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At St. Marv's Cathedral Archbishop Levada ordains two p riests and two transitioned deacons By Patrick Joyce Archbishop William J. Levada ordained two priests and two deacons June 14 in a liturgy he called "one of the high points " of the Archdiocese of San Francisco 's 150th jubilee celebration and ventures into a new millennium and a new era for the archdiocese. "My brothers, thank you for stepping forward, part of a fresh start, " Archbishop Levada told newly ordained priests, Francisco Gamez and Augusto Villote and new transitional deacons, Andrew Johnson and Dennis Gooch. At the end of the Great Jubilee Year 2000, "The Holy Father gave us his wonderful apostolic exhortation 'Entering the New Millennium,'" Archbishop Levada told the congregation at St. Maiy 's Cathedral. "It is so appropriate for us here in our jubilee year, here in the archdiocese. It is especially appropriate for you, new priests and deacons." "Let us go forward in hope!" the archbishop said, quoting from the exhortation. "A new millennium is opening before the Church like a vast ocean upon which we shall venture, relying on the help of Christ. The Son of God, who became incarnate two thousand years ago out of love for humanity, is at work even today: we need discerning eyes to

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Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. Confe rence of Catholic Bishop s , makes a p oint at a June 19 p ress conference in St. Louis , as Kathleen McChesney, director of the bishops ' Off ice f or Child and Youth Protection, and Bishop Josep h Galante, chairman of the bishop s ' Committee on Communications, listen. At their annual sp ring meeting, the bishops discussed their continuing efforts to deal with clergy sexual abuse. They also discussed statements or letters on missionary work, ag riculture issues , collaboration of women and clergy, and lay ministry formation. See story on Page 3.

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People. About 100 people participated including vicA Ceremony of Apology bringing together victims and their family members, priests, chancery tims of clergy sexual abuse, their friends and fami- personnel, parishioners, Bishops John C. Wester and lies, Church representatives and the faithful was held Ignatius Wang and Archbishop William J. Levada. June 14 at the San Francisco Film Center in the The ceremony was designed jointly by clergy abuse Presidio. Opening the event, Sister Antonio Heaphy, victims and Archdiocesan staff and included prayer director of evangelization for the Archdiocese, said and songs performed by victims as well as numerous the purpose of the "Circle of Healing" ceremony was statements by victims and church representatives. "to provide a forum for victims to be heard and for Large photographs of victims as children or young church representatives to apologize." adults served as a backdrop for the proceedings. The ceremony took place on the first anniverBishop John C. Wester, who has been meeting sary of the-approval of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' with a victims group called No More Secrets for more Charter for the Protection of Children and Young HEALING, page 25 —

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Where You Live by Tom Burke Happy birthday June 6th to Anne McFarlin of St. Brendan Parish and mom to Gavin and Kate. You may remember Anne from memorial services on the first anniversary of 9/1 1 and the Book of Remembrance she designed that was signed by many who attended rites that day at St. Mary's Cathedral. Scott Seiwald of St. Thomas More Parish leads die good wishes....Congrats to Cathedral organist and music director, Christoph Tielze, who was recently awarded his Doctor of Sacred Music degree from Indiana 's Graduate Theological Foundation.. .Happy anniversary to Edith and Russ Holm who celebrated 60 years of married life June 22nd. Ordained in 1979, Russ is a retired parish deacon of St. Hilary Parish, Tiburon, where the couple resides. His former ministries include chaplaincy at San Quentin Prison and service at St. Mary 's Cathedral.... Married, too, for six decades are Jackie and Lou Sarraille, longtime parishioners of St. Cecilia's. Msgr. Michael Harriman, pastor, presided at a May 2nd Mass and renewal of vows. Also present for the prayerful occasion were the couples children, John, Richard, Can'e, and Bill, plus their spouses, and Jackie and Lou 's 11 grandchildren. Jackie, now retired from the Chesapeake Shoe Co., has been active with the St. Cecilia Altar Society. Lou is retired from Blue Cross. Family and friends gathered May 3rd at Patio Bspanol to additionally commemorate the occasion.... Happy 55 years married to Betty and Joe Maloney of St. Stephen Parish. Daughters Anne Dee and Jo EUen are in charge of the celebratory shindig to honor the milestone. Betty and Joe are grads of St. JamesElementary School as well as Immaculate Conception Academy for Betty, and St. James High School for Joe. Thanks to "old schoolmate and neighbor," Marianist Brother John Samaha, for the good news....Ego has no better friends methinks than people in the news appearing on national talk shows to ask that we respect their "privacy." Also taking themselves too seriously are the famous with herds of spokespeople but "nothing to say.".. .It only takes a moment to let us know about a birthday, anniversary, special achievement, or special happening in your life. Just jot down the basics and send with a follow-up phone number to On the Street Wliere You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. You can also fax to (415) 614-5633 or e-mail, do not send attachments, to tburke@cathoLic-sf.org. In all cases be sure to include that follow-up phone number. Photos can only be returned if a SASE is included with the mailing. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634....

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Honored as a San Mateo County California Arts Scholar was actor and future film maker Thomas Osborne a junior at Archbishop Riordan High School. Thomas also received recognition from U.S, Senator Barbara Boxer, U.S. Representative Tom Lantos and State Assemblyman Leland Yee. The trouper has trod the boards in productions including Godspell and Bleacher Bums and has studied with the noted San Francisco theater company, ACT. He is also taking part in this summer 's Drama Program at North Carolina School of the Arts. His proud folks are Bernadette and Michael, married 21 years October 3rd. Bernadette is a Mission District native and alumna of St. Paul's elementary and high school. Also cheering the young thespian on are his siblings, Andrew, Meaghan and Grace, 7th, 5th and 3rd graders at Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City where Thomas graduate d a coupla ' years ago. Always remembered are sister, Maeve, and brother, Matthew, who died as infants.

All hats of at St. Brendan Elementary School for former teacher and mento r Maya Berger, a former religious still known as "Sister Maya," who died May 11th. The "beloved and popular " first grade teacher taught at St. Bren 's from 1988 to 1999, said Aline Wolfrom, whose three children - Kirk, a junior at St. Ignatius, Natalie, a St. Bren 's 8th grader, and Clint a 6th grader there - were taught by the late educator. Sister Maya also taught at San Mateo 's St. Gregory and St. Matthew elementa ry schools and San Francisco 's St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Mary 's Chinese. A memorial service is planned for September 2 at St Brendan 's. "She kept her cheery smile to the end," Aline said. Aline and her husband , Jak celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary June 14th.

Celebrating 50 years of marriage today are Jean and Harry Knapp of St. Charles Parish, San Carlos. Witnessing their vows in 1953 at St. Philip Neri Church, Alameda was brother of the groom , Father William Knapp, now retired pastor of St. Stephen Parish and living in residence at St. Isabella Parish, San Rafael. Serving at the alta r was sibling and then-seminarian , Msgr. Richard Knapp, now retired pasto r St. Raphael Parish who is in residence at Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Novato. Jean and Harry 's son, Tom, and his wife, Laurie, are also St. Charles parishioners with daughters , Shannon, soon a junior at Notre Dame High School, Belmont, and Kristen, who will be an eighth grader at St. Charles school. "A small family celebration is being planned to observe this Golden Anniversary," said Msgr. Knapp, who was ordained in 1955, and who let us know of the good news. Father Bill Knapp marks his 55th year as a priest in 2003.

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pare them to cooperate in the compliance audits that the Office for Child and Youth Protection will be conducting in every diocese. The workshops also focused on "pastoral outreach to victims and their families," he said. He urged bishops to engage personally in that outreach. "We are convinced that this outreach is best done at the local level. It is most effective when it can be done personally by the bishop," he said. "It must be said that these efforts are not always successful," he added. "Sometimes because of our shortcomings, but also at times due to the climate of litigation, outreach can be seriously inhibited. Nevertheless in our workshops we have urged the bishops that they should not allow litigation to get in the way of pastoral care." Archbishop Flynn noted that priests in religious orders, who make up about one-third of all U.S. priests, are also covered by the norms. He said the bishops' conference and the Conference of Major Superiors of Men have formed a working group to discuss the necessary cooperation between bishops and religious superiors in dealing with the RESPONSE, page 13

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ST. LOUIS (CNS — Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe, N.M., said June 20 that healing and reconciliation will be among his firs t priorities as apostolic administrator of Phoenix. "I want to be an instrument of hope," he said. Pope John Paul II named Archbishop Sheehan as interim head of the Phoenix Diocese June 18 when he accepted the sudden resignation of Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien. Bishop O'Brien faces felony charges for leaving the scene of an accident June 14 in which a pedestrian struck by his car died.

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First Vietnamese-horn U.S. bishop ordained in California

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (CNS) — On the white marble sanctuary floor of St. Columban Church June 11, 33 bishops lined up to give an episcopal kiss on each cheek to newly ordained Bishop Dominic Dinh Mai Luong, the first bishop of Vietnamese descent in U.S. church history. At the end of the line were Vietnamese Bishops Joseph Nguyen Van Yen of Phat Diem and Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Sang of Thai Binh. They had flown to California for the historic ordination of the longtime pastor of Mary, Queen of Vietnam Church in New Orleans as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange in California.

Canadian leaders criticize decision allowing same-sex marriages

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CNS) — Twelve of the 18 contributors to an upcoming book on sexual abuse b y Catholic clergy came together May 30 at Santa Clara University for a press conference and panel discussion about the scandal. "Sin Against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church" will be edited b y Thomas Plante, Santa Clara professor of psychology and Stanford clinical associate professor of psychiatry. The book is to be published in early 2004. Priests, psychologists, lawyers, theologians, journalists and the leader of a national victims' group submitted and discussed their book chapters. "The conference represented an effort to get past the headlines and the frenzy — to thoughtfully understand the problem so patterns of abuse can be stopped ," said Plante, adding that he hopes the book will provide a more comprehensive view of the issue. "At the moment there is a lack of scholarly information and we want to deal with that deficiency," he said. Plante said papers presented and discussed at the conference would result in a "scholarly, multidisciplinary book on the topic of priestly sexual abuse and the Roman Catholic Church," with chapters from the perspectives of psychology, sociology, history, religious studies, law, ethics, journalism and abuse victims. Michael Rezendes, a reporter on the Boston Globe team which broke the story of clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Boston in January 2002, said his newspaper had been delving into the issue for some time. "It is the responsibility of the news media to ask questions of authorities and institutions which serve the public," he said, "and we discovered that in the Archdiocese of Boston, the problem was more serious than previously assumed." John Allen Jr., who covers the Vatican for National Catholic Reporter newspaper, said the Vatican "is puzzled by U.S. culture and U.S. Catholics are puzzled by the Vatican." But he said it is a myth to contend that the Vatican is out of touch or does not care about the sex abuse scandal. ABUSE BOOK, page 23

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Manila Archdiocese, the priest was given residence at St. Andrew 's rectory. Some time later, the priest received pennission to work in the Archdiocese of San Francisco for several years. He worked in Filipino ministry and evangelization before being named associate pastor at St. Andrew's in Jul y 1995. Records indicate he spent several months at Our Lady of the Pillar parish before being named parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Belmont in July 1997. About one year later, he left to work in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Anyone seeking assistance in coping with past sexual abuse by a member of the clergy or other Church employee may call Barbara Elordi, therapist and pastoral assistance coordinator, at 415 614-5506.

Bishop Wang is guest on Mosaic TV program Tune in on Sunday, July 6 at 5:00 a.m. for the next installment of Mosaic on KPLXchannel 5. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, who became the first priest of Asian heritage to be made a bishop in the United States, will be this week's guest. Bishop Wang will discuss his new role in the Church and the hopes and opportunities it offers.

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Former S.E priest laicized by Vatican In response to a petition by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Vatican has issued a decree of laicization to Austin Peter Keegan, who served as a priest in the Archdiocese in the 1960s and early 1970s. The decree permanently dismisses Keegan from the clerical state. Keegan was indicted , last September, by a San Francisco Grand Jury on 25 counts of sodomy and molestation of two San Francisco boys in the late 1960s. He was arrested on March 1 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he was evading authorities and was extradited to the U.S. In May, the Grand Jury added 77 counts, consolidating allegations against Keegan from Sonoma and San Mateo counties. He is being held on $5 million bond at San Francisco County Jail. Keegan 's laicization was expedited because the Norms and Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People adopted by the U.S. Bishops and confirmed by the Vatican in November, now permit automatic laicization in cases such as this even though the canonical statute of limitations has run out .

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Holy Name takes top medals in Statewide Academic Decathlon Holy Name of Jesus School in San Francisco placed fourth overall in the Statewide Academic Decathlon competition held May 3 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The Holy Name team, composed of sixth, seventh and eighth graders had earlier beat out 13 other San Francisco Archdiocese schools to advance to the State finals. Saint Gabriel, San Francisco and Nativity, Menlo Park placed second and third, respectively, in the local competition this past february. Students compete individual ly in eight academic subjects and as a team for a Logic competition and Super Quiz. Holy Name team members fared well in individual competition against students throughout the State with Theresa Chan taking first place in Current Events; Alvin Cheng, first place in Social Studies; Linda Pan, second place in

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English; and Christopher Wong, third place in Religion . The team together placed third in the Super Quiz competition , and fourth in Logic. Mrs. Shelley White coached the team to their fourth place overall victory. Other members of the winning team were Claire Hill, Tiffany Kwong, Tiffany Quach, Jennifer Tsui, Eliott Kwok, Justin La, Phillip Pak, Theodore Fang, and Thomas Chan . ture was sponsored by Campion College of San Francisco as part of a series intended to encourage Catholic intellectual discourse in the Bay Area. The two-year Catholic liberal aits college recently signed a lease for use of the old convent at St. Monica's.

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Their artistic works highlight Important feast days "The gold was made from coins that were beaten down between two pieces of in the liturgical cycle of the Catholic Church and capture many great historical moments. parchment, " said Dr. Orr. Since gold leafing is a difficult process to control , it was In the early Middle Ages, monks produced liturgical, theological and private devoalways the last artistic touch to eliminate streaks of gold flakes across the illustration. tional books, scrolled on parchment in some form of calAt the museum is a large display case mmm_ ligraphy. During the process of writing, or scribing as it explaining the tools , products , and technical was known then , a place was left on each page, usually procedures used to create the paintings that at the initial letter of the text, where a painting would be span hundreds of years. created that coincided with the topic and composition. Since most of the artists are monks, The initial letters, called historiated initials, were "many of them are unknown , " according to decorated with-scriptural scenes within a square that Dr. Orr. But this does not make them less valuvaried in size from one-quarter to an entire page. able. They are historical documents of a lost "Letters became windows to learning, " said Dr. Lynn art in great demand that accompany very Federle Orr, Curator-in Charge. high prices. • The books were created in the scriptoria (a room Included in the exhibit are works by set apart for writing in a monastery). The artist/monk major schools of illumination in southern sat by the scribe (calligrapher) ready to begin his Italy, Umbria , Tuscany, Emilia , Lombardy, and illustration to reflect the story or theme on the page the Veneto. that was meticulously written by hand — letter Also represented are works by three of by letter. the principal artists in the history of Italian "Some books took 100 years to finish , " painting: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Stefano da said Dr. Orr, "passing it down from generation Verona, and Cosimo Tura. to generation until completed." Often, ownerEach illustration is a narrative of the ship of the works of art was given to Bishops. story told on each page, offering a visual piece &i?Wciatfoip ii? initial M, Although the art of manuscript illumination of religious history encompassed in an initial. 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A jew housekeeping notes We recommend to you a story written by former Catholic San Francisco editor Dan Morris-Young, which appeared in the May 30 issue of National Catholic Reporter. The story is a look at the state of Catholic diocesan newspapers in the United States and it includes references to Catholic San Francisco and the Archdiocese of San Francisco. (Visit www.sfai-chdiocese.org/news.html for link to the NCR article.) The picture of Catholic diocesan journalism portrayed in the story convinces us that we are fortunate here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The newspaper has the strong support of Archbishop Levada, who recognizes the value of a respected newspaper in serving the mission of the local Church. During the past four years, Catholic San Francisco has garnered two dozen Catholic Press Association awards for news, feature and editorial writing and has been recognized for excellent advertising programs. We are proud of this national recognition, but our focus remains on serving our readers and contributing to the mission of the local Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. With this issue of the newspaper, we mark a transition. Patrick Joyce, who contributed to the quality of Catholic San Francisco as editor during the past two-and-a-half years, will be moving to the position of senior writer and contributing editor. This move releases him from a long commute from beyond Sacramento three days each week, while continuing to provide Catholic San Francisco with his excellent writing. MEH

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I agree and support the Miami Archdiocesan statements on Cuba {Catholic San Francisco - May 30) asking the U.S. government not to restrict humanitarian and economic assistance to Cuba. Castro has many faults, but he has given the majority of Cubans a far better life than they had under U.S. puppet Fulgencio Batista. Under Batista the people of Cuba were exploited and the vast majority were illiterate and very many lived in poverty. Today, Cuba has a much higher living standard than the other countries of Latin America. Cuba has practically eliminated illiteracy. Medical treatment and education is free and available to all Cubans. Enforcing restrictions and making problems for the people of Cuba, will not resolve anything. It would be more productive if the U.S. helps and supports the Cuban people to achieve and establish a true democratic nation among all the Latin American countries. Lenny Barretto Daly City

me if this was something I reall y wanted to do. Consequently, and not surprisingly, 1 experienced the same emotional trauma , anguish, and deep grief as she did (and as most women who 've had abortions do). But the purpose of my letter to is tell the Redwood City woman that there is help. Three years ago I began the wonderful post abortion healing program called Project Rachel and it has changed my life. I was paired with a wonderful mentor who guided me through the grief process to a point where I named my unborn daug hter and we celebrated , with my parish priest, a beautiful mass of reconciliation. 1 know that God has forg iven me for my sin and that my daughter loves me as much as if she would have been born. Project Rachel is a truly amazing nation wide program and I encourage all women who are still wounded from the effects of an abortion to seek out the Respect Life office in their diocese and begin the healing process now. I waited 14 years in darkness after my abortion to start this program, but better late than never, and now I can embrace the light of life again. Name withheld by CSF San Francisco Ed. note: Project Rachel is a program of the Archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns and the Respect Life Program offering post abortion counseling. If you are interested in this confidential service call 415-717-6428.

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I would like to express my appreciation for the fine editorial , "Hard Sayings," b y Patrick Joyce in your June 13th issue. I thoug ht that the editorial , especiall y the part concerning Iraq, made an extremely important point concerning the Pope 's rejection of war as the answer. Judith Howell, St. Raphael Church _

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Healing after abortion

I am writing in response to the letter titled "No Choice Clinic" written by a woman who wrote about the abortion industry (Catholic San Francisco - June 13). I, too, had an abortion and had the exact same type of experience as she did - crying throughout the whole ordeal and not having anyone ask

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Offering the lose of Christ

I read with empathy the letter (June 13) titled "No choice clinic". I admire the author for relating her experience and I wish to thank her for doing so. As unjust and sad as it is that the employees of the abortion mill did not provide her with any counseling, it is not surprising - even though she cried throughout the entire time she was there. The abortionists and their staff, after all, have no love for the victims who enter their killing centers. It is also unjust and sad that not enough of those who do love these mothers make themselves available to express that love and to offer them counseling as they approach the entrance to the abortion mill. There is a ministry active in San Francisco and Marin counties that does just that. We call ourselves Helpers of God's Precious Infants. Our approach is centered on prayer and the conversion of mothers and abortionists. We do not cany signs or pictures; nor do we scorn, abuse or picket. We reach out with the love of Christ; we do not judge or condemn. We simply provide information and promise support, assistance and prayers. We need more volunteers so that we may increase our periods of availability. Those who may be interested in joining us please call 415-331-3306 or send e-mail to fred_dalessio@hotmail.com . Fred D'Alessio Sausalito

Irenaeus of Lyons

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A Greek born in Asia Minor, Irenaeus was a disciple of St. Polycarp, who was a disciple of St. John the Evangelist. He went to Gaul as a missionary and served in Lyons during a time of persecution. On returning from a mission in Rome, he succeeded the martyred St. Pothinus as bishop of Lyons. History does not support the tradition that he, too , was martyred. This early Christian theologian is best known for his treatise against the heresy of Gnosticism.

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The Catholic Diff erence

Misreading Huntington, missing history One of the oddities of recent Roman commentary on world events has been the virtuall y unanimous criticism of Harvard professor Samuel Huntington 's celebrated argument th at the 21st century world will be shaped by a "clash of civilizations." Professor Huntington is a friend and colleague so perhaps I'm a suspect witness. But ever since Huntington first sketched his proposal in a 1993 Foreign Affairs article, I've been convinced diat a good bit of his analysis should commend itself to the Vatican, and indeed to anyone interested in what was once called "Catholic international relations theory." For Professor Huntington quite agrees widi the classic Catholic view that culture is the most potent force in history and that at the heart of culture is cult: what we cherish, honor, and worship. Many foreign policy analysts undervalue the transformative power of culture. During the Cold War, for example, "realists" insisted that "power" was something you could measure, militarily, economically, and politicall y. Ml Abrams tanks, Pershing-2 missiles, and a hi-tech economy were, to be sure, measurable forms of "hard power" with real political consequences. The communist crack-up was accelerated , however, by the "soft power" of aroused convictions, including religious and moral convictions. Those convictions sustained the human rights movements that laid the cultural foundations of civil society and, ultimately, democracy in east central Europe. The Cadrolic Church played a considerable role in this process. Sam Huntington is that rarity among academic international relations specialists , a man who takes the power of culture seriously. Surveying the post-Cold War landscape, Huntington saw diat the world of the 21st century would be shaped by the dynamism and interaction of different forms of civilization or

culture: Western, Islamic, Chinese, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu , Buddhist , Latin American, African , Japanese. Among other things, Huntington's distinctive analysis challenged those secularization theorists who had argued for decades that, as the world became more "modern," religious conviction would wither as a force in human affairs. Religious conviction, Huntington insisted, would play a large, perhaps even determinative, role in shaping post-Cold War world politics. As Professor Huntingto n ruefull y noted in the book that grew out of his Foreign Affairs essay, his ori ginal article "...had a generally ignored question mark in its title." A "clash of civilizations " — in the sense of a world of cultural conflicts boiling over into violent confrontations — was a possibility. But a cataclysmic "clash of civilizations " was not a certainty, and in any event, cultural Armageddon was not a desirable future that Professor Huntington was avidly promoting (as some of his Rome-based critics evidently assumed). What Huntington did insist upon was a careful , empirical appraisal of the cultural or civilizational bases of the fault-lines that were shaping the 21 st century world. Like Huntington 's critique of the alchemists of secularization theory, Huntington 's analysis about what happens, for good and for ill, when cultures abut each other should commend itself to Catholic students of world politics. "Catholic" means "universal." The Catholic "presence" in the world is genuinely global in scope. Thus it 's inevitable that tens, perhaps hundred s, of millions of Catholics are going to find themselves in zones where the tectonic plates of civilizations grate against each other — as the unhappy situations in Nigeria, Sudan, and Indonesia, to take but three examples,

make clear. Huntington 's o cou rage in looking these g O X hard facts in die face, disIH turbing as flie view may be, should commend itself if UJ z to a Church diat has long S o rejected the ulopian politics spawned by the left wing of the Protestant Reformation. Professor Huntingto n reports that the most controversial phrase in his original article was his reference to Islam 's "blood y borders." Yet here, too, facts are unavoidable. Of the three dozen or so armed conflicts in the world today, two-thirds involve Islamic militants, insurgents, or terrorists. How can a genuine CatholicIslamic dialogue ignore this? Shouldn 't one goal of that dialogue be to strengthen the hand of those Muslims who resist the violent politics of the Islamists and who want to develop an Islamic case for tolerance and pluralism, precisely on Islamic religious and legal grounds? Sam Huntington 's seminal thinking about the dynamics of 21st century history should be criticall y engaged, not summarily dismissed. To misread Huntington is to miss a lot of contemporary history.

last the truth came out: There was no hope for recovery. We asked them to make him as comfortable as possible. The last day, I told him again that I loved him. "You're the best dad in the whole world," I said. He looked at me and squeezed my hand for a long time, the way he used to do when I was little. Only this time, I felt like I was comforting him. "It will be all right," I whispered. That night, my mother and I read the Compline service with him. The familiar prayers seemed to calm him, and he drifted off to sleep. He died the next morning. It was the saddest day of my life. We buried him four days later, in a cemetery shaded by the trees he had donated over the years. "In sure and certain hope of the resurrection . . ." I blinked back tears. I knew my father was safe with Jesus. I only wondered how I would manage without him. No longer could I pick up the phone and ask for advice , share a joke , or swap stories of my Seattle Mariners and his Colorado Rockies, Our last morning in Colorado, my husband Steve and I hiked up the canyon trail above my parents' house. Coming into a clearing by a stream, we heard a series of chirps and calls. "What 's that?" he asked. "I don 't know."

I scanned the willows with my binoculars. At last the singer revealed itself. A medium-sized bird with a bright yellow breast. "That 's a new one for me." It was a yellowbreasted chat, a warbler noted for its variety of vocalizations. I smiled. Ravens fed the prophet Elijah; certainl y a warbler could be God's messenger. This chatty bird reassured me that Dad was free, now he was trading tales with the saints in glory. His wisdom and gentleness of spirit would live on here below in the things he had taught me. And someday we would be together again.

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

Sp irituality

A last good-bye My father 's hospital room was on the third floor, with a view of the Rocky Mountains. We were right above the childbirth unit , which seemed appropriate somehow. I remember thinking, I've seen the beginning of life, and that was messy and painful , too. Now I was seeing the end. "Want another ice chip?" I scooped a small piece of ice into his mouth. It wasn 't much, but it was all he was allowed to have. I straightened pillows and adjusted blankets. He didn 't speak much; when he did, his memory flitted from Wyoming to Missouri to Colorado. He knew me, and that was enough. I cornered doctors and nurses in the hall and told them about Dad. "He was way ahead of his time," I said. A dignified college professor, he cooked, bought groceries, and spent time with us kids in a day when men didn 't see a need to do so. 1 told them how he loved birds and nature, liked to stop for "afternoon coffee" every day at 3 p.m., and was so outgoing and sociable it took him 20 minutes to pay for a tank of gas. I wanted them to see him as a loved and treasured individual, not just a worn-out bod y hooked to tubes and monitors. The nights, when Mom and I went back to the house, were the saddest of all. Seeing Dad's pills on the table, his bird books by his chair, his yogurts in the refrigerator . . . and knowing he was never coming back. Doctors ' reports were confusing and conflicting, but at

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

Sp irituality

From Asking to be Carried to Helping to Carry An icon is a holy picture, an image showing something of the divine. Perhaps the best icon to depict adulthood is a picture of a mother or a father carrying a tired or a sleeping child. Few images capture as beautifull y and as deeply what an adult is meant to do — carry the young. Today, too many things tempt us away from this and invite us instead to remain always a child, an adolescent. Why do I say this? Because so much in our world today is telling us: "Don't grow up ! Don 't be a mother or a father or a grandparent or an elder. Don't take on the responsibility that comes with adulthood. Remain instead the puer or the puella, the eternal boy or the eternal girl. Keep forever a youthful body and an untethered spirit. Have no ^revocable commitments or binding responsibilities. Assume neither the body nor the duties of an adult!" That 's the air we breathe. More and more the ideal of a woman is Tinkerbell and the ideal of a man is Peter Pan, adolescent figures swinging through the sky, youthful, slim, free. Hollywood's leading men and women are made to look younger and younger; the fashion industry dictates that there are to be no middle-aged bodies; and men and

women old enoug h to be grandparents want still to look as if they're 20. What 's wrong with that? What 's wrong is that Peter Pan and Tinkerbell are children. Neither has ever carried anything or anyone , nor made a commitment or assumed a responsibility. No wonder they've no stretch marks, no wrinkles, no bodies stooped from carrying burdens, no middle-aged fat, no wrinkles, no gray hair, and precious little anxiety about the brokenness of our world. They 're children and children are not yet scarred by the burden of having to carry things. Robert Bly, in his insightful work, The Sibling Society, suggests that what is lacking in our culture are parents and elders. Nobody wants to assume those roles because to assume them is to admit we're no longer children ourselves and we don 't want to do that. Instead, too often , a mum wants to be her daughter 's best friend rather than the parent her daughter desperately needs, and a dad wants to be his son 's buddy rather than the father that his son really wants. As adults we want to be perceived as cool rather than as parental, as free rather than responsible. What this does, more often than not , is put us in uncon-

scious competition with the young rather than make us their mentors. The effects of this are everywhere. We see it in the cult we 've developed around the body — the pressure to look young, to not show the effects of aging, to value physical looks above all else. Partly this is good. It 's made us more sensitive both, to our health and our looks — a good thing in itself, aesthetically and morally. There's something healthy about wanting to look good for, as we know, the first sign of clinical depression is when we no longer care about our appearance. But this has a debilitating underside as well. What all this pressure to remain young and look attractive does is make it very difficult for us to accept mortality and ROLHEISER, page 23

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Ordination . .. ÂŚ Continued from cover see this and , above all , a generous heart to become the instruments of his work. Did we not celebrate the Jubilee Year in order to refresh our contact with this living source of our hope? Now, the Christ whom we have contemp lated and loved bids us to set out once more on our journey: 'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ' (Mt 28:19)." "This missionary mandate accompanies us into the Third Millennium and into a new era for the archdiocese as we celebrate our 150th anniversary, " Archbishop Levada said. "It urges to share the enthusiasm of the very first Christians for we too have come from the same power of the Holy Spirit who was poured out on them" at the first Pentecost. "We celebrate today ' s liturgy in the shadow of the feast of Pentecost and we rejoice in the anointing in the Spirit Father Francisco Gamez with family and friends at St. Mary 's Cathedral.

ing up "the People of God, and the Temple of the Holy Spirit " as they preach the Gospel and celebrate the sacraments, "especially of the Lord's sacrifice, the Eucharist. " "With the help of God they should go about these duties in such a way that people recognize them as true disciples of him who came to serve, not to be served ," he said. The imposition of hands during the ordination liturgy "is a moving and powerful sign of unity . . . unity of priests, of priests with one another of priests with their bishop, " Archbishop Levada said. "We will celebrate that unity once again today, that unity Christ himself establishes and names the Church, unity of all with Christ in Baptism and the unity of priests who minister to all the baptized by setting the table of the Lord in the Eucharist... by deacons who go from the table of the Lord and into the ministry of service, to bring the face of Jesus Christ to his people, his love and remind us that diakonia - service - is the base of any ministry to which the Lord Jesus calls his people." Sharing his ordination with family and friends is Father Augusto Villote.

upon the whole Church and given in a special way to these m e n . . . . and the mission for which they are appointed , the very mission of Christ, is to bring the Good News of the Gospel to the very ends of the earth. " Pope John Paul II has proclaimed 2003 the Year of the Rosary and offered the new Mysteries of Light based on the public life of Christ, Archbishop Levada said. "These mysteries lead us to uni que and special moments in the life of Jesus, in the history of salvation and in our own lives ," he said. "They lead us to the upper room, to the institution of the Eucharist and the priesthood. In that same Upper Room., we know that shortl y after the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus , the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the promised Spirit poured out on the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin to anoint them with the Spiri t promised long ago" in the prophecy of Isaiah in the First Reading of the ordination Mass. Archbishop Levada urged the new priests and the deacons, who will be ordained priests Dec. 20, "to serve Christ , our great teacher, priest and shepherd" in build-

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Shown at the consecratio n of the Mass are Auxiliary Bishop John Wester , Father Gamez , Archbishop Levada , Father Villote and Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang.

Following the ordination are pictured Bishop Wester, Deacon Gooch , Father Gamez , Archbishop Levada, Father Villote, Deacon Johnson and Bishop Wang.

Father Augusto Villote was bom in the Philippines on Aug. 15, 1957. He worked as an airline mechanic there before coming to the United States in 1992. He had considered entering the seminary in 1983 but decided against it because of the needs of his family. He felt the call to the priesthood again while living in San Rafael and attending daily Mass at St. Isabella Church in Terra Linda. He went on to study at the University of San Diego and St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park . He will be assigned to St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Burlingame. Father Francisco Gamez was bom Nov. 6, 1973 in Monterrey, Mexico. He attended the seminary there for six years before coming to United States to study at St. Patrick's. He told Catholic San Francisco he spent the year break between the two seminaries "working and experiencing life" and came to the conclusion that he "needed something more to fill the space in my heart." He will be assigned to St. Matthew Parish in San Mateo. Newly ordained deacon Andrew Johnson, 73, is a retired executive of the Franklin Templeton Group and father of six adult children. His wife, MaryAnn, died in 1998. New deacon Dennis Gooch, 55, was a longtime professional in music and broadcast engineering and an executive with media conglomerate Gannett.

The Paulists: Bringing Conversion through Changing Times By Deanna Paoli Gumina , PhD The Old Testament warning: "Son, observe the time and fly from evil" etched below the belfry of the enormous clock could not have been more prophetic for the Paulist Fathers to whom the Church of St. Mary the Immaculate Conception, Ever Virgin was entrusted. The Paulists were the perfect choice for this demoted cathedral parish that had once been the ecclesiastical seat of the Catholic West. As social activists who viewed themselves as home missionaries, the Paulists were expert at revitalizing urban parishes. The once proud cathedral of St. Mary 's located at the corner of California Street and DuPont Avenue (later renamed Grant Avenue) was trapped in a burgeoning red-light district , a disgrace to its founding Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, O.P. and the Archdiocese of San Francisco. For forty years, from 1854 when St. Mary 's was consecrated until the installation of the Paulists in 1894, the good people of the parish including the archbishop put up with the nightl y street brawls set off by gambling, drinking and solicitation activities. The Paulists, established in 1858, had their religious roots in the Redemptorist Order and were the first order of religious men founded in the United States whose thinking was American spun. Dedicating themselves to the greatest of the Church' s converts, St. Paul the Apostle, the Paulists ' mission was the conversion of America 's non-Catholics and the return of those adult Catholics who had drifted away from the Church. At die invitation of Archbishop Alemany in 1875, small bands of Paulists came to San Francisco and headquartered themselves at St. Mary 's as they came and went from the City giving missions and retreats throughout the western states. Impressed with the response to the Paulist missionaries and desperate about the daily deterioration of St. Mary 's in late January 1894, Alemany 's successor, Archbishop Patrick William Riordan petitioned the Paulist superiors to take over the parish. By December 8, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Paulists were in charge. At the vesper service held on that wintry evening, Archbishop Riordan introduced the St. Mary 's congreg ation to the Paulist Fathers . He announced that this retired cadiedralparish would be simply known as "Old St. Mary's" to distinguish it from the grand new cathedral, St. Mary, the Assumption, built at Van Ness Avenue and O'Farrell Street. With the dedication ceremonies concluded and the Christmas holidays over, the Paulists began the work of rejuvenating the increasingly diverse parish of Old St. Mary's. Under the pastorship of Father Henry Wyman, the Paulists continued the longstanding parish programs including the Inquiry Classes for non-Catholics, the musi-

cal choir that performed throughout the City and an ambitious educational program that offered grammar and high school courses as well as an evening adult education program taught by such prominent California educators as James Denman, John Swett, Ahira Holmes, and John Hamill. A library and reading room was added in the basement where the Sisters of the Holy Family taught catechism to the children . A gym was installed for young men of the parish and sewing classes were offered to the young women. A noontime Mass was added for the spiritual needs

exterior of the church was freshly painted; the crumbling stone trim on the exterior facing was cut away; new stain glass window s replaced the plain glass ones; electric lights replaced the dim gaslight system; the second-hand organ was repaired and cleaned; the main altar and aisles were carpeted; decorative angels with raised trumpets took their stand above the sanctuary; and , the famous belfry clock that warned of the passage of time, was re-calibrated. Old St. Mary 's would not be given such an extensive facelift until after the devastating 1906 Earthquake and Fire. This

Original group of Paulist Fathers who arrived in San Francisco is 1875.

of the "day parishioners," a new classification of parishioners who worked in the downtown retail and financial districts and who did not necessarily live within the parish boundaries. Within one year ' s time, the effect of the Paulists upon the parish was commendable. The daily, San Francisco Call, reported that the efforts of the Paulists had spiritually uplifted this "historical old church ." With the fabric of the parish revitalized, Pastor Wyman refurbished the church. A new sidewalk was installed; the interior and

California Street after the 1906 Earthquake.

extensive and impressive reconstruction was aimed at the English-speaking parishioners. It did not attract the Chinese residents who lived in the over-populated Chinatown. Some feel the Catholic Archdiocese had long ignored the Chinese community, viewing the spread of Chinatown with the same disdain it held for the shameful behavior of the Gold Rush soldiers of fortune and the Barbary Coast carousers who frequented the brothels of Chinatown. Despite the efforts of Archbishop Alemany, for the most part, the Archdiocese had left the spiritual and corporal needs of the Chinese to Protestant missionaries. The Paulists, however, could no longer ignore the impoverished Chinese families living within the parish boundaries. In 1902, with the help of two laywomen, Bertha Welch and Ella Clemmens, and a French order of nuns, the Helpers of the Holy Souls, the Paulists began St. Mary 's Catholic Chinese Mission. The nuns sent for Mother St. Ida and Mother St. Rose, who were experienced missionaries and Chinese-born themselves. Together these women spoke the language of Chinatown and gained the confidence of Chinese mothers, who brought their children to the kindergarten at "the Church of the Big Bell ," Dai Chung Lou. Slowly and steadily, St. Mary 's Catholic Chinese Mission grew and was relocated to a two-story building on Stockton Street. It included an elementary school, social halls, clubrooms, an outdoor playground and a chapel. The Sisters of St. Josep h of Orange, a teaching order who were alread y running the neighboring Pine Street, Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, agreed to teach at St. Mary 's elementary school . Once the day-school was dismissed, the afternoon Chinese Language School taught Chinese to children and English to adults. Each passing decade was marked b y the addition of more rooms and services at the Mission. In the mid-1920s athletic , dramatic, and musical programs were added. The outgrowth of thi s program was the formation of the famed marching band , St. Mary 's Chinese Girls Drum Corps. In the late 1930s, the school cafeteria fed hot meals to 250 youngsters daily and a health clinic educated the Chinese communiPAULISTS, page 20

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the heels of World War II, the Club became the "nearest thing to home in the whole war" for the uniformed young men and women. Easy chairs, sofas, lamps and a fireplace transformed the Church's auditorium basement lounge into a haven where they wrote letters to loved ones, played games of ping pong and pool or ate at the free canteen. Dances, holiday dinners, parties and shows were hosted and, in the end, some 90,000 uni formed personnel had drank gallons of coffee and had eaten thousands of doughnuts, pies and cakes.

ty about the spread of tuberculosis. By the 1940s, a rudimentary social service bureau helped newly immi grating Chinese find housing and jobs and youth counselors redirected the delinquent behaviors of at-risk teenagers. In the aftermath of the predawn earthquake that struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, the Paulist superiors in the East and the Archbishop of San Francisco felt that the opportunity to relocate Old St. Mary 's to a more desirable nei ghborhood was at hand. For one mile on every side of Old St. Mary 's buildings had been leveled to rubble. North Beach , Telegraph Hill , Chinatown , the Barbary Coast and the financial district were in ruins. Yet, the superstructure , foundation and walls of Old St. Mary 's remained intact. Father Wyman , intent on rebuilding the church , wrote to a friend that , "If Old St. Mary 's is not to be rebuilt , then my hearl will be deep in ruins. " Wyman won and by April 1907, the plans for the restoration and reconstruction of the church were approved. Two years later, Archbishop Riordan , who fifteen years earlier had refused to set foot in Old St. Mary 's again , officiated at the dedication ceremonies. Across from the church , the landscaped park bearing the name of Old St. Maiy 's Square replaced the bli ghted tenements. Over the years , parishioners would stand in the square to hear the Good Friday Three Hours Devotion service broadEarly Chinese converts with Paulist Superior General Father John Hughes (in cast fro m the pulpit. Old Si. Mary s became the downtown church "in the Around the corner from the Church' s main entrance , a heart of Chinatown" bringing together the day parishioners libra ry was opened that became the sanctuary f or those and the Chinese community. The church edifice was seeking spiritual solace. Father Edward Mallon , CSP restored to its original likeness with its exterior four cross- envisioned the creation of a library to encourage his es symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus panshmners to read Catholic doctrines and Christ. Inside , the sanctuary was desi gned so form stud y groups. Father Burke , his sucPROCLAIMING that every one could see the altar and the pulcessor, opened the small library in a Grant m. GOOD NEWS Avenue store-front with some 500 books pit. The original painting of the Immaculate TO ALL CREATION Conception that was destroyed by the fire donated by parishioners that were cataJO"f was replaced by three works of art done by logued by volunteer librarian , Minna Italian Amanda Venedefli, who cop ied SK Berger. The library invited popular speakers Murillo ' s Immaculate Conception , Guido such as Dorothy Dix, Kathleen Norris , U.S. Reni's St. Michael and The Annunciation. Ambassador Richard Tobin , Gilbert K. Refurbished and rededicaled , the Paulists Chesteron , Dr. Mortimer Adler, and District continued their work of adult conversions. Attorney Thomas Lynch to speak. Page Inquiry Classes for non-Catholics that led to Irwin , former head librarian , said the library instruction in the faith marked Old St. Mary 's served as "bait " for the Paulists ' work of ^i™* Z/ 0 G U S as a parish that focused on adult education. At conversion. Herself a convert , Mrs. Irwin \ \ > SQUtCfNTENNI .1 STAR or the end of the instruction period , adults were had walked into the library looking for HEMEStORAKCf v . i > K > v \\.\\ baptized and then confirmed. Since their information and the on-duty librarian founding, the Paulists demonstrated great ARCHDIOCESE Of directed her to the rectory where one of the' sensitivity answering the questions of nonwas delighted to answer Mrs. Irwin s NCISC0 priests Catholics about Catholicism and the views of questions. Before Page Irwin knew it , she the Church on social reform, civil allegiance had been invited to her first Inquiry Class and theolog ical matters. They understood and was "hooked." During the 1970s , the that the chasm (hat kept American Catholics and American lending library loaned some 6,000 books and had Protestants apart was a matter of education. In later years, acquired an extensive collection of audiocassettes. Father Father Thomas Burke , CSP, a brilliant orator, became a radio celebrity delivering Sunday night talks on radio station KYA. To further educate Catholics, the Paulist Press published Catholic World for adult readers and The Young Catholic for children. The Paulist Fathers celebrate this year the centennial of Since its cathedral days, music has been an important part their ministry to the Chinese community of San Francisco. of the Paulist ministry at Old St. Mary 's. A new organ was In 1903, Father Henry Stark, CSP sought permission of his installed and under the direction of Marie Giogianni; stars superiors to begin outreach to the thousands of Chinese such as the coloratura soprano, Nellie Melba, came to perimmigrants who had lived in the shadow of Old Saint form with the Paulist Choristers. When Giogianni retired, Mary's. The ministry was slow to start, but grew when Robert Noonan, an authority on Gregorian music, became the Sisters of Eurasian ancestry from the Helpers of the Holy musical director, forming the Old St. Mary's Chorale who Souls joined the Paulists in their efforts , performed "pops" concerts at the church and at venues throughout the city, Folk Mass singers under the direction of In 1906, all of Chinatown was leveled in the Great Jeannie Pacelli presented modem music along with ballet. Earthquake and Fire, but the Paulists and the Sisters conHowever, some eyebrows were raised when noted Jazz musitinued their ministry undaunted. cian Turk Murphy and his Jazz Musicians performed during Today, Saint Mary's Chinese Schools and Center a Mass as well as the cast of the musical, Godspell. The include an English language elementary school with 290 students, a Chinese language school offering classes in Paulists took this occasion to remind the congregation that the "purpose of [the Paulist] Community [was]... to interpret the Cantonese and Mandarin to 600 students, a social outreach program called Teahouse offering classes and Church for [one's] times and interpret [the] times to the Church... " It was this philosophy that had enabled the p iocounseling for newcomers and the Holy Family Chinese Mission, neer Paulists to turn a demoralized cathedral-parish into a community that valued the diversity of its congregates . In 1989, an earthquake again devastated St. Mary 's Every decade has provided the Paulists with the opportuniChinese, rendering their Unreinforced Masonry Building in Chinatown unusable. ty to observe the time in the service of its congregation. The St. Mary's Chinese is now engaged in fundraising to Wyman Club, named after the early Old St. Mary's pastor, was formed to attract high school and college graduates. Formed on

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Walter Anthony expanded the library to include a Gift Shop with reli gious objects and the latest books for sale as it assumed importance as "Old St. Mary 's Paulist Center. " The Center sponsored a number of innovative lunchtime programs , some of which were funded by corporate businesses and were announced in Centerweek, a bimonthly calendar of upcoming events. The Paulist mission into the downtown area went further still when some building managers offered their unrented office space for use as a noontime chapel. Not too far from their cubicles , office workers attended Mass and received the sacraments. The parish history of Old St. Mary 's came full circle with a series of historical events during the mid-1960s. First, was the return to San Francisco of the remains of Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, OP for reentombment along side those of his successors , Archbishops Riordan , Edward Hanna , and Joseph Mitty. According to an ancient custom , six robed Dominican friars carried his casket along the very streets that had disgraced the Archbishop, for a Requiem Mass. For a moment in time, prelate and cathedral were reunited , this time in solemn splendor. Months later, the California State Landmarks Commission recognized the historical importance of Old St. Mary 's designating the Church as an official landmark. Next, on the heels of the Second Vatican Council , Old St. Mary 's became the meeting place for Protestant and Catholic clergy who came together to discuss their views as the Christian Unity movement grew. During the 1970s, as the structure of center with collar). society awakened to the causes of social justice , prison reform, women 's rights and the continued need of the homeless and poor, Old St. Mary 's continued to feed the poor and shelter the homeless. Time has always been the signature of Old St Mary ' s. For decades, San Franciscan s have walked by the Church giving a quick glance up to the belfry clock setting their watches. In 1966, after a stubborn 4-alarm fire nearl y destroyed the Church, renovations included the installation of a carillon. At 5:00 p.m. before the 5:05 Mass and again at 5:50 for another ten minutes, the carillon rings out in song as day parishioners and San Franciscans make their way home, this time listening to music. Since their installation at Old St. Mary 's, the Paulist Fathers have observed the time not by waiting for peop le to come to them. Instead , they have deliberatel y and with great sensitivity sought out the people of God and have made Old St. Mary 's a part of their lives. Deanna Paoli Gumina, PhD is a widely published local historian who has produced works on Italians in San Francisco and a history of Old Saint Mary 's. This is one in a year-long series of articles marking the 150th anniversary of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Jeffrey Burns, archdiocesan archivist and author of a history of the Archdiocese, is coordinating the series.

Saint Mary's Chinese Mission celebrates 100 years build an ambitious new center at Kearney and Jackson Streets in conjunction with their Centennial celebrations. As part of the Centennial year, donors of $1,000 or more are invited to join the Centennial Circle of One Thousand in support of St. Mary 's many ministries. Other planned fundraisers and Centennial celebrations include: • Centennial Golf Tournament Richmond Country Club Monday, July 21, 2003 • Centennial Gala Dinner Mark Hopkins Hotel Saturday, October 18, 2003 • Memorial Mass and Dinner Old Saint Mary's Cathedral Saturday, November 1, 2003 • White Christmas Ball and Dinner Saturday, December 13, 2002 For information on St. Mary 's new building, Centennial events, or joining the Centennial Circle of One Thousand, visit website www.stmaryschinese.org or call (415) 929-4696.

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A Message for Healing and Reconciliation The following is the full text of Archbishop William J. Levada 's prepared remarks for his reflection at the "Circle of Healing " apology ceremony held June 14 at the Presidio of San Francisco. In her artfu l yet spell-binding book "The Lovel y Bones ," last year 's imaginative best-seller by Alice Sebold , the story 's narrator Susie Salmon comments from heaven on the developments in the lives of her family and of her rapist and murderer. In her opening paragraph , Susie sets the scene: "I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. . .. This was before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons or in the daily mail. It was still back when peop le believed things like that don ' t happen. " I read the book last year, when our Church was embroiled in revelations of mounting numbers of children and young people who had been sexually abused by clergy or other Church employees - especiall y by priests. Susie ' s phrase stuck in my mind: there was a time when all of us believed things like that don 't happen. That "time of innocence" has gone forever. I was ordained a priest in 1961. As I search my memory, even thoug h many patches of the past have faded , I can say that I do not recall ever hearing about a priest abusing a child during at least the first twenty years of my priesthood. It was not until after I was ordained a bishop in 1983 that reports of priests who were serial abusers , like Fr. Gauthe in Lafayette, Louisiana , and Fr. Porter in Fall River, Massachusetts , began to surface. When I was named Archbishop of Portland in 1986, 1 was immediatel y introduced to the comp laints of families whose sons had been abused by a man called by many "the most popular priest in the Archdiocese ," Fr. Tom Laughlin. He had abused altar boys in one parish , and again in another. He had been prosecuted for these crimes , served a jail sentence , and subsequentl y sent to a therapy center for long-term recovery and rehabilitation. What the peop le from these two parishes wanted to know was why he was not still in jail , and how it was possible that he could still call himself a priest. As I became better acquainted with the damage he had done , both to numerous victims by his sexual crimes , and to the Church and the priesthood by his actions , I too had to wonder why he should continue as a priest. I eventually sought and obtained his dismissal from the priesthood. For so many of us, both within and outside the Church , the passage from the "time of innocence" to the shocking multiple disclosures of the past year has been a time of learning as well. The learning curve developed differentl y for different bishops , dioceses , institutions , therapists, and public authorities like jud ges and police. For example, in 1993 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops developed a set of five guiding principles as a framework for bishops and diocesan officials in dealing with the question of sexual abuse of minors: 1) Respond promptl y to all allegations of abuse where there is reasonable belief that abuse has occurred. 2) If such an allegation is supported by sufficient evidence , relieve the alleged offender promptly of his ministerial duties and refer him for appropriate medical evaluation and intervention. 3) Comply with the obligations of civil law as regards reporting of the incident and cooperating with the investigation. 4) Reach out to the victims and their families and communicate sincere commitment to their spiritual and emotional well-being. 5) Within the confines of respect for privacy of the individuals involved, deal as openly as possible with the members of the community. These guidelines did indeed provide an indispensable framework for local Church policies and procedures to address the growing concerns about the mounting number of cases being brought forward at the time. But they were not uniformly adopted as a framework for policies and action in every diocese and reli gious community. When we compare these general guidelines with the far more detailed and specific requirements of the Charter for Protection of Children and Young People adopted by the Bishops' Conference at Dallas last year, we have a measure for gauging both how the current crisis expanded our awareness of the gravity of the situation, and how far the Bishops have come in requiring specific, detailed actions to respond to this crisis. Although some bishops have rightly been faulted for failing to implement the 1993 guidelines, I believe that most of us found them very useful indeed. We developed our own diocesan guidelines in the context of the framework they provided. Perhaps the principal difference between the 1993 guidelines and the Dallas Charter, besides its comprehensiveness and specificity, is the fact that it builds in levels of accountability for the implementation of the policies, through Review Boards at the national and

diocesan levels, and through the establishment of national and diocesan offices of child and youth protection to implement programs of education for children , parents and church communities, and of outreach to victims and their families. In addition , the Charter provides for comprehensive studies about the extent of the problem , and the causes that may have contributed to it. The date for this Ceremony of Apology was chosen because it coincides with the first anniversary of the Charter. On this occasion , then , I want to reiterate the Archbishop William J. Levada commitment of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to the full implementation of the Dallas Charter, and to our full cooperation with the various implementation steps underway. At the Chrism Mass in our Cathedral church Church. As a bishop, I am also called to minister to this past April, with all the priests concelebrating, and priests as "sons and brothers ," as the Second Vatican many of the faithful participating, I offere d this assur- Council reminded us. I accept the call to do this by doing ance about the tasks outlined for us by this Charter: "We my best to help priests who have abused children to are asked to understand and feel the deep and lasting understand and accept the policy that now forbids their scars this abuse has caused in so many victims; we are continued public ministry. charged to plan and execute programs of education and Finally, I note that the first chapter of the Charter is protection for children from now on; we are called to designed "to promote healing and reconciliation with continue to be brothers to our fellow priests who are victims/survivors of sexual abuse of minors." As I look asked to resign from the ministry [because of] their past back to the 1993 guideline that asked us to reach out to actions, or who may be asked to live a life of prayer and the victims and their families and to communicate sinpenance without any public ministry. May we assure cere commitment to their spiritual and emotional these victims, our children and young peop le , and our well-being - I can confess that this has been for me the brother priests of our commitment to the goals of this most difficult one to implement. There are various reaCharter and the remedies it promises. Indeed, may we sons for this: contacts were often handled by a designatoffer the assurance of our own renewed priestl y prayer ed priest or lay person especially prepared to assist vicand penance in asking God to anoint his Church with tims; advice from lawyers and insurance companies healing, forgiveness and blessing. " sometimes recommended handling contacts throug h Permit me to highlight three developments in my own attorneys. And as I look back , I may have unconsciousl y thinking about the many and varied issues surrounding been uneasy or afraid to look at the scars caused by sexthe sexual abuse crisis. I hope they may serve to illustrate ual abuse too closely. And sometimes, to be candid, victhe ongoing learning process that so many of us , in tims can seem unreasonable and accusatory in try ing to Church and society, have undertaken. get one to understand and feel their deep, lingering pain. First , with regard to the law. We have learned , I think , My presence here with you this afternoon provides me the important lesson that the sexual abuse of children - the occasion to express my regret for these failings in beyond its theolog ical character as sin and its psycholog- myself. As I have participated in meetings with victims ical profile as pathological - is a crime against the inno- and survivors this past year, 1 have also learned to admire cent , against nature and against the laws that protect the the gifts of listening and sympath y God has given to good order of society. For this reason, I believe that such many of my colleagues in reaching out to victims; f crimes must be reported to and investigated by the pub- app laud these gifts in peop le like Sister Antonio Heap h y, lic authorities. They are competent to prosecute these Bishop John Wester, Ms, Barbara Elordi, and Sister crimes, and to determine the appropriate civil punish- Celeste Arbuckle, even when I seem unable to imitate ment. While victims and families always had the right to them myself. report such crimes in the past , often they did not; now, at At the same time, I have learned something else about least in California , Church authorities and clerg y are victims , something unexpected. By coming forward to "mandated" reporters who are required to report sexual talk about your abuse and the wounds it has caused abuse of a minor to the public authorities. wounds sometimes not yet healed - you have become my In many such cases Church authorities made financial teachers , teachers to the whole Church , about this crime settlements with victims and arranged for counseling and so long kept at the margins of our collective conscioustherapy as needed. But such private settlements did not ness. You teach us not to turn away from looking at what provide for the healing of the public order and restore the we thought was not possible , to confront it directl y so common good that has been offended. It is inherent in the that it can be eradicated from the Church' s life. You teach nature of punishment for crimes to make such retribu- us how deep and lasting are the scars caused by those tion , and to warn future offenders against this criminal who violate the young, especially if they are priests who behavior. 1 am very sorry that it took me and man y oth- have freel y taken on the awesome resp onsibility of openers in our Church so long to learn this lesson. ing the doors to the sacred, in the name of God himself Second, with regard to priest offenders. The adoption and instead offer a counterfeit of holiness , their own of a "zero tolerance " policy, that is, the policy that self-gratification and abuse of power. requires that "for even a single act of sexual abuse of a I stand here today to make an apology to you on minor - past, present, or future - the offending priest or behalf of the Church, of all of us, your brothers and sisdeacon will be permanently removed f rom ministry, not ters, for the abuse you have suffered at the hands of excluding dismissal from the clerical state" (article 5) priests. Some of these p riests have shared with me how has been misunderstood by some as not enough, or criti- deeply sorry they are for the harm they have caused to cized by others as too harsh and unforg iving. This policy you and to the Body of Christ, the Church. Others may is a response to the fact that in some cases, bishops and still be in denial; I pray that God may grant them too the diocesan officials made bad jud gments by allowing grace of conversion of heart. pedophile priests to return to ministry, with tragic results. I speak this apology today in the name of the Church, But the more we reflect on the overall situation , the more as one whom she has called to speak in her name as shepwe see that it is the only possible policy that can effec- herd and bishop . As St. Paul wrote in his Letter to the tivel y guarantee for the entire Church the assurance that Corinthians, "God has reconciled us to himself through the mistakes of the past will not continue into the future . Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. ... Nor should one infer from this policy that the Church So we entreat you on behalf of Christ , be reconciled to does not follow the example of Jesus in forgiving the sin- God" (2 Cor 5: 18,20). 1 hope this message asking ner. For every truly repentant sinner, Jesus has already understanding and forgiveness from you will help in the assured us of the forgiveness of God our loving Father. healing and reconciliation of victims/survivors here presBut the authority to minister in the Church as priests, in ent, and indeed throughout the Church. Yet I am aware the name of that loving Father, requires its own criteria, that for some, perhaps even many, this can happen onl y and felonious behavior can rightly exclude one from that in God's good time - and in their own. Yet I believe that ministry. God' s gift of his Son to the world makes such healing The problem is exacerbated by the retroactive appli- and reconciliation possible for everyone. I only hope this cation of this policy, sometimes in regard to a priest who public apology can begin and hasten the healing of has committed only a single offense, repented and done wounds, often so deep and hidden even to those who penance, and has subsequently served admirably for have suffered abuse at the hands of the ministers of the years, even decades , thereby winning the affection and Church. gratitude of generations of parishioners. This is the hard The whole Church has been shocked and scandalized case, by the Charter has tipped the scales in favor of by the abuse done by a few of her priests to children and guaranteeing the safety of our children for the future . But young people. Thanks to you, our teachers , the Church is here too I hope we may count on the goodness of such a slowly learning how deep this wound is , how slow to priest , despite his crime repented and forgiven, to heal, and how diligent must be our efforts to ensure that embrace - through a life of prayer and penance - a new, it will not happen again. non-ministerial role in support of Christ's mission in the Thank you all for being here. God bless you.

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Rolheiser... ¦ Continued from page 1 7 all that comes with it. And part of what comes with it is the pressure to never grow up, to never really mature, to remain forever the child , the adolescent , someone who looks over his or her shoulder for some adult to summon or blame. Too often our attitude mimics that of children and adolescents. When they're caught in a situation where something's gone wrong, invariably their response is: "It's not my fault!" "This has nothing to do with me!" "Mum and dad have a problem!" "Someone needs to fix this!" Notice how little different this sounds from: "Our leaders are evil!" "The culture 's a mess!" "The church needs to strai ghten itself out!" "The bishops have a real problem on their hands with this sexual abuse thing !" Bottom line, these are the phrases of children and adolescents: "Something 's broken , but it 's not my fault. I' m not responsible!" Taking responsibility and trying to help carry things is one of (he primary tasks of

ly been in adversarial roles. The key to treatment is to keep perpetrators responsible so they do not reoffend ," he said. William Spohn , director of Santa Clara University 's Bannan Center for Jesuit Education and professor of Christian ethic s, said the problem cannot be solved merely by punishing priest offenders. "This became a crisis of leadership," Spohn said, "and we need to look at episcopal responsibility for the church' s sexual abuse problem. Some priests were reassigned and some victims were re victimized. This is a serious crisis of moral credibility unless serious measures are undertaken. " Jesuit Father John Loftus , psychologist and president of Regis College at the University of Toronto, questioned "the ideolog ical sports game which has arisen around the sexual abuse issue, with both left- and right-wing agendas in the church" being put forth as solutions. Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman, president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, is writing a chapter on homosexuals in seminaries. He cautioned that homosexuals are no more prone to be pedophiles than heterosexuals. "We are really talking about two different things: same-sex orientation , which is different fro m a disposition toward children. Some people mistakenl y identif y those two things as one," he said. In addition , Father Coleman said statistics show that "priests who abuse almost never abuse children under 13 years of age" and that few abusers are actually pedophiles.

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June 30: Vigil marking the 9th anniversary of the closing of San Francisco's St. Brigid Church. Begins with rosary on church steps at 6 p.m. with Mass in schoolyard at 6:30 p.m. Potluck dinner at Holy Trinity Cathedral at 1520 Green at Van Ness at 7:30 p.m. Hour of prayer on church steps will close the evening. Call (415) 364-1511 or www.stbrigid.org.

Volunteer Opportunities St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco needs your help at its Vincentian Desk at 470 Ellis, SF, one shift per week from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. More than 40 homeless men and women are served each day. Call Sally Rosen at (415) 202-9955.

July 8: St. John Bosco Council #613, Young Men's Institute , will meet at 7 p.m. in the Serra Room of St. Cecilia Parish, 17th Ave . and Vicente , SF. Catholic men interested in learning more about the YMI are invited. Call Frank at (415) 753-5680.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted. Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine o( St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 5672020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public. June 29: David Brock , organist; July 6: Scott Foppiani, organist; July 13: David Hatt, organist.

Reunions July 30: St. Joseph's College of Nursing, Class of '53, invites all alumnae to a school reunion at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. and Sloat Blvd., SF from noon to 4 p.m. Call Barbara Farley Kmak at (650) 5735816 or Alice Guddee Gilmore at (650) 341-5195. Oct. 2003: Class of '53, St. Philip Elementary School. SF. "Where are you? We need you," said classmate Consuela Hooper-Aguilar. Call (415) 435-0941, e-mail consuela24@msn.com; or fax info - name, address el al - to (925) 671-2684. Oct. 5: San Francisco's St. Peter School celebrates its 125th anniversary. Milestone celebrations so far include Mass with Bishop John Wester presiding in the beautifully restored parish church plus homecoming, and thanks to all the clergy and religious who have contributed so much here. Call the school at (415) 647-8662. Class of '54, from Corpus Christi Elementary, SF, "Where are you?" A 50th reunion is in the works. Call Joe Giusto at (650) 588-5220 or Carol Faber Gallucci at (650) 697-4768. Nov. 1: Class of '53 from Marin Catholic High School at Deer Park Villa in Fairfax. Class membe rs should call Rosemary Penna U'Ren at (415) 4640489 or mennau@aol.com.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities June 28: Day of Recollection on the rosary and new Mysteries of Light in Maraschi Room of Xavier Hall, USF, Parker and McAllister St., SF from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Facilitators include Fathers Donald McDonrte//, Larry Goode and Jesuit Father George Schultze. Organized by Legion of Mary. Call (415) 422-6966 or just show up. Aug. 16: A Retreat Commemorating the 750th Anniversary of St. Clare with Franciscan Sister Ramona Miller of the Franciscan School of Theology and regular leader of pilgrimages to Assisi, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at The Poverello, 109 Golden Gate Ave., between Leavenworth and Jones, SF. $25 donation includes lunch with pre-registration by July 30. Call (415) 621-3279. Mass is celebrated each first Saturday of the month in the chapel of All Saints Mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Rd., Colma. Priests of the Archdiocese preside. Call (650) 756-2060.

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A reunion of the class of '73 from the Richmond District's St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School was enjoyed by members of the class in May. From left: Amy Hauschild, Charles Jadallah, Kristi Sandford, James McGee, Roberta Dreschler, Greta Engel, Sandy Aseltine. More than 20 are expected - and there 's plenty of room for more -fo r a follow-up picnic in Sonoma on July 12. "The closeness of our class is greatly attributable to being part of the Catholic community of San Francisco ," Charlie Jadallah said. For info on the July 12th event, call Charlie at (650) 628-6848 or charlie@merchante-solutions.com. tion of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM "Mosaic", a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.mâ&#x20AC;&#x17E; KPIX-Channel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests, 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRON-Channel 4.

Social Justice/FamilyLife Information about Natural Family Planning and people in the Archdiocese offering instruction are available from the Office of Marriage and Family Life of the Archdiocese, Chris Lyford, director, at (415) 614-5680. Sat. at 9 a.m.: Pray the Rosary for Life at 815 Eddy St. between Franklin and Van Ness, SF. Call (415) 752-4922. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends can add to a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to register, call Michele or George Otte at (388) 568-3018. Seton Medical Center Natural Family Planning/Fertility Care Services offers classes in the Creighton Model of NFP. Health educators are also available to speak to youth and adults on topics of puberty, responsible relationships, adolescent sexuality, the use of NFP throughout a woman's reproductive life, and infertility. Call (650) 301-8896 Retrouvailte, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 2214269 or edgleason@webtv.net or Pat and Tony Fernandez at (415) 893-1005.. The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month. Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foster care. Call (415) 406-2387 for information.

Taize Prayer 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Laura McClung at (415) 362-1075 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 631-2882

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Single, Divorced, Separated 3rd Thurs.: Meetings at 7:30 p.m. for New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, SF. Call (415) 452-9634 or www.stmchurch.com. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc , of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

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Become a mentor for a homeless youth. Home Away From Homelessness seeks volunteers to mentor homeless/formerly homeless youth. Make a difference. Become a mentor. Call (415) 561-4628. Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group needs volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to individuals with HIV-AIDS and/or assist with various program events and activities. Many opportunities available. Call (415) 863-1581 or www.mhr-asg.com. Caring for the Caregiver with Carolina Shaper meets Mondays 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call Ms. Shaper at (415) 984-0501. Help a child succeed in school and in life by serving as a tutor for two hours a week at Sacred Heart Elementary School, 735 Fell St., SF. Sessions take place Mon. -Thurs. from 3:30 -5:30 p.m. Help welcome in a variety of subjects. Call Mary Potter at (415) 621-8035. St. Joseph's Village, a homeless shelter for families at 10th and Howard St., SF, is looking for dedicated office volunteers to answer phones and greet residents. If you are interested in volunteering, call Dewitt Lacey at (415) 575-4920. San Francisco's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers as well as canned goods and other staples. Non-perishable foods may be taken to 121 Golden Gate Ave. M - F from 8"30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Volunteer candidates should call (415) 241-2600 or visit the web site at www.stanthonysf.org. Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop. Welcome visitors from around the world, distribute brochures, accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203, ext. 30.

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California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers , servers, donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization, needs volunteers to help with their 20 year old tradition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to their Tenderloin neighbors. Call (415) 621-3279.

Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. Information about children's and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 4352775; St. Anselm, Ross, parish office at (415) 453-2342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 4617060; Old St. Mary's Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at

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CAMPUS MINISTRY CHAPLAIN San Jose State University Catholic Campus ministry/ Newman Community in California is seeking a full-time priest. Liturgical presider, sacramental minister and energetic presence: M-F (1) and Sun. Euch (2), Christian Initiation, collaborative program planning, justice-based seminars/outreach and retreats. Diocesan 12-mo. position. Begins August 2003. Contact Marcia Krause, O.P.

Newman Hall / Holy Spirit Parish, an exciting and diverse urban university parish at the University of California, Berkeley, is seeking a sensitive, flexible and high-energy person to direct its faith formation (religious education) program for K-12 and to work in collaboration with staff in sacramental preparation . Master's degree in theology or religious education with minimum of two years experience is preferred.

itikrause@msjdominicans.org Fax resume (408) 938-1612. www.sjsuccm.org.

Position available mid-summer. Send inquiries and resume by June 30lh to Rev. Richard Sparks, CSP, Newman Hall, 2700 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94704.

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Jesuit Volunteer Corps., a Catholic lay volunteer corps working for justice and peace, seeks a responsible individual for bookkeeping, data-entry and office operations for SF office supporting 90 full-time volunteers in the Southwest. Requires excellent organizational skills; proficiency in Quickbooks, MS Word, Excel; strong commitment to the mission of J VC. FT $27K+ benefits .

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in San Francisco - Marin County • Provide non medical elder care in the home • Generous benefit package

Nurses are needed to provide specialized nursing care for children in the San Francisco Public School setting. Generous benefit packages for generous nurses. Fax your resume to: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN 415-435-0421 Send your resume: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN Special Needs Nurs ing, Inc. 98 Main Street , #427 Tiburon, Ca 94920

Notre Dame High School Belmont, CA Position Vacancy College and Junior/Senior Counselor Notre Dame High School, sponsored by the Sisters of Noire Dame de Namur, is seeking a College and Junior/Senior Counselor Successfulcandidates will possess the following characteristics: experience in all aspects of college advising and testing, academic planning and counseling, and personal counseling; a Master's Degree in Counseling; superior communication , interpersonal, organizational , and technological skills; and a profound commitment to Catholic education for young women in the tradition of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience is offered. Interested candidates should submit a letter of application , resume, and references to:

Fax your resume to: Jeannie McCullough Stiles, RN 415-435-0421

JoAnn Kozloski, Associate Principal Notre Dame High School 1540 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002 (FAX) 650-593-9330 E-mail: jkozloski @ndhsb.org www.ndhsb.org

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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

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

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery

270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415479-9020