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Evangelization: TV sp ot to target unchurched

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Clergy sexualabuse survivorshelp p lan reconciliation event

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BurlingameMercy Sister melds lif e with abandoned and orphaned in Romania

In this issue . . .

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Lecture

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Where You Live b y Tom Burke

Curial cardinal to address Catholic-Jew relationship

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Liturgy :

New columnist sees dangers in liturgical 'golden calfs '

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ACT '2 Hands 4 Pianos ' blends music and comedy

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San Francisco's St. Elizabeth Parish is grateful to the family of the late-Joseph Anthony Sant , who went beyond their grief to bless the parish churc h with a new marble ambo in memory of the beloved son, husband , father, sibling and uncle. The p lace of the Word was dedicated on Feb. 12, the feast of St. Paul , patron of Joe 's grammar school , St. Paul of the Shipwreck in Hunter 's Point.

Joe also graduated from the Sunset District 's St. Ignatius where he played baseball and basketball , later earning an undergraduate degree while serving as a detective in the Concord Police Department. Joe 's mom , Jenny, called herself and, dad , John, "old-timers" at St. Elizabeth , and said she's confident Joe will be "long remembered" throug h their gift. Joe , 36 when he died in 1998, is also survived by his wife, Erika, daughters , Courtney and Kristen , brother, John L. and sister, Julie Abusharkh...

Prayers please for Anna Pierazzi of St. Pius Parish, Redwood City who has suffered a stroke. Her sons , Gary and Michael , are at her side. Anna is the widow of Mingy Pierazzi , the well-known photograp hy bufi who died last year. Thanks to parishioner Bill McSweeney for (akin ' the time to say he likes Catholic San Francisco. Please, let me say again how much we like tumin 'it out.... Was glad to hear from Rose Dantes of Holy Angels Parish, Colma, and Dolores Peters of St. Pius, who both have an interest in visiting local Jubilee Year pilgrimage sites recently announced

by Archbishop William J. Levada....South San Francisco's All Souls Parish is lucky to have the hel pful and gentlemanl y Mike Bianchi as athletic director, and Mark Johnson as a basketball coach. The two, who went out of their way one recent rainy Sunday to help me find the location of my son's basketball game, didn ' t even laugh a little bit when we discovered the match would take place right where I was standin '.,.Millinery removed, please, for Juanita Duffy of San Mateo 's St. Matthew Parish , who was confinned on Feb. 20, at age 83. Juanita, who took Theresa for her confirmation name, is not too far from Calcutta's Teresa, having adopted 3 children , and served as foster parent to 33 more....Redwood City 's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School presented alumna , Paula Uccelli , with a Distinguished Graduate Award at special ceremonies on Jan.

30. Paula and, husband , Pete, are well-known Peninsulans , and founders of a nice little restaurant down by the water....

Burlingame 's beautiful Mercy Center has welcomed new director , H. William Goehring. Mercy Sister Jud y Carle , president of the community 's Burlingame region , said , the new director , "brings creativity, a strong liturg ical background , a sharp business sense, and a commitment to persons who are poor. We are p leased to invite his energy into the venture of Mercy Center. " Chatted it up with Sister Jud y and consoeur Mercy Sister Diane Grasilli , vice president of the comReg ional munity 's Team, Leadershi p 'bout a week ago Theresa Anthony and before they headed into Paula Uccelli a meeting with CSF editor, Dan Morris-Young. Thanks to Colette Fontanelli , secretary at our French parish , Notre Dame des Victoires , for hel ping me beyond my "un peu " in her native language.

A more-than-deserved hats off to Mercy Sister Patrick Curran for her courageous and innovative leadership at San Francisco 's St. Anthony Foundation , and not just because she admits to reading this column. On Sister 's watch the timeless ministry is expanding its care for the poor making it an even more pivotal element in the war against poverty....

Pastoral Center personnel were treated to an afternoon retreat at San Francisco 's St. Anne 's Home on Jan. 27.

Salesian Father Ben Dabbene, who introduced the day, likened the several hours of spiritual nourishment to the popular soft-drink adage "the pause that refreshes. " Evaluations put all dimensions of the event in honor role territory . Holy Names Sister Molly Neville facilitated the sessions which were aimed at helping us Chancery grunts pay better attention to our own lives and those we strive to serve (put your name here) Semi-finalists for full-ride scholarships at Jesuit-led Marquette University are Robert Leung of SF's Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, and Ryan Joseph of the City 's St. Ignatius. Hats off to these guys, all high school seniors, and our Catholic high schools, demonstrating dail y that their halls are places where students are cared about.. ..Father Michael Padazinski of the Canon Law Department, and in residence at South San Francisco's Mater Dolorosa Parish, says he 's glad to have been part of the annual day of recollection sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of St. Rita Parish, Fairfax. The late-Feb. gathering, organized by Agnes De Patta and many others , focused on the Jubilee Year and was attended by more than 70 people from St. Rita and beyond.

Father P hails from the First State, Delaware, just a hop, ski p and Revolutionary War trail from my Phill y/Jersey Shore roots...The Knights of Columbus at Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Half Moon Bay, announce Operation Teddy Bear, which will bring the huggable toys to hospitalized children. If ya ' Holy Names Sister wanna ' give a bear, or Molly Neville otherwise help out , call Curt Crye at (650) 712-8946... Trips to the gym are releasing my long orphaned endorphins that have been cooped up all these years my primary activity has been walkin ' to the car. I think I've had my heart rate up to 10 or II a coupla ' times and, though a long way from sortin ' through Spandex swatches, I'm likin 'it a lot...

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Evangelization

30-second TV spot to be sponsored by Bay Area Catholics

By Sharon Abercrombie Beg inning April 2, Bay Area television viewers who tune into Fox Channel 2 will see a 30-second advertising spot inviting them to touch base with Catholicism.

Aimed primarily at people who have no relation to the Catholic Church as well as at inactive Catholics , the spot dep icts a young mother rocking her baby. "1 feel so close to you right now," she says.. "Will it always be this way?

Times are so uncertain ," the new mom worries.

The camera cuts to street scenes of lonely looking teen-agers. A voice says, "Maybe we can help. We've been around for 2,000 years.

We're the Catholic Church. Call us." An 800 The evangelization TV spot scheduled for April 2-15 will feature a mother and child scene as well as faces of troubled teens. number appears on the screen.

The spot , financed in part by a $20,000 grant from the Koch Foundation , will be aired a total the Evangelization and RENEW Office for the San evangelize ." It is likewise the first time the three dioceses have cooperated on a comparable joint venture , she said. of 97 times A pril 2 to 15. The Archdiocese of San Francisco Archdiocese.

When people call the East Bay 's St. Elizabeth Seton Maurice Heal y, director of communications for the Francisco and the Dioceses of Oakland and San Jose are each contributing $8500 towards the $25,000 it phone bank , they will have the option to leave their phone Archdiocese of San Francisco, called the venture "a good number to receive a cal l from a volunteer living in a parish idea" and noted he will work to see that the commercial will cost to broadcast the commercial . gains visibility with the secular media.

"We expect this commercial will be viewed at least once closest to them.

For Father Danielson , the television outreac h is a longPhone volunteers can also refer callers to such programs by five million people," said Father Dan Danielson , the standing dream. A couple of friends help bring it to life , he , Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, as Returning Catholics Oakland priest who spearheaded the project. said , Frank Nieman , former president of the School of if they have or are teen-agers, a youth ministry program.

And what do people touched by the spot do? Father or, Applied Theology in Berkeley, and his son, Willie , a partwho have marriage questions in regard to the , People Danielson who serves as chair of the diocesan evangelizatime television writer and producer. the names and numbers of priests who Church will be given tion office and pastor of the Catholic Community of , Nieman had taught evangelization courses for the past 30 , have agreed to accept the calls said Father Danielson. volunPleasanton said follow-up efforts include 90 phone The priest said the evangelization spot is one of the firs t years. His son, a long-time social justice proponent , went into teers, 30 of whom are retired Sisters from Mission San Jose efforts of the Church to use commercial television to reach television production four years ago. For a time, Willie Dominican Community.

They will respond to viewer calls 24 hours a day, Father unchurched peop le. The Archdiocese of St. Louis has been N ieman wrote, produced and hosted "Polemics," an indeDanielson said, noting that he himself plans to take the 9 running a spot for the past year, but it features a different pendent cable show which grappled with controversial topics.

In recent months , the older Nieman realized it was time p.m. to 8 a.m. shift each ni ght the commercial airs. "I've message — the offer of a video of Pope John Paul's U.S. got to put my money where my mouth is," he said. visit — a topic that probabl y would not appeal to "reli- to increase evangelization effort s after he read that onl y 35 When a person calls St. Elizabeth Seton phone bank , g iousl y disenfranchised" people, said Father Danielson , percent of people in England realized the year 2000 was volunteers will refer him or her to an individual in the who confesses to being "passionate about evangelization. " related to Jesus ' birth. "That just blew me away," he said. parish nearest the caller.

Sister Heaphy said she is "very excited about the com- His son was equally astounded. "I knew 1 could think up San Francisco and San Jose are recruiting volunteers as mercial. It is the first time in the history of the Bay Area some beautifu l ads," he recalls.

They approached their pastor, Father Brian Joyce at well , said Presentation Sister Antonio Heaphy, director of that the Catholic Church is using the medium of TV to Christ the King Parish in Pleasant Hill. Father Joyce sent them to Father Danielson. The project was on its way.

Frank Nieman applied to the Koch Foundation and received $20,000. His son began writing TV scenarios.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Besides food , they might need to see a family counselor , Explained Father Danielson: "There are certain teachhosted an open house on Feb. 17 to mark the relocation of or seek ombudsman services. able moments of grace in people 's lives and we try in this Programs located at the new site include Meals on commercial to touch into the hopes and fears associated its San Mateo branch to more spacious headquarters.

Last October 's move to Thirtysix 37th Ave., San Mateo, Wheels , Senior Home Care and Ombudsman services , the with bringing a new child into this world." consolidated services which were formerl y located at two Peninsula Family Resource Center (PFRC), the Adoptions He hopes to be able to feature one new video each Lent, different , sites , explained David B. Lloyd, a spokesperson and Foster Care Progra m, and the HIV Food and perhaps touching on issues such as the successful executive Emergency Services program. for Catholic Charities. who wonders, "Is this all there is?"

Other Catholic Charities programs in San Mateo County Until this year, clients had to go to St. Bartholomew Any future commercials depend on funding and "what Parish Hall , and to another office located in an office build- include the San Carlos Adult Day program , the San Mateo we learn from this one," said Father Danielson, who added ing. Neither was conveniently near public transportation , a Behavioral Healthcare program , and the Adolescent the video production is avai lable for use by other dioceses. drawback because "many of our clients don 't have cars and Chemical Dependency Diversion program . The two-story building also has additional space for offices , and a conferhave to rel y on buses," Lloyd noted.

The new storefront site is located close to both a bus line ence room, said Lloyd. "We've been looking for a facility like this for a long time," he added. and to the CALtrain station.

Another plus for clients is the easy access to all services offere d by Catholic Charities. "Many people have issues which transcend just one need," said Lloyd.

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Pope says Holy Land reminds p eop le of sp iritual realities

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Modern men and women are increasing ly fascinated by the Hol y Land because it is a tang ible reminder of the spiritual realities they often overlook , Pope John Paul II said. Meeting March 2 with an estimated 3,000 Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem , the Pope asked for prayers during his Marc h 20-26 pilgrimage to the Hol y Land. He said the knights ' financial support of the Catholic Church in the Middle East and of the sites connected to the life of Jesus has done much to give peop le continuing access to "the precious patrimony of historic testimony which is preserved in the Hol y Land. "

Mexico nuncio named

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Economic sanctions imposed or supported by the United States against Iraq, Cuba and Serbia have done little to achieve their aims , according to U.S. . Catholic Conference and Catholic Relief Services officials. . In some cases, the conditions that broug ht about the sanctions no longer exist , they said. In others, the sanctions have been used by the leaders of the affected nations to consolidate power rather than drive them from it. Despite this, little sentiment exists among Clinton administration and congressional leaders to ease the sanctions or eliminate them , they said at a Feb. 29 workshop on embargoes during the 2000 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.

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Def ends Vatican-Palestinian part

BALTIMORE (CNS) — Addressing a national Jewish meeting, Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore defended the recent Vatican accord with the Palestinian Authority and called it a historic "breakthrough" for religious freedom in an Arab country. The cardinal 's vigorous defense of the pact against Jewish criticisms came amid growing world attention to Catholic-Jewish relations as Pope John Paul II prepared to visit the Hol y Land later this month.

'Reject stem-cell research '

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee for Pro-Life Activities has urged rejection in the U.S. Senate of a bill that would allow federal funding of stem-cell research involving human embryos.

Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore said in a March 3 letter to senators that if Congress were to approve S. 2015, the Stem-Cell Research Act , "it would officiall y declare for the first time in our nation 's history that government may exploit and destroy human life for research purposes."

The legislation , introduced Jan. 31 by Sens. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., and Tom Harkin , D-Iowa , would overturn the current ban on federal funding for destruction of human embryos.

Angered at Israeli treatment

DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) — Ireland's 13 members of the European Parl iament said they were "angered and disappointed" by Israel's treatment of a group of Irish pil§ 0, grims. They also said when they wrote to Israeli officials, [/I they were snubbed. In ajoint statement, the legislators said a recent offer by the Israeli government includes "a number 5 o of completely unacceptable conditions , most notably the § specific exclusion of this Catholic pilgrimage from the £ Holy Land at the time of the visit of Pope John Paul II at z the end of March and the insistence on continuous u police monitoring of the group while they were in Israel ."

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Amid the growing dispute over the deadlocked appointment for the next House chaplain , some Catholics are urging a quick resolution. About 40 Catholic Republican lawmakers met privately with GOP leaders March 1 to discuss possible solutions to what has now become a political quagmire . Catholic legislators also brought up some of these solutions on the House floor during the first week of March. Suggestions included the nomination process should start over or that the position of House chaplain be abolished and replaced with a rotating voluntary ministry.

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Partial-birth abortion debated

WASHINGTON (CNS) —- The procedure known as partial-birth abortion is so different that it does not warrant the constitutional protection the court has given abortion in general , argues the U.S. Catholic Conference in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. "The killing of partly born children is new to both law and medicine ," says

Scouts case watched

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The New Jersey Supreme Court 's ruling that a homosexual Boy Scout leader was improperly fired threatens the ri ght of social, political and reli gious groups to define their own missions , argues a brief by the U.S. Catholic Conference and the New Jersey Catholic Conference. "It defies common sense to force a u I group to retain a leader who has publicl y stated he wants to u change the group because he believes its views are wrong," a| ;>¦ said the friend-of-the-court brief filed in an upcoming U.S. u z! Supreme Court case, Boy Scouts of America vs. James Dale. <

Asks ref lection on Diallo \erdict

NEW YORK (CNS) — New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor called for "peace and prayerful reflection " as protests continued in the wake of the Albany trial clearing four New York City police officers in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo. The cardinal issued a statement Feb. 29 expressing concern for the pare nts of the 22year-old West African immigrant and for members of the police department. "I call upon all New Yorkers to make this a time of special prayer for our city and for all involved in and affected by this tragedy," the cardinal said. "Our hearts reach out to Saikou and Kadiatou Diallo , who continue to suffer the loss of their son.

Meanwhile, by unanimous consent, the Senate passed a resolution March 1 to award Cardinal O'Connor the Congressional Gold Medal.The Senate quickl y pushed the legislation forward in light of Cardinal O'Connor 's

the USCC in an "amicus ," or friend of the court , brief for an upcoming case over Nebraska 's law prohibiting partial-birth abortion. The brief , in the case of Stenberg vs.

Carhart , was writte n by USCC associate genera ! counsel Michael F. Moses and general counsel Mark E. Chopko on behalf of the bishops ' conference and six other religious groups.

ailing health. The House voted Feb. 15 to grant the medal to the cardinal "in recognition of his accomp lishments as a priest , a chap lain and a humanitarian. " The cardinal said he was "humbled and honored".

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A child eats as a woman cooks over a fire on a parcel of land surrounded by flood waters in the village of Kari in Mozambique March 3. Twenty-five men , women and children lived for seven days on the tiny piece of land before being rescued. Aid agencies stepped up relief efforts to the southern African nation hit by its worst flooding in living memory. Information on Catholic Relief Services ' emergency outreach efforts in the reg ion is available on the CRS Web site : www.catholicrelief.org

MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II named an Argentine archbishop to be the Vatican's new ambassador to Mexico. The office of the papal nuncio in Mexico announced Feb. 29 that Archbishop Leonardo Sandri would succeed Archbishop Justo Mullor Garcia as nuncio to Mexico. Archbishop Sandri , 56, is currently the nuncio to Venezuela, a post he has occupied since November 1997 and the latest in a long series of diplomatic appointments.

Archbishop Jose Medel Perez of Durango, Mexico, said the nuncio would continue the work of Archbishop Mullor to advance the church' s dialogue with the Mexican government and to "resolve matters left unfinished" since Mexico established di p lomatic relations with the Vatican in 1992.

Paulist Father Eric Andrews is newly named executive producer of Paulist Media Works , the communications and media arm of the Paulist Fathers. The priest was a producer for Jim Henson and the Muppets and a priest in a New York parish before joining his order 's media center.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Fifteen years after the Vatican

11 silenced a Brazilian theologian for holding that the one true David Alfon, a student from the University of California at Riverside and a member of the campus Catholic Newman center, listens as Rep. Joe Baca , D-Calif., responds to his question on a minimum wage increase Feb. 29 on Capital Hill. Alfon, who was in Washington for a meeting of social justice ministers , was among four representatives of various Catholic ministries meeting with Baca.

Church can exist outside the Catholic Church , Cardinal Joseph Ratzi nger said the idea continues to circulate .

The cardinal , prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , discussed the case of former Franciscan Father Leonardo Boff in a Feb. 27 speech at the Vatican. With the approval of Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Ratzinger issued a notification in 1985 describing Father Boff' s book Church : Charism and Power as a danger to the faith.

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Jesui t educator urges Catholics to read 'Ex Corde ' themselves

interior sp iritual life that hel ped ground their Catholic faith.

A vice president of Gonzaga University "But like at most Catholic colleges they urged all lay Catholics to read for themwould go back into a campus culture that selves Ex Corde Ecclesiae along with a provided little support for a contemplative recent bishops ' statement about imp lemenlife and an ethics of personal conduct contation of Pope John Paul IPs apostolic sistent with Judeo-Christian values ," exhortation on hi gher education. he recalled.

If the laity understood the documents "Many academic departments at themselves, they would realize Catholic leadCatholic universities and colleges have liters are "looking for the appropriate guarantee tle understanding or appreciation of the that what is being taught under the rubric of uni que mission of Catholic hi gher educaCatholic theology is actual ly Catholic theoltion ," he asserted. "The foundations for ogy," explained Jesuit Father William Watson understanding and respecting a creedal during a Feb. 22 address in San Francisco to faith like Catholicism are readily deconmember of Legatus, an organization of structed in the classroom."

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Many academics believe that the possi"I would encourage people to read and bility of objective moral norms and the idea try to understand the positive vision presentof a "truth" existing in any fashion are coned by Ex Corde Ecclesiae and its app lication cepts of the past , according to Father Father William Watson, S.J. document passed by the U.S. Catholic bishWatson. When all truth is relativized , all ops last November and not simp ly to judge sense practical ethics , Father Watson told that is left is a series of choices whose the document by quips and quotes in the the audience of about 15 Legatus members moral worth is judged by purel y subjective media," the vice president for mission at and spouses. criteria , he said.

Jesuit-run Gonzaga added. "There is misinWhen Father Watson was director of "Students hearing these ideas day in and formation and disinformation about what retreat programs at Georgetown University day out in history, English , psychology, both documents are seeking to accomplish." from 1986 to 1998, he held retreats for stu- philosop hy, and theology classes become Those intentions involve fostering faith dents , faculty, alumni and staff that he dismissive of the Catholic Church's moral among students and teaching common hoped would allow people to develop an norms and teaching ministry," he remarked.

"When these foundations are undermined , those of the normative and inviolable rights and di gnity of the human person that grounds the Church' s social doctrine are also easil y dismissed."

Pointing to "huge issues" facing the United States society such as the convergence of computer technology and bioengineering, Father Watson said Catholic educational institutions have an opportunity and a responsibility to bring the Church' s vision and ideas into the public forum to hel p shape the mora l debate .

"The Church needs Catholic colleges and universities to form people to go out tfl into the world and to bring the Gospel to the .public sphere ," Father Watson argued. w He added , "Catholic hi gher education is ^ more than a business. It is a ministry and an SO X apostolate that the Churc h needs to reach a, (A and shape hi gh culture. " u His talk addressed the controversy surCardinal Joseph Ratzinger comments on the document "Memory and Reconciliation " rounding Ex Corde Ecclesiae , a papal docduring a press conference at the Vatican March 7. At left is Cardinal Roger Etchegaray. ument issued 10 years ago that calls for increased attention to the Catholic educational mission. Some educators have expressed concern and even outrage at

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Imp lications for future seen in outing Church's past sins

By John Norton VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Unprecedented acts, like Pope John Paul IPs Jubilee gesture of confessing the sins of the Church's past , often set a precedent.

The Christians of today, having aired in detail the faults of their predecessors, can expect the same treatment by future Christians, Church leaders said.

"What will the men and women of tomorrow think of us?" said Dominican Father Georges Cottier, the Pope ' s personal theologian.

"We are no better than the men and women of the past . It is with modesty and Tear and trembling ' that we must judge their acts ," he said.

The theologian 's musings were echoed by other Vatican officials during a press conference March 7 detailing the Pope 's muchawaited "request for forgiveness" liturgy March 12 in St. Peter 's Basilica.

"How will we ourselves be judged in a hundred years by future generations for our current blindness?" pondered Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president of the Vatican's Jubilee committee.

In hanging out the dirty laundry ot past Christians , the Church must not forget to do its own wash, he said.

"Don 't we today sometimes think with satisfaction that all of the Church' s clothes are white?" he asked.

A danger in focusing on sins in the Church's past , according to Father Cottier, is the potential for overlooking current problems.

"The danger, in fact , is that the request for forg iveness for the wrongs of the past might serve as an alibi for amnesia toward recent wrongs or for the wrongs of our epoch ," he said.

Current evils for which future generations may take the Church to task , he said, included modern forms of slavery like child-trafficking and large-scale pro stitution — "phenomena which are growing under our eyes, amid the greatest indifference. " Done correctly, though, reflection on the errors of past believers may be the best possible way of preparing for the scrutiny of future Christians , Cardinal Etchegaray said.

"Our solidarity with the Church of yesterday helps us better discover our responsibility for the Church of tomorrow," he said.

suggestions contained within the document as well as the November 1999 bish ops ' document ' outlining guidelines to imp lement the teaching.

One of the most hotly contested issues is that theolog ians in Catholic colleges and universities would be required to obtain a mandate ("mandata") to teach fro m "an appropri ate ecclesiastical authority." Father Watson noted a mandate requirement has been part of the Code of Canon Law since 1984, and that Ex Corde Ecclesiae seeks to "make this realizable. " Ex Corde detractors fear a mandate would endanger academic freedom , result in an intrusion of outside authority and undermine Catholic universities ' credibility. They wonder how such a mandate could be evenl y applied , and what protections would exist in the face of a "rogue" bishop.

The original 1990 text of Ex Corde Ecclesiae can be read on the Internet at http://ewtn.com/vlibrary/search2.asp. The bishops ' 1999 application document can be found at http://www.nccbuscc.org/chronological.htm.

"Legatus is comprised of Catholic CEOs and their spouses who are interested in learning, living, and spreading their faith in their professional and famil y lives ," exp lained West Coast Regional Director Paul Blewett .

Future Legatus meetings will feature on April 25 David Schippers , a Catholic Democrat hired b y the House Judiciary Committee as counsel during the 1998 impeachment of President Clinton. The Chicago attorney had voted for the president twice.

A July 25 presentation will feature Steven Mosher, head of the population researc h institute in Washington , D.C. Mosher discovered the workings of China's one-child-per-family policy during the 1970s while he was a Stanford graduate student. Mosher is expected to release soon a book about China , titled Hegemon.

A Sept. 26 meeting will feature Admiral Jeremiah Denton , a Navy fighter pilot who spent seven years, fou r of which were in solitary confinement , in the P.O.W.camp, Hanoi Hilton.

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During the service, Oakland Bishop John Cummins will publicl y acknowledge the failure of many Church leaders to confront the issue of sexual abuse by priests, reli gious and other Church personne l and, on behalf of the Church , he will ask forgiveness of the survivors , whose accounts of abuse were often discounted and whose perpetrators were often left unpunished.

Calling the abuse "a grave evil ," Bishop Cummins said "perhap s no group of people has been so hurt and betrayed in the Church" as those sexually abused by clergy and other Church emp loyees.

Any man or woman who suffered abuse as a child or adult is invited to participate.

Families and friends are also welcome, p lanners said. The service will take place at Leona Lodge, 4444 Mountain Blvd. in Oakland , at 1 p.m.

A group of surv ivors has been working with Carondelet Sister Barb ara Flannery, Oakland chancellor , and Father Dan Danielson , pastor of the Catholic Community of Pleasanton , for the past year to plan the service. Bishop Cummins has attended some of the meetings.

The service will take p lace at the Lodge in the Oakland hills because many of the survivors cannot enter a church without experiencing add itional emotional duress, said Sister Flannery.

Terrie Li ght, a local representative of SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused

by Priests) and a member of the planning committee, hailed the work th at has taken p lace between the diocese and the survivors.

"The process itself of putting this service together has been so healing," Light said.

"Each person 's journey is uni que, but for me, just having it talked about in the Church is healing. " In the past , it was all too common for people to be silenced, she said , with pastoral response sometimes limited to "we'll take a report."

Light said it took courage for "both the Church and the survivors to come to the table."

During the March 25 service, the survivors and Church leaders will join in a responsive reading in which each group tells the truth of their experience.

For example, the survivors will read , "When we were overwhelmed by the horror of what had happened to us, we were ignored, and our pain , anger and fear were dismissed as an indication that we were immature and unreliable . . . . We were told th at we should forgive and forget and shut up and go away. We were treated as if we

were the ones who had brought shame and embarrassment on the Church."

The Church leaders will respond , "We were ashamed and afraid to know the horrible truth about the abuse happening within our Church and its devastating impact on the lives of so many of those we were called to serve. Even when the signs were ri ght there before us , we did not recognize them . . . . We pray for God's mercy and forgiveness and ask for the grace to amend our lives, " Partici pants will be encouraged to commit themselves to some kind of action to hel p bring about healing of the ongoing pain and alienation felt by survivors .

The problem of clergy sexual abuse has surfaced throughout the United States and Canad a during the past 20 years as survivors made abuse known , often through public lawsuits because they felt their

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Sister Flannery said the Oakland Diocese has handled more than a dozen cases in the past nCLS decade. Some of the cases involved men and women abused by priests or reli gious within the diocese and others where the abuse occurred in other dioceses. In all cases, she said, the effects of the abuse have . been "devastating " to the victims and have "wreaked havoc " in their families. She has worked with the survivors to obtain therapeutic intervention , apologies from the abusers, and financial restitution.

The March 25 service is p art of an ongoing process of dialogue between the diocese and survivors, said Sister Flannery. Light characterized the meetings as both intense and educational . For example, during one session, survivors explained how a survivor sees a pastoral hand on the shoulder of someone in pain — a typical sympathetic response — in an entirel y different way.

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The more than 100 cast members from "All God's People," a production sponsored by the Office of „ Ethnic Ministries fast \ December at San "\ Francisco 's Palace of Fine A Arts, have been invited to Mk perform before each of the Z|p plenary sessions, said H Noemi Castillo, director of W "% Ethnic Ministries.

"All God's People" features -presentations by the 13 ethnic groups that are members of the Ethnic Ministries department.

Local cast members from the Filipino, Polish, and Tongan communities will reen. act their portions of the production at the July 6-9 event scheduled for the Los Angeles Convention Center.

At least 5,000 people are expected to take part. Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles is overall chairman.

The Yellow Ribbon Project supports and advocates dialogue about the pain and injustice caused by clergy sexual misconduct, according to Episcopal Deacon Judith Ain of Watsonville , project coordinator. Participants in the March 25 service in Oakland for survivors of church-personnel sexual abuse will be given one of the yellow ribbons. For more information on the project , persons can contact the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) at (510) 727-1872 or (510) 583-1295.

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SNAP, a national organization , is a referral group for survivors , providing names of attorney s, therapists, mediators and support groups. Light estimates there are about 4,000 members . A closed meeting is held in Hay ward once a month. For information , call Light.

(Monica Clark is editor of The, Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Oakland Diocese.

Staff writer Sharon Abercrombie contributed to this report.)

Encuentro 2000 will draw participants from around the nation to look at their experience as Catholics and seek ways to improve the acceptance of the many cultures which make up the U.S. Church today.

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Archdiocese reels in wake of Internet sex solicitation arrest prise to archdiocesan officials who onl y learned about the ' arrest and allegations when police served St. Patrick Seminary officials with a warrant to search his room at the seminary where he resides.

Father Schi pper was immediatel y placed on administrative leave from the seminary where he has been academic dean for the past eight years .

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By Evelyn Zappia

Archdiocese of San Francisco official s were stunned last week to learn of the arrest of an archdiocesan priest , Father Carl A. Schipper, in connection with alleged Internet solicitation of sex with minors as well as distribution of illegal materials over the Internet.

"Our hearts go out to anyone who might have been hurt by Father Schi pper 's actions, particularl y any young people, as well as to Father Schi pper himself ," stated Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester. "In this Lenten season in particular , we ask our Savior to lead us from the desert of despair to the sure hope of the resurrection."

Bishop Wester said news of the arrest was acutely painful for priests. However, the bishop said that despite the recent scandal s he is "continual ly impressed and encouraged by passion , forgiveness and understanding the ongoing dedication and good works of so being central themes. many priests and deacons in our schools, in Prior to his St. Patrick post , Father our hospital s, in our parishes and other min- Schipper was pastor of St, Gabriel Parish , istries. Christ reached out in a uniquely lov- San Francisco, from 1987-92; archdiocesan ing way to children. As priests we are all try- superintendent of schools from 1978-87; ing to follow our Master 's footsteps." and at Juni pero Sena High School in San Father Schipper, 57, was arrested at his Francisco from 1970-78, serving as princiSanta Rosa home. He was taken into custody pal from 1975-78. He was ordained in 1968.

On Marc h 6, Deputy District Attorney by the San Jose Police about 10 a.m. March 2.

He was booked into the Santa Clara County James Sibley of San Jose told Catholic San Jail and later released on $50,000 bail.

Francisco , "We know a crime has been Father Schipper's arrest came as a sur- committed. We know of five different . . .

boys who Father Schi pper has had communications with. The case is at mid point and we are further investigating if he has had any communications with others."

San Jose Police Lieutenant Derek Edward s was quoted in the March 4 Press Democrat as say ing, "There was nothing ph ysical done to my knowledge at this time.

But our investigation revealed he repeatedl y sent harmful materials , pornographic material , to several juveniles over the Internet."

The arrest , Sibley said , culminated an investi gation that began last September.

Lieutenant Eric Sills, an investi gator in the sexual-assault investi gation unit of the San Jose Police Department said, "Investigators in the Child Exploitation Unit posing as young boys were in contact with Father Schi pper on the Internet for six months where Father Schipper did distribute hannfu l matter. Harmful matter can be written (descriptive dialogue) or photographic."

"The Internet sting began after a teenage boy reported a meeting and molestation to the San Jose Police with a screen name 'Srcasa ' — which , after investi gation , matched Father Schipper 's," said Sibley. "A screen name is quite uni que. No other person can own the same name."

"After the boy was shown a picture of Father Schi pper , he denied that Father Schipper was the man who molested him ," said Sibley.

Police confiscated Father Schi pper 's computers from the seminary and his home in Santa Rosa. Investi gators will analyze them "for other possible c'omputer related criminal material ," Sills stated.

"The forensic anal ysis of the computers and phone activity," said Sibley, "could lead to more warrants. Further investigation should reveal something in a few weeks."

Father Schi pper is scheduled to be arrai gned March 16 at 9:30 a.m. in San Jose, according to Sibley who said the priest , if convicted , could face a sentence of three years in state prison.

News of Father Schipper 's arrest came in the wake of recent admissions by another archdiocesan priest accused of sexual misconduct with teen-agers. While continuing to maintain his innocence against charges of sexual misconduct in a 1997 incident at St. Catherine of Siena Parish , Burlingame , Father James Aylward told attorneys during a Feb. 16 deposition that sexual overtones were involved in "wrestling matches " with teens more than a dozen years ago. Trial in the civil case is scheduled for April 10.

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Bishop Wester said news of the arrest was acutely painful for priests.

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By Loretta Pehanich Coming together to express the belief that great things are possible when the great and the small join hands , more than 150 partici pants gathered to share their common mission of service to the poor at the annual Vincentian Family Day on Feb. 26 at Our Lady of Angels Parish , Burlingame.

"Where the poor are served with passion , the spiri t of St. Vincent de Paul is alive," said Daughter of Charity Sister Paule Freeburg at the closing liturgy.

Advocating for debt relief for peop le "tottering on the edge of destitution " in third world nations, Daughter of Charily Sister Julie Huiskamp, director of Griffin Homes Community Center in East St. Louis , condemned the "unrestrained appetites of those in the first world" who live by individualism and self gratification. A better way, she said, is to consume only what is needed.

Vincentian Father Jeff Harvey, director of vocations for Vincentian priests and Brothers of the Western Province, talked about the Jubilee Year call to reconcile. "As we open wide the doors to Christ through service, we look to Jesus" for meaning, motivation and leadershi p by example, he said , adding: "Cease calling yourself a parishioner.

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"aniens" from the audience . Using examples from the life of St. Vincent — who talked peop le out of fighting duels , visited galley slaves and advocated for charity in all things — the priest encouraged those present to see charity as a way of life.

"A lot of peop le are still hungry for justice," he said. "Our vision , our service must be clear, believable, direct , and joyful."

"We have been summoned to get busy with the mission of Jesus Christ."

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Following are the Lenten regulations for the Jubilee Year 2000 issued by Archbishop William J. Levada: In order that our love for Christ and itation on the passion and glory of Our identification with Him may be deep- Lord and pennission is hereby given for ened, I earnestly exhort all Catholics dur- Exposition and Benediction of the Most ing the period of Lent and the Easter sea- Blessed Sacrament to be celebrated in son to attend daily Mass, to celebrate the connection with these devotions, with the sacrament of penance, to receive Holy exception of Good Friday.

During Lent, marriages may be celeCommunion often; to participate in the devotional life of the Church; to give brated within Mass and the Nuptial generously to the religious and charitable Blessing should always be given. It is, howworks of the Church; to assist the sick, ever, contrary to the spirit of penance durthe aged, and the poor, to practice volun- ing this season to plan elaborate weddings and lavish decorations. In virtue of a spetary fast, penance, and self denial; and ciaJ indult , I have extended the to pray more fervently, partictir> " T larly for the intention s of the v> j JL <i ^ Easter season from the First Holy Father and the mission ^ ^j^Sfl tefc^" Sunday of Lent, March 12, of the Church. «;, Ik * 2000 until the celebration of J| During this Holy Year of =Kj P Trinity Sunday, June 18, 2000. the Great Jubilee 2000, the W All the faithful who have faithful who have confessed *% Kpr made first Communion are !»*" bound to worthily receive Holy their sins, done penance and participated in the Eucharist are exhort- * 0 v Communion during this Easter seaed in a spirit of penitential prayer to son, preferably in their parish church. visit at least one of the five designated Abstinence pilgrimage sites here in the Archdiocese Everyone 14 years of age and older is where they may receive a plenary indulbound to abstain from meat on Ash gence for the full remission of the temWednesday, the Fridays of Lent and Good poral punishments due to sin.

Friday, with the exception of Friday, Lent is an admirable time to preach the March 17, the Solemnity of St. Patrick.

Gospel message of reconciliation and for pastors to make available communal cele- Fast bration of the sacrament of penance. In this Everyone 18 years of age and older way, the social and ecclesial aspect of sin but under the age of 60 is also bound to and reconciliation may be underscored. fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

The faithful are encouraged to particiOn these two days, the law of fast pate in the National Day of Reconciliation allows only one full meal a day, but does and Pardon on Saturday, April 8, 2000. On not prohibit taking some food during the that day the Rite of Reconciliation of day, so long as this does not constitute Several Penitents with Individual Con- another full meal. Drinking liquids durfession and Absolution will be celebrated ing the day is permitted. at a designated church in each deanery of When health or ability to work the Archdiocese. would be seriousl y affected , the law To afford the faithful opportunity to does not oblige. In doubt concerning benefit from the spirit of the Lenten sea- fast or abstinence, a priest assigned to son, special Lenten Masses are encour- pastoral ministry or confessor should be aged, particularly in late afternoon or consulted. In the spirit of penance, the evening for the good of those who work. faithful should not lightl y excuse themThe Way of the Cross is a laudable med- selves fro m this obligation .

meals to AIDS patients and serving day laborers to detention ministry and building a multi-service center in South San Francisco.

Deacon Paul Moriarty of the St. Vincent de Paul Society described a visit in jail where a woman joyfull y danced and shouted, "I'm going home! I'm going home!"

Deacon Moriarty said , "That 's the same enthusiasm we need to express ourselves in our journey home."

Ned Dolejsi , executive director of the California Catholic Conference and a featured speaker, said contemporary culture Vincentian Father pushes the message, "I deserve to be wel l Jeff Harvey was off." People then begin to believe the corolone of the main lary: "'They ' deserve to be poor." And in speakers at the the current state climate, the 'they ' is often recent Vincentian immigrants.

Family Day in "The call to Jubilee is not so much to the Burlingame. poor as it is to the rich ," he explained , call it an admonition to restore social justice.

Dolejsi said that althoug h there is no salwords of "Go in peace" as "Get out. Get busy," and put into action what was pro- vation in the government, it doesn 't mean fessed in the liturgy. that there 's no place for it, noting: "Peop le Father Harvey told participants they had say you can 't legislate morality. Hogwash!

That 's all we do! been 'infused with The question is: something great" in the which morality?" charism of St. Vincent, He said it is a which involves being duty to share ready to use every Catholic mora l muscle and every vision on deciopportunity to serve.

"The Church needs sions such as our charism," he said.

— Father Jeff Harvey building more "We must remind the prisons or fundChurch why it was ing health , established in the first place. The church is human service and education. here to serve, especiall y those in need."

Describing himself as "your lobbyist in Representatives from the Ladies of Sacramento", Dolejsi said, "Please join us Charity, the Daughters of Charity, the Society in prayer as the legislative session unfolds." of St. Vincent de Paul and the Vincentian priests took turns at the podium to speak Lorreta Pehanich directs development and about the programs and services they cur- public relations for the St. Vincent de Paul rently offer. Projects described varied from Society in San Mateo County.

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Jesuit Father George Bernard Wong (center ) was a special guest of the University of San Francisco Gleeson Library Associates Feb. 27 during a panel discussion titled "The Captive Mind and The New Millennium. " The event's panelists were Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz , writer Claudia Devaux (right) and USF President Jesuit Father John P. Schlegel.

Father Wong is the subject of Devaux 's forthcoming book , Bamboo Swaying in the Wind, A Survivor 's Story of Faith and Imprisonment. The book outlines how the priest 's faith hel ped him endure some 20 years of i' mprisonment and abuse at the hands of Chinese communists.

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The archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/Respect Life and the social justice committee of St. Charles Parish in San Carlos will sponsor prayer vi gils on March 14, the eve of the execution of Darrell "Young Eik" Rich. Sentenced to death in 1982 for murdering three women and an 11-year-old girl , Rich is scheduled to be put to death at 12:01 a.m. March 15 at San Quentin Prison.

The archdiocesan event is an interfaith service and will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in St. Mary 's Cathedral , 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. It will include prayer, music, and Scripture reflections.

The St. Charles vigil will be held from 8 p.m. until midni ght in the church , 880 Tamarack Ave., San Carlos. It will open with a "service of hope" for victims and perpetrators of violence.

Darrell "Young Elk" Rich , who is part Cherokee Indian , would be the first Native American to be put to death in California since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Eleven native Americans hav e been executed in the U.S. since the reinstatement of the death penalty and 46 others are currentl y incarcerated on death row, according to Death Penalty Focus of California, a non-profit organization working for the abolition of cap ital punishment.

Rich has exhausted his appeal process. His only recourse is a grant of clemency by Gov. Gray Davis, vigil organizers said.

Additional March 14 services focusing on the execution include : San Quentin , 8 p.m., where Native Americans, human ri ghts and faith-based groups will hold a vi gil outside the prison until midnight; St. Paul Episcopal Church, 1124 Court St., San Rafael: 3:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (open church) with an interfaith prayer service at 6:30 p.m.;St. John the Baptist Catholic Church , El Cerrito, 8 -9:30 p.m. prayer and pre aching.

At St. John the Baptist , El Cerrito, participants will include members of the family of a 10-year-old boy murdered in 1966.

Murray Richardson, who had supported capital punishment in the wake of his son 's murder, said he was moved "like I was awakened from a deep sleep" in a homily on the death penalty, reported the March 10 Catholic Voice newspaper.

A retired postal worker, Richardson and his wife, Lee, will offer reflections during the El Cerrito gathering.

"If we are a Christian society," he said , "then we should not take a life. We would be just as wrong as they are for taking our kinfolk."

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Rats competing for same food

Mercy Sister merges her lif e with abandoned and orphaned children

By Evelyn Zappia

"The children were prisoners in their beds. Eats ran over them, I remember thinking, 'The children are so thin and the rats are so fat. ' Then it hit me. The children and rats were compel tugfor the. samefood, and the rats were Winning, " said Mercy Sister Maiy Rose Christy of Burlingame , describing memories of her first visit to a Romanian orphanage in 1990. .

In December 1989, Nicolae Ceausecu, the last communist president of Romania was overthrown. Media coverage left the world mesmerized in disbelief as suffering endured during Ceausecu's reign came to light.

The TV images of malnourished children lying helpless in beds did more than enter Sister Mary Rose 's living room at Mercy Center in. Burlingame , they haunted her.

MercySisterMary Rose Christy Although it's been nearly 10 years, Sister said, "I'll never forget those children and how defenseless they were. I had a disturbing and unsettlingfeeling until I decided I had to do something . I just had to."

Sister Mary Rose's resulting investigations led her to a grassroots nonprofit organization , "Touch Romania," established by a Bay Area woman , Angela Mason, Mason, like the Mercy nun, had felt driven to do something about the orphans after seeing the media coverage.

During fee year after meeting Mason, Sister Mary Rose raised money from friends and acquaintances. And then she became the Romanian director of Touch Romania, her new headquarters and home in Sibiu in Romania.

The first two years, 1990-92 , were the most difficult, she told CatholicSan Francisco.She witnessed first-hand the "so-called" orphanages. She described the children as incarcerated in their beds amidst rat droppings, spoiled food, and filthy linens. "The idea was," said Sister, "if the children were forbidden to leave their beds, they could not be any trouble to the few staff members supposedly taking care of them."

"I' ve seen a lot in my lifetime," she continued , "but I've never witnessed survival of this magnitude and strength."

A native of Pittsburgh , PA and a registered nurse, Sister Mary Rose has been dedicated to social jus tice issues the majority of her life. Her biography tallies over 40 years of service to Native Americans , farm workers, immigrants, physically disabled, elderly, teen-agers, and more.

"My medical background as a registered nurse and social worker wanted to take over and address the core of the abandonment of the children immediately, but I knew the health and well-being of the children were of critical importance ," she said.

Within weeks of her arrival , she had secured the help of an international non-profit Christian group working in Romania, "Terre des Hommes (Earth/Land of Men). Sister nicknamed the group "the Dutch"

"the things that cannot be seen — mentalities, hearts and feelings — must change before the things that can be seen — behavior, systems and structures — will change, " Sister Maiy Rose said.

"The Association's ultimate goal is to be operated exclusivel y by Romanians, " said Sister. Until that time, Sister Maiy Rose is a full-time consultant , presently acting as president and director.

In addition, Sister has spearheaded other programs to assist at-risk families that are operated solely by Romanians: The Temporary Agency Program links poor families, one assisting the other. A family, for example, is hired by the Association to improve another 's house. It might need carpentry or painting. The projects performed by the first family are paid for by the Association. The Association in turn requests payment from the second family in installments. If the beneficiaries are unable to re-pay the Association, they in turn provide services to another family in need. Overseen by ARAPAMESU, the program completed jobs for 47 families in 1998.

The Immediate Needs Program assists families in urgent need of food, clothing, medical or legal aid. One full-time staff member and two volunteers evaluate the 'deny Sister Mary AW Chmty visitswith a patient in the orphanage infirmary urgency and needs of families with on-site visits to homes. All materials are donated. There are 400 families currently waiting for assistance.

Women/Family Violence Program addresses violence in families. The because it was made up of several persons from the Netherlands. The organization began program was developed over three years beginning in 1996. Studies showed most victims renovation of the Sibiu orphanage named Riul Vadului (Ford's River) , also a converted of violence are women and children . However, the violence is often denied or accepted by home/hospital for the handicapped and developmentally disabled. family members, based on a strong tradition of male supremacy, Sister Maiy Rose said.

Clean linens , floors and walls, and new paint along with an upgraded diet were The program began publishing articles in 1997 in the local paper which the beginning. addressed issues of family violence. Women eager to learn what they could do to stop vioSoon came the separating of developmentally disabled children from those who lence in their homes began contacting ARAPAMESU. had been born health y but had become "socially and educational ly disabled" because of At one point ARAPAMESU was contacted by an editor who said toe articles would lack of love and nurturing throughout their lives, she said. be stopped "because he thought it was pushing women to be actively engaged in a fight for For the first four years, Sister Mary Rose devoted herself almost solel y to improvtheir rightsand he did not think it was a proper thing to present to the public," Sister said. ing conditions for the oiphans. She organized doctors, teachers and others who would give The Association called on women in Sibiu to voice their opinions and write the time. And she continuousl y fundraised. newspaper. Deluged with letters against the decision , the publication resumed the articles.

The children Sister called "socially and educational l y disabled" were placed in a Since then , the Association has been successful in acquiring assistance of the makeshift classroom in the orphanage. A daily school schedule was launched for them. "The children came around quickly," said Sister. "We couldn 't stop local police to establish a pilot project with a new Crime Prevention Institute in Buch arest that includes training of their enthusiasm if we tried. They learned and they learned." police on how to deal with family violence.

Some have stayed on to help the other children while many left the orphanage to attend mainstream schools Also in 1997 , the Association worked with local and join society. police on a city-wide forum staged in a high school on the "One day," said Sister, "I looked around the characteristics of violence, and its effects on youth, family and society. The program has been repeated. orphanage and realized that all the children in it belonged there. I had done my job . It was a wonderful feeling . And it In November 1997, Anca Dancanet of ARAPAMESU attended a meeting in Belgrade on violence was also time to move on." against women with 120 women from former Communist Sister said she had not lost sight of investigating reasonsbehind abandonment of so many youngsters. She discountries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Women covered "80 percent of the abandonment was due to poverty.

Against Violence Europe (WAVE) was established and The other wasbecause of the death of a family member.The atDancanet served on the final document committee and is risk families who were unemployed or living on low wages a member of the steering committee. developed low self-esteem. Often battering of wives and chil- , Public Education Program encourages dren accompanied the problem." the public to face practices and services regarding protecIn late 1995, Sister Mary Rose established a non-proftion of children at risk of abandonment. The program uses Young residents down it up during a recent children '$ day ' where youngsters it organization , The Romanian-American Association for the radio, television , and newspapers. are treated to ju icesandwiches and cake.

Promotion of Health , Education and Human Services A Development Program seeks financial (Romanian acronym ARAPAMESU). "The reason for the long support for ARAPAMESU. Almost all donations are "in name is that the Romanian government had to approve the non-profit status," she explained. kind," services or materials as opposed to funds. Since the Association 's inception , Sister Mary Rose has been the major fundraiser. Most donations have been sought from individ"If we didn't name it right, they would take a percentage uals in the United States, she said. Some grants have been of any of our donations." obtained , notabl y from the She recruited 27 Conrad Hilton Fund for Sisters, Romanians, six Americans Mercy Ministry with the Poor and one British citizen as "co-founding members".

Fund, and the Raskob Fund for Catholic Activities.

The Association concentrates on families atrisk of abandoning their Donations for ARAPAMESU children. The philosophy is can be sent to The Sisters of Mercy 2300 Adeline Dr. MercySisterMary Rose Christy Burlingame, CA 94010; (center) is surrounded hy designate "for Sister Mary children at Riul Vadului Rose Christy's work in Orphanage for disabled and Romania." abandoned children.

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Pope John Paul II leans over to kiss Romanian Cardiiv.ilMexandru Todea during the Pope's visit to Bucharest May 8 last year. Romania awarded its highest state medal to the retired cardinal, who endured 10 years in prison during communist rule.

Pop &JohnPaulJI hop es f o runity with Orthodox FROM CNS REPORTS

1eviewing 1999 as he offered Christmas greetings last December to cardinals r \ living in Rome and to Vatican officials, the Pope said his journeys to the ' predominantl y Orthodox nations of Romania and Georgia in M'.iy and November, respectively, were especially important and emotional.

"I went as a brother among brothers, and in the welcome of those ancient communities I was able to taste something of the joy which accompanied relations between the East and West for centuries," he said.

"At that time the Church could breathe fully with the two lungs of differ¦ ent and complementary traditions which expressed the richness of the one Christian mystery," the Pope added.

Meanwhile, Catholic and Orthodox religious leaders from around the world will meet July 9-19 at Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., for the first such session in the Western Hemisphere.

Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, a key leader in the ongoing dialogue between the two long-separated Christian faiths, will host the historic 10-day event, which had originally been scheduled for June 1999 but was postponed due to religious tensions provoked by NATO's attacks on Kosovo.

The commission met most recently in June 1993 in Balamand, Lebanon.

Cardinal Keeler said Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, has lent his support to the meeting, which is the eighth p lenary session of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

"It 's wonderful that the archdiocese should be hosting the first-ever meetv ing of this kind in the Western Hemisphere, " the cardinal said, noting that it " shows the great cooperation of Orthodox and Catholic churches in this country."

Cardinal Keeler and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual - leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, came together in Baltimore in 1997 to woiShip at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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No easy answers

The past week has been one of dispiriting news stories that raise in our minds some fundamental questions. How many more will die? When will it end? What lies ahead?

From Flint , Mich., we heard the news th at yet another child had been killed by a gun at the hands of fellow student at a U.S. school. The death of six-year-old Kayla Rolland in her first-grade classroom, killed by a single bullet from a handgun brought to school by a seven-year-old boy, underscores the crying need for resolute action on gun control to protect America 's children. How many more children must die before the nation comes to the realization that constraints on the right to bear amis are appropriate and justified as we seek to secure the right of being safe in public places and the safety of our children in their schools? Certainly, we should now see that steps such as mandatory locks on guns would help to save thousands of lives each year.

From Northern California, here in our own Archdiocese, we heard the news of the arrest of a Catholic priest on charges of distributing harmful matter to a minor and soliciting sex from a minor via the Internet. While the case is in its initial stages, with the first court appearance by the arrested priest still a week away, the shocking new s of possible sexual misconduct by another priest has sent reverberations throughout the Archdiocese.

Parishioners , priests, Sisters, Brothers , deacons all have a common question on their lips, "When will it end?"

Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles recently called clergy sexual abuse "one of the more tragic scourges affecting the Church in the latter part of the last century." In his Lenten message, the Cardinal apologized to victims of these crimes — individuals, family members and parish communities. He said, "Thorough and firm policies and procedures are in place to deal with misconduct of any kind among our clergy and those in ministry, and I promise to continue our vigilance against violating that needed trust between our people and those who serve them."

U.S. bishop s need a shared determination, firmness and candor to fight the scourge of clergy sexual abuse.

The effects of priest sexual misconduct, of course, are felt most directly by victims and families. But the destructive power of clergy misconduct also takes a heavy toll on the local Church , the universal Church and the good priests who are tarnished by the actions of a fellow priest. The laity must understand that the supportive nature of the brotherhood of priests does not extend to acquiescence in the face of harm done to children or adults. The priests who have betrayed the trust of the people of the Church cast a long shadow on those good priests whose actions are faithful to the Church.

From throughout the nation , leading up to the so-called Super Tuesday of primary elections and state caucuses on March 7, we heard strident voices of intolerance and a societal focus on the individual rather than the community. Across the nation, calls for respect for the sanctity of life were labeled anti-choice; in many states, pleas for a moratorium on the death penalty went unheeded; here in California , a belief in the sanctity of marriage was labeled discrimination. As the nation makes its way toward the November national election, we ask, "What lies ahead?"

Pope John Paul II, in his message to the U.S. National Prayer Breakfast last month , said , one path leads to a "pseudofreedom which, detached from the moral norm s that give life direction and fruitfulness , turns in practice into a narrow and ultimately inhuman self-enslavement, one which smothers people ' s spirit and dissolves the foundations of social life."

He asked whether America would continue to insp ire people to build a truly better world in which freedom is ordered to truth and goodness. "Is not the quest for social order in which all members of the human family can flourish and live in a manner worthy of their innate dignity the great moral challenge of this new millennium? . . . This great project — the buildin g of a world more worthy of the human person , a society that can foster a renaissance of the human spirit — calls also for that sense of moral responsibility which flows from a commitment to truth . And such a moral responsibility, by its very natu re, cannot be reduced to a purely private matter. The light of Christ should illumine every thought , word and action of believers; there is no area of personal or social life which it is not meant to penetrate, enliven and make fruitful. " In the midst of dispiriting news, we take respite in the observation of Pope John Paul II in his Lenten message, "In the face of the darkness of sin and man 's incapacity to free himself on his own, there appears in all its splendor the saving work of Christ."

Reconciliation of RENEW

The Fourth Season of RENEW 2000, a program and process that encourages faith sharing among parishioners who meet in small groups for prayer, reflection and discussion , began its Fourth Season last Sunday. The theme for the six-week RENEW Season is Reconciliation — with an emphasis on Christian unity and ecumenism. Lent is a time of conversion and reconciliation.

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SafeHouse story told

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to you and your staff for their work on a cooperation with Rev. Glenda Hope and myself in preparing and editing the article Catholic San Francisco ran Feb. 18 on SafeHouse.

Many people have called us to express how much they enjoyed reading the article.

In addition , a good number of women have called to volunteer their services and both men and women have called to talk with us about possible donations.

We are grateful to all at Catholic San Francisco for telling our story and shedding li ght on the real exp loitation and trauma connected to prostitution.

Sister Kristin Wombacher, O.P. Director, SafeHouse San Francisco

Melendez insp ired

I just received my Feb. 11 copy of Catholic San Francisco with Tony Melendez on the cover. I am dazzled by the photo . A masterpiece. Evelyn Zappia 's article beautifull y captured the essence of the man and I want to thank you for the terrific coverage.

Carolyn Dobervich Director of Communications Woodside Priory School

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In her Feb. 25 profile of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Brown , Evel yn Zapp ia stated that Jeff was selected to run for the job in 1978 "on the Democratic ticket. " Jeff did not run on a Democratic ticket. He never has.

There is no spot on a Democratic or a Republican ticket for public defender or any other local elective office. All local offices in California are nonpartisan. Political parties may not nominate anybody to local office. Since there are no party nominees for those positions , there is no party ticket for the candidates.

Of course , Jeff is registered to vote as a Democrat , and not by happenstance. It runs in his family.

No matter. No one registered as a Republican ever ran against him.

That was not by chance , either.

Defending persons accused of crimes is not a Republican charism. In civil society, too, there are different gifts. (Cf. 1 Cor. 12:4.) Jeff' s gifts — visibility, political savvy, and a deep, cleareyed knowled ge of the criminal justice system — have made him a particularly effective public defender. He has few equals.

In short , Jeff Brown never needed a party ticket.

Donald A. Casper Chairman, San Francisco Republican County Central Committee

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Archbishop Levada 's clear, concise and timel y Feb. 25 column on the Kansas City Star 's atrociously juvenile series about priests is precisel y the kind of material that justifies having a diocesan newspaper by informing us of what we would not get anywhere else.

I hope that this article has been called to the attention of the Associated Press which distributed the journalisticall y incompetent "expose" series from Kansas City.

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Thank you for your Feb. 18 article on Father George Twigg-Porter, S.J., and his works throughout the city. The Web site listed in the article containing resources for and exp laining the Apostleship of Prayer may be found at www.cin.org/ap John O'Rourke San Francisco

Justification and p lace

The Catholic San Francisco articles on Father Ay lward in the same issue and your continued excellent reporting on the embarrassing local church scandals also g ive us clear information that we would not have without the archdioce san newspaper.

One caution that I would make to anyone citing your articles is that they avoid accusing the "secular press " of the flaws that should be assigned onl y to the element in the public press which is guilty. I note with satisfaction that you did not make a general accusation as is so often made by Catholic leaders.

Richard M. Harnett San Mateo

On solitude

Than k you for the perceptive comments in your Feb. 18 guest editorial in praise of solitude . As an octogenarian I have learned to appreciate the difference between loneliness and solitude.

Loneliness is the impoverishment of self; solitude is the enrichment of self. Which is exactly how Thoreau felt when he said that he had a great deal of company in his house , especiall y when nobod y called.

As for "the value of solitude in the absence of speech ," Abraham Lincoln gave that a special sp in when he remarked , "It is better to be silent and be thought a fool , than to speak and remove all doubt."

Michael Ribotta San Francisco

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Father Milton T. Walsh T7 A or

the past 1,500 years, pil grims visiting Rome have gone to pray at the four major basilicas in the Eternal City.

A basilica in ancient Rome was a large public building intended for any of a number of puiposes: law courts , gov ernment offices , even shopping malls could be housed in these spacious buildings. When the Christian faith was no longer persecuted , the basilica provided a place where the whole community could gather to worship.

While many churches in the city of Rome and beyond are honored with the title "basilica ", history and piety combine to single out four especially significant sites: the cathedral of Rome; the shrines built over the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul; and a large church constructed in the fifth century to honor Mary, the Mother of God. We will explore the significance of these Roman pilgrimage sites over the next few weeks.

There is a charming legend connected with the location of the Basilica of St. Mary Major. During the pontificate of Pope Liberius (352-356) an elderly childless couple wished to

The Basilica of St- Mary Maj or Jubilee celebrates the incarnation of Jesus who is trul y our brother , bom in the time of Mary, and truly God, eternall y begotten of the Father.

In the wake of the Council of Ephesus , devotion to Our Lady increased dramaticall y, and St. Mary Major stands as a monument to both the theology and piety of our ancestors.

The theology is beautifull y portrayed in mosaics from the fifth century which can still be seen today. Among the most ancient Christian mosaics in the world, these illustrate on the walls of the church scenes from the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and Joshua; and in an arch over the altar scenes from the infancy of Christ: the Annunc iation, Epiphany, Flight into Egypt and Massacre of the Innocents.

The artists drew on the canons of Roman public art, porBasilica of St. Mary Major in Rome tray ing the young Christ in a toga and His mother in the build a church to honor Our Lady. In a dream, the Blessed robes of an empress. Jesus, the eternal Son of God bom in Virgin appeared to them and indicated that she would be time, is pictured as the Savior of both Jews and Gentiles .

Over the centuries, the devotion of ordinary people , pleased to receive this gift , and that she herself would show them where to build — by means of a snowfall in August , the rulers and popes have all found expression in the adornment hottest month of the year in Rome! Modem scholars specu- of this basilica. There is an ancient icon of the Madonna and late that the location was actuall y chosen to supplant a place Child which is a particular favorite of the Romans, and of pagan worship (as was done in several other locales pieces of wood venerated from antiquity as part of the crib throughout the city), but the dedicatory feast is still celebrat- of Christ. One of the most moving images is a statue of ed on Aug. 5 with a characteristically Italian touch: a shower Mary, Queen of Peace, put up by order of Pope Benedict of white rose petals in Our Lady 's Chapel during the Mass.

XV during the First World War. Our Lady holds her Child , The present basilica was built by Pope Sixtus III (432- and with pained sadness reaches out to plead for peace 440), on or near the location of the church erected by his among his brothers and sisters.

May the prayers offered in this hol y place, and in the predecessor. In the year 431, the bishops met in ecumenical council at Ephesus to deal with a thorny theological thousands of churches throug hout the world , help bring question. In popular devotion , people were calling Mary peace to our troubled world.

Theotokos, or "Godbearer ". Some theologians maintained ¦ ¦ _ i — that this was inaccurate : she could only be called Father Milton T. Walsh is dean of students and an "Christbearer ". At root was the need to safeguard the full assistant professor of systematic theology at St. divinity and humanity of Christ. This the Council did , proclaiming the orthodoxy of the titl e "Mother of God". Our Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

The Catholic Diff erence

Catholicism, by the numbers

George Weigel JL think it was Irish novelist James Joyce who said, "Catholicism means 'Here comes everybody ' ." Crossing the threshold of a new millennium , the statistical profile of this tion and increasing, the most heavily Catholic large counchurch-of-every body is a kaleidoscope of hopes and disap- tries are Angola (54 percent Catholic); Democratic Republic of Congo (52 percent); Uganda (40 percent); pointments , opportunities , crises, and dramatic changes.

Perhaps the most astonishing figures are the aggregates. Republic of the Congo (42 percent); Burundi (59 percent); There are almost four times as many Catholics alive in Rwanda (44 percent); Gabon (55 percent) ; and Equatorial 2000 as there were in 1900: 1,056,920,000 today, as com- -Guinea (76 percent).

Chronic civil wars, violent tribal/ethnic conflict, poverpared with 266.5 million in 1900. The percentage increase in world Catholic population was thus greater than the per- ty, and the specter of a vast AIDS epidemic in these councentage increase in total world population during the 20th tries suggest the severity of the challenges Africa 's new century. The world , as a whole, is slightly more Catholic Catholics will face in the 21st century. Yet these vibrant today than a century ago. young local churches also enjoy the world's fastest rate of Amid this considerable growth, however, Asia remains growth in vocations to the priesthood.

Europe is no longer the world's most Catholic continent. largely unevangelized. In six of Asia's most populous countries, Catholics barely register on the demographic radar If , as John Paul II insisted at the 1997 Synod for America, screen: China, 0.1 percent; India, 1.75 percent; Indonesia, there is only one "America" from Point Barrow to Tierra 2.58 percent; Japan , 0.35 percent; Pakistan, 0.66 percent; del Fuego, then this one "America" is indisputably the Bangladesh , 0.18 percent. Yet the number of priests has demographic center of world Catholicism at the turn of the grown dramatically in Asia — a 46 percent increase (from millennium.

27,700 in 1978 to 40,441 in 1997) during the first 20 years But even by itself, Latin America is the world's most of the pontificate of John Paul II. And South Korea has the heavily Catholic continent, with Brazil the world's largest fastest-growing number of conversions in the world, with Catholic country and Mexico in second p lace. Catholicism in the United States continues to grow, if slowly, and the some 150,000 baptisms a year.

In Africa , where Catholics are 15 percent of the popula- vocations gap seems well on the way to being closed in

several parts of the country where bishops and pastors regularly challenge young nien to lives of heroic virtue.

The crisis of the priesthood is greatest in Europe, or, more accurately, in Western Europe. The decline in numbers of priests over the past 20 years continues to be the greatest in "old" Catholic countries: Italy (-13.8 percent) ; Spain (-16.6 percent); Portugal (-17.4 percent); Belgium (35.5 percent); and France (-32.7 percent).

It was often said , in the wake of the communist crack-up, that the same thing would happen in Central and Eastern Europe. But , so far, that dour prediction has not been borne out. Over the past two decades, the numbers of priests have grown in Poland (+36.6 percent) ; Romania (+86 percent); Ukraine (+121 percent); and Belaru s (+586 percent). In the last three cases, dramatic rises in priestly vocations can be attributed to the Church emerging from under ground after decades of fierce persecution. But the continued vitality of the Polish presbyterate, in social and economic circumstances where highly rewarding careers are now available in "the world," is another, and altogether intriguing, matter.

Oddly enough , given its Catholic demographic implosion, Western Europe continues to have exceptionally large numbers of bishops. Of some 4,500 bishops worldwide, more than 500 are in Italy, 175 are in France, and 116 are in Spain. Yet these are episcopates due for massive demographic change; the average Italian and French bishop is 71 , and the average Spanish bishop is 67.

What lessons lie within the numbers? That, in the new century, Asia must be the center of evangelism, and Western Europe (along with its demographic offspring in Australia, New Zealand , and Canada), the focus of reevangelization. Indeed , the lat e 21st century may well witness a remarkable scene: Italy, Spain, Belgium, France, the U.K., and Holland — former colonizers all — re-evangelized by missionaries from black Africa.

There are many ironies in the fire, including the fire of divine providence.

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

LITURGY & SCRIPTURE Don't be trapped into worshiping liturgical 'golden calf before coming to St. Patrick Seminary as a priest , Just teacher and musician , I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the National Pastoral Musicians Association conference. This national meeting of musicians , liturg ists, and clergy and interested others took place in Pittsburg h this past summer.

Not onl y was the weather hot, but the conversation about liturgical music was equall y, at times, hot and always thought provoking. Some of the most interesting conversations took place after the plenary speaking events.

Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles delivered one of the best speeches. The Cardinal's task was to address this formidable assembly of some 5,000 individuals from the United States and elsewhere on the role of music in the liturgy. The title of his talk , whether given or desi gned by himself , was "To Reconcile God's People: The Gift and the Task." This theme was to fit into the larger conference theme — "Now Is the Acceptable Time," an appropriate theme for our consideration as we Catholics begin the great season of Lent. I do not pretend to do justice to this wonderful speech, which yearn s to be read by all , but I wish to draw attention to the Cardinal' s point on the need for reconciliation among musicians, liturgists and assemblies.

Building upon the image of the "Catholic Common Ground Initiative " of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin , Cardinal Mahony mentioned that too often the liturgy becomes "not common ground but a battleground ." Rather than openness to the Hol y Spirit , competent persons, and to the process of collaboration , the liturgical celebration becomes a war zone with opinions shooting about with no thought as to how any particular assailant will win the war!

For example, the Cardinal referred to the purported

Father James L. McKearney "golden age" of liturgy and music. Interestingly, th ere seems to be no "official" golden age, but rather a perceived age of perfection that would be asserted by a "concerned" individual along the lines of his or her own personal perceptions and preferences.

This "golden age" is then vehementl y defended more by tastes and opinions than by any demonstrable historical evidence.

For example, I recently heard the following from a "concerned" individual: "The Church should never allow guitars at Mass!" I asked, "Why?" The response was delivered with a tone of voice that would reduce a child to tears : "Because they are not hol y instruments , Father. You should know that!"

I wondered where and how this person developed this rather strong op inion which demanded the immediate removal of those 6 or 12-stringed devils. The problem with the "golden age" mentality is two-fold. First , there is little or no proof of any such historical age of perfection, in human existence, including liturg ical existence. However, given this truth , the Church has always had hi gh standards of musical quality. Secondly, according to Cardinal Mahony, one 's "golden age" can become a "golden calf — a "golden calf that requires worship, adherence to ultimatums, and conformity to rigid demands. Why worshi p it?

No clear answer can be given and one may detect slyly protected ignorance so often attached to idol worshi p. To combat this apostasy Cardinal Mahony gratefull y acknowledges that liturgy has never been free of the movement of the Holy Spirit , of the influences also of culture , language , and customs. We run into trouble when we try to absolutize anything in relation to the liturgy. It is not "us against them " — the contemporary ensemble against the choir, or the organ against the guitar.

Rather, the liturgy speaks of reconciling the people of God with the God of people. The liturgy demands collaboration and competence with the golden calves of personal tastes giving way to the objectivel y beautiful , the edif ying and that which draws forth the full-hearted-and-throated song sung by all to the one, true God.

Father McKearney is a Sulpician candidate from the Archdiocese of Hartford , Conn., and director of music for St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park , where he also teaches courses in pastoral theology.

Here we are in the Church's 'sacred springtime ' we are in the Church 's "sacred springtime."

Here With Ash Wednesday, March 8, we began our annual celebration of the meaning of Christ 's death and resurrection for the Church in the modern world. We have at the celebration in three parts: Lent (March 8—April 20); the sacred Triduum (April 20—April 23); the great 50 days of Easter (April 23—June 11).

We celebrate by putting two groups together and allowing them to play off and pray with each other: the "old timers," those who have already been initiated into the Church and who plan to renew their commitment to Church at Easter; and the "newcomers", the elect , those who will be initiated into the Church at the Easter Vigil (April 22).

When the celebration is whole-hearted and interactive, parish communities bloom , blossom and fructif y before our very eyes; the blood dances; the juices flow; seemingly old dogs learn new tricks; the "last" teach the "first "; winter is over; springtime rules. The Scripture , chosen for this Sunday 's Liturgy of the Word, launches us beautifull y into the Church's springtime.

Genesis with its story of Noah , the ark, and the meaning of the rainbow places us in the presence of a life-giving God , who has used water to end an old order and begin a new one with the people of his choice. Thus we who have already experienced the water bath of initiation and the elect who wait to sample the delights of the Easter Vigil hear a God , who has elected us into a people with whom he has made covenant: "This (the rainbow) is the sign I am giving for all ages to come, of the covenant between me and*you and eveiy living creature with yOu: I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth ."

With readiness to renew our baptismal commitment at Easte r and to initiate new members , we respond with Psalm 25, "Remember that your compassion, O Lord, and your love are from of old. In your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord."

The First Letter of Peter builds on the story of Noah and applies it to our experience. "This (Noah's and his famil y 's

First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm25; 1 Peter3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15

Father David M. Pettingill being "saved through water") prefi gured baptism , which saves you now." Baptism draws its power from the major victory God has won in the battle of human history: "Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unri ghteous , that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh , he was brought to life in the Spirit."

With Christ victorious ("who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels , authorities, and powers subject to him ") over all the force s of evil , the baptized share in this victory by belong ing to a people who announce the victory b y being gathered together. Here in parish communities, the drama , completed in Christ, is played out by individuals becoming community, by barriers being lowered, by eradication of prejudice, and by welcoming new members.

Mark in his temptation account adds the precautionary note. In order to announce a time of renewal, a springtime for the Church, an invitation to the elect to join us and the already initiated to renew commitment, and an outreach to the unchurched to come home, we must follow the pattern

set by Jesus. Yes, we will say, "This is the time of fu lfillment." Yes, we will say, "The kingdom of God is at hand."

Yes, we will say, "Repent and believe in the Gospel."

But first comes the "40 day s" in the desert . Mark makes us think of Jesus ' predecessors who experienced a 40-day testing: Moses (Exodus 34:28) and Elijah (I Kings 19:8), and who welcomed the approach of a God who renewed them for ministry to God's people. So Jesus receives a similar experience to prepare for His ministr y : "The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert and he remained in the desert for 40 days, tempted by Satan. He was among the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him."

Mark makes as appreciate Jesus ' 40-day experience and our own by his descri ption of Jesus time in the desert evoking Psalm 91: "No evil shall befall you , nor shall affliction come near your tent, for to his angels he has given command about you , that they guard you in all your ways.

Upon their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your feet against a stone. You shall tread upon the ass and the viper; you shall tramp le down the lion and the dragon." (verses 11-13) Our "40 days " must convince us of God' s over-arching plan which He lovingl y pursues; of His desire to have people gathered as His Church; of His power to conquer the centrifugal forces in our hearts; of His love that can topple down the barriers to sisters and brothers we have erected; of His might to make us, not lone rangers, but persons of the Church who can invite new members into a community that is real. Sounds like spring, doesn 't it!

Father David Petting ill directs the archdiocesan Office of Parish Life.

Family Lif e*

'Yes, I want to be healed'

Vivian W. Dudro V V hile shaving the other morning, my husband outlined his Lenten resolutions: wake up at the crack of dawn on weekdays, attend the early Mass in our neighborhood , then jog and lift weights. Can you tell this man is turning 40 in a few months?

Like my husband , I have no problem identifying the remedies for spiritual and physical flabbiness: more frequent reception of the sacraments, more exer-

cise , and a lot less butter. Unfortunate ly, I l ack the gumption to embrace the right regimen.

What do dieting and personal training have to do with Lent , you might ask? It does sound like vanity, I know. But the fact is: we human persons are both a body and a soul. While the soul is by far the more important part, we sometimes see on the outside the evidence that we are slackers on the inside, and then long for the integrity we lost in the Fall.

I identify with the sick man in the Gospel of John , who pined for the restorative bath at Bethesda , but who was unable to move his weakened body into the whirlpool fast enough. "Do you want to be healed?"

Jesus asked him.

"Sir," the sick man answered, "I do not have anyone to plunge me into the pool once the water is stirred up. By the time I get there, someone else has gone in ahead of me."

Do I detect some defensiveness in this man 's response to Jesus? He does not answer the question directly, but blames his continued infirmity on human limitations. He might as well have said, "Look, Buddy, do you think I would be hanging around here with these losers if I did not want to be well? It 's not my fault this miracle cure hasn 't

worked ." Even so, Jesus heal s the man , and for me that is the comforting part of the story.

At the start of each Lent , I cringe before the standard of wholeness against which I jud ge myself. Then, the seemingly Herculean effort required to close the gap between who I am and who I long to be discourages me from trying anything new. Thank goodness Jesus interrupts this self-defeating cycle with the simple question, "Do you want to be healed?"

In her autobiography, St. Therese of Lisieux caps off a description of perfect love with , "Of course, dear Mother, when I tell you that I've got these ideas, I don 't mean for a moment that I carry them out. But somehow I get peace merel y from wanting to carry them out."

St. Therese had peace contemplating and desiring perfection because her faith was not in herself but in God. Accepting her weakness and believing in God's unrelenting love were the keys to her sanctity. They can be ours this Lent, too, beginning with a "Yes, Lord, I want to be healed."

Vivian Dudro is the mother of four (ages four to 12) and a member of St. Mary 's Cathedral Parish.

What are moral implications of filing bankruptcy?

Q. Is it against our Catholic relig ion to file bankruptcy?

My husband and I wish to buy a home , and we have a large sum of bills that are due. Filing bankruptcy might solve our problem, but would that be wrong? (Nebraska) A. I can 't tell you. Your question is far from simple, and any useful answer would not be simple. All I can do is offer some important considerations for you to balance out.

First, however, I congratulate you for thinking of thi s as a serious moral .^-s^ decision . Too often , it seems, peo- Jr pie consider it a purely financial issue and act in ways _ÂŤ-,^^_ which do great injustice to / others.

I We begin with the fact ^ > - * that we're dealing here with th ^W ^ restitution , the responsibility we have in strict justice to repay others for what we have taken from them. If I buy a pair of shoes, for example, nple, my debt to the seller is not simply one of charity or philanthropy, something I can pay if it is convenient and agreeable. The shoe store owner has a moral right, in what is called commutative justice , to what is due him or her, and I have a moral duty to compensate him or her.

Bankruptcy is one of the circumstances that excuses a person from this kind of obl igation. It provides a way to sat-

isfy one 's creditors equitably when full satisfaction of all debts is simply not possible.

As you know, when an individual or business declares bankruptcy, state laws control the legal process in detail. For guidance through that maze you need a good attorney.

It needs to be said that bankruptcy, when pursued honestly, is a perfectly justifiable procedure, both legally and morally. A lot of successful and very good people have had to declare bankruptcy sometime in their lives. Some have later quietly paid part of their past debts, even though there was no legal, or probably even moral, obligation to do so.

Morally speaking, insolvent persons claiming bankruptcy are not required to dwindle their possessions down to nothing. They have a right to retain what is necessary to support themselves and their loved ones in decency, according to their social status, and to try to re-establish their financial security.

Moral obligations begin, of course, long before any bankruptcy proceedings are initiated . Building debts one is fairly certain one will never be able to pay off is obviously wrong, both legally and morally. As I said, this is equivalent to stealing. We've seen numerous examples of this in recent years at all financial levels.

When declaring bankruptcy begins to loom on anyone's

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Death p enaltyworks

The position of the Catholic Church on the death penalty as summed up in the four points enumerated in your Feb. 25 edition is intellectual nonsense.

(1) The fact the Church is committed to the value of human life is irrelevant as a support for your position . The victim or victims lost their life (lives) before the issue of the accused's life is raised. The announced position of the Church supports protecting the life of the victim as much as it does of the accused. So your point is meaningless unless your point (3) is unquestionabl y true , which it is not.

(2) The use of the death penalty only further erodes respect for life if viewed exclusivel y from the standpoint of the accused. From the standpoint of the victim ,

it protects life. Hence, your point is irrelevant. The imp licit argument is that abolition of the death penalty is necessary to be consistent with a pro-life position. You fail to distinguish between taking the life of an innocent person and that of a convicted felon. Why don 't you address this issue? The point is so obvious to any thinking person that one can only assume you are intentionally overlooking the distinction in order to leverage the supporters of one position into going with you on the other.

(3) There are no better alternatives to protecting people from violent crimes than the death penalty. What penalty is more efficient or effective than death? If by "better" you mean to incorporate sociological or "politicall y correct" reasons, then, again, you simply beg the question. The issue of protecting the lives of people depends only on the effectiveness and efficiency of the penalty and its reasonable relation to the crime committed; nothing else.

(4) Your fourth point discloses your

Father John Dietzen horizon, another obli gation is to explore what settlements one might make with creditors. Sometimes that is more attractive to creditors than attempting later to extract payment from a debtor who is bankrupt.

These are all factors which only you can suitably reflect upon to arrive at a good moral decision.

(Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at Box 325, Peoria, 1L 61651; or e-mail: jjdietzen@ aol.com.)

left-wing bias and complete lack of integrity.

The reason why more poor, indigent, and racial minorities are executed is because more felons convicted of first-degree murder come from those groups. The only way for you to dispute my point is to prove that an unreasonably large number of felons within those groups are innocent of the alleged murders and, therefore, wrongfully executed. There are no facts, no reliable studies that support that position. Your use of the word "discriminatory " is political pandering.

If you are looking for an overriding princi ple to support abolition of the death penalty, you will not find it. That is why the Church and leading theologians have supported die death penalty in the past. If the Archbishop wants to assert his jurisdiction over members of his diocese and declare all must vote to abolish the death penalty, fine, I can accept that . But to continue to put out stupid reasons for the position is a disservice.

Jim Dodge San Francisco

Put childrenfi rst

A people are jud ged by what they do for their children. The saints said the children come first. Many parents these days , however, think that if they give the kids money, they have given them everything.

But parents who do not give their children Christ, give them nothing.

Teens are begging for help. A new survey shows that one in seven seventh graders have done drugs. This is horrible.

But even more shocking is th at many adults are not interested. Many Catholics and many parishes are more concerned about redesi gning sanctuaries. How many more youth will have to be destroyed by drugs , our sex craze, violence , before Christians become Christians and do something about the terrible plig ht of our children?

Father Rawley Myers St. MaryHigh School Colorado Springs CO

School of Pastoral Leadership For registration materials and additional information , call Joni Gallagher at (415) 242-9087. Pre-registration is necessary for many of these programs.

Through April 11 (Tues.): "Catholic Moral Theology and Social Teaching" with Salesian Father Ben Dabbene and Msgr. Robert McElroy, 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Gregory Church, 2715 Hacienda St., San Mateo. Course is available in Wed. afternoon 2-4 p.m. module beginning March 8 with Dominican Father Xavier Lavagetto at St. Dominic Churc h, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner. $45 Through April 12 (Wed.): "The History and Theology of the Mass " with Dominican Father Gregory Tatum including a 2-session practice for lectors and eucharislic ministers , 7:30-9 p.m. at Archbishop Riordan High School , 175 Phelan Ave., SF. $45 Through April 13 (Thurs.): "The Sacraments: Doors to the Sacred" with Father Lee Kaylor, 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Hilary Church , 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon. $45 March 17(7-9 p.m.) March 18 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.): "Called and Gifted Workshop " at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. March 19, April 2: "Reconciliation" evenings of about "Personal discussion prayer and Reconciliation" with Father John Talesfore; "Family Reconciliation" with Peg and Ed Gleason; and "Community Reconciliation " with Father David Pettingill, 7:30-9 p.m.at St. Vincent de Paul Church , 2320 Green St. at Steiner, SF. May 13: "2nd annual Spiritualty of Aging Retreat" with Sister M. Timothy Prokes, author of "Toward a Theology of the Body," speaking on "Aging: The Challenge of Bringing Life to Fullness ," 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral , Gough and Geary St., SF with Mass at 12:10 p.m. $20 fee includes lunch and program materials.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALLOMBROSA CENTER

250 Oak Grove Ave., Menfo Park- For fees, times and other offerings cail (650) 325-5614.

Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto , Program Director.

March 12: The monthly series "Living the Beatitudes" continues, This month's facilitator is Father Ken Silva who will present on "those who mourn." Join these discussions on how to live an "authentic Christian life" in the 21st century.

March 18: "Images of God: The Ground of Our Spirituality," with educator and spiritual director, Sister Marilyn Wilson. Includes Scripture study, meditation, reflection , sharing and song.

March 24-26: "Our God is an Everyday God: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary," with educator and spiritual director, Sister Marilyn Wilson . Spend time discovering the presence of God in your everyday life. Includes input, reflection , meditation, sharing, and music.

MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees , times and other offerings call (650) 340-7474.

March 11: "The Art of Discernment" with Jim Neafsey. Find out how discernment can help you make wise choices and live an authentic spiritual life in a culture that offers few moral and spiritual guidelines.

SANTA SABINA CENTER

25 Magnolia Ave., San Ratael. For fees, times and other offerings , call (415) 457-7727.

April 19-23: "Holy Week Retreat" beginning with a Seder meal and continuing with reflections on the Paschal mysteries of life, death and new life.

April 1: "A Lenten Retreat day for Catholic Medical Professionals and their Spouses " at St. Anne's Home, 300 Lake St., SF 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. with Mass at 11:30 a.m. Hear and converse about "Our Vocation of Medicine" $30. Call Gerald Murphy, M.D. at (415) 661-0740.

Social Justice/Advocacy March 24: 20th annual commemoration of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero at Mission Dolores Basilica, 16th and Dolores St., SF, at 6:30 p.m. Call (415) 701-1221.

Consolation Ministry Drop-in Bereavement Sessions at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF on 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Sponsored by Catholic Charities and Mid-Peninsula Hospice . Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

Ongoing Sessions: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish at the Parish Center, Fulton and James St., Redwood City, Thurs., 6-7:30 p.m. Call (650) 3663802. 1st Mon. at 7:30 p.m. and 1st Thurs . at 9:30 a.m., Our Lady of Angels St. Francis Room/Upper Hall, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame. Call Consolation Minister Sarah DiMare at (650) 6977582. St. Gabriel Parish, 40th Ave. and Ulloa , SF; 1st & 3rd Tues., 7-9 p.m. Cail Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Hilary Parish, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon; 1st & 3rd Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 435-7659.

Structure d 8-week Session: Our Lady of Loretto , 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, evenings or afternoons available. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171 . St. Isabella Parish, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, evenings. Call Pat Sack at (415) 479-1560.

Datebook* who have experienced the death of a child , meet on 2nd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, 850 Judah St. at Funston , SF. Call Marianne Lino at (415) 892-7969.

Young Adults You may contact the Young Adult Ministry office of the Archdiocese by phone at (415) 565-3629; by e-mail at mjansen@sfyam.org or christineop@sfyam.org; or visit the ministry's website at wwtv.sfyam.org. Unless other wise noted contact the Young Adult Office for additional information about the following activities.

March 14: "Two Tribes" solving 2000 years of misunderstandings , one meeting at a time. "A Pilgrim's Tale: Personal and Political Journeys Through Jerusalem ," 7 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church , 650 Parker Ave. at Golden Gate, SF. Call Mary Jansen at (415) 563-6503.

March 16, 17, 18: A collaborative Young Adult weekend sponsored by the Young Adult ministries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of Oakland and San Jose. Joan Weber, a national leader in ministry to young adults, is among the speakers. Areas of discussion include "Developing a Young Adult Responsive Parish" and "Young Adult Ministry 101".

The date for Fall Fest 2000, the largest Young Adult conference in the region, is Oct. 14. Volunteer opportunities available.

Young Adult communities have been established at the following parishes. Please call the numbers listed for more information. St. Dominic, SF, (415) 567-7824; St. Gabriel, SF, (415) 731-0650; St. Vincent de Paul, SF, (415) 922-1010; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, (650) 343-5809; St. Andrew, Daly City, (650) 756-3223.

Prayer/Devotions March 12: Latin Mass with Gregorian Chant at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 180 Harrison Ave., Sausalito, 5 p.m. Call (415) 332-1765.

Weekdays: Radio Rosary, 7 p.m., 1400 AM KVTO, includes prayer, meditation, news, homilies.

Call (415) 282-0861.

2nd Sun.: Pray for Priests ,3:30 p.m. at Star of the Sea Parish , 4420 Geary Blvd. at 8th Ave., SF. Call (415) 751-0450.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park , 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013.

St. Sebastian Church, corne r of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae , M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 4610704. St. Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560.

Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Church , 98 Bosworth St., SF, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. U -F. in Parish Center Chapel, (415) 334-4646. St. Isabella Church , One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Sat. St. Bruno Churc h, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday, Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF, Fri. following 12:15 p.m. Mass until 4:15 p.m. 2nd Sat. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way, San Mateo with Nocturnal Adoration Society of San Mateo County. Call Lynn King at (650) 349-0498 or Jim McGill at (650) 574-3918 for times. Corpus Christi Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 3221801. St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m.

Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 5677824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, Tuesdays, 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m. St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction.

Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 3333627; St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, M - F 7:45 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geart St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m. also on Thurs. during Lent after 12:10 p.m Mass until 5:45 p.m.

Lectures/ Classes/Exhibits March 11, 18, 25: Free tax assistance at SE campus, City College of SF in English, Spanish and Cantonese. Especially for low income persons interested in the Earned Income , Elderly and Disabled credits. Call (415) 550-4353.

Children/Teen Groups: Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

March 14: Informational meeting for men considering the possibility of serving the Church as permanent deacons. Potential applicants, their wives and pasto rs are encouraged to attend. St. Mary Cathedral, lower level, Hall A , 7:30-9 p.m.

Sponsored by the Archdiocesan Diaconate Office.

Call Father Gregory Ingels, Director of Formation, at (650) 325-5621.

"Compassionate Friends," a non-profit organization offering friendship and support to families

March 14; April 18: "Asia: No Longer a Monolith," a series of public "armchair" briefings hosted by

For Parents Who Have Lost a Child: Our Lady of Angels Parish, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 2nd Mon. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Sebastian Church , Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae. Speaker is Father Miles O'Brien Riley. Members $5/non-members $8. Call (415) 461-0704. Reservations a must.

journalist , Marsha Vande Berg with guests . For locations and times , call (415) 422-6357.

March 18: "Deepening Participation Through Ministry," a Deanery 5 workshop for lectors , eucharistic , music and hospitality ministers , at St. Anthony Church , SF. Presenters include Sister Sharon McMillan and Father Peter Sammon. Call (415) 621-2223.

March 22: Jesuit Father William O'Neill of his community's school of theology in Berkeley will present "Forgive Us Our Debt: The Ethics of Jubilee" at St. Patrick Seminary, 320 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park at 1:30 in the school's Fenn Hall.

Call (650) 325-5621 .

March 26: Spanish Language Charismatic Congress at Sequoia High School , 1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City with a Crusade for Childre aged 6-10 years. Call (650) 366-4692.

April 4: 1st Annual Flannery-Hyatt Institute for Interfaith Understanding, a part of the Swig Judaic Studies Program at the University of San Francisco at 7 p.m. Featuring the Vatican 's Cardinal Edward Cassidy and Rabbi Norman Solomon. $10 pre-registration necessary. Call (415) 422-6302.

Thursday morning Lectionary-based Bible study with Father Jose Corral at St. Anthony Church , 3500 Middlefield Rd„ Menlo Park. 9 - 10:30 a.m. Child care for children 3 years and above is available. Call (650) 366-4692.

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March 11: "Hats Off to Spring," a fashion show and luncheon sponsored by the St. Vincent School for Boys Women 's Auxiliary, 11:30 a.m. cocktaiks with lunch and fashion show at 12:30 p.m, at Embassy Suites, San Rafael. For ticket information, call (415) 507-2000 or (415) 457-2776.

March 11: Star of the Sea Parent Club announces a Spaghetti/Bingo Family Nite from 5:30 - 9 p.m. in the school auditorium on 9th Ave . near Geary, SF. Available packages include games and dinner or dinner only. Proceeds benefit school's enrichment programs. Call Sofia Booker at (415) 386-2635.

March 11: The Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary presents its 4th annual Mardi Gras Valentine Ball at All Hallows Center , 1601 Lane St., SF, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. $10 donation requested. Call (415) 648-0352 or (415) 467-7972.

March 12: St. Paddy's Day Extravaganza sponsored by the Junipero Serra High School Fathers' Club. Adults only. Donations of $100 include ticket in raffle with $20,000 top prize and a 3-5 p.m. cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception with entertainment

by Keenan Irish Dancers. Call the school at (650) 345-8207.

March 18: Annual Loaves and Fishes Awards Dinner, Merchant's Exchange Building in the Julia Morgan Ballroom celebrating exemplary individuals and organizations. Proceeds benefit Catholic Charities programs. Tickets $500. Call (415) 8444798.

March 22: Knights of Peter Claver announces its first Silent Tea with proceeds from $5 donations benefiting the Sickle Cell Foundation. Call Marie Fisher at (510) 638-0807 .

March 25: "Mardi Gras at the Mansion ," Kohl Mansion that is, celebrating Mercy High School, Burlingame's annual auction and dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction and hors d'hoeuvres followed by a 3-course sit-down dinner and live auction hosted by Mark Curtis and Rhonda Bentley of KTVU's morning news programs . Items available for bid include jewelry, a cocktail party for 50 in Kohl, tours and guest host slots on KTVU and KNBR Radio, trips and more. $45 per person. Call Janice Philip at (650) 343-9638.

March 25: "French Wine and Food Festival" at Notre Dame des Victoires Elementary School, 659 Pine St., SF, 6-10 p.m. A celebration of regional French wine and food with specialties from restaurants throughout the City. $25 per person includes wine, hors d'oeuvres , buffet entrees, dessert and entertainment. Call (415) 421-0069.

March 25: "Around the World in a Day," a multicultural buffet luncheon featuring authentic foods from many communities at St. Gabriel School' s Bedford Hall, 41st Ave. and Ulloa , SF Tickets $10 adults/$5 children. Call (415) 566-0314.

April 1: Annual United for Life Fundraiser Dinner at the United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 Sloat Blvd. at 45th Ave. 6 p.m. no host bar with dinner at 7 p.m.

Tickets $35. Guest speaker is Archbishop William J. Levada. Call (415) 567-2293.

April 1: "Tropical Enchantment," the annual fashion show and luncheon of Junipero Serra High School Mothers' Auxiliary at Crown Plaza Hotel , Foster City. Tickets $45. Reserve early. Call Lily Golding at (650) 591-2472 or Diane Kardas at (650) 593-3428. Proceeds benefit the group's work for the young men of the school.

April 1: "The Barbary Coast Express Casino and Silent Auction" at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., SF, 6 p.m. - midnight. Reservation deadline is March 10, no tickets at door. Call (415) 586-9190.Sponsored by the school Parent Guild with proceeds benefiting the school.

April 1: "Millennium Magic," annual Auction/Dinner Dance benefiting Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Belmont at the Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City. Many unique and exciting items for bid. Call (650) 593-6157.

April 7: Catholic Marin Breakfast Club meets for 7 a.m. Mass , breakfast and dialogue at St.

April 14: 5th annual "St. Stephen 's Men's Club Golf Tournament, " Lincoln Park Golf Course , 1 p.m. starting time , banquet to follow. Call Patrick at (650) 593-9170.

April 29: Gala celebration of Archbishop Riordan High School's 50th year. Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at a special Jubilee Mass. Call (415) 586-9190.

June 3: St. Thomas More Community 's 1st annual Golf Tournament. Register now with Lito Mendoza at (650) 355-4063 or Gil Palencia at (650) 992-4009.

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.

About Health April 8: 2nd annual "Back to School for Your Health Symposium " at Notre Dame High School, Belmont. Open to women of all ages, this is a day of discovery about your mind and body. 7:30 a.m. 2 p.m. Tickets $40 adults/$10 students. Call (650) 595-1913, ext. 351 or alumnae@ndhsb.org Save a Life! Donate Blood Now! Blood Centers of the Pacific has announced a critical blood shortage in the Bay Area. To schedule an appointment at a location near you, call (888) 393-GIVE (4483).

Children's Health Service at St. Mary's Medical Center Pediatric Clinic, 2235 Hayes St. at Shrader, SF. Medical services for your child's total healthcare. Clinic accepts Medi-Cal , Healthy Families, other insurance plans. Sliding scale. Translations available. For appointments , call (415) 750-5923.

Mondays in March, 5-6 p.m.: Free foot exams for diabetics and anyone with foot problems at Seton Medical Center, Daly City and SF Wound Center. Diabetes risk tests also available. March is "Sound the Alert" month dedicated to diabetes screening. Call (415) 882-1400.

Performance Through March 12: Marin Catholic High School presents "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" at Dominican College, curtain at 7:30 p.m. Thurs Sat. and 2 p.m. on Sun. Tickets $5 adults/$3 students. Call (415) 461-8844.

March 12: 44th Annual St. Patrick's Day BBQ sponsored by Sacred Heart Church , Olema at Pt. Reyes Station's Dance Palace Community Center, noon - 4 p.m. Tickets $10 adults/$5 children includedinner. Call (415) 663-1139.

March 15: Marin Catholic High School's "Pops Concert ," at 7:30 p.m., in the school gym. Call (415) 461-8844.

March 19: St. Mary Cathedral Boys and Girls Choir perform at Star of the Sea Church, 4420 Geary Blvd. At 8th Ave., SF. Free will donations benefit choir's upcoming tour to Rome. Call (415) 5672020, ext. 213.

March 24: The Schola Cantorum of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi perform at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church , 180 Harrison Ave., Sausalito at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10. Call (415) 332-1765.

The Derry Christian Brothers Past Pupils Choir from Ireland will sing March 12 for the annual preparade St. Patrick's Day Mass at St. Patrick Church, Mission St. between 3rd and 4th St., SF, 10:30 a.m.; March 14 at the United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave. at Sloat, SF at 8 p.m.; March 17 at St. Mary' s Cathedral, Gough and Geary Blvd., SF at 12:10 p.m.; March 19 at St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St., SF at 10 a.m. Call Kathleen Lenihan at (415) 566-9711 or Peter O'Neill at (510) 525-1648.

Series of literary readings at USF' s Lone Mountain Campus, 2800 Turk Blvd, SF. March 28: Jim Paul; April 18: Pamela Lu; May 8: Nicole Brossard. For times and specific locations, call (415) 422-6243.

March 10: An evening of cultural dance and song at Archbishop Riordan High School, 175 Phelan Ave., SF at 7:30 p.m. featuring the talent of Riordan students, parents and friends. Tickets $5 adults/$3 students and seniors. Proceeds benefit school's multicultural fund. Call Ken Swan at (415) 586-8200, ext. 215.

March 17, 18, 19 24 , 25: The Broadway hit "Grease" featuring talent from Tri-Schools Junipero Serra , Notre Dame and Mercy, Burlingame high schools. All curtains at 7:30 p.m. except March 19 at 2 p.m. Tickets $10/students and seniors $6. Call (650) 345-8207 , ext. 560.

Sundays in March: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213.

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

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Classical music meets comedy in A.C.T.'s '2 Pianos 4 Hands'

By Annette Lust Montreal actor-pianists Jean Marchand and Gregory Charles perform in Canadian actor-pianists ' Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt 's duo about would-be pianists aspiring greatness â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now play ing at A.C.T.'s Geary St. Theater.

Although the duo brings classical music and comedy together, it is the latter that dominates and provides the main dramat ic interest. The piece is centered around two supposedly piano-playing prodigies who finall y realize they are not what they thoug ht they were cut out to be. This realization provides the basic comic elements , namely the clownish reactions and slow repartee (The work has been compared to Beckett 's clown characters in "Waiting for Godot") of the two musicians who grow aware of the hopelessness of attempting to succeed as classical musician s with humor.

After Marchand and Charles play a serious Bach D Minor Piano Concerto the audience is introduced into the dramatic interest that begins with scenes of little Richard 's tiresome lesson with Sister Francesca, who at one point goes upstairs for a cup of tea and a nap, leaving the boy to play on his own.

A series of childhood lessons and parents supervising piano practice follow, one more comical than the other.

In one hilariously funny lesson, Marchand plays teen-age Ted's Canadian French piano teacher who, with an authentic French accent, advises his pupil to play his arpeggio with two hands rather than one because "playing the piano is like making love to a woman, which requires two hands rather than one." Later Ted's Italian piano teacher, Mr. Scarlatti,

Gregory Charles (foreground ) and Jean Marchand star in the American Conservato ry Theater 's production , "2 Pianos , 4 Hands " .

will advise him to use one hand to play his arpeggio because when he plays for the young "chicks" at the music camp he will impress them as being a real man rather than a sissy.

Marchand and Charles, who are primarily actors trained as pianists, take turns interpreting students and piano teachers, Marchand play ing Rich ard and Charles Ted. Althoug h Marchand's characterizations seem somewhat forced , his stage projection is authoritative and clear while Charles ' more docile interpretations lend a nice contrast with those of his partner. Althoug h the piece offers some seriou s piano renderings , comed y prevails and most of the piano art is subordinated to humor interspersed with li ghter compositions such as "Heart and Soul" and "Piano Man ". This intermixing of lighter and more serious compositions as well as of music and theater is a fascinating example of the postmodern tendency to blend art forms as well as style.

The play 's content is not restricted to the ambitions of pianists but relates to the career anxieties of all artists as well as anyone attempting to excel in science , sports or X other fields. n.

Moving beyond conflicting illusions and disillusions , _! the piece concludes with the philosophic consolation that what is important is not notoriety but the passionate pursuit of what one loves. The play runs through March 19. For information call 415-749-2228.

Annette Lust is a member of the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle and the faculty of Dominican College

An interview with Josep h J ennings, music director of Canticleer

Catholic San Francisco fine arts contributor Annette Lust recently interviewed Joseph Jennings , music director of Chanticleer since 1984. The award-winnng, internationally known all-male vocal ensemble will be performing the liturg ical music drama "Ludus Paschalis: the Resurrection Play of Tours " in Gregorian chant on March 10 at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, Berkeley; and March 11 and 12 at Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco at 8 and 7' pm. respectively. Chanticleer was founded in San Francisco in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto who had been a student of early music at Dominican College.

Catholic San Francisco: As a counter tenor and composer as well as music director of Chanticleer,what is your role?

Joseph Jennings: I run rehearsal s and sometimes conduct. 1did sing regularly with the group 15 years ago but I only sing occasionally now.

Why is the group called Chanticleer? Is the title derived from the French meaning to sing clearly?

Yes, and also from Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales in which the rooster sings loudl y.

Does your group sing works from Renaissance and jazz to newly commissioned works?

Exactly. At first we did only early and mainly sacred music such as Masses. And sacred music is still the major kind of music we do.

Chanticleer received the Grammy Award for the best small ensemble performance for its "Colors of Love," and it had a five-star review in B.B.C. Music Magazine for the technical and performance aspects of the piece.

Yes, the recording comprises 20th century choral music, most of which was written for us, and consists of love songs, lullabies , a Greek Orthodox religious piece, and many aspects of love.

Chanticleer has 12 male voices ranging from soprano to bass, but women are never included?

The vocal tradition was that women and men did not sing together in church . The nuns sang at the abbeys but most of the church choirs were all male singers. Also a lot of the literature we do was written for male voices.

There are several all-male vocal groups singing early music in Europe that are smaller such as the King Singers in England but they do less early music than we do. These other groups also do not have the wide range of repertoire that we have.

Could you talk about Frederick Renz, who will coach, stage, and conduct your upcoming production?

Frederick Renz is one of the pioneers and experts in early music. He is also one of the foremost medieval scholars in this field who has reconstructed several medieval dramas.

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Tell us about the piece you will be performing, "Ludus Paschalis".

It is an Easter play which was done by monks inte rpreting biblical events that were already quite dramatic in themselves. Renz has chosen to use an ensemble of harps to be directed by East Bay resident Cheryl Ann Fulton , the foremost performer of early harp and director of Angelorom.

We are reall y excited to be doing this resurrection play which relates to our roots in early music. As one of the major United States proponents of old church music , the music we will perform is not what a parish hears on a regular basis and has a wealth of literature which is rarely heard. We feel strongly that people should hear this music glorif ying God and which appeals to the soul rather than the senses.

We also have just recorded early Marian music that will be out in the spring.

So you are the pioneers of early vocal music?

We were there in the early days , among the first American groups doing early vocal music. However, we also do 20th century music, music written for us , spirituals and Gospel music , international folk songs, forties jazz and pop music, and classic era show tunes. As Americans we are very eclectic and broad-reaching. When we tour and do

our school program s our concerts span over 700 years of music and give listeners an idea of how music developed and offer a multi plicity of styles.

Is Renz attempting to make this authentically medieval and Renaissance?

Renz has tried to reconstruct this play in these styles, based on as much as we have been able to learn about these early presentations. And this goes back to what a cappella sing ing means â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "in the sty le of singing in a chapel ," often accompanied by an organ or some other medieval instrument.

It is Gregorian Chant based , but there are parts that are more rhythmic than in Gregorian Chant. And it is not just all one voice as in Gregorian Chant.

If the work you will be doing is considered a drama, will there be acting and costumes?

As in a play, there will be some dramatic movement and gestures and the singers will wear monks ' robes and use props, for example spears for the soldiers. There will also be lighting effects and a moving tableaux interpreting events around the resurrection.

In which language will it be sung?

In Latin. In the program, we provide a translation.

Have you been influenced by the close harmonies of popular a cappella groups such as Manhattan Transfer?

Some of the popular music we do is in the style of High Lows which preceded Manhattan Transfer and some we do move into the Manhattan Transfer kind of sounds.

Does the group approach sacred music through its musical worthiness or its value as a worship aid?

We are not a liturgical group connected with any particular church . Our work has to do with artistic merit , and we do religious music as an art form more than as a reli gious experience. Now it is highly possible that the listener may derive that religious experience.

Even if we are not basicall y a reli gious group, all the members of our singing group have some sort of religious belief. As a Christian myself I do believe that there are moments when the music can elevate us to something greater. I might add that in performing mainly in churches , that are for the most part Catholic , we also sing mostl y Catholic music.

Do you ever actually perform within the context of worship services?

We rarely have sung within a service. And when this happened , because of the music we sing and because of our respect for religious traditions , it was a very collaborative experience.

For information on Chanticleer performances , call (415) 392-4400 or 800-407-1400. The ensemble also has a Web site: www.chanticleer.org.

Capsule reviews...

NEW YORK (CNS) — Following are recent capsule reviews issued by the U.S. Catholic Conference for Film and Broadcasting.

"Deterrence" (Paramount Classics) Set during the 2008 presidential campaign, the U.S. president (Kevin Pollak) responds to dead l y Iraq i aggression by ordering the nuclear annihilation of Baghdad despite Iraq 's vow to retaliate , using their own nuclear missiles on 23 major cities worldwide. Although flawed by a far-fetched surprise ending, writer-director Rod Lurie 's chilling political thriller is suspenseful in probing the moral questions surrounding power. Brief violence , occasional profanity and recurring roug h language. The USCC classific ation is A-III — adults. The MPAA rating is R — restricted.

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"Three Strikes" (MGM) Revolting ly dumb comedy about a young man (Brian Hooks) with two prior felony convictions whose unwitting participation in a car theft and police shoot out puts him in danger of going to jail for life. Writer-director D.J. Pooh barely pieces together the drawn-out narrative in a predictable , mindless and laugh-free comedy. Sexual situations , some recreational drug abuse , some violence , degrading treatment of women , and constant roug h language. USCC classification is A-IV — adults , with reservations. The MPAA rating is R — restricted.

"The Next Best Thing" (Paramount) Touching but flawed dram a about a single woman (Madonna), unluck y in love, who accidentall y becomes pregnant with her gay best friend's (Rupert Everett) child after a boozy one-night stand. Director John Schlesinger starts out with a clumsy, contrived beginning, then abruptly changes tone midstream , but the film offers an earnest portrayal of a loving if unconventional famil y. Sexual situations , imp lied sexual encounter , fleeting nudity, and an instance of rough language.USCC classification is A-IV — adults , with reservations. The MPAA rating is PG-13.

"What Planet Are You From?" (Columbia) Flat comed y-fantasy in which an alien (Garry Shandling), sent to Earth to impregnate a female with an eye toward world domination , marries then falls in love with his pregnant bride (Annette Bening), causing interplanetary comp lications. Director Mike Nichols ' lame takeoff on the men-are-from-Mars, women-are-from-Venus idea is by and large tasteless. Sexual encounters with nudity, comic treatment of promiscuity, crass sexual references and intermittent profanity and rough language . USCC classification is A-IV. The MPAA rating is R.

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Q. We do not attend Church regularly; can we be buried in the Catholic Cemetery ?

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9; Q. Can non-Catholic family members be buried in the Catholic Cemetery? 9; YES !

Non-Catholic spouses, children, parents and other relatives may be buried in the Catholic Cemeteries.

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There are several options for those choosing cremation: Traditional Services (a) Vigil service - Funeral Mass - procession to cemetery. The famil y departs and the body is then taken by the Funeral Director to the crematory. Burial of cremated remains is scheduled at the Cemetery at a later date with or without family and/or priest present. (b) Vigil service - Funeral Mass. The Funeral Director arranges for the cremation of the deceased. Burial of cremated remains is scheduled at the cemetery with or without family and/or priest present.

Direct Cremation: Cremated remains present at a Memorial Mass - followed by burial in your Catholic Cemetery.

It is important to remember that cremated remains are still the bodily remains of the deceased and , as such, are considered sacred. They are to be treated with reverence and respect: they are to be buried and memorialized - not kept at home or scattered. For a copy of the Cremation Guidelines of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, p lease call (650) 756-2060

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