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State’s Bishops support challenge to constitutionality of statute law By Jack Smith California’s Catholic Bishops issued a statement this week endorsing a challenge by the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to a California law eliminating the time limit on seeking civil damages in decades-old sexual abuse cases. The bishops claim the 2002 law, Senate Bill 1779 sponsored by Senator John Burton (D-San Francisco, violates the ex post facto, due process and bill of attainder clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The California Legislature passed SB 1779 in June 2002 and Gov. Gray Davis signed the bill into law later that year. For a period of one year, beginning

January 1, 2003, plaintiffs could file civil claims in sexual abuse cases regardless of the age of the alleged offense, whether the claim had already been settled, or whether the claim was previously barred by statute of limitations.

Bishops’ Statement . . . . . .PAGE 14 By the close of 2003 nearly 800 previously barred civil actions were filed; nearly 500 such cases against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Cases involve allegations of abuse dating as far back as 70 years. One-third of the cases in Los Angeles involve allegations against 68 priests who are deceased.

The challenge to the constitutionality of the law concerns a case filed in California against Davenport priest Father James Jannsen and the Diocese of Davenport. In 2003, an unnamed plaintiff filed suit in California accusing the Iowa priest of abusing him nearly 30 years ago during a trip to California. The Davenport Diocese was granted the right May 25 to have the case heard in Federal Court, instead of a California State court, where the diocese will challenge the constitutionality of SB 1779. Susan Oliver, an attorney representing the Davenport Diocese said, “This case gives us an avenue STATUTE LAW, page 21

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Hats off to Noreen Murphy, now in her 20th year as principal of Holy Name of Jesus Elementary School. A hallmark of Catholic education and a Sunset District staple since 1941, Holy Name is “still going strong,” Noreen told me. Happy anniversary to Noreen and her husband Ben, married 48 years February 1st…. It’s 50 years married for Connie and Chuck Mertes, parishioners of Holy Name of Jesus for 45 years and who commemorated the occasion with a Mass of Thanksgiving in the Stephen Orradre Chapel of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School March 21st. Presiding were Jesuit Father Ray Allender; Holy Name pastor, Father Don D’Angelo and Msgr. Floro Arcamo. Connie and Chuck’s children, daughters-in-law and grandchildren all participated in the Mass. “What a joy it was to have our friends and family all together for a great celebration,” Connie said... Operation Dream has been one come true for thousands of children over the last 10 years. The SFPD-founded program takes youngsters living in public housing on half-a-dozen “fun”dertakings a year including a Treasure Island Easter Egg Hunt and stays at summer camp. “This is a wonderful program that is important for several reasons not the least of which is getting kids out of their neighborhood and letting them see something they might not have the chance to see otherwise,” said Capt. Rick Bruce,

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Commanding Officer at Bayview Station. “It also helps to breakdown stereotypes and tensions that exist allowing the kids to see the police officers as human beings and helping us have access to the community.” Operation Dream’s latest reality is a trip to Disneyland that includes transportation, hotel, meals, tickets into the park as well as a coupla’ bucks spending money for 30 kids aged 5 to about 15 at $120 per child. Checks in that or any amount can be made out to Operation Dream and mailed to 201 Williams Ave., SF 94124. If you need a little more incentive, all contributions are tax deductible, Capt. Bruce said. Founding Dream-team members were late San Francisco Police Captain George Stasko and retired Deputy Chief Rich Holder. The effort is overseen today by SFPD’s Charles McCullar. Thanks to Conventual Franciscan Father John Heinz, pastor, St. Paul of the Shipwreck, for the tip on this most noteworthy work. Franciscan Father Benny Bavero, pastor of the parish from 1953 – 83, will commemorate his 60th anniversary as a priest at St. Paul of the Shipwreck with a Mass of Thanksgiving July 24th at 5 p.m…. New prez of the St. Robert Elementary School Student Council is Angela Marie Silva. First in line with congrats to the 8th grader and her brother, Jack, a 2004 graduate of Junipero Serra High School, are proud folks Carla and Jack and grandfolks Doris Silva and Stella and Joseph Riccio. Little brother James is a St. Robert’s first grader in the fall. Joining Angela on the leadership team are fellow 8th graders Meghan McCann, veep; Erica Fosse, secretary; Bobby Marshall, treasurer; as well as Carina Fonseca, Ian Ahern, Katelyn Shea, Vivian Abellana, Meghan Jauregui, Anthony DeMartini, Kevin Woods, James Brown, Robbie Ferreira…. Leading an all hats off for Ruth Williges, who died May 13th, is her sister-in-law Dominican Sister Mary Henry Williges. Ruth and her husband, Jack – who died in 2002 – had been married 56 years and were longtime sacristans, Eucharistic ministers and readers at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Bolinas where they are now interred in the parish cemetery. They were remembered at a memorial Mass June 20th…. Happy 50 years married April 24th to Rose and Mike O’Driscoll who took their vows at Most Holy Redeemer Marian and Giulio Boeri Church and have been parishioners of St. Finn Barr’s since 1957. More than 100 family members and friends gathered to honor the Ireland-born couple April 25th where former St. Finn Barr pastor Father John Kavanaugh called them people “you could count on.” Hosting the celebration were Rose and Mike’s children, Gerry

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Portland Archdiocese files for bankruptcy Catholic News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — Facing financial pressure from impending trials on sex abuse claims, the Archdiocese of Portland July 6 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the first Catholic diocese in the United States to seek the legal protection. The move, described as a last resort, means that multimillion-dollar suits now pending against the archdiocese will be settled in federal bankruptcy court along with possible future claims. Parish and school activities and ministries will continue, officials said. “This action offers the best possibility

for the archdiocese to resolve fairly all pending claims, to manage a difficult financial situation and to preserve the ability of the archdiocese to fulfill its mission,” said Portland Archbishop John G. Vlazny at a press conference, where he was joined by archdiocesan officials and advisers. “It will also allow us to continue our good works without fear of an impending large verdict.” Two abuse trials were set to begin just hours after the announcement, but were halted. The plaintiffs were seeking a total of $155 million. The archdiocese has settled more than 100 other claims and said it has made efforts to settle these claims as well.

“I am committed to just compensation,” the archbishop said in a letter sent to parishes July 6. “These demands go beyond compensation. With 60 other claims pending, I cannot in justice and prudence pay the demands of these two plaintiffs.” Over the past four years, the archdiocese and its insurers paid $53 million for the more than 100 claims. “We have kind of emptied the pot,” Archbishop Vlazny told reporters, adding that it has been difficult to borrow money. The two suits about to begin named the late Maurice Grammond, a former priest of the archdiocese. Almost 50 people have

claimed that Grammond molested them. The archbishop — who went through a trial of an accused priest when he was bishop in Winona, Minn. — said going to court is hard on both the victims and the defendants. He also noted the “great financial risk” posed by the trials, saying defense attorneys might try to claim parish assets, school money and trust funds for their clients. Archbishop Vlazny described bankruptcy as the best choice “if I am to be a prudent steward of our resources.” He told reporters the archdiocese has been “abandoned” by insurers and said he hopes the bankruptcy will bring the companies back.

WASHINGTON (CNS)— As the first bankruptcy filing in history by a U.S. Catholic diocese, the process begun by the Archdiocese of Portland could set a number of precedents. Observers will be watching closely to see what impact decisions of the bankruptcy judge may have on lowering or strengthening traditional walls of church-state separation. Some decisions might be seen as uniquely applicable to a bankruptcy proceeding and therefore not affecting constitutional questions of church and state in any other context. “The U.S. Supreme Court has made clear that bankruptcy is a privilege, not an entitlement,” wrote a leading U.S. bankruptcy expert, David A. Skeel, in an article last year after the Boston Archdiocese began exploring the idea. “When individuals or entities file for bankruptcy, or file pleadings in a bankruptcy case, they waive their right to insist on many of the protections that might otherwise be available to them.” While a court handling a Chapter 11 proceeding can appoint a trustee to manage the corporation in certain circumstances, Skeel thought it “quite unlikely that a bankruptcy court would ever agree to inject

itself into church affairs this directly.” On the other hand, he said that simply by filing for bankruptcy a diocese would be “consenting to a significant lowering of the wall of separation between church and state.” Mark Chopko, general counsel to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said, “Lots of questions have not yet been explored about how much authority and jurisdiction a bankruptcy court actually can exercise over a church.” Filing for bankruptcy is a “last resort” for a diocese, Chopko said. He said the church’s first obligation is to serve the worshiping community and the needs of people in the larger community. Bankruptcy is an option only if the diocese is confronted with such large tort claims that it can no longer fulfill its mission of service and at the same time “offer justice and compensation to people hurt by those no longer in power,” he said. “It’s an inability to find just and charitable settlements” that can force a diocese into bankruptcy, he said. “You don’t see Portland unwilling to settle. They’ve put a lot of their own resources on the line” to settle more than 100 other cases.

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Lesly Fruge puts finishing touches on her mural of St. Frances Cabrini in the hall of St. Andrew School in Gladstone, Mo. Fruge will spend her summer bringing the "Hall of American Saints" to life in a much-traveled corridor at the school. The mother of two has donated her time and supplies to finish the project.

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Religious leaders urge support for federal marriage amendment WASHINGTON — The general secretary of the U.S. bishops’ conference joined a panel of clergy and activists July 12 to encourage Congress to pass the Federal Marriage Amendment. “Marriage is not an arbitrary social arrangement that can be altered by either the church or the state,” said Msgr. William P. Fay at a Capitol event to support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. “It is God’s will for humanity and the keystone of every human community.” Msgr. Fay was among a dozen speakers, including Christian and Jewish clergy and representatives of the Congress on Racial Equality, the National Black Leadership Roundtable and the Ten Point Coalition of Boston, an ecumenical group that works with inner-city youths. Msgr. Fay and other clergy also spoke at another press conference July 13. Senate leaders hoped to bring a marriage amendment bill to a vote this week, but even supporters of the amendment conceded it was unlikely to pass on its first hearing.

Pro-life official praises vote on U.N. population agency WASHINGTON — The defeat in a House committee of a proposal to give $25 million in U.S. funds to the U.N. Population Fund was “a victory for women and children around the world, and for the U.S. taxpayer,” said the U.S. bishops’ chief spokeswoman on pro-life issues. Cathy Cleaver Ruse, director of planning and information in the bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, praised the July 12 vote in the House Appropriations Committee on an amendment proposed by Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y. The committee vote was 32-26 against Lowey’s amendment. “The United States should remain out of the business of financing the exploitation of women through coercive programs supported” by the U.N. population agency, Ruse said in a July 12 statement. She pointed out that in July 2002 Secretary of State Colin Powell said the U.N. Population Fund’s support of China’s population planning activities “allows the Chinese government to implement more effectively its program of coercive abortion.” As long as the U.N. agency “supports these barbaric policies imposed on families, it must remain ineligible for U.S. funding, period,” said Ruse.

Challenge to federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research WASHINGTON — Taxpayers should not be forced to support the destruction of human embryos through federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, said Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. The cardinal urged federal lawmakers to oppose efforts to include such federal funding in the appropriations bill for the Labor Department and the Health and Human Services Department. “Government has no business forcing

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., talks to Carol Tobias, National Right to Life Committee political director, before delivering an address at the general session of the National Right to Life Committee's convention July 2 in Arlington, Va. For three days 1,000 people gathered to remind Congress, the Supreme Court and the president that the Declaration of Independence says "the right to life is an unalienable right 'endowed by the Creator,'" said Wanda Franz, president.

taxpayers to support research that relies on the direct destruction of any human life,” he said in a July 7 letter to the appropriations committees in the Senate and House of Representatives. Embryonic stem-cell research de facto destroys the human embryos. The cardinal said that there is no need to experiment with embryonic stem cells because knowledge of stem cells has advanced through use of morally acceptable adult stem cells, animal stem cells and embryonic stem cells eligible for funding under current Bush administration policy. The Bush policy allows federal funding only of research on stem-cell lines that were in existence as of Aug. 9, 2001.

Bishops target global warming WASHINGTON — The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ domestic and international policy committees sent a joint letter to members of the U.S Senate urging action on global warming. “We hope that as the Senate takes up legislation it will use the occasion to adopt measures that will genuinely help to mitigate the effects of climate change,” said the July 6 letter, signed by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Domestic Policy, and Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., chairman of their Committee on International Policy. “The United States bears a special responsibility to lead and help shape responses that serve not only its own interests but those of the entire human family,” the letter said. “The adoption of even modest efforts could help send a signal that the time has come to move forward.” In their letter, they did not endorse any particular measure to rein in global warming. The prelates said, “We especially urge you to address the needs and concerns of the poor” during the Senate debate on the issue.

USCCB official calls for help for child victims of trafficking WASHINGTON — Child victims of human trafficking may have “fallen through the cracks” in enforcement of U.S. laws designed to protect them, a representative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told a Senate subcommittee July 7. Sister Mary Ellen Dougherty of the bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services was one of seven witnesses before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights and property rights. She is manager for outreach, education and technical assistance in MRS’ human trafficking program. “While efforts to find and assist victims of trafficking have been pursued with commendable commitment over the last several years, we fear that children, as a group, have fallen through the cracks of these enforcement efforts,” said Sister Dougherty, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Only 34 child victims have been identified in the United States since passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000, she said. “However, knowledge of the nature of trafficking, the sexual exploitation of children, and statistics gathered by the State Department on child-trafficking worldwide numbers lead one to conclude that many more children are being held involuntarily in trafficking.

Catholic, Jewish leaders urge collaboration on justice, rights WASHINGTON — The International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee focused on the shared commitment to justice of both faiths at its July 5-8 meeting in Buenos Aires,

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Argentina. The meeting represented “a most important shift, from discussion of theoretical matters to looking to practical cooperation to alleviate poverty,” Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore told Catholic News Service July 9 in a phone interview from Buenos Aires. In a joint declaration released at the end of the meeting, the committee said, “Our joint commitment to justice is deeply rooted in both our faiths. ... We share the conviction that every person has the right to be treated with justice and equality.” The declaration also commented on progress in Catholic-Jewish relations and addressed global justice issues and problems of terrorism, anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism.

Stem-cell research initiative qualifies for California ballot LOS ANGELES — After a hard-fought battle between pro-life advocates and backers of embryonic stem-cell research, the “California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act” initiative has qualified for the Nov. 2 ballot in California. The initiative, which is vigorously opposed by the Catholic Church, would create a taxpayer-funded institute to support embryonic stem-cell research “for the development of life-saving regenerative medical treatments and cures.” Proponents of the initiative say that embryonic stem cells hold the promise of new treatments or cures for diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, cancer, HIV/AIDS and more than 70 other diseases and conditions. But opponents of the measure say that the groups in favor of the bill are obscuring the real meaning of the legislation with overly scientific and misleading wording.

Eleven-year-old urges retailer to sell more modest girls’ clothes SEATTLE — She has been interviewed on the “Today” show and on CNN about her effort to get a retail store to offer modest clothing for girls. Newspapers and magazines around the country have spread her story. But has all the publicity given 11-year-old Ella Gunderson of Redmond a big head? “No. We’ve tried to wrap this whole thing in a lot of prayer to ward (it) off,” said her mother, Pam Gunderson. “The Lord knows who he picked. She’s really shy.” Ella, who will be a sixth-grader at Holy Family School in Kirkland this fall, said the newfound fame makes her uncomfortable. “I don’t really like it a whole ton,” she told The Catholic Northwest Progress, newspaper of the Seattle

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Archdiocese. But when pressed, she added that a positive side to the publicity has been “getting the word out.” By that she means that many girls would opt to wear more modest clothing, if only they could find it. That was the thrust of a letter she wrote to Nordstrom last winter. She complained to the Seattle-based retailer that the clothes it sells for girls — particularly the jeans she was interested in purchasing — were too tight and showed too much skin.

Vatican posts deficit VATICAN CITY — The Vatican ended 2003 with another budget deficit, showing a shortfall of about $11.7 million in the coffers of the Holy See and a shortfall of about $10.8 million on the books of Vatican City State. The Vatican released the figures July 7, a day after the budgets were discussed during a meeting of the Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See. Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, was scheduled to provide more details about the budgets at a July 8 Vatican press conference. The Holy See budget includes Vatican congregations and councils, as well as the Vatican’s 118 embassies and diplomatic offices around the world. The Vatican City State budget includes the care and

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British church officials Welcome Blair’s call to review abortion laws MANCHESTER, England — British church and pro-life leaders have welcomed British lawmakers’ calls to review the country’s abortion laws. Calls to review the leg-

islation came after publication of pictures of fetuses as young as 12 weeks stretching and kicking in the womb. The photos were produced by a new type of ultrasound scanning that offered an unprecedented look into the world of unborn babies. British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Parliament July 7 that if scientific evidence relating to the viability of fetuses had changed then Parliament should re-examine the matter. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster said the new fetus photos “rightly shocked people into rethinking the morality of the present law.” He said in a July 8 statement, “I am very glad the prime minister has given his support to a review.” Other lawmakers also called for a review of the abortion laws. David Steel, the senior British politician who pioneered the 1967 legislation allowing abortions in Britain, called for a 12-week time limit for legal abortions. Current British law allows abortions up to 24 weeks.

Vatican seminar held on U.N. poverty goals VATICAN CITY — In support of the U.N.-defined millennium development goals, Pope John Paul II encouraged efforts to drastically reduce poverty, debt and poor health conditions in Third World nations by 2015. The pope’s backing for the U.N. objectives came at a time when many were questioning whether achieving the millennium goals 11 years from now was realistic. The pope’s remarks, in a letter to Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, were made public during a July 9 Vatican seminar, “Poverty and Globalization: Financing for Development, Including the Millennium Development Goals.” The Vatican’s minisummit brought together government leaders, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, U.N. development directors and financial strategists who discussed ways of financing the development goals.

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Many priests and deacons from the Archdiocese of San Francisco attended the annual Clergy Study Days held in June at Vallombrosa Retreat and Conference Center in Menlo Park. The study days provide clergy with opportunities for liturgy and prayer, informative sessions on a range of topics, and fellowship and camaraderie. Speakers included Father Kevin Irwin, a professor at Catholic University of America, who spoke on the ongoing implementation of liturgical renewal begun at the Second Vatican Council, and Father Michael Monshau, a professor at the Dominican School of Theology in Berkeley, who spoke on the importance of homiletics. The two sessions of Clergy Study Days, held during consecutive weeks in June, were coordinated by Auxiliary Bishop John Wester, Vicar for Clergy, and his staff.

Among those attending the 2004 Clergy Study Days were Father Dominic Savio Lee, standing at left; clockwise from his left, Msgr. Fred Bitanga, Salesian Father John Lam, Father Edward Cleary, Father Toan X. Nguyen, Father James Tarantino, Father Brian Costello, Father Hugh O’Donnell, and Father Raymund Reyes, Crossing at top is Father Michael Keane. Morning prayer in Vallombrosa Chapel beckons Bishop Ignatius Wang, left, and Father Francis Garbo.

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Public schools need programs to stop child sex abuse, says educator identifying the public information available on the topic, and she hopes her report will lead to a national survey devoted exclusively to gathering data on child sex abuse in public schools. A study can be done by surveying students or by gathering data on allegations against adults, as was done in the study commissioned by the U.S. bishops’ National Review Board and conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, she said. Both are valuable methods, but Shakeshaft said that she preferred a survey of students because “a lot lower number of allegations are reported” to authorities against adults than actual incidents. The John Jay study reported that during the 19502002 period allegations deemed credible were made against 4,392 clergy, mostly priests, by 10,667 individuals claiming abuse.

sex abuse, it will put sexual misconduct higher on the priority list,” she said. School prevention programs, she added, need to include: WASHINGTON — Because of the prevalence of child — Educating children and adults about their responsex abuse, public schools must develop prevention prosibilities to prevent abuse so everyone in the school grams that include educating employees, volunteers, parknows what actions are acceptable and what are unacents and students on how to spot and report problems, said ceptable. an educator who prepared a federally mandated study for — Procedures that make it safe to report suspicious Congress on the issue. activity and allow for a quick investigation to protect Sex abuse of students by teachers and other adults in students and adults. the public school system “is a problem that needs to be — Background checks as part of a comprehensive taken care of,” said Charol Shakeshaft, professor of eduprogram as most predators are not registered as sex cational policies at Hofstra University in Hempstead, offenders by police or child protective agencies because N.Y., and managing director of Interactive Inc. in of underreporting of abuse. Huntington, N.Y. Shakeshaft’s report said that teachers who abuse She was interviewed by telephone July 6 by Catholic children are hard to detect. News Service. “Teachers who sexually abuse belie Her study, “Educator Sexual the stereotype of an abuser as an easily Misconduct: A Synthesis of Existing identifiable danger to children. Many are Literature,” estimated that almost 10 per- ‘Teachers who sexually abuse belie the stereotype of the most celebrated in their profession,” cent of public school students, about 4.5 million children, have been abused by an abuser as an easily identifiable danger to children. said the study. “Schools are also a place where teachpublic school employees or adult voluners are more often believed than are stuteers. It was commissioned by the U.S. Many are the most celebrated in their profession.’ dents and in which there is a power and Department of Education and presented status differential” that gives teachers and to Congress at the end of June. Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, Ill., presi- other educators an advantage over children, it said. When informed of child sex abuse prevention programs Predators also know how to manipulate students, that involve educating children, parents and employees in dent of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has Catholic dioceses, Shakeshaft praised these as a “good said that child sex abuse is a national problem and has said the study. expressed hope that efforts to curb it in the church will “They lie to them, isolate them, make them feel comidea” and a “good step” toward curbing child sex abuse. plicit and manipulate them into sexual contact. Often Her study was limited to an analysis of existing reports spur similar efforts by other organizations. Regarding public schools, Shakeshaft proposed a teachers target vulnerable or marginal students who are and studies on the situation and did not involve any new national summit on the issue. She also favored less strin- grateful for the attention,” it said. surveys or research. The study also criticized laxity by local school offiThe figure of 4.5 million children was based on a 2000 gent federal laws to make it easier to sue schools for failure national survey of 2,064 students done by the American to prevent abuse and to sue the adults responsible, she said. cials in dealing with abusers. The Shakeshaft study cited a 1994 report on discipliCurrently it is easier to sue for employment discrimAssociation of University Women. It showed that 9.6 percent of public school students from kindergarten through ination based on gender under federal law than to sue nary action against 225 public school teachers who admitted sexually abusing children in New York state. 11th grade reported unwanted sexual harassment or abuse for child sex abuse, she said. According to the 1994 study only 15 percent were Federal laws are an important way to change how by public school employees. Students listed teachers and terminated; 25 percent received no disciplinary conseother educators as being responsible for 57 percent of the local school districts act, she said. “If a district believes that it may have to pay dam- quences; 39 percent left the school district, many with a incidents. Shakeshaft told CNS that her mandate was limited to ages and employees may have to pay because of child positive recommendation to teach elsewhere; and the rest were informally reprimanded. The Shakeshaft study said that in one class “boys reported that the teacher would call them up to his desk at the front of the room and, one at a time, while discussing their homework, would fondle each boy’s penis.” Palestinians. It is really humiliating people,” Father By Judith Sudilovsky Although all the students knew the situation “the Baterian said. 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Monsignor Daniel R. Cahill Msgr. Daniel R. Cahill, former pastor of Holy Cross Parish in San Francisco and St. Sylvester in San Rafael, died July 3 at age 85. Ordained by Archbishop John J. Mitty on Dec. 18, 1943, he had been retired since 1993 and most recently was a resident of San Francisco’s Alma Via community. He received the title Monsignor in 1962. “Msgr. Cahill was a very prayerful man who spent much time in front of the Blessed Sacrament,” said Father Mario Farana, pastor of Noe Valley’s St. Paul Parish where Msgr. Cahill lived from 1996 until his move to Alma Via in April of this year. “We have a small chapel in the rectory and I would often see Msgr. Cahill there praying. There was a very special relationship between him and the Missionaries of Charity. He loved being the Sisters’ chaplain and visiting them in our convent here to hear confessions and pray with them. His deteriorating health had kept him from celebrating Mass publicly but he offered Mass daily without fail in his room.” A native of San Francisco, he attended St. Peter and St.

Anne of the Sunset elementary schools, before graduating from St. Joseph College and St. Patrick Seminary. He earned a doctorate in Canon Law from Catholic University in 1949 and served in the Archdiocesan Tribunal for 16 years. During this time he also was a member of the faculty at San Francisco’s Sacred Heart – now Sacred Heart Cathedral – High School and the now closed Presentation High School, and in residence at the parishes of St. Gabriel, Mission Dolores and St. Paul. In 1965, Msgr. Cahill was appointed pastor of Holy Cross Parish where he served until 1972, when he became pastor of St. Sylvester in San Rafael. He was assigned to St. Monica and St. James in San Francisco until his 1993 retirement. Msgr. Cahill is survived by a sister, Eleanor Theis, her husband, Thomas and a nephew, Dan Cahill. A funeral Mass was celebrated July 7, 2004 at St. Thomas More Church in San Francisco. Archbishop William J. Levada presided with Bishop John C. Wester and more than 25 priests concelebrating. The Missionaries of Charity led the singing. Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.

Sister Marie Patrice Donohoe, SNDdeN Sister Marie Patrice Donohoe, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 77 years, died June 26 in Los Gatos. Born in Ireland and raised in San Francisco, Sister Marie Patrice became a nun in 1927 after graduation from Notre Dame High School in San Francisco. An educator, she taught in Notre Dame elementary and high schools for 42 years. In retirement, she continued her ministry of religious education in California, Alaska and Japan, and served as pastoral minister at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco. She retired to Notre Dame Convent, Belmont, in 1994, and later moved to Notre Dame Convent in Los Gatos.

Sister Marie Patrice was the daughter of Patrick and Frances Donohoe and sister of Elizabeth Conmaghan, Bishop Hugh Donohoe, Aileen Breen, Sister Joan Marie Donohoe, SNDdeN, Thomas Donohoe, Mel Donohoe, Joseph Donohoe, SJ, and Patrick Donohoe, SJ, all deceased. She is lovingly remembered by her sister, Sister Helen Donohoe, RSCJ, of Menlo Park, her friends, former students and the Sisters of Notre Dame. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont, CA 94002.

Former Dominican President Sister Samuel Conlan, OP Sister Samuel Conlan, OP, former president of Dominican University, died from complications of cancer at Lourdes Convent in San Rafael July 11. She was 77. Patricia Edith Conlan, a third generation San Franciscan, was born in 1927. She later took the name of her father, Samuel Leo Conlan, Jr., when she entered the religious life with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael. Sister Samuel enrolled as a freshman at Dominican University (then Dominican College) in 1944 and began a long association with the institution, later serving it as professor, dean of students, academic dean, president, and trustee. As a child growing up in San Francisco, Sister Samuel took advantage of her surroundings, making frequent visits to museums, libraries, parks, and beaches. She also enjoyed tennis and golf, her father having presented her with her first golf club on the day she took her first step. She followed in the footsteps of her grandmother and mother and attended St. Rose Academy. Sister Samuel received a bachelor’s degree from Dominican in 1948. As a senior, she was student body president. Later, she earned a teaching credential from Dominican. She taught for five years at Dominican Convent Upper School (San Domenico) while working toward a master’s degree in English literature from Catholic University of America. She began teaching at Dominican in 1957, taking time out from 1960-1963 to earn a doctorate in English literature from Stanford University. During her years as Dominican’s president, Sister Samuel led the college through periods of significant change. In the late 1960s she was instrumental in expanding the Board of Trustees, once composed exclusively of Dominican Sisters, to include lay members. In 1971, after Dominican had been a women’s institution for more than 80 years, Sister Samuel guided the college’s transition into a co-educational institution. Retiring from college administration in 1980, Sister Samuel returned to the classroom to teach literature. She retired from teaching in 1997, devoting much of her final years to fundraising. In 2000, Dominican completed and named the campus’ new Conlan Recreation Center in honor of Sister Samuel. In 1995, Sister Samuel was named to the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame.

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July 16, 2004

New additions at Schools of the Sacred Heart

Stuart Hall High School celebrated its first graduation ceremony June 4 in San Francisco. All 32 members of the “Founding Class” at the all-boys private Catholic school will go on to two or four year colleges according to school administration. Stuart Hall High School for boys is the latest addition to the Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco, which include Stuart Hall Elementary School for boys, and Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary and High Schools for Girls. The Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco were founded by Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and are now part of the national Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Stuart Hall High School opened four years ago in rented quarters at Star of the Sea in San Francisco. The school now enrolls 170 students and is housed permanently at the renovated former Morning Star School at Pine and Octavia in San Francisco. The renovated facilities include a full size underground gymnasium. Members of the first graduating class above are: (L-R) First row – Philip Lau, Ben Lind, Henry Vega, Ping Yui Lai, Walter Canas, Andrew Castro; Second row –Jonathan Hemelberg, Andy Kleinerman, Jared Baisley, Justin Louie, Thien Mac; Third row – Ryan Gersovitz, Matt Cerussi, Nick Kripalani, Ken Lock, Max Fleischman; Fourth row – Taylor Mansfield, Kevin Hiler, Kyle Sereda, Darwin Tse, Hyun-Soo Chon, Adam Chang Jiang; Back row – Kabir Mahmood, George Karsant, Flavio Nocito, Matt Gajdka, Michael Morgan, David Walker, Justin Yee, Ryan Bollier, Alex Dorey, Paul Lara.

We made our wills

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Archbishop William J. Levada blessed the new Siboni Arts & Science Center at the Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco May 23. The 44,000 square foot, six-level Siboni Center houses science labs, art rooms, student center and 355-seat auditorium along Webster Street in Pacific Heights adjacent to Sacred Heart Schools’ Broadway campus. Completion of the Center was part of a multimillion dollar facility upgrade and expansion campaign, which included construction of a permanent home for Stuart Hall High School at Pine and Octavia. Archbishop Levada is pictured with Director of Sacred Heart Schools Pamela J. Hayes, former Director of Schools Sr. Mary Mardel RSCJ.

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July 16, 2004

(CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS)

Contributing to this story was Bronwen Dachs in Cape Town, South Africa.

By George Wesolek

atholic Relief Services led a delegation of U.S. Congressional aides and representatives of non-governmental organizations with interest in Africa on a tour of Southern Sudan and Uganda in late May. The purpose of the trip was to inform U.S. leaders about dire circumstances in Africa and the work CRS does to directly aid impoverished and war-torn areas. George Wesolek, director of the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was a member of the delegation and the following is a reflection on the trip and a call to solidarity with African people. The peace accord between the Sudanese Peoples liberation Army and the Northern Sudanese (Khartoum) who have been fighting with each other for 21 years was signed on May 26 while I and my fellow delegation members were in Lebone refugee camp in the Southern Sudan. We had just experienced the most frightening part of the whole 10-day trip – the flight from Entebbe, Uganda to Lebone in a particularly small aircraft, landing in a field that seemed to appear miraculously between the hills and brush. Much prayer went into that flight. Women in the Rwenzori Our trip took us to Southern Sudan and Uganda on the eastern side of Africa. Mountains of Western There is woeful ignorance about Uganda attend a Africa in the United States. I include presentation on CRS’ myself in that category. I recently micro-enterprise project. learned, for example, that you could CRS provides small loans put China, India, Argentina, New of approximately $50 to Zealand, the continental United States help women build up small and Europe in Africa. The Sudan, just one of the 54 countries in Africa, is a litindependent businesses. tle more than one quarter the size of the United States, think everything east of the Mississippi River. We’re talking big here. These 54 countries hold some of the richest natural resources of any place on the planet. The vast riches of gold, diamonds, minerals and exotic foodstuffs were a tempting target for European powers. In fact, these 54 modern day countries, by and large, are created from artificial boundaries that were established during the nineteenth century when the European powers divided Africa up for commercial reasons. Much of this commerce had its roots in the slave trade, which began in 1444 when the first slaves were taken from Mauritania and brought to Portugal. So some of the boundaries make no sense, from an African perspective. Members of the same tribe, for example, might be partly in Uganda and partly in Kenya. Examples such as this abound. Africa is Arabic and black African with over 1,000 different ethnic groups and languages. After the breakup of the colonial powers after World War II, the emergent nation states were left pretty much on there own with few educated leaders and little wealth. The results of this have been devastating, leaving behind weak states and predatory governments, a lack of infrastructure, heavy debt burdens, poverty and internal wars and discontent. Along with poverty come the diseases of malaria and tuberculosis, which have a frightening toll. Add to this the pandemic of AIDS and the picture is grim. Approximately 28 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in Africa – about seven million more people than the entire population of Texas. In 2001, AIDS caused the deaths of three million people worldwide. More than 2.3 million of these deaths occurred in Africa.

It is estimated that 13 million “AIDS Orphans” face the risk of malnutrition, social displacement, reduced prospects for education, and forced conscription into military service or into armed militias. By 2010, it is projected that 18 million African children will be AIDS orphans. UNAIDS (the source of these statistics) projects that half or more of all fifteen year olds will eventually die of AIDS in sub-Sahara Africa. Our visits to Lebone in the Sudan, Bundibugyo in Western Uganda and Gulu in Northern Uganda were a small view of a slice of Africa. The many children in the camps got my attention immediately. Almost 60 percent of Africa is under 15 years of age – children and youth who are both the hope for Africa’s future and its victims. They are the poorest of the poor, with no homes, very little food and the threat of disease. It was painful and awkward for me to watch infants and little children in Lebone being weighed by putting them in a sling and then putting the sling on a hook of a hanging butchers scale. The good being done though is considerable. We were viewing a Catholic Relief Services program (the sponsor and guide of our delegation) where these children were in a special feeding program. The children were severely malnourished. Their emaciated bodies were being given life-giving food paid for by U.S. tax money and distributed by USAID and catholic contributions. They were being weighed in this manner to assess their progress and their need.

‘Night commuters’ walk from their villages to sleep at night in the city center of Gulu, Uganda. They are avoiding conscription by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army which makes night time raids on the villages. More dramatic and painful for me were the children of Gulu, Uganda, the “night commuters.” It was already dark when we drove to one of the reception centers for these “night commuter” children. In the headlights of the vehicle we saw hundreds of children, some carrying small knapsacks, all heading with purpose down the roads towards the center. I am reminded of the story of the Pied Piper, only this time the children weren’t being led. The Lord’s Resistance Army was chasing them out of their villages, some as far away as eight miles. This rebel group, officially named a terrorist group by the U.S. government, terrorizes by raiding villages during the night, killing mindlessly and abducting children, boys and girls from the ages of five through twelve. The abducted boys are made into soldiers and trained to kill in a cult-like atmosphere. The girls are used as “wives” for the soldiers. Particularly heinous

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WASHINGTON — International aid agencies were in a “race against nature” to save some one million people in the Darfur region of Sudan, said a Catholic Relief Services official. A lack of adequate security has kept aid from getting into western Sudan, where thousands have been killed and more than one million black Africans have fled a scorched-earth campaign led by Arab militias. The Sudanese government has been under heavy pressure to disarm the militias and allow aid into the region, but the upcoming rainy season could severely hinder aid agencies’ ability to deliver aid, said Dan Griffin, Horn of Africa representative for CRS. Aid agencies were “in a race against nature to keep this from falling into an absolutely catastrophic loss of life,” Griffin told Catholic News Service. Griffin noted that the United Nations has predicted that 300,000 people may die in Darfur regardless of how quickly aid can be provided. “That figure can go over 1 million if we cannot provide an adequate emergency response,” he said. About 1.2 million have been displaced by the violence in Darfur; a recent U.S. Agency for International Development report says some two million people show signs of malnourishment. At least 127 sites in Darfur have been identified as in need of international humanitarian aid, Griffin said. CRS has a small staff in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, waiting to transfer to Darfur, Griffin said. The agency operates three refugee camps in neighboring Chad, where more than 200,000 refugees from Darfur have fled. The CRS-run camps have capacities of 5,000, but all contain more than 8,000 refugees, with one as high as 12,000, he said. Rwandan President Paul U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned African Kagame attends the leaders July 6 that the crisis in Darfur could destabilize the opening of the African region if African countries do not take action, The Union summit July 6 in Associated Press reported. Annan has said the crisis is “bordering on ethnic cleansing.” Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He visited Darfur July 1; he also visited refugee camps in Chad. The Africa Union announced it would send 300 troops to protect refugees in Sudan and Chad, AP reported. The soldiers also will protect military observers monitoring an April cease-fire agreement. In late June, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Sudan of U.N. action within days or weeks if it did not disarm the militias and allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to the refugees. Before Powell left for Sudan, Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, head of the U.S. bishops’ international policy committee, wrote the secretary of state to express his “grave concern about the humanitarian catastrophe” in Darfur. Bishop Ricard said he hoped Powell’s visit will “contribute to more effective action by the U.N. Security Council to provide the mandate and resources necessary to end the violence and address the humanitarian disaster in Darfur.” The bishop called on the international community to move beyond the “endless debates” on whether the situation in Darfur constituted genocide before the international community intercedes. “What greater justification is needed in order to save lives, protect the innocent from further violence and dehumanization and help end this conflict,” he said in the June 28 letter. Violence in Darfur broke out last year. The government in Khartoum is reportedly offering military backup and support to Arab militias, which have been accused of gross human rights violations. The Agence France-Presse news agency quoted a U.N. emergency relief coordinator in early April saying that the Sudanese government was turning a blind eye to “ethnic cleansing” by the militias, known as Janjaweed, which means “horsemen” in the local dialect. Refugees from Darfur seeking safety in Chad have reported to aid workers that the militias carried out mass rapes and execution-style killings. Villages and food supplies have been looted and burned while government helicopter gunships circled overhead, they said. The government denies supporting the militias. Rebel groups in Darfur rose up against the government last year, accusing the government of oppressing black Africans in favor of Arabs. Local disputes over scarce grazing lands also have fueled the conflict. While both groups are Muslim, black Africans are primarily sedentary farmers while the Arabs are nomadic herdsmen, bringing the two groups into conflict over access to land and water resources. Meanwhile, the chairman of the Sudan Ecumenical Forum said the forum will do all it can to support the cease-fire between the government and rebel groups. Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, South Africa, said he and South African Methodist Bishop Mvume Dandala will be responsible for international lobbying on Sudan. “We plan to do high-level advocating around issues affecting the poor and vulnerable” in Sudan, he said. Bishop Dowling said the forum has “very serious concerns that the government is using militias to destabilize” the region. “While I was in Sudan I was aware that the government’s security apparatus was the same as South Africa’s during apartheid,” Bishop Dowling said, noting that “terrible atrocities are committed using proxy forces and there are spies at every meeting.” “Also, there are scores of soldiers all over the place, with the government wielding enormous power and control over the civilian population,” he said.

We are all crying for peace

Sudan faces ‘catastrophic loss of life’ without aid, CRS official says By Stephen Steele Catholic News Service

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Housing at the Lebone refugee camp in Southern Sudan.

CRS school in the Lebone refugee camp.

A woman of Western Uganda listens to a presentation on CRS’ micro-enterprise project. in this scenario is how quickly the conditioning of the children begins. The captured children are forced to kill one of the other captured, usually violently with clubs and machetes. This effectively, because of the tribal culture, makes them unfit to return to the village. According to the Acholi tribes practice, the stigma of killing another, well known to all Acholi, will prevent them from going anywhere but with their new masters to do their bidding. It is for this reason that 20,000 children trek to the safer town of Gulu every night and return home in the morning. In the midst of this pain and misery, there are signs of hope. Catholic Relief Services has developed educational programs for children and their parents, teaching modern farming techniques without the use of pesticides and chemicals. Our group was amazed at the fertile land and the beauty of their crops as we toured the fields. “Without war, this could be the bread basket of Africa,” we said. Other CRS programs centered on youth and “peace building.” At the offices of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Gulu Archdiocese, we were greeted by exuberant youth performing tribal dances to the beating of drums and then serenaded by a choir with rich melodies and harmony. The words of their song are poignant in their pleas for peace. We are the children of Northern Uganda We are crying for freedom and peace Join us fighting for freedom Our hope is a peaceful Uganda We are all crying for peace. CRS also sponsors a program that gives psychological help to the children who manage to escape the Lord’s Resistance Army. PEACE, page 24

Catholic San Francisco

July 16, 2004

Formation needed

‘Constitutionality of SB 1779’ Statement by California Catholic Bishops A challenge to the constitutionality of the California law (Senate Bill 1779) that eliminated the statute of limitations on sexual abuse cases (the time limit for victims of sexual abuse to bring civil suits against employers) filed in California Courts during the 2003 calendar year has now been filed in Federal Court by the Diocese of Davenport. We, the Catholic Bishops of California, have also questioned the fairness and constitutionality of the law. We believe that the challenge by Davenport is well taken and we support this challenge. As Bishops and Pastors we must be concerned both for the victims and their healing, and for the continuation of the Church’s ministries and apostolates, as well as our outreach to the broader community. Our legal advisors have called to our attention the following reasons in support of such a constitutional challenge to this law (Senate Bill 1779): The Statute was not a law of general application and its effects were not broadly felt. Studies on the abuse of children have demonstrated the widespread societal prevalence of this shameful problem, yet of the hundreds of lawsuits filed, all but a tiny fraction have been directed against the Catholic Church. In the midst of the unprecedented media coverage of the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal during 2002, the California Legislature enacted this discriminatory legislation crafted by plaintiffs’ attorneys seeking only one result against a single institution: the Catholic Church. 1. The law violates the Ex Post Facto clause of the U.S. Constitution * The Ex Post Facto clause prohibits States from enacting penal laws that operate retroactively. The Law imposes new retroactive standards. It permits the revival of claims that have been settled, that had been litigated to finality in the courts, or that had lapsed under the previous law. * The law retroactively and unconstitutionally changes the legal consequences of acts and omissions which occurred before its enactment. 2. The law violates the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution * The Due Process Clause is a protection from the extreme hardship and oppressive effects of having to investigate and defend claims that are so old that doing so is nearly impossible. * Critical witnesses from the relevant period are dead, have impaired memories or are otherwise unavailable. Many allegations are against priests who are dead, some for many decades. * Many pastors, bishops, and other clergy who could have knowledge of whether misconduct was alleged or had occurred, are also dead. * No one anticipated being sued for acts that happened as long as seventy years ago, so locating records is tremendously burdensome or altogether impossible. * No records at all are available for many lay employees and volunteers who worked at parishes and who could be “witnesses” to corroborate allegations. * Information about the accusing parties and their families is often lacking. Roman Catholic entities in California have served tens of millions of people since the 1930s. Specific information about particular plaintiffs or other accusing parties is hardly available for recent events, let alone events that are decades old. * This law imposes special hardships and oppressive effects upon the Catholic Church in California. By making a fair defense impossible, it ensures almost certain liability for the Church. 3. The law violates the Bill of Attainder clause of the U.S. Constitution * Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist defined a bill of attainder as “a legislative act that singled out one or more persons and imposed punishment on them, without benefit of trial.” * By way of Senate Bill 1779, the California Legislature singled out the Catholic Church, declared it guilty, and imposed penalties on it. * Senate Bill 1779 was designed to transfer massive amounts of the Church’s assets to self-interested attorneys. * It punishes the Catholic Church by forcing it to spend a great deal of money investigating old claims and multiple claims that have only surfaced in 2003 or recently. For all the reasons above, we believe the legal challenge presented by the Davenport Diocese provides an opportunity to review Senate Bill 1779 and test its fairness as law towards the Catholic Church. Our responsibility as Pastors and stewards of the Church requires us to question a law that threatens the Church’s mission. Our efforts to ensure both the pastoral works of the Church and the just relief of the victims of sexual abuse are being endangered by the flawed character of this law. Our support for the legal action by the Davenport Diocese does not diminish our abiding concerns: to make certain the Church is safe for everyone, especially for children and youth; to reach out to victims of clergy sexual abuse, and their families, with spiritual and pastoral care and counseling; to continue our efforts for a just and fair settlement with victims of clergy sexual abuse. We will continue to keep you, our Catholic people, informed of our ongoing efforts on all of these matters. We ask your prayers for all who have suffered sexual abuse, and we ask your continued prayerful support for your Church throughout California.

Regarding Catholics in Political Life, one must agree emphatically with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops self defined obligation to teach the Catholic faith and the moral law. Now let us evaluate their performance of this obligation, using Catholic politicians as a case in point. Formation of conscience in politicians (and others) is not an overnight event. Whatever the status of conscience, each politician has been through the same process. No matter how they arrived at their present opinions, the bishops are responsible for teaching the formation of conscience to politicians (and others). If the Catholic politicians (and others) have failed in forming a conscience that would be approved by the bishops, the ultimate responsibility is on the bishops. How could the bishops be responsible for such grand failure? Can we learn a productive lesson from it and propose corrective action? I would observe here that throughout the U.S. the obligation to teach children the Catholic faith and moral law has been well attended and is successful. One needs to ask whether the lessons learned by children are completely applicable to adults, without further teaching? If not, how, when and where do the bishops feel that the lessons are now reinforced effectively to all adult Catholics? But one asks about present methods only to emphasize that whatever they are, they have failed. Some more effective method is needed. Rather than bishops making policy statements that decry the present state of affairs, why not take action and implement some effective means of adult faith formation. In our own diocese we have implemented an impressive lecture and training series. Whatever the topic, lay adults may obtain six to twelve weekly sessions and become experts for $50. This takes care of at least five percent of the Catholic population, and may even attract one or two politicians when they are in town. I propose here that we examine seriously the concept of the “four-minute teach,” as implemented by Archbishop Weakland in his Midwest diocese. The concept is to take no more than four minutes during the time of the second collection for a well planned, adult oriented, teaching session at all weekend Masses. The diocese would supply a clearly defined curriculum outline and background teaching tools to lay teachers willing to serve in each parish. Topics to cover would include the formation of conscience, the difference between the “Laws of Nature” and the “Natural Law” and how “good or bad” differs from “right or wrong.” This would definitely not be an extension of

the homily for the day or the liturgy of the day. When adults begin to see how much is to be gained from a better understanding of their faith, cooperation is to be anticipated. We are, after all, captives in the church during these few minutes already. Why not make good use of the time? Alex M. Saunders, M.D. San Carlos

Presuming good faith Archbishop Levada is to be commended for his June 25th column “Catholic Teaching in the Public Square” in which he calls for “dialogue among Catholics, especially Bishops, in further discerning the complex questions that lie at the intersection of religious faith and public life.” Indeed, dialogue is precisely what is needed. We the Church should be able to persuade our brothers and sisters that protection of human life from conception to natural death, is a justice issue that requires us to do what is reasonable from legislation to ensure that protection, and at least to avoid through legislation that which removes it. Failing that, withholding Eucharist as a sanction is a terrible idea. Sadly, the current culture accepts abortion as a fact of life. Because many Bishops have displayed scandalous behavior in protecting priest-predators, defiance of episcopal instruction by Catholic politicians may be thought by some to be a badge of independence, and may actually increase their popularity. As the Archbishop points out, in the U.S. we all have the right to profess our faith according to our conscience. While it is difficult for me to understand how some can justify abortion as it is commonly practiced, those who would deny Eucharist presume bad faith on the part of all those who define themselves as pro-choice. This Catholic is not about to make any such presumption. Robert M. Rowden M.D. San Rafael

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Transparent hypocrisy

Letters welcome

I am writing to protest the position taken by the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops in which they collectively abrogated their responsibility to decide whether or not to allow pro-choice voting Roman Catholic politicians to receive Holy Communion. I am grateful to Catholic San Francisco for publishing letters from priests like Fr. John Malloy, SDB. He demonstrates a clarity of vision, moral conviction and courage in support of the pro-life position of the Church versus the equivocation displayed by many members of the Council of Bishops. Why must they cater to a group of politicians whose hypocrisy is so transparent? William Tognotti San Francisco

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I fail to see how requiring foreigners in our land to obey our laws is in any way disrespectful of their human dignity. Al Hernandez’ use of the Gospel to justify the granting of driver’s licenses to illegals (CSF – June 25) may be momentarily convenient, but it is unfair to those who have immigrated legally and to all other citizens as well. The United States and Mexico need to pursue a long-term solution to this problem rather than enacting a stop-gap measure such as SB 1160 which would only encourage continued illegal immigration. Virginia Dolar Novato

July 16, 2004

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The Catholic Difference This past June 1, the president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, took to the op-ed page of the Washington Post to make a “plea for enlightened moderation” to his Islamic brethren around the world. Deploring “the devastating power of plastic explosives...[and] high-tech remote-controlled devices” and “the proliferation of suicide bombers,” General Musharraf went on to concede that “the unfortunate reality is that both the perpetrators of these crimes and most of the people who suffer from them are Muslims.” That very same day, the Rome-based ZENIT news service, reporting on an interreligious conference in Qatar, noted that the head of the committee for dialogue with monotheistic religions at Cairo’s Al-Azhar university, Sheikh Fawzy Fadel Al-Zafzaf, had told the conference that “Islam is a religion of peace that respects human life.” Is President Musharraf right and Sheikh Al-Zafzaf wrong? Or is the Pakistani general wrong and the scholar from Al-Azhar right? Perhaps the answer is both, at least to some degree. To Musharraf’s credit, he squarely faced the hard fact of the matter: the overwhelming majority of terrorist mayhem in the world is committed by Muslims, who all too often cite religious motivations and religious legitimation for their deeds. Sheikh Al-Zafzaf is right to remind his Catholic listeners that the murder of innocents is not commanded by the Qu’ran. But what is to be done about those Muslims who insist that their terrorism is divinely warranted? Public authorities have one set of responsibilities in the face of Islamist terrorism. What about religious lead-

ers? Can interreligious dialogue contribute anything to the struggle against terrorism? I think it can, if the dialogue is conceived strategically. If interreligious dialogue decays into merely another form of political correctness, Catholics will be of little assistance to those Muslims who want to challenge the Islamist radicals. “Enlightened moderation” in the Islamic world, of the sort President Musharraf envisions, will not be advanced if Catholics, fearful of giving offense, give their Muslim interlocutors a pass on the tough questions. Our Muslim dialogue partners must know that, just as they would expect us to condemn Christians who claim divine sanction for terrorism, we expect them to condemn Islamist radicalism on explicitly Islamic grounds. By the same token, Catholics should try to help Islamic religious leaders, scholars, and lawyers develop an Islamic case for the acceptance of pluralism, for a commitment to the method of persuasion in politics, and for the other basic elements of what we call “civil society.” The great question for Islam as a culture-forming religion – a question whose resolution will shape a lot of 21st century history – is whether Muslims can develop a genuinely Islamic case for civility amidst diversity in society by drawing on their own sacred texts and legal codes. It is arrogant to expect a billion Muslims to become good secular western liberals; it’s also foolish, because they’re not going to do it. The question is not whether the West can help facilitate a “naked public square” in the Islamic world. The question is whether Islam, within its own scriptures and history, has the resources to support those Muslims who want

to build societies around the conviction that it’s God’s will that we be tolerant of those who have different understandings of God’s will. What do Catholics bring to that discussion? George Weigel We bring some recent history. It took the Catholic Church until 1965, in the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, to articulate a Catholic theory of pluralism and tolerance. More than one hundred fifty years of robust argument preceded the Declaration. Surely Catholics learned something from that experience. Perhaps that something could be of use to our Muslim interlocutors as they try to forge a development of social doctrine, as it were, in their own religious tradition. That’s the strategic purpose that should shape CatholicIslamic dialogue in the twenty-first century: to help Muslims develop an Islamic case for the civil, tolerant society. “Jaw, jaw is better than war, war,” Churchill famously said. But the “jaw, jaw” must be purposeful, if it’s to help prevent “war, war.” That’s why it’s time to start thinking of interreligious dialogue in frankly strategic terms. George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Coming of Age

Where respecting one’s own life might start for teens If you have brothers or sisters, I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point in your long, fascinating life one of you has tried to insult another by questioning his or her place in the family. Oh, let’s just be blunt. Did you ever get told that you were adopted? (And you weren’t?) Or did you ever get told that you were, uh, an “accident”? Or, were you the one to do the telling? That’s OK. It usually happens at least once to everyone. Why do kids say things like that, anyway? Because they think it’s a handy insult, that’s why. And you probably know that brothers and sisters are always on the lookout for something new to prod, pry and torment each other. By saying something like, “You know you were adopted, right?” a sneaky kid is hoping to drive a sort of wedge between you and the rest of the family. In revealing the supposed news that you were an “accident,” the very same sneaky kid wants to make you feel unwanted and only grudgingly accepted. Oh, we can be so mean to each other, can’t we? Of course, since you’re older now, in thinking about those alleged “insults” you know that there’s really nothing insulting about them at all.

Being adopted is a gift and a grace. More people than you know have been born of one set of parents and adopted by another. There’s no shame in it, only love on all sides. You could say that adopted kids actually have received twice as much love as anyone else: love from the parents who wanted the best for them and love from the parents who brought them into their family. No, adoption’s not a wedge. It’s a lifelong hug. As for the “accident” thing, if you exist it’s because God wanted you to. It’s because God thought of you and brought you to life. Even if your birth was “planned” and hoped for by parents, they could never plan the unique person who is you. The Church speaks often about “respecting life.” You may wonder sometimes what “respecting life” means for someone your age. Well, it starts, strangely enough, with examining your gut response to those silly childhood insults. It doesn’t matter if I’m adopted or not, or even who my parents are or what they were thinking when I came into existence. I’m here because God made me, that’s something to celebrate, and that’s what really matters.

If you start there and remember where respect for your own life begins, it shouldn’t be too hard to stretch your thinking to every other soul on the planet. There’s no insult to us in any of our oriAmy Welborn gins (how old our mom is; if she’s married or not; if we were “planned” by human beings or not; if we end up with different parents than we began with), and we shouldn’t be made to feel that way. What matters is that God made each of us because he wants us to live. Celebrate that, and you’re respecting life. Amy Welborn is a popular columnist and author of “The Loyola Kids’ book of Saints”.

Spirituality

The struggle for sincerity We live with two great desires. Beyond our desire for intimacy we also want sincerity. But, like intimacy, this, too, is rather elusive. It’s not easy to be sincere. I was reminded of this recently while having a conversation with a friend who’d just become a father. “Now that I have a child,” he told me, “I want to grow up, finally grow up. I’m tired of the way I am, of being bounced around by every fad and politically correct thing to think, say, or do. I’m sick of not knowing what I really stand for deep down. I have to find a way to move beyond that or I’ll never grow up.” This man was already in his late 30s, into mid-life, and still unsure of how much of what he said, did, or thought was really coming from his true center. I point this out with sympathy. He was longing for sincerity, which he identified with “finally growing up” and was finding that for the most part it was evading him. He was struggling to contact his own soul, to think his own thoughts, and was finding more false layers there than he’d ever imagined. Much as the desire for sincerity haunts us, it’s still difficult to be sincere. Why? Because too many things get between us and our real center. What things? The mind-set of our culture, fads, ideology, group-think, rationalizations, old wounds, present hurts, body chemistry, infatuations, private fantasies, among other things, help block us off from our real thoughts and feelings. Who, for example, really has his or her own opinion of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of Christ?” What do we really think about this movie? Did we, liberals and conservatives alike, really watch this movie or did we watch each other watch it?

What do I really think about anything? What’s me as opposed to some prescribed value, feeling, opinion, bias, or ideology that I’ve drunk in from my circle of friends, family, church, or culture? What does it mean to be sincere? Dictionaries offer two versions of the root of the word and both interpretations shed light on its meaning. Some dictionaries suggest that sincere comes from two Latin words: sine (without) and caries (decay). Hence, to be sincere means to be “without corruption.” Other commentators suggest that its root is: sine (without) and cero (to smear, to coat with wax). In this view, to be sincere means “to be uncovered, to have a certain transparency of soul,” to not have a coat of anything covering you. Certainly both are true. To be sincere is to be uncorrupted. To be sincere is also to be bare, uncoated, transparent, truly yourself, not covered with pretense, whim, fad, political correctness, posturing, or acting out. To be sincere is to be without false props, without a mask, without anything that’s not really you. But this isn’t easy. Parker Palmer, the renowned American educator, once commented that despite all the good and sincere people he met and all the valuable insights that passed through his classrooms, there was little in the way of genuine sincerity at one level. Classrooms themselves, he suggests, almost ex officio, militate against sincerity. I paraphrase his comments: During all those years, in all those classes, with all those good people, I doubt that there was ever truly one sincere question asked. There was a lot of posturing, some pretense, a lot of asking of the right things, a lot of political correctness, but not really a question that laid bare a heart, that spoke truly for someone’s soul, that issued

forth from a genuine curiosity. C.S. Lewis made a similar statement in his book, “The Great Divorce.” Lewis, arguing against a professor of theology who no longer believes in a transcendent Father God, outlines the anatomy Ron Rolheiser of a lost faith, suggesting that, at root, it takes its base in insincerity: “Let us be frank. Our opinions were not honestly come by. We simply found ourselves in contact with a certain current of ideas and plunged into it because it seemed modern and successful. At college, you know, we just started automatically writing the kind of essays that got good marks and saying the kind of things that won applause. When, in our whole lives, did we honestly face, in solitude, the one question on which all turned: whether after all the supernatural might not in fact occur? When did we put up one moment’s resistance to the loss of faith.” Sincerity is what truly lays bare the heart, genuinely speaks for the soul, and makes for honest curiosity. My friend was right to identify it with the struggle to “finally grow up.” Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is a theologian, teacher and award-winning author.

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Catholicism and Islam: A strategic dialogue

Catholic San Francisco

July 16, 2004

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Scripture SR. SHARON MCMILLAN, SND

Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS (GEN 18:1-10A) The Lord appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking up, Abraham saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground, he said: “Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant. Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree. Now that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward you may go on your way.” The men replied, “Very well, do as you have said.” Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah, “Quick, three measures of fine flour! Knead it and make rolls.” He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice steer, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it. Then Abraham got some curds and milk, as well as the steer that had been prepared, and set these before the three men; and he waited on them under the tree while they ate. They asked Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?” He replied, “There in the tent.” One of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 15:2-3, 3-4, 5) R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord. One who walks blamelessly and does justice; who thinks the truth in his heart and slanders not with his tongue. R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord. Who harms not his fellow man, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

by whom the reprobate is despised, while he honors those who fear the Lord. R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord. Who lends not his money at usury and accepts no bribe against the innocent. One who does these things shall never be disturbed. R. He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord. A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS (COL 1:24-28) Brothers and sisters: Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister in accordance with God’s stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones, to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory. It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (LK 10:38-42) Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”

Need of Only One Thing Once again Jesus is at the dinner table. And once again he teaches us about the meaning of being his disciple. Luke’s Gospel invites us to know this Jesus who excludes no one from his dinner table. This Jesus eats with Gentiles, the unclean, the struggling poor, women, Samaritans, public sinners, wealthy tax collectors, disciples, and the merely curious. Everyone is welcome into Jesus’ company. In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus teaches his disciples that there is “need of only one thing” and he does this in a context that is very striking in the ways in which he includes women. When Jesus enters the village, it is a woman, Martha, who welcomes him. She then acts as host to him and his disciples in her own home. She also serves them herself, although they are not her family members or relatives. And that is only the beginning. In what is probably his typical fashion, Jesus takes this opportunity to gather everyone around him, to teach, to break open what Paul describes in the Second Reading as “the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones.” Jesus teaches his disciples, “his holy ones” who are seated at his feet. It is easy to imagine the rabbi Jesus surrounded by eager disciples who ask him questions, who find their hearts burning within them at his answers. The astounding thing here is that some of the disciples are women also seated at Jesus’ feet, questioning, learning, committed. One of the women is Mary, sister of the woman of the house. Perhaps she meant to only stay a moment and then to dash back into the kitchen to help Martha. But then Jesus began to speak, again as the Second Reading says making “known the riches of the glory of this mystery.” Once Mary heard Jesus speak, she found him speaking to her own heart, to her own longings, to her deepest self. So she stayed at his feet since she knew she had found “the better part,” the

most important thing in the world: Christ, the hope of the world. Even when Martha had probably called her several times with growing annoyance, and even when Martha in complete frustration interrupted Jesus to get Mary to help her, Mary would not leave her place at Jesus’ feet. “Mary has chosen the better part.” Luke does not mean for us to hear this Gospel as a lesson on “entertaining with less.” In the midst of Martha’s high anxiety and overwhelming work, Jesus gently tells her that for a disciple there is “need of only thing,” time spent at the feet of Jesus. This is about priorities. If I have been plunged into the very life of Jesus by my baptism and seek to live by his Spirit, I must spend time with him “at his feet”: listening to him, being formed by him, healed by him. I notice right away that this “better part” does not involve Mary speaking. Her attitude is one of stillness, listening, learning. Jesus still invites his disciples to spend time with him, to be present with him with listening hearts. His word is near to us, as close as the bible we have at home, for example. When our day is more like Martha’s, when we are anxious and worried about many things, we have simply to take time, even ten minutes, even alone in the car, and to sit at Jesus’ feet as we hear him speak to us through his word. He faithfully offers us the “better part” if we can offer him the time to be present with him. I like to think that after Jesus’ words to her, Martha’s mind and heart recognized the peace Jesus was offering, that she put down the trays of food she was carrying, and joined the wholehearted attention of the other disciples. And in his presence she found all she had been working for so hard. Jesus invites us to sit daily at his feet and receive these same blessings from his infinite compassion. Notre Dame Sister Sharon McMillan is assistant professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park.

Mildred c. 700 feast – July 13 The daughter of an Anglian ruler on the Welsh border and a princess from Kent, Mildred was educated at a French nunnery. After refusing a marriage offer Crosiers from an unwelcome suitor, she entered the convent at Minster-in-Thanet, England, founded by her mother. She, too, became its abbess and died there, but was remembered as gentle and kind, “a comforter to all the poor and afflicted.” Two of her sisters also were nuns, and the family’s women, including Mildred’s mother and aunt, were popularly regarded as English saints. Saints for Today

July 16, 2004

Catholic San Francisco

ORDINARY TIME

Unfounded claims and unfair reporting On July 10, the San Francisco Chronicle printed an article based on comments by plaintiffs’ attorneys in civil lawsuits filed against the Archdiocese of Portland, where I served from 1986 to 1995. In the article, I am “accused” of “covering up sexual abuse” in the Archdiocese of Portland; of improperly handling the cases of two priests – Fathers Maurice Grammond and Joseph Baccellieri; and of being responsible for the “current financial collapse,” a reference to the Portland Archdiocese’s recent bankruptcy filing. Had Chronicle writer Don Lattin asked for my response to these “accusations,” I would gladly have provided it. However, he did not ask. Instead, he wrote a tendentious article, which had the result (whether it was the intended purpose or not) of undermining my reputation. The article gave public voice to a patently contrived chain of irresponsible and untrue allegations. Before responding to the specific “accusations” we should look at who is doing the “accusing.” Jeffrey Anderson is a plaintiffs’ attorney who is making his fortune by litigating cases against the Catholic Church throughout the country. Typically a victim’s lawyer receives from one-third to 40 percent of an award made to a victim in a civil trial or an out of court settlement. Anderson and his team came to take my sworn testimony during Holy Week this year in the case of Father Grammond. For two hours he asked questions about the crime of sexual abuse of minors by clergy in general (a typical “fishing expedition” to get quotable quotes for possible use in his future court proceedings, I am told). My involvement in the Father Grammond case is simple, as he knows from my testimony and from others in the Archdiocese of Portland. Father Grammond was already retired when I went to the Portland Archdiocese in 1986. When I received an allegation from a man claming the priest had abused him years before, I removed Father Grammond’s faculties for public priestly ministry. My handling of this case was correct by any reasonable objective standard. This was the first such allegation I had heard about in Grammond’s case. Anderson’s assertions, as quoted in Lattin’s article, that I am “one of a long line of bishops that has given sanctuary to Grammond - a known

predator,” and “Levada inherited a secret and kept it the nine years he was there” are simply lies. My question is this: why did Lattin, who knew or should have known that Anderson’s case as plaintiffs’ attorney hinges on the Church’s prior knowledge of such abuse, make the Chronicle a voice for such a distorted claim? He quotes generic statements about “all bishops” from SNAP (a victim’s group that is always ready with a quote attacking bishops), and Voice of the Faithful (whose self appointed organizers Lattin incredibly describes as “Catholic lay leaders”) to bolster Anderson’s comments. With regard to Father Baccellieri, I removed him from ministry in 1992 when I received an allegation of sexual abuse dating back to the 1970s. After thorough investigation by the Portland Archdiocese and extensive therapeutic treatment for the priest, in 1994 I judged that he had been truly repentant and could be trusted to engage in limited ministry with proper supervision. The Portland Archdiocese received no reports of inappropriate behavior by the priest after his return to limited ministry. Until 2002, when the US Bishops adopted a policy of “zero tolerance” for any priest offender, such careful reassignment was a legitimate option. Finally Lattin writes “Catholic lay leaders say the roots of current financial collapse go back to actions taken - or not taken - during the Levada years.” What is the basis for this statement? Lattin cites a woman (again from VOTF, hardly a “Catholic lay leader”) who says “we lay the financial crisis at the feet of bishops going back 30 years.” But I went to Portland only 18 years ago. When I left the Archdiocese of Portland was in excellent financial condition. Indeed, there is no “financial collapse” today. The problem for the Archdiocese of Portland has arisen because of new allegations made in the past few years about abuse that was unknown until recently brought forward by victims. The problem is exacerbated by the greed of plaintiffs’ attorneys like Anderson who see the sex-abuse crisis as a way to push for excessive judgments for victims from which these lawyers will benefit handsomely. The Portland Archdiocese filed for bank-

Archbishop William J. Levada

ruptcy on the very day that a case was to open in court for two victims whose collective demand was for $155 million. Of course this is a sad occasion for the Portland Archdiocese, as it would be for any diocese. But it is time to lay out the facts in the current situation. The plaintiffs’ attorneys, using the claim of terrible sexual abuse by priests, many of whom are dead, have encouraged victims to step forward decades after the fact to push claims for huge monetary damages from bishops today who had no responsibility or oversight for those priests – claims that can be satisfied only by the threat of divesting today’s parishioners of their churches, today’s children of their schools, today’s poor of the Church’s charitable outreach. This is not justice. For this reason Archbishop Vlazny has reluctantly taken a step, on the advice of his priest consultors and lay finance council advisors, that will ensure reasonable compensation to victims for their decades-old injuries, while at the same time ensuring that plaintiffs’ attorneys are not able to use a malleable legal system to interfere with Catholic parishioners’ right to the free exercise of their religion.

Most Reverend William J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

Pope says Catholic institutions must proclaim the Gospel Following is the Vatican text of Pope John Paul II’s June 24 remarks to the bishops of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington during their “ad limina” visits to the Vatican. Dear brother bishops, 1. As the visits of the bishops of the United States of America to the tombs of the apostles continue, I am pleased to greet you, the bishops of the provinces of Portland in Oregon, Seattle and Anchorage. In our series of reflections on the exercise of the ministry entrusted to us as successors of the apostles we have been considering the episcopal “munus docendi” in the light of the church’s prophetic witness to the kingdom of God, of which she is, on earth, the seed and beginning (cf. “Lumen Gentium,” 5). In addition to the personal testimony of faith and holiness for which individual believers are responsible by virtue of their baptism, the church is also called to give an important institutional testimony before the world. For this reason, the risen Lord’s command to make disciples of all nations and to teach them “to carry out everything I have commanded you” (Mt 28:19-20) must be the indispensable reference point for every activity of the church. Her many religious, educational and charitable institutions exist for one reason only: to proclaim the Gospel. Their witness must always proceed “ex corde ecclesiae,” from the very heart of the church. It is of utmost importance, therefore, that the church’s institutions be genuinely Catholic: Catholic in their self-understanding and Catholic in their identity. All those who share in the apostolates of such institutions, including those who are not of the faith, should show a sincere and respectful appreciation of that mission which is their inspiration and ultimate raison d’etre. 2. Today creativity is especially needed in better shaping ecclesial institutions to fulfill their prophetic mission. This means finding innovative ways to enable the light of Christ to shine brightly, so that the gift of his grace may truly “make all things new” (Rv 21:5; cf. “Novo Millennio Ineunte,” 54). The church’s many institutions in the United States — schools, universities, hospitals and charitable agencies — must not only assist the faithful to think and act fully in accordance with the Gospel, overcoming every separation between faith and life (cf. “Christifideles Laici,” 34), but they must themselves embody a clear corporate testimony to its saving truth. This will demand constantly re-examining their priorities in the light of their mission and offering a convincing witness,

within a pluralistic society, to the church’s teaching, particularly on respect for human life, marriage and family, and the right ordering of public life. 3. The church’s educational institutions will be able to contribute effectively to the new evangelization only if they clearly preserve and foster their Catholic identity. This means that “the content of the education they impart should make constant reference to Jesus Christ and his message as the church presents it in her dogmatic and moral teaching” (“Ecclesia in America,” 71). Moreover, a truly Catholic education will aim at an integration of knowledge within the context of a vision of the human person and the world which is enlightened by the Gospel. By their very nature, Catholic colleges and universities are called to offer an institutional witness of fidelity to Christ and to his word as it comes to us from the church, a public witness expressed in the canonical requirement of the mandatum (Canon 812; cf. USCCB, “The Application of Ex Corde Ecclesiae in the United States,” II.4.4, e). As communities committed to the pursuit of truth and the establishment of a living synthesis of faith and reason, these institutions should be at the forefront of the church’s dialogue with culture, for “a faith which remains on the margins of culture would be a faith unfaithful to the fullness of what the word of God manifests and reveals, a truncated faith, and even worse, a faith in the process of self-destruction” (“Ex Corde Ecclesiae,” 44). The church’s presence in elementary and secondary education must also be the object of your special attention as shepherds of the people of God. Local parochial schools have done much to provide solid academic, moral and religious formation for so many Americans, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. I take this opportunity to acknowledge with gratitude the devoted work of countless priests, religious and lay people in the field of Catholic education, and I invite you to join me in encouraging them to persevere in this necessary mission (cf. Congregation for Catholic Education, “Consecrated Persons and Their Mission in Schools,” 84). I would also ask you to encourage your priests to continue to be present and visible in parish schools and to make every effort to ensure that, despite financial difficulties, a Catholic education remains available to the poor and the less privileged in society. 4. Religious education programs, too, are a most significant component of the church’s evangelizing mission. While catechetical programs for children and young people, especially in relation to sacramental preparation, remain essential, increasing

attention must be paid to the particular needs of older adolescents and adults. Effective programs of religious education, whether on the diocesan or the parish level, require a constant discernment of the actual needs of the different ages and groups, as well as a creative assessment of the best means of meeting them, especially the need for training in mental prayer, the spiritual reading of Scripture (cf. “Dei Verbum,” 11) and the fruitful reception of the sacraments. This continuing discernment calls for the personal involvement of the bishop, together with pastors, who are directly responsible for the religious instruction imparted in their parishes, with religious education professionals, whose generosity and experience are such a great resource in your local churches, and with parents, who are called before all others to form their children in the faith and in Christian living (Canon 774.2). 5. The many initiatives of American Catholics on behalf of the elderly, the sick and the needy — through nursing homes, hospitals, clinics and various relief and assistance centers — have always been, and continue to be, an eloquent witness to the “faith, hope and love” (1 Cor 13:31) which must mark the life of every disciple of the Lord. In the United States, generations of religious and committed lay people, by building up a network of Catholic health care institutions, have borne outstanding testimony to Christ, the healer of bodies and souls, and to the dignity of the human person. The significant challenges facing these institutions in changing social and economic circumstances must not be allowed to weaken this corporate witness. Established policies in complete conformity with the church’s moral teaching need to be firmly in place in Catholic health care facilities, and every aspect of their life ought to reflect their religious inspiration and their intimate link to the church’s mission of bringing supernatural light, healing and hope to men and women at every stage of their earthly pilgrimage. 6. Dear brothers, with deep gratitude for the great contribution which the Catholic institutions present in your dioceses have made to the growth of your local churches, I join you in praying that they will become ever more effective agents of the new evangelization, sources of vital energy for the apostolate and a true leaven of the kingdom (cf. Mt 13:33) in American society. Upon all the clergy, religious and lay faithful engaged in works of ecclesial service I invoke the wisdom and strength of the Holy Spirit and cordially impart my apostolic blessing as a pledge of grace and strength in the Lord.

Catholic San Francisco

Food & Fun July 24: Outdoor Mass followed by Pot Luck picnic in Lafayette Park, corner of Washington and Laguna, SF at noon. Sponsored by Committee to Save St. Brigid Church. Call (415) 364-1511 or visit www.st-brigid.org. Aug. 7: Annual Flea Market benefiting St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in parish schoolyard, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Donations accepted. Tables $25 each; 2 for $35. Call Yolanda Lawrence at (650) 3557242; Jim Rato at (415) 731-6839; Jerry Motak at (415) 661-7378. Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to the public. Admission free. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext. 213. Concerts are open to the public. Admission free. July 18: David Hatt, organist;

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Datebook

Taize Prayer 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in their Province Center Chapel, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont across from Ralston on the college campus. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 350 or www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org. 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) 3223013. 2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313. 3rd Fri. at 8 p.m. at Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley. Call Dean Miller at (650) 631-2882 1st Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at SF Presidio Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop. Call Catherine Rondainaro at (415) 713-0225

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St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco needs your help at its Help Desk. Service includes sorting donations and helping clients. If anyone would like to volunteer - also small groups of volunteers one Saturday a month they should call (415) 202-9955.” St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County needs Spanish/English-speaking volunteers to answer phones in 2 – 3 hour shifts between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at their offices, 50 No. B St., San Mateo. Volunteers do intake of clients’ requests, log the call and enter into Access-based computer data system. Call (650) 373-0620. Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group needs volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to individuals with HIV-AIDS and/or assist with various program events and activities. Many opportunities available. Call (415) 863-1581 or www.mhr-asg.com. Caring for the Caregiver with Carolina Shaper meets Mondays 6 – 7:30 p.m. Call Ms. Shaper at (415) 984-0501.

Reunions Aug. 3: St. Philip Elementary School, classes 194- through 49, 11:30 a.m. in Parish Hall, 725 Diamond St., SF. Alums are asked to assist in the Pot Luck meal with a main, side or dessert dish large enough to feed 8 people. Kitchen facilities available. Contact Janice Toynton Olsen at (650) 592-3097 – olsenjanice@hotmail.com or Jack Hart at (415) 282-0531 – mcleod2hart@yahoo.com. Sept. 11: Class of ’54, Notre Dame des Victoires High School, at San Mateo Marriott Hotel. No-host bar at 11 a.m. with lunch at noon. Contact Toni Pink McMickin at (415) 382-6580 or Bajada Herrera at deeshaven@accessbee.com. Sept. 18: St. Paul High School, San Francisco, class of ’64, 1 p.m. at the Terrace Room of El Rancho Motel, Millbrae. Contact classmate, Liz Hannan, at lizhannan3@yahoo.com. Sept. 19: Centennial Alumni Reunion, St. Anne of the Sunset Elementary School beginning with Mass at 10:30 a.m. and reception following. “We are hoping to find many of our alumni,” the school said. Call (415) 664-7977. Sept. 26: Class of ’66, Notre Dame des Victoires High School at St. Francis Yacht Club. Contact Yvonne Deasy-Gowdy at ygowdey@yahoo.com or Renee Lorda fassett at (510) 655-8903. Oct. 1: Class of ’47, Presentation High School, SF, 11:30 a.m. Olympic Club, Lakeside. Contact Mary-June Swalen at (408) 354-1544 or Alice Pavano at (415) 826-7771. Nov. 13: Class of ’54, St. Cecilia Elementary School, SF. Reception and dinner at the school. Contact Mary Rudden at (415) 824-7695 or Don Ahlbach at (650) 348-5577 or dahlbach@pacbell.net.

Young Adults Office of Young Adult Ministry: Connecting men and women in their 20s and 30s to the Catholic Church. Contact Dominican Sister Christine Wilcox, (415) 614- 5595, wilcoxc@sfarchdiocese.org, or Mary Jansen, (415) 614-5596, jansenm@sfarchdiocese.org. Sept. 18: Fall Fest, Choices: What’s God Have to do With it? at University of San Francisco with keynote address, workshops, exhibits, Mass, dinner and dance. Bishop Jaime Soto of Orange is among the speakers. Registration is $40 in advance and $60 at the door. Call (415) 614-5594 or www.sfyam.org. Bringing the music of their homeland July 29th to the liturgy at St. Ignatius Church is Jodelchorli Berneck, a yodel ensemble from Switzerland now performing throughout the state. Presiding are Jesuit Fathers Albert Grosskopf and James Blaettler both of Swiss heritage. The Jodelmass is at 7 p.m. with refreshments and a chance to meet the singers after. Sponsored by the Swiss Singing Society of SF. Call Trudy May at (415) 422-6615.

Carried into retirement on wings of prayer and best wishes from past and present principals of Mater Dolorosa Elementary School was St. Joseph Sister Agnes Haddock who has taught at the South San Francisco school for 31 years. From left: Stephen Farren, St. Joseph Sister Anna Roarte, Sister Agnes, current Mater Dolorosa principal, Jeannette Swain, William Kovacich, and St. Joseph Sister Helen Haigh. 2nd and 4th Mon.: St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Group meets. “Just show up and be part of our community.” Meetings take place at SVDP, Steiner and Green, SF at 7:30 p.m. Thurs. at 7:30 p.m.: St. Dominic Adult Formation Series in the parish hall 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF. Explore the skills needed to understand the bible and help it inform daily life. Join at any time. Contact Scott Moyer at scott@stdominics.org.

Retreats —— VALLOMBROSA 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. Aug. 6 – 8: Retreat with Ursula Caspary Frankel Sept. 10 – 12: A 12-step Recovery Retreat Oct. 8 – 10: A retreat with Father David Pettingill

Single, Divorced, Separated Separated and Divorced support groups meet 3rd Sat. at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, call Pat at (415) 492-3331; and 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452. Catholic Adult Singles Assoc. of Marin meets for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 8970639 for information.

Consolation Ministry Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information. San Mateo County: St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589-2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) 591-3850. Marin County: St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171. San Francisco: St.Gabriel. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) 584-0823;

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St. Cecilia. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) 564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany in Spanish. Call Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882. 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. Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. Information about children’s and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Returning Catholics Programs for Catholics interested in returning to the Church, have been established at the following parishes: Marin County: St. Hilary, Tiburon, Mary Musalo, (415) 435-2775; St. Anselm, Ross, call (415) 453-2342; St. Sebastian, Greenbrae, Jean Mariani at (415) 461-7060; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley, Rick Dullea or Diane Claire at (415) 388-4190; St. Mary Star of the Sea, Sausalito, Lloyd Dulbecco at (415) 331-7949. San Francisco: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF, Michael Adams at (415) 695-2707; St. Philip the Apostle, 725 Diamond St. at Elizabeth/24th, SF. Call (415) 282-0141; St. Dominic, SF, Lee Gallery at (415) 221-1288; Holy Name of Jesus, SF, (415) 664-8590. San Mateo County: St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Dan Stensen at (650) 344-5665; St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame, Silvia Chiesa at (650) 685-8336; Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Dorothy Heinrichs or Maria Cianci at (650) 347-7768; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 7264337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Chris Booker at (650) 738-1398.

Meetings 2nd Wed.: Men’s Evening of Reflection: Being Catholic in the Modern World at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, 610 Vallejo St. at Columbus, SF beginning at 7 p.m. Call (415) 983-0405. Courage, a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction, meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Call Father Lawrence Goode at (650) 322-2152.

Social Justice/ Family Life Information about Natural Family Planning and people in the Archdiocese offering instruction are available from the Office of Marriage and Family Life of the Archdiocese, Chris Lyford, director, at (415) 614-5680. Sat. at 9 a.m.: Pray the Rosary for Life at 815 Eddy St. between Franklin and Van Ness, SF. Call (415) 752-4922. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends can add to a Lifetime of Love. For more information or to register, call Michele or George Otte at (888) 568-3018. Seton Medical Center Natural Family Planning/Fertility Care Services offers classes in the Creighton Model of NFP. Health educators are also available to speak to youth and adults on topics of puberty, responsible relationships, adolescent sexuality, the use of NFP throughout a woman’s reproductive life, and infertility. Call (650) 301-8896 Retrouvaille, a program for troubled marriages. The weekend and follow up sessions help couples heal and renew their families. Presenters are three couples and a Catholic priest. Call Peg or Ed Gleason at (415) 221-4269 or edgleason@webtv.net or Pat and Tony Fernandez at (415) 893-1005.. The Adoption Network of Catholic Charities offers free adoption information meetings twice a month. Singles and married couples are invited to learn more about adopting a child from foster care. Call (415) 406-2387 for information.

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King Arthur NEW YORK — In the 1967 film version of “Camelot,” Richard Harris’ melancholy monarch tries to sell Guinevere on his idyllic realm by informing her, “The rain may never fall ‘til after sundown. By 8, the morning fog must disappear.” Boy, what a difference 37 years makes! In the muscular but murky “King Arthur” (Touchstone), it seems like the rain never stops and the fog refuses to disappear. Gone is the Lerner and Loewe floridness and storybook romance; in its place is gritty, mud-soaked realism. Director Antoine Fuqua has stripped Arthurian legend of its mythic mantle and courtly conventions, re-envisioning the once and future king (Clive Owen) as a halfRoman, half-British commander of an elite cavalry unit during the closing days of the Empire. Succinct opening narration explains that Arthur’s inner circle is composed of conscripts from distant conquered nations pressed into military service. But don’t expect any shining armor here; Fuqua’s brave but brutish knights are a far cry from the cultivated courtiers of medieval romances. The film is set in 452 A.D., as the Romans are calling it quits after four centuries in Britain. Wearied by war, Arthur and his men are eager to return to their respective homelands. But before they get their walking papers, a papal legate charges them with one last mission: They must rescue an aristocratic Roman family from hostile territory crawling with savage invading Saxons, led by braided chieftain Cerdic (Stellan Skarsgard). The noble Arthur accomplishes the assignment but not before witnessing injustices committed in the name of church and state, prompting him to cast his lot with the indigenous tribes and take up their cause against the Saxon onslaught. To do so he must forge an alliance with Guinevere (Keira Knightly), reimagined here as a feisty protofeminist warrior, and the druid Merlin (Stephen Dillane). Owen fills Arthur’s armor with ample virility and virtue, and invests the title character with emotional texturing generally not found among action heroes. Rounding out the Round Table are Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd), Galahad (Hugh Dancy), Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen) and the burly Bors (Ray Winstone). The dank and dismal atmospherics lend the film an appropriate Dark-Age dreariness. But by divesting the tale of its fairy tale trappings, Fuqua has also emptied it of its romance — and, ultimately, its timeless allure. The film retains only the slightest hint of the tragic love triangle immortalized in Western literature, compressing the entire affair to one lustful gaze. Full of chest-thumping soliloquies about freedom, the “Gladiator”-like battle sequences — including a centerpiece sequence on a frozen lake — are impressive, but are much too intense for children and push the boundaries of the picture’s PG-13 rating. More troubling however is the film’s paganizing of what has traditionally been a quintessentially Christian myth. Arthur has always been held up as the ideal Christian king; his chivalrous brothers-in-arms aspired to be paragons of Christian virtue, epitomized by their quest for the Holy Grail. In Fuqua’s version, the knights are unabashedly pagan and Arthur is nominally Christian at best, aligning himself theologically with Pelagius, a fifth-century monk whose writings were condemned as heresy for denying original sin and the necessity of grace in attaining salvation. Throughout, church authority figures are depicted as conniving and cruel, while the egalitarian pagans are cast in far more flattering hues. Still, if you’re on a quest for clanging chain mail and howling hordes of barbarians, you may want to hack your way to see “King Arthur.” Due to intense battlefield violence, a shadowy sexual encounter, negative representation of church figures and some crude humor, the USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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Blood of Chinese Martyrs is seed of Faith Pope John Paul II canonized these 120 martyrs. It is not an overstatement to say that the teaching of Christ was welcomed by the Chinese even before it was by the Europeans. The exact date of the arrival of the Nestorians to Changan (now called Xian) is not available, but archeologists tell us with certainty that they flourished in the 6th century. The first known Catholic missionaries were the Franciscans during the 13th century. Giovanni da Montecorvino was the first bishop of Beijing (then called Peking). The famous Jesuits Mateo Ricci and Joannes Schall befriended the Chinese government and people alike. Unfortunately, because of the Chinese ritual controversy, the emperor reluctantly expelled the foreign missionaries and forbade the Catholic Religion. Per se, the Chinese, influenced by the teachings of Confucius and Zhaongzi (Tao) are a friendly people, open to other people’s ideas. Thus, both Buddhism and Islam were accepted. Especially, Buddhism quickly became so prevalent that Western people often regard it as a Deacon Danny Wong of Oakland with Chinese religion. In fact, San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang. it came, like the Christian religion, from abroad. What followed was the opium war and This is indeed a very happy day for the Chinese people and friends of our beloved the invasion by the Western powers during China, as we celebrate the Feast of St. the 19th century. Unequal treaties were Augustine Zhao Rong and 119 other mar- signed under duress, and the sea ports tyrs, 87 of whom hailed from our mother- were opened to the Western traders. At the same time, doors were opened land and 33 were Chinese by adoption. Their faith and courage were evident in the to our missionaries, many of whom hurwords of one of them, Chi Zhuzi, an eight- ried back to serve their beloved people. een-year old boy, who cried out to his per- The Catholics, still clinging heroically to secutors: “Every piece of my flesh and their faith, were happy to have their every drop of my blood will tell you that I priests again! Alas, it was misunderstood. The generam a Christian.” For many centuries the Catholic people al public began to link the devoted misof this noble nation have been hoping that sionaries with the traders, who were one day some Chinese names will appear backed by gunboats in the harbor. Our 120 martyrs, whose feast we are in the General Calendar of the Catholic Church to receive the honor and respect proud to celebrate today, came from diffrom people the world over. Our wishes ferent periods and places, and their backwere fulfilled four years ago, when our grounds vary. Some were dealt a quick Following is the homily given by San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang at a Mass for the Feast of the Chinese Martyrs held July 10 at Holy Name of Jesus Church in San Francisco. Hundreds of Chinese Catholics and others devoted to the Chinese Martyrs from throughout the Bay Area attended the Mass concelebrated by about a dozen priests including Holy Name Pastor Father Donald D’Angelo.

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Statute law . . . ■ Continued from cover to address judges in federal court and to point out that (the state law) is unconstitutional in that it targeted the Catholic Church and it revived claims that are stale.” On July 9, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles filed a motion to intervene in the case. The motion, if allowed, would permit the Archdiocese to argue against the constitutionality of SB 1779 before the court hearing the Davenport case. The statement issued this week by California Bishops endorses the challenge by the Davenport Diocese and echoes many of the points made by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in its motion to intervene. Despite the “widespread societal prevalence” of child sexual abuse “all but a tiny fraction” of suits filed under the new law

have been directed against the Catholic Church, the statement says. The bishops call the law “discriminatory legislation crafted by plaintiffs attorneys” seeking large judgments against the Catholic Church. The statement and the motion to intervene say SB 1779 is an unconstitutional bill of attainder; a law which singles out a particular person or entity for punishment without benefit of trial. The bishop’s statement claims SB 1779 “was designed to transfer massive amounts of the Church’s assets to self-interested attorneys.” That allegation is detailed in the motion to intervene by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The motion describes the central role of three attorneys who specialize in suits against the Catholic Church in the crafting and support of the bill. Two of them, Jeffrey Anderson and Laurence Drivon, were even introduced at Senate hearings as “technical experts” on the bill

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Peace . . . ■ Continued from page 13

CRS staff in Gulu, Uganda with the United States delegation. say that “we must continue to exercise the church’s prophetic role and be the voice of the voiceless.” (Ecclesia in Africa). We cannot satisfy our obligations to the poor and suffering of Africa by allowing only a few crumbs from our rich table to fall into their hands. We are called to a much greater commitment of resources and energy. At the very least, support CRS in their work - go to www.catholicrelief.org to see how you can help. Join in our advocacy efforts on bills that will aid in effective change in Africa by joining our legislative network on www.sfjustlife.org. Because we live in the United States of America with its position of wealth and power, we have special responsibilities and opportunities. Our great privilege calls us to even greater responsibility.

(PHOTOS BY CRS)

The Acholi have developed a cleansing ritual that allows the children to reenter tribal life and the counseling intends to treat severe posttraumatic syndrome of those who have been away from home for years under brutal circumstances. There is not only ignorance of Africa in the US but outright denial – denial of the massive groups of millions of displaced persons because of war and famine and disease. Where is the outcry in the media about the Lord’s Resistance Army? Why is the international community doing so little to aid and intervene in a conflict that has killed so many and seems to go on and on because of the ineffectiveness and, some would say, the purposeful inattention by the Ugandan government to eradicate the rebels? A line from the children’s’ peace song pleads: Mr. Koffi Anan of the United Nations…the masses are dying…please come and help. I cannot help but suspect that racism lies at the foundation of an answer. If any of these horrific conditions were prevalent, in other parts of the world, especially the white world, intervention would be swift by the international community. We were most fortunate to have as a part of our delegation legislative staff from members of Congress and a staff member of the House International Affairs Committee. One of the principal objectives of the trip was to have them experience with us the reality of Africa so that we would have allies in Congress when appropriations for aid to Africa and other bills seeking to bring about peace were present before the legislature. I applaud CRS for this kind of advocacy. Besides adding enormous value and compassion to the relief money, that these people so desperately need, CRS knows that the ultimate answer is not just a hand-out but changing the social conditions and empowering Africans to fend for themselves in peace and justice. Despite all of this poverty, disease and war, Pope John Paul II stated: “Africa is not destined for death, but for life.” (Ecclesia in Africa) The Pope, as he does so often in discussing the poverty of our world, calls us to be in solidarity with the poor in Africa. He firmly believes that we are bound to these poor as sisters and brothers. He goes on to

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