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Catholics from around the State march to the Capitol Building in Sacramento to meet with legislators on the fourth annual Catholic Lobby Day.

Gospel message sets theme for meetings with lawmakers By Patrick Joyce Grassroots Catholics, in Sacramento for the fourth annual Lobby Day meetings with state lawmakers, rallied for social justice last week after being inspired by a homily that was both a call to action and a warning about complacency. “When we think of stiff-necked people, we always think the stiff-necked people are somebody else – those guys over there – but that’s really us,” Father Greg Boyle, told 900 people, including about 75 parishioners from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, at a Mass beginning the annual Catholic Lobby Day in Sacramento. Father Boyle, a Jesuit who works with street gang members in Los Angeles, based his homily on the Second Reading of the Mass describing the martyrdom of St. Stephen. Just before his death, Stephen had enraged his opponents by calling them a “stiffnecked people.” In working for justice today, Father Boyle said, “We don’t stand against stiff-necked people. We stand against forgetting. Mother Teresa said, ‘We have forgotten that we belong to each other.’” “You stand against forgetting,” he told the congregation in Sacramento’s Crest Theatre. “We belong to each other. There are 622 men and women on death row. We have forgotten that they are our brothers and sisters. State budget cuts target the poor, because we have forgotten, the people on

the margins, their dignity is denied, the poor, the disabled, those who do not have health care. The burden is more than they can bear.” Father Boyle founded Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles to help move young gang members from life on the streets to the world of work. The Los Angeles Times reported last year that the agency has helped 500 gang members “find jobs and selfrespect.” In his homily, Father Boyle talked about Carlos, who came to his Homeboy Industries covered with tattoos on his arms and neck and head, including devil horns on his forehead. “I’m having a hard time finding a job,” he told the priest. “I’ve never worked before.” Father Boyle smiled and sent the young man to the agency’s silk screen operation. The next day, Carlos told him, “It feels proper to be working.” On the bus going home from work, he said, he had talked to his fellow passengers about how great he felt about working. Father Boyle pictured the scene and wondered if the young man with the devil horns had frightened some other passengers who may have thought, “He doesn’t belong to us.” They would have been wrong, he said. “We think that it is us and them, but it’s just us. No one is outside the circle of God’s compassion.” When he was pastor of Dolores Mission Parish, LOBBY DAY, page 19

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the aroma of cooking bacon and pancakes wafting from open kitchen windows. The early morning has always been my favorite part of the day. I like the “fresh start” feel of it especially on days following ones from which I could use some redemption….Have you been behind a driver who travels well below the speed limit but ignores stop signs? I couldn’t believe it. I guess they think the low-speed cruising - ignorant of the danger that it creates - offsets their having to abide the red directives. My niece, Patti by Tom Burke O’Malley, is also not a fan of the ol’ stop sign saying she thinks that obeying them should be “stoptional.” Her brother, Tommy, who serves on the AMTRAK police Congrats to newlyweds Susan Marie O’Connor force, has tried to advise her away from the perspective Braithwaite and Eric Braithwaite who took their vows noting that getting pulled over for the offense will be the April 3rd at St. Anselm Church in Ross. Susan’s folks rule until it becomes “coptional.”…Gotta’ car that needs are Connie and Maurice O’Connor. Brother-of-thewashin’?? Then get it over to the schoolyard of St. bride is Robert O’Connor, a mainstay of the Stephen Elementary Saturday, May 8th, between 8:30 Propagation of the Faith Office and with whom I’m a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Rags and hoses will be wielded by the proud to toil at the new-digs. Best wishes to other brother, school’s 8th grade class and proceeds will help pay for Patrick, and his future wife, Angela Topoian who will “upcoming graduation activities including a dance and picwed September 17th at St. Catherine of Siena Church, nic,” said Elizabeth Faliano, car wash chair and mom of Burlingame. The groom’s mom and dad are Barbara and 8th grader, Erica, who is soon on her way to Mercy High Gerry Braithwaite of Boston…. Happy anniversary to School, San Francisco. “Please God may we raise longtime St. Brendan’s parishioners, Theresa and Tom $2,000,” Elizabeth said remembering heading up the event Miller, married at St. Dominic’s Church 31 years ago, two years ago when son Patrick – now a sophomore at April 28th. Thanks to their son, Brendan, for the good Archbishop Riordan – was a St. Stephen 8th grader and news….Happy 60 years married January 26th to Judy $2,200 was realized. Elizabeth, a ’79 and Gene Frauendorfer of St. alumna of the hallowed and missed Dunstan Parish, Millbrae…. Star of Sea Academy, and her husMarried 75 years April 27th are band, SFPD’s Matthew Faliano, a Mabel and Alfred Cariani who took ’79 Riordan grad, will be married 18 their vows in North Beach at St. Peter years May 10th. Their other offspring and Paul Church in 1929. A party are St. Stephen 5th grader, Sean, and not far from Washington Square and kindergartner, Micaela. Car wash fees hosted by their children, Lorraine are quite reasonable with autos at $8 and Donald, marked the occasion as and larger vehicles at $13. The school well as a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. is at 22nd Ave. and Eucalyptus Hilary Church, Tiburon. Thanks to Drive in the City….Star of the Sea Anstell Ricossa for fillin’ us in…. An alums – elementary and Academy “on the fritz” air conditioner at the are encouraged to take part in the new digs had us praying to “St. school’s first Wine Tasting and Freon,” patron saint of the gizmos Silent Auction May 14th in the Star according to Patrick Vallez-Kelly, to auditorium. Helping the project whom we were all grateful for the toward success is Christine Sellai, a laugh. Pat is assistant director of the 1980 grad of Star elementary and ’84 Office of Worship. He and his wife, alumna of Mercy, SF. “This is a great Theresa Vallez-Kelly, who teaches at evening for a great school,” Christine Notre Dame High School, Belmont, said. She and her husband, Joe Theresa and Tom Miller celebrated their 2nd wedding anniverKaniewski, will be married 12 years sary December 29th. While the November 28th and are the parents of Star 4th grader, building’s warm and sticky weather was a bit uncomfortFrank, 3rd grader, Angelina, and in-the-fall kindergartner, able, it was immediately reminiscent to me of a breaking Grace. Parents’ Guild prez is Kristen Adams. (See summer’s day in Philadelphia and its environs. I heard the Datebook)…An oratory ovation for Mercy, SF senior, rattle of milk bottles being picked off doorsteps, pages of Kate Kulikova on winning the City district Voice of the Inquirer being turned over cups of hot Joe, and recalled

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Conflicts over politics, religion simmer long before Election Day By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Six months before Election Day, the question of how the church should handle relationships with politicians whose public actions conflict with Catholic teaching was being played out in forums from Camden, N.J., and South Bend, Ind., to Washington and the Vatican. Among those weighing in were canon lawyers, bishops and cardinals and Catholic school administrators. The combination of civil politics and religion already was a simmering issue in the United States, where the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, is a Catholic whose votes conflict with the church’s opposition to abortion and fetal stem-cell research. One bishop’s comment in January that he would give Kerry a blessing — but not the Eucharist — if he came up in line for Communion in his diocese had already led to a new campaign-trail phenomena: reporters trailing the candidate into church to watch whether he received Communion. At the Vatican April 23, Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze stirred the story when reporters at a press conference asked whether Kerry should be denied Communion. Cardinal Arinze refused to answer that specific question, saying, “The norm of the church is clear. The church exists in the United States. There are bishops there, let them interpret it.”

However, when asked more generally if a priest should refuse Communion to a politician who supports abortion, Cardinal Arinze said, “Yes.” Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, in Rome with several other U.S. bishops for their “ad limina” visits required of heads of dioceses every five years, told Catholic News Service a few days later that he had discussed the issue with Cardinal Arinze, the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. Cardinal Arinze seemed surprised that his remarks, at a press conference to release a new Vatican document on the liturgy, had caused a political stir, Cardinal McCarrick said. “He made it clear that where he stands is what the document said. The document goes so far, and no further,” Cardinal McCarrick said. The Vatican document said that “anyone who is conscious of grave sin should not celebrate or receive the body of the Lord without prior sacramental confession, except for grave reason.” It did not speak about withholding the Eucharist as a sanction. Cardinal McCarrick said that while church law foresees situations in which Communion should be denied, interpreting the law is a delicate question. Canon law says people should be told that if they are in conflict with church teaching they should not receive Communion, he said. “But that doesn’t say to us that we should deny them Communion when they come.” “I would be very uncomfortable to have a confrontation at the altar, because it implies that I know precisely what’s

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in a man’s heart or in a woman’s heart, and I’m not always sure,” he said. At a local Theology on Tap program in Washington shortly before he went to Rome, Cardinal McCarrick said in response to questions about how the church should deal with politicians who disagree with the church, “It’s easy to condemn. It’s easy to judge. It’s easy to close your eyes. We can’t do any of those things.” The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, Ill., said denying Communion to a politician who supports legalized abortion must be the last resort in a process to convince the politician to uphold moral truths when voting. “In the nature of the church, the imposition of sanctions is always the final response, not the first response, nor the second nor maybe even the 10th,” he told CNS in Rome April 23, the same day the bishops’ conference in Washington released a statement he made regarding Catholics in political life. It said, in part: “Each diocesan bishop has the right and duty to address such issues of serious pastoral concern as he judges best in his local church, in accord with pastoral and canonical norms.” “Individual bishops still will need to determine how to handle particular cases in their own dioceses,” he told CNS. “Teaching the doctrine of the church faithfully and truthfully is not an option,” Bishop Gregory said. “Bishops must do it.” “But we must do it — as St. Augustine says — we must ‘abhor the sin but not the sinner,’” he added. Bishops in Indiana and New Jersey took up pastoral concerns about Catholic governors in their states. St. Joseph High School in South Bend withdrew its invitation to Gov. Joe Kernan to speak at his alma mater’s graduation ceremony because he supports legal abortion. Bishop John M. D’Arcy of the Diocese of Fort WayneSouth Bend, was quoted by The Associated Press as saying he directed the school’s principal to withdraw an invitation to Kernan because theology teachers at St. Joseph believed having him speak there would contradict the moral truths they teach. A spokeswoman for Kernan said he does support legal abortion, but as far as she knows, the governor has never voted on abortion legislation, having previously held nonlegislative offices as South Bend mayor and Indiana lieutenant governor. In the same diocese, the University of St. Francis in Fort POLITICS, page 19

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WASHINGTON — A new poll indicates increasing support for a pro-life position, according to representatives of several pro-life organizations. The April 15-17 poll conducted by Zogby International showed that 56 percent of those responding said that abortion should never be legal or be legal only when the mother’s life is in danger or in cases of rape and incest. Forty-two percent of the respondents said abortion should be legal for any reason for the first, first and second, or all three trimesters of pregnancy. Asked if they considered themselves “pro-life” or “pro-choice,” 49 percent said pro-life while 45 percent said pro-choice. By a 61-34 percent margin, poll respondents said abortion should not be permitted after the fetal heartbeat has begun. Zogby interviewed 1,209 Americans by telephone. The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 2.8 percent. It was made public April 23 in Washington.

Politicians talk faith at Catholic prayer breakfast WASHINGTON — An inaugural National Catholic Prayer Breakfast April 28 drew about 1,000 participants to hear politicians talk about the influence of faith in their lives and a cardinal discuss the need to battle the “moral vacuum” of contemporary society. Organizers said the event likely will have raised around $100,000 for the two charities it will benefit, the Religious Sisters of Life and Peter’s Pence, Pope John Paul II’s private charity. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., challenged the audience to “do something heroic ... something countercultural,” and get closer to God to hear what he wants done. “I believe God speaks in whispers and you will not know what his will is unless you are close (to him),” he said. “He is calling, let me assure you, he is calling.” Santorum said many Catholics think living out their faith is simply a matter of “jumping through the hoops” that the church sets out — such as going to church on Sunday and avoiding mortal sins. “This is not a religion with a check-off. This is one that asks you to live a life of sacrifice for Our Lord.”

Mercy Sister Mary Bendyna new director of CARA WASHINGTON — Mercy Sister Mary E. Bendyna has been named executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate in Washington. She is the first woman and first woman religious to head the 40-year-old independent Catholic research organization, which specializes in research on Catholic life, education, ministry, organization and leadership. Sister Mary started working with CARA in 1998 as a consultant, was a research associate from 1999 to 2001 and has been a senior research associate since 2001. Since last July she has been CARA’s interim director. “Sister Mary brings a wealth of talent and experience to the position,” said Bishop John J. Leibrecht of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., chairman of the CARA board of directors. He announced her appointment at the board’s spring meeting April 22.

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David Hatuel, center, attends a funeral for his pregnant wife and four daughters who were shot and killed at close range by Palestinian gunmen May 2 in Ashkelon, Gaza Strip. In retaliation an Israeli helicopter raid at the Khan Younis refugee camp May 4 killed two people and wounded several others.

ing retired U.S. Rep. John LaFalce of Buffalo and state Sen. Ruben Diaz from the Bronx.

Hostility to organized religion marks courts, says Judge Bork BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The U.S. Supreme Court displays “an intense hostility to organized religion,” and many decisions handed down by the nation’s lower courts today are based on political correctness, according to Judge Robert H. Bork. “A spirit of radical individualism which denies judicial sources of authority” is the big problem in the current culture war in U.S. society, Bork told more than 300 lawyers and judges at a breakfast following the Bridgeport Diocese’s annual Red Mass for judges, lawyers and others in the legal profession April 25. A specific example, he said, is the Massachusetts Supreme Court’s decision creating a right to same-sex marriage. The decision was “contrary to the state constitution and the judicial powers, and also the legislative and executive powers,” said Bork, a former solicitor general and former acting attorney general of the United States whose nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate in 1987.

Pro-life Democrats work to find a home in their own party ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — Democrats for Life of America aims to make a place in the party for those Democrats who may sometimes feel they are without a political home because they oppose abortion and object to many Republican social policies. “There are Democrats out there who are loyal Democrats but feel excluded by the party leadership,” said Kristen Day, national director for Democrats for Life, in an interview with The Long Island Catholic, newspaper of the Rockville Centre Diocese. “While some Democrats have felt driven to join the Republican Party, others are not comfortable with the Republicans. They feel like they have no home,” she said. “We are trying to offer a home,” said Day, a former aide to retired Democratic Rep. Jim Barcia of Michigan. “When we started two years ago we had five state chapters. Now we have 23 and another dozen that are trying to organize.” One of the newest state chapters, in New York, has support from several Democratic elected officials, includ-

Snapshot of U.S. black Catholics INDIANAPOLIS — The National Black Catholic Convocation, focused this year especially on leadership, opened with a snapshot of African-American Catholics and their struggles. Blacks make up about 3 percent of the Catholic Church in the United States, said Deborah Plummer, an associate professor of psychology and director of the diversity management program at Cleveland State University. That number includes only U.S.-born citizens of African descent or immigrants of African descent who are now citizens, she said in an April 19 keynote talk. Eight percent of the nation’s parishes report that more than 40 percent of their members are African-American, while 7 percent of U.S. parishes consider themselves African-American parishes, Plummer said. But less than 1 percent of priests and brothers and 4 percent of deacons are African-American, she noted. The average number of parishioners in an AfricanAmerican parish is less than 450, and each parish typically has three or fewer Masses celebrated each week.

Duluth battles state ACLU over Ten Commandments monument DULUTH, Minn. — A battle rages on between the city of Duluth and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota over a Ten Commandments monument on the lawn of Duluth’s City Hall. The Minnesota branch of the ACLU and 10 Duluth residents filed suit in March calling for removal of the monument because they say its presence on city property violates church-state separation. But a number of local residents want it to stay put and have raised money to help with legal bills if the city has to go to court over it. The City Council April 26 voted for the second time to settle the lawsuit, but the matter is not over. The body could take another vote or decide to let voters resolve the issue in a referendum. In the meantime, the fight has spurred a Duluth priest to seek local support for displaying similar monuments on Catholic church lawns. Msgr. Patrick McDowell, senior associate at three center-city parishes, said

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WASHINGTON — A Catholic official challenged an April 28 letter to President Bush, signed by more than 200 House members, which encouraged the destruction of new human embryos for stem-cell research. “Besides demonstrating a lack of respect for developing human life, that letter also relies on demonstrably false factual claims,” said Richard Doerflinger, deputy director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. In a letter he wrote to members of Congress April 28, he described their letter to the president as “a sad commentary on lawmakers’ level of knowledge on this issue” and urged signers to retract their signatures. A copy of Doerflinger’s letter was released April 29 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Vatican’s U.N. representative warns against violating nuclear treaty VATICAN CITY — A Vatican official warned that states with nuclear weapons were compromising the effectiveness of a world treaty against the proliferation of nuclear arms. In a speech released by the Vatican May 3, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See’s representative to the United Nations in New York, said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was being “severely compromised.” The treaty “promised a world in which nuclear weapons would be eliminated and nuclear technology cooperation for development would be widespread,” he said April 27 at a U.N. conference on the treaty in New York. Archbishop Migliore said the landmark agreement hinged on the promise by states without nuclear weapons to not acquire them in exchange for

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Pope John Paul II reaches to lay hands on a newly ordained priest at the Vatican May 2. During an ordination Mass for 26 candidates, the pontiff prayed the new priests would stay close to Christ through prayer and meditation, despite an anti-religious culture in the world today.

states with nuclear weapons to eventually eliminate their nuclear arsenals. But he said nuclearweapon states have not fulfilled their obligations to negotiate “effective measures related to the elimination of their nuclear arsenals.”

Pontifical academy looks at relations among generations VATICAN CITY — As links disintegrate within extended families, care of the weakest members of society increasingly is left to already-strained government welfare systems, said speakers at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Academy members and invited experts met April 29May 3 at the Vatican to begin a discussion on ways to strengthen “intergenerational solidarity,” the traditional circle of caring that links grandparents, parents and children. Mary Ann Glendon, a U.S. professor of law who is the new president of the academy, said the intent of the 2004 meeting was to examine the current state of relations

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between generations in various parts of the world. The examination included presentations on demographic and cultural changes as well as on the challenges facing government welfare systems. Academy members planned to continue the discussion in 2005, gathering suggestions from an international group of experts on how to forge new forms of solidarity, Glendon said.

Pope calls on European Union to reaffirm its Christian identity VATICAN CITY — Europe must reaffirm — not eliminate — its Christian roots if it is to face the challenges of the third millennium, Pope John Paul II said the day after 10 new nations joined the European Union. “The vital

lifeblood of the Gospel can guarantee Europe that its development will be in keeping with its identity, in freedom and solidarity, in justice and peace,” the pope said May 2 before praying the “Regina Coeli” from the window of his Vatican apartment. “Only by rediscovering — not removing — its Christian roots will Europe be able to face the enormous challenges of the third millennium: peace, dialogue between cultures and religions, and the protection of creation,” he said. The pope repeated his call for greater commitment to Christian values in the new Europe the day after the European Union welcomed Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Cyprus as new members.

Pope ordains priests in Rome at St. Peter’s VATICAN CITY — In a lengthy and taxing liturgy, Pope John Paul II ordained 26 priests and urged them to announce the Gospel in a world that sometimes tries to “make people forget God.” Warning of strong anti-religious tendencies in the prevailing culture, the pope told the new priests they would find success in evangelization only if they made Jesus the center of their lives. “Do not be afraid — God will always be with you. With his help you can walk the paths that lead to the heart of every person and announce that the Good Shepherd has given his life for them,” the pope said May 2, World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The pope presided over the annual Mass in a packed St. Peter’s Basilica, where he was applauded by friends and relatives of the newly ordained. The pope looked alert but his voice wavered as he read his sermon and the long prayers of the ordination liturgy. The new priests, who completed their studies in the Diocese of Rome, came from 10 countries on five continents; 17 were Italian. The youngest was 24 and the oldest 60.

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Hundreds gather at St. Mary’s Cathedral for annual ‘Neophyte’ Mass By Evelyn Zappia Hundreds of people gathered at St. Mary’s Cathedral for the annual Neophyte Mass celebrated by Archbishop William J. Levada, April 25. In the Greek language, neophyte means newborn, explained the Archbishop. “Today, we invite those who were newly born in the wonders of Baptism at the Easter Vigil to come here to celebrate Mass in their Cathedral Church with their bishop, William, the successor of the apostles, whom Jesus sent out to preach the good news to the whole world.” “It is a moment of joy for me to be able to welcome some of Colin Dixon Brit Hahn those people who gathered here on the First Sunday of Lent whose election to be initiated into the Christian Mystery making decisions.” He appreciated the learning process at Easter I celebrated on that afternoon. that explained “what the Church is about, what she repCongratulations, and God bless you,” said the resents, the reasoning behind the traditions, the sacraArchbishop. ments and Church history.” Although the journey to choose to be Catholic takes “RCIA gave me the opportunity to feel a welcoming various paths for each individual, all candidates partici- sense, a bringing in as opposed to an indoctrination pate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), where they say ‘Hey, you’re one thing today and tomorwhere adults seeking to become members of the row another,”’ he said. Catholic Church pass through stages of study, reflecHe finds solace in Father Thomas Parenti’s words, tion, and prayer. his pastor, “The Church doesn’t answer to the fads of “Once I began the RCIA process, it was as if my eyes society. The Church is an example for society to folwere opened,” said Colin Dixon. “It became apparent low.” that it was something much more meaningful than I “I can follow the Catholic Church and feel confident really imagined it would be.” that the faith that has kept this Church cohesive and a Dixon began attending Mass with his “‘Irish constant part of society for thousands of years is here Catholic wife,” Sharon, in 1995 at St. Brendan Parish for me now, today, and it will not be gone tomorrow,” where he “felt very comfortable” and began “feeling Hahn said. excited about the Catholic Church.” “I wanted to be the spiritual leader of my family, and “My faith grew with my wife sharing her faith, in an to be part of what I saw happening around me, and the unobtrusive way, that led me to take it a step further,” he Catholic Church has done this for me. It is a wonderful said. “She never suggested RCIA, but I thought about it experience,” he said. deeply. I saw announcements about it in parish bulletins The Hahn family has three children attending St. and in Catholic San Francisco, and decided to contact Brendan’s elementary, Barrett Vincent, eighth grade; Sister Rita Chen, director of religious education at St. Shannon, seventh grade, and Brenden, third grade. Brendan’s.” Born in Hoi Ping, Canton, China, and raised Colin, who chose “Thomas” as his Christian name Buddhist in a country with less than a one percent popbelieving it appropriate because he was “always a bit of ulation of Catholics, it appeared unlikely that Anita Dos a “Doubting Thomas” considers his newfound faith as a Santos would ever be introduced to the Catholic Faith “lifechanging experience that turns you into a better yet become one. person.” Perhaps the seed was planted by the example of her Brit Hahn said, “My call to become Catholic and be husband of 32 years, Henrique, who never wavered baptized came clearly through my kids. Looking back, I from his Catholic faith that he inherited at birth. And heard little messages from God through my kids, my the seed could have grown stronger through the peace whole adult life - ever since they were born. But it was- her daughters, Jacinta and Lynette, found in the faith n’t until my wife, Dawn, and I became involved in the their father handed down to them. community at St. Brendan’s Parish that I realized the In 1998, Anita became aware of the power of prayer Catholic Church offered a way to gain a closer contact that brought her comfort during her extensive travels as with God.” a fashion designer. She experienced great homesickHahn found the RCIA process “wonderful” for a “thinker who likes to understand things fully before

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Epiphany House gives troubled mothers a special gift By Sharon Abercrombie Candy and flowers are lovely Mother’s Day gifts, but Cynthia and Sophia see them as mere icing on the cake. These two moms would rather have the gift of sobriety. Any day and every day of the year. This time, they’ve got it. On May 9, the women, both clients at St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth’s Epiphany House program in San Francisco, will celebrate their first Mother’s Day in years being clean and sober. Epiphany House, operated by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, offers both residential and outpatient programs for adult women and their young children. “The goal of Epiphany House is to break the intergenerational cycle of addiction by strengthening the relationship between a mother and her young child to impact future generations,” explained Daughter of Charity Sister Estela Morales, program director. As the women move through this process, Sister Estela said “it is exciting to see the growth in their ability to focus on the needs of their children and heal from the devastation of drugs in their lives.” Last May, Cynthia and Sophia were both high. Cynthia says she was “living here and there,” always on crack. Sophia was quietly living at home with her parents and four-year old son, nine months pregnant with her second child, nurturing her methamphetamine and pot habit. What a difference a year can make, both women agreed, during a recent interview with Catholic San Francisco. Although their lives are substantially different on many levels Cynthia and Sophia share a common bond. Their babies scared them sober. And are these two moms grateful. Here are their stories: Before Epiphany, Cynthia’s life was in chaos. Three of her children were living with their paternal grandmother. Cynthia’s mother was taking care of her three-year old. Cynthia, 39, meanwhile, was taking very good care of her crack habit. Finally, last fall, in the language of recovery, she got “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Seven months pregnant, her life felt like déjà vu — treatment, outpatient time at Epiphany House more than three years ago, some sobriety, and then, relapse.

“I called Epiphany because I liked it here,” she said, referring to her first stay. When she went for her pre-natal checkup (her first) Cynthia received shocking news. She was carrying twins. If this wasn’t double incentive for getting and staying sober, once and for all, nothing was. “I wanted to take care of these babies…not have them in foster care like the others,” she said. Cynthia quit drugs cold turkey the day before moving, this time, into Epiphany’s residential program. Today, her twins, a girl and a boy, are with her. They marked their four-month birthday on May 7. On May 10, the little family will move into the agency’s transitional residential center for another six months. In December, when Section 8 housing comes through, Cynthia will have her own place, large enough to accommodate all her kids, permanently. “This has been a miracle,” she said softly. In a few days, Sophia will be celebrating three big life events all squeezed into 24 hours –May 9, Mother’s day, and then on May 10, her baby boy’s first birthday as well as the day she quit drugs. Sophia, 26, started using drugs when she was 13 years old. It wasn’t hard to find drugs, she acknowledged. “You can get them anywhere in San Francisco.” In the beginning, friends introduced them to her. By age 16, Sophia had quit private school to hang out with her boy friend. Four years ago, when her older son was born, Sophia figured she was a “moderate” drug user “I breast fed my son while I was nursing.” She thought drugs “were a normal thing. I never knew the definition of recovery.” Sophia was never tested for drugs with her first child, she surmises, because then she was working and had her own medical insurance. But during her second pregnancy, she was unemployed and on Medi-CAL. Then, last year on May 10, Sophia’s life on drugs began unraveling at precisely 5:30 p.m. Contractions woke her up from an afternoon nap. Since they were mild, she figured there’d be time enough for a bath before heading off for the hospital. But an hour or so later, Mother Nature stepped in, big time. Sophia had her baby in the family bathroom, with her parents assisting.

During the ambulance ride to the hospital, Sophia’s baby felt cold, although he was alert. But he wouldn’t nurse. When they arrived at St. Luke’s Hospital, the medical staff examined them both. They did a urine test on Sophia, because the baby had been born at home. The doctor then discovered that Sophia’s little son had meconium aspiration syndrome. Lacking delivery room care at his birth, he had aspirated amniotic fluid into his lungs, which causes infection. They put him on a respirator. The next day, Sophia’s physician confronted her. She had tested positive to drugs. Sophia was terrified that Children’s Services would take both children away from her, so she told the doctor that a friend had given her a pill the day before which she assumed was a vitamin. “I was in such denial,” she remembers. Later, when Sophia began her recovery journey at Epiphany, at the insistence of her social worker, she realized that she had a serious problem, indeed: Primary evidence: using drugs while nine months pregnant. “I realized that I had a lot to learn, but was willing to be here, for the welfare of my children.” Sophia lives at home with her parents and two little boys, but spends five days a week at Epiphany, along with her friend, Cynthia, and the other 23 women in the program taking classes in interactive play with their children, anger management, and parenting. Sophia said she initially found going to the three weekly required NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings the most difficult part of Epiphany’s treatment schedule. At first, she balked, but now “loves them.” In fact, the more she has learned how drugs affect one’s memory, Sophia is terrified that if she leaves Epiphany too soon, “I might totally forget why recovery matters.” Not that Sophia wants to leave Epiphany’s program any time soon. Neither does Cynthia. “I should have done this a long time ago,” she said grimly. But they might have to move on, before they are ready to deal with life’s daily challenges without their chemical crutches. Epiphany House lost its city funding in February due to San Francisco’s budget crisis. The city is down $352 million dollars. The Department of Human Services, which provides money to treatment programs like Epiphany House EPIPHANY HOUSE, page 11

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Leaders of small faith community groups participate in one-day retreat More than 60 leaders of small faith community groups from parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco attended a daylong retreat sponsored by the Office of Evangelization at Pacifica’s St. Peter Church, April 24. There are approximately 360 small faith groups in the Archdiocese, which involve more than 3,600 parishioners. The retreat was an invitation “to spend the day with Jesus and His Mother,” conducted by the Mystical Humanity of Christ, a non-profit Catholic organization cofounded by Michael McDevitt, a parishioner of Belmont’s Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The program centers on faith sharing rather than lectures, according to operations director and co-founder of the organization, Rob Bussell. Scripture reflection and discussion of theological principles in the mystical life of Christ, followed by questions, encourages personal faith sharing among the group. “Jesuit Father Frank Parish also is a co-founder and our teacher and spiritual guide,” said Bussell. Bishop George Niederauer of Salt Lake City is one of our advisors, monitoring that we are in step with the Church.” Although some of the questions regarding personal relationship with Jesus might feel uncomfortable for others, the group is relaxed discussing their faith, openly. Many of the guests have been meeting with their small faith groups for years, and learning from each faith sharing experience. Cathie White of St. Andrew Church in Daly City has been a member of her faith group for seven years. “They are my spiritual family,” she said. “With the group comes great spiritual strength. And that spiritual strength is extended throughout the parish with Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and the RCIA ministry.” Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mill Valley had two representatives in attendance at the retreat, John Lynch and Ray Colman. “We feel that we never walk alone,” said Lynch. “We pick each other up and reinforce each other’s passions for leading the life of Christ.” Colman concurs, “Sharing your faith with other people, sharing the journey reveals that I am not alone.” Moriah Stafford of St. Hilary’s in Tiburon “enjoys com-

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After the Mass celebrated by Jesuit Father Frank Parish, Sister Antonio Heaphy, director of the Office of Evangelization was presented with a painting of Jesus by retreat facilitator Mike McDevitt “on behalf of her dedication and service to the Archdiocese.” The watercolor of Jesus with His eyes closed titled “Trusting Jesus,” was painted by McDevitt’s mother, who is in her 90s. “It was a beautiful day for us,” said Morrison of Mission Dolores. For more information regarding small faith groups in the Archdiocese of San Francisco call the Office of Evangelization at (415) 614-5504.

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McLaughlins take up new challenge couple’s living expenses and healthcare costs also pro“Both of us are interested in working on the problem viding a monthly personal allowance of $200 and con- of providing clean, uncontaminated drinking water to tributions to a retirement fund. people in villages,” Jim said. “Only 30 per cent of “We were excited to be placed in Cambodia because Cambodians have access to clean drinking water.” The the Maryknollers here are an example of a collaborative country is the size of Oklahoma with a population of Church model,” Roberta said, pointing out that members some 13 million people, he pointed out. include four priests, five women religious and five lay Travel in the country is not easy. “It has been diffimissioners. “Major decisions are made by the whole cult to adjust to riding on the back of a motor scooter community with one vote per person. The priests do not as our main mode of transportation mainly because it is see themselves in control. They recognize the gifts and so frightening,” Jim said. There are no buses, he said value of each member.” and everyone uses the scooters. “Traffic is horrendous. The pollution is awful While language and Roberta has studies are time conalready had bronchisuming, the couple is tis. We sometimes learning more about wonder if walking for the Cambodian people. our health is good or “We take time to bad.” attend the Peace Forum and Free Though away only Speech Forum,” Jim since January, they said, “ so we can listen already miss their to the opinions of the family and the church young Khmer people. community at St. John There are not enough of God. “We have an jobs and conditions are exceptional pastor in difficult for them.” Father Tom Seagrave,” Roberta said. “Our “We like going to parish lights a special the local market to candle for us during practice the language,” Sunday Mass so they Roberta said. “The can remember us and Cambodian people are the Cambodian people friendly and helpful.” in their prayers. The She said many chilJim and Roberta McLaughlin spiritual support of the dren are learning members of St. John English in schools there so she and Jim return the favor by helping the of God is extremely important to us.” youngsters with their new language. The Internet has been a boon to staying in touch espe“The local Khmer people are pleased to hear we will cially with their children. “We all communicate by be here for three-and-a-half years working with them,” email,” Roberta said. “Jim’s mom is 87 years old and Roberta said. “So many of them know the good work took a course in computer so she can stay in touch. She used to be a court reporter so she is familiar with the keythat Maryknoll has done.” “One of the saddest things that we see everyday is the board.” “The best part of being in mission is knowing that at extremely poor children who are forced to wander the streets looking for recyclable stuff to collect and sell so age 63 we are contributing in a meaningful way to bring about God’s kingdom on earth, that is, more justice for they can help their families survive,” Jim said. “We are committed to working in Cambodia for a the poor,” Roberta said. Tom Burke can be reached at tburke@catholic-sf.org. number of reasons,” Jim said, naming those killed in bombings of the country during the Viet Nam War as For information about the work of Maryknoll go to www.maryknoll.org. among them.

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Father Joseph Carroll

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Jesuit Father Joseph Carroll, ordained in 1941 and a member of the order for 74 years, died March 30. The one-time business manager for the Jesuits’ America magazine was 93 years old. The Jesuit Provincial office in Los Gatos said Father Carroll was an able administrator who throughout his long and active ministry served in a variety of posts. The San Francisco native held positions in finance at his order’s University of San Francisco and Loyola University in Los Angeles. He also, at one time, was part of the public relations team at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. Human relations seemed to be a natural gift of the St. Ignatius College Preparatory alumnus and one he used for more than a dozen years as Secretary for Research and Planning with the Diocese of Oakland. “He was kind of our man at large,” said retired Oakland Bishop John Cummins in a report of Father Carroll’s death in the diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Voice. Bishop Cummins called him “a wonderful ambassador” and a “very good spokesman” for the diocese’s main office especially with men and women religious. “His warm sense of humor and genuine love for life made him a natural host,” the Jesuits said. “Mostly Joe was known as a very compassionate, engaging and supportive priest. No matter what his assignment, he was sought out as confidant, counselor and spiritual companion.” Father Carroll is survived by a sister, Frances Carroll, of Cupertino. Bishop Cummins presided at a funeral Mass April 5 at St. Isidore Church in Danville. Interment was at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to the California Province of the Society of Jesus, 300 College Ave./P.O. Box 519, Los Gatos 95031.

Monsignor Thomas Merson died peacefully in his sleep in San Francisco on the morning of May 4. Msgr. Merson’s passing was sudden and he had been working full time as Administrative Assistant to Archbishop William J. Levada till the time of his death. Vigil service will be at St. Anne of the Sunset, 850 Judah St., San Francisco on Thursday May 6, at 7:00 p.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Friday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. Thomas Merson was born in Seattle September 28, 1944, one of three boys. His family moved East and he attended Catholic schools in Baltimore and St. Louis. Msgr. Merson studied History at St. Louis University taking a Bachelors degree in 1966 and later a Masters in American History. While working as an administrator for IBM in California, Msgr. Merson became increasingly involved in parish lay ministries. He studied at Saint Patrick’s Seminary originally seeking ordination as a Permanent Deacon. Msgr. Merson was ordained Permanent Deacon in 1979 and served at St. Mary’s Cathedral. He later discerned a vocation to the priesthood and served a pastoral year at St. Rita Parish in Fairfax, which became the first parish he served after ordination to the priesthood in 1983. After service also as a parochial vicar at St. Brendan parish in San Francisco, Msgr. Merson was appointed Administrative Assistant to Archbishop John R. Quinn in 1985 where he served until returning to parish life as an associate pastor at Good Shepherd in Pacifica and then Holy Name of Jesus in San Francisco. In 1989 Msgr. Merson was awarded the Pro-Ecclesia et

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Pontifice Medal by Pope John Paul II for his work on the Pope’s visit to San Francisco. In 1993, Msgr. Merson returned to serve Archbishop Quinn as Administrative Assistant and he continued in that position under Archbishop William J. Levada to the current time. Altogether Msgr. Merson served fourteen years as administrative assistant to two Archbishops of San Francisco during his twenty years as a priest. In 2000, he was granted the title of Monsignor as a Chaplain and Prelate of Honor to His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Even while he served as an administrator in the Archdiocese, Msgr. Merson remained in close contact as a priest, friend and counselor to the many parishioners he met and served in parishes throughout the Archdiocese. Marybeth and Christopher Cody first met Msgr. Merson when he came to Holy Name parish in 1990. Msgr. Merson remained a friend MERSON, page 22

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How faith is strengthened through service, theme of Serra Essay Contest By Jayme George “In this crazy world, we tend to forget that being Catholic isn’t just going to Church, it’s about sharing your love, hope, and generosity with all mankind.” Those are just a few of the inspiring words that earned Mariel Martinez, an eighth-grade student at St. Timothy School in San Mateo, the distinction of grammar school grand prize winner in the Serra Club of San Mateo Essay Contest. On Wednesday, April 28, students from 11 grammar schools and three high schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco gathered in San Mateo at St. Gregory School with their parents and teachers for the annual awards luncheon sponsored by the Serra Club of San Mateo. This year, students were asked to describe how their faith was strengthened through service projects. Over 700 essays were submitted, but only one essay from each of the 14 schools was selected to win a commemorative plaque and $25 prize. One grand prize winner was selected from the 11 elementary schools, as well as one from the three high schools. Mariel Martinez and Notre Dame High School winner Natalie Tarabay each received $200 and a trophy that will remain in their schools for the next year. Runner-up prizes of $100 each went to Mia Marino from St. Matthew and Sepideh Mousakhani of Mercy High School, Burlingame. Students had read their winning essays to the audience, each one telling of the service project that helped them to strengthen their faith. Many had participated in school retreats or community outreach which opened their eyes to the ways God is present in the world. Sabina Del Rosso from St. Gregory saw Jesus in the selfless act of a young homeless girl. Mariel Martinez knows God is behind the steps toward a cure for cancer, and Natalie Tarabay’s four days spent in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District taught her to find God in the simple joys of life. The Serra Club, which focuses on promoting vocations,

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Serran Jim Shea, left, Grand Prize winners, Natalie Tarabay and Mariel Martinez, and Serra President Greg Miller, at contest awards luncheon April 28.

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Like Grandma’s for dinner Castro parish offers cordial, dignified, family welcome to the hungry Mulcahey made weekly stops at the nearby Eureka Valley Recreation Center to announce business man with a heart of mush,” referring to his added responsibilities of a two-year run to the homeless youth, most of whom were gay, that the Catholic Church just a block away was on the parish council, and his financial expertise serving MHR’s Capital Campaign. eager to invite them to Wednesday night dinners. “This is a spiritual place, where miracles happen,” said volunteer Ron Pacheco. “I’d “Do you know what the difference is when a gay youth is homeless,” asked Mulcahey. “When taken a 30-year sabbatical from my Church, but the parish community and this ministry you call his parents to let them know where he is, they say ‘I don’t have a son, and hang-up.’” brought me back. It’s my whole life now.” Although the March 6, 2001 dinner was considered one of six “experimental dinners,” the “This Church has done a lot for us,” said Talisa, holding her three-month old daughter, experience turned the Most Holy Redeemer Angelina Marie. “When I was pregnant, they community into a powerful alliance of advoprovided meals for me. They helped me to cates, unwilling to stop their outreach to the make sure my baby was baptized. And they needy in their neighborhood. offered to marry me and my daughter’s father Today, thousands of dinners have been John. We are working on that right now.” served after the initial six-dinner limit, and Thanks to the generosity of the MHR the volunteer list holds a remarkable 80 community, John is employed now. “Many of Volunteer Bernard assists fellow Proud parents John and Talisa names – with assignments for shopping, the parishioners vouched for John to get his with daughter Angelina Marie. volunteer Gregg Cassin with dessert. greeting, kitchen, bag-lunch, drugstore, security guard job,” said Talisa. “The Church clothing distribution, dining room, and is also trying to help us find a place to live By Evelyn Zappia Sometimes Louis assists with the cooking, calling on his talents he acquired as a chef stewardship. that is safe and stable for an infant. You can’t at San Francisco’s St. Francis Memorial Hospital. “I don’t mind telling people about In keeping within the mission of the just live in a shelter with a baby.” ministry, an additional 16-member planning “The Church loaned me the money to myself,” he said. “It is good for people to know where I came from and how I changed.” eekly Wednesday night suppers for the team reviews the program’s goals and poliRobert, homeless for 10 years said, “I’ve come back here to actually give back to the compay for my security guard license,” said John. needy at Most Holy Redeemer Church began cies, while the four-member advisory team of munity. I help at the suppers, and I’m going to volunteer at the rectory to give out the sand“We paid them back.” three years ago when Patrick Mulcahey Kathi Knapp, Ron Pacheco, Kathleen Purcell, Mulcahey kept John’s thank you card wiches,” - a daily food project started by MHR community to help those who have only the and Mulcahey focus on the organization. responded to his restive conscience. addressed to “Patrick and the Parish of Most weekly meals to help sustain them. Patrick Mulcahey center with Vincent and Ron. “We have a fairly large crowd of 26-year-olds and under, some people in their 70’s, and a What the guests lack by living on the “I’d see them slink into the church hall after Sunday Masses, grab a cup of coffee and pasHoly Redeemer.” Inside it read: “No matter try, then leave. I’d think: ‘Why don’t we say it’s okay to stay; Why don’t we know their names,’” streets, they are sure to find at the Diamond Street Church: Need a haircut? The barber is wait- what you’re going through…Heaven’s watching over you,” - with a handwritten note by John good number of 40-50 year olds,” said parishioner Ron Pacheco. “While my return to Church ing; Have a headache? Visit the nurse; Need someone to listen? Talk to the counselor; Feeling adding “As will I. Should you ever be in need of a Guardian Angel, never hesitate to call on me.” was a long journey, when I walked into this place, I knew I was home.” Mulcahey said. Supported only by her Social Security check, Anna, 71, views her Wednesday night outings Reacting to his inner voice, the parishioner felt compelled to try to lessen the homeless depressed? Stay and watch the movie. The card contained five twenties and two fives in cash. as an opportunity to “get out of the house, have a nice meal, and be treated with dignity.” “There is an amazing group of people that work here,” said Trudy Brady, a volunteer reghunger he witnessed week-after-week in his Castro District neighborhood. The Stewardship Committee approved the loan. It fell into the “special needs” catego“You meet an awful lot of nice people,” the longtime parishioner istered nurse. “I think it’s all about Patrick and the example he sets.” With little, if any, knowledge of how to go about feeding the needy, ry, one of many policies pre-approved by volunteers and supporters said. “This is a community, my community, and a chance to see inte“These people call him any time day or night,” she added. “He regarding the ministry. Other special needs considered are the Mulcahey brought his idea to his parish council, and somehow congration of the poor and not so poor.” goes to the Emergency Room when they need him. He has nursed peo- replacement of eyeglasses and bus tickets for those wanting to return vinced the members it could be done. The council cautiously approved Sitting beside Anna was “Bat” who has been coming to the dinners ple while they lay dying in the hospital to make sure they don’t get lost home. a “six-week dinner experiment.” for six months since his “welfare was suddenly cutoff.” He said, “the in the system.” Mulcahey, a four-time Emmy winner and former writer of The Rain, shine, Easter or Christmas, the guests can always depend on people here do it all with dignity.” The nurse, rarely seen without her button stating “Healthcare is the Wednesday night suppers, where no one is a stranger. The 120 invitGuiding Light and General Hospital television soap operas, found himAn extraordinary example of loving his neighbor, lies deep within not a privilege, It is a right,” searched for a physician to assist with the ed guests have reservations for the dinner held in their honor. As the self in a dilemma that he could have scripted for one of his characters. volunteer and parishioner Mark Forester, who put into action the needed health issues that many of the guests suffer from - but she was door of success opens for one, another hopeful hungry soul takes the “I couldn’t cook, I had no funding, no volunteers, and I didn’t know Corporal Works of Mercy when he overheard the bad luck encountered unable to find anyone to fill the position. what I was doing,” he admitted. vacant seat. by John, a weekly regular guest. It took only one Wednesday night visit, and the nurse was hooked. After carefully investigating several soup kitchens and analyzing Mulcahey wants it all to be about family. “Our expertise is not One night, Forester overheard that John’s tent was stolen; the only “I love coming here,” she said. “These people are my friends.” meal programs within the City, the novice still was lacking the basic food, but relationships,” he said. There are no supper lines, and all thing he called home. Guests typically suffer from rashes they acquire while rummaging guests are served at individual round tables, where large serving knowledge of what needed to be done to accomplish his mission. “When I heard about it, it felt so personal, like every drop of rain through garbage cans hunting for recycled cans and bottles to earn dishes are placed in the middle of the tables, and passed around famThe support of his compassionate parish members helped him to that fell on him, felt deeply personal,” Forester said. some pocket change. Brady usually tends to the rashes, and a lot of ail- ily-style. stay focused but his inexperience kept haunting him. Forester offered John a room in his home, with conditions: ing feet. “Many of our guests walk a great distance daily, often wearing “Then, God sent me Kathleen Purcell,” said Mulcahey, a woman Ninth grader, Matt Bradshaw of San Francisco’s Sacred Heart “don’t lie about drugs, clean yourself up, and never bring drugs in the incorrect shoe size or shoes without socks,” she said. who just happened to call the rectory and was interested in helping the Cathedral Prep has been waiting tables for two years. “I like helping the house.” Her patients reciprocate her kindness by praying for her. homeless in the neighborhood. “She wasn’t even Catholic,” said the needy,” he said. “It gives the people a sense that others care about John stopped the drugs, enrolled at City College, and his success Brady is well connected with community clinics through her Mulcahey. “And she wasn’t interested in joining the parish.” them, and they are not alone.” He also volunteers at the City’s St. Robert Louis story continues. former work with San Francisco Street Outreach Services. She often Purcell’s volunteer background was exactly what Mulcahey needAgnes Parish. “’Love thy neighbor as thyself’ says Jesus’ great injunction, but refers the guests who need more than first aid treatment to clinics. ed to boost his confidence, and quiet his restless heart. She had years of Breauna Dickson, ninth grader at Notre Dame Belmont was introSatisfaction from her services oftentimes comes through witnessing life-altering changes duced to the volunteer project by her dad, Gregg Cassin and Bradshaw. She began waiting tables we don’t always love ourselves, especially the raw, damaged cast-out selves no one else experience donating her time to various soup kitchens, and her knowledge of charitable meal that bring success stories. programs was truly a gift from God. during the summer, and has not missed a loved, so we left them behind,” said Mulcahey. “One way to make up for what you were “For example,” she said, “we were able Within minutes, after their cordial greetings, Mulcahey said, “I started pouring out my week since. “It makes you feel good helping shortchanged is being the family you wish you had - to someone who could have been you.” to help a gentleperson who was homeless, heart to Kathleen, and admitted that I didn’t know what I was doing.” others - what little help this is,” she said. Mulcahey’s vision three years ago created an intertwining of givers and receivers, and When they can, the “family memBut he did know what he wanted to do, and he shared his vision with Kathleen non-stop. “I very ill, and extremely underweight. We the opportunity for both to realize the life bers” respond in gratitude tenfold. don’t want to just feed the homeless. I don’t connected him with a health center to that could be - within all of us. Louis, 26 was living on the Castro want to be in the charity business. What I attend to his medical needs, and we got Parish members and private streets and heavily into drugs. “They heard want is the kind of evening you have when him eligible for Social Security and donations fund the dinners. The parish about me, and Patrick came looking for General Assistance. He was assigned a payer everyone goes to Grandma’s for dinner.” does not provide funding for the weekly me,” he said. “I came a few times but felt In a soft voice, Purcell responded, (someone who oversees the money dinners, although Father Edward embarrassed.” “Then that’s how we’ll do it. We’ll do it our process), and he got off the streets, moved Phelan, Administrator Pro Tempore, But Louis could not help but be moved into a hotel, and gained weight. own way.” donated the last two Thanksgiving by the concern the community showed for “It’s absolutely gratifying to see the Mulcahey had his first bona fide disciple. Church collections to the program. him so he said, “If I ever get off the streets, Looking back, Mulcahey said, “I don’t change in him,” she said. If you are interested in organizing I’d come in and help out.” Parishioner “Mike G.,” as he is known know if there would be Wednesday night supmeals for the needy in your parish, He kept his word. Louis is a regular at pers without Kathleen,” reflecting on his in the 12-step community, donates his time Patrick Mulcahey is anxious to share the Wednesday night dinners. “I’m the litcounseling those who want to kick alcohol insecurities at the time. with you what he has learned through his tle success story,” he said. “I’ve slept on Purcell’s addition to the short-list of vol- and drug addiction. “We’ve had a tremenjourney. He can be reached at Most Holy the streets with some of these people - the dous success in helping people,” he said. unteers gave Mulcahey the conviction to Redeemer Parish, (415) 863-6259. kids and the older ones. I’m a counselor to “Mike has a passion for helping people, keep going. He finally believed the odds of Evelyn Zappia can be reached at some of them. Working with my sponsor, who need it and want to get into recovery,” success were in his favor. It was time to marCharles Anna Bat, Kathleen Purcell and John Forester. ezappia@catholic-sf.org Mike G., I help to get them off the streets.” said Mulcahey. “He’s a tough, no-nonsense ket the “six week dinner experiment.”

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Religious thought not allowed In his commentary “Driving faith out of public life” (page 17), Douglas W. Kmiec writes: “‘Despotism may be able to do without faith, but freedom cannot,’ said Alexis de Tocqueville, an early observer of American democracy. This remains true. Yet today many are laboring aggressively to reduce faith’s public influence.” The efforts to drive religion out of public discussion have been going on for some time. Speaking recently to U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Vatican diplomat Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said, “An emerging form of religious intolerance is opposing the right of religion to speak publicly on issues” from a moral and religious perspective. The Catholic Church, like other religions has a right to speak on public issues. This freedom has been recognized as indisputable in our time. Nonetheless, forces representing views antithetical to those of the Catholic Church now are working diligently to stigmatize, marginalize and exclude Catholic viewpoints from the public arena. We have witnessed the latest example of this ugly phenomenon during the past two weeks. The release by the Vatican April 23 of an instruction on the liturgy of the Catholic faith was the springboard for a continuing cacophony of news stories and comment taking the Vatican to task for allegedly interfering in U.S. politics. The Vatican’s sin? Included in the instruction issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments was that “sacred ministers may not deny the sacraments to those who seek them in a reasonable manner, are rightly disposed and are not prohibited by [canon] law from receiving them.” In the current electrified political season, the media focus immediately went to questions about whether Holy Communion should be denied to ardently pro-abortion politicians, who self-identify publicly as being Catholic. Actually, the approach of the Church and U.S. bishops is very unlike the picture painted by the media. Mercy Sister Sharon Euart, vice president and president-elect of the Canon Law Society of America, says the key issue in refusing Communion is whether the individual is under a formal ecclesiastical penalty. This means the local bishop should have discussed his objections to the person’s actions with him or her, made an effort to understand the person’s thinking and instructed him or her on where the bishop saw errors or misunderstanding. The bishop would explain that changes in the person’s behavior are expected and what penalty might result if changes aren’t made. Yet, as Cardinal Francis George observes in these pages, many media stories have been framed as instances of Church-State conflict; an authoritarian Church trying to impose its doctrine on brave politicians striving to represent all their constituents. Locally, the Hearst Corporation’s flagship paper, the San Francisco Chronicle, followed form, publishing two commentaries in its Open Forum on the topic, “The Catholic Church and the Presidential Election.” It is standard newspaper practice in these cases to present opposing commentaries on a particular issue, giving readers contrasting viewpoints. Yet the counter-intuitive Chronicle presented commentaries, side-by-side, that both argued the Vatican was punishing politicians for dissenting from official dogma. The Hearst paper thought this double dose of Vatican hatred would be a “thought-provoking package,” as one Chronicle editor described it. Boston Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley recently said that for more than two centuries religious voices have called Americans to be a better people by challenging slavery, questioning the morality of war and nuclear weapons, and defending the poor, women, immigrants and prisoners. He said the situation is far different today. “When politicians agree with the church’s position on a given issue, they say that the church is prophetic and should be listened to. But if the church’s position doesn’t coincide with theirs, they scream separation of church and state.” Along with politicians, major elements of the U.S. media exhibit this same behavior. Chicago Cardinal Francis George, in his column titled “Not church and state but faith and life” (page 17) writes: “There is no danger in the United States today of legally establishing any religion; there is a very real danger that freedom of religion will be diminished by forbidding religious groups a voice to speak and a place to act publicly unless they pledge to remain inoffensive.” Remaining inoffensive, of course, means that Catholics would be required to deny the basic tenets of their faith. It is time to recognize and address the real threat facing all religions and the exercise of our First Amendment rights. MEH

Mother’s day Every mother’s day, since mom passed away, my father and I go to her grave. Dad and I stand by her tombstone and reflect on the memories of a woman who gave both of our lives meaning and made our lives richer for being in her presence. Mom demonstrated to me that I can forgive others and forgive myself for frailties and faults, those of others as well as my own. She showed through her love for my father that my father is a man worthy of being loved. She demonstrated to me through her commitment to her family that it is that commitment which defines the quality of a man’s heart and soul. Mom is now in God’s loving care. The only wish a loving son has is that just one more time he could hold his mother in his arms and tell her again and again that he loves her as he could love no one in this lifetime. Mike McAdoo San Francisco

Still wrong The reason for this war, that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction has been shown to be a total, 100 percent lie. He neither had them, nor had the means to deliver them even if he did. This war never came close to meeting the criteria of a just war per St. Thomas Aquinas. Now a year later, with the dead bodies of both our soldiers and the Iraqi people piling up, Mr. Weigel still sticks with his support for the war. Not one single thing in his synopsis of accomplishments since the war began was right. And by the way, Iraq was the only country in the Middle East where Catholics were free to worship, one million of them. What do you think will happen to them when we leave, which we will, and they are left to live under a Muslim, fundamentalist state. Mr. Weigel was wrong a year ago, and he is still wrong, but his pride won’t let him admit his original error in supporting this war. Stephen Firenze San Mateo

acknowledging the duty to conform one’s conscience to the truth, and to the law which God Himself as written on our hearts, in the end means nothing more than imposing one’s limited personal opinion.” And, “there exists a prior moral obligation, and a grave one at that to seek the truth and adhere to it once it is known.” (Veritas Splendor) Our bishops cannot remind us enough that conscience can be culpably erroneous and can by degrees become practically sightless until we are ultimately unable to differentiate between good and evil, right and wrong. God bless them for being intrepid to remind us how to use conscience correctly. Jane Sears Burlingame

Prudence and certainty One does grow weary of the frequent fulminations of such as those of your correspondent Hopcke of Berkeley, who persist, through misinformation or disingenuousness, in conflating abortion and capital punishment. You would do your readers a service if, in the interest of accuracy, you pointed out that “the traditional teaching of the Church has acknowledged as well-founded the right and duty of legitimate public authority to punish malefactors by means of penalties commensurate with the crime, not excluding, in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty.” (Catechism §2266) whereas, “From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person—-among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.” (Catechism §2270) Subsequent paragraphs strengthen the notion, and prescribe excommunication laete sententiae for those who commit “this crime against human life.” In his encyclical Evangelium Vitae, the Pope quotes the Catechism (§2267): “If bloodless means are sufficient to defend human lives against an aggressor and to protect public order...public authority must limit itself to those means....” In the next paragraph he says, “If such great care must be taken to respect every life, even that of criminals and unjust aggressors, the commandment ‘You shall not kill’ has absolute value when it refers to the innocent person. And all the more so in the case of weak and defenseless human beings....” Catholics, including the Pope, who oppose capital punishment do so because of the prudential judgment that it is not necessary. The Church permits us to disagree on such matters of judgment. It does not permit us to disagree on matters of doctrine, of which abortion is one. E. L. Gelhaar Millbrae

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Building conscience The bishop bashing of Robert H. Hopcke indicates that the gentleman suffers from terminal self contradiction. While deploring bishops for not “converting the hearts and minds and souls of Catholics to a pro-life view,” Mr. Hopcke simultaneously grouses that the same bishops who “profess the overwhelming, almost obsessive concern shown for the unborn has led the same Catholics to discount their credibility.” One wonders how the concern of shepherds for those in their flock who procure, assist or promote the hideous sin of unborn murder is “obsessive?” Or why such concern “fails to convert” hearts? People are not beyond a change of heart nor are the Shepherds who encourage them to make the right moral choices wrong to do so. Isn’t that a bishop’s God given job? Mr. Hopcke rockets on through with wild accusations that the bishops are using the Eucharist as spiritual blackmail, are making a naked power grab for political and social power and other bizarre conjectures that leaves one unsure whether to laugh or cry. However it’s his closing remarks about conscience that suddenly shines some light on the crux of his confused quandary. Mr. Hopcke does not understand conscience. He laments that the bishops should use some self-criticism on themselves instead of punishing persons “struggling in good conscience with difficult moral choices.” I would remind Hopcke that in the grave sin of abortion there is only one moral choice and that choice is obvious if the conscience is well formed. Pope John Paul II explains it this way: “To claim that one has a right to act according to conscience, but without at the same time

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Only a lawyer Mr. Jerome Downs’ letter (CSF 4/30) regarding the Federal Marriage Amendment is as cynical as one might fear from a lawyer of forty years experience, but it’s also surprisingly incoherent. His cynicism is apparent when he says that an “activist judge” is one who rules against your client. No, Mr. Downs, an activist judge is a judge who thinks he knows better than the citizens or Congress, and usurps the legislative process by imposing his superior knowledge on society. Expanding on this, he says “If the Supreme Court rules, then that is the law.” Well, there’s a two-word refutation to that: Dred Scott. Mr. Downs also purports to see no difference between a driver’s license or pilot’s license and a marriage license. I think most Americans without specialized legal training would be capable of understanding the difference. Unsurprisingly, Mr. Downs closes by confusing marriage with a simple contract between two people that deals with inheritance, hospital visitation rights, etc.; then says that the Constitution has no business precluding such contracts; then leaps headlong to the conclusion that for this reason the Federal Marriage Amendment will not be adopted. If anybody bought such a superficial definition of marriage, followed by such weak logic, he might have a case, but I think the American people are a little too wise for that, and they realize the seriousness of the attack on society’s most basic institution. Gibbons J. Cooney San Francisco

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The Catholic Difference During his campaign for the presidency, Senator John Kerry has tried in various ways to square his self-description as a “believing and practicing Catholic” with his unalloyed record of support for abortion-on-demand, including partial birth abortion. Perhaps the senator’s most succinct statement of his case came in St. Louis this past January: “What I believe personally as a Catholic as an article of faith is an article of faith...[But it is not] appropriate in the United States for a legislator to legislate personal religious beliefs for the rest of the country.” In other words, Senator Kerry believes that the Catholic Church’s pro-life position is a sectarian position, whose imposition on a pluralistic society would be constitutionally unwarranted – something like the Catholic Church trying to force all Americans to abstain from hot dogs on Fridays during Lent. This is simply not true. For the past thirty-one years, the Catholic bishops of the United States have made public arguments that can be engaged by any serious person on behalf of the right to life. You don’t have to believe in Petrine primacy, seven sacraments, or the two natures of Christ to engage the Catholic pro-life argument; you don’t even have to believe in God. You simply have to be willing to take elementary embryology and elementary logic seriously. For the senator to suggest that the Church’s position is sectarian is either woefully ignorant or deliberately mendacious. The bishops of the United States must address this sorry misrepresentation of their teaching – soon, crisply, and preferably as a united body. Leaving this distortion of the nature of the Church’s pro-life position unchallenged would have several serious

consequences. It would further corrupt the public debate, which would decay into a non-argument between mis-named “sectarians” and misguided “pluralists.” The bishops have done the entire country a great service these past thirty years by using a vocabulary in defense of the dignity of life that everyone, irrespective of religious convictions, can understand. If that genuinely ecumenical, public approach is successfully labeled “sectarian” – and by a Catholic, no less – lasting damage will be done to our political culture. The future of the Democratic Party is also at stake. If Senator Kerry’s misrepresentation of the Church’s pro-life position as sectarian is allowed to go unchallenged, the bishops will further marginalize pro-life Democrats like Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak, who will be de facto sectarians in their own party. What slim hopes there are for transforming the Democratic Party into a party where prolifers can be comfortable will be dashed, perhaps for good. Leaving Kerry’s misrepresentation unclarified and unchallenged will put Catholic judicial nominees of both parties in jeopardy. It was precisely the spurious charge of sectarianism that Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) tried to hang on pro-life Alabama attorney general Bill Pryor last year in order to stall Pryor’s nomination to the federal appellate bench. Unless the bishops publicly correct Kerry’s misrepresentations, more of this sort of Catholic-bashing is inevitable. Finally, there is the question of the bishops’ own credibility. The last two and a half years have taught us that faithful Catholics want clear episcopal leadership and courageous episcopal teaching. If the bishops fail to chal-

lenge Kerry’s misrepresentation of a position in which the bishops’ conference has invested thirty years of hard and effective work, the damage to the conference’s already eroded credibility George Weigel will be very bad indeed. In addition to clarifying the nature of the Church’s pro-life position, the bishops must get their conference’s communications strategy in order. When deputy USCCB spokesperson Sister Mary Ann Walsh told Fox News that “there is no candidate...in agreement with the Church on all issues,” she failed to make the other, obvious, and essential point: not all issues are equal. And that’s not just my view, that’s the view of the people Sister Mary Ann has been hired to serve: the bishops of the United States, who in a 1998 pastoral letter made unmistakably clear that the pro-life issue carried more weight than other issues because it involved the moral foundations of American democracy. The bishops must insist, publicly, that descriptions of the Church’s pro-life position as sectarian are false and unacceptable; so must the bishops’ staff. And sooner rather than later, please. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Family Life

Learning from the babies There are lots of useful aids to meditation out there. Some people go for icons, others a candle. Scripture or other spiritual readings are just what the guru ordered for some. Still others prefer one of the innumerable gifts of creation: the sea, a sunset, the mountains, a blade of grass. Me, I like babies. When I have one around, that is, which is the case at the moment. It’s actually kind of difficult to get babies off my mind these days considering that my personal baby is physically on me about twenty-two hours a day, including the darkest dark of night. He evidently finds the crook of my arm much more comfortable than his mattress, and you know, that’s okay. I’m keenly aware of how quickly time passes, and if this baby prefers the warmth of our bed to the cold of his during this blink of an eye before he goes off to college, he’s welcome to stay. So, since I’m a firm believer of letting God speak through the realities of the present moment, when I want to listen, when I want to get a jump-start to prayer, I watch the baby. We’ll start with smiles. Is there anything better than the toothless grin of a baby? I can’t stop wondering why they do it. He’s eleven weeks out of the womb, and when he’s alert and not annoyed at the world’s failure to constantly give him something to suck on, he’s doing one phenomenal thing: he’s smiling. Grinning, gurgling and making the most splendid dimples ever seen.

Secular scientists have tried mightily over the past two centuries to strip the universe of God. There’s no purpose or end, to our existence, many of them declare, and our presence here is the result of pure chance. My baby argues against that depressing scenario without saying a world. I’ve read quite a bit on the subject, and no one, not the cleverest evolutionary behaviorist, has been able to answer the question of why, at about four weeks of age, this little primate started locking eyes with familiar faces and meeting their silly grins with a big beaming one of his own. How does he know that what he’s doing is what we’re doing, too? Where did the desire and the satisfaction in the act come from? Chance? Randomness? Does anyone really believe that? Does anyone really want to? No, my baby’s grin assures me that in spite of the enduring puzzles, God’s hand in creation can’t be so easily slapped away. I’m also moved to wonder, though, in our extended mutual admiration sessions, why human infants are born so helpless, especially in comparison to most other species? Why so dependent and for so long? A possible answer came to me last week, one that might have occurred to you to, in your own musings. Perhaps we’re born not quite finished so we can be finished in the presence of other people. Maybe our nervous systems remain a bit raw and undirected so that they can be formed in response to the sounds, touch and faces of other human beings. Perhaps our eyes don’t focus perfectly for weeks so that

they can learn their first lessons in relation to the human face. And maybe we must be taught to communicate, to move and to play by other human beings so that from the very beginning, social Amy Welborn bonds become the basis of our existence and we can learn, the process, the most important lesson of all – to love and be loved. God, it seems, has given a great gift in the midst of what might seem, at first glance, to be an annoying inconvenience, and even a disadvantage. The baby comes among us, helpless and in some ways, incomplete. In teaching the child, we’re finishing the job God started: we’re weaving the bonds and planting the seeds that will enable that child to express his unique identity as God’s child, made in God’s image, able to reason, to create, and, most importantly, to love. It’s a responsibility. It’s a gift. And most of the time, if we open ourselves to it, it’s a lot of fun, besides. Amy Welborn is a popular columnist and author of “The Loyola Kids’ book of Saints”.

Spirituality

Setting our ecclesial gauges Karl Rahner once cautioned that we should never assume that everyone alive at the same time belongs to the same generation. Nowhere is this more true than in church circles today, where we have multiple ecclesiologies operating inside the same churches. In Roman Catholicism, for instance, since Vatican II, we have two-and-a-half distinct generations, all trying to share the same pews. Not an easy task. It makes for tension and this is the case inside all the churches. That tension, while painful, isn’t necessarily unhealthy. When Jesus says, “In my Father’s house there are many rooms,” he isn’t describing celestial geography, but a heart, God’s, whose compassion and scope is the antithesis of any small sectarian group or any group of likeminded people huddling around some fiery ideology. The challenge for the churches is to mirror this embrace, namely, to build a house with a large entrance and with rooms enough to accommodate persons of every persuasion. But that’s not easy. Invariably, for every kind of reason, we start narrowing the door and closing off the number of rooms. What’s required to avoid this, I believe, is a

more deliberate effort to set our ecclesial gauges properly. What’s meant by this? Sometimes I picture the church like a huge airplane, complete with a large instrument panel, gauges of every kind, which indicate the state of things and which someone has to carefully set and monitor so as to have a smooth and safe flight. What does the instrument panel in the church look like? What are our ecclesial gauges? To have a healthy ecclesiology, we need to monitor the tension between a series of polarities which perennially compete with each other and which need, precisely, a certain deliberate and delicate regulating. What are these polarities that are in tension with each other? Among others, I mention these: The tension between the liberal and the conservative; the theological and the devotional; the liturgical and the pastoral; Word and Eucharist; social justice and private morality; prophecy and diocesan structures; program and compassion; missionary and maintenance; enthusiasm and stability; ecumenism and denominational commitment; Christianity and other religions; community and individual charism; aesthetics and simplicity of life.

Each of these might be conceived of as a separate gauge, icon, on the ecclesial instrument panel and, inside each gauge, each of the two poles represents something to be guarded. Our task is to Father try to deliberately set Ron Rolheiser those gauges by pinpointing where, ideally, as an ecclesial community, we want to be on the continuum between the various ecclesial poles (using critical principles rather than ideology, or private desire as our guiding needle). Hence, for example: In the tension between liberal and conservative, how much, like the wise scribe idealized by Jesus, are we willing to give place to the old as well as the new? In the tension between the theological ROLHEISER, page 16

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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Scripture

Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 Revelations 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35

A READING FROM THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (ACTS 14:21-27) After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” They appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished. And when they arrived, they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13) R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might. R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

Let them make known your might to the children of Adam, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. R. I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. A READING FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION (RV 21:1-5A) Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them as their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away.” The One who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN (JN 13:31-33A, 34-35) When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

FATHER DONALD B. SHARP, S.J.

The Easter Season: A Time of Hope and Encouragement For many years now, I have made my annual retreat at the end of the school year. I have found it a good time to unwind, to go over the past year, to see what changes need to be made, and basically, to see how I am doing. And since the retreat usually takes place during the Easter season, I have found that the readings in the Lectionary, taken from the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of John, afford a wonderful opportunity to reflect on two facets of our faith: life in Christ and the life of the Church. I think that both of these can be a source of hope and encouragement for all of us. First of all, when we reflect on Jesus’ life, it is difficult not feel, from a purely human perspective, that he was a failure: his birth, childhood, and public ministry were not very impressive. He would not have been considered among the social elite of his day, or a great success in the eyes of his world; from all appearances, his choice of the apostles would not have been “politically correct”, to say the least; his death by crucifixion, as a common criminal, in the eyes of his contemporaries, would have been considered a sign of ultimate failure. What is important, however, in reflecting on Jesus’ life, is that he did not allow status, public opinion, or even death on the cross to deter him from fulfilling his mission. Although he might not have been a success according to human standards, he was according to his Father’s. Our Gospel reading today gives us an example of this. While Jesus was sharing a meal with his apostles, he also shared his awareness that his time had come to an end and that he was to be crucified like a common criminal. But Jesus refuses to let the plots against him deter him from fulfilling his Father’s will. Rather than lamenting his coming death and cursing those who were to bring it about, he instructs his apostles to love one another: for this was the Father’s will. Secondly, when we reflect on the early Church described in the Acts of the Apostles, the events narrated should also give us hope and encouragement. The Acts tell of the struggles and the successes of the

early Church, with all her ups-and-downs. We can easily forget that the emerging Church did not have a “no-problem” beginning. As she began to grow, what is natural to any nascent organization took place: tensions arose among the members, serious disagreements between Peter and Paul took place, and persecution increased against those who proclaimed Jesus and witnessed his Father’s will in their daily life. In our first reading from Acts, we have a glimpse into the lives of some of the members of the early Church. Paul and Barnabas have returned from the first missionary journey. They relate to Jesus’ followers the events that have taken place. Even though they and their fellow Christians were being persecuted for witnessing and speaking of the risen Christ, they have found hope and encouragement in the lesson taught by their Master through his actions. They were not deterred from fulfilling the will of the Father. They continued to preach the risen Lord. What should give us hope and encouragement, reflecting on Jesus’ life, is that we, too, may be seen in the eyes of others as failures. However, if we live as God has called us, witnessing the presence of Jesus and the will of his Father in our lives, then each of us will be a great success. When we read about the endeavors of the early Christian communities, it should also bring to all of us hope and encouragement. The Church’s history has never been without controversy, beginning from the time of the first gathering of her disciples after Jesus’ resurrection down to the present day. Nonetheless, in spite of all of the difficulties she faced, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit the Church survived and she continues to grow to this day. We, her members, need only to follow Jesus’ example of allowing nothing to deter us from fulfilling the Father’s will, and she will continue to grow.

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unhealthily cut off access to God? Do we want to sacrifice aesthetics for simplicity of life by building cheap, ugly churches, or do we sacrifice simplicity of life for good taste? Where’s the proper balance between being loving and loyal to your own denomination and recognizing valid baptism and God’s grace as present in other Christians? The list goes on. Jung once said that whatever energies we don’t consciously access and direct will unconsciously direct themselves. That’s true here, too, in terms of these ecclesial energies. To the extent that we do not - prayerfully, communally, and according to sound principle – deliberately set where we want to be on the continuum between these various energies, other things (ideology, self-interest, personal temperament) will set them for us, though not always in ways that will build a church that reflects God’s compassion, embrace, and beauty.

■ Continued from page 15 and the devotional, where do we want to place the guiding needle so as to have a healthy balance between head and heart? In the tension between the liturgical and the pastoral, how much do we want to push ideal liturgical principle as a corrective to sloppy worship and how much do we want the real needs of our congregations to mitigate a potentially sterile ideal? What, for instance, is the place of a eulogy at a funeral, given the balance we want between the liturgical ideal and the needs of a grieving family? What’s the proper balance between concern for the issues of justice in the world and concern for private integrity of soul? How much is the church about justice and how much is it about soul-building? How programmatic or compassionate do we want to be? Where is the proper balance between being overly rigid and overly loose? Which is the greater risk, to be irresponsible with sacraments and grace or to

Jesuit Father Donald Sharp is a Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University. He resides at St. Agnes parish in San Francisco.

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

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Not church and state but faith and life Much in the news these days are stories of Catholic a key issue, not only because abortion is intrinsically tions on individuals; on politicians whose public positions diverge from the moral immoral in every instance, but also because the legal the part of society, teachings of the faith they profess. Usually these stories are killing of the unborn undermines the respect for human sanctions by bishops framed as instances of Church-State conflict: authoritarian life that has characterized the advance of civilization and against politicians may be pastorally unwise bishops trying to impose sectarian dogmas on brave politi- separates us from barbarians. cians striving to represent all their constituents. This misPope John Paul II has explained that officeholders in and publicly harmful. represents the issue. In this country, Church and State are democracies can be expected to uphold the law, even if the In this culture, victims institutionally separate; but in this country and anywhere law wrongly protects immorality. But he has also explained always have the moral else in the world, faith and life are not. that Catholic officeholders must work to diminish the harm upper hand. Blacks can The post-resurrection narratives of Jesus’ appearances that unjust laws do and make every effort to change them. be victims, Jews can be American to those who knew him before he was crucified are pro- The criterion for changing a law is to ask whether or not it victims, claimed at Sunday Mass during Easter time. These appear- contributes to the common good. Because there are various Indians can be victims, Cardinal ances have the disciples moving from initial terror, through understandings of the common good, political issues gays can be victims, a re-introduction to Jesus and an acknowledgement of who become moral issues, and moral issues will be contested. In women can be victims, Francis George he is, to a declaration of faith and the beginning of a new a pluralistic society, perhaps no faith group can expect to be even Muslims living life for the disciples, life in Christ. Faith is a free assent of totally satisfied with the legal system; every faith group, here in the United mind and will and heart to a God who loves us and who however, can expect politicians who belong to it to work States can be victims. By definition, however, Catholics transforms every dimension of our lives (Romans 10:9). out their political positions in the light of their professed cannot be victims, except for those Catholics who like to There is no area of a believer’s life separate from his or her faith and to act accordingly. Not bishops, but the politi- portray themselves as “oppressed” by the Church’s teachings. They make the best victims of all. faith. A compartmentalized faith is not faith, certainly not cians’ personal integrity makes this demand. Nonetheless, a response seems called for, Catholic faith, which begins with the proclamaand the bishops have a group of their number tion that Jesus is risen from the dead and then works out the implications of that assertion in It is unacceptable for a Catholic believer who is considering the range of responses possible. Because a line is being crossed in applying every area of life. To work out those implications public sanctions, it would be pastorally wise in every age, Jesus gave authority to the apostles a politician to embrace unreservedly the status for the bishops to act together. Some Catholics to govern his Church and teach in his name. This who would like to transform the Church into a authority from the risen Christ the apostles quo on abortion. Such an embrace cannot be vehicle for their particular preferences are passed on to their successors who shepherd the impatient to have the bishops act exactly as Church from generation to generation. There is justified because of a few theologians’ opinions they demand. No matter what the bishops do or separation of Church and State at the heart of our don’t do, however, each Catholic voter has to faith—the king is not a priest—but there can be no separation of faith and life for either king or . . . It certainly cannot be justified by an appeal form his or her judgements, even in political issues, according to the faith. This is still a priest or anyone else who believes that Jesus to the Second Vatican Council, which named democratic state; voters get the government Christ is risen from the dead. they elect, not one selected by bishops. In The particular form of institutional separation choosing whom to elect, voters should ask how of Church and State that we enjoy in the United abortion “a heinous crime.” a politician can compartmentalize faith and life States limits the State from imposing a particular and still be a person of integrity. Church upon anyone; but it also permits a reliA secularist moral order enforced with the police gious body to have a public life. Freedom of religion canThe United States has the most barbaric pro-abortion not be reduced to freedom of self-expression for believers legal system in the world. Almost every other Western power of the state will be intolerant, even if imposed in or freedom to worship quietly as long as faith exercises no democracy places limits on abortion according to time the name of individual rights. Catholics and other believinfluence on the public conversation which shapes society. into pregnancy and other considerations. Because the ers have a right to ask politicians to protect them and the Rather, the Church serves society and cooperates with the U.S. courts have made abortion a “right,” placing limits Republic from this threat. There is no danger in the State and other public institutions by being herself: a wit- on its exercise creates difficulties not found in other United States today of legally establishing any religion; ness to God’s ways among his human creatures. The mes- countries. In this situation, it is unacceptable for a there is very real danger that freedom of religion will be sage of Christ and his promise of eternal life carries judge- Catholic believer who is a politician to embrace unre- diminished by forbidding religious groups a voice to ments about all dimensions of this life, including cultural servedly the status quo on abortion. Such an embrace speak and a place to act publicly unless they pledge to and economic and political life. cannot be justified because of a few theologians’ opin- remain inoffensive. Already in 1926, the famous British Faith shapes a believer’s political conscience, whether ions or even should a majority of U.S. Catholics think apologist G. K. Chesterton wrote that “the next great as voter or officeholder. This seems generally understood differently; nor can it be justified in the name of person- heresy (will be) an attack on morality and especially on in the case of black churches, where politicians speak al conscience, which is to be shaped by the faith. It cer- sexual morality and (will be) coming from the living, and invite believers to vote for them because the politi- tainly cannot be justified by an appeal to the Second exultant energy of the rich. The madness of tomorrow is cians will meet their concerns. It seems well enough Vatican Council, which named abortion “a heinous not in Moscow but in Manhattan.” Of course, Chesterton wasn’t running for political office in New York. Issues of understood in the case of synagogues, where no one is crime.” surprised that proponents of the PLO would not be given Since support for abortion on the part of Catholic basic importance to our faith make for difficult decisions a platform. But drawing conclusions about the public politicians is objectively a scandal, bishops have in life. Fortunately for us and for the world, Christ has order from one’s faith is viewed with suspicion in the responded by teaching publicly and speaking privately to risen from the dead. case of evangelicals and with alarm in the case of Catholic office holders. Because these measures have not Catholics. This is largely because the secular litmus test been particularly successful, the question now is whether for judging if faith is interfering inappropriately in the sanctions of some sort should be applied. There are com- This commentary by Cardinal Francis George of the public order for the past 30 years has been the issue of plications. On the part of the Church, the 1983 Code of Archdiocese of Chicago, originally appeared in the the legal protection of unborn human beings. This truly is Canon Law makes it quite difficult to apply public sancApril 25-May 8 issue of The Catholic New World.

Driving faith out of public life “Despotism may be able to do without faith, but freedom cannot,” said Alexis de Tocqueville, an early observer of American democracy. This remains true. Yet today many are laboring aggressively to reduce faith’s public influence. Consider two recent legal developments on opposite ends of the country. In California, Catholic Charities was told by the California Supreme Court that it was not religious enough to be exempt from a state law mandating that employers pay for contraception, while in New York the Salvation Army is being assailed by the New York Civil Liberties Union as being too religious to provide public social services. Viewed together, the two cases illustrate how a type of “heads I win, tails you lose” argumentation now is employed to drive faith out of public life. The California contraceptives mandate was almost diabolical in its clever design to injure Catholic Charities. On the surface, the law exempted “religious organizations” from the contraceptives mandate, but in reality the law was less an accommodation than a means of exclusion. By insisting that the only religious organizations exempted from paying for contraceptive services were those that served their own adherents, the California Assembly confronted Catholic Charities with an impossible choice: Either Catholic Charities could stop offering millions of people help regardless of creed or it must subsidize behavior contrary to the church’s moral teaching.

The California Supreme Court did not see this as religious discrimination. Like Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army of New York turns no one away who needs help. So, too, the Salvation Army is called to this service by the witness of Christ’s own ministry. The Salvation Army describes itself as “an international movement, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church, with a mission to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination.” In carrying out that mission, the Salvation Army runs homeless shelters and group homes for impoverished families, juvenile delinquents and the disabled, as well as adoption and foster-care programs. Indeed, it is only with the help of the Salvation Army that many state and local governments fulfill their own legal obligations. The Salvation Army’s reward? It is now the target of a multicount lawsuit brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union contending that the Salvation Army’s overt Christianity constitutes a “hostile work environment” — the elements of hostility apparently being occasional, voluntary prayers at staff meetings, notices of religious services on the company bulletin board and personnel practices that inquire whether a person is of good character and of faith — any faith. The charitable good works of Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army should be lauded and facilitated, not litigated. Both organizations are enormously successful at what they do.

Like the Catholic Church, the Salvation Army subscribes to an understanding of human freedom that is not merely license. Authentic freedom is anchored in the Creator, reflecting a desire to build up life, not destroy it. For this reason, and from Scripture, these two noble friends Douglas W. Kmiec in faith consistently have taught that certain behaviors do not conform to God’s will for society: homosexual practice, abortion, premarital and extramarital sexual relationships, and drug use. Would a sane society think otherwise? In praising the young America of the 1840s, de Tocqueville himself asked, “How could society escape destruction if, when political ties are relaxed, moral ties are not tightened?” Of course, it cannot, and making it more difficult for religious organizations such as Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army to be true to themselves only obscures that fact. Douglas W. Kmiec is dean of Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America in Washington.

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Washington Letter Canon law leaves much to interpret on sacramental sanctions WASHINGTON — One side asks why bishops don’t stop certain Catholic politicians from receiving Communion or even excommunicate them. Aren’t they openly defying church teaching on the most important subject — the right to life? If such politicians don’t follow bishops’ advice and refrain from participating in the sacraments on their own, don’t those bishops have an obligation to stop them? Others ask how the few bishops who have said they would refuse the Eucharist to one politician or another can make such decisions. Don’t Catholics who must function in a secular society have the right to rely on their own conscience about public policy? If the church withholds Communion from politicians over their political activities, will the next step be the appearance of “sacrament police,” scrutinizing everyone else’s actions and pointing fingers at those they deem to be unworthy? A task force of the U.S. bishops is weighing just such questions as it considers guidelines for how the church should relate to Catholics whose actions in public life conflict with church teachings. However, the task force won’t have a report until the bishops’ mid-November meeting. In the meantime, each week brings new angles on the issue: — St. Louis Archbishop Raymond L. Burke told reporters in January that he would give Sen. John Kerry, DMass., only a blessing if he came up in line for Communion. Kerry holds positions contrary to the church’s on issues including abortion and fetal stem-cell research. His positions are closer to church stances on capital punishment, the Iraq war, programs for the poor and other social services. — Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said in his archdiocesan newspaper that politicians who publicly ignore church teaching on human life may try to look and sound Catholic, “but unless they act Catholic in their public service and political choices, they’re really a very different kind of creature. And real Catholics should vote accordingly.” — The day before his installation as head of the Diocese of Camden, N.J., Bishop Joseph A. Galante said he would deny Communion to Gov. James McGreevey at the installation Mass. Bishop Galante says his decision was based largely on McGreevey’s remarriage without an annulment. Several canon lawyers told Catholic News Service that church law on denying sacraments leaves the discretion and interpretation to individual bishops. The relevant section of the church’s law, Canon 915, says: “Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy Communion.” Those excommunicated or interdicted are barred from the sacraments. Someone interdicted is still considered a Catholic but someone excommunicated is no longer considered a member of the church. In applying that law, “the question is whether someone is a public sinner,” said Msgr. William Varvaro, pastor of St. Margaret Parish in Queens, N.Y., and past president of the Canon Law Society of America. “There’s nothing specific about legislators or voting on bills.” The canon doesn’t define what constitutes a “public sinner,” said Msgr. Varvaro. “There’s no explanation of how to determine that.” Mercy Sister Sharon Euart, vice president and presi-

(CNS FILE PHOTO BY NANCY WIECHEC)

By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service

Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick gives Communion during a Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington earlier this year. In an April 27 interview with Catholic News Service, the cardinal said church leaders should remind Catholics that if they are not in communion with the church they should not receive Communion. But church law "doesn't say to us that we should deny them Communion when they come," he added.

dent-elect of the Canon Law Society of America, said the key issue in refusing Communion is whether the individual is under a formal ecclesiastical penalty. That means that the local bishop should have discussed his objections to the person’s actions with him or her, made an effort to understand the person’s thinking and instructed him or her on where the bishop saw errors or misunderstanding, she said. The bishop would explain that changes in the person’s behavior are expected and what penalty might result if changes aren’t made. Then, the bishop would have to inform the individual in writing that a sanction was being imposed, Sister Euart explained. “It’s not something that (a bishop) does based on what he sees in the newspaper about someone,” she said. “It’s got to be done with as full knowledge as possible.” When he headed the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., thenBishop Burke formally notified three state legislators in January that they were not to receive Communion. He published a canonical notification and a pastoral letter explaining that he took the step so the people of the diocese would not be scandalized “thinking that it is acceptable for a devout Catholic to also be pro-abortion.” He had previously sent letters to the three lawmakers, requesting private meetings to discuss their voting records. None accepted the invitation. Father James Coriden, professor of canon law at the Washington Theological Union, said it’s extremely rare for bishops to make the kind of public judgment Archbishop Burke did. “It’s very hard, from a canonical perspective, to justify the denial of Communion without some kind of due process,” he said, because such a penalty is tantamount to excommunication. That ought to involve formally bringing charges and holding a trial, Father Coriden explained. Such cases are vetted by the Vatican Congregation for

the Doctrine of the Faith before being brought to trial, either at the Vatican or the diocese, he said. This kind of trial is being pursued by some dioceses for priests who have refused to leave the priesthood after being implicated in cases of child sexual abuse. Jesuit Father Ladislas Orsy, a visiting law professor at Georgetown University, said the bottom line is that within the church “we do have rules, but we do not have a very efficient machinery for imposing those rules.” Another problem is “what can you do in a pluralistic society?” he said. “Shall we now exclude all Catholics from public office?” Father Orsy said that on some levels “the whole debate doesn’t make much sense.” A single politician, even the president, has almost no power to change the nation’s laws about abortion, he said. “No representative (in Congress) can bring (and pass) a bill to turn over Roe vs. Wade,” Father Orsy said. “The only way a president can have influence for the future is to nominate justices to the Supreme Court and still the Senate must approve them.” Father Coriden said he thinks the bishops are justified in taking a strong stand with politicians who don’t act in accord with church teaching on abortion. But even a doctrinal note on Catholics in public life released by the Vatican in 2003 “allows for freedom of conscience and political thought,” he said. “But to take that and say ‘these people are no longer permitted to take Communion,’” he said, “I don’t think it gives that authority.” There’s a danger in asserting that only a part of the teachings of the church may be enforced by excommunication or interdict, Father Coriden said. “It just cuts against the grain to take unilateral action,” he said. “It would be better to keep holding up Christian ideals and saying ‘let’s get on board here.’”

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Lobby day . . . ■ Continued from cover the poorest parish in Los Angeles, Father Boyle said, “The parish had opened itself up. I remember riding up on my bicycle one evening. Everybody who is nobody was there – the homeless, gang members, people learning English as a second language, members of alcoholics anonymous and narcotics anonymous.” Then a man pulled up in a car and began to reminisce. He said he had grown up in the parish and had gone to grade school there. He looked at the homeless and gang members and poor people with disdain and then said, “This used to be a church.” Father Boyle disagreed, “The people here,” he told the man, “think: ‘Now, it’s finally a church.’” Before the Mass, Cecilia Rogers, director of the Children’s Health Initiative of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Stockton, said it is appropriate that Lobby Day comes in the Easter season. After the Resurrection, she said, “The first thing the Holy Spirit does is to send the disciples out into the streets. Our baptism gathers us together here and sends us out into the streets this afternoon.” Mrs. Rogers was born in Mexico City and became a citizen of the United States five years ago. “Now, as a citizen of this great country, I want to exercise my rights,” she said. After the Mass, participants marched from the theatre, past the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, which is closed for a major renovation, to the Capitol. After a rally

Politics . . . ■ Continued from page 3 Wayne withdrew an invitation to scheduled graduation speaker Dr. Nancy Snyderman after Bishop D’Arcy declined to receive an honorary degree because she was on the May 1 program. Snyderman was criticized for having pro-abortion views at least partly on the basis of a news report she did as a medical correspondent for ABC News. Snyderman said the report discussed the idea of selective abortion of some fetuses to improve the chances of survival for the others in the case of a woman pregnant with septuplets. She said it was a medical report and not an expression of her personal beliefs. Bishop D’Arcy said in a statement that he did not ask the school to withdraw its invitation to Snyderman.

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on the West Steps, they spent the afternoon talking with legislators about the Catholic vision of social justice. The San Francisco delegation met with legislative aides at the Capitol and in a small theater within the Crest Theater. “Instead of going to visit with legislators in their offices, we asked them to come to us or to send a representative to us so our whole delegation could participate in the visit,” said Melanie Piendak, assistant director for programs in the archdiocese’s Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns. They met with staff members from six legislators whose districts include parts of the Archdiocese. Assembly members Joe Nation, Leland Yee, Mark Leno and Senator John Burton sent representatives to the Crest. Smaller contingents from the archdiocese went to Assemblyman Gene Mullin’s office in the Capitol and met with a staff member of Senator Jackie Speier on lawn outside. “We covered all of the budget items cited by the California Catholic Conference, and in the different visits, different people spoke to some of the other important legislation. That varied from meeting to meeting,” Ms. Piendak said. “I was happy with how conversational the legislative staff members were with us. They really engaged in dialogue, back and forth, after we presented the issues. They were as knowledgeable as possible about where their member stood on those issues. They were clear with us about budget negotiations and how it’s a very challenging time right now. “We covered a wide gamut of issues: health care for children, those who are genetically handicapped, people

who are receiving CalWorks and transitional food stamps, immigrants. On every one of those items we were opposing a proposed budget cut. “Overall, most of the staff were in agreement with the importance of the budget issues we were addressing. They acknowledged the budget is going to be tight and they appreciated us bringing our voice to Sacramento and saying what some specific programs are that we want to keep. They also encouraged us to bring them any ideas about revenue sources.” Some of the San Francisco participants talked about cutting funding for women who have several state-funded abortions in a single year. The legislative staff members “were open to listening to us, so they heard the message, but I would say there was not a whole lot of agreement around that particular point. But dialogue is most important. We are looking to convey our message and to have an opportunity to dialogue.” This was the fourth year that Ms. Piendak has been involved in organizing the archdiocese’s participation in Catholic Lobby Day. “I’m always moved by how prayer is incorporated into this process,” she said. “It connects the faith and the civic engagement part of this process. As people of faith, these two things go hand in hand. One of the most moving things for me was the homily in the morning. Father Greg Boyle did an exceptional job of explaining how as people of faith we have a responsibility to be for one another – that this is an ongoing process of how we exist as church. That was a wonderful way to start the day, to center us as we moved forward into the direct lobbying portion of the day.”

“I understand and respect academic freedom,” he said. “I am simply following my solemn responsibilities as a pastor to avoid any confusion on truths so essential to the life of the church and society.” In New Jersey, the new bishop of the Camden Diocese, Bishop Joseph A. Galante, told reporters April 29 that Gov. James McGreevey would not be welcome to receive Communion if he attended the installation ceremony the next day. McGreevey supports legal abortion and has advocated bringing fetal stem-cell research to the state. Bishop Galante told reporters his decision was based largely on McGreevey’s remarriage without an annulment. McGreevey’s spokesman said later that the governor has never publicly discussed whether his first marriage was annulled. Several canon lawyers told CNS in interviews that

church law on denying sacraments leaves the discretion and interpretation to individual bishops. Mercy Sister Sharon Euart, vice president and president-elect of the Canon Law Society of America, said the key issue in refusing Communion is whether the individual is under a formal ecclesiastical penalty. That means the local bishop should have discussed his objections to the person’s actions with him or her, made an effort to understand the person’s thinking and instructed him or her on where the bishop saw errors or misunderstanding, she said. The bishop would explain that changes in the person’s behavior are expected and what penalty might result if changes aren’t made. Then, the bishop would have to inform the individual in writing that a sanction was being imposed, Sister Euart explained. POLITICS, page 22

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Food & Fun May 9: Bake Sale benefiting works of ICF Branch 44 of St. Paul Parish in Parish Center, 29th and Church St., SF, 8 a.m. until sold out. Come get “homemade Mother’s Day treats.” May 9: Mothers’ Day Champagne Brunch benefiting Sisters of the Holy Family, with seating at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. at 159 Washington Blvd., Fremont. Tickets $40 adults/$15 children 4 – 12 years/under 3 free. Call (510) 624-4512. May 10: Concert by acclaimed organist, Everhard Zwart, at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Gough St. at Geary Blvd., SF at 7:30 p.m. The artist is a “great organist” and “interpreter of Bach, Liszt” and other composers said, Christoph Tietze, music director at the Cathedral. Tickets $10/$5 seniors and students. Call the Cathedral music office at (415) 567-2020, ext. 213. May 14: Wine Tasting/Silent Auction Gala benefiting Star of the Sea School, SF, 7 – 10 p.m. in school auditorium. $10 ticket includes hand-painted wineglass. Auctions items include private tour of CBS-5 Eyewitness News and chance to meet anchors Kate Kelly, Dana King and others. Sponsored by Star of the Sea Parents’ Guild. Babysitting available. Call (415) 221-8558 or Starparents@starsf.net. May 14: The Immigration Question: What Does Catholic Social Teaching Tell Us? guides a presentation and dialogue at the annual Public Policy Breakfast, at 7:30 a.m. in St. Francis Hall of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Guest speaker is Erica Dahl-Bredine of Catholic Relief Services, Mexico and well-versed in “border and immigration” issues said, Melanie Piendak, associate director, Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, sponsors of the event. Tickets are $20 per person. Call (415) 614-5567 or contact vigilv@sfarchdiocese.org. May 15: Mass and dinner commemorating the110 year partnership of the Franciscan Friars and Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose at St. Anthony and Immaculate Conception schools. Evening begins with 5 p.m. liturgy in St. Anthony of Padua Church with subsequent festivities at St. Anthony Immaculate Conception School. Reservations required. Call Marie Driscoll at (415) 642-6130. May 15: 9th Annual Whale of a Sale benefiting St. Vincent de Paul Conference of St. Sebastian Parish, Bon Air Rd. at Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. More than 80 vendors and families selling crafts, jewelry, household items, famous maker clothes. Refreshments available. Call Kathie Meier at (415) 461-4133. May 16: International Food/Ministry Fair/Carnival benefiting St. Raphael Parish, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on parish grounds, 1104 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. Enjoy food, drink, and music from around the world. Call (415) 454-8141. May 16: Our Lady of Mercy Parish begins celebration of its 50th anniversary with a week of commemorative events. Bishop John C. Wester, who grew up in the parish and attended its school, will preside at a Mass of Thanksgiving today. Subsequent activities include a video history presentation, a multi-cultural gathering, a music concert by OLM school, BINGO, a cocktail party for present and former parishioners, a dinner dance, and a pancake breakfast. For more information, call Barbara Cantwell at (650) 755-2727 May 20th: Monthly breakfast meeting of the Catholic Professional & Business Club featuring Bishop John C. Wester who will speak about how we, as members of the Catholic Church of San Francisco, work in accordance with the universal church. Meeting includes full breakfast beginning at 7:00 am in the lower-level conference center halls located below St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF. Cost is $20 for non-members, $15 for members. Membership dues are $45 annually. Call (415) 614-5579, or visit the website at www.cpbc-sf.org. May 21, 22, 23: Seussical, a musical commemorating the 100th anniversary of the children’s book author performed by 8th grade students of Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School, 649 Pine St., SF. Curtain 8 p.m. except Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $7. Call (415) 421-0069. May 22: Potluck Dinner sponsored by Marin County Respect Life Program with talk by Jan Carroll staff to the National Right to Life Committee and the California ProLife Council. Begins at 5:45 p.m. following 5 p.m. Mass in St. Sebastian Church, 373 Bon Air Rd. at Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae. Call Vicki Evans for info and reservations at (415) 945-0180.

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Single, Divorced, Separated Sundays, through June 6: Divorce Recovery Course providing a chance to understand the emotional journey begun with the loss of a marriage. Takes place at O’Reilly Parish Center of St. Stephen’s, 451 Eucalyptus Dr., SF beginning at 7 p.m. $45 fee includes materials. Call Susan at (415) 752-1308 or Jerry at (415) 810-1603. Separated and Divorced support groups meet 3rd Sat. at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, call Pat at (415) 492-3331; and 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc. of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

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May 22: Class of ’54 from the Mission District’s St. Peter’s Academy at Caesar’s Italian Restaurant, 2299 Powell St at Bay, SF, beginning at noon. Call (415) 269-9094.

Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information. St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882. Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. Information about children’s and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

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May 7: First Friday Mass at Corpus Christi Church, Santa Rosa Ave. and Alemany Blvd., SF, at 7:30 p.m. with rosary at 7 p.m. Sponsored by Catholic Charismatic Renewal Board. Call (415) 469-0560. May 9: Grand Rosary Rally at St. Patrick Church, 756 Mission St., SF 1:30 p.m. with procession on Mission and Market St. Sponsored by SF Legion of Mary. Call (650) 992-8049.

2nd Wed.: Men’s Evening of Reflection: Being Catholic in the Modern World at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF beginning at 7 p.m. Call (415) 983-0405. 3rd Sat: Reconnecting With Yourself, a group for survivors of abuse by Catholic Church clergy or personnel, 3 –5 p.m., Epiphany Parish Center, 605 Italy St., between Athens and Naples, SF. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Contact facilitator, Richard Krafnick, MFT, (415) 351-2463. Courage, a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction, meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Father Lawrence Goode at (650) 322-2152.

Art Since the Founding commemorates the 200th Anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. The exhibit features pottery, calligraphy, bookmaking, serigraphs, photography, watercolors produced by the Sisters. Sister artists and docents will be on hand both days to greet visitors. The exhibit takes place May 15th and 16th, noon – 4 p.m., at the Weigand Art Gallery on the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University on Ralston Avenue in Belmont. Notre Dame Sisters Margaret Hoffman, left, and Veronica Skillin, anniversary chairperson, admire Sister Margaret’s serigraph, Mountain Meadow Tahoe, which is among art to be displayed during the two day showing. Serigraph art is a silk screening process superimposing several images and colors over one another. For more information or a map of the campus, go to www.ndnu.edu\tour or call 650-593-2045 x 252. May 22: Rudy Ruettiger, model for the hit film, Rudy, will speak at the Performing Arts Center in San Mateo, May 22nd at 7 p.m. The well known underdog and “the only player to be carried off the field on his teammates shoulders” in the history of Notre Dame University “rose from valleys of discouragement and despair to the pinnacles of success.” Hear him “share his experience and insight on living your dreams and making them a reality.” The Rotary Club of San Mateo sponsors the evening. Proceeds benefit Rotary International’s, Polio Plus, an effort to eradicate the disease around the world. Adult tickets range from $30 to $45.Youth tickets are $15. Call (650) 579-5568, ext. 205. May 28, 29, 30: St. Anselm School Carnival, 40 Belle Ave., San Anselmo. “Fun for the whole family, plenty of free parking.” Enjoy carnival rides, game booths, BBQ, plus raffle and White Elephant sale. Fri: 5 – 10 p.m.; Sat: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Sun: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Call (415) 454-8667. June 4, 5, 6: St, Pius Parish Festival featuring “many new attractions along with old time favorites.” Good, food, game booths for all ages. Live entertainment Friday! Silent auction Sat. and Sun.! Live auction Sat.! Pie eating contest Rib dinner Fri.! Spaghetti Sat! BBQ Chicken Sun.! Raffle featuring large cash prizes with tickets at 3 for $25. Fri: 6 – 10 p.m.; Sat: 12:30 – 10 p.m.; Sun. 12:30 – 9 p.m. Takes place in parish compound, Woodside Rd. at Valota, Redwood City. 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. Admission free. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public. Admission free. May 9: Michael Moreskine, organist; May 16: Cathedral organist and music director, Christoph Tietze.

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‘Laws of Attraction’ – step backwards for stellar actress Reviewed by Jayme George After a career of establishing herself as a fine actress in critically lauded, serious films such as “Magnolia,” “Far From Heaven,” and “The Hours,” Julianne Moore has opted for considerably lighter fare these days. Not surprising considering those last three films had her playing a drug addict and a couple of perpetually neglected, clinically depressed housewives. “Laws of Attraction,” costarring Pierce Brosnan, is just the kind of respite a pretty, oscar-nominated actress needs when she wants to make a couple million bucks without over-exerting herself. As a romantic comedy, the film chooses to follow the popular “girl meets boy but is too busy/insane/independent-minded to go out with boy” formula. In “Laws of Attraction,” Moore is actually all of the above. She plays Audrey, a lovably neurotic divorce lawyer who claims to be too busy winning cases to have time for a pesky relationship. Brosnan is Daniel, the antithesis to Audrey’s tightlywound, perfectly dressed professionalism. Also a divorce lawyer, Daniel’s unkempt, unorganized charm infuriates Audrey from the first moment they clash in the courtroom. Audrey and Daniel might have been able to coexist peacefully, with Daniel secretly pining for her love and Audrey secretly devouring cupcakes in the courthouse bathroom. However, all that becomes impossible when a drunken night in Ireland leaves the two accidentally married to each other. Audrey insists on pretending to be smitten newlyweds to save their reputations. Unfortunately, this kind of thinking doesn’t even work in the movies. But it does usually lead to true love. Obstacles ensue, but by the end of the two hours Audrey and Daniel become truly happy newlyweds. With all romantic comedies the point is not whether the star-crossed lovers will get together in the end, the fun is supposed to be in watching them get there. In a strange twist on filmmaking, director Peter Howitt successfully managed

Benedictines’ ‘Chant’ returns on two-CD set

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The music world has had to deal with its share of pop stars who would just as soon make their music and then be left alone. But nobody takes it to the level of the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos in Spain, who recorded their Gregorian chants between 1973 and 1979 while maintaining their cloistered lifestyle. It took more than a decade, but the monks’ chants caught on. The first wave of success came from their native Spain. That was followed in 1994 by top-10 status for “Chant” on Billboard’s pop charts for eight weeks; it spent 25 weeks atop Billboard’s classical music chart. And it’s still selling at a clip of about 300 copies a week, according to Mark Forlow, vice president of classics for EMI Classics and Virgin Classics, which distribute the monks’ recordings on the Angel label. Now, the monks’ original music is returning. EMIVirgin’s Spanish subsidiary developed a “greatest hits” compilation of sorts for European audiences — selling 300,000 copies — and offered it to EMI-Virgin in the States. Forlow said EMI-Virgin tweaked it somewhat and has named it “Chant: The Anniversary Edition,” a two-CD set. It was to be available in record stores May 4.

“Laws of Attraction” features Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan

to suck all the fun out of his talented cast and mildly promising script. If anything, Howitt must think it’s fun to portray his female characters as romantically challenged dingbats who have no idea what they want from life or love. Therefore, it is up to Daniel to keep annoying Audrey until she finally gives in and falls in love with him too. There are moments when Moore’s inherent grace and elegance as an actress are unmistakably evident, just as there are times when it’s impossible to not to love

Brosnan’s disheveled, bohemian, “my socks don’t match so I have insight on all things wacko” antics. Hence, they may be the only two reasons to see this film at all. Sometimes an actor’s departure from his or her normal genre is a welcome change for loyal fans. But for Moore, silly romantic comedies feel like a step backwards. Especially when it’s a romantic comedy that brings nothing new to the genre except for a distinct sense of self-loathing. C This film is rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

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New president for Notre Dame

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our aspiration to become one of the great research universities of the world with a distinctly Catholic character.” NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Holy Cross Father John I. Father Malloy, 63, said he planned to take a sabbatical, Jenkins will become the 17th president of the University followed by “a renewed commitment to teaching, writing, of Notre Dame after Holy Cross Father Edward A. pastoral ministry and service on boards of various notMalloy steps down as president on June 30. for-profit organizations.” He has been presFather Jenkins, a vice president and associident of Notre Dame since 1987. ate provost at Notre Dame since July 2000, Father Jenkins, 50, had been religious supewas elected to a five-year term by the universirior of the Holy Cross priests and brothers at ty’s board of trustees April 30. He is an associNotre Dame for three years prior to his election ate professor of philosophy and has been a as vice president and associate provost in 2000. member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1990. A specialist in the areas of ancient philosoIn a statement, Patrick McCartan, chairphy, medieval philosophy and the philosophy man of the board of the trustees, praised of religion, he earned two degrees in philosoFather Malloy for “his 17 years of excepphy from Oxford University, where he also tional leadership and ... all the significant taught in Notre Dame’s London program. advancements made by the University of Father Jenkins also holds a master of Notre Dame during his tenure.” divinity degree and licentiate in sacred theol“All one needs to do is tour our campus, Father John I. Jenkins ogy from the Jesuit School of Theology in consult the rankings, examine the credenBerkeley, Calif., and bachelor’s and master’s tials of our faculty and the outstanding qualifications of degrees in philosophy from Notre Dame. our student body to realize what he has accomplished for Born Dec. 17, 1953, in Omaha, Neb., Father Jenkins was Notre Dame,” he added. “He leaves a truly remarkable ordained a priest in Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred record and legacy.” Heart in 1983. He served as director of the Old College proMcCartan said Father Jenkins’ “superb academic cre- gram for Notre Dame undergraduate candidates for the dentials ... will be of critical importance to realization of Congregation of Holy Cross from 1991 to 1993.

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Politics . . . ■ Continued from page 19 “It’s not something that (a bishop) does based on what he sees in the newspaper about someone,” she said. “It’s got to be done with as full knowledge as possible.” Father James Coriden, a professor of canon law at the Washington Theological Union, said he thinks the bishops are justified in taking a strong stand with politicians who do not act in accord with church teaching on abortion. But even a doctrinal note on Catholics in public life released by the Vatican in 2003 “allows for freedom of conscience and political thought,” he said.

“But to take that and say ‘these people are no longer permitted to take Communion,’” he said, “I don’t think it gives that authority.” There’s a danger in asserting that only a part of the teachings of the church may be enforced by excommunication or interdict, Father Coriden said. Those excommunicated or interdicted are barred from the sacraments. Someone interdicted is still considered a Catholic but someone excommunicated is no longer considered a member of the church. “It just cuts against the grain to take unilateral action,” he said. “It would be better to keep holding up Christian ideals and saying ‘let’s get on board here.’” In Stamford, Conn., Boston Archbishop Sean P.

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and inspiration to the Cody family even after he left Holy Name as he had with parish families at St. Rita, Good Shepherd, St. Brendan, St. Anne and elsewhere. “He was a wonderfully kind man and role model for our children,” Mr. Cody said, “He was interested in their schooling and college and was a confidant to them. He was a real friend, a gentleman, a man of God.” Msgr. Merson also took to the support and chaplaincy of several Catholic organizations throughout his ministry, including the Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Anne’s Home, Knights of Malta, and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem of which he was a member and Ecclesiastical Master of Ceremonies. He also served on the Foundation Board of St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco. Msgr. Merson had recently made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Archbishop Levada and several Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre. H.E. John McGuckin, Northwest Lieutenant of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and good friend of Msgr. Merson said, “His priesthood was the essence of his being. He touched so many people in so many ways. He will be missed.” Msgr. Merson is survived by his mother Margaret and brothers William and Gerard of New Jersey and many close friends. Memorials may be made to St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. O’Malley told participants at the Bridgeport Diocese’s annual Red Mass that Catholics are called to cooperate with God in repairing the world and transform it “with the spirit of the Gospel.” He said that for more than two centuries religious voices have called Americans to be a better people by challenging slavery, questioning the morality of war and nuclear weapons, and defending the poor, women, immigrants and prisoners. Yet today, “when politicians agree with the church’s position on a given issue, they say that the church is prophetic and should be listened to,” Archbishop O’Malley noted. “But if the church’s position doesn’t coincide with theirs, they scream separation of church and state.”

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CHINA • INDIA • PHILIPPINES VIETNAM • INDONESIA • THAILAND KOREA • JAP AN • TAIWAN JAPAN AIWAN • EUROPE EUROPE

October 5, 2004

only

Visiting: England, Scotland & Ireland & Wales Islands

FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS SPECIALIZING IN

LOURDES and the GREAT SAINTS of EUROPE $

Fr. Mamerto Sigaran Spiritual Director

PACIFIC I’NTL TRAVEL AGENCY

to join in the following pilgrimages

only

Cost: $3,189.00

For information or a FREE Brochure Call 1-800-211-5114

DEPART FROM SAN FRANCISCO

invites you

15-Days: Sept. 9 to 23, 2004

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Visiting: Italy, Spain, Our Lady of Lourdes & Fatima

CST#1000349-10

Catholic San Francisco

THE BEST OF BRITAIN & IRELAND

THE SHRINES OF EUROPE

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$2,499 for 30 or more participants $2,569 for 25-29 participants $2,689 for 20-24 participants Single room add $315 DEPARTURE November 1, 2004 Includes $95 lifetime membership fee, $125 airport taxes and the double-room guarantee. TravelPak Insurance/benefits extra at $79 TM

• Airline tickets, hotels breakfast, dinners, in country Transportation and tours included! • Papal Audience to be arranged by your group organizer, provided that His Holiness is in residence at the Vatican. • Visit Rome, Assisi, Pisa, Florence, Padua,Venice

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