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State Catholic Confe rence says make views known to Gov. Davis on p ending laws

By Patrick Joyce Health insurance for the working poor, rights of the Church , rights of parents and the death penalty are some of the major issues at stake as the deadline approaches for California Gov. Gray Davis to either sign or veto legislation, The California Catholic Conference , the public policy arm of the state 's bishops, is urging Catholics to make their views on these and other bills known to Gov. Davis who has unti l October 12 to act on a flood of legislation passed by the Legislature before it adjo urned two weeks ago. The conference supports SB 2 , a major expansion of health insurance th at would affect an estimated one million workers, "as an initial improvement to a mosaic of health care coverage for all Californians , " said Ned Dolejsi , executive director of the conference, the public policy arm of the state 's bishops. Mr. Dolejsi cautioned , however, that "many challenges remain. " Follow-up legislation will be needed to deal with questions left unanswered by the bill, which was passed hurriedly at the end of the session, he said. Among the questions are possible conflicts with federal law, inequities in fee schedules and provisions that might encourage employers to drop existing health care benefits. "The Catholic bishops in the United States and in California BILLS, page 17

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Controversy f l ares over exclusion of f ormer Chief Ribera

The exclusion of retired San Francisco Police Chief Tony Ribera from a planned mayoral candidate forum at the University of San Francisco has drawn protest from Ribera, numerous politically active Catholics and the City's Republican Party. In addition, San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada has written a letter to the debate 's organizers urging them to invite Ribera to participate. i The mayoral candidates debate wasoriginally conceived by a group of faith-based service providers convened by Father John Hardin of St. Anthony Foundation to discuss the upcoming election and the "Care Not Cash" initiative. The group originally included Episcopal Community Services, The Salvation Army, Catholic Charities CYO, the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns and others. This gathering then jo ined with the Leo T. McCarthy Center at USF, Senior Action Network and a coalition of dozens of other service providers to host a "Mayoral Candidate Forum " to debate issues including homelessness and affordable housing, according t o George wesolek of the archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns.

A subcommittee of organizers established a mathematical formula to determine which candidates would be invited to the debate , Wesolek said. Only candidates achieving five percent or higher in published polls of San Francisco voters were to be included. At the time, and still , Ribera has polled below five percent. Former Police Chief Ribera says he has been invited to nearly every other non-partisan forum in the City. For those from which he has been excluded, the organizers have given him a specific political reason , and not relied on polls . Ribera said an abortion advocacy group excluded him because he is pro-life and a public school teachers group excluded him because he expressed interest in a voucher system for inner-city school children. He told Catholic San Francisco that he is not opposed to being excluded from forums "for very specific reasons if it is related to a sponsor 's charter and the values they represent." However, he believes to be excluded by a non-partisan group on the basis of polling is unfair. "The race is just starting up and people are focused on the

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recall, " he said. In addition , he has since been endorsed by the San Francisco Republican Central Committee, which represents 57,000 registered voters in the City. On September 17, the Republican Central Committee voted unanimously to convey its concern to Archbishop Levada that "the archdiocese , through its entities, is perceived to be in a coalition sponsoring a debate at USF that has excluded the Republican candidate." George Wesolek said that his office had intervened early on in Ribera 's behalf because he is the former police chief and "the only candidate running as a Republican. " Wesolek also said Ribera "offers a dif ferent voice than the leading candidates" and should be included. Still he does not believe there is any ill intention on the part of other organizers who still wish to exclude Ribera. "It is my belief that this decision was made not to exclude anyone , but purely to find a reasonable way to limit the numbers of people in the debate by using a mathematical formulation ." MAYORAL FORUM, page 9

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lowed. Hats off to all who serve in the mission of the St. Elementary grads - are Elaine Small , who later attended Vincent de Paul Society and today a special spotlight on Mercy High School, San Francisco, and Sheila Thomson St. Raymond' s Tom Kirkbride who said he 's been a and Mary Segal, both grads of Presentation High School. Vincentian for 44 years and still g lad as ever to be doing Josephine 's siblings are Holy Names Sisters Olivette it.. .St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish said Happy 10th Ginet, a longtime high school teacher now retired in V„ ,,„ i ii . — ,j .; ,.. ;i , i ..,.,!!;;,..»¦¦,,,,„.iii-/j Anniversary as a priest to Conventual Franciscan Father John Heinz, pastor since 1997, and happy 59 years ordained to by Tom Burke Franciscan Father Efrem Trettel who led the parish from 1995 Assuring parishioners at a recent weekend Mass that 97....Never too late to mention the upcoming renovations to the parish plant would soon hard work of the Youth Group at begin , Father John Glogowski put his leadership style on St. Mark's Parish, Belmont with the record with , "I've put my foot down as well as a col- Holy Thursday dinner last spring. laborative pastor can." Father Glogowski, who has shep- On the job were Rosheen Ashtiani, herded Redwood City 's St. Matthias Parish since 1999, Marie Nicolopulos , Chris Rak , also showed several parish bulletins that parishioners had Bernard Anchets, Stephanie broug ht back from far-away trips to countries including Peterson, Lawrence Peterson. France and Austria. Puttin ' on the most miles were Bill Thanks to youth minister, Jill Leyteand Rosalie Becker who took their respite in Australia. Vidal, for the good news....More The welcome mat is out at St. Matthias for second year youth in action at St. Anthony's, seminarians Jose Gutierrez and Ngoan Phan now serving Novato where more than $1,400 was is weekend pastoral ministers and assisting Sister Dee raised to fight cancer. Participating Vlvers in the RCIA program. Both are studying at St. in an effort called Relay for Life, the parish youth groups Patrick' s Seminary, Members of Serra Club of the Golden Gate attended summer meetings "had at least two Menlo Park - Ngoan aimed at increasing vocations in the 21st century. From left members on the for the Archdiocese of Art Green, Joan Higgins , Margaret Dietrich , Vivian and Tom Mullaney , track for 24 hours," San Francisco and Nancy Green, and chaplain , Msgr. Edward McTaggart. said Maryann Jose for the Diocese of lacobucci, youth minister. On the run Oregon, and Virginia Ginet, a nurse who served many Stockton. Hats off were Lauren Nelson, Andrew Ginter, years as a missionary in Africa , and who is also retired in here to parish deacon Ethan Cantin, Francis Rae, Allison Oregon. Thanks for the good news to parish altar serv er George Salinger, a pilPark, Cat Laetsch, Mary Delahunty, coordinator , Jerry Donnellan, an East Coast native who lar of detention minKatey Kazak, Bridgette Grillo, Nicole came here on a six-month job assignment in 1974 and istry, who has been Lirette, Derek Johnson, Chelsey Ginter, "never moved back." Jerry and his wife, Deanne celebratserving as chaplain-pro Melissa Barry, Eric Cantin, Darren ed 17 years of marriage on August 16th. Their daughter is tem at San Quentin Lang, Alexis Shirkey. Missed already is 12 year-old Brenna....South San Francisco Council #32 State Prison until new recently retired pastor, Father Kevin of YMI announced recipients of "$600 scholarships to Jesuit chaplain , Gaffey, who has led St. Anthony 's since assist them in their continued Catholic education." Father Steve Barber, 1986. "We thank him for his enthusiasm Awardees are Christopher Brown, All Souls,* Camille comes on board. Don ' t and dedication," parishioners said in a Hawkins , St. Robert's; Clifford Bartolome, Holy miss next week 's recent "Tribute to our Pastor." Father Angels; Nicole Rath, St. Veronica's; Abigal Cortez, Harvest Fest benefitGaffey celebrated 46 years as a priest Mater Dolorosa. Since starting the program in 1980 ing St. Matthias PreJune 15th.... Proving the never too late Council #32 has given more than $42,000 in grants of this School (See adage is Josephine Small, 84 years old kind to students attending Catholic high Datebook).. .. St. marriages, and one of the newest altar servers at San school a.. .Birthdays, births, anniversaries, Raymond's bid a fond Father Tom Seagrave, pastor, Francisco's St. John of God Parish. "I engagements, new jobs and all kinds of goings-on are welfarewell to now sabbafSt. John of God Parish , and new love it," Josephine said. "I love being on come here . Remember this is an empty space without icaling pastor, Father a ltar server Josephine Small. the altar and have wanted to serve since I ya'. Send items and a follow up phone number to On the Pat Michaels on Jul y was a child. Josephine and her husband , Jim, joined St. Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. 27th with additional rites commemorating Father Jim in 1967," Josephine said. Fax (415) 614-5633; e-mail tburke @catholic-sf. org. Do " almost at its beginnings John's Morris's first year as parochial vicar at the Menlo Park parish. A picnic and the parish choir's sabbatical salute, The couple had been married 62 years when Jim died in not send attachments except photos and those in jpeg, "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Back in Six months," fol- 2001. Their children - who are all Holy Name of Jesus please. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634....

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Sonora sponsored an interfaith group from Tucson, Ariz., thai visited the town of Altar in Mexico to learn about the lives of an estimated 1,500 migrants who pass through there each day. Most try to sneak into the United States in the desert. Many are caught and deported. About 150 people have died in the Tucson sector of the border so far this fiscal year, according to Border Patrol statistics. The delegation of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders was asked to come up with ways to dispel myths about immigrants, to prevent deaths in the desert and improve the relationshi p between the United States and Mexico, reported Catholic Vision, newspaper of the Tucson Diocese. "How do we help our people understand what is happening ?" asked Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson. "And how do we help our legislators come to grips with this reality ?" Meanwhile, the federal government has begun taking illegal border crossers who are caug ht in Arizona and flying them to Texas, where they are escorted across the border before being released. One Texas congressman said the strategy will only cause more people to try to cross the border illegall y in Texas. The Border Patrol described die plan as an effort to cut down on deaths in the desert while slowing return traffic across the border in rural Arizona, where a majority of the illegal crossing has been squeezed by enforcement tactics. At the same time, another federal agency has ruled that it will continue to allow financial institutions to accept a Mexican government identification card. The Treasury Department Sept, 18 said it would continue to allow banks and other financial institutions to accept the "matriculas consular" as identification. The cards, issued since 1871 by Mexican consulates to its citizens living abroad, are used as government identification by Mexicans and do not imply legal immigration status. Under the recent Treasury regulation allowing banks to accept "matriculas," major institutions including Wells Faigo, Citibank and Bank of America have reported receiving millions of dollars in deposits from new account holders.

In an August letter to Treasury Secretary John Snow, Coadjutor Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla„ chairman of the bishops ' Committee on Migration, encouraged him to continue the policy. Without a government ID card, Bishop Wenski said , immigrants "face serious, sometimes insurmountable difficulties in cashing checks, opening bank accounts , buying cars and even in securing housing." Without the access to regular banking that the cards enable people to have, many immigrants use cash, which makes </? them vulnerable to crime, and unregulated a check-cashing services, which charg e fees as high as 10 percent for every $100 being BF a. cashed. 5 In another move supported by Mexican President Vicente Fox greets supporters following California 's Catholic a 2001 speech in Chicago , where he met with some 5,000 Conference, Gov. Gray Mexican immigrants and people of Mexican origin. Davis in September signed a bill that will allow illegal immigrants to obtain driv- will bring 900 riders on buses from across the country to Washington to lobby for ers ' licenses. Both those efforts are on the agenda of changes in laws and policies Oct. 1 and 2 some of the people participating in a mas- and to New York Oct. 3 and 4 for a public sive nationwide event intended to raise rally expected to draw 100,000 people or awareness about civil rights problems faced more. En route, the riders will participate in press conferences , town meetings and ralby immigrants. The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride lies in more than 100 cities.

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WASHINGTON — Following a plan plotted during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, buses loaded with immigrants ' rights advocates were to fan out across the nation in late September to raise awareness about immigration issues. Beginning Sept. 23, buses carry ing about 900 people were to set out from 10 cities, making dozens of stops for rallies and other public events before converging in Washington and New York in early October. Organizers expect 100,000 people or more at an Oct. 4 rall y in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., that will conclude the itinerary. Another 100,000 or so are expected to participate in related events across the country. The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is intended to muster support for a handful of immigration policies and generally raise awareness of the issues affecting immigrants. Its national sponsors include unions, immigrant advocacy groups and ethnic organizations. Locally, events and riders are being sponsored by a vast array of unions, churches, community organizations and religious orders.

Cardinal George decries lack of civility in society, church

CHICAGO — The increasing lack of civility in today 's society is also present in the church, said Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George. In his column in the Sept. 14-28 edition of the Catholic Ntw World, Chicago's archdiocesan newspaper, the cardinal noted the demise of civility over the past decade. "Public irritability, undisguised rage, raw ambition, lack of basic honesty and plain rudeness are no longer masked by at least a pretense of politeness when a controversial subject is introduced," he wrote. "A difference of opinion is contorted into an attack upon a person. A decline in common standards of decent speech and behavior is evidence of a lack of common standards and common goals for our society." The cardinal noted that civility also has a religious dimension. He noted that some could describe Jesus as not being civil and would say that "he denounced his enemies as hypocrites and accused his friends of lack of faith." But the cardinal pointed out that Jesus "rejected violence and demanded love of enemies and patience in suffering."

Group sues man fo r role in Archbishop Romero assassination

SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco-based human rights group filed a lawsuit Sept. 16 against a former Salvadoran Air Force officer for his alleged role in the 1980 assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero. The suit was filed in Fresno on behalf of a surviving relative of Archbishop Romero by the Center for Justice and Accountability and a San Francisco law firm. It accuses Alvaro Rafael Saravia, whose last known address was in Modesto, of playing a key role in the archbishop's assassination. The archbishop, who headed the San Salvador Archdiocese, was killed March 24, 1980, while celebrating Mass. He was a strong critic of the military, accusing security forces of human rights violations during El Salvador's civil war, and had asked soldiers to disobey orders to kill innocent people. The lawsuit alleges that Saravia obtained weapons, vehicles and other materials for purposes of carrying out he assassination and that he provided his personal

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driver to transport the assassin to and from the chapel where the archbishop was shot and that he also paid the assassin.

Partial-birth abortion ban moves to conf erence committee

WASHINGTON — The Senate 's 93-0 vote to send the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act to conference committee "moves us one step closer to ending the brutal partial-birth abortion procedure," the U.S. bishops' pro-life spokeswoman said after the Sept. 17 vote. Cathleen Cleaver, director of planning and information for the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, said she hoped the conference committee would approve "a clean and straightforward ban" without a Senatepassed provision in support of Roe vs. Wade. "It is noteworthy that this vote did not instruct conferees to keep the resolution approving of Roe vs. Wade," she said in a statement. "Polls have consistently shown that most Americans reject most of the abortions that Roe permits." In an earlier letter to the Senate, the chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Pro-Life Activities urged senators to eliminate what he called the "extraneous" provision in support of Roe vs. Wade. Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua , who resigned in July as archbishop of Philadelphia, said the "sense of the Senate" provision added as an amendment to the bill was "the one remaining obstacle to enactment of this much-needed legislation."

CCHD awards $8.75 million to 318 local anti-poverty projects

WASHINGTON — While many local anti-poverty programs struggle to survive in difficult economic times, the Catholic Campai gn for Human Development has awarded $8.75 million in grants to 318 community-based projects that work to eliminate the root causes of poverty in the United States. "With 47 of the nation's states reporting budget deficits and cutting programs that provide a safety net to the marginally employed, the need for poverty-related empowerment programs is even greater" than in previous years, said Father

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Sp irituality fi nds p lace in workp lace at monthly fo rums

ST. LOUIS — Spiritually speaking, it can be pretty lonel y in the business community. Not so for members of the Aquinas Business Forum, a monthly breakfast gathering of St. Louis area business leaders seeking to find spirituality and vocation in their work. When asked for an example of how the forum has helped him, John Stieven noted that he has a clearer sense of community service or, as he said, "giving back to the community rather than taking away." A portfolio manager for A.G. Edwards Trust Co., Stieven said he recently joined a dozen other employees in delivering and installing spare airconditioners in the homes of some South St. Louis residents. His participation in the business forum gave him an awareness "that when opportunities to do something in the community present themselves, you need to step forward. You can 't just let someone else do it," he told the St. Louis Review, newspaper of the St. Louis Archdiocese. The business fomm is sponsored by the Aquinas Institute of Theology, a graduate school of theology and ministry run by the Dominican s from a building on the campus of St. Louis University.

Bishop urges end to new nuclear weapons research

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VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul IPs frailty during a visit to Slovakia prompted some to wonder whether the duties of his office are finall y overwhelming the 83-year-old pontiff. But as a glance at his October schedule shows, the pop e is hardly preparing to ride into the sunset. One Vatican official described the papal schedule as "massacranle,*' or "grueling, " a word Italians use when they 're afraid it could wear someone out. The pope starts off October with a general audience, a two-hour event that brings him into weekly contact with p ilgrims from all over the world. The same day, he begins a 12-day series of "ad limina " visits with bishops from the Phili pp ines, one-on-one encounters followed by a group meeting. The month continues at the same hectic fzO pace , but on Oct. 15 things get even more intense. That 's the day the College of Cardinals descends on Rome to help the pope celebrate his 25th anniversary. On Oct. 19 the pope >< . OS presides over the beatification of Mother Teresa, a threehour liturgy in St. Peter 's Square that 's expected to draw ¦¦¦¦ m more than 100,000 people. R o X.

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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Ital y—Pope John Paul II warned newly ordained bishops that their ministry would be particularly challenging and draining in today 's world, and he urged them to boldly proclaim the Gospel and look out for their priests. The pope made his remarks Sept. 18 to about 120 bishops , including San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang, ordained in recent months and participating in a weeklong orientation meeting organized by the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops. He also confinned that he would release on Oct. 16 a document on the bishop 's role and mission in the church, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of his papal election. The document follows a 2001 special assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the topic. "The pastoral mission entrusted to you is exciting, but today it is particularly difficult and tiring," the pope told the new bishops, who hailed from 25 countries in the Americas, Europe and Oceania.

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ROME—The head of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy said he hopes every Catholic priest will see Mel Gibson's film , "The Passion." "One of the great achievements of this film is to

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VATICAN CITY — Six cardinals will speak on themes that include mission, ecumenism and the family at a Vatican conference marking the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul IPs pontificate. The retrospective speeches are part of a conference that will run through the celebrations of the papal anniversary in mid-October. The conference, attended by the world's cardinals and other church leaders, will feature presentations on "The Petrine Ministry and Communion in the Episcopate " b y Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin, former prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; "Priests , the Consecrated Life and Vocations" b y Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris; "The Family" by Colombian Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family; "Ecumenism" by Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah P. Sfeir, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church; "The Missions " by Cardinal Ivan Dias of Mumbai, India; and "The Pontificate 's 25 Years in the Service of Peace " by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state.

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"This is absolutel y a good time for people to learn more about priestl y formation ," said Sul pician Father Gerald Coleman , president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, speaking of an open house planned for the Menlo Park seminary Oct. 5. "Since 2002 the Church has gone throug h a very difficult time where the image of the priesthood has certainl y been tainted ," said Father Coleman. He added , "trust " of priests by parishioners will be an important element of the healing process , and "among our priests in the Archdiocese this is a trust well-placed." The head of St. Patrick Seminary said incoming seminari ans have not been apprehensive about becoming priests under the cloud of recent scandals. "There's a real sense on their part that becoming a priest is something they really want to do and they ' re very committed to the Church ," Father Coleman said. "Men entering the seminary now see themselves in very priestl y roles - preaching and celebrating the sacraments. Everything else is secondary to that. " This was not always so, noted the seminary rector. "If you go back to my time it wasn 't as clear or articulated as that. We saw ourselves as going into parishes and doing everything. We handled the administration, the economics and the pastoral work. We didn ' t make distinctions and 1 think making distinctions as these guys are is much healthier." Priests being ordained today "have an awareness that there are certain things they cannot do though they might learn to do them" Father Coleman said. "When

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Assembly planned for Mission schools Representatives of parish communities from 11 schools in the Inner and Outer Mission Districts of San Francisco will meet on Oct. 1 at St. Mary 's Cathedral from 2 to 6 p.m. Archbishop William J. Levada , members of the Archdiocesan Board of Education and Department of Catholic Schools, along with 10 to 15 invited representatives from each of the partici pating schools are expected to be present at the assembly. The partici pating schools are Corpus Christi , Epiphany, Mission Dolores, St. Anthony/Immaculate Conception , St. Charles , St. Finn Barr, St. James, St. John , St. Paul, St. Peter and St. Phili p. "The assembly is being held in response to recommendations from the Strateg ic Plan for Schools that was approved last year by Archbishop William J. Levada ," said Mr. Paul Bergez of the Department of Catholic

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Loss of funding means 100 inner-city kids may not go

By Sharon Abercrombie aul Raia, director of outdoor programs for Catholic Charities CYO, usually doesn't have any trouble filling his calendar for Caritas Creek, a popular environmental camp for grade-school kids, but this year is slightly different. One week in Febru ary looms as a large question mark. Rai a tentatively is holding the spot open for 100 kids from three Hunter 's Point schools. He also is holding his breath . Catholic Charities CYO needs to raise $29, 500 or the fifth graders from Malcolm X, George Washington Carver and Charles Drew elementary schools will not be able to attend the five-day camp. Such a prospect is particularly painful for Raia, as well as the youngsters. It would be the first time in 18 years that inner-city kids would have to forego their eagerly anticipated wilderness adventure. If so this would be a real tragedy, "because many of these kids have never even left their neighborhoods much less San Francisco, " Raia noted. Many of them have never gazed up at a redwood tree or seen the stars as they really appear, on a dark night unimpeded by city lights, he added. For many years the San Francisco Unified School District paid most of the schools ' expense for Caritas. Then, over time when District funds dried up, CYO was able to keep bringing the children to its Camp Armstrong location in Occidental because of grant money from the Sierra Club. But now, Sierra 's funding has disappeared as well, said Raia. At this point , Caritas' director is making a public plea for donations. It costs $275 for a child to attend the camp. Caritas Creek, created 28 years ago by Paula Pardini, combines ecology with religion, spirituality and community building. Caritas is a Latin word for "the Spirit of God's love." During their five-day experience, the campers swim, practice archery,take day and night hikes, visit the ocean, and learn to make face paint from rocks. They get acquainted with bugs and other unfamiliar critters. They spend time alone in the woods. At one point on a child 's solo day hike , he or she will come upon a sign that says, "look up. " Towering above is a maj estic redwood. The lesson is to become aware of own 's surroundings, in the present moment, and see what wonderful surprises may be waiting. Raia explains, "Through environmental education , kids learn that everything that makes the earth work is interdependent. The games they play encourage interdependence instead of competi tion and they learn that the golden thread which runs throu gh all the world's spiritual traditions is respecting one another and the earth. "

Counselors at Catholic Chanties CYO environmental education camp - Caritas Creek Approximately 3,500 kids from both sides of the Bay better to be out there in nature than in die city doing nothing. " attend every year, most of them from paro chial schools. Jamarr Simmons kept returning to Caritas as a volunAnother 800 high school teenagers sign on to become teer until 1998, and still goes back for frequent visits. "We ' re like family," he said. Mr. Simmons said the camp cabin counselors and teaching assistants. Many of them fall comp letely in love with Caritas Creek did much for his spiritu ality. "The staff helped us to look a and sign on to it for life, making it their career. Paul Raia , little deeper inside, and it helped me out a lot. It gave me for example, now its director, first went to Caritas as a sixth direction and self confidence. " grader from Christ the King School in Pleasant Hill. Raia He recalled a particularly low point in his life , when, fed shared a cabin with kids from St. Bernard School in inner up with Hunter 's Point , he made an appointment with an city Oakland. At first , Raia says he panicked. 'I had never Army recruiter. The morning of his interview, however, at 6 had a conversation with an African American but by the a.m. he received a phone call from the former directo r, end of five days we were all ciying because we had to go Paula Pardini. She offered him a job at the camp for $25 home. " Raia is still friends with his former cabin mates. dollars a week. "That was a real life choice and I made it. " Other Caritas alumnae have similarly fond memories , He chose Caritas and has never regretted it for a minute. as well. Jamarr Simmons, Charles Hatch and Natalie The staff helped find him financial sponsors so he could Tovani-Walchak say that the camp has deeply touched attend college at Loyola Marymount for two years. Today their lives, to this day. Mr. Hatch , 19, Mr. Simmons, 26 and he is merchandiser for a soda company and is developing Mrs.. Walchak, also 26 , were city kids - the two boys lived a second career as a rap vocalist. This too , he says, is because of Caritas. "They always backed me up when I was in Hunter 's Point, and she hailed from Richmond. Mr. Hatch said from the first day he was at Caritas, he knew a kid. They believed in my music career." he wanted to be a cabin leader when he got older. He did, too. By sheer coincidence, when Natalie Walchak was a The greatest tiling about Caritas for him, was, how it "made Salesian High sophomore she served as a cabin counselor for me be more open to people of different backgrounds. I learned some Hunter 's Point young people. She remembered how it more there than I have learned anyplace else," said die young had been for her when she was their age of ten. Mrs. Walchak man, who has been studying nursing, He returned to Caritas recalls being a shy urban kid , who , during those five days at for several years, "because it was something different. It was camp, "enjoyed my first burst of independence and ability to navigate the world with confidence. When you are in an urban school to suddenly have a chance to step into nature and look up at a truly dark sky, can be a life changing moment." By the time she was 15 , the teen applied as a cabin counselor and was accepted , although she wasyoung for the job. She was the youngest counselor then. And today she is one of the youngest principals in the Oakland Diocesan School system. Mis. Walchak recently began her first year asprincipal of St. Joseph the Worker School in Berkeley after teaching at St. David's, St. Cornelius, and St. John 's, all in the East Bay. These are schools that send their kids to Caritas Creek, and Mrs. Walchak said she has seen the transformation that can happen to an entire class.They leave the first of the week, bickering, the way kids often do, and when they come back, they are a changed group, peaceful and strengthened as a community. On an individual basis, at Caritas, "kids can try out who they want to be in a safe setting. " St. Joseph the Worker is a Caritas School as well. And for Natalie Walchak, it is a given tiiat the seventh graders will keep going there each year. Somehow, she will see that the money is always there for them to go. Caritas Creek is not a luxury. In today's frightening urban world, it is a necessity, she believes. Donations to Caritas Creek f or the H unter s' Point Schools can be sent to Paul Raia at P.O. Box 188, Occidental, CA 95465.

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Plight of farm worker 's famil y brings help and hope

By Evelyn Zappia I V I igrant farm worker Lorenzo Perez labored hard on the California Coast for the Patillas Ranch in Pescadero , San Mateo County "preparing the earth to start planting onions, Swiss chard and peas." Occasionally, Gaiy Marchi , the ranch owner, would give Lorenzo some money, but he never paid him his full wages of $6.00 an hour, the amount they both agreed upon nearly two years ago. "It was belter than nothing, " said Mr. Perez. "It would have been much harder in Mexico , where there are no jobs. At least my family had a placed to live. " Mr. Perez lived with Aurelia and their sons, four-year-old, Javier, and baby Lorenzo, Jr., along with seven other families and several single men in two modular trailers on a tiny portion of the 52-acre ranch. In total, about 37 people lived in die two trailers, which had ten rooms and two bathrooms. One day in July, without warning, Mr. Perez and the other occupants of the trailers were given an eviction notice with 30 days to leave die property. Owner Marchi had filed for bankruptcy and the new owner of die lease needed the trailers for his staff. Alerted to the situation, local non-profit organizations scrambled to find homes or temporary shelters for the migrant workers and family members. The Half Moon Bay Catholic Worker House received a call from Rev. Wendy Taylor of Pescadero Community Church seeking refuge for the evicted families. Rev. Taylor has been ministering to Coastal migrant workers for the past five years, focusing on her community in the seaside city of Pescadero, just an hour 's drive from San Francisco.

Lorenzo and Aurelia with their children Lorenzo Jr., Javier and baby Melanie. Currently, the Perez fam ily is safely settled widi a roof over their heads at Half Moon Bay's Catholic Worker House. Mike and Kathy Niece, who run die coastside shelter, agreed to take in "the most needy family." Lack of space precluded diem from housing more families. "Thanks be to God for people like the Nieces," said Rev. Taylor. As Catholic Workers, the Nieces offer direct help and live in solidarity with the poor, along with advocating for social justice. The couple is well known for their ministry working with churches and organizations in the area to help and assist those in need. The Nieces distribute foal and clothing from their home, embracing the needy and devoting themselves to works of mercy. They also provide showers for occasional homeless

travelers drifting through Half Moon Bay. The original Catholic Worker House was co-founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in Chicago in 1933- It is estimated there are more than 180 Catholic Worker Houses in the United States. Magdalene House, the official name of the coastside residence on Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay, has two missions — to house one or two families who are working to improve their lives, and to reach out to odiers in need along the Coast. Two days after the Perez family arrived at Magdalene House, Aurelia gave birth to a baby girl named Melanie, and shortly after, Mr. Niece was able to find a temporary job for Mr. Perez at a nearby flower nursery for seven dollars an hour. Mr. Niece said the job has die

possibility of becoming a permanent position. Mr. Perez wants to return to Mexico with his family as soon as he can save about $40,000. He plans to build a house in Mexico , and open a small grocery store to provide for his family. One requirement to live in Magdalene House will help Mr. Perez realize his dream. He must save 75 percent of his income and p lace it in a savings account. The savings are not to be used except for serious emergencies. The remaining quarter of his income is used for groceries and family items. The Nieces will help the Perez family with managing its money, which is key to a successfu l transition when the family leaves the Half Moon Bay house. Free rent for the famil y while living at Magdalene House will help offset the low income of seven dollars an hour for the family of five. Mr. Perez recently app lied for low income housing in the area but said it would take at least four months for his family to qualify. Until then , his family will stay at Magdalene House. The Rural Legal Assistance Association, which advocates for unpaid migrant workers, filed a class action suit against Mr. Marchi. The ranch owner may have made a mistake by not mentioning the money he owed the workets in his bankruptcy filing and not listing diem as creditors. As for ever seeing any of his back wages, Mr. Perez said , "If I get $5 ,000 1 would be happy." Magdelene House is always in need of clothing for adults and children , as well as food staples such as rice , beans, canned juic e, and corn tortillas . To contact Magdalene House call (650) 726-6606 or email magdalenehousel @aol.com.

Texas bishops call for resumption of migrant policy talks with Mexico By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Seven Texas bishops from dioceses that border Mexico have called on President Bush to restart negotiations on migration immediately because of their concern about the "grave moral issues " in U.S. policies toward migrants. Just days before the September 200 1 terroris t attacks, Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox held talks on migration issues. The two governments seemed headed toward agreements for a guest worker program and a plan for legalizing m any of the estimated 8 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Since the terro rist attacks , those plans have been shelved. Also, immigrants — both legal and illegal — have come under considerably more scrutiny b y law enforcement agencies. In their letter to Bush , the bishops said, "We witness eveiy day the human consequences of the migration phenomenon. Families are separated , communities are divided , and migrants seeking to support themselves and their families are abused and exp loited. Most disturbingly, migrants continue to perish in remote regions of the American Southwest or in (their) attempt to enter the United States by other means of transportation. " The letter wassigned by: Archbishop Patrick F. Flores and Auxiliary Bishops Patrick J. Zurek and Thomas J.

Flanagan of San Antonio; Bishop Raymundo J. Pena of Brownsville; Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer of San Au gelo; Bishop Armando X. Ochoa of El Paso; and Bishop James A. Tamayo of Laredo. Their dioceses all touch the Mexican border. According to a Sept. 17 press release from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , the letter outlined the bishops ' concerns about the inadequacy of current U.S. immigration policy; the failure of enforcement policies to protect basic human ri ghts and safety of immigrants; and the lack of tal ks with Mexico since 2001. "Comprehensive reform of U.S. immigration law is necessary, in our view, to ensure th at human rights, digc/l nity and lives of migrants from Mexico and Central and South America are protected and upheld , " it said. "It is o also needed to promote the long-term economic and e security interests of the United States. " o 6 o The letter noted that the Catholic Church does not %, w condone illegal immigration , but that the church seeks 5 "to uphold the human rights and dignity of all people, Relatives and neighbors surround regardless of their immigration status, " The current situation in which migrants are victimthe casket of Hector Ramirez, one of 18 illegal immigrants who ized while the United States benefits is "morally unacdied from suffocation and heat ceptable, " it said. "No longer can our country in good conscience reap exhaustion at a highway rest stop the benefits of the toil of migran t workers without recogoutside Victoria, Texas in mid-May. nizing their important contributions ," it said.

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JLCATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO Ribera should be included San Francisco voters are short-changed by the exclusion of former San Francisco Police Chief Tony Ribera from forums presenting candidates for Mayor of the City in the November election. Despite legitimate protests from Ribera, the San Francisco Republican Party and others, including Archbishop William J. Levada, a candidate forum scheduled to take place last evening at the University of San Francisco excluded the former police chief on the basis of a poll of likely voters taken months ago. The venue 's organizers decided to include only those candidates garnering five percent or more in the poll. Ironies abound in the exclusion of Ribera. The candidate forum was put together by a group that includes faith-based organizations with Catholic entities among them. Yet, Ribera is the only pro-life candidate for Mayor. Some good-hearted people might argue that local offices have little or no impact on abortion policies. But the reality is this: people elected to local offices often move on to seek state office or national office. The pro-life position of candidates is germane at all levels of elected office. Ribera has a perspective that deserves a hearing and he should be included in all mayoral candidate forums. MEH

Propo sed law discriminates against religious entities Now awaiting Gov. Davis ' approval or veto is a bill (AB 17) that, as written, will "prohibit a state agency from entering into a contract for the acquisition of goods and services in the amount of $100,000 or more with a contractor who ... discriminates between employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners or discriminates between the domestic partners and spouses of those employees." ™^ By using the "discrimination" stick in conjunction with the economic "carrot," the bill effectively requires contractors to provide "spousal-equivalent" benefits to either a domestic partner or a legally domiciled member of the .' employee 's home. The author of the bill rebuffed requests Z by the California Catholic Conference for an exemption Z for faith-based organizations that contract with the state, Z even though the bill contains exemptions for other enti- • ties, including contractors that provide and convey water and power. The religious employer exemption sought by the California Catholic Conference (as well as Seventh Day Adventist lobbyists) is die one found in the California Fair Employment and Housing Act , for employers that are a "religious association or corporation not organized for private profit ." Ironically, this kind of exemption was included in another bill this year (AB 196), which prohibits discrimination and harassment based on sex. As written AB 17 will impact Catholic and other religious employers who have historically contracted with the state to provide many needed health, welfare, and educational services. These organizations will have to choose from three options : acquiesce to the bill's requirements, thereby endorsing domestic partnerships as an equivalent of marriage; discontinue contracting partnerships with the state; or remove all spousal coverage in health benefits. None of these options is acceptable for our Catholic institutions , which are called to both fulfill the healing and caring mission of Jesus Christ and to treat their employees with justice. Between January and September, the California Catholic Conference met with the author of the bill, Assemblymember Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego), on several occasions, wrote numerous letters to committee chairs and members, testified at every legislative hearing, prepared floor alerts, and met with the governor 's staff in an effort to either amend the bill to include the religious exemption or to stop the bill entirely. As the end of the term approached , it appeared that these efforts had been successful , as AB 17 remained in committee, having failed to meet its deadlines for passage. However, in the early morning hours on the last day of the session, the rules were waived and the bill was hurriedly approved in committee, approved by the entire Senate, concurred by the Assembly, and sent to enrollment. It is now on the Governor's desk awaiting his signature. It is a sad irony th at AB 17, which has been touted as an "anti-discrimination" bill, actually discriminates against reli gious organizations and religious beliefs. Perhaps the author and the supporters of the bill knew the legislation is flawed and discriminatory. This may explain its last-minute passage under the cover of darkness. Gov. Davis should veto this attempt to abrogate the rights of religious organizations. The California Catholic Conferenc e urges Catholics to contact the governor 's office and urge a veto on AB 17. Ned Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference

Prisoners need p riest

On June 1st, Fr. Denis McManu s retired as the State employed Catholic Chaplain at San Quentin. He had served for over 20 years and was deeply loved by the men at San Quentin. Since that time, I have been the acting Catholic Chaplain. The State has been dragging it 's feet in bringing in our new Chaplain, Fr. Stephen Barber. Despite efforts by Archbishop Levada and others, the hiring of Fr. Barber is still mired at the State Division of Finance as it tries to locate money to pay the Chap lain. "Any effort in contacting legislators to push the State will be deeply appreciated by the inmates at San Quentin who deserve to have a priest serving them. Deacon George Salinger Acting Catholic Chaplain San Quentin State Prison

Jesus on sex

Regarding Christopher J. Smith's agreement with Father ,.-W Lambro that Jesus said nothing about same-sex marriage and "Actually, he does not appear to have any 'official ' position on sex at all." (CSF - Sept. 19) I would refer him to Jesus' following quotes in the Bible: (Origin of Marriage): "From the beginning of creation , God made them male and female. This is why a man must leave his father and mother, and the two become one body. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then , what God has united, man must not divide" (Mark 10:6-9). (Purity of heart): "You have learnt how it was said: You must not commit adultery. But I say to you, if a man looks at a woman lustfull y, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart " (Matthew 5:25-28). (Impure heart): "But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is these things that make a man unclean . For from the heart come evil intentions , murder, adultery, fornication , theft , per- [ jury, slander" (Matthew 15:18-20). It never ceases to amaze me that a person would never consider protesting a vegetarian society because it wasn't serving Big Macs. Yet they think nothing of protesting a church that is based on Biblical principles because it doesn ' t agree with our own personal code of morality - accusing it of meanness and viciousness. The Catholic Church is the guardian of spiritual truths that members aspire to rise to - not something that bows down to accommodate the whims of anyone who doesn 't happen to agree with its Biblical principles. Meanwhile , it is always "inclusive" because although it may disapprove of a behavior, it always and faithfull y loves the sinner. Catholic isn ' t a "name onl y ". It 's the recognition , acceptance and implementation of a holy, inspired "way of life." Mr. Smith should consider that God may have

a better plan for his life than he envisions for himself - because "God's thoughts are far above our thoughts." He may have "boug ht the lie" and have no idea what he's missing. Lisa Fredericks San Francisco

Suspect criticism

The gay and lesbian community seems to be able to get into print by stating that a publication will not print their letter. Christopher J. Smith uses that ploy in his recent letter to the editor (CSF - Sept. 19). Reading it called to mind a course in Historical Criticism I took at the University of San Francisco a number of years ago. 1 believe one of its tenets was the credibility of an author was suspect if he/she used a number of inflammatory words and derogatory words and sentences. If I may apply this criteria to Mr. Smith' s letter, what will we find? First: The views of The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, according to Smith , were "mean, ignorant, arrogant ." Second: M;.. It is "shameful and hypocritical" not to give support to an unorthodox point of view. Third: George Weigel is accused of a ' mean and vicious attack on our Anglican brethren" because he does not support the ordination of a practicing homosexual to the episcopate. Mr. Smith has used inflammatory rhetoric to express an opinion which is, in essence, an attack on the Roman Catholic Church's stand on homosexuality. If we accept the Epistles of St. James and St. Paul as inspired it is difficult to alter Church teaching on this matter. Robert J. Theis Daly City

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Still the lav,

This is in response to the vitriolic letter of Christopher J. Smith in last week's Catholic San Francisco. The gist of the letter was that Mr. Smith was upset because the Catholic Churc h still has not approved ol sodomy. Indeed , if Mr. Smith has ever been given to think that approval of sodomy is a possibility, then he has been greatl y misled. The Catholic Church is not a human institution that can vote on whether something 's right or wrong. No , it is the Mystical Body of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As such, it is subject to whatever Our Lord teaches. Neither the Pope nor the Magisterium may contradict Our Lord's teaching as found in the gospels and tradition. Any new teachings are always built on previous revelation , and as such , enlarge and deepen our understanding. Now in regards to sodomy, recall that in the time of Abraham there was the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone for engaging in sodomy (Gen 19). In the time of Moses sodomy was also called an abomination and forbidden by law (Lev 18:22). And Jesus said "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. " (Mt 5:17) And lastl y, Saint Paul says (ICor 6:9): "Do not be deceived: neither fornicators nor idolators nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals nor thieves... (etc)... will inherit the kingdom of God." Now no one is forcing Mr. Smith (or anyone else) to be a Catholic. To have integrity, however, a person who is inclined to homosexual activities needs to make a decision: either leave the Catholic Church and find a group that shares one 's view; or remain in the Church with the intention of renouncing such activities and trying to live a chaste life . It is fraudulent to claim to be a Catholic while actively and knowingly living in contradiction to the Church' s teachings. I pray that Mr. Smith will make the right decision. Jessica Munn Foster City

The Catholic Diff erence

The Resurrection and The DaVinci Code Dan Brown 's blockbuster novel , The DaVinci Code, will certainl y outsell NT. Wright 's The Resurrection of the Son of God by a factor of 10,000: 1, and probabl y more. Quite unintentionall y, though , Dr. Wri ght 's book is the perfect response to the anti-Christian slander that underwrites The DaVinci Code - the charge that the earl y Christians deliberate ly lied about Jesus, his friendshi ps, and his fate in order to keep women subjugated. Reall y. Jesus, you see, was not a carpenter and itinerant preacher of the Kingdom but a wealthy Teli gious intellectual with aspirations to David's throne. His well-healed and royally inclined lover, Mary Magdalene, is the "holy grail," because she held within herself the blood of Jesus while bearing his children. After Constantine legalized Christianity, the Church rewrote the story to suit its, and Constantine's, imperial purposes. Thus the truth (sic) about Jesus and the origins of Christianity can only be found in the "gnostic Gospels," ancient texts never incorporated into the New Testament but unearthed by archaeologists in recent decades. These esoteric texts reveal the story the Church has been suppressing for almost two millennia, often by violence. All of which could be dismissed as the most ludicrous rubbish were it not for the fact that recent academic work on the gnostic Gospels has tilted toward a thesis not unlike Dan Brown 's in The DaVinci Code. I recently saw a whole slew of such books displayed on a single table in a large book-

store under the rubric, "Now that you 've read The DaVinci Code...". (I asked the store manager whether they were planning a display entitled "Now that you ' ve read The Protocols of the Elders ofZion " the classic anti-Semitic canard.) I'm almost ashamed to mention The Resurrection of the Son of God in this context. To put it simply, this is the most exciting work of biblical scholarship I've read in twenty years. It offers the sense of being in the hands of a master teacher who has an astonishing amount of material at his fingertips, wears his scholarshi p li ghtly, has ori ginal things to say, says them brilliantl y, swats critics deftl y, and in doing all of that changes the state of the question. Wright 's Resurrection - 700+ pages of closely argued analysis of biblical texts, early Christian documents, and other ancient sources - isn 't leisure reading. Those willing to work through it, though , will come away with their Easter faith re-confirmed on a solid historical foundation. Yes, that's right , a historical foundation. For Wright's argument is that the only historically satisfactory explanation of the rise of the early Church and the only sati sfactory reading of the relevant texts (Paul's references to the Resurrection in his letters and the four Gospel accounts) lead to the conclusion that "Jesus was bodily raised from the dead." As Dr. Wright puts it, briskly, "...the only possible reason why early Christianity began and took the shape it did is that the tomb really was empty and that people really did meet Jesus alive

again." Yes, Wright continues , this involves o X "accepting a challenge" to a. the way we usuall y think 3o! about the world and the I.5 g way it works. But if we're X. o willing to think outsidethe-box of conventional modern world views, "the best historical explanation for all these phenomena is that Jesus was indeed bodily raised from die dead." In other words, NT. Wright uses the skills of historicalcritical scholarship precisely to affirm the historicity of "the resurrection of the Son of God." A more thoroughgoing demolition of the trendy scholarshi p and pseudo-scholars hip underneath The DaVinci Code could not be imagined. For too long now, in Wright's Anglican Church as well as in the Catholic Church, the resurrection has been preached and taught under a cloud of debunking. By contrast , Wright 's Resurrection is a brilliant example of critical affirmation.

George Weigel

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

Family Lif e

Even marriage is possible with God My husband and I were married but three years when a neighboring parish invited us to give an adult education class on the Sacrament of Marriage. Eager to serve the Church, we agreed, not at all realizing we were about to be thrown to the lions. The classroom contained about a dozen 40 and 50 somethings, most of whom had strayed from the sacraments and had experienced everything but marital happiness. My husband and I each took a turn trying to explain the beauty and benefits of the Church 's teaching on conjugal love, and we were taken completely by surprise when the reaction we received was one of hostility and bitterness. We saw firsthand the reason so many priests and bishops shy away from this topic. One man in particular came up to me afterward and angril y chided , "What do you know? You 're young and idealistic. You have no idea how hard marriage is. Get back to me in 20 years and then try to tell me about it. " I have no way of tracing that man now, but as my husband and I approach our 20th wedding anniversary, I think of him and wish I could talk to him. And what would I say ? Probabl y something along the

lines of, "You know, you were right; we had no clue back then about the difficulties of married life. There have been times along the bumpy road when clinging by our fingernails to our vows and to the other sacraments dragged us along. It is not by our efforts alone, but by the grace of God that we are still married." We live in a world of hurt, of broken promises, of failure to forgive and to be forgiven. So it is understandable that many people are cynical about marriage. We are told that what the Church asks of matrimony, that it be life-long and life-giving, is impossible. Even the twelve apostles thought the teachings of Jesus hard , and into their hopelessness Jesus answered, "For man it is impossible , but with God all things are possible." When 1 gave birth to our fourth child and the rest of my famil y showed up in the maternity ward, several nurses crowded into my room. "Can you believe it?" one of them said to the others. "This is her fourth child. And this man is the baby ' s father and the mother's husband. And these are their other children. Here is a real family !"

I felt so embarrassed, and so sad, that an ordinary family of mere mortals, such as once was considere d commonplace, was seen as a rarity. 1 wanted so MiK^^^^-i^B.affwffff! much to say, "We are â&#x201E;˘ not the author of this happiness. Our marriage, our children are gifts trom God, girts that we have been able to receive only by humbling our selves and relying upon Him." But how does one say all that from a hospital bed when it's hard enough while standing up on two feet?

Vivian W. Dudro

Vivian W. Dudro is a parishioner at St. Mary 's Cathedral and the mother of four children, ages 7 to 15

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Coping with our own complexity Holiness and wholeness are, ultimately, the same thing. To be hol y is to be whole. That shouldn 't surprise us; grace builds on nature. What's problematic is achieving wholeness. Why? Because we're all so pathologically comp lex that we spend most of our lives try ing to figure out who we really are and try ing on various personalities the way we try on different clothes. Allow me an example: I once saw a wonderful interview with Catherine deHueck Doherty, a Russian baroness and the founder of the Madonna House Apostolate. She was alread y more than 80 years old and , reflecting on the struggles of her spiritual journey, said something to this effect: "It's like there are three persons inside me. There's someone I call the Baroness. The Baroness is spiritual and given over to asceticism and prayer. This is the religious person. She's the one who founded the religious community, wrote the spiritual books, and who tries to give her life to the poor. It's the Baroness who's impatient with the things of this world and who tries to keep her eyes focused on things beyond this life. "But inside of me, too, there 's another person whom I call Catherine. Catherine is, first of all and always, a woman who enjoys fine things, luxuries, sensual delight. She likes idleness, long baths, fine clothes, putting on makeup, good meals, good wine, and used to, as a married woman, enjoy a healthy sex life. Catherine enjoys this life and doesn 't want renunciation or poverty. She's not religious like the Baroness. Indeed, she hates the Baroness and has a strained relationship with her. "And, finally, inside of me, too, there 's someone else, a little girl, a child lying on a hillside in Finland, watching

the clouds and daydreaming. The little girl is different still from both the Baroness or Catherine. "...And, as I get older, I feel more like the Baroness, long more for Catherine, but think that maybe the little girl daydreaming on a hillside in Finland might be who I really am." These words come from a spiritual giant, someone who attained both wholeness and sanctity after a long search and difficult straggle. What her words highlight are two things: how complex we are and how difficult is it to find wholeness. Like Catherine Doherty, all of us, too, have a number of different persons inside us. Inside each of us there's someone who knows the truth of the Gospel call, is drawn to the reli gious, strives toward self-renunciation, and that knows that there are more important things than worldly achievement, comfort, and sex. But, inside each of us, too, there's also a hedonist, a sensualist, a person who wants to drink in fully the wine and the pleasures of this life. Moreover, inside each of us there's also a little girl or little boy, daydreaming still on a hillside somewhere. Soren Kierkegaard defined a saint as someone who "wills the one thing." But, with all these different persons inside us, what do we really will? What 's really our deepest desire? Importandy, too, given that grace is meant to build upon nature and not annihilate it, it's too simple to think that sanctity is merely a question of the "spiritual person" inside us triumphing over the person inside of us who loves this world or over the child in us who is still given over to daydreaming. Wholeness means somehow making a whole, a harmony, out of all these different persons. To ignore or bypass one part for another is never to attain wholeness.

Sanctity consists in wholeness and a whole person, like Christ, is someone who is both a drinker of wine and an ascetic, a lover of this life and of the next, a dreamer and a realist, among many other things , all at the same time . What must be rejected in the spiritual auest is not our nature. with its endless paradoxes and seeming contradictory attractions, but any recipe for holiness that would have us believe that sanctity can be obtained easil y, without tension, confusion , and great patience. To be human is to be pathologically complex. But thai points to our richness, not poverty, and suggests that all our different parts are important in the spiritual journey. Nikos Kazantzakis once put it this way: "The spirit wants to wrestle with flesh th at is strong and full of resistance ... because ... the deeper the stmggle , the richer the final harmony."

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Turn of the century lay and clerical Catholic leadership Father Peter C. Yorke, James D. Phelan and Garret W. McEnerney By James P. Walsh This bi g three in nonepiscopal Catholic leadership -Father Peter C. Yorke, Garret McEnerney, and James Duval Phelanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;reflected the face of the Catholic Church to the larger San Francisco community, Catholic and non-Catholic , fro m the 1890s to the death of the longest survivor , McEnerney, in 1942. They were powerfu l leaders , each with his own priorities. Yorke was a public advocate of Irish nat ionalism and union labor. Phelan was a progressive politician. And McEnerney was a director of institutional and corporate interests. All emerged from an Irish Catholic subculture that had obtained significant power in the city by the turn of the 20th century. The relationshi p of the three was not always amicable , nor did it reflect well on the most famous of San Francisco churchmen , Father Peter C. Yorke . Yorke remains the colorful combatant most often written about by historians. Born in Galway, Ireland , in 1864, he came to the United States and was ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1887. Yorke possessed a fine mind , a quick wit and a combativeness that saw his star rise dramaticall y in the 1890s. These same attribute s, however, ultimatel y determined his downward mobility within the archdiocese of San Francisco. Removed from the presti gious posts of chancellor and Monitor editor by Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan , Yorke devoted himself to the cause of Catholic education, union labor, Irish nationalism, and to his parish responsibilities. His biographer Joseph Brusher, S.J., in his otherwise laudatory book, suggested psychological reasons for Yorke's aggressiveness and self-indulgence. Phelan 's career was one of public service, best illustrated by his terms as San Francisco mayor (1896-1901) and California 's U.S. Senator (1914-1920). A contemporary of Yorke, Phelan was born in San Francisco in 1861 into a family of extraordinary wealth and extraordinary devotion to the Catholic Church , a devotion Phelan did not share . His adult detachment from church doctrine seems to have developed from a compromise understandin g with an otherwise dominant father. Young Phelan privatel y declined to follow his father 's religious example, and at the same time he accepted the management of his father ' s financial interests , a career not of his choice. His bifurcated life notwithstanding, Phelan grew into the public role of prominent Catholic layman . His genuine devotion was to Catholic art, heritage and good works. His financial and symbolic contributions to the church were constant and substantia] , extending even through his final will. Successive archbishops accepted this quid pro quo much as his father had, Yorke, however, could not. McEnerney has been the least written about among the big three , largely because he guarded his historical paper trail. Born in Nap a of Irish parents in 1865, he attended St. Mary 's College in San Francisco, read law

Garret W. McEnerny

James Duva l Phelan, circa 1896.

An older Phelan relaxes at the Bohemian Grove

and became California 's premier corporate attorney. A dominating figure , he quietly preferred the privacy of his law offices and the boardrooms of corporations , the University of California regents, and the Catholic archdiocese - all of which he served throughout his highly successful legal career. His private life complied with Catholic teachings and the public standards of the Victorian age in which he, too , came of age. Phelan kept his distance from McEnerney. Yorke could not. Yorke assassinated the character of both men: McEnerney because he publicly disagreed with Yorke's version of Irish nationalism; Phelan because he disagreed with Yorke 's views on the rights of union labor. The nature of their three-part relationships was interesting, in large part because Yorke 's eruptions created public knowledge of conflict among the otherwise remote elite. Each leader belonged to the local, CatholicIrish subculture. The closeness of their individual ties to the church, however, was quite different. Their respective links to Irish nationalism, likewise, differed. And only Yorke possessed an affinity for unskilled labor. Yorke devoted the fullness of his life to the church and to his communicants â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not to archbishops - and mostly as he himself thought best. Phelan worked with the archbishops , particularly on development projects , tie respectea ana supportea the church as a worthy historical and cultural institution while he selectively applied its teachings to his own life. Phelan underscored every American 's absolute

right to freedom of religion. This included all options , including no religious commitment. He expressed indignation , mostly among his intimates, at proselytizing zeal , no matter what it source , when it persisted beyond the logical presentation of facts and beliefs wbich discerning persons may examine, accept or reject. To advance your religious enthusiasm more than once, Phelan thought, was quite unrefined. Though Phelan ceased being a Catholic communicant, he never publicly rejected Catholicism. Among the Irish-Catholic big three, McEnerney enjoyed the closest, most harmonious and most enduring relationship with the San Francisco hierarch y. Once widowed and twice married in the church, McEnerney suffered no personal impediment. As a fledgling attorney McEnerney successfully represented the California bishops against Mexico in the Pious Fund of the Californias (1902) case, the first litigation brought before The Hague Tribunal in Holland. Thereafter, McEnerney served as attorney of the archdiocese until his death in 1942. He and the archbishops he served (Patrick W. Riordan , Edward J. Hanna, and John Mitty) constructed the physical archdiocese twice, once on either side of the Earthquake and Fire of 1 906. Simultaneously, McEnerney served as regent of the University of California and advanced Berkeley and the newer campuses to lift off status of institutional greatness. At his death McEnerney symbolicall y divided his fortune between the two institu tions he loved , the Catholic Church and the University of California. The interaction between McEnerney and Phelan was limited. Both well-to-do, they chose different social circles. Phelan enjoyed high society; McEnerney preferred the quietl y refined company of his intimates. Undoubtedly, McEnerney approved of Phelan 's political commitments to honesty, progressivism and civility. McEnerney did identif y with corporate interests, but he was not associated with that part of corporate life, which Phelan attacked throug h the famous San Francisco graft prosecutions of 1906. From Phelan 's point of view, he preferred to avoid dealing with McEnerney. In fact , as a man with a liberal education , artistic interests and an inherited financial LEADERSHIP, page 15

Pious Fund Participants: Standing in the back row, Archbishop Riordan (eighth from right) and attorney Garret W. McEnerny (fourth from right), 1902.

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ÂŚ Continued from page 14 emp ire , Phelan endeavored to steer clear of all attorneys on all occasions. His philosop hy was to concede some advantages to business associates to assure their success and , therefore , his too. He avoided going to the law and the courts over disagreements. Phelan preferred his own generous resolutions of business problems to pay ing legal fees required to exact his full measure . Phelan ' s anti-attorney perspective colored his vision of California ' s leading attorney, Garret McEnerney. Even civic fi gures as prudent as Phelan and McEnerney could not avoid the bombastic Father Yorke no matter how they might try. The unavoidable issues were Irish nationalism and union labor. In Yorke's case, his commitment to Ireland was absolute . Phelan and McEnerney ' s commitments were conditional. Phelan was enthralled with Irish literature and arts. Both he and McEnerney would have liked to see Ireland a free and independent nation. But both shared an interest in and a respect for English letters and culture that Yorke shunned. Phelan commissioned the Robert Emmet statue in Golden Gate Park , hosted Al Smith (Democratic presidential candidate) and John McCormack (opera singer) at Villa Montalvo , his vacation residence in Los Gatos. Phelan hosted Irish literati at private banquets at the Shelbourne in Dublin. As to Irish Americans celebrating St. Patrick' s Day, he felt that was like letting Indians off the reservations. The results were not conducive to public order. Yorke, who had supported Phelan 's first campaign for San Francisco Mayor, turned from supporting him when Phelan declined Yorke's pro-labor advice during city strikes. For that Yorke, in his personal weekly paper The Leader branded Mayor Phelan , "Jimmy the rag, as much good to labor as a rag on the end of a pole." Because of Phelan's ambivalence over Ireland , Yorke descended to barnyard Gaelic , referring to Phelan as, "Seamus a hocka." From then on Phelan remained first on Yorke' s hocka list. McEnerney, less engaged in things Irish than Phelan , was not publicl y associated with the Irish freedom movement in California after Dublin 's Easter Rising, 1916, and during World War I. On the one time that McEnerney consented to lend his presti ge to things Irish , he chose poorl y. At a San Francisco banquet he introduced the honored guest T.P. O'Connor, a member of the British House of Commons whose old Nationalist Party views were quite dated. O'Connor opposed a British draft in Ireland , but he strongly encouraged the Irish to volunteer for the British army to fight Germany. McEnerney overstated his conviction (at least from Yorke's perspective). England was America's . all y in war against imperial Germany. American patriots needed to oppose Germany by supporting the AmericanBritish war effort. Americans who declined were disloyal. Yorke 's public response was furious. His fury, undoubtedl y, sprung from his own internal tensions. He was an immigrant , proud of being Irish and proud of being American. He was embroiled in advancing Ireland' s cause in San Francisco. As long as the U.S. remained neutral in World War I, Yorke was free to use England' s distress as Ireland' s opportunity. He could be and was anti-Eng lish and pro-German. Throug hout , Yorke's pro-Americanism was also so strident as to suggest great personal insecurity. He had to be more American than the Americans - whoever they were in

Archbishop Riordan (center) with Father Peter C. Vorke (second from right).

cosmopolitan San Francisco of 1917. At the same time his heart was in Ireland. By declaring war on Germany the Congress of the United States deprived Yorke of his political flexibility. How could he boost patriotic Americanism while rooting for England' s defeat by Germany ? Eng land and America were allies in war against Germany. When McEnerney issued the World War I version of "America: Love It or Leave It," Yorke became emotionally overwhelmed. The love he felt for America and for Ireland he could not prioritize. Yorke's mental and emotional burden found release, later, in a delusion. President Woodrow Wilson planned for world peace and a League of Nations even while prosecuting the war. When,Wilson promulgated his famous Fourteen Points, the ennobling reasons why America fought the World War, Yorke pounced upon one of the points , "Self-Determination for Subject Nations." Yorke chose to believe that America was fi ghting against Germany in World War I for the benefit of Ireland ! The war, with its proportionate loss of Irish American blood at England's side, would make Ireland free through the implementation of Wilson 's self-determination, via the final treaty of peace. If this was delusional , Yorke's public treatment of McEnerney was as well. Yorke resorted to anti-intellectualism before a subculture in need of an educational boost. He taunted McEnerney as "the learned self ," too smart for us real people. Yorke had sat in the immense shadow of Garret McEnerney when they both were regents of the University of California. Yorke 's ineptness at such exposure beyond his comfort zone prompted his nonattendance at meetings. Meanwhile McEnerney proposed and disposed of presidents , initiated new campuses , and purchased Hubert Howe Bancroft ' s private history collection on Western America and Mexico that became the nucleus of The Bancroft Library at Berkeley.

Father Yorke with his beloved children in front of St. Peter 's school.

The specifics of Yorke s denunciation of McEnerney took the form of a large pamphlet in which Yorke used the syllogisms of logic class to twist McEnerney 's LoveAmerica words to mean that McEnerney was a traitor to America. Yorke was a gifted orator, writer, and advocate. He used all of these talents to drive another gifted contributor back into the boardrooms where he continued institution building for their churc h and California 's university. Phelan dodged the entire episode, which he had seen coming, by remaining in Washington , D.C., and attending to his duties in the U.S. Senate. Yorke passed away in 1925. True to his own wish , he burned out rather than rusted out. Phelan , defeated for reelection to the Senate in 1920, toured the world and pationized the arts until 1930. McEnerney continued serving the Catholic Church as its most accomplished attorney and the University of California as its most accomplished regent until his death in 1942. All three leaders were buried from the church: Phelan following a low mass offered b y the Jesuits, Yorke by Archbishop Hanna , and McEnern ey by Archbishop Mitty. Yorke's populism , the enduring factor, energized annual pilgrimages to his grave at Holy Cross Cemetery through the 20th century. All three, though connected by their Irish heritage, traveled quite different roads in then service to the archdiocese. Dr. Walsh is professor of history at San Jose State University, nhere he has ser\>ed as Dean of the Social Sciences. With Timothy O 'Keefe he is author of Legacy of a Native Son: James Duval Phelan and Villa Montalvo.

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food & Fun Sept, 26, 27, 28: Country Western Hoedown , the Annual St. Veronica's Parish Festival, 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco. Highlights include games , food , ponies , petting zoo , Bingo, rock climbing, 49er cheerleaders, face painting, bounce house and more . Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat. 1-10 p.m.; Sun. 1 - 8 p.m. Call (650 588-1455.

Sept. 28: Bilingual Mass commemorating the Feast of St. Finn Barr and founding of parish school at the patronal parish, 415 Edna St , SF at 10:30 a.m.. Reception and entertainment follow in parish hall now named for former pastor, Father Lawrence Goode. Oct. 19: International Food faire from 9:30a.m. to4p.m. with entertainment and raffle. Oct. 25: Halloween Dinner and Dance beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets $25. Prizes for best costumes. Call Francisco Guerrero at (415) 469-5841.

Retreats Mercy Center 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees , times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 or www.mercv-center.org. Oct. 2,3: Men's Golf Retreat with pro Jeff Leavitt and experts in meditative prayer including Jesuit Father Tom Hand. Retreat is suitable for those at all levels of meditative experience including beginners .

Oct. 2: Holy Angels Parish , 107 San Pedro Rd., Colma , kicks off ils 2nd annual Guardian Angels Fiesta. Celebrations continue until Oct. 5. Call Vincent Pads at (650) 588-8408

Oct. 4: Fiesta Filipiniana at St. Anne of the Sunset's Moriarty Hall, 7 p.m. - midnight. Tickets $25 adults/$10 children. Sponsored by parish FitAm Society. Call Lucy Jacinto at (415) 681-8719. Oct. 4: Harvest Fest benefiting St. Matthias Parish Pre-school, Canyon Rd. off Cordeleras , Redwood City from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The arts and crafts fair fea tures "20 local vendors who sell their wonderful and creative homemade items," said Mary Ornellas , school director. "It's a fun-filled day for the entire family." Also featured are a bake booth, food booth, silent auction and raffle. Children's game area and Cosmo Jump, too. Call (650) 367-1320. Oct. 4, 5: Monet, Merlot and Music, a benefit art auction and wine tasting benefiting the charitable programs of the St. Pius Parish Women 's Club, 1100 Woodside Rd off Valota, Redwood City. Saturday event begins at 6:30 p.m. with fine wine and hors d'oeuvres and music from the Scott Foster Jazz Trio. Tickets $25. Art auction, free and open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. with items including lithographs, oil paintings and more from Regency Fine Art. First time art buyers and seasoned collectors are encouraged to attend. Day-after sale on Sunday from 9 a.m. - noon. "This promises to be a lively, fun event," said Debra Thompson. Call (650) 361-1710. Oct. 4: Rites commemorating feast of St. Francis of Assisi at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geaiy St., SF including blessing of the animals and evening Jazz Mass featuring the Jazz Mass Ensemble of the Diocese of Monterey and the Gospel Choir of St. Paul of the Shipwreck Parish, SF. Call (415) 567-2020. Oct. 5: St. Peter's Elementary School will celebrate its 125th anniversary as a Mission District landmark and legacy with a Mass of Thanksgiving at 2 p.m. followed by a reception. San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester will preside, with St. Peter 's pastor, Father Fabio Medina concelebrating. Everyone invited. Call (415) 647-8662 Oct. 10, 11, 12: Fiesta commemorating the 227th anniversary of San Francisco's Mission Dolores. Begins Fri. at 6 p.m. and continues Sat. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Sun. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Silent auction, family-style spaghetti and chicken dinners, game booths, international food, and Mission Cafe Sports Bar in the school auditorium. Benefits Mission Dolores Elementary School. "It's all for a great cause , so come out and join the fun," the school said. Call (415) 621-8203. Oct. 16: The Cathedral Autumn Group travels to Napa. Men and women 55 years and older are welcome. Call Mercy Sister Esther McEgan at (415) 567-

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Rainbows is a ministry for youngsters grieving a death or other painful transitions in their families. Serving children in the program and recent recipients of Hearts of Caring awards for their good work, are, back from left, Mercy Sister Toni Lynn Gallagher, Nancy McGarry, John Rosinski, Lillian Guzzetta, Kate Hare; Barbara Elordi, director of Grief Ministries for the Archdiocese; Barbara Anderson. Front from left, Andrea Medulan, Zella Kotala, Jan Almeida, Carol Bennetts, Zenaida Nutterfield. Also receiving recognition but not available for the photo were Sue Phelps, Lois Feeney, Jean Lovi. For information about Rainbows, contact Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. 2020, ext. 218. Dec. 18: Christmas Luncheon; Jan. 15: Helen Rosenthal speaks on From Jerusalem: For Peace #2;" Feb. 19: Docent Tour of Grace Cathedral; March 18: International Luncheon.

Perf ormance/Auditions Admission free unless otherwise noted. Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 5672020 ext . 213. Concerts are open to the public. Sept. 29: Golden Gate Boys Choir School, St. Mary's Cathedral Choir Room from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Call (415) 431-1137. Boys age 7 to 12 with unchanged voices are welcome to audition. Ongoing: Auditions/rehearsals for the St , Mary's Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls. Beginners meet Thurs. 4 - 5 p.m.; advanced singers meet Tues. 4 5:30 p.m. No musical experience is necessary. To schedule an audition, contact music director , Christoph Tielze at (415) 567-2020 ext. 213 or ctietze@stmarycathedralsf.org.

Reunions Oct. 1, 31, Nov. 2: Back to School Day, Class reunions and Alumnae Mass and Brunch honoring classes of '58, '63, '68, 73, 78, '83, '88, '93, '98 at Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact alumnae office at (650) 595-1913, ext. 351 or alumnae@ndhsb.org. Oct. 2003: Class of '53, St. Philip Elementary School. SF. "Where are you? We need you," said classmate Consuela Hooper-Aguilar. Call (415) 435-0941, e-mail consuela24@msn.com; or fax info - name , address et al - to (925) 671-2684. Oct. 4: Class of '83, St. Philip Elementary School , SF is planning a Family Picnic/20th Reunion II

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you're a classmate or know of some , contact Ellen McCarthy Perieff at (415) 330-9897 or ellen.perieff@sfgov.org. Oct. 5: San Francisco's St. Peter School celebrates its 125th anniversary. Milestone celebrations so far include Mass with Bishop John Wester presiding in the beautifully resto red parish church plus homecoming, and thanks to all the clergy and religious who have contributed so much here. Call the school at (415) 647-8662. Oct. 8: Presentation High School, SF, class of '46 mark "58 years at Basque Cultural Center, SSF, at 12:30 p.m.," said Carolyn Bacigalupi, who is waiting for classmates ' calls at (415) 821-2541 .

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities Oct. 3: 1st Fri. Mass of the Sacred Heart at St. Cecilia Church, 17th Ave. and Vicente St., Sf with rosary at 7 p.m. and Mass at 7:30 p.m. Father Joe Landi will preside. Oct. 11, 12: One Body and One Spirit, a Holy Spirit Conference at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF from 7:30 a.m. Sat. and 8 a.m. Sun. Tickets $20 day/$30 weekend. "Experience the fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit calling, leading and inviting all," the Charismatic Renewal Board said. Call Ernie Von Emster at (650) 594-1131. Oct 11: Dominican Sisters of San rafael offer a day ol reflection on St. Catherine of Siena, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., at 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael. Contact Sister Pat at (415) 257-4939 or pfarrellop@sanrafaelop.org. Oct. 23, 30: Dominican Sisters of San Rafael offer Discernment Evenings from 7 - 8:30 p.m. in San Francisco. Contact Sister Pat at (415) 257-4939 or pfarrellop@sanrafaelop.org . Oct. 13: Procession and Mass commemorating Feast of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Finn Barr Parish, 415 Edna St., SF at noon. Reception follows in parish hall now named tor former pastor, Father Lawrence Goode. Call (415) 333-3627.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Laura McClung at (415) 362-1075 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 631 -2882 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

Single, Divorced, Separated Sept. 27: Gala Anniversary Dinner of Separated and Divorced Catholics ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco beginning at 6:30 p.m. at L'Olivier Restaurant , SF. Tickets $40 per person. Call Jack at (415) 566-4230 . Sundays, Oct 12 - Nov. 23: Divorce Recovery Course , 7 p.m., O'Reilly Parish Center, 451 Eucalyptus, San Francisco. $45 fee includes materials. "Provides a chance to understand the emotional journey begun with the loss of a marriage ," said Separated and Divorced ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco sponsor of the sessions. Call Susan at (415) 752-1308 or Vonnie at (650) 873-4236. Oct. 24 - 26: Beginning Experience weekend at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Time is "designed to be a powerful, positive growth experience ' and help those suflering significant loss "move on to the future with renewed hope." Call Nicole at (408) 578-5654, Alan at (415) 584-2861 or Ward at (415) 821-3390.

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Office of Young Adult Ministry: Connecting men and women in their 20s and 30s to the Catholic Church. Contact Dominican Sister (415) 6145595, Christine Wilcox , wilcoxc@sfarchdiocese.org, or Mary Jansen, (415) 614-5596, jan senm@sfarchdiocese.org. Oct. 25: Fall Fest 2003 at USF's McLa ren Center. Why Listen? Why Follow? Hearing God, Making Connections, an all day event featuring keynote talks , exhibits, workshops , liturgy, dinner and dance. Contact Mary Jansen at jansenm © sfa rchdiocese or (415) 614-5596.

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Todos Los Santos -AH Souls' Day Celebration

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Ministry of Consolation Training

St. Hilary , Tiburon - Friday, October 10th and Saturday, October 11th St. Bartholomew, San Mateo - Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25 Caring for dying , praying for the dead and corrrforing those who mourn are all elements of a Ministry of Consol ation. Tins two-day training is for those wanting to minister to the bereaved in a parish setting. This training will explore ways to begin a Ministry of Consolation in your parish or enhance your present bereavement ministry program.

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

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

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020