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prospectively and give advice on all aspects of responses required in connection with these cases. Many U.S. dioceses established review boards after the Charter was approved , often with great public Howeve r, relations fanfare. the Archdiocese of San Francisco already had formed a group called the "Independent Fact Finding Committee " in 2001 to evaluate allegations of sexual contact between a member of the clergy or Church employee and a minor. With the passage of the Charter by U.S. bishops , this committee evolve d into the Independent Review Board of the archdiocese. The genesis of the Independent Review Board in the Archdiocese of San Francisco accounts for the fact that the identities of board members previously have not been made public. The original members of the Fact Finding Committee believed they could best do their job is their privacy was respected and they were unnamed. "When the board began its work, this was something we talked about," said San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada. The consensus of the board at the time was not to be publicly identified , REVIEW BOARD, page 9

Thousands of protesters jam the road as they marc h through thea Causeway Bay shopping district in Hong Kong July I. They marched against government p lans to enact an anti-subversion law and demanded the right to elect their own leaders. The day marked the sixth anniversary of the territory 's handover to Chinese rule. Before the protest, some 10 , 000 Chris t i an s, mostly Catholics, assembled for a prayer gathering led by Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong and the Rev. Eric So Shing-yit, general secretary of the Protestant Hong Kong Christian Council. The bishop told the crowd, "If we see injustices happening, we must express our anger."

Close U.S. Supreme Court decision rules California law on molesters invalid By Jack Smith A close, end of term decision by the U.S. Supreme Court may free or reduce the sentences of as many as 800 convicted child sexual abusers around the State, quash the prosecution of scores more and has sparked renewed outrage and determination amongst victims of child sexual abuse. On June 26, by a 5-4 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Marion Stogner, a 72 year old, retired , East Bay paper plant

worker could not be prosecuted for molesting his two dau ghters nearly 50 years ago, after the original statute of limitations on such prosecution had expired.

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Allegations against Marion Stogner came to light during a child abuse investigation of his two sons, Randy and John. Randy wasconvicted of molesting his stepdaughters and John was convicted of molesting chil-

dren at his brother Randy 's day care center. During those investigations, Marion Stogner 's daugh ter 's accused their father of abusing them from 1955 until 1973Stogner was indicted unde r a 1993 California law reviving child sexual abuse cases barred by a previously expired statute of limitation. The California legislature passed the law because they found victims of child sexual abuse are often too afraid, SUPREME COURT, page 8

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"The grieving process has not yet begun but will when I leave. The people are marvelous. Their goodness is unbelievable. I have been inspired by the faith commitment of the parishioners. " Father Gerald has served at OLA at three different times including another te rm as pastor from 1977 to 1985. Capuchin Father Harold Snider, right, who has formerly served as a parochial vicar at OLA and who entered the Capuchins from the Burlingame parish in 1981, assumed duties as new pastor on June 1st. "My roots are in this parish ," Father Harold said. "If there 's any place in our Province that I would be at home , it's among the peop le of Our Lady of Angels in Burlingame. " Father Harold celebrated his 14th year as a priest on June 10th.

by Tom Burke Happy 47th anniversary to Father Edward Cleary, retired pastor of San Francisco's St. James Parish, from Betty and Bill Welch of Welch Family Funeral Services, and longtime parishioner s of Noe Valley's St. Philip's. It 's also congrats to Betty and Bill whom Father Cleary married 40 years ago May 4th in Sonoma, later baptizing their four children , Steve, Lynda, Carolyn and Kristen.... Prayers please for Ruth Garcia who is recovering from pneumonia. Mrs. Garcia is the mom of Father Jim Garcia, pastor, St. Anthony Parish, North Fair Oaks, and St. Joseph the Worker Church , Redwood City....Prayers , too, please, for Msgr. John Foudy, retired pastor, St. Anne of the Sunset Parish, now out of the hospital and back home at St. Cecilia Parish, where he has lived in residence for many years . Still witty and wise, when I told him we might be calling on his knowledge of the Archdiocese during the sesquicentennial , he said, "Well, I haven 't been around for 150 years but I can tell you about most of it." Msgr. Foud y marked his 63rd year as a priest May 18th. He'll be 90 years old on October 1st Speaking of the 150th, think about attending the History Symposium at USF on July 26th. Experts on the Church and its role in these parts for the last century and a half will be featured. (See Datebook).. .Looking for historical facts about the Irish community in San Mateo County is Jim Clifford, retired Associated Press editor and longtime member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. While the history of the more famous Irish who have left their mark on the Peninsula, including silver king James Flood and Gen. Patrick Connor, is well known, Jim wants to hear about the less famous. "We'd like to hear about those who devoted their lives to their families," Jim said. You can call Mike McQueen, of the San Mateo County Irish Heritage Council at (650) 591-3194. .. Celebrating his first year as a priest is Father Paul Arnoult, parochial vicar, St. Matthew Parish, San Mateo. His proud folks, Sissic and Chris, were first on board to remember him on his June 8th anniversary. Thanks, too, he says to mentors, Paulist Father Tom Dove and Holy Names Sister Pat Hunter. Father Arnoult said he's enjoy ing his ministry at St. Matt 's and "learning a lot" from pastor, Msgr. Jim McKay, and fellow parochial vicar, Father Bill

Welcome to one of the Church's newest members , Kayla Curran, baptized at St. Stephen Church, San Francisco by pastor. Father Joseph Walsh on June 7th and here with mom, Margie, dad, Kevin, and older sisters , Patricia, right, and Michelle. Proud grandparents are longtime Holy Warners, Noreen and Bernie Curran, and Gloria and Jose Florin of Oaly City.

Father Donald D'Angelo grew up in Holy Name of Jesus, was ordained there by Archbishop Joseph McGucken in 1968, and has shepherded the Sunset District parish as pastor for the last four years. On May 18th, he, his family, and the Holy Name community commemorated his 35th anniversary as a priest Ahlbach.... On behalf of all of us who turn out Catholic San with prayer and fellowship. "My years as a Francisco, thank you very much for your quick response and genpriest have been wonderful and are getting erous contributions to the annual campaign benefiting CSF. It better," Father D'Angelo said ,. "It's great to be remains our hope and aim to publish a paper that is useful and readhome again. " He said he is "very grateful" to able. Just as this column is an empty space without your life ' s parishioners for helping him mark the day "in events, the pages of CSF are blank without your interest and such a special way." Joining Father D'Angelo

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Capuchin friar brings renewed sense of hope to Boston church By Catholic News Service BOSTON (CNS)—A man in the simple brown robes and sandals of a Capuchin friar brought a renewed sense of enthusiasm and hope to the embattled Catholic Archdiocese of Boston in earl y July, weeks before his formal installation as archbishop of Boston. Archbishop Sean Patrick O'Malley, who is to be installed Jul y 30 at Boston 's Cathedral of the Holy Cross, spent a whirlwind day in Boston July 1, meeting with the media, clergy sex abuse victims , bishops, chancery employees and patients at Caritas St. Elizabeth Medical Center. "I address you, my fellow Catholics of Boston, with those words that inspired St. Francis, when the crucified Lord said to him, 'Francis, repair my church ,'" Archbishop O'Malley said at a news conference. "I ask you, and plead with you: Repair my church." Archbishop O'Malley returned at the end of the day to Palm Beach, Fla., where he has headed the diocese since only last October and where he was to remain until his installation in Boston. A Vatican official said the archbishop's transfer to Boston after such a brief term in Florida was a highly unusual step that reflects deep Vatican concern for the Boston situ ation and its confidence in the Capuchin friar. The 59-year-old archbishop succeeds Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who resigned last December after a year of growing scandal over his handling of priests who sexually abused children. In Palm Beach , he headed a diocese whose last two bishops resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The appointment drew praise from church and civic leaders in Boston, as well as from Catholics in the pew. Mary Ann Glendon , a Harvard law professor who has represented the Vatican at international gatherings, said Archbishop O'Malley was beginning "a job that would be daunting to anyone," but expressed con-

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Because it reduces respect for human sexuality and the family, the Supreme Court 's June 26 decision overturning state laws that made sodomy between consenting adults illegal "is to be deplored," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111., in a lune 27 statement , said that the Supreme Court in its Lawrence vs. Texas decision chose "to view homosexual behavior between consenting adults as a matter of privacy." However, he added, human sexuality cannot be viewed this way. Bishop Gregory stated, "Sexual activity has profound social consequences which are not limited to those immediately engaged in sexual acts. For this reason, the larger society has always shown a concern about what is and is not acceptable in sexual behavior between individuals. " In its 6-3 decision overturning laws in Texas and about a dozen other states, the Supreme Court said the due process clause of the Constitution protects homosexual couples ' right to engage in sexual practices without intervention by the government.

Liberian archbishop calls for immediate US. intervention

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Liberian Archbishop Michael Francis of Monrovia has called on the United States to send peacekeeping troops to queil the violence and chaos gripping the West African nation. The United States needs to "lead an intervention force (in Liberia) in conjunction with West African states," Archbishop Francis told Catholic News Service in a July 2 telephone interview from Monrovia. 'There are many reasons, because of the relationship with the United States, because it is the only superpower," he said. The archbishop said the United States should lead the international force because of the country 's historic ties to Liberia, a country of 3.3 million people founded in 1847 by freed American slaves.

Pope p raises French p hilosop her f or develop ing relig ious culture

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In confronting the themes of evil, suffering and meaning, the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur has demonstrated how research in philosophy and theology complement and strengthen each other, Pope John Paul 11 said. Ricoeur, a 90-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and the University of Paris, received the Paul VI Prize for contributions to the development of a religious culture. The prize, which included a cash donation of more than $110,000 to a charity of the recipient 's choice, was given to Ricoeur, a Protestant, during a July 5 audience with Pope John Paul. Ricoeur designated a charity serving physically and mentally handicapped children and adults, to receive the money.

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Church leaderssay prison chaplain, inmate education requests ignored

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — More than two years after the California Catholic Conference asked the state 's corrections department to fill prison chaplain vacancies with Catholic chaplains and offer inmates more educational opportunities, the requests still have not been granted, according to conference officials. The conference's requests came in a report two years ago sent to the California Department of Corrections following visits to 15 state prisons, including San Quentin 's death row, by delegates representing the conference.

Priests, religious decline, but US. Catholics more numerous

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. (CNS) - While a decline in the number of priests and reli gious in the United States continued, an increase in the number of Catholics in the country kept pace with the U.S. population growth last year. The 2003 edition of the Official Catholic Directory showed that the number of priests and religious continued to drop, but the U.S. Catholic population rose by about two percent to 66.4 million. Catholics continue to represent about 23 percent of the total U.S. population.

Bring center, edg es together on migration, confe rence told

WASHINGTON (CNS) — As a community that represents both the center of American society and its fringes, the Catholic Church's role in immigration must be to make connections between the people from both those segments, participants in a migration conference were told July 6. "We are a center/edge church," Father J. Bryan Hehir, president of Catholic Charities USA, told the nearly 800 people attending the National Migration Conference. Generations after the big

influxes of Catholic immigrants from Western Europe, the descendents of those immigrants are now a dominant part of the main U.S. political and social structure, he explained. But Catholics also are heavily represented among the new immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, Central and South America, the Balkans and Africa , he said. And church teaching says Catholics have responsibilities to protect the human rights of all immi grants, no matter what their religion.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas celebrate centennial

NEW YORK (CNS) — The Catholic Daughters of the Americas marked the centennial of the organization 's founding during a Mass celebrated last month in St. Patrick's Cathedral by Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York. Cardinal Egan acknowledged a century of benevolence contributed by the group 's members and praised them for their important role in the church . Grace DiCairano of New Jersey, national regent of the organization, said in an address to the congregation, "We are compelled to meet the challenging roles as exemplary women in action and as daughters of the church. "

Catholics role in establishing U.S. f reedomsoutlined in new book

NASHVILLE, Term.(CNS) — Charles Carroll, as one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, helped established democracy in America. As the pre-eminent Catholic politician of his day and the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, he worked much of his life to win political and civil rights for American Catholics. "Carroll almost single-handedly obtained religious freedom and political rights for American Catholics, who formerly had suffered from ppressive penal laws which denied them the right to vote and to worship in public," said Scott McDermott of Nashville, the author of a new book, "Charles Carroll of Carrollton: Faithful Revolutionary."

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Court Jud ge Raymond Williamson. The board also includes Mercy Sister Joanne De Vincenti, a healthcare professional , and Father Randol ph R. Calvo, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish in Redwood City. "Our job is to provide unvarnished and independent consultation to the Archbishop," said board member Dr. James A. Jenkins. "The board comes to findings and makes recommendations to the Archbishop, whether to sustain the probability of an allegation or not sustain it. Based on the facts that are known ," Dr. Jenkins added. Retired San Francisco Superior Court Judge Raymond Williamson said, "The Archbishop is not involved in our deliberations. When we finish our work, we give him our report." Dr. Suzanne Giraudo noted , "The role of the board has evolved to one that reviews facts, files, reports and other information much like a Grand Jury, and we try to make the right decision and the right recommendation. "Our role has evolved to that of assayers of fact," said Dr. Jenkins. "We have not gone about this process with undue speed. We have been prudent to take time and evaluate everything." Dr. Giraudo agreed. "This is a new process, there may be a perception that we are taking too long, but we have tried to take the time to do things ri ght," she said. Most board members agree that the role of the Independent Review Board has been evolving. "This has been a new process and more needs to be done," said Dr. Giraudo. For example, the definition of sexual abuse needs to be more defined and consistent with the definition used nationall y." "There is no guidebook to what we are doing," said Dr. Jenkins. "But we've got to get it right. If the state is not going to bring redress to victims, the Church must do what is right within its ability to do so."

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Mission San Rafael

Unity in diversity through the centuries

By Sharon Abercrombie

St. Cecilia Church, builtin 1956, is in the midst of a major ref urbishing that will ultimately restore the interior and ref inishthep ews. B y Tom Burke Edward and Claire Fabish are missed among the community of daily communicants at St. Cecilia Parish but the late brother and sister's spirit and memory live on. Their bequest of $234,000 will pay for a once-in-a-lifetime restoration of the interior of the Parkside District church. Claire Fabish died March 27, 2002 at age 87. Edward Fabish died June 17, 2002 at age 89. "People who knew the Fabishs are really delighted that their bequest will be used this way," said Msgr. Michael Harriman, pastor, about the lifelong, St, Cecilia parishioners. "Ed and Claire would be so pleased that their beautiful church is being refinislied thanks to their generosity." The work includes a major cleaning of the church including its Faux Stone surfaces and altar canopy as well as painting. At a later date the church's pews -which seat 900 people -will be refinished. "When the people see the original color on the walls and how pristinethe white facing is, it will remind them of how the church looked when it wasdedicated and we still have a number of parishioners who were there in 1956," Msgr. Harriman said. "It will make the church look absolutely beautiful. " Summer is a "perfect time" for the renewal, Msgr. Harriman said, "We were very lucky to have four-and-a-half weeks without weddings." Weekend Masses are being celebrated in the parish's "lower church" which seats 400 people and was used in earlier times to accommodate "tire overflowcrowds from the upper church." The sacrament of Reconciliation will be available during the restoration but probably not as frequently as when the upper church is open. "I've told the parishioners 'You are not allowed to commit serious sins for five weeks,'" Msgr. Harriman said with a laugh, noting that the people of the parish alsoenjoyedthe directive.Funeral Massesare being celebrated in the church's Our Lady's Chapel, whenpossible, as well as in the downstairs church. The church baptistery remains available. Msgr, Harriman said parishioners "have been very understanding of the situation. " Len Fregosi is a former senior partner and now a consultant with Giampolini painting contractors, the firm engaged for this leg of the refurbishing. Mr. Fregosi said the "reddish" color found on some of the church's walls is actually integrated into the "texture coating" and that it was blown onto thewallsduring original construction 47 years ago. This is the first time the walls have ever been painted, Almost a half-dozen combinations were mixed before the "perfect match" for the rose-like hue was found and approved,by Msgr. Harriman. "We are blessedwith a beautiful and magnificent church," Msgr. Hantaan said, "but the parish is the people, all of us together." The Fabishs evidently felt mat way,too. "They had an extraordinary devotion to the parish family," Msgr. Harriman said.

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And since Fray Santa's day, St. Raphael ethnic makeup has jumped to 45 percent English, 40 percent Spanish, three to four percent Vietnamese, St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael is a microcosm of California 's three to four percent Haitian, and one percent Brazilian, said Otto. Father Paul Rossi. multicultural makeup, according to pastor, When Father Rossi became pastor of his boyhood parish six years Father Rossi hears the microcosm reflected every Sunday at Mass, in ago, the expansive ethnic mix surprised him. "The parish was mostly when hundreds of voices simultaneously pray the "Our Father" English and Italian, when I was growing up." Three generations of Spanish , Vietnamese, Creole and Portuguese. "It reminds me of the Rossi's have worshipped at St. Raphael's. Father Rossi's grandparents story of the first Pentecost. And you know what's so amazing is, even joined the parish after emigrating from the Milan area of Italy to C the the people still finish at with the differences in all these languages, Street in San Rafael. His dad, Joe, was baptized in August of 1915. A same time," said the priest, smiling. generation later, Father Rossi was baptized in 1948. He sees another instance of this microcosm at parish ministry festiHis biggest challenge as pastor, he says, is helping parishioners vals,, when the food includes roasted ears of corn, samples of the blend their different cultures and languages. He does this by stressing Hispanic cuisine, and roasted goat, a culinary sample of Haitian culture. their common bonds — baptism and Eucharist. On major feast days Vicki Otto, pastoral associate, tells of a third example: when the such as Holy Thursday, Easter Vigil, and Vietnamese community was making Christmas, the liturgies are multilingual , plans to dedicate its new statue of Our but otherwise weekly Masses (there are 10 Lady of Lavang, the Spanish speaking or 11) are available in each separate lancommunity offered to provide the music. guage. The staff reflects parish ethnic On dedication day the choir sang its own diversity as well , with Filipino and traditional Marian hymns, accompanied Mexican parochial vicars and an Irish as the Lady by mellow guitars , was priest in residence. "Sometimes people blessed. And here's still another significant ask, why bother to have masses in all the footnote, to this multicultural stoiy - this Asian Madonna resides in the Old Spanish languages, but I believe that as Church, Mission chapel of San Rafael. people should be able to pray in the lanIf the spirit of Fray Vicente De Sarria, guage they are most comfortable with , " one of the founders of Mission San Rafael said Father Rossi. Vicki Otto adds: "It is a Arcangel, ever has occasion to touch down way of making them feel welcome." at his environs in Marin County, he is A few months ago, Father Rossi added probably just a little bit astounded at the a monthly Portuguese Mass to the sched"then" and "now" energy of Mission San ule, after meeting with a group of immiRafael/St Raphael Parish. A reading of grants from Brazil now living in and Jacqueline Ching's story of Mission San around Marin County and in Petaluma. Rafael Arcangel shows some connecting They weren't comfortable with attending threads between past and present. English Mass, and some of their numbers The morning of Dec, 14, 1817, when had been going to a Baptist church in Children p ray at the Spanish Franciscan raised a cross and Corte Madera, which held services in Our Lad y of Guadalupe Shrine. blessed this 20th mission establishment in English and Portuguese. About 100 people the line of California missions , the cultural makeup consisted of: come to the Mass, which is celebrated by a priest from the East bay. The Spaniards, Coastal Miwok and Ohlone First Peoples. That afternoon other three nights of the month the people gather for communal prayer. when Fray Sarria baptized 26 Indian children , the friars celebrated Sometimes evangelization can mean doing something as simp le Mass in both the Indians native language and in Spanish. Then they as adjusting to people 's schedules. The Portuguese prayer services and broke into Latin, singing Te Deum, a hymn of praise. Here was a little liturgy are held early, at 7 p.m. because many of the people have to get bit of that Pentecost Sunday multiculturalism , 19th century style. up at 3 a.m. to deliver newspapers. But much has transpired since the 26 Indian children were bapOne might not think of upscale Marin County, as having people tized. Today more than 1200 registered families call St. Raphael/San who deliver papers, or who work two and three jobs to make it finan Rafael Mission their parish home. "In reality, it's more than double , cially, but it's true, said Father Rossi. Many people are struggling to but for immigration purposes some of our peop le are reluctant to regmake ends meet. They are trying to support themselves besides helping ister," said Father Rossi. relatives in other countries survive. So when the pastor and his pastoral associate introduced the idea of stewardship, they had to sell the concept that "it's okay to pledge just $50 a year." I tell them "I don 't care what you give, just give something to show that you're involved," said Father Rossi. He says he is often as touched by a humble two-dollar contribution as he is by the larger three and four digit gifts. Many people are already practicing stewardship, but they don 't call it that , said Father Rossi. But whatever the term, they are giving of their time and their talent , as well as their treasure in one or more of the parish's many ministries. At a recent parish ministry fair / Altar of the restored Mission Chapel international food festival , over

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Mission San Raf ael overlooks its f ormer lands, now down town San Raf ael 500 people turned out. Eighty of them signed up to become involved as lectors, eucharistic ministers, altar servers, grief ministers, and volunteers with the St.Vincent de Paul Society, said Susan Neff, parish development director. Besides maintaining a parochial school with 220 students, the parish has two large religious education programs for youngsters attending public schools. Between 400 and 500 kids participate weekly. An RC1A program is also bi-lingual . Last year, there were 12 people

who entered the church, "and for the first time we had converts from English, Spanish and the Vietnamese communities," said Otto. Other parish activities include prayer groups, with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament the first Friday of the month, two over night prayer vigils in the mission church, and a Guadalupan o group, which sponsors occasional Sunday breakfasts, complete with professional cooks, four entrees, and a group of musicians. "We are striving to be one community of faith," said Vicki Otto.

Mission Bm Infill fl center ^f ' Mmm history Mission San Rafael Arcangel is the only institution among the chain of 21 California missions which ended up completely demolished. "That's one of our claims to fame," notes Father Paul Rossi, pastor of St. Raphael Parish and San Rafael Mission. The original mission was abandoned in 1844, and the empty buildings were sold two years later for $8,000, In 1870, the remaining ruins were torn down to make room for what is now downtown San Rafael. y ^M "The Daughters of the Golden West built the A present Mission in 1949 , and it is a replica of what the m original Mission might have looked like," Father m Rossi continued. Imagination-wise, the architect did- i n 't have to start from scratch. He had a little help from Felix Adrian Reynaud, notes Jacqueline Ching, the author of a history of the mission. Around the turn of the century Reynaud created a postcard showing what he ^ imagined Mission San Rafael to look like. "It is /m believed that the replica was based on the post- IM card image," writes Ching. m "Today, two star-shaped windows grace the front of the church. The building is made j of stone, but from the records kept by the fri- 1 ars, we know that the original church was m made of adobe," she adds. It was international politics, which I finally led to the demise of the original 1 Mission building. Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, a development that heralded the beginning of the end for all of the Missions. The new government began to discover it couldn 't afford to continue Spain's massivecolonization efforts and keep the Missions running. Our Lad y By 1834, Mexico decided to end the mission system by selling all of the lands. Government offici als offered these pieces of real estate to their former tenants — the Indians, but they refused. Either they didn't want the property, or else they were too poor to buy them, said Ching. So the Missions were divided into smaller ranchos and sold to Mexican citizens who had participated in the war for independence against Spain.

San Rafael Mission had already been turned over to the government in 1833. Seven years later, there were still 150 Indians living at the Mission. By 1844, however they had abandoned the property. What was left of the empty buildings wassold for $8,000 in 1846. As history played itself out , San Rafael gained one more distinction — John Fremont, who later had a city named for him in the East Bay — used Mission San Rafael as his i§*V headquarters during the battles to make California a United States territory. The year 1847 marks the rebirth of Catholicism on the Mission site of San Rafael. A ( pri est moved into the Mission that year. By 1861 . there was a new parish church built near the old chapel ruins. President Abraham Lincoln played a major role in officially returning the Missions to the Catholic Church. In 1863, Lincoln signed an ^X Act declaring that all 21 Missions were once /\ \ more the property of the Church. ln 1949, Msgr Thomas Kennedy superW \ / I vised the rebuilding and restoration of the mission chapel. Two more more historical celebrities of note — Chief Marin and his colleague, Quentin are attached in Ching's history to the Mission. Both leaders disliked Spain's colonization efforts of their people through the mission system. They resisted by attacking San Rafael. 1 Soldiers captured Marin, but the friars stopped them from putting him to death. Quentin was also captured after a battle just south of the mission. Both Marin and of Lavang Quentin converted to Christianity. Ching doesn't say what happened to Quentin afterwards, but she chroniclesthat four years later, Marin was working as a ferry operator around the San Francisco Bay Ching calls him one of the area's first entrepreneurs. "He had been given the name Marin because of his talents as asailor." The county of Marin is named after the ferryman and the prison, San Quentin, is named for his friend. Both men are buried in the mission cemetery

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Sup reme Court decision on statute of limitations: A question of fairness

By Gerald F. Uelmen The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Stogner v. California, announced June 26, 2003, has resulted in the dismissal of hundreds of California prosecutions and convictions of accused child molesters, including many cases against priests and former priests. Anguished victims, encouraged to step forward after years of silent suffering, are questioning the fairness of this ruling. We need to reassure them that the foreclosure of criminal prosecutions of the perpetrators will not slam the door on the efforts of the Church to bring about healing, nor will it affect their rights to civil compensation for the injuries inflicted. The ruling narrowly addresses the availability of a defense to criminal prosecutions where the statute of limitations has lapsed. For many years, California required the prosecution of an accused child molester to commence within three years of the alleged offense. In 1981 , this period was increased to six years . Nearly every state imposed a similar statute of limitations, recognizing that it becomes more difficult for courts to determine the nuth after the passage of time has diminished memories, and witnesses and evidence have disappeared. A number of years ago, in researching our statutes of limitations for the California Law Revision Commission, I surveyed prosecutors, defense lawyers and ' jud ges to identify the crimes that should have the shortest limitations period, because they presented the greatest risk that evidence would become less reliable with the passage of time. The crime at the top of their lists was child molestation. This is an accusation which is difficult to defend against even when the accusation is fresh , but when the accusation involves events that happened thirty or forty years before, the difficulties are often insurmountable. In 1993, the California legislature enacted a new statute of limitations for child molestation which allows prosecution to commence within one year of the victim 's report of the crime to the police, regardless of how long after the crime the report was made. Thus, with respect to molestations which occurred within the six years prior to the enactment of diis statute, and all molestations after its enactment , the only stamte of limitations defense available in California is that prosecution was delayed more than one year after the reported complaint. The Stogner ruling does not affect these cases. It only reaches cases where the previous statute of limitations had expired. The Supreme Court ruled that resurrecting old cases where the law had previously barred prosecution violates the constitutional prohibition of ex post facto laws. The majority opinion, authored b y Justice Stephen Breyer, determines that a basic purpose of the ex post facto prohibition was to prevent a legislature from enacting renoactive laws that punish prior conduct which was not criminal at the time the law was enacted. That, the majority concluded , is precisely what the California legislature did in making its 1993 law retroactive. It was a close decision, decided by a 5-4 margin. Justice Andiony Kennedy wrote the dissenting opinion, arguing that the statute of limitations does not define a crime, but merely grants a form of amnesty that the legislature is free to withdraw at any time. From a historical perspective, both the majority and the dissenting Justices offer compelling arguments. But the ultimate decision, as emphasized by Justice Breyer, turns on the fairness of reviving a prosecution long after the State has told an individual, in effect, he is "at liberty... and may cease to preserve the proofs of his innocence." With respect to offending priests, of course, much more than their liberty is at stake. The State can grant amnesty, and the Supreme Court has now ruled that the amnesty cannot be revoked. But the agenda of healing, forgiveness and compensation still remains. That's an agenda the criminal justice system has never been very good at resolving. Gerald F. Uelmen is a Professor of Law at the University of Santa Clara Law School.

Smiling priests show joy of salvation

Though Lutheran , I spend a lot of time in various Catholic churches. In the June 13 issue , p ictured were three Cardinals at Mass in Rome at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where I was privileged to visit (along with St. Peter 's and others while in the Army, 1955). The Cardinals seem not to project any joy in the photo. Perhaps this is due to the solemnity of the Mass, or the stress of leading the faithful in these troubled times where most of the culture is Christ-rejecting. I mention this not to be negative, but to suggest that you might want to show a photo of some of the most faithfu l, loving Catholic clergymen I' ve met as a Lutheran the Charismatic throug h Renewal , such as Monsi gnor Fred Bitanga , Father Joe Landi and Deacon Fred Swanson. Also Father William Myers at Saint Anne 's. These men project the joy of our salvation. Felton Howe Jr. San Francisco

one of them. I am the mother of a severel y disabled child who was fathered by a Franciscan priest who worked in the Archdio cese of San Francisco. I was trapped in the relationship due to financial dependence on this p riest. I am now free of him. I was also welcomed b y all of the survivors present at the ceremony. They thanked me for coming forward and supporting them. The following week I attended the clergy sexual abuse support group for survivors that the Archdiocese sponsors. Richard Krafnick , M.F.T. facilitates this group. Again I was welcomed and treated warml y and with compassion and love by all concerned. As survivors , laity and Church personnel strive to come together to resolve this crisis , I feel that it is important to remember that we must all work together. The peop le in the Chancery are good peop le. However, as one survivor said at the apology cere mony, "We must be the change that we wish to see in the world. " We must love one another and forg ive each other. Let ' s work together to build a new Church. Beth Maureen Gray Hayward Ed. Note: Ms. Barbara Elordi, Marriage and Famil y Therap ist and Archdiocesan Pastoral Assistance Coordinator for persons who have suffered abuse from members of the Catholic clergy and other Catholic Church employees may be reached at 415-6145506. If you are seeking assistance in cop ing with this tragic situation please call her at this number. This is a secured p hone line that will be answered only by Ms. Elordi.

Help and healing

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I am an adult survivor of multi ple clergy sexual abuse (priests and nuns). In addition , I am also an incest survivor. The combination of these two forms of trauma has had devastating effects on my life. Bishop John Wester and his administrative assistant , Annabelle Groh have been strong supporters of my healing efforts for almost two years now. Both have written me personal letters of encouragement and support. The efforts of an excellent therap ist and my return to the Church have literally saved my lite. I was in a coma for three days after my last suicide attempt three years ago. There had been several attempts prior to that. On June 14, 2003 I had the privilege of attending the "Circle of Healing" apology ceremony presided over by Archbishop William Levada. It was my first contact with the other personnel of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. I had an opportunity to speak personall y with Archbishop Levada , Bishop Wester , Sr. Antonio Heap hy, Barbara Elordi , M.F.T., and Annabelle Groh. I showed them photograp hs of how the clergy abuse had affected me (depression and weight gain). They could also verif y foi themselves how well I am currentl y doing in my healing efforts (wei ght loss , absence of depression). Each person that I spoke with responded to me with the utmost concern , respect and compassion. I felt accepted , welcomed and loved by each

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Def ending lif e

This letter is in response to last week's letter "Healing after abortion " which recommended Project Rachel as a means of healing after the emotional devastation of an abortion. People need to know also that there is a group of post-abortion women called Silent No More whose spokeswoman is actress Jennifer O'Neill. At a recent prolife rall y they toted si gns reading: "I regret my abortion. " By standing up for the tru th and sharing it throu g h a prolife means such as this, is one way for women who have had an abortion to further their own healin g, make some amends to their aborted child , and hel p stop further abortion tragedies. And in regards to the pro-life movement , there are many ways to be involved , and a great need for as many people to be involved in as many ways as they can. Former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Norma McCorvey (the "Roe" of the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision) speak at many prolife meetings and rallies. Some peop le sport pro-life bumper stickers on their vehicles , and some pray in front of abortion clinics , etc., as mentioned in another letter by Hel pers of God' s Precious Infants. Pictures are also potent: I personall y was told b y a woman affectionatel y holding a year-old boy that she was going to abort him until she saw the pictures of an aborted fetus held by a pro-life group in front of Planned Parenthood. And Newsweek magazine (June 9, 2003) just had a cover story and good article and pictures on fetal surgery, development and ri ghts. Most important of all is to have the courage to speak up around others and say that everyone should be respected from conception to natural death. After all, abortion is a horrible way to die. Jessica Munn Foster City

The CatholicDiff erence

Islam and democracy: the crucial questions At a recent conference on Islam and democracy, I was privileged to meet several of the bri ghtest Muslim scholars in America â€” some native-born , some immigrants, all committed to develop ing an Islamic case for reli gious tolerance as a building block of civil society and democracy. My colleagues were also men and women of courage. One woman had fled Iraq during the 1991 post-war persecution of the Shiites and was now active in shaping the postSaddam future of her native country. Others had been under pressure here in the United States. One law professor 's UCLA faculty office had been ransacked b y Islamist radicals. Others, teaching at upscale colleges, had had their credentials as Muslims challenged by students religiousl y formed (and malformed) in radical Islamist academies (here, not in Afghanistan). One specialist on Islamic just war theory explained that he had been expelled from the Muslim student association at Harvard during his graduate studies because his girlfriend (now his wife), another devout Muslim, wanted to join the discussions. The aggressive intolerance fostered by the Saudi-based and Saudi-funded Wahhabi form of Islam now touches many of the complex worlds of Islam in the United States. There are things that can and cannot be done about this. That Wahhabi literature is frequentl y the only Islamic religious literature available in prisons is a problem that can be addressed; ditto for the dissemination of Wahhabi ttacts in the aimed forces. Christian and Jewish groups should not form interfaith alliances with Islamic groups that have not put theological, political , and financial distance between themselves and the Wahhabi network. The United States government must re-examine its blind-eye approach to the

Saudi regime 's support for the international Wahhabi apparatus. Still , over the long haul, the millenaiian allure of Wahhabi Islam may best be countered b y developing a more compelling Islamic argument for the free, prosperous , and virtuous society. What are the key questions on that front? Princeton 's Bernard Lewis makes an important point when he notes that Muhammad was his own Constanline: Muhammad was both prophet and prince. Christianity, by conhast, emerged in the midst of another polity. So the early Christians had (o develop a Christian understanding of the Roman Empire, meaning a Christian understanding of temporal authority and a Christian understanding of the difference between society and the state. In Islam 's formative period , however, an energetic reli gion convinced that it was the bearer of God' s final revelation had no experience of a "polity " of which it was one "part " â€” the reli gious community and the political community were one and the same. So Islam did not have to develop an idea of "polity " or "politics " in that crucial period of its existence, a period many Muslims now revere and imagine to be the Islamic ideal of the way tilings ought to be. It 's often said that the crucial question for Islam in its relationship to democracy is whether Muslims can articulate, from within their reli gious and legal traditions , a persuasive Islamic case for religious toleration, and thus for p luralism. Muslims who wish to be democrats should not have to become Enli ghtenment liberal s in the process, relegating reli gious conviction to the private world. The issue is whether faithful Muslims can construct a genuinely Islamic argument for this proposition: "It is the will of God that we

be tolerant of those who hold different views about what constitutes the will of God. " * That would be an important development , which the Catholic dialogue with Islam should deliberately try to nurture. (Catholics , after all , took rather a long time to evolve a Catholic case for reli gious freedom, and there may be something our Muslim colleagues can learn from this experience). But I' m now wondering if , parallel to this development , another question has to be pressed: can Muslims make an Islamic case for politics , for the independent integrity of the political community, for a distinction between "society " and "polity " (or "state")? According to the Second Vatican Council , "The Church, by reason of her role and competence, is not identified with any political community nor bound by ties to any political system. " Could Islamic reli g ious authorities persuasively affirm something similar? A lot of 21st century history will turn on the answer to that questi on.

George Weigel

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

Family Lif e

The kicked-back blessings of summer "Mom , do you want to play a game?" asked Gabe. "Sure, we 've got time." He rummaged through the game closet and pulled out Chinese checkers. "We haven 't played this for a long time. " "Not Chinese checkers," said Lucas in mock alarm. "Mom always wins that. She wins all those old games." "Classic games, you mean," I corrected. "It 's just a question of learning the strategy. Here, I'll show you. " We lined up the colored marbles in their p laces on the metal board. 'Try building a bridge for your marbles, like this," I explained. "The more you can jump, the faster you'll get there." "But Gabe always blocks me. " "Then look for ways to jum p over his marbles. Pretend they ' re part of your bridge." Ahh, the long, lazy days of summer. Time to putter in the garden , run throug h the spri nkler, and discuss the finer points of Chinese checkers. I love the shift that summer brings to my relationshi p with my kids. During the school year, too many of our conversations sound like this: "How was your day?" "OK." "Did you finish your homework?" "Yes." "How did you do on the math test?"

"OK , I guess." "What ' s this note? You didn ' t tell me you had to bring a bag of potato chips to school tomorrow!" "Oh. I guess I forgot. " In the summer, though, things are more relaxed. We stay up late and watch the Northwest Sports Report, even though we already know the Seattle Mariners won the game. We swim at the county pool, where the sign announces, "No shirt, no shoes, no problem ." We play Clue and Monopoly and all the other games in the closet we never seem to have time for. The summer fun calendar on the refri gerator announces our new priorities: mountain hikes , baseball games, afternoons on the beach , summer reading at the library, picking strawberries at the farm, visits to the zoo or aquarium. OK, it 's not all fun-and-games during the summer at our house. I still have writing deadlines, and Steve holds "Daddy School" for Gabe every morning to be sure his reading and writing stay sharp and he doesn ' t forget his times tables. But the kicked-back mood of summer is a special gift. As parents , it ' s easy to feel burdened by the hard work and awesome responsibility of bringing up children. There 's so much to do and so man y things to worry about. Summer is a reprieve , a welcome break from the daily grind , In the summer, the things I worry about the rest of the year don ' t seem as important. It doesn 't matter if the boys aren 't wearing matching socks or won ' t read anything but

comic books. It doesn 't matter if they don ' t get in bed until 10:30 p.m. and don 't wake up until 8. It doesn 't matter if they have sand in their hair or forget to eat breakfast. In the summer, all that matters is that these wonderful children are mine, and I love them. Summer can be the same gift for our spiritual life. If our relationshi p with God feels like a chore, summer invites us to li ghten up. Our relationship with God doesn ' t depend on how many hours we pray or how perfectl y we live. It 's abou t getting to know the One who loves us more than we can imagine. And sitting on the beach with a glass of iced tea or playing Chinese checkers with your children may be a good p lace to start.

Christine Dubois

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

Sp irituality

Against an Eternal Horizon We understand our lives best when we see them against the horizon of the infinite. Nowhere is this more important than in the belief that there is a life beyond this one. Today it is not always fashionable to say this. More and more, theologians and spiritual writers are either ignoring the importance of life after death or, worse still, positivel y denigrating any emphasis one might want to put on it. For example: A few years ago, I was watching a discussion on television between a prominent reli g ious commentator and a panel of theologians. The commentator asked the panel this question: "Should it make any difference in the way you live whether or not you believe in life after death?" Everyone on the panel agreed that it shouldn 't. In their view of things , whether or not you believe in life after death shouldn ' t make any difference practically in the way you live. Each asserted that they believed in individual immortality, but each also said that this didn 't, and shouldn 't, influence their dail y actions in a practical way. Moreover, they pushed things further. Several of them suggested that focusing on belief in life after death can be positivel y harmful because it can deflect a person off of the proper agenda for this life, work against strong involve-

ment in this worl d, and tie one immaturely to a system of rewards and punishments. Belief in life after death , for them , can throw off the proper focus for life in this world. What ' s to be said about this? There 's a certai n commendable stoicism in it, to be sure, but , at the end of the day, such a view of things is relig iousl y false and wreaks a certain havoc in our lives. What ' s wrong is not that God, or anyone else, is disappointed with our theolog ical inconsistency, What 's wrong is that we are more prone to do violence to ourselves and to others because life cannot give us what we want. Simply put , when we stop believing in life after death we tend to put too much pressure on this life to give us the full symphony. When we stop seeing our lives as being completed by something beyond the present world, it becomes natural to become more frustra ted with the limits of our lives and to begin to demand, however subtl y or unconsciously, that our spouses, children , friends , careers , jobs and vacations give us something they can ' t give â€” namel y, complete fulfillment , full meaning, final satisfaction, joy beyond frustration , ecstasy, heaven. When we stop, practically, believing in a heaven beyond

tills life, we too easily demand that we have a taste of heaven right now. Crassly stated , if this life is our only kick at the cat, it becomes pretty hard to handle the fact that this one kick at it is almost always a long, long way from what we would want it to be. None of us goes through this life without our share of bitter disappointment , crushed potential , broken dream s, and dail y frustration. There 's always a huge gap between our dignity, our desire , our potential , and the actual state within which we find ourselves. We come into this world over-charged , are all too soon beaten up, and never quite find the end of the rainbow. There are no perfect lives. There is no heaven this side of eternity. All of us have suffered abu se of body and heart. All of ROLHEISER, page 17

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Salesians of Don Bosco

Recalling and rebuilding the Italian Catholic Community

Excelsior District. The work there was begun by Father by those anticlericals who have abandoned their faith and fill Valentino Cassini (1851-1922). Father Cassini was the other the newspapers with lies. It seemed that he was telling us this "The orp hanage is 20 miles north of San Francisco and Salesian priest in Father Piperni's missionary entourage that to prepare us for something. And he was. He went to the cupboard and returned with a box full of caresfor about 200 children... The weather is always serene arrived in the city by the Golden Gate in 1897. A sizable and healthy. . . the property comprises fields and gardens, community of Italians, engaged in truck farming in that stones and rocks. He then lined them up in a row on the area, had become loud in their demands for an Italian- table. "These," he said, "are just few of the stones that have and cattle and horses graze freely on the grounds... " speaking priest, and Cassini was been thrown at me recently while walking down Dupont Thus did Archbishop Joseph Street - a street I strongly advise you to steer clear of. " appointed to fill that void. Sadoc Alemany of San Francisco Nonetheless b y the spring of 1906, SS. Peter and Paul But the flame of faith that Fr. describe the eden -like setting of Piperni and his associates strove had become a haven for the Italian community. The St. Vincent's Orphanage that was to "enkindle" flickered feebly for Americanization School was in great demand; baptisms that located between San Rafael and years. The Italian community in year had reached 700; confirmation and First Communion Novato in the bucolic oak-studSan Francisco was in the grip of were administered twice a year, each year to 250 adults and ded hills, just off what is now disruptive , anitclerical leaders. cliildren; Sunday school had an enrollment of 2000 children. Highway 101. The small wooden church was bulging at the seams. A largFrom the start, the city 's immiThe year was 1870, and grant lot was not a happy one. er p lace of worship became a top priority, These expectations Alemany had written to Don The Italians had been the last of were soon realized, but in a far different manner than was Bosco, the founder of the thenthe major European immigrant anticipated. In the ten years since the arrival of the Salesians, fledgling Salesian Society, a religroups to reach American shores. the city's silhouette was changing, filling out. This had become gious congregation headquartered Just as, half a century earlier, the a decade of increasing prosperity that followed the depression in Torino, Italy. The Archbishop arrival of armies of Catholic of the 1890's. San Francisco was riding die crest of a boom was seeking a religious group to Irish, Poles, and Germans had economy, and optimism colored all levels of life. staff the orphanage , and Don In the space of a few hours, all that would change. On borne the brunt of harsh discrimBosco had accepted his offer, ination and intolerance, now it the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was leveled with a promise to send several of had become the Italians' turn. by one of the greatest earthquakes ever recorded in North his Salesians within the next six The presence of the newcomers America. In his journal , Fr. Piperni wrote: months. But , for reasons that have "Our rectory and church were swept away by fire... For on American soil, mostly from never been documented or Southern Italy, resurrected vari- weeks we spent all our energy visiting and comforting the explained , the invitation died ous versions of anti-Catholic unfortunate members of our community who were now livaborning. No Salesians traveled nativism. This scenario fitted ing in tents that had been pitched in empty lots and small the El Camino Real in the land of pretty accuratel y the distorted parks that the fire had not reached. How was I able to tend El Dorado until 27 years later. Meanwhile, as the 20th century view of the city 's Italian immi- my flock without a church? 1 did the next best thing. I manFather Raphael Piperm neared, the Italian population in San grants whom the first Salesians aged to secure a number of enclosed wagons and had them Francisco had significantly increased. And so had their reli- had come to serve. Most had been peasants or fisherman in thoroughly cleaned out. Then I circled them and covered gious problems. A rampant anticlerical spirit prevailed in the their homeland, with few marketable skills that could help their arrangement with a huge tent. What you saw was a Italian community. The Italian church was poorly attended; them rise in an urban , industrial world. As Jacob Riis so strange-looking structure and even crude-looking, but it religious instruction was being neglected; the Italian immi- accurately wrote, "The Italians had come in at the bottom." was serviceable enough for our Sunday services. grants were being weaned away by their leaders from the Fr. Piperni soon realized that , without a competent Since our people were all dislocated and living wherever Catholic faith that had been their heritage from time immemo- grasp of the English language , the Italian immi grants in they could find shelter, I used to walk around the neighborrial. his adopted city would continue to remain second-class hood on Sunday mornings, ringing a big bell and shouting Father Joseph Sasia, SJ. was the Piedmontese connection citizens. He acted quickl y. He organized the first out at the top of my voice the hours of the Sunday Masses." that induced Archbishop Patrick Riordan (1841-1914) to "Americanization School" in San Francisco, possibly the Not one to wring his hands because his house of worship secure the services of the first Salesians to minister to the first in California. With the assistance of a newly arrived had gone up in smoke, Fr. Piperni rallied the Italian comItalian community in the city by the Golden Gate. Sasia was an Salesian priest , Fr. Bernard Redahan , this new venture , munity into action. Willing hands helped clear the debris, enthusiastic admirer of Don Bosco, whom he had known per- with its English classes and acculturation opportunities , SALESIANS, page 15 sonally in Piedmont. So, in early March of 1897, Fr. Raphael enjoyed remarkable Piperni, with three Salesian confreres in tow - Fr. Valentino success. Cassini, lay brother Nicholas Imielinski, and seminarian But the first years Joseph Oreni - arrived in New York harbor, California bound. on Dupont Street Fr. Piperni's journal account of their trip to San Francisco were not a period of - colorful, if uneventful - described the new arrivals' adven- sweetness and light. turous journey. The group was spared the long, grueling pro- Salesian Father cessing at Ellis Island "...because we were missionaries and Joseph Simeone, therefore not considered immigrants. So we did not have to who had come with put up with all the troublesome routine." The train trip from three other "reinNew York to San Francisco, which included a two-day forcements" to assist stopover in Chicago, lasted ten days. Though it was still win- Fr. Piperni at the turn ter, the passengers apparently experienced no discomfort. of the century, vivid"We did not feel the cold at all since the spacious coaches ly recalled in his were well heated by steam," memoirs his arrival P R O C L A I M I NG Piperni wrote. in the city of Saint THE On Sunday morning, Francis: "Although it hapMarch 13th, two days after K > ALL CREATIO>I his arrival, Fr. Piperni cele- pened 42 years ago, I brated a solemn high Mass can remember that in the wooden-frame church event as though it of SS. Peter and Paul, then were yesterday. Fr. located at the corner of Piperni was eagerly Filbert and Dupont (now awaiting us, and as I Grant Avenue) Streets. In his got off the train he sermon, he outlined plans warmly embraced for a mission to "enkindle me. Though of small the flame of faith" that had stature, I could see he ^r* ^taasfsf languished in the city's was very wiry and A SSSQUICBNTENNUU. VKAR OF immigrant community. His full of energy. We REMEMBRANCE AND m-NI'-WAI, m^f mmmm^mme^miiams words were well received, went straight to die ARCHDIOCKE Of but the enthusiastic preacher rectory where lunchadmitted that "in the eon was awaiting us. FRANCISCO later excitement of the occasion After we had eaten, and having lived for 15 years our pastor, who never in Mexico, what came out stopped bubbling was a mishmash of Italian and Spanish expressions which I over with joy, gave us could see left my audience somewhat flustered." a brief but animated On the following day, accompanied, by the Fr. Raphael welcome speech. I De Carolis, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul, the two priests remember him telling were ushered into the presence of Patrick W. Riordan, us: You don't have to Archbishop of San Francisco, and Fr. Carolis's parish was go to far-off China to transferred to the Salesians. The historic meeting took place follow your missionin the prelate 's chancery office at 1100 Franklin Street. By ary vocation. Your a serendipitous twist, the property that housed that chancery "China" is right here office was purchased 70 years later and is now the head- in San Francisco 3S it l0 quarters of the Salesians' San Francisco Province. k6d where a huge harvest Ib f0ll0Wine the "rthquake and fire of Â° ! " f ^VfLf 1906. In 1898, the sister Salesian parish of SS. Peter and Paul, awaits us. Above all, At that time, it was located at the comer of Rlbert and 'Dupont Street (Grant Avenue) . Corpus Christi, was opened in what is now San Francisco's don 't get discouraged B y Michael Ribotta, SDB

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50th anniversary of priesthood, He was now 75. The festivities extended well beyond the boundaries of North Beach's Italian community. Archbishop Edward Hanna celebrated the Jubilee Mass in the crypt of the still unfinished church. Numerous important ecclesiastics were present, as were the mayor of San Francisco, Angelo Rossi, and a covey of civic leaders and leading Italian figures. The next ten years were quiet ones, as San Francisco's Gilded Age came to an end. The second decade of the 20th century saw the emergence of a substantial middle class, supported by an expanding and increasingly diversified economy based on snipping, fishing, agriculture, and manufacturing. Many of the Italian immigrants were beginning to find fame and fortune in the prospering and revitalized post-earthquake city. What had been a small city, with its forest of spars along the waterfront and horse-drawn drays clattering across cobbled streets, was now beginning to take the form of a metropolis connected by a network of cable cars that extended beyond the civic center. Against this backdrop of social and economic change, Fr. Piperni and his Salesian associates expended all their efforts to assimilate their immigrant church into the American mainstream, to care for the health and welfare of their parishioners, to strengthen their families, and, most of all, to . offer their children hope.

The Mad Bomber

Several were dressed as women; some appeared as worshippers; some were smuggled in large laundry hampers; and a few even in large innocent-looking bread containers .'' The trap was now set. Early in the morning of Sund ay, March 6, two men were spotted approaching the church from Powell Street. One took a position as a lookout; the other stopped at the church entrance. He was obviousl y concealing something under his large overcoat. The San Francisco Examiner described what happened next under the headline, "Church Dynamiter Slain Firing Fuse": "From the window of the church rectory, the police saw the man lay a package close to the entry wall. They observed him strike a match and light the fuse. At that moment they sprung into action. A shot rang out. Seconds later the bomber lay dead in the street. His accomplice attempted to flee across Washington Square. Detective DeMatei yelled a warning to halt. The suspect ran on. A single shotgun blast was heard, and the suspect fell wounded. " The dead bomber was never identified. The wounded lookout refused to talk and died shortly after from his gunshot wound. After relentless investigation, his identity was uncovered as a raving, wild-eyed sidewalk preacher and drifter, who patronized the bars and dives in the Third Street area, which was, at that time, the ratty underbelly of San Francisco. The motive and identity of the actual bomber were never discovered. Two months later, on May 23, 1927, Fr. Piperni, the living symbol of SS, Peter and Paul Church, experienced the joy of blessing the tower chimes, which put the finishing touch on the magnificent "Italian Cathedral of the West." On the following day, the entire city of San Francisco joined him in celebrating the 60th anniversary of his priesdy ordination. On Novembei 12, 1930, Fr. Piperni was stricken with pneumonia and rushed to St. Joseph Hospital. Three days later, he was dead. When the bells of the twin towers of his beloved church tolled the sad announcement of his death, hundreds of letters and tokens of condolences poured in. The press, especially, was loud in its praise for the pastor who had shepherded the faithful of his beloved parish of SS. Peter and Paul for more than 30 years. But it was William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner that perhaps said it best. An editorial tribute in its November 16th issue wrote: "A great missionary has died in San Francisco - Father Raphael Piperni of SS. Peter and Paul Church. To the younger generation , he was just a feeble old priest. To the discerning, he was, in his last inactive years, a man rapt in Divine Contemplation. If the truth is to be told , Father Piperni is the Salesian who saved the Italians of Northern California for the Faith. Other men worked valiantl y with him, but they humbly concede to him the guerdon for starting the fight when it was hard to start ." By the 1950' s, second generati on Italians had begun their flight to the suburbs. The vacuum that they created was quickly filled by many of the 20,000 Chinese immigrants who had arrived in San Francisco from Taiwan and Hong Kong during the 1960's. The growing presence of a Chinese Catholic community called for the assignment of a Salesian Chinese priest. In 1977, a scheduled Sunday Mass in Chinese was initiated. Today, what was once called "Little Italy" has become an ethnicall y diverse parish, which has retained much of its Italian culture and heritage.

Twenty years after San Francisco 's nightmarish earthquake disaster, the newly-completed church structure of SS. Peter and Paul experienced an earthquake all its own. Fr. Oreste Tinchieri , The first architectural design for the new Saints Peter and Paul "Italian Cathedral" prepared by the firm of Frank T. Shea and John 0. Lofquist in 1908. founder of San Francisco 's famed Salesian Boys Club and the future first Provincial of the Salesian San and phoenix-like, a modem church building rose from the Francisco Province, had just been assigned as the parish ashes. Italian bankers, like A.P. Giannini (founder of the administrator. Fr. Piperni, now 84, was not destined to go Bank of America), provided timely loans to the North Beach quietly into retirement. The man whom the newspapers residents to help in the reconstruction. Six months after the dubbed "The Mad Bomber" saw to that. This deranged terSan Francisco fire and earthquake, on October 7, 1906, rorist carried on a fourteen-month-long terror campaign, Bishop George Montgomery blessed the new SS. Peter and which included five church bombings. On Sunday mornPaul Church , which had been rebuilt on the same Dupont ing, January 31, 1926, The San Francisco Examiner, the Sheet site. At the end of the following year (1907), parish city 's leading newspaper, came out with a screaming, frontstatistics confirmed remarkable progress following the great page banner headline: earthquake and fire: 10,000 parishioners, 655 baptisms, 213 "SS. Peter and Paul's Church Bombed" followed by marriages, and 890 children attending catechism classes. "Windows in Edifice and Homes of Neighborhood are But from the start, the hastily-constructed wooden - Shattered by Terrific Explosion. Priests Blame Plot on frame "new" church was seen only as a temporary replace- Fanatics: Three in Building at the ment. By 1913, it had become totall y inadequate to serve Time Escape Injuries." the needs of its 25,000 parishioners. A search was begun to With this startling headline began find a new building site. How Fr. Piperni acquired the par- a nightmare for Fr. Piperni that cel of land adjacent to Washington Square is interesting. would continue for more than a year. At the turn of the century and up to 1908, Abe Reuf was The Examiner , in true Hearstian the acknowledged political "boss" of San Francisco. Over hype, reported in vivid detai l the the years, he had become an admiring friend of Fr, Piperni roar and effect of the bomb that had and a strong supporter of the work of the Salesians among exploded in the rear of the church the hard-working immigrants in North Beach. He himself and shook an entire square block. was the son of a migrant Jewish merchant from France. He Any hope that the January bombhad graduated from the University of California in ing was the one-time act of a madBerkeley and took pride in his cultivation of the classics. man was shattered three months He often spent time with Fr. Piperni, brushing up on his later, when a second bomb rocked Latin and conversing in Hebrew with the priest, who had the church. Six months later, on worked in the Middle East (Palestine) for many years. October 29, 1926, a third bomb Through the efforts of Frank Marini, a longtime friend exploded in the main entrance, more of Reuf and one of the parish leaders, Reuf's property powerful than the previous two. It fronting Washington Square was acquired for $47,000. shook buildings for blocks around. Archbishop Riordan himself negotiated a bank loan for its The fourth bomb exploded on purchase and saw to it that the Archdiocese contributed January 9, almost a year from the $5,000 toward the building fund , with the promise of a sim- first attempt. Despite a dragnet of ilar amount when the church was completed. police and detectives stationed in the The building project on the present SS. Peter and Paul shadows of the church, the officers Church on Filbert Street, opposite Washington Square, began were unable to apprehend the with much fanfare in 1913, but soon bogged down. Spiraling bombers, who lied by automobile. costs and a recession that preceded America 's entry into Finally, the reign of terror came to World War I p laced a severe strain on the resources of the an end. Detective Louis DeMatei, parish. But the work went on. Approximately 70% of the working closely with the parish staff, working force consisted of Italian immigrants. Churc h devised an elaborate plan to catch the records reveal that the cost of materials and labor, just for the bombers . An elaborate system of foundations , totaled $73,834 - a staggering sum for those phones , buzzers , and- call-bells was days. But there was no skimping in one area: the steel-beam rigged up, to link and alert the men on reinforcements reached 22 feet into the earth - a response to guard. The "parish chronicle" of 1927 the formidable challenge of withstanding the next "Big One." has supplied an almost bizarre scenario: On December 20, 1914, the crypt of the new SS. Peter "Several picked men were staand Paul was blessed by Bishop Edward Hanna, substitut- tioned in nearby houses and in the ing for Fr. Piperni's ailing friend , Archbishop Riordan who church every night from 11 p.m. to 5 Fellow Salesians visiting Father Raphael Piperni (seated) would die a few days later. a.m. Various devices were used to during the last month of his life. Salesian Boys' Club Twenty years after his arrival in San Francisco, the City smugg le police officers into the founder , Fr. Oreste Trinchieri, stands third from left. feted the pastor of SS. Peter and Paul, on the occasion of his church so as to escape detection.

Food & Fun August 2, 3: Annual Flea market , St. Anne of the Sunset benefiting the parish's Moriarty Hall restoration. Items now being accepted including jewelry, household wares , dishes, glassware , knick-knacks . No computers , used furniture , heavy equipment or big appliances. Day includes Food Court. Call Jerry or Cora Motak at (415) 661-7378, or Yolanda lawrence at (650) 355-7242.

Datebook

Performance Admission free unless otherwise noted.

Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 5672020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public. July 13: David Hatt , organist.

July 30: St. Joseph's College ot Nursing, Class ot '53, invites all alumnae to a school reunion at the United Irish Cultural Center, 45th Ave. and Sloat Blvd., SF from noon to 4 p.m. Call Barbara Farley Kmak at (650) 573-5816 or Alice Guddee Gilmore at (650) 341-5195.

Aug. 10: Red Mass of the American Bar Association at 9 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF. Dominican Father Finn Barr Hayes , an attorney and member of the St. Thomas More Society, is scheduled homilist. Annual Red Mass of St. Thomas More Society is scheduled for October 16 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, North Beach. Aug. 16: A Retreat Commemorating the 750th Anniversary of St. Clare with Franciscan Sister Ramona Miller of the Franciscan School ot Theology and regular leader of pilgrimages to Assisi, 9a.m. -4 p.m. at The Poverello , 109 Golden Gate Ave., between Leavenworth and Jones , SF. $25 donation includes lunch with pre-registration by July 30. Call (415) 621-3279.

Retreats/Days of Recollection Valiombrosa Center

Parishioners and leadership of St. Raphael's, gathered May 18th for the San Rafael parish and school's first annual Ministry Fair and its third annual International Food Festival. Guided by a theme of Fun, Food, and Fellowship, more than 500 people explored the almost four-dozen ministry booths and tasty fare from countries including Brazil, El Salvador, Italy, Haiti, Vietnam, Mexico and the U.S.A. Patricia Garbarino, who called the get-together " a magnificent celebration of the community of San Rafael," has volunteered for service as a Eucharistic minister and, to take advantage of her love of ironing, the group that cares for altar linens. Almost 100 others joined Patricia in signing up for ministries .and opportunities to serve atthe 186 year-old mission, and142 year-old parish. Individuals assisting in coordinating the event included Alicia and Dan Matfei, Betty Mulryan, and staffers , Susan Neff and Helen Bernardoni. Ten weekend Masses are celebrating at St. Raphael in languages including English, Spanish, Vietnamese , Portuguese, and Haitian. Pastor is Father Paul Rossi. Among those helping guide people through the ministry info and tasty treats were parochial vicar, Father Erick Arauz, left, and Manuel Belo, coordinato r of the parish marriage preparation program.

Young Adults

Office of Young Adult Ministry: Connecting men Sept. 20: A Day of Prayer and Healing From and women in their 20s and 30s to the Catholic Abuse with Jesuit Father Bernie Bush at Church. Contact Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox, Valiombrosa Center, 250 'Oak Grove Ave., Menlo (415) 614Park, beginning 5595, w i l c o x c @ s f a r c h d i o at 9:30 a.m. and ending with cese.org, or Mary jansen, (415) 614-5596,jansenm @sfarchdioHealing Liturgy July 26: The Church and the City: Symposium on cese.org. at 3 p.m. Also the History of the Catholic Church in San Francisco, includes conferJuly 15: Young Catholic 1 to 5 p.m. at USF's Lone Mountain Conference ences, meditaProfessionals Networking event , Cente r, 2800 Turk St. between Parker and Masonic, tion, quiet time. 7 p.m., Donworth Hall, St. San Francisco. Speakers include William Issei, "May this day be Stephen Parish, Eucalyptus Dr. Ph.D., of San Francisco State University on the one of love and SF. Wine and cheese at a spirit Church and the Labor Movement; Holy Cross healing for you filled evening. Contact Father Richard Gribble, Ph.D. with Archbishop as you are daura @ ccwear.com. Ph.D. Hanna and the City; and Jeffrey M. Burns, embraced by the July 16, Aug. 20: Young Adult with an overview of the topic. Mercy Sister Helena love of your God Mass, 7:30 p.m., St. Vincent de Sanfilippo. Ph.D, and Holy Family Sister Michaela and one anothPaul Church, Green and Steiner, O'Connor will elaborate on their congregations ' er." $15 fee/no SF. Contact deep and continuing roots in the Archdiocese. one excluded stvincentsyag @ aol.com. Contact the Archives at (650) 328-6502; who cannot sfarchiv @ concentric.net. afford this. July 25 - 27: Young Adult Contact Barbara Retreat. Contact stvincentsyag@aol.com. Elordi at (415) 614-5506. July 25, 26: St. Dominic Coffeehouse Fundraiser,

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Young adults recite the rosary in chapel of St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Contact Tony at (415) 3871654.

a variety show entertaining young adults for more than a decade with song, dance and comedy. Contact Chris McFadden at mcfadden2000@yahoo.com.

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Meetings/Lectures/ TV-Radio/ July 14: John Paul II: Numbers, Actions and Words of a Great Pontificate, a lecture by Italian journalist, Orazio Petrosillo, at (stituto (taliano di Cuitura, 415 Washington St., SF. RSVP to (415) 788-7142, ext. 18. July 19: Writing Therapy for Survivors : Be the Author of Your Healing with Phyllis Klein, LCSW, at St. Gabriel Parish Center, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1 - 5 p.m. "When you are in physical or emotional pain, writing about it can be helpful." Fee $10/no one excluded who cannot afford this. Contact Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506. 3rd Sat: Reconnecting With Yourself, a group for survivors of abuse by Catholic Church clergy or personnel, 3-5 p.m., Epiphany Parish Center, 605 Italy St., between Athens and Naples, SF. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Contact facilitator, Richard Krafnick , MFT, (415) 351-2463.

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

July 26: Prayer - A Journey from Belief to Relationship with Carol Fowler, who studied Centering Prayer with famed expert Father Thomas Keating. "See how prayer is a dynamic process leading us through various stages of relationship and an ever-deepening awareness of God's presence in out lives." Aug. 1 - 3: Storytelling, Angels and a Touch of Mysticism with Franciscan Sister Jose Hobday, a revered storyteller of Native American birth now ministering among the people of Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. Sept. 20: A Day of Prayer and Healing from Abuse with Jesuit Father Bernie Bush beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending with Healing Liturgy at 3 p.m. Also includes conferences, meditation, quiet time. "May this day be one of love and healing for you as you are embraced by the love of your God and one another." $15 fee/no one excluded who cannot afford this. Contact Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506. Mercy Center 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees, times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 or www.mercy-center.org. Aug. 1 - 6: Women 's Ret reat with Mercy Sisters Patricia Ryan and Suzanne Toolan. A time to encounter the Divine through Centering Prayer, poetry, music , nature and art. $425/reg. deadline July 23. Aug. 22 - 29: Weeklong Meditation Intensive Retreat with Jesuit Father Thomas Hand. Provides opportunity to enter deeply into a meditative experience of silent meditation. Also includes instructional talks and individual conferences with director. $400/reg. deadline Aug. 13.

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Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 2214269 or edgleason@webtv.net or Pat and Tony Fernandez at (415) 893-1005..

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

Oct. 4: Class of '83, St. Philip Elementary School, SF is planning a Family Picnic/20th Reunion If you're a classmate or know of some, contact Ellen McCarthy Perieff at (415) 330-9897 or ellen.perieff@sfgov.org .

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A Catholic Chaplain in Combat Boots one fellow soldier. "Father prayed for him and Chester lived and became a Catholic. I witnessed that. Chet made it home too. " On November 2, 1950, the enemy overwhelmed Father 's 8th Cavalry. Although Father was ordered to leave the area he elected to stay behind and risked his life to retrieve wounded soldiers on the battlefield. The Chinese rounded up the soldiers to be taken to a POW camp. Those who could not walk were immediately shot. Nothing was going to slow their travels. When Father was aiding an injured soldier he realized that another soldier very close to him was going to be shot. Father ran toward the Chinese soldier who had his rifle aimed at the man and shoved him. Stunned, the Chinese soldier watched the priest pick the man up, sling him over his shoulder and carry him for nearly 40 miles until they reached Camp Five. "It had to be the Lord's work, " said the soldier who is alive today. It was at Camp Five, Father Kapaun 's Christ-like examples confused his captors. The priest was said to "make a lice-ridden hut into a Cathedral." The men leaned on him for strength and many credit his spirit for keeping the death rate down. "He made men stay alive, when dying was so simple. He was also

able to gel the weak to carry the weaker, and wherever he stood it felt like holy ground." He washed the clothes of those with dysentery using ice water from the Yalu River. He stole food from the Communists so others could eat. He maintained the morale of those who came back from hours of brainwashing propaganda. And he perplexed his captors when he greeted new prisoners saying, "My name is Kapaun , glad to have you share our paradise." The Chinese respected and feared him because of his great influence. They never beat him, fearing the effect it would have on the prisoners. It was only when Father Kapaun became severely ill, the Communists acted against him. Clutching his rosaries made from barbed wire, he was dragged to a room known only as "the place where people died of neglect." Father Kapaun was heard to say to the men with tears in their eyes, "Don't take it so hard. I'm going where I always wanted to go." Before Father died on May 23, 1951 he pardoned his captors, and asked their forgiveness. The documentary titled "A Catholic Chaplain in Combat Boots " can be purchased for $20 at FOCUS, 106 Metairie Lawn Drive, Metairie, LA 70001 or telephone (504) 840-9898.

us have been unjustl y robbed of our potential. All of us live inside situations of tension, bitterness, gossip, and hatred. All of us suffer a certain silence between ourselves and those we most love. None of us have the whole symphony and none of us have joy without shadow. All of us, too, live

with a history of bad choices, mistakes, sins, and opportunities missed. Thus, unless we can somehow place our present lives against an horizon of an afterlife that completes it, the punishing limits, daily inadequacy, and brute mortality of this world will eventually drive us to depression, bitterness, or violence. Outside of a vision of life after death, we can 't come to full peace with this life. In one of the parables, Jesus points out how those ser-

vants who do not expect their master 's return go about getting drunk and beating their fellow servants . This image of violence is precisely a metaphor for the type of violence we do to life and to each other when we do not see our lives against the horizon of the master 's return. Conversely, when we do await the master 's return we don 't have to demand that this life give us more than it can and we can more easily live without impatience, bitterness, and violence , even inside of lives that are far from complete.

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