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The anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks is observed at St. Ma ry 's Cathedral.

Above, Joseph Darza leads his fell ow students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Daly City, in a remembrance. To the right: Anne McFarlin and her children Gavin and Ka te pres ent the Book of Remembrance.

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Where You Live b y Tom Burke Spring forward, fall's back! As v/e return to our weekly schedule for Catholic San Francisco, please let me say again how grateful I am for the info you send this column 's way.

Birthdays, births, anniversaries, marriages, engagements, new jobs and all kinds of goings-on are welcome here. Remember this is an empty space without ya '. Send items and a follow up p hone number to On the Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Fax (415) 614-5633; e-mail tburke@catholic-sf.org. Do not send attachments. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634....Happy 49 years married on August 9th to Lorraine and Carl Rolandi of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Buriingame, and Happy Birthday on that date to OLAer Sarah DiMare....September 8th marked 51 years since taking their vows for Betsy and Don Bechter, of St. Dunstan Parish, Millbrae. The rite took place at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Buriingame with the now late Father Leonard Bose presiding.. . .Prayers please for Father Paul Perlite, retired pastor Sacred Heart Parish, Olema who is seriously ill and in the care of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth at their Nazareth House in San Rafael. Father Perlite was honored August 24th at St. Rita Parish, Fairfax where he has served

Longtime Holy Namers Moreen and Bernie Curran took some time in their Sunset District backyard with their four grandchildren recently. On grandmom 's lap is the family 's newest addition , Michael, with, from left, granddaughters , Michelle , Patricia and Siofra sitting next to grandpop. Patricia and Michelle 's folks are Margie and Kevin Curran. Siofra and Michael's mom and dad are Una and the younger Bernie Curran.

Doting uncle is Noreen and Bernie 's son, John.

On August 31st, the family gathered at Holy Name to pray for son, brother, brother-in-law and uncle, Mikey Curran, who died five years ago.

Hats off to Holy Names Sister Jeanenne Weis, who has retired after 45 years of ministry in the Arc hdiocese of San Francisco , the last 11 years as a pastoral associate at Holy Angels Parish, Colma. Sister Jeanenne , who began her work here at San Francisco 's St. Monica Elementary School as Sister Paula Jean in 1957, also served at Marin Catholic High School for 13 years befo re beginning her ministry as " one the first " pastoral associates in the Archdiocese at parishes including St. Pius, Redwood City; St. Andrew, Daly City; and St. Paul, San Francisco. More than 200 people gathered to honor Sister Jeanenne at an Appreciation Dinner at Holy Angels on May 24th. Clockwise from bottom left: JoAnn Weis Martindale, Mariana and Oreste Macchi , Sister Jeanenne.

for almost 20 years in retirement. Now, 82 years old , Father Perlite was ordained in 1946. "He is a very sound and holy man," said Father Robert Cipriano, St. Rita pastor. "I've never heard him say a bad word about anybody. He has been a very big help to me here." ...Great example from members of the Young Ladies Institute who visited Oakland' s Children's Hospital a few months ago. Bearing toys of all sorts for the facility 's young patients were Helen Uniack, Claire O'Sullrvan, Gladys Walden, Erlinda Villa, Dorothy Neal, Dorothy Busalcchi, Connie Pisciotta, Cindy Anderson, Peggy Anderson, Barbara Balopoulos, Janet Smith.. ..Happy 50th birthday to Joyce Pasero of St. Cecilia Parish and admissions secretary at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory who joined the half-century club on July 18th.

Happy one year married to Lori and Larry Pasero of All Souls, where Lori is a Computer Technology teacher at the parish school, and happy three years wed to Erin and Jason Pasero, now of San Mateo....Don't miss tonight's concert by internationally known organist Jane Parker-Smith at St. Cecilia Church at 8 p.m. Admission is free and you can bet you'll be welcome. Music coordinator at St. Cecilia's is Russ Ferreira. Organist is Justin Kielty. The downstairs console of the church 's 60-rank organ has been moved into the sanctuary for the occasion, Justin said, St. Cecilia 's is at 17th Ave. and Vicente, San Francisco. Pastor is Msgr. Michael Harriman....

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By Jack Smith As many as 100,000 California school children are educated by their parents at home, according to the California Homeschool Network. These home schooled children win national spelling bees and other achievement contests and are widely regarded as among the best educated children in the state.

But all of them are truant and they and their parents are lawbreakers according to California Superintendent of Public Instruction , Delaine Eastin , and the California Department of Education (CDE).

All children in the State of California between the ages of six and eighteen are required to attend a full time public day school. Exemptions are made by the state for children who are enrolled in a full time private day school, such as a Catholic parochial school , or for children who are tutored under certain conditions by a credentialed instructor , under a 1931 law pertaining to the education of child actors. Home schools have been traditionall y regarded as private schools.

"The State of California does not define a private school ," according to Robert Teegarden of the California Catholic Conference. "If they did, Catholic schools could be open to all sorts of regulation pertaining to curriculum or any other aspect of education the state wanted to intrude upon ," he said.

Under California education code , students are exempted from public schools if they attend a full time day school offering education in English which keeps attendance records and offers courses by qualified teachers in subjects generally offered by public schools, Mr. Teegarden said. "There are no other definitions in law that describe what a private school must or must not be," he said.

Beginning in 1993, according to Mike Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association, based in Virginia, the CDE began sending internal memos and letters to parents further describing a private school as a business which is open to the public or which has a certain number of students or whose teachers hold credentials.

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That 's the way (CDE) thinks it should be, but it 's not," Mr. Smith said. While the CDE has put forth this legal stance before , this is the first year the department has made a mass effort to discourage home schoolers and warn parents that their instruction is illegal.

Parents who wish to educate their children at home have been traditionall y allowed to do so under the private school exemption , Mr. Smith said. For more than twenty years home school parents have filled out an affidavi t each year registering their home instruction as a private school. This year, the affidavit required by the State , comes with the instruction , "If a parent chooses to teach his or her child at home as a substitute for public school , and that parent does not hold a valid credential for the grade(s) taught , then the child is truant — regardless of whether an affidavit is filed."

It further admonishes parents not to fill out the affidavit to register a home school because home schools are "not authorized" by the State of California. Ms. Eastin sent a letter in Jul y to county school superintendents saying "parents who home school their children are operating outside the law, and there is no reason for them to file an affidavit."

Enforcement of truancy laws is up to local districts , according to Andrew Andreoli of the State Department of Education 's Policy and Programs Coordinating Unit.

Since 1983, the HSLDA , which represents 15,000 home schooling families in California , has particip ated in only two cases in which the legality of home schools has been challenged. In both cases, involving families in Santa Maria in 1985, the charges were dismissed by the jud ge at arraignment, according to HSLDA. Marin County Superintendent of Schools , Mary Jane Burke, said she is unaware "of any district in our community which is enforcing truancy laws against home schoolers." Jackie Wright, public information director for the San

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Mr. Andreoli at ¦ the Coordinating Unit said, "There's probably parents doing a good j ob at home schooling, but I can 't endorse it" because of the CDE's legal ruling.

He said that one of the justifications for the CDE position is the prevention of peop le who abuse the system for purposes other than education. " The HSLDA is encouraging home schools to fill out the affidavit as usual , desp ite warnings on the CDE website (www.cde.ca.gov/privateschools), where the form is available.

In August, Ms. Eastin sent a letter to legislators urging them to create statutes regulating home schools. The legislature adjourned without acting on her request.

Mr. Teegarden of the CCC said, "Home schools are not being challenged for their educational quality which is far better th an the public schools. It seems the only reason the CDE is making this stance is over money. " Children not enrolled in public schools represent between $7,200 to $11,000 in lost revenue per child to the public school system, Mr. Teegarden said. Mr. Andreoli said that "in local districts where five to ten kids can make a difference in staffing levels they ' re very interested in where these kids are."

California voter information record s show that the California Teachers Association was the largest contributor to Ms. Eastin 's last campaign , contributing $267,000 in 1998. The second largest donor was the California Democratic Party followed by five other public school employee unions. "How many of those donors represent the children she's responsible for, or their parents ," Mr. Teegarden said.

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Irish church leaders call fo r immediate end to sectarian violence

DUBLIN , Ireland — The leaders of Ireland' s four main churches have called for an immedi ate end to the sectarian street violence , including almost-ni ghtl y street disturbances in North Belfast.

"We call for an immediate end to all street violence.

We believe that a period of calm would pave the way for honest and sincere communication between those involved and could lead to a lasting peace ," Catholic , Ang lican , Presbyterian and Methodist leaders said.

"We are deep ly concerned at the immense fear of those peop le in areas affected by street violence at present ," they said. "We acknowled ge the significant efforts of groups and individuals who are working for peace on the ground in those localities. We wish to encourage these efforts.

Russia exp els p riests, Vatican fea rs 'real p ersecution' beginning

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican sharply criticized the expulsion of a Polish priest from eastern Russia Sept. 9, saying the move has prompted fears of a "real persecution " against the Catholic Church.

The same day, Salesian Father Edward Mackiewicz was turned back at the Poland-Belarus border on his way back to his parish in Rostov, Russia. A day earlier , unknown assailants machine-gunned the Rostov parish , shooting out windows.

Church sources said the priest had received permission to extend his stay in the southern city, but had been ordered to return to Poland after his visa was annulled without exp lanation.

Earlier the same day, at the other end of the country, Father Jaroslaw Wisniewski was stopped by border police in Khabarovsk as he was re-entering Russia fro m Japan. The following day he was expelled. Althoug h the priest had worked in eastern Russia for some time, border authorities said his name was on a list of undesirables.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said , "This development is so serious that already some peop le are talking about a real persecution. "

Mexican bishop s say U.S. border controls spur dangerous crossings

MEXICO CITY — Stiff U.S. border controls along the Mexican frontier since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hav e spurred dangerou s, smuggler-led border crossings and fostered prejudice against immigrants , said the Mexican bishops.

Since the terrorist attacks "migration has turned complex and violent ," the bishops said. The new security has led to "an increased demand for smugglers and an increase in the persons who go to them," they said.

Smugglers charge huge sums of money and often abandon people, even if it means death, they said. "Criminal bands along the way unmercifull y exploit and abuse them ," they added.

The bishops criticized "racist and discriminatory" views that equate illegal immigrants with "organized crime and terrorism" and forget that illegal immigration "has its roots in poverty. "

Latvia struggles with new devils in post -Soviet era, cardinal says

RIGA, Latvia — Latvian society is struggling with the freedoms that were made available in the postSoviet era, Latvian Cardinal Janis Pujats said. "In the past , the devil acted through the power of the state.

Today, all the devils seem to have escaped from hell at the same time," the cardinal said.

Cardinal Pujats told Catholic News Service he was "deeply worried" by drug addiction and alcoholism among young people and believed the government should curb the sale of pornography.

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PEORIA , 111. — On the same day the Diocese of Peoria formall y opened the sainthood cause of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, a foundation named in honor of the Illinois-born prelate issued a "worldwide appeal" for any documentation or testimony hel p ful to the effort, The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation is seeking copies of letters, film , videos, photos, recollections of personal experiences and any other relevant materials. People interested in contacting the foundation may call (973) 966-6574 or visit its Web site at: www.elpaso.net/~unity/fjsheen/foundatioK.htm.

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Europ e told to p romote human ri g hts, keep Christian heritage

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope John Paul II said the European Union must serve as a platform to promote human rights , development and peace in the rest of the world. At the same time, the pope said, Europe must not forget its Christian identity.

Meeting Sept. 13 with Germany's new ambassador to the Vatican, the pope praised the German example of aiding poorer countries. "In fact, the countries of Europe are called to actively build together a global order of justice and peace," he said.

"There can be no doubt that a clear reference to God and Christian f aith means a recognition of a historical and cultural reality th at is still valid today and from which European people derive their identity," the pope said.

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Radio Maryj a, established in 1991 by the Redemptorist order, ranks fifth in national audience ratings. The station attracts 12 percent of listeners in Warsaw. Critics have frequentl y accused its director , Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, of using the radio politicall y and stirring prejudices. He has denied the charges.

Brazilian Cardinal Lucas Neves, longtime Vatican official , dies

VATICAN CITY — Brazilian Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, a longtime Vatican official once considered a potential successor to Pope John Paul II, died at age 76 after a long illness.

Church officials said Cardinal Neves died Sept. 8 in a Rome clinic. No cause of death was given , but he was known to have suffered for years from diabetes and kidney problems.

As head of the Brazilian bishops' conference from 1995 to 1998, Cardinal Neves sought to ease tensions between Brazilian church activists and the Vatican. He became head the Congregation for Bishops from 1998 until his retirement for health reasons in 2000.

Bishop criticizes Hai ti fo rf ailing to p rotect citizens f rom scheme

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bishop Guire Poulard of Jacmel , vice president of the Haitian bishops ' conference, criticized President Jean-Bertrand Aristide for failing to protect Haitians who lost their life savings to pyramid cooperatives that collapsed in recent months.

Bishop Poulard said Aristide even encouraged Haitians to invest in the cooperatives , which promised return s of 10-12 percent per month. Economists and bankers had warned against investing in the schemes.

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Fall Fes t invites young adults to look at 'God - A Really Bio, Issue '

Young adults are "the present ," said Mary Jansen of the Archdiocese 's Office of Young Adult Ministry. "They are our parents, teachers , business people. They serve on parish councils - at least they should. " The U.S. population include s 40 percent young adults , people in their 20s and 30s, according to a stud y by Georgetown University, Ms. Jansen said. "There are young adults in our population ," she said. "Why are they not in our church?"

There lies the rub , the reason she and Young Adult Ministry Director, San Rafael Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox, work hard every year to organize a day-long retreat known as Fall Fest, to be held this year on Oct. 19.

Young adults are in a searching stage, when peop le move from the faith of their childhoods to a personal faith , according to Ms. Jansen. People in this phase typically ask a lot of questions , she said. "Fall Fest allows young adults to search and seek within the Catholic context," she said.

A lot of "searchers" end up leaving the Church , she said.

"We as a Church need to be open to that searching stage," she said.

It 's the Church's job , she believes, to invite them, and to tell them, "You really do need us. We want to be there to walk beside you."

God - A really big issue. Where is God in the story of our lives?" This is the theme of Fall Fest, and the top ic of Sister Wilcox 's keynote address.

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This workshop will help clarify the vocation of Catholic laity to witness to the faith, in public as well as in private and to transform society by living out the Christian vocation with courage and justice. Julie has a Master's in Religion in Society from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, (repeated C-02)

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Dancing with God Mrs. Christine Watkins

The goal of this workshop is to experience dance as an enjoyable and meaningful form of worship and an embodied statement of the soul in prayer.

Through fun and reflective exercises, we will dis¦ cover that dance and movement are healing and our birthright , and we will learn how our bodies can mirror the deepest and truest aspects of ourselves. We will begin with prayer and an easy warm up with simple yoga stretches and finish by creating a dance ritual together. Please wear comfortable clothing. No previous dance experience is necessary. To ensure comfort and confidence , all movement will be done as a group. Christine works as a spiritual director at the Spiritual Life Center in San Francisco, (repeated B-03) A-03

What 's Unique About Catholicism?

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The sacramental princip le , once recognized and relaxed into , reveals a world dripping with God's love. Come hear Fr. Dave's insights, as we explore the Sacramental Theology of our "uniBversal" faith. Fr. Dave is Assistant to the Moderater of the Curia and co-authored Following in the Footsteps ojJ esus with Rev. Gerald Coleman, (not repeated)

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Discovering Your Life Purpose Mr. George Fleming

What is your Life Purpose? Are you clear and passionate about why you are here on this planet? How is God calling you? Do you love your life and work? What would a fulfilling life look like ¦ for you? We spend our lives looking for the happ iness, inner peace , and true fulfillment tha t only an authentic , intentional life of purpo se can offer. But too often we look

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We Have a God Concerned Abou t Image, Too! Sr. Rebecca Shinas , OP

Are you concerned about your image, well, so is God! How do you picture God? What clues do you get from the Scriptures of how God looks , talks , thinks , acts , works, feels, loves , cries, laughs , and creates ! Come and experience this awesome God through song, prayer, and storytelling ! Who knows, maybe , we'll all come out with a new image! Sr. Rebecca ministers at St. Charles Parish in Livermore with young adult sp iritual formation , (no t repeated)

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Faith and Imagination: Finding God in a World that Breaks Our Hearts Rev. Mark Ravizzct, SJ

What justi fies hope in the face of violence and B suffering? How do we find God in a world that BE H frequently disappoints us and breaks our hearts ?

1 What role does the imagination play in contem¦ porary Christian life? This workshop will begin to add ress these questions by exploring the relationshi p between faith and the imagination. Drawing on a variety of sources including scripture , film and litera ture we will explore how a Catholic imagination can help us respond to experiences of loss and suffering in our modern world. Fr. Mark is an Associate Professor of Philosop hy at Santa Clara University, (repeated B-06)

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Unity in Diversity, Welcoming the Stranger Mr. R. Christop h Sandoval

j gff§|k. The Universal Call to Holiness calls us to Unity IE ill in Diversity. This dynamic presentation presents Wgm f the tradition of Welcoming the Stranger Among JSk I Us in American Catholic History and Spirituality, ^^^^M Opening the door to the exchange of gills among African-Americans , Asian Pacific Islanders , Hispanic , Communities of Mixed Heritage and White Europeans will require " the encounter with the living Jesus Christ " which is the "path to conversion, communion and solidarity " according to His Holiness John Paul II. This session explores the bridges and barriers to achieving this vision of a Community of Communities in Christ. Will you respond to the call to Conversion , Communion and Solidarity ? Chris is the Director of the Multicultural AIDS Resource Center of California and is in preparation for the Archdiocesan Permanent Diaconate. (not repeated)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco He has a rich spiritual presence that he continues to share with young adults.

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Room with a "Dieu " Rabbi Mikke Bourne, Rev. Gerry O'Rourke and Imam Abu Oadir Al-Amin

How do we invite God into our private p hysical spaces? As young adults we work and live within a diverse society of different religions and beliefs. Facilitated by Fr. Gerry, this interfaith panel of a Muslim Imam and a Jewish Rabbi will share how their faiths worship God. Long time collaborators on Interfaith Relations , these dynamic speakers will show how we can work together to learn from each other as we pray and invite the same God into our private physical space.

Rabbi Mikki is the Director of a Jewish Community "Spiritual Care for the Elderl y " Project. Fr. Gerry is the Director of the Archdiocesan Office of Ecumenical Affairs .

Mr. Al-Amin is a spiritual leader for the San Francisco Muslim community Center, (not repeated)

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Saints of the Millennium Rev. Kenneth Westry

Come learn about the saints for our generation. Saints model dail y Christian living and we can look to them for insp iration , guidance, and knowledge. Who are your Saints of the Millennium? Fr . Ken is the pastor at St. Sebastian and serves as a boardmember on the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, Catholic Chariti es and Junipero Serra House, (not repeated)

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Paths to Peace in the Face of Conflict Sr. Michelle L'Allier, OSF

|b| Come and explore paths to peace in this partici9 pative workshop . Discerning God's presence in the midst of restlessness , dis-ease and conflict is a challenge , yet is what may empower us to risk * ^ \J ™ ™ being instruments of peace wherever we are . We will learn skills to strengthen our capacity to be at peace with ourselves, in our interpersonal relationshi ps and in our communities. Let us join together in a collective learning environment to further peace in our own hearts and in our world! Sr. Michelle is young adult ministry coordinator at St. Joseph's in Fremont and St. Edward's in Newark, (repeated C-01)

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Human Dignity and the Redemptive Power of God's Word Rev. William Myers

Our unredeemed nature tends toward disgrace.

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own lives and our call to be there for those who are most despicable? Fr. William serves at St. Anne of the Sunset Parish and works extensivel y with those who have found themselves in impoverished circumstances, (repeated C-03)

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Catholic Sexuality: A Call to Love Mr. R. Christop h Sandoval

Wh y do we loo often settle in life? Sell ourselves and each other short? Too often , we settle for hollow substitutes in life that we hope to pass off as true fulfillment. God did not create us to live b y fear , scarcity, and p laying small. God invites each of us to step full y into our magnificence and to live with courage , passion , and faith! In this interactive workshop, discover where you are p laying small and settling, why you choose this path at limes , and how to start living full y in all areas of our lives! (not repealed)

This interactive presentation exp lores the definition of Catholic Sexuality, stages of spiritual growth, and offers insight about the purpo se and meaning of life. There is a direct correlation between the interior and exterior life. His Holiness John Paul II echoes the biblical call " to take our nets out into the deep " in relationship with God and one another.

Am I on the journey? Am I following the footsteps of Jesus?

Am I a carrier of Christ's love? Journey with us as we explore the depths of how we connect our spiritual life to our sexuality and the secular world in which we live, (repeated C-06)

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The Call is from God; The Response? That's Up to Me! Rev. Brian Crawford , OSJ and Panel

Come and hear some young adults talk about their response to God's call to a life of consecration and service. They will speak about the blessings and strugg les of hearing God's call and then responding-and then continuing to respond! Be a part of this panel discussion by asking them questions , and be sure to make them challenging! Who knows , maybe you will come away with a better sense of God's call for you and how you can best respond, (repeated C-05)

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Who does not want Both Jesus and the Buddha are con BL ^^M lo be happy? " f m slant reminders lo us thai we do not have to live B' ' ' A 1* JH hard , suffering lives; thai Joy, Peace , Love , K^H Happ iness and all ihe wonderfu l qualities of life that we seek are our birthri ght. In this workshop we will explore and learn ways to practice the secret to a happy, enlig htened life : Compassionate Mindful Awareness. Sr. Phil has been a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur since 1963, and has practiced Zen since 1982. (repealed C-07)

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Stump the Priest Rev. David M. Pettingill

Have you ever had a question about our Catholic faith that puzzled you? Tired of reading the Catechism for answers.

Come ask Fr. Dave. He will entertain and inspire you as he helps unlock some of the mystery of our faith, (not repeated) C-05

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By Victor Reklaitis Catholic News Service WASHINGTO N (CNS) — While a decline in giving to churc h organizations by Catholics in the Boston area is being attributed to the clergy sex abuse problem , other dioceses across the country have experienced increased giving or blame the slump ing slock market for their financial woes.

In the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Diocese of Sacramento, fund-raising drives actually surpassed expectations.

In Sacramento , a capital campai gn with a $50 million goal called "Preserving Our Past ... Building Our Future " raised more than $70 million.

Church leaders there made a point of telling parishioners that funds raised by the campai gn would go to specific projects supporting schools, food banks , seminarians, retired priests , the cathedral and parishes. The Diocese of Sacramento has not been hit hard by cases of clergy sex abuse .

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Appeal collected $12. 1 million , $702,000 over its goal and the hi ghest amount raised in the appeal' s 53-year history.

The money will go to schools , parishes and community outreach programs.

"We ate extremel y p leased with the results . . . considering the economic conditions and volatile markets ," said appeal director Teresa Mann.

St. Louis has had its share of clergy sex abuse problems , with a former pastor with a history of child molestation laicized in earl y August.

Boston has been hit hard , and the news there about Catholic giving is bad. The Archdiocese of Boston reportedl y lost $10 million in revenue this year, with contributions to its annual Cardinal ' s Appeal down by about 30 percent. It has cut its operating budget , affecting parochial schools , urban parishes and other church programs.

The Boston office of Catholic Charities lost $ 118 ,000 in donations compared lo last year, taking in $7.9 million. It canceled fund-raisers such as an annual garden party at

O'Shea arrested on new charges A San Francisco grand jury last Friday indicted Monsignor Patrick O'Shea for allegedly molesting a former Mission Dolores altar boy in the late 1960' s.

O'Shea, who has been forbidden to exercise his priestl y ministry, was arraigned this week and is being held on $5 million bond. He faces 22 counts of molestation and lewd conduct with a minor. O'Shea is accused of molesting a boy, now in his forties when he was 11. The allegations are similar to those of several other men who claimed they were abused by him as boys on vacation trips with the priest.

Msgr. O'Shea was pastor of San Francisco's St. Cecilia parish in 1994 when police alerted the Archdiocese that he was under investigation for the sexual abuse of children.

He was removed as pastor by former Archbishop Joh n R. Quinn and later forbidden to exercise his priestly ministry. fn 1995, O'Shea was arrested and charged with several counts of child sexual abuse. Those charges were thrown out in 1997 because of problems with the State 's statute of limitations. The legislature altered the statute in 1998, extending

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The current charges against O'Shea involve a man who was not among those who originall y made a complaint against him. His allegations were broug ht to the attention of the District Attorney a few months ago and on Friday prosecutors filed the new 22 count indictm ent well within the one year time frame, according to DA spokesman Mark MacNamara.

In May, at the request of the District Attorney, the Archdiocese turned over all information pertaining to allegations of abuse of a minor by all diocesan employees dating back more than fifty years. In light of current investigations, MacNamara expects , "there will be others that will be brought before the grand jury shortly."

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Cardinal Bernard F. Law 's residence and an annual golf tournament called the Cardinal' s Cup. The drop in giving to Catholic Charities in Boston was not as great as officials feared , thanks in part to a "virtual garden party," which asked for donations by mail, and contributions insp ired b y media coverage of the charity 's fund-raising difficulties.

Chuck Zech, an economics professor at Villanova University in Pennsy lvania who studies Catholic giving, said overall fewer Catholics are donating to church organizations , but the average amount given has increased slightl y.

With the exception of Boston , Zech said the drop in donations has not been as great as many analysts expected , because while fewer individual Catholics are putting money in the collection plate major donors are still giving.

Big contributors may be giving more since the church is going throug h a challeng ing time , he added.

Zech told Catholic News Service that he based his conclusions on anecdotal evidence from dioceses across the nation.

New Hampshire 's Catholic Charities office is behind in its annual fund drive , but a spokeswoman there said the stock market downturn that has affected all nonprofit organizations is more to blame than the clergy sex abuse problem. With a goal of $3.3 million and $2.7 million raised so far, the drive has collected $400,000 less than it had by this time last year.

"We're watching the market, because it does affect us, and we're making adjustments as necessary," said finance director Michael Gorman of the Archdiocese of Detroit, which has also suffered financiall y from slumping stocks. Archdiocesan stock holdings are down about 20 percent this year.

Gorman told The Michigan Catholic, newspaper for the Archdiocese of Detroit , that he has had to cut spending on parish projects.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - A group of top Christian scholars, echoing a statement last month by a CatholicJewish consultation , has called on Christians not to target Jews for conversion.

The scholars, including prominent Catholics, said that revising Christian teaching about Judaism and the Jewish people are an "indispensable obligation of theology in our time. " "God's covenant with the Jewish people endures forever," the scholars said. They sharp ly repudiated "supersessionism," the once-common Christian belief that God' s covenant with the followers of Christ has replaced or superseded his covenant with the Jewish people.

The statement was issued in six languages in Boston Sept. 5 b y the ecumenical Christian Scholars Group on ChristianJewish Relations. It is titled "A Sacred Obli gation : Rethinking Christian Faith in Relation to Judaism and the Jewish People."

"In view of our conviction that Jews are in an eternal covenant with God, we renounce missionary efforts directed at converting Jews," it said.

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That document grew out of a consultation involving the National Council of Synagogues and the U.S. Catholic bishops ' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.

Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, the bishops ' moderator for Catholic-Jewish relations , called the reflection "a significant step forward in the dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Jewish community in this country."

"Here one can see, perhaps more clearly than ever before , an essential compatibility, along with equally significant differences, between the Christian and Jewish understandings of God' s call to both our peoples to witness to the name of the one God to the world in harmony," he added.

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By Patrick Joyce Representatives of world reli gions gathered al St. Mary 's Cathedral Sept. 11 to, in the words of Archbishop William J. Levada , "seek love , justice and peace for our wounded world."

The evening service concluded a daylong series of events that began with an 8 a.m. Mass and saw the cathedral filled with elementary and high school students for two other services marking the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America.

"We are diverse but always answering the summons of the great God who has given us life ," Archbishop Levada told the evening gathering of representatives of Christian, Muslim , Jewish, and Asian religions. ". . , We come together to remember, to recall, to lift up in prayer the tragic events of a year ago and particularl y of those who lost their lives."

The attacks have "made us conscious of our vulnerability as a nation ," the archbishop said. "But our fai th has lifted us up, has sustained us in our common beliefs: respect for life, compassion for the suffering, and the mercy of a great God." Citing Pope Paul VI s cry: Never again war," Archbishop Levada said, "We are challenged to turn to our God to overturn the roots of violence. " Bishop Anthimos of Olympos , his voice breaking with emotion, put the terrorist attacks in a personal perspective for the gathering as he spoke of his visit to Ground Zero in New York two months ago. When he lived .in New York, Bishop Anthimos, head of the Greek Orthodox diocese of San Francisco, had frequently celebrated liturgies at a church near the World Trade Center.

For months, he hesitated about going back , because of what he knew he would see. When he finally visited the site of the twin towers, he said, "I felt a vacuum, a big hole in my heart when I saw the big hole and when I saw the hole where our tiny church had stood. " The Rev. Sumner Wells of the Episcopal Diocese of California devoted his presentation to a reading of the 13th chapter of St. Paul' s Epistle to the Roman s, beginning: "You know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of ligh t . . ."

The Rev. James DiEgidio of the Central Presbytery of San Francisco prayed not onl y for the victims of the attac ks but foi their killers. "We remember them all before you , mindful of your mercy," he prayed .

Chanting "om " - "an eternal sign representing peace and God" - at the beginning of her presentation , Sister Chandru Desai of the Brahma Kumaris Center said the world reli gions should be "uniting our strength for the good of humanity."

"May there be peace , perfect peace," she said. "God's love gives us new life. .. .

Peace is the canopy of the perfect undei which no shadow of evil can exist."

The Rev. Douglas Fi tch, pastor of Glide Memorial Church , chose for his text , Deuteronomy 30: "1 have set before you life and death , the blessing and the curse.

Choose life .. ."

"Resentment and revenge are unhealth y passions . . . they stifle and strangle us ," the Methodist minister said. Now, "on the brink of war," he said, Americans can choose another path .

"In suffering we discover our common humanity. We do not have to escape our pain but to transform it from an expression of despair into hope," Rev. Fitch said, citing the prayer of a victim of the Holocaust: "Lord, remember not only the men and women of good will but those of ill will. " In the final prayer, Iftekhar Hai of the United Muslims of America said the Koran speaks of "our common God, one God who created all of us, who possesses love, compassion and mercy." This God, he said, calls on his followers "to love one 's enemy."

Teach us, how to love and care for each other, in time of pain , suffering and illness," he prayed .

At the noon Mass for high school students , Auxiliary Bishop John Wester spoke of the "theme of unity " - in the heroism of Sept. 11 last year, in the remembrance services this year and in Christian teaching.

This unity was seen in a family — mother, father and children — who came to a church late at ni ght to pray for a daughter and sister who was one of those killed at the World Trade Center, in the passengers who came together to fight the hijackers on Flight 93, and in the many stories of "a husband who had wanted to be with his wife, a wife who had wanted to be with her husband . .. " That "impetus to be one" is part of the WOUNDED WORLD, page 21

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Tributes and memories of September 11

A flag-covered Washington Square serves as a backdrop for some of the memorials done by Catholic school students for September 11.

Upper left: Bearing almost 400 names of students, faculty and staff of St. Isabella Elementary School, San Rafael, this patch is now part of the Heart of America Quilt, unveiled in Fairfield, Maine on Sept.

11. At the center of the square are Hands of Peace , designed by eighth grader, Elizabeth Hertzberg with a border by fifth grader Paige Kromhout. Belinda Hallmark, mom of fourth grader Alexandra and first j grader Nicholas, coordinated the tribute.

Left: Fifth graders at Immaculate Heart of Mary | Elementary School, Belmont, built a memorial of the j World Trade Center as a tribute to those lost in the September 11 tragedy. From left: Colleen Neary, Caitlin Tamony, John Milestone.

Above: Students at San Francisco 's Immaculate Conception Academy painted several murals in the cafeteria of the Mission District school in memory of those killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The artwork, in progress for almost a year and recently blessed, includes flames, the flag, angels, the sun and a dove of peace.

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College Preparatory. From left: Iftekhar Hai, United Muslims of America; Swami Vedananda, Vedanta Society of Northern California; the Rev. James DiEgidio and the Rev. Virsten Choy, General Presbytery of San Francisco; Creek Orthodox Bishop Anthimos of Olympos; Archbishop William J. Levada.

The "Second Station of the Cross/ ' done by a Sister of Social Service.

A memorial montage by Tammy Nguyen of Sacred Heart College Preparatory.

Participants in the high school Mass. The choir from St. Paul of the Shipwreck sings at the evening service. Candlelight ceremony at the interfaith service. Students from St. Anne of the Sunset School, at the elementary school service . Xiaochun At, of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish, signs the book of remembrance. Center: white birds of peace are released on the cathedral plaza.

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Jj CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO The art of sp irituality If truth were told, there is a strain of resistance in us that respectfully declines to heed the call for a greater focus on the "spiritual" aspects of our existence. We are "tangled with earth all ways we move," in the words of poet Janet Lewis, and our vision all too often is limited to the temporary over the eternal.

But in our defense, we are beings of a physical world. It is through the physical senses of our human bodies that we perceive and relate to the world much of the time. Perhaps then it is no surprise that our culture is one that seems, at every moment, to present us with options, not to satisfy, but to titillate our physical nature.

For some of us, the reluctance to let go of the physical dimension, even a little bit , and to move tentatively into the realm of the spiritual is a hesitation that grows out of fear and misunderstanding. Moving into a spiritual dimension seems to be taking a step into thin air - a step that require s courage.

We also are limited by shortfalls in our imagination and understanding. Despite the huge number of volumes available under the heading of "spirituality, " many of us would be hard pressed to say what the word really means.

That is why we, who exist in the category of "sinners with small faith ," were happy to come upon the first book by anthropolog ist Gina Bria, entitled "The Art of Family: Rituals, Imagination and Everyday Spirituality. " In strange ways, the views of this young American, a married woman with children , correspond to the views of an elderly European man, Pope John Paul U. The Holy Father repeatedly has called upon Catholics the world over to base their lives more on eternal and spiritual values, rather than on transitory and false values of the physical world.

Echoing this sentiment, albeit in a contemporary idiom, Bria urges a focus on the spiritual, particularly in the family. "Spirituality is our relationship with God", she writes.

At World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto several weeks ago, the Holy Father told hundreds of thousands of young people, "The world you are inheriting is a world which desperately needs a new sense of brotherhood and human solidarity. It is a world, which needs to be touched and healed by the beauty and richness of God' s love. It needs witnesses to that love."

Spirituality means being informed by the spirit of God and accepting the reality of a spiritual world. Spiritu ality is to live not in the denial of the material world, but in cooperation with it, not in denial of the intellectual and ration al dimension, but in conjunction with it.

An agreed-upon principle is that spirituality begins with heroism.

Spiritual identity and spiritu al quests lie at the heart of heroic efforts and heroic moments. And these quests are not about winning adulation, they are about being lost and not knowing what to do, indeed not knowing even who one is, but finding out throu gh trial.

In beginning this journey, what is needed foremost is courage.

There are risks involved in becoming a seeker, while to hold off seeking life 's answers is a safe place to live. But spiritual growth comes from taking a first step .

In Toronto, the Pope told young people, "On a hillside near the lake of Galilee, Jesus ' disciples listened to his gentle and urgent voice; as gentle as the landscape of Galilee itself, as urgent as a call to choose between life and death, between truth and falsehood. The Lord spoke words of life that would echo forever in the hearts of his followers.

Today he is speaking the same words to you."

To be tied to life, we have to care, to observe, and to listen. It is the myriad of particulars that define a person. We become aware of how frail we are, yet how miraculous - how close to vulnerability we live , how dependent we are on one another to hang onto life. This is the art of inspired spiritual listening, which enables us to put ourselves in the other 's shoes.

The miraculous , the sacred, is something that shows itself , but only momentarily, Bria writes. She says we not only must train ourselves to look and be willing to recognize a sacred moment when it shows itself , we must be willing to let it go and try not to capture, cement, or solidify it for our safety 's sake. To do so is to violate its essential nature and what it does reveal to us, which is that we must live for many stretches in the dark.

Writing of contemporary spirituality, Bria says, "We must live from one rope swing to the next. Not only must we be willing to recognize that moment but have the faith to let go, to trust the next moment will arrive, it awaits us. We must be looking forward to the next time when the sacred will show itself to us. This is how one lives a life of faith, looking for the sacred, inviting it in, making a place for it. A life lived this way is an act of faith."

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Catholics for abortion

Congratulations on your excellent editorial of 13 September regarding Governor Davis ' efforts to enshrine abortion as a permanent and inalienable right in California. This in a State which will expend thousands of dollars and considerable labor to rescue a beached whale.

Disguising this grisl y procedure as a matter of 'choice ', the Governor convenientl y ignores the unborn child' s right to choose life.

He ignores the fact that some 4,200 innocent babies are surgically aborted every single day in America and thousands more through the ever increasingly efficient array of abortifacients.

It is especially sad to see how so many pious Catholic politicians like Davis, Eshoo, Pelosi, Shelley, Speier, Newsom and others ignore the Church's teaching on abortion for a few votes - unfortunately, far too many votes from our Catholic friends I"""" and neighbors.

Arthur J. Brew Mountain View

Davis against life

Thank you for printing the editorial, "No reason to rejoice," in your Sept. 13th issue. In it you reported that Gray Davis signed four bills in City Hall Plaza to protect a woman 's right to choose. Those words make killing unborn babies sound very clinical and lead young girls away from the truth .

Now in California nurse practitioners will be doing RU486 abortions on minor girls without parental approval. The safety of this drug has not been proven, There is now nothing to prevent these services from being provided in a school health setting , Is it any wonder that we want our children out of the public schools? Evil is running rampant because the good do nothing. We can show our force by refusing to elect pro-choice candidates...and by our prayers.

Why would we put Gray Davis back in the Governors seat when he is proudly challenging our Holy Father who pleads with us to respect all life, especially the most vulnerable, the unborn.

Claire Rogus San Mateo

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Inasmuch as he does not recommend the same dismissal for the same reasons applied to homosexuals attracted to male adults, should we conclude that Fr. Coleman considers the homosexual sin of man-with-man less heinous and thus more tolerable? This contradicts Catechism teaching that any form of homosexual activity is intrinsically disordered and can never be approved.

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statement that distinctions should be made between a repeat and single instance child abuser. This intersection on single vs. serial begs the question: When a young male child near or in puberty is molested by a single instance offender is the child somehow less scarred and emotionall y shattered than he would be at the hands of a serial rapist? The testimonies of sing le instance victims would indicate otherwise.

Fr. Coleman carries his notion differences in child abuse offenses a bit further in his description of a close friend's invol vement in a complaint within the last decade involving a teenage boy. Fr. Coleman likens this cloudy event in the priest 's life to a single snapshot in a long film dedicated to parish, people, ministry, etc., and states that "even if the snapshot unhappily proves to be a part of the film," he believes the priest 's film [life] will remain "a great and honorable movie.

Obviously the focus of the child victim in this scenario would be rivited exclusively, solely on the single horror scene permanently engraved on his heart.

As Fr.Coleman rightly suggests, we should have compassion for priest offenders . Unfortunately, the subjectivity of his personal view diminishes the irreparable harm they have done to innocents, and the resultant scandal and disgrace suffered by the Church.

Jane Sears Buriingame

No preemptive strike

I wish to comment on your excellent article of September 6, "Preemptive strike against Iraq."

I hope that the national government will have the common sense to avoid repeating a unilateral, preemptive military action mimicking the aggressor nations of the past.

Politicians have short memories. How quick they ignore this country's last folly, in Southeast Asia, accomplished at the cost of 58,000 dead and tens ol thousands of service people wounded and crippled for life.

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I do not know whether we should commit to an offensive against Iraq.

I suspect our national leaders have much more knowledge and insi ght into these very weighty questions. It is fitting that I not know.

As a former Air Force Intelligence officer I am amused to have recentl y observed the birth of an inordinate numbei of overnight military strategists, political scientists, foreign relations advisors in oui midst Nearly every American has formed opinions, on a subject which we may have actually little background .

In the past, I have had access to information that is not openl y public , nor should it be or the American peop le would nol sleep at ni ght. And I have silentl y observed the inaccuracies presented to the American peop le about the true situation. Each reporter is transformed into a self-appointed expert on tactical and strateg ic military operations and dares to make predictions as to the future acts of internationall y recognized terrorist leaders. Have we forgotten 9/11?

I assure you the US military has no great desire to engage in unnecessary conflicts - for it is to place their/our own lives at stake. To depict men and women in the service as eager and willing instruments of violenc e is ludicrous. To insinuate such of any Presidential Administration is even more so. We serve because we know someone must, and we know that sometimes we must risk our lives for a higher ideal.

Catholics of all people should understand this service.

And in favor of President Bush, may we consider his capable leadershi p in the post 9/11 affairs? And do we recall his seeking the counsel of our Hol y Father in LETTERS , page 21

Sp irituality

Today's challenge: being missionaries to secularity This past summer, the religious community I belong to, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, sponsored a symposium , "Missionaries to Secularity, " at St. Paul University, Ottawa.

We' re a missionary order who are now convinced that the most complex and demanding missionary task in the world today is that of being missionaries within the culture of secularity.

In the Western world, as we know, our churches do pretty well with those who walk through our doors on Sunday but , and this is the problem , fewer and fewer people are walking through those doors. We seem to know what lo do with people once they come to church , but we no longer know how to get them there.

With this in mind , we gathered a group of people, lay and clergy, all of whom brought a depth of missionary and pastoral experience, for three days of reflection. Our resource persons included lohn Shea, Richard Rohr, Gilles Routiner , Michael Downey, and Vivian Labile.

We didn ' t write up any manifestoes at the end , but , based on our conversations and the insi ghts of our resource persons, we did write up a series of "missiological princi ples" which can, we feel , point us in the right direction. What are these princi p les? Here are 10 of them: We are at a new place today in terms of the faith.

Adaptation of what has worked in the past may not be enough.

We need to re-inflame the romantic imagination within Christianity.

Secularity is not the enemy ; it 's our own child, sprung from Judeo-Christian roots. Like any adolescent child , suffering from an understandable youthful grandiosity, it 's not bad , just unfinished. Our relationshi p to it shouldn 't be adversarial , but one of solicitude. The "soil" of secularity is defined b y lesus in the parable of the sower — some ground is good, some hostile, some indifferent — but the fact that some ground is hostile or indifferent does not absolve us from tire mandate to keep on

sowing.

Spirituality is peop le 's birthri ght. The secular culture hungers for spirituality, but is largely spirituall y illiterate , People go where they get fed.

Recovering the tradition is a great labor. We must seek tc recover the core, heart , of our tradition , beyond its encrusted accretions , and then put our own passion to that heart . We must work at finding our own faith voice and then speak in an invitational way.

A potential ly fertile image of Christ for our time might well be Christ in his self-emptying. This image expresses a love which g ives itself and seeks nothing in retu rn , incarnates God' s presence without pretense, reveals a God of total nonviolence and vulnerability, a God of pure invitation , and a God who accepts the provisionality of everything. Jesus ' essential message is a universal message of vulnerability that all people need to hear.

Given this self-emptying God, we might remind ourselves that shining in the mission of Christ does not always mean using words about Jesus. God can give us permission , when necessary, to take a holiday from reli gious language.

As a fai th community we are in exile — from the power, possessiveness and prestige of the past — but we should remember that all transformation happens in exile because that is the only time God can get at us. We need to stay with the pai n, the exile , the kenosis, and hold the tension long enough until it changes us.

There are four aspects of the church that people still do accept: the church as an agency to serve the poor, the church as delivering the rites of passage, the church as a voice within ethical discourse, and the church as a "beautiful heritage." But we must be careful to not let ourselves be identified with onl y these. Perhaps , too, we are asking our parishes to carry too

many things. Parish and mission are not coterminous. We need to ask ourselves: Do we need new structures, beyond and outside the parish , new "missiolog ical" structures to supplement what parishes can do? Can we dream of new "ecclesial houses"?

The Gospel is ulti mately about God rescuing the poor. Part of evangelization is the movement to eliminate poverty. The church is a bi g international body and it could do a lot, international ly, regarding poverty. But , if we want to work for the poor, we must free ourselves from too much reliance on dogma and rely more upon human solidarity.

There are human foundations , solid ones, for moral progress within our culture and we need to accept this and widen the pool of sincere people with whom we form one bod y to work for a better world. Excessive stress on denominational identification can nanow the body. Interreli gious dialogue must lead us back to a common humanity. We need to commit ourselves not just to the bapti zed, but to all people of sincerity and good will.

Father Ron Rolheiser

Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, a theologian, teacher and award-winning author, serves in Rome as general councilor f o r Canada f o r the Obla tes of Mary Immaculate.

Family Lif e

Learning to ride, discovering new j oys "You ' ve put it off long enough, Gabe," I said. "It's time. " He made a face and sighed , resigned to his fate.

Gabe was the onl y 8-year-old in the nei ghborhood who was still using training wheels. Family bike rides always meant waiting for Gabe to catch up. Teaching him lo ride was on the top of my list of summer projects , but he 'd been making excuses for months. Now here it was, the last day of August. Soon the fall rains would come, and the bikes would go back in the garage.

I found a wrench and unhooked the training wheels from the compact blue bike. Then we wheeled it down to the Lutheran churc h near our home. The parking lot was large and flat , with onl y an occasional p lanting box to run into.

"Most peop le crash a lot when they ' re first learning to ride ," I explained , try ing to be both realistic and positive.

"It may take you more than one lesson to get the hang of it.

But if you keep trying, you 'll learn ."

"Did Lucas crash?"

"A few times, " I said , recalling Lucas ' teary face and skinned knees. "But you ' re older than he was, " "And once you learn, you never forget how," said Lucas. "See?" He took both hands off the handlebars of his bike and zipped across the lot.

"That 's true ," I said. "Here , get on."

Gabe slipped onto the bicycle and positioned the pedal at the top . I put one hand on the handlebar and the other on the back of the seat. "I'll be right beside you. Read y ?" He nodded. "OK , go!"

He pushed down with one foot , then the other. I ran along beside , steadying the bike. Then I let go and waited for the crash.

It didn 't come. Instead , Gabe pedaled forward another 30 feet , then braked to a smooth stop.

"Gabe, you were biking !"

A shy smile crept over his face. "I need to practice steering, " he said.

I turned him around and helped him get started again.

The bike wobbled , then shot forward . This time he went farther than before .

Lucas and I clapped and cheered. "You rock, Gabe!" shouted Lucas.

"See if you can make it to the mail box," I said.

I ran beside him, remembering my own father running next to me, yelling advice and encouragement, then helping me up from the rose bushes where I crashed. Who 'd have thought Gabe would turn out to be a natural ?

Soon Gabe was riding figure-ei ghts around the parking lot. He learned to start without my help and stop when he needed to. His face glowed with confidence. "Biking ' s

fun ," he tol d me.

"Yeah, that 's what we ' ve been trying to tell you. " I watched with pride as he circled the lot again. I wondered if God , our heavenly parent , feels the same pride when we take new steps on the path laid out for us.

God constantl y invites us into new adventures. Like Gabe, we may hang back at first , afraid of the unknown.

But God runs beside us, read y to steady us when we waver or pick us up when we crash. When we trust in God's love and move forward , we discover joys we ' ve never known.

Last weekend, we took a ride around the nei ghborhood. I had to pedal hard to keep up with Gabe.

Christine Dubois

Christine Dubois is a widely published freelance write r who lives with her family near Seattle.

Contact her at: chriscolumn@juno.com.

Good Grounds

Time to seek forgiveness, a time to hope G.K. Chesterton said, "hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances we know to be desperate. " There seems to be no shortage of desperate circumstances in which we find ourselves these days. War in the middle east threatens to engulf us; strife and confusion strike at the Catholic Church and the faithful in the United States; our own personal straggles with different levels compound our daily struggles of our regular lives. Desperate times? You bet.

Among the issues facing our Church today is the search for ways to address the sorrow, pain, confusion and dismay at what may have been an avoidable scandal . Child abuse in any form, whether of children or teenagers, is reprehensible and, it seems, inexplicably a universal part of the human society.

Noted sociologist and Catholic priest , Andrew Greeley says, "Sexual abuse of children is an enormous problem and probably has plagued us through the whole history of the species.

Pedophiles are both men and women, both gay and strai ght ,

both married and unmarried. Anyone who knows anything about the subject understands that celibacy doesn 't make a pedophile and marriage doesn 't cure one."

That this abuse appears in the Catholic community and in the priesthood is no great surprise. Shocking, yes; surprise, no.

That some bishops chose not to address the issue fully and well when they encountered it, is surely a sign that we do not think and act as God would have us do. If nothing else proves that we are an institution made up of humans who make grievous, even evil, mistakes that often harm other humans, this current scandal must make it clear.

Recently, I connected with a friend, a priest from another stale, who let me know he would not be practicing as a priest any longer. Though allegations of abuse were brought against him , the district attorney determined there wasn ' t enough credible evidence to take the case to trial. Since the case didn 't go to trial and my friend was never "acquitted," of the charges, he

now believes that no bishop in the United States will allow him to minister in his diocese. And, quite frankly, that 's the way it's going to go for a while.

That same day, a friend revealed that a priest had abused her when she was a child. She has deal t with the issues that created for her and for her faith. She has confronted the priest, the Church and herself in seeking healing and reconciliation. 1 was deeply touched by her candor and her forgiveness of the man who, abusing his position, abused her.

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SCRIPTURE ©L ITURGY The All-holy calls us to a new experience When we call God "holy" in the context of Scripture, we mean that God is "other." To be more specific, God is other than Twentyfifth Sunday in Ordinary Time we are; to be more blunt , God is not like us at all, Isn 't that wonIsaiah 55:6-9; Psalm 145; Philippians 1: 20c-24, 27a; derful and consoling? At our worst moments we can author Matthew 20: l-16a chaos, division, hurt feelings, and barriers of prejudice. God is not like any of that, but we can easily project onto God what are our ways of reacting and miss out on what is uniquely God's. be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me This Sunday's liturgy of the Word let us into God's otherness in life is Christ, and death is gain. If I go on "iving in die flesh, that the hope that it will rub off on us. means fruitful labor for me. And I do not know which I shall Isaiah, the first reading proclaimed in our Sunday assemchoose. I am caught between the two. I long to depart this life bly, makes present the Other's invitation to a graced relationand be with Christ, for that is far better. Yet that I remain in the ship with God: "Seek the Lord while he may be found, call him flesh is more necessary for your benefit," There is such sereniwhile he is near. Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the ty here, where Paul helps us to breathe with him the gracious air wicked his thoughts; let him turn to the Lord for mercy; to our of the kingdom, where dying and rising are the rhythms of both God, who is generous in forgiving." the here and hereafter, where love for the community and for The merciful , All-holy beckons us to approach for a new Christ go hand in hand. experience of his mercy in which we can be reborn. Incredible Something unexpected can happen to us as we assemble though this invitation may seem, it is more real than anything for Sunday worship, The Word proclaimed to us can enable us else because it opens up the heart of God to us: "For my Pay without work is the order of the kingdom. Yes, in the to walk around inside God 's kingdom in which "the last will be thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so language of the parable. To be part of God 's kingdom is God's fust." In fact we can be so "taken in " that we will choose to live high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above free, "generous" gift to us, not something we can claim as owed this vision and reimagine our own lives.

Questions for Small Communities to us because of what we have done. Jesus was bom into that your thoughts."

How do you listen to the Word of God's gracious love?

Isaiah prepares us for the gospel selection from Matthew, kingdom through his death and resurrection, and at Sunday What obstacles do you offer that prevent you from hearing the parable of "a landowner went out at dawn to hire laborers assembly we share his birth into the kingdom. Here the grafor his vineyard." The punch of the story comes when the last cious, merciful, hospitable welcome of the Other pervades — God? hired are paid the same wage as those who worked much longer God's ways not our ways.

Filled with this gracious Spirit, we overhear Paul writing and when the "landowner" replies to the objections of his workFather David M. Petting ill is assistant to the ers: "Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last to the Philippians in what Sulpician Father Raymond Brown moderator of the curia and parochial vicar at one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my called happily "the rhetoric of friendship." Paul muses from his St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco. own money? Are you envious because I am generous?" place in prison where death could be near for him: "Christ will

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QlAsTION •CORNER Father John Dietzen

Q. We often have reason to be in churches of other Christianfaiths and are surprised tof ind many of them using the same Scripture readings we hear at Mass — and on the same days. How does this happen? Who determines the readings for particular Sundays? How is it that others follow the same schedule ? (North Carolina) A. During the 1960s a group of Scripture and liturgy scholars formed what was called the Consultation on Common Texts. Its members, including some Catholics and representing about a dozen major Christian denominations in the United States and Canada, envisioned the project as a forum for renewal of Christian worship.

One of their goals became the creation of a common list of Sunday readings that could be followed in their respective denominations. They hoped such a lectionary would facilitate

Wilcox... ¦ Continued from page 15 I have attended young adult group meetings, which courageously attempted to address the questions, facts and myths surrounding the issues of priests and child abuse. I applaud any group which brings us together to discuss and disseminate accurate, valid information.

I was heartened by the sharing and the questions raised at the young adult groups. It also was with concern that I heard some "facts " shared which were not all substantiated by current research. Even as we attempt to share accurate information, it 's important to recognize that none of us is infallible. Our assumptions, experiences, and attitudes shade that which we read and report. It is with a great deal of caution that any of us should make any absolute claims.

We should tread cautiously into talk that leads to the victimization of any group of people. In times of crisis, history shows us again and again, that humans look for a new victim on whom to hang the blame. Jesus was the ultimate victim and the message his crucifixion should send to us at this time, is that hanging someone on the cross doesn't help.

Many of those coming forward and revealing the harm that has been done to them are themselves now young adults.

Determining the Sunday readings, ours and theirs Additional readings are provided for Trinity Sunday, more extensive study and reflection on the Sunday readings, and simplify cooperative prayer and worship between congregations. the feasts of Christ the King and All Saints, and other celNot surprisingly, considering the variety of theological ebrations, sometimes including observances of saints' and liturgical traditions among the participants, the task was not days.

The churches you visited are undoubtedly among those easy or simple. A Common Lectionary was first issued in 1983, and in 1986 the Consultation on Common Texts distributed a who, to some degree, follow this Common Lectionary. draft of the Revised Common Lectionary for experiment and The first lectionaries after VaticanII with Scripture readrevision. ings for Mass were published in 1969. Since then the lecSix years later, in 1992, the consultation published a final tionary has been modified a few times. Most revisions text, inviting the various church communities to implement it in involve only variations in translation. Our Sunday, festive, rittheir worship. We can now find this lectionary, usually with ual and weekday readings for Mass are based on this lecsome revisions, in the worship books of Lutherans, Methodists, tionary.

Episcopalians, Presbyterians and other denominations.

A massive amount of information on the Catholic lecSignificant similarities exist between the Revised tionary, the Revised Common Lectionary and related topics Common Lectionary and the schedule of Catholic Sunday read- may be found under these tides on the Internet. ings as they were greatly enlarged after Vatican Council U. As A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask in the Catholic lectionary, there are four Scripture passages about the sacrament of penance is available by sending a (generally from the Old Testament or Acts, the psalms, the New stamped , self-addressed envelope to Father John Testament and the Gospels) in three-year cycles.

Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. Questions may be These readings, especially the Gospels, usually parallel die sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or e-mail: Catholic readings for that Sunday and are divided into the sea- jjdiet zen@aol.com. sons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, the Triduum, Easter and Copyright (c) 2002 Catholic News Service/U.S. Ordinary Time.

Conference of Catholic Bishops Whenever we talk about victims or abusers we must be aware that there may very well be someone in our midst who was abused as a child or someone who is or could be an abuser.

A study of child maltreatment released by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) in the fall of 1996 reported that: (1) The estimated number of children seriously injured by all forms of maltreatment quadrupled between 1986 and 1993, from 141,700 to 565,000. (2) The estimated number of sexually abused children increased 83 percent during this time. (3) The number of physically neglected children rose 102 percent. (4) There was a 333 percent increase in the estimated number of emotionally neglected children. (5) The number of physically abused children rose 42 percent.

Child abuse is not a Catholic problem. It's a human problem. Since we are in the spotlight right now, we have the opportunity to be witnesses to a new Christian effort to heal the wounds of our families and communities. We have a chance to really show how much we love one another; how far we are wilting to go to make amends and to make our Church and the world a safer place for everyone, especially those who are least equipped to protect themselves.

The Catholic priesthood is understandabl y under scratiny. Yet, all of our human institutions need to be scrutinized regularly. We are fallible and frail beings and though we know the good we want to do, we continue to give in to sin. It 's a

good time to stop and take a look at how each of us contributes to anything that takes away the dignity of another human being. It's a good time to seek forgiveness and to pledge to try to do better. It's a good time to look for loving ways to hold one another accountable. And it 's a good time to create new ways to develop communities of safety, transparency, trust and hope.

A comment by writer Anne Lamott seems appropriate to our current circumstances . "My priest friend says that God' s will for each of us is to have a life. And it is up to us to go and get one. Find some work, some love, some play. Taste things.

Be of service. Feed the hungry and clean the beaches and clothe the naked and work for justice. Love God, love your neighbor. Help build a world where it is safe to be a child, and where it is safe to grow old. And love cats, and the occasional dog."

In other words, don 't despair. Create hope. It 's the quality of being that can lead us forth from this current crisis, indeed from any crisis. And it's what the Resurrection was all about.

Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox is director of Young Adult Ministry and coordinator for university and college campus ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Washington Letter

Just-war experts mostly disagre e with Bush on Iraq

By Willy Thorn | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Despite President Bush' s description of Iraq 's leadershi p as a threat dangerous enoug h to require a forced regime change, experts and scholars generall y have a toug h time squaring the idea with just-war princi ples of the Catholic tradition.

"Our greatest fear is that terrorists will find a shortcut to their mad ambitions when an outlaw regime supp lies them with the technolog ies to kill on a massive scale," the president told (he U.N. General Assembl y Sept. 12. "In one place — in one regime — we find all these dangers, in their most lethal and aggressive forms."

"We have been more than patient ," he said. "We have tried sanctions. We have tried the carrot of 'oil for food' and the stick of coalition military strikes. But Saddam Hussein has defied all these efforts and continues to develop weapons of mass destruction. The first time we may be completely certain he has nuclear weapons is when, God forbid , he uses one. We owe it to all our citizens to do everything in our power lo prevent that day from coming. " The U.S. bishops , in their 1993 letter "The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace," outlined seven points necessary for justif ying force: just cause, comparative justice , legitimate authority, right intention , probability of success, proportionality and last resort.

Dave Robinson , the national coordinator of Pax Christ USA, emphasized that "all the just-war principles must be met to even consider a show of force."

Many, but not all , experts interviewed by Catholic News Service said they find philosophical inconsistencies with Bush's proposal and one or more of the just-war criteria .

The principle of just cause, for instance , legitimizes using force to correct a grave ill , such as an aggressive attack on the rights of a whole population.

But the Bush administration is treating the situation in Iraq "as pre-empting of an attack," said Jesuit Father John Langan, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin professor of Catholic social thought at Georgetown University.

Force is "only acceptable if danger is imminent and extremely serious," he said. "Given . . . the reports on the technologies Iraq has, die danger reall y isn 't. It 's a serious threat , but . . . there's time yet, which should allow us to consider alternatives."

Robinson agreed, saying the only way to ensure Iraq doesn 't have weapons of mass destruction is to "get U.N.

reli gion and a free society at the Heritage Foundation , the princi ple of proportionality legitimizes the Bush administration 's plan , because of the potential havoc nuclear and chemical armaments could wreak.

"In the nuclear age, with nuclear armed thugs , there is a need to act offensivel y that 's not inconsistent with the principles of just war," he said. "If you don 't act , what is the likelihood that the evil that would result will be much , much greater? Go to ground zero . The evil that will result if (Saddam Hussein) is armed with nuclear weapons will make ground zero look like a stroll in the park. in J _1 "You can 't stand and wait while the storm gathers," he added. c 05 "If there hadn 't been four years of no inspections . . . it mi ght be a different story," he said. "In (Hussein), you have ] 03 I CQ a leader who is very much like a psychopath... .You've got o to do whatever you can to stop him. " jo — Jesuit Father David Hollenbach , professor of Christian I " I, M y ethics at Boston College said the danger of escalation needs j (J to be taken into account.

"It could easil y spin out of control into a generalized Members of the Catholic peace movement Pax Christi conflict in the entire region," he said. join an interfaith service in Washin gton Square Park in In a letter to the president signed by 48 Christian leadNew York early Sept. 11. From left are Rosemarie Pace , ers , including 14 Catholics, the National Council of Joe McDonough , Mary Beth Moore, Veronica Fellerath Churches cautioned that militants could seize the opportuand Sister Liz Proefriedt. Pax Christi members have nity "to incite peop le not only against the United States but also governments that cooperate with the U.S. " demonstrated against military action in Iraq.

President Bush' s effort to sway the United Nations on the monitors and inspectors back into Iraq," the course of issue of Iraq raised questi ons of legitimate authority for some.

"Wh o has legitimate authority to initiate action?" action favored by the U.N. General Assembly.

"But the administration's goal is regime change," he Robinson asked. "Certainly not the U.S. alone."

Kathleen Maas Weigert, director of the Center for said. "I challenge anyone to point to a government in history that practiced forced regime changes and wasn 't con- Social Justice Researc h, Teaching and Service at sidered the aggressor nation. Just war rejects aggression."

Georgetown, said just-war guidelines require that a deciSandra Yocum Mize, associate professor of religion at sion to go to war be set in an international framework. the University of Dayton in Ohio, said the probability of "Congress should be discussing this, the United States success principle is reason enough not to attack Iraq, should be in touch with the United Nations and working because an attack would ensure civilian casualties. with allies," she said, "all things that say 'Let's take our "Can we justify inflicting further sufferings on the Iraqi time and make sure we know what we 're doing. '" people," she said, "in the hopes of toppling a regime that According to George Lopez, director of policy studies at has proven enormousl y successful in ensuring its own sur- the University of Notre Dame's Joan B. Kroc Institute for vival no matter the cost to its citizens?"

Internationa] Peace Studies , the problem is that the Bush That premise is close to the princi ple of proportional- administration believes "going to the U.N. is like going ity, which requires that the overall destruction resulting th rough a hoop." from force be outweighed by the potential good achieved Until local remedies are tried first , he said, the use of by it. Applied to Iraq, it, too, posed problems for some. force would go against the last resort princi ple , which Yet, for Joseph Loconle, the William E. Simon fellow in requires exhausting all peaceful alternatives.

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End times 'rapture' doesn't resonate in Rome

By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To jud ge by bumper stickers, best-selling books and magazine covers, interest in humanity's "last days" has surged in recent times, especially since the Sept.

11 attacks of 2001.

So when Pope John Paul II spoke in early September about the biblical vision of the end of the world, ears pricked up in the Vatican's audience hall.

But to the growing number of sign-hunting, rapture-ready Christians, the pope's words probably lacked the thunder and the thrill that has marked recent popularizations of the apocalypse.

The pope 's take on the end times was straight out of the Second Vatican Council. Reflecting on the prophet Isaiah's vision of the last days, when "all nations will stream toward the mountain of the Lord," he said it evoked trust in God's ultimate design.

The end of time will bring the "miracle all humanity has always been waiting for," the moment when the curtain will finally fall on conflict and hatred, he said. This expectation is healthy and allows people to lift their gaze beyond their daily routine, he said.

But it doesn' t mean giving up on this world. In fact, he said, it calls on Christians to work harder for justice and peace in this life.

Not surprising ly, the pope's talk to some 6,000 people did not even register on the main Web sites tracking "endtime activity" — the signs across the globe that, in the eyes of apocalypse enthusiasts, are evidence that the final days are very near indeed.

In June, Time magazine published a cover story on the phenomenon, citing its own poll that showed more than one-third of Americans were paying more attention to how the news mi ght relate to the end of the world. It said 59 percent believed the apocalyptic events in the Book of Revelation will come true, and that almost one-fourth thought the Bible predicted the Sept. 11 attacks.

One of this summer's fastest-selling books has been "Left Behind : A Novel of the Earth 's Last Days." It's the

a hope that "gives us not less responsibility but more responsibility" for life in this world.

Father O'Collins said the line from St. Paul that gave G 1 rise to the "rapture" notion has been plucked out of context and exaggerated. St . Paul wrote that the Christians living at the end of the world would rise with the Christian dead to >y "meet the Lord in the air."

3 z But it 's wrong to read into this some kind of exclusive right to early salvation b y a Christian elite, Father o O'Collins said. St. Paul' s other letters spoke of all creation for salvati on, he said.

0* "groaning Dominican Father Georges Cottier, the pope's in-house theologian, said most Catholic thinkers have wisely avoided trying to pin down the time of the end of the world. Personally, he said, Michelangelo presents this image of Christ giving he thinks it doesn 't make much sense to talk about Christ's secjudgment at the second coming. The work covers the ond coming as long as his command to preach the Gospel to all altar wall of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. nations remains unfulfilled .

"This time of mission is very important. When you 10th in a series of "End Times" books that have collectively sold more than 32 million copies. think of the great areas of Asia that have not been evangelSuch popularizations start with the Bible , but owe much ized , one can easily imagine that the end of the world will to the creativity of a 19th-century Anglican preacher, the not happen tomorrow," he said.

Rev. John Nelson Darby. He elaborated the apocalypse The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" tries to offer playbook to include the "Rapture" or instant resurrection some perspective on the end of time, based in part on interinto heaven of true Christians, a seven-year "Tribulation " pretation of Scripture. The catechism says the church on earth survived b y a small remnant of humanity, and a believes that Christ 's death and resurrection marked the final battle between Christ and the Antichrist. entry of humanity into "the final age of the world," and that Although this complicated scenario has roots in an early let- the world's renewal is alread y under way. ter of St. Paul and other biblical passages, Catholic theologians But Christ's second coming and final victory over evil will don 't think much of it. In fact, some see it as harmful. not be accomplished before the church undergoes a last phase "I wouldn 't give much credence to this kind of talk, and I of persecution and the world experiences widespread "pseudofind it evasive. There's a passivity here—it lets us off the moral religious deception," it says. hook," said Jesuit Father Gerald 0'Collins, a theologian at Therefore, the present age is seen as a time of "waiting and Rome's Gregorian University. watching," but it is also a time for acting — for doing good Father O'Collins suggested that instead of tracking sup- works and accepting God's grace. posed portents of the apocalypse, people should look at any The.catechism offers no timeline for the last days, mindnumber of real problems in the world — for example, environ- ful of Christ 's own words in the Gospel of St. Matthew. mental damage — and actually do something about it.

When asked by his Apostles when the end would come, he He said that's the basic Catholic approach: People said, "Of that day and hour no one knows, neither the should have an "active hope " about the coming end times, angels of heaven nor the Son , but the Father alone "

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Through Susie 's watching — and Sebold's remarkable storytelling — one dramatic scene follows another like water tumbling over rocks, each sparkling with the aura of authenticity.

The events shaping the person each character — including the murderer — is becoming are called up for us to review. We come to embrace all of the characters with understanding and, most of the time, with affection, although one sexual encounter comes across as quirky at best.

As a consequence of a watching in which hope is rewarded — this really is a hopeful novel because ultimately it is about healing — Susie comes to see the events as "the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections — sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent — that happened after I was gone. And 1 began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous body had been my life."

"The Lovely Bones" is a brilliant evocation of the realities of the here and now and even what it means to be part of the communion of saints. Sebold has grappled with a challenging theme in a creative way without trying to seduce readers with either fright or sentimentality.

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By Josep h R. Thomas Catholic News Service What is heaven like? Well , as experienced by a 14-year-old girl imagined by Alice Sebold in her daring debut novel "The Lovel y Bones " (Little, Brown, $21.95), heaven is a place where spirits, very human in their afterlife , live in a paradise akin to their own ideas of happiness at the time of death .

Heaven , in other words, is seen quite differently by everyone in it, as Sebold , without making reference to Scripture, echoes Christ 's revelation that "in my Father 's house there are many mansions." And in heaven, in the words of Sebold' s narrator, "life is a perpetual yesterday."

In the first two sentences of 'The Lovely Bones," the narrator tells us enough to lure us into turning page after riveting page: "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was 14 when I was murdered on Dec. 6, 1973."

Immediately, in a chilling sequence, we learn exactl y how Susie was raped , murdered and dismembered by a neighbor and how her soul brushed a barely known schoolmate in its transition from Earth to her particular paradise: a school-like setting witr athletic fields, no teachers or homework, boys who did not mistreat you , where her skills would be recognized and she would become something like a protector of those who were taunted.

But 'The Lovely Bones " is not about heaven as much as it is about Susie 's yesterdays and about all the developments thai would change forever the lives of her family — mother Abigail, father Jac k, brother Buckley, who is 4, and sister Lindsey, 13 — and her friends. And also her murderer, a serial killer who had murdered before and would do so again.

Susie is able to follow these developments — and even attempt to influence them — because "almost everyone in heaven has someone on Earth they watch, a loved one, a friend , or even a stranger who was once kind , who offered warm food oi

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What we see through Susie 's eyes is this: — A tormented father unable to let go of his beloved firstbom and obsessed with the desire to bring her killer to justice.

— A dazed mother in need of a love that has been withdrawn and which leads her to withdraw herself and then, in despair, leave her family.

— A brother grown fearful over first one and then another loss he doesn 't understand.

— A sister whose person ality has been engulfed to the point where she is no longer seen by others as herself but as one whose identity is tied to that of the murder victim.

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"The White" (Knopf) by Deborah Larsen is a quite-different kind of family story, being a fictional account of what life might have been like for the real Mary Jemison, who lived with and married into Indian families after being taken captive b y Shawnees in 1758 as a 16-year-old.

I'm not sure that life was ever as simple and carefree, even in small towns, as portrayed b y Fannie Flagg in "Standing in the Rainbow " (Random House), but it 's nice to think that maybe it was. Flagg wrote "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe," which merits her new novel a reading.

Thomas, retired editor in chief of The Christophers and a former diocesan newspaper editor, is a frequent reviewer of books.

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VALLOMBROSA CENTER 250 Oak Grov e Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, limes and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

Oct. 13: A New Look at Ihe Eucharist wilh Oblate Father and Catholic San Francisco columnist Ronald Rolheiser.

Nov. 3: A New Look at Prieslhood with Sulpician Father Melvin Blanchette looking at "Research on priesthood: What did we learn?

How do we respond?

Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 521 5 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.

Oct. 4-6: The Holy Spirit Confe rence al St. Mary's Cathedra l Conlerence Center, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF with Bishop John C. Wester , Father Jim Tarantino, popular comedian Bob Sarlatle and more than a dozen other well-known speakers. Mass celebrated all three days, Daily sessions for teens. Call Nolan at (415) 566-8238.

Sponsors include the USF Jesuit Foundation.

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St. Charles Parish , San Carlos announces The Informed Conscience and Human Sexuality - Understanding the Church's Teachings, an Adult Faith Formation Lecture Series. Sept 25: Human Sexuality and the Thinking Catholic, 7:3C - 9 p.m., presented by Father Joe Healy; Oct. 10: Marriage and the Thinking Catholic , 7:30 - 9 p.m., presented by Fred Parrella, Ph.D.; Oct. 17: Parents - How to Approach Your Children and Talk About Sexuality, 7:30 - 9 p.m., presented by Jasmine Pomeroy of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/Respect Life, Archdiocese of San Francisco. Call Marsha kane at (650) 5950326.

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3rd Thurs. al 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Buriingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church , 700 Oddslad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan al (650) 359-6313.

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF. Call Laura McClung at (415) 362-1075 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. al Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd„ Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel , 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

Young Adults Contact Young Adult Ministry Office for details.

The Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone at (415) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-mail at wilcoxc@sfarcfidiocese.org or jansenm &sfarchdiocese.org.

Oct. 19: Sixth Annual Fall Fest, a conference for singles and couples in their 20s and 30sat University of San Francisco. Day includes Mass with Bishop John C. Wester presiding, key note address , exhibits , three workshops , dinner and dance. $50 until Oct. 4, then $55. Contact (415) 614-5594 or jansenm @sfarchdiocese.org.

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Sept. 25: Luncheon/Meeting of Catholic Charities Auxiliary of San Mateo County, 11 a.m. at 605 Parkside Way off the Alameda. Guest speaker is David Ross, Ph.D., program director, San Mateo Behavioral Healthcare Services. $10.

Call (650) 349-4399/349-1162.

Sept. 23: Caper Cutters Club announces introductory Square Dance Classes with first three weeks free at St. Paul Church hall, 43rd Ave. at Judah, SF from 8 - 9:15 p.m. No dance experience needed. Call (415) 334-0433.

Sept. 25: Court St. Agnes , Catholic Daughters of the Americas Luncheon with watercolor exhibit and sale, 11:30 a.m., St. Rita Parish Hall, 100 Marinda Dr., Fairfax. Call (415) 456-1351.

Oct. 2,3: Reno getaway leaving from St. James Church , 24th and Guerrero St., SF at 7 a.m. and returning to St. James next day at 9 p.m.

Accommodations at Reno's Silver Legacy Hotel. $81 single/$61 per person double. Call (415) 824-4232.

Oct. 5: Annual Golf Tournament benefiting St. Thomas More Church at Poplar Creek, formerly Coyote Point. Call Gerald Hing at (650) 3401800, ext. 107.

Oct. 5: Harvest Fest benefiting St. Matthias Preschool , Canyon and Cordilleras Rd., Redwood City, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Arts and Crafts Fair featuring work of 20 vendors plus Bake Booth, Food Booth , Silent Auction , and raffle.

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Oct. 6: Sophisticated ladies, a fashion show and tea sponsored by St. Brendan School Mothers ' Club at Mark Hopkins Hotel, SF beginning at 2 p.m. Silent auction and raffle , too.

Tickets $55/$45. Call (415) 731-2665.

Oct. 10: Join friends and benefactors of the Sisters of the Presentation in supporting the needs of their retired sisters by playing in the annual Sisters ' Golf Tournament at Lincoln Park Golf Course. $150 donation includes greens fees , cart , prizes , lunch and award s dinner at Presentation Motherhouse. Call (415) 422-5022.

Oct. 11-13: Island Adventure , All Souls Parish Festival, corner Miller and Walnut , South San Francisco. Great family fun! Lots of games , prizes and food. Fri. 6 - 1 0 p.m.; Sat./Sun. noon -10 p.m. Call (650) 871-8944.

Oct. 11-13: Come celebrate the 226th anniversary of Mission Dolores , SF at the parish's annual Fiesta. Fun begins Friday at 6 p.m. with silent auction and family-style spaghetti dinner.

Saturday hours are10 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring game booths and food from around the world.

Ohlone Indian dancers and singers perform at 3 p.m. Later Saturday, enjoy Casino Night with great prizes including Giants tickets. Sunday hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an incredible Mariachi band performing at about 1 p.m. Fiesta benefits Mission Dolores School serving mostly Hispanic and low-income families. Call (415) 621-8203.

Oct. 19: Treasure Trove at St. Stephen s Donworth Hall, Eucalyptus Dr., SF. Craft Fair, Street fair, Pumpkin Patch and Rummage Sale sponsored by LCA Juniors , an auxiliary of Catholic Charities. Contact (415) 592-9243 or LCASF@yahoo. com.

First Fridays: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets. Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield, with breakfast and presentation following in parish hall. Reservations required to Sugaremy@aol.com or (415) 461-0704 daily.

Members $5, others $10. Dues $15 per year.

3rd Wed.: All you can eat Spaghetti Luncheon at Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, 3255 Folsom up the hill from Cesar Chavez , SF. $7 per

Family Life Sept. 21: Couple to Couple League with information about Natural Family Planning. Classes take place at 10 a.m. in meeting room of St. Paw Rectory, 221 Valley St. at Church St., SF. Call Cristln or Duane at (510) 483-4468.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month. Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foste r care. Call (415) 406-2387 lor information.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the following parishes.

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Our Lady of Angels, Buriingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802. St. Andrew, Daly City. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoit at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novate. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. St. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882. Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Buriingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882.

Information about children's and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Dominic , SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Dominican Father Steve Maekawa at (415) 567-7824; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo , Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena , Buriingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336 , Elaine Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Buriingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci al (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan , Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 7264337; St. Peter, Pacifica , Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190.

Reunions Sept. 28: Class of '72; Oct. 5: Class of '77 , Oct. 19: Class of '62, Nov. 9: Class of '87, Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Contact ND Alumnae Office at (650) 595-191 3, ext. 351 or alumnae@ndhsb.org .

Sept. 29: 50th anniversary celebration of Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School, Belmont. Mass at 11:30 a.m. followed by reception and school Open House. Graduates , former students, faculty are invited to attend. Contact ihmalumnibelmont@hotmail.com or call (650) 593-4265.

Oct. 5: Presentation High School , Class of '52 reunion. Contact Dolores MacDonald Bagshaw at (916) 369-0235 or Lorraine Denegri D'Elia at (650) 992-2076.

Oct. 9: Class of '46 , Presentation High School, SF at the Basque Cultural Center in SSF. Call Carolyn Bacigalupi at (415) 821-2541 or Grace Walsh at (415) 431-7689.

Oct. 12: St. Cecilia, SF, class of '52 reunion in school auditorium with dinner and reminiscing. If you have not yet been invited, please call Marilyn Donnelly at (650) 365-5192 or Brian Wilson at (408) 356-7005.

Oct. 19: Mission High, 50th Reunion, Classes 1952 - 1953 at Embassy Suites , Buriingame.

Call Colleen at (800) 477-3864 or (650) 6977753.

Oct. 19: Alumnae of St. Brigid High School, San Francisco, all classes at Fort Mason Officers Club. Call Sharon at (415) 409-1130.

Oct. 19: Class of '52, St. Anne of the Sunset , SF, at Caesar 's Restaurant , SF at noon. Call Diane Donahue Mulligan at(415) 664-7977 or Richard Murphy at (650) 344-2015.

Oct. 26: Class of '57, Mercy High School, SF, at SF Airport Marriott , Buriingame , 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Contact Marilyn Mitchell Brook at (650) 9419067, brookridge@earthlink.net , or Teresa Ramirez Fiorentini at (415) 924-6141.

Nov. 9: Class of '52 , Star of the Sea Elementary, SF. Classmates should contact Carol Bagan Rogers at (415) 665-6921 or Diane Beltrano Panelli at depanelli@atlbi.com.

Nov. 16: Presentation High School, SF class of '82. Contact Kathy Cooney Wilson at (650) 9522813 or kathycooney@yahoo.com , or Lucy Sallaberry Mulkerrins at (650) 341-6299.

performance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , Vallejo and Columbus , SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org . Open to the public. Sept. 22: The Shrine's Schola Cantorum.

Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public. Free will donation may be made. Sept.

22: Michael Moreskine , organist.

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Leetures/Classes/Radio~TV Sept. 27, 28: Symposium devoted to the empirical evidence and apologetic implications of intelligent design, the theory that life may be constructed in accordance with a divine plan or a higher consciousness. Speakers include scientists , philosophers, and theologians. Takes place Friday evening and all day Saturday at USF's MacLaren Center and Harney Science Center.

person. A San Francisco tradition for decades.

Reservations not required. Call (415) 824-1762.

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese meet regularly and invite new membership. For information about Council 615, call Tony Blaiotta at (415) 661-0726; Dante Council , call Vito Corcia at (415) 564-4449; Mission Council, call Paul Jobe at (415) 333-6197; Golden Gate Council , call Mike Stilman at (415) 752-3641.

3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedra l, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

4th Sat.: Handicapables of Marin meet al noon in the recreation room of the Maria B. Freitas Senior Community adjacent lo St. Isabella Church , Terra Linda, for Mass, lunch and entertainment. Call (415) 457-7859.

San Francisco at least two weeks before Thanks," says the Mothers Club of St. Brendan Elementary School to Suzanne McElwee Shimaneck, fashion directo r of the group's annual garb oriented fundraiser, and seen here enjoying the fashion fest of a coupla ' years ago. Suzanne , whose daughter, Claire, is a St. Bren 's 8th grader, is a former Eileen Ford model. Tickets are available for this year's Fashion Show and Tea to be held Oct. 6th at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. See Food and Fun

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The man who didn't want to think It has been a long day. All he wants to do - as he had often told his wife - is "to have a beer, walch sporl s on TV and not think. " So here he is in the nei ghborhood bar, sipping a Redhorse Ale, watching Greg Maddux befuddle Giants batters and , above all , not thinking.

Then it happens. A neatl y dressed , bri ght-eyed man in his late 20s eases himself onto the next stool and starts talking. Reluctantl y, the gray-haired man responds. Then he lets sli p that he is a Catholic , and the trouble begins, "You peop le are having a lot of trouble these days ," the younger man says.

The older man nods "I don't know much about it," the younger man says, "but 1 read a story in the paper about three men who used to be priests. They said there wouldn 't be a problem if you had married priests. They were all married now."

"I wouldn ' t put much faith in their credibility, " the gray-haired man says.

The young man looks puzzled , "Look ," the older man says, "these guys made a solemn commitment to celibacy - then they broke it. They don 't have any credibility with me on this issue."

The young man looks even more puzzled.

"Don 't you think it 's wrong to break a solemn commitment ," the man who didn 't want to think says.

"It depends ," the young man says. "If you 're unhappy."

His voice trails off as if there was nothing more to say.

Wounded world .. . ¦ Continued from page 10 Christian message, he said. "Jesus came that we might be one. God seeks to be one with us. Jesus was constantl y reaching out and bri nging people into the fold , bringing the sick back into the community.... On the cross he brid ged that gap between us and God. " Following the terrorists attacks, Bishop Wester said, "We have found unity out of that chaos. We have found a new sense of solidarity. We are more than a country at war. " Rather than simply being united in fighting a common

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His insistence on open borders? His support of school vouchers? He could easily be mistaken as Catholic by his actions. And has he not appointed capable advisors, at least in matters of national defense?

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The gray-haired man shakes his head , and they both fall silent. Soon the young man is making small talk with a young woman. The gray-haired man is watching Maddux and Barry Bonds do battle. Life is good again.

He is too optimistic. The young lad y leaves, and the young man beg ins jabbering again - this time about home brewing. The gray-haired man rolls his eyes and tries to be polite. He talks about how two of his sons had home brewed some beer and got it almost ri ght. The younger man rattles on about hops and malt and yeast as John Smoltz comes on to close the game.

Then , out of nowhere, the young man blurts out, "Do you believe in redemption? Do you believe people can change?"

The gray-haired man watches Smoltz slip a fastbal l past J.T. Snow and shakes his head , try ing to get his bearings. "Sure," he says, quickl y and forcefully stating what he believes. "I' m a Catholic . We believe in redemption.

We believe people can change. That 's why we go to confession. " "I believe we should be kind to people. I try to do that to live by that principle," the young man says.

"Yeah," the gray-haired man says, a bit impatient. "You have to live by principles. But there are lots of principles.

Some people think compassion is the most important thing.

Some people think it 's being courageous. " "1 understand , but things change and you have to change, too," the young man says.

"I don 't buy that ," the older man says. "You can ' t have one set of principles one day and another the next. " The young man goes silent, then says, "Well, I think principles are like a compass to guide you. " "Yeah," the gray-haired man says, growing weary, "but on a compass, north is always north. It doesn 't change from day to day."

"You're ri ght ," the young man says firml y, his eyes bri ghtening as if he has learned something new and important.

The gray-haired man nods and smiles. Then he suddenly remembers something. "I' ve got to go," he says. "My wife ' s out of town and our dau ghter is going to be calling to check up on me."

The man who didn 't want to think gets up and walks out the door into the hot summer night. He shakes his head , looks into the ni ght sky and smiles.

enemy, Americans have found "unity rooted in hope . . . and for us, rooted in Jesus Christ."

"It's hard to know what to do. It is frustrating. What can we do to bring about peace? . . . We need to reach out in love and forg iveness. That is what the Lord Jesus is telling us to do."

The Day of Remembrance, Prayer and Hope began with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Levada for "the souls of all who suffered in the tragic events of a year ago . . . to learn from it and to renew our commitment to build a nation of justice and peace, a world of solidarity in love."

The Sept. 11 attacks, the archbishop said, left "our feeling of security forever shaken. We tu rned to look at our surroundings in a new light."

Archbishop Levada said that while Christ tells us to "turn the other cheek," we also "have an obligati on to our family, to children and seniors, to protect our people and seek ways of peace. . . . to stand up and defend the principles and beliefs on which our nati on was founded. " "We must not respond with hatred," the archbishop said.

"While we plan for our security we must reach out to our brothers and sisters throughout the world , to walk with us in the paths of peace. So we can speak one language of love that unites hearts everywhere."

Archbishop Levada cited the Mass reading from Micah: "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares."

"This prayer is possible to be achieved. It is not easy but in God all things are possible."

us truly understand the scope of national security ? How many of us can conceive of the weight on our President 's shoulders during these times? How many of us understand the mentality of terrorists and third world dictators driven by blind hatred? How many of us understand the risks involved? How many of us understand the price of our freedoms? How many of us hold security clearances which would grant us access to the inform ation to which our President is privy? How many of us can name substantial reasons for which we doubt his jud gment in this situation?

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