February 7, 2003

A day to rejoice Above: Archbishop WilliamJ. Levada imposes hands on Bishop Ignatius C. Wang during the ordination liturgyJan. 30. Top right: Bishop Wang kneels beneath the Book of the Gospels. Below: He greets well-wishers outside St. Mary's Cathedral.

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"Let us rejoice .. . this is a day of joy and gratitude," Archbishop William J. Levada said as he spoke to a congregation that filled St, Mary's Cathedral Jan. 30 for a historic liturgy: the episcopal ordination of Bishop Ignatius C. Wang.

The day was one of special joy for Catholics of Chinese heritage. Bishop Wang, a 12th generation Catholic born in Beijing, is the first priest of Asian heritage to be ordained a bishop in the United States, and the liturgy was punctuated with reminders of that heritage.

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by Tom Burke Do-Re-Mi could mean you on February 22nd when the annual Archdiocesan Choral Festival strikes it up at St. Mary's Cathedral. The day-long workshop which culminates in "a choral celebration" at the Cathedral's Saturday Vigil Mass features an opportunity to sing under the direction of San Francisco Symphony Chorus conductor, Vance George, and harmonize with choristers from parishes throughout the Archdiocese. Linda Myers, music director at San Rafael's St. Isabella Parish, has the lowdown . (See Datebook)...Much cookin' at St. Stephen 's, San Francisco where the parish school's 50th anniversary will be celebrated February 22nd with "Be True To Your School," a party and auction "featuring great food , terrific fun and fabulous friends," said alum and event organizer, Nancy Hayden Crowley. Others assisting with the planning include Tina Seput Holl, also a grad, and Mary Bruno whose husband , John attended the school. Nancy

On missions of mercy and good will during the Christmas holidays were Vincentians from the St. Robert's Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Afte r posing for this picture they distributed 300 gifts and food bags plus $1,000 in Scrip to more than 30 families including 55 children in San Bruno.

Top from left: Marie Noce, Gerry Huddleston, Sandy Mangold. 3rd row from left: Bruce Chester, Pat Mooney, Carlo Noce, Nancy McMahon. 2nd row from left: Wally Mooney, Mary Shypertt, Janet Aldinger.

1st row from left: Sophia Chester, Bill Root, Margaret Shypertt, Nancy and Bill Curtis.

It was 50 years later for the class of '52 from St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary School at a recent commemoration of the time gone by. More than 40 members of the class made the event at Caesar 's Restaurant including planning committee members , from left, Karen McGlenon Giambruno, Joan Kavanaugh Roemer, and Diane Donohue Mulligan. Others who helped facilitate the gathering were Bill Connelly, Barry Gilmore, and Rich Murphy. Hats off to the group for their $1,000 donation to the St. Anne's School Endowment Fund.

said alums "from Spokane to Los Angeles" have said they'll be there. (See Datebook)...Prayers please for John Macchello, husband of Jeanne Macchello, longtime secretary at San Francisco's Immaculate Conception Parish.

John is in St. Mary's Hospital...Much thanks at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish to its St. Vincent de Paul Society who supplied 30 families with Christmas food baskets and served 68 of the parish's neediest neighbors at a Christmas Day meal. Heading up the effort was Marc Bruno with help from Francis Kwong but the parish says thanks to all who pitched in including "the openhearted parishioners whose generosity made it ail possible. "...By the way, if you call me with a tip, update or correction , - and it 's great when you do - the first person I have to speak with about it is you - the tipster. If you do not leave me your name and phone number, the item cannot be pursued....It only takes a moment to let us know about a birthday, anniversary, special achievement, or special happening in your life. Just jot down the basics and send with a follow-up phone number to On the Street Where You Live, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. You can also fax to (415) 614-5633 or e-mail, do not send attachments except photos and those in jpeg at 300 dpi, to tburke@catholic-sf.org. In all cases be sure to include that follow-up phone number. You can reach Tom Burke at (415) 614-5634....

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Archbishop William J. Levada joined San Francisco 's St. John's School for a celebration of its beginnings and almost 90-year history, on January 24th. The gathering began with Mass with Archbishop Levada presiding; St. John 's pastor, Sulp ician Father James Myers, concelebrating and 4th graders , Julie Ainsbury, Nathan Ibanez, Bianca Garcia, and Kristian Balgos serving as readers. On the menu for lunch were the school's "famous cheeseburgers " and an opportunity to meet St. John 's parents and friends. Later, the Archbishop did a little team-teaching of the fourth grade with Jeannette Beeler, speaking with students about the California Missions and Blessed Junipero Serra. Jeannette has taught in Archdiocesan schools for more than 30 years and was the 8th grade teacher of St. John 's principal , Ken Willers, when he was a kid at Corpus Christi Elementary, Ken was very happy to tell me. "The event was a great success ," Ken said.

"We were honored that Archbishop Levada would share this very important day with the families and students of St. John 's." Eighth grader and student body president, Ashley Romero, stands with Archbishop Levada outside St. John's Church. Acceding to Ashley's request and in commemoration of the school's special occasion , Archbishop Levada granted St. John 's an additional school holiday that, according to Princi pal Willers, will be enjoyed on March 14th.

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Nation mourns and honors crew of the Columbia Pope leads Catholics in prayer for astronauts Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Joh n Paul II led Catholics around the world in mourning the deaths of the seven astronauts in the Columbia space shuttle.

The pope was informed of the tragedy shortl y after news agencies reported Feb. 1 that the space shuttle had broken up on re-entering Earth 's atmosphere over Texas. Aides said he received the news with "extreme sadness" and prayed for all those touched by the disaster.

Speaking to several thousand peop le at a noon blessing the following day, the pope expressed his spiritual closeness to the families and friends of those killed.

"The sad news of the tragic explosion of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia has stirred deep emotions in everyone. I ask everyone to pray for the victims , who died while fulfilling an international scientific mission ," he said.

"At this time of difficult trial, I am spiritually close to the relatives , and I assure them of my prayers," he said.

In Jerusalem, Father Shawki Batarian , chancellor of the Latin Patriarchate , said Patriarch Michel Sabbah had made special mention of the seven astronauts , one of whom was an Israeli, in his daily prayer for all victims of accidents and violence.

We are all very sad for the victims of this traged y and we pay our respects to the families of the victims," said the chancellor.

The pilot, Navy Cmdr. William C. McCool , 41, was a Catholic. His pastor, Carmelite Father J.J. McCarthy of St. Bernadette Parish in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City, Texas, said McCool left behind a wife and three children. "We're here to serve them ," he said.

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McCool , who would go on to become a Navy commander, was working as a test pilot at the nearby Patuxent River Naval Air Station , and Father Barry was then a young associate priest at St. Aloysius Parish in Leonardtown.

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Boston faces new lawsuits, sales of p rope rty,school closings

BOSTON — Faced with 70 new sex abuse lawsuits and a growing operating deficit , the Boston Archdiocese has taken steps to sell at least 11 properties and is planning to close financiall y troubled schools.

Bishop Richard G. Lennon, apostolic administrator of Boston since Cardinal Bernard F. Law resigned last December, spoke at length about archdiocesan financial difficulties in a series of one-on-one interviews with Boston reporters Jan. 29. The Associated Press quoted him as saying that bankruptcy "certainly is an option," but selling off property and using insurance money remain his current focus in efforts to settle the hundreds of lawsuits filed by alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse by Boston priests.

He told the Boston Globe, "We have severe financial problems and I cannot underestimate those or understate them, f have to live with reality."

Guide for assessing apparitions under p repa ration at Vatican

VATICAN CITY — In response to a boom in reported Marian apparitions and other "private revelations ," the Vatican is preparing new guidelines to help bishop s jud ge such phenomena and, in some cases, curb the enthusiasm of their followers.

Officials of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said they were updating a set of 25-year-old guidelines because of new risks and a need for greater doctrinal clarity.

In a report last year, the doctrinal congregation noted a steady increase in reports of "presumed Marian apparitions , messages, stigmata, sweating statues of the Blessed Virgin or Jesus Christ, eucharistic 'miracles' of various kinds, etc."

In dioceses all over the world, the congregation said , local groups of faithful have pressured bishops to recognize the authenticity of such occurrences. When the bishop delays or says no, there can be "persistent and worrisome tensions that threaten the unity of the local church," it said.

Many Israeli Catholics are disappoi nted by Sharon victory

JERUSALEM — Many Israeli Arabs — including Catholics — expressed disappointment and disillusionmen t after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was returned to power.

However, Geries Geries, head of the local council of the Catholic Melkite village of Fassouta in northern Israel, said results on the Jan. 28 elections did not surprise anyone. "I don't think there was even a need for these elections, because we will just get the same government we had before ," Geries said. "I don 't expect any drastic changes, neither in the political, social nor economic spheres."

He noted that in years past Fassouta has always had the highest percentage of voter turnout in the country — almost 90 percent — but this year, less than half of the eligible village voters went to the polls. Those who did vote voted mostly for the Arab parties , he said. People have no hope and no expectations from the political leaders, he said.

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U.S. cardinal at Vatican opp oses 'p reventive' strike in Iraq

VATICAN CITY — A top American cardinal at the Vatican sharply criticized the U.S. government 's push for military strikes on Iraq, saying war would be morally unjustified and a further alarming example of increased global use of violent force.

In a statement e-mailed to several Catholic news agencies Feb. 3, Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, said the U.S. administration had failed to provide conclusive evidence of imminent danger to national security — which he said was essential to morally justif ying military action. He criticized the term "preventive war" as ambiguous and "subject to self-serving interpretations."

He said, "Objective criteria must be applied with intellectual rigor. The threat must be clear, active and present — not future . Nor has the American administration shown that all other options before going to war have proven 'impractical or ineffective. '"

Phone sting adds evidence to support parental consent law

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A pro-life group's undercover telephone sting operation has provided new evidence in an Alaska court case over a state law that would require consent from a parent or a judge before a girl 16 or younger has an abortion.

Texas-based Life Dynamics conducted the sting, hiring a woman to call Planned Parenthood clinics and pose as a 13year-old who said she thought her 22-year-old boyfri end had gotten her pregnant. In Alaska, an adult having sex with a 13year-old is considered statutory rape, but none of the three Planned Parenthood clinics that were called reported the infonnation to authorities. One even encouraged the caller to lie about her boyfriend's age so he would not get into trouble.

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Mercy Sister Patricia Wolf, director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, said in an interview Jan. 28 that resolutions filed with corporations were giving increased emphasis to the scientific data showing the importance of reducing the emissions. She cited a resolution that calls on the Ford Motor Company to report on the estimated emissions that come from its vehicles and "how the company can significantly reduce " them.

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Cannibalism shows depth of evil in Congo war, bishop says

VATICANCITY — Cannibalism is not part of Congo's culture, but reports that rebels have eaten their victims or forced others to eat family members shows the depths of depravity the four-year civil war is reaching, said the bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo.

The United Nations is investigating the reports "and we hope that the world will realize what is happening here; every day new crimes are discovered ," Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku told Fides, news agency of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

"This was not a case of tribal rituals ," the bishop said in the Jan. 30 Fides report. "These crimes foment racism, which paints Africa and Africans as primitive beings."

The UN's Congo mission has been investigating reports that in November and December at least a dozen members of the country's Pygmy people were cooked and eaten; members of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo rebel group have been accused of the crime.

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Bishop Ignatius Wang is ordained as f irs t U.S. bishop of Asian heritage

By Patrick Joyce Reminders of his Chinese heritage and of his commitment to the universal Church marked the episcop al ordination of Bishop Ignatius C. Wang, a 12th generation Catholic born in Beijing in 1934, as the first AsianAmerican bishop in the United States.

The ordination day Jan. 30 began with Giovanni Pang carrying two smoldering incense sticks as he led the procession into St. Mary 's Cathedral and ended with a dinner attended by hundreds at a restaurant in Chinatown.

As Bishop-elect Wang entered the cathedral , smiling gentl y and nodding to the congregation , app lause spontaneously broke out, and the choir and worshippers filled the vast cathedral with a loud and joy ful "Alleluia. " "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad ," Archbishop William J. Levada said as he began the nearly three-hour long liturgy. Archbishop Levada was principal consecrator, with Bishop Patrick J. McGrath of San Jose and Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester of San Francisco as co-consecrators.

The ordination of Bishop Wang, who was educated in Hong Kong and Rome before serving as a priest in Grenada and San Francisco, reflects "the Holy Father 's teaching: 'in the Church no one is a stranger, '" Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon of Hong Kong said in the homily of the ordination Mass.

Bishop Tong has known Bishop Wang since 1957 when they were in the seminary together in Hong Kong.

"He was obedient to the rule, intelligent and humble, easy to communicate with and alway s ready to help others," he said.

'He became a wounded healer and he was able to help other suffering peop le.'

The future bishops went separate ways after their seminary days but renewed their friendship about ten years ago. "God' s ways are wonderful indeed ," Bishop Tong said. "When I was ordained a bishop in 1996, Ignatius came to Hong Kong to participate in my ordination as a bishop . Today I come from Hong Kong to partici pate in his ordination ceremony."

"We are both Chinese and of service to the universal Church and share a dedication to Our Lady," he said. " . . . As a bishop he will be concerned about the universal church. He will also be concerned about the local Church in mainland China. He will strive to help them achieve human rights , true reli g ious freedom and Christian conversion. He will promote unity within the

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"I gnatius was a wounded person ," Bishop Tong said. "He experienced the sufferings of the Second World War. Then the Communists separated him from his family, and he became a refugee . . . Through his Christian faith and with the support of the church community, he experienced unconditional love and he was able to overcome these difficulties. He became a wounded healer and he was able to help other suffering people."

He did it as a missionary in the West Indies and as a priest in San Francisco, where he has "hel ped so many people of so many ethnic minorities ," Bishop Tong said.

Bishop Wang, then serving in Grenada, came to San Francisco in 1974 to visit his widowed sister Anna Yeun, who was suffering from cancer. When he realized she was d y ing, he decided to stay in San Francisco and after her death in 1978, he took charge of her three children, Marie, 18, Jane, 16, and Joseph, 9.

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Last confession . .. ¦ Continued from page 3 "He said he 'd been contemp lating becoming Catholic for a while. He said his family was Catholic — his wife was Catholic and their three kids were being raised Catholic , so (he felt) it was about time he joined them," the priest remembered in an interview with the Catholic Standard , newspaper of the Washington Archdiocese.

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McCool' s wife, Lani, is a prayerful woman, Father Barry said. "She played the harp . That was a way of praying for her. She would talk a lot with her sons (Sean, Christopher and Cameron) about God. ... She felt that Willie becoming one with them in the Catholic faith would comp lete things , reall y bring them together. She felt the need for God to protect them and watch over them."

In Texas, the McCool family belongs to St. Bernadette Parish in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City.

Father Barry remained friendl y with the close-knit family, visiting their home for meals and joining them in cheering at the sons' baseball games. In 1996, the year McCool was accepted into the astronaut program , he visited the famil y in Washington state.

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Later that evening, the priest prayed over McCool , 41, and gave him absolution in the sacrament of reconciliation. That was the last time he saw him in person.

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By Jerry Filteau Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In his World Day of the Sick message Pope John Paul II prayed that "the Gospel of life and love resound loudl y, especiall y in the Americas, where ' more than half the world' s Catholics live."

His message was released in Washington , where Vatican-sponsored observances Feb. 9-11 were expected to draw participants from around the world. The annual World Day of the Sick, held this year on Feb. 2, is sponsored by the Vatican 's Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers.

In his message Pope John Paul reiterated his warnings against what he has cafJed a "culture of death ."

He quoted from his 1999 apostolic exhortation, "Ecclesia in America" ("The Church in America"), the warning that in the Americas "a model of society appears to be emerging in which the powerful predominate, setting aside and even eliminating the powerless."

Still quoting from the exhortation , he went on to say, "I am thinking here of unborn children , helpless victims of abortion; the elderly and incurable ill, subjected at times to euthanasia; and the many other people relegated to the margins of society by consumerism and materialism. Nor can I fail to mention the unnecessary recourse to the death penal-

t y . . . . This model of society bears the stamp of the culture of death and is therefore in opposition to the Gospel message."

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needs of their families and a particular sensitivity to the poor and the marginalized," he wrote.

In the use of biotechnology he warned particularly of the need to observe ethical norms and avoid "discriminating between one life and another and ignoring the dignity which belongs to every human being ." i He encouraged "palliative treatment in the final stage of lite" to ease pain and suffering when curative treatment is no longer possible , but he warned that "it will never be permissible to resort to actions or omissions which by their nature or in the intention of the person acting are designed to bring about death ."

With the increasing use of home care for the terminall y ill, the pope called on priests and Speaking of the "testimony of faith , charity and hope" pastoral workers to pay proper attention to the needs of that the church brings to the health care field , the pope said, the sick who remain at home. "Be vi gilant and ensure "In order to make this witness of love practical , those that the sick never lack the consoling presence of the involved in the pastoral care of the sick must act in full Lord throug h the word of God and the sacraments," he communion among themselves and with their bishops." said.

Events scheduled in Washington included a dialogue He said Catholic hospitals "are called upon to reflect ever more clearly in their policies the values of the Gospel, among bishops from the Americas at the head quarters as the ... (church's) social and moral guidelines insist." of the U.S. bishops Feb. 9, a stud y day for all registered "Catholic hospitals should be centers of life and hope participants at the Pope John Paul II Cultu ral Center which promote — together with chaplaincies — ethics Feb. 10 and a Mass with anointing of the sick at the committees , training programs for lay health workers, per- Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate sonal and compassionate care of the sick, attention to the Conception Feb. 11.

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Francisco student risked a prison sen"We talk about terrorism abroad but tence by participating in civil disobediwe have this school of terrorism ri ght ence during a prayer vigil at Ft. Benning, here," she said. Ms. Aguilar 's decision Georgia. The vigil commemorated the was a matter of "following my heart. thousands of Latin Americans who have Crossing that line was like stepping onto been tortured and killed by the military holy ground. It was my way of giving a over the past three decades. voice to the voiceless."

It was a matter of famil y for Ms, The impending war against Iraq Aguilar. Two of the white crosses she moved Guadalupe Chavez, a 20-year old carried in the vi gil had the names of hei junior political science major from Los uncle , Carlos Sandoval and her sevenAngeles to cross the line, as well. "I year-old cousin , Michelle , on them. In wanted to say 'no,' to U.S. forei gn February 1993, this dad and his little girl power," she said. were tortured , murdered and thrown into The prospect of prison time scared a river by Guatemalan soldiers. her until "she put it into perspective ," Michelle 's hands were broken and she was raped. Just a month before , the two she said. "Six months is nothing comof t:hem had visite d Linda Aguilar and pared to the years other people have to suffer in prison." her parents in Chicago.

Margaret Rossi, a 21-year old senior Ms. A guilar was nine , old enough to From the left, Guadalupe Chavez , Margaret Rossi , Linda Aguilar. environmental studies major from Half remember the grief she and her Guatemalan immigrant fa mily suffered.

Moon Bay, said a theology class on reliA few years later, when she went to Loyola High School in Wilmette, IL, she learned gion and nonviolence alerted her to the SOA situation. Influenced by Gandhi and about the School of the Americas. She found out th at a 1993 United Nations Truth Martin Luther King, she decided to experience "first hand what civil disobedience Commission issued a report showing that many of the school's graduates have been can do." But she now questions whether the tactic is as effective as it once was and implicated in numerous human rights abuses in Guatemala, El Salvador and wonders if it is now "time to get a lot more creative in how we pursue change."

Sunny Angula , 22, a senior political science and media studies major, remains in Nicaragua , including the murders of Archbishop Oscar Romero and four U.S. nuns.

In November, Ms. Aguilar, three USF classmates and Don Haselfeld , 76, of St. Ft. Benning to support the next group of 35 people going to trial on Feb. 10. Ms. Ignatius Parish , joined 76 other protesters from across the nation in crossing a no- Angula , a native San Franciscan , said she felt compelled to break the law to express trespassing line on the grounds of the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security how fed up she is. "People write letters and lobby Congress to close the school but it Cooperation , formerly known as the School of the Americas , a U.S.-sponsored mili- doesn 't do any good," she said.

The SOA closed two years ago and reopened under a new name, with a revamped tary combat training school.

On Jan. 27, in Columbus , Georgia, U.S. Federal Magistrate Mallon Faircloth gave curriculum which officials claim does not include any manuals on torture. Ms. Ms. Aguilar, Margaret Rossi, Guadalupe Chavez and Sunny Angula each a year ' s pro- Angula questions why they refuse to release the manuals to public scru tiny.

While Ms. Angula and her colleagues received probation , their "adopted grandfabation , 250 hours of community service , and $500 fines. Mr. Haselfeld , a repeat offender, was sentenced to six months in federal prison. The five were among 45 ther," Don Haselfeld , a member of St. Ignatius Parish , was sentenced to six months. human rights activists , labor organizers, students , priests, ministers, nuns and veter- He had violated a permanent ban and bar letter that is sent to people who have comans who were on trial from Jan. 27-29. mitted civil disobedience once at the school. If they repeat civil disobedience, they go Ms. Aguilar began going to Ft. Benning in her senior year in hi gh school , along to prison. with thousands of other Americans, to call for the closing of the SOA. U.S. governSCHOOL OF AMERICAS, page 17

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"When I was ordained in Hong Kong, nobod y from my family was there," he said. "Today the eldest member of my family is here, Mary, and the youngest , Teresa , three years old." Also present in the packed cathedral were his brother and sister from China , another sister and the three children he helped raise.

Also speaking at the end of the Mass, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles called it a "extraordinary graced and historic day" but added , "As we look back on the history of the state of California , we must admit deep shame in the way that Asian peoples were treated here, especially in that 100-year swath of 1846 to 1946. " Despite those hardships, Chinese-Americans "planted the seeds of their culture that would eventuall y take root and flourish ," Cardinal Mahony said. "Today we recognize a special moment of that flowering .. . Today is a day that brings to fulfillment the hopes and dreams of so many in the state . . . May your ministry, bishop, continue to insp ire all of us to reach out across all lines of culture , race and language to embrace all peop le under the unity of the creator God." In his remarks , Bishop Wang recalled the moment when Archbishop William J. Levada, who was principal consecrator at ordination , told him of his appointment , saying that "the Holy Father" had chosen him as auxiliary bishop .

There were a few seconds of silence,' Bishop Wang said , with a broad smile. "I said, 'the Holy Father?'

There was more silence. We both smiled because we both knew that the prime mover of this was not the Hol y Father but the one who was talking to me. The confidence and trust of the archbishop overwhelms me."

"Some people ask me how come it took 150 years for the first Chinese, the first Asian bishop ?" Bishop Wang said at the end of the Mass. "Good question. But before we can have Chinese bishops , we must have Chinese priests. Before we have Chinese priests, we

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ment that Columbia's payload commander, Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Anderson, 43, received a master 's degree in physics from Creighton in 1990.

He called Anderson, who had planned to visit the campus in April , "a man of faith" who "lived in the pursuit of new knowledge. He was a true 21st-century pioneer."

Before Columbia 's Jan . 16 launch , Anderson sent an e-mail message to Jesuit Father Thomas McShane, a Creighton physics professor, asking that the priest keep him in his prayers during the mission.

Bishop Borgess Hi gh School in the Detroit suburb of Redford Township had sent an experiment with the

space shuttle on how viruses and antibiotics are affected by radiation. It was one of only 10 schools from around the country selected to have their experiments taken aboard Columbia.

Ron Ferenczi , 52, the Bishop Borgess science teacher whose students designed the experiment, said after the shuttle disaster, "I almost passed out because I couldn 't believe it."

The Associated Press reported th at a Catholic service Feb. 2 for U.S. troops stationed in Bagram , Af g hanistan, included prayers for the shuttle crew. It included the hymn "On Eagles' Wings" at communion, and the hymn "I'll Fly Away" at the conclusion.

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Amid all this happiness - and the pageantry of the ordination liturgy the words of Bishop John Tong Hon struck a much different note. The auxiliary bishop from Hong Kong, homilist at the liturgy, described his longtime friend as a "wounded healer. " The description didn ' t seem to fit the unfailingly cheerful Bishop Wang. A healer? Yes. Wounded? No. The words were, however, precisel y accurate, and those who know the history of the Catholic Church in China know of the wounds it has suffered during Bishop Wang 's lifetime. The Church in China is indeed the Church suffering.

As Bishop Wang pointed out in an interview with Catholic San Francisco, the growth of the Church in China was stalled for centuries because of misunderstandings about the rituals of Chinese culture. Then, in the 1930s, Pope Pius XII said Catholics could participate in some traditional rituals and, Bishop Wang said "We hoped the Church would open up." Then came the Japanese invasion of China, followed by World War TJ, and after a few years of turmoil, the Communist victory in a civil war.

Ignatius Wang grew up during these years, born in Beijing in 1934, a member of a family that had been Catholic for centuries. When the time came for his ordination to the priesthood in 1959, the Catholic Church was suffering a bitter persecution. He could not go home.

"Ignatius was a wounded person," Bishop Tong, who first met Bishop Wang at the Hong Kong seminary in 1957, said in his homily. "He experienced the sufferings of the Second world War. Then the Communists separated him from his family, and he became a refugee."

Words like "refugee" have an abstract air to most Americans. While many of our ancestors came to this country fleeing tyranny, refugees are now other people. We are, by and large, comfortable in our homeland and have a hard time imagining what it would be like to travel the world as an exile. But that is precisely, what the young Father Ignatius Wang did.

First, the newly-ordained priest went to Rome to study canon law. By 1962, he had a doctorate but no diocese to call home - and no possibility of returning to China. A chance meeting with a bishop who was participating in the Second Vatican Council took him thousands of more miles away from home - to the Caribbean island of Grenada. "I loved Grenada. I still love it," he said.

But the beautiful island was not to be his new home. The illness of his sister Anna Yeun brought him to San Francisco 12 years later. Her death in 1978 kept him here, helping to raise her three children.

The long years as a stranger in strange lands did not, Bishop Tong said, embitter his friend , "Through his Christian faith and with the support of the church community, he experienced unconditional love and he was able to overcome these difficulties. He became a wounded healer and he was able to help other suffering people."

Unfortunately, Catholics in China are still a suffering people. Their treatment is not as harsh as in the dark days of thel950s and 1960s, but the government still harasses and jails Catholics loyal to the pope, shuts down and tears down churches, exiles priests and bishops from their dioceses. In the 1950s, the communist government created the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, which rejects papal authority and accepts government control of the selection of bishops. Many Catholics loyal to Rome were forced underground.

Thirty-three Catholic bishops and priests were arrested or placed under house arrest since the mid-1990s because they have refused to join the Catholic Patriotic Association, according to Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. "The arrests and 're-education ' of Catholics are frequent , even now that China has entered the World Trade Organization," Fides said.

At his episcopal ordination , Bishop Wang recalled that no member of his family was present at his priestly ordination in 1959. At last week's liturgy, he was surrounded by family, including a brother and sister who had come from China. It was a sign of changed times but the Church in China has far to go.

At a press conference with President Bush last year, Chinese President Jiang Zemin ignored questions about the jailing of Catholic clergy. Later, while proclaiming that China ' s constitution guaranteed religious freedom, Jiang issued a veiled threat to believers: "Any religious follower has to abide by the law. So some of the law-breakers have been detained because of their violation of law, not because of their reli gious belief. " The state of the Catholic Church vanes in the vast nation today, but in many areas of China religious freedom is still limited, it appears, to those who play by the government 's rules rather than follow their own consciences.

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Psychobabble and straig ht talk

Than k you, George Weigel , for your excellent article in the Jan 24th issue, '"Boundary Violations ' or sexual sins'" To remind us all that "chastity is a sign of the Kingdom come among us and a foretaste of the heavenl y kingdom to come ," that "chastity is about loving, not using, others," and that "human beings are capable of moral grandeur and should never settle for anything less.. .because we have been made in the image of God." These are the kind of lofty and challeng ing words 1 would hope to receive from the hierarchy who surely should be leading and motivating us all.

Sadly, on the same page was an article by the head of a seminary using the kind of "psychobabble " referred to in Mr.Weigel's article, words that properly belongs to the secular, atheistic world.

And a big thank you to the Catholic hierarchy that have truly led I the faithful. Both Msgr. Kavanagh and Bishop Weigand of Sacramento showed this recently by standing up to Governor Gray Davis who has promoted abortion in every way while claiming to be Catholic. God bless you both , Msgr Kavanag h and Bishop Weigand. The Catholic faithful applaud and support you.

Patricia Munn Foster City

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would have stopped at Europe, northern Africa and Asia had he been successful in his expansion? I'm sure Mr. Montalvo is aware that the Third Reich was tinkering with atomic weaponry (weapons of mass destruction).

As for Britain and the U.S. cutting off oil from Japan, they surely saw the writing on the wall, while the American people chose to bury its head in the sand (as it tends to do today).

Also, Mr. Montalvo mentions nothing of the hundreds of thousands of clean, honest young men of France, Eng land , Holland , Finland and other countries that lost lives trying to defend against Hitler 's evil expansion. Nor does he mention anything of the victims of Hitler 's ethnic cleansing: 6 million Jews, gypsies, mental ly and ph ysically handicapped , and dissenters who lost their lives. I guess these don 't count because they 're not American.

What arrogance!

I'm sorry, I can 't equate Mr. Bush's plan of keeping oil flowing freely to the entire world, and not being choked into submission , the same as the controlling of the world.

Isolationism is not the answer.

Not then , not now. No matter how horrible war is, we cannot hide, Better pray for peace.

Jeanne Asdourian Corte Madera

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Am I the only one in town convinced that there is something horribly wrong with a justice system that can drag into the mud the name of a human being of the caliber of Msgr.

John Heaney for something someone who does not have the guts to let his name be used thinks happened over forty years ago?

Why don 't a few self-respecting lawyers - there are some still around cry out in shame against those colleagues who have discovered how fortunes can be made by digging into the distant past and suing the church (but never a school district)? And if you think that it's only a noble concern for the welfare of children that drives their efforts, follow the money.

If my utter contempt for our legal system in this and in similar cases is due only to the fact that I happen to be a priest, will some decent atheist please help clear the foul air while I throw up ?

Fr. Larry N. Lorenzoni , S.D.B. San Francisco

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I read Randolph Montalvo's letter with astonishment. Mr. Montalvo 's (1/31) proposed solution of isolationism would not have been a viable solution to our problems in WWII (82% of Americans against the US in foreign war) nor is it a solution today.

It was no coincidence that Japan allied itself with the Third Reich , nor was it a coincidence that Hitler invaded Russia and kept expanding its aggression west, north and south. What makes Mr. Montalvo think he

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Optio nal celibacy

We know that pedophilia is not a disease peculiar to Catholic clergy. But what do we know about the psyche of youthful seminarians who are probably already struggling with raging hormones? Their knowledge of the most normal human impulses is learned from superiors and teachers who themselves have no personal experience in a subject they teach and exemplify. To repeat what has become a mantra, the church can only rise again when celibacy becomes a choice rather than a requirement for ordination. It apparently worked for the 12 apostles.

Muriel Calegari San Carlos

First choose to be last

The letters of Michael Murphy (1/17) and S.M. Verdino (1/31) object to a declaration from Rome of "the greater excellence of consecrating our virginity to Christ." The letter writers seem to believe in the equal excellence of the vocations of marriage and the priesthood or religious life.

It brought to mind the story of James' and John's wonderful mother when she strongly suggested "that these two sons of mine sit, one on your right hand and the other on your left , in your kingdom." (Mt 21:21) Jesus then asked James and John , "Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?"

I pondered this same question when choosing whether or not to join the religious life. This was a path I personal ly deemed to hard to take. I deeply admire the courage shown by, and am grateful for, the service of our priests and reli gious who have made this decision.

When I chose marriage instead of the religious life, I was aware that I did not pick the vocation which would serve the greater number of God's creatures. By necessity, I would need to focus mostly on my own fami ly for a great period of my life. This does not mean that married and single people in the church are not concurrently serving others and pleasing God. We are.

The vast majority of the past and current priests and religious in the Catholic Church made and continue to make the extraordinary and courageous choice to stand at the "end of the line" in order to serve the laity. Priests and religious make a lifetime pledge to devote themselves to us.

Jesus elevated the status of lives dedicated to service when He said, ". . . rather whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant." (Mt 21:26) In the face of this, I cannot argue against the "greater excellency of virginity consecrated to Christ."

Regina Grandsaert Redwood City

The CatholicDiff erence

When do we get to "last resort" with Iraq That military force must be the "last resort " in resolving a conflict is one of the classic criteria that make up the "war-decision" law within the just war tradition. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines "last resort" like this: "all other means of putting an end to [the damage done by aggressionj must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective." In his address to the di plomats accredite d to the Vatican Jan. 13, the Hol y Father said that the resort to armed force should be the "very last option" taken in dealing with aggression.

How, then, do we know when we're at "last resort"?

The question is neither idle nor abstract. For, in principle, one could always imagine yet another diplomatic initiative, another summit conference , another round of negotiations , in dealing with many threats to peace. Sometimes, as in the case of classic cross-border aggression , events irrefutably demonstrate th at armed force is, indeed , the last possible resort ; when Germany invaded Poland on September 1 , 1939, no Pole in his or her right mind imagined that another round of negotiations would be of any use.

In many other cases, it's not clear when diplomacy has ceased to be a morall y realisti c and politicall y reasonable option. Which suggests that if "last resort" is to have real meaning for statesmen, just war theorists can 't think of "last resort" mathematically, as the terminus of a potentially infinite sequence of possibilities. The world doesn ' t work th at way.

A piece of contemporary history may help us get a better intellectual and moral grip on "last resort".

In early June 1981, the Osiraq nuclear Teactor, which

French technicians were building for Iraq, was only weeks from becoming operational . On the night of June 6-7, 1981, Israeli fighter-bombers destroyed the reactor. The raid was carried out with consummate skill; the pilots took great risks to minimize civilian casualties; Iraq 's nuclear program was derailed.

At the time, the "international community," including the United States, loudly condemned Israel' s action. A few years later, things looked different. Iraq was engaged in a protracted and bloody war with Iran, a war in which Iraq regularly used chemical weapons and attacked Tehran and other Iranian cities with ballistic missiles. Had the Osiraq reactor been completed and a supply of fissile material made available to Iraqi scientists and weapons engineers, Saddam Hussein would have had a nuclear weapon — and would likely have used it. Israel's air raid turned out to be an effective form of nuclear non-proliferation.

The moral and political rationale Israel's leaders gave for acting when they did is also worth pondering. In circumstances like this, the Israelis argued, "last resort" cannot mean waiting until after the Iraqis have a nuclear weapon, and then trying to prevent their using it when they're about to do so. Failure under those circumstances is too awful to risk. Therefore, the Israelis argued, when one is dealing with a man like Saddam Hussein, a regime like Iraq's (in which there is no internal constraint on the dictator 's will), nuclear weapons (or other weapons of mass destruction), and ballistic missiles (or possible use of the weapons by terrorists), "last resort" is reached at the point where there is no option left but to forcibly deny the aggressor the possibility of

obtaining the weapons, before he gets them.

That is what Israel did on June 6-7, 1981.

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Who makes the call on when the point of last resort has been reached? Who decides that there is no option left but to use proportionate and discriminate armed force to prevent an aggressor from obtaining weapons of mass destruction? The Catechism is clear on this question: "The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential jud gment of those who have responsibility for the common good."

Responsible statesmen make the call. The duty of religious leaders and theologians is to teach and clarify the principle at stake. Thinking about Osiraq helps in that necessary work of clarification.

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

Family Lif e

Popeye: An experiment in healing

"Mom, why is Popcorn so skinny?" asked Gabe.

I picked up our black-and-white guinea pig and cuddled him on my shoulder. "You're right. He does feel thin."

Popcorn and his brother Coco are 4 years old, middleaged by guinea pig standards. They've lived happily in our playroom since they were young, squeaking for treats and attention whenever they hear the refrigerator open.

I called a nearby veterinary clinic. "He's acting normal, he's eating and drinking," I exp lained. "But he ' s losing weight."

"Bring him in, and we'll take a look," she said.

The difficulty in treating guinea pigs, we've found , is that no one knows for sure what's best. Most research on guinea pigs has been for the benefit of people, not guinea pigs. These gentle creatures have given a lot to improve our health. It seemed only fair to do what we could to hel p Popcorn.

Dr. Kathy started by asking about Popcorn 's living arrangements. "What does he eat?" she asked. A previous vet had chastised us for handing out too many fresh veggies. So we were careful to emphasize how strict we were now. "Their diet is mostly pellets and Timothy hay," I said.

"Any fresh food?"

"They get a little piece of carrot or lettuce in the morning," said my husband Steve.

The vet looked surprised. "That's all?"

"Umm. We were told not to give them very much."

Well," she said, "I think they can have more than that.

After all, it makes them happy."

She checked Popcorn 's teeth and ears, listened to his heart, and felt his internal organs. "Everything seems fine."

"Then why is he so thin?"

She shrugged and suggested we check back in a month.

Six weeks later, Popcorn developed a gray film on one eye. Back we went to the vet. The boys watched as the vet set Popcorn on the scale. His weight had dropped another hundred grams. "I'm going to send you for a second opinion," she said.

Dr. Elizabeth was cheerful and thorough. But again, everything checked out OK. "I'll give you an antibiotic," she said. "Maybe that will help."

She also told us that one of the country 's top animal ophthalmologist practiced in Seattle. Steve and I glanced at each other. It sounded expensive. Fortunately, the doctor did phone consultations with other vets for free. He recommended that we switch Popcorn to a low-calcium diet.

Three doctors and we still didn 't know what was wrong with Popcorn.

We decided to try a low-tech remedy. "Let's give him some extra love and attention," I said , setting our skinny guinea on Lucas' lap. Popcorn snuggled contentedl y into Lucas shoulder. Lucas stroked his fur. "Good Popcorn."

Every evening, the boys held Popcorn and fed him carrots or dandelion leaves. Every Sunday they put his

name on the prayer list at church. Gradu ally, Popcorn began to gain weight.

"Popcorn 's doing better since you started holding him every _, , evening, I told Lucas. why ?"he said. "i Christine Dubois don't have any healing = power."

"Sure you do.

Love's a healing power. So is prayer."

Popcorn taught us that you don't need a medical degree to bring healing to those around you. Sometimes love and prayer are the best healers. And that 's something we can offer to everyone.

Last week, my dad spent the week in the hospital with a mysterious back pain. Despite many tests, the doctors can 't figure out what to do. But we know a treatment that will help. We've been practicing on our guinea pig.

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

Contact her at: chriscolumn @juno. com.

Sp irituality

Pentecost happened at a meeting If you 're someone who 's at all concerned about community, family, church, justice , education , culture , or civic issues, you will, no doubt , find yourself at a lot of meetings. A colleague of mine likes to quip: "When they write our history, they 'll simp ly say, They met a lot!'"

Indeed we do. We meet a lot. There are an endless variety of issues that call for our participation in group discussion and community discernment: church issues, education issues, justice issues, moral issues, political issues, social issues, economic issues, and cultural issues. It's a bottomless well and all those meetings can seem like a huge waste of time and energy, a distraction to real work. Moreover, at a point, we can't help wondering, too: "Are all these meetings changing anything? Would life be any different (other than more leisured and pleasant) if we stopped having all these meetings?" It's easy to grow tired, discouraged, and cynical about all the meetings we 're asked to attend.

But we should keep something in mind: Pentecost happened at a meeting ! One of the central events that shaped Christian history, and history in general, happened not to an individual off praying alone or to a monk on a mountaintop or to a solitary Buddha meditating under a tree. None of these. Pentecost happened at a meeting and it happened to a community, to a church congregation assembled for prayer, to a family of faith gathered to wait for God' s guidance.

Moreover it happened in a common room, a meeting room, in one of those humble, church basement type of rooms. It can be hel pful to remember that. Our search for God should take us not just into private places of quiet and contemplation but , equall y, into meeting rooms.

Where Christianity is different from most other world religions is partly on this very point. In Islam , Buddhism , Hinduism and Taoism, spirit and revelation break into the

world very much through an individual , particularly an individual who is deeply immersed in private prayer. God speaks deeply to those who pray deeply.

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argument with that. We . = agree. There's a privileged experience of God that can be had onl y in private, alone, in silence. To find God, to receive God' s spirit, it 's important that , at times, we pull away from the group, that we set off to the desert, to the chapel, to the lonel y place, ROLHEISER, page 18

Alemany: Reluctant, humble - and effective

First archbishop guided Church as San F rancisco grew f rom hard p lace to metrop olis

By Jeffrey M. Burns In 1850, San Francisco remained a hard p lace. The Gold Rush was at full throttle , and life in northern California continued to be turbulent , transient and , from the perspective of some, "out of control." The Church was present , though rather tenuousl y â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mission Dolores and St. Francis of Assisi parish were the onl y Catholic places of worship in San Francisco, and the Mission was in somewhat dire straits. A visitor in 1849 reported that the mission district now included "a brewery, two taverns, a dancing-room, a saloon for drinking and gambling, a number of private lodgings, and a hospital, " The ecclesiastical administration of the area was in little better shape. In 1840, Franciscan Francisco Garcia Diego y Moreno, a veteran of the California missions, was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Ambas (both) Californias (Baja and Alta). Arriving in 1842, the new bishop set up his head quarters at Santa Barbara . He suffered throug h a very difficult episcopate before dying of tuberculosis in 1846. The diocese was left in the hands of his able assistant , Franciscan Jose Gonzalez Rubio , who served as administrator until 1850.

In the meantime, California had been seized by the United States during the war with Mexico (1846-1848), and formall y ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , February 2, 1848. Shortly thereafter the Gold Rush was in full swing. U.S. residents of California petitioned for an American bishop to be appointed to guide them , and in November 1 849 Dominican Charles Pius Montgomery was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese of Monterey.

Montgomery had spent the bulk of his priestl y life working in Kentucky and Ohio. He quickl y declined the appointment claiming poor health and insisting he was ill-suited for the apostolic work in California.

After Montgomery turned down the appointment , Rome looked to another Dominican to head up the new diocese. In June 1850, Joseph Sadoc Alemany was informed by Cardinal Giacomo Franzoni that he was to be the new Bishop of Monterey. Alemany was no more enthusiastic about going to California than Montgomery had been, He wrote in his diary, "June 11. Cardinal Franzoni tells me that I am bishop of Monterey and that I should prepare for consecration. No!" After consultation with his confessor, Alemany also decided to decline the appointment , but Pop e Pius IX would hear none of it.

In an audience on June 16, Pope Pius told Alemany, "You must go to California . . . Where others are drawn by gold, you must carry the Cross." Alemany was consecrated "Bishop of Monterey, Upper California" on June 30, 1850, the feast of St. Paul the Apostle, by Cardinal Franzoni in the basilica of San Carlos al Corso in Rome.

The new bishop of Monterey was born in Vich, Spain on July 13, 1814. He entered the Dominican Order at an early age, and on March 11, 1837 was ordained a priest in Viterbo, Italy. In 1840, Alemany emigrated to the United States where he went to work in the "mission" territories of Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. In 1848, he was named provincial of the American Dominicans, and in 1850 he reluctantly headed to California to become its first American bishop.

Alemany had good reason to be reluctant about his

St. Patrick's Church (R) and the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum (L) on Market St. in 1854. The wooden church was later moved to Eddy & Divisadero streets and is the oldest standing woodframe structure in San Francisco.

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Mission Dolores in 1855 (L). To the right is the site of the future Basilica.

new endeavor. In 1850, California remained isolated from the rest of the United States. To get to California one had to endure a brutal trip by sea around Cape Horn , a trip which might last five month s or more. One could take the shorter route across the isthmus of Panama, as many did , where one might contract some dread trop ical disease such as malaria (which many did) . Or one could brave the trip across the Plains and the Sierra Nevada with images of the Donner Party dancing in one 's head.

California remained isolated until 1869 when the comp letion of the transcontinental railroad finally connected California to the rest of the nation .

Besides the isolation , Alemany 's new diocese confronted him with a series of challenges. His new diocese covered a vast territory ranging from the scattered and transient gold rush towns of northern California to the burgeoning cities of San Francisco and Sacramento to the Mexican pueblos of southern California to the isolated reaches as far north as the border of Oregon. His vast terri tory also included a wide diversity of peoples ranging from the declining landed elite , the Californios , to the distressed Native American remnant to the vast hordes of immigrants broug ht by the Gold Rush, which included transplants from the eastern United States, and representatives from a multitude of different nations. To make matters worse, Alemany would have barel y 40 priests to serve the entire area. On top of all of thi s, Alemany was only 36 years old.

Despite the drawbacks, Alemany was aptly suited to his new diocese. First , he was multi-lingual , reputed to speak Spanish, English , French, and Italian fluentl y, a most beneficial asset in cosmopolitan San Francisco. He was not a Mexican , so he would not be subject to the intense hostility being directed at Mexicans and Mexican Americans by the recently arrived Anglo settlers. Still, his knowled ge of Spanish and his sympath y for the plight of the Californio and Mexican immigrant provided great sustenance for the Mexican Catholic community.

Second, being an immigrant himself , Alemany had a natural sympath y for the plight of the many immigrants in the Bay Area, who found they had a good friend in Joseph Alemany. He worked to obtain a priest who spoke the language of the immigrant group to minister to each group, and when appropriate he established national parishes: Notre Dame des Victoires (French, 1856), St. Boniface (German , 1860), Our Lady of Guadeloupe (Spanish , 1875) and Ss. Peter and Paul (Italian , 1884).

The national parish sought to insure that the immigrant kept the faith, while adapting to American culture.

Third , Alemany was also a missionary who did not hesitate to visit the distant reaches of his immense diocese. Two examples drawn fro m his diary reflect this. His diary records that between September 20, 1855 and October 16, Alemany traveled to the following sites, usually to celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation: Grass Valley, Nevada City, Iowa Hill, Downieville, Goodyear 's Bar, St. Louis and Eureka in Plumas County, Cherokee, Sacramento, Placerville, Louisville and San Francisco.

The following entries indicated the harshness of this life.

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Ferry. Hard place ... Nov. 11. Church at Jesu Maria — a hard place ... Nov. 18. We gave last rites at West Point— a hard place." Alemany did not simp ly relegate mission duty to his clergy, but took the onerous task on himself as well. He attempted to visit every parish in his vast archdiocese once every two years—a daunting task even now.

Finally, and perh aps, most importantl y, Alemany 's personal lifesty le stood in marked contrast to the grasping materialism and pleasure-driven culture of gold rush San Francisco. Alemany became known for his personal humility, piety, asceticism and poverty. In 1852, a Pittsburg h, Pennsylvania , Catholic newspaper learned of the Bishop 's simp licity and reported , "The Bishop and his clergy are tally apostolicall y poor and live in a small wooden house , over the door of which is placed... a rude wooden cross." Even as the prosperity of Alemany 's diocese increased , he retained his commitment to poverty he never adopted the lifesty le of the so-called "princes of the Church. " In 1864 , future Cardinal Herbert Vaughan of Eng land wrote one of the most telling descriptions of Alemany ' s lifestyle: "Go , then up California street in San Francisco , turn around the Cathedral of St. Mary 's, and you will enter a miserable , dingy little house. This is the residence of the Archbishop of San Francisco... To the left are a number of little yards , and the back windows of houses . . .

Broken pots , and pans , old doors , sides of pig glazed and varnished , long strings of meat (God only knows what meat!) hanging to dry, dog kennels , dead cats , dirty linens in heaps, such is the view on the left. The odors which exhale from it who shall describe?

To the right , adjoining the Cathedral , is a yard where stands a little iron or zinc cottage , containing two rooms; this is where the Archbishop lives. One is his bedroom , and the other is his office, where his secretaries are at work all day. No man is more poorly lodged in the whole city, and no man better preaches the spirit of evangelical poverty and detachment in the midst of this money-worshipp ing city than this Dominican Spanish Archbishop of San Francisco."

Pioneer historian Jesuit Henry Walsh also attested to Alemany ' s simplicity. He wrote, "He [Alemany] dressed in his Dominican habit all the years he lived in the Archdiocese and younger members of the flock used to count the patches on it, which were said to have been some 40 or more."

While Alemany lived in poverty and humility he did not have the same p lans for the Church. Though appointed to Monterey, Alemany quickl y realized that San Francisco was a more appropriate center for the diocese

St. Francis' Chruch, Vallejo St. 1851. The First Church built in California after the Old Missions.

than Monterey, so he established St. Francis as his "proCathedral. " On Jul y 29 , 1853, Rome confirmed Alemany ' s jud gment by establishing the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and appointing Alemany its first archbishop. The Diocese of Monterey was made a suffragan see of San Francisco with its boundaries extending from south of San Jose to the Mexican border. The archdiocese covered the entire northern part of the state. The Vincentian Father Thaddeus Amat was appointed to replace Alemany as Bishop of Monterey.

In June 1853 Alemany began planning an impressive structure that was to serve as his cathedral . In a letter to the faithful , Alemany observed , "San Francisco is great in a commercial point of view, in population , and in the strength of its resources. And shall we not endeavor to make religion keep pace with all this progress? " He had received a generous grant of land from pioneer entrepreneur John Sullivan at the corner of California and Dupont on which to build the cathedral. On July 17, a large crowd gathered to witness the laying of the cornerstone. More than a year later the Gothic church made of red brick was dedicated at Midnight Mass, Christmas

Old St. Mary's Cathedral on California Street was dedicated on Christmas Eve, 1854.

eve , 1854, to an overflow crowd with a Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated by Archbishop Alemany.

Thoug h called St. Mary 's, the church was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which , according to historian Father John McGloin , made it the first church in the world to be so dedicated following the papal proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Besides this distinction, St. Mary 's Cathedral "was the largest structure yet erected in San Francisco ," and testified to the continuing importance of the Church in the city. (In 1891 a new Cathedral was built on Van Ness Avenue, but St. Mary 's, now known as Old St. Mary 's, continued its ministry in San Francisco under the care of the Paulist Fathers).

Besides an impressive cathedral , Alemany needed workers to help him build the Church in San Francisco.

Before he came to California in 1850, he traveled throughout Europe attempting to recruit clergy and women religious to staff his new diocese. He achieved some success , most notabl y, he secured the services of fellow Dominican Francisco Vilarrasa to accompany him to California and-establish a province of the Order there , In addition , Sister Mary Goemaere , a Dominican novice in Pari s agreed to go to California , and , according to John McGloin , there she established "the firs t community of women in the state — the Dominican Congregation of the Holy Name." When Alemany first sailed through the Golden Gate on the evening of December 6, Vilarrasa and Goemaere were with him.

Within five years of his arrival , the Dominicans were joined by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, the Daug hters of Charity, the Sisters of Mercy, the Presentation Sisters and the Jesuit Fathers. Alemany also had established a seminary in 1853 dubbed St. Thomas Seminary at Mission Dolore s in an attempt to provide a native local clergy. The seminary strugg led before closing in 1865. He tried again in 1883 opening another St. Thomas Seminary at Mission San Jose. This attempt was even more short-lived , with the seminary closing in 1885. The Archdiocese would have to rel y primaril y on immigrant priests until St. Patrick ' s Seminary was successfully established in 1898.

By the early 1880s, Alemany had grown weary of his missionary episcopate . He had guided the Archdiocese through its difficult , formative stage. The crude frontier town to which he had arrived was now a bustling metropolis. He had seen his archdiocese grow to over 200,000 Catholics with 175 priests, hundreds of women reli gious and more th an 125 parishes.

Throughout his episcopate, Alemany had petitioned Rome to appoint a coadjutor archbishop to assist him in governing the Archdiocese. Finally, in 1883, he got his wish: Father Patrick W. Riordan of Chicago was appointed as coadjutor archbishop. Alemany was so enthused that he traveled all the way to Ogden , Utah to greet Riordan upon his entrance into the Archdiocese. Riordan was touched by the gesture, but Alemany explai ned, "1 am only following a tradition of the Spanish people that when a prince visits a province, he is always met at the frontier."

Alemany officiall y retired on December 28, 1884, at which time Patrick W. Riordan became the second Archbishop of San Francisco. The following year, Alemany returned to Spain , where he died in 1888.

Alemany had finished his work, but his legacy continues on. As one of Alemany 's brother Dominicans concluded somewhat euphorically, "His name is a synonym for all that is good , true , and hol y. " He had established the Archdiocese and had set a high standard for future archbishops and future Catholics of San Francisco to follow.

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Food & Fun Feb. 8: Valentine's Dinner and Dance at St. Kevin's Parish Hall, corner of Cortland Ave. and Ellsworth St., SF beginning a( 7 p.m. with dancing to the music of Los Amos from 9 p.m. Tickets $20. Call (415) 648-5751. Sponsored by Latino Committee of St. Kevin 's. Proceeds benefit the parish.

Feb. 21: Annual Card Party and Luncheon of Catholic Charities Auxiliary of San Mateo County, 11,30 a.m., San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside way off the Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. $25. Make reservations by Feb. 14. Call (650) 349-4399.

Feb. 22: St. Stephen School, 401 Eucalyptus Dr., SF celebrates 50 years with Be True to Your School, a party and benefit auction on campus featuring great food, terrific fun , fabulous friends.

Dancing to Eddie and the Boppers. All alumni and friends invited,Tickets $75. Proceeds benefit school. Call Nancy Hayden Crowley at (415) 664-7164 or nancycinsf@aol.com.

Feb. 22: Archdiocesan Choral Festival under direction of Vance George at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF beginning at 10 a.m. and concluding with "choral celebration" at the cathedral's 5:30 p.m. vigil Mass. $25 fee includes lunch, music packets and learning CD. Preparatory rehearsals will be held Feb. 11 and 18 at 7 p.m. at St. Paul Church, 221 Valley St. at Church, SF. Please pre-register by contacting Debbie McAuliffe at (415) 614-5585 or McAuliffeD@sfarchdiocese.org . For additional information about the day, call Linda Myers at (415) 479-8428 or Lpmyers@attbi.com.

Feb. 23: Late Night Catechism al St. Sebastian Parish, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae.

Tickets are $35 and benefit the parish scholarship fund. Curtain is at 4 p.m. Call (415) 4610704.

Feb. 28: Comedy Night benefiting Birthright of San Francisco featuring the Meehan Brothers at John Foley's Irish House beginning at 8 p.m.

Tickets at $25 are available by calling (415) 6649909. Show takes place in Cellar of the Irish House located one block from Union Square at 243 O'Farrell St., SF. March 1: Carnival and Auction at St. Emydius Parish's Father O'Reilly Center, 255 Jules St., SF, benefiting the parish and parish school.

Silent auction begins at 3 p.m. with Gumbo dinner at 7 p.m., live auction at 8 p.m. and dancing from 8:30 p.m. Raffle , too, at 9:30 p.m. Mardi Gras theme with entertainment from Dragon Dancers , the Mexican Folkloric Dance Ensemble, and more. Tickets $25/$15 seniors.

For tickets or info rmation on donating merchandise or gift certificates , call Piere Smit at (415) 939-2410 or Felice Fernandez at (415) 5852779.

Most 1st Fit : Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets . Mass at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield, with breakfast and presentation following in parish hall. Reservations required to Sugaremy@aol.com or (415) 461-0704 daily.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Consolation Ministry Performance Admission tree unless otherwise noted.

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

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

Reunions Feb. 27: Classes '41, '42, '45 Star of the Sea Academy. Call Marie (415) 564-2603 or Dorothy at (415) 681-1493.

March 15: St. Cecilia Elementary, SF, Class of '78. Classmates should call Deirdre Deasy McGovern at (650) 991-4518; or Ann Margaret Carlin Rohrs at (415) 665-6957.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities Feb. 7: First Fri. Healing Mass of the Sacred Heart, 7:30 p.m. at St. Gregory Church , 2715 Hacienda St. at 28th Ave., San Mateo. Rosary at 7 p.m. Father Frank Murray will preside. Music by Our God Reigns music ministry. Call John at (650) 261-0825.

Feb. 8: Proud to Be Catholic rally and celebration at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF sponsored by The Young Men's Institute. All Catholic organizations are invited to take part. Event begins before Cathedral's 5:30 p.m. Mass. Theme is Pride in Being Catholic in Today's Church. Call Elmer Madrid at (650) 9521925 or the YLI Office at (650) 588-7762.

March 10, 11, 12, 13: Parish Mission, St. Pius Church, 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City at 7:30 p.m. with well-known publisher and champion of the Catholic faith , Dr. Elinor Ford. Topics include Finding Joy in Who You Arel; Embracing Hope Through Healing and Forgiveness!; I Can Do This: Living the Vocation God has Given; Going Forth as Bearers of God's Joy and Hope.

Dr. Ford, the first woman Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York , has been named among the most influential people in Catholic education. Dr. Ford will also speak at all weekend Masses of March 8 and 9.

March 15: Praisel Prayer! Worship Explosion!

At St. Cecilia Church hall, 17th and Vicente St., SF from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Father James Tarantino will preside. Music by Gospel Jubilation Singers.

Call Norma at (650) 875-4265.

Mass is celebrated each first Saturday of the month in the chapel of All Saints Mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Old Mission Rd., Colma. Priests of the Archdiocese preside. Call (650) 756-2060.

Young Adults Contact Young Adult Ministry Office for details.

The Young Adult Ministry oflice ol the Archdiocese can be contacted by phone al (415) 614-5595 or 5596 and by e-mail at wilcoxcbstarchdiocese.org or jansenrn @sfarchdiocese.org.

Feb. 10, 17, 24; March 3: Theology on Tap, 7 p.m., at Johnny Foley's Irish House, 243 O'Farrell St. at Union Square, SF. Topics include Violence Unveiled, You, God and the Unknown, Bed and Bible, Spiritual Self/Secular World with presenters including Gil Bailie, George Fleming, Rev. Richard Sparks, Greg Brown and Trish Plunkett.

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7:30 p.m. Begin taking steps that can lead to a clearer understanding of the grief process.

Journaling material will be provided.

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

noon at the Cronin Center of St. Matthew Parish, El Camino Real and 9th Ave., San Mateo with a presentation by Kathy Atkinson , Director of Cemeteries for the Archdiocese. Call Dennis Pettinelli at (650) 341-5050, ext.

Feb. 14: San Mateo County Council of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women at 10 a.m. at 768 Elm St., San Carlos. Catholic women of San Mateo County are cordially invited to learn about the group. Call (650) 593-5681 .

Courage, a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction , meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Father Lawrence Goode at (415) 333-3627 or Father Agnel Jose de Heredia at (415) 567-2020 , ext. 209.

Respect Life/ FamilyLife Information about Natural Family Planning and people in the Archdiocese offering instruction are available from the Office of Marriage and Family Life of the Archdiocese , Chris Lyford, director, at (415) 614-5680.

Sat. at 9 a.m.: Pray the Rosary for Life at 815 Eddy St. between Franklin and Van Ness, SF. Call (415) 752-4922.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends can add to a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to register, call Michele or George Otte at (888) 5683018.

Seton Medical Center Natural Family Planning/Fertility Care Services offers classes in the Creighton Model of NFP. Health educators are also available to speak to youth and adults on topics of puberty, responsible relationships, adolescent sexuality, the use of NFP throughout a woman's reproductive life, and infertility. Call (650) 301-8896 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 or Pat and Tony Fernandez at (415) 893-1005..

The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month. Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foster care.

Call (415) 406-2387 for information.

Taize Prayer 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; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

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

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

Single, Divorced, Separated 3rd Thurs.: Meetings at 7 p.m. for New Wings at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. at Brotherhood Way, SF. Call (415) 452-9634 or www.stmchurch.com. Feb. 15: Potluck Dinner at

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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. St. Isabella , San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novate Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.SI. Gabriel, SF. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish.

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Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available fro m Our Lady of Angels Parish , Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

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

Radio-TV/Exhibits Mon - Fri. at 7 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour featuring recitation of the Rosary and motivating talks and music with host Father Tom Daly. Tune your radio to KEST - 1450 AM "Mosaic " , a public affairs program featuring discussions about the Catholic Church today. 1st Sundays 6:00 a.m., KPIX-Channel 5. "For Heaven's Sake", a public affairs program featuring discussions and guests , 5 a.m. 3rd Sunday of the month, KRONChannel 4.

Returning Catholics Programs lor Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: St. Anselm, Ross, parish office at (415) 4532342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Old St. Mary's Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288 or Kevin Sullivan at (415) 567-3333; Holy Name ot Jesus, SF, Dennis Rivera at (415) 664-8590; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336, Elaine Yastishock at (650) 3446884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 6970952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea , Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949.

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In November, Haselfeld attempted to scale the fence around the school but "kept slipp ing on all the crosses that were stuck in the fence. " Finall y, Father Roy Bourgeois , the vigil organizer, suggested that he walk across the line so he wouldn 't hurt himself.

"I'm glad I did it. It 's frustra ting to not be able to change what the government is doing," the retired recreation and parks janitor for the City of San Francisco said. He believes that going to prison , "is a way of doing something about it."

Although Jud ge Faircloth was willing to put him under house arrest because of his age, Haselfeld turned down the offer. He wanted to be in solidarity with the other 17 peop le who were prison-bound , including eight nuns and a priest.

He told the jud ge the military school should be closed because , "In a land of free expression , we should not be exporting repression."

The students had pleaded guilty to charges of trespassing on a military base for political purposes and could have received prison sentences up to six months. Instead they received a year 's probation, a $500 fine and 250 hours of community service.

Father Privett 's testimony was posted last week on USF's web site. He noted there, in his letter to the university community, that " no matter how one feels about non-violent disobedience and the effectiveness of such tactics , this was a proud moment for Jesuit education and USF. One cannot but admire such uncommon courage and integrity . . .

They are clearly committed to fashioning a more humane and just world , which is the responsibility of each of us and the goal of Jesuit education."

On Feb. 7, the university community will have an opportunity to give the young women a grand welcome. A fundraiser to help them pay their fines will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on the first floor of the Crossroads Cafe on campus.

By Sharon Abercrombie How many students busted for trespassing on a military base have the president of their university testify on their behalf?

Linda Aguilar, Sunny Angula , Guadalupe Gomez and Margaret Rossi had such a distinction on Jan. 27 when Jesuit Father Stephen Privett , president of the University of San Francisco , traveled to Columbus , Georgia to speak on their behalf before Jud ge Mallon Faircloth.

As both president of USF and as a representative of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities , Father Privett asked the court to display "wisdom and compassion rather than rigor and harshness , given the infraction was a misdemeanor by persons of honor." Father Privett noted that the students have promised not to trespass again at Ft. Benning, and that they do not have criminal records. He reminded the judge that this was a first-time offense.

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Because we are waiting there, with others, for God to do something in us and through us that we can't do all by ourselves, namely, create community with each other and bring justice, love, peace, and joy to our world.

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In Christian and Jewish spirituality there are two nonnegotiable places where we meet God, alone and in the family. These are not in opposition, but complementary, relying on each other to keep our experience of God both deep and pure .

Pentecost, it is important to note, happened to a group at a meeting, not to an individual alone in the desert. That can be helpful to keep in mind when we tire of meetings, despair of their effectiveness , or resent that they pull us away from important private endeavors . The fact, that Pentecost happened at a meeting can also be helpful in keeping us focused on why we are going to all these meetings in the first place.

Peter Maurin , Dorothy Day 's initial mentor, used to say: "When you don 't know what else to do, keep going to meetings!" Sound advice! Meetings are the "upper room,"

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By John Thavis Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Via satellite from the Vatican, Pope John Paul II told an international gathering of families in the Philippines that while marriage and family life may not always be easy they are crucial to witnessing Christ in the world.

Half-a-million people cheered the pope's video appearance Jan. 25 at a Manila park. The pope 's appearance was the highlight of the Jan. 22-26 Fourth World Meeting of Families and marked the first time the 82-year-old pontiff was unable to personally attend the encounter.

At a noon blessing Jan. 26, the pope said the Manila meeting underscored the value of the family for society — but he stressed he was talking about the traditional family, not "that inauthentic family based on individual selfishness."

"Experience demonstrates that such a 'caricature' of the family has no future and cannot give a future to any society," he said. He did not elaborate, but in the past Vatican officials have criticized legislative attempts to give family status and benefits to cohabitating or homosexual couples.

The pope's satellite message to families gathered in Manila's Rizal Park focused on the theme of the gathering: "The Christian Family: Good News for the Third Millennium."

Speaking in English, the pope said that' by embracing the Gospel and living its truths families were carrying out a demanding responsibility in a changing world.

"Deai' Christian families, proclaim joy full y to the whole world the wonderful treasure which you, as domestic churches, possess," he said.

"Above all , be 'good news ' for the third millennium by remaining faithful to your vocation . Whether you were married recently or many years ago, the sacrament of matrimony continues to be your own special way of being disciples of Jesus," he said.

The pope said the grace received in marriage remains with couples through the years and helps them in the face of inevitable trials. "It is the grace of a selfless love which forgets the hurt it has suffered , a love faithful unto death, a love bursting with new life," he said.

"Such a love is not always easy. Daily life is full of pitfalls, tensions, suffering and even fatigue. But on this journey you are not alone. Jesus is always present at your side," he said.

The pope said Christian families must witness "the truth about the family" in the wider society. He said that includes the point that the family is "the setting in which the human person, made in the image and likeness of God, is conceived and born, grows and matures."

He encouraged families to be leaders in the world and in the church. That is a responsibility that flows from the sacrament of marriage and from the "marital mission" in society, he said.

At his noon blessing the next day, the pope said the family's role and importance for all humanity goes beyond the Christian community. He said the idea that the family is part of a divine design for humanity "is shared, thank God, by many nonChristian couples," and should be a point of interreligious dialogue.

The meeting closed with an emphasis on the duty of Christian families to evangelize and with a celebration of their struggle to witness to Christ today.

The gathering included two events held simultaneously during its first three days: the International Theological Pastoral Congress and the Sons and Daughters Congress for young people, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family and the pope's legate to the world meeting, preached at the closing Mass, which coincided with the feast of the Holy Child.

The cardinal called on families to protect their children and surround them with tenderness.

"Poverty, against which we have to fight courageously in the midst of widespread injustice in this world, becomes a bitter tragedy when children are abandoned or become victims and (are) made to pay for the irresponsibilityof parents who have promised to love one another until death," the cardinal said.

He also urged governments to respect life and oppose abortion, which he said destroys families.

"There is no better investment for the government, for legislators, than to favor the families, strengthen their unity, support them, (and) not to obstruct the mission and rights of spouses," he said.

The cardinal also urged doctors not to be "accomplices in assaults against the human person" by perfonning abortions and instead to work against disease and pain.

In an apparent reference to human cloning, he said, "Seduced by science and technology, many presume that they are arbiters of life, in all kinds of dangerous manipulation that can even become nightmares to humanity."

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Pastoral Ministry/Services Office of Worship

$1,980300

The Office of Worship provides the Archbishop, parishes, and other diocesan agencies with a variety of liturg ical resources and services in an effort to foster competent and worthy celebration of the Roman Rite to the glory of God and the salvation of the faithful.

• Provides classes and workshops th roug hout the Archdiocese for programs such as Eucharistic Minister training (3 workshops a year in each of the 3 counties), training of music ministers , instntction on changes to the general missal (when to kneel , stand , etc.).

Assists parishes in placement of qualified liturgical personnel .

• • Plan s special liturgies throug hout the year for major celebrations , ordinations , consults on liturg ical environments , etc.

Office of Evangelization

The Office of Evangelization, seeks to assist the people of God to encounter Jesus Chri st in such a way that they will be empowered to proclaim the Good News by word and action.

• Staff of three part-time employees provides support for 34 parish evangelization contacts throughout the Archdiocese.

• Responsible for training leaders in evangelization.

• Trains leaders in small Christian communi ties, and holds monthly meetings for Spanish and English speaking parish coordinators of small Christian communities.

• Supports two major events a year each attended by up to 350 English and Spanish speaking leaders.

Office of Ethnic Ministries

The Office of Ethnic Ministry celebrates the rich diversity of culture s, languages , and races throughout this Archdiocese throu gh its sponsorshi p of various program and gatherings geared toward intercultural cultural education , dialogue , communication and understanding.

• Staff of five full-time, and three part-time employees provide support for 22 different ethnic communities - including Hispanic , Filipino, Chinese , and African-American.

• In the process of developing a ethnic resource book for parishes, schools, and archdiocesan offices.

• Sponsors archdiocesan multicultural celebrations.

• Collaborates with other offices in developing the multicultural component of programs.

Office of Marriage and Family Life

The Office of Marriage and Family Life provides education and formation programs to help strengthen the faith-life of families throughout the Archdiocese.

• Staff of two supports entire Archdiocese by providing specific programs and classes for married couples - i.e. provides education and implementation of Marriage Preparation policy within each parish and Natural Family Planning (NFP) training.

• Sponsors Lead Couple enrichment programs to help foster communities of married couples within individual parishes - 30 new lead couples were commissioned in 2002.

• Provides support for six groups of separated/divorced/widowed Catholics.

• Provides training and evaluation of FOCUS Inventory (a marriage compatibility survey) that is given to couples preparing for marriage - 1,500 per year in the Archdiocese have used this inventory.

• Manages website that receives over 100,000 hits per year from parishioners.

School of Pastoral Leadership ''

The School of Pastoral Leadership provides quality theological and pastoral formation for lay people in order to assist them in living out their Catholic Faith and to equip them to full y participate in the mission of the Church to make disciples of all the world (Mt 28:19).

• Provides classes in both English and Spanish. Over 5,000 students have been served through classes that help to expand their knowledge of the Catholic faith .

• Encourages all graduates to integrate into parish life and to serve the Church through parish councils, liturgical ministry, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) programs , prison ministry, elderly care, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), adult faith formation teams, social justice and evangelization.

• Sponsors program of formation for the Permanent Diaconate which includes participation by the deacon candidates and their spouses in the Core Curriculum courses , and the two-year Catholic Bible Study Program.

TheTribunal serves as a resource to the Catholic community within the Archdiocese for maintaining and upholding the universal law of the Church. seeking to reconcile with the Church.

• Serves to assist individualsmdiVm^ i ^vaiuai^^he-siaRK^fm as the CatkuicJ£htnxh understands thafDonfL • Protects the rights of the faithful regarding individual rights, protection of one 's reputation , and obligations of the faithful.

• Protects and safeguards the rights of Catholics by adhering to the universal law of the Church.

Office of Ecumenicaland Interreligious Affairs

The Office of Ecumenical and Interreli g ious Affairs represents the Archbishop and the community of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in our relationships with ecumenical, interreli gious, and spiritual communities.

• 15 members of the Archdiocesen ecumenical commission representing clergy, religious and the laity.

• Approximatel y 70 partici pating faith groups • Within Christian church - protestants, Episcopal , Methodist , evangelicals; outside Christianity - interreligious - Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist , Hindu , Sikh.

• Boundaries of the office 's influence go well beyond Archdiocese - regional in California , Nevada and Hawaii; national in Washington D.C.; and international in Rome.

Public Policy & Social Concerns

The Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns is rooted in the Gospels and the social teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The goal is to embody the teachings found within the parable of the Good Samaritan by seeing injustice as a personal call to action, and making a commitment to relieving the needs of the suffering person.

• Provides education and advocacy on behalf of the unborn , the poor, the elderl y, the imprisoned, the homeless, the disabled, and the marginalized in our society and throughout the world.

• Conducts programs - Justice & Peace and Catholic Campaign for Human Development (4,500 served with 72,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); Respect Life (9,700 directly contacted with 70,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); and Detention Ministry Program (21 ,000 served).

• Representation with government officials , civic leaders, labor and community (3,200 direct contact).

Clergy Formation, Support and Retirement Vicar for the Clergy

$1,014,600

The Office of the Vicar for the Clergy 's mission is the sacramental work of reaching out to people in the parishes. Includes the installation of pastors, meeting and working with the priests and chairman of the personnel board.

• The Archbishop 's Annual Appeal supports each priest of the Archdiocese including his vocation discernment, formation, seminary training, annual education , sabbaticals, retreats and retirement. The Vicar for the Religious, the Permanent Diaconate and hospital chaplain programs are also under the Vicar of Clergy.

• The department includes all necessary support staff to sustain services.

• Speakers, days of recollection and more help for the priests are vital programs also supported by AAA.

Office of The Vicar For Religious

The Office of the Vicar for Reli g ious serves as a liaison between the Archbishop and Consecrated persons of both sexes of the Archdiocese, and between Consecrated persons and the clergy and the faithful.

• Provides information to and consulting with the Archbishop and the religious; representing the Archbishop at meetings or functions.

• Facilitates the communication of information fro m Rome to Consecrated Persons within the Archdiocese.

• Visits relig ious houses; officiates al some congregation elections; provides guidance to and evaluations of new religious communities; handles complaints about or from Consecrated persons.

• Arranges Indults & Dispensations with Rome as needed.

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• Supports 15 parishes in San Francisco where 20 deacons are assigned, 22 parishes in San Mateo where 34 deacons are assigned , and eight parishes in Marin where 12 deacons are assigned.

$1,610,300

[*]Most of the money in this category is spent for the subsidies provided by the Archdiocese to specific parishes and schools, the expenses of the Council of Priests, real estate management services provided by the Archdiocese to the parishes and schools, and a portion of Administrative Services that are provided to all the ministries and programs (office space, equipment , phones, f a x, computers, etc).

Office of Human Resources

The Office of Human Resources, created in 1996 to support the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan, strives to ensure that personnel policies, programs, and practices are well understood by all, are embraced and exemplified by the organization's leaders, and display the appropriate degree of consistency throughout the Archdiocese.

• A staff of five supports over 4,500 active and retired employees (including clergy, lay and religious workers).

• Its principal functions and responsibilities include Recruitment & Employment; Employee Benefits; HR Training & Development; Salary Administration; Employee Relations and Performance Management.

• Acts to protect the interests of those serving the Archdiocese by ensuring that all personnel policies and programs comply with applicable federal , state and local laws.

Office of Development

The Office of Development, in addition to managing the fundraising effort of the Archdiocese, assists parishes, schools, and other Catholic agencies in stewardship programs, capital campaigns, and the development of planned giving.

• Staff of three manages database of 22,700 active donors, supports two major fundraising campaigns; the Archbishop's Annual Appeal and the Education Endowment Campaign .

• Past stewardship programs have assisted parishes in raising their offertory collections by 15% to 25%.

• Support parish/school capital campaigns.

• Annually provide an average of 10 to 12 planned giving seminars in parishes throughout the Archdiocese.

Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church Office of Communications

• Official Directory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

• Dail y News Summary for pastor and parish staff .

• Archfax for pastor and parish staff.

The Office of Permanent Diaconate supports the ministry and lives of the deacons and their wives who serve the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

• Addresses concerns relating to the ministry assignments and the on-going education of the deacons giving attention to the spiritu al, financial and health concerns of the deacons and their families.

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Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church (continued) Office of Communications (continued)

$1373,300

The Office of Communications seeks to meet the communication needs of the local Church and assists the Archbishop in addressing issues and current events of concern to the Catholic community. In addition to Archdiocesan communications, counsel and support, the Office handles all media relations and public relations. Its income producing activities—which include newspaper and directory advertising, publications sales, direct contributions and other sources of revenue—fund approximately one half of its total expenses.

• Catholic San Francisco (mailed weekly to 95,000 households).

• El Heraldo Carolico(distributed monthly to parishes in the Archdiocese).

• TV: "Mass with Monsignor Harry Schlitt" / "Mosaic" (weekly).

• Radio: "Catholic Radio Hour" (daily) / "Bienvenidos a Casa" (Sunday mornings).

• Newsletters: TV Mass newsletter / Catholic Radio Hour newsletter.

• Internet websites, www.sfarchdiocese.org and www.cathohc-sf.org .

Office of Permanent Diaconate Formation

The Office of Permanent Diaconate Formation oversees the formation of 30 current candidates for ordination to diaconate.

• Conducts Diaconate Formation Program - screening, admission and formation of candidates for the five-year program.

Youth and Education Office of Religious Education & Youth Ministry

$906,500

The Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, called and challenged to be discip les of Christ by living the Gospel, seeks to nurture the life-long faith formation of all people by animating leaders in a holistic approach to their ministry.

• Provides Catechist and Youth Ministry formation and enrichment guidance.

• Provides basic and master catechist certification.

• Provides leadership formation, adult faith formation and youth leadership training.

• Provides Sacramental preparation and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) training.

• Provides classes for special needs individuals for sacraments and religious education.

Office of Young Adult Ministry

The Office of Young Adult Ministry, with the assistance of the Visioning Team (a team of young adults and ministers from the Archdiocese), develops programs , activities and events for Catholic young adults in the Bay Area to empower them as full members of our Church .

• 40% of the Catholic Church is age 18-40 - there are 425,000 Catholics in the Archdiocese. Thus, a staff of two is supporting the needs of up to 200,000 Young Adults in this community.

• Sponsors annual Fall Fest conference which, in 2002, brought together over 340 young adults to learn and share about their Catholic faith.

• Supports local participation in World Youth day, which brings over 500,000 young people from all over the world to share .

• Manages email database of 1,000.

Department of Catholic Schools

The Department of Catholic Schools serves schools in the Archdiocese by providing excellent educational programs which prepare students for a trul y Christian life.

• Staff of nine (Superintendent of Schools, five administrative staff , three support staff) full time employees to support pastors, administrators, teachers and families regarding policies and programs for religious and general education in elementary and secondary schools.

• Provides support for 66 elementary schools that enroll 20,569 students; 14 high schools in the Archdiocese that enroll 8,267 students; and more than 2,000 full-time and part-time teachers, administrators, counselors, librarians, and support personnel.

• Cost per student at public schools in California is approximately $6500, Catholic School is $4600 (elementary school).

Total: $6 ,885,00

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Pastoral Ministries / Services: Office of Worship, Evangelization, Ethnic Ministries, Marriage and Family Life, School of Pastoral Leadership, ACCW, Tribunal, Vicar for Spanish speaking, Hospital Chaplains, and Archives.

$1,980,300

Parish/School Support/Services: Parish and school subsidies, the Council of Priests, Human Resources, Real Estate, a portion of Administrative Services and Development

$1,610,300

Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church: Information Office, Catholic San Francisco/El Heraldo Catolico, TV Mass and Radio Hour, USCCB, California Catholic Conference, Ecumenical and Inter-religious programs, Detention Ministry, Justice & Peace, Respect Life.

$1,373,300

Clergy Formation, Support and Retirement :

$1,014,600

Vocations, Permanent Diaconate, priests continuing education, Priests Retirement Fund, and Serra Clergy House.

Youth and Education:

Religious Education, Youth Ministry, Young Adult Ministry, Elementary Family Grants, Teacher Incentive Grants, Inner City Elementary schools.

TOTAL SERVICES & MINISTRIES: The remainder of the Archdiocese's budget also benefits parishes and schools by providing servies such as legal assistance, finance , payroll, and property management.

$906,500

$6,885,000