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22 men ordained p ermanent deaeons Instructed to be "living icons of Christ the servant within the Church," twenty-two men were ordained permanent deacons by Archbishop William J. Levada during a dramatic three-hour rite June 26 at St. Mary's Cathedral.

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Marriage

State 's bishops endorse initiative on marriage

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11 Memories, tears and dreams

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U 1 Capsule reviews include 'Tarzan'

About the cover: In Chris Duffy photos of the June 26 ordination of permanent deacons at St. Mary 's Cathedral — Archbishop William J. Levada delivers homil y; Deacon Nate Bacon is blessed by daughter , Gabriel a, as wife, Jenny, looks on; five of the 22 ordinandi stand for "examination of conscience" (from left): Romeo Ayalin , John Bettencourt , Thomas Boyle, John Carpenter and Ramon de la Rosa. Lower left, recent and past Lourdes pil grims Sean Easly and Katie Kiesel in photo by Helen Mary Stein , D.M.

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b y Tom Burke What say you?... Antonina Mandrussow, a recent grad of St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School, is this year's winner of the annual St. Thomas More Society essay contest. In her prize-winning piece about the death penalty, Antonina-calls cap ita] punishment a "most inhumane and immoral practice" championing "life in prison" as its "best alte rnative." She will be a freshman at Mercy High School, Sail Francisco in the fall. Thanks very much to Theo Teng, St. Thomas School secretary, who was available to answer questions even on a summer 's day. Attorney Larry Januzzi, St. Thomas More Society secretary and St. Dominic's parishioner, said the contest's purpose is to put lig ht on the virtue of the group's patron who was executed by Eng land' s murderous King Henry VIII and is remembered on film as "A Man for All Seasons." The essays entered "reflected so well on the John McGuckin, Jr. schools these students attend as well as their own outstanding ability," Larry said. The St. Thomas More Society, an organization for Catholics involved in the legal profession , is well known for its monthl y luncheons feat uring invigorating speakers and its annual Red Mass, a liturgy which has origins in the time of St. Thomas More. At this year 's Mass on Oct. 13, John McGuckin, Jr. will receive the St. Thomas More Award in recognition of his practicing the "example, values and princi ples" of the saint. John, an Old St. Mary 's Cathedral parishioner, is chair of the Archdiocesan Deposit and Loan Committee and a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. He is a graduate of Harvard University and its law school and has served as general counsel to Union Bank of California for more than 15 years.

Well deserved...Church of the Epiphany parishioner and University of San Francisco sophomore Sergio L. Dominguez, Jr. is among six USF students named to Sergio L. receive the "Saber Es Poder" Dominguez, Jr or "Knowled ge is Power " scholarship. More than 100 USFer 's were considered for the $5,000 grants. The scholarshi ps are awarded to Latino/Hispanic students using criteria including academic performance and community service. Sergio , an honors alumnus of Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School, is majoring in pre-physical therapy, a direction spurred by his own bout with GiiliamBarre Syndrome , a rare disease causing temporary paralysis.

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Good Brian Hurley, 1999 valedictorian of St. College Ignatius was Preparatory, made an Eagle Scout at ceremonies at Star of the Sea Elementary Eag le Scout Brian Hurley School on May 14. parents Tom and Marcia Brian said thanks to his pals for riding him about making the grade , adding it made him want the honor "all the more." Brian is the thirteenth scout to achieve Eagle rank under the guidance of Scoutmaster Ken Muller. Colin Walker of St. Rita Parish in Fairfax was recently named Cub Scout of the Year by Boy Scouts of America. Colin won the award for his work as a volunteer. Colin , whose favori te scout activity is camping out, has been involved with food collection programs as well as assisting at meetings and being a regular St. Rita 's altar server. Thanks to Caine Starelli, director of religious education at the parish , for filling us in. St. Rita Elementary School kindergarten teacher Colin Walker Petite Souza was honored for her 22 years at the head of the class with a special school assembl y where she was presented with a trip to Hawaii sponsored by parents , faculty and alumni of the founded-in1957 school. Principal Maureen Cassidy declared the day "Petite Souza Day" to cheers from those gathered.

A most worthy undertaking...The parish ministry dimension of the Archdiocese is one of its greatest gifts.

Currently, on a broad scale, we are witnessing the work ol parishioners putting their hands to the wheel of RENEW 2000 and everyday we benefit fro m the work of disci ples assuming tasks as varied as counting weekly collections to liturg ical minister scheduling. During the last few years, ministers of consolation (formerly grief ministers) have become a warm and wonderful presence at two dozen parishes. These compassionate men and women put into action the Church's call "to comfort George Kennedy, a those who mourn. " On May 1, an minister of consola"Annual Enrichment Day for Ministers of Consolation" was tion at Our Lady of held at Merc y Center, Angels Parish, Burlingame. Facilitators were Burlingame, and Father Edward Murray, chap- father of Father Kevin lain , St. Mary 's Medical Kennedy, parochial Center; Kathy Carey, RCIA vicar, St. Gregory director, Most Holy Redeemer Parish, San Mateo at Parish; Dolores O'Halloran, recent consolation music minister, St. Anselm ministry retreat.

Parish, Ross: Barbara Elordi, Consolation Program coordinator for Catholic Charities; and internationally known composer, Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Sarah DiMare, a consolation minister at Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame , said the day brought a "sense of deeper bonding" among the participants. For information about the ministry of consolation , call Barbara at (415) 564-7882. See Datebook for dates and times of consolation support group meetings.

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Sisters of Social Service celebrated members ' jubilees at Pentecost festivities in May. At age 98, Sister Maria Jose Bravo , 70 years ,is the oldest living member of the community having been among the first five women to join the congregation afte r its establishment in Los Angeles in 1926. Sister Dorothy Butler,60 years , retired in 1994 after a lifetime of parish work including several years with St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael. Sister Ancilla Chen, 50 years , is a former attending physician at San Francisco 's Mission Neighborhood Health Center. Sister Beneta Nolan,50 years , is a former supervisor at the Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese. Sister Celeste Arbuckle, 25 years , is directo r of religious education for the Archdiocese. She has also served at Church of the Epiphany Parish and Good Shepherd Parish,Pacifica. The Sisters of Social Service are a Roman Catholic community of women grounded in the Benedictine spirit of work and prayer,and committed to the achievement of social justice. Front,left to right: Social Service Sisters Beneta Nolan ,50 years; Cecile Poisson , 50 years- Ancilla Chen 50 years. Back,left to right: Dorothy Butler,60 years; Claire Graham , 25 years; Simone Campbell ,general director; Celeste Arbuckle ,25 years; Joeline Santiago , 25 years.

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By Kamille Maher The two canon lawyers proudl y display for a visitor their simp le treasures from a recent tri p tc Lithuania: an amber tear drop, a woven sash, decorated palms from Palm Sunday, and a small , framed p lacard commemorating a shrine. These are more than souvenirs ; they serve as symbolic payment from a poor country strugg ling to redefine the practices of women reli gious, some of whom feel consecrated life "has lost something " since the end of Soviet rule.

St. Mary-of-lhe-Woods Sister of Providence Nancy Reynolds, and Ursuline Sister Lynn Jarrell visited in April several hundred formerl y "underground" Lithuanian women relig ious to teach them how to live openl y as members of reli g ious orders and do it according to canon law.

"Payment" for Sisters Reynolds and Jarrell's presentations in It Tiad been more than 50 years since women Lithuania included an amber tear drop, a woven sash , reli gious in Lithuania were free to live in commudecorated palms from Palm Sunday, and a small, nity. During those years of Soviet rule, women framed placard commemorating a shrine with vocations made their vows in secret — living lives oi chastity, poverty and obedience essentiall y as lay women in the world. Previous religious communi- Many Lithuanians had not heard of changes stemming from ties had been disbanded . the Second Vatican Council and the 1983 Code of Canon Law. The two specialists from the archciiocesan Office of the They- had questions about the authority of the superior, reliTribunal found women reli g ious so accustomed to life under- g ious formation , and living out specifi c norms of their constiground that the women did not readil y engage in tutions , explained Sister Reynolds, who is associate director of con versations across tables at mealtimes, but instinctivel y the Archdiocese's Marriage Tribunal. splintered off into quiet duets of muffled speech .

In addition , she said, the women were unclear about how to Many of them had lived as professionals, independentl y in live a vow of poverty in a country so poor that sometimes a scarce apartments. Many had never told family members they husband and wife can be seen working a plow in a field as a were secretly nuns. Since liberation from Soviet rule began in team , the husband harnessed like an ox.

1989 and culminated with the final abandonment of a KGB Sisters Jarrell and Reynolds spent nine days together striving to answer those and other questions. Sister Jarrell stayed an building in 1993, the life that had served them well during extra week to give additional presentations. many difficult decades has become fraug ht with dilemmas in "Many of the women reli gious with whom we had concertain areas.

Church authorities have requested that women religious tact," Sisters Reynolds and Jarrell wrote in a report for the once again wear traditional habits and live in communities.

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From left, Sister Nancy Reynolds; Sister Aldona Dalgedaite , CR,president of the Lithuanian Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious;

and Sister Lynn Jarrell.

Reli g ious, "even some of those now serving as superiors or members of the General Council , spoke passionately and lovingly of how meaningful they found their reli g ious consecration to be when they were living underground.... At the same time these same women religious often added that they do not find the same vibrance and peacefulness in how they are now living, especially around the dynamics of community life.

They strongly feel their consecrated life has lost something that was life-g iving in the midst of all the changes that have taken place in their way of life in these past few years. " At the invitation of one of Sister Jarrell's former students.

Sister Igne Marijosuite, the canon lawyers visited three towns: Vilnius , Kaunas , and Panevezys. Archbishop Audrys Juozas Backis, a U.S.-raised Lithuanian , welcomed Sisters Reynolds and Jarrell. He is working to rebuild the Church in the nation , LITHUANIA , page 9

At left, a group of formerly "underground" Lithuanian women religious listen to a presentation by Sisters Lynn Jarrell and Nancy Reynolds of the San Francisco Archdiocese 's Marriage Tribunal. About 300 of the 1000 women religious in the country participated in the two-week long series of talks. At right,Sister Igne Marijosuite,a Lithuanian-born and U.S.-raised nun,stands in front of the convent where she and five other women religious live. In recent years, church a uthorities have requested the sisters live in large communities but only three convents exist that can house at least 15 women. Most of the women religious live in Soviet-ruined quarters like this one.

Sister Igne told Sisters Jarrell and Reynolds that her home looked "500 times better " than it had one week prior to their visit.

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Bishop Wester reflects on his f irs t year of conf i rmations

By Bishop John C. Wester Several weekends ago , I concluded my first year 's worth of confirmations at a Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica , a year which began at St. Cecilia Parish in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 1998. These confirmations have been a wonderfu l experience in every way and I am grateful to God for the many graces and memories of these past nine months, some of which I am pleased to share with you in this article.

My second confirmation-was at All Souls Parish in South San Francisco. Before the Mass began , I was assuring the confirmandi that I would do my best but since it was only my second ceremony, 1 would appreciate their understanding if 1 made a mistake. One of the eighth graders eagerl y raised his hand and assured me I had nothing at all to worry about — it was his first confirmation and he would easil y overlook any errors on my part. That sincere and obvious concern became a constant theme in all the parishes I have been privileged to visit. Pastors , associates , directors of reli gious education , teachers , parents, sponsors, candidates and parishioners alike have been extremel y kind and friendly. To this day, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the rich outpouring of affection and support 1 have received and hopefull y returned in some small measure.

I have been particularly struck by the tremendous witness which the newly confirmed have given to me as they revealed the faith , trust and love which prompted them to ask for the same Holy Spirit which came upon the Apostles at Pentecost. At the end of my confirmation homily, I typicall y asked why the candidates had chosen their sponsors and their answers were trul y moving. It was clear these sponsors had made a deep impression on the candidates and that their witness had hel ped the young people to open themselves to the Holy Spirit.

Indeed , the newl y confirmed were now ready lo give their own witness in the world and to act as "sponsors" for others. This is the most effective kind of evangelization , grass roots evangelization , which gives hope and energy to all of us.

While many bemoan the lack of values seen in the youth of today, I rejoice at the wonderful young people (and some not so young !) who ask the Holy Spirit to fill them with strength , wisdom and prudence so they can live the Gospel in our comp licated and challenging age. We are blessed in our Archdiocese with enthusiastic disciples who, confirmed in the Spirit , give strong witness to the values of our faith.

It is particularl y edifying to see the faces of the directors of reli gious education and teachers as the newl y confirmed process out of church. These religious educators have given generously of themselves; no! only of their time but also of their talent and love. It is obvious they have succeeded in furthering the work of Christ by becoming witnesses themselves of the living Lord of history who continues his life-

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g iving work in our Church. While our parents are the first teachers of faith , these dedicated parish staff members and volunteers are trul y critical in the process of faith formation and education. Pope Paul VI staled that while we need teachers , even more we need witnesses who are willing to share deeply of their faith and themselves. These teachers have done just this and they are an insp iration to us all.

Of course , I am especially gratefu l for the incredible witness that the pastors and their associates give as they serve the people of our parishes. They are involved at every level of parish life and put in long, arduous days.

Entertaining the new auxiliary bishop (who gets very hungry by the end of the reception and picture taking !) is just one move thing to do on a long list of projects and to each of them I am especially grateful. Their fraternal support and encouragement means more to me than I can say and their success at feeding me does not require me to say anything ! Actual ly, at first I let it be known that I preferred fruit for dessert. However, the desserts looked so good that I gave up that request long ago !

It is clear to me now more than ever that ours is a richly diverse and gifted Archdiocese. It is composed of people from a plethora of culture s, countries and ethnic backgrounds. We all benefit from beautiful reli gious traditions that are being woven into the fabric of our local reli gious experience. I have been blessed by entering into these communities of deep faith that are obviousl y close to the

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And so, I thank all the newly confirmed , their sponsors , families and parishes for their hosp itality and warmth. I also thank Archbishop Levada for including me in his important ministry of building up this local Church throug h the sacrament of confirmation. It has been a blessed year of getting to know you all and I look forward to continuing this joy ful ministry in the years ahead. By the way, I want you to know that I do not work for Kodak or Fuji Film and I do not get a rebate for all those extra pictures! Seriously, 1 am honored to be part of your family albums and I thank you for making me feel so welcome.

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U. S. bishops gather for renewal They say Arizona has had its third driest winter in this century. Just this week I read that an emergency state of droug ht has been declared.

It 's not easy for a visitor to this vast desert in late June to imagine this parched land not to be in a state of drought. There are patches of green where the waters of irri gation are allowed to run: alfalfa fields , golf courses , and the like. But it is dry - bone dry, like the "dry bones " in the desert so poeticall y described by the Prophet Ezekicl: "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: 0 dry bones , hear the word of the Lord '•' (37:4).

And it is hot ! The standard remark was, "Yes, but it 's a dry heat." The accent oug ht to be put on "heat." In the 100's every day, and still in the 70's if you manage to get in your morning walk by 6:30!

We bishops , gathered from around the United States for our spring meeting in Tucson , did not so much complain about the heat as remark on it. In fact, some of the

For the Protection of Marriage Statemen t oj the California Catholic Conference of Bishops fune 18, 1999 The California Conference of Catholic Bishops joins numerous other churches, organizations and individuals in support of the Protection of'Marriage Initiative , which . reaffirms the profound importance of marriage and the family in our society.

Catholic tradition maintains that marriage is a fai thful , exclusive and lifelong union between one man and one woman joined in an intimate partnershi p of life and love.

This union was instituted by God and by its very nature exists for the mutual fulfillment of the husband and wife as well as for the procreation and education of children.

Scripture tells us that Jesus raised the natural contract of marriage to the dignity of a sacrament. 1 In fulfilling the loving and life-giving purposes of mamage, therefore, a husband and wife effect a relationship to one another and to society that is at once a living expression and a cause of their growth in the life of God. This special marital union thus becomes for the married coup le their fundamental way of attaining holiness of life. This is the vision as affirmed by Jesus, when he said "...the creator from the beginning made them male and female...this is why a man must leave father and mother and cling to his wife..,So they are no longer two but one flesh. What , therefore, God has joined together, let no man put asunder." 2 In caring for and educating their children , a mother and a father serve not only their family but also expend personal resources and energy for the common good of society. Marriage and family life lived generously anticipates and prevents many of the social problems which plague society today.

Federal and state laws acknowledge the unmistakable uniqueness of marriage and the family.

Society accords parents critical public trust to raise their children as good citizens. Parents are supported in this endeavor by benefits to married couples, not as privileges bestowed on them as individual s, but in recognition of and assistance to them in their distincti ve responsibility of raising and educating their children.

We invite our Catholic people as well as all the people of California to recommit ourselves to uphold the dignity of every person, to acknowled ge individual rights and responsibilities, and to support forthri ghlly the uni que and irreplaceable role of mamage as an institution which is fundamental to society.

We affirm with Pope John Paul II that marriage which "...undergirds the insti tution of the family, is constituted by the covenant whereby 'a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnershi p of their whole life,' and which 'of its very nature is ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children.' Only such a union can be recognized and ratified as a 'marriage' in society. Other interpersonal unions which do not fulfill the above conditions cannot be recognized , despite certain growing trends which represent a serious } direat to the future of the family and of society itself."

Consequently, we urge our Catholic people as well as the people of California to work for the passage of the Protection of Marriage Initiative .

1 See Catechism, no. 1613 and Mark 10: 2-12.

2 Mt. 19: 5-6.

3 Letter to Families, 2 February 1994, n.17. See also Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 1601-60 and Vatican IPs The Church the Modem World, no 48.

brethren seemed to find the change from their recent week of humid heat a welcome one.

Every four or five years the National Conference of Catholic Bishops sets aside the business agenda usually scheduled for the June meeting in favor of a "special assembl y, " a time to step back from the work of the various committees and groups and reflect spirituall y and theologicall y on our ministry as bishops.

The theme of this year 's "special assembl y " was "The Challenge of Episcopal Leadershi p in the Third Archbishop William J. Levada Millennium. " The goal was to provide a broad range of subjects related to this theme which would allow us opportunity for input and discussion , in a setting in cio at the Vatican Embassy in the United States , which we would experience both spiritual renewal and Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo , are given a "titular " diothe chance to get to know better those with whom we cese or particular churc h (usually the title of a "see" city share the "episcopal" or bishop 's ministry. which had served as the seat of a bishop in the past hisCardinal Basil Hume , O.S.B., archbishop of tory of the Church) as a reminder that every bishop is the Westminster (London , England) had agreed to return pastor and shepherd of a part of the flock of Christ. after many years to be our "spiritual director " for this At the same time , episcopal (fro m the Greek New meeting. Then , just a few months ago , he learned that he Testament word "episkopos ") ordination also makes the bishop a member of the had a rap idl y-advancing College of Bishops, which and unbeatable cancer. He has succeeded the College kindl y videotaped for us of Apostles^ the first "bishhis keynote conference ops ," over these 2,000 "Effective Collegiality : years of the Church' s histoThe Relationshi p of the ry. In the rite of ordination , Bishop to the Church this dimension of the bishUniversal and to His Fellow Bishops." op 's election into the Order of Bishops and the College It was a poi gnant of Bishops is symbolized moment for us bishops according to ancient tradigathered to begin our sixtion by the presence of at day conference. Just the least two co-consecrators. evening before we watched A meeting such as ours the video we learned that at Tucson , then , was Cardinal Hume had died. designed to assist us in parMay he rest in peace. ticular to look at the The notion of the "colresponsibilities we have as legiality " of bishops was bishops to collaborate with one of the major points of our brother bishops in the attention of the Second universal Church , and Vatican Council. It both E especiall y with the succesemphasized the long-standa ing tradition that bishops sor of Blessed Peter the are successors to the £ Apostle, the Pope, to foster Apostles , whom Jesus the unity which Christ 3 formed and sent out not a. prayed for his Church , and just as individual "ambasZ whose effective guarantor y sadors" but as a "college." is the Holy Spirit. To be Together with Peter, the able to do this as bishops in The casket of Cardinal George Basil Hume is led head of the "college," they serving in a sing le country, down the nave of Westminster Cathedral dune 25 in constituted the "apostolic through our national concollege" to which the Lord London. Cardinal Hume,who died dune 17,videotaped ference of bishops , is an Jesus entrusted the respona message for the U.S. bishops' meeting in Tucson important dimension of our sibility for his Church. call as bishops. before he died. (See related sto ry, page 6) This Church is the people I think 1 can speak for Christ embraces in baptism all of us who attended in to form a community of disciples, to be led by their apos- saying that we were greatl y hel ped to know and live our tolic shepherd s as a pilgrim peop le who will evangelize episcopal collegiality by these days of spiritual , theologthe world about God's love in Christ , and who will be ical and practical reflection together. transformed into the hol y peop le of God read y for the fullness of his kingdom in heaven.

When a priest is ordained a bishop, receiving the fullA JL ness of the sacrament of holy orders , he is ordained as pastor of a "particular " church , like the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Diocese of Oakland or San Jose or Santa Rosa or the like . Auxiliary bishops , like Bishop Most Reverend William J. Levada John Wester here in San Francisco , or bishops with Archbishop of San Francisco assi gnments to special ministries like our apostolic nun-

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Disgraced former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari holds a press conference in Mexico City June 12 after a surprise return to his home country. Salinas will be called to testify regarding an alleged plot to murder Cardinal J uan Jesus Posadas Ocampo. The cardinal was gunned down along with six other people at the Guadalajara airport in 1993.

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BONN , Germany (CNS) — German leg islators voted June 24 to permit distribution of the aborlifacient RU-486 under restricted conditions.

The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament , passed a law that lets manufacturers ship RU1 486 directl y to hosp itals and doctors offices.The measure is an exception to German pharmaceutical law; normall y, prescription drugs are distributed throug h local pharmacies.

The head of the German bishops ' conference , Bishop Karl Lehmann of Mainz , said June 25 that because the leg islation lets abortifacients be viewed as medicine , it treats pregnancy as if it were an illness.

Cardinal Hume buried

LONDON (CNS) — Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster was a "shepherd after God's own heart " who was able to deeply touch people 's lives because he knew God , said a British bishop at the cardinal ' s funeral Mass.

Thousands of people — including British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern — gathered in Westminster Cathedra! June 25 to mourn Cardinal Hume , who at age 76 died of cancer June 17.

Britain 's Queen Elizabeth II, who recentl y conferred the Order of Merit on ' the cardinal , was represented by the Duchess of Kent at the funeral Mass.

Cardinal Edward I. Cassid y, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, brought greetings and condolences from Pope John Paul II. Throughout the two-hour Mass, the cardinal' s plain wooden coffi n rested in front of the sanctuary, raised hi gh on a dais and topped onl y with the Book of the Gospels and his red biretta. As the coffin was blessed at the end of Mass, monks from Ampleforth Abbey, where Cardinal Hume had become a monk at the age of 18, sang the Susci pe — the simp le prayer from the Rite of Profession , also sung at a the funeral of a monk.

Bach palliative care bill

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In testimony on Capitol Hill , an official of the U.S. bishops ' Secretariat for Pro : Life Activities reiterated the bishops ' strong support for a bill that would clarif y federal law on the use of controlled substances and provide federal support for training in palliative care.

Richard M. Doerflinger , associate director for policy development at the secretariat , detailed the bishops ' support for the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 — H.R. 2260 — June 24 before the House Judiciary Subcommitte e on the Constitution.

According to Doerflinger , swift enactment is necessary "to correct a seriously flawed 1998 ruling by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno , which authorizes the use of federall y regulated drugs to assist vulnerable

The Education Foundation ol the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced it will award nearl y $4.25 million in tuition assistance to 4,443 students who will attend Catholic schools next year. This represents a 10 percent increase in financial support oyer the past year, as well as the largest number of annual tuition awards support ed by the Foundation in its 12-year history.

"We are deli g hted to be able to provide this hel p for so many of our students ," said Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles and the foundation 's chairman. "This represents a substantial effort on the part of our donors to ensure as many students as possible can take advantage of a Catholic education. " The foundation was organized under the ausp ices of the Archdiocese by a group of volunteers interested in providing tuition assistance to students attending Archdiocesan schools which educate roug hl y 100,000 elementary and high school students..

Grants ol" $800 for elementary students and $1 ,500 for secondary students cover onl y part of the cost of the education provided at archdiocesan schools in Los Angeles , Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Parental contributions , parish support and other fundraising make up the difference.

Ursuline Sister Dianna Ortiz at a press conference outside the Capitol calls on the U.S. government to follow the interests of human rights in setting policy. She and several other victims of torture gave personal testimonies during the press conference June 22.

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During the seven-day trial , the victim , a woman now aged 21 who cannot be named for legal reasons , said she was indecentl y assaulted twice by Paul "Pablo " McCabe, now aged 50, while Nora Wall , now aged 51, held her down by the legs and ankles.

Wall , who was known as Sister Dominic when she was a member of the Mercy order and administrator of St. Michael Child Care Center in Cappoquin , County Waterford , denied the charges.

Following the jud gment June 10, the Mercy Sisters issued a statement say ing: "We are all devastated by the revolting crimes which resulted in these verdicts.

Our hearts go out to this young woman who, as a child , was p laced in our care . Her courage in coming forward was heroic. We beg anyone who was abused whilst in our care to go to the Gardai (the Irish police force). " Sister Dominic left the Mercy order in 1992.

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STEUBENVILLE , Ohio (CNS) — They filled the parking lots with lour buses and the air with the sounds of popular Christian music. They stood in long lines for confession , took a chastity pledge , and heard stories of conversion from fellow teens.

"They" were more than 2,500 teens from 24 stales and Canada who poured onto the Franciscan University of Steubenville campus for the "Goin ' Home to My Father 's House " youth conference held June 18-20.

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both the authority and role of the bishop and the academic integrity of the theDuring a June 21 panel discussion ologian. at the University of San Francisco , five — Apprehension that schools perleading Jesuit educator s expressed ceived as ti ghtl y controlled by the strong concerns about proposed norms Church would be challenged by advofor imp lementing Pope John Paul' s cates of rigid separation of church and apostolic constitution "Ex Corde state leading to losses of state and fedEcclesiae " ("From the Heart of the eral dollars.

Church") in the United States.

Jesuit Father Michael J. Sheeran , The discussion was part of the June president of Regis University in Denver , 20-22 national convention of the Jesuit said Reg is "will find itself in court Advancement Administrators. rather quickl y " and much government While say ing they had no problem student financial aid "will be in jeop"embracing the spirit" of the document , ardy," if stringent theology mandates which encourages strong emphasis on are required or if "faithful Catholic " the Catholic character of Catholic col- majorities are mandated for faculties or leges and universities , the presidents of boards of trustees.

Colorado 's laws have a strong antifour Jesuit schools and the president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Churc h bias , he said, indicating he felt the Universities agreed on a number of con- state would take aim at the univers ity on cerns about currentl y proposed juridical separation of church and state issues. norms for imp lementing the 9-year-old AJCU president Father Charles L. , constitution including: Currie told the audience of more than 200 — Fear that insisting that a majority that a "critical mass" of faculty and of a college 's or university 's faculty mem- administrators "committed to the mission bers be "faithand identity " of " ful Catholics a Catholic Defining and enforcing 'the might send a school is signal to non- notion of faithful Catholics' important.

"The proCatholic faculty members offers a 'tremendous blem comes when you start they are "sec¦ putting a quota ond class" and opp ortunity for witch hunts ' on that ," the at the same ' 'vigilante or tactics...

Jesuit said. He *ime become <n excuse to t e r m e d "o b n o x i o u s " get rid of people you don 't like" by questioning their the proposed requirement that Catholic colleges and universities have faculties Church loyalty or faith lives.

— Worry that requiri ng instructors of which the majorities are faithful of Catholic theology obtain a mandate Catholics , stressing that many nonfrom the local bishop would be very dif- Catholics are as supportive of Catholic ficult to carry out in a way that respects education as Catholics.

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Association of Catholic Colleges and Father Sheeran agreed. "It can be Universities , which represents about 90 hel pful to ask percent of the what the term 230-plus U.S. The USF p resident underscored 'faithful Catholic colleges and uniCatholic ' versities. The means. " He the 'extraordinary impo rtance ' asked if diACCU recentquality dialogue between of vorced and ly formulated remarried an alternative school administrators... and the proposal for Catholics the juridical should be resident bishop. shunned , if norms of "Ex people should Corde." be questioned on their fidelity to birth The U.S. bishops ' committee in control teachings , or to what degree charge of presenting the body of U.S. people should be jud ged on their prac- bishops with a suggested set of juridical tice of Church social teachings. norms was scheduled to meet June 28"When ," he asked , "does a person 29, Father Currie said. cease to be a faithful Catholic?"

Other observations by panelists Jesuit Father Robert E. Manning, included those of University of San another panelist , pointed out that his Francisco president Jesuit Father John Weston Jesuit School of Theology in P. Schlegel who said deliberation surCambridge , Mass., would not be direct- rounding "Ex Corde" has increasing ly ly affected by "Ex Cord e Ecclesiae" become a "tripartite conversation " as because its pontifical faculty comes lay persons, often members of schools' under the direct overs i ght of the Society board s, "have made their concerns of Jesus and the Vatican. Still , he said , known as well" to local bishops. the scrutiny of Weston by Rome "does The USF president underscored the "extraordinary importance" of quality dianot guarantee its Catholicity."

"A consp iracy of wills " is needed to logue between school administrators, espemake a school "trul y Catholic ," he said. cially the president, and the resident bishFather Manning said behind-the- op. He indicated that he and San scenes conversations about "Ex Corde Francisco's Archbishop William J. Levada Ecclesiae" indicate many view it as "a loy- were not necessarily always "of a like alty test for the Holy Father" and that some mind," but that there has been ongoing bishops see its implementation "asa kind conversation between him and the of gift to him at this time in his pontifi- Archbishop. cate."

The fifth panelist was Jesuit Father AJCU's Father Currie said some James E. Hoff , president of Xavier view implementation of "Ex Corde" as University in Cincinnati.

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St. Brendan Parish Center fimdraising drive tops goal St. Brendan Parish has raised more than will be able to expand ministry to our senioi $2.7 million since January when it began a citizens , youth and young adults ," he said campaign to finance the construction of a adding that space limitations had been a constraint in assisting those new $2.1 million parish groups. scheduled for center, til "Every famil y has ground breaking in Z wanted this parish cenMay of next year , "V ter for as long as I can -a parish officials have > said -o reported. remember," — O Suzanne McCarth y, an The money raised in H O alumna of the parish excess of the fimdraisschool , and , with her ing goal will be used to During a ceremonial groundbreaking are ,from left (foreground): Father John husband Bob, a member Create an endowment Cloherty, pastor; Franciscan Sister Therese Improgo ,princi pal; Val Mandapat, of the parish center for future for the facility project manager; and and Krystle Mae Pascua ,former student body president , steering committee. "It pmaintenance and equi class of '99. Mandapat has two children attending Holy Angels — is wonderful to finall y The ment purchases.

Monica /first grade ,and Alexandra , second grade. get it. " campai gn to increase The 7,600the endowment is still square foot building will activel y in progress, have a large assembly they added. area/gym , a meeting The fundraisine drive , which also raised $190,000 for the room, kitchen , director 's office, and boys ' Archdiocese's educational endowment program and girls' bathrooms. The building will be body president , class of '99, was happy to Desp ite thick , wet Colma fog, warm — "Today's Students — Tomorrow's Leaders" named in honor of school's princi pal of 35 be part of the groundbreaking ceremonies. welcomes and joyous celebration — succeeded because of the acli ve partici pation years, Dominican Sister Diane Erbacher, "I'm so excited to break the ground of prevailed at the June 15 groundbr eaking of more than 100 volunteers , it was under- who has been an ardent supporter of the prowhat 's to come lor my ceremonies for Holy scored. Each member of the pari sh was contact- ject since it was conceived four years ago. school," she said. "This day Angels School' s new ed by volunteers , who also called on other sup- The building will be constructed on a portion is reassuring me when I am in science center, porters throughout the Archdiocese for financial of the school p layground. hi gh school, my grammar After the school choir St. Brendan 's Parish Center will more and logistical support. school will be taken care of sang "This Is the Day the More than 600 families—or about half than double the parish's meeting space for and has a bri ght future."

Lord Has Made ," the members of St. Brendan—made either social and liturgical events.

Elvira Schembri who Franciscan Sister Therese The project's steering committee included financial or in-kind contributions to the prodescribed herself as "a strong Improgo , princi pal , welFather Parenti , Sister Erbacher, Martin ject. parishioner " said, "I faithfull y comed the crowd. "Today, St. Brendan pastor, Father Tom Parenti , "Pete" Murp hy, Ed McGovern , Joe Toboni, attended every Thursday capithere is joy within the called the future center "a very welcome Chuck Higueras, Phil Johnson , Bob DeLiso, tal campai gn meeting because mistiness of the weather.

Nina Wards, the McCarthys, Mike Antonini , addition. " I can 't think of a better project There are so many to "It is our hope that with the new center we and Greg Beradi. than the future of our children. thank , so many behind the I wouldn 't-miss.this.-for anyscenes who have sacrificed thing in the world. " for this project. " "It 's not often we break Sister Therese continTears in her eyes , ground in the rain but rain ued , "Archbishop (William Principal Sister Therese helps things grow. The chilJ.) Levada sends his prayerImprogo addresses Holy dren can only prosper from ful best wishes and special Angels School science this day," said " superintenblessings. He regrets not center groundbreaking dent of schools, Dominican being able to attend but he ceremony guests.

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By Sharon Abercrombie The California Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement supporting the Definition of Marriage Initiative that will appear on the March 7, 2000 Primary ballot .

The initiative would p lace California 's current ban on same-sex marriages in the constitution b y adding a provision to the Famil y Code , say ing that onl y marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

Advocates of the initiative want to add the "or recognize" concept to law as a buffer against the potential of California being forced by federal law to recognize samesex marriages performed in other states by the U.S. Constitution 's requiring states to give "full faith and credit " to other states' laws.

The bishops join numerous other churches , organizations and individuals voicing support for the initiative which , state the bishops , "reaffirms the profound importance of marriage and the famil y in contemporary society." (See full text of bishops ' statement on page 5) "Catholic tradition maintains that marriage is a faithful , exclusive and lifelong union between one man and one woman joined in an intimate partnershi p of life and love," the bishops wrote in their June 18 statement. "This union

was instituted by God and by its very nature exists for the mutual fu lfillment of the husband and wife as well as for the procreation and education of children. " Underscoring that Jesus raised the natural contract of marriage to the dignity of a sacrament, the bishops said, "This special marital union thus becomes for the married coup le their fundamental way of attaining holiness of life. " Their statement affirms the theology of marriage articulated by Pope John Paul II in his 1994 Letter to Families and on many other occasions. The pontiff has emphasized that the marital union between a man and a woman in a "partnershi p of their whole life" is "ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and upbring ing of children".

"Other interpersonal unions which do not fulfill the above conditions cannot be recognized , despite certain growing trends wh ich represent a serious threat to the future of the famil y and of society itself ," the state's bishops ' statement said.

The bishops also note that in caring for and educating their children , "a mother and father serve not only their famil y but also expend personal resources and energy for the common good of society. Marriage and family life lived generously antici pates and prevents many of the social problems which plague society today."

A recent poll of 1,200 "likely" California voters showed

that 55 percent were in support of the Definition of Marriage Initiative. The A pril 1 7-22 poll was commissioned by the San Francisco-based Horizons Foundation , which is helping finance opposition to the initiative.

Senator Pete Knight (R-Palmdale) is the initiative 's sponsor. The proposed legislation is called the Kni ght Initiative by some. Many proponents , however, are calling the ballot measure the Protection of Marriage Initiative , including the state 's bishops. The official ballot title will be Definition of Marriage Initiative. Still others have referred to the initiative by the term used to describe federal legislation on the issue, Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

On June 17 the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce' s board of directors voted "by an overwhelming majority " to oppose what it called the "Knight Initiative ". "The Knig ht Initiative is a mean-spirited attack that is meant to be divisive , not to help California come together to grow and prosper and celebrate its diversity," said Rhea Serpan, the Chamber 's president and CEO. "Because California alread y prohibits same-gender marriages , the actual legal effect of the initiative would be to deny recognition of same-gender marriages performed in other states or countries, if such marriages were to become legal ," a Chamber press release stated.

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At the end of their stay, Sisters Jarrell and Reynolds presented their report to a meeting of Lithuanian superiors of women reli gious. Following is a partial list of those comments: • "Current efforts of the members to live together after a totall y different lived experience of many years of surviving on their own and living their consecrated lives successfull y are raising many questions. At the time that many of the current members joined their foundations , they presumed they would be responsible for their financial needs and for surviving alone for possibly their entire consecrated life. " • "The overall recommendation is that the women religious of Lithuania have much to offer to each other and to the rest of the Church. Their consecrated life and current lived experience needs to be nurtured and supported."

• The two canonists "feel deep concern that the Lithuanian women religious are possibly being asked to change too much too fast in their lived experience of the last 50 or more years. It is crucial to remember that there is not just one form of religious life recognized within the 1983 Code of Canon Law. It would be a great loss to the Body of Christ to lose the richness and energy of the lived experience of these last six decades in the history of religious life in Lithuania. Yet, this may be happening as these committed women are pressured to let go of what many of them found to be a viable expression of consecrated life."

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\. .we choose these men, our brothers, for the order of deacons' Deacons... ¦ Continued from page I "links between the word of God and active works of service and chari ty " to the "vast array of our brothers and sisters in Christ ," the Archbishop underscored that "the fundamental definition " of the permanent deacon rested "not in ministry " but in "the work Christ perfects in them through the sacrament of holy orders."

The 22 new deacons were first "presented" to the Archbishop on behalf of the Church by the Deacon Leon Kortenkamp, Permanent Diaconate Office director. The Archbishop then rituall y "chose" the candidates by stating, "We rely on the help of the Lord God and our savior Jesus Christ, and we choose these men, our brothers, for the order of deacons."

The standing-room onl y congregation responded by saying , "Thanks be to God," and with long applause.

Before receiving the candidates ' promises of obedience and the actual "Laying on of Hands " and prayer of consecration signify ing the conferral of holy orders, the Archbishop recognized the role the wives of the 18 married men in the deacon class had played in their formation program , and would play in their future ministries . He called attention to it in his homil y and later by ritualisticall y asking their public consent to their spouses ' ordinations.

During the ordination rite , the four unmarried deacon candidates made commitments of celibac y. By Church law, if widowed , married deacons are to remain single and celibate for the remainder of their lives as well.

Following the prayer of consecration , the new deacons were presented with the traditional signs of the diaconate — a stole and dalmatic. The dalmatic is an outer liturg ical garment with wide, short sleeves and open at the sides, reaching to the knees. The stole is the sash-like vestment worn on a deacon 's left shoulder.

Wives, family and friends helped the deacons don their vestments.

As clerics, permanent deacons are authorized to preach , to baptize, to marry, and to preside at funeral rites. They are not empowered to hear confessions, offer Mass, or sacramentall y anoint the sick.

During his homil y, Archbishop Levada called the deacons ' ordinations "a great moment of hope and joy for all of us on the eve of the new millennium. " He traced how a diaconal role had played a part in the Church since its earliest history and how deacons "share with priests " the "set-vice to God 's people — at the altar and in the community."

Calling the deacons to be "men filled with wisdom and the Holy Spirit ," the Archbishop charged them with "serving God and

mankind in love and joy " and "performing works of charity " in the name of the Church and archbishop.

The 22 ordinations brought the number of permanent deacons activel y serving in the Archdiocese to 72, according to Deacon Kortenkamp. A list of the new deacons and their parish assignments follows: Deacon Thomas J. Boyle and his wife, Catherine, live in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish , Redwood City. They are the parents of two grown children. He is an attorney with a specialty in workers ' compensation.

Both he and Catherine have been active in the parish in sacramental programs, religious education and liturg ical ministry.

Catherine was parish secretary for severa l years.

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fillment in the Church. " Deacon Boy le will continue in ministry at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel by appointment by Archbishop Levada.

Deacon John Wade Carpenter and his wife of 16 years, Jane, are members of St. Dominic Parish. They are the parents of a daug hter. The new deacon is a patent attorney and has been active in marriage preparation.

Deacon Carpenter said this about his call to ordained ministry, "I want to be a deacon to serve Jesus Christ 's Churc h and to hel p the members find their way to the Way, the Truth and the Life. " Archbishop Levada has appointed Deacon Carpenter to the Richmond District 's St. Monica Parish.

Deacon Romeo P. Ayalin and his wife, Cristine, are the parents of three grown sons and members of- St. Andrew Parish, Daly City where the new deacon will continue in ministry by appointment of Archbishop Levada. A mechanical engineer, he has previously served as the parish stewardshi p coordinator and been active with its RCIA and sacra ment preparation programs and St. Vincent de Paul Society conference.

The new deacon said his vocation is "Tti thanksgiving to God for the many blessings he gives me, my wife and our three children , particu larl y our handicapped child. I want to serve a larger community of our Church , especially the poor, the need y, the handicapped and their families. " Deacon Nathanael Bacon and his wife, Jenny, with their daughter and foster son are members of St. Peter Parish. Deacon Bacon completed an undergraduate degree in psychology at Stanford in 1986 and , since then, has held several positions in the non-profit sector. He is presentl y San Francisco director for the group InnerChange , an outreach program to the poor and marg inalized.

At St. Peter, where Deacon Bacon has been appointed by Archbishop Levada , he and Jenny oversee a ministry to at-risk Latino youth called Comunidad San Dimos.

The new deacon exp lains how he found his way to the diaconate. "In 1987, 1 felt a clear call from God to minister among the poor. In responding to that call I began ministering among homeless Latinos and was led by God to join the Catholic Church. The passion both my wife Jenny and I feel for justice and charity ministry among the alienated and marginalized led me to pursue the diaconate as an expression of that passion and a response to what we feel is God's call " Deacon Ed Cunningham and his wife, Catherine , are members of St. Anselm Parish , Ross where he will continue - in ministr y by appointment of Archbishop Levada. They are the parents of two grown daug hters. The retired hi gh school teacher is an eucharistic minister and lector and with Cathy is active with

parish sacrament preparation and- relig ious education programs.

He sought ordained ministry because, "I have always wanted to be of service to my Churc h and to my faith community and my wife and I have been involved in many ways over the years as best fitted our time and talents. The call to the diaconate seems a natural step as we pray to continue service. As a deacon , I hope to serve and , God willing, be a model of service to others."

Deacon Emmanuel Santillan, his wife, Maria Theresa, and their five-year-old daug hter live in St. Emydius Parish, where Deacon Santillan has been appointed by Archbishop Levada. The Caltrans employee been active in baptism preparation and confirmation formation at St. Emy dius and leads a youth prayer group and choir there.

About why he responded to the diaconate, he said , "I have heard and felt it in my heart that God wanted me to be a deacon.

M y wife and I responded to this call of our Lord and have been blessed immensel y in so many ways. I will be a deacon to serve, encourage, inspire and lead peop le back to God." Deacon Dick Enos and his wife, Janice, celebrated 42 years of marriage on June 15.

They are members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish , Mill Valley and the parents of four grown children. The new deacon has spent his entire career in civil eng i neering in roles from draftsman to manager. His ministry involvement at Our Lady of Mount Carmel includes parish council , Parents Teachers Group, RCIA ands serving as a lector and eucharistic minister. Deacon Enos will continue in ministry at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel by appointment of Archbishop Levada.

He considers the diaconate "another step along the way on my pilgrim journ ey to God with more ways to serve God' s community and creation. " Deacon Charles McNeil is a member of Sacred Heart Parish in San Francisco 's Western Addition and will minister there by appointment of Archbishop Levada. He has been a substance abuse counselor for 11 years. At Sacred Heart, his pastoral associate duties include visiting the sick , elderl y and imprisoned.

The deacon said, "I really want to minister to and with those who feel alienated or outside of the Church."

Deacon Dominick Peloso married Mary Ellen 25 years ago. They are the parents of three college-age childre n and members of Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park where the new deacon has been appointed by Archbishop Levada. Deacon Peloso has been a Menlo Park police officer since 1970 and its second in command since 1977. He is a former seminarian.

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"I was attracted to the diaconate as a way to serve and spread the Good News of the Catholic Church ," Deacon Peloso said.

Deacon Ramon C. De La Rosa and Cynthia were married the day after Christmas in 1976. With their two daughters , they are members of St. Bruno Parish , San Bruno where Deacon De La Rosa has been appointed by Archbishop Levada. The electronics engineer has helped his parish in its RCIA , marriage preparation pro-life and 6 famil y life programs. hThe deacon said , "The Churc h is in need X 0C of a great renewal and I am making myself /. sa- ' available for whatever the Lord may lead me _ t/i â&#x20AC;&#x17E; a. to contribute. " o y 5 Deacon Joseph LeBlanc with wife, z M~ Rebeca, and their daughter are members of St. Veronica Parish, South San Francisco Following the June 26 permanent deacon ordination ceremony, a reception was where Deacon LeBlanc will continue in held at the Cathedral which included live music in the plaza. ministry by appointment of Archbishop Levada. He is an education manager with IBM Corporation. At St. Veronica's, he has bring Christ to others with the graces and the Cathedral , he has also been president of been involved with adult education , RCIA opportunities the Lord provides ," Deacon its parish council and a member of its liturYoung said. and hospital ministry. gy committee.

Deacon Antonio Paulino married The new deacon said he sees his vocation Deacon Boulware said his vocation came as an opportunity to "share my gifts with the Rosita 36 years ago in the Philippines. They "at a point in my life where I became aware people of God in the Archdiocese of San are the parents of a grown son and members of how much I had been given. It was time Francisco by trying in some small way to of Hol y Angels Parish , Colma where to start giving back and the calling to the diaDeacon Paulino 's ministry will continue by conate was an ideal way, in my mind , to emulate Christ as servant."

Deacon Bill Turrentine and his wife, appointment of Archbishop Levada. return to God, throug h service to the Churc h, The new deacon has been a financial con- as much of my talent that time would make Pat, are the parents of five school-age sons with whom they are members of St. Rita sultant , educator and Foreign Service officer available to me. The more I give, the more Parish , Fairfax. He is self-emp loyed. Parish during his 40-year working career. He is grace flows in my direction. " ministries have included teaching Natural experienced in sacrament preparation , parish Deacon Faiva Pooi, a chef and dietician , married Ofa in 1972. They are the parents of Famil y Planning and involvement in RCIA. work and ministry to the sick.

"I applied for the diaconate program in three grown children and belong to St. marriage preparation and liturgy. Deacon Turrentine , who will continue in ministry at the expectation that it will prepare me to bet- Timoth y Parish in San Mateo where by appointment of Archbishop Levada the new St. Rita 's by appointment of Archbishop ter serve others," Deacon Paulino said.

Deacon John S. Bettencourt , a member deacon will continue to minister.

Levada, is also director of the St. Vincent de of Most Holy Redeemer Parish , has been in His work at the parish has included Paul Dining Room in San Rafael.

"I am eager to serve the people of God in the office supply industry for more than 30 RCJA , youth ministry, liturgical ministry these times of confusion and opportunity, " years. At the parish , where he will continue and .sacrament preparation.

"I have lots of patience and I love peoDeacon Turrentine said. "My goals are to to minister by appointment of Archbishop assist at liturgy, to help at my parish, to Levada, he has worked with AIDS patients, ple," Deacon Pooi said. "With God's help preach and to bear witness to our Lord's love nursing home residents and in detention I'll do a good job as a deacon." ministry.

Deacon George A. Salinger and his for the poor."

The new deacon said his ordination is an wife , Yvonne, celebrate 50 years of mar, Deacon Mike Young and his wife Martha , have been married 42 years and are opportunity to reach and serve all people in riage on Jul y 23. They have four children , the parents of 12 children ranging in age the Archdiocese who need hel p and spiritual four grandchildren and two great grandchilfrom 18 to 41. They are members of St. community. I have been blessed and need to dren and are members of St. Matthias Parish , Redwood City where the new deacon has Charles Parish , San Carlos where Deacon share these blessings with all people."

Boulware is and will Deacon Peter J. been assigned to continue in ministry by Young will continue to minister by appointcontinue to be a well-known face at St. Archbishop Levada. ment of Archbishop Levada.

Mary Cathedral where he has often served Deacon Salinger, a certified alcohol and The sales manager has been involved in as master of ceremonies for major liturg ies drug counselor, ministered for eight years at ical ministry and detention ministry, liturg since 1994 and where he has been appointSan Quentin.

He has also been active in reli g ious education.

Archbishop ed to continue in ministry by ministry and Marriage Encounter. liturgical and spiritual "All the many material Levada.

He retired from Pacific Bell in "I want to serve the Church in a meanbestowed on me have blessings that God has 1990.

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Archdiocese of San Francisco permanent deacon candidates and their wives took part in a June 11-13 retreat at San Damiano Retreat House , Danville , in preparation for their June 26 ordinations. Bishop of Yakima Carlos A. Sevilla, S.J., a former San Francisco auxiliary bishop, directed the retreat (in photo at rig ht in Roman collar) and took part in the ordination ceremony as well.

gotten and condemned by society, " Deacon Salinger said. I want to serve God and dedicate my life as a disci ple of Jesus. " Deacon William F. Bruening, a college level accounting instructor , is a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Hel p Parish in Dal y City where he has been involved in sacrament preparation and RENEW 2000 and where he will continue in ministry by appointment of Archbishop Levada.

"The Church has been a large part of my life ," Deacon Bruening said. "I wish to share my experience and faith with my fellow parishioners ."

Deacon Paul and Sally Lucia will celebrate 25 years of mamage on March 15, 2000. They are the parents of a college-age son and members of St. Luke Parish , Foster City where the new deacon will continue in ministry by appointment of Archbishop Levada.

Deacon Lucia, a 25-year veteran of the Menlo Park Police Department who retired July 1, has experience in ministry to the sick and sacrament preparation .

"God has blessed my family and me abundantl y," Deacon Lucia said. "I would like to give myself in service to God throug h the Church as a deacon."

Deacon Robert Kahn and his wife, Christine, are the parents of four school-age children and members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish , Belmont where the new deacon will continue in ministry by appointment of Archbishop Levada.

Deacon Kahn , who works in the automotive industry, has experience in detention ministry, marriage preparation and reli gious education .

He said his goal as a deacon is "to fulfill the Gospel of the Lord" which in the story of the Good Samaritan says "go and do the same."

Deacon James Myers and his wife, Linda, celebrated 35 years of marriage in 1998. They are the parents of three grown children and members of St. Isabella Parish , San Rafael where Linda is director of music.

Deacon Myers, who will continue in ministry at St. Isabella by appointment of Archbishop Levada , is a career broadcaster and more recently a facilitator of management and sales seminars. He is a sought after master of ceremonies for sports and social events.

Deacon Myers sees his vocation as a way "to serve my God, my priests and my fellow people bringing whatever hel p I can to troubled situations. " He says he wants "to spread the Gospel to those I come in contact with not throug h what I say but what I do." He said he also wants " to work on my own relationshi p with Jesus."

Against doctors' advice, Charlotteand George Kiesel interrupted treatment for their leukemia-stricken daughter and took her to Lourdes, France...

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Lourdes, 1987:

She didn't really understand why she was there. Desperately ill from acute lymphocytic leukemia, she slept through most of the Masses and other reli gious events.

However, by the end of the week, Katie Kiesel from Burlingame was sipping Lourdes water instead of antacids.

The painful mouth and esophageal ulcers caused by chemotherapy were subsiding, allowing her to eat normally.

"I'm coming back here next year as a volunteer," the 13-year-old seventh grader vowed at dinner , the ni ght before she returned home.

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Katie Kiesel kept her promise.

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;: Young Katie Kiesel is pictured with caregiver Bunny Lewis at Lourdes ,France , in 1987.

For the past dozen springs, Kiesel, now 25, lias been a part of the annual Kni ghts of Malta trip to France, serving as a volunteer helper. She helps take the sick everywhere —to the Blessed Mother figure prominendy in her life as a teacher, Masses , to meals, to the spring waters ,to the candlelight pro- • she said. cessions , to all the events that fill visitors' days there.

After graduating from San Jose 's Santa Clara Kiesel's leukemia remains in remission. "She and Mary University, Kiesel taught English and religion last year at are on a first name basis," laughs her mother, Charlotte Kiesel. Visitation Academy in Georgetown near Washington, D.C. Of the millions of desperately sick pilgrims who have This summer she is teaching language arts at Mercy traveled to this French mountain town since Mary's appearance High School in Burlingame. She says she mi ght stay on the to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous beginning Feb. 11, 1858 , West Coast this fall to pursue graduate studies in theology.

65 healings have been qualified as miracles by the Church.

Kiesel sees herself as a "mentor for kids." They are , she Mi ght Katie Kiesel's healing qualify as the 66 &.> According says, fascinated by the Lourdes story, which she doesn't hesitate to Dr. Robert Stein of Walnut Creek, a member of the Lourdes to share. "They need to know diat miracles do happen in the medical society and a Knight of Malta himself, an individual can modern world." It is important that youth learn not to take qualify as a candidate for the life for granted , she believes. designation of miracle if he or "After I got sick , I learned she has remained in remission to appreciate the little things from illness for 10 years. that came with each day. It "Katie is now in her made me grow up fast."

13th year," said Dr. Stein , a What does she rememretired anestiiesiologist from ber most about that first Mount Diablo Medical Lourdes ' experience?

Center in Concord. He Although she was running a believes there can be a confever and sleeping through nection between spiritual many of the events, Kiesel experience and a positive auto-immune response to sickness. says she was moved by large groups of people "praying for die He is currendy in the process of collecting Kiesel's same thing." medical records for the Lourdes committee that reviews After 13 trips, she is still deeply moved. "I still can't potential miracles. The investigation will take about a year , he explain it. All I know is, die experience gets better each year." She said. If the young woman's case meets die committee's crite- adds softly: "The first experience was like a closed rose. Over the ria, Kiesel could become not only the 66th miracle, but the years, everything begins to sink in, and then it blossoms." first American to receive die designation.

Lourdes' first official miracle took place during die Kiesel was first diagnosed with leukemia when she winter of 1858 when a nine-months-pregnant woman dipped was eight years old. It re-occurred when she was in the sev- her paralyzed arm into the spring that today feeds Lourdes' enth grade at Our Lady of the Angels School in Burlingame, famed baths and water outiets. Immediately, warmth shot said her mother. The Lourdes trip was a desperate act of faith through her arm. As she lifted it up from die water, her finon the part of Charlotte and George Kiesel to save their gers straightened for die first time in her life. The paralysis youngest's child's life. They interrupted her series of was completely gone. chemotherapy treatments against medical advice.

In addition to the 65 authenticated miracles since Following the healing, the couple became a Knight 1858, there have been some 5,000 inexplicable healings — in and Dame of Malta. George Kiesel served as chair of die pil- addition to millions of moral and spiritual healings that pilgrimages in 1995, 1996 and 1997. grims experience each year at the pilgrimage site , reports die - To this day, Katie Kiesel doesn't know why she has shrine's Internet web site (www.sudfr.com/lourdes/). been healed. "Maybe I'm supposed to do something. I Mary's 18 visits to Bernadette Soubirous lasted until believe there is a plan for every one of us," she said.

May, 1858. Mary's chief message was to pray for die converAt this moment she doesn't know how it might even- sion of sinners and do penance. tually play out in her own life. Yet talking and teaching about

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The youngster could be featured on an installment of the television news magazine "48 Hours " in August or September, CBS told Order officials.

- ¦¦I he went to Lourdes , France hoping for a miracu'% lous cure for her multiple-sclerosis. After returning !-- , /' from the site where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette, the sick woman wrote: "The cure is love."

A very ill youngster also wrote to the members of the Order of Malta who had sponsored his pilgrimage.

"Thank you for letting us go to Lourdes. You could ju st feel the holiness in the air," he printed. He did not mention his malady.

The youngster and the woman were two of 219 participants in the April 28-May 5 pilgrimage to Lourdes carried out by Western Association of die Order of Malta.

Forty-three of the pilgrims were "malades" (the sick).

The balance were support staff: - physicians, nurses, chaplains, family and friends - including retired San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn who is the Conventual Grand Cross Chaplain, an honorem.

Moving stories of physical, spiritual, emotional and moral healings abound from the persons who have visited Lourdes as part of the 23 annual pilgrimages sponsored to date by the Malta Order's Western Association (U.S. west of the Rockies) - from the sick as well as from those who tell you they went along to help the sick.

A Dame of Malta , Lucille Sanchez-Corca tells the story of a yoimg husband who went along to Lourdes only to attend to his cancer-stricken wife. Not Catholic, he was bitter and angry. He freely told others he could not imagine a God who could allow such tragedy to strike a young mother of three.

By the end of the pilgrimage he publicly declared that no matter what happened to his wife, he had found

die "grace and strength" to accept providence. His wife did survive, Sanchez-Corea said, "but the big miracle was his change of heart. " Today he is a devout, practicing Catholic, she said.

Sanchez-Corea's husband , Antonio, was chairman of this and last year's pilgrimage, and will spearhead next year 's before his stint in that capacity ends.

Western Association president Richard J. Dunn praised the "extraordinary job " done by the SanchezCoreas and others involved in the 23rd p ilgrimage , to date the largest since the first in the mid-1970s.

Planning and coordinating the pilgrimage is a massive undertaking, Dunn said, noting that planning for next year's has already begun.

The Kni ghts and Dames of Malta underwrite the entire cost of die pilgrimage for the sick and their families, Dunn said.

The selection process for the sick to be taken on the journey begins in the fall when a letter is sent to pastors of the region inviting them to suggest potential candidates. Those nominations are followed by an application form and letter. The evaluation takes into account several criteria, Order officials said , including a person's medical situation, p hysical ability to make the tri p, and financial circumstances.

The Order of Malta is a 900-year-old international lay religious order whose members take a vow to care for the sick and the poor and to defend the faith.

Regionally the Order helps support over 40 apostolates , notably St. Anne Home in San Francisco and Mercy Retirement Home in Oakland.

The Western Association was the first of the three American branches of die Order to establish pil grimages to Lourdes.

In her recent thank you letter to the Order members, the woman suffering from multi ple-sclerosis wrote, "When I was diagnosed with MS, I told my mom it was ok , that I'd see Europe one day from heaven. I saw heaven one week from Lourdes; the living God manifested in people of service in the Knights of Malta." £ d Four of the registered nurses on the Order jjj of Malta's Western Association 's pilgrimis age to Lourdes,France were ,from left: | Adele Dunnigan, Mercy Sister Marcia | Kinces,Jane Hughan,and Charlotte Wiard

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Congratulations to deacons The Archdiocese of San Francisco has cause to rejoice at the recent ordination of 22 men to the permanent diaconate. The journey .that they and their spouses have chosen is one of service to God and the Church. The newly ordained permanent deacons re flect the great diversity that exists in the Archdiocese, and as they contintie their ministries, we extend to them our congratulations and gratitude.

Protection of Marriage Ini tiative merits supp ort

The Protection of Marriage Initiative, which wril appear on the March 2000 Primary Ballot in California, states simply that "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." This ballot initiative would further clarify existing state law, passed in 1977, which says that marriage in California is a relationship between one man and one woman. Thus, the initiative seeks to avoid putting California in a position of having to recognize same-sex marriages that may be performed in another state. Recently, the Catholic Bishops of California urged members of the Church and other Californians to support and work for the passage of the initiative.

In a statement issued by the California Conference of Bishops two weeks ago, the state's Catholic religious leaders reaffirmed the profound importance of marriage and family in our society in a statement ti tled "For the Protection of Marriage." (See text on page 5.) The bishops drew upon the writings of Pope John Paul II, who has said that marriage "... undergirds the institution of the family, is constituted by the covenant whereby 'a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of their whole life,' and which 'of its very nature is ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children.' Only such a union can be recognized and ratified as a 'marriage' in society. Other interpersonal unions which do not fulfill the above conditions cannot be recognized, despite growing trends which represent a serious threat to the future of the family and of society itself" The overall tone and tenor of the bishops' statement is one of sincere faith and respect, calling upon all of the people of California to recommit themselves "to uphold the dignity of every person, to acknowledge individual rights and responsibilities, and to support forthrightly the unique and irreplaceable role of marriage which is fundamental to society."

In the next nine months, as California moves toward the March 2000 vote, it is likely that public discussion of the initiative will not always be so high minded. Already, some opponents of the Protection of Marriage Initiative are describing those who favor the initiative as being on the "radical right." This is a kind of thinking that says, "Either you agree with my position or you are homophobic," a kind of thinking that seeks to polarize rather than to foster understanding and dialogue. We urge support for the initiative.

Surely, there must be better ways to address legitimate concerns other than seeking to undermine the tradition of marriage, which is held sacred by so many faiths and individuals.

America 's public p olicies built on religious belief s

On this Fourth of Jul y holiday, we might consider the importance of religion in the history and the life of our nation. From Washington on, American presidents have noted the significant role of religious beliefs in building up the common good. The French writer Alexis De Toqueville wrote in 1830 that, for Americans, "Religion ... must be considered as the foremost of their political institutions," serving as the foundation of our democracy. Rather than being ridiculed, as is popular in some quarters, the positive influence of religious belief in setting public policies should be acknowledged and respected.

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we owe thoug htfu l concern for those reci pients of cash assistance who suffer substance abuse. Trag icall y, their addictions drive many to use the cash for drugs or alcohol before basic necessities. The unintended consequence of 100 perecent cash assistance is fueling self-destructive behavior and subsidizing li quor sales and drug dealers.

A remed y is SF CARES (San Franciscans for Cash Assistance Reform with Enhanced Services). It will result in savings that can provide an even hi gher level of service to the need y. The reform proposed to Supervisors by Earl Rynerson , a former commissioner of the San Francisco Human Services Commission , calls for improved verification and 85 percent of assistance in non-cash basic services with 15 percent in cash for small expenses. San J Franciscans who care about the need y will want to support SF CARES. Mike DeNunzio San Francisco

We are writing in regard to HR 1095, the Debt Relief for Poverty Reduction Act of 1999.

As you know , the international as well as national Jubilee 2000 campai gns call for a debl forg iveness plan for Hi ghl y Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). Most of the princi pal on these debts has been paid , but rapid and erratic jumps in interest rates have mandated cuts in health care , education and agriculture for home consumption , p lacing an unconscionable burden on the most vulnerable peop le.

We applaud the bilateral part of the bill , which would bring restoration of education and health care to debt forgiveness by our own country , throug h President Clinton 's signature.

However , what HR 1095 gives with one hand , it takes with the other. In the section dealing with multilateral debt, it allows conditions for multilateral loans (in which the U.S. has lending partners) to continue the same harsh Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) that limit social spending and penalize The June 11 Catholic San small farmers and micro industries.

Francisco has taken coverage of How terrible that hard-working Archbishop William J. Levada to farm families must go hungry. This an unprecedented level. part of HR 1095 is being proposed The Archbishop 's name is in a in spite of the fact that those who page 1 headline. A photo appears would be affected by it, particularl y on page 2 and his name heads the Africans , have not even been coneditorial masthead. Page 3 finds sulted as to the effects of the prohis name in another headline , topgrams that would be continued. ping a photo. The full name and We think this bill should be title , Archbishop William J. split in two , as advocated by Levada , is found in three places.

Network Catholic Social Justice "Archbishop " or References Lobby and the Sisters of the Hol y "Archbishop Levada " are scattered Cross in Indiana: one dealing with seven times throug hout two artibilateral relief from the U.S., the cles. Page 5 has a photo, name in other with multilateral. the caption , signature , and signaSocial Justice Task Force ture block. Page 6 contains another St. Peter Parish, Paciflca: photo and two comp lete names Mary Lou Geimer, with title. Page 7 has a photo and Monica Olsen, full name with title. Finall y, page 8 Peggy O'Grady, contains yet another photo and two Dorothy Stanek , more full names with title.

Jack Donnellan, To summarize: In the first eight Sister Deanna Von Bargen pages , the Archbishop 's name or image can be found in two headlines and six photograp hs. His full name and title is ' As a member of the National Society printed 11 times followed by eight other of Fund Raising Executives I welcome the personal references. decision of the San Francisco Board of I think it is understoo d by all that Supervisors to delay the living wage pro- Catholic San Francisco is the jou rnalistic posal for further stud y. An unstudied voice of the Archdiocese. Its purpose is to imp lementation of this well-intentioned portray official activity in a positive li ght. measure can produce unintended conse- However, the Archdiocese contains thouquences and hurt some non-profits that sands of men and woman who dedicate offer young people their first opportunity their lives to Christ and serve him in a to enter the work force. heroic manner. Focusing on the Likewise , because of unintended Archbishop to the exclusion of others will consequences , the present County Adult steadil y erode your paper 's credibility. In Assistance Program requires reform. At the long run , the Archbishop will be ill present, one of every 72 people in San served.

Francisco receives this assistance. Clearly Joe Cowan we have a serious moral obli gation tc San Francisco assist all needy people. For this reason,

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Confused ?

Poor August C. Pijma of Redwood City ("Letters," June II) . He appears to be confused. I am a Catholic who voted for Clinton , Boxer, Feinstein and Davis.

Good men and women did vote, and thank goodness "they triumphed over evil" .

Ruth F. Becker Daly City

Not ordinary at all

"The Lord be with you." This is quite an ordinary statement. How many times is the statement proven?

Driving a minivan on a divided hi ghway (with traffic signals), and having green li ghts as far as I could see, I was struck nearl y head-on by another motorist LETTERS, page 23

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Paranoid secularists and public schools

George Weigel J-Viore than one observer whose judgment I respect believes the Columbine Hi gh School massacre in Littleton , Colo., will be a great turning point in the American culture war. At the very least, these friends argue, Columbine will empower parents to stand up at local school board meetings and say, "Wait a minute.

Remember what happened in Colorado? Let 's think about this some more... " Just how much courage that will still take was made painfully clear a few weeks after the Littleton horror by an incident at Deer Path Elementary School in Lake Forest, 111., as reported by John Kass in the Chicago Tribune.

A small group of third-grade boys were behaving strangel y, at least by the lights of the authorities at the Deer Path public school. The boys seemed to form a cli que. They met on the playground for what appeared to be curious , even dangerous , rituals. They wore unfamiliar medals around their necks and made strange gesture s during their meetings , where a lot of whispering went on , rh ythmically, and in what sounded like code language.

Cli ques. Incantations. Ritualistic behavior. The Deer Path authorities moved quickl y to break up this

threat. The leader of the "cli que ," a youngster named naked public square ," to suggest what America would Christian Neubauer , was called in and interrogated. So look like shorn of reli gious symbols , reli giously-groundwere other boys. Teachers and other faculty tried to get ed values, and reli gious ideas , things have gotten them to inform on each other. What were they doing? demonstrabl y worse in some quarters. Some naked public squares have become free-fi re zones in which it is Who was involved? What were these medals?

The boys , it turned out, called themselves the open season on reli gious conviction and expression.

"Peace Club." They had been pray ing the rosary and Deer Path Elementary School was one such zone of offi reciting the Prayer of St. Francis that begins, "Lord, ciall y enforced , state-sponsore d secularism , until make me an instrument of your peace.. ," The medal was Jennifer Neubauer said, "No." Which brings us back to Columbine Hi gh School. the Miraculous Medal.

No problem? Not quite . One of Christian Neubauer 's Although this facet of its life was not very extensivel y teachers told him that praying at home was all right , but reported at the time of the massacre , Columbine was a praying at school wasn 't. "Leave your religious issues at dream school, so far as the secularist education estabhome," she ordered. Christian 's mother, Jennifer, was lishment was concerned. It took values-clari fication hauled before the star chamber in the princi pal's office seriously (but it didn 't teach the virtues). It specialized and queried about the Marian medals. "How would you in self-esteem programs (but not in challeng ing teenfeel ," the princi pal asked, "if your son came home wear- agers to the mora l heroism of self-mastery). It was the ing a swastika around his neck? How would you like it if naked public square, upper-middle-class division. And we allowed devil m it became a killing ground. worship in the Some naked pub lic squares have become school?"

The two pheThe inquisinomena cannot be in which it is open season on unrelated. tors were obvi- f ree-fi rezones When illthe onl y moral ousl y religious conviction and expression. absolute taug ht and informed about enforced in public many things.

One of the facts of which they were ignorant was Jennifer schools is political correctness , and when children are Neubauer 's resume. Ms. Neubauer is an attorney who did regularl y subjected to the toxic waste dump of vionot take kindly to the equation of the rosary with a satanic lence and degraded sexuality that is too much of rite and the Miraculous Medal with the swastika. The today 's pop culture , no one should be surprised if the school officials were informed they were way out of line, result is drastic moral deformation. Nor should anyone and that even the Clinton administration had defended the be surprised if the result of that deformation is ghastright of childre n to pray at school during recess. The inqui- ly, public , and lethal. That is what Columbine should sition finally stopped. A school official said it had all been have taught.

They evidentl y didn 't get the word in Lake Forest. a misunderstanding.

You bet.

The "misunderstanding " is pervasive throughout the secularist educational establishment. In the 15 years George Weigel is a senior fello w of the Ethics and since Richard John Neuhaus coined the phrase, "the Public Policy Center in Washington, D. C.

On Being Canine

'Brandy ' puts 'paw to keypad ' and shares thoug hts

By Brand y

I think one of

(Ed. note: The following was submitted in lieu of Father Milton T. Walsh 's regular "On Being Catholic " column.

Brandy and Fa ther Walsh currently reside at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park , where Father Walsh teaches theology and Brand y "teaches " Father Walsh.)

the reasons the saints like us dogs is that we can teach you how to p ray.

My owner is away. "On a pilgrimage ," he said , but it sounds like a vacation to me.

Brandy and her pet "Snoopy " He left without submittin g his article to Catholic San Francisco, so I guess it 's up to man 's best scene and chase off the thugs. One of my favorites was friend to cover for him. 1 will put paw to keypad and Philip Neri , who had a pet cat (no accounting for taste), but also used a dog in spiritual direction. One of share a lew thoug hts. , First , Father Walsh calls himself my owner but I his penitents was preening himself on having been think "guardian " would be better — and more theo- made a monsi gnor , so St. Phili p ordered him to put on logically precise. It seems to me that what got you all his fancy robes. Then he gave him a large dog with human beings into hot water in Eden was thinking you a big bow tied around his neck and had him run owned the garden. God has g iven you this planet as a through the streets of Rome carrying the hound.

I think one of the reasons the saints like us dogs is gift , and called you to be stewards of it. When you forget about God , you tend to put yourselves in his place that we can teach you how to pray. If you related to and think you own the earth. So , guardian or compan- God as we relate to you , you would be well along on the path to holiness. I like just being around my. ion , please, not "owner."

The saints have always enjoyed our company. Don guardian. Certainly there are times when 1 am most Bosco had a great big dog which was his guardian: attentive to him , like when he 's eating something or whenever the saint was in danger of getting beaten up picks up my leash , but even when I seem to be dozing (more common treatment accorded the saints than you I am aware of his presence all the time. All he has to might imagine) "Signor Grigio " would show up on the do is call my name and I wag my tail with joy. If he

goes from one room to another, I usuall y follow him — and I certainl y like to know where he is.

Apply this to your relationshi p with God. There are ti mes when you are very attentive to him , like when you are intentionally conversing with God in prayer.

But if you could develop an awareness of God's presence throughout the day, and could enjoy just being with God , your spiritual life would greatly improve. If you keep an awareness of where God is even when you are busy, I think you will find that you are a lot nicer to other people , and in your own way you can remind them of God's presence, too.

One last thought. I don ' t like it when Father Walsh goes out without me, but I have to confess that there are a few times I' ve gone out without him. I usuall y come back in a while, but I know he gets very worried about me, and he comes in search of me. (In fact, one of my favorite instances of this occurred the day after he got me, which happened to be Christmas Eve. He thought I had taken off and there he was standing in front of the Cathedral, yelling, "Brandy! Brandy!" I' m sure the passersby thought he was getting into the holiday spirit — or spirits — a bit early.) Any how, I know he really does worry about me when I take off , and is scared I will get hit by a car. So he drops everything and comes looking for me. He knows better than I do the danger I am in , and he comes to my rescue.

Isn't that what God has done for you? When you wandered away, he knew better than you what danger you were in and sent his Son to find you and bring you home. In fact , Christ stepped in front of the speeding car of death to save your life. Talk about man 's best friend !

More than 2,400 headed to LA 'Jubilee Justice '

Debt relief discussed

By Kamille Mahef Organizers of a National Catholic Gathering for Jubilee Justice have identified capital punishment and international debt forg iveness as key issues for the Jul y 15-18 meeting in Los Angeles. . They note that more than 3,500 men and women populate death rows and that heavy national debts around the globe cri pple nations ' abilities to respond to citizens ' basics needs.

More than 2,400 Catholics fro m across the U.S. are expected to attend the conference, which organizers are calling "the largest gathering for justice in the history of the Church in the U.S. " "As we get closer to the date the enthusiasm keeps building," said George Wesolek, director of the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns. "More and more people keep seeing what an opportunity this is, especially for those of us so close to LA. It 's the chance to be immersed in the justice of the Church."

More than 500 persons have been sentenced to die in California , giving the state the highest number of persons on death row of all 50 states, according to a May 24 press release from Jubilee Justice spokesperson Sister Mary Ann Walsh. To address this fact , organizers have booked anti-death penalty activists Sister Helen Prejean, featured in the Academy Award winning film "Dead Man Walking," and Bud Welch, father of one of the victims killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

The campaign to seek cancellation of the foreign debt of some of the world's poorest nations was discussed during a panel presentation June 11 at the University of San Francisco 's McLaren Center. Panelist Sheila Tully, a humanities professor at New College , presented an overview and history of the topic. Max Blanchet ,a Haitian engineer and cofounder of the Bay Area Haitian American Council,described his homeland's colonial background and the positive role of the Catholic Church there. Jesuit Father William Wood , past president of the National Rural Life Conference ,spoke on the ethics of debt cancellation. Star of the Sea parishioner Patricia Guzman ,a computer scientist from Ecuador,outlined the tragic effect of debt on her country. Pictured from left: Blanchet,Tully, interpreter Shannon Coughlin, Guzman and Bill Ferguson,moderator.

Debt forgiveness is meant to provide relief for nations around the globe repaying heavy national debts at the expense of financing education and health services, Sister Walsh wrote in a June 1 press release. The government in Uganda spends three dollars per person annuall y on health and education and $17 per person on debt repayments , she wrote . In Honduras , 50 percent of the people live below the poverty line while their government owes debts totaling $4. 1 billion , $147.7 million of which is due the U.S. government , according to Sister Walsh.

In addition to these, attendees will

study more than 100 topics, such as immigration , racism , ecology, health care, nonviolence , parish social ministry, euthanasia, abortion , and Catholic identity.

Programs will be offere d for Spanish speakers, for children , and for the hearing impaired and others with disabilities..

The lineup of speakers includes Mercy Sister Maria Elena Gonzales , president of the Mexican American Cultural Center, and Msgr. Raymond Easter, pastor of Nativity Church in Washington , D.C. Other well-known speakers will be Mark Shields , a commentator for PBS/CNN and Peggy Noonan , a writer.

Bill Ryan , deputy director of communications for the U.S. Catholic Conference , said 2,459 people had registered as of June 29.

"Every organization nationall y that deals with justice issues is going to be there," noted Wesolek. "For people in the parishes, that 's a very uni que opportunity. " According to a telep hone recording at the Jubilee Justice office , it is not too late to register. Persons may call (800) 8053976. Reg istration materials are available from the office at (202) 541-3200 and information is also published on the Conference website: nccbuscc.org .

International debt relief asked by Catholic aid agencies COLOGNE , Germany (CNS) — International Catholic aid agencies and members of the international Jubilee 2000 movement called for immediate debt cancellation for develop ing countries as world leaders met in Cologne.

More than 20,000 supporters of debt cancellation gathered to call for an end to debt before the new millennium as the leaders , of the world' s seven leading industrial powers met in the city June 1820.

The events feature d the formation of a human chain and the handing over to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a large bag symbolicall y representing 17 million signatures collected worldwide urging debt relief for poor nations.

On June 19 some 20,000 people encircled the Museum Ludwig, where the heads of the Group of Seven — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States ¦— were meeting.

The demonstrators , who came from all over the world , used whistles, rattles and wind instruments to make themselves heard and underlined their demand for the cancellation of the debts of developing countries.

Three Catholic agencies organized and partici pated in the protests: Catholic Relief Services , the U.S. bishops ' international relief and development agency; Caritas Internationalis , an international network of 146 national Catholic aid agencies; and International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, called CIDSE from its original French acronym , an international network of Catholic development agencies.

During their meeting, the G-7 leaders signed the Cologne Debt Initiative , which

will grant a 40 percent reduction of debt owed b y certain impoverished countries.

They agreed to cancel up to $70 billion of debt for some 33 poor countries.

Don Rogers , director of public policy

for Catholic Relief Services , said , "The fact that the debt issue was featured so prominentl y as an agenda item for the G7 is a positive reaction to the work of international aid agencies and Jubilee

David and Patty Geerdts from Durban ,South Africa ,join a dune 18 demonstration in Washington .D.C,calling for the cancellation of debt in underdeveloped nations.

About 225 people surrounded the Treasury building during the protest.

2000. The attention that has been created will increase as we continue our work. " However, Misereor , the German Catholic development agency, said in a June 19 statement: "A real sustainable level of debt relief releasing the countries concerned from the cycle of indebtedness will not be achieved. It is clear already that fu rther adjustments will be needed. " Earlier in the week, more than a dozen bishops representing some of the world' s richest and poorest nations met with Schroeder to press for substantial debt reduction of poor countries ' unpayable foreign debt. The meeting was organized

by Misereor. Among those church leaders was Bishop Robert J. Banks of Green Bay, Wis. Archbishop Oscar Rodri guez Maradiaga of Teguci gal pa , Honduras , immediate past president of the Latin American bishops ' council , stayed in Cologne following the bishops ' meeting to partici pate in the Jubilee 2000 events taking place over the weekend.

In a press conference June 19, Archbishop Rodri guez emphasized the strong impact that the global Jubilee 2000 movement had made on the G-7.

"This has been a great sign of international hope for poor countries. Althoug h the amount of debt reduction was not what we expected , a conscience of solidari ty has been aroused , and we have hope to reach a solution in the future ," he said.

U.S. President Bill Clinton called the agreement a "historic step."

"It represents a sound, humane effort to promote widel y shared prosperity in the new millennium ." he said.

Family Lif e

Memories, tears and dreams

Vivian W. Dudro \-Jtiring his 50-something years, an uncle of mine spent his Jul y Fourths in small , mid-western towns. This city slicker, who hustled his living at the Chicago Board of Trade and occup ied a bachelor pad in the John Hancock Building, drove through the Illinois interior and across the Mississipp i River in search of the ideal Independence Day. What was he looking for amid the cornfi elds of Iowa that downtown Chicago lacked? A patriotic parade of local talent and hometown heros marching down a decorated Main Street? A public park hosting fundraising feeds and horseshoe competitions? Or, a fi reworks final e exp loding over the high school football field?

What significance would such parochial amusements

What is history of Church teaching on clerical celibacy? roQ. / am engaged in a controversy with some Christians and .

Jews about celibacy in the I Western Church. Could you tell ? me when the rule began that priests should not many ? My Jewish friends say the idea could not have come from them. Was there any celibacy practiced in the Old Testament? (New York)

The dark underbell y of the story, of course, is the contain for my footloose uncle? Perhaps, like the nonpracticing Catholic, whose dormant religious tendencies tragedy of the Native Americans, who were forced from awaken to pangs of nostal gia on Christmas Eve, my uncle their hunting grounds to make room for the settlers. harbored a hidden hunger for piety. As a young man, he Nevertheless , the fortitude of those p ioneers cannot be fought in Europe during the Second World War. And I sus- denied, nor the fact that we owe our prosperity, in large pect that his annual prairie pilgri mage in gratitude for his measure, to their sacrifices.

Funny how evocative holidays, even civic ones, can homeland and his life was akin to an act of worship.

Truly it is a religious experience driving though be. We shudder with waves of emotion at the trimming America 's heartland. The miles and miles of wide open of a fir tree, as well as at the raising of a flag. In both __„__«,_.mmmm .^__ ¦—¦¦«¦¦—— . instances , we call to space that present- ___ mmmtm mind the noble deeds ed a historic ' s ) (My p rairie in uncle annual pilgrimage of those who have gone opportunity for so before us. No matter many — free land gratitude for his homeland and his life the length of the list of in exchange for the pur failure s, we are hard work neces- was akin to an act of worship. beckoned forward by sary to farm it — the call to better ourstill inspire awe.

My uncle 's great grandparents were among those who selves. When we reach middle age, however, we realize took advantage of this incredible boon. They both left more than half of our life is already spent , and perfection everyone dear to them in Ireland for the prospect of own- remains as far off as the distant horizon. Only then do ing a homestead. Uncertain of their future, they crossed the some of us begin to long for that heavenl y place beyond swelling Atlantic in what was probably their first and last the reach of human striving. That is the reason , I think , my uncle felt homesick in the City of Man on the Fourth boat ride.

After bri efly meeting each other in Boston harbor, they of July and ambled through a land of memories , tears, married , packed a wagon, and trekked about 1 ,200 miles and dreams. i* across unfamiliar and dangerou s territory until they reached their claim in South Dakota. Within a decade of toil my Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages three to great, great grandmother was dead. Kicked by a cow, she never recovered from the infection.

11) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Pa rish.

and Second Lateral Councils declared such marriages not onl y illicit but invalid.

Much later, in 1563, the Council of Trent reaffirmed the law of clerical celibacy. Against enormous opposition, however, the council declared that celibacy is a matter of Church law, not divine law. This means the Church could change its legislation concerning celibacy if it wishes.

As we all know, this is what happened for deacons when Vatican Council II instituted a married permanent diaconate.

While a number of married clerical converts to t; the Catholic faith have been ordained recentl y to the priesthood and remained married , the Western Church obviousl y is not prepared to alter easily a practice which has been so intimate a part of its life for ? the past 17 centuries.

(Questions f o r this column should be sent to rather Dtetien at Box 325, Peoria, III. 61651.)

Copyright (c) 1999 by Catholic News Service

QUESTION I \tt CORNER

A. The very idea of a celibate life for men or women was generall y repugnan t to Hebrew culture .

The only Old Testament figure who was celibate , to my knowled ge, was Jeremiah. He was told by the Lord not to marry as a sign that children then being born would die in the exile tragedies to come (Jer 16:1-4).

The Christian story on the subject is naturall y long and complicated , but here are a few highlights.

During the first 1.000 years of Christianity, of course, many clergy, including some popes , were married men. A number of popes , in fact, including Gregory the Great (590-604), were children or descendants of married priests and bishops, and other popes.

The first general law in the Western Church binding clergy to a celibate life came in the late part of the fourth century, with decrees by popes, beg inning with Pope Damasus (366-384), and regional councils in Europe and Africa.

During the next 700 years , marriages of priests, deacons and bishops were held to be unlawful. The movement toward clerical celibacy culminated for the universal Church in the 12th century, when the First

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LITURGY & SCRIPTURE Sunday: feasting at the Table of the Word "Come to me, all you who arc weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. " With these compassionate word s, Jesus Christ invites us to experience our life from within the embrace of God. All we need do , Jesus reminds us in Sunday 's Gospel , is to come to him. Drop everything and come to him , for he is the source of our one and onl y life.

Sunday 's Gospel continues: "Your souls will find rest, for my yoke is easy and my burden light. " Our deepest , truest rest is the person of Jesus Christ himself. The divine refreshment and rest that Jesus invites us to is available , of course, at every breath. Yet what a perfect image his words draw for the meaning of Sunday. The Lord 's Day is that uni que , holy time during which we, as the community of Christ 's Body, are encouraged to find rest for our souls, to take up Christ 's yoke and let him refresh us.

Over these last weeks, Father John Talesfore and I have been sharing with you some of Pope John Paul ITs teachings from his letter on the meaning of Sunday. He urges Roman Catholic Christians around the world to renew and deepen our commitment to the Lord 's Day as so much more than just the second half of "the weekend." Rather, Sunday is that sacred union of the holy time, hol y people , and holy Eucharist.

Let 's move from the rich theology of the pope 's letter to some reflections on the implications of his words to us. In particular, let 's consider together his teaching about preparing to receive Christ from the table of the word at Sunday Eucharist.

Pope John Paul If writes: "As in every Eucharistic celebration , the Risen Lord is encountered in the Sunday assembl y at the twofold table of the word and of the Bread of Life," Christians believe that Christ is truly present in the proclamation of his word. The lectern (or ambo) is really a table at which we are nourished and strengthened by the word of God for the week ahead.

While I find it easy to write these words, I am continu-

Sister Sharon McMillan , SND all y challenged to live them. How can I better prepare to receive Christ at the table of the word at Sunday Eucharist? One simple practice makes all the difference for me: reading and pray ing the Sunday readings at home during the week.

The practice might include gathering the household (or just oneself), li ghting the prayer candle , and reading aloud with care the Sunday Gospel, followed by silence to let Christ 's word find a home in us. Simple? Yes, Easy ? Given the pace of Bay Area life, probabl y not! Worth the time?

Absolutely.

Pope John Paul also writes: "If Christian individuals and families are not regularly drawing new life from the

reading of the sacred text in a spiri t of prayer , then it is difficult for the liturg ical proclamatio n of the word of God alone to produce the fruit we might expect. " Taking the Sunday readings as part of your weekly prayer is a tried and true way to "draw new life from the reading of the sacred text. " Whether you read all the readings or just the Gospel , whether you read them on Saturday or all throug h the week, this simp le practice is a good guide to prepare for the feast lavishl y offered to us at the table of the word on Sunday. I find it makes a real difference in my openness to and understanding of the Gospel when I then hear it proclaimed by the deacon or priest in the midst of the Sunday assembly.

This is probabl y a good time to express gratitude to all the homilists and to all the lectors in our Church of San Francisco. It is their preparation , study, and prayer which breaks open the word of God for us, which Sunday after Sunday provides that tang ible experience of the real presence of Christ in our midst throug h the Liturgy of the Word.

Thank you , homilists and lectors , for your fidelity to the time and effort demanded by indispensable your ministries. You are wonderfu l models for us of the commitment we are also called to make in order to receive more richly from the table of the word of God.

The Lord s' Day is that unique, holy time during which we, as the community of Christ 's Body, are

encouraged to find rest fo r our souls

Notre Dame Siste r Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Pa rk

How peaceful it is to be little ones' We cannot avoid feeling pummeled , if we spend about 20 minutes on this planet. To get our attention , hucksters, selling what they think we need, do not merely suggest or persuade, but quite literally bombard us with noise and exploding color to get our attention. Daily concerns about family, self, job , health , mortality, and success compete for our attention and pull us in several directions at the same time. At the end of any day, we fall into bed and welcome unconsciousness as a relief.

It is refreshing to enter the Sunday assembly, called by a gentle Word that persuades and empowers us.

Zechariah (our first reading) conditions our hearing of the Gospel. Articulate d in our hearing and then in our hearts is the end-time messiah, who will lack the paraphernalia of oriental potentates, who will not mount the stallion of war, who will be a humble, peace-giving presence with no desire to bulldoze or batter us: "See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, meek and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass. He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim , and the horse from Jerusalem; the warrior 's bow -shall be banished , and he shall proclaim peace to m^mm_mi^mm__wm im^mm_MM the nations." With Jesus and us assembled in his name and Spirit , God has begun to gather, reconcile, and rule his people.

That is why Matthew 's Gospel presents Jesus as that endtime messiah present among us in all meekness and humility. He certainl y can reveal the Father because of his uni que relationship with the Father, "No one knows the Father except the Son , and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him. " He will do this "revealing " by making us part of his wisdom community, "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalm 145; Romans 8: 9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30

Father David M. Pettingill For my yoke is easy, and my burden light." He will accomplish this "revealing" if we do not pretend to be "wise" and "learned" but rather present ourselves as "lit-^^^_^_____^_ tie ones ," described elsewhere in this Gospel as the hungry, the thirsty, the naked , the sick, and the imprisoned. If we receive his revelation as the beggars we are and the gift it is, then we experience what was "hidden. " Gently and subtl y.

Jesus reveals his Father by leading us into his Spiritfilled community where we experience the defeat of death in its many forms. As our second reading from Romans puts it: we can be "flesh," that is, human beings with no relationshi p with Christ; or we can be "spirit," that is, human beings filled with Christ 's Spirit. "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells

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Sunday assembly, called by a gentle Word that persuades and emp owers us.

in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you." The life-giving Spirit cries out for our defeat of death on the final day, but also in our dail y skirmishes with death. See how God's end-time glory revealed in Jesus continues to be revealed in us. What we can do with friendshi ps and love, with sickness and bereavement, with opportunities to interrupt the cycle of violence in this world show us the on-going spread of God's kingdom , destined to blaze out on the final day, but manifested in these hints and guesses even now.

Thus , in hol y assembly on the Lord 's Day, we gather in Christ 's Spirit , called by the Word, to echo Jesus ' prayer of praise and worshi p, "I give praise to you , Father, Lord of heaven and earth , for althoug h you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, you have revealed them to little ones." How peaceful to be "little ones ," wise enoug h to receive the gift so meekl y bestowed.

Questions for RENEW 2000 communities: 1.

Please share a "revelation" you hav e experienced in this community.

2. Where can you find such "revelation s" in your parish? In your place of employment? In our world?

3. How can you become more open to these experiences?

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

Pastoral Plan New Off ice oj Religious Education and Youth Ministry established By

Ka mille Maher

Archdiocesan youth ministry efforts have been joined to the Office of Reli gious Education, forming a new Office of Relig ious Education and Youth Ministry.

Effective Jul y 1, the move is designed to better integrate social , recreational, and catechetical dimensions of youth ministry.

Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckl e, who has headed the ORE for several years, will remain as director of the combined office.

"Youth ministry is being spun off CYO (Catholic Youth Organization), " explained Father Bernard Dabbene, vicar for parishes. "It 's being moved into the archdiocesan organizational chart. In combining these departments, youth ministers in parishes will have additional support and guidance. They are a vital part of the Archdiocese."

Archbishop William J. Levada said he sees the move as "primaril y an administrative one."

"For all our pastoral services — young adult , youth , worship, School of Pastoral Leadership, reli g ious education , marriage and family, RCIA, and so on — our goal is to try to work as a team because programs can overlap one another," he said.

As an example, the Archbishop cited the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) which "has both a liturgical and

'The most successfu l catechesis is that which is given in the contex t of the wider pa storal care of youn g peop le, especially when it addresses the p roblems affecting their lives. ' a religious education component. We are hopeful that placement of the youth ministry coordinator within the religious education office will hel p implement the articulated vision of youth ministry as set forth in the NCCB document, Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministries."

One of the more significant changes suggested in the Archdiocese 's 1995 Pastoral Plan was the separation of youth ministry and young adult ministry. Archbishop Levada added . "My advisors have been very clear in wanting to make sure there is a separate focus " for youth and young adult ministries.

Distinguishing it from young adult ministry, Sister Arbuckle explained that youth ministry serves ju nior high and hi gh school students. She said youth ministry calls young people to partici pate in faith life. It overl aps with CYO in some areas, such as camping, retreat programs, and sports involvement. CYO sports programs will remain under CYO jurisdiction.

"You can 't just do ski trips or beach trips, Sister Arbuckle exp lained. "You also have to pray with peop le. Still , there was nothing wrong with what was happening at CYO and I don 't want people to think (hat all we're going to do is teach religion. We are all about the comprehensive model for youth ministry. "

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As outlined in Renewing the Vision, this model includes eight aspects: advocacy, catechesis, community life, evangelization , justice and service, leadershi p development, pastoral care, prayer , and worship.

In general , the scope of the religious education office involves all ages, from RCIA for adults, to catechetical programs for pre-schoolers.

"A practical challenge is to set up a program to hel p parishes prepare youth ministers — to help every parish have a youth minister, including poorer Father Bernard Dabbene parishes," Father Dabbene said. He said he hopes parishes with youth ministers will consider sharing them with parishes with fewer resources.

In that vein , Father Dabbene said an element of the new office would be to act as a resource to encourage the formation of leaders in youth ministry.

Prior to the office combining, youth ministry as part of CYO had no separate office and no individual staff , according to Sister Arbuckle. The former Office of Reli g ious Education had three staff members and an administrative assistant based in the Pastoral Center at 445 Church St. in San Francisco. Located in the same building, the combined office will have a staff of four plus a full- and part-time administrative assistant.

A position of coordinator of youth ministry has been created, Sister Arbuckle said, noting applicants are being interviewed this month. Officials hope a coordinator will be on board soon.

The General Directory for Catechesis sets forth three characteristics of religious instruction of young people: "The diversity of the religious situation should be kept in mind ."

"The most successful catechesis is that which is given in the context of the wider pastoral care of young people, especially when it addresses the problems affecting their lives. " "Wel l organized group action , membershi p of valid associayouth tions and personal accompaniment of young people, which should also include spiritual direction as an important element, are useful approaches for effective catechesis."

In a May meeting with the Council of Sister Celeste Arbuckle Father Priests, D a b b e n e explained the new administrative structure. He told them the religious dimension as well as the social and recreational dimensions are important aspects of youth ministry, and the goal is a bal anced approach. The youth ministry coordinator will help parishes develop a comprehensive youth ministry program , with preparation for the sacrament of confirmation being an important element.

Sister Arbuckle also identified confirmation as a primary focus. "We need to develop viable confirmation programs so that the sacrament is not seen as a graduation from the churc h but as an involvement within the church community. " Sister Arbuckle listed three practical concerns for the new office: fitting into limited office space, collaborating within a variety of programs , and finding a coordinator who can relate to a variety of parishes and hel p them become vibrant communities for young people.

In addition , archdiocesan officials are establishing a separate Office of Young Adult Ministry that will encompass campus ministry, Archbishop Levada said.

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Graham Greene 's The Comedians' Despite rumors, no patron saint to be subject July 19 at Stonestown for Internet yet, says Vatican It describes the course of events that Father Alberto Huerta , associate professor of modern and classical languages brings together three men who came to at the University of San Francisco, will the island for very different reasons: be the guest host of "Authors of the Smith , an American idealist and crank World" discussion group at 7 p.m. on who plans to establish a vegetarian comJuly 19 at- Border 's Book Store in mune for the Haitian poor; Brown , an San Francisco's Stonestown nei ghbor- Eng lishman who runs a cheap hotel and hood. is involved with the wife of a South The group will discuss Graham American diplomat; and Jones, an interGreene 's novel , The Comedians. national gunrunner doing business with Father Huerta has traveled to Europe, the Duvalier regime.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A potential patron saint of the Internet needs a petition.

He or she also needs the support of a large, recognized association of Catholic laity or of a solid international group of bishops.

So far, the Vatican has seen no sign that St. Isidore of Seville has that kind of support to be designated patron saint of the Internet, despite stories that have been bouncing from the Internet to newspapers and television stations and back again since January.

Officials at the Vatican press office, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, which approves requests for the designation of

patron saints , said June 28 they did not know where the story of St. Isidore as Internet patron began.

Also, they said, no formal request has been made to the Vatican for such a designation .

St. Isidore, a doctor of the Church, was an archbishop and theologian who lived from 560 to 636. Supporters of his candidacy as Internet patron clicked on his name because he was the chief author of Etymolog iae, an encyclopedia of all the secular and religious knowledge available in the seventh century.

The 20-volume work — covering everything from God to household utensils — has been described as having an internal structure similar to a primitive database.

Stravinsky Festival opening program compliments composer

By Father Basil DePmto Stravinsk y 's music does not caress. If you want the easy and the obvious , look elsewhere. But for music of immense vitality coupled with vibrant imagination and its own peculiar kind of charm, you could scarcely have done better than attend the first program in this year 's Stravinsky Festival offerred by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.

The composer 's years in Paris, to which he fled after the 1917 revolution in his native Russia, were extremel y productive. His work from this period is conventionally described as "neo-classical" and he did indeed take his inspiration from some old masters. But Stravinsky is nothing if not original and he put his stamp on everything he did.

Take for example the Symphony in C, which opened the concert. The four-movement structure and especially the key signature are really tongue-in-cheek revisions of a form that might have been considered moribund , if not actuall y dead and buried.

But this sprightl y, jocose music springs at the hearer with the rambunctious energy of a teen-ager (Stravinsk y

was 58 when he completed it in 1940). And yet it bears the unmistakable signs of the composer 's cool, unruffled genius, telegraphed even in the tempo indication s of each movement: moderate, tempo giusto — "don 't overdo it."

This laid-back attitude has induced alarm in some listeners, who find Stravinsky without warmth, affectless. But there is feeling everywhere in his music; it is just not the heart-on-sleeve variety.

There is, for example, a beautiful moment in the first movement of the Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra , which followed the symphony. The fast -paced action is interrupted by a soulful duet between solo violin and cello. It is tender and lyrical but it lasts only a moment, and we are back to the chase.

Peter Serkin was the soloist in the Capriccio. If there is a more brilliant pianist around anywhere I'd be much surprised. In other music , of course, he shows other qualities: his Mozart and Schubert are matchless in their lyrical outpouring. Here his virtuosity was a perfect vehicle for Stravinsky 's tempestuous wit.

After intermission the whole orchestra went home except for seven pluck y instrumentalists who treated us to a superb

rendition of The Soldier's Tale. This ironic fable about a man and his fiddle who attempts to outwit the devil was meant to be given in small surroundings, chamber music style.

In the event, the subtle accuracy of the players and the happy acoustics of the hall (plus some miking for the narrator) did wonders. Patrick Stewart (yes , the one you 're thinking of) used his splendid trained voice to speak his lines with perfect clarity and he acted three parts at once with marvelous humor.

It need hardl y be added that Michael Tilson Thomas was at his best. He has a kind of instinctive affinity for Stravinsk y and he drew every ounce of delicious savor out of the music . The concert was a bit longer than usual , but it was worth every minute.

The two-and-a-half-week event was a festival in the best sense of the word, an out of the ordinary happening with evident care given to preparing a wonderful set of pieces, performed in the happ iest of circumstances.

Chaplain at Oakland' s Highland Hosp ital, Father Basil De Pinto is a fre quent commentator on the Bay Area 's fine arts scene.

Capsule movie reviews...

NEW YORK (CNS) — The following are capsule movie reviews by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

"The General's Daughter" (Paramount) Lurid military thriller in which an Army criminal investi gator (John Travolta) assi gned to solve the brutal strangulation of a promiscuous female captain (Leslie Stefanson), is pressured to participate in a cover-up after he unravels a widespread criminal conspiracy of many years ' standing.

Despite sleek visuals and some strong performances , director Simon West delivers a deepl y cynical and at times grotesque potboiler. Sporadic intense violence including rape with full nudity, videotape of a sadistic sexual encounter and much sexual innuendo , frequent rough language and intermittent profanity. USCC classification is 0 — morall y offensive. The MPAA rating is R — restricted.

"Summer of Sam" (Touchstone) A fact-based serial killer terrorizing 1977 New York forms the backdrop for a shrill drama about a druggy hairdresser (John Leguizamo) who compulsively cheats on his unhappy wife (Mira Sorvino) and whose macho buddies convince him that his sleazy punk rocker pal (Adrien Brod y) may be the killer dubbed Son of Sam by the tabloid media. Co-writer and director Spike Lee exaggerates ethnic stereotypes in the Bronx Italian-American neighborhood to almost comic, and very inappropriate , effect whi le assaulting view ers with a barrage of hostility, cruelty, perversity and prejudice lacking insights about the human condition.

Numerous rough sexual encounters including a bisexual orgy with nudity, intermittent gory violence , recreational drug use, some profanity and incessant rough language. The

USCC classification is 0 — morall y offensive. The MPAA rating is R — restricted.

"Buena Vista Social Club" (Artisan) Documentary about a group of ag ing Cuban musicians who were broug ht together by American guitarist Ry Cooder for a 1996 pop music album that became an international hit, with much filmi ng of them in and around Havana as well as of their concerts in Amsterdam and New York' s Carnegie Hall. Directed by Wim Wenders, the result showcases the group 's vibrant brand of swing music with a Latin beat while profiling each of the performers whose ages range from the 70s to the 90s but whose zestful spirits are as youthful and full of energy as their music. Subtitles.

Occasional sexual innuendo and a few coarse words. The USCC classification is AII — adults and adolescents. The MPAA rating is G — general audiences.

"Tarzan" (Disney) Ferocious animated tale about an orphaned human baby raised by a jungle gorilla (voice of Glenn Close) who as an adult (voice of Tony Gold ywn) encounters his first humans , including a dup licitous hunter (voice of Brian Blessed) intent on capturing his beloved ape family and spunky Jane (voice of Minnie Driver) , who tempts Tarzan to return to civilization. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs ' characters dating back to 1912 , the animation by directors Kevin Lima and Chris Buck is accomplished and the characters appealing, but several fast-paced action scenes of predatory violence are too intense for younger children.

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USCC classification is A-III — adults. The MPAA rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned some material may be inappropri ate for childre n unde r 13.

"The Dinner Game" (Lions Gate) Wry French comedy in which a snooty married publisher (Thierry Lhermitte ) intending to humiliate his dim-witted dinner guest (Jacques Villeret) has the tables turned on him when the guileless guest accidentally reveals the husband ' s infidelity to his wife and unintentionally sets him up for a scathing tax audit. Writer-director Francis Verber hilariousl y contrasts the smug yupp ie with the earnest dullard to steady comic effect enhanced by excellent acting. Subtitles.

Adulterous references and a few instances of roug h language. The USCC rating is A-1II — adults . Not rated by the Motion Picture Association.

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Society. Fun for families, friends, co-workers. $30 fee includes T-shirt , breakfast , finale BBQ and more. Call (510) 268-0572.

PRESENTATION CENTER 19480 Bear Creek Rd., Los Gatos. For fees and times call (408) 354-2346, ext. 354 July 5-11: "The Passion of Jesus" with Father David Pettingill exploring the Passion narratives of the four Gospels as different models of ministry and discipleship.

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

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

Taize Prayer Around the Cross Second Fridays at 8 p.m. at Presentation Sisters Motherhouse Chapel, Turk and Masonic, SF. Call Sister Monica Miller, PBVM at (415) 751-040 and at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke Parish, 1111 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City. Call (650) 345-6660.

3rd Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

1st Fridays at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame . Call Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan at (650) 340-7452.

1st Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF. Call (415) 288-3809.

Ecumenical & Interreligious 72 Hours is an interfaith peace-building project set to take place on Dec. 31, 1899 and Jan.1-2, 2000. People of fa ith are invited to mobilize their communities around five specific actions including a peace vigil and call to political leaders. For information, call (415) 561-2300.

Reunions St. James School, SF celebrates the 75 th anniversary of its current school building on September 18, 1999. All who attended are asked to contact Marie Driscoll at (415) 642-6130 or by fax at (415) 642-9727 .

San Francisco 's Archbishop Riordan High School celebrates 50 years in 1999-2000. School is in searc h of alumni and Riordan memorabilia for display as well as volunteers tor upcoming activities. Call (415) 586-9190.

Ongoing Sessions: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish at the Parish Center, Fulton and James St., Redwood City, Thur,, 6-7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802. Our Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame; 1st Mon. 7-9 p.m. Call (650) 347-7768. St. Gabriel Parish, 401h Ave. and Ulloa, SF; 1st & 3rd Tues., 7-9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Hilary Parish, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon; 1st & 3rd Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659.

Structured 8-week Session: Our Lady of Loretto, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, evenings or afternoons available. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. St. Isabella Parish, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, evenings. Call Pat Sac k at (415) 479-1560.

For Parents Who Have Lost a Child: Our Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, second Mon. Gall Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

- Children/Teen Groups: Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Crossroads Hospice Volunteer Training takes place on July 17 & 18. Crossroads is a communitybased hospice providing care for terminally ill persons often allowing them to remain at home as they approach the end of their lives. Volunteers are at the core of this team. For further information and to arrange a meeting, call Karen Geiger at (415) 682-2111.

food & Fun July 2: "Pre-4th of July Dance" for single Catholics at the Clarion Hotel at SF Airport at 7:30 p.m.. $20 in advance ($25 at door). Sponsored by Catholic Alumni Club of SF Bay Area. Call (650) 967-5096.

July 10: "Monte Carlo Night" at Most Holy Redeemer Parish Hall, 100 Diamond St., SF, 6 p.m.-11 p.m. Benefits Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group. Call (415) 863-6259.

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

Birthright needs people to work with women faced with unplanned pregnancies. For more information, call Mary Alba at (415) 664-9909.

San Mateo County's Volunteer Center: call (650) 342-0801. For San Francisco Volunteer Center , call (415) 982-8999.

Laguna Honda Hospital, SF is in need of volunteers to serve as eucharistic ministers, lectors and chapel escorts at Tuesday and Sunday morning Masses. Call Sister Miriam at (415) 664-1580, ext. 4-2422.

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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.

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

Volunteers may sit in on sessions free of charge.

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

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

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Women in Community Service, seeks people to assist women making the transition from public assistance to the workforce. Call Gwen at (415) 397-3592.

July 13: "Tale of Two Tribes" continues, 7-9 p.m. at St. Dominic Parish Hall, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. A cooperative effort of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the American Jewish Committee. $5 suggested donation. Call Mary Jansen at (415) 563-6503.

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.

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Project Linus, a group supplying special blankets for seriously ill and traumatized children, needs blanketeers to knit, crochet and quilt. Call (650) 589-6767.

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.

California Pacific Medical Center is always in need of volunteers. Call (415) 750-6038.

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.

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Sundays in June: Concerts at St. Francis Shrine by various artists, 4 p.m. Columbus and Vallejo, SF Call (415) 983-0405.

July 8: A 9-day novena with rosary, guest speaker, benediction begins at 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady ol Mt. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley.

Parish choir will lead song. Call (415) 388-4190.

July 4: Independence Day organ recital by John Renke, Shrine director of music, at St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, Columbus and Vallejo, SF, Call (415) 983-0405.

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, 7-8:15 p.m., Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond St., SF. Call Sister Cathy Cahur at (415) 553-8776; Tuesdays , 7 -8:30 p.m., Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd., SF. Call Chuck Cannon at (415) 752-8439; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon, St. Cecilia Church, 2555 17th Ave., SF. Call Coralis Salvador at (415) 753-1920.

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May 2000: St. Dominic's Young Adults Group invites people in their 20s and 30s on a Jubilee Pilgrimage to Italy. Walk in the footsteps of great Christian saints in Milan, Bologna, Siena and othei cities, Call Maria Vickroy-Peralta at (415) 776-0588.

Drop-in Bereavement Sessions at St. Mary Cathedral , Gough and Geary St., SF on 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30-4 p.m. Sponsored by Catholic Charities and Mid-Peninsula Hospice. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

San Francisco 's St. Anthony Foundation needs volunteers for its many outreach programs to the poor: (415) 241.2600.

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.

The Class of 1950 from St. Peter's Academy and St. Peter's Boy s School is planning a 50th reunion. If you were a member of that group, call Louise Johnson at (650) 358-0303 or Betty Robertson at (415) 731-6328.

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Catholic Charities ' St. Joseph Village needs volunteer facilitators for its new TGIF program. Training begins June 18. Call Andrea Brady at (415) 575-4920, ext. 255. Volunteers 'are also needed for the computer lab. All levels of computer experience welcome. Call Kristen Rauda at (415) 575-4920, ext. 223.

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.

September 1999: 45th National Rosary Pilgrimage to Lourdes, call (301) 530>8963.

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

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

Volunteer Opportunities

Sept. 11: St. Robert Elementary School celebrates its 50th anniversary with Mass at 4:30 p.m. followed by buffet dinner and open house in Hennessey Hall.

Alumni , former students and their families are encouraged to attend. Call the school at (650) 5835065 or the Parish Office at (650) 589-2800.

Are you an alumna/us of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Redwood City but rot on the current mailing list? Especially looking for members of classes 1948-49 Call Julia Tollalield at (650) 366-8817.

Class of 1979, Holy Name of Jesus School, SF is organizing 20-year reunion. Class members may call Kathleen Burke at (415) 566-8976.

Parish, 3500 Middlefteld Rd., Menlo Park on the third Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. and later that day at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Marin Catholic High School , 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (at Bon Air Rd ), Kentfield. For information , call St. Benedict at (415) 567-9855 (voice) or (415) 567-0438 (TDD)

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

Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 322-1801.

Family Life Introductory sessions of Seton Medical Center 's Natural Family Planning program will be held through this fall. The office also offers educational programs for youth on topics including the changes that occur during puberty and the responsibility of relationships . Health educators are also available to speak about NFP, infertility, adolescent sexuality, preparing for pregnancy, perinata l loss and drug abuse in pregnancy. Call (650) 301-8896.

Retrouvaille , a program for troubled marriages , has upcoming weekends. Call Lolette or Anthony Campos at (415) 893-1005.

Religious Education/Enrichment July 23-25: "My Lord VII ," a Gospel Music Workshop at St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church, 1122 Jamestown Ave. at 3rd St., SF. Learn to sing in the African American tradition with Richard Cheri and his music team. Everyone is welcome. Fri. 7-9 p.m.; Sat. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. lunch included; Sun. Gospel/Jazz Mass at 10:30 a.m. Reg. $20 in advance/$25 at door.

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July 24: "Introduction to Centering Prayer" 'at St. Cecilia Parish, 2555 17th Ave. at Vicente , SF from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Call Mary English at (415) 282-8076.

Social Justice/Advocacy July 18: Join Old St. Mary 's Cathedral parishioners for AIDS Walk '99. Walk or sponsor a walker.

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450 WEST CI NTU RA AVE . LACUNITAS St. Cecilia Parish in Lagunitas will conduct the church by a third and connects the worship tours of its newly renovated and enlarged _ space with the parish hall. New carpet and insuchurch during its annual festival on July 11. The lation were also installed. A new stained glass day will also feature games and foods including window, framing a crucifix hanging above the a barbecued chicken dinner and barbecued oys- altar, and original stained glass windows adornters. ing the sides of the church are the work of artist The church, which is built in the Craftsman and parishioner Daphne Massucco style, was original ly dedicated by Archbishop Father Joseph Richard became pastor of St. John J. Milty on June 14, 1936. The recently Cecilia on Jan. I. The parish enjoys a close-knit completed restoration and enlargement was family feeling among its members all of whom dedicated on May 30 by Archbishop William J. have done a great deal of work on the remodelLevada. ing and new landscaping. »a ing construction Were Pa,ish,oner Pastor: Father Joseph Richard k f „ , Aidan 0 Sullivan , a general contractor, and »„ -„ ... ¦u , Masses: _ Sunday: n9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. r, , !• % u . _, ,.

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Seating capacity: 180 Parishioners Bill and Patricia White , real estate Founding dates: 1912 as mission; developers, facilitated the many steps of the J 937 as parish project including fundraising.

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July 6: "Talking to Your Doctor in the World of the HMO" will be the subject of this presentation for seniors at California Pacific Medical Center by Nancy Robinson, MSW at 12: 15 p.m. 2100 Webster St., #106. Pre-register by calling (415) 923-3155.

Programs $4 each or $10 for 4.

July 8: "Nutrition Before and After Baby," a free lecture by Anna Haake, RD , 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Community Health Resource Center, 2100 Webster St., Ste. 100, SF. Call Virgin ia McGowan at (415) 923-3155.

Lectures/ Classes/Displays Sept. 22: Unique opportunity to view "The Treasury of St. Francis of Assisi ," 6-8 p.m., California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 34th and Clement , SF. Hosted by Archbishop William J. Levada. Benefits Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese. $35. Call (415) 844-4798.

July 3: "William Wheeler: Town and 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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Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publication date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, 44! Church St., S.F. 94114, or f a x it to (415) 565-3633.

Letters... ¦ Continued from page 14 who went throug h a red light. The impact was at the left front corner and when I stopped , a pickup truck stopped also, and I thanked him for stopp ing. He told me that when my vehicle hit his , I was on two wheels about to roll over. The fact that his truck was beside me saved me.

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My vehicle was completely destroyed from the windshield forward. If the accident occurred a split second later , the other vehicle would have hit mine at the driver door and someone else would have to be writing this letter! (The Lord be with you , Number 2).

Basicall y, I suffered no real personal damage and I thank the Lord each and every day for his intervention.

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Thank you for giving us a column such as "On Being Catholic" by Father Milton Walsh. These recent two, in particular , on the Trinity stretch the mind and give us so much food for thoug ht, ft saves your paper from being j.ust a newspaper, and I am grateful for being made to think.

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St. Denis blessing ceremony marks completion of project Menlo Park 's St. Denis Parish blessed a new outdoor gathering place and gave thanks for two special parishioners at a Mass and special ceremonies last month.

At the June 13 blessing of the new plaza attended by more than 500 parishioners, Msgr. John F. Rodriguez. St. Denis pastor, said, "This patio represents the faith , generosity and love of our community and so will be known as our Community Patio. " The new space adjoins a recentl y built parish hall used for meetings and classes for the parish's religious education program. Archbishop William J. Levada blessed the building last year.

Parishioners Ralph and Barbara Oswald received thanks from the community for their many years of volunteering.

Msgr. Rodriguez said the couple 's contributions ''have been outstanding " with their most recent being "hands on" work landscaping a new parish garden. The garden , parish hall and patio complete the updating of the Avy Avenue compound.

"Barbara and I were here when the parish was fallow ground with very few parishioners and no programs," Oswald told the packed church during ceremonies preceding the patio blessing. "It has been Msgr. Rodri guez who has empowered us." Since Msgr. Rodriguez ' arrival in 199 1, parish registration has increased from 300 to 1,000 households and religious education enrollment has inc reased from 25 students to 500.

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Priest to mark Indep endence Day as US. sailor — again

By Evelyn Zappia What could be more American? Father John O'Neill , pastor of our Lady of Loretto, Novato , has returned to active U.S. Navy service just in time for the Fourth of Jul y.

Even thoug h he describes himself as the "world's worst sailor," he volunteered to go.

"If I take a bath, I take a Dramamine ," qui pped the 20-year veteran of the U.S. Naval Reserves.

Archbishop William J. Levada could not have been more supportive of Father O'Neill' s decision , he said. "He was wonderful. I met with him a few times and he told me to pray over it. I came back and told him 1 needed to go. He OK'd it."

For the past 20 years, Father O'Neill , who holds the rank of captain , has served the Naval Reserves two days a month and one month out of the year. His service has provided a storehouse of memories.

He was in Beiru t when a U.S. Marines ' barracks was bombed. "The atrocity killed 241 Marines , sailors and soldiers. It was a very sad day — a day with sights and sounds that will live with me forever: Oct 23, 1983," he recalled.

He survived the Israeli bombings of Lebanon in April 1996. "I was there when the Israelis pounded Beirut. I was sleeping in a small airplane hanger and had to run and dive in a hole whenever the sounds of shells began. Afterward , touring the ruins of the Palestinian areas was difficult. " An interesting assi gnment was a South Pole/Antarctica science project. Father O'Neill was chaplain for a 60-member stud y team investi gating how the fish and birds in the area could survive the cold temperatures.

Plane rides on and off the 12,000-ft. elevation site of pure ice were the highlights of the day. The plane had to have skis to land on the ice. When the plane was ready to

takeoff , all the passengers had to move to the back to give the aircraft some lift , otherwise the skis would stick to the ice. "Il worked every time," he said.

The Navy called Father O'Neill three months ago requesting his services. He learned that 15 priests would soon be leaving the Navy and only one was coming on board . The information and the fact nearly j one-third of j U.S. sailors J are Catholic m a m played major part in his decision to return to active duty. "It wasn 't a little need, it was big," he said.

"I fi gured , I am 58 and one-half years old and I have only two more years left of service. It 's like Elvis said , 'It 's now or never ' ."

"The Navy needed a Spanish-speaking priest ," said Father O'Neill. He learned the language during the 1970s. "You might say the shoe was placed in front of me and 1 put my foot in it. " Father O'Neill is stationed aboard the U.S.S. Carter Hall , an LSD (Landing Shi p Dock) carrying 400 Marines. A submarine , Coast Guard cutter, destroyer and fri gate accompany the shi p.

Father O'Neill hopes to spend most of his time in the submarine. He thinks he would have a better chance of combating his seasickness in the sub.

"Once the water gets rough , I go down. " He will be at sea for 140 days. "I believe ," he said , "that 's three times longer than Jonah was in the whale. " The chaplain will conduct services for the ^gj 10-shi p Unitas Fleet consisting of five 4Q American shi ps and five ships of the navies of Chile, Argentina , Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The shi ps will take part in joint military exercises in South American waters of both the Atlantic and Pacific. The

... the fact nearly one-third of U.S. sailors are Catholic p layed a

major pa rt in his decision to return to active duty., 'It wasn't a little need, it was big '

hemispheric exercise has been going on for nearl y 25 years, according to Father O'Neill.

Providing reli gious services and just "being there" for the sailors is how Falher O'Neill describes his shi pboard mission. "Often homesickness and loneliness can be helped with a little friendshi p," he said.

When Father O'Neill heard his current mission could be followed by an assignment with a brigade of Marines , he told the Navy, "I' m old enough tc be their grandfather. " He jf asked , "What would those I young kids want with an old. fat , balding guy ?" To date, he 's received no reply.

Father O'Neill admits bitterW sweet emotions over his decision * to take a pause from parish life. "I really love being at Our Lady of Loretto," he said. "It's a place where laughter and work go together. " "It 's terribl y sad to see Father O'Neill leave," said Maureen Kenney, an Our Lady of Loretto parishioner of 27 years. "He's brought a lot of life to the parish. People gravitate to his sense of humor and upbeat approach to life.

He 's also brought a lot of young kids back to the parish. He'll be missed. " Maurice Healy, a long-time parishioner as well as archdiocesan director of communications , agreed.

"Under Father O'Neill , the parish experienced a renaissance in terms of physical improvements and sp irit.

He 's brought energy and insi ght and a great deal of pastoral concern ."

Father O'Neill has been a priest for 32 years. His assignments have included 16 years as a chaplain at San Quentin Prison. He is scheduled to be back on land and resume parish ministry in early 2001.

National RENEW event drawing many from area Partici pants from the Archdiocese of San Francisco will make up more than one-third of the 210 antici pated attendance at the first-ever national RENEW Summer Institute and over one-half of the planned 60 partici pants of the concurrent RENEW Hispanic workshop.

According to the archdiocesan RENEW office, volunteers are still needed for the RENEW Institute to be held at Mercy Center, Burlingame fro m Jul y 8-11 and the one-day Hispanic workshop on Jul y 11.

Although both conferences are filled , volunteers may sit in on sessions free , local officials said. Shifts are 3-6 hours.

Those interested in volunteering can call Kathleen McCrea at (650) 344-0462.

The "Summer Institute for Small Christian Communities" is a four-day session designed to strengthen the foundations of existing small communities and chart future courses, according to event planners .

Topics will include prayer, Scripture reflection , justice development , the theological basis for small Christian communities, and how to engage communities in meaningful social action.

RENEW 2000 is a spiritual renewal process carried out through small groups of individuals , usuall y in a parish setting. Nearl y every parish in the Archdiocese has partici pated in the first two "seasons" of the current RENEW project underway here , according to Presentation Sister Antonio Heap hy, who directs the RENEW Office. More than 14,000 local parishioners took part in the multi-language program over the past year. The third season is schedule to launch in early October.

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