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m *&igns of hope and causes for worry have developed for Chinese Catholics since the return of Hong Kong to China , according to Franciscan Friar Paul Pang. Father Pang is Director of the Vatican Office for the Promotion of Overseas Chinese Apostolate and was a recent guest on the Archdiocese of San Francisco 's television program , Mosaic. When Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People 's Republic of China in 1997, many Catholics there feared that the communist government would attempt to interfere with the Church as it does on the mainland , he said.

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Two Catholic churches exist in mainland China: the Catholic Patriotic Association , whose bishops are appointed by the state , and the illegal, underground Church which is loyal to Rome. The Beijing government claims there are about 4 million Catholics in mainland China , but Father Pang estimates there are closer to 13 million, including those in the underground Church. Many bishops and priests in the underground Church have been jai led and members are not allowed to practice their faith publicly. While no Patriotic Association churches exist in Hong Kong, Father Pang feared they would attempt to make inroads after the hand-over. "In the beginning we thought there were three possible scenarios; an open attempt to start Patriotic churches , an underground movement to create them or an effort to encourage local procommunist priests to create their own Patriotic church," he said. PANG, page 19

Landings offers compassionate welcome By Tom Burke

hen it comes to religion in the United States, the only group of people that comes even close in number to the country 's 40 million active Catholics is the nation's 20 million inactive Catholics. This statistic and a philosophy of "compassionate listening" is what drives Landings, a ministry founded in Seattle 12 years ago by Paulist Father Jac Campbell to "empower" inactive Catholics to join the Church again. Recently, Father Jac trained volunteers from 16 parishes of the Archdiocese in the Landings program. Father Jac, formally John P., explains his surname as "Campbell like soup . " The Boston native was ordained in 1969 and from 1976 to 1980 served as chaplain to the NeWman Center at University of California at Berkeley. He met the Paulists while a student at Boston 's Northeastern University. At the time, the community was responsible for "almost all of the Newman Centers" serving the New England city 's more than 30 secular colleges, Father Jac said. The Landings title like its philosophy came out of listening "We just batted the name around a lot, " Father Jac said recalling the early days of the program. "We didn 't want an acronym, so we toyed with people going out and coming back. One of the women who helped me write it was in the airline industry and someone else , from Seattle where we piloted the program, said 'you can invite someone over but if you don't have a slip for them to dock their boat it's almost like inviting someone home for Thanksgiving LANDINGS, page 18 and not having a place setting for them. "

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Archbishop Hurley retires after 31 years in Alaska

Church reaches out after school killings in Santee

Carmelites hope scapular will make a comeback

A mixed bag of new films and videos

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by Tom Burke Congrats to new U.S. citizen Father Labib Kopti , pastor of the inner Sunset's St. John of God Parish and chaplain to the Arab Catholic Community....Hats off to the Mission Deanery on their recent evening dedicated to learning more about the role of the Parish Council. Facilitating dialogue was Chuck Siebenand director of pastoral plan ning for the Diocese of Oakland. The parish council model presente d by Chuck focuses on "vision, mission and parish goal setting "... Prayers p lease for George Wesolek, director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns/Respect Life who is recovering from hip surgery; Maril yn Lynch, an assistant superintendent of schools who is on the mend from a not long ago operation; and Jose Herrera, husband ot Delia Herrera of the Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, who is also healing....Thanks to Msgr. John O'Connor, pastor of St. Mary 's Cathedral, for welcoming his new 9 to 5 parishioners at the Chancery/Pastoral Center "to the 'hood." Speakin ' of the new building , Our Lady of Angels parishioner, Eithne Wait-Karski, says the key less doors at the new digs just might turn out to be "fobu lous."... Dominican Father Xavier Lavagetto, pastor, St. Dominic Parish, exhorted the assembly at a recent Holy Cross Cemetery Mass to remember that "when we hold Christ in our- hands at Eucharist, we also hold everyone He holds in His hands."... Father Ed Murray, chaplain, St. Mary 's Medical Center has put out a call for Eucharistic Ministers to serve at the hospital. Please call Maureen Terheyden of the chaplain 's office at (415) 750-5718 if you can help....Thanks to Rosemarie Lashkoff for settin ' me straight about Star of the Sea Academy's class of '60 reunion which I talked about earlier here but with some errors. Sorry to have made a winter event out of the Oct. 14, 2000 get-together and even sorrier am I for incorrectly naming Holy Family Sister Mary Diane Maguire's religious community. Kudos to Loretta Fraguglia Repetto and Marie Conroy-Salbi for their hard work in organizing the four decades later luau.... Congratulations and thank you to Deacon Bruce Hall who recently celebrated 25 years ordained. Original ly a deacon for die Archdiocese of Newark , Bruce also served in the Archdiocese of Boston before beginning service here in 1990. In addition to his ministry at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Mill Valley the Tiburon resident is spiritual director for the Marin Cursillo movement and an active ecumenist. Among his most cherished works is founding an Ala-

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Teen group in New Jersey that continues to meet today with some of its original members as facilitators. Bruce and his wife, Ellen, have been married 34 years.... Cheers to Crystal Botham and Tabitha Pacheco of Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Half Moon Bay on their recent scholarship awards from the Young Ladies Institute. Crystal will study at University of the Pacific , Stockton and Tabitha will crack the books at San Diego 's Grossmont Junior College....St. Raymond Elementary in Menlo Park leads a hooray for 5th grader Shannon Hamilton and her 2nd grade brother Sean for gathering 200 not-at-all grizzlies for Operation Teddy Bear, an outreac h program of the Knights of Columbus at Our Lady of the Pillar. The stuffed animals go to area hospitals....Sts. Peter and Paul Parish says thank you to its Holy Name Society for their Christmas gift of $1,000 to parish work.. ..It was my great pleasure recentl y to enjoy with Conor the final performance of Fiddler on the Roof at the Golden Gate Theatre. To my surprise and delight , John Preece, an actor I worked with back East 25 years ago, and Michael Iannucci, an actor from Philadel phia who became quite a good actor at some of the same theaters where I learned acting was not among my gifts , were in the show. John played Lazar Wolf and understudied Theodore Bikel. Michael was Motel the Tailor. Our stage door reunion was brief but exciting and though in the midst of changing venues , both took time to remember me and remember with me. Hats off and thanks to them and all who serve in the acting vocation as well as the many teachers who have a hand in the shows of which future Lazars and Motels will be born.... St. Timothy Elementary School celebrated its 40th year with a commemorative Mass and reception on Jan. 28th. Representatives of nearly every graduating class and friends of the San Mateo school filled the parish church , said Evelyn Nordberg, principal. Bishop John C. Wester presided , assisted by Deacons Angel Aguilar and Faiva Po 'oi. Readers were 8th grade teacher Stephen Borchelt and 7th grade teacher Carney Small. Offering the prayers of the faithful were 8th graders : Kimberly Ambayec , Rosheen Ashtiani , Carla Betteo , Marc Pacaldo , John Dentoni, and Stephen Lagos. Pictured are Betty Fort, (left) the school' s first secretary, and current secreta ry, Denise Allen serving as giftbearers.

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St. Boniface grad gives $ 1 million for restoration A grad uate of St. Boniface Elementary School has given $1 million to the fund that will restore St. Boniface Church , the Franciscan Friary and the school building, which now serves as a nei ghborhood center for the Tenderloin parish. The donor, who also was married in St. Boniface Churc h, wishes to remain anonymous but said he gave this money in appreciation for the support that the parish had given to him and his famil y for so many years , officials of the St. Boniface Restoration Project said. The capital campaign started in 1997, and has now raised nearl y all of the $11.6 million needed for the construction work. "It's the miracle we 've been waiting for," Father Louie Vitale , pastor of St. Boniface Church , said. "When we started this restoration campaign , everyone said we would not be able to raise even one million dollars . Well, we had already raised over $10 million from lots of parishioners and friends and now somebody has given us a million all at once." St! Boniface Church and Friary, and the old St. Boniface school building, which now serves as the nei ghborhood center, were built in 1902. They were destroyed by fire after the 1906 earth quake , and reopened in 1908. The Franciscans have worked in the nei ghborhood since 1887. "With support from, a broad cross-section of corporate , government and private donors , the St. Boniface Restoration Project has been raised to the level of a civic cause," Herman Gallegos. the volunteer chair of the campaign steering committee , said. "This donation shows that the restoration project is not just important to the

Tenderloin residents , some of whom hav e made great sacrifice to preserve the church and neighborhood cente r, It is also important lo major philanthrop ists who understand the need for this oasis of peace and beauty in the Tenderloin and to continue the work of the Franciscans and others in this area." The St. Boniface Restoration Project includes citymandated seismic retrofitting of St. Boniface Church , the adjacent Franciscan Friary and the St. Boniface Neighborhood Center building. The restoration of these historic buildings will include changes make them more accessible to the handicapped. The electrical systems will also be up dated. When the restoration work is completed in December, the St. Boniface Neighborhood Center, founded in 1985, will expand its small winter shelter for homeless men to operate year round , offer the 450-seat theater to civic and cultural organizations for meetings and other events, and provide office space for other projects serving the people of the Tenderloin, including immigrant services, food distribution , counseling, literacy and job training programs. The building will also house the new De Marillac Middle School ,, a tuition-free school for 80 low-income boys and girls in grades 6, 7, and 8 who are at high risk of dropp ing out of school. Donations to help put the campaign over the top can be made to the St. Boniface Restoration Project, 133 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102. For more y Programs for Sp iritual Growth information , please contact the Project office at Salon-—Come explore the riches of the second half of life on informal (415)863-2395. Sunday afternoons. Discuss the arts and current issues , and share the journey. Third Sunday of each month . 3718. 5/20. No Apri l gathering 1:00-4:00 p.m Donation. Sandi Peters. Becoming Whom You Contemplate—A silent , directed Ignatian retreat. Prayer, liturgy, and individual direction are essential aspects of this retreat. Seminars will be Sunday, 6/17-6/24. $375. Lorita Moffatt , RSM. offered in both English and Spanish. j S f a/ k For information on regis650 340-7474 www.mercy-center.org g K ,r tering for the conference "^fcL 2300 Adeline Drive call 1-831-443-3746 or visit Burlingame , CA 94010-5599 Mercy Center website www.canfp.org.

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VATICAN CITY - A Catholic missionary has offered a harrowing account of ethnic bloodletting on Borneo Island , where hundreds of people reportedl y have been beheaded 1 CO a. in recent weeks. The clashes have pitted the mostl y Christian and animist Dayak indi genous peop les against the predominantl y Muslim Madurese, who were brought to Borneo over the last 40 years in a government relocation program . Church leaders have said the violence is purely ethnic and not religious. Others have said the conflict is an economic one between the marginalized Dayaks and the relatively well-off Madurese. Father Willibard Pfeuffer, a Holy Famil y missionary and Madurese refugees seeking help wait outside a police station in the riot-torn diocesan administrator of Palangkaraya, wrote a letter town of Sampit following more than 10 days of ethnic violence in Borneo. describing the "mayhem" in and around the city of Sampit, where the violence broke out in mid-February. The letter, the 50,000 scattered Christians in the mostly Muslim coun- Ouellet , a Canadian professor at Rome 's Lateran University, sent to the Indonesian bishops ' conference, was published try. It is believed that Bishop Grahmann is the first U.S. had been named a bishop and secretary of the council. bishop to visit Libya since that country 's 1970 revolution. Cardinal Kasper served as Catholic co-chairman of the March 3 by the Vatican missionary news agency, Fides. Travel to Libya is restricted by Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, a dialogue a U.S. and European In his letter to the bishops' conference, Father Pfeuffer embargo against that country. Bishop Grahmann said his group sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation and the wrote: "Only God knows what has really happened in visit was approved by the U.S. State Department on the Vatican, when it drafted a milestone accord in 1998 on the longSampit and its surroundings. Blood and tears seem no longer basis that the trip was of a good-will nature. disputed doctrine of justification. In addition , he had frequent to have meaning. Wailing is heard everywhere. The slaughThe Dallas bishop reported that there is only one parish, contact with Orthodox Churches, developing a particular relater has continued for a whole week." St. Francis of Assisi, in Tripoli and its six Franciscan priests tionshi p with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow. The priest said that the latest wave of violence in the live at the friary with the bishop, who is also a Franciscan . Indonesian-controlled half of Borneo began when Madurese migrants attacked native Dayak peoples unex- There are no churches or chapels in the surrounding compectedly Feb. 17 and held the city of Sampit. The attack munities, Bishop Grahmann added , and Masses are celebratwas reportedl y in retaliation for a riot last December ed at homes and other arranged places in those communities. CHICAGO - The Catholic Church Extension Society has 'Bishop Grahmann also spent much of his time visitin g against the Madurese. A few days later, Dayak warriors sent $50,000 to assist victims of a devastating tornado that reached Sampit and took the city back , showing "no various orders of religious sisters — including the rocked Pontotoc , Miss., Feb, 24. Richard Ritter, vice president mercy " to the Madurese they found in their path , Father Missionaries of Charity — who work in orphanages , hos- of the Chicago-based Catholic Extension , said the funds were pitals and homes for mentally disabled children and adults. Pfeuffer wrote. sent to Bishop William R. Houck of Jackson "to help those peop le, of all faiths, to cope with personal loss and disp lacement." "The impact has been tremendous ," said Linda Raff , director of Catholic Charities for the Jackson Diocese. VATICAN CITY - In a historic overture toward "Seven counties have now been hit severel y. I viewed the MIAMI - U.S. support of "Plan Colombia " — a multibillion dollar effort to eradicate that nation's coca crops — will Muslims , Pope John Paul II is expected to enter the mosque devastation and saw whole rows of houses wiped away on escalate human ri g hts abuses and ecological damage, predict- of Ommayad in Damascus, where a shrine is dedicated to one street in particular. Onl y two homes remain." St. John the Baptist , during his visit to Syria in May, "Three hundred and fifty famil y homes were destroyed ed a priest who recently toured that South American nation. "It seems like what we have in the making is another El according to Melkite Catholic Archbishop Isidore Battikha. or with major damage such that families cannot return to If the pope does make the visit , he would become the their homes," Raff said. "Rental properties have alread y Salvador OT Vietnam ," said Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois , founder of the School of the Americas Watch first modern pontiff to enter a Muslim place of worship. In been grabbed up, and to face a lack of housing in the midst and an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy in Latin 1979, the pope walked throug h a former mosque in Istanbul of grieving for a famil y member and the loss of property is America. Father Bourgeois spoke to student and public that had become a museum. In his 2000 p il grimage to the a primary challenge for faith-based initiatives ," she added. Holy Land , he stood outside the al-A qsa mosque in gatherings during a visit to the Miam i area March 1. The priest said he traveled to South America for several Jerusalem but did not go in. The Ommayad mosque is built on a site that was first weeks earlier this year. "We met with the indi genous leaders of Colombia , and they said to us, 'We do not need your occupied by a Roman temple to Jup iter. In the Middle Ages VATICAN CITY - The Vatican hosted a private advance Black Hawk helicopters. You are here coming in with this a Christian basilica was dedicated there to St. John the showing of the remastered and restored version of "2001: A spray to kill the coca plants which is also killin g the rivers, Baptist , whose head was supposed to have been kept in the a 1968 science fiction film by director Space Odyssey," causing health problems for the children and Mother church. The church was taken over in the ei ghth century by Stanley Kubrick. Muslims and converted to a mosque. Earth ,'" Father Bourgeois said. Christiane and Anya Kubrick , the director 's widow and Plan Colombia is a $7.5 billion initiative — actually a attended the March 1 screening at the offices of the daughter, bundle of agrarian , social and military projects — for Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Vatican offiwhich the U.S. Congress has pledged $1.3 billion in milicials in the audience included U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley, tary support for a stepped-up "war on drugs." VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II has named the council' s president; Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan , German Cardinal Walter Kasper, an internationall y known president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers; theologian and ecumenist, to be president of the Pontifical and Norbertine Father Bernard Ardura, secretary of the Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Pontifical Council for Culture. Contraiy to some press Cardinal Kasper, who had been secretary of the council reports, Pope John Paul II did not attend the screening. DALLAS - Bishop Charles V. Grahmann of Dallas , who took a rare trip to Libya Feb. 15-20, found himself humbled since 1999, celebrated his 68th birthday March 5, two days "2001: A Space Odyssey " was featured in the council' s by the faith of Christian s there and convinced of the need after the pope named him head of the office for ecumenical 1995 selection of 45 full-length movies deemed to have spefor more U.S.-Libyan dialogue. relations. He succeeds 76-year-old Australian Cardinal Edward cial artistic and religious merit. Before the March 1 Vatican Bishop Grahmann , who also met with top Libyan offi- I. Cassidy, who had been president of the council since 1989. screening, Christiane Kubrick said her husband's movie was cials during the trip, made the visit at the invitation of Along with the announcement of Cardinal Kasper 's new "a reverential act toward the Creator, even if unknown." 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Archbishop Hurley hosted Pope John Paul II in Anchorage in February 1981. About 65,000 people participated in a papal Mass there; it was the largest group of Alaskans to be gathered in one place. In 1991, Archbishop Hurley founded and registered the Parish of the Nativity of Jesus in Magadan , in the Russian Far East. Two years before, he made the first of his nine tri ps to Magadan to attend to the pastoral needs of Catholics and other Christians in one of Russia 's most remote areas. Named to the "Top 25 Alaskans" list for a number of years, he was named "Alaskan of the Year" in 1997, the first religious leader so selected. "The archdiocese is deeply indebted to Archbishop HURLEY , page 9

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The runners who partici pate in the annual Run for Vocations here , don 't ask their supporters for p ledges but for prayers. This year the run, part of the 16th Los Angeles Marathon March 4, drew 77 priests, nuns , brothers , seminarians and p arishioners as runners. "Too many people only hear or see negative stories about priests and nuns." said Sister Kath y Bryant, a Relig ious Sister of Charity and one of three directors in the Los Angeles archdiocesan Office of Vocations. "They don 't know how healthy and happy and fulfilled we are. So when we run the marathon , they see that. It 's a joy ful witness," she told The Tidings archdiocesan newspaper. One of the runners who gave that witness for five years was Dominique Thuan Dinh Phatn , a Vietnamese immigrant who entered St. John 's Seminary in Camarillo back in 1997. "He wrote that the marathon taught him about life — the ups and downs ," recalled Sister Bryant. Pham was, she said , an encouragement to the other runners. This year 's Run for Vocations was dedicated in his memory. Pham, who had hoped to become a priest , died of brain cancer last July. His resolve to run despite everything, Sister Bryant explained , was inspiring. Those who ran the marathon in his honor

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This afternoon there are few sales and only the sounds of honking horns. By ni ght , the mother of three will return to those same streets to sell newspapers. Just outside the city, Candida Lopez lives in a rusted tin shack with her four children. "Oh, it 's better than when we first moved in , " she tells us, noticing our shocked looks at the holes in the corroded sheets of metal. The rain comes in through cracks in the roof and falls on a dirt floor. The mother of four quickl y covers the cracked wooden-frame beds with a sheet of black p lastic. "I don 't want the mats to get wet," she explains. They are made of cardboard.

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"I keep going for the sake of my children ," she tells us. And , she believes that one day God will take her out of this situation. "I think it will happen but I don 't know how." Even as we venture into the marketplace, the stories of people in need are endless. Nicaragua's largest market — all 32 acres — can't support the maj otity of its sellers sufficiently to feed dieir families. Socorro has 13 children. Each day she gets up at 2:30 a.m. in order to

prepare for her long day away from home , selling fruit at the market. She washes die children's clothes, gathers some firewood , and looks for scraps of food. She then washes the fruit — grapefruits, mangoes, and avocados — and wheels them in a small wooden barrow to the matketplace. Although Socorro stays at the market p lace until 6 p .m., there are few customers. She doesn't even make enough money "to survive today." Tired and weary, she tidies up her corner and goes home to bed. Her last hope — "that the market will provide enough to keep her family" — is fading. These are the typical stories of women throughout Latin America. Each day thousands of mothers take to the streets to sell their wares in

order to help feed their children. Each day thousands of mothers return home at dusk, empty-handed.

Buildinga NewLife "Just as one little boy gave his five loaves of bread and two fish so that five , thousand could eat, Jesus still multi p lies what we give in his name. Our God does a lot with small sacrifices, " explains Food For The Poor's p resident, Robin Mahfood. "Our organization is working hard to give women a chance for a better life. Every donation, large or small, becomes an answer to the prayers of women like these. " Food For The Poor is making a difference. Since Hurricane Mitch in 1998 , the international relief

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Skills Create Job Opp ortunities With support from Food For The Poor, Claudia of NicaraguaNuestra (Our Nicaragua) organizes nei ghborhood associations and helps women work to find their own solutions. One solution is to give women train ing so they can support themselves and their families. "We teach women how to hand sew, embroider, finish off clothes, understand sewing machine parts, and make clothing for the women in the community," Claudia explains. After they graduate , the women also receive a sewing machine from Food For The Poor. This enables them to set up their own businesses. The demand for these women, who spend three months learning

how to sew, is great. Many work in the free-trade zone, where they earn a minimum wage of $50 per week. "After Mitch , these women didn 't have the tools to work, " says Claudia, remembering the devastation of the furious storm. "They onl y knew how to fish. But now, they have a tool so that they can support their families. With the hel p of organizations like Food For The Poor, we have been able to do that. " Claudia explains that there 's alread y a long waiting list of women seeking entry into the course. Reina Isabel Orosa, 40, considers herself blessed. "I got into the sewing program and now not onl y can I feed my childre n , I am also able to send them to school ," she proudl y tells us. With the hel p of Food For Poor, Reina has also received a sewing machine. Now, each day after her children have gone to school , she sits in a corner

but teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime,'" says Mahfood. "Food For The Poor wants to end p overty for these women, not put it off for another day." The organization has done just that for Juana Areas Medina. Ei ght months ago , with the hel p of Food For The Poor, the 22-year-old mother opened her own store. Now each week, instead of going to the local village of Ti p itap a , to beg, the mother of two goes to reinvest some of her profits and stock up on supp lies of oil, rice, beans, flour, salt and sugar from the village wholesaler. "Now, I have money to reinvest into But sewing is not the onl y pro my business and hel p my communigram for women. Many women are ty. I no longer have to worry if I'll have enough to feed my children ," set up in their own businesses such as "Pul perias" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; small general stores Juana adds, "I can feed my children , â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to hel p not only themselves but my sick mother, my brothers and sisters. There are always good days and also the local community. "Well, you have heard the adage, 'Give a bad days ," she adds "but at least I'm not on the streets ." man a fish and feed him for a day,

of her house and sews skirts and j ackets for a local retailer. "He likes what I do so much and he supp lies all the material I need each week. All I have to do is put it together for him , " she tells us. She glances across the room at a p icture on the wall of drawings that her children made at school for Mother 's Day. "I know now that I can hel p my children ," she says. "I know that they won't end up like me and will have a chance of a better life. "

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Nun Seeks Help To Expand Slum School Sister Margarita of the Missionary Order of the Light of Christ pauses at the door of a cramped classroom

and listens intentl y to the voices of the children inside. This "school" located in a slum nei ghborhood of San Patricio, Nicaragua - is little more than a shed with a corrugated metal roof, windowless walls and a small door, the only source of li ght for the teacher and youngsters inside. The nun smiles. In sp ite of the condition of the school , the voices of the childre n are vibrant and full of faith. Simple as it is, the tiny school is an oasis of hope in the desert of poverty that parches most of Nicaragua. "We try very hard to hel p the children go to school and get food. There are two terrible slums in this area - these childre n come from both p laces," she explains. "It is the

most needy who are offered a spot in this school. We try to hel p as many as we can. " Stepping into the classroom is like walking into a murky oven. The heat is oppressive and the darkness drains the energy from one ' s soul. Sister Margarita nods to the children who turn to see who has entered. More than 50 youngsters are jammed into the space - a shoeless, rag-tag collection of ldds eager to learn. "I want to thank Food For The Poor and its benefactors for giving me the resources to help these people. We have a heart for the poor, but we lack the food and other supp lies to serve the community as much as we would like. The meat, rice and odier things we get from Food For The Poor helped us expand our outreach," Sister Margarita humbly says. "To serve the community, we have two

shifts of students , morning and afternoon. My prayer is that someday we can build a school with six proper classrooms. These people are in such great need." Robin Mahfood president of Food For The Poor, hopes ro help make Sister Margarita's dream a reality. "I don ' t know what the poor would do without diese dedicated women and men. Without their selfless dedication, p laces like this school wouldn ' t even exist. They are the ones who deserve to be praised - and supported," he says. "It ' s our privilege to hel p them in any way we can." As Sister Margarita walks away from the school , the children begin to sing. She pauses again and smiles. Even in one of the poorest slums of Managua , God' s love and hope are still alive. This is a sp irit worth preserving.

j C ATHOLIC = SAN FRANCISCO Physician assisted suicide Catholics who are concerned about pro-euthanasia lobbying efforts in the California legislature should continue to monitor developments in Oregon , which put in p lace a physician-assisted suicide program in 1997. Last year, 27 legal homicides took place under Oregon 's physician assisted suicide program, according to the Oregon Health Division 's annual report issued three weeks ago on February 21. As allowed by Oregon law, twenty-two physicians provided a lethal overdose for their patients in 2000. Nearly two thirds of the patients who committed suicide with their physician 's help said fear of being a "burden on family, friends or caregivers " motivated their decision. About one third cited "inadequate pain control" as the reason for their requ est to die. This despite the fact that with palliative care, experts tell us, there is no reason for a patient under a competent physician to have uncontrollable pain. More than two-thirds of the victims of Oregon 's lethal medicine were mairied and over half were female. "While depression has been identified as the primary reason in the request to have one 's life ended, a psychological evaluation was only requested by the attending physician in only 19% of the cases. C. Ben Mitchell , Senior Fellow at The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, says there is a "striking shift is the median time between the patient 's initial request for assisted suicide and the time of his or her death." In 1999, 83 days passed between the request and the death . In 2000, only 30 days elapsed between first request and the physician-assisted suicide. Mitchell argues, "Instead of abandoning patients, compassionate medicine provides hospice care. Rather than allowing dying patients to suffer, truly humane medicine treats their pain and alleviates theft fears. Palliative care must trump the lethal failure of the Oregon medical establishment." Only the most cynical viewpoint suggests that physician-assisted suicide simply is the ultimate form of pain management. Moreover, it is the failure to draw a clear difference between the two that has a chilling effect on pain management and palliative care, according to a statement published last fall by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops ' Secretarial for Pro-Life Activities, The statement notes a study in "Annals of Internal Medicine " (Oct. 3, 2000) found that support for assisted suicide among oncologists dropped from 46% to 23% over four years. But the cancer experts least likely to have peifonned assisted suicide or euthanasia were also more reluctant to increase the morphine dose for patients with excruciating pain. They did not understand the ethical and legal difference between aggressive pain management and assisted suicide — or they thought others would not understand it — and so they were reluctant to practice effective pain relief. The authors wrote: "This view may be encouraged by proponents of euthanasia who have argued that there is no difference between increasing narcotics for pain relief and euthanasia." In the April 1998 Minnesota Law Review, Dr. Howard Brod y likewise urged support for the "principle of double effect," clearly distinguishing intentional killing from the unintended shortening of life that may occur during aggressive pain management. He says pain management can be best served by clearly distinguishing it from assisted suicide. "Clinicians must believe, to some degree, in a form of the principle of double effect in order to prov ide optimal symptom relief at the end of life," Brody wrote. "A serious assau lt on the logic of the principle of double effect could do major violence to the (already reluctant and ill-informed) commitment of most physicians to the goals of palliative care and hospice." The same point has been made by national organizations committed to palliative care: Accepting assisted suicide as just another form of end-of-life care undermines genuine care for dying patients. The National Hospice Organization (now the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization) noted in its "friend of the court " brief in the Supreme Court 's 1997 assisted suicide cases, "the acceptance of assisted suicide as a way to deal with terminal illness would undercut further efforts to increase the public 's awareness of hospice as a life-aifirming option." The converse is also true: clearly rejecting assisted suicide is a benefit to palliative care. The American Medical Association in its brief in the Supreme Court cases said, "the prohibition on physician-assisted suicide provides health care professionals with a tremendous incentive to improve and expand the availability of palliative care." Experience has shown that these projections are correct: accepting assisted suicide alongside pain control undermines pain control. During oral arguments in the Supreme Court cases, lustice Stephen Breyer cited a British House of Lords report showing that acceptance of assisted suicide and euthanasia in the Netherlands has apparently led to the stagn ation of hospice medicine: The Dutch operated only three hospices at the same time that Great Britain, which bans assisted suicide, had 185 of them. Oregon, too, has seen a decline in palliative care since its adoption of physician-assisted suicide. Californians should note wetl the lessons of our northern neighbor. MEH

Real issue: Adherence to Magisterium

We , the core faculty of the St. Ignatius Institute (SII), who created and nurtured the progra m and together have served the University for over 90 years , would like to comment on the February 6th letter by Father Stephen Privett , S.J., who has been University president for six months. . We suggest concerned readers look beyond Father Privett 's reassuring rhetoric for reasons sturd y enough to carry the full weight of what has transp ired. Once we are attentive to what is not said in the president 's letter , li ght beg ins to dawn. Neither there nor in the other myriad exp lanations issuing from the administration will one find reference to fidelity to the living Mag isterium as being of any interest or relevance to the new, "reorganized" SII. Such fidelity, however, happens to have been SII's sine qua non , one of two fundamental princi ples upon which it was founded , the other being academic excellence , and this foundation is inscribed in offi cial documents. It has become painfu ly obvious that unequivocal public adherence to the voice of the Apostolic See is viewed at USF, despite its vaunted commitment to "diversity," as a theolog ical aberration not to be tolerated in any of its programs. No routine invocation of "the Catholic intellectual tradition " can hide this attempt to squelch our freedom and ri ght to be faithful as a pro gram, and the ri ght of so many students who come to USF to discover , not a plethora of home-spun "theolog ies ," but the actual teaching of the Catholic Chuch before it has been subjected to endless rounds of hermeneutics. Any scholar with credentials , whether Catholic or not , can discourse historicall y on "the.Catholic tradition "; faithful adherence to the living Tradition is quite another matter. USF adminstrators making momentous decisions seem to forget that the original meaning of "katholikos ", as first used by Ignatius of Antioch and as became normative , is not eclectic "catch-all" but rather "universal " in a most precise sense; it ref ers to what is believed by the whole Church of all times and p laces , in

contrast to the provincial prejudices of local Sects. To quote Archbishop Levada 's wise words from the same issue of CSF, "to be faithfu l transmitters of the message of salvation that we have received from Christ , throug h the A postles , for these 20 centuries in the Church" means "not to doctor it up according to the way we would like to hear it but to be faithfu l to it." This and this alone has been the soul of SII from its inception , and it is the present exclusion of this foundation by our president 's decision that will necessaril y produce a radicall y mutated academic program lacking precisel y what made it uni que. Thomas Cavanaug h Raymond Dennehy Erasmo Leiva Kim Summerhays Michael Torre

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Misp laced Compassion

Thanks go to Father Lorenzoni , SDB (180-degree turn on death penalty, letters , March 9), for the candid admission that the Church' s teaching on the death penalty has changed (de facto if not de jure). This admission may likely lead many to infer that Church teaching is not so immutable and infallible after all. As man ' s social conscience evolves still further , can we expect the Church , of the not too distant future , to become compassionate and understanding toward the sexuall y active couple that finds the woman pregnant outside of marriage and desire a quick fix to their situation? Will abortion , and homosexuality be acceptable in the future? There is a grave danger here in misp laced compassion. Larry H. Burdoin San Francisco

Facing up to p ain of burial costs

At my age — almost 90 and a widower — I don 't write many letters , so forg ive errors. Ms. Kath y Atkinson ' s article in Catholic San Francisco Feb. 23 was upsetting to me. It seemed to be an unpaid advertisement for Catholic Cemeteries. 1 don't need this. She spoke of the "pain of the body, the casket, etc." in an attempt to discourage cremation. She neglected the pain of the funeral bill , obituary, flowers , which get thrown out , and the very large cost of the above ., including tombstone and lettering. Since it is my wish to be cremated , and it is my bod y, I feel 1 should have something to say about it. I am planning to donate the money saved on funeral expenses to hel p the needy and poor. Even though ori ginally I intended to be buried next to my wife, when I found (I prepaid the expenses) that it would cost a small fortune on top of everything else to reopen the ground , I changed my p lans. Many people may agree with Ms. Atkinson , which is fine. Just do not place a guilt tri p on those of us close to the end. As a friend asked , ' what do poor people do when they die?" Henry (Hank) Prevost San Carlos

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Holy Longing As we open the first chapter of the Catechism (CCC and to look inside. We can look out on creation , what #27-49) I am reminded of a wonderful book by Father Ronald Knox called "the oldest detective story in the Ronald Rolheiser, The Holy Longing. This title captures world." While people refer to St. Thomas Aquinas ' five beautifull y the starting point of our journey, the human "proofs" for the existence of God from creation , it would long ing for God. As St. Augustine prayed , "You have be more accurate to call them five "clues" - what the made us for yourself , 0 Lord, and our hearts are restless medieval theologians meant by referring to creation as until they rest in You." (CCC #30) "divine footprints." The beauty, order and harmony of If ever a person lived that prayer, it was Augustine the world around us do not "prove" that there is a God , himself. Can you imagine the field day the media would but stand as testimony that it is reasonable to believe have if one of the most prominent bishops of the there is a God. Our Catholic faith teaches that it is possible to come to the Catholic Church pubtruth that there is a lished memoirs in Our Catholic faith teaches that it is God from what we see which he revealed that around us, but th at it is in his youth he had fre- possible to come to the truth that there difficult to come to quented the bar scene, know God by the light dabbled in new-age is a God from what we see around us, of reason alone. (CCC religions, and fathered know but that it is difficult to come to #36-38) a child out of wedThe other avenue lock? Yet that is what that can lead to God is Augustine did in writ- God by the light of reason alone within , and the two ing his Confessions. paths are connected. A Monarch butterfl y is a beautiful Should his spiritual autobiograp hy ever be made into a movie, the theme song might be "Looking for love in all insect , but it takes a human audience to appreciate that beauty. Secular humanists can attempt to explain the the wrong places"! Augustine wrote this great work to tell the story of magic of the world through some theory of an accidenhis search for God - which was really the tale of God's tal collision of gases aeons ago, but they will never patient search for him. The convert bishop told his story explain that thrill which causes my heart to race when not as "true confessions," but as a proclamation of grat- 1 come upon some magnificent vista . What evolutionitude for the way God allowed him to explore all ary purpose would that emotion serve? There is so avenues, until he finally came to find in God the goal of much within us which is not "useful" - another Godly his yearning. The hunger for transcendence and meaning footprint. And we find within us a horizon which is greater has shaped the various philosophies and religions which than this world. A friend told me that he had been mark every human culture. Where to begin the search? From the human per- raised by "devoutly " atheistic parents who had outspective, there are onl y two directions: to look outside grown the fairy tale of God. My friend' s mother died

when he was eight years old. When he asked his dad where mom was, the father assured him that she was in heaven with God , and that they Father would be together -»*•] . -p \\r I -L again one day. I would Milton 1. WalSn prefer to believe that the father was not lying to comfort his son - even young children sense when their parents are telling them things they don 't believe. Rather , I think the father was voicing a hope for immortality which bursts from the depths of the human heart . In concluding our look at the first chapter of the Catechism , I would draw your attention to a very important point; we might call it a healthy Catholic agnosticism. God is so much more than anything we can imagine as to be "inexpressible and incomprehensible" (St. John Chrysostom), so that we cannot grasp what he is, but only what he is not (St. Thomas Aquinas). According to the teaching of the Fourth Lateran Council , "between the Creator and the creature there can be no likeness perceived which is not surpassed by a greater unlikeness between them." (CCC # 42-43) We will never "understand" God. Holy longings demand not only dedicated searching, but profound humility. This is one journey we begin by taking our shoes off , for we are walking on holy ground.

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

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Education for the Kids Who Need it Most Governor Gray Davis has gone to great lengths to Foster children slip into the chasm between educaemphasize an education agenda including teacher tion and social service bureaucracies. A child typically bonuses, standardized testing, and outcome measures. arrives at a foster home without education records, so With six million children in public schools, there will be that weeks and sometimes months go by before they are lots of data to collect and a spirited debate over whether enrolled in school, and when they are eventually we 're succeeding. Easy to forget in this conversation, enrolled, it is often at the wrong level and without adehowever, are the children at the fringe , from decimated quate support. This is compounded by frequent transfers families, who are periodically not enrolled or even between foster placements. Aside from school time, credits are also lost, so that kids might emancipate with counted. Children who are neglected, abused and abandoned only half of their high school credits, a major handicap by their parents become foster youth , and these youth for 18-year-olds trying to make it on their own. currently receive the "I got into the shoddiest schooling says one system," A child typically arrives at a foster home of any group in girl, "because I had California. Given without education records, so that weeks an alcoholic mother the quality of their who had lots of education , one has and sometimes months go by before they boyfriends. I basito wonder whether cally took myself "Education are enrolled in school, and when they are our out of school after ," who is Governor sixth grade, staying theft surrogate par- eventually enrolled , it is often at the at home 24 hours a day watching TV, ent, is an absentee wrong ley el and without adequate support. smoking pot , and dad . Over the past never leaving the several years, the failures of our state 's foster care sys- house (a group home). The sad thing is nobody noticed." tem have been well publicized. The system manages In the words of one official, these children have been 115,000 children , typ icall y from families with parents treated as "throw away kids." The state began to address this problem with a small addicted to drugs or alcohol. The system is p lagued by heav y caseloads and frequent transfers of children: fur- pilot in the 1970s and a modest expansion in 1998. ther aggravating the experience of neglect from which Thirteen percent of foster children are now covered under the Foster Youth Services Program, which expethe state is supposed to be rescuing them. dites record transfers , gets kids enrolled in school quick's one natural Amidst the chaos of these children lives, point of stability and hope is school. Once we have met ly, and secures the needed tutoring, mentoring and counthen need for physical safety and sustenance , education is seling services. According to a report last year by the perhaps the most important thing we can offer these chil- State Department of Education , the program has sucdren. It is their best hope for success when they are "eman- ceeded in terms of attendance, discipline, and academic cipated ," the euphemism for cutting them loose at age 18. achievement.

Based on this success, full expansion of the program would seem obvious , and indeed, last year the Legislature passed a bill by Assemblyman

Kevin Shelley (D-San

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Francisco) to extend — the program to include all foster youth . No groups opposed the bill and it received broad bipartisan support. The Governor, however, vetoed it, on inexplicable procedural grounds. In politics , resources go to the groups with clout. The children at issue are not organized nor do they even yet have the right to vote: they are political nonentities. In Hebrew scripture they are the anawim , orphans , the lowest and most marginalized of our society. Yet it is because of their powerlessness that we as a faith community believe they hold a special claim on our resources. California recognize s this special relationship, by designating the state as their de facto parent. And of course, the state is more than the Governor or the Legislature: it is all of us. Legall y and morally, these kids are our children . The Legislature will be tackling a number of foster care issues again this session, and Assemblyman Shelley has re-introduced the bill (AB 797) for foster youth services. The challenge for us as Catholics is to amplify the voice of these children so that the Governor and others appreciate that, as their de facto parents, we should be doing better by our foster children. Rick Mockle r is Executiv e Director of Catholic Charities of California. He can be reached af rmockler@cacatholic.on ' .

SCRIPTURE & LITURGY Scrutinies uncover, heal and strengthen Today the elect (those who will be initiated into our Church at the Easter Vigil , April 14) celebrate the first of three scrutinies. Right! What 's a scrutiny ? The scrutinies ritualize what has been going on recently in the lives of the elect and of us who hope to renew our baptismal commitment at Easter. They are meant "to uncover, then heal all that is weak, defective , or sinful in the hearts of the elect; to bring out , then strengthen all that is upri ght, strong and good." (RCIA , % 141) This "uncovering" and "bring ing out " are the work of communities empowered to do so by the Word of God chosen for this Sunday 's liturgy. To uncover "the weak, defective, or sinful" is to allow the Word to identify us with Israel in the desert, the community of Christians at Rome, and the Samaritan woman at Jacob' s well. Being God 's People is no light honor; at times we are totally unaware of his guidance and prefer to go back to slavery and isolation. "In their thirs t for water, the people grumbled against Moses, saying, 'Wh y did you ever make us leave Egypt? Was it just to have us die here of thirst with our children and our livestock?' With the community at Rome, do we have difficulty believing that our Lenten journey will get us somewhere God-guided? Do we trust that what God has accomplished in Jesus Christ will ripple and echo in our lives because of the Spirit 's presence in our communities? "We boast in the hope of the glory of God. And hope does not disappoint , because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Hol y Spirit who has been give n to us." Wi th the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well , we can thirst for the wrong water. In the face of Jesus promising her "living water," she thinks of the substance in the well, " 'Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep; where can you "get this living water?' With the

Third Sunday of Lent, Year A Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42.

Father David M. Pettingill Samaritan woman, we must allow Jesus to expose to us our past life:" T do not have a husband.' Jesus said to her, 'You are right., .for you have had five husbands , and the one you have now is not your husband. '" Thanks to the Lenten liturg ies, the elect and we have been in the healthy process of acknowledging our need for God 's action in Christ; we have been declaring operational space for him in our lives. Bring ing out all that is "uprig ht , strong, and good" has also been the ministry of our community to us. Desert travelers do have their thirst quenched: " 'Strike the rock , and the water will flow from it for the peop le to drink. ' "We can become convinced of how deeply God loves us: "For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at the appointed time for the ungodly... God proves his love for us

in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us." We can drink the "living water" Jesus provides and bear witness to him in our world: '"Come see a man who told me everything 1 have done....' Many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in him because of the work of the woman." The first scrutiny reminds us of how much has been going on in our parish communities because the Word we hear discloses to us our profound need for God 's action in our midst and his response to that need in the death and resurrection of Jesus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the event th at makes and maintains us as Church. So we pray for the elect (and for ourselves) on this Sunday of Scrutiny: "That , like the woman of Samaria , our elect may review their lives before Christ and acknowledge their sins... That while awaiting the gift of God , they may long with all their hearts for the living water that brings eternal life... "That they may share with their friends and nei ghbors the wonder of their own meeting with Christ...." Questions for Small Communities of Faith 1. Do we understand that any conversion to Christ includes evangelization? 2. What can our group do to live this way?

Father David M. Petting ill is assistant to the moderator of the curia and parochia l vicar at St. Emydius Parish, San Francisco.

Triduum p lanning: The Vigil and its Promises The parish liturgy committee is putting the finishing touches on the preparation for our Triduum celebration. We find it so hel pful to recal l that the three days from which the Triduum gets its name are Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. The Catholic Church commemorates those days in the Jewish manner, beginning with the evening before. It 's also been a strong focus for us to recall that the three days celebrate one thing: the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ, in particular these days of his dying and rising. Each of the three days holds that truth in a uni que way. But each day celebrates the anniversary of Christ 's death and resurrection with the tang ible sense of the risen Lord now in our midst. We don 't "wait for the resurrection " on Easter : he is slain and risen and among us at every moment. This one focus of the Paschal Mystery .for all of Triduum keeps us from splitting the days apart, as if each of the three days had a separate "theme." The one theme of all liturgy of course is the Paschal Mystery. For Triduum, that theme is powerfully expressed in the Hol y Thursday entrance antiphon: "We should glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, for he is our salvation, our life and our resurrection; through him we are saved and made free." This anti phon is the anchor of our Triduum preparations; we measure every idea against this vibrant and clear proclamation of our faith. An enjoyable element of this year's Easter Vigil preparation has been the discussion of when it begins. We are aware that the Vigil does not even

Sister Sharon McMillan, SND begin until after nightfall. Not just after sunset , but after nightfall. One committee member is checking with the web site of the U. S. Naval Observatory to be absolutel y precise! But between 8:30 and 9:00 has been our custom. At that hour the bright , soaring flames of the large outdoor fire (which is lit well ahead of time) draws everyone in to continue this liturgy which has been going on for two whole days by this point. Other plans are well underway: Mike, our deacon , has

been practicing the Easter proclamation (the Exultet) so that he can pray it as well as sing it; the immersion font will be cleaned and ready (with warm water!); the Paschal candle has been trimmed so that it fits into the holder; all the people 's candles are ready; the lectors are pray ing and practicing as are the musicians. Ceci and Cherie have made the grey shawls for the catechumens to wear as a sign of their former way of life . As they are called by name to be baptized into Christ 's new life , they will drop the shawls and enter barefoot into the saving waters. We still need to buy three more large white bath towels for wrapping up the newl y-baptized (the neophytes) as they come up out of the waters. Our catechumenate grows bit b y bit every year, so we are always short of towels! But never short of enthusiasm and gratitude for the gift of the live s of the neophytes in our parish. During this hol y Lenten season, this period of purification and enli ghtenment for the elect (those to be baptized at the Vigil), let all of us in the Churc h of San Francisco keep the elect in our prayers and thoughts. May their faith , their trust in Christ, their commitment to the Body of Christ remind us all of the grace and challenge of our own baptismal promises. Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary . Menlo Park.

Good music creates a 'radiant ' Mass By John Strange CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Liturgical music is not an "optional extra," as some Catholics and even priests seem to think , Father Michael Joncas, liturgical musician and composer of "On Eagle 's Wings," said at a conference in the Raleigh Diocese. In fact, he said, good music can often rescue or improve poor liturgy.

"The liturgy, insofar as it is a divine mystery, is perfect ," Father Joncas told the NC Catholic , Ralei gh diocesan newspaper, after a daylong workshop at the Newman Center at the University of North Carolina. "The liturgy involves not only present human beings gathered in the space; it also involves the angels , and the saints, and all those who have gone before us in faith ," he said. "That heavenly liturgy, which we are allowed to participate in, is clearl y perfect. God receives perfect praise.

"Having said that , our earthly participation in the heav enly liturgy is, like any other human experience, variable," added Father Joncas , who is a priest of the St. PaulMinneapolis Archdiocese. "There are times when we are more radiant with the power of the heavenl y liturgy, and there are times when we are less radiant. " The "less radiant " Mass, he said, is often marked by poorly chosen music , and what he called a "cognitive dissonance."

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The Eucharist molding us into community There is a story told aboul a Jewish farmer who, because he was careless, had to spend a Sabbath day in his field. Preoccup ied with his work , he had let the sun go down without going home. Now, being a pious believer , he was not allowed to travel until sunset the next day. So he spent the day in the field , by himself , missing both the Seder meal with his family and the services at the synagogue. When he finall y did return home the next evening, he was met by an irate wife and an equall y upset rabbi. The rabbi eluded him for his carelessness and asked him , "What did you do in the field by yourself all day? Did you at least pray?" "Rabbi," the farmer answered , "I'm not a very smart man and I don 't know many prayers. Ail the prayers I knew, I said in five minutes. What I did the rest of the day was simply recite the alphabet. I left it up to God to make some words out of all those letters." We leave it to God to make the word s out of the alphabet of our lives. There are few better ways to describe how the Eucharist works in terms of forming us into one heart in Christ. The Eucharist , as we know, is meant to form us into one body in a way that takes us beyond the differences and divisions of personality, ideology, theology, gender, ethnicity, history, social status , preoccupation , privatized agenda , and jealousy. Oftentimes it alone has the power to do this. Why ? Why does the Eucharist have such unique power? The Eucharist creates community in a way that cannot be explained in terms of normal group process. Onl y * the language of ritual sheds any li ght here . What happens at the Eucharist cannot be extrapolated and explained in term s of simp le psycholog ical dynamics. It transcends the purel y psychological , as does all powerful ritual process. How? An analogy might be helpful in try ing to understand this. I entered the Oblate seminary in my late teens as part

of a group ol nearl y 50 young men (with an average age under 25). We were housed in one smal l, overcrowded building which also served us for classrooms , library, cafeteria, and recreation. \ lived in that situation , a potential psychological hotbed , for six years and , overall , it was a wonderful experience. Despite our differences in background and personal ity and our youthful immaturities , we basicall y got on quite well with each other. Very few left the seminary, in those years , over relational difficulties with other seminarians. However, one of the linchpins within our dail y program was something we called "Oraison." It worked this way: For half an hour each morning and for another half-hour each night, we would sit together, all of us, in complete silence in the chapel. No words were exchanged among us and nothing was expected of anyone except his silent presence. Looking back now, I see that this particular practice of sitting together in silence, in prayer, for an hour each day, did more to bring us together and keep us together than did all the community-building exercises we did at other times. It created a ritual container that held us together in a way that no purel y psychological or emotional container ever can. What we had each day was akin to a "Quaker silence." We sat together, before God , and asked God to give us something that we could not give to ourselves , namely, community beyond our differences. We asked God to make a single word out of the different letters of our lives. And it wasn 't anything romantic, you can be sure of that! We sat in a chapel , which itself was no aesthetic prize, as a group of immature, young men, and we fought sleep, boredom, our honnones, tiredness, low sugar, initation with each other, full moons, growling stomachs, homesickness, emotional obsessions, scars from our sporting events, and jeal-

ousies. This wasn 't the holy famil y â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not by a long shot. But it worked â&#x20AC;&#x201D; marvelousl y so. God gave us , dail y, something we couldn 't give to ourselves: a common heart and common spirit. So, too, in Eucharist.

Recently i saw a

r atner Ron Rolheiser

___ __ ___ satirical version of Leonardo da Vinci's famous Last Supper. Mostl y it looked like the original , except , in this updated version , one of the disciples is making a phone cal l on a mobile phone, just as Jesus is lifting the bread and wine to God for consecration. Not far off the mark at all! One of our deepest , congenital longings is for community. But we come together, seeking each other, carry ing huge differences: our wounds, our separate histories , our preoccupations , our sexual and emotional obsessions, our jealousies , our boredom , and (far too often) our cellular telephones. Such is our al phabet. On our own we cannot form ourselves into a sing le prayer or into a single heart. Only God can make those words. God does this for us in the Eucharist.

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

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Jesus, not the radio, teaches us love "I wan t to know what love is; I want you to show me." This plea was repeated in a ballad popular years ago. Another sounded even more urgent: "I live for your love." Songs like these reflect the human yearning for love. They speak of the power that feelings of love can wield. And they reveal how little we sometimes understand about love. Romantic sentiments hold a place in outlives. However, we do not learn much about love by listening to the radio. The Bible is a more helpful source for tutorial s in love. Indeed the author is Love Himself. To begin , if the singers in the above songs had been addressing God , they might have approached the truth. God can show us what love is, and we do live for God's love. Our Creator made us this way. However , songs such as these do not seem to be addressed to the Almi ghty, but to a "love interest," some poor soul who is probabl y nearly as lost as the rest of us. Here is where the good news of Jesus comes to instruct. Lent is an ideal season to clip away selfishness and learn Christ 's love. Jesus doesn 't just express love or teach love. Jesus actually IS the love of God made flesh. When we place our need for love in the heart of Jesus, several positive things happen. First, we learn how to love. We learn, "Love is patient and kind . It is not jealo us. Love is hot pompous, it is not

rude , it does not seek its own interest , it is not quick-tempered , it does not brood over injury. Love does not rejoice over evil but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things , hopes all things , endures all things. Love never fails." (1 Corinth ians 13) A second happy result from being "in love" with Jesus is that he loves us more perfectl y than any human. So we are actuall y fulfilled in Jesus ' love. Contrast this with the disillusionment nearly everyone faces in human relationships when loved ones falter. A third benefit: our loved ones experience greater joy and peace with us, as our well is already filled with the Hol y Sp irit. Since our "needs are being met " (the subject of many popular books lamenting broken relationshi ps), we come to our loved ones from a place of serenity. We are not rely ing on humans to fill a void they cannot fill. Thus our beloveds have room to grow, to pray, to try new ways. They tend to feel better around us; which improves how they treat us. This blesses dail y life. Love is not easy, as we tend to keep one eye out for whatever we might receive, and one hal f of our heart bent on brooding and nursing jealousies. This attitude we pepper with "healthy cynicism," the opposite of "bearing, believ ing, hoping and enduring" all things. So we find power to love through prayer. We pray for

patience and understanding. For generosity, and for chastity, in which sexuality is placed at the service of authentic Christian love. We pray for slow anger and quick forgiveness, to have bitterness removed from our hearts. We pray for discernment about how to love a particular person in a given situation . We pray to feel God's burning love for us. St. Paul lists fifteen attributes of love in the passage from Corinthians. We might struggle to remember all fifteen, much less implement them. Still , love is served when we possess a true and hel pful description of it. "Hit me with your best shot," beat the refrain from another song. Now that reveals the truth about "love" when it relies only on our devices.

Karnille Maher

Karnille Maher is a member of St. John of God Parish, San Francisco, and a member of the Catholic San Francisco editorial team.

Question Corner

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Before Easter Father John Dietzen 0.

In our p arish we have what appears to be a local custom concerning adoration of the Blessed Sacrament before Easter. Most of us recall that after Mass on Holy Thursday evening, adoration took p lace at what we called the altar of repose until around midn ight. After this there was no adoration at this altar or any p lace else until the Easter Vig il. It was a beautiful way to be reminded of that p eriod between our Lord 's death and resurrection. Here the repository is so arranged that adoration continues all day Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Have the

rules changed? Why must we always be so quick to compromise our traditions? (North Carolina) A. No, there has been no change from the sacred Triduum ceremonies that you remember. The Sacramentary (Missal) notes that after the transfer of the Eucharist to the place of reposition Holy Thursday evening, people should be encouraged to continue adoration before the Blessed Sacrament for a suitable period during the night, "but there should be no solemn adoration after midnight." After Communion on Good Friday, says the Sacramentary,the Eucharist is returned to its p lace outside the church (in the sacristy or separate oratory) or, if circumstances require , in the tabernacle. Before the Easter Vigil, "Communion may be given only as viaticum."

Obviously, prayer is encouraged during these days , even in church. But by the Church's ancient traditions and current rubrics, something special is happening in the Church's life during these hours symbolized by the separation of the Eucharist from the church. Thus, the Eucharist is intended to be reserved after the Good Friday liturgy onl y for Communion to those who are dying, not for "solemn" or public adoration. (A free brochure outlining basic Catholic prayers , beliefs and moral precepts, is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen , Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or e-mail: jjdietze n@aoI.com. Copyri ght (c) 2001 by Catholic News Service .

Landings offers compassionate welcome home ÂŚ Continued from cover

Father Jac said the schedule is important but the "key is compassionFather Jac said his image was "like in old WWII ate listening. If you 're always wondermovies where a plane would come in and if it didn 't get ing what you 're going to say next , you shot at" it would land. "When people come back and reall y can 't listen to anyone else." During the ten weeks of the protake a look at us again , if they feel warm , welcome and gram , partici pants find themselves getnot shot at, they 'll stay," Father Jac said. 's Because Landings is based on listening, it impor- ting "very, very close to one another ," tant that everyone gets the chance to tell his or her story, Father Jac said. The tenets of the Father Jac pointed out. He noted a Methodist stud y on Creed , as Catholics know it from Mass returning members that found peop le need "an hour on Sunday, guide the discussions. visit for every year they 've been away. You can 't just "There 's something thrilling about lisinvite them home for Christmas or hav e one session ," tening to other people talk about what Father Jac said. "They have to make some friends and they believe ," Father Jac said. The ori ginal program was planned start to feel at home within the community. " ' it. "It doesn t to be a series of lectures until a group doing Volunteers learn the program by Father of 100 returning Catholics in Jac said. ," come alive until' you sit through it , Wash., dwindled to seven Aberdeen ing to convince them they are hol y "We're just try after several of the talks. The next forthe and smart enough to do it and also follow enough ' mat of having onl y the returning they don t get do what we tell them , directions. If they When this is Catholics tell their stories was a step in have a good time. into trouble and they the ri direction but not far enough, leave with the enthusiasm and wisght over, they usually Facilitating the San Mateo trainings were from left Father Jac said , explaining the process dom and materials to start a program." Paulist Father Jac Campbell; Joan Horn; Presentation Landings is compact and fully explained on one side "still made them feel like outsiders." Sister Antonio Heaphy; Paulist Father Dick Chilson; . What guided the formation of of a letter sized laminated sheet and an accompany ing Landings as it is today was realizing from parbut it asks at least modest discipline booklet , ticipants , be they "welcoming" or "returning " what kind of information returning Catholics were after, two or three people at a time ," Sister Heaphy said. "It 's Catholics. The meetings are outlined on the sheet with Father Jac said. "We asked what do they reall y want to not a class. It 's a very guided and personal process directions about what should happen and when it should know," Father Jac recalled , "and realized it was how is where the returning person is involved with six to eight happen . Meetings focus on sharing and exploring faith the Church living today and who are these Catholics I' m practicing Catholics with compassionate and non-judgmental hearts." going to be part of." issues. Confidentiality is an imperative. Landings can also be a The nine elements of "starting for point " each two-hour meeting Catholics who have found include starting on time. themselves outside the The next step, Check-in Church due to issues such time , is for the groups as divorce and remarsix to eight "welcomers" riage , Sister Heaphy said. and no more than three "We would not say to returning Catholics - "to anyone 'Your problem is tune into each other 's fives too serious , don 't come to and try to bridge the time us '. Anyone who wants to spent apart ," according to come should come. If the Landings booklet. there is an issue such as An opening prayer and divorce , then they will be one group member 's sharreferred to the appropriate ing his or her "Spiritual person for hel p." Journey Story " follow. Partici pants may then "The thing that peop le have to always remember respond to the story, is that God loves them remembering that hearing it puts them "in a priviunconditionally, " Sister leged position." A break Heaphy said. "What we is followed by a longer do isn 't going to change Paulist Father Jac Campbell outlines Landings at the Sunset District 's Holy Name God's love for us at all. discussion of a contempoof Jesus Church. Father Campbell had just incited laughter in the group explaining What we do changes our rary Catholic theme the importance of keeping Landings meetings on schedule. Pointing the finger even at decided the week before . love for God and that 's himself, he said , "We can listen to anyone when we know when they are going to shut up." During a brief housewhat we have to grapp le keeping period , assignwith. God will always ments for the next week such as storyteller, prayer "We're reall y a mom and pop store ," Father Jac said. love you and if every body understood that we wouldn 't leader, refreshments are decided. Participants are "Our agenda is to get people back to the sacraments and have people walking away. You can 't do something that reminded that the greatness of what 's being achieved have them go out in the world and be Catholic images is unforg ivable because God's love is unconditional. " should ring throughout the steps including "good food" of Christ." Elaine Yastishock , pastoral associate at St. Catherine for refreshment. A portable library dealing with spirituLandings is accepted by bishops across the country, of Siena , represented the parish at San Mateo County al and theological issues is kept available for reference. Father Jac said, noting it 's at work in 65 dioceses in the training on March 3. She said that she and pastor Father U.S., five dioceses in Al Vucinovich both thought Landings could benefit the Canada and soon will be Burlingame community. "Father Al and I had heard implemented in Eng land. about the program and he had expressed his openness to "Landings promises it ," Ms. Yastishock said , adding she had learned of help in finding your way Landings through her work as coordinator of Young back to the community Adul t Ministry at St. Catherine 's. t that we call Church ," Ms. Yastishock , who holds a graduate degree in passaid Presentation Sister toral ministry from Berkeley 's Franciscan School of Antonio Heaphy, direc- Theology, said she 's "reall y excited to bring evangelizator of Pastoral Ministry tion" to the Church' s estranged community and is "confor the Archdiocese , the vinced" the beg innings of bringing Catholics back to department coordinating the Church lies in "personal relationships. " the Landings training. Landings will become one of several steps the parish "Landings works has taken to "create more opportunities for peop le to extremely well for the know one another better," the Hershey, Pennsylvania person who has sort of native said. drifted out of the Church. Dan Stenson , with his wife, Leticia and 13 additionIt 's a way of say ing al Landings team members have helped approximatel y you 're always welcome 25 Catholics return to the Church since beg inning the to come back. The door 's program at St. Bartholomew Parish , San Mateo , two always open." years ago. The parish was the site of the Marc h 3 San From left: Paul Six, St. Luke 's; and Tim Clements and Audrey Welch "An important part of Mateo County sessions with the Stensons serving as of Our Lady of the Pillar, put their thoughts together at Landings the Landings program is hosts. training at San Mateo 's St. Bartholomew Church on March 3. that each team hel ps only LANDINGS , page 19

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to them at Easter, Christmas , weddings and funerals." Michael Adams returned to the Church throug h ÂŚ Continued fro m page 18 Landings at Old St. Mary 's Parish seven years ago after an absence of 20 years and today hel ps others in the Mr. Stenson , who completed evangelization courses same way. Mr. Adams said his leaving the Churc h was a with the Archdiocese 's School of Pastoral Leadershi p, "slow process " and "involved some issues I had with the said parish listening Church. Mr. Adams sessions instituted by said he "started not Landings will soon be active in more than 20 pastor, Father Daniel going " to Mass parishes in San Francisco , Mari n and San Mateo Keohane , revealed while living in St. counties. Programs are currently active at St. many parishioners Louis and b y the Dominic Parish , San Francisco , (415) 567-7824 ; thought "reaching time he moved to St. Phili p Parish, San Francisco, (415) 282out to inactive California "did not 0141; Old St. Mary 's Parish , (415) 288-3800; Catholics " was necattend anywhere " Our Lad y of Angels Parish , Burlingame, (650) essary. "It was evibut "missed it." 347-7768; St. Bartholomew Parish, dent that a lot of peo"The Landings San Mateo, (650) 347-0701. ple in the parish program allowed me wanted this ," Mr. to meet with a group Stenson said. of peop le that I An initial step of could be very open of the faith on which Pope John Paul II focused during making the parish with , very trusting his visit to St. Louis in 1999. community aware of In a homil y at a princi pal liturgy there , the pope with ," Mr. Adams the new ministry said before the start spoke directly to Catholics "separated from the practice included presenting of the training at of their faith" with these words: the program to the "On the eve of the Great Jubilee of the 2000th Holy Name of Jesus Landings training at St. Bartholomew Church. From left: Bob Parish on March 9. anniversary of the Incarnation , Christ is seeking you out pastoral council and Zuehlke , St. Catherine of Siena; Diane Johnson , St. Dunstan; "It was that accept- and inviting you back to the community of faith. Is this staff of St. Deacon John McGhee , Our Lady of Refuge Mission, Pescadero; ' B a r t h o l o m e w s. ance. The people in not the moment for you to experience the joy of returnMargaret DeHart, St. Robert 's; Deacon Rusty Duffey, St. Robert 's; the group are still ing to the Father 's house? In some cases there may still "You need the Margie Cavolina , St. Dunstan; Mary Hutchings , St. Dunstan. very close friends ot be obstacles to Euc-haristic partici pation; in some cases involvement of the mine." there may be memories to be healed; in all cases there ," Mr. whole parish , a smile call Mr. Adams has facilitated tour Landings groups duris the assurance of God's love and mercy." "It can all begin with a phone Stenson said. 's "The pope hit the nail right on the head there," Sister handed a bulletin." ing the last five years and serves at Old St. Mary as a or being Mr. Stenson said he has concluded that , "You never lector and acolyte. "Th e incredible experience I' ve had Heaphy said. "He made that special address to (estranged with learn more about your faith than when you have a working Catholics). Of all chance to share it." He said his partici pation in the pro- peop le doing the people who gram has also allowed him "to study my faith in ways I what I did is were there , he could never have imag ined" and "made me a better and humbling and concentrated on gets me very happ ier Catholic." that aspect of who Not everyone who starts the program finishes it , but excited ," he said. we are as that should not be a reflection on their desire to return "At the end of Church." to the community, Mr. Stenson said. "Some peop le are the program , il is More than more comfortable in other surroundings ," such as one- hoped that par250 ,000 peop le on-one meetings with a member of the clerg y and the tici pants have have so far particRite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RC1A). "There is discovered or in ipated no exclusivity to Landings. It 's just one more way to say rediscovered a Landings, half as Churc h that realwe 're glad you 're here ." welcomers and Mr. Stenson called the process "not easy but well ly loves them , half as returning worth doing " and said "a couple of peop le we 've wel- the richness of Catholics. comed throug h the program are now team members." St. their faith , and a Statistics ind icate Bartholomew 's Landings volunteers hope to "serve as community th at there are 10 mentors " to parishes who are new to the program , Mr. will welcome Representing Old St. Mary's in Chinatown at a recent Landings trainings at potential returning Holy Name of Jesus Church , San Francisco , were from left Mariann them Stenson said. Catholics for each back ," Ferretti, Ruthmary Hyatt, Julie Todd, Michael Adams , Barbara Rastatter. Finding Catholics who mig ht take part in the pro- Sister Heap hy enrolled RCIA candidate. gram is not as tough as it might seem according to Joan pointed out. For more information on Landings , or to support Sister Heap hy said the wider implementation of Horn , Landings ' national coordinator , who hel ped facilitate the trainings. "There already here ," Ms. Horn said Landings in the Archdiocese is part of the evangeliza- their ministry, visit website , www.paulist.org/landduring a break from the San Mateo talks. "We sit next tion process of the local and larger Church, a dimension ings.

Pang ... ÂŚ Continued f rom cover "Fortunatel y, not one of these scenarios took place, so the Church in Hong Kong is left to live its own life." Some controversy developed last year when Pope John Paul II decided to canonize a number of Catholics martyred prior to the early 20th century, he said. The Beijing representative in Hong Kong urged Cardinal John Baptist Wu , the Bishop of Hong Kong, to celebrate the occasion in low key. Cardinal Wu wrote a strong ly word ed open letter protesting "the communist tactics, compari ng them to the tactics of the cultural revolution ," Father Pang said. Cardinal Wu described the forcing of the Chinese clergy to swear alleg iance to the communist government as a "rape of the free will. " With this letter, Father Pang said, the Cardinal , "did not allow this first attempt by the communist government to intimidate the Church in Hong Kong ". Before the canonizations took place, Father Pang said that the Church in Hong Kong had been showing greate r activity. "The feast of Christ the King, after the return of Hong Kong to China , was the biggest Catholic celebra tion in the history of Hong Kong. The government didn 't say a word about it," he said. Father Pang does worry about the recent crackdown on Falun Gong. Falun Gong is a rapidl y growing religious movement in China which mixes Buddhism and

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Christianity and emphasizes meditative exercises. While Father Pang believes that Falun Gong ofte n uses fraudulent means to secure the resources of its followers , Catholics should worry that similar arguments could be used against them. The Sunday Examiner, a Catholic newspaper in Hong Kong, recentl y commented "whether or not one agrees with the teachings or activities of Falun Gong, its treatment b y the Hong Kong government should give Catholics . . . cause for concern ". "Indirectl y, (Beijing) wants to warn the Catholic Church by cracking down on Falun Gong," Father Pang said. In an interview with Catholic San Francisco, Father Pang commented on the situation of mainland Chinese in the Patriotic Church. "At the moment, (many of them) believe that it is the only way to allow the Church to grow," he said, "but personally, most of them believe in the primacy of the Pope. If today, there were diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Beijing, they would be very happy to declare themselves loyal to the Holy Father." Recentl y, priests of the Patriotic church have been able to "openly and expressly pray for the Pope" during the order of the Mass, "whereas ten years ago, they could onl y pray for the ' superior of our church'" . . Four years ago, Father Pang was invited to celebrate Mass in China by his family 's local Patriotic church pastor. The pastor said he would not concelebrate because he knew that Patriotic Association priests and Roman priests

were not supposed to. Instead , the local priest offered to hear confession and Father Pang said Mass. As luck would have it, the Gospel of the day was on St. Peter. Father Pang took the opportunity to preach about the Papacy and he told parishioners , "Jesus Christ , St. Father Pang Peter and Rome cannot be divided" . While there were no serious consequences to this action , the pastor was called in for questioning b y the security bureau , Father Pang said. The pastor was told not to invite priests who say such things in the fu ture. Father Pang coordinate s the Vatican 's ministry to overseas Chinese throug hout the world. Political situations in China forced him to undergo his priestly form ation in five different seminaries. This prepared Father Pang well for his ministry. He learned four Chinese dialects in addition to his native Hakka, as well as Italian and English.

School of Pastoral Leadership For times, registration materials, costs, exacl locations and additional information, call Joni Gallagher at (415) 614-5545 or spl@att.net Preregistralion is necessary for many programs. Visil the Web site at www.splsf.org. April 28: Apostles to the World , a symposium with Cardinal James Francis Slafford, president, Pontifical Council of the Laity, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church and other nearby facilities at Parker and Fulton Si. SF. Archbishop William J. Levada will preside at Mass and annual School of Pastoral Leadership Students recognition ceremonies at 5:30 p.m. Reservations required. $10 before March 31 then $20.

Datebook Call Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox at (415) 6145595 or christine@slyam.org. Wed.: Help children learn at St. Dominic Elementary School, Pine and Steiner St., SF. 7:15 - 8:15 a.m. in school library. Call Kathleen Reilly at (415) 387-5692.

June 8, 9: The Called and Gifted Workshop with Dominican Father Michael Sweeney and Sherry Weddell of the Catherine of Siena institute at Our Lady of Mercy Church Hall, One Elmwood Dr. at Southgate, Daly City. Designed to help Catholics explore their unique and personal call from God and discover their God-given gifts. Fri. 7-9:30 p.m.; Sat 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Various dates: Read with youth ages 5 -14 as part of the Tenderloin Reading Program, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at 570 Ellis St. between Hyde and Leavenworth, SF Contact Marie Borges at (415) 401-0925 or marieborges @ yahoo.com.

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

March 20, 27, April 3, 10: Lenten/Interiaith Lecture series at St. Sebastian Church, lower level, Sir Francis Drake and Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae from 7:30 - 9 p.m. Hear talks and discuss Debt Cancellation, Violence, Hunger, and Crime. Co-sponsored by St. Sebastian's and St. Patrick Parish, Larkspur. Call (415) 924-0600 or (415) 453-2466.

Retreats/Days of Recollection VALL0MBR0SA CENTER

250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 325-5614. Presentation Sister Rosina Conrotto, Program Director. Parables 2001: Stories Jesus Told, a monthly revisiting of the scripture stories with well known retreat leaders, scholars and people of faith. Whal about these tales? Are they true? Did they really happen? What implications do they have for the Christian in the 21st century? April 8: San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester.

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300 Manresa Way, Los Altos. For fees, times and details about these and other offerings call (650) 948-4491. March 23 - 25: Women at the Center of God's Mystery, a silent Lenten retreat for women with Jesuit Father Robert Scholia. March 30 - April 1: The Dance of the Spirit, a retreat for women with Judy Zolezzi and Jesuit Father James Hanley. Silver Penny Farm offers retreat facilities near the wine country, 5215 Old Lakeville Rd., Petaluma, 94954. All quarters have bedroom and sitting room with fireplace. Call Father Ray Smith for a brochure at (707) 762-1498. March 17: The Excitement of Being Human: The Incarnation in Franciscan Spirituality, a Day ol Recollection with Franciscan Father Barry Brunsman, retreat master at San Damiano Retreat House, Danville, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Povarello, 109 Golden Gale Ave., SF.$10 donation requested. Sponsored by St. Francis Fraternity, a secular Franciscan organization. Call (415) 621-3279. Marc h 31: Catholic Physicians' Guild Day ol Recollection with Father Ed Murray, chaplain, St. Mary's Medical Center, SF, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center Chapel, 450 Stanyari St., SF. Spouses and friends invited to attend. A donation of $30 is requested. Lunch will be served. Make check payable to Catholic Physicians' Guild and mail to Gerald Murphy, Sr. M.D., 595 Buckingham Way, #314, SF 94132, Questions? Call (415) 661-0740. March 28: A Day of Recollection at St. Rita Church , 100 Miranda, Fairfax, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. with Mass at 11:30 a.m., addressing personal methods of prayer. Sponsored by Court St. Agnes #1428, the Catholic Daughters. Call (415) 454-7544. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; MERCY CENTER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame. For fees , times and other offerings, call (650) 340-7474 Shared Scripture blends Taize prayer, daily personal prayer and study of Hebrew and Christian bible texts. This session is a 10-week study of Paul's captivity letters to Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians. Meets Thurs. mornings. Facilitator is Sherron Sandrini. 3rd Sun: Salon, a monthly gathering of people in the second half of life to explore opportunities and challenges facing them using arts, literature and conversation. Facilitated by Sandi Peters.

Tame Prayer 3rd Tues at 8:30 p.m., St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St., SF.Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280 1st Thurs. at 5:30 p.m. at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 Calfornia at Grant , SF.Call (415) 288-3809 3rd Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park with Sister Toni Longo 1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan. Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013. 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portota Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 328-2880 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Delia Molloy at (415) 563-4280.

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March 27: Meeting the Challenges of Ministry with Young Adults in a New Millennium, a one-day institute for parish staffs and campus ministers at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary, SF from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Discover how to reach out to young adults; help them network with one another; help them discern their life vocations. Presented by Joan Weber, well-known young adult minister. A follow-up day to the talks will be held March 28 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 2808 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Social Justice/Respect life

March 22 and the 22nd of each month: Respect Life Mass at 8:30 p.m. in the chapel of Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey, Parker Ave. and Fullon, SF. Sponsored by the Respect Life program of the Archdiocese . All are invited. Call (415) 614-5572. March 31: United for Life's annual Celebrate Life! Dinner at the Irish Cultural Center, 7 p.m. Guest speaker: Steven Mosher, director, Population Research Center, on Unto the Least of These, My Brethren: U.S. Population Control Policy. Human Life Award recipient is John Galten, former director, St. Ignatius Institute at USF. Call (415) 567-2293. Tickets $35/ students $25.

Prayer/Devotions/Lent March 21, 21, April 4: Father Francis Tiso, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Mill Valley presents a series of Lenten talks from 7:30 - 9 p.m. in parish School Downstairs Room next to church parking lot. Topics include Early Monastic Spirituality, The Great Triduum and St. Francis of Assisi. Call (415) 388-4190. March 22: Healing Mass, Father Richard Bain presiding, at 7 p.m. at St. Matthew Church, One Notre Dame Way at El Camino, San Mateo. Call (415) 6631139. March 20 - 22: A Parish Lenten Journey at St. Isabella Parish, One Trinity Way, San Rafael at 7:30 p.m. Evenings will explore relationships with God and God's influence and relevancy in life through all its stages. Call Mary Vessa at (415) 472-1462. March 25-28: Lenten Retreat with Catholic San Francisco columnist Father David Pettingill at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 60 Wellington Ave., Daly City at 7 p.m. each day. (650) 755-9786. March 27: Maryknoll Missioners sponsor a one-day Lenten Retreat for reflection and dialogue on the shared Gospel mandate to participate in the Church's global mission. Nourish your spirituality, broaden your horizons, meet others involved in ministry, 9:30 a.m. 3 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Center, Oakland. Call Deacon Matt Dulka at (510) 481-9098 or mklsanfran@home.com. April 1-4: Lenten Retreat in Spanish with Father Moises Agudo, parochial vicar, St. Charles Parish, SF at Our Lady of Perpetual Church, 60 Wellington Ave., Daly City at 7 p.m. each night. (650) 755-9786.

Blessed Sacrament Exposition Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, 24 hours everyday, (650) 322-3013. St. Sebastian Church, corner of Bon Air Rd. and Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Greenbrae, M - F 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Adoration Chapel, (415) 461-0704. St Agnes Church, 1025 Masonic (near Page) SF, Fri., 9 am to 10 a.m., (415) 487-8560. Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, M- F after 8 a.m. Mass until 7 p.m. St. Isabella Church, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, Fri., 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto Church, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., 1st Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sat. St. Bruno Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., San Bruno, 24 hours everyday. Call (650) 588-0572. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. St. Francis of Assisi Shrine , 610 Vallejo St. 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 Chrtsti Monastery, 215 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (650) 322-1801. St. Bartholomew Church, 300 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, 1st Fri. from after 8 a.m. Mass until just before next day's 8 a.m. Mass.; St. Dominic Church, Bush and Steiner St., 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. each Mon. and Wed. (415) 567-7824. Our Lady of Mt. Carmet Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mil! Valley, Mon., 8:15 a.m. through Wed. at 7:30 a.m.; St. John of God Church, 1290 5th Ave. at Irving, SF. Mondays after 12:10 p.m. Mass, (415) 566-5610; St. Kevin Church, 704 Cortland Ave., SF, 1st Fri. following 9 a.m. Mass until 5:15 p.m. Benediction. Call (415) 648-5751. St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., SF, M-F 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. until 9 p.m.; 1st Fri. until 7:30 p.m. Mass. Call (415) 333-3627; SI. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, M - F 7:45 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call (415) 435-1122; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 1st Fri. after 8 a.m. Mass until Sat. at 8 p.m.; Holy Name of Jesus Church, 39th Ave. and Lawton St., SF, Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.; St. Matthias Church, 1685 Cordilleras Rd., RedwoodCity, 1st Fri., 9 am until Mass at 5:30 p.m.(650) 366-9544

March 24: 8th annual California Assoc, of Natural

children alone and other dynamics. Offered by the Good Parents Cafe, a ministry of St. Raymond parish, 1100 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park. Call (650) 3223035.

Food & Fun

Family Conference at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 7 a.m. -10 p.m.Featured speakers include Dr. Chris Kahlenborn, Dr. Mary Davenport, and Dr. Ana Luisa Aquirre. Call (877) 33.CANFP toll free for more information. May 5:1st annual Catholic Fun Day at Marine World beginning with Mass at 9 a.m. with Bishop John C. Wester presiding and continuing until 8 p.m. All families, youth groups, religious education programs parishes are invited. Early entrance included with $18.50 tickets (usually $39.95), a special discount made available by the Office of Family Life which is planning the event. Call (415) 614-5680 for information or to purchase tickets. Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net. Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a dynamic marriage enrichment experience designed to deepen the joy a couple shares. Call (888) 568-3018. The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers two free information meetings for families considering adoption on the 2nd Tues. of every month at 98 Bosworth, San Francisco at 7 p.m., and on 1st Wed. at 36 37th Ave., San Mateo at 7 p.m. Call (415) 406-2387. March 21: Introductory session Billings Ovulation Method of natural Family Planning at St. Brendan Parish hall, 29 Rockaway at Laguna Honda Blvd near Portola, SF at 7:30 p.m. Call (415) 681-4225

Single, Divorced, Separated May 19: Once More With Love, a one-day workshop for those considering remarriage after the divorce or death of a spouse and for those entering marriage for the first time with someone who has been married before. Facilitators are Bobby Coyle-Hennessy and Larry Hennessy. Call Claudia Devaux at (415) 3349088. May 25-27: A Beginning Experience weekend at Vallombrosa Center, 250 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Designed to help widowed, divorced and separated persons and those who have sufered a significant loss make a new beginning in life. Call Lanier Reeves at (650) 375-8332 or Ward Miller at (415) 8213390. *%

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Our Lady of Angels, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, 1st Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m.; 1st Thurs., 9:30 -11 a.m. Call Sarah DiMare at (650) 697-7582; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James St. between Fulton and Grand, Redwood City, Thurs. 6 - 7:30 p.m. Call (650) 3663802; St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City, 3rd Mon. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Call Eleanor and Nick Fesunoff at (650) 878-9743; Good Shepherd, 901 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 3552593; St. Hilary, 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon, 1st and 3rd Wed., 3 - 4:30 p.m. Call Sister Colette at (415) 4357659; St. Gabriel, 2559 40th Ave., SF, 1st and 3rd Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 5647882; St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, 2nd and 4th Wed., 2:30 - 4 p.m. Call Sister Esther at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218; St. Finn Barr,415 Edna St., SF in English and Spanish, one Sat. per month. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823; St. Cecilia, 2555 17th Ave., SF, 2nd and 4th Tues., 2 - 4 p.m. Call (415) 664-8481 . Ministry for parents who have lost a child is available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Loretto, 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, structured 8-week group meeting evenings or late afternoon. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171; St. Isabella, One Trinity Way, San Rafael, structured 6week group meeting evenings. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732.

Vocations March 30 - April 1:Pray All Ways, a retreat for single women ages 22 - 45 at Presentation Center, Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Open to all seekers who know prayer is the deepest call of the human heart. Pray with the Sisters of the Presentation as you experience contemplation, praying with Scripture, with nature, with images, as well as meditation, Buddhist mindfulness prayer, spiritual direction, the cosmic walk prayer, and centering prayer. Treat yourself to a quiet weekend that will mine the riches of your own reflection. No fee. Donations only. RSVP to Sister Monica Miller, P.B.V.M. by Monday, March 23 at (415) 7510406, ext. 22 or mmiller@pbvmsf.org. April 11 - 15: A Holy Week Discernment Retreat at Maryknoll's Los Altos facility for men ages 17-35 interested in becoming Catholic Missionary priests or brothers. A few days of prayer and silence to help determine where God is calling you. Call Father Manuel Mejia at (415) 921-1100 or mklsanfran@aol.com.

Lectures/ Classes/Radio-TV March 22, May 3: The Personal and the Covenant in Exodus and Isaiah with Larry Gordon of the Bay Area Organizing Committee in a series of talks on integrating personal and public life.at St. Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the parish Intellectual Life - Continuing Studies Program. Call (415) 567-7824. Wed. noon and 7 p.m.: Free, drop-in program for single and step parents looking at issues of raising

March 17: St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Star of the Sea Church, Geary Blvd. and 8th Ave., SF.Social at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and dancing to the music of Ihe "Over Commitments" from 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 per family, $25 per couple, $15 per person. Tickets include two beverage coupons. Sponsored by the parish Parent Club and Holy Name Society. Call (415) 751-0450. March 21: Annual Spring Luncheon/Fashion Show benefiting the Good Shepherd Sisters' Grace Center at Green Hills Golf and Country Club, Millbrae. Social hour 11:30 a.m., luncheon at 12:30 p.m. $38 per person. Call Beverly Desmond at (415) 587-5374. March 24: Annual Community Corned Beef Dinner at St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish hall, 180 Harrison St., Sausalito. No host cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Reservations required, admission paid at door. Adults $15, children $5, under 5 free. Call (415) 3310558. March 31, April: Rummage sale benefiting St. Anne School Choir, Sat. 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 10 am - 3 p.m. Don't miss it. Call (415) 664-7977. March 31: Out on the Town, 52nd annual fashion show and awards luncheon at Burlingame 's Sheraton Gateway Hotel. No-host cocktails at 11:30 a.m., luncheon and festivities at 12:45 p.m. fashions by Revamp, Chico's, Nicole's, Cache, and Minky's Furs. Sponsored by All Souls Parish Women 's Club. Call (650) 871-8944. March 31: Starlight Odyssey, 12th annual auction/dinner dance benefiting Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Belmont at Hotel Sofite l, Redwood City. Auction items include vacations to Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard and Mexico; a bus party to a Giants game; 49er collectibles and more. Call (650) 593-6157. March 31: Annual Spring Luncheon and Silent Auction at St. Vincent de paul Parish hall, Steiner and Green St., SF benefiting sports programs and parish youth club. Tickets $10. Call Louise Dominguez at (415) 567-3574. Sponsored by youth club auxiliary.

Perf ormance Admission Free unless otherwise noted. March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24: "Somewhere...Together: A Decade of Tri-School Musicals", a walk through the music from shows performed together by Junipero Serra, Notre Dame and Mercy, Burlingame high schools. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. for all performances except Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets $10 adults, $6 students/seniors. Call (650) 345-8207, ext. 560. Sundays in March: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral featuring various artists at 3:30 p.m. followed by sung Vespers at 4 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Sundays in March: Concerts at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi featuring various artists at 4 p.m. following sung vespers at 3 p.m., Columbus and Vallejo, SF. Call (415) 983-0405.

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lover (Rachel Griffiths) in a national hairstyling competition to heal their fractured relationships. Director Paddy Breathnach' s upbeat tale stresses forg iveness and family but isn 't above emotional manipulati on in presenting lovable underdogs beset by cheating rivals. Imp lied lesbian relationship with brief kissing, fleeting full nudity, occasional rough language and an instance of profanity. A-IV — R "15 Minutes " Convoluted crime thriller about a mediasavvy police detective (Robert DeNiro) who teams with an arson investigator (Edward Burns) on a homicide investi gation only to become a murder target himself by killers seeking their own 15 minutes of fame. The dark social commentary made by writer-director John Herzfeld about exploitative tabloid TV journalism and the desire for notoriety is eventually lost amidst the film 's nonsensical plot and excessive brutality. Much gory violence, brief nudity and recurring rough language with some profanity. O — R .

"Get Over It" Teen romance in which a high school senior (Ben Foster), crushed when his girlfriend dumps him , gradually springs back thanks to the encouragement of his best friend' s younger sister (Kirsten Dunst), who gets him involved in a school production of "A

Midsummer Night 's Rockin ' Eve." Director Tommy O'Haver spins a comic romance of little distinction save for a few sprightly songand-dance numbers. Some sexual innuendo , brief comic violence , crude references , fleeting substance abuse and an instance of rough language and profanity. A-III — PG-13

which a cunning serial killer (Keanu Reeves) draws a retired FBI agent (James Spader) back onto the job by sending him a photo of the next victim he will strangle within 24 hours . As directed by Joe Charbanic , the forced cat-and-mouse narrative is poorl y acted and peppered with predictable twists and contrived dialogue. Recurring violence and intermittent roug h language. A-M — R "The Original Kings of Comedy" (2000) A sometimes hilarious comed y-revue showcasing four stand up comics (Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer

and Bemie Mac) filmed during a two-ni ght concert in North Carolina. While the foul language is repelling, the humor is never meanspirited as director Spike Lee aptly splices behind-the-scenes takes with the on-stage petformances as the four acerbicall y poke f un al themselves, their Af rican-American culture and race relations. Some crude sexrelated humor with constant rough language and profanity. A-IV — R "Meet the Parents" (2000) Amusing romantic comedy in which a male nurse (Ben Stiller) meets his teacher girlfriend's (Teri Polo) tony parents (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner) for the first time and everything that can go wrong does. With a scenario ripe for comical misunderstandings, director Jay Roach's sprightly paced

film scores wit h laughs despite some predictability. Comically intended minor violence, reference to a live-in relationship, brief drug references and some crass language with much profanity. A-III — adults. PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (Universal) 'Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980) Young voluntee r Richard Thomas goes on a hunt to hire mercenaries to defend a planet threatened with conquest by an intergalactic tyrant. Scripted by John Say les and directed by Jimmy T. Murakami with some style and humor, it 's a moderately entertaining sci-fi action fantasy. Many sexuall y oriented jokes. A-III — adults. PG — parental guidance suggested.

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"Nurse Betty " (2000) Dark comedy about a small-town waitress (Renee Zellweger), who, traumatized by her husband 's murder, conf uses f antasy with reality and heads for Tinseltown , convinced she is the ex-fiance of her favori te soap opera character (Greg Kinnear). Director Neil LaBute 's road movie has a dense narrative with well-developed characters but eventually becomes tedious as the finale is dragged out. Some intense violence, an off-screen suicide, a sexual encounter and recurring rough language with some profanity. A-IV — R "The Watcher " (2000) Unsuccessful psycholog ical thriller in

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We are looking for an experienced parish minister who will direct the RCIA program and manage the planning/preparation of parish liturgies and supervise the scheduling/training of litu rgical ministers. This person will also direct and oversee preparation/scheduling of couples for marriage and our parish ministry to the sick and shut-ins. In addition to supervising paid staff , this candidate must be able to lead, inspire, and communicate with volunteers , as well as, work cooperatively with our large parish staff. We are looking for someone with at least 5 years pastoral experience and a graduate degree in Theology, Liturgy, or Religious Education. Related degrees and comparable experience will be considered.

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We are looking for an experienced Youth Minister to plan and direct a 12month program for parish youth (grades 7-12). We want a progra m that will provide opportunities for faith formation , retreats, socializing, along with community outreach and service. This person will also plan and direct a comprehensive parish Confirmation program for high school students. This candidate must be able to lead, inspire , and communicate with youth and adult volunteers , as well as, work cooperatively with our larg e parish staff. We are looking for someone with a minimum of three years experience in youth ministry and at least a BA in Theology or Religious Education; a graduate degree is preferred. Related degrees and comparable experience will be considered. Interested candidates are invited to send letter and professional resume to: Staff Search Our Lady of the Lake Parish 650 A Avenue Lake Oswego , OR 97034 FAX: (503) 636-9415 Email: olloff@teleport.com

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Office of Human Resources Katy Andrews One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109 or e-mail at ktandrews@aol.com Our Lady of the Lake Parish, a suburban parish of 2000 families near Portland OR , seeks qualified Catholic candidates to serve on our expanding parish ministry team. These are full-time positions, with salary and benefits based on qualifications and experience as determined by the archdiocesan compensation program.

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Capuchin Franciscan Order Burlingame

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The Capuchin Franciscan Order is a religious community of priests and brothers whose ministry serves various locations in California , Oregon and northern Mexico based on the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. We arc seeking a person to fill our Business Manager position. The Business Manager has responsibility for all of the financial and administrative afKtirs of the province, and works with die leadership and membersliip in planning and implementing financial decisions. A degree in business, finance or accounting or at least five years experience in a related field is required. Must be familiar with Quickbooks accounting software, Microsoft Word and EXCEL. The ability to appreciate and support the mission * and philosophy of the Capuchin Franciscan community is essential. Ability to promote a spirit of harmony and cooperation desirable . Experience in non-profit or church sponsored institutions a plus. Both lay persons and religious are urged to apply. Starting date negotiable. Salary commensurate with experience. A more detailed j ob description is available upon request. Mail, fax or email resume to: Terri Delfino Capuchin Franciscan Order 1345 Cortez Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010 Fax: 650-342-5664 Email: ofmcap@aol.com

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The ALICE in Computorland By Karnille Maher

fitiij H e need to be less like robots,"

cautions robot "master " Richard Wallace. "Half of the problems of the world are caused by that." Wallace , creator of an award-winning "artificial intelligence " computer program , said humans show a "creativ e spark," but this creativity is "much smaller than you would think ," and the spark remains small "unless we nurture it." Wallace, a parishioner at San Francisco 's St. Ignatius Parish , glimpses the human "creative spark " as he monitors thousands of conversations between his "robot " ALICE (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity) and people communicating with the robot via key boards on the Web site www.AliceBot.org . Wallace is a " b o t m a s t e r "— computer shorthand for a robot controller or "author. " He has programmed about 25 ,000 dialogue patterns into ALICE. "This covers about 95 percent of what peop le ever say," he says. Wallace monitors the ALICE'S conversations to fine-tune her responses. He looks for questions to which the robot gives wrong answers , and puts in the correct one. Wallace graduated from Carneg ie Mellon with a Ph.D. in computer science in 1989. He began working on ALICE while an assistan t professor at Lehigh University in Bethlehem , Pennsy lvania. ALICE was first activated on Nov. 23, 1995. Wallace left Lehi gh in 1996 but because ALICE was open source, publicdomain software, he continues develop ing the technology. The intention in using an "open " system is to quicken improvements made to ALICE. He and 300 volunteer developers world-wide "debug " the robot to improve the "artificial intelligence" technology. Because the ALICE technology is "open source ," these volunteers can compete with Microsoft and other large companies , Wallace said. The goal is to provide a means to move away from UllW Il'IIIIIMIIMMWW^IIIIffilllJI^

now works "outside " the system , meaning he is not affiliated with a university or major corporation. While new investors are nowhere to be found , user interest in the program has increased during the past several month s, Wallace said. Fifty new volun teer programmers have- signed on, and the list of app lications for the technology has swelled. Wallace's life experiences are put into ALICE 'S response system: quotes he remembers, jokes he's heard , classes he 's taken , news items , musical tastes, even favorite movies. So are those of the other developers of ALICE. For example, ALICE tells users "her " favorite movie is "Starshi p Troopers." Grap hic desi gner and ALICE developer Sage Greco worked on the film. This image is a grap h of ALICE'S "brain ," Another influence is faith . By chance a few showing the 25,000 patterns she recognizes. months ago, Wallace discovered three top ALICE It represents the questions and answers that developers were all "deeply reli gious Christians. " users encounter when they "speak" with the robot. Developers Kris Drent from Nebraska and Jacco with a computer or another human . If users cannot Bikker from Holland shared an tell the difference between what a human would say e-mail exchange and what the computer is say ing, the program passes the test. that revealed their faith. Drent , like Still the current winner , ALICE will compete again next October in London. Wallace , has a The Turing test was developed by Alan Turing, young child. "In a post to who also cracked the "eni gma code " of the Nazi our mailing list , Germans during World War II. Wallace said his greatest satisfaction with the he mentioned that work is "it is so much fun." he 'd been busy "Seeing the growth and adoption of the technolobecause his gy all over the world" is rewarding, he exp lained , daug hter was sick." Wallace recalled. "I replied that "instead of using the corporate , proprietar y model. " I would pray for her. This led to a discussion in Wallace encourages peop le to download ALICE which Jacco , Kris and I all discovered that we shared and develop app lications for the technology. With a strong Christian faith." Wallace said. "We all pray more app lications , artifithat we are doing God s cial intell igence capabiliwork in develop ing ties become refined , and ALICE." a market for "natural lan"Not everyone who is a technology guage " scientist is totally atheisgrows. tic ," Wallace noted. "Some For examp le , one of us do believe in God, company uses ALICE to but you can 't even bring "recreate" the personalithat up." ty of deceased The p hysical robot of singer/songwriter John ALICE is actuall y a lap Lennon. Users log onto top computer in the the site www.triump hWallaces ' San Francisco pc.com/ john-lennon/ apartment. and hav e a "conversaSometimes the couple tion" with John Lennon. and their 16-month-old Another application feason, Linus , listen to audio tures Elvis. A French playback of "conversabank plus another French tions " with ALICE over firm called breakfast. Richard, Kim and Linus. Agentland.com use the Both heartwarming and technology. People also "creepy " exchanges take use ALICE to learn English as a second language. place when people "converse" with ALICE. One perWhile Wallace receives no payment for this use , son spent a long time trying to "teach" ALICE, the program benefits from the "free testing and de"What color is the sky?" bugg ing services." Kim Wallace described the interaction as sweet, Kim Wallace said althoug h some people express but her response was different when another user had the concern that artificial intelligence is evil , she flowers delivered to ALICE at the Wallaces' home. sees it as "really good." "That 's when we took our address off the site," Kim In addition to educational and problem-solving Wallace said. the ALICE users estimated to be applications , people could use artificial intelligence half of With applications to make decisions about whom tc younger than 18, Wallace ensures the content of her many, and how to make friends , she said. discussions is PG-13. If users try to discuss offensive "Some people are reall y lonel y and isolated ," and matter, ALICE classifies them as "abusive " and does Kim Wallace says artificial intelli gence could hel p not participate. change even that. Being privy to thousands of conversations , Wallace has had opportunities to conduct social experiments. Richard shows For examp le, he wanted to find out what is the most effective "ice breaker" in starting conversation. off his The longest interaction s resulted from ALICE asking Loebner medal. the question , "What 's your favorite movie?" The least effective opener was, "What do you think caused World War I?" Another turn-off: "Are you a man or a woman?" The average conversation consists of 25 exchanges , over 10 minutes, he said. It is the quality of ALICE' S conversational ability that won Wallace the Loebner prize contest last year. The contest uses the "Turing Test" to measure whether users can determine if they are conversing ~

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'We all p ray that we are doing God's work in develop ing ALICE. '

Richard Wallace and his son Linus with ALICE, the black laptop computer, in the background.

keyboard- and screen-dependent computers to "talking" computers, like those depicted in the movies "2001—Space Odyssey" and "Star Trek." Wallace considers it his "mission in life to do this " work and since the only two investors pulled out of the project after Internet market downturns last summer, the botmaster works for free. The family is supported by Wallace 's wife, Kim , who works as a legal secretary. Such financing concerns comprise Wallace 's , "biggest frustration" because the former professor