know about a birthday, anniversary, special achievement , or special happening in your life. Just jot down the basics and send with a follow-up phone number to On the Street Wliere You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. You can also fax to (415) 614-5633 or e-mail, do not send attachments, to tburke@catholic-sf.org. In all cases be sure to include that follow-up phone number. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634....

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Marianist Brother Jim Dods, principal, Archbishop Riordan High School, led a contingent of more than 35 faculty and staff from the San Francisco school on a day of volunteer activity March 17th. The goodwill effort included " pre-dawn" service at Potrero Hill's Martin de Porres Catholic Worker House; " pounding nails " with Habitat for Humanity; and "trimming cabbages " at a Peninsula food bank , a " quite fitting" task for St. Patrick's Day, the participants said. Among those asking "When can we do this again?" are , standing from left, David Bowe, English Department; Frank Ross, Campus Ministry; Joe Heidt, Social Science Department; Andre Simmons, Math Department. Seated from left, Rebecca Gitenstein, Social Science Department; Diana Assereto, English Department; Linda Nastari, Assistant Principal.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II criticized a recent political crackdown in Cuba and appealed to President Fidel Castro for more lenient treatment of 75 dissidents sentenced to long prison terms. The pope made the p lea in a letter April 13 to the Cuban president. Vatican sources said Castro had not responded, and the letter was made public at the Vatican April 26. The letter, written in the pope 's name by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, said the pope wanted to express his "deep sadness" at the harsh sentences recently handed out to the dissidents, including the death penalty in a few cases. On April 11, Cuba executed three men who attempted to hijack a ferry to the United States. Castro defended the executions and accused the United States of trying to trigger a migration crisis in an effort to subvert his socialist government. At the same time, Cuban prosecutors tried scores of dissidents in one-day trials and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from six to 28 years. The dissidents were engaged in such activities as running free libraries, an independent news service and an independent financial association and promoting other reforms. Cardinal Sodano wrote that in the face of these developments "His Holiness has given me the task of asking Your Excellency to give full consideration to a significant gesture of clemency toward those convicted." The letter said that leniency toward the political opponents would "help create a climate of reduced tensions, to the benefit of the dear Cuban people." "I am sure that you also share with me the conviction that only a sincere and constructive confrontation between the citizens and the civil authorities can guarantee the promotion of a modern and democratic state in a Cuba that is ever more united and fraternal," Cardinal Sodano said. The pope visited Cuba for five days in 1998, encouraging the country to turn a new page on religious freedom and human rights, immediately after the visit, following a papal appeal, Castro released more than 200 prisoners. I -¦¦:. ¦

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WASHINGTON — Pope John Paul II has named a Vietnamese-born Msgr. Dominic Dinh Mai Luong as auxiliary bishop of Orange , Calif. He will be the nation ' s second Asian-American bishop and the first of Vietnamese origin. Bishop-designate Luong, 62, is pastor of Mary, Queen of Vietnam Church in New Orleans and serves as director of the National Center for the Vietnamese Apostolate. He was bom in Vietnam, and attended elementary and secondary school in Vietnam before moving to the Unite d States. He was ordained in Buffalo inl966. Much of his priestl y career has been spent working with Vietnamese refugees and immigrants. Bishop-designate Luong said outside Vietnam there is no place in the world with more Vietnamese peop le than Orange County, "By calling me, the first Vietnamese priest to the office of episcopacy, his holiness in particular and the church of the United States in general recognize the many contributions (by) which 400,000 Vietnamese Catholics , over 600 priests and more than 500 reli gious hav e enriched the church of the United States," he said in a statement. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, a native of Beijing, became the First U.S. bishop of Asian origins when he was ordained in January.

Bishop won 't 'break off dialog ue' aver abortion with Sen. Daschle

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Bishop Robert J. Carlson of Sioux Falls said he has encouraged U.S. Sen. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D., a Catholic, to reconsider his support for legal abortion, but that he "would never break off dialogue or a pastoral relationshi p " with him or anyone else. The bishop was responding to an article claiming that he sent the Senate minority leader a letter telling him to remove references to being Catholic in his congressional biography and campaign materials because of his public position on abortion. Both the bishop and the senator said that beyond brief statements they would not comment on the article, which was published April 17 in the political magazine Weekly Standard. In his statement, the bishop said he has talked to Daschle about his position on abortion and encouraged the lawmaker to reconsider his stand on it as well as his support for NARAL Pro-Choice America, formerly known as the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. "However, other than inviting people to pray for the senator 's conversion, I do not believe it is appropriate for me to discuss my pastoral relationship with the senator or anyone else," said Bishop Carlson 's statement. "I would never break off dialogue or a pastoral relationship with anyone," "I have been a Catholic all my life and will remain one," Daschle said in an April 17 statement. Daschle , who is up for up for re-election in 2004, said he had had "the benefit of Bishop Carlson 's guidance on many public and private issues and that relationship will continue. However, I will not discuss our private conversations in the media."

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Vatican backs Baltimore cardinal in decision against alleged visions

BALTIMORE — The Vatican has confirmed Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler's September 2000 decision to prohibit prayer services at a Maryland church in which a woman claimed to receive messages from the Blessed Virgin Mary. GiannaTalone-Sullivan said she received the messages at St. Joseph Church in Emmitsburg beginning in 1993. In an Apri l 2 letter to Vincentian Father William O'Brien , pastor of St. Joseph, Cardinal Keeler reported the Feb. 15 ruling of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, that Baltimore 's archbishop is in a position to conclude the matter with a decree that the alleged apparitions are clearly not miraculous. His decision supported the conclusions of a theological Commission of Inquiry appointed by Cardinal Keeler. Talone-Sullivan said in a statement that she is "grateful for the time, devotion and commitment which the commission undertook in reviewing and studying the alleged experiences and events." However, she maintained that her apparitions and messages were and continue to be real. Talone-Sullivan is the founder of the Mission of Mercy, a nonprofit mobile

Nigerian bishop asks government respo nse to election f raud claims ABUJA, Nigeria — As opposition parties and international observers dismissed Nigeria's presidential elections as fraudulent , Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, president of the Nigerian bishops ' conference, asked the government to respond to claims of election fraud. Meanwhile, a report by an election observer group sponsored by the Nigerian bishops condemned irregularities in the elections. The report said the government's failure to act on alleged irregularities and fear of violence led to a low voter turnout in several Nigerian states. - Catholic News Service

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This June, the lay National Review Board established by the Charter, will audit dioceses to determine their compliance with the Charter 's provisions. Sister Antonio Heaphy, director of evangelization for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said the Archdiocese has worked very hard to come into full compliance with the Charter this past year. Much of what the Charter calls for, however, had been long established in this Archdiocese, she said. "Before the crisis became a press event, the Archdiocese was working proactively to prevent abuse," she said. TO PROTECT THE FAITHFUL IN THE FUTURE One of the main articles established by the Charter "to protect the faithful in the future" requires background checks of all personnel "who have regular contact with minors." The State of California had already required this of school employees for several years. In September 2001 Archbishop William J. Levada mandated that all clergy, including deacons, in residence, assigned to work in, or seeking faculties in the Archdiocese must be fingerprinted for a background check. This policy applies to all diocesan and religious priests, whether or not they are expected to have contact with children in their duties. Another provision in this section of the Charter calls

for clergy and all members of the community to be made aware of standard s of conduct for persons in position of trust with regard to sexual abuse. A up dated policy "Regarding Child Abuse and Harassment " was adopted by Archbishop Levada in April 2001 and must be read and signed by all diocesan employees. In addition , all clergy, whether or not they work with children , must watch a three hour video on appropriate standards of behavior. This section also calls for the establishment of "safe environment" programs for children. Sister Antonio said comprehensive programs have been reviewed by the Archdiocesan Independent Review Board and the choice of a program will be implemented in the Fall/Winter 2003. RESPONDINGTO A LLEGATIO NS OFABUSE The Charter calls for dioceses to report allegations of "sexual abuse of a person who is a minor to the public authoriti es" and to cooperate in their investi gations. Such reporting has been required by State law since 1997 and the Archdiocese has complied with that according to Maurice Healy, director of communications for the Archdiocese. In addition, in response to a request in May by the San Francisco District Attorn ey, the Archdiocese turned over information on past child sexual abuse allegations, going back more than 50 years, winch is not required by law or the Charter. TO PROMOTE HEALING AND RECONCILIATION WITH VICTIMS This section calls for the creation of a review board to assist the bishop in assessing allegations of abuse and fitness for ministry. A Fact Finding Committee was created by the Archdiocese more than a year ago which now serves as the Archdiocesan Independent Review Board. A majority of the members of the board are lay people, as called for by the Charter, and none of the lay members are employed

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Eucharist . . . ¦ Continued from cover Pope John Paul said the Second Vatican Council led to a "more conscious, active and fruitful participation" in the Mass, but at the same time, "some abuses hav e occurred , leading to confusion with regard to sound faith and Catholic doctrine concerning this wonderful sacrament." In some places, he said, eucharistic adoration has almost disappeared, and some people focus so much on its character as a "fraternal banquet" that they forget its sacrificial meaning. The Mass, the pope said , "makes Christ 's one, definitive redemptive sacrifice present in time " and allows peop le of all times to participate in it as if they had been in Jerusalem with Jesus. "The Eucharist is too great a gift to tolerate ambiguity and depreciation," he said. Faithful observance of liturgical norms is "a guarantee of our love for Jesus Christ in the Blessed -Sacrament." While the pope said he has seen firsthand how beautifully local language, customs and culture can be incorporated into the Mass, creativity has sometimes been overemphasized. "Liturgy is never anyone's private property, be it of the celebrant or of the community in which the mysteries are celebrated," he said. The Eucharist and the church are so intimately connected , the pope said, that those who share the Eucharist must share the church's faith in the real presence of Christ and acknowledge the unity of faith as passed on and protected by the pope and the bishops in unity with him. Regular eucharistic sharing with other Christians is a hope to be prayed for and a goal to work toward, but it is not a step on the way toward Christian unity, he said. "If this treasure is not to be squandered, we need to respect the demands which derive from its being the sacrament of communion in faith

Mass in the basilica, Pope John Paul rode seated, rather than standing, on the moving platform he has used since 1999 to avoid having to walk the entire length of the world's largest church in the entrance procession. The Eucharist, which Jesus left to his disciples and to believers for all time, encompasses "the culminating moment of his earthly existence, the moment of his sacrificial offering to the Father out of lov e for humanity," the pope said in his homily. In both the encyclical and the homily, the pope said receiving the sacrament of Christ's love brings with it the obligation to love others. "In the simplicity of the eucharistic symbols — the bread and wine shared — the table of the Lord is revealed also as a table and in apostolic succession," the pope wrote. Pope John Paul reaffirmed church teaching that those who have committed a serious sin must go to confession before receiving Communion, but he also said people who are indifferent to the suffering of the poor are not worthy to partake of the sacrament. In a chapter on the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Eucharist, Pope John Paul described Jesus' mother as "the first tabernacle in history," the vessel "in which the Son of God, still invisible to our human gaze, allowed himself to be adored by Elizabeth" as the pregnant Mary visited her cousin. Mary 's "yes " to the Incarnation apd believers' "Amen" to receiving Christ in the Eucharist are analogous, he said. The Gospels do not mention Mary as being witii the disciples at the Last Supper, he said, but "Mary must have been present at the eucharistic celebrations of the first generation of Christians." ""For Mary, receiving the Eucharist must have somehow meant welcoming once more into her womb that heart which had beat in unison with hers and reliving what she had experienced at the foot of the cross," the pope wrote. The pope said he issued the letter, his 14th encyclical, in the 25th year of his papacy as a sign of his gratitude and with the desire to share his faith in the sacrament. The letter, "Ecclesia de Eucharistia," on the Eucharist and its relationship to the church, was published April 17, Holy Thursday; the pope signed a copy of the encyclical during the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper. Pope John Paul said he had asked the Vatican offices responsible for sacraments and for doctrine "to prepare a more specific document, including prescriptions of a juridical nature," on the obligation to follow church rules for the celebration of Mass and adoration of the Eucharist. A publication date for the second document was not announced.

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From top, left to right: Canterbury Cathedral, southeast of London, has long been a pilgrimage destination. Pilgrims at Lambeth Palace, London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. John Battle, Member of Parliament and Prime Minister Blair 's Envoy to the Interfaith Community, meets with Bishop Swing, Archbishop Levada and Greek Orthodox Bishop Antimos. Pilgrims visit St. Martin 's Church in Canterbury, considered the oldest church in England and the place where St. Augustine baptized King Ethelbert. Altar of the Sword's Point marks the site in Canterbury Cathedral where four knights of King Henry II murdered St. Thomas Becket in 1170. View of Parliament and Thames River from the London Eye.

From top, left to right: Archbishop Levada leads pilgrims into Piazza Navona in Rome. St. Peter's Basilica and Square. Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, Lou Healy, Archbishop Levada, Mary Swing and George Marcus see sights of Rome. In the Clementine Room at the Vatican, Metropolitan Anthony, Archbishop Levada and Bishop Swing hold the icon they would present to the Holy Father. The icon pictures the patron Saints Peter, Andrew, Augustine and Francis of Assisi with Christ. After a Mass at the crypt of St. Francis , pilgrims make their way through the streets of Assisi to the Church of St. Claire. At a reception at the North American College, former seminary classmates ^_ Cardinal Francis Arinze and Bishop Wang exchange memories spanning 40 years. In a group picture, members of the Ecumenical Pil grimage gather on the roof of the North American College. From left standing are Siegfried Richert of Peck Judah Travel, Maury Healy, Lou I Healy, Bishop Swing, Metropolitan Anthony, George Marcus, Bishop Antimos, Monsignor Thomas Merson, Archimandrite Cyril Loeb; sitting from left are Bishop Wang, Mary, Swing, I Reverend Beth Hanson , Archbishop Levada, Canon Michael Hansen, Father Gerry O'Rourke. Preparing to enter the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi are George Marcus, Bishop Swing, I Bishop Antimos, Conventual Franciscan Allen Ramirez and Father Gerry O'Rourke.

hCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Castro resumes rep ression Fidel Castro is no match for Saddam Hussein as a tyrant. Not since the 1962 missile crisis has the Cuban president dabbled in weapons of mass destruction, and he prefers long prison terms to mass executions as a way of holding on to power. But 44 years after he "liberated" the Cuban people from an old-style dictatorship, the 76-year-old president continues to rule with an iron hand in a style strikingly similar to diat of his predecessors. While Cuba 's communist government has trouble keep ing the electricity running, it is quite efficient in dealing with people who dare to raise I questions about the nation 's poverty and repression. Last month, Castro once again showed his distaste for dissent when his police swooped down on the leaders of a peaceful reform movement. Seventy five reformers were arrested and quickly put on trial. The results were like those of the Stalinist political purges in the Soviet Union 70 years ago. The trials took one day and, as is the habit in dictatorships, not a single of Castro's critics was found not guilty. All were sentenced to prison for terms ranging from six years to 28 years. Their crimes? Running free libraries, an independent news service and an independent financial association and promoting other ways of opening up Cuba ' s closed society and improving life for its people. In a separate incident last month, three men were captured after trying I to hijack a ferry and take it to the United States. They were promptly exe1 cuted by firing squad. Castro, as usual, blamed the United States for his newest wave of ' repression. Everyone - from librarians to hijackers - was part of a vast | American conspiracy against his government. Pope John Paul II has criticized both the executions of the hijackers ÂŚ and the long sentences dealt out to nonviolent reformers. A letter to \ Castro written in the pope's name by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican j secretary of state, said the pope wanted to express his "deep sadness " at \ the crackdown and asked for "clemency toward those convicted. " The Vatican sent the letter to Castro on April 13 but only went public * with it two weeks later, after receiving no response. Pope John Paul has j grown accustomed to this sort of behavior by Castro . On his 1998 visit to j Cuba, the pope appealed to the Cuban president to allow religious freeI dom and respect human rights. That time, Castro did respond - with a j token gesture. Shortly after the papal visit, he freed more than 200 pris\ oners but little has changed in Cuba since then, and now the prisons are j once again filling with people whose only crime is to dream of freedom. The pope is not alone in criticizing this latest round of repression. Critics | include Amnesty International, the U.S. and Canadian governments, the i human rights commission of the Organization of American States and the bish| ops of the United States. Protesters have even taken to the streets in Europe to 1 express their outrage. The U.S. bishops described Castro's victims as human j rights activists, independent journalists, poets and labor leaders, and they asked |the Cuban government to "release these nonviolent dissident prisoners." This time not even Latin American leftists who have long supported \ Castro are accepting his claims that he is defending Cuba from American | subversion. One of them, Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, accused | Castro of needing "his American enemy to justify his own failings. " As a Mexican, I wish for my country neither the dictates of 1 Washington on foreign policy, nor the Cuban example of a suffocating | dictatorship," Fuentes wrote in a letter pu blished in Mexico City 's | Reforma newspaper. Castro has not suffocated the Catholic Church but he has given it little breathing room. This is how the Catholic News Service recently 1 I described the situation: "The church is tolerated by the state, but kept on the margins of society and hindered from growing. It can get state permission to repair churches but not j I to build new ones. It is allowed to import books but cannot print its own. It j can teach religion in its churches but cannot operate Catholic schools." The Cuban government allows the Church freedom in some areas, those in which it can profit. For example, Caritas, the bishops ' social ! | action agency, runs soup kitchens, provides health care for the ill and j relief for victims of natural disasters - all of this illegally but with the j unspoken permission of the government. Castro has given the Church a few freedoms here and there but he limits the number of priests to about 300 in a traditionally Catholic nation of | 11 million people . "We have to become a missionary church in our own j \ country," Bishop Dionisio Garcia Ibanez told CNS. "We have to go where 1 the people are." That is what the Church is doing and - if history is a guide and if I Scripture is to be believed - it will be doing it long after Cuba's political I prisons are emptied and Fidel Castro is only an unhappy memory. - PJ

Moss expectation

1 have previously commented on the myriad customs and movements practiced by parishes in the United States in the celebration of the Liturgy. The failure of bishops to set forth a uniform teaching as to how we are to act at Mass is very disturbing. I recently read the back issues of Catholic San Francisco and was drawn to the excellent columns on liturgical requirements by Sister Sharon McMillan , S.N.D. Sister mentions the importance of what the Church teaches and what the Church understands to be the nature of our prayer together. She concludes , "All this is really not a matter of personal preference." Three Cheers ! But what does the Church teach? Sister references the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Would Catholic San Francisco publish this so that we, and some of our more wild eyed priests and laity, can see exactly what is expected and not expected of us during attendance at Mass? LP. Sicotte, Jr. San Francisco

A strong witness

abortion. Over the past decades we have become increasingly accepting of an antilife mentality and it may be almost a logical consequence to extend such an approach in our war against Iraq when it seems we almost deny in our news that any of the enemy are being killed. Have the enemy been dehumanized like the unborn?. Joe Trevors Hercules

Evil defeated

Evil had triumphed: Mass murders with chemical weapons, prisons for children, torture chambers and rape rooms. A brutal regime living in marble palaces terrorized citizens. Yet, good men and women - academics, diplomats, celebrities and religious leaders opposed military intervention. Holy Week offers time to ask why good people chose to ignore a timeless truth, that evil will always triumph, until it is opposed. Passover recalls that God intervened to help the Israelites escape slavery, and Good Friday tells of a bystander who intervened to help a tortured man carry a heavy cross. Why did good people oppose confronting evil? Surely it was not their concern for the financial interests of the French and Germans, or the juvenile rants of "no blood for oil." Perhaps it was because evil is not an easy subject for people to oppose - like global warming, or drilling in Alaska. Thankfully, one good man did care. At Holy Week 2003, evil was defeated. Mike DeNunzio San Francisco

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I am very thankful for the witness Pope John Paul II is giving to the world and to the Church in reference to the United States and Iraq. I think he is greater now than ever especially remembering the word s of St. Paul, "When I am weak, I am strong." The Pope in his weakness, feebleness , frailty, and advanced age seems to me to be more powerful than he ever was to be a witness of God's power within himself to the world. When he warned the United States to be careful regarding the invasion of Iraq, the Pope was not kidding. I believe that part of his emphatic discouragement of war was to offer protection to the minority Christian communities in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq. He is working to protect the Christians from an anti-Christian backlash from Muslims who may perceive the U.S. war as a Christian war. He may have saved many hves by distancing the Catholic Church from United States war policy? I appreciate the witness your publication has given about the war by pubnshing all different opinions and always seeking a Christian perspective. It struck me recently how interrelated are so many events you have been covering. Your recent articles on the growth of antiCatholicism in the United States since 9/11 have described how many attacks against the Church have occurred on television in comedies, dramas and in the news. The other anti-Catholic crusade or witch hunt against the Church has been intensified in the United States in prosecuting the Church regarding the priest scandals. In California Governor Davis changes the rules as he goes along to give attorneys maximum opportunities to sue the Church for all they can get. I perceive a disturbing direction our beloved United States is taking in embracing "war making mentality." I see our war upon Iraq as an extension of our policy on

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The gijit of the Sisters

I enjoyed the recent articles on nuns in Catholic San Francisco. Nuns rarely make news, unless a nun jumps over a conven t wall. Their lives and the many good things that they do for society are rarel y acknowledged. There are always persons who enjoy relating unhappy stories of school life under some ill-tempered nun. The nuns , however, instead of being upset, endure these wagging and sometimes malicious accusations with patience and amuse-

ment. We should be grateful to these generous souls, many who have come from homes where they had everything they needed, and most were well educated and could have achieved much in the commercial world. They gave up much and risked their lives and go through much discomfort to hel p others to survive and to improve themselves. I have lived in a third-world Muslim country and I have seen and spoken to the nuns engaged in teaching, caring for the aged, nursing the sick and showing love and compassion to all. They were held in great esteem by the Muslim people where they worked and lived. 1 know of parents who were reluctant to send their girls for any higher education, unless they were sure they would be well looked after culturall y and morally. When they knew that nuns were prepared to look after these girls, they were comfortable. There was always a great demand to get children into schools run b y nuns. Many of these girls, mainly Muslims, were trained by the nuns and are today professors, lady judges, engineers and scientists. Many can recite our Catholic prayers and sing our Catholic hymns. The nuns have unselfishly used their talents to serve others and have never tried to proselytize. A Muslim Judge friend of mine once asked me, as to how these nuns were able to give up so much to improve the hves of others and for some to come from thousand of miles (referring to America) to do works of mercy? I made him pose the question to a sister. She told him - Nun s follow the saying - While there is life there is hope; while there is charity there is love; while there is magnanimity there is a pledge for the future - and their work has always been to help and to make sacrifices that others may survive and have a better life. Lenny Barretto Daly City

Spirituality

Rainbow and cross: Beauty of light and morality In the Hebrew Scriptures we are presented with the rainbow as a sign of the resurrection and of God's unconditional love for us. What a beautiful , wonderful , apt symbol! A rainbow bends light so as to refract it and show what it looks like on the inside, its colors, its mystery, its spectacular beauty. Light has a beautiful inside that we can 't always see. God is light! Scripture tells us that. That's more than metaphor. God is the author of all that is, physical and spiritual. In a rainbow we get to see, physically see, something of God. Small wonder a rainbow can take your breath away. Of course God isn 't physical, but God is the ground of all being, the physical no less than the spiritual , and in the refraction of light we get to see something of the beauty of God. We speak of God as love, but God is also beauty and thu s many things , the rainbow being one of them, the human body being another, physically refrac t that beauty and show us what that beauty can look like in living color. But the beauty of God isn ' t just physical, though it is that. The beauty of God is refracted and seen , too, in the moral realm. The Gospels tell us that at the precise moment Jesus died on the cross, "the veil in the temp le was torn from top to bottom." Scholars argue among themselves as to exactly all that it means; for example, the displeasure of God in abandoning the temple, the opening of a once-closed sacred place to the Gentiles, and the parallel to the hi gh priest tearing his robe at Jesus ' trial . It's a rich expression. Whatever else it means, it also means this: The veil in the temple separated the people from the inner sanctuary and prevented them from seeing what went on in the holy

of holies. When it is stripped away we get a clear view of the holy of holies. Thus, the Gospels tell us that , in the crucifixion , when we look at Jesus ' death on the cross, we get a clear look into the inside of the hol y of holies , namely, an unobstructed look into the inside of God. Thus the cross does what a rainbow does, only in a different sphere. The cross refracts the moral realm , bends it and breaks it down so that too, partl y, we can see how it is made up. In a rainbow, we see beneath the surface and we see the spectacular colors that make up lig ht. In the cross, too, we see beneath the surface and see the spectacular love, forg iveness , empathy, and selflessness that make up the inside of the moral realm. We don 't often connect these two, the rainbow and the cross. But our Scriptures do and it's something we should do, too. The physical beauty of refracted light and the moral beauty of the cross of Jesus both show us God in living color. Too often in our practical spirituality we make no connection between the two. But both speak of the same reality and we are healthier when we see that. There should be no divorce between aesthetics and spirituality, beauty and morality, physical light and the cross. Both a sunset and Calvary, a rainbow and Gethsemane, the face of a movie star and the morality of Mother Teresa reveal aspects of the same reality and bear the signature of the same author. Both bend the light and show us something of the divine. Morality is an aspect of a genuine aesthetics, just as aesthetics is an integral part of a genuine morality. The rainbow and the cross should never be separated.

Tragically, though, we do separate them. We want to be saints but we disdain beauty ; we want to be artists but we disdain morality; we want to be theologians and spiritual directors but we focus on the cross and not on beauty; or we want to be theologians and doctors of the soul but we focus on beauty and not on the cross. Mostly we pick one or the other — the rainbow or the cross. God is light and God is love. Too often we take those two affirmations for granted without connecting them. The rainbow and die cross show us something of what's beneath those realities, light and love. When they are refracted, beamed through g particular prism, we get to see them on the inside and get to see their inner color and spectacular beauty.

Father Ron Rolheiser

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theolog ian, teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as general councilor for Canada f o r the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Father Rolheiser can be contacted at info @ ronrolheiser.com

Family Lif e

A family at Easter: j oy, pure and simple On the Saturday before Easter, I put out three dozen hard-boiled eggs and multiple cups of food coloring, as I have done for the past 10 years. My two daughters came to the kitchen table eager to make our customary Easter eggs, but where were their older brothers? "This is what I don ' t like about growing up, " my nineyear-old daughter sighed. "The boys don't want to color eggs anymore because they 're teenagers now." "Maybe so," I said. "But don 't let that stop you from having fun." She shrugged and began dipping eggs, along with her seven-year-old sister. And moments later, she was so intensely interested in her own work, th at the absence of her brothers no longer seemed to bother her. "Look, Mommy, I'm making half of this egg blue and the other half yellow!" - "That 's pretty," I said. "Do you think my egg is pretty, too?" asked her sevenyear-old sister. "Yes, it's lovely."

As the girls continued on their eggs, I began preparing some of the special foods we would enjoy on Easter Sunday. The three of us gals were working at our various tasks in comparative silence, when my husband entered the kitchen. "Are there enough eggs for me to make one?" he asked. "Oh, yes, Daddy, there are lots of eggs!" Then he sat down, pulled out the plain wax crayon, and began making wax-resist designs on an egg. To the surprise of us all, for he is not what you would call an artsy-craftsy kind of guy, his eggs turned out to be the most beautiful. Eventually, my two sons came in. Perhaps they were hungry and looking for a snack. Nevertheless, without anyone pressing them, they, too, sat down and joined in the common effort. Then our family was all together: Husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters. And it was joy, pure and simple. I often hear people lament that their families are being pulled in many directions. With work and school and Scouts and sports teams and the rest, it is easy for us to get so busy that we feel like ships passing in the night, barely

seeing one another from one day to the next. But what does it reall y take to bring everyone together? Much less than we often think, as little as some eggs, and some dye, and a kitchen table. Of course, it would not be entirely truthful to leave it at that . For had God not become a man , died for our sins, and rose again to give us new life, we would have nothing much to celebrate and no reason for Easter eggs.

Vivian W. Dudro

Vivian W. Dudro is a parishioner at St. Mary 's Cathedral and the mother of four children, ages 7 to 15.

The CatholicDifference

Force of law, law of force - not mutually exclusive The juxtaposition of "the force of law and the law of force ," a trope that got established in the Catholic conversation months before armed force was used to enforce disarmament in Iraq, will likely be a prominent feature of the post-war Catholic debate . Such rhetorical devices are attrac tive because they seem to encapsulate the Great Divides in human affairs. The "force of law/law of force " juxtaposition neatly divides the worl d into two camps. Those who wish to settle conflicts through dip lomacy, political compromise, and the mechanisms of international law live on one side of this Great Divide; those who believe in using armed force are on the other . Given that dichotomy, the moral choice seems clear: the first camp. The problem, which involves both content and context, is that the world doesn't work the way the hope suggests. Of course, legal, political , and dip lomatic means of resolving conflict are morally (and politically) preferable to armed force. But what if these non-military means can 't cope with a threat that cannot be ignored (Gennan and Japanese ambitions in the 1930s; ethnic-cleaning in Bosnia; disarmament in Iraq)? Can't proportionate and discriminate armed force contribute to the rule of law in international affairs , by demonstrating that lawbreakers will pay for their aggression and will not be permitted to destroy the minimum conditions of order in international

public life? Is the relationship between international law and armed force a zero-sum game, such that every use of armed force necessarily entails a loss for the "force of law"? In classic Catholic thought, armed force is not intrinsically suspect, morally speaking. Classic Catholic thinking about world politics understands that armed force can be used for good or evil, depending on who's using it, why, to what purposes, and how. Armed force is one instrument among the many available to prudent statecraft. Other instruments should be tried first. But the use of armed force under certain specific circumstances — defined by the just war tradition—can serve the rule of law, not wreck it. Imagine a world that had evolved politically (and culturally, which is to say, morally) far beyond our present circumstances. Imagine a world in which there really were effective legal and political institutions and instruments for resolving conflicts between nations — the world sketched by Blessed John XXJJJ in "Pacem in Term" Even in that world, the option of armed force would have to remain open. Why? Because the rule of law is not self-vindicating. Human nature being what it is, somebody is going to break the rules, and sometimes ,do so in ways drat cannot be handled through diplomacy. Even in a world governed by the "force of law," the sanction of proportionate and discriminate armed force must be available, precisely to vindicate the rale of law.

The slow, steady creation of a world governed o P by the "force of law" must | be an exercise in moral realism — in idealism without Ig illusions — if humanity is ui to avoid catastrophe along o the rocky road from the ways things are to the ways things ought to be. Asserting that today 's instruments of international law can resolve every imaginable conflict will not make it so. When today 's international legal and political institutions refuse to do their duty, the duty to repel aggression and defend basic human rights will fall on "the willing." Their use of armed force, as a last resort, can help sustain the rule of law. That must not be doubted — especiall y b y those serious about the rale of law i

George Weigel

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

Daughters of Charity arrive

Throug h toils and dangers 'Chari ty of Jesus Christ crucified comp els us '

b y Sister Margaret Ann Gainey, DC Two events paved the way for the Daughters of Charity coming to San Francisco. In 1850, a devastating cholera epidemic decimated the city leaving many children orphans with no one to care for them. In the same year, Dominican Father Josep h S. Alemany, was appointed the first American bishop of California and he needed Sisters for his new diocese. He requested that the Daughters of Charity of Emmitsburg, Maryland, come to San Francisco; the Sisters responded that they would not go immediately but in the near future. In the meantime , many orphaned children in San Francisco were Catholics and this motivated a group of Catholic gentlemen to find ways to provide for their care. Since the gentlemen knew the Sisters from Emmitsburg were coming to San Francisco, they began planning for an orphanage and school. Three of the gentlemen donated a lot on Market Street (opposite Montgomery) and almost immediately a small wooden building, the "old brown house," was constructed there. In 1852, Bishop Joseph Alemany again requested that the Sisters from Emmitsburg come to his new diocese. His request was granted. Seven Sisters were missioned to San Francisco: Sisters Frances McEnnis, Fidelis Buckley, Sebastian Doyle, Honorine Goodman , Ignatia Green, Corsina McKay and Bernice Williams.

The crossing on muleback was the most difficult and dangerous part of the journe y. The distance was only some twenty miles, but the trail was treacherous, through mountains and jung le. Since the Sisters made the crossing during the rainy season in the month of July, their traveling conditions were even more difficult and dangerous. Crossing at the same time were Captain Gran t and other soldiers. The roads from Cmcis to the half way house were miserable; impossible to describe them; in some p laces were deep holes worn in the rocks by the mules f' eet; in other p laces there were descents from f ive to six feet. We feared that the mules would break their limbs and stumble eveiy moment. Other p laces had immense rocks thrown confusedly in a narrow pass, here the poor animal would stop, as if to consider, and then proceed, stumbling and regaining his footing. During the last part of the journey on muleback, Sister

Early Years in San Francisco

The Journey

The Daughters of Charity 's early orphanage. Honorine became ill and was assisted by an officer (Captain Grant) and soldiers. By the time the travelers reached Panama City, her condition had worsened. She died on July 21st. Sister Ignatia became ill and died two days later. Both had contracted cholera that was rampant on the Isthmus. The surviving Sisters mourned the loss of their two companions. . . . poor Sister Honorine and mule gave out. . . . An officer and some of the U.S. Soldiers accompanied her to Panama. They were very kind to her on the way, assisted her when vomiting, and administered doses of camphor. When she reached Panama , she was quite exhausted. . . .

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On July 6th, these seven Sisters left New York aboard the steamer "Ohio" and sailed to Panama. Nearly 700 American soldiers also traveled aboard the steamer; among them was a young officer , Captain Sam Grant, who would gam fame as Civil War hero and

The travelers were not able to S. Grant. board the steamer After a few days thousands of UlUeS f rom for San Francisco as J J at sea, the wife of planned. Due to the one of the soldiers cholera epidemic , t} mt ay e nmr d died. She left a one- ^ they had to remain , year old daughter, j „ . . two weeks in tr^ We Nellie, whom the dear to M$, w^ Panama City. During soldier-father asked this time, the survivr i r the Sisters to take Cire UO f arther J VOm ing Sisters were all to the new orphanill as were the solage in san Heaven on the bleak diers. Many people Francisco. The died during this epiSisters assumed the shores of the Pacific demic of cholera . ' care of his child, Finally, the their first nrnban Sisters left Panama 4 On July 16th the Sisters arrived at Aspinwall in Panama. City, leaving behind their They then crossed the Isthmus by rail, boat and muleback two companions in their Daughter of and stayed at local hotels along the way. They made friends final resting places. They with some of the other passengers on the "Ohio" and trav- boarded the Golden Gate steamer and sailed to San eled with them across the Isthmus. Francisco. The Sisters were aboard this steamer for two We went to the Hotel and were told a comfortable room weeks in accommodations that were quite uncomfortable. would soon be ready for us, so after many hours we at last In going to bed we perceived we had been stowed away saw this expected apartment. The floor was wet as the in the hold in two small rooms near the wheels, which attendants had drenched it with water and left it unwiped. threw the water into the port holes, so that we were obliged Seven small cots, no pillows, bed or bed clothes.... to keep them closed nearly the whole time and suffer from

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The carriage brought the Sisters to their new home , the "old brown house " at Market and Montgomery Streets in Happy t? Valley. The Sisters had lived in the more established cities of the east , Boston , u Philadel phia , Baltimore , and were now g 6 about to experience life in a frontier city. o, After much riding up and down, and Z o round sand hills that seemed interminable, co the driver halted before a destitute looking Ml X shanty, and Mr. Kelley said, "Sister H u. Frances, I think this is the p lace. ". . . The O CO UJ Sisters were alighting even without an inviI tation, but Siste r Frances was as if paralyzed , and remained seated. . . . < We hastened to get into the house, and O there the picture of desolation was com£ pleted; not a chair was to be seen. . . . A large barrel of wine stood in the middle of the floor, and a few cans of preserved fruit were scattered here and there. Upstairs , there were seven cots, with thin straw mattresses, and little p illows of goats ' hair, without sheets or blankets, or any to be had. . . . Father Mag innis ' kind and fatherly care cannot be f o rgotten. . . . He took the blanke t from his own bed and gave it to us, and the meal which had been prepared f o r himself, he sent it to us. . . . Once in our new home, we are trying to console one another. . . . Thoughso many thousands of miles from all that are near and dear to us, we trust we are no further f r o m Heaven on the bleak shores of the Pacific.... The orphanage began as soon as the Sisters arrived in San Francisco as they had alread y assumed the care of Nellie on board the o Q "Ohio. " Two weeks A ' Li) later , the first \ orphan from San 5 Francisco was < -j received. Soon ¦ many other mother-U a less children joined eEO them. Then , six 53 weeks after the >co the I orphanage, girls ' school began . VI Living and working conditions Charity writes home were cramped within the walls of the "old brown house ' as it was a church on Sundays , a school on weekdays and an orphanage with dormitories at night. St. Patrick' s Church and the boys ' school were already housed within these walls when the orphanage and girls ' school moved there.

The Pioneer Sisters

The story of the Daughters of Charity in San Francisco began when these seven Sisters journeyed from Emmitsburg to San Francisco in 1852. They traveled by stage from Emmitsburg to New York and from there by steamer to Panama, where they crossed the Isthmus by rail, boat and muleback. Two Sisters contracted cholera and died on the Isthmus. The five surviving Sisters journeyed on by steamer and arrived in San Francisco where they founded an orphanage and school. The Sisters left a journal and memoirs of their journey as well as a history and memoirs of their early years. In addition , Sister Frances McEnnis corresponded regularly with Emmitsburg over a twenty-year period and many of her letters have survived. From these sources we know the story of the Sisters ' journey and early years in San Francisco. It is a story filled with adventure, struggles and service. (Excerpts from these writings are in italics).

the closeness of the rooms in a tropical climate; we were very soon almost prostrate. There could not be f ound in the vessel two more uncomfortable r o o m s . . . . During the early morning hours of August 18th, the Sisters arrived in San Francisco but did not disembark until earl y evening. There was no one there to greet them, but fortunately, Sister Frances met an old friend whom she had known in St. Louis, and he procured a carriage for them. Our last long and dreary night is over. At two o 'clock in the morning we were aroused by cries of "San Francisco in sight! " It would be hard to describe our joy at the hearing of such welcome news, and our anxiety to set foot on the sandy shore of the f a r famed "Golden Region. " It was four o 'clock P.M. when we left the steamer. . . . Shortly after we were let down in small boats, and rowed to shore, where we were the gaze and laughing stock of a crowd of men, who had never seen a cornette, and not even a female f o r many a long day. We were obliged to endure this humiliation till Mr. [Eugene] Kelly succeeded in procuring carriages to take us to our future home. But oh! what a home for the poor, sick and tired Pioneers.

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This is a strange p lace, a real bad p lace, immorality seems furnishings thereof, twenty thousand dollars [was spent to be the favo rite virtue here. God pity us, we need prayers and] in a few years this debt was entirely liquidated. . . . ÂŚ and good fervent ones, for we see nothing good in this mis- Over the Years Continued from page 14 erable p lace. . . . Over the years, the original orphanage had three differThe cramped conditions at the "old brown house" ent locations and four different names. It merged with St. . . . the f i rst little one was received, Annie, two years old. . . . Another little one, Susan, for whom we were to supp ly were somewhat relieved after the first two years when Elizabeth Infant Hospital in 1977 and today is known as the parents ' place.... Scarcely a week passed in which we the church moved to its new building. Now, only the Mount St. Joseph-St. orp hanage and school were housed did not receive an addition to our youthful band.... Elizabeth on Masonic . . . we opened school about the first Monday in October, within these walls , and then a few Avenue. months later condisix weeks after Likewise, the origitions were further our coming. Fifty nal school had five improved when a new girls, or therelocations and different orphanage and school abouts, presented names. It merged with building went up. themselves, but Sacred Heart High Henceforth, we had the number augSchool in 1987 and is at our disposal the mented each day. known today as large room formerly . . The classSacred Heart used for service. . . . rooms served as Cathedral Preparatory Still our accommodadormitories duron Ellis Street. tions were not suffiing the night; Daughters | The cient On presenting every morning < have served the u to the Archbishop the the beds etc. were Archdiocese in many p lan of a building we taken away and o capacities over their he contemp lated , as duly Z 151-year history in exclaimed against its rearranged at San Francisco, but size and inquired where evening twilig ht. perhaps are best was the money to come Some of our largknown for their servu_ from. We rep lied , "God er pupils have O ice at Mary 's Help C3 8 is good. " "Well, " said been known to Hospital , which is the Archbishop, "with hurry off from g now Seton Medical such security proceed. " their own homes o < Center in Daly City. . The sum expended to help Sister c This essay covers just <| forty-five thousand dolFrances tie the a small portion of the a. lars. . . was in a few little dnes ' shoes. dedicated service the m years all refunded to Sister Frances McEnnis Dau ghters have prothe parties who had so The early vided for the generously come to our aid by means of Archdiocese . Throughout their history they weeks, months , m have richly X loans, . . . even years were lived up to their motto, "The Charity of Jesus Christ cruciThe orphans, boarders and day schol- fied compels us." difficult times for ars were all housed in the same building the Sisters. and when the numbers increased, condi- Sister Margaret Ann Gainey, D.C. is the archivist for Living on the One of the sisters carries little Nellie. the Daughters of Charity. This is one in a year-long tions again became cramped. A new American fronschoolhouse was needed and was finally built in 1859 on series of articles marking the 150th anniversary of tier was a challenge for them. Sr. Frances wrote: Jessie Street just in back of the orphanage. I had not the heart to . . . / did not write before, in fact, the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Jeffrey Burns, When completed the [school] building was blessed by write to anyone, our prospects were so bad. I was truly disarchdiocesan archivist and author of a history of the appointed and not only myself, but everyone is so when the Archbishop and p laced under the patronage of [St. Archdiocese is coordinating the series. they come here, it is so different from what we expect. . . . Vincent]. . . . In the erection of the schoolhouse, and the

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Contemporary Daughters of Charity By Evelyn Zappia Today, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul continue their mission of serving the sick, the poor, and the under-served through health care, education, and outreach programs from the smallest baby to the elderly, More than a century ago, the Daughters began serving the Archdiocese with quality health care that began with a small city hospital (Mary's Help) to a major medical center (Seton Medical Center). Perhaps tie thousands provided health care by the Sisters make this the most visible and best known of their ministries. At the top of Sullivan Avenue in Daly City stands Seton Medical Center. The hospital sponsored by the Daughters has more than 600 physicians offering their services. The accredited 357-bed facility in Daly City provides a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and specialty programs. About 26 miles from Seton Medical Center is the seaside hospital, Seton Medical Center Coastside. The Half Moon Bay facility focuses on the health care needs of the disadvantaged population of the coastal farming community. The medical facility specializes in a variety of outreach programs through local health care clinics. The Daughters came to San Francisco in 1852 to establish and operate a school for orphaned children. The Sisters continue their ministry to children by reaching out to young mothers and expectant mothers at San Francisco's Mount St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth. The facility promotes programs to prevent abandonment of babies. At the Masonic Avenue site in San Francisco, there are approximatel y 20 teen residents, 20 women residents, and 25 individuals attending the day sessions, according to Daughter of Charity Sister Estela Morales. For the past 12 years, Sister Estela has witnessed "women putting their lives together, creating better relationships with their children , and children developing healthy attitudes. " "Many of our clients come from low-income families, homeless, and teens living in dysfunctional families, Many of the teens and women have been abused and have turned to drags as a solution," Sister Estela said. "It's aD about helping them build their skills for independent living." The programs at Mt. St, Joseph-St. Elizabeth provide

services focusing on positive parenting. The challenge comes when the teens are ready to move on, according to Sister Estela. "It is very hard to find affordable housing that is clean and healthy in the San Francisco area, a lot of people are living in substandard housing," Sister said. The Alexis Apartments of San Francisco's St. Patrick Parish is an oasis for 240 senior residents living on fixed incomes. It is named in honor of Daughters of Charity Sister Mary Alexis who spent the majority of her 98 years teaching at St. Patrick's Parish School. In 1972, construction began on the Alexis Apartments at the request of then pastor Msgr. Clement McKenna who believed the elderly and disabled should have a modern, clean place where they could live in safety and dignity. Sister Agnes has been social director of the Alexis Apartments for 18 years. "It is not a job, it is a presence," she said. "It's been a fulfilling presence, a link in a long chain connected to St. Patrick's Parish." Sister Agnes does not want to be anywhere else. "I' ve learned how to live, and how to grow old, and I feel their joys, and I feel their pain." "The Alexis Apartments is ideal for the elderly on fixed incomes," she added, "It is clean and safe. The only drawback is the six-year waiting list." "Education is the way out of poverty," said Sister Margaret Ann Gainey, who is quite proud of De Marillac Middle School located in the Tenderloin, sponsored by the Daughters and the De La Salle Christian Brothers . Originall y, the De Marillac Middle School was presented as "a boys-only school," by a group of businessmen, according to Sister Joan Gibson who attende d the first session to discuss the new school project . "Would the daughters be interested," was one of the first questions asked of Sister Joan. The former principal of the all-girl Cathedral High School responded , "Count the Daughters out. " The co-educational De Marillac Middle School opened in September 2001. Currently there are 22 sixth grade students , and 18 seventh grade students. The middle school, adjacent to St. Boniface Church is committed to serving low-income families , and is essentially tuition-free supported by the Sisters and Brothers, with some families asked to pay a $30.00 - $75.00

monthly activity fee, if they can. "The families are most faithful to paying the activity fee," said Sister Joan. "The students can expect a wonderful education ," Sister Joan said, "with Vincentian spirituality and the Mission of the Daughters who look forward to some great work among the chosen people - the poor." In June of 1964, St. Patrick's Grammar School was closed because of a huge redevelopment project, according to Sister Joan. At the request of Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken, the Daughters were asked to open a new school for the low-income families affected by St. Patrick's closing. Only three months later, the Sisters opened Our Lady of Visitacion Elementary, and began what was considered a unique school in those days, with a multicultural student body. The multicultural school continues today with five Daughters of Charity on the staff. "It's exactl y where the Sisters want to be, assisting and educating the children of low-income families," said Sister Joan. The dual religious charism of the Daughters of Charity and the Christian Brothers became a strong guiding force for the students of Sacred Heart High School and Cathedral High School when the -schools merged in 1987. "The whole faculty is really alive with the mission, and the focus on ihe poor and under-served is a continual living out of the mission of our founders through the students ," said Sister Joan. The school' s Lasallian Youth group of more than 200 volunteer students participating in community service projects is a testimony to the school' s mission statement; "Within a nurturing and disciplined environment, we prepare our students to become service-oriented individuals with a commitment to living the Gospel." "The Vincentian/Lasallian service is the hallmark of the merger," said Sister Joan. "The principal role for the Daughters of Charity is the same from the beginning, always trying to identif y whatever the needs are," Sister added. "When the Sisters began,it was before Lincoln was in the White House," said Sister Margaret Ann . "Sometimes, when I take a moment to reflect, I look up and say 'same sky, same Sisters.'"

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Food & Fun IW.-jy 2 , 3, 4: Shamrocks and Shenanigans, the 2003 St. Gregory Parish Festival , featuring over 20 game and activity booths , a silent auction, entertainment , exciting rides, great food and drinks and more! Fit 6 -10 pm; Sat. 1 -10 p.m.; Sun. 1 - 7 p.m. 270 1 Hacienda St. between 27th and 28th Ave , San Mateo. Call (650) 573-0111 or www.stgregs-sanmateo.org. May 3: Annual Spring Conference , San Francisco Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women at Our Lady of Ihe Pillar Church in the "beautiful coastline city of Half Moon Bay." Guest speaker is Brian Cahill, Executive Director, Catholic Charities/Catholic Youth Organization with panel presentations featuring Lorraine Moriarty, Executive Director, St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Maleo County and others. $25 ticket includes morning snack , lunch and materials. Begins with Mass at 9:30 a.m. and concludes with 50/50 Drawing at about 3 p.m. Call Hildegarde Thims at (650) 726-4985 or Diana Heafey at (415) 731-6379. May 4: A gathering of the Militia Immaculata at St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St. off Monterey Blvd., SF. Families, singles religious are welcome. Mass at 3 p.m., followed by talk by Brother Louis Schmid and potluck meal. Please bring a dish if staying tor the meal. Contact Nellie at {415) 387-8431 or Nellie@ignatius.com. May 10: The Great Gatsby Garden Party is the theme of this year's Auction Dinner Dance benefiting St. Brendan Elementary School and sponsored by the St. Brendan Mothers ' Club. The gala wiltbohetdin the St. Brendan Parish Cente r, 234 Ulloa St. off Portola, SF, with Silent Auction and Cocktail Reception at 6 p.m.; Dinner and Live Auction at 8 p.m. and Dancing in the Garden from 10 p.m. Tickets at $100 per person are available by calling (415) 731-2665. May 10: Festa Di Italia, an evening benefiting ihe work ot St. Vincent's School for Boys on the sumptuous grounds ol the San Rafael facility beginning at 4 p.m. A "delicious Italian dinner" is the crown to this festive event that also includes lively musical entertainment , silent auction, and a raffle. Tickets at $65 available from Peggy Parenti at (415) 897-8563. Deadline for reservations is April 22. May 11: Mother 's Day Brunch , Best House and Graden benefiting Sisters of the Holy Family at the congregation 's motherhouse , 159 Washington Blvd., Fremont. Seatings at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Tickets $40 adults/$15 youth, under thre e free. Call (510) 624-4581.

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Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. May 4: St. Mary Cathedral Children 's Choir Festival, 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral , Gough and Geary, SF Features the voices of ensembles from the Cathedra l, Montana's Glacier Children's Choir; Golden Gate Boys Choir; and St. Brigid School Choir.

Reunions May 10: St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary, class of 73, at Beach Chalet Brewery, Great Highway, SF at 3 p.m. "It's located just a few blocks from the school," says Charlie Jadallah, who asks that fellow classmates spread the word. Call (650) 628-6848.

Admission free unless otherwise noted. Weekends through May 11: Dominican University presents the Fringe of Marin, a festival of new one-act plays and solo works in the school's Meadowlands Assembly Hall, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. Tickets $10/$8/$3. Call (415) 673-3131 or 457-4440 for times and titles. May 9, 10: Peter Pan at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame. A production of the school Drama

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San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang is guest speaker June 6 at Catholic Marin Breakfast Club. Gathering begins with Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield, with breakfast and presentation following in parish hall. Reservations required to Sugaremv@aol.com or (415) 461-0704 daily. Members $5, others $10. Dues $15 per year.

Meetings/Lectures/ TV-Radio May 5: Thomas Cavanaugh, Ph.D., assoc. prof. Philosophy and Ethics at USF, speaks on A Good Death? Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia at Lydon Hall of St. Hilary Parish, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon at 7 p.m. All welcome. Reception follows. Call (415) 422-1122.

School of Pastoral Leadership For additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or spt@att.net. Pre-registration is necessary tor many programs. Visit the SPL Web site at www.splst.org. May 10: Annual Recognition Ceremony and Mass, 10 a.m., St. Mary 's Cathedral. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Reception follows.

250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 3255614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director. May 3: Motherhood as a Spiritual Journey: Uncovering the Hidden Work of God with Julie Paavola, a mother with a unique perspective on the layperson's call to holiness. May 10: Shifting Seasons: Mothers and Daughters with Suzanne Young, that will explore the blessings and challenges of the healthy mother/ daughter relationship.

Single, Divorced, Separated 3rd Thurs.: Meetings at 7:30 p.m. for New Wings at St. Thomas More Churc h, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, SF. Call (415) 452-9634 or www.stmchurch.com.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco needs your help at its Vincentian Desk at 470 Ellis, SF, one shift per week from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. More than 40 homeless men and women are served each day. Call Sally Rosen at (415) 202-9955. Help a child succeed in school and in life by serving as a tutor for two hours a week at Sacred Heart Elementary School, 735 Fell St., SF. Sessions take place Mon. - Thurs. from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Help welcome in a variety of subjects. Call Mary Potter at (415) 621-8035. St. Joseph's Village, a homeless shelter for families at 10th and Howard St., SF, is looking for dedicated office volunteers to answer phones and greet residents. If you are interested in volunteering, call Dewitt Lacey at (415) 575-4920. San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8"30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonysf.org. SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext. 2422.

California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon IW (handicapped IUI lUll/U ^CU fper, to Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of sons , needs volunThe San Francisco National College Marin meets for support and activiteers including drivers, Fair takes place May 6 from 3 - 8 p.m. ties. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639 for servers, donors, and at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. information. recruiters of those Admission free. Talk with college reprewho might benefit sentatives about financial aid, admisfrom the experience. sion, costs, campus life and degree proCall Jane grams. Schools including UC and Cal Groups meet at the following Cunningham at (415) State; USF, Santa Clara; Villanova and parishes. Please call numbers 585-9085. St. John's expected. Calf Richard shown for more Information. Cooper at (415) 422-2464 or Chris St.Francis St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Krzak at (707) 654-1331. Sponsored by Fraternity, a secular Call Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344National Association for College Franciscan organi6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Admission Counseling. zation, needs volunCall Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 teers to help with or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. their 20 year old traOur Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) dition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol their Tenderloin neighbors. Call (415) 621-3279. Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Datebook is a free listing for parishes, Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novate Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.St. schools and non-profit groups. Please Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. include event name, time, date, p lace, Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen address and an information phone Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia , SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext . 3; Epiphany, SF in number. Listing must reach Catholic Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882. J U l

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Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish , Burlingame. Cali Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young WidowAA/idower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

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

Club. "Journey through Never Never Land with an amazing cast of lost boys, Indians and pirates ," says Michael Miller, club codirector. Tickets $5/$3 students. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 344-7176.

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Franciscan Father Kenan Osborne wins John Courtney Murray theology award Franciscan Father Kenan Osborne, professor emeritus of systematic theology and past president of the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, has been awarded the Catholic Theological Society of America's John Courtney Murray Award for distinguished achievement in theology. "In the th eological world, our theologian is nationally and internationally known for his writings on sacramental theology and ministry," Peter Phan, past president of CTSA and chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University, said in presenting the award to Father Osborne. "His books on sacraments in general, the sacraments of initiation, reconciliation and penance, priesthood, and non-ordained ministry have been widely used as textbooks throughout the country, and one of them has been translated into Spanish and Korean," Dr. Phan said. "His writings are marked by a deep sense of historical development, which allows him to search for alternative

solutions to currently debated issues in the life of the church in a responsible way." Father Osborne, who is also a past president of CTSA, earned his Doctorate in Systematic Theology from LudwigMaxmilians Universitat in Munich , Germany. He is a prolific writer and the author of numerous books and articles. Among his books are; 'The Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism , Confirmation and Eucharist," "Sacramental Theology ; A General Introduction ," "Priesthood; A History of the Ordained Priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church." His most recent book is "Christian Sacraments In A Postmodern World." The Franciscan School of Theology is operated by the Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province. It prepares Franciscan students for priesthood and lay students for ministry in the Catholic Church. FST promotes the Franciscan charism through its 800 year-old educational tradition,

Father Vitale, Israeli lawmaker to receive awards Franciscan Father Louis Vitale, pastor of San Francisco's St. Boniface Parish, and Azmi Bishara, Arab-Israeli lawmaker and member of Israel's Knesset, will be honored by the Global Exchange at its Third Annual International Human Rights Awards Ceremony on May 22. Father Vitale, a co-founder and member of the Pace e Bene Center for nonviolence, received Pax Christi USA's 2001 Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award. He is associated with the Bay Area Organizing Committee

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