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Persecution, slavery and extreme p overty : is theChurch . the sole hope f or Nuba p eop le of the Sudan?

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Memorial Day: Veterans reflect on a history all need to know

St. Francis Shrine to mark 150th year with gustoj elegance

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Shovels

More parishes break ground and prepare for the future

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Alyce O'Brien, 102 in June

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(I) Xenia Lebizin, 100 in June; (r) Lucie Guillaumou, 106

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The grace of this place... Lucie Guillaumou, a resident of San Francisco's St. Anne's Home was 106 years old on May 12. Lucie, a native of France and a long-time member of Notre Dame ies Victoires Parish, came to this country when she was 26 in — can you believe it? — 1919. Her daughter, Odette Le Pendu, visits her mom daily helping her keep her French fluent. Little Sister of the Poor, Mother Marie Christine Lynch, says, "Lucie loves to hold the attention of others with her keen memory and delightful sense of humor. She is a wonderful example of the inner beauty that radiates from each person. We are delighted to be able to celebrate such a wonderful occasion with her."

Other St. Anne residents on the other side of the century mark are Alyce O'Brien who will be 102 in June; Joe Silva who will be 102 in September; and Xenia Lebizin who turn s 100 next month. If there were a listing of the most peaceful places on earth , St. Anne 's Home would be on it.

Working overtime...Mario Balestrieri, music director of Church of the Epiphany, can be heard in concert June 13 at 3 p.m. at Our Lad y of Lourdes Church, 2808 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland. The maestro will be play ing the great Schoenstein organ he made sing as music director at Oakland's St. Francis de Sales Cathedral which has been renovated and installed at Our Lady of Lourdes.

Mario , a regular featured Mario Balestrieri artist at St. Mary Cathedral's Sunday concerts, has recently returned from a series of concerts in Italy. Tickets are $20; $15 for seniors, children and clergy/religious. Call (510) 451-1790.

Starts...In Lagunitas, the renovated parish church of St. Cecilia will be dedicated and blessed by Archbishop William J. Levada on May 30. Archbishop Levada will preside .at the 9:30 a.m. Mass where the rites will take place. St. Cecilia pastor, Father Tom Daly, says the ceremonies will be unique and include Archbishop Levada 's being admitted to the redone worship space by the contractor who then hands the keys to the Archbishop.

Remembering...A tradition that continues with much success is Memorial Day Masses and programs at the Catholic cemeteries of the Archdiocese. On Monday, May 31, Masses will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross, Colma; Holy Cross, Menlo Park ; and Mt. Olivet , San Rafael. Archbishop Levada will preside in Colma at Holy Cross Mausoleum. Msgr. Edwin Kennedy, retired pastor, St. Raymond Parish , Menlo Park, will preside at the outside Mass on the Peninsula and retired Father Louis Robello will preside in Marin where Mass will also be prayed under the original big blue. The Masses are part of many prayer opportunities offered year round at Hol y Cross Cemetery, Colma including monthly first Saturday Masses, an annual All Souls/Todos Los Santos Mass and prayer services at Christmas and Easter. Thanks and hats off to cemeteries director, Kathy Atkinson, who has worked hard with great

effect to enhance the family dimension of these hallowed p laces. For inform ation call (650) 756-2060.

Glad scientist...St. Pius 7th grader Joseph Data has been a familiar face lately in the winners circle at area science fairs. An "Effects of Pollution on Plants " experiment has won the son of Red- _______ ,__,-_____ . wood City's Kim and Jim Data 1 st place in his category at St. Pius, 2nd place in San Mateo County and 3rd place in the SF Bay Area Science Fair. Joe and his dad traveled to USC last weekend to participate in the by-invitation State Science Fair. Joe 's mom calls St. Pius Science Josep h Data teacher, Nancy Halbauer "remarkable " saying her "commitment to the science fair program" makes much possible for St. Pius youth.

Each year, Joe also grows pumpkins on the Data estate harvesting them for pies he donates to dining rooms for the poor each Thanksgiving.

I'm sure his 5-year-old baby sister, Mary Rose, loves getting her hands into that.

Nancy Halbauer Brother, Tony, a science fair winner of several years ago, is studying at Cal Poly, Pomona. Kim says she enjoys "receiving the new Catholic San Francisco calling it a "great mid-week booster."

Proud moment... Randy Sims, a sophomore at Archbishop Riordan High School , has been elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the United Black Students Union of California. Ken Swan, the UBSU rep at Riordan, said UBSU is a "viable cultural club at the school" with more than 60 member schools. Randy 's Randy Sims mom and dad are Paulette and Melvin Sims. Congratulations, Randy, and to your folks, too.

Too long ignored...The 3rd edition of the Bay Area Breast Cancer Resource Guide is now available. A work of The Better Health Foundation, the guide is a "comprehensive userfriendly directory of breast cancer detection and treatment resources readily available in facilities, clinics and hospital s catering to women's needs," said Janine Nesset Tominaga, Better Health Foundation, executive director. Free copies are available from participating Long's, Walgreen 's and Nordstrom, stores. For additional info, call (415) 775-5921.

Via con Dios...Father Luis Quihuis, who will soon begin ministry at Santa Barbara's Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, was thanked and cheered for his work with the Spanish-speaking Catholic community - here al a dinner hosted by the Respect Life Commission of the Archdiocese on May 14. Father Quihuis , whose post at USF is assistant to the president for muticultural affairs , has been invaluable to the respect life mission of the Archdiocese, according to Mary Ann Schwab, Respect Life Commission chair.

Members of the Spanish Speaking Committee of the Respect Life Commission, (I to r) Juana Sofia Abarca, St Charles Parish; Jesuit Father Luis Quihuis; Vilma Merlos, St. Finn Barr Parish; Alfredo Abarca, St. Charles

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Readers , St. John oj God parishioners , airline and INS join f o rces

By Sharon Abercrombie A Guatemalan famil y will be reunited in San Francisco next week, thanks to the generosity of Catholic San Francisco readers and their e-mail friends .

A dozen people responded to St. John of God parishioners ' plea for enoug h 35,000-mile frequent fl yer coupon donations to bring six children to the Unite d States to join their parents , said Sherri Maurin , travel coordinator for the project.

The children have been in hiding for the past year, ever since their parents were forced to flee Guatemala because of death threats to the father, said Jacquel yn Newman , an immi gration attorney and member of St. John 's, a sanctuary parish.

Newman represented the couple before the Immi gration and Naturalization Service in their app lication for political asylum. She praised INS cooperation , saying INS officials had expedited both the parents ' and children 's requests for asy lum. "They were great ," she said.

The father had suffered death threats and an assassination attempt after working with a team of 400 "animators of reconciliation " who were gathering information for Bishop Juan Gerardi' s "Remembering Our History Project."

"Remembering " chronicles thousands of testimonies from people who suffered human ri g hts violations at the hands of the Guatemalan military regime, the guerrillas and other violent forces during the country 's 36-year civil war.

The coup le's oldest son was able to come to San Francisco last month because of a Frequent Flyer donation.

When Maurin put out the call for more donations to bri ng the rest of the family to San Francisco , she received a much-welcomed surprise — two dozen peop le contacted her after a story about the appeal appeared in the April 23 Catholic San Francisco.

"What was particularly interesting was that many of the responses were from people forwarding it to their own personal e-mail list saying this was an excellent cause," she said . The parish will be able to put the other six tickets to good use — for other cases that will be coming through later this summer," she said.

Maurin expressed gratitude to Unite d Airlines , whom she said freed up six Frequent Flyer seats for next week.

Otherwise, the children would have had to wait until September because the airl ine was booked solid.

St. Francis Church to celebrate 150th anniversary

The first church built in California afte r the Franciscan missions was St. Francis on Vallejo Street,originally a small wood structure (at left). It was replaced by an adobe building in 1851,which was in turn succeeded by today's Norman Gothic structure,almost totally destroyed in 1906 (middle). The church was rebuilt, however, using the original exterior walls.

Transformation of a North Beach neighborhood into a medieval street fair for the weekend of June 12-13 in conjunction with a festive June 12 liturgy with Archbishop William J. Levada presiding will launch a months-long commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of one of the oldest Catholic churches in the San Francisco Archdiocese, according to organizers of the sesquicentennial events.

St. Francis of Assisi Church was established in 1849 by French Canadian Fathers Jean Baptiste Brouillet and Antoine Langlois from the Diocese of Oregon City.

Archbishop F.N. Blanchet sent them to care for the vast number of people being drawn to California by the Gold Rush. A small wood-frame church was built where the first Mass was celebrated on June 17, 1849.

It was quickly outgrown and so an adobe church structure was constructed in 1851 and dedicated by Bishop Joseph Alemany who used the church as a pro-cathedral until St. Mary 's (now Old St. Mary 's) was completed in 1854.

St. Francis was a multi-ethnic parish. Father Langlois gave homilies in three languages — Eng lish , Spanish and French. Shortly thereafter priests arrived who spoke Italian and Chinese. Our Lady of Guadalupe. (Spanish) and Sts. Peter and Paul (Italian) grew from St. Francis.

Father Peter Maganotto became pastor in 1857 and

began planning a bigger St. Francis Church. The cornerstone was laid Oct. 2, 1859 and the new church was dedicated on March 17, 1860, by Archbishop Alemany.

Interestingly, the new church was built around the old church., which continued being used until construction of the new was complete. The old church was then torn down.

The church served North Beach until it was destroyed in the earthquake and fire of 1906: Amazingly the walls of St. Francis were left standing. It was decided to build a new church within the walls of the old, maintaining the 1860 exterior. St. Francis was reopened on Christmas Day 1913 but reconstruction was not completed until 1919. The new/old St. Francis was dedicated by Archbishop Edward Hanna on March 2, 1919.

On July 1, 1992 its parish status ended. On Feb. 22, 1998, Archbishop Levada reopened it as the City Shrine Church. He has requested the National Conference of Catholic Bishops grant the title of the "National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi" by the year 2000. The Shrine is now under the care of the Conventual Franciscan Friars of St. Joseph of Cupertino Province. Staff includes Father Stephen Gross, rector; Father Kevin Schindler-McGraw , and Brother George Cherrie.

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ety of music concerts , and beautiful murals depicting the life of St. Francis of Assisi are some of the reasons.it attracts hundreds of visitors.

Since its establishment as a shrine, the church has registered visitors from 67 countries and 42 states.

Father Schindler-McGraw pointed out that in 1978 the sarcophagus (burial vault) of St. Francis of Assisi was opened at the instruction of Pope Paul VI for scientific research purposes. Remains of the saint were verified and a piece of the body matter was removed and is now enshrined at St. Francis Church.

Elegance and energy are intertwined in the Shrine's celebration events over coming weeks that are scheduled to end Oct. 7 with the first "Shrine of St. Francis Award" banquet.

The June 12-13 "medieval street fair" will include performances by the "Sbandieratori de Assisi" (flag throwers from the City of Assisi, Italy) in fron t of the Church along with jugglers, puppeteers , an introduction to a Fresco-making project , and an organ recital. The June 12 jubilee liturgy is scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m.

For continuous updates on the fest ivities of St. Francis of Assisi Sesquicentennial Year Celebrations write: 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco CA 94133, visit Web site www.ShrineSF.org, e-mail ShrineSF@flash.net : , :

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new study on lay ministry show s dioceses have become far more involved with the lay ministers employed by U.S. Catholic parishes. In 1992 less than 10 percent of the parish lay ministers surveyed said the diocese provided them continuing education. In 1997 more than three-fourths said the diocese did so. The study showed dioceses were increasingly involved in recruitment, training, screening, certifying, commissioning and evaluating the lay ministers hired by parishes.

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Kosovo stamp issued by Vatican

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A new Vatican postage stamp is aimed at raising public awareness of— and funds for — refugees from the conflict in Yugoslavia.

Titled "Kosovo 1999" and worth about $2, the stamp features a black-and-white photo of a cordon of refugees walking along a railroad track — a bent, elderly woman with a head scarf takes the lead. In the lower right corner is the message in Italian, "The pope is with the people who suffer, and implores: It is always time for peace!" The new issue was due for release May 25.

Nuncio asks nuclear disarmament

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — The Vatican nuncio to the United Nations told an interfaifh symposium May 20 that the upcoming review of the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons should be used to move the world toward total nuclear disarmament.

"While militarism of all kinds must be checked, the abolition of nuclear weapons is the prerequisite for peace in the 21st century," said Archbishop Renato R. Martino. "What has been promised for a long time by the Non-Proliferation Treaty must be achieved."

He joined Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu representatives on a panel sponsored by the Religious Group of the Non-Governmental Organization Committee on Disarmament. The symposium was held while a U.N. committee was meeting to plan for a review of the NonProliferati on Treaty next year, following up on the previous review in 1995,

Decry 'sp ouse ' def inition ruling

OTTAWA(CNS) — The Canadian bishops' conference said it "deeply regrets" a Supreme Court ruling that could allow same-sex marriages.

"The institution of marriage and terms associated with it — such as spouse — have strong roots in the cultures and religions of the world and are immensel y important not only to Roman Catholics, but to many Canadians," said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in a statement following the May 20 decision.

The Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the definition of "spouse" under Ontari o's Family Law Act, saying it discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. The ruling is expected to place homosexual couples on the same legal footing as common-law couples and could force provincial governments across the country to rewrite hundreds of laws that recognize only heterosexual relationships.

letter on the watershed in spring 2000. The watershed includes 1,200 miles of the river itself, as well as thousands of miles of its tributaries and 259,000 miles of extensive surrounding area.

Rabbi 's comments questioned

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A prominent Jewish leader 's condemnation of Pope Pius XII drew sharp criticism from Eugene Fisher, national director for Catholic-Jewish relations for the U.S. bishops. Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, called Pope

OTTAWA (CNS)—The Vatican has instructed a Canadian bishop not to speak at an international congress of married priests. Bishop Remi De Roo, 75, recently retired bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, was scheduled to address the Fifth Worldwide Congress of the International Federation of Married Catholic Priests in Atlanta July 28-Aug. 1. Bishop De Roo confirmed he received a letter from the nunciature in Ottawa in which he was "instructed by the Congregation of Bishops to remove my name from the list of speakers at Atlanta and to refrai n from attending the conference." The bishop said May 18 he would make no further comment . A spokesman for the papal nuncio to Canada , Archbishop Paolo Romeo, said May 17 there would be no comment on the case.

At the Vatican, there was no immediate comment.

Pop e urges p raye rdiscernment

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Using the prayer forms of other religions can help Christians draw closer to the mystery of God, but that does not mean that one religion is as good as another, Pope John Paul II said. "Prayer, as an adoring recognition of God, as gratitude for his gifts and as a request for help, is a special path of encounter" for members of different religions, the pope said May 19 at his weekly audience.

Viet Catholics relate to air strikes

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (CNS) — In Vietnam, the target of bombing by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, Catholics empathize with victims of NATO air suikes in Yugoslavia. "The conscience of the world is being tortured by today 's most sophisticated weapons," Pierre Nguyen Thanh Long, deputy editor of the Catholic weekly Cong Giao Va Dan Toe (Catholicism and Nation), wrote in the May 14-20 issue. UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand , reported the editor's and several readers' opinions about the crisis in the Balkan region, where NATO has conducted air strikes to stop what it calls the "ethnic cleansing " of ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo region. The situation has created hundreds of thousands of refugees and internall y displaced people.

Pastoral on Columbia p rogresses

PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Seven Catholic bishops of the U.S. Pacific Northwest and southeastern British Columbia are soliciting public response to a draft of their proposed pastoral letter on the Columbia River watershed.

The 50-page statement, "The Columbia River Watershed: Realities and Possibilities — A Reflection in Preparation for a Pastoral Letter," was to be released May 12 on the project Web site (www.columbiariver.org), along with a poetic reflection, "Riversong," in the second public phase of the three-year Columbia River Pastoral Letter Project.

The project will culminate in the publication of a pastoral

Pilgrims pray before the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux at a Paris church in 1997. The relics,which began an international tour in 1996,will be in the United States beginning O ct. 4 and scheduled to arrive in San Francisco in January ,2000. The first stop is to be at the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak , Mich.

Pius XI7 "the pope of the Holocaust" May 13 and said the idea of the Church declaring him a saint "desecrates the memory of the Holocaust." Fisher said the time has come "to stop raising loud accusations and (instead) sit down together with responsible scholars" to assess Pope Pius ' papacy.

Lauds Mielfare ruling

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that states may not provide lower welfare benefits to new residents will help ensure poor people won't be penalized for moving, according to representatives of Catholic agencies. The Supreme Court ruled May 17 that a California law limiting newcomers to only the amount of welfare benefits received in the state from which they moved is an unconstitutional violation of the right to travel. The case, Saenz vs. Roe, was filed on behalf of poor women who moved to California fro m the District of Columbia and Oklahoma, which pay significantl y lower monthly welfare benefits than California .

Campus in Nicaraguapurchased

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (CNS) — A Catholic foundation from the United States bought the Latin American campus of an Alabama university to transform it into a new Catholic college.

Humberto Belli, former Nicaraguan minister of education and president of the new university, said the Christus Magister Foundation now controls and is renovating the University of Mobile branch campus, about 26 miles south of Managua. He said Thomas Monag han, founder of Domino 's Pizza, donated money for the purchase.

Belli said May 17 the foundation was awaiting a response from St. Thomas University in Miami, Fla., and Franciscan University of Steubenville .'Ohio, about becoming sponsors of the new Catholic university. The Christus Magister Foundation is headed by Nicholas Healy Jr., vice president of Franciscan University of Steubenville .

Belli said he believed the Ohio university and the Ave Maria Foundation would manage the campus.

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I Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper " never looked so good — or at least not in about five centuries. The restored masterpiece ,probably the best-known depiction of the institution of the Eucharist ,was to be unveiled at a May 27 ceremony and available to the public today in Milan , Italy.

Random violence devastates family's life younger girls don t understand what happened , and at first the baby refused to go near her father because he

from their house she saw police car lights flashing and the street marked off with yellow tape , but she thought Gabriel Jimenez was a hard-working father of four. there had been a car accident and didn 't suspect it had He never missed a day of work even when he had the flu, Gabriel is partially _K5_ paral yzed and anything to do with Gabriel. The ambulance had he had yet to take a vacation or a day off, and he man- has lost much of his jS(jS §i»^i^_, memory already gone. aged to support his wife and children on his jani tor's When she returned home, she found a policeman salary, cleaning offices at night. waiting. Some neighbors had heard the shots and called But in the early hours of last Christmas Eve, while sessions each week. Julie said I the police, who arrived quickly to find Gabriel bleedhe was walking to his home in Hunter 's Point, someone she managed to get him to ing on the pavement, at his side a frozen turkey he J shot him four times, made off with his bus pass and left church on Ash Wednesday, P was taking home to celebrate Christmas with k ^ ^ ^ the family. ~¦" him for dead with two bullets in his brain. Doctors say but she seldom manages to ^S he is permanently disabled, and his wife and children take him out.

Now, Julie said, "Gabriel can talk a little grieve for the father they once knew.

She is happy, however, at m bit, but it's sort of like a stroke. He sounds OK His wife, Julie, says her husband hovered between the help offered by so many 1 sometimes. He walks with a cane." They life and death for a month. She prayed constantly. "I who have heard of the fami- ^k still haven't talked about his condition , she really believed that God wouldn 't take him from me," ly 's tragedy. Her good friend , said, nor about the future . she said. "It just wasn 't going to be that way."And final- Angela Abeyta , is collecting She mostly worries about finding a ly she was told her husband would live. money so the family can find a place to place to live. "1 really need to get a place live in Gabriel, a native of Mexico, is learning to speak and San Mateo County. The San Francisco Police have where we'll have all our stuff ," she said, to walk once more, but he is often depressed. "He's opened a bank account for the Jimenez famil y, and and Angela added that all the contributions happy when he 's around the children," Julie said, but the janitors at Loma Cleaning Service, where he A they receive are going toward housing. he 's not like he was." worked, collected money.

"What the family needs most," said She, too, has been deeply wounded by what hap"There 's so many good people out there," j m Angela, "is to find a house or housing of ¦ pened. When the attacker fled with the bus pass he also said Angela. some kind in San Mateo County, but afford^^§|P took a wedding photo of Julie and Gabriel, their teleThe attack on Gabriel came at a difficult time for^» WK able, permanent housing there is very hard to phone number and the address of their home. She fears the family. He was two months short of finishing his first *^yfmd." Julie prefers San Mateo County partly that some day the mugger will come looking for the fam- year of work with Loma, when he would have become because they would be near their parish , where the elder ily, and so she has moved eligible for health insur- daughter, Jessica, attends catechism classes. them away from the house Julie said, "Life was a lot better before because we ance, and Julie was studywhere they were staying, 'What the family needs most is to ing nursing and preparing did everything together." Now, she said, she just keeps leaving most of their posmove to a larger school praying. "1 won't have him back 100 percent, but I have find a house or housing of some toin March sessions behind . of this year. him here with me. I know praying makes it better."

Julie doesn 't want to "1 was going to nurs(This story is reprinted from El Heraldo Catolico, kind in San Mateo County. ..' name the family's parish, ing school two hours a the Spanish-language newspaper published jointl y by nor the archdiocesan school day," she said. "He watched the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the dioceses of her son Jose attends, nor where they are staying now for the kids in the day and I watched them at ni ght." But Oakland and Sacramento. Anyone with infoitnation fear the person who devastated the life of her family Julie had to abandon her studies, and the family now has about the above case is asked to contact Inspector no hope of securing health insurance through Gabriel's William Canning of the San Francisco Police Night might come back to attack again.

"I worry too much," she said. "I don ' t think I need work.

Investigations Unit at (415) 553-9180 or (415) 553The police say the attacker left no trail. It seems no 1071. Those who would like to help the Jimenez Family more worry."

The children are also hurting: Jose, 12, Jessica, 7, one, except Gabriel, got a look at him. But Gabriel may call Angela Abeyta at (415) 239-2301 or send donations to the Jimenez Family Fund (account number Gabriela, nearly 3, and Caitlin who will soon be 2. remembers nothing of what happened.

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by an interfaith discussion based on a question-and- experienced similar upbringings and parental expectations answer session and small group sharing. About 80 young Steve and I didn 't know where this meeting would take us, of Jewish and Catholic faiths attended with their but people obviously wanted this dialogue to continue. Many adults in knots, but 1 wasn 't very hungry, my stomach was participants stayed after the event — which included a tour I knew I should eat something when Steve leaned over to eyes bright, seeking answers and fellowship.

The evening's success didn't come with the quantity of of Sherith Israel Synagogue — to continue their discussions. me and said, "Try to be inconspicuous when eating your As we closed our evening , one thought was participants, but, rather, the positive energy and openness of sandwich." expressed, "We all know there is a war going on." nicely the young adults.

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Jesus Christian group, Jewish conver Talking about our faiths bridges those this sandwich after spending the last hour look , ing for kosher cheese for the pre-program refreshments. sion, kosher food as well as the commercialization of gaps in faith and brings peace to the world."

We had some heated discussions, disagreements on When Steve called me interested in organizing a Christian holidays. People weren't afraid to speak up and religious laws, but people walked away from this meetexpress their beliefs and opinions.

As one participant of the San adults young discussion between the AJC and pointed out, everyone in the room created a safe atmosing with smiles.

We did not need to change each other to enthusiasm , Francisco Archdiocese , I was full of ideas learn from one another . I am so happy that I was and hope. To me, learning more about the Jewish faith phere that allowed freedom of expression. There seemed _ , involved in an event that helped people be aware of meant learning more about Jesus. As a young another viewpoint. The positive responses were informafor more adult, I am constantly searching There seemed to he a thirst for knowledge overwhelming and inspiring to continue to bring tion, more knowledge, and more truth. our faiths together. This is our way of following the On the day of the event , I didn 't know what to and understanding of each others'f aiths.

Jewish philosophy of Tikkup Olan: to heal the expect. My friends from St. Dominic, St. Vincent world: one interfaith event at a time. to be seemed de Paul and St. Gabriel parishes to be a thirst for knowledge and understanding of each A member of St. Dominic Parish, Mary Jansen is on no have interested , but people are busy and I hied to lanning committee for the archdiocesan yo ung faiths that created this harmonious feeling even the p expectations. What accumulated on the evening of April others' adult event Fall Fest '99 scheduled Oct. 23. For infor27, "A Tale of Two Tribes: The Jewish and Catholic when discussing personal issues.

We learned about our commonality and similar cultural mation on Fall Fest or upcoming Catholic/Jewish interhoped I had everything Young Adult Experience ," was challenges in America.

Like the Jewish community, faith gatherings, contact her at (415) 563-6503 or at her for but had not anticipated.

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Do we recognize the history in our own closets and minds ?

By Jim Doyle In a small set of rooms on an upper floor of a modernistic academic building at Florida State University in Tallahassee, a genial professor of history has begun a vital effort to save from destruction World War II artifacts , personal histories and memories.

Many of us who served in the Second World War—and family members of those who did—still have stored away in boxes and cabinets in attics and basements our wartime souvenirs: ribbons, medals, flags, orders, photographs, publications, uniforms, dogtags, maybe even liberated swords and pistols. Wives, widows, sons and daughters still have clippings, letters, V-mail, And we all have our memories. But our memories are fading and our souvenirs are yellowing and crumbling.

William Oldson is director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at Florida State University, which is now collecting and professionally preserving the papers, letters, diaries, photos and mementoes of those who experienced the war His efforts are none too early.

Even we who were in World War II and our wives and family members who worried about our coming back, might not recognize how late it real ly is, how quickly our generation is dying away, how close we and our nation are to losing the memories and memorabilia we have kept with us since the war. It's critical to save our recollections and artifacts, and to find a good repository for them, like the one at Florida State University.

Irreplaceable historical materials are being discarded or

misplaced , Professor Oldson pointed out , because they are frequentl y undervalued by both veterans and their families.

He told us about the son of a veteran who rescued hundreds of photograp hs his father had taken when.he was a photograp her with Gen. Patton 's Third Army. One day the son arrived at his father 's house to find a pile of photos and other memorabilia sitting on the curb to be taken away as trash. Now, because of that proud son 's initiative , these priceless documents are in the institute collection.

Oldson is interested not only in physical artifacts from the war, but also in recollections and stories of those who partici pated in any way. He would like especially to have stories from women who worked in wartime industry— often overlooked as part of the great history of World War 11. The focus of the collection is the everyday life, the humor and the seasoning of the men and women—military and civilian alike—who experienced the pressures of war.

I have written before about our unique generation— those of us who grew up in the Great Depression, came of age in the '30s and '40s, fought World War II and then the Korean War and built America after the war. We were a civilian military force, and WWII was a total national effort , in which very nearly everyone was involved in some way overseas or at home.

Oldson says veterans often tell him: "I was no hero. I just did my part. I was lucky to survive." True. Few of us were heroes. But survive we did, and now is the time to recognize that all our war memories and memorabilia, recollections and artifacts—no matter how insignificant we think they are—must be kept safely in places that will pre-

serve them for future generations. Otherwise the world of the future will never know what we did , where we were, What we felt and thought about it all.

A particular advantage of the institute collection at FSU is that the materials there will be available to students, scholars, writers and veterans who may wish to consult them. Papers and photos are preserved in acid-free boxes, maps in metal cabinets. And all mementos are carefull y handled with plastic gloves by people who care.

"From 1941 to 1945," Oldson has written, "millions of Americans left the security of their homes for the uncertainty of war in unfamiliar lands, to do their duty even to the sacrifice of life and limb. It is now our duty to convey to present and future generations an accurate account of the sacrifices they made, and the parts they played, in the Second World War. The risk of not doing so is no less than the permanent loss of in irreplaceable part of our nation 's heritage."

He is quite right, and the time is growing late. We veterans and our families have an obli gation to cooperate, and to do our part-once again.

Contact Professor William Oldson at the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience, Department of History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. 32306-2200. Phone: (850)644-9541.

(Jim Doyle writes a regular column for Catholic New York, "Taking a Turn." This column is reprinted with both Doyle and the newspaper 's permission, all rights reserved to them. Doyle and his son, Brian, co-authored a recent collection of essays, Two Voices, published by Liguori Press.)

WWII Polish veterans reflect on lives. Church , Kosovo

By Kamille Maher

Four Polish World War II veterans were honored during a May 9 celebration in Golden Gate Park on the 207th anniversary of the Polish Constitution. Two of the honored veterans shared their views with Catholic San Francisco about life and the Church.

Both felt it a great honor to have a Polish pope, John Paul II. "Poland is a Catholic nation ," said Walter Piotrowicz. "We are very proud and the nation is proud."

"He and (former U.S. President Ronald) Reagan really helped to start Solidarity and abolish communism," said Eugeniusz Kuroczko. "The pope is a very, very important fellow who helped the world and also helped his own native country."

Both veterans saw the horrors leading up to the Second World War and compared those experiences to the current situation in Yugoslavia, Serbia and Albania.

When Kuroczko was about 17 years old, Russian police arrested his father, who was never seen again, and deported the young man with his mother and sister to Siberia.

Kuroczko was separated from his mother and sister and worked in a labor camp for two years. In 1942, he and 250,000 other camp prisoners were let out of Siberia and sent to the Middle East.

The situation in Kosovo "reminds me exactly the same of what the communist system did to us," Kuroczko said.

"We're doing this thing a little bit too late. It's the business of European countries. They 're next door and they should have done something a year ago to stop this."

Piotrowicz was in the Holocaust in Warsaw during the German occupa'tion when troops there deported Christians and Jews. "I thought it could never happen again," he said.

"Now I am here and I look at the television and it reminds me of the Nazi occupation and ethnic cleansing. I am very against what Yugoslavia is doing to the Albanians. I don't know the solution. There should be negotiations, but the negotiations were too short. Now we are bombing Yugoslavia."

During WWII, Piotrowicz served in the Polish underground and participated in an uprising against the Germans in Warsaw. After two months of uprising, he became a prisoner of war for more than seven months. Then he, like Kuroczko, was sent to Siberia. At the end of the war, he stayed four years in Germany, waiting for the situation to change in Po- RELIEF NURSING land . It never did. He joined SERVICES, INC. other ex-POWs in a guard company to relieve AmeriWE PROVIDE: can soldiers during the • Certified Nursing Assistants Russian blockade of Berlin.

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Kuroczko spent the war in the Middle East and Italy. As a member of the 2nd Polish Army he spent time in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon and then participated with 70,000 other troops in the Italian campaign. He fought in the famous Monte Casino battle and moved up the Adriatic Coast to Bologna. When the war ended in 1945, he stayed one year in Bologna and then resettled in London, where he continued his education and met his wife. One Halloween decades ago, the couple landed in Detroit and eventually found their way to the Bay Area.

The veterans had opposite concerns about today 's Church. Piotrowicz, who attends Our Lady of Immigrants in Martinez, feels the Church is too conservative and would welcome women as participants in running the Church and married men as priests.

On the other hand , Kuroczko said even the changes of the last 30 years (since the Second Vatican Council) are "a little bit difficult for me to understand. I liked the Latin Mass. We're missing something." Kuroczko attends St. Bonaventure in Clayton, near Walnut Creek. He also

belongs to the Polish Community Church in Martinez.

Both shared their views of life. "It's not a sad story," said Kuroczko. "It's just war. I am grateful that fate went this way and that I am still alive and I can enjoy life. Things were sometimes bad, but they turned around."

'To be a good Christian — That is what my life is about," Piotrowicz declared. "To be merciful to people, to be a good father, a good husband and take good care of the family." _

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Service, vocations highlighted at Serra j ubilee Mass

Service and vocations were the watchwords of a Mass and presentations at Juni pero Serra Hi gh School celebrating the silver jubil ees of Father Step hen Howell, a Serra alumnus and its president since 1978, and Father Paul Rossi, a former Serra faculty member now pastor of St. Raphael Parish, San Rafael.

The focus was affirmed by the presence of Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, superintendent of schools, as well as more than 20 priest concelebrants and two dozen religious and laity representing Catholic education.

In his homily, Father Howell said the "major " things on a senior's mind in 1963, when he graduated , were probably not much different from today. "It was to get out of this joint , to go to college and have a jolly good time, and to make a lot of money," the priest said to agreeing laughter from the older audience and affirming nods of the head from the younger people there.

However, those immediate wishes of the Serra senior have not traditionally guided his path after graduation , Father Howell continued, pointi ng out that Serra graduates have continually exhibited an understanding of the value of service with many even becoming professionals in the area of public welfare. He also said those who enter more profitable lines of work have never lost sight of their responsibility to support such causes becoming a perennial source of labor and money for the good.

'This day is not a celebration of me but a celebration of service and all who serve," Father Howell said , drawing special attention to vocations to the priesthood and religious life and the education apostolate . "May this day remind us how baptism calls us to respond to God's call

Howell with a $2,500 contribution to a scholarship fund the priest has established in memory of deceased members of his famil y. The money was donated to Serra faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Father Rossi told Catholic San Francisco he "really enjoyed teaching high school" at Serra and helping students with the "challenge of living our call as Christian people" in the areas of "service and outreach" and "helping them know themselves and God's love for them." Father Rossi said he was especially touched when students he taught came back to ask him to preside at weddings, baptisms and family funerals. He said a return to teaching in later years could be a viable option for him.

Father Rossi presided at a jubilee Mass with the St. Raphael community on May 22. Father Howell presided at o 5 a Mass of Thanksgiving at his boyhood parish of St. go. Anthony of Padua on May 16.

Concelebrants included former Serra principal , Msgr. lea Thomas I. Kenned y; former Serra faculty members, o IF Fathers Peter Sammon , Tom Madden , Joseph Gord on, Al Vucfnovich; and Sena alumni, Fathers Joseph Bradley, Father Stephen Howell (left) and Father Paul Rossi cel- Bill Justice , Maurice McCormick and Franciscan Father ebrated their silver jubilees at Junipero Serra High Tom King.

School on May 18.

Other Serra alumni who became priests for the Archdiocese are Fathers Leonard Calegari, Lawrence to minister to one another."

Goode, Michael Harriman, and Kevin Kennedy.

In remarks after Mass, Michael Peterson, Serra princiSena students acted as acolytes as well as ministers of pal, said, "The essence of what we're all about is that we Word, music, hospitality and Eucharist. The Mass was celare a Catholic school and Father Howell is constantly ebrated in the school's gymnasium, the only on-campu s bringing that to the fore ." facility large enough to accommodate the almost 1,100After Mass , princi pal Peterson presented Father member assembly,

Michael McGinley, a Junipero Serra High School faculty member retiring next month after almost four decades at the San Mateo school says, "It doesn't seem like 39 years.

It seems like just a short while."

McGinley said his time in the saddle became apparent when he began to realize how young many other faculty members were.

"I look at the kids and feel more and more distance between us but where 1 really see it is on the faculty," he said at Serra during a break from one of his last classroom days. "We have several really wonderful young teachers coming in and for the first time I think I'm beginning to feel a little paternal toward the younger faculty which I haven 't felt before even though I have been a senior faculty member."

The history teacher says most of his years at Serra "have been excellent," remembering the Vatican II era as particularly gripping. "We had some wonderful priests on the faculty," he said , "and lunchtime was like an ongoing seminar on the Second Vatican Council. It was a great experience."

A longtime Belmont resident, McGinley and his wife , Barbara, now live in San Francisco 's St. Brendan Parish.

McGinley is a local music theater veteran having played supporting leads with West Bay Opera in Palo Alto and the City 's Lamplighters.

Two years of undergraduate stud y at a state university convinced McGinley that stay ing there would cause him "to lose my soul" so he finished his degree at the University of San Francisco and later earned graduate degrees in history and education at San Jose State.

McGinley says he has been enriched "spiritually " by his years at Serra. "Having people who are really spiritually committed on the faculty whose idealism carries right into the classroom helps you out individually," he said.

McGinley hopes to "part-time teach" during retirement as well as continue work on publishing a book he

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"I don't think I could have been luckier or more blessed," McGinley said.

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St. Cecilia breaks ground on activity facilities

By Celeste Cremen and Susan Black The most significant construction project in the history of San Francisco 's St. Cecilia Parish since the present church was built more than 40 years ago took an important step forward with groundbreaking ceremonies on May 8.

Archbishop William J. Levada presided at the noon event to celebrate the parish's commitment to its new multi-purpose center — which will function as a banquet hall, auditorium and gym — and Collins Center, to become headquarters for the numerous senior citizen programs that the parish sponsors for parishioners and neighbors. The two buildings are scheduled to be dedicated in May 2000.

Of the projected $3.3 million cost of the new facilities, almost $2 million was given or pledged by parishioners in a highly successful six-week capital campaign dubbed "Giving for Our Future." The balance will come from the parish's deposit and loan fund .

"This has been a tremendous project for our parish," said Father Michael Harriman, pastor. "For some time, and certainly

as we approach the 21st century, we have realized that we were facing unique challenges if St. Cecilia were to remain a vital, effective center of our parishioners ' spiritual lives. The 'Giving for Our Future ' campaign was founded to respond to the needs of tomorcow, for our children, for our seniors, for our sports teams, for our parish organizations, for all."

The groundbreaking ceremony included a special blessing

by Archbishop Levada — who had spent Saturday morning conferring the sacrament of confirmation on more than 70 of St. Cecilia's young people — and singing by both the adult and children 's choirs.

A reception followed at which celebratory tables were hosted by more than 15 of the parish organizations, including the League of the Sacred Heart, the Centering Prayer Group, and the Italian Club.

Founded in June 1917 and now located at 17th Ave. and Vicente St. in the Parkside, St. Cecilia includes some 2,200 families. The dynamic community is home to some 30 groups and organizations. The elementary school and school of religion have a combined enrollment of approximately 700 children.

CUA collection slated for Masses June 12-13

The annual collection for the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. will take place in parishes during weekend Masses June 12-13. The school was founded by the U.S. bishops in 1887. Proceeds from the collection are used primarily for scholarship assistance.

In a letter to Archbishop William J. Levada with regard to the more than $43,000 collected here last year, Vincentian Father David M. O'Connell, CU president, said, "Your contribution this year has made it possible

once again for the Catholic University of America to enhance the knowledge and faith of our students, especially those who will return to your Archdiocese in pastoral or academic ministries."

'The entire university community gratefully rejoices with me at the support that you and the people under your pastoral leadership regularly provide," he added.

More than $5 million was collected last year across the nation.

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The groundbreaking ceremony for a new science building for Holy Angeles School in Colma has been set June 15.

Construction of the one-story, 1,200-square-foot science lab "will provide space and equipment to discover God's wisdom in all created things — earth, life and physical sciences," said Franciscan Sister Therese Improgo, principal and chair of the major donor campaign.

The estimated $200,000 building will "provide an area for scientific hands-on experiments and prepare the students for the next millennium in the area of critical thinking and problem solving," said Virginia Simon, development director.

"In order to preserve and enrich the legacy started a generation ago, we need to go forward," said Pastor John Cloherty. "Science is an integral part of the curriculum for the year 2000."

Plans for the lab were drawn up by Holy Angels parent Val Mandapat, in consultation with Rudy Pada, a licensed engineer and project manager.

The new addition was approved by the Archdiocesan Building Committee and has an estimated Aug. 30 completion date.

"A science lab will enable Holy Angeles School to continue to provide the students with a well-rounded education," said Father Cloherty.

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St. Veronica starts construction on 'dream come true

By Tom Burke Smiles were the order of the day at groundbreaking ceremonies for a new multi-purpose facility at St. Veronica Parish on May 23. The new building will contain a gymnasium , stage and kitchen making it an appropriate site for parish meetings, dances , dining, and sports events.

"Today we are celebrating a joint effort , a team effort and a community effort by the wonderful people of St. Veronica's working together to make a dream come true ," said St. Veronica pastor, Father Wilton Smith , to almost 500 parishioners gathered for the Sunday afternoon event.

Father Harry Schlitt, vicar for administration of the Archdiocese and representing Archbishop William J. Levada at the ceremonies, offered the Archbishop 's thanks and congratulations to parishioners. "It is important for the people of God to take pride in working together," Father Schlitt said.

Steve Balestrieri and Mike Dimech cochair the project building committee.

Balestrieri said the committee is glad to "deliver the building the community wanted , a place to assemble, dine and have athletics," adding, "It has been a true parish effort ."

"We're very proud of the parish," said Dimech , noting that almost $800,000 of the

St. veronica eighth-grader Matt Sterling as school's "Falcon " mascot carried school banner with fifth-grader Dana Campbell at groundbreaking ceremonies. $1.6 million cost of the new building has already been donated.

Thomas and Terry Roealski. parishioners at St. Veronica since 1958. said the new building will fill a real need at the parish. "It's going to be a boost to the community," Mrs. Rogalski said. "Activities for all ages can be held there."

"This is going to be a great thing for the parish ," said George Fenisey, a parishioner for 40 years and Sunday 's "official photographer." Novella Fenisey, his late wife, was parish organist for 36 years.

South San Francisco Councilman Eugene Mullin and his wife, Terri, have been St. Veronica parishioners for 33 years. "I

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Elizabeth , Church of the Epiphany, Mission Dolores, and Providence Baptist will sponOrganizers of a June 3 San Francisco sor the event.

"We need to garner support from as Organizing Project (SFOP) meeting expect 300 attendees to send a message to Gov. many influential and decision-making peoGray Davis: use tobacco lawsuit funds ple as we can," said SFOP leader Michael coming to the state to improve health care Lombardo. "We put together the people who have a vested interest in this issue. We for 130,000 uninsured San Franciscans.

A recent SFOP-sponsored survey of 873 try to put a face on the issue."

San Francisco joins a growing list of state members of several San Francisco churches showed 43 percent had no health insurance. and local governments considering how to More than 90 percent of the respondents use funds from a $206 billion settlement said lack of health coverage was "serious" reached last fall between 46 states and leading tobacco companies, according to a May or "very serious."

San Francisco Archbishop William J. 21 Reuters news service report. California 's Levada has indicated he will attend the June share of the settlement is $539 million.

SFOP is a federation of 40 congregations 3 gathering. In addition , Gov. Davis, Assembly members Kevin Shelley and representing 14 neighborhoods and 40,000 Carole Mi gden , and Board of Supervisor families. The group recently helped students member Gavin Newsom will send repre- at Immaculate Conception Academy tight sentatives. Other invited city and state offi- for improved safety on municipal buses. cials include San Francisco Mayor Willie They also championed the cause of Portola Brown; State Senator John Burton; District residents who won a three-year Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Mabel Teng, fight with Caltrans to reopen three U.S. 101 and Michael Yaki; and members of the freeway ramps at Silver Avenue.

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building like this so it 's good to see it come to fruition ," Mullin said. He called South San Francisco a "longtime Catholic City" marked by "strong Catholic communities " at all of the city 's four parishes - St. Veronica, All Souls , Mater Dolorosa and Si. Augustine. "The best thing about projects like this is that they are generated by the generosity of the parishioners," Mullin added.

South San Francisco Councilman Joseph Fernekes , a parishioner of All Souls, called the new buildin g "an investment in the community."

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By Dan Morris-Young escribing events unfolding in his diocese as ethnic annihilation " and "a hidden holocaust ," Bishop Macram Max Gassis appealed to an audiDence at St. Mary 's Cathedral Conference Center last week to become "our catalysts for a just and noble cause " and "ambassadors for justice and peace in the Sudan."

Leader of the El Obeid Diocese in central Sudan since 1983, Bishop Gassis painted in stark terms what he said h ave been on-going acts of death and repression either imp lemented or mani pulated by the African nation 's fundamentalist Islamic government since it seized power in 1989: ¦ Ongoing aerial bombardment of areas said to be under "rebel contro l ," the targets often being livestock and those tending them, airstri ps used for relief supply fli ghts , crops, and villages; ¦ "Politicall y induced famine " in which relief supp lies are denied starving tribes people unless they agree to convert to Islam; ¦ Abduction of women and childre n wherein women are brutalized and/or sold into slavery along with children; ¦ Effectively turning anyone who is not a fundamentalist Muslim into a "second class citizen" through restrictive laws.

Bisho p Gassis has lived in exile since coming to the United States for cancer surgery in 1990. He was warned by sympathizers not to return and today admits "it would be death" if he were to be discovered in Sudan in the wake of his international campaign to shed light on policies and events there.

He has spoken before United Nations human ri ghts groups, before the European Parliament in Brussels , before a committee of the U .S. Congress, and to various leaders of the world's Catholic bishops ' conferences (including private .ses-

sions last week with San Francisco 's Archbishop William J. Levada and Los Angeles ' Cardinal Roger Mahony.)

However, he has sli pped surreptitiousl y back into his diocese on risky fli ghts carrying relief materials — everything from foodstuffs and medicines to ox-driven plows.

"Onl y the Churc h will not abide by the restrictions " imposed on non-governmental relief organizations (NGOs) by the United Nations and the Khartoum (Sudan 's capital) reg ime , the bishop said. The U.N. -backed operation known as Operation Lifeline Sudan sends relief materials into the country, but it is in turn subject to government direction.

Bishop Gassis was introduced to the May 19 Cathedral gathering by Gabriel Meyer, an award-winning journalist who has written about and then worked with the bishop over the past three years.

Calling the 61-year-old prelate "one of the great Christian leaders of the world," the Los Angeles-based Meyer said his experiences "with Ihe Church of martyrs" in the Sudan and with the bishop had "changed my priorites " in life.

Bishop Gassis and many of his flock of Nuba Catholics gather during Holy Week under what he calls his cathedrai of sycamore trees

Armed conf lict or war is occurring in more than 35 countries.

An estimated 1.5 million people have been killed in war-ravagedareas in the last decade.

While world attention has been focused on Kosovo this spring, hidden chapters of suffering were unfolding in scores of other places around the globe.

Elsewhere in the world, armed rebels were killed, soldiers ambushed, civilians attacked by paramilitary groups , families forced to flee homes, groups expelled from nations, bombs dropped on neighborhoods, and blood y battles fought by ethnic groups.

From Colombia to Sierra Leone, from Sri Lanka to East Timor, populations are caught up. in "forgotten wars" which, in some cases, bear a resemblance to the Kosovo conflict but have proved even more dead ly.

Experts estimate that in the 1990s alone, more than 1.5 million people have been killed in war-ravaged places like Afghanistan , Sudan , Rwanda and Algeria. At present , armed conflicts simmer in at least 25 countries.

In mid-May, an Iraq i delegation came throug h Rome to ask Pope John Paul II to try to reawaken public interest in the fate of their civilian population. They noted that U.S. bombing of Iraq i targets —

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Meyer and St. Agnes parishioner James P. Nicholls accompanied Bishop Gassis on a tri p into the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan during Hol y Week. Nicholl's dramatic black and white photograp hs of the largely Catholic Nuba tribes peop le were featured at the Cathedra l presentation . (See editorial , page 12.)

"I am not a great man , but only a shepherd ," Bishop Gassis started his talk , "a shepherd in love, in love with my peop le and in love with my country.

While reliable numbers are hard to come by, it seems clear the Nuba have been decimated during well more than a decade of internal turmoil. Meyer says he was told by the executive director of the Nuba Relief, Rehabilitation and Development Society (based in Nairobi) that "out of a prewar population of more than two million, not more than 500,000 Nuba , at most, still cling to a precarious life" in the Nuba Mountains.

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"The (Sudanese) government 's aims are clear," writes Meyer, "to drive the Nuba out of the fertile valleys they have traditionall y farmed into the hi ghlands where food and water are scarce. The farmland is then sold to Arabs loyal to Khartoum , leaving the Nuba to starve in the mountains. Most

experts think the short-term goal is to keep the Nuba...from effectivel y fighting the regime.... But , long-term , the government 's Nuba policy is a policy of extermination. " He notes the U.S. Committee on Refugees 1998 working report "calls Khartoum 's Nuba campai gn 'genocide '."

Bishop Gassis emphasized the Khartoum government persecutes not onl y Christians , but moderate Muslims and persons of traditional African reli g ions as well.

"I have many friends who are Muslims , and many of them have put themselves in danger for me," he said. "Ninetyfive percent of the Muslims are not fundamentalists. The government is run by a minority of gangsters and killers."

"It is not relig ion " that the government is promoting, he underscored , "but a political and economic ideology being charaded as a reli g ion and as a lever to kill. We are being governed by the barre l of a gun. " The Nuba affiliated themselves with the Sudan People 's Liberation Movement (SPLM ) in the late 1980s, according to Meyer. The military organization has managed to contro l pockets of the country.

Noted Bishop Gassis, "I have been asked by some of my peop le if I condemn them because they have picked up the gun to fight. I tell them that I am not going to tell you to p ick up the gun , but I am not going to condemn you " for resisting "slavery, rape and reli g ious persecution. " While the Khartoum government generall y denies the existence of" slavery and slave trading, Bishop Gassis says he and his followers h ave documented it with testimony and p hotograp hs.

Abducting women and young peop le and then selling them back to their families or communities has become a prosperous trade , he said , indicating much of the activity was carried out by extremist Muslim "militias " with the tacit knowled ge of the government.

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By John Thavis which provoked 12 reported civilian death s in one raid in earl y May — has continued regularly in recent weeks, in the face of apparent international disinterest.

"With what 's happening in Kosovo, the events in Iraq have been relegated to the background. It 's turned into a forgotten war, forgotten by the international community and the media ," said Abdul Latif Hemim Mohammed , a Shiite Muslim leader and president of the Iraq i Islamic Bank.

Also in Rome was the apostolic nuncio to, Ethiopia and Eritrea , Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, who said the casualty toll in the past year of fi ghting between those two countries has been estimated at 40,000 dead and 80,000 wounded , with some 300,000 civilians displaced.

"The pope has been practically the only one to consistently call attention to these forgotten wars of Africa," Archbishop Tomasi said.

In late April , after nearly a month of intense bombing and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, the pope surprised people at his weekl y general audience by talking about the many conflicts which are "soaking Africa in blood" — in Angola, the Great Lakes region, Congo, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, the Horn of Africa and Sudan.

The pope 's own newspaper, L 'Osservatore Romano, tries to follow the hidden conflicts more closely than other media. On page 2 on May 16, for example, one could read the following brief items: A mass grave was discovered in Sri Lanka, where a soldier confessed to

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taking part in the killing of more than 400 civilians of the Tamil ethnic group. Thirty rebels were killed in a bombardment by Ni gerian "peacekeeping" troops in Sierra Leone. Fifteen secessionist leaders and eight soldiers died in a battle in northern India , while hundreds of Indian civilians fled after alleged Pakistani bombardments. Three civilians were killed by Al gerian Muslim extremists. Five people died in continuing Indonesian riots.

Archbishop Tomasi said media attention on Kosovo reflected a real dram a being played out in the heart of Eastern Europe. But he also cited a Western tendency to concentrate on "First World" problems and a real risk that international humanitarian agencies can end up "channeling resources to one part of the world and forgetting the other."

TV pictures of Kosovo refugees have touched viewers everywhere.

But Archbishop Tomasi, who worked for years on migration issues at the Vatican, noted that in Africa between 6 million and 7 million peop le are displaced , the largest concentration on the globe.

He said Church leaders have been among the few who keep trying to call world attention to crisis spots in the Third World, as well as to the underly ing causes, which include economic policies and massive weapons sales to poorer nations.

Yet Church leaders sometimes feel as if the world isn 't listening.

Bishop Paul Mambe Mukanga of Kindu , Congo, another visitor to Rome in mid-May said political powers in his country fee ! little inter-

national pressure to negotiate seriously.

"The war is continuing, the country is being destroyed , and young people are being killed. I alway s ask myself , why is it necessary to await complete destruction and-the deaths of so many people before beginning negotiations," he said.

In East Timor, where pro-Indonesian paramilitary groups have killed more than 100 independence supporters in recent weeks, Bishop Carlos FiJipe Ximenes Belo, apostolic administrator of Dili, has denounced the growing violence. The man with whom Bishop Belo shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996, Jose Ramos-Horta, recentl y asked why the West had mobilized to defend autonomy for the Serbian province of Kosovo, while failing to take even moderate steps to protect residents of East Timor, which was illegall y annexed

by Indonesia in 1976.

In East Timor, he said, ethnic cleansing has been going on for 23 years, yet Indonesia has continued to receive billions in aid and weapons from the West.

Similar questions might be asked in other "forgotten" countries, too. As a glance at the global map of conflicts shows, proponents of humanitarian intervention have plenty of p laces fro m which to choose.

John Thavis is Catholic News Service 's Rome Bureau chief.

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Henry Hyde, as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, led a RepubSocial justice? The article in your May lican lynch mob against the president. While 14 issue by George Wesolek should appear he prattled about perjury and "obstruction of under another heading. If he wishes to point justice " his committee drafted articles of to Senator Speier under this title he should impeachment which did not meet the minidiscuss all aspects of her record related to mum legal standards for charging either social justice. The use of the "pro-abortion " crime. He ignored the views of legal historias a general desci ption of any politic ian is, I ans concerning the measure of an impeachbelieve , beneath the dignity of an archdioce- able offense. He ridiculed career prosecutors san official. Since Mr. Wesolek looks for- who declared the offenses charged would ward to others adding to this most important not warrant a criminal trial if committed in a ¦ discussion , I would recommend Governor non-political setting. He refused to call witCuomo 's speech at the University of Notre nesses before the Committee and then with Dame. It is included in his book More Than the ultimate hypocrisy, complained bitterly Words. Catholic San Francisco would be at the Senate 's refusal to call them. He wise to include some extracts from it in a draped himself and his committee in a cloak future issue. We also recommend you seek a of self righteousness , only to have the cloak more liberal national Catholic column to ripped from him by defense counsel and the balance the present contributors. members of the United States Senate.

Walter Cavagnaro The "moral vocabulary of the Burlingame founders of this country was not served by the conduct of Mr. Hyde which did not meet the minimum legal standard for due Henry Hyde an exemplary Catholic process of law. statesman? No way. Henry is simply a politiJerome F. Downs cian who latched onto a vendetta against San Francisco Clinton to boost the popularity of the Republican Party. Thank God it backfired! I fail to find Hyde a responsible politi- l— I found your May 14 article cian in any way, shape or form . He's "The Catholic Difference , Henry run of the mill as far as I'm concerned.

Hyde, Catholic statesman " b y George Weigel fails to tell the George Weigel honoring Henry truth about Hyde. Fails to inform the Hyde very disturbing. George readers of Catholic San Francisco Weigel did not do his research on about Hyde 's extramarital affair in his Henry Hyde. This article is misleadearly days on Capitol Hill. Should he ing. If he had done the research , he be forgiven for this transgression? He would not write such an article and should. What he should not be forgivmislead us. Henry Hyde was not an en for, however, is his witch hunt of honorable man. In his early 40s President Clinton. It reeked of evil while he was married , he had fooled and partisanship. It was not welcomed around with a married woman for and he just didn 't get the message five years. When he got caught duruntil the voters told the Republican ing the impeachment trial of Party to get off Clinton 's back. Hyde President Clinton , he told the media failed to see how his actions were it was his youthful indiscretion. You breaking the country in half. He also can check this out in the media. failed to see how his/their actions took How can a man with lack of morals Clinton 's attention away from the chair the House Judiciary business at hand — running the counCommittee? He had no right to try. Are Hyde's actions in this fiasco judge the morality of others while the mark of a solid statesman? Think he was tarnished by his own behavagain. It's \he mark of a man who ior. Please don't select this man as a doesn 't get the message. The mark of moral figure . George Weigel chose a man who doesn 't care about the the wrong man and you chose the people of America, just the glory of wrong article to print which was the party at any cost. misleading. You should check the Mr. Weigel is making Henry correct source before an article is Hyde a saint. That he is not. He 's just I printed. Please do your homework a man who has sinned like the rest of first before such an article is printed in the us. To put him on a pedestal is disgusting. future. Don't mislead us again.

Next time, Mr. Weigel, please do your Helen Horn homework and tell the truth.

Daly City Maureen E. Nerli Burlingame

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'You are reconcilers unknown to the world '

In public appearances, in private interv iews, and in video-taped conversations Bishop Macram Max Gassis repeats a profoundly moving perspective that he underscores in homilies to his Nuba parishioners in his beleaguered diocese in central Sudan. "In your agony," he points out to them; "you are 6 u donors. You are is* U co-redeemers.

You are recon-< cilers unknown uiw to the world." Si He said 31 ¦xy just that to the uH\ z crowd of about WE-i 40 gathered to Su. hear him May <o H3 19 in the Cathedral Conference Center.

"If you have Bishop Macram Max Gassis looks over the Nuba Mountains of the Sudan during a risky Holy Week peace and a flight to visit his parishioners. good life," he said, be aware of the contributions to that good life "through our people 's blood."

"We are nol just a recipient church , we are a donor church," he said.

It is a confusing theological proposition. How can a Nuba woman 's death , for example — on the other side of the world in Africa — contribute to our "good life " here? How can her refusal to give up her Catholic faith enhance our well being ? How can her martyrdom support us?

Interesting ly, as we rephrase the question the answer starts to come into focus. We mi ght also ask, "How could the death of a crucified Jew nearl y 2,000 years ago be of 'benefit' to us today ?"

In his accounts of his journey with Bishop Gassis last Christmas to the Nuba Mountains to gather with some 3,500 faithful to celebrate the birth of Christ, journalist Gabriel Meyer makes an observation that sheds more li ght on the question — and the answer. "Arabic choruses driven by the steady pulse of Nuba drummers rang out over the hills as the nearly threehour Mass, complete with 92 baptisms and two dozen confirmations, came to an unhurried close. Here, in the middle of Africa , one could feel the | gravitational shift that Church experts on missiology, and indeed , many cultural commentators have long noted: the shift from the hegemony of an increasingly secularized western hemisphere where faith is viewed as a cultural option, to Christianity 's growth sector, its vital front line in Africa and Latin America, where faith is often a matter of life and death ."

Accompanied by local photographer James P. Nicholls of St. Agnes Parish, Meyer returned to the El Obeid Diocese for Holy Week. Both lay men returned clearl y moved by the faith, dignity and courage of the Nuba in the face of terrif ying realities — bombings , militia attacks, crop and livestock destruction , disease, isolation .

And both will tell you that the story of the Nuba people is at least as much a spiritual one as it is geo-political.

What the Nuba need from us — today, now — is more than just calls or letters to members of Congress. It is solidarity. It is our prayers. It is our standing with them in our deepest acceptance of our faith , and our gratitude.

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After reading the May 7 article "Adoption of Foster Children Great Need" in Catholic San Francisco, perhaps you can write a small article once a month (or weekly) of a child, especially siblings and older children, to help these children to be noticed and be adopted. As adoptive parents to a 10year-old, we know first-hand that the children need as much exposure as possible to place them into permanent homes. Pictures speak a thousand words and the public needs to see pictues of children who are available and adoptable.

We hope you see it in your heart to help these stranded and sometimes forgotten children in the system to find a loving home.

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JL ope John Paul II has a dream: the unity of the world' s Christians.

At the end of his May tri p to predominantly Orthodox Romania , he said the dream had moved a step closer to fulfillment.

In the pope 's dreamscape , the church domes of Moscow 's Red Square are clearl y visible.

"Next stop, Moscow," was the thought on many people 's minds.

Althoug h the pope had visited 117 countries since the beginning of his pontificate, Romania was the first nation with an Orthodox majority to host a papal visi t.

A papal trip to Russia , home of the world's largest Orthodox Church, is something the pope and Vatican officials have talked about since (he fall of communism 10 years ago, but always with the admission that the time is not right.

However, the Romania trip went so well and included so many gestures of respect for the Orthodox , "I suspect there are second thoug hts in Russia now," said Jesuit Father Robert Taft, vice rector of Rome 's Oriental Institute.

"They could have hosted the tri p" to the first predominantl y Orthodox country "and the fact that (hey did not is no one 's fault but their own," Father Taft said.

Olivier Clemen!, an Orthodox theolog ian , said (he visit to Romania marked "the destruction of a taboo."

"The Orthodox had a kind of psycholog ical taboo against a papal visit; it was shattered and things went very well , especially among the people," Clement , a Frenchman , told an Italian Catholic newspaper.

"What happened in Romania certainl y will be examined very, very closely in every Orthodox country," he said.

Vatican officials insisted the pope 's deference to Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Teoclist was not part of a plan to prove to other Orthodox leaders Pope John Paul would be a good guest.

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George Weigel A he difficult relations between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy in Eastern Europe in the 1990s have tangled roots.

A thousand years of defining one's own community over against another, to the point where that opposition becomes an essential part of one 's own identity, is not overcome in a decade. Neither is more than a millennium's worth of Orthodox suspiciousness of "Old Rome."

Some would also argue there are important theological differences between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy, not just disagreements about how the Bishop of Rome exercises the Petrine primacy.

But on the ground , where Catholics and Orthodox live together today, no issue is more divisive than the question of how Orthodoxy 's leadership conducted itself under communism.

Hundreds of thousands , indeed probably millions, of Orthodox Christi ans won the martyr 's crown between 1917 and 1991. So did numerous Orthodox leaders. But in the main, Orthodoxy throug hout Eastern Europe took a far more accommodating stance toward communist regimes than did Roman Catholicism. And in some notable instances, such as Ukraine and Romania , Orthodox churchmen actively consorted with communists in persecuting Eastern-rite Catholics.

The memories of these persecutions run deep among Eastern-rite Catholics. Those memories, and the angers and distrust they have created, have been intensified in the 1990s

"It 's simpler than that ," said Joaquin Navarro-Vails, the pope's spokesman . "For the first time in 900 years a pope has received an invitation from a patriarch to visit his country."

Navarro-valls said the success of the tri p shows the door "is wide open " for visits to other Orthodox countries.

In a front-page commentary on the Romania visit , the Vatican newspaper said the pope's reference to the "dream" of Christian unity did not express some vague longing, but his faith in the real possibility of Christian unity.

In matters of theology and church structure , the world' s Orthodox churches are closer to the Catholic Church than the Protestant churches.

So close, in fact, Pope John Paul will not visit an Orthodox country without an invitat ion from the Orthodox hierarchy. In other cases, onl y invitations from the Catholic bishops and the government are necessary.

The Catholic Church recognizes the Orthodox Churc h as a "sister church" possessing valid sacraments, legitimate priestl y orders and- a hierarchy composed of leg itimate successors of the Apostles.

But on an emotional and practical level, Catholic-Orthodox relations are strained.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow has said he cannot issue an invitation unti l Catholics Russian Orthodox slop try ing to convert Orthodox believers and until Eastern-rite Catholics in Ukraine stop try ing to take over Orthodox church property.

Most, observers think there is almost no basis for the patriarch's charges, and some would say Patriarch Alexei himself know s they are without foundation. But many members of the Russian Orthodox bishops' synod vehemently oppose a papal visit, and the patriarch is left having to make excuses.

The Russian Orthodox Church has a daunting task in trying to rebuild church structures and to educate the faithful after decades of atheistic indoctrination.

Some Orthodox bishops, whose vision of the church emphasizes territorial exclusivity, see the small Catholic community of Russia as a threat with an unfair advantage in winning the hearts of believers because it receives so much outside assistance in money, material and personnel.

But Father Taft said the "Russian Orthodox have too many divisions in their own backyard" to make a papal trip a sure thing. The patriarch cannot afford to lose the support of bishops opposed to a papal tri p.

Newspapers throug hout Central Europe echoed Vatican optimism about the possibility of tri ps to other predominantl y Orthodox countries , as well as acknowled ging the obstacle posed by internall y divided Orthodox hierarchies.

"The fact that the pope has visited an 'Orthodox land' for the first time in history is important ," said the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita. "In some sense it opens the road to Moscow, thou gh that road remains a long one."

In predominantl y Orthodox Bulgaria, where the church has divided into two distinct factions , a dail y Patriarch Alexei II newspaper criticized the Bulgarian government and Orthodox Church for not lining up to host a papal visit.

Visits to the predominantly Orthodox countries of Eastern Europe would have been unthinkable 10 years ago because of communism, the pope said.

The Lord "made possible that which humanl y seemed unrealizable ," Pope John Paul said. And he sees no reason not to believe God has more surprise openings in store.

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by the failure of the vast majority of Orthodox leaders to ty issues suggests the possibility of some movement on this acknowledge, much less come to grips with, their church' s front, despite Eastern-rite Catholics' nervousness about a 20th-century history. That is why the recent statement of Vatican-Orthodox agreement to settle these issues outside repentance by Romanian Orthodox Archbishop Nicolae the Romanian courts.

Corneanu of Timisoara is so important.

The archbishop's courageous statement also provides a Just before Pope John Pau l IPs pilgrimage to Romania, model for other Orthodox leaders. Theologically as well as the first majority Orthodox politically, Eastern Christianity country he has been able to has had a different relationshi p visit, Archbishop Corneanu to state power than Western frankly admitted to the Italian Christianity for more than 1,500 magazine // Regno that he had years. One outcome of that difbeen wrong to "collaborate ference seems to have been the with the existing power"â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in vulnerability of many Orthodox this instance, the communist leaders to coercion and manipuregime of Nicolae Ceaucescu. lation by the worst persecutor of Moreov er, the archbishop Christians in history: commuwas quite precise in his confesnism. Archbishop Comeanu 's sion: "Many priests and faithmoving admission that this hapful were jailed while I was pened opens the possibility of bishop. Some of my priests examining why it happened. protested against the dictatorCatholicism in the West cer'f. ship and were persecuted. I did tainly engaged in unsavory not protect them. Many of the alliances with states over the i centuries. faithful were condemned by But from at least S civil courts because they were : Pope Gregory VII on, Western opposed to the regime. I made Christianity was committed in no effort to defend them." principle to a model of churchArchbishop Corneanu was state relations in which the CJ unsparing in his self-indictChurch' s freedom to conduct "I did not fulfill my ment: task its sacramental life and internal Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Teoctist reaches as a bishop because 1 did not affairs without state interferout to embrace Pope John Paul II May 9 in protest against the regime. I ence constituted a check on the ' Bucharest. Just before the pope s Romanian pilhave committed enors and I reach of state power - an antigrimage,Orthodox Archbishop Nicolae Corneanu now feel the need to confess totalitarian vaccine, if you will. of Timisoara publicly apologized for Orthodox comthem. I am a critic of the posIn (he long view of history, plicity with communist regimes and for assuming ture of the Orthodox Church Gregory VII made the heroic properties of the Eastern-rite Catholic Church. since 1948. It is true we have resistance of men like Stefan done some positive things, but Wyszynski , Josef Mindszenty, we have also done negative things. Why not tell the truth?" and Blessed Aloysius Stepinac possible.

Exploring that linkage between theology and history is The archbishop went on to acknowledge that the seizure of Eastern-rite Catholic properties by the Orthodox Church an essential item on the 21-century Orthodox-Roman was wrong, and said that Eastern-rite Catholics "should Catholic ecumenical agenda. recover everything that was taken" from them. This is emphatically not the position of other Romanian Orthodox George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and bishops. But Archbishop Comeanu 's membership on an ecumenical commission studying these contentious proper- Public Policy Center in Washington , D 'C.

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Trinity: 'crucified reason they still believed there is only one God. Furthermore, the divine humility which marked the Incarnation is a trait of all three Persons: the Father always acting through the Son and the Spirit , the Son and Spirit never seeking to glorify themselves, but always directing attention to the others. Still, the distinctions between the three were clearly enough understood that the command of the risen Christ was followed: "baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." (Mt 28:19) St. Paul could urge his friends "by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit" to pray to God on his behalf (Rom 15:30).

Succeeding centuries sought to craft a language to capture this experience. The mystery of the Trinity does indeed ' crucify reason," as one modern theologian put it. What the J_n contemplating the experience of the Son and the Church affirms is that there is only Holy Spirit as the first Christians describe it, it is strik- One God, and that in this One God ing how similar their missions are. In the Gospel of there is a communion of Three John, Jesus and the Spirit are each described as: coming Persons. This is not One God who from the Father; dwelling with and in disciples, bearing "diversified" into Three, nor is it witness, teaching and guiding into truth ; speaking only Three Persons who "merged" into what he hears; confounding the world which cannot One: One and Three always.

Part of the crucifixion of our receive him. They are as inseparable yet distinctive as word and breath. The Holy Spirit does the work of reason is that we simply cannot Christ, Christ does the work of the Holy Spirit, and both imagine "eternity" — we can only imagine time. Even a do the work of the Father. This was the experience of the lot of time is not eternity, so it is difficult for us to underfirst Christians, the foundation for all subsequent reflec- stand how in the Trinity there can be "Father " and "Son," tion on the mystery of the Trinity. but not "before " and "after ". The language of It should not surprise us that we do not find a high- Father/Son, which is the language of Jesus himself, ly-developed theology of the Trinity in the New came to be understood as referring to the truth that both Testament. The experience of the Son and the Spirit he and God possess the same attributes {eternity, limitenjoyed by the disciples exploded their deepest religious less power as Creator, and so on), because they have the conviction as Jews that there is only one God — and yet, same nature. Cats have kittens, dogs have puppies, peo-

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pie give birth to human babies. God "begets" God. Try as we might , we cannot help but think of this as beforeand-after. This is why in the fourth century Arius taught that the Son was a creature, that "there was a time when he was not," an error which we refute each Sunday when we proclaim our faith in the Son, "eternall y begotten of the Father." There was not a moment when God "became" Father; he is Father, eternally bring ing forth the Son. A passage from the Letter to Ephesians conveys the feeling that, for the first Christians, One God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit was not so much a theological dilemma as a mystery of divine love: "I kneel in prayer to the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name, that out of the treasures of his glory he may grant you inward strength and power through his Spirit , that through faith Christ may dwell in your hearts in love.

With deep roots and firm foundations may you , in company with all God's people, be strong to grasp what is the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ 's love, and to know it, though it is beyond knowledge. So may you be filled with the very fullness of God." (Eph 3:1619) To know what is beyond knowledge: only God's gracious self-revelation could bestow this gift.

This is not One God who 'diy ersified ' into Three,

nor is it Three Persons who 'merged' into One:

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This is just the tip of the iceberg of the health care crisis in San Francisco.

In 1992, 1 applied for and received Medi-Cal benefits through the City and County of San Francisco. At that time, the City believed an income of $600 was adequate for a single adult to live on. Anything above that amount was added to my Medi-Cal share of costs. Each year, as my SSDI check increased, the increase was added to my share of costs. My share of costs is now $189 per month. In 1999, the City still thinks it is possible for a person to live on $600 a month. The City has not given me a single cost of living allowance in over seven years.

'Hidden holocaust'

My rent goes up every year and the cost of living increases every year. Studio apartments start at $1,000 per month. Transportation costs have gone up.

Because of my high share of costs, I had to stop seeing my physician and stop taking my prescription medications. This has caused a tenible hardship. I' ve only received emergency care once in over four years and I have had no basic health care screening in over six years - no cervical cancer screening, blood pressure check or mammography. At this point, I know if I get a life threatening illness, I will be sent home to die or given seriously inadequate treatment at city clinics.

We need health care reform now. There are too many San Franciscans who are choosing between paying for their medications and eating. More elderly are having to go to food banks and soup kitchens. This robs people of their dignity and can even lead to despair.

way to raise $290,000 for a mobile well-drilling rig.

How would he get it to the Nuba Mountains? "There is ¦ Continued from pag e 11 always a way," he smiled.

"There will be no solution," Bishop Gassis said, "unless His information campaign is frustrating, especially in the international community puts pressure" on the the United States, he admitted during an interview, because Khartoum regime. of how poorly informed most here are about Sudan , even its His message to the Cathedral audience and to U.S. and location. "A lot of people here think it is in Asia," he said. ¦In addition, he added, most American political leaders international leaders he meets is to convince the Sudan government to allow a "land corridor" as well as an "air do not readily see any immediate U.S. interest in the exclusion zone" into his diocese which unlike the other 10 region. This, he said, he counters by pointing out Islamic dioceses in the large nation does not boarder another extremism threatens to destabilize many of the nations that country. surround Sudan, including Egypt, Chad, Libya, Ethiopia , No international relief organizations have been official- Central Africa, Eritrea, Uganda. ly allowed into the Nuba Mountains which are located In his essays, Meyer also blames other factors for a lack within his diocese. His diocese alone "is two and one-half of political will in the West to respond to Sudan 's internal times the size of Italy," he noted. violence — "compassion fatigue," "legitimate concern His peoples' needs are immediate and basic, he said: about scapegoating Muslims," and Nation of Islam minissafe and abundant water, access to aid (transportation) and ter Louis Farrakhan's "public advocacy of the Sudanese support in education. government."

One of his often-repeated goals is the drilling of good Yet, Bishop Gassis points out the numbers of persons wells in the areas where the Nuba have been forced to flee killed, displaced, enslaved, and violated exceed those of the and live. Their meager and often -contaminated water sup- Balkans conflict. plies lead to disease which in turn leads to death or sucSponsored by The Windhover Forum, Meyer is working cumbing to a government "peace camp" where residents on a documentary film on the Nuba and the work of Bishop are subjected to forced cultural and religious conversion.

Gassis. The non-profi t organization has also published a A safe, dependable water supply would improve health, condensed version of Meyer's accounts of his journey. allow increased and improved farming, and "promote self- Information on the film and publication projects is availsufficiency," he stressed, noting he hopes someday to find a able through the Forum: (818) 508-6257.

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As Catholic Christians, we must continue to fight for the basic human rights of all people: food , clothing, housing , education and health care. It 's time to stand up for the least of our brethren.

Paula H. Ztmmermann San Francisco

Church should lead

Why hasn 't the Church led the way in calling for universal health care? Every decent country from New Zealand to Sweden has national health care along with police, fire and army protection.

Our taxes pay for government health care for Congress people and their families — Republicans included. Yet, we are denied that benefit for ourselves.

We are not healthier than people having national health service in Ireland , Italy, Denmark, Germany, Australia, Canada, etc. Social justice demands our right to such care in our country.

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"Get a picture, Mom! yelled 5-year-old Gabe.

I grabbed my camera and hurriedly loaded film.

Then I checked the traffic and stepped out onto the shoulder. Around us , other cars were pulling to a stop.

I pointed the camera to the sky. The majestic white bodies gleamed against the blue. Through my telephoto lens, they looked close enough to touch. Click. Click.

Wave after wave flew over us. I was caught up in the wonder of these gorgeous bird s, blessed to share a moment of their amazing 3,500-mile journey.

Then, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a man climbing out of a highway department truck. "You can't stop here, he said gruffly, gesturing toward a sign at the side of the road. Sure enough, it said, "No Stopping."

"I'm sorry," I said. "The geese are so beautiful."

"You'll have to move your car," he replied without looking up. Not waiting for my answer, he moved on to deliver the same message to the people behind me.

I walked back to the car and climbed in.

"What did he say?" asked Lucas.

"He said we have to move the car."

"But what about the birds?" asked Gabe.

"I guess he's seen them before."

"He's weird," said Lucas.

"Well," I responded, "he's just doing his job."

Still, as I pulled into the traffic , 1 wondered how often I'd let just doing my job blind me to the beauty God has placed all around me. How many blessings had I missed because I had my nose to the grindstone when I could have had my eyes to the sky?

As parents, we can get so focused on the responsibilities of parenting that we lose sight of its joys. Family life becomes a struggle to enforce the rule's, rather than a opportunity to love God and one another more deeply.

The snow geese, in all their splendor, are no match for the grace and beauty of our children. Yet, perhaps because we see them every day, we forget what miracles they are. Or how blessed we are to share their journey through life.

I peeked in the rear view mirror and saw my boys in the back seat, heads together, huddled over a book. And I prayed that no matter how often I see them, I'll always stop to admire them.

Try this at home: Set aside 10 minutes this week to admire your children. Take photos if you want.

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we lose sight of its joys.

JL pulled the car to the side of the two-lane country road and stopped behind a red sedan. The field next to us swirled with hundreds of white, black-tipped wings as the large birds made their graceful descent. A dozen at a time, they took off from a field to our left, flew across the road and over our heads, and landed in the field on our right.

I rolled down my window. "Listen," I said, though I didn 't need to. The honking drowned out everything else. "They spend the winter in Mexico, then fly all the way to northern Alaska for the summer," I told the boys over the din. "We're lucky to see them."

"Cool!" said 9-year-old Lucas. "I've never seen this many !"

Christine Dubois is a freelance writer who lives with her family near Seattle. Contact her at: chriscolumn @juno.com.

How can the U.S. flag be used at liturgies?

Q- Lately when a veteran dies in our parish, the American Legion is not permitted to post the colors at the funeral Mass. The flag was not draped over the coffin to replace the funeral pall. (I realize this is not permitted in the Order of Christian Funerals, 132.)

According to the American bishops ' document , "Environment and Art in Catholic Worship, " national flags should not constitute part of the regular environment in church, but it says they may be used for pa rticula r occasions or holidays (101).

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spirit of the Eucharist, which knows no national or other political boundaries.

As our bishops' Committee on the Liturgy put it, responding to a question similar- to yours: "When Catholics assemble for worship, they bring with them their cultural , ethnic and national identities. These traits should not be devalued or denied." Still, it said, the liturgy must always reflect a Church which is tru ly Catholic (1982).

As a Christian and as a human being, a person who has died owed many loyalties: to God, to his or her spouse and children , to others who rightfull y depended on him or her for love and care, to work and profession — and of course to a patriotic commitment " to honor and preserve our counI " «"try 's ideals of justice and freedom.

A primary intention of oui A. You make a good point. For those / Catholic funeral liturgy is to who may not be familiar with the subject acknowledge and thank God for this %^ ier ^ of your question , the American or other ^< [ ^_^ particular Christian's faithful national flag may be draped over the casket f adherence to all these commitunti l the body enters the church. The flag is then ments and loyalties, rather than ket until single out one aspect of folded and may be rep laced on the casket Christian generosity as symbolically the primary focus of after Mass.

The white pall, of course, along with the sprinkling of the Mass and other burial liturgies.

Obviously, to display the flag or other symbols of our nation holy water, symbolizes the water and white cloth used at baptism. It expresses the baptism faith of the deceased, and its ideals during major celebrations or holidays makes sense, and is certainly appropriate and proper. Perhaps it is possible to which is shared by others present for the funeral liturgy.

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On this Sunday, the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, there is a danger thai we can become "disorderly." We can start speaking about the all-holy God and the mysterious communion of three divine persons as an abstraction; we can (with all the Old Testament trappings of a God appearance: pull back from the divine enterprise in which we are collabo- the mountain, the cloud, the loud voice) manifests God's rators; we can repose in the confession of a truth of faith that self in terms of mercy and kindness. Indeed he will hear baffles and confounds. Such an approach is not our Ordinary Moses ' p lea and come along in their company, though they are a "stiff-necked" people, and receive them as his "own."

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Fortunately, the Scripture texts, chosen for Sunday 's What we hear from this text proclaimed in our parish assemblies is the startling liturgy of the Word, keep us fact that God is quite at on target and remind us elo- ...we reach out to reconcile lapsed home with his sinful peoquently that we are part of a life-process in which God Catholics, to evangelize peop le who have ple, even though we may not be at home. What we discloses God's self and in hear is joyous news that our which we disclose God. not heard the Word, to invite new sinfulness and God's mercy In our first reading are an unbeatable combina(Exodus) human words members... tion. What we hear is that almost break at the task ' encounter with a God is disclosed and revealed in us gathered for Sunday the description of Moses assigned them, self-revealing God. Remember our passage follows the celebration.

But God's self-disclosure becomes more personal as the story of Israel's reveling before the molten calf, Moses ' breaking of the commandment tablets, and God's People exquisite passage from John proclaims: "God so loved the being revealed for the stiff-necked , hard-hearted creatures world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes they were (we are). It is more wondrous, then, that God in him might not perish but might have eternal life." God has

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disclosed what lies at his heart: deathless love and life for us.

The Word, who was "with God" and "was God," "became flesh" and translated that love God has for us into human words, deeds, and flesh. This Jesus "lifted up " as Son of Man on the cross and into glory reveals this love and life. To believe in this love and life so revealed is to be "saved": "Whoever believes in him will not be condemned."

Once we believe in this love, we can 't help ourselves.

We are gathered by that love into a community of believers who show this love to each other and to our world that God still so loves. 2 Corinthians (our second reading) reminds us that we are to "encourage one another," to "agree with one another," to "live in peace." As this love we welcome in Word and Eucharist enables us to form communities who believe and love, we reach out to reconcile lapsed Catholics, to evangelize people who have not heard the Word, to invite new members into an R.C.l.A. process, and to continue our RENEW 2000 small communities of faith.

Once we experience God's self-disclosure in this moving way, we begin to realize we have become part of that selfdisclosure, forming communities of faith and love because the God we worship as a community of Persons related in love. What we celebrate is no abstraction, but the Mystery that God is and that we have become.

Questions for RENEW 2000 Communities 1. How has God been revealed to you in this small community of faith? In your parish?

2. Do you feel part of God's ongoing revelation of God's self? Explain.

3. Do you see ways of healing divisions and estrangements in your parish?

4. Season I of RENEW had for its theme: "The Trinity: A Community of Love" How does this Season still echo in your hearts now?

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

Sunday, the Lord's Day: we are invited to j oy

On the Lord' s Day, the Lord 's Body gathers. Not related by ties of blood or language, of class or culture , the Body of Christ gathers on Sunday to encounter Christ together. It is the Lord's Day. In the proclamation of his Word, in the person of the priest, in the receiving of his most sacred Body and Blood , in the holy assembly itself , the Body of Christ gathers and trul y meets Christ again .

It may be Saturday evening at St. Timoth y 's Parish , Sunday morning at All Souls, Sunday evening at Our Lady of Angels. The Body of Christ gathers: grand parents , infants, sophomores and second graders , those seeking, those too weary to seek, those who know that God seeks them. In the most marvelous diversity, we are all members of Christ's Body, united by the truth proclaimed in St. John 's Gospel this Sunday. We are the people who know that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son , that whoever believes in him may not die hut may have eternal life." On fire with this truth , we gather on the Lord's Day to be filled once more with this love and with this endless life.

Last Pentecost, Pope John Paul II wrote about the meaning of Sunday, the Lord 's Day, in a letter addressed to all of us in the Church. Father lohn Talesfore and I want to share some of this letter with you in the next few columns. One of Pope John Paul's concerns is the recent phenomenon of the "weekend ," which often overwhelms the holiness of Sunday. He points out the difference between holiday and holy day, between private, individual , free time and a day which is at the very heart of the Christian life. How did Sunday come to have this cherished position in our community?

In the introduction to his letter, Pope John Paul

Sister Sharon McMillan , SND speaks of Sunday as the very first Christian feast day.

Centuries older than Easter or Christmas, Sunday was and is the celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ in all its fullness. Since Sunday was completel y the Lord' s .Day, it 's amazing that other feast days in the Church year developed at all. For the first few centuries , Sunday was the only Easter, Epiphany, Ascension, Pentecost , Immaculate Conception , and All Saints' Day that the Church had. All thi s and a work day too ! Only in the fourth century was Sunday a day free from work.

One of the clearest ways I know to present the Pope's teaching on Sunday is to borrow some words from Father James Garcia, pastor of St. Anthony's Parish in Menlo Park. Father Garcia writes that the holiness of Sunday is the union of three elements: holy time, holy people, and holy Eucharist.

The holy time Sunday celebrates is the resurrection of Jesus on the first day of the week. Jesus appears to his disci p les, fills them with the gift of his peace and of his Spirit. The holy peop le are those baptized into Christ 's death and resurrection. They are his own Body, filled with his Spirit. They gather, called together by the power of his Word, reliving again , as Pope John Paul says, the experience of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, who felt their hearts burning within them hecause they recognized the risen Christ in their midst.

On the holy day, the Lord's Day, the holy people gather and celebrate the holy Eucharist. On the day of the resurrection , the holy people become witnesses to that resurrection. We experience Christ in our midst.

We are just like those disci p les on the road to Emmaus: we know Christ in the breaking of the bread , in the breaking open of his Word, in the presence of one another on the Lord 's Day. That 's why Mass on Tuesday is not the same. It is the Lord's Day which holds the privileged place for us.

It is the holy time in which his Body gathers and celebrates Eucharist in memory of him.

Pope John Paul describes Sunday as an invitation to joy: we make real in our time the experience of the disciples , gathered together as one, on the day of the resurrection , meeting Christ in spirit and in truth. Let us welcome this invitation to joy.

Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is an assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Retreats/Days of Recollection June 4 - 6: For single women 18-35, 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.

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Shifts are 3-6 hours long. Call Kathleen McCrea al (650) 344-0462.

PRESENTATION CENTER 19480 Bear Creek Rd., Los Gatos. For fees and times call (408) 354-2346, ext. 354: June 16-20: "A Retreat for Caregivers & Single Parents" with Mercy Sister Pat Galli, Hospital Chaplain Father Ed Murray, and Helen Bunje.

July 5-11: 'The Passion of Jesus" with Father David Pettingill exploring the Passion narratives of the four Gospels as different models of ministry and discipleship.

Aug. 2 - 8 : "In the Stillness" a silent individually directed retreat with prayer, reflection and spiritual direction.

Cancer Prayer Group meets Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call (650) 755-3364.

June 26: "Richard's Ragin' Cajun Festival" an event benefiting the Myelin Project from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame.

Cajun dinner, silent-auction, no-host bar and dancing to local band, "Keeping Our Day Jobs." $20 adults/$7.50 children. Sponsored by OLA's 20/30s Group. (650) 347-6109.

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.

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

June 3-6: "Men's Retreat: Jesus, Remaker of Manhood" this retreat takes a fresh look at manhood through the eyes of Jesus. Jim Neafsey, D.Min. June 7-Aug. 23: "Meditation and Yoga" at Monday sessions 10 - 11:30 a.m. This is an integrative training program using guided meditations on light and sound. Facilitated by Dr. Olga Luchakova.

June 13-20: "Become Whom You Contemplate" an eight-day silent directed Ignatian retreat to experience transformation by entering and contemplating key moments in the life of Jesus. Facilitated by Mercy Sister Lorita Moffatt and Jim Neafsey, D.Min.

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Ecumenical & Interreligious June 18 - 20: "Moments in Time: Meetings, Greetings and Life-Changing Events on the Spiritual Path" at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., SF. $235 fee includes program and two dinners. Call Chris Rodgers at (415) 749-6358.

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) 3668817.

The Class of 1950 from St. Peter's Academy and St. Peter's Boys School is planning a 50lh reunion.

If you were a member of that group, call Louise Johnson at (650) 358-0303 or Betty Robertson al (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 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, 29* 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.

June 8: Young Ladies Institute Angela No. 90 meet at St. Bruno Parish Hall, 555 West San Bruno Ave., San Bruno. Lunch at noon, meeting at 1p.m.

Call Margaret Shypertt at (650) 588-1589.

June 21: 12th Annual Serra Golf Classic , Peninsula Golf & Country Club, shotgun start at noon followed by 6 p.m. cocktails and 7 p.m. dinner. $195 fee includes golf , range and cart; tee prizes, lunch, dinner and beverages during play; group photo and hosted cocktails. Dinner only $25.

Proceeds benefit Alumni Scholarship Fund. Call (650) 345-8207 for registration form/details.

July 24: "Peninsula Tour du Jour" a 30/65/100 miie bike tour through scenic San Mateo and Santa Clara counties benefiting the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Fun for families, friends, co-workers. $30 fee includes T-shirt, breakfast , finale BBQ and more.

Call (510) 268-0572.

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.

RENEW20M July 7-11: Volunteer for the "RENEW Summer Institute" to be held at Mercy Center, Burlingame.

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Youth June 4,5,6: Spanish-speaking Catholic teens are invited to "Life in the Spirit" at San Jose Obrero Mission, 412 Heller St. at Cassia, Redwood City from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.. Guillermo Valencia will speak , music by mission youth choir. Follow-up sessions with Omar Mayterone, singer and teacher, on June 16, 17, 18. Call St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Menlo Park at (650) 366-4692

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 arlists , 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 at (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.

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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 morning Masses.

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

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 (415) 863-1581.

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

Women in Community Service, seeks people to assist women making the transition from public assistance to the workfo rce. 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) 589-6767.

Women Against Rape Crisis Counselor traininc 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 fro m 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 Christ! with the cloistered Dominican Sisters of Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, 2:30 p.m. Mass concludes with Eucharislic 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

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The roof tower extends down into the altar area intermeshed with panels of stained glass. The church faces the Bear Valley portion of the Point Reyes National Seashore. Stained glass windows from an older church torn down in 1940 are in storage in anticipation of being restored.

Sacred Heart 's major annual event is the St.¦ Patrick's Day Barbecue taking 1 A DBarn in downtown A . place in *„ the r\\A Old DRed Pt. Reyes Station on the closest Sunday to March 17. A parish picnic is held each

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Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner ot 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) 3344646. 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. 2"d 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 NFR 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.

Second Collections June 13: Catholic University of America June 27: Peter's Pence - Holy Father

June 4: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club welcomes Jack Hayes. 7 a.m. Mass , talk and breakfast follow.

Call Sandy Hufford at (415) 454-3758.

June 11: "Breaking the Chains" an evening of discussion about "Jubitlee 2000" a global campaign calling for a one-time cancellation of the unpayable debt owed by the world's poorest countries at University of San Francisco McLaren Hall, Room 250, 2130 Fulton St., SF at 7 p.m. $5 donation requested, no one turned away. Call Gretchen Reidy at (650) 873-3993.

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Mass in American Sign Language is celebrated each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Parish, 1801 Octavia (between Pine and California) in SF.A sign language Mass is celebrated at St. Anthony Parish, 3500 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park on the third Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. and latei that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (at Bor Air Rd.), Kentfield. For information, call St. Benedicl at (415) 567-9855 (voice) or (415) 567-0438 (TDD) 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. (al Columbus), SF. For information, call (415) 983-0405.

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

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.

Social Justice/Advocacy June 7: "Jericho: A Voice for Justice" celebrates its 12th anniversary with a live and silent auction and other festivities at The Cathedral Hall, 1115 K Street, lower level, Sac ramento. $30 ticket includes one year membership. Call (916) 441-0387.

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.

Classes/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 f orparishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, pl ace, addressand an informationp hone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco al least two weeks before the Fridayp ublicationdate desired.Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, 441 Church St..

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By Father Basil De Pinto The gap between intention and execution can often be very wide. And so it proves with A.C.T.'s recent offering, "The First Picture Show." The title is a play on the name of the title character, Anne First (nee Furstmann), a pioneer director of movies in their earliest , wild and wool y days around the turn of the century.

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Family Services Counselor Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma is looking for a fulltime bilingual (Spanish) family services counselor. Tire position requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing. The counselor assists families with the selection of buri al sites and facilitates cemetery arrangements. The counselor interacts with parishioners, clergy and funeral directors in a manner keeping with the spirit and teaching of the Catholic Church. Position requires maturity, compassion, Bachelors Degree or a minimum of 5 years experience in the funeral industry or related field , and word processing skills.

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But how to present this interesting fact of history ? A problem arises immediately when a show is described as "a theater piece." Is it fish or fowl? A strai ght play or a musical? The creators of "The First Picture Show" are not very clear about the concept and hence not very persuasive in presenting it.

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By Three Mothers & a Father Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones are so good and "Entrapment " is so mediocre . Kind of a James Bond growing old or a 007-lighl. The movie has a preposterous plot , exotic locations (New York, Scotland, Malasia ,) lots of action sequences, and nothing to say. Unlike the Bond films, "Entrap ment" is unclear about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. Everyone 's motivation is a mystery. It 's unbelievable but enjoyable.

The stunts are terrific, the drama surrounding various jewel heists is exciting , and Sean (age 69) and Catherine (age 29) are authentic superstars with crackling electricity between them—even delivering corny lines like: "If I'm late, it 's because I' m dead." But , unless you 're crazy about Sean and Catherine, save your $8.25 ticket price and $10.50 snack budget—and rent "To Catch A Thief."

Insurance investigator, Gin Baker (Zeta-Jones) persuades her boss she can trap the legendary gentleman thief, Robert "Mac" MacDougal (Connery) by posing as a master thief herself. The two tenuously partnered thieves keep stealing and getting away with it for two hours. The suspense is not so much "will they get

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The movie could have explored so many intriguing related themes. Like Y2K implications for the international banking business. Like the morality of spying. Is counterespionage justified for national security? is it ethical to £ cheat, lie, or steal for a greater good? Can you lie to a loved one about their terminal cancer to keep their spirits up? z Entrapment could have seriously addressed male u; U a menopause—the delayed and extended midlife crises we o cs see today from so many men in their 50s and 60s: the s 1 Porsche, the MGM romance, the trophy bride, a wi g like § Sean Connery 's. It could have explored a real issue like sex-on-the-screen—the movie has probably the sexiest, •A z. most sensual scene of the season when Sean covers up a u sleeping Catherine. That 's right, covers up. i-

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folk, receiving a visit from her great-niece Jane, who is enough to make us care about their personal fates. working on a documentary about early woman directors.

Fortunately Anne Gee Byrd as the 99-year-old First (Continued from the previous page) There is little love lost between the two, as the older is a riveting actress; even when she is just sitting in her Peter Maleitzke. The players occasionally sing, alone or woman tries to reassert her position as a powerhouse in the wheelchair off to one side of the stage, she is clearly together, but there are neither songs in the conventional face of her far less talented relative. The flashback method involved in the action .

Most of the members of the large cast play multiple sense, nor an integration of the music (by Jeanine Tesori) works well at first, with events and people from Anne's past paraded in lively, almost manic, fashion before the audience. roles, and perform prodigies of quick costume change with the dramatic action.

But the fast pace of the beginning gives way to long and breathless entrances and exits. Harry Waters, Jr. is In fact this is a play with off and on musical commentary, some of it set to words, some played in the stretches of dialogue which break up the rhythm , and the especially good in his one set piece and he received a background. To call it a musical is to toy rather irre- intrusion of censorship as a secondary theme dilutes the well deserved hand on opening night. sponsibly with an important theatrical tradition. vigor of Anne 's story.

The play traces the career of Anne First, beginning The issues are serious and important and they deserve in 1895, when she broke into the nascent film industry attention. But without characters who stand on their own Chaplain at Highland Hosp ital, Oakland , Father by dint of talent and chutzpah. As the show begins Anne as believable people the issues dissolve into abstractions.

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HOLY CROSS COLMA Ray D. Agostino Lawrence O. Aherne Olga J. Alaura Albert E. Aubert Celsa Baldelli George Barajas Carlos A. Barrios Adeline C. Barron Kathleen V. Barry Elizabeth K. Berthold Carmelina M. Bianchi Elizabeth J. Birdsall Joseph A. Bonetti Nerissa Jane Borba Helen Joan Botti Gloria J. Braje Susana Bravo Agnes Broussard Eleanor R. Bryant Lillian Buckley Joyce Byron Felipa Cahill Henry Calmels Nellie P. Camacho Lena Theresa Carlino Lori P. Caviglia Godofredo F. Ceballos Benjamin Chetc'uti Josephine E. Christman Laurence J. Clooney Theodore J. Connell Marion Margaret Creedon Helen L. Cresci Maureen Crilly Christina S. Dapitan Jean H. Davis Luisa A. De Aguilar Martha J. Di Piano AT A r>-u Mary A. Dillon Emmanuel Dimech Daniel Esola Mary Margie Fernandez Alicia N. Fernandez Ilda Ferroni Mary F.C. Fisher Alberta C. Fitzpatrick Concepcion C. Fontanilla Alessio S. Foppiano Anna Maita Franzella Mercedes D. Frizzar Helen F. Furrer

Mae (Vigna) Garassino Mary Lou Garrett Louis Peter Gemma Rosalie B. Giammona Fernand "Fred" Giometti Silvio J. Giordano Lucille C. Gonzalez , Pedro Q. Gorospe Eva E. Griffin Isolina Gryspos Estelle Guardino Savannah Teresa Guillory William T. Haley Joan N. Hartley George C. Heeg, Jr. Richard E. Herbst Ramoncita Hernandez Cresencia R. Herrera Mary J. Hollenkamp Clarice Cook Horton James J. Hughes Emily R. Hughes Jacqueline Hughes Josephine Husler Ramon Mateo Hynson, Sr. Virginia M. Ivani Eda M. Jacopi Earl Johnson Emma (Becky) Johnson Leo E. Johnson Mary Johnston Henry L. Jones Andrew A. Jundis Jeanne A. Karstedt Concetta L. Kent Wendel S. Kretz William Charles Kuzell, M.D. Martha D. Larios Segunda A. Lazaro Kitiona Limu â&#x20AC;&#x17E; .â&#x20AC;˘ , Ernestine C. Little Hilaria Lopez Joseph F. Lorenzo Larry Seth Lovings Paulina P. Manuel Loretta M. Marconcini Jeanette E. Martin Salomon Martinez Serafin S. Martinez Lucy Martinez Felicidad G. Marvive Issa I. Masarweh Kate Mazzeo

Patrick J. McCarthy Donald C. McCoy Irene T. McDermott John U. McKeown Doris Ann Meister Miguel A. Mejia Josephine R. Mendoza Luigia E. Merla Dorothy S. Miletich Leo C. Moffett Carlos Enrique Montes, Jr. Dolores Morales Rita Jane Nichols Gus J. Nicolopulos Joseph V. Nocito Katherine A. Nulty Mary Anne O'Connor Norm L. Olivarez James W. Oliver Linda J. Opulencia David Michael Orloff Casilda N. Palacio Cayetano "Tony" Panem Enese Parenti Veronica J. Pera Teresa G. Peralta Edna C. Perez Miguel A. Perez Marie A. Peterson Pedro S. Piol Msgr. Robert J. Plocki Lillian Bianchi Pourtau Samuel Paul Provenzano Gregorio A. Quindipan Concepcion M. Radillo Charles C. Randolph Peter L. Raugi Eva F. Reyes Clare V. Reynolds Lillian L. Richard ^ Gaspar Rivas Lucille Rivas Jose Luis Rivera Lisa Justine Robinette Humberto G. Rodriguez Eliza Ruero-Vaughan Anna Lucille Ryken Gustavo A. Salas Frederick P. Salbatera Edward E. Salomone Marie A. Schmidt Virginia M. Scholin Jesus Murillo Serrano

Mary M. Simpson Philip J. Smith Nellie L. Spanger Gerald J. Stapleton Marie M. Stark Rena Evangelisti Suacci Belen A. Sulit Helen I. Sullivan Mae M. Sullivan Susan Welt Swayne Paul F. Tanner Geno Tolari Domenica Tredinnick Felicia Treglia Leonard P. Trieweiler Aisea T. Vaka Ruben Blass Vasquez Maria E. Vega Mary Vidal David M. Vi gil Bernardo B. Villanueva, Jr. Louie A. Volpe Rosa A. Ward Pauline S. Wehner Rose M. Wiegner Anna Wieland Lentz Karl Wilhelm William J. Wondra Gualberto C. Zacarias HOI V ponw MFNT O PARK ,

Frank C. Bettencourt Edward C. Casey Victoria Correa Richarad B. Cottrell, Sr. Melba Judith McPeak Fausto Zelaya A /TT AI nrt-T OAXTDAMITT SAN RAFAEL

Irene M. Balangero Donnie DuPont George Faustine Patricia G. Merz Jeanette F, Meyers Jeanette F. Meyers Catherine (Kay) Morgan Rosalie M. Nickle Johnie D. Posey Woodrow W. Roberto Antonio F.J. Alfaro Stafford James W Stinchcomb , Sr.

r Tvlemmial TDa^p Ma&& Monday, May 31 ? 11:00 A .M .

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma 8

Archbishop William J. Levada, Celebrant 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014

(650) 756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Menlo Park

Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael

(650) 323-6375

(415) 479-9020

Rev. Msgr. Edwin J. Kennedy, Celebrant Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025

Rev. Louis J. Rebello, Celebrant 270 Los Ranchitos Road San Rafael , CA 94903