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Thank you, Monsignor... When his ordaining bishop said "Thou ait a priest forever" Msgr. John Kenny took him seriously. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish will celebrate 70 years of priesthood with their first and former pastor on June 6 starting with a Mass in his honor at 11 a.m. and a reception in the parish's St. Michael's Hall. The 94-year-old priest, who says "getting ordained" was the biggest day of his life, continues to live at IHM in a unit just above the garage where he keeps the car he still drives. His goal as a pastor was "to stay with the work that had to be done," adding that he has "loved it" at IHM and is "thankful everyday for the wonderful people there." He is one of nine Kenny kids of Kilkenny, Ireland, all but him now with the Lord. Father Edward Phelan, former pastor of St. Raymond Parish, Menlo Park, now serving as a parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth Parish, is Msgr. Kenny's nephew, son of his late sister, Hannie. Msgr. Kenny says he 's been blessed with "fairly good health" except for 13 days in Mills Hospital for ulcers 45 years ago and is grateful for the care he's received from doctor and friend, Jim Buckley, M.D. His years in assigned ministry were served at a time when the Archdiocese was much larger, including Santa Clara County until 1981 and until 1962 what is now the dioceses of Santa Rosa, Stockton and Oakland . He had just finished establishing a parish in 1950 in the East Bay 's Brentwood when he "got a call from the vicar general to come to Belmont." Msgr. Kenny said he never counted up the weddings or funerals he's presided at but says "there have been lots of 'em." The people 's court commissioner... Lifetime St. Gabriel parishioner Bill Gargano, a court commissioner hearing mostly juvenile and family cases, was honored by the Volunteer Auxiliary of the San Francisco Youth Center for "his extraordinary compassion and sensitivity for families in crisis" on March 4 at Fisherman's Wharf. Bill, whose academic journey has included St. Gabe's, Archbishop Riordan, USF and Hastings Law, left private practice in 1979 to accept the Bill Gargano commissioner appointment , a sought-after nod made by judges of the court. You see the worst of human behavior and then you see people trying to make things right," Bill said, trying to describe his years of hearing more man 5,000 cases involving the neglect and abuse of children . Bill said it has been fortifying for him to see so many organizations and agencies interested in the good of youth and that many of the agencies are Catholic Church-based. Bill explained the court commissioner as a "judicial officer" who hears cases without juries and makes rulings which are binding. Bill's award also praised his "skill with the law which has earned him the respect and admiration of his peers and the enduring gratitude of the families who come before his court." Marge Summerville, St. Gabe's development director, said His Honor is "very active in the alumni association " and the school is "very glad he's being honored this way." What a difference an "i" makes...An item here last

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Eugenia Carter with St. Timothy first-graders Kelsey Brownell (left) and Tapu Ahoia Francisco public schools and it was after an eight-year hiatus "when the kids were young" that Gene was urged to pick up the chalk again, this time at St. Tim's. "Our principal , a Carmelite, asked me to volunteer and whoever said "No , Sister'?" Gene laughed from St. Tim's with the sound of her students running to recess in the background. Gene then tutored math and reading as part of the Title I program and was named the school's 1" grade teacher in 1976. "This is a wonderful, wonderful school," the mother of three and grandmother or' two said. Gene continues to be awed by what comes out of her students mouths, saying their candor has helped keep her going. "I had one who said he was late because he had to wait for his mom to shave her legs," Gene said , laughing like it just happened. Gene's ti p for new teachers is "to not get discouraged" because "sticking with it will be well worth it." Gene's retirement means more time with grandsons Patrick and Ryan, more time for reading, and more volunteer hours at the Coyote Point Museum. Gene' s husband, Perry, who taught high school math for 35 years, died four years ago. Daughter Kathleen Harkins, her husband , John, and the grandsons , live in San Ramon. Daughter Janet Gunderson and husband Matthew live in San Mateo where son Perry, a math teacher at Junipero Serra High School, and his wife, Meronig, also make their home. June Jordan, St. Tim 's development director , said Gene "has spent 30 years helping the children of St. Timoth y learn ." A celebration of Gene's three dynamic decades starts with the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Tim's on May 23. A reception follows in the gym. A lesson in learning...St. Paul Elementary School, Noe Valley's newest and best equipped learning site, will be the focus of celebrations on June 6 beginning with the 12:15 p.m. Mass with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding . After Mass, Archbishop Levada will bless the new building and all are invited to a reception in the new school's gym which doubles as a paiish hall. Father Mario Farana , St. Paul pastor, says "all are welcome" especiall y alums. I think the Letters of St. Paul are some the best writing I' ve ever come across, so effective and to the point, much like, I' m sure, the education experience that has been known by the thousands who 've attended St. Paul' s since it opened in 1916.

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week misnamed by one important letter the theme song of the Italian Catholic Federation. The title of the song is "Noi Vogliam Dio" loosely translated as "We Need God" not "Non Vogliam Dio " which loosely translates to the opposite. Hats off again to these great patrons of good. A lesson in giving... For 30 years, Eugenia Carter has been part of the heart of St. Timothy Elementary School in San Mateo. The classroom career of the St. Monica and Presentation Academy alum began in 1955 in San

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Official appointments

Four pa rishes to receive new pas tors; five pri ests retire

Four pastors , four parochial vicars , and a special assignment were announced in official appointments released by the Archdiocese last week. All four pastors ' appointments are to be effective Jul y 1. In addition , two priests of the Archdiocese officiall y retired in recent months and three others will retire effective June 30. NEW PASTORATES Father Donald S. D'Angelo , Holy Name ¦»¦»»of Jesus Parish. -rOrdained May 18, 1968 , Father D' Angelo comes to Holy Name, his boyhood parish , from Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park where he has served as a parochial vicar since 1995. Father D'Angelo has also served at Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay ; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo; St. Dunstan , Millbrae; St. Robert, San Bruno and as secretary to former San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn. He was pastor of St. Thomas More Parish when it closed as part of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan in 1994. Father John F. Glogowski, St. Matthias Parish, Redwood City. Ordained May 22, 197 1, Father Glogowski, a former pastor of St. John of God Parish and St. Cecilia Parish in Lagunitas , has most recently served as tempo-

rary administrator or St. Robert Parish in San Bruno during the recuperation of pastor, Father Vincent Ring. Father Glogowski has also served at Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City; St. Pius, Redwood City; St. Michael ; St. Agnes; St. Gabriel and St. Francis of Assisi which recentl y was named a shrine. Father Stephen A. Meriwether , Church of the Nati vi ty Parish, Menlo Park. Ordained Dec. 10, 1983, Father Meriwether comes to Nativity after 16 years with the Canon Law department of the Archdiocese which he has headed as judicial vicar since 1997 and where he will continue to serve until a successor is named. Though Nativity is Father Meriwether's first appointment as pastor, he has served as administrator of several parishes including St. John of God, Our Lady of Lebanon , and St. Agnes. He has also served at St. Dunstan , Millbrae ; Mater Dolorosa , South San Francisco and St. Thomas More. Father William H. McCain, Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Novate. Ordained Nov. 22. 1986, Father McCain returns to Our Lady of Loretto after serving as a parochial vicar there from 1995 -1997. He has also served at St. John the Evangelist Parish; Church of the Ep iphany and Churc h of the Visitacion. He holds a licentiate degree in biblical theology from Rome 's Gregorian University.

PAROCHIAL VICARS The following priests have been ap-

Cathedral Pentecost Sunday celebration to include confirmations, presentations

Leaders and members of 11 ecclesial lay groups will join Archbishop William Levada when he celebrates Pentecost Mass at 11 a.m. May 23 in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, The groups are: the Catholic Charismatic community ; the Focolare Movement; Communione e Liberatione: NeoCatechumenal Way; Spanish ' Cursillo Movement; the Legion of Mary ; Verbum Dei Community ; Legatus; Marriage Encounter; Engaged Encounter, and the Fili p ino Cursillo Movement. In addition , 128 individual s fro m the

Archdiocese are scheduled to be confirmed during the celebration, which will feature special music by the Cathedral Choir. Selections include: "Come Holy Ghost," "A Community Mass" by Proulx; Schiavone's "Gloria;" "Veni Sancte Spiritus " from Taize; and the spiritual, "Every Time I Feel the Spirit." Theme for the Mass will be "The Gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church ," •The liturgy will be followed by a reception in the lower hall at which each of the apostolic movements has been invited to make a brief presentation.

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pointed as parochial vicars: Father Clifford Martin , Our Lady of Mercy Parish , Daly City, effective May 1; Father Lester Lezama Cru z, St. Matthew Parish , San Mateo , effective April 1; Father Moises Agudo , St. Charles Borromeo Parish , effective last Dec. 1; Father Aquino Padilla , Our Lad y of Perpetual Hel p Parish , Daly City, effective May 1. In a special assignment, Father Manuel Herrera has been appointed chaplain at St. Luke Hospital effective April 26. He will reside at Epiphany Parish.

Father Francis K. Murray retired Apri l 1. Ordained Jan. 24, 1953, Father Murray has been a large part of parish life with service at St. Vincent de Paul; St. Emy dius; St. Gregory, San Mateo; St. Charles , San Carlos, and St. Catherine of Siena. Burlingame. He is a former administrator of St. Kevin Parish and in recent years ministered as chaplain at Sequoia and Kaiser RETIREMENTS Hospitals in Redwood City. On Pentecost Msgr. James B. Flynn , pastor , St. Sunday at the 11:30 a.m. Mass, St. Charles Matthias Parish , Parish, San Carlos will remember Father Redwood City, Murray with prayer and song. He is in resiwill retire June 30. dence at St. Catherine's. Ordained June 12, Father William P. Quinn, pastor, Holy 1948, Msgr. Flynn Name of Jesus Parish, will retire June 30. earned a graduate Ordained June 11. .m™.„-.,. „.,n.„» ¦n» l ...i degree in social 1955, Father Quinn work from Cathois a native of Butte, lic University in Mont., who moved 1952 and served with his parents to with several social the City 's Noe service agencies of the Archdiocese , Valley and St. including seven years as director of Phili p Parish at an Catholic Charities, from that time until early age. He was becoming pastor of St. Peter Parish in named pastor of 1970. He was appointed pastor of St. St. Veronica Parish Gabriel Parish in 1978, became a member in South San Francisco in 1977 and served of the faculty at St. Patrick Seminary in there u ntil his appointment to Holy Name in 1987 , and was named pastor of St. 1990. In addition , he has served at Hol y Matthias in 1992. Msgr. Flynn will be in Angels , Colma; St. Cecilia; St. Anne; St. residence at St. Mary Cathedral. John; Sacred Heart and St. Brendan. Father Father Clement A. DavenDort . naslor. Quinn also served in the Canon Law departChurch of N ativity ment for several years in the 1970s. Parish , Menk Father Martin C. Avila retire d March Park , will retire 1, 1998. Ordained April 25, 1957 , Father June 30. Ordained Aviia resides at _^________ Dec. 18, 1948, Nazareth House, Father Davenport San Rafael. The has been pastor of priest looks forNativity since ward to oppor1976. His first pastunities to preside torate was St. Peter at Masses at Our Parish , Pacifica, Lady of Loretto in where he served from 1971. A well-known Novato, where he military chaplain, Father Davenport served served as a parofront-line duty in both the Korean and chial vicar , and Vietnam wars and continued in the US other parishes as he is invited. Since Army Reserve until retiring as a Colonel in becoming a priest of the Archdiocese in the mid-1980s. Father Davenport has also 1980, Father Avila has also been pastor of served at Holy Name of Jesus; St. Philip; St. St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Menlo Park Thomas the Apostle and as a chap lain at St. and served as a parochial vicar at St. Mary 's Medical Center. Father Davenport Michael , Epiphany and Visitacion. He is plans to remain in ministry after retirement also a former administrator of the nowhelping at St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo, closed Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. He where he will be in residence. is a native of Honduras. • SPECIALIZING IN EXOTIC CARS •• SAME DAY SERVICE •

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As it approaches the third millennium of Christianity, the Church should recognize its missionary work has just begun, Pope John Paul II said. Addressing directors of Pontifical Mission Societies at the Vatican May 14, the pope said the jubilee year 2000 highlights the need to announce Christ and his Gospel to all corners of the globe. "At the end of the second millennium of (Christ 's) coming, an overal l glance at humanity demonstrates his mission is still at the beginnings, and that we have to commit ourselves with all our strength to its service," he said. The pope said that as the church proclaims Christ, it should highlig ht the essential link between his unconditional love for all and his saving sacrifice. The best service that the church can give to people today is to promote this missionary message, he said. He said he appreciated the problems and sufferings faced by missionary personnel , who sometimes even shed their own blood to advance the church's evangelization work.

ALEXANDRIA , Va. (CNS) — Catholic Charities USA has sent emergency grants of $10,000 to both Oklahoma and Kansas to hel p residents recover from destructive tornadoes. Catholic Charities agencies in Oklahoma City and Wichita will use the money to provide food , shelter, and other immediate needs of people disp laced by the tornadoes while they determine the long-term needs of their communities. "These are some of the strongest , most destructive tornadoes in recent memory. Reports of fatalities and destruction are still coming in," said Jane Gallagher , director of disaster response for Catholic Charities USA.

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I Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony stands with Staff Sgt. Andrew A. Ramirez following Mass at St. John the Baptist Church in Baldwin Park, Calif., May 9. Ramirez , one of three U.S. soldiers taken prisoner in Yugoslavia for 32 days, credited faith , prayer and family for his safe release. Ramirez and his mother, Vivian, brought the offertory gifts to the altar during the special Mother 's Day Mass. Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Stone, 25, of Smiths Creek , Mich., and Spc. Steven M. Gonzales , 22, of Huntsville, Texas, were captured with Ramirez.

Collection hits $30 million

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Religious Retirement Collection reached another all-time hi gh last year, with donations totaling $30.5 million. The 1998 number is 4.77 percent higher than the all-time high reached in 1997 of $29,111 ,238, according to figures released May 11. Also, 91 dioceses increased their collections over year-ago levels.

Revamp Social Security?

One in 5 new priests immigrant

WASHINGTON (CNS) — More than one-fifth of the U.S. seminarians to be ordained priests this year were born in another country, according to a national survey released this month. The new ordination class will also help to increase the racial-ethnic mix of the U.S. Catholic clergy. One-fourth of those to be ordained this year are of nonwhite origins. Of 418 diocesan and reli gious seminarians preparing for ordination in 1999 who answered the survey, only 78 percent said they were born in the United States. Five percent were born in Vietnam , 3 percent in Mexico and 2 percent each in Colombia and Western Europe.

Proposes 'shared 7 papal p rimacy

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Catholic-Anglican document has proposed that both churches might accept a "shared" universal papal primacy, one that would offer prophetic leadership, uphold legitimate diversity of traditions and welcome theological inquiry. The document described papal primacy and other forms of authority as a divine gift and said its app lication should be modeled on Christ 's role of service. Such authority is often exercised by the hierarch y but must be open to renewal and influence from the lay faithful , it said.

Praises nuns in Alzheimer study

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I In front of the U.S. Capitol, Bill Ford, left, brother of slaini Maryknoll Sister Ita Ford, announces May 13 the filing of a civil suit against two former Salvadoran military generals implicate d in her murder and that of three other church women in 1980. Ford said the generals , Carlos Eugenic Vides Casanova and Jose Guillermo Garcia , are now living in Florida. At right, Maryknoll Sister Helen Scheel, at a early-May demonstration in Washington, holds photographs of the four churchwomen: clockwise from top left are Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, lay worker Jean Donovan and Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel. Casanova and Garcia are being sued under provisions of the federal Torture Victims Prevention Act, which allows U.S. citizens to sue foreigners living in the U.S. for damages from human rights abuses committed in other countries.

Bishops decry war

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Ethiopia and Eritrea must teach their people peace while undertaking government reforms to ensure an end to war, the two countries ' bishops said. Capping a four-day meeting at the Vatican, the Church leaders appealed to individuals and civil institutions to promote "an attitude of reconciliation and a courageous public commitment to the future of peace."

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MONTREAL (CNS) — Nearly a year after a civilian massacre in Colombia, no proper investigation has been made, said an exiled Jesu it priest. Jesuit Father Javier Giraldo , founder and director of Colombia 's Intercongregational Peace and Justice Commission, said paramilitaries killed seven people, and another 25 "disappeared," but the government is afraid to take action "because there is always the ever-present fear the military will stage a coup d' etat. We live in a fragile democracy." Joseph J. Marchettl President

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Urged to embrace diversity

SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Some 280 priests addressed challenges of multiculturalism in the U.S. Church at the annual convention of the National Federation of Priests ' Councils. U.S. Catholic parishes today form an "increasingly complex tapestry of peoples from many cultures," said the keynote speaker, Precious Blood Father Robert Schreiter, director of the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Real multiculturalism in a parish does not mean just acknowledging or tolerating the cultures of others, he said , but building positive intercultural relationships and respecting cultural differences — "coming to value the difference in its own right, that it adds to the richness of the world."

Pressure Guatemala, asks judge

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (CNS) — A judge who fled Guatemala in the wake of death threats encouraged international human ri ghts workers to continue pressing for a resolution to the murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera of Guatemala City. Whether the case is ever solved or not "will be determined by the capacity of Guatemalan society to organize itself to demand a resolution," said Judge Henry Monroy.

Church leaders meet in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) — More than 200 Catholic patriarchs, bishops and delegates from the Middle East, North Africa and the Vatican were meeting in Lebanon to discuss the future of the Catholic Church in the Arab world. "We will discuss the cooperation between the Eastern churches and how. we can preserve our tradition in the Middle East," said Coptic Bishop Youhannes Zakaria of Luxor, Egypt. "We face the phenomenon of emigration, especially of Christians." Latin-rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem spoke of the challenges facing the Church : "questions of peace and justice, the shaping of democracy, personal human freedom, the problem of religious extremism, whether it be Muslim, Jewish or Christian."

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Apostolic groups and Holy Spirit

Pentecost is the Church' s annual feast invoking the Holy Spirit to renew us with his gifts of grace and power so that we can more effectivel y fulfill our mission as Church. No one looks forward with greater joy and antici pation to Pentecost than the bishop, whose vocation to shepherd the building up of the Church as the Temple of the Hol y Spirit depends completel y on the Holy Spirit! This year in our Cathedral church I will have the great grace of welcoming to the Pentecost celebration of the Eucharist two groups of people who will celebrate their special links to the Holy Spirit. Annually on Pentecost I celebrate the sacrament of confirmation with the adults from throug hout our Archdiocese who have not yet been confirmed, many of them young adults. This year, 128 of our fellow disci ples of Jesus here in the Archdiocese will complete their Christian initiation by being sealed with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in confirmation. I am grateful to the priests and catechists of our Cathedral and the many parishes sending parishioners for confirmation, and to the Archiocesan School of Pastoral Leadershi p for accompanying these candidates during these weeks and months of preparation. I look forward to their exercise of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the variety of ways those gifts lead them to serve in the Church and in the world in which we live. What a blessing for the Church. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church (no. 688), we read, "The Church , a communion living in the faith of the apostles which she transmits , is the place where we know the Holy Spirit: in the Scriptures he inspired; in the Tradition, to which the Church Fathers are always timely witnesses; in the Church' s Magisterium, which he assists; in the sacramental liturgy, throug h its words and symbols, in which the Holy Spirit puts us in communion with Christ; in prayer, wherein he intercedes for us; in the charisms and ministries by which the Church is built up; the signs of apostolic and missionary life; and in the witness of saints through whom he manifests his holiness and continues the work of salvation." To focus still further attention on the manifold gifts of the Holy Spirit , I have invited to our Pentecost Cathedral Mass representatives of the many apostolic movements present in the Archdiocese. Through their dedication to works of evangelization and apostolic ministry, they represent in many new ways how the Holy Spiri t continues to

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insp ire people to commit themselves to the mission of Jesus Christ. It is just this work of Christ — his mission from the Father to reveal the fullness of God's purpose for creation and to invite us to join in that purpose by becoming his disci p les — that he sent the Holy Spirit from his Father on the first Pentecost Sunday to complete. Thus the sending or "mission" of the Holy Spiri t is not separate from that of Christ , but is precisel y to bring about its fulfillment in and through the Church. By asking representatives of these new apostolic movements to join me in our local Church's principal Pentecost Eucharist, I want to make the diverse gifts of the Holy Spirit which they represent better known among us all, and I want to offer them encouragement and the opportunity to get to know the many others whom God blesses with the Spirit 's gifts, so that all may cooperate in the great work — the "first" work — of the Holy Spirit , which is the Church. No wonder Pentecost is often called the "birthday" of the Church. Who are these people who have joined these apostolic movements? They are like the many others in the Church' s history, especially so many communities of religious and societies of apostolic life , who banded together to assist each other in being ministers of the gospel of love, and thus instruments of the ongoing "evangelization " which is the fundamental vocation of the Church. These groups are new in that long history, founded in the present century, some of them with founders still living. The Legion of Mary was founded by Frank Duff in Ireland around the beginning of the century. Frank's right-hand woman , Veronica O'Brien , is still living in Belgium. The Focolare ("hearth") movement traces its origin to the inspiration of Chiara Lubich , very active in Italy. The Neo-Catechumenal Way is present in several of our San Francisco parishes; its Spanish founder, Kiko Arguello, is a dynamo of activity, promoting the Way as an instrument of renewal on every continent. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal began in the Midwest in the 1960s. It has spread to every continent as a deepening of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in prayer, and in renewed commitment to apostolic service. Comunione e Liberazione was founded by Msgr. Luigi Giussano in northern Italy. Like the Focolare, its presence is small in numbers but enormous in dedication. Verbum

Public health issues

By Kamille Maher Public pharmacies in San Francisco are experiencing serious budget shortfalls. UCSF Stanford Healthcare has announced plans to close its UC San Francisco outpatient pharmacy at 400 Parnassus St. on May 28. That pharmacy fills about 350 prescriptions per day, according to UCSF Stanford spokesman Mike Lassiter. The only remaining outpatient pharmacy for the city's poorest patients is at SF General Hospital. That pharmacy is running at capacity with long lines and 24-hour waits since Public Heath Network (PHN) closed two months ago a satellite pharmacy, which had filled about 700 prescriptions daily. In addition, the SF General pharmacy began charging co-payments starting at $2 for all but the poorest patients . Meanwhile, physicians and nurses at SF General have formed an emergency coalition to address the deepening crisis. As health care issues continue to heat up, press reports include several terms to describe the situation: Medi-Cal, Medicaid , Medicare, SSI, SSDI, GA, welfare, MIA , reimbursements and co-payments (or co-pays). Following are definitions and explanations of these terms as explained by Lea Curry, a long-time SF General patient; Fern Ebeling, a registered nurse for PHN at SF General; and Stephen Echaves , associate clinical professor for the School of Pharmacy at UCSF and SF General. Curry, Ebeling, and Echaves serve on the Emergency Coalition to Save Public Health. Also clarifying terms and issues were Mikki Jensen , patient financial advisor for Catholic Healthcare West's St. Francis Hospital at 900 Hyde St., and Dr. Melissa Welch, chief medical officer for PHN . Medicaid is not used in California. Other states use this term to describe their public health programs , but Californi a uses the term Medi-Cal. Medi-Cal is available to peop le on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC , also known as Welfare), and General Assistance (GA). Others eligible

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Dei is a new Spanish foundation , embracing clergy, religious and laity, which has evangelization as its primary mission. Legatus is an American-based association designed to assist Catholic business leaders live out their faith in action. Both Cursillo and Marriage Encounter were founded in Spain and have spread mighti ly over these past decades. "Cursillo" is a "little course" in Christianity whose impact on the many Cursillistas is anything but little. Marriage Encounter and its "daughter," Engaged Encounter, have provided the opportunity for renewal of marriage commitment to countless thousands of couples, and for preparation for marriage based on a similar personal "encounter " method to vast numbers of engaged couples over the past several decades. All of these movements are a great grace in and for the Church. They give testimony to the richness and diversity of the ongoing gifts of the Holy Spirit, in raising up such wonderful apostolic commitment on the part of so many. They can be as well a great source of insp iration to all of us to seek new ways in our own lives to live out to the full the promise and call of our own confirmation, by which we too were sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit to build up the Church into the Temple of the Holy Spirit , and to witness to the love of Christ in the world.

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for Medi-Cal include children from age newborn to 20, pregnant women, and persons who are going to be disabled for longer than 12 months or incapacitated in bed with illnesses such as tuberculosis (TB). Other individuals who qualif y for Medi-Cal are childless adults ages 21-64, who are considered Medicall y Indigent Adults (MIA — not related to Missing-in-Action as during military conflicts). MIAs have no medical insurance, whether they work or not. They are not necessarily homeless, but can be. Medi-Cal covers hospitalization , doctor visits, tests, and certain prescriptions as long as the provider is contracted with Medi-Cal. Catholic Healthcare West advisor Jensen said not all providers wish to be contracted with Medi-Cal

because they receive decreased reimbursements, the amount state and federal governments will pay for certain services and medications. All CHW providers , however, are contracted with Medi-Cal , Jensen noted. Many Medi-Cal patients have used the pharmacy at SF General because for the past 35 years it dispensed all medications for free unlike commercial pharmacies where Medi-Cal recipients pay a state-determined co-payment, the amount a patient is required to pay as his or her portion of the prescription 's cost. The SF General pharmacy began charging "co-pays" last month and encouraging Medi-Cal patients to use private drugstores. "Other counties don ' t fill Medi-Cal prescriptions," said Chief Medical Officer Welch. "We lose money each time we fill a Medi-Cal prescription. Share-of-cost is determined by Medi-Cal, not us. If the state is saying they can afford it , we can't continue to afford to subsidize that." Still , Jensen said, the majority of Medi-Cal patients already have private physicians and use private pharmacies such as Rite Aid and Walgreens. "I don ' t see wh y Medi-Cal recipients would be in that line (at SF General' s pharmacy) when th ey can go to any other pharmacy," she said. PHN patient Curry said Medi-Cal patients use SF General's pharmacy because several medications are not covered by Medi-Cal. Patients have been provided those pharmaceuticals at SF General because they would have to pay full cost at commercial drug stores. Now those drugs cost the same at SF General as they do elsewhere. According to PHN nurse Ebeling, frequently prescribed medications not covered by Medi-Cal include nutritional supp lements such as Boost and Ensure , Tylenol-codeine mixtures, Vicodan , and Valium. Tylenol #3, Tylenol #4, and Vicodan treat chronic pain. Medi-Cal covers Tylenol #3 up to 45 tablets per month, while Tylenol #4 and Vicodan are not covered at all. Valium alleviates acute anxiety and muscle spasms. The latter are conTERMS, page 15

St. Pius X Awards

Religious educators thank ed fo r sharing f aith, being models

Mary, Belmont; Sister M. Bernard Joseph, 10 years, Mater Dolorosa , So. San Francisco; Barbara Rode, 10 years , Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , "Having the courage to take a Redwood City; Karen Melko, 10 risk and share your faith is not , San Mateo; St. Bartholomew years, Bishop John C. always easy," , St. Pius, Wickstrom 19, Joyce 300 reliWester told more than Redwood City. ious educators attending the g According to the ORE, the annual St. Pius X Award s banquet following received St. Pius X held at St. Ignatius College Awards for the respective years of Preparatory on May 11. service indicated: "Every time we open the word Corpus Christi, San Francisco. of God," the bishop continued , 36 years : Margaret Mueller. 30: "we are looking at the face of Sister Jean Erickson , FMA , Sister Christ. And as you pass on the Lena Pinto, FMA 25: Sister Rita faith, you are giving young people Virg inia and Bob Bailey, FMA. role models. I thank you most sinSimon (above) Epiphany, San Francisco. 25 cerely and send the Archbishop 's anddulia years: Demetria Cabe , Kathryn gratitude as well. For he is keenl y Padreddii (left) Parish-Reese. 20: Mary Alfonso , aware of what you do." of Holy Angels Victoria Labrado. 15: Carlos Corea, "This table of medals and Parish , Colma , Connie Cabardo , John Meyer. 10: plaques ," pointed out Social were recipients Adelaida Canlas, Angela Mansfield , Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, of orig inal St. Joe Laping, Martha Sciamanna. 5: director of the Office of Reli gious Pius X medals 33 Estelita Bernal , Madel yn Bello , Education , "represents over 1, 125 Mari a Elena Herrcra , Mary Silva, years ago. years of dedicated service to our Rosa Garcia , Sonia Hoja , Tom Church." Wilker , Tony Spiteri. Holy Angels, Colma. 20 years : More than 100 catechists and Dianne Chiappari . 5: Blanca Sonza. directors/coordinators of reliGus Pangan , Joanne Polo, Pat Castro. g ious education were presented Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Pius X Awards for reli gious Belmont. 30 years: Rita Revilla. 25: education "stints" rang ing fro m , Genny Pereira. 15: Bev D'Emilio five years to 38 years. James Curmody, Kath y Grosshauser, "I'm excited about getting this Barbara Camiody. 7: Sam Hutkins. 6: award," said Kathryn Parish Reese Mary Twilty. 5: Elizabeth Adair, of Epiphany Parish. "It 's exuberatSchwarz, Mari lyn Sue Conners, Hany ing, a wonderful thank you." Filer, Sister Rachel Smith . Reese taug ht first through Mater Dolorosa, So. San Franninth grades at Our Lady of cisco. 20 years: Margarita Lee, Perpetual Hel p and Epiphany St. Emydius pastor Father Bill Brady and Aileen Egan. School s, Elementary San parishioner Otilia Velasco who has dedicat Our Lady of Angels, BurFrancisco, for a total of 25 years. ed 38 years to religious education. lingame. 20 years: Connie Hamilton. As a former parole officer and 10: Mary Faber. 5: Andrew Goldstein , frequent visitor to young peop le Dan Porter, Donna Goldstein, Kathy in San Quentin Prison , she said, Flynn , Kevin Flynn , Peter Meehan. "The difference between the kids Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. in San Quentm and our parochial 10 years : Isabella Miction. 5: Cheryl Mclnerney. school kids is the presence of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, RedCatholic Church and its commitwood City. 25 years: Dorothy Rottinment to the kids. The young peo15: Marlene Muscat. 10: ghaus. p le in prison were never exposed Evelyn Salamone, Mary Constantino, to such a commitment." Regina Koontz. 7: Gita Dedek. 5: Murphy of St. Joe and M aggie Ernie Lindenau, Gail Lynch, Guy South San FranVeronica Parish, Beyrouti , Lois Parodi, Paul Rossi. cisco, both agreed. "Award or nc St. Bruno, San Bruno. 20 years: award we would still be teaching Maggie and Joe Murphy Beverly Kious. 15: Salvadora confirmation classes, but it is nice Calonge. the Archdiocese sets aside time to recognize ana honor everySt. Anthony of Padua , Novato. 5 years: Elizabeth Preimone for their work and ministry." Rohtla, Julie Vavuris, Kathy Frost, Madonna Glenn , Mary The Murphys have been a team of confirmation cate- Davidson , Teresa Mueller. chists for the last 10 years. They host nine to 12 teen-agers St. Bartholomew, San Mateo. 15 years: Sister Kathy Littrell. in their home for 10 night classes and a few weekend ses- 10: Claire Haldan. 5: Lou Heine, Anne Schaefer. sions a year. "It's a wonderful opportunity to listen to kids St. Cecilia, San Francisco. 10 years : Denise Little. recount biblical passages and share matters of faith," said St. Charles, San Carlos. 10 years: Sharon Boome. 5: Barbara Joe. Maggie enjoys that "our children , Patrick 6 and Bushner , Eileen Brennan. Siobahn 2, are indirectly part of the sessions as they listen St. Emydius, San Francisco. 38 years: Otilia Velasco. 5: and learn through the interaction of the teen-agers." Edna Casteel. Otilia Velasco of St. Emydiu s Parish, San Francisco, St. Kevin, San Francisco. 15 years: Juliana Sanchez. 10: with over 38 years as a grade school teacher and religious Pauline Pahilga. St. Matthias, Redwood City. 20 years: Nancy Galli. educator said , "I have always felt I broug ht children closer St. Monica, San Francisco. 35 years: Margaret Lovell. 15: to God and that was my reward. But the Archdiocese has Anita DeLa Cruz, Benji Barromeo. 10: Renata Ahlers. made it a very special night ." St. Paul, San Francisco. 25 years: Mary Fernandez, 10: Velasco began volunteering at St.Emydius in 1942 and Florine Konkle, Peg Kayser-Lazzarini. 5: Alba Mejia , Celia has seen many changes. "Today," she said, "it disappoints Magtoto, Donna Fitzgerald , Marilyn Capwell. me that the children do not seem to get as much encourSt. Peter, San Francisco. 8 years: Esperanza Rodri guez, agement from their parents as they did years ago." Socorro Rodriguez. 7: Anioldo Gonzalez , Maria Gonzalez. 6: A special St. Pius X Award was given to the St. Francis Sabina Rodriguez. 5: Cristina Arenas, Mari a Cristina Gutierrez. Chapter of the Knights of Columbus. "They are a special St. Pius, Redwood City. 5 years: Gracie Banister, Joe Kelley, group of people who have given tirelessly of their time and Michael O'Sullivan , Rosemary Allen. finances," said Sister Arbuckle. "God' s plan for us is to be St. Veronica, So. San Francisco. 15 years: Patricia Lama, in relationshi p. We are grateful to each Knight for the bond Tom Lama. 10: Joseph Murphy, Maggie Murph y. 5 years: of community they have with religious education ." Catherine Pedersen, David Pedersen. Following are among the directors and coordinators of Star of the Sea, San Francisco. 5 years: Ma. Luisa Punsalan. religious education honored at the ceremony : Sts. Peter & Paul, San Francisco. 7 years: Rose Mangini. Sister Rita Bailey, FMA, 10 years, Corpus Christi , San 5: Sister Suzzette Arante . Francisco; Maria Cornell, 15 years, Immaculate Heart of Visitacion Church, San Francisco. 15 years: Jorge Mary, Belmont; Marie Felix, 15 years, Immaculate Heart of Nepomuceno. 10: David Martin. 5: Geri Martin, Viona Jackson. Story and p hotos by Evelyn Zappia

Sister Celeste Arbuckle , director of the Office of Religious Education , lauded the dedication of educators and applauded the support of the St. Francis Chapter of the Knights of Columbus.

Bill Flaherty, representing the St. Francis Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, accepts a special St. Pius X Award for the chapter 's commitment to religious education from Bishop John Wester.

A religious educator at Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Epiphany for combined quarter century, Kathryn Parish Reese commended the Church's commitment to youth.

Ely Pangan (center) and Gus Pangan (right) joined in singing "Happy Birthday" to Father John Cloherty of Holy Angels Parish, Colma , on his sixty-fifth birthday noted at the St. Pius X Awards.

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( Kein lmguistisch.es Hindernis zum Unterricht der heiligen Kommunion) By Sharon Abercrombie Customs inspectors at San Francisco airport certainl y see their share of unusual items , but the last Christmas season mi ght have been a real first for them. How many inspected suitcases brim with souvenirs like sacramentaries and religious education texts? Written in German , no less? Ten to be exact — and those heavy suitcases belonged to the parents of youngsters who are stud ying for first Eucharist at the German American School in Menlo Park, the only such German- language religious education class in the Archdiocese. "Their amount of enthusiasm is just outstanding," said Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, archdiocesan director of religious education , in praise of the students' conscientious moms and dads. Parents , especiall y the mothers, pitch right in , serving as teachers' aides, liturgy music planners and cooks. At the end of every family gathering at Good Shepherd Parish in Pacifica, they serve a light supper, reported Sister Arbuckle.

"Everything they do lo prepare for liturgy and class is sacred," Sister Arbuckle added. Even to the point of making sure Father Jerry Dybdal , priest in residence at Good Shepherd , and chief catechist Mari a Fernbach have the ready-made educational and liturg ical materials they need so they do not have to translate from English to German themselves. When parents go "home" for visits , they collect all the contemporary religious education texts they can find. Within the archdiocesan catechetical program , German-language religious education is the new kid on the block. "We usually think of Spanish, Chinese, Samoan and Tagalog," Sister Arbuckle said. German entered the mix in 1997 when a group of parents asked if the Archdiocese could set up a religion class for their children. The families, most of whom come from Bavaria, stay in the Bay Area for an average of three years. Their youngsters attend the German American School in Palo Alto . According to Sister Arbuckle, "Many of the children had moved from country to country without ever receiving the sacra-

First-communicants-to-be Jossi Kaiser (left) and Nathalie Williams.

Father Dybdal and Christine Lichtenstern check baptismal records.

ments because there were no Germanspeaking teachers available to them." But there were in the Bay Area: Fathers Bill Brown , then- parochial vicar at St. Pius Parish in Redwood City and Father Dybdal. Maria Fernbach, trained as a catechist in Bavaria , stepped forward as a volunteer teacher. Fathers Brown and Dybdal hel ped with liturgy and confessions. When Father Brown went on sabbatical last year, Father Dybdal became director of the program. This spring, he and Fernbach are preparing a dozen youngsters between the aces of 8 and 11 for first Communion , including Fembach 's daughter, Annika , 8. Working with a German-speaking class is an opportunity Father Dybdal never thoug ht he 'd have. When the chance came up, he readil y volunteered. Of Norwegian heritage , the priest said he jumped "head first" into "total immersion" German speaking in 1964 as a seminarian stud ying at the Salesian International School of Theology in Minier Benediklbeuern , Germany. When he returned to California , the priest brought four years' worth of language expertise. But since then , the only

opportunity he 's had to remain fluent is when he visits friends in Germany. So the reli gious education assignment "is really neat," even though it is much more than casual. "I really have to work to make sure ad the religious terms in my homilies are accurate," he said. Fadier Dybdal has eager helpers throughout the liturgies. Kids do the readings and intercessions, and hel p prepare prayers. Father Dybdal said their singing is outstanding . "They 're very hard y and they include all the verses." This month , the class is making final preparations for first Communion day, scheduled 2 p.m. May 30 at Good Shep herd Church. Families deliberatel y chose this date because, in Bavaria , the time around the feast of Pentecost is often a two-week vacation opportunity. Grand parents , aunts , uncles and cousins will be travelling to Pacifica to help the children and families celebrate. The Mass is open to the public , as well , noted Sister Arbuckle , adding that her office is glad to help other ethnic groups set up classes. For information , call (415) 565- 3650.

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St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park , addressed end-of-life issues in his session "How Faith Responding to challenges raised by the Can Help Me Deal with Death and Dying." Ruth Hayes-Barba , who directs ministry reality of society rapidly becoming a group of older persons , the School of Pastoral to the aging for the Archdiocese of Portland , Leadershi p (SPL) of the Archdiocese spon- Ore. and is a licensed clinical social worker, sored a conference May 8 at St. Stephen discussed obtaining peace in the midst of Church in San Francisco, titled "Autumn physical and emotional pain, and coming closer to God throug h the Grace: The Spirituality process of suffering. Her of Aging." presentation was titled The conference drew "Praying Through Pain: more than 300 people The Hol y Spirit." rang ing in age from the "The conference was young to octogenarians. a prelude to a new spring "It is encourag ing course 'Pastoral Care for diat so many of the faiththe Elderl y ' which is ful are interested in being developed by SPL learning more about in collaboration with the issues relating to (he digOffice of Public Policy nity of every human and Social Concern ," being," wrote Archsaid Gallag her. bishop William J. Levada More than 25 reprein a letter addressed to sentatives from ministries the partici pants. to the aging, including "The conference was Jesuit Father Michael Barber, Cadiolic Charities, Catha tribute to honor older directo r of SPL: "Pastoral minolic HealthCare West, St. persons in our society," istry to the elderly is an imporAnne 's Home and SF said Joni Gallagher , " tant issue to SPL. Ministry to Nursing assistant director of Homes, along with parish SPL. The gathering discussed issues of caregivers, dealing with representatives , met May 10 to discuss the curaging parents, and how aging affects fami- riculum development of the new course, noted Jesuit Father Michael Barber, director of SPL. ly, friends , and the community. Since its inception in 1994, more than First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, sent greetings to participants in a letter 2,000 people have taken SPL courses. SPL goals are defined in its literature as dated May 8. "As you meet for prayer and twofold: "To train lay discussion , she wrote , people for ministry with"it is my hope that your in the Church and to proefforts will encourage vide theological, scripothers to discuss these tural, and spiritual eduissues. Your work will cation for lay people to benefit not only the exercise their Christian families in the San vocation outside the Francisco area, but our walls of the Church." national family as well." SPL objectives , Registered nurse and added Gallagher, are "to Mercy Sister Patrick foster a profound realCurran presented a sesization of the vocation of sion titled "Aging: A the Christian lay faithSpiritual Journey." Sister ful , and prepare lay peoPatrick prefaced her sesple for informed , prosion with Robert Brownactive evangelization." ing's words, "Grow old Stephanie Ricks of St. Dominic SPL classes are dealong with me! The best is yet to be ,. the last of Parish , San Francisco: "My par- signed "to foster union ents are older and I feel a sense widi Christ, to promote life, for which the first of passing with our relationlove for the Church and was made." shi ps. I'm here to better underher sacraments, and to "Spirituality doesn ' t stand that process. " engender confidence for begin when someone confronting comp lex retires ," said Sister Patrick, currently executive director of the St. societal issues," said Gallagher. SPL staff is more than willing to present Anthony Foundation , noting that it is a lifelong process. In addition , she said "listen- samples of the school's program to deaneries ing is the greatest gift you can g ive an by invitation , she said. Those interested can elderly person." write SPL at 473 Eucal yptus Dr., San Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman, presi- Francisco CA 94132, or call (415) 242-9087; dent, rector and professor of moral theology at fax (415) 242-9089; e-mail: spl@att.net . Story, photos b y Evelyn Zappia

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RENEW International will bring its first Summer Institute for Small Christian Communities to Mercy Center, Burlingame from Jul y 8-11. The four-day session is designed to strengthen the foundations of emerging small Christian communities and to help leaders map out their ongoing journeys , according to Msgr. Tom Kleissler, founder and director of RENEW International in Plainfield , NJ. Founded more than 20 years ago in the diocese of Newark, the organization launched its most ambitious project last fall — RENEW 2000 — in more than 30 dioceses throug hout the country, including the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy, director of the Evangelization/RENEW office. RENEW 2000 uses the traditional faith-sharing format , and is prepared specificall y to prepare people for the New Millennium , she explained . San Francisco is going into its third of five seasons. More than 1,000 groups had been meeting in 84 parishes, with a total of 14,000 individuals , she enumerated. About one-sixth of the groups are conducted in Spanish ,

Tongan, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Korean. She estimated that 400 people from the Bay Area will attend the July institute . Fees for the entire summer institute are $160 (or a $40 per-day charge) and $30 to attend only the Hispanic Institute . RENEW International offers arrangements for meals and accommodations for those who require them. Registration deadline is June 1, Sister Heaphy said. "We are indeed fortunate in having RENEW International deciding to hold a summer institute in our area. RENEW is active in any one of at least 50 dioceses across the U.S. and they could have chosen any one of those areas for this event. We are in a privileged position because we will have easy access to this very important event ," said Sister Heaphy. According to RENEW co-founder , Msgr. Kleissler, "when we started the program 20 years ago, "we promised everyone that we would make every effort to help establish permanent core communities for small community development. The summer institute is a powerful way for us to continue fulfilling that promise." It will focus on the importance of both the inner and outer

journeys in holistic spirituality. Topics will offer insights into growth in prayer, Scripture reflection, justice development , the theological basis for small Christian communities and how to engage communiti es in meaningful social action. Several representatives fro m Bay Area REN EW will be on the program , said Sister Heaphy. They are: Jesuit Father Bernard Bush, director of the Jesuit Retreat House in Los Altos; Sister Heaphy; Cecilia Arias-Rivas, Hispanic ministry coordinator; and Betsy Lamb, pastoral associate for evangelization at St. Augustine Parish , San Francisco. RENEW International will also provide a one-day Hispanic Insti tute on July 10. Jesuit Father Allan Figuero a Deck will be keynote speaker. An East Coast summer institute is also scheduled , Jul y 22-25 at Xavier Center in Convent Station , NJ. Registration information and forms are available through Sister Heaphy's office, (415) 565-3600, ext. 2012. Additional information is also available throug h RENEW at 1232 George St., Plainfield , NJ , 07062-1717; phone (908) 769-5400; FAX (908) 769- 5660; E-Mail : RENEWintl@inetmaiI.att.net.

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First Catholic Lobby Day makes impact By Tara Carr Catholic Lobby Day on May 11 convened more than 400 Catholics from across the state in Sacramen to to visit with — and present positions on pending legislation to — their elected state representatives. Sponsored by the California Catholic Conference (CCC), the public policy arm of the state 's Catholic bishops, Catholic Lobby Day provided participants background on pending legislation of particular interest to Catholics while allowing them to call on their own legislators . After an opening liturgy and prayer service , participants were briefed in both Eng lish and Spanish on the seven bills highli ghted by the CCC as key to be discussed with individual representatives. Following the briefing and tips on how to lobby effectively, delegations dispersed to meet with representatives. Delegations from the Archdiocese met with Assemblymembers Kevin Shelley, Lou Papan , and Ted Lempert, as well as with staff from the offices of Assemblywoman Carole Migden and State Senators Jackie Speier, Byron Sher, and John Burton. Delegation members tackled issues including prena-

tal/obstetric health care for low-income undocumented women, the legalization of assisted suicide, the expansion of eligibility requirements for Healthy Families and Medi-Cal, and legislation mandating that all hospitals offer contraceptives. Participants also took advantage of the visits to discuss other issues central to the teaching of the Church , but for which there is no pending legislation, such as the abolition of the death penalty and partial birth abortions. Buses and vanloads of participants arrived from the (arch)dioceses of San Bernardino , San Jose, Oakland, Los Angeles, Fresno, Sacramento, Orange, and San Francisco. Members from geographicall y distant delegations had the opportunity to meet and share stories of their legislative visits in the afternoon during a debriefing session. A majority urged the CCC to plan future lobby days, and brainstormed on how to continue the work and relationships begun on May 11 with their representatives. Others commented on the pride and power they experienced meeting with and being listened to by elected officials. Tara Carr is a staff member of the Archdiocese 's Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns which can be contacted for information on future lobby days; phone (415) 565-3673.

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Refugee ministry Local p riest sp earheads outreach to disp laced (Ed. note: A priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Father Tony McGuire has agreed to file future f irst-person reports for Catholic San Francisco on the progress and challenges of refugees being resettled in the U.S. as a result of the conflict in Yugoslavia.) By Barbara Erickson Associate editor, El Heraldo Catolico

At times , he said , they have been convicted ol crimes such as driving under the influence or possessing marijuana , but the law requires that they be deported nevertheless. Often , he said , they have grown up in the U.S., they know little about their native lands or the languages spoken there and they have famil y members here . Suddenl y they find themselves in a strange country far from famil y and support. "They are culturall y Americans thoug h they 're not citizens," Father McGuire said. "They commit a crime, and they are shipped back to a country they really don 't know." The situation is even worse, he said, for criminal aliens who come from countries lacking diplomatic relations with the U.S., such as Cuba, or for those who are citizens of areas in conflict , where repatriation is impossible. These unfortunates can languish in INS jails after completing their terms. "It 's like an indefinite life sentence ," Father McGuire said. "We've been going around the country," he added , "trying to get people to respond pastorall y to people in prison , to visit them. They're often far from their families." Father Tony urges citizens to write Congress and demand a change in the law. He also urges immigrants to app ly for citizenship. "Then," he said, "you can 't get pushed around this way." The U.S. Catholic Conference lobbies Congress on immigration laws, and members of a bishops ' committee often testif y, calling for a better immigrant policy, which at

From his office in Washington, D.C. Father Tony McGuire has a view of the "monumental international reality" engulfing million s of refugees, all the dispossessed who have left Latin America, Asia, Africa — and now the Balkans — as victims of poverty, war and persecution. The numbers are almost inconceivable: 13 million refugees in the world and 19 million disp laced within thei r own countries. But Father McGuire doesn 't let statistics obscure the reality. He knows the numbers represent individuals who need housing, food and spiritual support. As director of the Office for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees at the United States Catholic Conference, it is his job to welcome immigrants and refugees who arrive in this country and hel p them find faith communities. Before he went to Washington last October, Father McGuire worked with immigrants and refugees in Hispanic parishes of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and as coordinator of Hispanic ministries for Santa Clara County (before the Diocese of San Jose was formed). He also worked in the archdiocesan Office of Ethnic Ministries. And during two years as an associate with M aryknoll missionaries in Hong Kong, he witnessed the ordeal of refugees confined to camps as they waited for permanent homes. There the priest worked with Vietnamese "boat people" and came to see that the faith of the Catholics among them was a sign of hope to all the refugees. "It was a Christian community in the midst of a terrible "The said. ordeal ," he Vietnamese Catholic community was well united, prayerful and devout and very supportive of each other." Father Tony McGuire (center) baptizes new Catholics in a Vietnamese refugee Now Father McGuire tries to camp in Asia during a 1993 Easter liturgy. create faith communities for thousands of refugees and immigrants who have recently arrived in the States. We present, he said, is hypocritical. "If it 's useful for wealthy encourage local dioceses and parishes to welcome them in employers," he said, "then they want to let the immigrants a way that is respectful of their culture," he said, "and to in, especially for field work, for the meat packing industry and for hotels and restaurants." integrate them into the parish community." Refugees sent from the camps by the United Nati ons Last year agricultural interests proposed a law that Hig h Commission for Refugees arrive with the support of would have created a new "bracero" situation , allowing the federal government, and the U.S. Catholic Conference alien workers to enter the country and remain for a short helps place a third of them, or about 20,000 people a year. period to labor in the fields. The Catholic Conference opposed it, and "by lobbying The office of Migration and Refugee Services tries to unite them with family members, if possible, or sends them to efforts , they were able to beat back the new bracero proone of 107 dioceses nationwide with programs for reset- gram," Father McGuire said. Such efforts to hire foreign tling refugees. workers, he said, show immigrants are hard working and According to U.S. law, refugees are only those persons desirable employees, but bracero type programs destabilize who are forced from their countries by religious or politi- local economies. They also deny rights of citizenship to the cal persecution. The Church, however, says those who temporary workers. come here for economic reasons are also refugees. It is possible to influence Congress, he said, and not Immigrants who fall into other categories now face a only the U.S. Catholic Conference but every citizen should series of laws that have made their situations even more take part in the effort to change immigration laws. "If word complex. "There's a get tough, anti-immigrant posture," gets out to local people to write to Congress, it can make a he said. difference," Father McGuire said. "It's best done at the Those who seek political asylum, he said, are now often parish level." deported or detained instead of remaining at liberty while After six months in the nation 's capital , Father cases are processed. Illegal aliens are squeezed by laws McGuire says he is enjoying his new job. "There's a lot of requiring employers to ask for proof of legal residency, and learning and a lot of getting the word out," he said. But at legal residents have lost privileges they had before 1996. the same time he misses working face to face with the peoFather McGuire is especially concerned about the ple he ultimately serves. "criminal aliens," a group including non-citizens convicted He's looking for a prison near Washington where he can of felonies. Since a series of anti-immigrant laws passed in visit prisoners and give them spiritual support. "It would be 1996, the government has been deporting nearly all of a reminder," he said, "of where all this bureaucratic work is them, even when th ey have served out sentences. supposed to go."

Story and p hotos b y Evelyn Zappia

en Cummings is one of those toug h Irish Catholic boys from the Sunset District who p lanned to be a firefig hter. He inherited that strong, competitive Irish determination and worked out continuously to be the strongest , the best. His best friend , Pal Simmons, had alread y p laced first on the firefi ghters ' exam and Cummings was ready to knock Simmons ' name off the top of the list. On May 15, 1981, at age 25, Cummings dove off a diving board into a shallow pool and broke his neck. The accident left him paralyzed from upper chest down. "It was hard to go throug h ," conceded Cummings. "But if you do it right , if you study it , you watch it, if you look at it and stare at it — you 'll learn from it and that 's what happened to me. And that 's why I can roll wheelchairs across the United States to raise money for spinal cord research , and that 's why I can do anything, within reason, that a person with a disability can do."

When we f inished the rosary, the nun turned around and every kid was sucking on a lollip op. She hung me in the cloakroom. Cummings ' strong-will showed at an early age. To this day he 's not sure whether he was "reall y kicked out of St. Cecilia Elementary School or merely asked to leave " when he was in the second grade. "I'll tell you a story," said Cummings. "The nuns were pretty tough back in those days (1963). My mother (Ruth Mitchell Cummings) was having a baby. When my sister Katie was born , my mother gave me big red suckers to pass out to the class to announce it was a girl. The nun said I couldn 't do it until after school. So, when we were saying the rosary that day, as we did every day, I gave everyone a sucker. When we finished the rosary, the nun turned around and every kid was sucking on a lollipop. She hung me in the cloakroom, and I was asked to leave." Cummings remembers hanging on a hook in the cloakroom more than a couple times - or sitting in the corner with a dunce cap. He smiles , "I must have had a bi g mouth as a kid or had a way about me that jus t didn 't fit well in the system. My mom was tough , but she had a lot of love and I think I was probably spoiled as a kid. I don 't think I did well in that environment. I went to public school ri ght after that." That, however, did not diminish the role of Catholicism in the Cummings family. He emphatically states, "I am a Catholic." Each ni ght he pray s the Our Father and said, "I probably don 't know as much as I should, but I have read the Bible twice." "God gave all of us gifts and we have to use them. I can say with all honesty each day I try to use my gifts and share them with others . Even though I get nervous like any other kid on the block — and sometimes I lose it — and cry, I keep going." Cummings is preparing for his fifth "roll" across the United States in his wheelchair. In the spring of 2000 he plans to start from Florida and finish in either San Francisco or San Diego. In his previous journeys, harsh road conditions have caused many falls in his wheelchair resulting in broken legs, knees and

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Mary Steyl and Ken Cummings ankles. Despite the trips ' grueling nature , Cummings said, "It doesn 't matter. I know I've done the right thing in my life." The fifth generation San Franciscan, who now lives in San Diego for health reasons, talked of "ending up in a lot of fi ghts, just like any other Sunset kid." Yet, he appreciates the tough Irish influence he inherited from his father and grandfather and the special world of respect and love it broug ht to him. He boasted of his grandfather , "Honest Tom Mitchell" as the former U.S. Senator 's campaign proclaimed. And he praised his mother , Ruth Mitchell Cummings, who was secretary in the state 's Attorney General's Office. She was tough and loving, Cummings said. When she died suddenly five years ago, he realized "she was my life — and I didn 't know it until it was too late." His father, Bill Cummings, he said, was a genius, an intellectual and an alcoholic. Bill Cummings, said Cummings, could have been a great teacher or a successful athlete — he was Ail-American at San Francisco State College. "It didn 't make sense for him to drink," said Cummings. "I know he had a hard life and I can't blame him for what he'd become — but I sure can get mad at him for the fact he didn ' t do anything about it." Cummings ' hero is his Uncle Bill Mitchell. At 15, Cummings ran away from home. He remembers riding his Stingray bicycle from the Sunset District down the El Camino to his Godfather 's house in San Mateo. Uncle Bill said he would not tell Cummings ' parents he was there (but he did). "I remember telling Uncle Bill that my coach , Don Benedetti at Lincoln High School, said I had the best natural ability for baseball he'd ever seen." Benedetti at the time was also a scout for the San Diego Padres and told Cummings he thoug ht he "could be the best pitcher in the country." Uncle Bill's response, "You can be just that , Ken."

The visit to Uncle Bill's house began an unspoken bond between them. From then on, Uncle Bill attended all of Cummings ' home baseball games although he had seven children of his own. "Uncle Bill gave me die love I needed at that time. Funny, when you 're not getting love one place , it comes to you in others," observed Cummings. "Uncle Bill's life has always been a great example to others, that 's why I admire him." Cummings has "rolled" his wheelchairs four times across the U.S. and six times up and down the California Coast to raise money for spinal cord injury research. To date, Cummings has 16,000 recorded miles on his wheelchairs and thousands more unrecorded.

Hopefully, if they see a krmcklehead like me rolling a wheelchair across the U.S. they will want to do something special for themselves - they will want to tackle their own challenges Through his vocation Cummings has met governors, senators, and celebrities and was invited to the White House. However, "none of these things " compared to his being inducted into the "Hall of Fame" at his Abraham Lincoln High School on May 10. The event brought him to tears, he said. "I' m fortunate ," he said. "I have time on my hands to give . I have a settlement from my disability so I don 't have to work like other people. I don ' t have to

go out 9 to 5 and bust my butt as others do to make a buck to be able to sustain life. " In 1987 Cummings started a non-profit chari ty , "A Path to What 's Possible," for spinal cord injury research. AH the money he raises goes directl y to' the charity because he lives on his settlement. "I believe we all have a job to do," said Cummings. "We're all making choices — and hopefully, in our ow.n way we decide to show one another how much we care. 1 think the best way to live a life is to give. When you do that you get 500 times back — whatever you get into. " Cummings almost gave up his campaign in Sonorci, Texas when the support bus that accompanies him on his trips was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler two years ago. The vision of hundreds of tons of smashed steel made him think about the dangers of his trips. "Thank God no one was hurt ," said Cummings. "I had all but decided there would be no more trips." A man in his 20's, Victor Garza , changed Cummings ' mind. Because of the accident , Garza had been waiting to meet Cummings for hours at a fast food restaurant. "Victor handed me a check for $5,000 and said, T wanted to do this for a long time ' . He is even a higher level quad th an I am, so just getting out of the house had to be the most difficult thing to do. The money came out of his own pocket." Cummings said he never agai n doubted his vocation. Three months ago Mary Stey l entered Cummings ' life. "How lucky I am to have her in my life ," he said. "I've been doing all of this alone for over 16 years. Every now and then I'll get a volunteer , but very seldom." Cummings continued , "Mary works harder than I do. I' m a bi g guy. I' m 6'5" . She helps me out of bed in the morning, into the shower and helps get me dressed." The greatest challenge in Cummings ' life remains struggling with the fact he is physicall y dependent. "I can 't say that I will never care about walking again ," he said. "That 's my mission. I want to walk again. I wanl to get out of this wheelchair. On the fli pside , if I never walk again, I think the most importan t thing I did do while I' m here on this earth is to give back." What Cummings would love to see is people with disabilities out in the world and doing what they enjoy. "Hopefull y, if they see a knucklehead like me rolling a wheelchair across the U.S. th ey will want to do something special for themselves - they will want to tackle their own challenges," he said. Cummings is planning a fundraiser early next year in San Francisco, "A Circle of Friends Reunion ," af the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Details of the event will be forthcoming and published in Datebook

\\'Staai would it I>e like4 to . spe.o«i just one day in a w heelchair? Ever think about spending a day in a wheelchair as a learning experience and a fundraiser for spinal cord injury research? Ken Cummings can arrange for a wheelchair to be delivered to do just that. "I want people to tackle a tough day at work in a wheelchair, write a one-page paper on what they learned and get pledges from family members and friends ," said Cummings. "I hope people will pick a day that is challenging so they can better understand what people in a wheelchair go through." For information , write Spinal Cord Injury Research, "A Path to What 's Possible " Attn: Ken Cummings, 446 1 Ocean Blvd., Suite 13, San Diego CA 92109 or call (619) 273-3158.

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Guest editorial

Can doubt and faith co-exist in search for God? Faith and doubt can , and often do, coexist in the same person at the same time. The saintly spiritual writer Charles de Foucauld used to pray, "My God , if you exist make your presence known to me." I remember a man who left the Church because of his persistent doubts. Does God really exist? Why do innocent children suffer? Is there really a heaven? We all struggle with faith questions. It 's important to remember that the opposite of faith is not doubt. The opposite of faith is denial . Doubt only means that you do not have enough information to resolve a serious question. To have unanswered questions does not mean that you have lost your faith. Some questions are too complex to be resolved in a simplistic way. One woman didn 't feel God' s presence the way she used to and concluded that she was losing her faith. She was wrong. For centuries the saints and mystics experienced the same spiritual dryness. They explained the dark night of the soul as God's way of drawing them beyond the consolations of faith. He wants our relationshi p with him to transcend the moments of darkness. We are to love him for his own sake and not for our own emotional comfort. As we search for answers to the mysteries of faith, our understanding will deepen. Carl Jung, the great psychologist, wrote about doubts , saying that they "serve as valuable stepping stones to better knowledge." Lorie Duquin's wonderful book, Could You Ever Come Back to the Churchl (Alba House, New York, 1997), makes the same point. In it Jesuit Father John Powell tells a story about a young atheist in his class who straggled to find God once he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Shortly before the young man died he told Father Powell, "Only when I opened myself in love to those around me did God come through the door of the heart I had left open." He was speaking in the language of faith. Faith is not a matter of intellectual superiority. It is more a matter of docility to the signs of God 's love all around us. Jesus said, "Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart." To believe is not necessarily to know clearly. There may be some teachings that you have difficulty with intellectually, but that doesn 't mean you are a hypocrite for calling yourself a Catholic. If you can accept the idea that with God all things are possible, then you can live with mysteries like the incarnation, the assumption of Mary into heaven, even if you do not full y understand them. A doubt is not a denial. A doubt is a legitimate difficulty in comprehending a supernatural truth. All you need is a tiny bit of faith. The Lord himself said, even if it were the size of a mustard seed it would be sufficient to help you move mountains. "I came back to the Church three years ago. Not every question was resolved but God welcomed me back with all my doubts, and yes, it has changed my life very much for the better," writes E.G. The very desire to find God is a sign of his grace drawing you to himself. (This guest editorial was written by Father John Catoir, a columnist for Catholic News Service and for years known for his column written for the Christophers, "Li ght One Candle.")

In the last several days we have all seen the reports of widespread damage and destruction from the tornadoes through Oklahoma, Kansas and other states. The trauma of such devastation is apparent in the faces of those who have lost loved ones , been injured , are unable to find precious keepsakes of their lives and no longer have places of employment. The Disaster Response Office of Catholic Charities USA has already provided some assistance to several dioceses for immediate emergency needs. While it is unclear at this time how much government programs and insurance will be able to replace, we know there are many people who will be missed by such aid and who need help from Catholic Charities to put their lives back together. Similarly, reports of uninsured damage to church facil- |— ities are very preliminary, but will emerge as the debris is cleared. Several bishops in the affected areas have said they would welcome any assistance and donations, and so I encourage you to send contributions or the proceeds of any voluntary collection to: Catholic Charities USA Disaster Response Office 1731 King St., Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 (Ref: Tornado assistance-1999) I thank you for your generosity. Most Rev. Joseph A. Fiorenza, Bishop of Galveston-Houston President, National Conference of Catholic Bishops

Family as model

This is in addition to your March 12 article "Woman smugg les-cardinal' s robe behind Iron Curtain." It has the elements of an Eric Amblers novel. Althoug h it is a story of an innocent caught in a web of intri gue (the same exotic cities: Rome, Triest, Zagreb), clandestine meetings, harrowing border crossings and a refugee who triggered the affair , Ambler never had a saint as the main character. But the truth is, indeed , stranger than the fiction. In 1947, when I fled Yugoslavia , the country was under Communist iron rule. The Catholic Church was considered the major enemy of the regime. Its clergy were systematically persecuted and decimated. The Partisans once entered the Franciscan Monastery in Siroki Brijeg , doused 14 friars with petrol and set them afire . In 195 1, of the 151 priests of the Senj Diocese who were there before the war, only 88 survived. But the biggest thorn for the Communists was Archbishop Alojsije Stepinac. When in a pastoral letter he stated that since the Communist takeover, 273 clergy had been killed , 169 more were imprisoned and 89 were missing, it was the excuse the regime was looking for. The Communists tried the Archbishop and sentenced him to 16 years in prison. I am fro m Medjugorje , known throug hout the world for Blessed Mother 's apparitions. When Medjugorje 's pastor was killed , I decided to flee. My half-brother was killed , my mother spent three months in jail. My father was severely beaten on the kitchen floor and denied medical aid. After two years in hiding, I escaped to Ita ly where I met Father Ivan Tomas of the Croatian Radio Program of the Vatican who found me a job at the Croatian College of St. Jerome in Rome. Father Tomas was the p riest who persuaded Francis Chilcoat of your recent story to smugg le Stepinac 's cape into Yugoslavia. I spent two years at St. Jerome and received religious guidance from Father Tomas. After that , I emigrated to America and met a wonderful coup le in the Bay area, Aaron and Frances Chilcoat, who opened their hearts and their home to a refugee like me, and witnessed my swearing in as a new American citizen. Litde did I realize that when I asked Frances to look up Father Tomas in Rome, during her trip to Yugoslavia, that she would smuggle a cardinal' s cape which a future saint would be buried in. There are far too many coincidences in this story to be naturally occurring. One , particularly stands out. While the border guard was fumbling with Frances' baggage that contained the cape, he cut his hand , yelled a few expletives and gave up the search. I would like to think divine intervention prevailed. Ivan Ivankovich Glendale

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. A recent Catholic San Francisco contained thoug htful commentaries by Archbishop Levada and Cardinal Mahony regarding our culture 's approach to questions of life and death. Both made reference to the "common good" and the necessity of integrating this with the concept of individual good. I believe it is fundamentarto the mending of our torn social fabric. Sacrifice is another concept , which is sometimes alien to an individualistic culture , but needs to be embraced if we are to do some healing. Intact and happy families , where individuals "grow" best (in my experience), are those where the contributions of individual family members are not only welcome, but essential. But , sometimes that individual contribution involves reducing individual demands in the interest of family goals that , when accomplished (and , even in the striving), lift the level of the group with rewards redounding to each individual family member. There is a lot of talk in the media about "community" when discussing what ails us as a society. The family, as I see it, is the basic community and it requires integration between individual and common

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Father Molinari: the saints' forensic foreman? By Cind y Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the Vatican has become a saint factory, as some have complained , then Jesuit Father Paolo Molinari is foreman of lhe crew that prepares the raw material for processing. The 75-year-old Jesuit is president of the Vatican's College of Postulators , the chief postulator for Jesuit causes and the main promoter of dozens of other causes, including those of Pope Pius XII, the Fatima children , Blessed Katherine Drexel and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Father Molinari described potential saints as "ordinary people living in a way that ordinary people don ' t; doing good beyond what good people do." The Jesuit finds their stories moving; he loves Francisco and Jacinta Marto , the youngest of the three children who saw the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima in 1917. He cannot wait for the day — perhaps less than a year away — when they will be proclaimed blessed and "all the children of the world can look to them for inspiration." "They were real children ," Father Molinari said. For example, they promised to pray the rosary everyday, but they also wanted more time to play. At one point , they decided that if they just recited the first line of all the prayers, it would still count. Father Molinari said a postulator 's job is to recognize God's attempts to communicate through the lives and actions of good and holy people , then to work to make that message known by offering them as models for all believers. The practical tasks include years of gathering information, evidence, documents and eyewitness testimony where possible. Everything must be investigated, evaluated and collected into bound reports. Since being appointed a postulator by the Jesuits in 1957, Father Molinari 's work has helped lead to the beatification of 106 people and the canonization of 50 others, including 'the Martyrs of England and Wales and St. Phili ppine Duchesne . Although the Congregation for Sainthood Causes officiall y recognizes some 200 postulators , the causes pro-

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George Weigel J-n the earl y 1990s, the rise of outlaw states with weapons of mass destruction suggested that the just war theory was a doctrine in need of development. Did the very possession of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons by such regimes constitute a legitimate "just cause" for preemptive military action? If an outlaw or terrorist regime threatened to gain control of a resource whose availability on the open market was essential to the world economy, was that an act of "aggression" to which a military response was morally p lausible? Did gross human rights violations by outlaw regimes warrant a military response? In short, the whole issue of what was a "just cause," legitimating a resort to armed force to remedy injustice, defend international order, and secure peace, needed serious reexamination. Some vigorous debate took p lace along those lines. What many of us involved in those discussions

moted by Father Molinari account for one-ei ghth of the by a large portion of the faithful. 820 record-breaking number of people beatified by Pope "If the simple people are drawn to someone, this is a sign John Paul II. of God for us," he said. The saints "are attractive because God Father Molinari said he does not know exactly how is working in them and telling us something through them." many causes he has altogether. But he and Jesuit Father Father Molinari said he also thinks the Church should Peter Gumpel , who has an adjoining "re-think" its criteria for the miracles office at the Jesuit headquarters near needed for beatification, except in the the Vatican, have 12 to 15 causes case of martyrs. "that are reall y moving." The Church now requires proof of One of those is the cause for canunusual physical events for which natonization of Blessed Katherine ural science cannot, provide an explaDrexel , the Philadelphia heiress who nation. The events are almost always founded the Sisters of the Blessed healings , which can be documented Sacrament to educate and assist and investi gated by physicians. blacks and Native Americans. However, the miracle in one cause The medical board studying a promoted by Father Molinari , that of healing attributed to Mother Drexel u Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo of aj s has received a requested clarification. u Madagascar, involve d a wind-swept Father Molinari also recently £ brush fire stopping at the edge of a received a letter "saying something village whose inhabitants invoked her unusual had happened" to someone intercession. No scientific explanawho prayed for .the intercession of > m tion was possible for the fire stopping Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native B when the wind continued to blow o SB toward the village. American. £ VI The priest doesn't like to use the But Father Molinari said nonphysz . y word "miracle," he said. Rather he ical extraordinary events also should Blessed Mother Katherine Drexel is speaks of "extraordinary facts which be considered. As an example, he depicted in this year-old memorial cannot be explained by natural scisaid, what about cases where a large window at the Basilica of the ences." number of people involved in crime, National Shrine of the Immaculate More study will be necessary violence and other immoral activity Conception in Washington , D.C., one before Father Molinari decides would testif y to a complete converof the sites pilgrims on the whether the April letter holds promise sion after reading about the life of a Archdiocese of San Francisco 's as the miracle needed for Blessed holy person? August 12-16 pilgrimage may visit. Kateri to be proclaimed a saint. The Jesuit said he mentioned the Blessed Katherine 's sainthood Father Molinari said he respects possibility to Pope John Pau l, but the cause is progressing. the concern of people who fear Pope pope responded that he needed a conJohn Paul may be watering down the crete confirmation of the candidate ': importance of canonization and beatification by doing so power to intercede with God. many, but he doesn 't agree with them. Father Molinari is still working on his idea. He said it The Jesuit does think, though, there should be greater "would be more in keeping with the purpose of canonizaattention to "the principle at the heart of this activity of tion, recognizing people as models of holiness for others." He recognizes, however, that "it would be a lot more the Church," which is that a canonization or beatification is an official recognition of holiness already recognized difficult to prove." LU

Kosovo and j ust war tradition didn 't realize was that another classic principle of the just war tradition , that only a "properly constituted authority " could justifiably order the use of armed force , would also have to be reexamined — not because of outlaw regimes, but because of the manifest incompetence of a legitimately elected democratic government. Yet that is precisely the question, or at least one of the questions , posed by the Clinton administration 's Yugoslavian policy. I am not one of those who argue that ethnic conflict in a far corner of southeastern Europe is of no concern to the United States , European stability is a legitimate American national security interest. For almost a decade, the Yugoslav regime of Slobodan Milosevic has been an obstacle (albeit not the only obstacle) to sorting out of the Balkans' woes in a reasonably civilized way. Brutal ethnic cleansing, as the Holy See argued, is a crime against humanity. Restoring a measure of order to the former Yugoslavia was , in my judgment, a legitimate "just cause" requiring a response from the United States and NATO. What kind of response was a debatable matter. That a response was required should not have been in question . The administration 's handling of this entire affair, however, has almost defied belief. Air power is not an instrument of psychotherapy, and cruise missiles are not an assertive form of Vallium. The idea that a little bombing would make Mr. Milosevic "feel the pain" and drive him back to the negotiating table (where, it was proposed, we would cut a deal with the man being described as a minor league Hitler) was an absurdity from the beginning. Bill Clinton began his public life protesting just such "signaling" in Vietnam. Did he learn nothing from that experience? To compound the error, the president, his eyes riveted

on the polls, announced preemptively that Yugoslavia need not fear an invasion on the ground. Here was an engraved invitation to Milosevic to proceed with an even more outrageous ethnic cleansing of Kosovo, while redeploying his forces in ways that would make them less susceptible to the air campaign. Meanwhile, the first weeks of bombing drove the democratic opposition to Milosevic into the Yugoslavian strongman's arms, united Serbs in their determination to resist the West, caused civilian casualties, and made no great dent on Milosevic 's military capability. If the Kosovar Albanians fleeing by the hundreds of thousands into neighboring countries benefited in the slightest from this bizarre form of "humanitarian intervention," it was not easy to see how. . All of which raises an important, disturbing , question: If the other criteria for a j ust war are met, does the gross political, diplomatic , and military incompetence of the "properly constituted auth ority " conducting the war make it necessary to judge that the war is not, in the final analysis, morally justifiable? The question is even more sharpl y posed in a situation like Kosovo, where it was not at all clear that several other criteria legitimating the use of armed force - last resort, reasonable chance of success, likelihood of a better result than could be achieved by refraining from the use of force - had been satisfied before the air campaign began. This administration has never known how to link the proportionate, discriminate use of force to morally justifiable political ends. It has failed the just war test before . It is failing it again. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington , D.C.

On Being Catholic

Holy Spirit: Love in Person revealed: God is, in the words of a contemporary Greek Orthodox theolog ian. "Being as communion. " So profound is the love between the Father and the Son that this love is personalized from all eternity in the Holy Spirit — and it is this love who draws us into communion with the God who is so intensel y personal that we must call him both One and Three. The first Christians experienced the.Hol y Spirit as a Person , not a power. The missionary travels of St. Paul were directed by the Spirit , who prevents the Apostle from going to one place , and leads him to another. (Act 16:6-8) The Spirit bestows varied gifts to different members of the Church "as he pleases." (1 Cor 12:11) And the Letter to the Ephesians tells us that sinful conduct and destructive talk grieve the Holy Spirit. (Eph 4:30) While it is JL he Gospel of John opens with a trumpet blast true the Holy Spirit transforms whose melody echoes throughout the remainder of the our humanity, he should not be book: "The Word became flesh and lived among us." (Jn seen as some kind of entity, an 1:14) But why did the Word become flesh? Perhaps one additive which makes our human answer is to be found toward the end of the Gospel, nature perform better. The divine when the risen Christ appeared to his disciples on Easter life of grace is not a commodity night. John tells us, "He breathed on them and said: which increases or decreases in some spiritual bank . The 'Receive the Holy Spirit '". (Jn 20:22) The Word became Holy Spirit is the personal love of God, a love which transforms us precisely by making us more "personal." flesh so that our flesh might receive the Spirit. Our experience of human love reflects this truth. The What is the Holy Spirit which Christ came to bring us? In fact, the Spirit is not a "what" but a "who." We love of family, friendship and romance each bring to the must resist the tendency to view the Spirit as some kind fore aspects of our personality; we become "more" ourof energy or abstract power. "The force be with you " selves not through independence but through interdepenmay be an apt greeting in Star Wars, but Christian faith dence. Sin is the disfigurement of love, the evil of turning is founded on the revelation that the ultimate reality of a subject into an object. Sexual immorality uses another God is not absolute power, but absolute love. With the person for one's gratification. Social immorality dehubestowal of the Holy Spirit, the mystery of the Trinity is manizes another race or class to justify prejudice.

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Father Milton T. Walsh

Environmental immorality denies that God is the Creator and we are steward s, reducing our p lanet and its resources to an object to be p lundered as our personal property. Historically, the Enli g htenment rejection of Christian revelation in favor of the supremacy of "reason " has shaped a world view w here everything is valued for what it can produce for us ("us" being the educated classes of the West). Even "God" has become a resource to be mined. Esoteric sp iritual practices are explored for the sake of religious experiences which seem to convey divine energy to the partici pants. When the Church holds up the crucified Christ as the source of the Holy Spirit , she is mocked by the savants. How could this image of humiliation and weakness give us power? But the Church knows that the only source of the living water of the Spiri t is the pierced side of the man who died cry ing, "I thirst!" (Jn 19:28) If sin is the contrary of love, turning subjects into objects, persons into things , then the final manifestation of this process is death. The reign of death can be broken only by love, love unto death. Only the body wounded by love rejected could impart the Holy Spirit who raises us from the dead , transforming us from objects into subjects, adopted daughters and sons of God whom in the Spirit we call "Abba," Father.

Sin is the disfigurement of love, the evil of turning a subject into an object.

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¦ Continued from page 12 Civil War. Off and on , succeeding presidents have issued similar - proclamations. We have now had 48 consecutive National Days of Prayer. But who knows it? Certainl y the press will not cover the gatherings of people all over the United States coming together in prayer. Perhaps, the largest gathering of people meet in Washington D.C. The event brings together legislators and clergy from all over the country. This year's event was purported to be one of the most moving spiritual gatherings they have ever had . Forty-seven governors joined President Clinton in issuing proclamations recognizing this Day of Prayer. How could they not acknowledge the importance of such a day when so many tragedies are affecting us? Sadly, our governor, Gray Davis, chose not to include himself and the people of California by refusing to issue a state proclamation. If you have never heaid of the N ational Day of Prayer, don 't despair; just plan on physically praying with someone next year on the first Thursday in May. It just might make a difference in the world. Dan Silva Belmont

My Church is alive

My name is Patrick Garcia. I am 12 years old. I am a sixth-grade student of Our Lady of Peipetual Help School of Religion and Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco. I am waiting this letter to thank Catholic San Francisco and Catholic Relief Services for sending Evelyn Zappia to Guatemala. 1 also want to congratulate Ms. Zappia for giving us a true picture of the plight of Guatemala after it was hard hit by Hurricane Mitch. ("Reflections on Guatemala ," April 23 and 30 issues). I felt sad while reading about the hur-

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

ricane victims. Some lost their homes and with years and years of appeals. However, belong ings. Some lost their families. life without possibility of parole doesn 't People of all ages were greatl y affected. work , either. Every person , free or inmate , The country was a total wreck. I know that has his/her life in danger because the conGod had a very good reason why this disas- victed murderer has nothing to lose by ter had to happen. killing another person. Like Ms. Zappia, I can say I am very Think about it. I've had some years in proud to be raised Catholic. In the contact with the penal system, twice as a Guatemala situation I saw how my Church personal consultant — 1953-54 at Alcatraz , throug h its agencies got very much 1957-83 as the same at San Quentin. involved not only spirituall y but also finanCharles Hoffman, MD cially and morally. The coming of Catholic Relief Services by providing the necessary help surely served as an inspirati on for the I was impressed to see the article on other members of the Church to do their the beatification of Padre Pio. The May 7 part , regardless of the amount shared. Their front page showing the pope above a large compassion for others was felt. My Church portrait of Padre Pio was so insp iring. It is is alive with love. so wonderful to see there are trul y pious I pray to God the Guatemalan s may individuals in our times. return to their normal lives. The GuateI have just learned that Jacinta and malans are relig ious people and I am sure Francisco Martos , two of the three PortuGod will always be with them. I hope quese children who saw visions of 'Our other children like me will keep them . in Lady of Fatima, are in the process to be their prayers. declared blessed as well. I hope once it is Patri ck Garcia finalized that their stories will be covered in San Francisco this newspaper, too. As we enter into the 82"" anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to the children As a San Francisco Catholic , I am at Fatima, I hope more of the priests , relihappy for the new newspaper that brings all gious and faithful will bring to light the stothe Catholic community together. I particu- ries of Fatima and the message Our Lady larly enjoy reading about peop le I know. gave to all of us. It is so important we listen I do have a thoug ht. How about mak- to the call for more devotion to Our Blessed ing it half the size and having it come out Mother so that through her intercession we half as often? I think many of us would then may be granted peace throughout the read it cover-to-cover instead of skimming world. For more information , I would it. There are so many publications to keep encourage the faithfiul to visit the Fatima up with today. web site at www.Fatima.org. Thank you, and my prayers for your Teresa Davancaze continued success. Redwood City Sister Karen Marie Franks, OP Daly City On behalf of the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals (CCMP) In response to the article by Father I am writing to register unequivocal opposiGerald Coleman in a recent issue (April 30) tion to Assembl y Bill 1592, the proposed in regard to capital punishment: Obviously "Death with Dignity " legislation b y the current California system doesn't work, Berkeley Assemblywoman Dion Aroner

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now before the California State Legislature to legalize physician-assisted suicide. CCMP is an all-volunteer association of health care professionals , low-paid work ers, small business owners, students and other concerned community residents who have united to fi ght for access to compre hensive health care on behalf of lowincome workers and their families in the Bay Area since 1976. There can be no "death with di gnity " for those denied comprehensive medical care. It is unconscionable for a government to legislate and fund suicide as public policy, while refusing to insure everyone has the health care and attendant care services needed to live without bankrupting their life savings or becoming an economic burden on their loved ones. Physician-assisted suicide would create a deadl y public policy by legalizing a physician 's ability to prescribe lethal drugs to patients. The lethal prescription costs only $35. A physicianassisted suicide is certain to be the last medical insurance claim from an "unprofitable patient." Join CCMP's campaign to stop physician-assisted suicide and the tight for comprehensive medical care for all. regardless of income. The "Death with Dignity Act" AB 1592 is now in the Assembly. Contact your representatives and senators to demand they take a stand against the insidious "personal choice" argument of bill proponents and read between the lines to see this is a deadl y and horrif ying opening, leading down a sli ppery slope to extermination of unprofitabl e patients. Attend CCMP' s presentation by Dr. Rex Greene , president, Los Angeles County Medical Association , on May 30 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church at 2005 Berryman St., Berkeley, at 4 p.m. Call us at (510) 436-8020 if you are interested. James De Gon Operations manager James Eichel , M.D. Medical director

Family Lif e.

Finding life in suffering ed suicide law," euthanasia advocates would probably say. But the assumption of the law currentl y under consideration in the state legislature — that some lives are not worth the space they inhabit — places all of the sick and frail at risk. Behind the demand for physician assisted suicide is a double-sided dread diminishing not only the dignity of the sick but also that of the well. Many of us fear illness because we are afraid of being caregivers, of being asked too much by someone who needs us. Knowing this about ourselves, we also are afraid of being cared for, of being a burden on others. While no one likes pain, it is not the main reason people want their doctors to kill them. A majority of the 15 people who legally died by this method in Oregon last year cited not pain but loss of independence , control and activity as their chief reasons to give up living. An agnostic uncle of mine told me that if he ever contracted a terminal disease he would kill himself. His would be no ordinary suicide, he said. He would go sailing into a hurricane or hang gliding on a wind y day. He did not fear d ying, but living in a state of drawn-out dependency and unproductivity. While in his early eighties, he was diagnosed with advanced cancer. The doctors recommended the amputa-

lion of his leg, followed by chemotherapy and radiation. He refused these treatments because of the likelihood , at his age, that they would prolong his death rather than Iris life. The doctors warned my uncle that , without medical intervention , he would live no more than six months. But he continued bravel y for another two years. Though he suffered greatly, he never spoke of suicide because of an unanticipated development: his wife, children , and grandchildren grew closer to him and to each other as they cared for him. To his surprise, his life as a sick and dy ing man was not ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ worthless after all. In his own home , with his wife at his side , his final words before sli pp ing into a coma were of gratitude — for his life, yes, but also for the illness that had given him a chance to glimpse the God who loved him. "Do not be afraid . . ." he said. Here was a death with dignity. A suicide, or a homicide performed by a doctor, would not have added but subtracted from it. Surely a beautiful death is within reach of us all, if we will onl y help each other overcome the fear.

Thoug h he suffe red greatly . . . his wife , children , and grandchildren

Vivian W. Dudro When I was two years old, doctors discovered a malignant tumor in my urinary tract. After 1 endured a couple of surgeries, a few rounds of chemotherapy and several years of chronic illness, my parents received a dismal prognosis: I would not live to see my sixth birthday. Following the current debate over p hysician assisted suicide, I am thankful euthanasia was considered unthinkable when I was a child.. Since I had been labled "terminal" by more than one doctor, what value would have been assigned to my life , what options would have been discussed with my fretful parents , if doctors had been empowered to kill? "Oh, but killing terminally ill children who cannot give their consent will not result from a physician assist-

grew closer to him and to each other as they cared for him.

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages three to 11) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

Attending a marriage outside the Church Q. A few of our family happened to watch a supposedly Catholic television program recently. The subject was marriage, and the speaker was talking about the wrong of Catholics marrying out of the Church. He then very seriously said any Catholic attending such a marriage commits a sin. This surprised us a lot. We had a similar situation in our family where someone Catholic (a cousin) who was very close to all of us married a non-Catholic woman in her church. We troubled over our decision for weeks, and then decided we should attend. We made sure he realized what we thought about his action and that we were disappoin ted. But we then told him we would be there because we love him and hope for his happ iness. He thanked us and said he understood. We still think we did the rig ht thing. Was that speaker really g iving a law that every Catholic must follow in all circumstances ? (Texas) / ""V— _.*—_

sinful cooperation in wrong doing or gives genuine scandal Neither of those conditions is necessarily fulfilled Whatever sin mi ght be connected to the action was certainly not intended by the presence of family like yourselves You made clear to your cousin , and obviousl y to your children or others, so there was no scandal that could honestly be taken by anyone over what you did. And your presence did not facilitate the marriage: from what you have written , it seems certain the wedding would have taken place whether you were there or not. Your "cooperation ," if any, was certainly not sufficient or proximate enough to outwei gh the good you wished to achieve by being there. Those are the kinds of questions peop le should ask themselves when confronted by such decisions. It seems to me you did it quite thoughtfull y and correctly. Two further points need at least mention. You appear knowledgeable enough ot your raith to know that the marriage of a Catholic before a non-Catholic minister or pastor is full y recognized by the " Church if a dispensation (technicalL ly called a dispensation from the form of ot marriape marriage)'i was m previously granted by the bishop. Apparently a great number of Catholics do not realize also that Catholics are not obliged to be married before a priest if they have joined another faith or in any other way formally left the Catholic Church.

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A. Events like this are always hard for ^^ families to deal with. It is necessary to weigh all the factors, as you tried to do, and make a jud gment that seems most fair and sup\VPA portive in a good way for everyone involved. It would be difficult , I believe, if not impossible, to bring valid moral reasons for making such attendance always wrong, in every conceivable circumstance. One would need to prove that attending such a wedding is either

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¦ Continued from page 5 trolled substances with a "street value," meaning there is an illegal black market for them. "These are potentiall y abusable drugs ," Ebeling said. "Unfortunatel y, there are people on these medications for legitimate reasons who are now being denied access." SF General patient Curry claims people using public health care cannot afford co-pays, whether the state says they can or not. For example, one group of peop le eli gible for Medi-Cal are SSI recipients. SSI stands for Supplemental Security Income. It is a "safety-net" that pays a little more than $700 per month to people who became disabled before they worked enough years to accumulate sufficient credit for regular Social Security. SSI recipients qualif y for Medi-Cal because they will be disabled for longer than 12 months. People with

incomes of $700 per month are hard-pressed to pay for anything other than rent and food , said Curry, an SSDI and Medicare recipient who worked for more than 20 years before she became disabled. SSDI stands for Social Security Disability Insurance and is similar to regular Social Security. Both SSDI and Social Security pay variable amounts per month, between $750 and $2,500, depending on the recipient 's lifetime earnings. People on Social Security have typically turned 65 while persons using SSDI have become disabled after many years of working. Both groups paid into the Social Security system and accumulated sufficient credits to receive payments. Social Security and SSDI recipients qualif y for Medicare, a federal program connected to Social Security. Medicare offers free hospitalization. An optional component of Medicare costing $44 per month covers physician visits and tests at 80 percent of charges. Medicare does not

Father John Dietzen Let 's say, therefore , your cousin had abandoned the Catholic Church and become a Methodist. He would no longer be bound to the Catholic form of marriage, and his marriage would be completely according to Church law, if of course there were no other invalidating impediments (Canon 1117). One may agree or not with these laws , or with what another person does. But these realities naturall y constitute additional serious considerations for people facing the decisions you made. (Questions for Father Dietzen may be sent to him at Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. This column is copyrig hted by Catholic New Service.) cover prescriptions, so many local Medicare patients have long filled their medication needs for free through the PHN pharmacies. Dr. Welch said the network is only encou raging Medi-Cal patients to use commercial pharmacies since they have the option , not Medicare patients. "These patients (Medi-Cal) really do have a choice whereas other patients really don ' t have a choice (of pharmacies)," Dr. Welch said. Because Medicare patients are not covered for prescriptions anywhere, they have turned to PHN's pharmacies for free medications. While the medications are no longer free, they are still affordable at $2 to $10 per month , according to Dr. Welch. Curry said she fears the network will close the SF General pharmacy altogether. "If the SF General pharmacy closes, we (Med icare patients) will have to leave," she said. "My medications cost $600 per month. 1 would have to leave California."

LTI URGY & SCRIPTURE Pentecost and universal language of love

The final day, the fiftieth (pentecost meaning 50) day, ol our Easter celebration arrives this Sunday, ending our annual celebration of the Lord's Easter victory (Lent, the Triduum, and Eastertime). We have prepared and initiated new members into our parishes; we Pentecost have helped Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; them under/ Cor. 12:36-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 stand the imp lications of the Easter sacraments; we have renewed our own baptismal commitment to being Church; we have tried to find new ways to encourage the new life in us to surface and be shared . What is the "parting shot " the Word gives us this final , this Pentecost day? We hear the wonder of what it means to be Church: we are the renewed People of God able to speak the language of love; we are the body of Christ gifted for each other; we are sent to proclai m the Gospel, even as Jesus was sent. Acts presents the Church and our parish communities as the renewed People of God because the Spirit of Jesus moves us, You recall the inaugural experience of the People of God at Mount Sinai when the divine "special effects " department outdid itself: "On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightning , and a thick cloud upon the mountain,' and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled . . . . And Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain quaked greatly." (Ex 19:16,18). Is there any doubt the author believes that the all holy God is approaching Israel to make it his own People? Is there any doubt that the author of Acts sees the Spirit-filled Church and parishes as the renewed People of God, approached by the same God through Jesus Christ: "And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind and it filled the entire house where they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire..."? Here too in the Church and our parish communities our

Father David M. Pettingill sad history is reversed by God 's Spirit of inclusive love. In order to speak each other 's language, we need no less than an act of God. Our sad human story is the Tower of Babel revisited. (Gn 11:1-11) We think we can come together, make strategies for human accomplishments, and even acquire a name for ourselves. You know the story: "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves. " (Gn 11:4) But , without God 's intervention on our behalf, we author our division, separation, and failure. " 'Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.' So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the earth, and they left off building the city." (Gn 11:7-8) The story of Babel is a wonderful symbol of human isolation symbolized by the diversity of languages which divide and build barriers. Acts proclaims that God has had pity on our plight. God has sent the Holy Spirit through the risen Jesus upon us who have been initiated into his Church. The Spirit gathers us in his love and enables us to speak each other 's languages, the language of hospitable welcome and inclusion. "And at the

Sunday: anything but 'Ordinary' Ah! The Great 90 Days are coming to an end. It s been a magnificent celebration! After Evening Prayer this Pentecost, the flame of the Paschal candle is extinguished. The candle itself is moved to the baptismal font, awaiting the next baptism or funeral. The Church gathers in vigil the evening of Pentecost, praying with one voice: "Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful." Melt us, mold us, fill us, use us as the Body of Christ for the liberation and healing of all people. It's been a memorable, transforming 90 days. For the 40 days of Lent, we followed the crucified Christ, mindful of his Passion now in our midst. For the three days of Triduum, we followed Christ in the mystery of his dying and rising which is our own dying and rising. For the 50 days of the Easter/Pentecost season, we followed the Risen Christ, mindful of living as his Body in the world. Well, OK, as the seminarians remind me, 40 + 3 + 50 does not equal 90, but you get the idea. For these 90 days, the central core of our faith, the dying and rising of Jesus Christ, the Paschal Mystery, called us to conversion and challenged us to live our baptismal promises. The music at Mission Dolores, for example, the preaching at St. Pius, the art and environment at St. Raphael's Parish, the community outreach at St. Teresa's Parish gathered and guided us into the power of the new life we share with the Risen Christ. Yes, it 's been a magnificent celebration! From the Easter joy of the seven Sundays of the Pentecost season, we will walk through another turning point in the Church year. Next Sunday we begin the Sundays of the Church year, 26 of them to be exact, beginning with the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity (May 30) and the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (June 6) and reaching all the way to the Solemnity of Christ the King (Nov. 21).

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND Why would the Church call these Sundays "Ordinary"? How could any Sunday be "Ordinary" for us who gather to celebrate Christ's dying and rising? A more accurate name for this long stretch of Sundays would be "Sundays of the Church Year." "Ordinary" refers to counting the Sundays with ordinal numbers (11th Sunday, 28th Sunday, 33rd Sunday, etc.). What seems like a commentary on the routine quality of our lives ("Ordinary Time") is just about counting. Sunday, the first day of the week, the day that is anything but ordinary because of the surpassing power of Christ 's resurrection, is the subject of our next series of columns. Fr. John Talesfore and I want to share with you some of the teaching from the Apostolic Letter which Pope John Paul II wrote last Pentecost. It is called "The Lord' s Day " (Dies Domini). Questions about Sunday abound. I' m sure you 've

sound , the crowd gathered and was bewildered , because all heard them speaking in their own language." Far from being Babel revisited, we have been made Babel reversed. 1 Cor reminds us of our boundary-breaking unity where all labels of division are removed: "For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one spirit." Yet the Spirit 's gifts in all their variety shine in their use for the Church as body parts serve the entire person: "As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts, though many, are one body, so also Christ." John sees this renewed Peop le of God that we are, capable of speaking the universal language of love, gifted with the Sp irit's graces, always being sent as Jesus was sent ("As the Father has sent me, so I send you"); always being "breathed on" by the Risen One, who gives his Spirit; always empowered to preach the Gospel and to decide who is to be admitted to the baptismal bath of forgiveness based on their reaction to our preaching ("Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them.") What an agenda we have: reconciliation of parish factions, finding our lost "common ground," reconciling disenchanted and lapsed Catholics, evangelizing our neighborhoods, finding new candidates for the R.C.I.A. process. And the Pentecost Word and Eucharist say we can do it all and more ! Questions for RENEW 2000 Small Communities: ¦ What one area of your parish needs the help of your small community? How will you try to help? ¦ Who are the most marginalized in your parish? What type of outreach can you invent? ¦ Have you invited newly initiated into your small community ? Why not do so? ¦ What outreach does your small community offer to lapsed Catholics?

Father David Pettingill is director of the archdiocesan Office of Parish Life.

heard many and you may have many yourself. Here are some I've heard. "As long as I' m going to Mass, why not Tuesday? Why Sunday Eucharist?" "As long as I'm praying, why not pray at home? Wh y Sunday Eucharist?" "As long as I'm united with Christ in my heart, why go to Mass? Why Sunday Eucharist?" All good questions. Let me add some more. "What is the tradition of Sunday in our Church? How do we celebrate this original Christian feast day? How is this particular day "the Lord's" in our home, in our family, in our parish? Besides celebration of the Eucharist, what else makes this day "the Lord's"? St. Paul's words to the Corinthians are a fine guide to understand the dynamic of Sunday. It is about the body, just as Sunday is about the Body. St. Paul writes, "The body is one and has many members, but all the members, many though they are, are one body; and so it is with Christ." Plunged into Christ's dying and rising by our baptism, we are indissolubly bound to Christ and to every other member of his Body, whether their parish is in Colma or Kentfield , Kosovo or Chiapas. Sunday 's Gospel also gives us a perfect description of the Sunday experience. "On the evening of that first day of the week, even though the disciples had locked the doors of the place where they were, Jesus came and stood before them. 'Peace be with you,' he said." Sunday: the first day of the week, the disci ples gathered together, the Risen Christ in their midst, Christ 's own peace offered to us — yes, anything but ordinary. Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is an assistant profess or of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park

Retreats/Days of Recollection May 26 - June 6: "10 Day Centering Praye r Retreat ," Mercy Center , 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call Brian Anderson at (650) 340-7454. June 4 - 6: For single women 1 8 - 3 5, at Sweetwater Villa, a weekend of prayer, spiritual direction and talks by Father John Boettcher and Joseph lllo. Suggested donation of $25. Call Sister Maria of the Trinity of the Little Sisters of the Poor at (415) 751-6510. June 12: "God of the Millennium" with Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Marilyn Wilson , 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Call (415) 325-5614. Cancer Prayer Group meets Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call (650) 755-3364.

Take Prayer Around the Cross 2nd Fridays at 8 p.m. at Presentation Sisters Motherhouse Chapel, Turk and Masonic, SF. Call Sister Monica Miller, PBVM at (415) 751-040 and at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke Parish , 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City. Call (650) 345-6660. 3rdTuesdays at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280. 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Call Sister Toni Longo, ASC at (650) 325-5614. 1st Fridays at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at (650) 340-7452. 1st Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF.Call (415) 288-3809.

Ecumenical & Interreligious May 23: Interfaith service and prayer vigil for the people of the Balkans. Sponsored by the end-tolandmines group Roots of Peace,4 p.m. at the SF Presidio Chapel. Part of 3-day landmine awareness effort. Call Heidi Kuhn at (415) 258-9300.

Reunions San Francisco 's Archbishop Riordan High School celebrates 50 years in 1999-2000. School is in search of alumni and Riordan memorabilia for display as well as volunteers for upcoming activities. Call (415) 586-9190. Are you an alumna/us of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City but not on the current mailing list? Especially looking for members of classes 1948-49 Call Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817. The Class of 1950 from St. Peter's Academy and St. Peter's Boys School is planning a 50,h reunion. If you were a member of that group, call Louise Johnson at (650) 358-0303 or Betty Robertson at (415) 731-6328. Class of 1979, Holy Name of Jesus School, SF is organizing 20 year reunion. Class members may call Kathleen Burke at (415) 566-8976.

Food & Fun May 23: Irish American Day at 3COM Park. Upper reserved seats $6, Cap Day for the first 30,000 fans, portion of ticket price benefits Irish Arts Foundation, The Giants face Houston Astros , game time 1:05 p.m. Call (415) 330-2528.

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ing Masses. CallSister Miriam at (415) 664-1580 , ext. 4-2422.

Fall Fest '99, the annual gathering of Young Adults in the Archdiocese, can use your help. Volunteers interested in assisting with the October 23 celebration should call (415) 675-5900.

Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group is looking for volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to people living with AIDS. For information , call Milton Headings at (41 5) 863-1581.

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St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary Cathedral invites you to join them in service to the poor: (415) 563-0863.

May 21, 22, 23: Broadway's "Pajama Game" at Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School, 659 Pine St., SF, featuring the 8th grade class. May 21, 22 at 8 p.m. May 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets $6. Seniors $2 at matinee only. Call (415) 421-0069. July 18: The Golden Gate Men's Chorus performs at Old St. Mary's Church, 660 California St. at Grant, SF, 7 p.m. $15. Call (415) 668-GGMC. Sundays in May: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Sundays in May : Concerts at St. Francis Shrine by various artists , 4 p.m. Call (415) 983-0405.

Pilgrimages Aug. 12-16: To the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington , DC with Archbishop William J. Levada. For information, call the Office of Ethnic Ministries, (415) 565-3622. September 1999: 45th National Rosary Pilgrimage to Lourdes, call (301) 530-8963.

Volunteer Opportunities Catholic Charities' St. Joseph Village can use donations of clothing, shoes, accessories, kitchen supplies, diapers, linens etc. To volunteer to assist in this program that helps homeless families become self-sufficient , call Kristen Rauda at (415) 575-4920, ext. 223. San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers for its many outreach programs to the poor: (415) 241.2600. Birthright needs people to work with women faced with unplanned pregnancies. For more information, call Mary Alba at (415) 664-9909. San Mateo County's Volunteer Center: call (650) 342-0801. For San Francisco Volunteer Center, call (415) 982-8999. Laguna Honda Hospital, SF is in need of volunteers to serve as eucharistic ministers, lectors and chapel escorts at Tuesday and Sunday morn-

Women in Community Service , seeks people to assist women making the transition from public assistance to the workforce. Call Gwen at (415) 397-3592. Bernal Heights Neighborhood Elders Support Team helps seniors remain at home with rides, food delivery and companionship. Interested volunteers should call Lisa Lopez Coffey at (415) 206-9177. Project Linus, a group supplying special blankets for seriously ill and traumatized children, needs blanketeers to knit , crochet and quilt. Call (650) 5896767. Women Against Rape Crisis Counselor training begins May 27. Call Janelle at (415) 861-2024.

Prayer/Devotions May 31: Memorial Day Mass , 11 a.m., at Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese, Holy Cross , Colma; Holy Cross, Menlo park; Mt. Olivet, San Rafael. All are invited. Holy Cross, Colma offers free shuttle service from main gate to Holy Cross Mausoleum from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (650) 756-2060. June 6: Celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi with the cloistered Dominican Sisters of Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 2:30 p.m. Mass concludes with Eucharistic procession and Benediction. 2nd Sundays: 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: Mondays, 7 p.m.- 8:15 p.m., Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond St., SF. Call Sr. Cathy Cahur at (415) 553-8776; Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., SF. Call Chuck Cannon at (415) 752-8439; Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 12 noon, St. Cecilia Church, 2555 17th Ave., SF. Call Coralis Salvador at (415) 753-1920. Mass in American Sign Language is celebrated each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Parish,

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May 23: Mass and reception in honor of Eugenia Carter, longtime teacher at St. Timothy Elementary School, San Mateo at 9 a.m., St. Timothy Church, 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo. Call (650) 342-6567.

May 26: "Fashion by Primrose House," a special fashion show benefiting Catholic Charities Auxiliary of San Mateo County. Auditorium of St. Bartholomew Parish , 600 Columbia Dr., San Mateo, 11 a.m. $15 ticket includes lunch and door prize. Call (650) 349-1162 or (650) 692-4598. May 29: Min-Sok an annual festival celebrating Korean culture, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.with presentations of Korean art , culture, and food. Korean Center, 1362 Post St., SF. Call (415) 441-1881 . June 6: Mass & Blessing of new St. Paul Elementary School & Parish Hall, 29th St. and Church St., SF, 12:15 p.m. Archbishop William J. Levada presiding. Reception follows in new building. Call (415) 648-7538. June 4,5,6: Annual St. Pius Parish Festival. Fun for all ages. Delicious food, exciting games, great people. Fri., Sat., 12:30 - 10 p.m.; Sun., 1 - 9 p.m. 1100 Woodside Rd. at Valota, Redwood City. Call (650) 361-1411. 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. Second Saturdays: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Church, 98 Bosworth St., SF, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. M -F. in Parish Center Chapel, (415) 334-4646. St Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fridays, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fridays 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday. St. Bruno Church, 555 W, San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday, Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fridays following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Saturdays at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times.

Family Life July 1 - 4: Golden Jubilee of the Christian Family Movement, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, call Center for Continuing Education at (219) 631-6691. Introductory sessions of Seton Medical Center's Natural Family Planning program will be held through this fall.. The office also offers educational programs for youth on topics including the changes that occur during puberty and the responsibility of relationships. Health educators are also available to speak about NFP, infertility, adolescent sexuality, preparing for pregnancy, perinatal loss and drug abuse in pregnancy. Call (650) 301-8896. Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages, has upcoming weekends. Call Lolette or Anthony Campos at (415) 893-1005.

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Religious Education/Enrichment May 26: "Why Be Catholic?" series at Epiphany Parish, 827 Vienna St. at Amazon, SF, 7:30-9 p.m. May 26 - Archbishop William J. Levada. Call (415) 242-9087. May 24: "Women as Leaders of the Ecumenicaf Movement" by Father P. Gerard O'Rourke, Director, Office of Interreligious Affairs at monthly meeting of SF County Council of Catholic Wome n , 7:30 p.m.,Corpus Christi Parish Hall, Alemany and Santa Rosa, SF. All women are welcome to attend. Calf Mary Ann Bouey at (415) 753-0704.

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For information about ministry available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdioces e, call (415) 273-5521 .

May 22: 25th Anniversary celebration of FilAmerican Association of Star of the Sea Parish, SF, following 4:30 p.m. Mass. Filipino folk dances, dinner and dancing. $8 in advance/$10 at door. Call Lorna or Bud Feria at (415) 346-3093.

May 24: The Booster Club of Notre Dame High School, Belmont announces a fundraising Golf Tournament at Green Hills CC, Millbrae. Shotgun tee off is at noon, dinner follows. Call Chris Miller at (650) 595-1913, est. 255.

Fridays at 3 p.m., Divine Mercy Devotions; Saturdays at 12:15 p.m., Franciscan Marian Devotion, Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , 610 Vallejo St. (at Columbus), SF. For information , call (415) 983-0405.

June 4: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club welcomes Jack Hayes. 7 a.m. Mass, talk and breakfast follow. Call Sandy Hufford at (415) 454-3758.

May 21, 22, 23: "Farewell Nineties," three-day festival at St. Kevin Parish, 704 Cortland Ave., SF. Food, fun, games for all ages. Call (415) 648-5751 for tickets or more information.

May 22: "Sock Hop" benefit for Denis Murphy, Church of the Good Shepherd, 909 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica, $20 donation suggested, 7-.30-1V.30 p.m. Call (650) 355-2789.

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 Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. and late r 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 Association of Marin meets for support and activities. For information , call Don at (415) 883-5031; Peter at (415) 897-4634. For information about Beginning Experience, a group assisting those experiencing loss to move on to the future with hope, call (415) 616-6547. >

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The church at 1133 Broadway now used for prayer by the members of St. Dunstan Parish's 2,100 households was dedicated on Oct. 28, 1951 by Archbishop John J. Mitty. The project, overseen by second pastor Father Norbert W. Feely, also included construction of the current rectory, school and convent. The original church at El Camino Real and Hermosa St. is now home to the Maronite Catholic community of Our Lady of Lebanon. The St. Dunstan tabernacle, dedicated in 1947, has been described as "a work of exquisite beauty" and has won at least one international competition for its designers, Summit Studios ot New York City. The church's stained glass windows are the work of local artist John Lukas and sponsored by parishioners. The parish has been entrusted to the Holy Ghost Fathers since 1985 and under the leadership of current pastor, Father Dermot Kavanagh, has added several

occasions of prayer to the Blessed Mother, including Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions and an Our Lady of Fatima Holy Hour on first Saturdays of the month. People from many ethnic backgrounds make up the St. Dunstan community including Maltese and Italian, Ministries and organizations include a St. Vincent de Paul Society conference which, in additi on to its work with the poor, offers holiday volunteer opportunities for parish youth; the Kni ghts of Columbus; an Altar Society; and a religious education program. Pastor: Father Dennot Kavanagh , CSSp.

Masses: Saturday : 5 p.m.; Sunday : 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m. Seating capacity: 750 „ Found,"S dates: l908 as raissi0n; 1940 as P ms Phone: (650) 697-4730

Social Justice/Advocacy May 22: "Restoring Justice : A Response to the Death Penalty and Prison System" featuring Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. at Jefferson , Berkeley, $12 in advance, $15 at door includes lunch/drinks. No one turned away for lack of funds. Call Faye Butler at (510) 7918136 or Bay Area Pax Christi at (510) 832-3776. Information about the Catholic Business Network is available by calling Father Labib Kobti at (415) 6651600. The CBN meets regularly over breakfast to discuss living one's faith in the marketplace.

Lectures/Discussions/Displays June 5: "Spirituality at Work ," a support of business people, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., St. Gregory Nyssen Church, 500 De Haro St., SF. Call Mark Lodico at (415) 252-1667. June 3 through July 3: "William Wheeler: Town & Country Landscapes of Golden Gate Park and Sonoma County at George Krevsky Gallery, 77 Geary St., SF. Call (415) 397-9748.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-proftt groups. Please include eventname, time, date, p lace, addressand an infonnation p hone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail yaur notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, 441 Church St., S.F. 94114. or f a x it to (415) 565-3633.

J STB president calls '60 Minutes' broadcast 'unconscionable In response to the May 9 "60 Minutes" telecast about a sexual harassment suit filed by a former Jesuit seminarian against four Jesuit priests and their respective provinces , the president of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JSTB) has issued a statement underscoring that JSTB was not named as a defendant in the suit. "Contrary to the impression created by CBS' reporting, the Jesuit School of Theology is not named as a party in — the lawsuit ," slated Jesuit Father Joseph P. Daoust. "The school was not served in the legal process , and the school has not even had a copy of the complaint in the lawsuit. The school has not been contacted , at the time of the complaint or even up to now, by the complainant ," he said. JSTB's president from 1987-95, Jesuit Father _ .. _ Thomas Gleeson, is one of the suit 's defendants. The lawsuit was dismissed by the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California on May 15, 1998. The former Jesuit , John Bollard , has since filed an appeal with the Ninth .Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals, asking for $1 million in damages. The case is scheduled to be heard on June 17 in San Francisco, according to Bollard's attorney, Mary Patricia Hough with the law firm of Moss and Hough in San Francisco. Father Daoust said that "none of the activities alleged in

the complaint of the lawsuit are alleged to have happened at JSTB ; they allegedly occurred elsewhere before the comp lainant first came to JSTB." The lawsuit contends sexual harassment began while the plaintiff was on the faculty at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco and continued while he was a student at JSTB. Bollard was study ing there for a master of divinity degree.

Jesuit Father John A. Privett , superior of the Jesuits ' California Province , said in a statement issued last week from Los Gatos, "The facts and legal comp lexities cannot be adequately represented in 15 minutes of air time. They deserve to be heard in a court of law." In the lawsuit, Bollard claims he reported the alleged abuse to his superiors in mid-December 1995 and to Father Privett in December 1996. Father Privett is also named in the lawsuit as are the Mary land and Oregon Provinces of the Society of Jesus and the Jesuit Conference. Bollard "does not assert that he ever made a comp laint about any such behavior to authori ties at JSTB , or that they failed to respond. And, indeed, no such complaint was ever made to the school," stated Father Daoust. "For the record, JSTB has a written sexual harassment policy, with provisions for complaints, means of investigating those complaints and redress of grievances," Father Daoust said. Bollard entered the Jesuits in 1988 and lived in Jesuit communities in the Bay Area from 1990 until 1996, when he left the order. The core of his lawsuit contends that the alleged sexual harassment resulted in the "constructive wrongful termination from his employment " by the Jesuits. Bollard now works in campus ministry at the College of Notre Dame in Belmont.

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Catholic Business Network slates second meeting, June 12

Members of Catholic Business Network of San Francisco will hold their second meeting on June 12 at 11 a.m., inviting potential new members to join them for brunch at St. Anne of the Sunset Church, 850 Judah St. Organizers said the group seeks to strengthen their Catholic faith and interparish relationships by sharing professional experiences and fostering ethics and social responsibility in the marketplace. They also promote community service.

"The idea of forming a Catholic Business Network here in San Francisco is a very good one," said Maurice Healy, director of communications for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and associate publisher of Catholic San Francisco. "CBN means a lot to Catholic businesses and the Archdiocese and the organization should have a very successful future." About 25 SF business people met for breakfast on April 30 at St. Anne to launch the fifth CBN to be organized in the United

States. The other four CBNs are in the Washington Archdiocese where the concept began . Under the sponsorship of Father Labib Kobti of St. Anne's, the group heard from CBN founder Paul G. Zurkowski. Zurkowski came from Washington, D.C., for the meeting as part of his effort to build CBN throughout the United States, according to Father Kobti. Zurkowski publishes Our Parish Times, a Catholic community newspaper.

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or fax resume (415) 333-3040 Director of Religious Education The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon is look tor an energetic full-rime Director of Religious Education. This position is responsible for developing and implementing programs for the ongoing education of the Parish Catechists and Directors of Religious Education to promote effective catechists, developing and implementing policies for religious education, and working with various offices within Pastoral Center to coordinate catechetical programs, Must have excellent organizational and pedagogical skills. This position requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively (both verbal and written). Position requires a Master's degree in Religious Education or Theology with a minimum of 2-4 years' experience as a parish DRE. Practicing Catholic required. Bilingual in Spanish would be an asset. Send resumes by June 15, 1999 to: Search Committee Attn: Chancellor 's Office 2838 E. Burnside Street Portland, OR 97214-1895 (Please no phone calls)

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