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Hundreds of thousands greeted Pope John Paul II enroute from the airport outside Gdansk , Poland, to the city.

Poles cheer, line streets 81 ' m pope returns to homeland By Jonathan Luxrnoore, WARSAW, Poland (CNS)

Pope John Paul II was welcomed to his homeland with the ringing of church bells and the cheering of Catholics. While hundreds of thousands of Poles lined the streets, more than 8 million watched the pope 's June 5 arrival at Gdansk's Rebiechowo Airport. The chairman of the Solidarity movement, Marian Krzaklewski, said the pope's emphasis during the visit on the link between solidarity and love was a "new message" for Solidarity. "Solidarity can't only be a technique for obtaining aims, even if these concern human dignity," Krzaklewski told Poland's Catholic Information Agency, KAI , June 5. "At a time when there are too many quarrels and we are isolated and alienated, I hope we will be able to read the message

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Don 't forget your prayers.. .60 years of ministry have not changed Father Joseph P. O'Reilly's outlook on the importance of a prayer life. The pastor emeritus of St. Stephen Parish said his best advice is to "take time to call your soul your own and to not forget your prayers ." Father O'Reilly spent 26 years as a pastor at St. Anthony Parish , Menlo Park ; St. Agnes and St. Stephen's before retiring in 1987. Earlier years found him as a parochial vicar at Mission Dolores, St. Philip, and Our Lady of the Pillar , Half Moon Bay as well as associate director of Catholic cemeteries. He recalls entertaining thoughts about a vocation as early as age 10 and remembers a "letter of encouragement" from a Capuchin Franciscan uncle. He took his time, though , completing high school at St. Ignatius and a degree at St. Mary 's College in Moraga before entering St. Patrick Seminary. Curiously, the priest Father O'Reilly said inspired him most is the one he succeeded as pastor of St. Stephen in 1972 — the late Father Joseph Donworth . "Father Donworth actuall y drove me to the seminary," Father O'Reilly remembered. Father O'Reilly 's sister, Elizabeth Tainter, and her husband , George, "the wellknown San Francisco pharmacist," are members of St. Stephen and regular visitors to the parish rectory where Father O'Reilly still resides. Father O'Reill y is grateful for the assignments he's had saying his goal was "to be a good parish priest." Calling today a time when "everybody 's in such a terrible rush," he suggests remembering "there are a lot of good things going on in the world with a lot of good people doing them including people you know." Father O'Reilly said his future is "in God's hands " and the care of "good , compassionate , Christian" Dr. Gerald Murphy, also a St. Stephen 's parishioner. "Take time to give your soul a chance to catch up with you ," Father O'Reilly said. Hail to the chief... Young Ladies Institute Grand President Dolores Williams will be honored at a homecoming celebration on June 19 at Grand President St. Mary Cathedral Dolores Williams beginning with Mass at

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10 a.m. Dolores is a longtime member/officer of her parish YLI institute , All Hallows 182, and lias been grand president for the last year, "Dolores has served as grand president cheerfull y and faithfull y this past year as her travels sent her throug hout California , Oregon , Washington and Hawaii," said Georgette Broussal , publicity person for the All Hallow s chapter. "Thank you, Dolores , from all your sister members of 182. We are proud of you." Dolores joined the All Hallow s branch in 1970 after a laudable nursing career, serving as its president in 1990. The Mass ot Thanksg iving will be followed by lunch and Madame President 's official visit to her home institute. Tickets to the lunch are $20. Call Shirley Latham at (415) 334-3213. Shirley was parish secretary at All Hallows for 22 years and has just finished a four-year run as president of YLI 182. New prez is All Hallows parishioner Mary Ned. Continuing the good work...Re\. Mr. Joseph Everson, a St. Gabriel Elementary and St. Ignatius College Preparatory alumnus , will be ordained to the priesthood tomorrow at Queen of Apostles Chapel in Ossining, N.Y., for service as a Maryknoll missionary. Deacon Everson , an attorney, joined Maryknoll in 1992 and took his perpetual oath to the Rev. Mr. Joseph Everson U.S.-based Catholic mission movement in 1998. For information about Maryknoll , call their San Francisco residence at (415) 921-1100. Fore such a good cause... It was an above-par day for Catholic Youth Organization 's Camp Armstrong on May 13 when $100,000 was raised for the popular young people 's get-away at CYO's annual golf tournament. On hand for the fun were Msgr. Peter G. Armstrong, pastor,

From left: Father David Ghiorso; Jim McCabe; 49ers head coach , Steve Mariucci; Alpio Barbara; Jeff Fenton at annual CY0 Golf Day.

St. Pius Parish, Redwood City and longtime youth ministry advocate for whom the camp is named; popular sports broadcaster Lon Simmons; and SF 49er head coach Steve Mariucci . There were no missing links as 250 golfers covered the lengths of the Peninsula 's Sharon Heights and Stanford golf courses. This year Camp Armstrong will welcome 1,300 youth with many on scholarshi ps provided by fundraisers like the golf tournament. For information about CYO programs, call (415) 507-2000. Plan ahead. . .The new year, it appears , will abound with opportunities for prayer and reconciliation. On the heels of the day s of prayer for peace on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1-2, the relics of St.Therese of Lisieux will be present at SF's Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey for a 7:30 p.m. Mass on Jan. 8 and at St. Mary 's Cathedral on Jan . 9 for Masses at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Carmelite Sister, who is called "the little flower," lived a mere 23 years on earth but may the examp le of this "doctor of the Church" — a title fewer than 50 Christians have ever received — bloom in us always.

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Archbishop Levada j oins public call for health care reform By Kamille Maher Archbishop William J . Levada offered pointed reflections to a boisterous crowd of 250 San Franciscans concerned with improving health care for the working poor, at a June 3 San Francisco Organizing Project (SFOP) meeting. Gov. Gray Davis' field representative, San Francisco's deputy director of public health, and a representative from the mayor's office were also present and witnessed the activists deliver their foot-stomping message: use tobacco lawsuit funds coming to the state to improve health care for 130,000 uninsured San Franciscans. The Archbishop listed seven criteria from a 1993 U.S. bishops' statement, "A Framework for Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Protecting Human Life, Promoting Human Dignity, Pursuing the Common Good": respect for life , privilege for the poor, universal access, comprehensive benAlso see "Ordinary Time" on page 5 efits, care for persons who are chronically ill , pluralism in delivering services, and equitable financing. "In reviewing this statement, I have two

narrow passage of assisted suicide legislation from the Appropriations Committee (see related story, this page). "At a time when we are all working toward improving health care access for the working poor," Levada said, "the state legislature prefers to resort to back room machinations to co-opt medical professionals as agents of death." The Archbishop concluded his remarks with a prayer, asking in part, "Protect our o ea children and hel p us to always help them." eu After the Archbishop 's prayer, the rally @ took a rowdy turn. SFOP organizers < encouraged audience members to shout uj into little yellow megaphones that had been placed on chairs. Partici pants chanted , stomped , and stood for repeated ovations as they demonstrated to government officials Archbishop William J. Levada addresses the health care rally of the San Francisco how strongly they felt about health care. Organizing Project at Church of the Visitacion on June 3. During the gathering at the Church of the reactions," Archbishop Levada said. "These Willie Brown as a sponsor of Proposition J, Visitacion , partici pants also presented sensible criteria are still applicable seven which last year declared "universal health gubernatorial representative Troy Fernandez years later. And it is a national shame that care" to be the official policy of San with a stretcher full of 1,000 responses from a recent SFOP survey that showed 43 perwe are no further along today than we were Francisco. (wh en the statement was issued.)" He then alluded to political maneuver- cent of parishioners at several San Francisco Archbishop Levada said he had been ing in a May 27 State Assembly churches have no health insurance. HEALTH CARE, /rage 5 pleased to join with San Francisco Mayor Appropriations hearing, which led to the

Physician-assisted suicide bill advances after 'roster mix-up'

By Kamille Maher Proposed "physician-assisted suicide" legislation narrowl y passed a May 27 Assembly Appropriations Committee vote, the result of last-minute political maneuvering that Archbishop William J. Levada would later say left him "disgusted." A representative of Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles) said a "roster mix-up" replaced two "no" voters with two "aye" voters, resulting in a passing vote of 12 to 9. Assemblyman Kevin Shelley (D-San Francisco), who is majority leader, was one of the "no" voters replaced when AB1592 author Dion Aroner (D-Berkeley/Richmond) requested the "mix-up " be allowed to stand to ensure passage from committee. Speaker Villarai gosa "decided to let the mistake go ahead at Aroner 's request , in order to keep the bill alive for further debate," according to Villaraigosa's press secretary, Elena Stern. According to Shelley 's spokesperson, when the majorileader entered the chamber to vote, his name was simply ty not on the roster and he was not permitted to vote. "He would have been a 'no'," said Tracy Dunne. "He was as surprised as anyone else." When asked how a majority leader could not realize he was being rep laced for such an important vote, Dunne said, "I think that's a question he has asked himself." Archbishop Levada told a group of health care activists June 3 he was "disgusted at the political machinations. The state legislature prefers to resort to back room machinations to co-opt medical professionals as agents of death," he said at a San Francisco Organizing Project rally (see story on this page). "They did not have 11 yes votes," said Edward Delesji , executive director of the California Catholic Conference.

"They made the switches to get the yes votes." A May 28 CCC news release stated , "We are outraged at the disingenuousness and the partisanshi p that was exhibited by the leadership in passing AB 1592 out of Appropri ations under this cloak of secrecy and with han dpicked replacements for those committed to vote 'no.'" Shelley, a "no" vote, was replaced by John Longeville (D-Rialto), an "aye" vote. Herb Wesson (D-Los Angeles), also a "no" vote, was replaced by Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) , an "aye" vote. Wesson had no comment about being replaced. According to CCC's Delesji , Wesson 's constituents opposed assisted suicide legislation by 54 percent in 1992 when Californians defeated Prop 161. Appropriations Committee Chair Carole Migden (DSan Francisco) at 3:20 p.m. had personally told a group of 35 volunteer opposition activists present for the hearing that they should go home because AB1592 would not be voted on May 27. However, by 6 p.m. the roster switches and vote had taken place. "We were shocked," said Penny Montemayor, who had helped organize about 50 volunteers to travel to Sacramento for the vote, originally scheduled for May 19. It was delayed until May 26, and then again until May 27. Many of the opposition group stayed overnight on May 26 and geared up for a chance to speak, according to Montemayor. "We wanted Assembl y members to see that there is a lot of public outcry about the deadliness of this law," explained Montemayor, a member of the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals. "We were very disappointed that we had been misled ." Migden 's office issued the following statement : "This is the Speaker 's (Villarai gosa's) prerogative and something that leadership has the ability to do."

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The next step for the legislation would have been the Assembly floor , where all Assembly members would have considered it. However, Aroner did not place the bill before the General Assembly by the June 4 deadline for this year's legislative session. "We decided to put the bill as a twoyear bill to be taken up next January," said a representative from Aroner 's office. "She's afraid to bring it to the floor," declared activist Montemayor. "She knows it won't pass, and we consider this a victory." All bills not sent to the Senate by June 4 are essentiall y dead for the current legislative session. However, because AB 1592 passed out of both the Judiciary and Appropriations committees, it will not have to repeat committee hearings next year. The bill , fashioned after Oregon 's euthanasia law that went into effect last year, would allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to dying patients who request them. Opponents of the bill — including California's Catholic bishops, the state 's Catholic hospitals, medical professionals, medical ethicists and disability activists — contend the law has too few safeguards to protect against irrevocable abuses. Also voting "yes" for the Appropriations Committee were Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), Susan Davis (D-San Diego), Bob Hertzberg (D-Sherman Oaks), Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica), Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles), Patricia Wigg ins (D-Santa Rosa), Rod Wright (D-Los Angeles), Aroner, and Migden. Those voting "no" were Marilyn Brewer (R-Newport Beach), Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield), Bill Campbell (RVilla Park), RickAckerman (R-Fullerton), Abel Maldanado (R-Santa Maria), George Runner (R-Lancaster), Lou Papan (D-Millbrae), Helen Thomson (D-Davis), and Charlene Zettel (R-Poway).

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eliminate anyone who might vote for independence. "They burn the houses, they kill the young people. As a result , the numbers of peop le supporting independence are diminishing. There is no working justice system , while houses are being burned and people are being killed. There is not even an attempt to bring anyone to justice."

WASHINGTON (CNS) — There are now more than 62 million U.S. Catholics , according to the 1999 Official Catholic Directory. The 2,300-page directory, widely known in Church circles as the "Kenedy directory " after its publisher 's imprint, was released in late May. The number of Catholics in the United States and its possessions grew from 61,563,769 in 1998 to 62,018,436 in 1999, according to the 41 -page statistical summary at the end of the directory

Pop e decries kidnapp ing

Decree aimed at sham unions

school district violated First Amendment religious ri ghts of students by having them make images of a Hindu god and recite prayers related to Earth Day. U.S. District Judge Charles L. Briean t 3rd up held three of 15 claims brought by the plaintiffs against the Bedford Central School District.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Strawberry growers in California entered into a consent decree with the California Superior Court not to fund any organization claiming to represent strawberry workers and their interests. The court , in Santa Cruz County, also issued a temporary restraining order against two other growers to ban their funding activities. In 1997, the United Farm Workers, two priests and two elected officials in Salinas , Calif., had sued the Western Growers Association , claiming the growers' group had funded the Agriculture Workers of America. The group had positioned itself as an alternative to the UFW. The UFW contended the group was a front for the growers.

Koso\o war candor doubted

NEW YORK (CNS) — Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York expanded his critique of the Kosovo-related bombing by suggesting Americans may not be getting the full story on what is happening, or that the officials in charge may not themselves have a clear strategy. In his June 3 column in the New York archdiocesan weekly, Catholic New York, the cardinal said it appeared Americans were "being kept almost completely in the dark about whatever may be our real objectives , strategies and tactics."

Pop e: don 't distort marriage

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Relationshi ps between nonmarried pairs never should have the legal status of matrimony, and calling homosexual couples "married" distorts the concept of the family, Pope John Paul II said. "It is possible to imagine other forms of relationshi ps and co-existence among the sexes," the pope noted, "but none of these constitutes — contrary to others ' opinions — an authentic juridical alternative to matrimony." In a June 4 address to a plenary session of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Pope lohn Paul spoke at length on a trend — expressed in new local laws in several European countries — toward giving homosexual and heterosexual nonmarried pairs the same rights regarding taxes, benefits and child-raising as married pairs .

Military archbishop : What next?

WASHINGTON (CNS) — There is general concern in the U.S. military about what's going to happen next, after Iraq and Kosovo, said the head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services. "If we're going to respond — and I' m not saying we shouldn 't," said Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien , "but if we are going to respond in this new world politic arrangement to every major confrontation in the world , it 's going to deter peop le from staying in the military or from thinking of joining the military." There already is an exodus of capable people, he said.

Ban def eated , 'p ill bilV app roved

Families win 'occult ' case ruling

HARTFORD, Conn. (CNS) — After the Connecticut Legislature voted down a bill to ban partial-birth abortions and approved a measure requiring insurance companies to pay for contraceptives , a state legislator called the public to action. "It's up to the people, the clergy, the church , our activists to take this information and share it with the constituents and do something," said Rep . Michael J. Jarjura , D-Waterbury, following the 86-57 House of Representatives' May 13 vote against the partial-birth ban. Six days later, the Senate voted 26-10 against the measure.

NEW YORK (CNS) — A federal district judge ruled in favor of three Catholic families in deciding a New York

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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (center) and Kierin Prendegast, U.N. under-secretary for political affairs, meet with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican June 3 to discuss peace plans for the Balkans. The pope told Annan the United Nations should oversee an end to hostilities in Yugoslavia.

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MADISON, Wis. (CNS) — A federal judge has upheld a Wisconsin ban on partial-birth abortion. A stay on enforcement of the ban was kept in place while opponents of the ban appealed the ruling. U.S. District Jud ge John Shabaz said May 28 that the law, contrary to opponents ' claims , was not vague and does not place an undue burden on women. Shabaz said the state has a valid interest in banning partial-birth abortions , which he said are "never medicall y necessary to preserve the health of the woman."

Asks indep endence vote delay

DILI, East Timor (CNS) — Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo of Dili , East Timor, said the Aug. 8 vote on the territory 's independence from Indonesia should be postponed unless peace is quickly restored to the island. The bishop said the current Indonesian military strategy is to

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II decried the kidnapp ing of more than 120 Mass-goers from a Colombian church , and he urged peace and renewed dialogue throug hout the country. After his June 2 general audience, the pope said in Spanish that the incident was "sacrilegious." Archbishop Isaias Duarle Cancino of Cali , Colombia , condemned the kidnapp ing, saying, "This brutal attack against peaceful church goers cannot find any excuse in political or strategic reasons." He called the attack "an act of pure and senseless brutality." Many of the men , women and children were freed hours after the May 30 assault. Colombian President Andres Pastrana , on a visit to Canada and New York, demanded the release of at least 40 hostages still held June 1.

Queen honors Cardinal Hume

LONDON (CNS) — Queen Elizabeth II will present Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster with the Order of Merit. The honor is a special distinction limi ted to 24 British citizens and awarded on the personal decision of the queen to peop le of • eminence. Cardinal Hume, 76, has been diagnosed with inoperable abdominal cancer. Cardinal George Hume "I am deep ly touched that Her Majesty the Queen should have so graciousl y con ferred upon me the Order of Merit," Cardinal Hume said.

Describes suff ering in Iraq

BROOKLYN, N.Y (CNS) — Her English was broken, but die Iraqi Dominican sister was animated in describing with hand gestures and vocal sounds the effects of bombs still being dropped on her country. "As she described it, she became angrier and angrier," recalled Dominican Sister Arlene Flaherty, who listened to her Iraq i counterpart 's story during a trip to that country. Sister Flaherty, from the Bronx , and eight other Dominicans from different U.S. congregations went to Iraq to take medicine desp ite a U.N. embargo and U.S. restrictions on travel there.

Phili pp ine leaders \ow f ig ht

MANILA , Philippines (CNS) — Philipp ine church leaders and others vowed to challenge the Visiting Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Philippine governments by taking it to the Supreme Court. In an 18-5 vote May 27, the Senate ratified the pact allowing U.S. forces to enter the country for military training purposes. Protesters rallied and held prayer vigils outside the Senate building in downtown Manila.

Pop e p oints to media risks

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Media monopolies and the accelerating transmission of information are placing meaningful local broadcasts at risk , Pope John Paul II said.

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Health care crisis shameful

I was pleased to be invited to address the representatives from the various churches of San Francisco Organizing Project 's Health Care Action meeting at Visitacion Parish Hall last week. They asked me to reflect both a personal and Catholic viewpoint on the urgency of action on the important issue of expanded access to health care. A look at statistics shows there trul y is a crisis in health care in our country and in our state today : 44 million Americans , 7 million Californians and 135 ,000 San Franciscans have no health insurance coverage. This means that one out of almost every 5 or 6 persons — our fellow citizens and neighbors — do not have health coverage. This proportion increases in certain areas when we consider the astonishing indicators that show upwards of 40 percent of Latinos do not have health insurance coverage locall y. From the perspective of a Christian heritage , we can see from the many healing miracles of Jesus' that care and compassion for the sick and dying are central to the ministry of Jesus and the Christian life. The history of Christianity shows many different kinds of hospices and hospital groups who reached out to provide care for the sick. The network of Catholic hospitals which has grown up in the United States, largely through the efforts of extraordinarily competent and self-sacrificing women religious, is trul y a glory of our Church and of our country. But the "family" models around which so much of our social fabric was organized before the modern age are not able to provide for adequate health care today for any number of reasons, among them the escalating sophistication and cost of health care, the expanding and mobile populations of the industrial age, and the urbanization and globalization of society especially in the late 20th century. This is why we need to have government action to ensure adequate health care for people today. Almost four decades ago, Pope John XXIII articulated adequate health care among the basic human rights in his groundbreaking encyclical letter, Pacem in Terris, pub-

lished just as the Second Vatican Council was beginning. In 1981, the bishops of the United States issued a statement titled "Health and Health Care" in which the parameters of this basic human ri ght as applied in the United States were set forth . In 1993, the Catholic bishops of the United States passed a several-page resolution titled "A Framework for Comprehensive Health Care Reform : Protecting Human Life , Promoting Human Dignity, Pursuing the Common Good", which stands as a thorough and thoughtful charter for a comprehensive program addressing health care needs in American public policy. Among the criteria for health care reform which the bishops articulated in this '"Framework" are the following: respect for life; priority concern for the poor; universal access; comprehensive benefits (preventive care, treatment of disease and injury, care for persons who are chronicall y ill or dying); pluralism, that is, involvement of public and private sectors, non- profits; respect for religious and ethical values in health care programs; equitable financing, that is, jud ging whether our national health care efforts assure society 's obligation to finance universal access to comprehensive health care in an equitable fashion , based on ability to pay, and whether proposed cost-sharing arrangements are designed to avoid creating barriers to effective care for the poor and the vulnerable. As I re-read this framework statement , I have two reactions: 1) these sensible criteria and proposals are as applicable today as they were six years ago when they were issued; and 2) it is a national shame we are no further along today than we were then in accomplishing a satisfactory health care program in this country. Opportunities for marshalling public sentiment, such as Proposition J which I was pleased to join as a sponsor with Mayor Willie Brown during last year 's election, which called for universal health care access for all San Franciscans, are too few and far between. I understand the San Francisco Department of Public Health is researching

Archbishop William J. Levada costs of Proposition J's implementation. On the other hand, when we have this great need for health care, the California state legislature seems to prefer backroom machinations to promote access to physician-assisted suicide, seeking to co-opt the medical profession as agents of death, rather than to support them in promoting the access of people to health y living. Frankly I am disgusted at this turn of events. Fortunately, even with the political maneuvers , this bill , AB 1592 — Aroner 's "Death with Dignity " Act, has been mercifull y postponed until next year. Access to health care for working families and childre n — that 's what could be done with the windfall tobacco settlement of $25 billion over 25 years. In San Francisco, the more than $500 million could go a long way toward finding a solution to our present health care crisis. I urge all of us to help achieve a community consensus to ask our government officials to use this tobacco settlement money for our millions of fellow citizens who can't afford health insurance now.

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Catholic hospitals breathing easier after defeat of AB525 By Kamille Maher A "moderate block" of Democrats abstained from voting on AB 525, a move that led to its defeat before the General Assembly in last-minute Assembly action June 4. The bill would have "turned its back on the contributions of Catholic health care and undone centuries of relig iou s tolerance ," according to the California Catholic Conference (CCC). AB 525 would have imposed financial sanctions and sing led out for discrimination Catholic hospitals that would not perform abortions and other medical procedure s, according to its critics. Sponsored by Planned Parenthood and introduced by Assemblywoman Sheila James Kuehl (D-Encino), the bill

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¦ Continued from page 3 Fernandez was publicly challenged by SFOP representative Hector Ortega, "Take our message back to the governor." Fernandez replied, "I will take your words to the governor." "Will you report back to us?" asked Ortega. "We will welcome that dialogue," Fernandez declared. A similar commitment was also made by Jimmy Loyce, deputy director of public health for San Francisco. San Francisco joins a growing list of state and local governments considering how to use funds from a $209 billion settlement reached last fall between 46 states and leading tobacco companies. The City of San Francisco share is $539 million. SFOP representatives from Corpus Christi , St. Elizabeth , Church of the Epip hany, Mission Dolores, and Providence Baptist sponsored the event. SFOP is a federation of 40 congregations representing 14 neighborhoods and 40,000 families, according to SFOP literature. The June 3 rally was not the only public outcry in recent weeks over the state of health care in San Francisco: Retirees long-enrolled in the City Health Plan for employees took over a May 26 Finance Committee meeting of the Board of Supervisors . Premiums for the plan have risen sharply during the past two years, from almost nothing in some cases to $260 per month. City Plan is a privately-funded indemnity insurance program paid entirely

sought to deny non-profit status to Catholic hospital s, requiring them to provide abortions or lose millions of dollars annually in state assistance, such as Medi-Cal reimbursements. Proponents needed 39 votes to pass the bill into law, but 10 Assembly members abstained and 39 voted "no." That left 31 "aye" votes. Many of those abstaining reportedl y did so at the urging of the California Association of Catholic Hospitals (CACH). "I abstained because I felt that bill doesn't tell the full p icture," said Assemblyman Louis Papan (D-Millbrae). "Catholic hospitals do an awful lot of good. I wanted to protect all the good tilings they do for people. I didn 't want to undermine what they do and I thought th at bill would restrict and show a lack of appreciation." He confirmed

CACH's efforts influenced his decision to abstain. According to CCC's Carol Hogan, proponents feared that when Catholic health care networks, such as Catholic Healthcare West, merge with non-Catholic facilities , women's access to contraceptive pharmaceuticals, in-vitro fertilization, tubal ligation and abortion would be eliminated or reduced. Catholic teaching prohibits these procedures. "Despite the claim mergers threaten reproductive health care services in California ," said a May 14 editorial in Catholic San Francisco, "the bill's sponsors have produced no objective evidence that a threat exists. The way to address any serious concern about the availability of any health care service is to commission a thorough, independent stud y that can tell us if there are gaps, where they are, their causes and their potential remedies."

by member premiums. Ann Summercamp, who last year took over the beleaguered plan, told Committee Chair Leland Yee and Board President Tom Ammiano that increased premiums were needed to address rising health care costs. Summercamp said the fund would be dry before the next fiscal year and she had no choice but to raise premiums. However, amid clapping and cheering, one-by-one retired teachers, engineers and other city workers claimed the fund had been "grossly mismanaged" before Summercamp took over, and demanded an audit to find a missing $17 million. Physicians , nurses and patients at San Francisco General Hospital continued to protest recent decreases of services in the Public Health Network, the delivery arm of San Francisco 's Departmen t of Public Health. The Coalition to Save Public Health recentl y won two victories when Mayor Brown offered a last-minute pledge to increase the health budget by $40 million, and when the Board of Supervisors Finance Committee on May 26 appropriated an additional $66,000 to hire additional pharmacy personnel. Laguna Honda Hospital supporters met May 25 to discus's a proposed $400 million bond issue, with "at least half covered by the same tobacco settlement funds sought by the SFOP group. "San Francisco was the first city to sue the tobacco companies," City Attorney Louise H. Renne told 100 supporters of the hospital, a long-term nursing facility that houses 1,200 elderly and disabled residents. It is slated to be shut down since a Justice Department investi gation

cited overcrowding and building code issues. "I say you get an opportunity every once in a while," said Renne, who cochairs with Public Health Director Mitch Katz a committee formed to promote rebuilding the hospital. "This is ours."

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New school and center are dedicated at St. Paul's

Archbishop William J. Levada blesses the new St. Paul School during ceremonies June 6 as Father Mario P. Farana , pasto r, looks on.

By Evelyn Zappia Celebration of the past , present and future marked the dedication and blessing ceremonies of the new school and parish cenler at St. Paul Parish (Church a( Valley Street) following a 12:15 p.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop William J. Levada in San Francisco on June 6. Over 1,000 parishioners attended the ceremonies described by Pastor Mario Farana as "a defining moment, a signature event in the life of our parish that provides the opportunity to give thanks for the accomplishments of the past, to celebrate the present, and look forward with hope to the future." It was Archbishop William J. Levada's suggestion to Father Farana to look into the possibility of constructing a new school rather than retrofit the old as a way of

Andrade Elvin, St. Paul parishioner and a 1938 graduate of St. Paul Elementary, chats with Msgr. Thomas Kennedy, class of 1929.

improving and not just rearrang ing. "The Archbishop 's presence for the blessing and dedication is significant because of his encouragement ," said Father Farana. Architect Mich ael Stanton , a St. Paul parishioner, designed the $5.3 million facility. The new school has nine classrooms with additional rooms for extended day care, music , art, science, and a media center with a library and technology lab. "The parish hall serves for meetings and sports activities ," said the princi pal , Sister Ann Cronin , BVM. "The skylight desi gn is a wonderful function of the building. It pro vides a sufficient amount of natural lighting in the day to hold down our electric bills." Sister Cronin added , "St. Paul' s School has a long history and the continuation of our school means a great deal to the people of the parish as well as to the many who went to St. Paul's." Graduate and parishioner of St. Paul School , Katy O'Shea , who served on the capital campai gn and building committee, commented , "The parish retains the great memories of yesteryear and is ready for what the future holds." The "yesteryears" were celebrated by the presence of Msgr. Thomas Kenned y and Father James O'Malley, graduates of St. Paul Elementary School in 1929 and 1933, respectively.

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"The new school is a genuine sign of hope which has rallied the parishioners and created interest in the vitality of the parish. As we move into the year 2000 and beyond it will serve as a springboard for the parish to renew the community and fulfill our dream to retrofit the church, known far and wide now as the 'Sister Act' church," said Father Farana. The church was used as a site during filming of the mov ie "Sister Act," starring Whoopi Goldberg.

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Benedictine Father Christopher Hites , a co-founder of his community 's Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley, died at St. Martin 's Abbey in Hungary on May 26. The priest , buried in an Abbey cemetery on June 1, was 85. In a message announcing Father Hites ' death to priests and employees of the Archdiocese, Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester said , "Father Christop her was the unofficial pastor for the Bay Area Hungarian Catholic community for many years. He was a friend and benefactor to many, and was active in providing assistance in the parishes of the San Francisco Archdiocese ." Father Hites was headmaster of Woodside Priory fro m 1960-75. At a celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the school's first graduating class, he said, "Humanity cannot survive unless it frees itself from feuding ideologies , isolating selfish interests , fears and suspicions. An allembracing human famil y has to be born that unites all of us in the service of common , lasting human values." A memorial Mass was celebrated on June 8 in the school chapel. Remembrances may be made to the Father Christop her Scholarshi p Fund , Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley 94328.

Archbishop William J. Levada presided over the Memorial Day liturgy at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery on May 31. Concelebrants included Msgr. John Foudy whose brother, Father Dennis Foudy, was buried there this year, and Father William O'Con nor from the Diocese of San Jose , whose brother is also buried in the cemetery. Approximately 800 people attended the service in which all veterans and deceased of the Archdiocese are remembered in prayer. Visitation in the cemetery during Memorial Day weekend is exceeded only by Christmas , officials said. Also pictured are Deacon Tom Mao (left) and Father Thomas Merson.

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invited by the pastor or another member of the pastoral staff , he said. Whatever the reason , he said , a growing number oi peop le wish to activel y partici pate in Church life. Their partici pation should be recognized by the Church , including just salaries , he said. Another major challenge is training and formation . In a report issued before the FADICA meeting, Frank Butler , its director , noted that 150 of the existing 281 programs for ecclesial lay ministers are non-degreed and in many cases are little more than spiritual enrichment efforts . In his luncheon address to the group, San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada called for dialogue between local bishops and universities to make certain any -certification process is built on solid course work , which will in turn build up "communio." Ecclesial lay ministry studies also need to be cognizant of local parishes ' needs, he pointed out. Financial support is another challenge for training lay ministers. According to Butler , 145 of the nation 's 185 Catholic archdioceses and dioceses offer formation programs for laity, but only three make scholarsh ips funds available to students for theolog ical education , a practice common for candidates for the priesthood. Onl y a few Catholic foundations make scholarshi p funding available for laity, althoug h that is beginning to change. Last October, the Lill y Endowment of Indianapolis awarded four Catholic theolog ical schools grants of more than $1 million each for preparation of lay ministers. Some educational institutions have also responded. The Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley purposel y keeps its annual tuition at $7,000 and provides housing and spiritual formation so more lay people can complete theological studies, said Franciscan Father Bill Cieslak , FSTB president.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco launched the School of Pastoral Leadership (SPL) , a comprehensive lay training program in areas of ministry, faith and morals , in 1994. At that time its stated goals included (raining "lay people for ministry within the Church" as liturgical ministers, catechises, visitors to the sick and other areas, as well as to provide "theological, scriptural and spiritual education empowering lay people to exercise their Christian vocation in the world." SPL officials note the school has striven to meet the evolving idea of lay ministry and today, after graduating more than 2,000 people, it has added the following goals: • To foster a profound realization of the vocation of the Christian lay faithful. • To prepare lay peop le for informed , pro-active evangelization in parishes, families, work, social and professional networks, diocesan and civic communities.

SPL has also expanded offerings to include an adult education track for laity who don 't have the time or current inclination to take the longer ministry preparation courses. The new track is in line with the school's efforts to promote, among the laity, "an intelli gent grasp " of Church teaching and "to engender confidence" for "confronting complex social issues and discerning and advancing appropriate responses grounded in authentic Catholic teaching, " SPL literature states. SPL has, from its start, encouraged participants to complete its one-year course in the Catholic faith , its teachings and docuine. Upon passing a test on the course given by the University of San Francisco, graduates receive a nine-unit credit which may be used toward a degree in theology at USE For informati on about SPL, call Joni Gallagher or Jesuit Father Michael Barber, director , at (415) 242-9087.

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In the spirit of his community 's founder , St. Francis of Assisi , Father Cieslak said FSTB teaches lay people alongside priesthood candidates. "We have found that lay people begin to respect what priesthood means , and our priesthood students , in turn , are not afraid of lay people anymore." FSTB is one of nine Catholic and Protestant member schools of the Graduate Theological Union. Students can cross register, and have available to them nearl y 700 different courses on a yearly basis. Noted Father Cieslak: "One of the early fears was we would water down our faith . But we have learned that when Baptists and Methodists ask, 'What does your Church believe?' our students have to become more articulate than ever before. The benefits are tremendous." In remarks to the group of more than 50 assembled, Los Angeles ' Cardinal Roger Mahony said he grew up in a North Holl ywood parish where five priests handled most duties. However, he said , he does not count himself among those pining for a return to "the good old days." The Cardinal referred to the years ) 936-1966 "as an extraordinary anomaly in reli gious vocations and we cannot look at them as the norm." But at the same time, one cannot downplay the current shortage of religious vocations, he cautioned. "The shortage is at a crisis level that cannot be underestimated. " He urged educators involved in training ecclesial lay ministers and others "not to take secular models and sprinkle them with holy water." Every member of the parish staff, including secretaries and business managers, need to be coming from as deeply a spiritual base as those who minister directly to the parish through religious education , youth ministry, RCIA and social justice work, he said. A 23-year-old association of independent foundations which fund Catholic-sponsored projects , FADICA's 45 member foundations contribute more than $100 million annuall y.

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tion cause is currentl y being considered. The pope also recalled the Nazi executions of city leaders at the stait of World War II, part of what he called a rich 20thcentury "martyrology" th at has inspired others in the faith. "How many martyrs there were during the time of the Second World War and under communist totalitarianism! They suffered and gave their lives in the death camps of Hitler or those of the Soviets," he said. Similar heroic witness has been given by Christians in France, Japan , Mexico, Spain and Vietnam, he said. The pope said that while the experience of martyrs may be unusual , their level of commitment should be a model for all Christians. "Christ does not promise an easy life to those who follow him," he said. At times the faith requires great sacrifice, and with it the suffering of humiliation , derision, misunderstanding and unpopularity — not all of it readily apparent , he said. "Alongside public martyrdom, which takes place before the eyes of many, how often does a hidden martyrdom take place in the depths of people's hearts?" the pope said. He spoke of a martyrdom of the body, the spirit, one's vocation and one's mission.

gold-tipped Corinthian columns and arching windows filled with amber-colored glass. Steady rain did not dampen the spirits of an estimated 100,000 people who stood on a grassy field in front of the shrine. Many had come the previous evening from farming towns in the region to sing hymns and pray to Mary in an all-night vigil. "It is important to have a p lace like this in Poland , especially for young people who don 't know how to get to God. Maybe when they arrive here they will get to know Mary," said Karolina Olejnik, a 17-year-old Girl Scout who helped manage the crowd. In front of the new building stood a 30-foot-tall statue of the pope, shown in the act of accepting the shrine as a gift from Polish priests. Later in the day, celebrating Mass outside the industrial center of Bydgoszcz, the pope spoke movingly of the long line of Polish martyrs stretching from earlier centuries of evangelization to recent decades under communism. He linked the late Father Jerzy Popieluszko to that tradition , noting the pro-Solidarity priest had set out from Bydgoszcz the day he was abducted and killed by government secret police agents in 1984. The priest 's beatifica-

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, he isolated her from family and friends. "He First didn ' t want me to go anywhere," remembers Linda (This is not her real name). "Some women think that kind of behavior is cute," she says ruefully. But they learn differently when the searings begin. Linda did. Twice. During the past dozen years, the 30-year-old San Francisco woman has suffered not one battering situation , but two. Her first relationshi p lasted seven long years. There was no consistency, no predictability to her partner 's violent mood swings. Unlike many battering situ ations, he did not drink nor use drugs. She left twice, but went back because of his sweet promises never to do it again. She believed them. Then , once more , true to the classic profile of a battering situation , there would be a honeymoon period, followed by building tension. Then the violence would erupt. Linda 's pregnancies were no deterrent to his ms bad Daa temper. While carrying her third child , Linda landed in the hospital because of his abuse. No one there told her she had options, that there were safe, confidential places to which she could escape with her children. When she final1ly did leave, she drifted into another violent relationship. Linda was wiser the second time around , however, quicker to pick up on clues. "When he began verbally abusing me, I knew I was in trouble." Finally, when he went to jail for beating up another woman , she fled to a city shelter. A counselor there referred the confused , frightened young mother to Rosalie House. Operated by the Riley Center, a program operated by the St. Vincent de Paul Society in San Francisco, Rosalie provides an eightweek, 20-bed emergency shelter and 24- hour crisis line for battered women and their children. The house also offers food , shelter and counseling, and referral services to an average of 85 women each month. It is one of only three emergency shelters for battered women and children in San Francisco Within its peaceful , nurturing walls, Linda began feeling better about herself. "I was able to talk about my situation and know I wasn 't the only one." She had hoped to go on to Brennan House, a companion program operated by the Society and the only transitional shelter in the City for battered women with or without children. Brennan is a 15-bed shelter where clients can stay up to one year as they transition to a new way of life. But, at the

time, there was no room. Linda, however, immensely values the eight weeks of help she did receive. Today, Linda has a job at a software company and is able to support her family. She delights in the good news that , beginning this month, a newly renovated Brennan House — assisted by the Herbst Foundation , individual St. Vincent de Paul members, and government funding from the Mayor 's Office of Housing and Community Development — will be able to accommodate 30 women like herself and their childre n, instead of just 15. The Riley Center was created in 1983 to help women and children make a safe transition to a new life , said Jennifer Grant , program director. Individuals are referred there by a crisis center. "In order to be accepted into the program , they have to have made the decision to leave," she said. "The message of the Center is to let women know that they are not alone, and that there is a way out of the cycle of violence. Survivors realize there is a safe place to go to get practical and emotional support and get life together for themselves and for their children ," explained Grant. Maria Quevedo calls Rosalie House "the place where a woman can catch her breath." Quevedo speaks from two perspectives: as a former resident and as current children 's case manager. Quevedo came to Rosalie House in 1992 after enduring nearly four years of verbal and emotional abuse from her partner. The two- month stay was exactly what she needed "to get control of my life, once again." She believes one of the Riley Center 's greatest strengths is its empowerment model which "gives women the chance to do for themselves rather than just

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And which allows scared, angry youngsters to unwind from their chaotic family situations. A staff member since 1996, Quevedo notes that many children coming from violent homes can suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome, just as their mothers can. Yet, it is easy for adults to have "higher expectations of them. We expect them to perform , to carry on as usual in their little lives." Instead, youngsters need special attention to help them deal with the range of emotions they may be feeling, Quevedo points out. For every child receiving special help inside the safety of the Riley Center, there are many more scattered throughout the Bay Area, cowering with fear inside their homes. "Every nine seconds a woman is battered," said Grant. In 1997-98 Brennan House had to turn away 33 women and 30 children and Rosalie House had to turn away 483 women and 505 children. Michael Romo, executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in San Francisco, said the San Francisco Police record an average of 25 domestic violence cases per day. "How many go unreported is

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anybody 's guess. It is a fri ghtening, serious problem." Romo said many women stay in their abusive situations because their batterer convinces them no one will believe them and that the situ ation is all their fault. What causes domestic violence? Romo believes substance abuse plays a large role. Although it hasn ' t been proven, there is anecdotal evidence that a majority of batterings may be triggered by drugs or alcohol. Although battering crosses every economic line, poverty does stand out as another predisposing factor, he said. Some experts also note that some cultures' views of women as "second-class" or subservient to men can be an element. On April 29, the Riley Center received some much-welcomed financial assistance. BancBoston Robertson Stephens Inc., an investment banking firm , presented checks for $10,000, to help expand Riley Center's program, and $15,000, to help resupply the society 's Challenge Match Fund to encourage new and increased contributions from individual donors. At the same time, the Bernard Osher Foundation announced it will contribute an additional $10,000 to the program. The support came in addition to a previously announced three-year grant of $60,000 from the Transamerica Foundation and on-going support from the business consulting firm of Arthur Andersen. . "Domestic violence is the number one cause of injury to women," according to Robyn Vitti , BancBoston 's director of community relations, "yet most people don 't want to talk about it." Linda knows. After her stay at Rosalie House, she discovered that other members of her family had been battered, too, "but had hushed it up." "I am so glad there will be more programs," she said. "Women have to know they don't have to stay in these scary situations." The St. Vincent de Paul's 24-hour domestic violence hot-line is (415) 831-3535.

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Domestic violence: resources Several behaviors can be considered symptoms of potential or actual domestic abuse, according to various experts. Most take the form of misusing power or control: Emotional abuse , such as making the victim think he/she is mentally ill; name calling; public and private humiliation. Economic bullying, such as preventing a person from pursuing or keeping a job; tightly controlling an "allowance"; not sharing family financial information. Intimidation, such as smashing things, abusing pets, or making threatening looks, gestures, or actions. Isolation, such as attempting to control what another does, whom he/ she sees, even what he/she reads. Using "male privilege," such as treating a spouse like a servant; making all major decisions; being the one to define men's and women's roles. Coercion and threats, such as threatening to leave; or commit suicide; or report him/her to police or welfare officials; forcing him/her to do illegal things. Using children, such as making her/him feel guilty about the children; employing children to relay messages; threatening to take the childre n away. Minimizing, denying, and blaming, such as making light of abuse or brushing off expressed concerns about it. Telephone hotlines These domestic violence hotlines may prove helpful to people seeking more information: St. Vincent de Paul 24-hour crisis line: (415) 831-3535 Domestic Violence Hotline: (415) 864-4722 National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE (TDD (800) 787-3224) Women Escaping a Violent Environment, Inc.: (WEAVE) (916) 920-2952 Web pages offer information and chat pages Several web rooms. Two are listed here. www.domestic-vioience.net www.mcs.net/kathvw/kathome.html Books There are many books on domestic violence on the market . Following is a short list of books not reviewed by Catholic San Francisco but of possible use to people needing help. These books may be available in libraries and local bookstores, in addition to the Internet booksellers listed here: Breaking Free from Domestic Violence, by Jane T. Noland, editor, and Jerry L. Brinegar , 1992. ISBN is 089638263x. available on Borders.com Dangerous Marriage: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence , by S.R. McDill and Linda McDill, 1998. ISBN is 080086548. available at Borders.com Domestic Violence & Abuse: How to Stop It (California edition), by Cheryl A. Woodard, 1995. ISBN is 0944508235. Available on Borders.com Domestic Violence Survival Guide, by Cliff Mariani and Patricia Sokolich, 1996. ISBN is 093013799x. available on Amazon.com A longer bibliography of related books can be found on the Internet at httrW/home.cvbergrrl.com/dv/bibdy.htm!

'Show us your work if youprofess to be a Christian' By Sharon Abercrombie Homelessness is a major concern. SVDP efforts in Oome mornings Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Mary Loretta Pitino sees him on the BART, going San Mateo County (Redwood City, Central County and to his waiter's job. Two years ago, "Jim" (not his real North County) reach nearly 5,500 homeless individuals name) walked into the St. Vincent de Paul Society 's each year. Redwood City 's Homeless Help Desk supheadquarters in San Francisco. He was homeless , hungry plies bags of canned and packaged foods. Other support services such as vouchers for food , clothing, transportaand wanted to change his life. Desk found him a tion as well as help with entering alcohol detoxification Volunteers on the Vincentian Help programs are provided. Cafe St. Vincent, located in 1001 Polk St., place to stay in its MultiService Center, South San Francisco, offers lunches. for 500 homeless men each which provides a safe place 's Help Desk provides clothing, houseSan Francisco lied Jim with a suit so They supp day and 300 each night. he could look for work. Today, he has his own apart- hold items and emergency food. The number of persons served annually exceeds 10,000. ment, dependable work and a sense of pride. Even the humblest of items are not taken for granted. "After he got on his feet , he sent us a $100 donation ," Like aspirin. Art Trimbach remembers "the pleading said Sister Pitino who manages the Help Desk She has hundreds of stories. Not all of them , howev- eyes of a young man who had no money to buy a pain er, end as well as Jim 's. "Some people are able to change reliever for a recent foot surgery." Trimbach works as a volunteer at the Mari n their lives. Others lapse Homeless Help Desk above back into addictions or the Society 's dining room other problems and end up in downtown San Rafael . back on the streets," she Even thoug h Marin is said. But whatever their one of the most affluent special circumstance, "we counties in the U.S., many try to get them to be self people still go to bed hungry sufficient. St. Vincent de and many are homeless, Paul, our reli gious comTrimbach said. According to munity 's founder, wanted the 1995 U.S. Census, five people to have dignity, and to eight percent of Marin 's there is no dignity in asking all the time. He wanted population lives in poverty. "Even more disconcerting, the poor to help themselves, and that 's our goal the County reports that on as well." any given day, 1,600 people If time travel was posare homeless, but there are sible, and Blessed Frederic only 200 beds in the County Ozanam could be interto provide shelter ." viewed , his comments Trimbach added. would probabl y sound To address those needs, much like Sister Pitino's. his group operates a dining While a student at the room and referral service. Sorbonne University in The Community Dining Paris, Ozanam founded the Room serves close to St. Vincent De Paul 110,000 hot lunches each Society (SVDP) in 1833, year ; 32 area businesses after being challenged by a help with food and other classmate, "Show us your items. Twenty-eight schools work if you profess to be a in Marin County send stuChristian. Do not tell us dents to the dining room to what the religious are St. Vincent de Paul serve and to learn more doing, rather what are you about poverty. doing to help your fellow man." So Ozanam and friends The Desk's highest priority is to keep people in their began working with Sister Rosalie Rendue, a Daughter of homes and to help the homeless get off the streets. Charily of St. Vincent de Paul. They went out to the poor, Funding is provided by regular sti pends from most visiting needy families, providing whatever assistance Marin parishes ' SVDP conferences, he said. For volunteers, frustrations and triump hs walk hand they could. "He embraced a philosophy which advocated the in hand. "It's difficult on a rainy, cold, windswept afterrights and dignity of all, social justice and the need for noon to tell someone stranded on the street that the fundequality and opportunity in education and employment," ing for the day has been exhausted," Trimbach said . But one of his favorite stories is about a disabled said Daughter of Charity Arthur Gordon , director of development and public relations for the San Mateo father, his wife and their five children. Last summer they County SVDP district council. had to leave their apartment due to a rent increase and Ozanam's work has spread to some 130 countries and were camping in local parks. is being done by more than a million members. The St. Vincent of Marin County provided periodic motel Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been active for 140 relief so they could clean up, or simply dry out their damp years in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, making it one camping gear. Despite having qualified for governmentof the Bay Area's oldest charitable organizations. It does subsidized Section 8 housing, they could not find a landlord not receive financial help from the Archdiocese of San who would rent to a large family on disability income. But Francisco, supporting itself through individual dona- last fall , three Marin parishes and a couple of agencies suptions, foundation grants, and government sources. The plied them a $2,000 deposit on a three-bedroom apartment. Bay Area SVDP has a $4.4. million operating budget, "We delivered a Christmas tree to them in their new with administration and fund-raising costs totalling only home a few months later," said Trimbach. Dick Merry, a San Mateo Vincentian since 1952, says nine percent of its revenues; it employs 130 full- and part-time staff, many of whom are former clients. he first noticed the Society "come out of hiding after the Vincentians at 30 parishes in San Francisco County, 1989 earthquake." He believes San Francisco's mild cli35 in San Mateo County and 10 in Marin County are mate drew many homeless peop le to the Bay Area from involved in numerous ministries. In the Archdiocese less temperate cities. there are about 950 active members who belong to 77 Sister Gordon reported she is seeing a large influx of conferences. In addition, there are 500 associate and homeless to the South Bay. Pressure by San Francisco contributing members. They provide free clothing, police and officials have made life difficult for them , she household items and emergency food baskets. They indicated. operate low-income housing, homeless shelters, subFor more information on the St. Vincent de Paul stance abuse outreach, thrift stores, facilities for battered Society, persons can call (415) 977-1270; or visit its women , dining rooms, and a prison ministry. Internet address: www.SVDP.org

Sidewalks and Sudan

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Journey from domestic violence to healthy lif e

A major story in this issue of Catholic San Francisco is on a topic very close to my heart : the services available to battered women and children, notably those offered by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Domestic violence is a very sensitive issue. Especially for me. The women profiled in Sharon Abercrombie 's story (see pages 10-11) tell of their journeys away from harmful relationships toward healthy, loving respectful lives. The j ourney can be long with many false starts but the destination is the same for all of us — a place where we love ourselves and respect ourselves enough to be in healthy relationships. Like Linda and Maria, I was battered. Unlike Linda and Maria, I do not fit most people 's profile of a domestic violence victim. I'm white, well educated and was raised in a loving, Catholic family. Violence had never been a part of my relationships. I had a home, a good job , wonderful friends and a man who loved me. Regardless of all my faults , which he often enumerated, he loved me. After a period of escalating verbal abuse, it was a short step to physical abuse. But it still came as a shock. One moment we were arguing, the next I was hit in the mouth with a clenched fist. As my head hit the wall , I remember ¦ experiencing an incredible sense of disbelief — this isn ' t happening to me, Julie Benbow. Immediatel y in my mind , I began to repackage the assault. It became a different , more palatable thing as if by re-telling the story, it would cease to be my stoiy, my shame . After an eternity of wondering where I could go, what I should do, I packed a bag and left. Luckily I had friends who took care of me, and a dentist who sewed my gums and lips and didn 't ask questions. I did lie about my injuries , and the lies came easily, but nobody believed them. . , Except me. Eventuall y, he left, I stayed. 1 am one of the lucky ones because I had alternatives. Most victims do not. There are many reasons women stay in a battering situation: To protect themselves and their children fro m the unknown. They have no place to go where they can stay and be safe until they get professional help. They have no money, or education , or skills, or cannot speak the dominant language well enough to plead for help from strangers. So the question "Why stay?" painfull y evolves into another, "How can I leave?" Yet, if the abused person decides to leave — when fli ght becomes the only terrible option — what to do, where to go? You call an emergency number from a phone booth , only to be told there are no beds available in a shelter. And the courage born of panic and despair begins to drain away. The inevitability of another confrontation , another beating, becomes the alternative. What is needed is the time to heal in a safe environment, a sanctuary where one can deal with the outward , tangible problems such as lack of education , money, housing, and substance dependency. These are treatable. The intangibles are another question — the fear, the lack of courage and trust in ourselves, and our own ability to make the right decision (or any decision), the drenching sense we are unlovable and unworthy of love. This healing process can take a lifetime. It is up to us to provide an alternative. We decry the senseless violence at Columbine Hi gh School and yet we ignore the violence that is happening in homes in our city every day. The weapons of violence against loved ones are within everyone's grasp — the voice, the fist. Allowing this insidious assault on our families to continue, we each become a partner in violence. How can we tell a woman to leave her violent home without providing a safe alternative ? How can we expect a woman to remove her children from their home and move onto the streets because it 's a better place? Too ofte n we have chosen to be blind to the victims of domestic violence: those in our own families and neighborhoods and, yes, parishes. We are called by Christ to care for the least among us. The innocent victims of domestic brutality are the least among us. We desperately need more emergency beds for abused single women, abused women and children , and abused grandmothers. We need more longterm and emergency services. We need to get involved. It is our problem. 1 am a survivor. But I remember. I have a scar to remind me that I am lucky. I pray to Mary, our Mother, to give others the courage they need, and the strength not to be ashamed. (Julie Benbow is a board member of Riley Center, the St. Vincent de Paul Society 's umbrella organiza tion whose oversig ht includes ministry to battered families. A grap hics consult to Catholic San Francisco, Benbow was development director at St. Mary 's Cathedral until this month when she took a similar position with Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco.)

God is always amazing me, and he continues to give me mystery messages. I found the May 28 Catholic San Francisco newpaper on the sidewalk as I was walking in the Mission yesterday. It caught my eye because of the photos of the Sudanese faces and oh-so-familiar gathering outdoors under spreading trees (pageslO-ll). I am a public health nurse who worked for World Vision in south Sudan, in Yambio, from 1993-94. Before that I had done short tenn contracts in both Kapoeta and Nasir with International Rescue Committee, both areas now taken from the SPLA by Khartoum. Anyway, seeing the article and Bishop Macram Max Gassis' face really pulled at my heart. Something tells me I should yet be there assisting in some capacity. Would you be able to connect me with Bishop Gassis, or any Catholic mission which is working in SPLA/Sudan? Are there any missionary efforts among the Nuba? I am eager to see whether there is any need for further work in primary health care, and whether Bishop Gassis has a name of any agency I should contact. Thank you, and bless you for spreading the word about realities for Christians in Sudan . Suzanne Banda, RN, MPH San Francisco (Ed. note: Information on the work of Bishop Gassis is available through the Windhover Forum, a non-profit organization formed to support his efforts: 3650 Woodhill Canyon Rd., Studio City, CA 91604; p hone and fax: (818) 508-6257.)

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It might be of help if you put the addresses of churches mentioned in the story somewhere. I read the whole story of St. Francis of Assisi Shrine in North Beach but have no idea where it is. I don 't know where St. Veronica's is either even thou gh one of our favorite curates, Father Will Smith , is pastor. I am in Marin and though I've been often to Olema, I don 't know exactly where that church is either , or Father Michael Harriman's church; so, for me and perhaps many, street addresses or some nearby landmark mentioned would help. The newspaper is fine and most interesting. Sheila Berg Lucas Valley (Ed. note: Point well taken. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine is located at 610 Vallejo St., San Francisco. St. Veronica 's address is 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco. In Olema, Sacred Heart Church is at 10189 State Route No. 1. We will attempt to avoid the journalistic sin of assuming.)

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rible tragedy in Sudan caused b y famine , war and the continuation of the trafficking in slavery is heart wrenching. That other people live a life of such frag ility and still find ways to maintain their faith is a continuing element that I have also observed during frequent visits to Africa. The efforts b y Christians in these frontiers in the face of enormous adversity and often insurmountable odds make me often to reflect on our lives and our own practices here. I am profoundl y moved by Bishop Macram Max Gassis' comment that if we in the U.S. "have peace and a good life" we should be aware of the contributions to that good life "throug h the blood of the Sudanese Christi ans." That his church in the Sudan is "not just a recipient church , but a donor church." It is very important that those of us living in this very materialistic society take a moment and reflect on this n statement and its implication. Christian faith is not practiced in Sudan as a convenience, but as a way of life with real life and death implications. If we as Christians are all part of the same body and blood of Christ, then the suffering of others in Sudan is part of our own agony and suffering, both physical and spiritual. The reason we do not recognize it as such is because we think that Sudan is too remote and in a forsaken part of the world and that somehow we are a more refined and sophisticated and chosen society. Are we? Bishop Gassis ' message might just as easily be delivered by Christ himself. Victor E. Ume-ukeje San Francisco

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We reap what we sow. I read with interest your column regarding AB 525 (and for that matter, AB1592 which would legalize assisted suicide). We Catholics have no reason to complain since we have not learned ' our lessons and keep voting for liberal democrats many of whom are antiCadiolic and/or anti-Christian. How do we explain the 1996 president election where Bill Clinton got 52 peercent of the Catholic vote in spite of his vetoes of the ban on partial birth abortion? Also in the 1998 elections a majority of us Catholics, in particular the Latino voter, voted overwhelmingly liberal democrat, including Sen. Barbara Boxer and Gov. Gray Davis, a pro-abortion Catholic. At our parish we were urged to call our representative in the State Assembly to vote No on AB525 and AB1592 and Edmund Burke was quoted: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Well, many of us good men and women did something; we voted , and evil still prevails. August CPijma Redwood City

Wesolek ideas timely

Thank you for an outstanding Catholic newspaper. The quality of Catholic San Francisco has been consistently excellent since its inception with regard to the topics and issues covered, the columns of your contributors, your sensitivity to local parish life as well as exceptional coverage on national and international news of great importance. I want to especially thank CSF and George Wesolek for the article on Catholic politicians who vote pro-abortion (May 14). The article was thoug htfull y and respectfull y written , reflecting the teachings of our Church on what many believe is one of the most crucial issues of our time. It is such a relief and great encouragement to have people like Mr. Wesolek speak clearly LETTERS , page 14

Guest Commentary

Suicide and the sacredness of life

Father Gerald D. Coleman An his 1995 encyclical The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae), John Paul II asks all of us to ". .. work with perseverance and courage so that our time, marked by all too many si gns of death , may at least witness the establishment of a new culture of life , the fruit of the culture of truth and of love." (no. 77) This challenge to defend and nourish life sets a context to properly understand and interpret the morality of suicide. Erwin Stengel commences his book Suicide and Attempted Suicide (1974) by asserting that whatever is the cause of a person 's suicide, or however powerless others may feel in the face of suicide, the act itself ". . . can never be viewed with indifference." This same point is made by Albert Camus in The Rebel (1956): "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide . . . " What leads so many writers to conclude that suicide is a significant human phenomenon, and not an act to be regarded in a nonchalant or disinterested way? There is a deeply-entrenched belief in both our Christian and legal

traditions that life itself differs essentially from all other human goods. Within the Christian and Catholic tradition ,, this essential difference arises from the divine ori gin of human life. As human beings we serve as stewards and not owners of what alway s remains a most precious gift. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's 1980 "Declaration on Euthanasia " states the point clearly: "Most people regard life as something sacred and hold that no one may dispose of it at all, but believers see in life something greater, namely a gift of God's love, which they are called upon to preserve and make fruitful." (no. 1) The Gospel of Life urges us to view "every individual as a 'wonder ' ," and thus to foster within ourselves "a contemplative outlook" which accepts all life as a gift from God and discovers in all things "the reflection of the Creator and seeing in every person his living image . . ." (no. 83) This outlook should never give in to discouragement even "when confronted by those who are sick, suffering, outcast or at death's door." (ibid.) In all of these situations, we are challenged to find meaning by perceiving in every person the face of Jesus. One of these "situations" is the reality of suicide, an act which contradicts the natural inclination to preserve and perpetuate life and is, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, "gravely contrary to the just love of self." Suicide also offends society since it breaks

also acknowledges that "Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can dimmish the responsibility of the one committing suicide." The Catechism then wisely concludes that "We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance.

Pastoral reflections The Gospel of Life evaluates suicide as "morally objectionable " and a "gravely evil choice." (no. 66) Referencing the 1980 "Declaration on Euthanasia ," John Paul II points out that suicide objectively "involves the rejection of love of self and the renunciation of the obligation of justice and charity toward one's neighbor, toward the communities to which one belongs, and toward society as a whole Suicide represents a rejection of God's absolute sovereignty over life and death . . . " (ibid.) Recognizing this objectively grave moral assessment, The Gospel of Life also teaches that ". . . certain psychological , cultural and social conditioning may induce a person to carry out an action which so radically contradicts the innate inclination to life, thus lessening or removing subjective responsibility . . . " (ibid.) There is a sufficient body of scientific evidence (for example, David Novak , Suicide and Morality , 1971) which concludes th at ". . . most persons who take their own lives do so becau se they are so emotionally disturbed that they act compulsively, or at least their perception of objective reality is so distorted by their ties of solidarity with family, nation , and other human anguish and depression that their freedom of choice is societies toward which we have responsibilities. greatly restricted." (Ashley and O'Rourke, Health Care While the Catechism (nos. 2280-2283) upholds the Ethics, 4th ed., 1997) necessity to "accept fife gratefully and preserve it for Ashley and O'Rourke conclude their assessment by [God's] honor and the salvation of our souls since we are stating that "... actions of suicide are not to be evaluatSUICIDE, page 14 stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us," it

In all of these situations, we are challenged to find meaning hy perceiving in every pe rson the face of Jesus.

The CatholicDiff erence

Population and destiny

George Weigel _L/ emography has far more to do with history than it 's often g iven credit for. The Crusades , for example, had many causes (including intense piety), but crusading .was possible only because there was, at the time, a "surplus " of young males in Europe. The same thing could be said for the European settlement of the New World, a massive population transfer influenced in part by "surplus " population .in the Old World. One lesson to be learned at the intersection of demograp hy and history is that a critical mass of unmarried young men in a given population is an explosive force. The Mediten-anean world learned that during the Crusades and the Age of Exploration, American inner city neig hborhoods have been learning it for decades. These experiences, the macrocosm and the microcosm suggest that something cataclysmic may happen in and around China during the first half of the 21st century.

That China 's draconian one-child-per-couple policy has led to a plague of aborted female babies and female infanticides has been known for years. But the international impact of that policy and those practices is just coming into clear focus. This past January, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reported that the male-female ratio in the country was approaching 120 men to every 100 women. One reason why is that ultrasound technology, which reveals the sex of a fetus and is available in even remote areas of China, has led to the "purging from China 's population of between 500,000 and 750,000 unborn girls every year," according to the San Jose Mercury News. In 20 years, China will have a "surplus" of perhap s 15 or 20 million young men. They will be unmarried because the women they might have wed were "purged" from the population before the men were born . A restive population of 15 to 20 million young men cannot be absorbed by any society. Something has to be done with it; it has to go somewhere. Historically, what has been done with such young men is to make them into an army of marauders and send them out on missions of conquest. Where? Look at a map. Siberia has every natural resource necessary for China to secure its great power status in the early 21st century and then make a bid for world dominance. If Russia's internal collapse of recent years, which has reduced it to penury and made effective internal governance virtually impossible, continues, and if China is still ruled by communists who will not quail at the prospect of massive bloodshed in quest of international hegemony, one thing those "surplus " young Chinese men mi ght well do is simply saw off Siberia and attach it to a Greater China. Demography, in this case

warped by the mania of population controllers, will have taken a very assertive hand in history. The obverse situation obtains in Western Europe. Dining in Rome two years ago, I noticed two welldressed and obviously well-off couples entering the restaurant , accompanied b y a Chihuahua. The maitre d' brought a child' s highchair to their table, the Chihuahua sat on it, and, perfectly well-behaved , ate its dinner there while its masters ate theirs at the "adults ' " table. Hardly believing my eyes, I said to my companions , whose backs were to this bizarre scene, "Don 't both of you look at once, but if you want to see what a zero-populationgrowth society looks like, check out the table behind us." Ethnic and religious troubles are roiling France and Germany because decades of low birth rates have created population vacuums in those countries. Those vacuums are now being filled by immigrants and "guest workers " from North Africa and the Middle East, for whom the Mediterranean , in an age of jet aircraft, is a puddle, not a sea. Italy in the mid- 1900s had the lowest birth rate in recorded history. Its population vacuu m will create social strife in due course. Twenty-five or 50 years from now, Western Europe may have to be re-evangelized by African missionaries , who will find post-Christian societies in which the most widely-practiced faith is Islam. The Africans may also discover theologians conceding that "Humanae Vitae" had been eerily prophetic. Demography isn't all of destiny. But it will have its say.

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

Letters

when their minor children got abortion time until Catholic San Francisco is read referrals and contraceptives; for opportunity cover to cover. Anna May Durden ¦ scholarships allowing low-income students Continued from page 12 San Rafael against abortion , illuminating the reasons to attend a public, private, parochial or wh y our Church takes such a strong stand home school of their choice; for education against any action that devalues human life savings accounts where parents can withThis letter is being written with a sense and why we must respectfully encourage draw them as needed K-12 for public , priour politicians to-do the same. May God vate or home school , untaxed ; for tax limi- of frustration and disappointment. Being a tation that would require a two-thirds vote member of "The Great Generation " — havcontinue to bless and inform your work. ing graduated from Sacred Heart High Jan England of the House and Senate to raise our taxes. He voted against federal funding for School June 1942 and served 38 months in San Rafael needle exchanges for illegal drug use; against the U.S. Navy — I find it appalling that some federal (as opposed to local) academic testing churches of the Archdiocese fail to mention Satisfy ing as it is to hear all the local for primary and secondary schools; against the veterans and present day men and women parish news, certainly it is incumbent upon giving our tax money to foreign countries for of the armed forces in our prayers . Today Memorial Day, a major celebraus to become more aware of the Church' s abortion; against performing abortions in our national and international activities. Sure ly military hosp itals; against funding for the tion, there was no mention in our parish at Sunday Mass of the men and women who your coverage of our own Father Tony National Endowment for the Aits. The Christian Coalition rates members sacrificed dieir lives so that we can freel y McGuire 's activities as director of the Office for Pastoral Care of Mi grants and of Congress on how they vote on issues attend the services of our respective religions. My question is "What is happening ?" Refugees does just that. Such current infor- involving morals and pro-family values. The mation can onl y encourage more support ratings are from zero to 100. Congressman Do the clergy feel ashamed to mention the Hyde scored 92. Tom Campbell got 42, while present day men and women serving in the for the Church' s outreach programs. Soon you will be giving Newsweek and Pelosi and Tauscher got 8, Lautos , Lofgren , armed forces throug hout the world? To include them in the being remembered in Time a run for our money! Keep up the Eshoo, Stark and Miller each earned 0. the prayers of the congregation? Is there a Our local representatives seem more good work. intent on restricting our rights throug h bigsubliminal force in the Archdiocese fosterPat McCue San Francisco ger government and bigger tax bites. Isn 't ing this attitude? Or is it just an oversight? that what socialist governments do best? Remember the right of a free society to Chuck Thompson gather and worshi p was fought for and died South San Francisco for by our armed forces in many wars away I am amazed at the May 28 letter writers affair from our shores. who scourge Henry Hyde for an old I trust this letter will be accepted in the gnore the and trying to do justice in D.C. and i Despite what the coordinated chonis of spirit it is given. But as we are all asked to forrank immorality of the president of the U.S. These writers should also be reminded anti-Hyde letters to the editor have recently give, shouldn 't we also be asked to remember that William Jefferson Clinton twice vetoed stated, it is undeniable Congressman Henry those who gave the ultimate sacrifice? Joseph A. Sullivan Hyde 's career has earned him the title of Caththe partial birth abortion bill , San Francisco Sandra Mangold olic statesman. In addition to the fact he has Millbrae been given high honors and recognition by his peers in Congress, his claim to this title is forever woven into the fabric of our American I would like to know why the first four I cringed when I first learned that the republic through the Hyde Amendment which letters to the editor you printed in the May pompous hypocrite Henry Hyde is a he introduced in Congress. Through persistent 28 issue are letters castigating columnists of Catholic. Now, an article in a Catholic political dialogue (statesmanship) Congress- your newspaper. Printing such letters, while newspaper ("Henry Hyde, Catholic statesman Hyde put together a broad, pro-life coali- making you appear open minded to some, man") extols him as a great leader and tion (Catholicism) of Democrats and Repub- also makes you appear as though you have tells us we are "fortunate " to have him in licans to achieve a victory for the human lost your grasp of Church teaching. Why do public service. rights of every person who will ever be con- you have to give space to ideas of people Even more distu rbing is the thought ceived in America. Nothing and no group of who support specific individuals whose that this might be "you scratc h my back , I'll persons can ever blot out Hyde's great contri- actions are inimical to Church teaching? scratch yours". Is it any wonder Catholics bution to freedom and upright action. The first letter berates George Wesolek aren 't listening any more? Raymond Frost for use of "pro-abortion " as a general Dolores O'Rourke Daly City description of the politician Jackie Speier. San Mateo The writer apparentl y felt the commandment —Thou shalt not kill (as in abortion)— does We can 't see unless our mind is not apply if the politician is politicall y corTo all of you Henry Hyde haters out focused. Thank you for the chance to zero rect as far as that letter writer is concerned. there, I'll submit a sampling of his voting in week by week on the myriad aspects of The next three letters berate George record last year. This in addition to getting our Archdi ocese. The kaleidoscope of arti- Weigel because he offered praise of Henry • with remarkable fairness, an impeachment cles has opened my eyes to ordinary people Hyde. One letter referred to Hyde 's effort against Clinton in the House. living the Word in extraordinary ways. as a "witch hunt", the second considered He voted for parents being notified Because you 're plugged in, I make Hyde's efforts as "prattle," the third thought

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Suicide . . . ¦ Continued from page 13 ed ethically at all, or at least it may be assumed that [persons who commit suicide] act in good faith and are subjectively guiltless." In other words , while the act of suicide might be for a few a free and rational choice, thus necessitating the need to talk about the morality of suicide, experts in "suicidology" (for example , Durkheim, Suicide , 195 1 and Menninger, Man Against Himself, 1938J take it for granted that most suicides are compulsive and irrational, thus "lessening or removing subjective responsibility," ( Gospel of Life, no. 66) In Man Against Himself, Karl Mennninger reasoned that suicide is only the last step of an intensifying process of self-destruction , of hatred turned away fro m external objects and toward the self. Stengel comments, "Most people who commit acts of selfdamage with more or less conscious self-destructive intent do not want either to live or to die, but to do both at the same time — usually one more than the other." Losing a sense of hope and balance , the person who commits suicide sees this act as a "way out " of anguish , suffering, pain or other prevailing demons. While the Church's teaching is clear that "Whatever is opposed to life itself , such as . . . willful selfdestruction . . . are infamies indeed," (Vatican Council II, Church in the

Modern World, no. 27) correct moral pedagogy in the case of suicide is a cru cial one: While the act of suicide objectively represents a rejection of life and God's sovereignty over life (as St. Thomas argued in the Summa Theologica 2a2ae, 64.5), an individual's subjective grasp of this fact might be so diminished or even absent, personal moral responsibility is equally lessened or diminished. The Gospel of Life asserts that every human being is a "sign of the living God, an icon of Jesus Christ." (no. 84) Suffering, weakness, disability and even self-destruction never erase this fact. This is why The Gospel of Life teaches that we should not give in to discouragement even "when confronted by those who " (no. 83) are sick [or] suffering Liturgical ramifications As already mentioned, the Catechism teaches that "We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives." It concludes, "The Church prays for persons who. have taken their own lives." (no. 2283) It is most fitting, therefore , that the Church provides funeral rites for those who die by suicide. Because suicide is such a serious offense against the sacredness of human life, the Church in the past disassociated itself from the act of suicide by denying traditional funeral rituals to those who had committed this act. As we have

that Hyde "had no right to jud ge the morality of others.. . " 1 found it interesting all three were trying to defend an individual who ignored Thou: 1) shalt not take the name of God in vain (perjury before a grand jury; and , at a deposition for the Paula Jones' trial); 2) shalt not bear false witness against his neighbor (Paula Jones); 3) shalt not commit adultery (Monica); 4) shalt not covet his neighbor 's wife (Mrs. Willie); 5) shalt not kill (aids and abets abortions by funding or vetoing); 6) shalt not steal (creating the situation where the Chinese communists could steal the information that would permit them to target nuclear warheads at American cities.) ' Now, of course, I have opened myself up to the charge of being j udgmental. If that is so, I revel in the charge! Anyone who does not evaluate the right or wrong of activities that effect them has to be somewhat dimwitted. The Archbishop had to start his own newspaper to get his message out. The secular papers either refused to cover or distorted Catholic events. Now you use that Catholic newspaper to give voice to people who contort Catholic teaching. How smart is that? F.R. Geraty San Francisco

Picture this

"Random violence devastates the family " is the May 28 page 3 headline. I commend Barbara Erickson for a moving article and our collective hearts go out to Gabriel and his famil y. However, I also take to task the subtle inference that the pictured revolver is somehow responsible. Thirty one states have "ri ght to carry" laws, meaning: the individual can legally carry a concealed gun. These states have far less crime than their counterparts which have restricti ve gun carry laws. Gabriel may not have been attacked at all if the perpetrator "thought " Gabriel may have been carrying. In California 99 percent of us are unarmed , by law, and that gives incredible advantage to those criminals who chose to break the law and take advantage of the weak. In a "ri ght to carry" state, Gabriel would have been far safer just because the criminal wouldn 't know for sure if he was or was not actually carrying. These criminals are cowards. Next time , instead of a revolver, picture one of those judges or district attorneys who plea bargained a repeat criminal out of prison to devastate another famil y with random violence. Philip Feiner San Carlos

seen, however, the Church now realizes that the moral responsibility of the deceased may well have been diminished through grave psychological disturbances, anguish , or eyen excessive fear of hardship or suffering. The Church also believes that God offers the person who committed suicide the opportunity for repentance in ways we do not know or comprehend. (Catechism , no. 2283) It is thus the desire of the Church to pray for this person at the time of death through a Mass of Christian Burial , and by this very fact to pray with , encourage and comfort those who are left behind , especially family members. This time of death is not a time for judgment, but for prayer and for reaching out to those in sorrow. It is for these reasons the American edition of the Order of Christian Funerals includes prayers especiall y for those who die b y suicide: God, lover ofsoulsjou hold dear what you have made and spare all things , for they are yo urs. Look gently on your servant, And by the blood of the cross forgive his/her sins and failings... May we who mourn this sudden death be comforted and consoled by your power and protection. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. (nos. 44 and 45) Sul plclan Father Gerald D. Coleman is president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, and a frequen t contributor to the Catholic Press.

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Communion of spouses

Vivian W. Dudro JLt was one of those gorgeous San Francisco Sundays — the view was clear all the way to the Farallones Islands; the sun was warm, but the breeze cool. "Let's drive out to the Point Bonita Lighthouse," I eagerly suggested to the family as we drove home from Mass. "But, Mom, we were just there," groaned my elder son. "Why can 't we just stay home and do nothing ?" demanded his younger brother. "That's boring," added my five-year-old daughter.

Foolishly, I tried persuasion. "Where is your spirit of adventure ? It 's so beautiful outside. You don't want to waste a lovely day like this indoors , do you?" I was wasting my breath. The arguing and complaining grew worse. So I tried a different approach. "Honey," I whined to my husband who was driving the car, "tell them to stop acting like this. You want to go to the lighthouse, don 't you?" He answered with a sideways giance. "Oh great, I've got a bunch of couch potatoes for a family," I vented with teenybopperesque exasperation. The scenario was all too familiar. Impulsively, I had proposed some idea of my own, expecting everybody else to immediately jump on my bandwagon. The children resisted , the husband equivocated , and I ended up angry. When we arrived home, everyone dashed for cover to avoid my scorn. The children fled to their favorite corners and blended in with the background , while my husband dove into the newspaper. It was painfully apparent that my self-will had scattered rather than unified the family. I took a deep breath and a dose of humility and started over. This time I approached my husband first. "I'm sorry for losing my temper," I said sincerely. "I would like to enjoy this beautiful day outdoors , but I' m willing to do something else. How would you like us to spend the afternoon?" "Let's go to the li ghthouse ," he said.

With us both on the same page, it was easy to overcome the childre n 's objections and herd them back into the car. Soon they were enjoy ing themselves immensely, and so were we. The views along the footpath to Point Bonita were magnificent , and the surf crashing on the rocks was spectacular. Our awe-struck children stuck to the ocean 's edge like barnacles , and prying them away required more than a little effort. We took an indirect route back and happened upon a marine mammal sanctuary and a reclusive beach. When the sun began setting over the Pacific and deer began appearing on the hillsides, we headed toward home. "That was one of the best days we have ever had," my younger son gushed as we turned onto our street. "Yea, when can we do that again?" asked his older brother. "I liked the seals best " added my five-year-old daug hter. My husband and I turned to each other and smiled. The day 's outcome had revealed a simple truth : the source of unity in the family is the communion of husband and wife. If strife is what I want, all I have to do is act unilaterall y. Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages three to 11) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

How best to discard old sacramentals? Q. How does one properly discard old relig ious p ictures, rosaries, statues, scapulars and so on ? I and some of my friends have accumulated a lot over the years. One priest told us simply to tear them up or bum them, but that doesn 't sound very respectful. Can you help ? (New York)

importance onl y in being able to be used for that purpose. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church (No. 1669) reminds us, every baptized person , as a member of the Christian community, is called to be a "blessing " and to bless. Thus , whether the blessings are given by laypersons oi clergy (most blessing rites are reserved for ordained ministers), therefore , the ones who preside should "keep in mind that they represent the church in celebration " (No. 17). While they deserve proper respect for what they contribute to our faith life, the sacramentals !- _ *_ _ we re talking about are not ^ changed by being blessed , in the sense that they are permanentl y set aside for prayer or worship. In technical theological language, they receive an invocative blessing, invoking God's goodness , not a constitutive one, by which a church or chalice, for example , is permanentl y "constituted" for public worship. All this comes down to saying that when blessed articles no longer have a use, it is fitting to break or tear or bum them so they lose their identity as a scapular or image, for example.

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A. Unless you own a warehouse, there is a limit to how many blessed candles , prayer books , rosaries, statues and other items one can accumulate . The I advice the priest gave you is basically correct. ^"" To understand that , it helps to know a bit about what we Catholics understand a blessing to be. The official Catholic Book of Blessings, which offers blessing rites for everything from churches and birthdays to animals and highways, is the best place to look. (The numbers following refer to that book.) In the Bible and in Christian tradition , it is always, of course , God who "bestows his blessing by communicating or declaring his own goodness." Whoever blesses others in God's name is invoking God's hel p upon people, or on material things (rosaries , food , Advent wreathes and so on) which people will use in their daily lives, prayer and worship (6, 7, 1440). In other words, the significance of such blessings focuses on people and people 's use of blessed items to help them live holy lives. The items themselves have their spiritu al

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LITURGY & SCRIPTURE Do not shatter the Body of Christ: Sunday 's invitation Why Sunday? Why not any day of the week? Why is it only Mass on Sunday that counts?" A sincere question , asked across a kitchen table that look s out on the water in Redwood Shores. A question that gets at the heart of the matter about Sunday. Father John Talesfore and I are sharing some highlights of Pope John Paul IPs letter on the meaning of Sunday. This seems like a good time of year for such a topic. We've left behind the extraordinary celebrations of the Great 90 Days: Lent , Triduum , Easter/Pentecost. And we enter the long stretch of the Sundays of the Church Year. Back to the question: "Why Sunday? If participating at Mass is the point , why does only Sunday count?" Participation at Mass is onl y one third of the point. Once again, I rely on Father James Garcia, pastor of St. Anthony Parish, Menlo Park, for a clear picture of Sunday 's three foundations: holy time, holy people, and we rub shoulders in our parish. These are the "holy people " to whom we are bound by our vows. hol y Eucharist. When does this holy people gather? When does the Our baptismal vows bind each one of us permanently to Christ. They also bind us to the entire Body of Christ. Body of Christ gather to encounter him again? On the holy day, the Lord s Day: Sunday, the day of Christ 's Resurrection, the day of his appearances to his disciples, and as Pope John Paul writes, We are literally one in Christ. The local face of the Body the day bringing the gift of peace and the gift of the of Christ is that parish community to which we belong. Spirit." The Body of Christ in our comer of the world goes by the The Pope continues: "As the day of Resurrection , names (among others) of St. Veronica Church, Our Lady Sunday is not only the remembrance of a past event: it is of Loretto Church, St. Finn Barr Church. This Church is a celebration of the living presence of the Risen Lord in the people, not the building. Our baptismal vows don 't the midst of his own people." The Sunday celebration is bind us to "the Body of Christ" in general but to the peo- that privileged encounter with Christ: not onl y in his ple of every race and language and way of life with whom Body and Blood but also in the proclamation of his Word

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Our baptisma l vows don 't bind us to 'the Body of Christ' in general but to the people of every race and language and way of life with whom we rub shoulders in our p arish

in our midst, in the person of the priest, and in the Sunday assembly itself. Pope John Paul puts it this way: "Those who have received the grace of baptism are not saved as individuals alone , but as members of the Mystical Body, having become part of the People of God." Christ 's Body gathers together around the Word and around the altar to meet the Risen Christ here and now. We too are witnesses to the Resurrection as were the first disciples. We are Christ 's witnesses as his holy people gathered. An ancient document from fourth-century Syria shines a strong light on this truth about Sunday. Part of the document is an exhortation to the community about (this will sound familiar!) why the community should gather on Sunday for Mass. I was surprised to see that the reason had nothing to do with individual sin or individual grace. It had to do with the Body. "Do not scatter," the document states, "do not shatter the Body of Christ by not gathering on Sunday." The Body of Christ to which you belong has need of your presence and your prayer to make Christ ' s Body comp lete. Do not shatter the Body of Christ by being absent. His Body is diminished when even one of his members is absent. Our baptismal vows bind us to this Body and to gather when it gathers on the Lord's Day. Pope John Paul explains: "Sunday is an invitation to relive in some way the experience of the two disciples of Emmaus who felt their hearts burn within them as the Risen One walked with them on the road , explaining the Scripture s and revealing himself in the breaking of the bread." Sunday is an invitation to encounter the Risen Christ with all the other members of his Bod y: our own parish family. Notre Dame Siste r Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Divine initiative and empowerment are gifts to us

Sometimes we concentrate on the burdens we bear as Catholics entering a new millennium: the planet we live on and its peop le howl in pain for the Gospel's healing, cleansing, exorcisms, and resurrection ; and we know we have been given what the world needs. How do we respond to needs so overwhelming? How do we strategize with seemingly scant resources? How can we be effective as a Church when we are so divided, still far from finding Cardinal Bernardin 's "common ground"? If this outlook prevails, we will be rendered immobile. The word of God, chosen for Sunday 's liturgy, offers us a different perspective : divine initiative and empowerment. Our first reading treats us (as it did Israel) as the chosen People of God. True, we must respond; true, we must obey God' s voice; true, we must live the commandments and so be "a kingdom of priests, a holy nation." But first of all, there is the divine initiative, the free gift , the invitation that is unmerited: " You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you upon eagle wings and brought you here to myself." We are asked to see ourselves as invested in by God. He has rolled up his sleeves, perspired on our behalf , and placed the hum of his purposeful activity within us. We are his People because he has rescued, gathered , and consecrated us to be his own. How deeply God has invested in us Romans describes so eloquently. "God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us." God has brought us from the place of alienation and slavery into his embrace because of what he has done for us through his Son. This "deed"

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 19:1-6; Psalm 100; Romans 5:6-11; Matthew 9:36-10:8

Father David M. Pettingill makes us confident throughout our lifetime and at the final day of judgment. "Indeed , if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life. Not onl y that, but we boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation ." The People of God is where God has invested his energy, power, and love. From belonging to this People, we receive energy, power and love, to invest ourselves in this People and their mission. Like Jesus, we look upon the people of this planet , our species, with compassion "because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd." Like Jesus, we see them as an "abundant harvest" waiting for

We can accomp lish wonders because God's initiative has so gifted us.

"the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." Like the founding Twelve Apostles of God's renewed Israel, we consider ourselves sent to continue the ministry of Jesus, as today 's Gospel puts it: "cure the sick, raise the dead , cleanse lepers, drive out demons." We can accomplish wonders because God's initiative has so gifted us: "Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give." We can accomp lish wonders because we have seen for ourselves "How I bore you up on eagle wings and broug ht you here to myself." We can accomplish wonders because "he made us, his we are; his Peop le, the flock he tends." (Responsorial Psalm) The gift, then , becomes the obli gation; we strive to become what we are; with our God we invest ourselves in his People on the planet. Questions for RENEW 2000 communities: 1. What experiences have made you feel welcome in God's People and responsible for God's People? 2. How does your small community connect you with the Church's mission? What needs of your parish can your small community help to meet? 3. Do you feel that God has invested in you ? In what ways?

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

Retreats/Days of Recollection

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. June 18-20: "Party of One — A Retreat for Single Adults" at San Damiano Retreat Center, Danville. Focuses on the many dimensions of being single: work , vocation , fulfillment , decision making, sexuality and other aspects of living alone. Call (925) 837-9141. VALLOMBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For times and fees call (650) 325-5614. June 18-20: "Eucharist and Healing Silent Retreat" for men and women with Father Richard Bain and Sister Toni Longo. July 16-18: "Parables, Myths and Legends" a retreat for women with Father Craig Forner and Sister Toni Longo. July 23-25: "Moving Toward a New Century: Uncovering Our Gifts , Expanding Our Vision" a retreat/workshop for women with marriage and family counselor Ursula Caspary Frankel. 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, 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. MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees and times call (650) 340-7474. June 13-20: "Become Whom You Contemplate" an 8-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. June 23: "Tibetan Nuns of Kathmandu" will weave the theme of spritual liberation and women's freedom during an evening of sacred dance and chant performed with colorful masks and costuming. Reservations necessary. Contact Mercy Sister Marguerite Buchanan. Cancer Prayer Group meets Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Call (650) 755-3364.

Jake Prayer Around the Cross 3rd Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 5634280. 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Call Sister Toni Longo, ASC at (650) 325-5614. 1st Fridays at 8 p.m. at Mercy Cente r, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. Call Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at (650) 340-7452. 1st Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF. Call (415) 288-3809.

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in advance ($25 at door). Sponsored by Catholic Alumni Club of SF BAY AREA. Call (650) 967-5096. July 24: "Peninsula Tour du Jour" a 30/65/100 mile 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.

RENEW2000 July 7-11: Volunteer for the "RENEW Summer Institute" to be held at Mercy Center, Burlingame. Volunteers may sit in on sessions Iree of charge. Shifts are 3 - 6 hours long. Call Kathleen McCrea at (650) 344-0462.

Young Adults 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. Call Carol Louisell at (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 Oct. 23 celebration should call (415) 675-5900.

Performance June 13: Organ recital by Douglass DeForeest , 4 p.m. at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 850 Judah St. at Funston, SF. Artist is newly elected dean of local chapter of American Guild of Organists and former organist and choir director at SF's St. Anthony of Padua Parish. Call 665-1600. 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 June: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213.

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 . Oct. 4-17: Fatima , Portugal, Spain, call Anthony Peliqrino, (650) 583-5792.

Volunteer Opportunities 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 chapef escorts at Tuesday and Sunday morning Masses. Call Sister 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 Cathedra l invites you to join 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 workforce. Call Gwen at (415) 397-3592. Bernal Heights Neighborhood Elders Support Team helps seniors remain at home with rides, food delivery and companionship. Interested volunteers should call Lisa Lopez Coffey at (415) 206-9177. Project Linus, a group supplying special blankets for seriously ill and traumatized children, needs blanketeers to knit, crochet and quilt. Call (650) 589-6767.

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Reunions Are you an alumna/us of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City but not on the current mailing list? Especially looking for members of classes 1948-49 Call Julia Tollafield at (650) 366-8817. The Class of 1950 from St. Peter's Academy and St. Peter's Boys School is planning a 50lh reunion. If you were a member , call Louise Johnson at (650) 358-0303 or Betty Robertson at (415) 731-6328. Class of 1979, Holy Name of Jesus School, SF is organizing 20-year reunion. Class members may call Ka thleen Burke at (415) 566-8976.

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 offe rs educational programs for youth on topics including the changes that occur during puberty and the responsibility of relationships. Health educators are available to speak about NFP, infertility, adolescent sexuality, preparing for pregnancy, perinatal loss and drug abuse in pregnancy. Call (650) 301-8896. Retrouvaille, a program lor troubled marriages , has upcoming weekends. Call Lolette or Anthony Campos at (415) 893-1005.

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June 20: A reading by best selling author Anne Lamott from her latest work , Traveling Mercies. Some Thoughts on Faith, 1 to 4 p.m. in Oakland to benefit the Jesuit Volunteer Corps , Southwest. Tickets $50. For reservation and location , call Charlie Meade at (415) 522-1599.

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.

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Social Justice

Food & Fun June 12: The Fil-Am Society of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 850 Judah St., SF invites the community to a Philippines Independence Day dinner dance starting with no-host cocktails at 6 p.m. Adults $15, Children $8. Call Sonny Santos at (415) 753-0989; Enrico Martin at (650) 794-1292 or Jerry Motak at (415) 661-7378. 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 $25. Proceeds benefit Alumni Scholarship Fund. Call (650) 3458207 for registration details. June 26: The Holy Name Society of St. Mary Cathedra l will celebrate its 5th anniversary and installation of officers with Mass followed by a dinner dance beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets to the dinner are $50 per person with proceeds going toward replacement of vandalized Cathedral windows. Call (415) 255-2368. June 27: "St. Anthony's Farm Day" noon - 4 p.m., 11207 Valley Ford Rd., Petaluma. $7 adults/ $2.50 children. Festivities include BBQ chicken, live music and tours of the farm. Call (707) 763-6612. July 2: "Pre-4th of July Dance" for single Catholics at the Clarion Hotel at SF Airport at 7:30 p.m.. $20

June 27: San Francisco Archdiocesan Courts ol the Catholic Daughters of the Americas commemorate America 's 223rd birthday with Mass at 12:15 p.m. at Star of the Sea Parish , Geary Blvd. at 8th Ave., SF. Msgr. Charles Durkin will preside. Visitors welcome, brunch follows. Call Rose Marie Webb at (415) 453-5100. June 27: Catholic Alumni Club of the SF Bay Area announces the annual Singles Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m., St. Athanasius Church, 160 N. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. Reception follows. For all singles — the never married, widowed, divorced, separated. Call (650) 967-5096 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 Sister Cathy Cahur at (415) 553-8776 ; Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., SF. Call Chuck Cannon at (415) 752-8439; Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 12 noon, St. Cecilia Church, 2555 17th Ave., SF. Call Coralis Salvador at (415) 753-1920. June 26: Join Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish for patroness feast day. Special Novena Masses begin June 18. Call (650) 755-9786. July 2-4: "SF International Marian Conference" at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1221 Chess Dr., Foster City. For information or registration materials, call (800) 456-4197. 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. Weekdays: Radio Rosary, 7 p.m., 1400 AM KVTO, includes prayer, meditation, news, homilies. Call (415) 282-0861.

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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.

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Joseph Sadoc Alemany in 1856 and destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Stained g lass installed between 1915 and 1940 was imported from France as was a statue of Notre Dame des Vic toires. Later panes, installed over the next 30 years, were made by Charles Roger of San Francisco. A 16th century tapestry, made in Flanders , shows Jesus at the Mounf_pf Olives. Peop le are drawn to the church by its architecture which is not often seen in this country. Masses and confessions are scheduled to accommodate the many business people who make Notre Dame their weekday place of worship. The parish has been entrusted to the Society of Mary — Marists — since 1885. The parish school , which celebrates its 75th anniversary in the year 2000, has an enrollment of 282 students . As a national parish it has no boundaries; the population includes many French people living in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties. Founding date: 1856 as parish Pastor: Father Etienne Siffert , SM Phone: (415) 397-0113 Seating capacity: 320 Masses: Saturdays: 5:15 p.m.; Sundays: 7:30 , 9, 10:30 a.m. (French); 12:15 , 6 p.m.

June 11: "Breaking the Chains" an evening of discussion about "Jubilee 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. June 24: "Parish Twinning," an informal meeting providing background on how parishes here can develop sister parish relationships in developing nations, 7 p.m., Conference Room A , St. Mary Cathedral, 1111Gough St., SF. For information , contact the Archdiocese's Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, (415) 565-3673. 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.

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thing. And your own disarming candor seemed almost autobiographical. In the middle of this tender comedy, you turn to the camera (and to us) and predict: "One day my looks will go and I'll be a sad, middle-aged woman who looks like someone who was famous for a while." Julia , your vulnerability is your strength: a pretty self-absorbed woman; a $15 million-a-movie star stuck on herself in the glare of our absurd cult of celebrity (so many famous for being famous); a lonely young lady struggling for a messy but real romance in London 's Notting Hill rather than the phony fantasies of Beverl y Hills; just plain Julia at Hugh' s sister 's birthday party; later attacked by the same paparazzi who martyred Princess Diana; and especially when you teared up in the bookstore and admitted: "I' m just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her." Don 't get carried away by this review or anything that others say about you. One of the Mothers actually thought the movie was slow and shallow and you a lovely cardboard cutout. And most of us weren't crazy about the bathroom humor (which explains the PG 13 and USCC's AILTratings) and the musical sound track which supplies a much-too-

Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant star in "Notting Hill." obvious running commentary like those high school slidetape shows from the 60s. But you, my dear, are magical. And believable. Don ' t send an autographed black-and-white glossy. Just keep making movies that remind us: "How fleeting the glory of this world"—especially the glory of Hollywood—and how worthwhile the struggle for real love: "In the end there are three things: faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love." Three Mothers & a Father is an occasional f ilm review team for Catholic San Francisco.

Father/son TV special a mixed bag: puffery and poignancy By Gerri Pare NEW YORK (CNS) — Men and boys talk about the bonding experience, or lack of it , in their own families in the Father 's Day-lhemed "The Story of Fathers & Sons," airing June 17, 8-9 p.m. on ABC. The documentary touches on different stages of life as a man becomes a father and struggles to be a good parent in raising a son to manhood. More than 40 individuals offer pithy sound bites on their perspectives as dads or sons and what it has meant to them. In the opening "Birth" segment, nursery shots of pre-

cious infants being lovingly held by their fathers give way to one dad 's heartbreak at losing his two-month-old to sudden infant death syndrome while another new father, age 18, regrets that his behavior has landed him behind bars. While mostly upbeat ("So much of who I am today I owe to my father " is a typ ical quote), the program is saved from triteness by also looking at less-than-nurturing relationships. The pain felt by those whose fathers deserted the families early on is etched on several faces and points to the severe social problems that result when dads absent themselves from parenting responsibilities. The power struggle between adolescent boys and their dads as teens

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"Anam Cara" are the Gaelic words for "Soul Friend." These words, borrowed from the ancient Celtic spiritual heritage, were quickly grafted onto the Christian way of life in the early Irish church. These two words transport us into the wonderful possibilities of love, friendshi p, life, intimacy, trust and blessing. If you are ready for such a hip, pilgrimage or ongoing journey, then John O'Donohue is a sure guide and friend for you as you weave your way thoroug h this beautiful book. With an eloquent , even poetic style, he leads us through six powerful chapters beyond Ihe noise and the fractured dualism of what passes as life for many of us, to the mystery and grace of a unifying friendshi p and love. It is definitely a book for our time. It deals with the basic and fundamental needs of our spiritual lives which are often ignored in the hustle and bustle of busy, stretched lives. How wonderful to read a chapter on "The Mystery of Friendshi p " that opens up for us the nurturing and intimate space of love and friendshi p which the author illumines with insightfu l essays within the chapter. He uses Ihe process of multi ple essays in each of the six chapters . This adds greatly to the merit of the book. It also allows us to deepen our appreciation of the major theme of each chapter. In sequential chapters he treats such engaging titles as "A Spirituality of the Senses," "Solitude ," "Work," "Aging " and "Death ."

Starting the second chapter with the striking concept of our human face as the "icon of creation" and our body as the "home of our soul on earth" we get some sense of the beauty and power of the idea of having a spirituality of the senses. It allow s us to transcend some of the suspicions that may lurk in our hearts regarding our human bodies which are the unique and irreplaceable gifts from God to get our life's work accomplished. In the chapter on "Solitude " we are immediately in tune with the universal long ing in our souls for a spiritual tenderness that heals and caresses after the harsh glare and noise of our competitive culture, and beyond the need for busy programs. The author steers us through the questions and doubts we may have of the quiet and the void to the luminous blessing of solitude as we live our lives. The chapter on "Work" flows easil y from his reflections on"Solitude" which nurture us to take on the "movements" of work in our lives. He suggests our work began in our initial "movements as babies!" This insi ght allows us to see our work as a movement from day to day beyond just tedious repetition." So our work can be seen as a sacred , blessed gift to be lived in the omnipresence of God. He writes, "If you work with a creative and kind eye, you will bring forth beauty." Imagine if all of us who work could take that on! Then O'Donohue courageously takes on the last two chapters on "Aging" and "Death ," which in Celtic spiritu-

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