December 15, 2000

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SF women walk road of death in El Sahador

By Tom Burke

Women religious from the Archdiocese of San Francisco and across the nation traveled to El Salvador to remember the lives and tragic deaths of those who have perished in the war-torn Central American country. The pilgrimage marked the twentieth anniversary of the torture and murder of Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Doroth y Kazel and lay missioner, Jean Donovan.

Part of the journey Nov. 30 - Dec. 8 included traveling the lonel y and dark road that took the four churchwomen to their deaths. The 70 p ilgrims also prayed at the site where Archbishop Oscar Romero was slain while celebrating Mass on March 24, 1980, and the rectory where Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria , Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez , Juan Ramon Moreno, Ignacio Martin-Baro , their housekeeper, Elba Ramos, and her daughter, Celina , were killed on Nov. 16, 1989. On Dec. 2, the day the four churchwomen died in 1980, the group gathered at the Cathedral in San Salvador for Mass with Archbishop Fernando Saenz La Calle.

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Cardinal sp eaks out on Philipp ine imp eachment MANILA , Philippines (CNS) - Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila advised Philipp ine President Joseph Estrada Dec. 7 not to fear the truth even if it means accepting the message that he has lost the moral authority to govern as president.

"Mr. President, do not be afraid to resign. I will take care of you. Resignation is not defeat , resignation is a heroic act and only brave men can do that ," Cardinal Sin said at a Dec. 7 Mass just before Estrada's impeachment trial opened in the Senate.

"1 hope you answer personally our senators. We want the truth from your lips and not through your lawyers," the cardinal added during his homily.

His comments were reported by UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

The Mass along the Manila Bay sea wall was part of activities of the Estrada-resign movement that included a "Jericho March " from the Mass site to the Senate and a candlelighting ceremony.

Cardinal Sin called on the rally participants to be brave because God is with them "on the side of truth. " He told youths not to be afraid to confront their elders and to shout their demand for good role models among their seniors.

"We are here because we love you and we want to make your future bright and hopeful ," Cardinal Sin told the more than 100,000 people in the cheering congregation.

Cardinal Sin also reminded the clergy that priesthood is not only a ministry of healing, forgiveness and mercy but also a prophetic task.

Priests and bishops were being blamed in the media in the Philippines for leading the Estrada-resign movement and for imposing their political stand on laity.

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by Tom Burke Mercy Sister Mary Kilgariff, liaison for community health at San Francisco's Saint Mary Medical Center, leads a belated welcome to Barry Lawlor, director of the hosp ital' s Sister Mary Phili ppa Clinic for the last coupla ' years. Sister Mary Philippa , a former administrator of St. Mary 's "loved the poor," Sister Kil gariff , who entered the Retired Santa Rosa Bishop Mark Hurley (right) Sisters of Mercy in 1963, said. Those in need have a good and his brother, Archbishop Francis Hurley of friend in Barry, too, she added.... Happy 50 years of conAnchorage , Alaska , were among more than secrated life to Notre Dame Sister Ann Bernadette 400 family and friends who helped longtime Barnes, an Our Lady of Mt. St. Ignatius parishioner and Jesuit supporte r Carmel, Redwood City, and Katherine Walsh celebrate her 100th birthday Notre Dame High School , at the USF campus church Nov. 19. At a reception Belmont grad , now teaching Preparatory, the century at St. Ignatius College English as a second language in old 49er fan received her own team jersey from Law rence, Mass. Sister Ann said longtime and now retired 49er halfback , J.D. she "loves" her work and the proclamations Smith.

Other honors included "wonderful" peop le she hel ps. ' , the s Board of Supervisors from the City The San Carlos native said New Senate, and California State Assembly and England weather "has been an Mayor Willie Brown naming her actual birthday, adjustment" and more "than a litNov. 25, Katherine Walsh Day. In addition to her tle different" from the climes we Sister Ann Barnes Loyola Guild work , Katherine has been well enjoy here in the Golden State . known as volunteer with the Holy Family Sister Ann , who also served in the early 80s with Father Sisters and St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Miles O'Brien Riley as an associate director of communications for the Archdiocese, taught as a young religious at her high school alma mater where one of her students was her sibling, Bonnie. Bonnie and her husband , San Brian Fewer, Kathy Woods, and Jack Spring for their Mateo County District Attorney Jim Fox, are members hel p with the reception following the group 's Founders of St. Charles Parish, San Carlos, where they were mar- Day Mass at San Francisco 's St. Brendan Parish on ried 32 years ago. Sister Ann said thanks but no thanks to Nov. 12. Thanks to the club newsletter for this chuckle: my putting her on the Catholic San Francisco mailing list A hi ghway patrol officer pulled up alongside a speeding explaining Bonnie sends her personal copies along after car and observed the person behind the wheel was knitreading them and always encloses a "little note," a missive ting. Unable to get the driver 's attention with lights et al, the cop rolled dow n the window , picked up a bullhorn the jubilarian says she doesn't want to miss.... yelled "Pull Over," to which the knitter nonchalantly and Adele Turkovich , a 50-year parishioner of Our Lady lied , "No. it's a cardigan " rep of Angels, recalls a time when Easter was not complete at The Richmond District 's St. Monica Parish named its the Burlingame church unless lilies from the garden of small church hall for former pastor, Father Denis Foudy, late entertainer Bing Crosby were on the altar. Adele said in ceremonies following the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Nov. 19. the "Going My Way" star invited her, and former Attending were the late priest 's sister, Mary Foudy, and OLAer , Lucille Franchard, who is now retired in brother, Msgr.

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John Sacramento, onto his Hillsborough estate annual ly to Congrats to parishioners Remi and John Berenguer, gather as many of the seasonal flowers as they liked. who celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary on Nov. Adele called the "White Christmas" crooner "a regular 23.

St. Monica pastor is Father John Greene. guy" who always said "Hello" when he saw you on the ' street. Prayers please for Adele s husband , Peter who's been battling pneumonia.... The welcome mat's out at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish , Mill Valley, for new parochial vicar, Father Francis Tiso. Father Tiso has taught at Sonoma State and speaks several languages including English and Italian....

Reunions galore for alums of Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory , St. Vincent High School for girls and , its successor, Cathedral High School for girls which with Sacred Heart for boys became Sacred Heart Cathedral in 1987. St. Vincent classes of 1955, 60, and 65, and Cathedral grads from 1970, 75 , 80 and 85, gathered at two recent nostalgia fests. Thanks to party planners , Arlene Cabral Dickerson, Patricia Shea Diner, Lisa Hampton Facen, Aggie Godoy Genera , RENEW Group Six of the Ingleside District 's St. Emydius Beverly Reinhard Hendon , Janet Hart Leone , Parish put the program's environment-based talk to work with Delia Lewis Reed, Mary Ann McCarth y a recent clean-up of an overgrown neighborhood parking lot.

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RENEW 2000: "Not an End, But a Resurgence of New Life "

By Evel yn Zappia Hundreds of coordinators and leaders of the Small Faith Communities created by RENEW 2000, gathered as one body at St. Mary 's Cathedral Dec. 2 for a Mass with Archbishop Willi am J. Levada presiding that marked the end of the three-year program and the continuation of spiritual growth throughout the archdiocese.

The parish-based sp iritual renewal program , started in Newark , NJ in 1976, focuses on the study of scripture and the sharing of faith stories with individual Small Faith Communities (SFCs) as the catalyst.

The 20,000 Archdiocesan parishioners who began RENEW 2000 to prepare for the Jubilee Year, according to Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy, were represented in the coordinators and leaders at the Mass of Thanksgiving in celebration of "what was accomplished and what was yet to come."

"I believe it took a great leap of faith for the Archbishop to trust in the process and to take it as one way to prepare for the Jubilee Year," said Sister Heaphy, who described the Archbishop 's decision as "courageous."

"The program met all my expectations , including the growth of the peop le's faith and confidence," Sister Heaphy, the director of Evangelization and RENEW and Pastoral Ministry said. "The majority of its members are eager to continue the SFCs as part of their faitli journey."

Many of the partici pants spoke of the impact that RENE W 2000 had on their lives.

"Renew really opened my eyes to how important it is to share our faith with others ," said Kathy Lange of St. Gregory Parish in San Mateo. Lange described her experience as a "real statement of solidarity."

Tim Kennedy of Nativity Church in Menlo Park said his prayer life has improved and his concern for the Church 's approach to life issues has heightened since he began his RENEW Journey. "The discussions of the poor, racism and war and peace have enlightened me of the responsibility to the wider community," he said, and he is delighted that "there's a big desire for RENEW to continue at Nativity."

RENEW at St. Hilary parish in Tiburon has so impacted the lives of nearly 250 parishioners, they have scheduled a Feb. 4 Spiritual Town Hall meeting to discuss the continuation of the program, according to Darryl Hoffman "We're exploring how to go forward and what we will do next. Bible studies and a spiritual book of the month club have been suggested," he said.

For Cynthia Lauron , RENEW was difficult at first. She

wanted to quit. Yet her pastor, Msgr. Joh n Pernia of Our Lady of Perpetual Hel p of Daly City and her RENEW group members encouraged her to "keep try ing."

Lauron found "sharing personal faith stories difficult ," but admits it became easier with each meeting. "I adjusted , shared stories and listened to others," she said. "It brought new meaning to my life. Just hearing the fai tli stories of others gave me strength . I now feel a sense of fulfillment. " Janet Ross was skeptical. Candidly she said, "1 thought it was another thing I didn 't have time for but had to do it because my pastor was so enthusiastic and thought RENEW would enrich our parish life," referring to Salesian Father David Purdy of San Francisco's Sts. Peter and Paul Church.

Ross somehow found herself leading "two entirely different" RENEW groups and discovered die main impact on her life was the realization that she was not alone on her journey. "The friendshi ps I have made through RENEW will be cherished forever and ones that I know (as do they) I can depend upon in any situation, if necessary."

For Dr. Gay Ducharme of St. Monica Parish in the city, the reading of the 84 names of the parishes that participated in RENEW before the Mass began, reinforced the message of what RENEW brought to her, "I am not alone with God." In his homily, the Archbishop said, "We thank you for the gift of these semesters that you have given us - they have renewed our lives and the whole Church."

"Today," the Archbishop continued , "we reflect on the conclusion of RENEW as an organized program - not the conclusion of its continuous blessings and ben efits. It has given us a great grace...stirred us up and opened the Sister Heaphy is honored by Archbishop Levada for 1 wonderful work of the Holy Spirit. Do not keep her "leadership, diligence and efficiency ' in directing the good news of God' s love a secret. Tell your RENEW 2000. At the Archbishop ' s right is Deacon family, your friends and the world." .

Peter Solan of St. Peter Church in Pacifica.

"Renew has given the Archdiocese a deepening of faith and joy in being part of the Church," said Sister Heaphy. "For those who have shied away from it I would say 'come and see' join an SFC - even on a temporary basis. For me, it has enlivened my faith and given me great joy in witnessing the faith alive and active in others."

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BETHLEHEM , West Bank (CNS) — For the first time in almost two months Manger Square and the streets of E Bethlehem were filled with people after I dark-Dec! 10 as several hundred people participated in a candleli ght march to 8 prolest Israeli-Palestinian clashes. | "In the last few months Belhlehcm has been dead alter 4 p.m. because fear S has captured the life of the peop le ," said Viola Raheb of the International Center of Bethlehem , which with the £ § Christian Churches of Bethlehem and the National and Islamic Emergency U.S. church leaders join the march in Bethlehem. From left are Episcopal Committee organized the march.

Bishop Vincent Warner , Patti Browning, Episcopal Bishop Edmund "This march is a sign that we will Browning and Evangelical Lutheran Bishop Herbert Chilstrom. not let fear and anger take away our lives. We will take back our streets ," Raheb said. During this Christmas season , said Raheb , own identity but we will have it with a lower profile ," he said.

At the office of Bethlehem 2000, plans for a two-monlh when Christians around the world think of the Bethlehem of 2000 years ago , the demonstrators hope people will also Christmas Festival, including international events, were put on hold. The town of Bethlehem spent $200 million in preparemember the Bethlehem of today.

Bethlehem Mayor Hanna Nasser, along with Christian and ration for millennial tourism and was enjoy ing a tourist Muslim religious leaders, led the march. Nasser said the city boom until the end of September. Then violence erupted would have only "minimal " celebrations during Christmas , Sept. 29, the eve of Rosh Hashana and tourism dried up.

Joining the march were partici pants in a 27-member involving the traditional religious processions. "Christmas is delegation of the New York-based National Council of ' part of our religious life and we can t really even mention canChurches visiting the area on a fact-finding mission. celing Christmas. If we cancel Christmas it is like canceling our »jj

Clinton delays execution of killerfor six months

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In case watched closely by Catholic and other death penalty opponents , President Clinton postponed for six months what would have been the first federal execution in 37 years.

His decision- Dec. 7 came just five days before Juan Raul Garza, 44, was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind. Garza was convicted of three Texas murders under federal drug kingp in statutes.

Clinton said althoug h he believes the death penalty is appropriate for some crimes , he thinks the Justice Department needs more time to analyze information about racial and geographic disparities in the federal death penalty system.

In the weeks before he announced the stay, the White House had received letters asking for clemency sent by Pope John Paul II , leaders of the U.S. bishops ' conference , religious leaders of many denominations and civil rights activists. Just a day before the president's decision , Indiana 's Catholic bishops pleaded with him to grant clemency to Garza and also urged a moratorium be placed on federal executions.

Korean bishop s reject death pe nalty, cloning, abortion

SEOUL , South ' Korea (CNS) — Human cloning experiments , cap ital punishment and abortion must end as they are against human di gnity and creative order , the South Korean bishops ' Justice and Peace Committee says.

In the message, the bishops asserted that "the death penalty must be abolished as soon as possible ," and they called for the abolition of a South Korean law permitting abortion. "The core of human di gnity is that human life and humanity are the last mystical areas that cannot be completely controlled by anyone or anything," the committee said in a message to mark Human Ri ghts Day Dec. 10, The bishops also expressed concern for the poor, unemp loyed , homeless and orphans. They said th at these peop le must be cared for because of their human dignity, not according to their economic usefulness.

Vatican official calls for more just relationship with animals

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Human dominion over the natural.world must not be taken as an unqualified license to kill or inflict suffering on animals , Marie Hendri ckx, a longtime official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , said in an article the Vatican newspaper , L'Osservatore Romano.

The cramped and cruel methods used in the modern food industry, for example, may cross the line of morally acceptable treatment of animals , Hendrickx said , The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" says it is legitimate for human s to use animals for food and clothing, and to domesticate them for work or leisure . But Hendrickx pointed out that the catechism 's official Latin edition says medical experiments on animals is morally acceptable onl y if they contribute to caring for or saving human lives.

Moreover , the -catechism says that in general it is "contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly."

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Starvation looms for refugees in war-torn Sierra Leone town

' FREETOWN , Sierra Leone (CNS) — Starvation looms in a disp laced person camp in the strategic town of Mile 91 of the war-torn West African state of Sierra Leone, officials of Caritas , the Catholic development agency, said.

Situated 91 miles from Freetown, the camp houses 35,000 displaced persons. In addition to grapp ling with the problem of feeding 35,000 displaced peop le, Caritas is also providing help to the host population of Mile 91. "They too are starving, especiall y the pol ygamous homes ," a Caritas official said. The polygamous homes contain , many ehildren , up to 10 or more." Displaced persons fleeing from rebel-controlled territories report widespread starvation.

Use hands, hearts to build up king dom of God, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must partici pate actively in the preparation for the coming of God' s kingdom , Pope John Paul II said.

"Man is not an inert witness to God's entrance into history," he said during his Dec. 6 weekl y general audience, "Jesus invites us to search out actively the king dom of God and its justice , and to make this search our princi pal concern ," the pope told some 30,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square.

"Humans are thus called to cooperate with their hands and hearts in the coming of the king dom of God in the world ," said the pope.

Those who will enter the kingdom, he said , must live in accordance with the beatitudes , de-emphasizing material goods "to raise up the poor of the earth from the dust of their humiliation " and following the "path of justice."

"All who seek God with a sincere heart, including those who do not know Christ and his church, contribute under the influence of grace to the building of this kingdom," the pope said.

Over-counter 'morning-after ' p ill sales condemned by bishops ' aide

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — A spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops called it "tragic" that the American Medical Association "would consider recommending over-thecounter sale of the so-called morning-after pill. " The drug "deprives new embryos of their ability to

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"Making this product available over the counter like aspirin will make abortifacients available to underage girls , without parental notice or consent in states which require parental.involvement in abortion decisions , " Cleaver said, Delegates at an AMA convention in Orlando Dec. 5 approved without discussion a resolution to increase education on and accessibility of the morning-after pill , and called on the Federa l Drug Administration to consider making it available without a prescri ption.

For morning-after pills to be available over the counter, a pharmaceutical company would have to formall y appl y to the FDA. According to an Associated Press report, a spokeswoman for the FDA would not disclose whether U.S. manufacturers of morning-after pills had submitted applications.

Food fo r Poor officials say audits show misconduct was limited

DEERFIELD BEACH , Fla.(CNS) — Financial improprieties by Ferdinand Mahfood , the founder and former CEO of Food for the Poor, were "finite and limited ," officials of the relief agency say. They based their comments on recently-completed internal audits commissioned by the board of directors .

Officials , who released a summary report on the audits , also said they show that proper financial controls are in place to safeguard agency funds and future operations.

The audits came in the wake of the Jamaican-born Mahfood' s resignation Sept. 25. He gave up his position after admitting he had diverted charitable donations — now estimated at more than $400,000 — to two female members of his staff with whom he was sexuall y involved and to members of their families.

Shortly after his resignation , Mahfood entered a residential facility for treatment of bipolar disorder. He has long suffered from the condition , commonly known as manic depression.

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Putting politics in perspective

Church exp ands anti-p overty efforts

By John Norton Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As a rule , the Vatican 's first response to extreme poverty has been to promote acts of solidarity and charity.

But in early December it began delving into macroeconomics.

The Vatican's justice and peace council hosted a Dec. 3-6 meeting of dozens of experts , church leaders and Catholic aid agencies to activel y encourage church communities in poor countries to insist on having a voice in national development policies and to mobilize a worldwide network to give them technical and financial assistance.

Under examination were new opportunities presented b y the latest international debt relief scheme, which requires partici pating countries to draft and implement poverty reduction strateg ies in consultation with civil society.

Meeting partici pants said the Catholic Churc h was uniquel y qualified to speak on poverty reduction because of its extensive experience in caring for the poor and knowled ge of local realities. But in the past , most local churches have limited their partici pation in social policy development to pronouncements and pastoral letters,.

"This is a historic moment," said Barbara Kohnen of the Center of Concern, a Washington-based Catholic think tank , who gave a presentation on (he technical aspects of the international debt relief plan , known as the "Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper," or PSRP. "I think the churc h can play a very, very major role in forming national development policies in the future ," she said.

Catholic leaders from the three poor countries where the church has alread y played a formal role in drafting their nation 's poverty reduction strategy — Zambia, Bolivia and Cameroon — detailed their experiences at the meeting.

Afterward , Bishop Diarmuid Marti n, secretary of the Vatican's justice and peace council , said it was clear that ihe PRSP process had been moving too quickly and too superficially to adequatel y engage all sectors of civil society in the partici pating countries. One local church , he told Catholic News Service, was given only three days notice before a major consultation.

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Local churches in many poor countri es have yet to insist on their partici pation in Ihe process ' partly because of the newness of the approach , said Kath y Selvagg io, a representative at the meeting from Catholic Relief Services , the U.S. bishops ' international aid and development agency.

"It 's one thing to have a network of hospitals and schools and yet anolher thing to say what the health policy and education policy for a country should be," she said.

Selvaggio said CRS expected to be able to give local churches in poor countries access to information and assistance in economic literacy, as well as to represent them at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

The U.S. agency wants to "primarily encourage them to use the network of the church so that they have the ability to bring the voices of the poor to the centers of power," she said.

One concern addressed at the meeting — which in the past has figured high on the Vatican 's list — was how churches can get activel y involved in national policy formation without damaging their credibility as churches.

Most participants seemed to agree that, at this early stage, there is not yet any risk of the church overstepp ing its bounds.

"Before it becomes a problem , we need to get there," said Kohnen.

Bishop Alexis Habiyambere of Gisenyi, Rwanda, said the Catholic Church is one part of Rwandan civil society, and as such, shares no more risk in the process than society as a whole.

Other partic ipants were clearly more impatient with tal k of potential risks.

"All diis philosop hizing about the church and politics!" said Father Matthew H. Kukah , the secretary-general of the Ni gerian bishops ' conference , at a conference, break.

"The church is standing at the edge of a river, wondering how deep the water is," he said. "We must plunge in to see.

Or turn around and go home."

Addressing another concern , Bishop Martin took pains to explain to journalists before the meeting that church participation in the PRSP process did not mean the church intended to "canonize " World Bank projects.

Each development project would have to be carefull y evaluated, particularly for its likel y effectiveness , before the church would eive its direct or indirect support, he said.

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The cardinal assured the 22 senators who will act as judges in the impeachment trial that he was pray ing for them. "We are watching you , God is also watching you , it 's a sin to gag the truth , do not be afraid to tell the truth ," he said.

Cardinal Sin concelebrated the Mass with 150 priests and six bishops; 12 El Shaddai elders also attended.

Velarde was in the United States accompany ing his wife for medical treatment.

In the afternoon , the Senate opened the trial of Estrada for bribery, corruption , betrayal of public trust and "culpable violation of the Constitution. "

in his Dec. 7 column for the Today newspaper , cited priests who refused to say Mass for the El Shaddai charismatic group because they perceive its leader , Mariano Velarde, to be lacking in comp lete loyalty to the church. ' Velarde continues to support Estrada , lis spiritual advisee , desp ite the bishops ' :al! for the president 's resignation.

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Presentation Sister Nancy McLaughlin , who was on the pilgrimage as her community 's San Francisco-based social justice coordinator, found every day and experience of the trip moving but was especially touched by the "filled Cathedral" for Mass and being at the spot where the four women died.

More than 500 people filled the cathedral , Sister McLaughlin said. "There were Maryknol l Sisters from all over the world and Ursuline Sisters from Cleveland , Sister Dorothy 's home , and around the world," she recalled , noting that relatives of some of the deceased women also attended.

"The presence of all the Sisters and the families was marvelous ," she said.

The visit to the murder scene "was probabl y the most "Sister gripp ing, McLaug hlin said.

The spot where the four women died is marked today by a chapel that is used by local citizens. "A first Communion class was using it when we arrived and we had to wait, Sister McLaughlin said , recalling an evening vigil at the site attended by the Maryknoll and Vincentian Sisters who "found and identified the bodies."

Sister McLaughlin called those on the trip "a powerful group of women " who especiall y had their say on the tightly scheduled tri p at two press conferences broadcast on El Salvador television and stateside on CNN. Spokeswomen representing the more than 80,000 women religious in the United States condemned not only the murders of the four U.S. church women but also the "deaths, rapes and disappearance" of Salvadoran citizens and questioned the United States continued involvement there, Sister McLaughlin said.

The pilgrims also visite d U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Rose Liken, asking her to "go and meet the rural poor " and begin conversations with CIDAR, an El Salvadorbased advocacy group. Sister McLaughlin called Liken 's "pledge" to accept the challenges a "major accomplishment. " "The poor had hope when the peace accords were signed in 1992 but nothing has happened and it 's becoming hard for them to keep hope," Sister McLaughlin said , adding they have "great faith and ability but are without resources to take the next step."

Travelers spent two days of the tri p at clinics , farms , a "bakery where a woman works 20 hours a day, " and visiting the site of a massacre that claimed 100 lives.

Sister McLaughlin , a woman relig ious for 46 years, said the peop le of El Salvador "would be wonderful at determining their future , if only they could. " Notre Dame Sister Nancy O'Shea, a member of her community 's leadershi p team , represented the California Region of Leadership Conference of Women Religious on the tri p. "It was a profound experience on many levels, so comprehensive and well organized ," Sister O'Shea said, adding that she expects "to continue to be affected by the tri p" but doesn 't "yet know all the ways. " on fire " She called the residents "articulate^ alive and and said the most moving part of the tri p was "seeing and (raveling the road" that took the four women to their deaths.

"The whole bus was quiet ," Sister O'Shea said. "It was a very meaning ful time. We were in tears half the time. " Also representing LCWR was former provincial of the Sisters of the Holy Names, Sister Sally Sl yngstad.

The pilgrimage was sponsored by SHARE Foundation of San Francisco whose "Grass Roots program supports the ' empowerment of impoverished communities in El Salvador."

The Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame; Dominican Sisters of San Rafael; Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur; and Sisters of the Holy Names declared their convent grounds as sanctu ary for refugees from Central America in 1980 following the four churchwomen 's murders. Betty Canton-Self , who came to this country from El Salvador, was assisted by the program and today is director of San Francisco's Interfaith Coalition for Immi grant Rights.

Also making the tri p from the San Francisco Arcdiocese were Notre Dame Sisters Jeannette Braun and Kathry n Keenan; Mercy Sister Diane Clyne; Presentation Sisters Kathleen Heal y, Kath y Sickly, Kate Carter, and Jill Stapleton; San Rafael Dominican Sisters Marion Irvine , Bernadette Wombacher , and Cath y Murray; and lay woman Loretta Nekota of St. Andrew Parish , Daly City. Presentation Sisters Anne Marie Sullivan , Cleta Herold , and Sy lvia Llerena made a similar trip to El Salvador in March to commemorate Archbishop Romero 's death.

. . . the most moving part of the trip was "seeing and traveling the road " that took the four women to their deaths. "The whole bus was quiet ," Sister O'Shea said. "It was a very meaningfu l time.

We were in tears half the time."

Slain women remembered in Belmont More than 250 people gathered at College of Notre Dame, Belmont , on Dec. 3 to pray for and remember murdered Maryknoll Sisters Ila Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay woman missioner Jean Donovan.

The diverse grou p included faculty and students from the college and its sister school , Notre Dame Hi gh School, as well as members of local parishes, representatives of the Salvadoran immigrant community, and Bay Area religious. Pictu res of the slain women were carried into the college chapel in an entrance procession , and excerpts from letters written by the late women were read by student members of the college campus ministry team.

Women relig ious representing the five local communities who declared their convents as sanctuary following the four women's killings in 1980, were also present.

Murdered priest is cited as model for all Kenyans

By Cathy Majtenyi Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS)—The church, Christians and all Kenyans must follow the example of Father John Kaiser, a U.S. Mill Hill Missionary who was murdered in Kenay, and tight against unjust laws and actions, Bishop Colin Davies of Ngong said at a Mass to commemorate Human Rights Day. Father Kaiser was collecting evidence for rape charges against Cabinet Minister Julius Sunkuli at the time of his death. Investigators interrogated Sunkuli for several hours Dec. 6 about Father Kaiser's death.

Father Kaiser was found murdered in a lane off of the Naivasha-Nakuru road Aug. 24. His head had been blown off by a shotgun. He was best known giving evidence that government ministers and other officials fueled ethnic conflicts and displaced thousands of people earlier in the decade.

"Father Kaiser's death has had an impact on all citizens," Bishop Davies said at the Dec. 10 Mass celebrated near the site where Father Kaiser's body was found shot to death in August. "The death of Father Kaiser should be a wake-up call to say that 'enough is enough!'

"We don't lack ideas, we lack courage," Bishop Davies told the gathering.

In addition to Father Kaiser, the Mass also was dedicated to others who had lost their lives in the fight for justice , including Anglican Bishop Alexander Muge and Franciscan Brother Larry Timmons, both killed in Kenya, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Ghandhi.

In recent months Kenya 's bishops and others have been calling on the government to find and punish Father Kaiser 's killers. The U.S. State Department is to present the report on the status of the Father Kaiser investigations to Congress Dec. 15, reported The Sunday N ation newspaper.

Bishop Davies said the Kenyan government has been dragging its feet on this investigation.

In his homil y, Bishop Davies pushed for constitutional reform, a move th at is gaining momentum in Kenya as the country heads towards elections in 2002.

"The current constitution is not fair to the citizens," Bishop Davies told the gathering.

The Catholic Church is a key player in the Ufangamano Initiative, a broad-based movement advocating for changes to make Kenya 's constitution — signed in London in 1963 at the time of independence — more up-to-date and in line with human rights practices.

Some of these changes could include abolishing the death penalty, outlawing detention without trial, separating powers of the executive, judiciary, and Parliament, and ensuring citizens' freedom of expression and association.

"Our bishops have agreed that we are not going to rest until our constitution has been changed," said Bishop Davies. For the sake of justice and future generations, Kenyans "should be able to make history, just the same as Father Kaiser did," he said.

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St. Vincents: An exp erience of a lifetime Stories and p hotos by Kamille Maher "This is ihe expedience oj a lifetime, let me tell yon .

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Through role modeling, group therapy, counseling sessions, and buildA naval commander was describing the privilege enjoyed by the rest ing trust , adults try to teach the boys "you really don 't have to have violence , you dents ol a group home for boys as they took an advance tour of the aircraft car don 't have to have pain , and you don 't have to sabotage ," Wright continued. rier USS Constellation during a recent Fleet Week celebration in San Francisco Two years ago, the school, as part of CYO, Staff at the home might want to use the same ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ launched a "youth care initiative program," a collabodescription of the services they provide to the resrative effort b y St. Mary 's Medical Center, the idents in their care: an experience meant to turn a University of San Francisco and CYO. By combining troubled lifetime into something positive. the unique talents of each organization, the Youth Care While the boys represent some of the Initiative has made strides toward enhancing the menhardest cases in social service delivery, one could tal health offerings of CYO programs in San Francisco have mistaken them for privileged teenagers to see and Marin County. them touring the aircraft carrier, chatting with Phase one of the initia tive focuses on neurofighter pilots about Catholic school , and enjoying psychological assessment of the children at St. top seats for the Oct. 7 Blue Angels air show.

Vincent's. By giving the staff of St. Vincent's the The special activities don 't end the boys ' chance to consult with psychological specialists , the troubles, but they do bring enjoyment to life at the ' school provides residents with educational , psychoCatholic Youth Organization s St. Vincent's School logical and medical treatment. In turn , the staffs at St. for Boys, a live-in treatment and education facility Mary's and USF are more aware of the children and for "severely emotionally disturbed" boys. The adolescents at St. Vincent 's. residents , many of whom also have learning disabilities , attend classes at the Timothy Murphy St. Vincent 's staff members provide special Navy Li Ttx Kell y discusses with students and a coansefoi activities in recreation , athletics , and community School on campus. f rom St. Vincent 's his. experiences in a Nashville, lam., activities to help the boys enjoy life.

The center is located in the rolling hills o Catholic schoo l, and liis work as aJighfer pilot.

At the Fleet Week celebration in San Marin County, on land deeded to the Catholii by pioneer Church in 1853 an Irish-born namec Francisco , St. Vincent 's residents went on an advance —~ ~v — r Timoth y "Don Timoteo" Murphy with the wish that a "seminary of learning" be tour of the naval aircraft carrier USS Constellation docked at Pier 32. The 20 or established there. The original Gold Rush orphanage changed and grew to so St. Vincent's residents looked on with wide-eyed excitement as two fighter become a modern residential treatment center. The facility came under the CYO pilots spoke to them. umbrella during the 1970s.

"I was so excited to come here," exclaimed one, whose identity is proSixty-six boys, some as young as seven with the majority ages 11 or 12, tected as a resident of the facility. "I am very interested in these F-18s and I'm stay from one to three or five years, explained Kent Eagleson, CYO's director of hoping to fly one when I grow up. " residen tial programs. The center's annual budget is $5 million, according to A 16-year-old resident asked for enlistment information at the concluChief Financial Officer Terry Fuetsch. Most of that sion of the tour. is paid through the residents' counties of origin , Navy Commander Phil Kumler also said the By combining the. unique talents o j each organization, said. tour held significance because Navy personnel decidEagleson The facility is classified as "Level 12" withed to "bring the kids who need help out to the ships the Youth Care Initiative has made strides in the California Department of Social Services rating instead of sending sailors to the shelters." toward enhancing the mental health off erings system. One 10-bed unit is classified at Level 14. Also St. Vincent 's also offers work opportunities to known as Sub-Acute Care, Level 14 is the highest the boys.

When Catholic San Francisco recently visitof CYO pro grams in San Francisco level, serving boys who would otherwise be placed in ed CYO's Pickleweed Park Community Center in the and Marin County. a .state hospital or who have repeatedly been failed by Canal district of San Rafael , two St. Vincent's residents other placements at lower levels of care. The resiwere hel p ing Social Service Sister M. Albertina den ts in this unit require additional psychiatric and mental health services.

Morales in supervised play with the kids in the daycare . Paid through the counCounselors' goals include teaching the boys how to be safe and build ty, the St. Vincent's teenagers played ball outside with the children and one of the health y relationships with adults, Eagleson said. The boys should be able to Pickleweed counselors. expect "nice, healthy, loving relationships as a given," he said. The hope is for "They are good kids — they are working, and helping me," Sister the boys to "step down to level 12" as they learn to control impulses , express Morales said. feelings, and get along with others.

Program Supervisor Wright said his favorite part of working with the Social workers from Child Protective Services and the Department of boys is "seeing them graduate." He said his job "is one of the most rewarding but Social Services usually place the boys in the program , explained Program one of the toughest."

Supervisor John Wright. The boys come from biological families, from foster "It forces you to look at yourself and then put that aside to help anothfamilies, and on rare occasions from situations in which they are "wards of the er human being," Wright said. He said his "strong leadership staff" stays a "very court ," Wright continued. Treatment begins with identif ying a boy's problem by long time," voluntarily working in the human services field with "hard work and "gathering as much very little pay. Image-wise, it is not as rewarding as it should be," he added. information as possiHis great hope is to become unemployed. "Then I would know there is ble , " and forming a no need for me." treatment team made up of psychiatrists, a counselor, the boy 's house supervisor, a therapist , and school staff , he said.

Wright described A view e>/ihe control the treatment model as sower tram a tower "family-based attachdeck of the ment " and said counammji carrier selors try to elicit help VSS Conudkiiion, fro m caring adults in the Residentsoj boys' lives. He said the St. Vincent 's Sdwd boys tend to "live in the Copt. VV R. "Floyd " Barter describes to Si. Y~mm\V$ enjoyed <j private moment. " The biggest residents mi Nnvy Chap lain jemit Father Mkktel Iktrtmi tour of ike vessel challenge he faces is deft) his work tts afigUer pitof m fhe ahera/i turner (ktin^ re<. em Fleet showing them the cause VSS Constellation.

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Above. St. Vincent 's resident Billy Trammel fosses 'Bay," a horse that is part oj' tfte ccjucstrkm program at the CYO's school for hoys in San Raj 'ael. Bill y and the other residents learn "low resistance" riding techniques, in addition to basic horse care. Simp ly brushing a horse fife "Bay," as Billy does below, can provide impo rtant opportunities to show and receive love , and to complete tasks without becoming distracted , according to former equestrian director Dawn Teal Bottini.

"A horse has unconditional love to offer," says Dawn Teal Bottini. And that's what the boys at St. Vincent's need.

Bottini recently served as the director of an equestrian program that provides successful therapy for residents of the CYO center for emoy tionall y disturbed boys. \ The boys live in 10-bed houses on a hill above the facility's horse \ stables. Involvement with the horses, from grooming to feeding and V riding, provides the boys a "remarkably effective " form of recre> \ ational therapy, and the results of the program have been "star/ / \ tling," informational materials state. |\ In the spring of 1997, a graduate student from Samuel 1 | K k \ Merritt College based her thesis on research she con- f j k ducted while observing the Equestrian Program in m\ ^flj r j f l i i l A action - The paper , titled "Effects of Equine- JH Facilita ted Therapy on the Antisocial Behavior of JP^^ Adolescent Males," concluded that the St. Vincent's program is "an effective intervention. " In existence in its present state since 1982, St. Vincent's equestrian program is one of few in the state at such a facility, according to Kent Eagleson, CYO's director of residential programs.

The program teaches riders to use a "low resistance " approach in which no whips or spurs are employed. The boys take weekly rides around St. Vincent 's acreage in the afternoons.

A "junior wranglers" program provides advanced training and job opportunities to increasingly skilled riders . The six junior wranglers do not necessarily display the best behavior in their houses.

Yet when they work with their horses, help around the stables , compete in regional shows, and conduct mini-lessons for other St. Vincent's residents, the wranglers display competence and / responsibility.

Bottini said she witnessed great changes in boys as they m participated in the equestrian program. A child may have come M HM clown to the stables very angry, and not talking to anyone. "But within one hour, he'll be talking to me," she explained. "He' be so curious he will start asking qu estions. All of a sudden he'll be talking to the horse and hugging the horse. " For example, recently a boy who can be "hyper " brushed a horse entirely without becoming distracted \ Afterward , he ran up to Bottini and exclaimed, "Look , J, look! I brushed the horse!" She said this marked an \ important accomplishment for him, one she saw , r A again and again.

J ÂŚ \ "They completely grow up and change, and V \ become very loving and responsible," Bottini remai

For more info rmation about the Catholic Youth Organization - CYO - or St. Vincent's School fo r Boys, call 415A06.2360 , or write to CYO, 98 Bosworth Street San Francisco , CA 94112.

Program Supervisor John Wright takesjoy in learning residents, 'y ou really don 't have to have violence, you don 't have to have pa in and you don 't have to sabotage..'

A St. Vincent' s resident employed as a helper, an adult staff person , and children f rom CYO' s Canal program share a huddle bef ore a game of "catch . "

St. Vincents residents begin an afternoon ride through the acreage of St. Vincent's in Marin County. Students participate in such rides weekly as p art of the equestrian program, which p rovides calming therapy fo r the troubled ymth.

In def ense of consistent ethic of life

Our Lady of Guadalup e We sometimes forget what it was like for Mary, the Blessed Mother, living in Palestine 2000 years ago. We look at her through our eyes and assume she was well thought of. Yet she lived an extremely simple and impoverished life. In her day, a woman had hardly any rights whatsoever. Women were not allowed to talk to men in public . They could not go to the water well , except in the early morning or late evening. They were treated as "property " and could not reall y avail themselves of the law to protect their rights: they had none. So in every way possible , Mary was poor: politically, economicall y, and socially.

Who is poor today ? People living in fancy condominiums? Generals, Bill Gates, CEO's of companies? No, they are people living in smelly tenements. People who do not know if they will get a paycheck next month . People who worry about hospital , food , and childcare bills.

People who are looked down upon because they do not have the proper papers to remain in the country and tire therefore abused , mistreated and persecuted. These are the poor. These are the "Marys " of our day !

Juan Diego is like Mary. He also is poor. An indi genous Indian who had nothing. He witnessed the conquering of his land and the decimation of his culture . The Mexican Indians found their way of life radically changed. And yet, ten years after the conquest , Mary appeared to Juan Diego - not to the Bishop, the general s, governors , mayors, wealthy or powerful , but to a simple, poor Indian who had, almost literall y, nothing. Mary, who knows intimately what it is to be poor, wished to reach out to all the poor through the poorest of the poor!

Maty is appealing to Juan Diego and his brothers and sisters. Mary speaks his language - NahuatI - not Spanish. She has dark skin. She is surrounded by symbols, which spoke to the Mexican Indians at that time. She speaks with compassion and identifies with the poor. She comes as the "Mother of the true God through whom one lives " and states her wish for a temple to be built at Tepeyac so that she could "show and give forth all my love, compassion, help and defense to all the inhabitants of this land ... to bear their lamentations and remedy their miseries, pain and sufferings."

At first, Juan Diego does not want to be part of Mary 's plan . He is so painfully aware of his poverty and helplessness. He says, "My dear Lady ... this I beg you, entrust your mission to one of the important persons who is well known, respected and esteemed so that they may believe him. You know that 1 am nobody, a nothing, a coward, a pile of old sticks ... You have sent me to walk in places where I do not belong."

And yet, Mary persists and Juan follows with the faith, love and devotion of a loyal son. Six years after the apparition and 16 years after the conquest, nine millions Aztecs are converted to Cadiolicism! What a miracle. The fusion of the Spanish and Mexican people desp ite the understandable animosities built up between the conquering and the conquered.

The people of Mexico were not attracted to the Faith through the Spanish - they were the conquerors ! But Mary, through Juan Diego, was able to accomplish a great miracle of conversion. The Spanish learned that the work of the Church was not to be part of the strong arm of conquering nations but to be part of the outteach to the poor, the needy, and to be part of their survival. Blessed Juan Diego proved a good choice.

Imagine how God and His Blessed Mother are longing for you and me to follow his call in our lives ! And yet so often we say, "What, me?

What can I do?" Mary would answer, "Quite a lot, actuall y !" If we allow God to work in us, as poor and helpless as we are, God will do great things! You see, God is not looking for a bottom line, for instant success, even for any success at all! All God wants is FIDELITY to His Son, Jesus Christ, just as Mary followed Him and became the first discip le. If we foll ow God's call in our lives, and become true disciples of Christ, God will work in us and wonderful things will happen.

Where is our fidelity? Is it to the rich and powerful or to the poor and needy? Is it to the gods of technology, ambition and success or to the God of the poor, the God of the forgotten, the God of those without proper papers ? You and I are called to do what we can for these people and to realize they are our brothers and sisters because we are one of them and one with them. We are poor and needy: in need of God's grace, of God's love, of God's forgiveness. If we act with compassion in our lives and allow Christ to shine forth in all we say and do, we will be fulfilling our Advent call to prepare the way of the Lord and point the way to Christ.

(Excerpt from a homily by Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester at Mission Dolores Basilica on Dec. 12, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe)

In the Dec. 8 edition of Catholic San Francisco , George Weigel bemoan s the fact Catholics , by a narrow marg in , supported Gore in the presidential election , thus threatening to "set in constitutio nal concrete , the abortion license . " And whose fault is this? Wh y it ' s Joe Bernardin 's fault for proposing a consistent ethic of life espousing the sanctity ol human life at all its stages , and for suggesting that the death of persons by execution or warfare may be as trag ic and as sinful as death in the womb. As my children say, "Get real. " Far more likel y to be a factor in the Church' s diminishing influence over the electorate is the hiera rchical insistence on linkage between the sexual sins of masturbation , contraception , premarital sex and abortion — all intrinsicall y evil , don ' t you know.

George loves the Pope insisting on orthodoxy in sexual ethics but passes over his teaching about social justice as thoug h it had no place in voters ' decisions.

The fact is that none of the presidential candidates have insp ired us morall y or ethicall y. It is an even contesl between men who are unlikel y to advance either the life or social justice agendas we Catholics support. Althoug h 1 voted for Bush , I remind Mr. Weigel that it was Republican Richard Nixon who appointed the Supreme Court justices who formed the majority in Roe v. Wade.

Robert Rowden San Rafael

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Paul Seliga San Francisco

Miscond uct is not 'borderline perso nality'

I read Father Gerald Coleman 's article on priesthood and abusive behav i orDec. 1 with great interest. As a psychotherap ist, 1 have seen patients who have suffered such abuse. I think the open acknowled gment of this abuse can be very hel p ful to patients who are try ing to repair their lives. Father Coleman ' s point about p riests whose behavior in their public life is at odds with their private life is significant. However , his definition of splitting and borderline personality are not accurate in a clinical sense , and these terms are misapp lied in this descri ption of priest ly misconduct.

It would be unfortunate if readers were to conclude that the behaviors and characteristics of these men were to be equaled with a Borderline Personality Disorder.

Kathleen Hynes, RN , MFT San Mateo

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Homily should link Word and Eucharist

Catholic San Francisco welcomes letters from its readers. Please: >¦ Include your name, address and daytime phone number. >- Sign your letter. >* Limit submissions to 250 words. >- Note that the newspaper reserves the right to edit for clarity and length.

Send your letters to: Catholic San Francisco 441 Church St. San Francisco, CA 94114 Fax: (415) 565-3633 E-mail: mhealy@cathoHc*sf.org

Recentl y 1 read in the "United For Life ," a pro-life San Francisco newsletter , that an enormous percentage of coup les are practicing contraception.

Many of these unfortunate couples know little or nothing about the Catholic Church' s approved method of Natural Family Planning, If practiced , this method could bring them back to the Church and thus save their souls.

I have lived in San Francisco 36 years, attended many Catholic churches and never heard Natural Family Planning mentioned. This is a terrible mistake. At the very least , our pastors could put Natura l Family Planning pamphlets in the church bookracks. Better yet , mention it from the pulpit. How happy those saved souls would greet you in heaven. What great grace our Savior would bestow on you.

Louis Keeshan San Francisco

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I read with interest Father McKearney 's article in Catholic San Francisco on the apparent disconnect between the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. He gave .several suggestions to remedy this , but did not mention the following, as I recall: The most obvious and most important way to link the Word and the Eucharist is to include the Eucharist in the homily. In fact , I believe — and was taugh t at JSTB many years ago — that the Eucharistic action that is about to occur is one of the three points to be included in EVERY homily, along with exegesis of the day 's readings, and application of those readings to the lives of the worshi pping community.

It amazes me how rarely I hear the Eucharist, the Table, or the Communion we are gathered to share ever mentioned in preaching. If a preacher's aim is to motivate his/her listeners to action, why not take advantage of the fact most people are ready

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Candidates left voters with tattered garment

Mr Weigel' s article (Dec. 8) implies th at Catholics , particularl y those who do not attend mass regularly, are responsible for the debacle we call the 2000 presidential election. The article seems to say that Mr. George Bush was the Church' s choice, and that had we gone to Mass regularly we would have known , and would have voted accordingly !

Could Mr. George Bush be a pro-life candidate?

As an ordinary Catholic working on informing my conscience , and bringing that conscience with me to the polling booth , I was hard put to recognize the qualities I sought in either candidate for presidency.

The pro-life approach must be a seamless garment of reverence for life from conception to the grave. I suggest that Mr. Bush' s state record on execution and health care severel y damaged his appeal to those working on this seamless garment. Voters were left with scraps and off-cuts from both candidates as we struggled in conscience to decide.

I see two men who would be president.

1 am very unclear as to the vision either one offers; in this, I do not feel alone.

Maureen Lundy San Francisco

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Unfortunate surprise in Christmas shopping One of the pleasures of Christmas shopping for me is browsing, letting the eye roam to light on some unexpected item which strikes me as just the thing for the person I want to find a gift for. Of course, browsing at bookstores is perilous: more often than not I come home with a new "gift " for myself, and my Christmas list no shorter.

A recent bout of browsing brough t an unexpected encounter of another sort. I found prominentl y disp layed a new paperback edition of John Cornwall's Hitler 's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII. This book is in my view a terribl y unfair attack on Pope Pius XII, together with an attempt to pillory Pope John Paul II in the bargain. Thus my astonishment that it apparently sold enough hard-bound copies to be thought marketable as a paperback , just in time for Christmas, of all things.

Hitler 's Pope is another contribution in what amounts to a cottage industry that has developed in the aftermath of Rolf Hochhuth's 1963 play "The Deputy," which began the evermore popular myth of Pius XH's "silence" about the Holocaust , attacking the World War ll-era pope, and by extension the papacy and the institution of the Roman Catholic Church.

Since not a few reviewers have praised Cornwall's book on very superficial grounds, while others like Garry Wills in "Papal Sins" use the Cornwall book as if it provided a scholarly basis for his diatribe against all things papal and many things Catholic, I thoug ht it might provide some toorare balance on this question to report the "notations" found in the USCC Department of Communications ' recently published "Annotated Bibliography of Recent Works" in the area of Pius XII and the Holocaust.

Cornwall , John , Hitler 's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII. This polemical book not only has a super-hyped sensational title, but it remains throughout sensational and unreliable both in general theory and in presentation of details. Pacelli , according to Cornwall , is not only solely responsible for the rise and triumph of Hitler in the 1930s, but responsible for the outbreak of World War 11 as well! Here, the circle is

squared. Nazi Germany is let off the hook and virtually all the woes of the 20th century are laid at the feet of one Italian churchman.

The book has what appears to be a scholarly apparatus but , in fact, is not. Cornwall relies heavil y on only a few secondary sources. His claim to have had unprecedented access to primary sources in the Vatican archives does not bear up under scrutiny. The Vatican archives up to 1922 are available to all scholars and have been for several years. He did not, in fact, "find" anything in them that scholars have not long known.

Cornwall's manipulation of the historical record is demonstrated by his claims to have proven that Pius XII was a rabid anti-Semite based upon two early incidents.

The first , from 1917, was during the period Pacelli served as nuncio to Bavaria. With World War I going on, normal train traffic between Italy and Bavaria had been disrupted. The chief rabbi of Munich came to ask Pacelli to pass on to Rome a request that die Hol y See intervene with the Italian authorities to release a train which had been halted , carrying a shipment of palm branches for the feast of Sukkoth.

Pacelli complied, sending the rabbi' s letter to the Vatican Secretary of State via diplomatic pouch. In the letter of transmittal , he asked his superior whether it was appropriate for the Church to be involved in providing ritual objects for use in Jewish worship. This may reveal something about interfaith relations well before the Second Vatican Council. It is hardl y proof of rabid anti-Semitism in any sense.

The second incident occurred some years later, during a period when a group of communist rebels had temporari ly taken over the city government of Munich. Pacelli had to deal with whoever was the civil authority. An aide whom he had dispatched to city hall on business reported to him in some detail on what transpired. Pacelli wrote it up, faithfull y recording the details given him, and sent the report to

Archbishop William J. Levada Rome. Some of the descriptions of the Jewish communists involved in the take-over are, indeed , harsh , especially by our contemporary standards. The lan guage, however, is not Pacelli's but his aide ' s.

Cornwall glides over this crucial distinction in order to support his characterization of Pacelli as crudel y anti-Semitic.

For an author who claims that he initially began his research to write in defense of Pius XII , Cornwall shows himself unable to enter Pius ' world and understand his actions within his own context. Cornwall' s strictures on the present Holy Father, and papal authority in general, make plain how much this book is history written through a rear-view mirror, as it were. It is a sad commentary on the secular media that this screed , with its blatant agenda, was ever published , much less given so much publicity. Its sales in this country apparentl y reached about 40,000 cop ies which , while small in absolute numbers, were respectable enough for this kind of topic to get a paperback edition.

Happy Advent! I hope your Christmas shopping schedule is ahead of mine!

Mos/Rp/ William J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

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St. Thomas More and the Primacy of Truth The Holy Father 's recent Jubilee proclamation of St. Thomas More as "patron of politicians and statesmen " makes it important that we understand More correctly. Since most of the world knows Thomas More throug h Robert Bolt 's play (and film), "A Man for All Seasons ," a critical look at that fine piece of drama is in order.

In a preface to his play, Bolt writes that the world' s greatest need is for "a sense of selfhood without magic." Thus More was a hero for Bolt because "Thomas More ... [was] a man with an adamantine sense of his own self. He knew where he began and left off , what areas of himself he could y ield to the encroachments of his enemies, and what to the encroachments of those he loved ... Since he was a clever man and a great lawyer he was able to retire from those areas in wonderfully good order, but at length he was asked to retreat from that final area where he located his self. And there this supp le, humorous , unassuming and sophisticated person set like metal , was overtaken by an absolutel y primitive rigor, and could no more be budged than a cliff."

This is sp lendid , even gripping, writing. But it isn 't, I suggest , what Thomas More was about.

"A Man for All Seasons " was first performed in the early 1960s, when existentialism was in intellectual fashion. Bolt 's More is something of an existential-

ist hero , dying a martyr ' s death because truckling to King Henry VU1 would have violated his sense of "self." Or, to put it in moral terms , More was a martyr for conscience.

Thus , in one of the great exchanges of a p lay filled with brilliant repartee , More 's friend , the Duke of Norfolk , asks why Sir Thomas can 't accede to the king ' s demands as so many others among the great and good had alread y done: "You know these men! Can 't you do what I did , and come with us, for fellowshi p ?" To which More, moved , replies, "And when we stand before God. and vou are sent to Paradise for doing according to your conscience, and I am damned for not doing according to mine , will you come with me, for fellowship?"

It 's a beautiful passage, but it misses the crucial point. Thomas More did not die for the "primacy of conscience," if by that we mean the primacy of his radically autonomous and willful "self." More died for Christian truth . As the Hol y Father wrote in his apostolic letter naming More the patron of politicians and statesmen , More 's "passion for truth ... enlightened his conscience " and taught him the truths for which he died: "that man cannot be sundered from God, nor politics from morality." More 's conscience was not formed privately, by his "self ," and it was not ultimately answerable to his "self." Rather , for More, as for John Paul II in the encyclical Veritatis Splendor,

Thomas More did not die for the "p rimacy of conscience , " if by that

we mean the p rimacy of his radically autonomous and willful "self. " More died for Christian truth.

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conscience is "the witS ness of God himself , o I a. whose voice and jud gIU ment penetrate the m depths of man 's soul. " zX o Bolt may, in fact, have recognized that More is more complex, and more interesting, than your typical existentialist self. In the wrenching last meeting between More and his fami ly, sent to the Tower of London to persuade him to bend to the king 's will , More 's beloved daughter, Meg, finall y cries out , "Haven 't you done as much as God can reasonabl y want?" To which More, haltingly, replies , "Well ... finally ... it isn ' t a matter of reason; finally it 's a matter of love."

Truth is beautiful. Truth is lovable. To be seized by the power of truth is to be seized , not by mere rationality, but by the Truth who is Love. According to Bolt , More "found something in himself without which life was valueless and when that was denied him was able to grasp his death." That "something " was the truth of God in Christ , not some psychological sense of "self."

Thomas More , standing on the brink of eternity, the headsman beside him , took his stand on the primacy of truth as his conscience had been formed by that truth. He did not die to defend his "self." He died for love, and Christian love is self-giving, not selfasserting.

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Joy to the World "I might believe that Christ is the Redeemer it Christians looked a little more redeemed." These words of the philosopher Nietzsche challenge us on the third Sunday of Advent , known as "Gaudete Sunday " from the Latin word meaning "Rejoice! " Pope Paul VI once wrote, "Yes, it would be very strange if this Good News , which evokes the alleluia of the Church, did not give us the look of those who are saved."

At the Last Supper, Jesus told His disci p les that they would weep while the world rejoiced; but that He would return to them and fill their hearts with "a joy no one shall take from you." (Jn 16:22) This promise is at the heart of our Jubilee celebration: Jesus gives a joy no one can take from us. What is the nature of this joy?

Its distinguishing feature is that it cannot be taken from us; it is not circumstantial. Many things bring us happiness: our talents , reputation , success; the affection of family and friends; good health , prosperity, possessions. It is certainly not wrong to enjoy any of these blessings. But all of them can be taken away, and eventually all of them will be taken away.

The joy Christ gives is not dependent on circumstances.

He promised it hours before His arrest, torture , humiliation and crucifixion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all events which are the antithesis of human happiness. St. Paul exhorts us this Sunday to rejoice

in the Lord always. He is writing from prison, not knowing whether he will be released or executed, In his difficult circumstances Paul encourages us to dismiss all anxiety from our minds , because the Lord Himself is near.

The nearness of the Lord does not diminish the circumstances which provoke anxiety. Quite the contrary : whoever says "yes" to God finds life more challenging, not less. For Paul, it meant long and lonely voyages, misunderstanding, rejection and beatings. For Mary, it meant giving birth to her child in a cave, fleeing to a hostile land to protect her baby, and finally watching Him die ignominiously on a cross.

People who think that religion makes life easier do not know what real religion is. The nearness of the Lord invites us to dismiss anxiety from our minds, not problems from our lives.

There is a counterfeit Christianity which promises us that if we follow Jesus we will prosper in our business, have good fortune in our lives, and enjoy esteem in our community. How can we expect something so contrary to the experiences of Christ and His disci ples? Jesus did not come to take crosses away from us, but to carry our crosses with us.

The joy which no one can take away is the joy which has gone the distance to death itself and emerged victorious in resurrection. The joy of Gaudete Sunday is the joy of every Sunday: Christ 's victory over the grave.

The story of Jesus begins with a child being wrapped in

swaddling clothes and laid in a stone trough ; does it end with a dead body wrapped in a shroud and p laced in a stone tomb? Our faith tells us no, that the risen Lord is with us, bearing the wounds which show His nearness to us in our suffering, and our nearness to Him in His resurrection.

As we unwrap our presents this Christmas, we will receive gifts which make us happy. But how quickly we tire of our toys, whatever our age. A joy that cannot be taken away? That gift we will find only when we are mindful that the Lord is near us, whatever our circumstances. God has not sent His Son as some kind of goodluck charm, but as the Companion of discouraged discip les who make their way to Emmaus.

Father Milton T. Walsh

Father Milton T. Walsh is academic dean and an assistant professor of systematic theology at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Family Lif e

Dilapidated creche witnesses Good News

My mother was a pious Episcopalian, and most of my memories of her invol ve some reli gious practice, like going to church and giving from our surplus to the poor.

But she died when f was five years old, and the religious observances of my family died with her.

Christmas became a strictly secular affair at our house. My father bought a tree and helped my brothers and me decorate it. On Christmas Eve, after shooing us off to bed, he shut himself into the formal dining room , which we never used after my mother 's death, and wrapped all of our presents. We kids tried to quietly sneak down the stairs and peek beneath the door, but somehow our father always heard us and threatened to return the gifts to the store if we did not return to our rooms. The next morning, we ripped into our packages like sharks at a feeding frenzy, with nary a thought as to what we were celebrating.

Watching seasonal television programs, such as "A Charlie Brown Christmas," was the closest my brothers

and 1 got to the Gospel account of Christ 's birth. Even so, my most cherished holiday activity was arranging our Nativity set. I searched throug h the boxes of neglected decorations until I found those beloved fi gurines. There were Mary and Joseph and the Christ Child; the ox and the ass; the angel proclaiming "In excelsis Deo"; the shepherds and their sheep ; and, the three Magi with a camel.

Made of painted plaster, the pieces did not hold up very well year after year; all of them were cracked and chipped. Some of the sheep were missing a leg, while the Virgin Mary was missing her nose. With sprigs of evergreen, I covered some of their imperfections and balanced those that could not stand on their own.

I asked my father once why our set was in such sad shape, and he said it had been "in the flood ," the infamous spring deluge that overwhelmed the neighborhood drainage system and filled our basement with six feet of water. So the figures were survivors, like the rest of

the family, and their broke n condition was ÂŚ visible for all to see.

Without my understanding it then , our dilapidated creche witnessed the good news to me far more than if it had been in perfect shape. Like the babe in our manger, the real Jesus was born into less than ideal circumstances. Among the sinful and son owful he dwelled , and for them he died.

Though my father and brothers and I did not say prayers during those bittersweet Christmases, there in our midst lay the Holy Infant, silentl y leading us back to God.

Vivian W. Dudro

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages four to 13) and a member of St. Ma ry 's Cathedral Parish.

Famil y Lif e

Christmas: Season of light Steve walked around to the back of the house and plugged in the extension chord . Three hundred tiny bulbs burst into light.

"Cool ," said Lucas and Gabe."

"Awesome," said their friend Michael.

Their expressions made my time on the ladder seem well worthwhile.

The string of icicle lights over our garage isn 't the fanciest li ghting display in the neighborhood. The people down the street have lighted reindeer that really move.

The house around the corner has green lights on the trees and candy canes along the walk. But these lights are on our house, and somehow, they bring Christmas home.

-The first few years Steve and 1 lived here, we didn 't put up lights. Then the boys began to bug us. "Mom?" said Gabe. "Let's put some Christmas lights on the roof."

"Maybe next year," I said. "It ' s a lot of work."

"But Mom, we need to make the house look like Christmas," added Lucas.

"It does look like Christmas. We've got the tree.

And I hung up a wreath on the door."

"But Mom , we have to have lights. "

Finally, I gave in. "All right, we'll get some lights.

But I am not climbing up on the roof."

We pounded nails, checked bulbs, and untangled the extension chord . At last, the li g hts were up, and we stood in the driveway, bathed in the warm glow. "You were right," I admitted. "It does look more like Christmas ."

I thought back to my own childhood. Dad would hang red and white lights along the eaves and a big star above the door. For a month, I could point out my house from anywhere in town. "Oh, you live in the house with the star," people would say.

At least once during the holiday season, we'd pile into the car to drive around and admire the lights. We'd see dancing Santas, sparkling Nativity scenes, flashing lights choreographed to Handel' s Messiah , and awardwinning displays that people would be paying the electric bill on for months to come. But I never saw anything I liked as well as our star.

Years later, on the night Gabe was born , Christmas lights brightened our way as Steve and I drove to the hospital . They sparkled and shone, celebrating the birth of the Christ child as we got ready to celebrate a birth of our own.

Christmas is a season of light. From the warm, growing glow of the Advent wreath to the flashing lights on the Christmas tree lots, the world is suddenl y full of new light.

Children , with their natural sense of wonder, are drawn to that li ght. We adults may miss the beauty, distracted b y busyness and one-upmanshi p.

But Christmas is not a contest. The Good New s of Christmas is that God's li ght has come, and there is plenty for everyone. The light from a small Child born in a stable is more than enough to brighten our hearts and our world.

We don 't have to have the most li ghts on the block.

All that matters is that we learn to welcome and nurture the li ght we have.

Christine Dubois

Christine Dubois is a freelan ce writer.

Contact her at: chriscolumn @juno.com .

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY God comes to renew us It is quite burdensome to encounter a cheerleader-atheart when you do not wish to be cheerful. To hear and indeed welcome this Sunday 's exuberant and exulting readings may profoundl y annoy you. There is a chance, however, that they may take you to the very heart of the worshi pping community where you may be profoundly changed into a cheerleader yourself. So watch out.

Imagine what Zephaniah tells us. God is not present to jud ge us , but to renew us. The God, who is carried into our hearts by our hearing of the Word, creates what the Word proclaims. Here God is to cherish us, embrace us, and bear us in his arms throug h the community who listens to the Word with us. "The Lord has removed his jud gment against you.... The king of Israel , the Lord, is in your midst , you have no further misfortune to fear....

The Lord your God is in your midst , a mi ghty savior; he will rejoice over you with gladness , and renew you in his love , he will sing joy full y because of you , as one sings at festivals."

To his beloved Phili pp ians , Paul makes the same point , focusing on the risen lesus ' presence to them/us: "Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice.... The Lord is near." This jo yful response to the exalted Jesus ' presence in us surfaces in our confident prayer throug h him to God: "Have no anxiety at all , but in everything, by prayer and petition , with thanksg iving, make your requests known to God." It is this type of Sunday assembl y that carries us to the day of Christ 's return: "Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."

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Father David M. Pettingill Luke gives us a joy in discovering what we are empowered to do now. Certainl y, we will be jud ged by the Messiah , as John the Baptizer expected , "He (th e Messiah) will baptize you with the Hol y Spirit and fire.

His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn , but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable lire . " But that judgment will be based on our present response to the poor and needy, including ourselves. The Baptizer wastes no time in responding to the question , " What should we do?"

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There is a hum of divine purpose that we recognize coursing through us, as electricity does through wires. In the film , "Chariots of Fire ," the young Scottish runner explains why he refuses to run on the Sabbath: "God made me a man , and he made me fast. When I run , I feel his pleasure in me. " May we paraphrase his words to capture the joy the Sunday liturgy bestow s, "God made us human, and he made us Catholics. When we act in Christ 's name , we feel his pleasure in us."

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Advent: Sights and sounds of the holy season The tender and the prop hetic , the startling and the subtle beauties of the Advent season are upon us.

What I love in our parish is the way "everything " changes when the new season begins , the way the entire liturg ical experience awakens us to a new season after those long months of Ordinary Time!

Even outside the church , fluttering ribbons and banners catch the eye with shades of violet and rose , even deep blue , with a hint of silver and gold. We recall that this is a season of "devout and joy ful preparation " for Christmas. The word "Rejoice!" is often on our li ps. The environment and art outside as well as inside the churc h reflects this.

"In the beg inning was the Word." To reflect the power of this truth , we clothe the lectionary with its Advent cover: a bluish-violet linen , adorned with the "Shoot of David" app li qued by Denise , one of our parish artists. We deli ght again in the beauty of the season 's vestments — not the Lenten ones with the cross of thorns! but the chasubles of rich-looking fabric in a variety of Advent hues th'at seem to sweep us up in expectant prayer and praise.

To hi ghli ght the proclamation of the Hebrew prop hets and the coming of Emmanuel who "baptizes in the Hol y Spirit and fire ," parishioners create the Advent wreath to surround the ambo. As the number of lit candles there increases , we find our attention riveted again by the promise of delive rance from every enslaving power, by the promise of walking with all humanity with God' s mercy and justice for company.

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND With hearts and hopes fixed on the One who is to come, we gather around the wreath and hear again the words fulfilled in Christ: "The king of Israel , the Lord , is in your midst , you have no further misfortune to fear."

The sounds of the season as well as its sights change.

Our beloved Advent seasonal psalm resounds once again: "To you , 0 God , I lift up my soul" by Bob Hurd. It 's so familiar by now that everyone sings the verses with the cantor as well as the joyous refrain. The haunting Advent "Alleluia " returns for this season only and the use of

Advent carols is generous at the time of the gathering song and at the preparation of the gifts. (We began sing ing "Of The Father 's Love Begotten " after some of us heard it at the "Sing ing Priests " Christmas concert.

It 's so prayerful. ) Even the youngest among us can exp lain the meaning of "Marana tha ," since the pastor weaves this phrase so effectivel y into the introduction to the sign of peace and the invitation to communion. It rings out too in the sung response to the intercessions: "Marana tha , come, Lord Jesus."

The sense of hopeful long ing and deep stillness that belongs to Advent is intensified by our times of silence throug hout the liturgy. Our pastor always uses this season to remind us of the silences before the penitential rite , before the three presidential prayers , after the readings , the homily, and especiall y after communion.

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School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials, costs, exact locations and additional information , call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087 or spl@att.net Preregistration is necessary for many programs.

Visit the Web site at www.splsf.org .

Holy Hour each Fri. 1 - 2 p.m., National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Valfejo at Columbus, SF.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBRO SA CENTER 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offe rings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director.

Dec. 31 - Jan 1: Welcoming the New Year with Father Thomas Madden, Ph.D. — JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE/EL RETIRO — 300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 948-4491.

Jan 5 - 7 : Getting Reconnected to God, Self , and Others, a recovery retreat for women with Father Tom Allender

Datebook for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897-0639.

Vocations

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

Jan. 19 - 21: Have you ever thought about the priesthood? Single, Catholic men , aged 21 - 50, who are interested in exploring the priestly vocation are invited to a weekend retreat at St. Patrick Seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park. Candidates must be sponsored by a priest and have a degree from a fouryear college or expect to complete one by June 2002.

If you are interested in attending, call Sulpician Father James Oberle at (650) 325-5621.

Prayer/Devotions

Jan. 1 9 - 2 1 : Finding God in All Things, a silent retreat for men with Jesuit Father Joseph Fice.

Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace. Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498.

2nd Fri.: Holy Hour for Priests at St. Finn Barr Church, 10:30 a.m. Includes talk by priest from Opus Dei with silent prayer and Reconciliation if desired.

Followed by simple lunch in rectory. Call (415) 3333627.

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Take a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land without leaving the Archdiocese by visiting an ongoing exposition at St. John of God Parish, 5th Ave. and Irving, SF. Open M-F 1:30-5 p.m. and until 1 p.m. on Sundays, Their Web site address is www.sjog.org.

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

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

Call (650) 340-7452 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at 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 Posl Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

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

Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 - 14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program , 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 5?0 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF. Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges@yahoo.com.

Dec. 20: How Jesus Christ Changed My Life, School of Pastoral Leadership Young Adult Advent series at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 7:30 p.m. Hear Alexie Torres-Fleming tell her story of eschewing success and returning to her New York City neighborhood to help young people. Contact Scott Moyer at scott@esgear.com or Jesuit Father Mike Barber at barbermike@compuserve.com.

Dec. 25: Home Visits with the Elderly, an invitation to deliver meals and spend some time with with one or two seniors on the day of Christ's birth. You will be provided with background information , flowers and meals.

Call (415) 771-7957 or www.littlebrothers.org/sanfrancisco Jan. 5-7: Retooling, Refueling, Debugging Your Spiritual Terminal, a retreat for Young Adults 21 30-something with Sister Molly Neville at San Damiano Retreat Center, Danville. Call (925) 8379141.

Social Justice/Respect Life Inquire about the annual Respect Life Essay Contest. Students in grades one through 12 are invited to enter. Winners will be recognized at a special Mass on May 13 at St. Monica Church, San Francisco with Bishop John C. Weste r presiding.

Call (415) 565-3672.

Jan. 19: Annual Interfaith Sanctity of Human Life Prayer Service at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th St. at Dolores St., SF at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Interfaith Committee for Life. Call (415) 565-3672.

Jubilee 2000 USA , as part of a worldwide effort to relieve the crushing debt owed by struggling countries to stronger lands, announces a Bay Area speakers bureau. Knowledgeable speakers are available without charge to address parish groups and organizations on this Jubilee Year topic. Call William or Jean Lesher at (510) 524-6645 or welesher@aol.com.

3rd Sat.: Maryknoll Affiliates meet from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Maryknoll House. 2555 Webster (between Pacific and B'way). SF to share faith and plan an action agenda. This is a group comparable to some religious communities' Third Orders made up of lay

Sundays in Dec: Concerts at National Shrine ol St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

women and men interested in assisting the Maryknol mission. Call Marie Wren at (415) 386-6600.

Dec. 16: Outer Richmond Celebration Mass commemorating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Patroness of the Americas, 11 a.m. at St.Thomas the Apostle Church, 3835 Balboa Ave. at 40th Ave., SF Mariachis Los Cacherros and the parish choir will leac song. Bring a dish to share at reception that will follow.

Call (415) 668-5108.

Jan. 12 -14: The Parables of Jesus: Mirror of God 's Love, a silent retreat for women and men with Jesuit Fathers Bernie Bush, Joseph Fice, Jerry McCourt , William Rewak , Robert St. Clair

Sundays in Dec: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedra l featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. No concert Dec. 24.

Dec 31 concert begins at 4:45 p.m.

Mass for people living with AIDS at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave., SF at 5:30 p.m.Takes place on last Sun. of month. Call (415) 863-7515.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novate Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. aj Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County.

Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 tor times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 322-1801. St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m. Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.fSt. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 567-7824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, Mon., 8:15 a.m. through Wed. at 7:30 a.m.; St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave . at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m.

Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, M - F 7:45 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Family Life Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages.

The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a dynamic marriage enrichment experience designed to deepen the joy a couple shares. Call (888) 568-3018.

Dec. 20: An introductory presentation on the Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning, St. Brendan Parish Hall, 29 Rockaway Ave at Laguna Honda, SF at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 681-4225.

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free information meetings on the 2nd Tues. of every month at 36 37th Ave., San Mateo at 7 p.m. for singles or couples who want to learn about children waiting for adoptive families. Call (415) 406-2387.

Single, Divorced, Separated Dec. 21: Cable Car Christmas Caroling Party beginning with Mass at 5:30 p.m., a light supper al 6 p.m. ($5), and a San Francisco caroling tour at 7 p.m. by motorized cable car ($22). Sponsored by New Wings at St. Thomas More Church. For information or to sign up, call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016.

Dec. 31: New Wings New Year's Eve Party, with dinner, music , games, dancing. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016.

Catholic Adult Singles Assoc, of Marin meets

New Wings at St. Thomas More Church meets on 3rd Thursdays. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 3349088 or e-mail stmchurch@hotmail.com. Call Ron Landucci at (650) 583-6016 about upcoming social activities.

Consolation Ministry Thurs: "Good Grief" meets at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish , James St. between Fulton and Grand , Redwood City from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 366-3802. i

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Feb. 3: Annual Religious Education Institute, 9 a.m.

- 5 p.m., at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 2001 37th Ave at Sunset, SF.An especially rewarding day for Religious Education directors and teachers, youth ministers, RCIA directors/team members, and any adult seeking additional faith formation. Opportunities include a look inside the Byzantine Catholic Church, a lesson on how parents can help prepare their children for the sacraments, embodying pacifism in everyday life. Sponsored by Office of Religious Education/Youth Ministry in conjunction with the Department of Catholic Schools and the Offices of Ethnic Ministries, Evangelization/ RENEW, and Worship. $18 through Jan. 16, $20 after. Group rate $16. Box lunch available for $5.50. Call (415) 565-3650.

Join Joe Stinson for "Good Grief" airing Sundays at 9 a.m. on Catholic Family Radio, KDIA 1640 AM. Call (650) 866-3525.

Catholic Healthcare West offers free classes and instruction on all areas of health at their San Francisco and Daly City facilities. Visit their web site at www.chwbay.org for details.

Tours and seminars on the art and the church of St. Anne of the Sunset. Call Rosemary French at (415) 681-9441 or Victoria Giambrunoat (415) 7317856.

Food & Fun Dec 31: Midnight in New Orleans , a close of the century party at St. Peter Parish, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica, 7 p.m. - 1 a.m., semi-formal attire.

Enjoy buffet-served Cajun and international foods.

Dance to music of DJ Booty Jack. A party to remember. $50 per person. Call Jim Mylett (650) 355-3607 or Frank Ryan at (650) 355-8588.

Feb. 2 and most 1st Fri.: Join the Marin Catholic Breakfast Club for prayer, dialogue and a meal beginning with 7 a.m. Mass at St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae.

Members $5/non-members $8.Call (415) 461-0704.

3rd Fri.: Open house and pot luck dinner and bingo at Catholic Kolping Society, 440 Taraval St., SF. No-host bar 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.; bingo 8 p.m.

Call Bill Taylor at (415) 731-1177.

Knights of Columbus of the Archdiocese 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 Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon. Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

Reunions If you are a member of Class of 1950, St. James Boys Grammar School, 22nd and Fair Oaks , SF, and interested in a reunion, please contact , Mike Miller, at (650) 344-1074 orokmiller@pacbell.net.

Did you attend SF's St. Paul of the Shipwreck Elementary School? We need to hear tmm you.

Please call the school at (415) 467-1798 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mon. - Fri. or e-mail Shipoff@stpaulshipwreck.com with your name , address , phone numbers and year graduated. A special event is planned for spring 2001 .

Centennial of St. Anne's Home, SF. Looking for old photos or written recollections of the Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Anne's Home or residents of the home. Contact John McGuckin at (415) 765-2945.

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

Priests Choir of the Archdiocese begins its Christmas concert season tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon; Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th St. and Dolores St., SF; Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. at St. Robert Church, 1380 Crystal Springs Rd., San Bruno. Those who attend will have an opportunity to make a donation to the Priests Retirement Fund. A classics to contemporary 75-minute entertainment with a user-friendly sing-along segment. A good time for atlages.

Dec. 17: "A Christmas Promise ", the annual holiday concert by the St. Philip Church Choir and Chamber Orchestra at St. Philip Church, Elizabeth and Diamond St., SF in the heart of Noe Valley.

Tickets S10, available at door or in advance by calling (415) 333-3529.

Volunteer Opportunities SF's Laguna Honda Hospital is in need of extraordinary ministers including Eucharistic ministers and readers as well as volunteers to visit with residents and help in the office and with events. Call Sister Miriam Walsh at (415) 664-1580 , ext. 2422.

Raphael House, a homeless shelter for families in San Francisco's Tenderloin District , is in need of volunteers to help with various tasks. Hours are 5:45 p.m. - 9 p.m. Call Carol at (415) 345-7265.

California Handicapables , which provides a monthly Mass and luncheon to handicapped persons, needs volunteers including drivers, serve rs , donors , and recruiters of those who might benefit from the experience. Call Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

Filip ino Novena honors Mary

By Sharon Abercrombie Filipino Catholics in the Archdiocese of Sail Francisco will celebrate the Nativity of Jesus beginning Dec. 16 with Simbang Gabi , one of their most beloved traditions.

Translated fro m Tagalog, Simbang Gabi means "going to church at night," explained Noemi Castillo director of tire Office of Ethnic Ministries. The nine-day observance honors Mary's nine months of pregnancy, she added.

Mi guel Lopez .de Legaspi, one of the first Spanish governors after Magellan conquered the Philippines, introduced the Nativity of Jesus in 1565. In the beginning, each of the masses started at dawn with the cock's crow. It gradually became known as Misa de Gallo. witn me rast pace ot lire in cities sticti as Manila, however, many parishes began offering the novena masses in earl y evening to enable those working in graveyard shifts to attend. As a result, the name, Misa de Gallo, changed to Simbang Gabi.

Today, whether the liturgies are celebrated at dawn, as frequentl y still happens in rural areas, or at night in cities, the novena is still called Simbang Gabi.

The celebration in San Francisco began in 1982 at St. Elizabedi Parish, said Castillo. It has spread to a number of parishes with large Filipino populations.

Filipino Catholics number 90,000 and comprise one-fourth of the Catholic population in the Archdiocese.

Simbang Gabi Masses are followed by parish potlucks or receptions each evening. "The feast really emphasizes fellowship and community," noted Castillo, adding that it is "an opportunity for everyone in the parish to be one community of faith, to wait, with Mary, in silence and prayerful antici pation for the birth of her Son Jesus, our Lord and Messiah."

Celebrations are planned at St. Elizabeth , St. Patrick, St. Thomas the Apostle , Epiphany, and Coipus Christi. all in the City; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Daly City; Holy Angels, Colma ; St. Lake, Foster City; St. Augustine and Mater Dolorosa, South San Francisco.

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Plenty of good children's books for Christmas giving Reviewed b y Barb Fraze Catholic News Service Looking for a good children s book as a Christmas gift? There are plenty available.

COMES A WIND , by Linda Arms White, pictures by Tom Curry. Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (New York, 2000). 30 pp., $15.95.

This is the best read-aloud tall tale of the year, with p icturesque language such as, "He climbed out and , slapp ing his 10-gallon hat atop his head , shambled toward the house like a hound dog on its way to a flea di p." The book tells of two grown brothers , their sibling rivalry and how that all is put aside when a cattle-blowing, body-stretching wind comes along and affects their mama. Colorful , humorous illustrations add to thi s book's appeal. Read it with a drawl. (Ages 4-9) MISS ALAJNEUS: A VOCABULARY DISASTER, by Debra Frasier. Harcourt , Inc. (San Diego, 2000). 29 pp., $16.

This extremely clever story tells the tale of what happens to a fifth-grade girl when she makes up the definitions of her vocabulary words instead of looking them up in the dictionary. Told in firs t person, the story shows that sometimes laughing at yourself is one of the most effective things you can do. Colorful illustrations with ingenious borders of vocabulary sentences add to this book 's appeal. (Ages 8-11) WHO IS SAM HARRINGTON? , by Rick Osborne and K. Christie Bowler, illustrated by Dara Goldman. Zonderkidz (Grand Rapids, Mich., 2000). 30 pp., $12.99. The little town of Coiedale turns into a much nicer place when people start doing kind things for each other, because "It's what Sam Harrington would do." The problem is, no one knows who Sam Harrington is or how the kind events got started . The mystery gets traced back to a Sunday sermon and a little girl who caught the gist, if not the details, of the Good Samaritan story. (Ages 5-9) LIVES OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN; RULERS, REBELS (AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT), by Kathleen Kru ll, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. Harcourt, Inc., San Diego, 2000. 95 pp., $20. Did you know that Marie Antoinette used to flick bread crumbs to break the tension at the palace's dinner table? Or that Jeannette Rankin , the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, voted against entering World War I? This latest in the series of "extraordinary" books is full of fabulous tidbits sure to keep readers turning the

pages. (Ages 9-up) DREAM FREEDOM, by Sonia Levitin. Silver Whistle. (San Diego, 2000). 169 pp., $17. Levitin switches settings from the western United States to Sudan to tell the story of slavery in modern Sudan and what one class of children does to fight it.

She personalizes stories of Sudan 's Dinka people and their customs to make life there seem a little more real to readers who perhaps never have even heard of the problems Sudanese face, and in turn makes some other people 's problems seem a little more manageable. (Ages 11-14) A KID'S GUIDE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY,

by Nancy 1. Sanders, Chicago Review Press (Chicago, 2000).

242 pp., $14.95. Here is a great history resource, extremely readable, with nearly every little vignette followed by activities for children. (Note: Many require parental supervision.) The book covers topics that range from life in Africa to life on a plantation to abolitionists to the turn of the century and hope for tomorrow.

(Ages 7-up) HERE I AM LORD 2, A PRAYER JOURNAL FOR TEENS, by Lonni Collins Pratt and Father Daniel Homan, O.S.B. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division (Huntington , Ind., 2000). 192 pp., $9.95. This second prayer journal has the same format as its predecessor, a format that has been teentested and approved. Each of 50 topics has a story or "Something to Think About," a section helping to personalize the story, a prayer starter, a short prayer and a place for writing feelings and prayers. The stories are touching without

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734 pages, $25. The Harry Potter series continues , keep ing up the pace set in the first three books. The tone of this one is a bit darker than the previous volumes, and one character dies. Rowling 's magical world is expanded as visiting teams from other schools of wizardry arrive at Hogwaits for the Triwizard Tournament. Our hero unexpectedly partici pates in the tournament and has his most perilous encounter yet with the evil Lord Voldemort." With new characters and magical creatures , "Goblet of Fire " gives a strong message of loyalty, friendshi p and the ultimate victory of good over evil. (Ages 9-

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Now it 's "The Cat in the Hat " — and again they 've captured the fun and verve of the original. As the cat says when he walks in, "Ludos vobis dabo mille!" (Roughly, "Have I got a lot of games for you!") Like "Grinchus ," "Cattus " has a full vocabulary in back to help learners and comes complete with Dr. Seuss 's ori ginal illustrations. And like the ori ginal "Cat," "Cattus" is written in rhyme. A great gift for a high school or college student who has had a year or two of Latin. (Ages 12up) (JF) .

Ms. Fraze, Catholic News Service international editor, is the mother of three children.

Contributing to these reviews were Anne LeVeque, a mother of three children, and Jerry Filteau, a CNS Latin "peritus."

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Associate Director Associate Director of the Mission Office of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Associate Director assists in the coordination of mission animation efforts of the Mission Office throughout lire Archdiocese. The position entails working closely with the Society of the Propagation of the Faith , the Holy Childhood Association , and the Lay Mission-He lpers Association.

This work would involve a presence in the parishes and organizations communicating the need s of the Missions, I'undraising, being part of a formation team for lay missionaries , and office administration for a staff of ei ght. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor 's Degree. Masters in Theolog ical/ Relig ious Studies preferred. Experience working with Missions in develop ing countries and strong communication/public speaking skills required. Bilingual (Eng lish/Spanish ) desirable. Send resume to:

Secretary/Office Manager Star of Hie Sea Parish in Sausalilo seeks a person lo work 20-32 hours per week.

People skills , organizational skills , computer skills required. Will be responsible for record keeping , data base maintenance , mailings and secretarial duties and phone.

Ability to work with volunteers is essential.

Full benefits , salary negotiable. Please send resume as soon as possible , position to begin last week of January.

Submit to.- Fr. Richard S. Deitcli , Star of the Sea Parish , 180 Harrison Ave, Sausalilo, CA. 94965 , Phone: 415-332-1765 , Fax: 415-332-4962

Graphics/Communications Coordinator F/T, benefited position in Communications Department of a non profit, religious organization in a beautiful 40acre campus setting. Responsibilities include planning, layout and computer graphics for various publications, editing and proofreading for accuracy and completeness.

Proficiency in MS Word, desktop publishing equipment and software specially Macintosh Pagemake r and Photoshop required. Excellent organizational skills, high degree of independence, detail-oriented and ability to meet deadlines are musts. At least two years experience in graphics design, with college education. BA degree in liberal arts or communications preferred. Send resume and sample of computer design work not later than January 16, 200 1 to:

Mission Office Fr. David Ayotte 3424 Wilshire Blvd.

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Old Mission School , a WASC-accredited Catholic school located in San Luis Obispo , is seeking an outs tanding Catholic educational leader to serve as principal beginning July 1, 2001. The ideal candidate will be a practicing Catholic who has knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith and is deeply committed to the ministry of Catholic education.

Sisters of Mercy 2300 Adeline Drive Burlingame , CA 94010 Attn: Human Resources

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Successful candidates will also have a minimum of three years teaching or administration in a Catholic school, possess religious certi fication or adhere to the minimum requirements for religious certification as set forth by the Diocese of Monterey, have a master 's degree with a minimum of 20 graduate units in supervision, curriculum, instruction, or other related educational administration courses, and hol d a valid California Teaching's Credential or it's equivalent from another state.

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Diana Dodds Curran Byron W. Davenport M. Del Refug io Vda. De Corona Nelly Vales De Pineda Helen A. Delucchi Carmen I. Dillon Madolyn F. Drummond Jenne Dubon Robert F. Dumesnil, Sr. Jerry B. Dupas Helene F. Eilert Cesar A. Enriquez Virginia E. Feeney John M. Fitzgerald Louis Walter Fleischer Pedro E. Freytes Celia A. Froiland Mario J. Gaddini Mildred H. Garcia Nora P. Garwick Christine Noelle Gayanilo Donald D. George Sr. M. Cornelia Giacomini SHF Joseph A. Gogna Maria Elena M. GomezJimenez William Gouldine Melvin J. Grah am Ora "Petey" F. Grant Rev. Melvin Joseph Hary Josep h J. Healy Josephine Hendrix George L. Higgins Robert L. Johnson Annette R. Johnston Milan Jurkota Catherine N. Kane Stanley F. Kanon Margaret M. Kaufman Julia T. Kaz Lawrence A. Keenan Mary Lou Keller Charles J. Kenny Leona A. Kilian Richard T. Kimpo Patricia B. Kniolek Rudolph D. Kotta

Cira Krebs Margaret E. Lacampagne Ursula H. Lawson Nicholas J. Lawson Anthony Francis Limacher Donald D. Lopez Sr. Beverly Lorenzetti PBVM Leon J. Loupy Agnes C. Lovrin Filomena S. Machado Mary McGraw Male Lina A. Malfanti Dolores Mallia Jose V. Mariano Gregg S. Mauro Yvonne McAleer James J. McCormick Helen S. McCullough Geraldine Ann McGovern Rozelma E. Milligan Angelo R. Miran Joan M. Monte Michael G. Moore Florencio M. Morales Mary C. Morris Claudine Takyu Wong Morris George R. Morse August F. Nassano Richard G. Niswonger Andy V Nocon Josephine O'Connell Stella O'Keefe Robert F. O Nate Ek R, Pito William J. Pasquinelh Virginia Patane Blanca E. Perez Dennis W. Rayo Guillermo R. Revives Frances M. Righetti Arturo Rodriguez, Jr. Maria M. Roque Eleanor M. Rossini Frances S. Rucker Eloisa Ruybal Vicente B. San Pascual Lee T. Sandoval Gilbert L. Sandoval Apolinario V. Sauet

Amparo V. Serrano Inez Virginia C. Sholaas Jacklyn Doherty Silker Marcus Aurelius "Ray" Silvestri Leo Simontacchi Edward D. Steele Aladino J. Stefan i Gerald E. Sullivan George A. Takage Charles D. Toland Alvs L. Tolentino Esther D. Torres John T. Tully Joan Hardy Twomey Ana Maria Urbina Carmel M. Uriarte Margot V. Vazquez Albert R. Vierra Anne M. Vinay Grover C. Vinette Alfred C. Voigt, Sr. Beatrice Hawley Welch Hortencia R. Zagal Mercia Elizabeth Zimri Catherine M. Zugar UHf V fDACC E IX JLJ Y y<.I\v/3o.

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