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Mn the presence of the superior general of their community, six women took their first profession of vows as Missionaries of Charity on May 31 in Pacifica 's Church of the Good Shepherd. Sister M. Nirmala, the successor to Mother Teresa as leader of the order, traveled from India for the ceremony. She was accompanied by Sister M. Ancy, the first Missionaries of Charity Sister whom Mother Teresabrought to San Francisco 20 years ago to begin the order 's missionary work on the West Coast. "I am very happy, very happy being here and offering the Sisters to Jesus to satiate His thirst for souls, " Sister Nirmala said. "It's a great day." Traditionally, the "great day" is held on die feast of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth and each Sister takes Mary as part of her religious name, according to Missionaries of Charity Sister Sharon. The newly professed Sisters are M. 1 Annie Claret of Honduras, M. Cynthia of Nigeria, Jose Maiy of Kenya, M. Laura Vicuna of Kenya, Giovana Maria of Colombia and Maria Lujan of Argentina. Sister Nirmala referred to them as "blessings of God to all the nations." Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio of Ignatius Press celebrated the Mass with Father Piers Lahey, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd, and Father John Sweeny,pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Santa Clara concelebrating. In his homily, Father Fessio thanked Sister Nirmala for her "presence on the extraordinarily appropriate feast day," something, he stated , that . wasn 't always possible by her predecessor who found it difficult to fit the event into her busy schedule. MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY , P age ] 9

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Archdiocese focuses on ^Protecting God's Family' By Patrick Joyce

JL he Catholic Church, guided by Gospel values and its moral traditions, is in a unique position to lead the battle against all forms of child abuse , two children 's advocates told participants in an archdiocesan workshop on the prevention of harassment and child abuse. "Advocacy for children should be at the top of our list of social concerns, " Jesuit Father Bernie Bush told an audience of priests, religious and archdiocesan lay staff members. Following the lead of advocates for the unborn who speak of being "a voice

for the voiceless," the Church should speak out in defense of the "recently born," especially children five and younger, said Father Bush , a staff member of the Jesuit Retreat House in Los Altos who has long experience in the prevention of abuse. "The homeless and the hungry have a voice, so do people on death row," he said , "but children don 't have a voice." The Rev. Kibbie Ruth of Kyros Ministry in San Mateo told the workshop that Christian churches are in a unique position to prevent child abuse because "we have the Gospel to help these children." "Everyone should share the vision: children have the right to be safe," she said.

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by Tom Burke A f iats off with deep thanks to all secondary and elementary school leadership, faculty and staff. II' truth be told, the summer break is a bit of a myth for many of them who continue working through their so-called off-season. As a parent of a high school age son, I am grateful every day for the dedication and sacrifice of the men and women who have chosen the education vocation. May their service and contribution always be recognized and never underestimated. ...At St. Ignatius College Preparatory debaters, including Charles Bradley, Edmond Lau, Matt Squeri, Georgina Jones, qualified for this year 's State championships at Long Beach State. During the recent contests, Beverly See placed among the top 20 LincolnDouglas debaters, Ben Leong took 13th p lace for his extemporaneous efforts , and Juan McKinney qualified for national rebuttal trials to be held in Oklahoma this summer. SI senior Katharine Dawn Ashley is a finalist in a California Scholarship Federation award program....Marin Catholic High School senior Adam Callan was recently named a U.S. Navy Scholastic AH American and soon to graduate Melissa Furano was a contestant in Miss Teenage California competitions. Brothers Brooks and Tucker Kuhn were part of a Ban Landmines conference in Washington, D.C. taking with them a petition encouraging abolition of the cruel weapons that was signed by more than 100 of their classmates. Students recognized for their academic and sports achievements at Marin Catholic included Rick De Martini, Jolieba Jackson, Kelly Thompson, Marci Pickell, Greg Hansen, Linda Kirby, Rick Winter, Casey Logwood. Announced as winners in the Claire Giannini Hoffman Essay Contest are junior, Dan Rankin; senior, David Isetta; freshman, Vicki Hunt,* and seniors Alicia McGill , Michael Mahoney, Garth Hall....New student body officers at Mercy High School, Burlingame are Amy Gamble, Liz Estes, Arielle Goni , Tess Stern, Ashley Monroe. A resin rah-rah for winning runner Michelle Gallagher....All hats off for Vera DiGrazia who died recently and is the mom of Richard DiGrazia of the Office of Finance of the Archdiocese, and the late Olinto Luchi, dad of Vittono Luclu, staff to the School of Pastoral Leadership.. ..A fond farewell at St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf for Father Dan Adams who soon returns to his home diocese in Oregon after 9 years at the Octavia St. parish, one of onl y a few in the world with specific ministry to the deaf. Also here, religious education director, Pat Sirianni, and staffer, Carolyn Cooper, have put together a cookbook featuring recipes submitted by parishioners, sales

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YU is "alive and busy" at St. Pius Parish says member Liz Philpott. Taking a break from a recent Old Fashioned Tea are from left, top row, Liz, Pauline Berry; 3rd row, Laurie Powers, Margie Gustafson , Linda Fama; 2nd row, Patti Fama , Mary Wardlaw, Barbara Woodside; bottom row, Peg Fama , Dorothy Rottinghaus. Background music at the event was supplied by longtime parish accompanist, Margaret Rocchi.

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Congratulations to class of '63 's Barbara Elordi, this years Distinguished Graduate of St. Robert Elementa ry School. Barbara , a licensed marriage , family and child therapist, is coordinato r of Catholic Charities ' Grief Care and Support Program. "My memories of St. Robert 's are rich , not in money, but in belonging to a faith community, " Barbara said about her years at the San Bruno School. From left: Patricia Bordin, principal, Barbara , Father Vincent Ring, pastor, Judeth Watt, vice principal-at award ceremonies on Jan. 22.

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SF ordinance p assed with strong church hacking By Jack Smith

Catholic San Francisco, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and El Heraldo Catolico , the Spanish-language newspaper jointly published by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of Oakland and Sacramento, were honored in the 2001 Catholic Press Association award s announced May 25, For work published in 2000, Catholic San Francisco won first place in the "Best editorial on a local issue" category for an editorial by Kathleen Buckley and Monica Rodman titled "Women are real leaders in pro-life." Third place in "Best investigative news writing" went to Maurice Healy, CSF associate publisher, for his Catholic San Francisco story, "Revelations sting Charities' CEO." Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, whose "Spirituality " column appears in Catholic San Francisco and several other diocesan newspapers, received honorable mention in the category, "Best regular column - spiritual life, theology, scripture." Christine Dubois , whose "Family Life" column has appeared in Catholic San Francisco since the first issue was published in February 1999, was .awarded second place honors in the "Best regular column - family life" category. In Spanish-language publications, El Heraldo Catolico 's Luis Gris won first place in "Best personality profile" category for "Gracias a Dios, que escucho mis ruegos." Mr. Oris also received second place honor in the portrait photo category. Second place honors in "Best in-depth analysis" went to Ricardo Olvera for "La fiesta de la democracia en Mexico." Barbara Erickson 's story, "Cemeterios Catolicos ," tied for third place in the same category. El Heraldo Catolico 's editor, Ricardo Olvera , received first-place honors in the category, "Individual excellence - writer, editor."

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the "Health Care Accountability " ordinance requiring businesses that have contracts with the City to provide their employees health insurance. The ordinance, approved May 29, applies to businesses with more than 20 employees and non-profit organizations with more than 50 employees who contract for City work. It also applies to organizations which do business with SFO and the Port of San Francisco. The bill was sponsored in large part by the Bay Area Organizing Committee (BAOC). BAOC is an organization of religious congregations , labor unions and community organizations. Fifteen Catholic parishes from around the Bay Area are sponsoring members. The organization is dedicated to advocating on behalf of quality of life issues important to poor and moderate income residents of the Bay Area, according to Father Peter Sammon, pastor for 31 years of St. Teresa parish in San Francisco ' s Potrero Hill district. "This ordinance is a great step forward in providing basic health benefits to San Franciscans ," according to St. Teresa's pastoral associate and BAOC activist , Sister Kathleen Healy. "It is well worth the major effort by BAOC over the last two years," she said. The new ordinance follows upon the success of another effort by BAOC — the passage of the "Living Wage Ordinance". The Living Wage Ordinance was strongly supported by Archbishop William I. Levada. In a commentary for the San Francisco Chronicle and Catholic San Francisco, the Archbishop lamented that despite great affluence in the Bay Area, many jobs "simply do not provide the income necessary to support a family." He quoted Pope John Paul II, who said in his 1981 encycli-

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WASHINGTON — The president of the U.S. bishops praised the tax bill passed by Congress for its inclu__ sion of a refundable . child tax credit to help parents cope with the costs of raising children, including their educational expenses. Bishop Josep h A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston called the tax credit a "provision that the Catholic bishops in the United States have long soug ht " and said he was "extremel y happy Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza that with the support and direct intervention of President Bush on the legislation. The tax measure passed by Congress May 26 doubles the current child tax credit from $500 to $1,000 and for the first time it will be available to families earning between $10,000 and $30,000. The credit would be given to the famil y even if it does not pay federal income taxes. Another part of the legislation allows annual contributions to education IRAs to increase from $500 to $2,000 to cover elementary and secondary-school expenses from tutoring, books , software, Internet access and even costs to attend private and religious schools. Bishop Fiorenza said the provision for increased savings "recognizes for the first time in the U.S. tax code, the particular burden shouldere d by families struggling to afford extra educational cost for their children enrolled in grades K-12, whether they attend public, private or religious schools."

Anglican Archbishop Carey, p op e seek better relations

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II, meeting with Anglican Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Communion, prayed for greater understanding between Catholics and Anglicans so they could give the world a common Christian witness. Pope John Paul said he was particularl y pleased with the results of a major international meeting of Catholic and Ang lican bishops in Canada last year. The meeting led to the formation of a working group to prepare a joint affirmation of faith and to promote cooperative projects. After the meeting, Archbishop Carey told Vatican Radio that he and the pope examined how to deepen the ecumenical relations between their churches. "We intend to find new ways to strengthen our bonds with gradual work on practical questions that eventuall y, I firmly believe, will lead us to that unity we all desire," he said.

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DUBLIN , Ireland — Catholics must vote in favor of a referendum to remove all death penalty references from the Irish Constitution , said the Irish bishops ' justice and peace commission. The commission said that to retain even the possibility of re-introducing the death penalty "appears increasing ly at odds with the church' s overall witness to the sacredness of human life from conception to natural death. " A recent review warned that the Irish Constitution could allow the parliament to allow the death penalty in certain VATICAN CITY — A Vatican official said the right of circumstances , despite a 1990 law that abolished capital people in developing nations to receive medical treatment punishment for all offenses. No one has been sentenced to outweighs the rights of pharmaceutical companies to maindeath in Ireland since 1954. tain their patents on drugs. Archbishop Javier Lozano The government has produced a proposed constitutionBarragan, head of the Pontifical Council for Health Care al amendment th at would "prohibit , absolutel y and in all Workers , said intellectual property rights, while recognized circumstances," capital punishment. In its statement, the as legitimate by Catholic teaching , had to be subordinated justice and peace commission said , "There is always a risk, -to the "international common good of health." The archhowever remote, that the death penalty could be re-introbishop, leading a Vatican diplomatic delegation , made his duced as a judicial punishment." remarks at an annual weeklong assembly of the World Health Organization in Geneva.

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Chinese arrests of bishops , other Cardinal urges quick approval of Catholics protested by cardinal WASHINGTON — Cardinal Bernard F. Law of bill to ban human cloning Boston has called on the Chinese government to cease

the reported arrests and harassment of Catholics in mainland China. In a letter addressed to the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Cardinal Law, chairman of the U.S. bishops ' international policy committee, expressed his "deep concern about the reported arrest and detention in recent weeks of a significant number of Catholics in China ." Among those reported arrested were Bishop Matthias Pei Xiande of Beijing and Bishop Shi Enxiang of Yixian. In addition , four priests from the Baoding Diocese were reported arrested shortl y before Easter. Other priests and lay Catholics have been arrested in other parts of the country, Cardinal Law said. Cardinal Bernard F. Law "By all accounts , there seems to have been a marked increase in the number and severity of actions taken by the state against many of our fellow Catholics in China, as well as against other religious believers there," Cardinal Law wrote. He called reports of the arrests a "very disturbing development" and called on the Chinese government to cease arresting Catholics. Amnesty International's annual report, released May 30, states that Catholics and evangelical Protestants who worship outside state-sanctioned churches were victims of a continuing pattern of arrests , fines and harassment. The report details the arrest of 24 Catholics, including a priest and 20 nuns in Fujian province in September, for holding services in a mushroom-processing factory.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Pro-Life Activities is urging members of Congress to act quickly to approve the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001. Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore said in a letter to members of Congress that the legislation "is the most carefull y crafted and widely supported bill to be introduced on this issue." The bill, introduced by Sen. Sam Brownback , R-Kan., and Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., would prohibit use of the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to initiate the development of a living human organism.

Polish cardinal ap olog izes to Jews, ask them to do the same

WARSAW, Poland — A Polish cardinal said the church will apologize for wrongs to Jews but that Jews also should apologize to Poles for helping impose communism after World War II. "It's incomprehensible that Poles are permanentl y being insulted , especially in the American press, and still being accused of anti-Semitism," said Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw. "We wonder if Jews shouldn't recognize their own guilt toward the Poles — particularl y for cooperating with Bolsheviks , sending Poles to prison and degrading so many of their fellow citizens," he said in an interview. Cardinal Glemp said bishops would offer prayers of atonement for the Polish role in World War II massacres at Jedwabne and other towns.

Immigrants make up 28 pe rcent of U.S. ordination class of 2001

WASHINGTON —A higher percentage of foreign-born priests will be among the more than 400 men being ordained this year in the United States. The percentage of ordinands born outside the United States rose to 28 percent from 24 percent, according to a survey conducted b y the U.S. bishops ' Committee on Vocations. The largest number came from Mexico and Vietnam , with each of those countries represented by 5 percent. Of the 343 diocesan and reli gious seminarians preparing for ordination in 2001 who responded to the survey, 13 percent are Hispanic, 7 percent are Asian or Pacific Islander and 1 VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul H wiftbe the third . percent are African-American. pope to set foot on Ukrainian territory, but the first to do so voluntarily, said the head of Ukraine's Eastern Catholic - Catholic News Service

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don 't get more than four hours of afford to. My family tries to help us sleep a ni ght. but it is hardly enough for food. " In the main tent , 26 adults and The Nunez family owns land — 14 children , ages I to 13, must share a rariry in El Salvador, where more 15 mattresses. There is no room to relax, no privacy to relish, Luis says, adding, "It gets desperate at times. " For a few weeks, the refugees had portable sanitary facilities, t>ut no more — renting them got to be too expensive. Water, stored in barrels, comes from a nei ghbor. Donated food supplies are running out. So is money, says Luis, who sold home appliances before die earthquakes. "These days, no one is A middle-class family bef ore the earthbuying anything from me," quakes, the Nunezesnow live with their six he explains. "No one can children in a refugee camp.

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than 90 percent of all land is owned by the country's few wealthiest families. They can't rebuild on it , however â€” it was condemned by the government after the quakes. The f irst quake strucrurall y weakened their home, and rhe second, a month later on Feb, 13, destroyed it. "I wanted to cry," Berta Nunez declares. She grasps Luis 's hand . "Everything we put into the house , years and years of work , was gone in seconds. " She si ghs. "But we are alive. God must have a plan for us here. " Narividad de Jesus, of Santa Gema, has a similar p hilosop hy. "Jesus still loves us ... we are alive , " she says. The 54-year-old , who used to make a living selling clay cooking pots at the San Salvador market, lost her house and all her wares in the earth quakes. For now, Narividad is living in a provisional house of bahareque , a traditional Salvadoran mud-andstick mixture . Her son, Jose , who is hel ping her with food , built the little shelter for her. She worries about thieves, and about the saf ety of her hastil y-assembled house â€” especially once the torrential dail y downpours of the rainy season begin. Natividad estimates that to repair her little house properly would * cost her 2,000 colones, or US$230. It's a princely sum for a poor, aging Salvadoran woman, especially now that she no longer has anything to sell. But despite her troubles , she is upbeat. "I feel lucky," she says. "I will pray. It is all I can do. "

An Archbishop's plea for his flock On Saturday,Janu ary 13, as the aftershocks of a massive, magnitude7.6 earthquake repeatedly jolted the ground beneath him, Fernando Saenz Lacalle, Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, began begging organizations who could help his devastated country for assistance. Food For The Poor, Inc., was one of them. In a letter addressed to Food For The Poor, Inc. President Robin Mahfood , Archbishop Lacalle wrote: "The earthquake has tndy been a national disaster; no area of El Salvador has been spared its fur y The damage has been unthinkable. It is in times of grief and terrible suffering that we raise our voices to the Lord, thanking him for the life we share and asking him to p lease remind our brothers and sisters in the north of the needs of bis people. Help us, p lease. " Food For The Poor, Inc. heard and immediately heeded the Archbishops plea. Widrin days, we dispatched SO conrainers of medical supp lies, nuuition bars and drinks , plasdc sheeting for temporary shelter, bedding, shoes, dothing, building materials and more to the country. A grateful - but trudiful - diank-you letter from Archbishop Lacalle arrived in response: "I thank you f oryour prompt responseto myp lea, but I need to ask you fo r more. The truth ii, ir>e will require about three times as much assistance before the year runs out. Please help us. May God blessyou . "

More than 1 million people in El Salvador today are homeless and struggling af ter two devastating earthquakes.

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Rebuilding a country on its knees Immediatel y following two deadly earthquakes, thousands in El Salvador turned to their churches and clergy for emergency food, water, medicine, bedding and cloth ing, as well as plastic sheeting and housing repair materials that would offer scant protection from the elements. To ensure no desperate person would be turned away emptyhanded, Food For The Poor, Inc. immediately began shi pping containers of emergency aid, and within weeks more than $20 million of hel p had reached El Salvador. But in an already poor country where earth quake damage totals exceed $1.5 billion , $20 million is a very modest start. More than 1 million men , women and children have lost dieir homes, making housing far and away the country 's most pressing need , particularly with the rainy season under way. Fadier David Blanchard, a Carmelite priest and rhe pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Calk Real, near San Salvador, has had thousands of people come to him begging for houses to replace the ones destroyed in the earthquakes. He explains: "A home gives a poor family security and stability. It allows them to get back on their feet again. After all these people have been through, they desperately need that support. " "I beg every American Catholic who wants to hel p the poor to consider die value of Food For The Poor, Inc. 's building program . I know firsthand - it makes a real difference in the lives of very destitute people. " Building homes th rough Food For The Poor , Inc. is simple and cost-effective. Each $2,000 contribution to the home building program allows Food For The Poor, Inc. to construct a home for a poor family on behalf of a mentoring priest or pastor like David Blanchard.

In fact, on behalf of the pastors and priests who serve the poor in Central America, I want to thank everyone who has contributed to build a home through Food For The Poor, Inc.. Know that we are all grateful for your support ," Father Blanchard said. "The gift you give is a powerful testimony to the love and mercy of Christ among the poor. May God richly bless you for the sacrifice you have made. " "But so much more needs to be done ," Father Blanchard continued. "I have a waiting list of thousands of requests for homes. And the rainy season that is just getting unde r way threatens to create mudslides that could wash away as many as 500 ,000 additional houses standing on land weakened by the earth quakes. " "This will create an emergency more grave than anything that we've seen yet. Without hel p from many caring peop le, I don 't know how the peop le are going to get throug h this, " Father Blanchard continued. "I don 't know how J will hel p them. " "I pray these families can sustain themselves until we can locate a sponsor for them. I p ray for miracles. " The prayer of Food For The Poor, Inc. President Robin Mahfood is to be able to hel p Father Blancha rd and pastors like him answer the prayers of the thousands in El Salvador who need the miracle of safe housing. "I hear it so ofte n from the families we help - the houses we give them are miracles from God ," he declared. "And the benefactors who sponsor these homes realize rhis, too. They are responding to God's blessings in their -own lives by embracing this opportunity to help someone else - someone in desperate

need. They are God's rool s of mercy in rhe modern world. And these wonderful people give the poor a sense of God's mercy." Mahfood continued , "Those who donate ro the home building program also enjoy a uni que sense of purpose and accomplishment. They see a tangible outcome of the gift they have given. " To involve as many peop le as possible in rhe housing program , Food For The Poor, Inc. has created a variety of ways to make it easy for donors ro contribute. Basic, 12-foot-b y-12-foot , cabin-style homes can be built for a single donation of $2,000. Smaller gifts can also be combined with those of other benefactors to sponsor a single home. These "miracle teams " are grea t for churc h groups, schools and clubs. Once a gift to the housing program is received, Food For The Poor, Inc. works through local clergy in the Third World to locate the neediest people in their communities. Lumber and supp lies are then purchased and distributed ro the area, of need. "When it arrives, this "house kit " is assembled by loca l carpenters if possible, with hel p from the recip ient and church volunteers . "Thanks to the wonderful response we've had from American Catholics, the home building program has been able to provide thousands of homes to the poores t of the poor in the Caribbean and Latin . America , " Mahfood said. "You can't imagine the difference these houses will make to the families who receive them. It gives them a stable foundation on which to rebuild thei r lives. It return s their dignity and gives them a new sense of hope. It 's a uniquely direcr and meaningful form of charity." "El Salvador, with more than 1 million homeless, is rruly a country on its knees. I pray tha t rhose with true hearts for the poor - those who see Jesus in the hea'rts of these suffering peop le - will come forward and bless them with the gift of a home, " Mahfood said. "I pray that through rhem, Food For The Poor, Inc. can end the suffering." Our compassionate donors have made it possible for us to build several hundred temporary homes for die very neediest Salvadorans. But with mote than I million peo p le in need of safe, permanent shelter, much more must be done NOW. Many thousands more houses must be built in El Salvador. But as the rainy season - die Salvadoran winte r - gets into full swing, Food For The Poor, Inc. is working against the clock. "We need to make as much progress as possible before ni ghtl y torrents can wash it away. Thousands of Salvadorans need our help - and we need yours.

To make a tax-deductible donation to Food For The Poor, Inc. to sponsor a home or contribute toward a team-built home, p lease send your check to Food For The Poor, Inc., Dept. # 30100, 550 SW 12th Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442. You may also make a donation by logging onto www.foodforthepoor.org.

5,000 to get training All priests , deacons, school principals, archdiocesan department directors and other supervisors were required to attend the "Protecting God's Family " workshop on the archdiocese's "Policies and Procedures Regarding Child Abuse and Harassment. " Supervisors now must ensure that all emp loyees and some regular volunteers - about 5,000 people - watch a video presentation , receive a copy of the booklet containing the procedures and policies, and familiarize themselves with the materi al . In a preface to the 25-page booklet, Archbishop Levada said, "It is our duty, as God's family, to protect all those whom we encounter, both in our private lives and in the ministry, school and workplace settings. One can never justif y the abuse of children or the harassment of another individual based on race, age, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex or physical or mental disability.... It is essen-

Protecting God's f amily . . . ¦ Continued from cover Pointing out that the worship space is called a sanctuary, she said, "Sanctuary means a safe place. We should transform our homes and schools and congregations into safe places." Father Bush and Rev. Ruth, spoke at "Protecting God's Children ," a workshop for archdiocesan staff members, priests and others in leadership posts . The workshop, given at three locations during May, was part of the archdiocese ' s imp lementation of its new "Policies and Procedure s Regarding Child Abuse and Harassment." "We must maintain our own internal inhibitors, if we are to help others control theirs," Rev. Ruth, executive of the Clergy Coordinating Committee of the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, said. Child abuse is not a case of "we and they," she said. That lesson came home to her when, as a young mother, she was try ing to prepare a sennon. The crying of her baby was so upsetting that she was tempted to shake the baby — a classic form of physical child abuse.

tial that the Church take a leadership role in condemning such behavior and help those involved in providing ministry, and those who are recipients of that ministry, to better understand and respond to these problems when they arise. " The booklet contains sections on: child abuse, harassment of students by other students , harassment in youth and adolescent ministries, and harassment in the workplace. The booklet states the archdiocesan policy, based on Catholic teaching, that the dignity of all persons must be protected. The booklet defines various forms of abuse and harassment and spells out procedures for reporting and investigating complaints. Carl Feil, director of Human Resources for the archdiocese, said that as an employer the Church is required to train employees in the area of harassment and abuse prevention but he said the broader goal is "Protecting God's family" by keeping children safe from abuse, by providing a harassmentfree workplace and maintaining "professional boundaries." She didn 't act on that impulse but it gave her an insight into her own personality , she said. An important part of controlling that sort of behavior, she said, is "spiritual direction for all in ministry." She said that "external inhibitors" to abuse and harassment include the screening of staff members and volunteers and simple things such as windows in offices and classrooms so adults and children are always within view. Volunteers and staff members should be screened. Father Bush began his presentation by lighting a lamp as a symbol of a child. The flame is "very small, very fragile, easily put out." He asked participants to have some child in mind as they watch the flickering flame. Father Bush was thinking of his godson, now 13 and very small for his age, a side effect of drugs he must take. The boy has AIDS, the result of being raped and sodomized as an infant. A U.S. government study in 1990 called child abuse a "national emergency" and a "moral outrage" but yearly reports since then have shown the problem "gets more serious" each year, Father Bush said. "Advocacy for kids is part of the Church's proglife outreach," he said. The Church's record on abortion and euthanasia is good but its defense of "the recent-

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ly born — from birth to 4 or 5 year's old — is not as good." Thirty percent of adult women and 15 to 20 percent of men report they were sexually abused as children , Father Bush said. Since studies have shown that the incidence of abuse "is generally the same for all socio-economic, religious and ethnic groups " that means many abused children are among the 2.5 million children in Catholic schools and the 4 million in religious education programs. Father Bush said that nationally not enough is being done by Catholic educators to face this problem, but he said that Auxiliary Bishop John Wester's presence at the workshops "shows the seriousness of the subject matter and how seriously the archdiocese takes it." Archbishop William Levada participated hi the second workshop, and Bishop Wester opened all three. "Children are icons of God," Father Bush said. "Jesus said we have to become like a child to enter the kingdom of heaven. We can learn about love from a child. They show trust , spontaneity. They are irrepressible. When a child is abused that light goes out — childhood ends. "Catholic programs should be places where children are safe — zones of safety," he said , "The burden of child safety rests with adults. "

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Last year our Holy Father asked Bishop Walsh to leave this see where his energy had alread y overseen such important expansion in Ihe creation of several new parishes, the building of a new chancery and pastoral center next to the cathedral , the beautiful renovation of the cathedra l, and the erection of the new Shrine of the Most Hol y Redeemer to serve visitors on the extended "Strip. " I know it was not easy for him, even thoug h Santa Rosa is closer to "home. " It was also an opportunity for me to say publicl y how grateful all of us are, not only for his excellent work in Nevada , but also for this past year of his service in the troubled Diocese of Santa Rosa, where he has already done so much to restore confidence and gain the respect of the faithful , clergy and laity alike. Moreover, Bishop Norman McFarland' s presence at the ordination provided a moment for a renewed prayer of gratitude for his excellent stewardship in Nevada , upon which Bishop Walsh built so effectively. Bishop McFarland , bishop emeritus of Orange and another former San Francisco auxiliary, served the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas from 1974 to 1987. Early settlements in Virginia City and the silver mining country were served by priests sent by the Bishop of the Marysville Vicariate , later the Diocese of Sacramento. After Archbishop Alemany appointed a priest for Utah , that Vicariate (later the Diocese of Salt Lake City) assumed responsibility for southern Nevada. The firs t parish in Las Vegas was founded in 1906, and all of Nevada became a separate ecclesiastical jurisdiction in 1931 , The bishops who led this vast Nevada diocese over these 70 years are known to many of us older folk: Bishop Thomas Gorman (from Los Angeles), Bishop Robert Dwyer (from Salt Lake City, and later my predecessor as Archbishop of Portland in Oregon), Bishop Joseph Green (from Lansing, Michigan), and Bishops McFarland and Walsh. The foundations laid by these pioneers of the Church in Nevada provide the structure of the Church upon which Bishop Pepe, together with his priests and people, has now been called to build. The new bishop of Las Vegas, Joseph Pepe, is a Philadelphia native , born of parents who immigrated from Italy. A former pastor, seminary professor, and diocesan Chancellor in his home diocese of Philadelphia , he was loaned to Archbishop Sheehan in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to assist him as Judicial Vicar

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By Tom Burke News and live their lives out of that ," she said. "We also need to be at our best academically, and we are, but CPister Glenn Anne McPhee says she 's leaving her heart in San Francisco but , if the boxes in her Pastoral Centei unless we are community first, we have no reason to exist. " office are any indication , everything else the Mission San Jose Dominican owns will follow her to Washington , D.C. Sister Glenn Anne says her years here have been very important to her and that leaving will not be where in August she begins her new job as Secretary of Education for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. easy. "It 'll be fine when I get there but the going is really hard , " she said , fighting back tears . "Not onl y Amid the hustle and bustle of Sister Glenn Anne 's packing for her journe y, Catholic San Francisco caught a have I enjoyed wonderful professional relationships, I have built deep friendships that will stay with me. I few momentswith the soon to be fonner Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese. ' am who I am because of the people I have ministered with . " Sister Glenn Anne s choice to be an educator followed her family line. "My r~ — Sister Glenn Anne said she would like to have seen the scholarship campaign dad was a Latin teacher and schooj administrator for iO years and my mom was " Today's Students, Tomorrow's Leaders, already reach its $30 million goal. "I know a credentialed teacher, Sister Glenn Anne said. "My beginning teaching was at a Archbishop Levada is committed to the effort and will continue until it's over the rough , inner city school and I fell in love with the kids and wanted to give my life to education. " top, " she said. While happy about the new elementary school being built at South San About her choosing religious life, "God had p lans, " she says "I graduated 's St. Augustine Parish , and the new De Marillac school in the Francisco from Holy Names College , did graduate work at UC Berkeley, taught for a year in Tenderloin, Sister Glenn Anne said she will never forget the seven schools that public schools and all that time there was a nudge inside to go to religious life, " "It have closed during the last dozen or so years. "The closing of a school is a death the Oakland native remembered. was not my plan . I had great plans to many and have a bunch of kids so I thought I'd enter and get it out of my sysexperience and we are less without them," she said. tem. That was 35 years ago. " Sister Glenn Anne 's successor has not yet been named but she wishes him or Today, with almost four decades as teacher, principal, superintendent , Sister her "just the very best " and knows the new superintendent will be in good hands Glenn Anne says she's ready for her new assignment, thanks to the people and with the Department of Catholic Schools ' "finest and most collaborative and eventsof that time. "I really think everything I've done and the people I' ve cooperative staff." known in education have helped prepare me, " she said. Again fighting tears, Sister Glenn Anne ended the interview with these words. In addition to 14 years as superintendent here, Sister Glenn Anne has served Bishop Wester congratulates Sister Glenn Anne. "I love San Francisco. My heart will always be here. I may live 3,000 miles away in the Oakland school system, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and for the last 20 but I will get home and always passionately care for our teachers, our administrayears as an adjunct professor at Universityof San Francisco's Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership. "I tors, our children , our parents , our religious and our priests, and everyone who is part of the Archdiocese." have been able to meet educators not only from all around the country but all around the world, " she said. At a gathering in March , where Sister Glenn Anne's new appointment was announced, Archbishop William J While shy about discussing her "legacy" to the Archdiocese, Sister Glenn Anne said she is glad to have helped Levada said, "It' s difficult for me to imagine we won't have Sister Glenn Anne 's services at the Archdiocese any "foster the Catholic identity " of schools. "We need to be mindful that we are first Catholic and then school and longer. We are generous to a fault in sending her to Washington. Our only requirement is that she continue to that our primary mission is to bring children to know the Good News, commit to the moral values of the Good share her talents with us. She has been a blessing."

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lwMore than 200 people, including-Archbishop William J. Levada, gathered May 23 to wish Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee safe and productive years as the new Secretary of Education for die National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C, a ministry she will begin later this summer. Sister Glenn Anne has served as Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco for the last 14 years. Those attending the dinner included priests, religious , Catholic school lead ership and staff , as well as representatives of the civic community. In an opening prayer before dinner, Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester offered thanks for the selfless work of Sister Glenn Anne and her following "the Lord's call to be a woman of the Gospel ." Father David Pettingill , who served as master of ceremonies for the evening, remembered Sister Glenn Anne 's ministry "as personal and loving" adding that she carried it out both "gently and generously." Proclamations honoring Sister Glenn Anne were Archbishop Levada speaks at presented from a number of entities including the dinner f or Sister Glenn Anne. California Catholic Conference , the State of California and the United States House of Representatives. A declaration from San Mateo County Supervisors, delivered by president of the board, Mike Nevin, said Sister Glenn Anne helped "studenls find themselves in the world" and prepare them for their role in it. The Marin County Board of Supervisors noted Sister Glenn Anne 's "commitment to the educational and developmental needs of all students" saying she "has improved the quality of life for citizens of Marin and the Bay Area." A Congressional scroll initiated by local Congresswoman Anna Eshoo called the educator "instrumental in shaping the minds of thousands of students." A California plaque signed by John Burton , President pro tempore of the State Senate noted her role in educating "the hearts and minds" of young Californians. Mayor Willie Brown represented by San Francisco Supervisor Andrew Lee called Sister Glenn Anne " a tireless advocate for Catholic schools" noting her "dedicated service and countless contributions. " In remarks following dinner, Sister Glenn Anne said she was "overwhelmed" by the honors saying her gratitude to those in attendance was "profound. " She made "special thanks" to Sister Rose Marie Hennessy her con-

gregation 's major superior, and Archbishop Levada, and Bishop Wester for their support of her in accepting the national post as well as their help to her during her time as superintendent. "The love in this room tonight is what has made the last 14 years possible," Sister Glenn Anne said. In final remarks, Archbishop Levada said he will miss Sister Glenn Anne 's "capable and competent administration which I have relied upon and looked good because of. " He said his 18 years experience as a bishop have let him know "how necessary it is to have someone of Sister Glenn Anne 's qualifications as Secretary of Education " and that her "wonderful skills and wonderful way of making things happen " will add much to the office. In a closing prayer, Archbishop Levada gave thanks for "the gifts and blessings Sister Glenn Anne has brought to the Archdiocese of San Francisco" asking the Lord to "guide and bless her and keep her under your special protection and love. " Other speakers, representing elementary and secondary school constituencies, and other education partners, included Dominican Sister Mary Peter Traviss, director of University of San Francisco 's Institute for Catliolic Educational Leadership; Stephen Farren , principal , St. Philip Elementary School , San Francisco; Theresa Canizzaro, principal , St. Hilary Elementary School , Tiburon; St. Joseph Sister Ann Bernard O'Shea, principal, St. Raymond Elementary School , Menlo Park; Paul Bergez, an associate superintendent of schools for the archdiocese, and Geralyn O'Mahoney chaiqierson of the Archdiocesan Board of Education. In phone interviews the next day, members of the Catholic school community who had attended the dinner, remembered Sister Glenn Anne's leadership. Patricia Cavagnaro, development director and admissions coordinator at San Francisco 's Immaculate Conception Academy, said Sister Glenn Anne had been "instrumental" in facilitating increased cooperation among secondary schools in the area of acquiring new students. Dominican Sister Bemarda Sindol , principal of St. Finn Barr Elementary School called Sister Glenn Anne a "very good and supportive superintendent" who hasbeen "very helpful to me. " Dotty McCrae, principal of Mercy High School , San Francisco said, "I have enj oyed my relationship with Sister Glenn Anne and am grateful to her." Ms. McCrae also pointed out the "excellent in-service opportunities" that have been available for secondary school personnel during Sister Glenn Anne's time here. "In times when I' ve needed her assistance, Sister Glenn Anne has always been there and always quickly," said Kenneth Boegel, principal, St. Matthew Elementary School.

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this I am keenly aware that the clock is ticking, and the end of June is just around the comer. The thoughts and feelings contained in Colossians 1:3 came to mind. I give th anks for the love that I have been shown during the 14 wonderful and challenging years th at I enj oyed in the Archdiocese. I . offer thanks to God for all of you who have nourished and loved me. It is very difficult for me to imagine ministry without you. You are the very best; principals, pastors, teachers and aides, support staff , students and parents , all involved in Catholic education. You have blessed and gifted me, and for this I am deepl grateful. I give thanks to God for each of you. You are continually in my heart and prayers , and always will be. May God bless you and hold you in the hollow of his hand. SisterGlenn Anne McPhee's farewell to pastors, school administrators,fa culty and staff circulated aspart of the Department of Catholic Schools ' administrative bulletin f o rMay 2001 niii[iitiTi>MiiiwnwiTrBiirBi«r >MMWiiiuwiiniwiiiiiiiiriMiiM»itiiiwiiiiiiiaiw >iii>iii«iiw iii«iwiiiwi»iiwwi i ¦— inni'UMiwiinmii 'uMWiwiiiWuwwwiw rnif IIIII > WIHIIIIIII» IIIWIWIIIIIIIHWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH —mm IIIUKIIIWIBIIII

Sister Glenn Anne's leadership is exemplary. She is extremely caring and, at the same time, has a very clear idea of what she feels is right and appropriate and in the best interest of families and children. She has been excellent at enabling us to take on as much as we feel we can handle and maximize our own talents and initiatives. - Paul Bergez, associate superintendent f o r development and finance I think Sister Glenn Anne has great leadership qualities with a great vision for Catholic schools. In a very effective way, Sister deals well with parents and administrators and is always there for them in time of need. - Holy Names Sister Marianne Viani , associatesuperintendentfor curriculum/school improvement Sister Glenn Anne is extremely dedicated to the mission of Catliolic education with a love for all children and a special place in her heart for die inner city child. - Lois Bauer, assistant superintendent administrative/student services Sister Glenn Anne has been wonderful to work with. She is very collaborative and supportive with a great vision for the schools. Not only is she a leader but a friend and we are all sad to see her go. - Marilyn lynch, assistant superintendent f o r personnel and staff development Sister Glenn Anne has been one the finest bosses I've ever had. She's been a great mentor to me, showing me the ropes and how things are done. What I admire the most about her is her vision for Catholic schools , her commitment to inner city schools, teacher development and training, and assuring the Catholic identity of the schools. She's a great leader. -Lars Lund , assistantsuperintendentforfaith f ormation and relig ion curriculum

Personnel f r o mthe Department of Catholic Schools gathered around their departing superintendent at night 's end. From lef t: Jane Nelson, MarilynLynch, Denise Malef yt, Lois Bauer, Lars Lund , Sister Glenn Anne Paul Bergez, Holy Names Sister Marianne Viani, Lydia Cassetta.

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Living saints

I know it is not true but why does it seem that we are always reading about the religious who are sinners. There are many who have been true fo their vocations. May be it is time to start writing about the living saints. I'm not talking about the ones who are just functionaries but the individuals who raise the bar for us all to live by. When Jesus was carrying his cross He needed help and the Lord sent him Simon to help him. There are still thousands of Simons out there . There are the priests and nuns who reach into their own pocket to buy food for a poor famil y. There is the nun who gives a stress-filled family a break by babysitting for them while they go to dinner with a gift certificate she purchased for them. It is time to start a Simon's award for these grace-filled people. Despite what seems like an epidemic of bad jud gement by some of our religious there is a goodly number who make love filled decisions every day of their lives. Why not start a column that asks for these stories and lets the new Simons be recognized. John J. Weston Foster City

Surp rised by anger

Sad hut commonp lace

The article "Family Controversy in Marin" and commentary by George Wesolek (May 25) were a reflection on what is unfortunately becoming commonplace in the Bay Area. It is quite disturbing to see that the purveyor of this type of anti-Catholic morality is a gay, adoptive father featured in the film , while also coordinator of the Masters program in Marriage and Family Life at the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco. This raises the question as to whether Jesuit education is no longer synonymous with Catholic education. Is USF guilty of "False Implied Warranty" in its dealings with prospective students and their parents. Robert F. McCullough Belvedere

Tired of lectures

For the last three years 1 have participated in Catholic Lobby Day in Sacramento and I have appreciated the opportunity to join together with fellow Catholics from throughout California as we speak with our elected officials. However, at the most recent Catholic Lobby Day I did not appreciate being lectured to by elected officials during the rally held outside the state Capitol. Prior to the rally I had been looking forward to hearing representatives explain how all the fundamental Catholic social teachings could be put into practice by our State legislature . Instead all I heard at the microphone were the voices of the all-powerful state legislators. Most of these legislators have consistently blocked legislation which attempts to secure basic human rights. Is it too much to hope that at the next rall y at the state Capitol it will be the faithful Catholic people who will be speaking from the podium , while the legislators will be standing in the crowd patientl y listening? Raymond Frost Daly City

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I really enjoy your paper, especially the columns b y Vivian Dudro, and am grateful for it. I have three rather varied reactions to the "That's a Family" video article (May 25). First, I was surprised by the parents ' angry reaction to a video on tolerance. I understand they have some concern about the content but why don 't they save the outrage for when it 's really needed. Like when a child fro m an unusual family is victimized by uneducated children. Second, I would encourage the producers of the video to remove any real or unintended "agenda" information to promote any particular family life. Tolerance is what is important not the politics of persuasion. Finally, I was surprised to learn that Dan McPherson, featured in the film, is the coordinator of the Masters Program in Marriage and Family Life at USF. If Dan McPherson, a gay father with a partner, is qualified for Director of the Marriage and Family Life program, what on earth was Father Privett thinking when he fired John Galten, former dedicated and talented Director of the St. Ignatius Institute, because of missing qualifications? Mimi Ahem San Carlos

Teach tolerance

In response to a news story, "Family Controversy in Marin" and George Wesolek's comments (May 25), I have these reactions. Mr, Wesolek states, "Our Catholic faith gives us a clear look at the importance of the traditional nuclear family and sexuality but our message seems to be more and more of a minority opinion in our world." Excuse me, the Sunday reading; John 17 v 21, "That all may be one, as you Abba are in me and I in you" is Jesus ' message. Any attempts to teach tolerance in a school district where "hate crimes" have been prevalent should be applauded not criticized. Pat Trippet San Carlos

Letters welcome

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No need to ap ologize

In reference to a letter May 11 from Muriel Calegari. Wh y do you think that the Holy Father needs to apologize to feminists in the church? He has the highest esteem for the Blessed Mother, and consecrated his Pontificate to her with humility and obedience. She is the perfect creature being chosen by God the Father and as the spouse of the Holy Spirit , to be the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of the Church and our Mother and perfect wife to St. Joseph. She is crowned as the Queen of Heaven and earth and busy try ing to save our souls by appearing and giving messages to simple children and peop le. Why can 't we try to imitate her, and ask for her help to be trul y feminine, to serve God better instead of pulling God down to our level and ignoring her role as Mediatrix. The Pope, as the head of the Catholic Church, cannot promote ecumenism with other denominations alone if Catholics within the Church are not united with the Holy Father and the Magisterium , faithful , and obedient to his teachings to set the example to others. Catherine Masuda Menlo Park

Too f e w teaching nuns

George Wesolek's commentary (May 25) states that 85 percent of Catholic children attend public school and that children are being taught inappropriate material. One can remember when the parochial school system was one of the greatest achievements of the Catholic Church. Where were you, after the Second Vatican Council when liberals downgraded the mission and the sacrifices of the nuns, and urged them to devote their labors to other social services? Today, there are few nuns and few affordable or available parochial schools to offer any spiritual guidance to our youth. Daniel Furguson San Rafael

Sp irituality

The Ascension: Most 'under-understood' mystery When I was in my early 20s, both my parents died; dad first, of cancer, mum three mondis later, of pancreatitis and a broken heart. Like my brothers and sisters, I felt a great loss. N othing had preparedus for this. Moreover, mixed with die pain, the sorrow, was also die sense that this was somehow unfair. They died too young. This isn ' t fail-. For a while, I felt their deaths as a coldness, an absence, an unfairness. Slowly, imperceptibly, those feelings changed until , after about two years, their absence began to feel like its opposite — a different land of presence. The pain of separation disappeared and, like my brothers and sisters, I began to feel their warm presence again, in a new, more enduring way. Moreover, whatever faults and deficiencies diey might have had in life now seemed purified, washed clean by their deaths. In that experience, I got a taste of the great mystery of the ascension, the mystery of how in having to let go of one kind of presence, however painful that may be, we receive a new, more enduring presence — that of spirit. The ascension is perhaps the least understood of all the major mysteries within Christianity — perhaps more "under-understood" than misunderstood. We tend to picture the ascension more than theologize about it. Mention of the ascension tends to set loose a picture of die resurrected body of Jesus waving goodbye and blessing us as he drifts slowly upward through the clouds. A beautiful icon. But what is this mystery, really? The ascension, in essence, is the mystery that explains the transition between the earthly and the enduring presence of Jesus. What does this mean? Perhaps John's Gospel is easiest to understand here. John expresses the idea of the ascension in the concept of "not cling-

ing," of letting go of Jesus as we once had him in order to be able to receive his new, resurrected presence, now given in his spirit, the Hol y Spirit. The other Gospels employ a different image, but with die same idea. The Jesus who walked this earth with us, whom we touched physically, who ate fish in front of us even after the resurrection must be let go of so that he can now be with us in a richer, fuller way. Moreover, this concept does not just describe an event in Jesus ' life; it throws light on the entire mystery of human love and intimacy, revealing there a great paradox, a puzzling interplay between presence and absence, between physical touch and enduring spirit, between having to let go of one kind of presence in order to receive another. And always it involves a pain thai stretches us. In John 's Gospel, when Jesus is preparing his followers for the ascension, he keeps saying these words over and over again: "It is better for you that I go away because only if I go, can I send you tire spirit. You will be sad now, but your sadness will turn to joy." John adds the cryptic phrase, "For, as yet, there was no Holy Spirit since Jesus had not yet been glorified." How is this possible? Doesn 't the Spirit pre-exist inside God from all etemity? John is not commenting here on tire Holy Sp irit 's pre-existence. What he is saying is intended to help us understand a certain something within the mystery of Jesus ' death and within the mystery of life in general. Every time a child glows up and leaves home, he or she could say the same words Jesus did: "It is better that I go, Only then can you receive my new spirit. Right now that spirit doesn 't exist because I haven' t yet gone away."

This is even more true when a mother or father is dying. Had a dying parent full faith, full courage, and full words, he or she could say to the family: "It is better for you that 1 go away. Only then can you receive my spirit. You will be sad now; my death will feel like a coldness, an absence. But one day that will turn to warmth , to a new enduring presence, my spirit." Indeed, this is even hue, in a miniature way, whenever we visit a friend. It is good that we come for a visit; it is also good that we leave. Our absence helps purify our presence, not just in the sense of "how can you miss me if I don 't go away," but in that much deeper sense, where only our leaving can release a fuller, more enduring presence, our spirit. Such is the dynamic of the ascension. Spirit follow s touch, healthy absence can help purify presence, and only a certain kind of going away can keep us together forever.

Father Ron Rolheiser

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theolog ian, teacher and award-winning author, sen>es in Rome as general councilor for Canada f o r the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Family Lif e

Wandering little Andy teaches a lesson about life "Where 's Andy?" I scanned the crowded dinosaur exhibit. 'There he is. By the dinosaur eggs." "I'll get him." My 7-year-old son Gabe marched over, grabbed his classmate by the arm, and dragged him back to the group. , .{ bent down and looked Andy in the eye. "And y, honey, I need you to stay with our group. I don 't want you to get lost." He nodded absendy. A moment later, attracted by a growling T-Rex, he wandered off again. Taking first-graders on a field trip is a little like herding cats. Fortunately, my "herd" that day was small—two girls and two boys. We'd come to Seattle 's Pacific Science Center to see the Titanic Exhibit and browse through the rest of the displays. "Let 's go see the butterflies," I suggested. Brighdy colored butterflies flitted through the greenhouse, alighting on leaves and flowers. The children were spellbound . "There's a blue one." "Look, it 's chinking!" "Here 's one coming out of a cocoon!" Andy wandered down the path, mesmerized by an orange butterfly above him. After lunch, it was on to the Titanic. The kids had been

studying it in school and knew of the ship 's doomed voyage. 'They thought it couldn 't sink," said Gabe. "But it did." "And they didn 't have enough life boats," added Amy. Entering, we each received a boarding pass with the name of a passenger who had been on the ship. Later in the exhibit, we would have a chance to check if our person had lived or died. Glass cases held artifacts retrieved from the sunken ship: hats, shoes, letters, eyeglasses, toothbrushes. We saw a replica of a first-class cabin and peeked into the cramped third-class quarters. Coming around a corner, we came face-to-face with an elegant staircase. A figure in a captain ' s uniform was seated stiffly on a bench. "Is he real?" asked one child. "It 's a dummy," said another. They crowded around for a closer look Suddenly, the "dummy " moved. "I am the captain," he announced. I wasn 't the only one who jumped. The next room held a giant block of ice. The children reached out to touch it, imagining what it must have been like to be thrown into the icy sea. I counted my charges again. Where was Andy? I found him on the other side of the room, touching a piece of the hull.

' Come on, I said gently. "It 's time to move on." In the next room we checked the list of survivors to discover our passengers ' fates. Three had died, twc survived, including Andy 's, It was time to go home, I grabbed Andy by the hand and walked toward the bus. Life, I thought, is like a field trip. So many new uiings to see, so much to leam and explore. Sometimes, like firstgraders, we wander off and lose our way. When we do, it 's good to know mat the Good Shepherd is watching over us, ready to call us—or drag us—back where we belong. No matter where we go, we can 't wander beyond the reach of God's love.

Christine Dubois

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

The CatholicDiff erence

Pope wasn't silent in Mideast — media was deaf Over the Uiree years it took to prepare Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul n, I came to a reluctant but firm conclusion : The Holy Father has been die most poorly covered major news story of the last 30 years. Indeed, one would have to go back to the 1950s, and those New York Times reports that painted a romantic picture of Fidel Castro, agrarian democrat, to find a parallel in ongoing misunderstanding. This hasn 't been a matter of malice or bias so much as of incomprehension, based on faulty filters. Most of the reporters who cover the Vaticanfor the leading American dailies, and virtually all of the editorialists and op-ed pundits who comment on Catholic affairs in those papers, have cut their journalistic teeth on politics. Unless journalists make a conscious effort to break out of political categories of reporting and analysis, the results are stories or columns that miss the main point, at best. This unhappy pattern was on display once again when the pope went to Syria in early May. At the welcoming ceremony in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed a vitriolic and anti-Semitic screed, blaming Jews collectivel y for the death of Jesus and somehow Unking the events of the Passion to the current imbroglio of Middle East politics. Several times, in the next 48 hours, John Paul II laid out a radically different vision of relations among Christians, Jews, and Muslims, both in Damascus and Quneitra. At the airport welcoming ceremony itself, immediately after President Assad spoke, die pope urged "a new attitude of understanding and respect between the peoples of the region,

between the followers of the three Abrahamic religions." At "every' level of society," John Paul continued, "the principles of peaceful coexistence " must be "taught and promoted. " Describing himself as a pilgrim of hope, the Holy Father prayed that "fear will rum to bust, and contempt to mutual esteem; that force will give way to dialogue, and that a genuine desire to serve the common good will prevail." The next day, in his homily at Mass in a Damascus stadium, John Paul preached that "in this holy land, Christians, Muslims, and Jews are called to work together, with confidence and boldness ... to bring about without delay the day when the legitimate rights of all peoples are respected and they can live in peace and mutual understanding." At the historic Umayyad Mosque, when Sheik Ahmad Kuftaro tried to politicize a religious occasion by urging John Paul to "put pressure on Israel by every means to curb its atrocious aggression," the pope replied, "It is crucial for the young to be taught the ways of respect and understanding, so that they will not be led to misuse religion itself to promote or justify hatred and aggression." Finally, in Quneitra, the pope prayed that "all believers find the courage to forgive one another so that the wounds of the present may be healed and not be a pretext for further suffering in die present." Was the pope "silent" in the aftermath of President Assad's remarks, as several reporters and commentators suggested, with Jewish and Catholic activists quickly

following suit? Not if you were listening. Not if o you read the texts. Not if o •X. you understand, that the uj " pripope is not pursuing a vate agenda " when he preaches. o John Paul II was not let a callow politigoing to cian rum a pilgrimage into a political circus. But neither did he allow President Assad's proposal for more hatred, more bigotty, more violence to go unanswered. For anyone with ears to hear, John Paul laid out a far more noble proposition — a vision of the future in which Jews, Christians, and Muslims, all children of Abraham, "our father in faith," five in mutual tolerance in societies characterized by religious freedom. The problem in Syria wasn 't the pope 's "silence," because the pope wasn't silent. The problem was deafness, on the part of many reporters, editorialists, columnists, and the activists who followed tiieir lead.

George Weigel

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

Focus on the power of the Sunday assembly follows celebration of Easter Last Monday die Church resumed Ordinary Time, which will last until the first Sunday of Advent , December 2. After our annual celebration of Christ 's Easter victory (Lent," the Triduum , and the fifty days of Easter) , we now focus on the power of the Sunday assembly where Word and Eucharist mission us to transfonn the world into kingdom life or to point out that life where it appears . We count the Sundays by using die ordinal numbers , e.g., first, second , third , etc. and thus we explain the use of the word "ordinary. " We use the word , however in a more profound sense because during this time we "order " (understand, surfac e, and share) for the world's benefit and transformation the gifts we receive. On the next two Sundays (June 10 and 17), we seem to go off course a bit by celebrating "idea " solemnities: Holy Trinity, and then , The Body and Blood of Christ, What can keep us on course is an honest hearing of the Scriptures in their initial intent. For the solemnity of Holy Trinity, the Scripture explains that we are who we are as Church because of the work of each Person of the Trinity. To recall the rationale of the first season of Renew 2000, we form parish communities of persons because the God we image is a community of persons. Our first reading from Proverbs presents Wisdom to us as one present to God before creation , present during creation 's unfolding of God's mighty acts, and present to the human family after creation. Savor the exquisite poetry: "The Lord possessed me, the beginning of his ways, the forerunner of his prodi gies of long ago; from of old I was poured forth , at the first , before the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth. . . . When the Lord established the heavens I was there, when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep. . . . Then I was besid e him as his craftsman , and I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while, playing on the surface of his earth; and I found delight in the human race. '" In the light of the passage, we can rehear the prologue of the fourth gospel and recognize its influence upon the author: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

Holy Trinity Proverbs 8:22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15.

Father David M. Pettingill All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us (literally, "pitched Ms tent among us"). John 1:1-3, 14. From this profound evolution of meaning, God's Wisdom-Word, enfleshed as Jesus Christ, speaks to us only in and through the created and the human by God's free choice. To experience our part in creation and in human life and history is to be drawn together into one family because die Speaker and his Word are one famil y. Romans (our second reading) speaks of our status as God 's People because of the work of each person of the Trinity: 'Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand... because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given us." When we assemble for Sunday liturgy we are the result of

God's investment of energy, justificat ion, and love in us and we can almost feel the hum of the divine electricity coursing through us. John (our gospel selection) traces our growth in incamational spirituality to the work of the Hol y Spirit, who is constantl y forming our assembled communities: "I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Sp irit of truth , he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you." Slowly, but surely the Spirit "updates " Jesus for us, allowing what Jesus means to penetrate us more fully and enabling us to "update" Jesus by the way we live as a parish community in the modem world. . What the Word sheds light on today is the mystery of our Church, of our parish communities, where our interaction with each other and our outreach to our world reproduce the relationships of the Holy Trinity. The mystery of the living God, which we proclaim, has enfolded us. (cf. "Lumen Gentium " 1) Questions for Small Communities of Faith How can a merely static view of the Holy Trinity create a very static community? What does a dynamic view of the Holy Trinity do for your group? Your parish? Or Archdiocese?

Father David M. Pettingill is assistant to the moderator of the curia and parochial vicar at St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco.

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No matter how often I experience it, I am always startled, challenged , and moved to reflection when the catechumens are dismissed after the homily at Sunday Eucharist. Startled out of my own private world by the living example of people so committed to deepening their disci p leship with Jesus Christ. Challenged to awareness of the privilege I have of remaining in the assembly to celebrate the Eucharist. Moved to reflection about the meaning of baptized life. The catechumens are dismissed; I have the privilege of staying. It always made perfect sense to me that the catechumens are dismissed before our common recitation of the Creed. But this means that diey are also dismissed before we pray the general intercessions. What could be so uniquel y Christian about those prayers that the catechumens can ' t stay for them, that they literall y can 't pray them? What does this dismissal say about the nature of those prayers and about us who remain to pray them? The General Instruction of the Roman Missal states simply: "In the general intercessions or prayers of the faithful , the people exercise their priestly function b y interceding for all humanity." The faithful , the baptized, Christ ' s own disciples are filled with his own Spirit. We are the priestly people forever united to Christ, the Hi gh Priest, who never ceases to intercede for the needs of the world before the face of the good God. Our intercessions voice Christ 's own prayer before his Father for the needs of

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Reality-TV is new Roman Colosseum First , shows such as "Jerry Springer ," "Cops ," In "For the Time Being, " Annie Dillard comments , "Either life is always and in all circumstances sacred , or "Survivor ," and "The Australian Outback ," are a new genre intrinsicall y of no account: it is inconceivable that it should of television where the heart of such shows lies in then' darkness: that is, these shows offer the opportunity to see be in some cases the one, and in some the other." The 197 1 Vatican Instruction on Social someone suffer as a form of entertainment. Vince Communication wisely comments , "The unity and McMahan , wrestling and XFL promoter, is in the process advancement of people living in society" depend on social of producing a new type of reality-TV in which humans are communications which include "the press, the cinema, hunting one another in a military setting. In addition , there radio and television... The way we live and think is pro- is currentl y debate over widely broadcasting Timothy foundl y affected by these means of communication." The McVeigh's execution , with the strongest argument against media can enrich culture but "can occasionall y degrade it. it being that it would give Timothy McVeigh pleasure, and They often play for the applause of the lowest cultural lev- therefore should not be done. I would think that the execution should not be televised (or carried out, for that matter) els of their audience. " Watching virtual-reality on television , one would because it is obscene to televise such an event. At what point do we reach the conclusion that suffernever come away with the impression that the producers of these shows have any authentic sense that human life is ing for the sake of entertainment is not a good thing ? I sacred and important , but rather a source of degradation. believe that framing the human struggle as entertainment is Reality-TV exhibitionists are flooding the networks: immoral and wrong. How much more human suffering will NBC's "The Weakest Link," UPN 's "Chains of Love, " we witness in the name of entertainment? People are really losing for the chance to win. Fox's "Temptation Island" and "Boot Camp." Second, these shows have forsaken the notion of charThese shows are "all about treachery..." (See Time magazine 23 April 2001, 72-73) As "tiny morality plays " acter, scripts, story lines, credible and decent endings, all they pretend to indicate everything we need to know about for the sake of something that popular culture seems to be life: that is, only winners count , and the weakest are merci- craving: people being confronted , ridiculed and failing. lessly skewed as "The Weakest Link's" Anne Robinson dis- These shows replace the message of hope with folly, missively announces, "Nothing personal at all. Good-bye." despair, anguish, and defeat. This is not a human , Christian or religious message. I was sharing my concerns regarding reality-TV with Christopher Sellars, one of our seminarians. He helped me Third, this suffering for the sake of entertainment is by no means a new form of entertainment. The Academy Award articulate a few points worth consideration:

Cardinals... ¦ Continued from page 7 U.S. Cardinal Avery Dulles, a Jesuit theologian, noted that, while papal primacy often is seen as an ecumenical impediment, non-Catholic churches have sometimes suffered because of the lack of a strong central authority. Other main topics in the consistory discussions were: — Missionary outreach. Formation of church personnel was a chief concern , and some suggested that a concise version of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" be prepared for the agents of evangelization. Cardinal Mahony proposed that a "Directory on the New Evangelization" be prepared, to serve as a pastoral guideline and help better explain the term "new evangelization" in the context of local church communities. Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore spoke on better use of the mass media as an evangelizing tool and pointed to the advantages the Internet offers as a direct channel to people around the world. — Marriage and family life. Some cardinals spoke of ethical problems posed by new developments in biology and genetics and about the changing viewpoints on sexuality. In that regard, a Vatican official announced that his agency was at work on a "lexicon" of modern sexuality and marriage terms like "sexual health" and "gender." Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, noting

the higher percentages of cohabitating couples and out-ofwedlock births , said the very concept of marriage was under challenge. Others spoke about the gap between church teachings and the actual practice of Catholics on these subjects; several cardinals said the answer lies not in changing the teaching but in presenting it more clearly. — Globalization and economic justice. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington said the church needs to show it cares for the poor by helping to build "globalization with a conscience." The need for charity as a defining element of the church's activity was underlined, too. French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president of the Vatican's jubilee committee, said the church's call to poverty was the most provocative and urgent question for modem evangelization. — Ecumenism and dialogue. Several cardinals praised the recent Vatican document "Dominus Iesus," which emphasized Christ as the unique savior, and said it should guide the church as it tries to balance proclamation with dialogue. But other cardinals made strong calls for ecumenical progress. Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor asked that the idea of a pan-Christian meeting, which could not be pulled off in the jubilee year, be resurrected. Before ending their meeting, the cardinals issued a short message to all Catholics, asking them to keep their attention focused on Christ through Scripture reading, prayers, participation in the Eucharist and confession. As they left Rome, some cardinals predicted many of the same issues would resurface in October, when about 250 bishops will meet in a month-long synod to discuss the role of the bishop in the church.

for the best p icture of the year was g iven to "Gladiator, " a story which took us back to the days of the Roman Emp ire when Christians were tortured and made to suffer horrible deaths Father Gerald in the name of entertainColeman S.S. ment. In the name of culture and progress , one would think that we have moved away from such barbarism and that someone being tortured or harmed for the sake of entertainment would be considered ludicrous and immoral by today 's standards. What the Romans did to entertain themselves in the Colosseum was to use human suffering as their form of highest entertainment. This is "gross entertainment ," and reality-TV is bringing us fast-forward to the resurrection of another coliseum. This coliseum is not a physical building but is rather TV-entertainment which represents a monument to human suffering. It is time that we stop promoting human suffering as a prime-time entertainment.

Sulp ician Father Gerald D. Coleman is president and rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Belgian cardinal calls for more debate ROME (CNS) — Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels said his call during the consistory for a "culture of debate" inside the church was not an invitation to public wrangling, Rather, he said, he would like to see more frankness in intramural meetings like synods and the latest consistory — where the audience is a few hundred people plus the pope. "We should have cardinals and bishops who are really free and really themselves and not influenced by others. Because freedom of speaking is an absolute condition for good management of the church," Cardinal Danneels said. In his speech at the consistory, Cardinal Danneels asked, "Is it necessary to be afraid of debate in the church?" He spoke about the need to find better ways of balancing the church's four major instruments of collegiality: the Roman Curia, bishops ' conferences, synods and consistories. Proposals of decentralization of authority in the church deserve careful examination, he said, and a strong papacy and a strong episcopal college should not be seen as mutually exclusive. Cardinal Danneels also said Christian churches in the West were passing through a deep crisis, in which the sacraments were becoming peripheral to the life of the faithful. He said it was important to regain the central importance of the liturgy.

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Missionaries of Charity . . . ¦ Continued from cover He explained the importance of the Feast of the Visitation and its significance to the Missionaries of Charity. When Mary traveled to a town in Judah and entered the house of Zechariah, Father Fessio said, she greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary 's greeting - which was "probabl y ' shalom ' — the baby in her womb leaped for j oy, and was the first Christian conversion. And since Mary is filled wiui God, with grace, with love and charity," - this could lead one to conclude - "She was the first Missionary of Charity." The explanation brought smiles and laughter throughout the church.

Jack Smith They complained about the sisters. They complained about their medical treatment. They convinced me to buy them cigarettes and other things with no intention of paying me back. 1 listened to them whine endlessly, to and from the hospital. I often had to make side-trips on the way back from hospital in order to visit a favorite restaurant or bookstore. They complained about me, and I complained about them. Some of them had horrible stories. One had abandoned his wife and children and had acquired AIDS picking up young male prostitutes on Polk Street. I went with the sisters once to visit a man whom I got along with particularl y well. He was committed to the psych-ward at S.F. General because he had tried to commit suicide twice. The sisters couldn ' t keep him in their residence, but they still wanted to visit him. I brought him a carton of Marlboros. A young short Hispanic sister told me as we were waiting for the elevator to go to the dreaded fourth floor , very sincerely and in a heavy accent , "You are building a crown for yourself in heaven which can never be taken away no matter what you do." I thought to myself, "Whatever, sister ! I just drove you here and bought him some cigs." I got to know most of the men well and enjoyed their company despite the dementia that had settled into a numDuring the ceremony, the newl y professed Sisters handed their written vows of chastity, poverty, obedience , and wholehearted and free service to the poorest of the poor to Sister Nirmala. She then gave each one a crucifix, blessed by Father Fessio, "symbolizing their crucified Spouse , to follow in His footsteps in search of souls,..carry Him and His light into the homes of the poor. " Sister Nirmala expressed her "deep gratitude to the parents for the gift " of their children. "I pray this for you, and

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everyone here ," she said , "that Mary gives us her heart , pure of love, so we may recognize Jesus ' love and adore him in his disguise of our brothers and sisters in the homeless , the sick, the dy ing, and the unwanted one." Sister M. Nirmala succeeded Mother Teresa as leader of the Missionaries of Charity in March of 1997. Her religious name is a Hindi word that suggests a purity of mind and spirit. She is described by those who know her as "a woman of few and very simple words."

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5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, M - F 7:45 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and each 1st Fri. from 8 a.m. until Sat. at 8:45 a.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary 's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sal. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave . and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.; St. Matthias Church , 1685 Cordilleras Rd., Redwood City, 1st Fri., 9 a.m. until Mass at 5:30 p.m.(650) 366-9544

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250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrorto, Program Director.

Oct. 27: Fall Fest 2001, 5th annual Young Adult Conference with keynote, workshops , Mass, dinner and dance. Contact Mary Jansen at (415) 614-5596 or mjansen@sfyam.org.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc , of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

June 8-10: Growing in Wisdom and Grace with Sister Marilyn Wilson, B.V.M.

Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692.

Are you or someone you know separated, divorced, widowed? For information about additional ministries available to divorced and separated persons in the Archdiocese, call (415) 273-5521.

Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program , 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges@yahoo.com.

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church , SF meets on 3rd Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Alan Fisk at (415) 584-2861 or e-mail stmohurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016 about upcoming social activities. June 9: Hiller Aviation Museum tour, lunch, miniature golf , social; June 21: New Wings meeting with counselor Lila Caffery; June 23: Potluck; July 6: Taize at Mercy Center; July 14: Picnic at San Bruno Park.

June 23: Motherhood in the New Millennium with marriage and family therapist Carol Kaplan June 23: The Contemplative Way, a new retreat theme with Carol Fowler and Benedictine Sister Barbara Hazzard July 11: An evening with Oblate of Mary Father Ron Rolheiser, 7 - 9 p.m, Pre-registration required for this time of inspiration and renewal facilitated by the popular author and Catholic San Francisco columnist. Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known retreat leaders, scholars and people of faith. What about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21st century? July 15: Dominican Sister Patricia Bruno speaks on parable of the sheep and goats . Aug. 12: Jesuit Father Bill Wood speaks about the parable of the prodigal son.

— SANTA SABINA CENTER — 25 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael. For fee times and details about these and other offerings, call (415) 457-7727. June 18-24: Earth Week with writer and former Zen Buddhist Monk, Clark Strand , and gardner, teacher Wendy Johnson. July 16-22: Contemplative Ways of Being: An Experience ot Sabbath with Cistercian Myriam Dardenne guided by the theme "Know your own heart and you will be saved." Aug. 13-19: A Silent, Contemplative , Scriptural Retreat with Dominican Martin lott. Daily Mass, morning and evening communal prayer and Scriptural reflection.

— MERCY CENTER — 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings , call (650) 340-7474 3rd Sun: Salon, a monthly gathering of people in the second half of life to explore opportunities and challenges facing them using arts , literature and conversation. Facilitated by Sandi Peters.

— JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE/EL RETIRO — 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 948-4491. June 8 - 10: Healing the Family Tree , a healing retreat for men and women with Father John Hampsch. June 15 -17: Creating Peace, a recovery retreat for men and women with Msgr. Terry Richey. Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace. Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498.

Taize Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 Calfornia at Grant, SF. Call (415) 288-3809

Help at St. Joseph's Village Homeless Shelter. Bi-monthly Sat. from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Village is at 220 1oth St., SF on site of former St. Joseph Parish, Call susangsf@yahoo.com; (415) 584-5587; anne.petrides@centresolutions.com; (415) 4403598. Synergy Yoga at St. Agnes/SF, Mon. and Wed. 7:30 - 9 p.m. in Lower Gym Hall, $3 per class. Call Chad Evans at (415) 487-8560, ext. 226.

Social Justice/Respect Life July 5 and 1st Thurs.: School of the Americas Watch at 7 p.m. Call Judy Liteky at (415) 334-4770 orjliteky@aol.com. 22nd of each month: Respect Life Mass at 8:30 p.m. in the chapel of Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, Parke r Ave . and Fulton, SF. Sponsored by the Respect Life program of the Archdiocese. All are invited. Call (415) 614-5572. Jubilee 2000 USA, as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling countries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speake rs are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or welesher@aol.com.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, MF after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. Isabella Church , One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st F,ri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 5880572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Churc h, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Jim McGIII at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 322-1801 St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m. Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 567-7824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church , 3 Oakdale Ave., Mil! Valley, Mon., 8:15 a.m. through Wed. at 7:30 a.m.; St. John of God Church, 1290

Consolation Ministry Our Lady of Angels , 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 - 11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 6977582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs. 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed ,3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues,7 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218; St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave ,SF, 2nd and 4th Tues,2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481. 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.

Food & Fun Through June 9: Golden Jubilee celebration and half-price sale at the Mt. Carmel Shop, 45 Lovell Ave , Mill Valley. Mon. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Celebration continues through June with special sales each week. Call (415) 388-4332. Proceeds benefit Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish. June 9: Awaken the Messiah Within , a Grand Ultreya welcoming new cursillistas , 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1101 O'Farrell St, SF. Call Mike Watson at (415) 531-1102 for potluck and other details. Most 1st Fri.: Join the Marin Carbolic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a meal beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church , Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd,Greenbrae. Members $5/non-members $10. Call (415) 461-0704 but reservation requests preferred to sugaremy@aol.com, June 23: Whale of a Sale at St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Spaces still available at $25 to sell your crafts and household items. Call Kathie Meier at (415) 461 -1933. 3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bfngo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St ,

SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m. Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177. Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meei regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council , call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council , call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641. 3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral , Gough and Geary St , SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

Reunions June 9: Class of '51, Star of the Sea Academy will gather for luncheon at the Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. and Sloat Blvd., SF. Contact Lillian Harrington McKernan at (415) 892-5233 or frankm31@prodigy.net. June 16: Presentation High School , San Francisco , class of '51 celebrates its 50th anniversary at the Villa Hotel, El Camino Real , San Mateo. For more information, call Audrey Sylvester Trees at (650) 592-0273. June 23: Class of '51, St. Agnes Elementary, SF. Seeking missing classmates to join the celebration to be held in the City. Call W. Urie Walsh at (415) 386-5847. Sept. 8: Mercy High School, SF class of '86 at Ramada Plaza Hotel, SF. Preliminary information already mailed, invitations to follow. Classmates who have not been contacted should call Deborah Heffernan Hinds at (925) 694-2843. Sept. 28: Redwood City's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School hosts a celebration for all pre-1941 graduates. Lunch and tour included. Call Julia Toliafield at (650) 366-8817. Class of '46, Presentation High School, SF is looking for classmates for an upcoming 50th reunion. Call Carolyn Bacigalupi at (415) 821-2541. Alumni, former students, parents, grandparents of St. Finn Barr Elementary School, SF. The school is developing an alumni newsletter. Please call (415) and leave your name, address and phone number.

Volunteer Opportunities Seeking enthusiastic men and women for the volunteer team at Mission Dolores Gift Shop. Welcome visitors from around the world, distribute brochures, accept donations and assist in gift shop sales. You'll also have a chance to practice additional languages you may speak. Call Theresa Mullen at (415) 621-8203, ext. 30. SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events . Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580, ext. 2422. Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265. California Handicapables, which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons , needs volunteers including drivers , servers , donors, and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085. St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization, needs volunteers to help with their 20 year old tradition of serving breakfast on Sunday mornings to their Tenderloin neighbors. Call (415) 621-3279. Maryknoll Affiliates: Bay Area chapter meets 3rd Sat. for two hours at Maryknoll House , 2555 Webster St, SF to share community, prayer, and action on social justice and global concerns. Members occasionally do short periods of mission service around the world at Maryknoll locations. Call Marie Wren at (415) 331-9139 or mwren48026@aol.com.

Datebook is a free listing for parishes, schools and non-profit groups. Please include event name, time, date, place, address and an infoimation phone number. Listing must reach Catholic San Francisco at least two weeks before the Friday publicatio n date desired. Mail your notice to: Datebook, Catholic San Francisco, One Peter Yorke Way, S.F. 94109, or f a x it to (415) 614-5633.

Evangelization gathering for overseas Chinese An Evangelization Concert for Overseas Chinese will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, in San Francisco, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on June 30. The event titled, "Got Faith?" will seek to deepen the faith of Chinese Catholics and bring other Chinese into a faith in Christ. "Got Faith?" will feature music, personal witnessing, drama, dancing and preaching. The concert's motto is "Invite your friends to know more about Jesus. Join the raliy !" "This is a new way of evangelizing people," according to Sister Maria Hsu of the Office of Chinese Ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Chinese Catholics are being asked to bring their non-Catholic friends and family to the concert and the event has been heavily publicized with cartoons and stories in the Chinese weekly, Singtao. The Diocese's of Oakland and San Jose will co-sponsor the event. The event is part of a five city tour by Italian missionary, Father Giovanni Giampietro. Father Giampietro will be accompanied by a missionary team of ten Chinese young adults from Asia and Australia. Admission is free, but tickets must be acquired by calling Sister Maria Hsu at (415) 614-5578 or emailing her at mariahsu@pacbell.net.

Comic publicizing "Got Faith?" concert in Singtao newspaper.

SPL conference Focusing on sufferi ng

St. Gabriel School Academic Decathlon Team. Front Row: (l-r) Dede Murfee , Matt Terrizzi, Richie Brewer, Felicia Berryessa-Erich , Alice Ahn. Back Row: (l-r) Jacqueline Chein, Amy McDevitt, Noelle Bidegainberry, Jason Chan , Annie Lee.

St. Gabriel's takes academic honors San Francisco 's St. Gabriel Elementary School placed third in the Statewide Academic Decathlon. The competition held in Southern California on May 5, brought together students from the best Catholic schools throughout the State. This is the fourth consecutive year that St. Gabriel's has won the right to represent the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Students compete individually and as a team on ten different academic subjects. In addition to placing third overall, St. Gabriel' s team finished first in English and Fine Arts. Individual winners were Jacqueline

Chein, first place in English; Alice Ahn, first place in Fine Arts; Noelle Bidegainberry, fourth place in religion; Annie Lee, fourth place in math; Felicia Berryessa-Erich, fourth place in social science; Dede Murfee, fourth place in literature; Matt Terrizzi, fifth place in speech; and Richie Brewer, sixth place in science. Contributing to their success were team members Jason Chan and Amy McDevitt. Teachers Lynn Grier, Mara Hill , Richard Mosley and Pat Tucker coached the team with the assistance of St. Gabriel Pastor, Father John Ryan who coached religion. Mercy Sister M. Pauline Borghello is principal.

The Archdiocesan School of Pastoral Leadership will hold a conference on "Care for the Chronicall y and Terminally 111," at Holy Name of Jesus Church in San Francisco on June 23 and 24. The main instructor , Ruth HayesBarba , is a social worker who directs ministry to the aging in the Archdiocese of Portland. The conference will address issues such as loss and mourning, praying with the dying and the theology of suffering. Ms. Hayes-Barba 's instruction will be based on Pope John Paul II's 1984 encyclical , Salvifici Dolores (Salvific Suffering). Among other things , the encyclical seeks to find an answer to the question of the meaning of suffering through Scripture and reflection on the Passion of Christ. The Pope says that love is "the fullest source of the answer" to the meaning of suffering, and th at

"this answer has been given by God to man in the Cross of Jesus Christ." Joni Gallagher of the School of Pastoral Leadership says that this conference will be of particular use to Baby Boomers who are "starting to have to deal with issues of the illness and death of their parents. " The conference is open to everyone, however, as a tool for all who may someday have to care for the seriously ill, she said. Ms. Gallagher said that "this is part of an ongoing effort by the archdiocese to continue its ministry to those who care for the suffering, dying and homebound." Admission to the conference is $45. Discounts are available for groups of five or more . To register or for more information contact Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5564 or visit www.splsf.org.

St. Patrick Church to celebrate 150 years St. Patrick Church in San Francisco will mark its 150th anniversary with a •two-day celebration Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10. . The Sesquicentennial celebration begins Saturday with a Mass presided by Archbishop William J. Levada at noon , and later a dinner and dance at the San Francisco Marriott that evening. The celebration continues June 10 with an Irish and Filipino cultural fair at Yerba Buena Gardens, across from the

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Work FULL or PART time while your children are in school. Diocese of Yakima, Washington has opening for a Diocesan Director of Hispanic Catechesis/Hispanic Ministry Formation. 41 parishes , many rural. 70% Catholic population Hispanic. Some experience desired. Job description will be sent to applicants. Please send resume by June 22nd to: Vice Chancellor, 5301-A Tieton Drive , Yakima, WA 98908 or fax to 509-966-8334 or e-mail to dioyak@televar.com

JUNIPERO SERRA SCHOOL (K-8 Coed) Carmel, California Located at the historic Carmel Mission. The average class size is 27, and Ihe basic curriculum is enriched by classes in advanced math, Spanish , computer skills , library, and musical programs. There are a variety of programs to compliment the academic structure. Junipero Serra School is fully accredited by WASC and WCEA. vVWvV.dcsmQnte rev.org/scltools/iunipero.shtml SACRED HEART PARISH SCHOOL (K-8 Coed) Hollister , California Sacred Heart Parish School is located in the rural community of San Benito County. The school has a well defined , comprehensive curriculum. There are approximately 430 students in grades transition kindergarten through eighth. Sacred Heart Parish School is fully accredited by WASC and WCEA. www.dcsmonterev.or g/schools/sacredheart.shtml

Full-time position with a 1,900 family parish. Duties: Take over existing parish music program , with primary ministry to the assembly, including 3 choirs , cantor formation , liturgical planning, and coordination and hiring of additional musicians. Excellent musicianship, conducting experience , and experience with Catholic liturgy and music tradition essential. Send resume and supporting materials to:

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