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By Jerry Filteau WASHINGTON (CNS) — "Our nation is at a crossroads in Iraq, " Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando , Fla., chairman of the U.S. bishops ' Committee on International Policy, said Jan. 12. In a 3, 600-word statement Bishop Wenski called for "serious and civil discussions " on what die United States must do to prepare for "a responsible transition " to full Iraqi self-rule. The full statement is accessible at www.usccb.org. "Our nation 's military forces should remain in Iraq only as long as it takes for a responsible transition, leaving sooner rather than later, " he said. Sharply criticizing the "shrill and shallow debate that distorts reality and reduces die options to ' cut and run ' versus ' stay the course, '" Bishop Wenski instead urged "serious and civil discussions of alternatives th at emphasize planning for a responsible transition in Iraq. " He called for "clearer signals that the goals of U.S. policy are to help Iraqis assume full control of their governance and not to occupy the nation for an indeterminate period. " The U.S. government should declare that trie presence of U.S. troops in Iraq "must be an Iraqi decision that respects the needs and sovereignty of the Iraqi people," he said. "Despite past missteps and current difficulties , our nation urgently needs to seek to broaden international support and participation in the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq, " he added. He said this will require giving up some U.S. control and " giving international partner's and allies a real voice and real responsibilities ." Bishop Wenski recalled the strong opposition of church leaders to the U.S. intervention in Iraq three years ago. "It is well known that our bishops ' conference repeatedl y expressed grave moral concerns about the military intervention in Iraq and the unpredictable and uncontrollable negative consequences of an invasion and occupation , " he wrote. "Similar concerns were articulated powerfully by Pope John Paul II and the Holy See," he said. "The events of the past three years, the absence of evidence of weapons of mass destruction and the continuing violence and unrest in Iraq have reinforced those ethical concerns. ... Our conference remains highly skeptical of the concept of 'preventive war.'" With the invasion , however, came "a new set of moral responsibilities , " he said, and the central moral question for the United States now "is not just the. timing of U.S. withdrawal , but rather the nature and extent of U.S. and international engagement that allows for a responsible transition to security and stability for the Iraqi people. " He said the current situ ation in Iraq poses a number of "challenges " to the United States and the Iraqi people , among them: — "Terrorism and our response to it. — "The violation of the human rights of persons in the custody IRAQ, page 11 of U.S. and Iraqi forces.

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Court rejects federal effort to prohibit physician-assisted suicide

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any particular purpose, or indeed WASHINGTON (CNS)—In a whether a physician who admin6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court isters any controversial treatment Jan. 17 upheld Oregon 's physi- could be " barred from practice, cian-assisted suicide law, reject- Kennedy wrote. The attorney gening the U.S. attorney general's eral would have such power even attempt to use federal dru g con- though the law limits his authortrol laws to stop doctors from pre- ity to the registration and control scribing lethal doses of medicine of drugs "and despite the statutoto people who are terminally ill. ry purposes to combat drug abuse Writing for the majority, and prevent illicit drug traffickJustice Anthony Kennedy said ing, " he said. althou gh the federal governKennedy was joined in the ment may apply dru g laws to majority opinion by Justices John states the "authority claimed Paul Stevens, Sandra Day by the attorney general is both O'Connor, Stephen Breyer, David beyond his expertise and Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. incongruous with the statutory Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a dispurposes and design. " senting opinion, in which he was If the attorney general's argu- joined by Chief Justice John ment were to stand , the govern- Roberts and Justice Clarence ment could apply the same logic Thomas. Thomas also wrote a to other types of medical judg- separate dissent, ments, Kennedy wrote. Oregon became the first state "He could decide whether any to legalize physician-assisted suiparticular dnig may be used for cide when voters passed the Death

With Dignity Act in 1994. The law exempts doctors from civil or criminal liability if they prescribe lethal doses of drugs in keeping with the procedures spelled out in the statute. The law took effect after a 1997 voter initiative to repeal the statute failed. Since the law was enacted, about 200 peop le have committed suicide by following its provisions. The provisions apply to people in the final stages of terminal illness and require a second doctor to confirm the diagnosis. Doctors do not administer the drugs; they only prescribe them. In 2001 then-AttorneyGeneral John Ashcroft issued a directive sayingthat prescribingdmgs limited by the Controlled Substances Act for the purpose of assisted suicide would violate the federal law. The Supreme Court in 1997 COURT RULING, page 9

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Warm memories of their summer pilgrimage are still present for the Youth Group of Mission Dolores Parish. While touring Europe and taking part in World Youth Day Melissa Suncin and Gustavo Torres enjoyed time with now former San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada and San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang.

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Immaculate Conception Academy welcomed back graduates at a reunion in October. More than 100 alumnae took the opportunity to return to their high school stomp in' grounds. Mary C. Taylor, class of'33 and now 90 years old, was the senior alum of the day. The nonagenarian stays busy as a member of St. Step hen Parish and treasurer for groups including the Dominican Guild, the Good Shep herd Guild and the Turrisburnea Club. Sara Baldwin, a 1995 graduate was among the more recent grads present. Sara , who comp leted undergraduate studies at San Jose State and a graduate degree at Golden Gate University, is Manager of Employment for Daly City 's Seton Medical Center.

Happy SO years married to Mary Ann and Jim Hanretty longtime parishioners of St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur. Both enjoyed careers in education , Mary Ann at St. Patrick elementary for more than 30 years where she taug ht 5th grade and art and Jim as principal at Marin County 's Tamalpais and Redwood hi gh schools. The coup le is also known for p itchin ' in on parish projects including Religious Education, liturgical ministry and athletics. Commemorations of the milestone included a dinner hosted by their children , Connie Hanretty-

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Weekend experience helps men discern vocation to the priesthood By Tom Burke St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, which draws seminarians from dioceses throughout northern California and elsewhere, hosted a Discernment Weekend Jan. 13-15 for ahout 40 men with a seriou s interest in the priesthood. During the three days , the men met with leaders and staff of the seminary as well as current seminarians to learn more about the commitment to the priesthood and experience seminary life. Sulpician Father Gerald Brown , President and Rector of St. Patrick Seminary, said. "I get really excited about weekends like this because it puts guys who have struggled in their own lives and made decisions lo give this a chance in touch with people who are really wondering and praying about it," Father Brown said. Questions on the minds of candidates are many mid varied , Father Brown said. "They ail ask what 's it going lo be like living in a place like this? Is il going to be more structured than I can handle or is it going to allow me to be who I am? It humanizes their

Seminarians helping candidates feel at home included Duy Le, left, Justin Le, Paul Mendoza , Melanio Puzon, and Andrew Nguyen. process of deciding. They meet real people in a relaxed way. People who are very serious about their lives but who can be very human." The event drew candidates from many dioceses including San Francisco, Oakland , Santa Rosa , San Jose, Sacramento, and others.

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And why , desp ite all, I still do what I do . . . Dear friend, Confessions are tough. Real tough. But , sometimes a confession can set the record strai ght , and I want to give credit where credit is due. Before I talk about my confession, though , let me say a few other things first. Let me start by explaining the p hoto in this letter. You know, when I meet people in town they usually say, "Oh , yeah, I know you , you're Dr. Leung. I've seen your advertisment with that picture of you and the cute little baby." Well, I'm the guy on the ri ght. Years ago something happened to me that changed my life forever. Let me tell you my story. "Back then I was a student just about ready college, when my younger brother developed a painful leg condition known as 'sciatica. ' In his case it came on suddenly. The pain in his leg was so intense that he couldn 't walk without limp ing, and sometimes he couldn 't strai ghten his legs to put on his socks. I remember him telling me it felt like someone was stabbing his leg with a screwd river. He was afraid diat he would be confined to a wheelchair if the disability continued. It all happened so fast, one week he was competing as an athlete at the national level and the next week he could barel y ra ke care of himself. He was devastated. After considering surgery (that was the onl y option , according to the surgeon) he decided against it. I remember feeling so help less, I wish there was something I could do for him. It was a very scary time . But there's more . . . A friend of mine convinced me to have my bro ther give their doctor a try. This new docto r did an exam, took some films, and men 'adjusted' his sp ine. He told me drat the adjustment didn't hurt , it actually felt good. He got relief , and he can use his legs again. Oh, did I mention that this doctor is a chiropractor? It worked so well for my brother, and I'm so impressed with the other 'miracles' I see in this doctor 's office , that

I eventually go to chiropractic school myself. And that 's how it happened!" Now for my son Rion (pronounced Ryan) , who is the baby in the photo. He 's not old enough to know how chiropractic works , but he loves to get his sp ine adjusted. Along with making sure that his sp ine develops properl y, spinal adjus tments keep Rion 's immune system working at its best. Rion rately gets sick. That seems like a small thing, but it makes a huge difference to him. It seems like only a new puppy will be able to keep up with his energy. It 's amazing how life is, because now people come to see me with their sciatica problems. Also they come to me with their headaches, migraines , chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder/ Forty-eight million Americans no longer arm pain , whi p lash from car accidents, backhave health insurance, and those who do have found that their benefits are reduced. That 's aches, ear infections, asthma, allergies, numbwhere chiropractic comes in. Many people find ness in limbs, athletic inj uries , j ust to name a that they actually save money on their health few. care expenses by seeing a chiropractor. Another Several times a day patients thank me for way to save . .. studies show that a chiropractor hel p ing them with their health problems. But may double your I can 't really take immune capacity, the credit. M y Here's what some of my patients had to say: naturally and withconfession is that "Body building takes toll on my neck and back. out drugs. I've neve r healed " Dr. Leung keeps me timed up so I can be at my best. The immune anyone of any(Dary l Gee, marketing rep . f or nutritional supp lements) system fi ghts colds, thing. What I do is the flu , and other "No more migranesand no more neck p ain! " per form a specific sicknesses . So you sp inal adjustment (PetraAnderson) may not be to remove nerve "If eel better than I have in a long time.1" running off to the pressure, and the (Cathy Cheung, CPA) doctor as much. body responds by This is especiall y itself. We healing important if you are self-em p loyed. And an get tremendous results. It 's as simp le as that! entire week of care in my office may cost what Being a chiropractor can be tough , because you could pay for one visit elsewhere. ' out there. experts thete s a host of so-called You Benefit from an Amazing Offer - Look, They tell peop le a lot of things that are just it shouldn't cost you an arm and a leg to correct p lain ridiculous about my profession. But the your health. You are going to write a check , like the Virginia studies speak for themselves to someone for your health care expenses, you study that showed that over 90% of patients may as well write one for a lesser amount for who saw a chiropractor were satisfied with chiropractic. When you bring in this advertisement their results. That 's just incredible!

for listening lo their call, Sister Kathy said. "1 tell them they are here to experience God," Sister Kathy said. "I teach them using St. Ignatius of Loyola techniques how to kn ow what God's will is for their life. How do you know what 's moving you in your life? Is it God or is from some other pressures?" Deacon Brian Bromberger, 45, attended the weekend from Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco. He first thoug ht of entering the priesthood as long as 20 years ago. "Friends have been recommending again that I think about it ," the publishing professional said. "This is part of a long discernment process for me so I hope to walk away from here with more clarity about seminary life and what is expected." Michael Konopik, 42, a seminarian and former software engineer stud ying for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, attended - a Discernment Weekend at St. Patrick' s in 1999. "The weekend absolutel y touched me," he said. "I had thought about the priesthood for many years but was on 'call waiting ' . The weekend confirmed that I should take the next step." PAID A DVERTISEMENT

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WASHINGTON — In its sixth annual observance of Poverty in America Awareness Month in January, the Catholic Campai gn for Human Development has been focusing on poor and low-income peop le who are doing something to break the cycle of poverty. This year 's awareness campaign of television , radio and print public service advertisements hi ghli ghts children in Los Angeles protected from street violence by a group of volunteers; a group of family dairy farmers in Wisconsin who started their own cooperative to pool production and get a better price for their milk; and young people in New Orleans who are learning skills in the food industry to find better jobs. The CCHD campaign hopes to call atten tion to the 37 million Americans who, according to the most recent U.S. census fi gures , are now living in poverty. The poverty rate rose from 12.5 percent in 2003 to 12.7 percent in 2004 , representing 1.1 million more poor people. This is the fourth year in a row that the poverty rate in America has risen.

LOS ANGELES — Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles has announced the launch of an immi grant justice effort , called the Justice for Immi grants Campaign — A Journey for Hope. Cardinal Mahony said in a homily at a Jan . 14 Mi gration Day Mass that the campaign would "remind Catholics of the wonderful history of migrants coming to this country fro m the earliest days and the church's constant outreach to them." He said the voices of the peop le of the Los Angeles Archdiocese will now be joined with "thousands of our fellow brothers and sisters " in what is a nationwide campai gn. The cardinal also announced the creation of a steering committee of local clergy and lay leaders involved in immi gration reform and the protection of immigrant rights to carry out the goals of the national Justice for Immi grants Campai gn of the Catholic Campai gn for Immigration Reform , launched last May by the U.S. bishops and other Catholic organizations.

'Celibate gay priest 9 resigns as chaplain at Catholic university

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — In response to a recent Vatican instruction on homosexuality and priesthood , a Benedictine priest who describes himself as a "celibate gay priest " resi gned as chap lain and director of campus ministry at St. John 's University, effective Jan. 15. In a Dec. 14 e-maii to administrators and students explaining his decision , Benedictine Father Robert Pierson told them about his sexual orientation and said he does not accept several of the Vatican document 's assertions. The Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education , which oversees seminaries around the world , issued a ninepage instruction Nov. 29 that said candidates should not be accepted for priesthood if they have "deep-seated homosexual tendencies," live a gay lifestyle or have been sexuall y active. "I do not believe my own sexuali-

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Pope Benedict XVI is presented a gift by Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni left, the chief rabbi of Rome , at the Vatican Jan. 16. Christians and Jews, sharing faith in the same God, are called to work together for justice , peace and the good of humans , Pope Benedict XVI told Rabbi Di Segni.

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human cloning shows that "good ethics " is the backbone of good science and medicine, said a U.S. bishops ' prolife official, ft also proves that human cloning is far from being a viable source of embryonic stem cells that could be used in treating diseases , said Richard Doerflinger , deputy director of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Lawmakers can best respond to this scandal by enacting a comp lete ban on human cloning ... and by increasing government support for stem-cell research that is both medicall y promising and morall y sound ," he said in a Jan. 10 statement. Doerflinger criticized the scientific hoax after Seoul National University in South Korea issued two reports in December saying that claims by university researcher Hwan g Woo-suk that he had created 11 stemcell lines from cloned human embryos were false.

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VATICAN CITY — After a number of revisions , Pope Benedict XVI' s encyclical on love , charity and Christianity was being prepared for release later this month , Vatican officials said. A source said Jan. 17 that translation work on the encyclical had just been comp leted. The encyclical , the first by the new pope , is titled "Deus Caritas Est " ("God is Love"), words taken from the first letter of St. John. Vatican sources described the text, about 50 pages in all , as a spiritual reflection on Christian love and erotic love , the church' s work of charity and its mission to announce Christ. According to the Italian news agency ANSA , the encyclical beg ins with the words of St. John ' s letter — "God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him " — and says they clearl y express the centrality of the Christian faith , the Christian image of God , and the vision of man and his path. The encyclical , according to ANSA , warns that in contemporary society erotic love is losing the connection to the self-sacrificing spiritual love proposed by Christianity, resulting in sexual degradation.

Pop e asks Christians to end discrimination against migrants

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI called on Christians to shun all forms of discrimination and welcome the migrants in their midst. Marking the Vatican 's celebration of World Day for Migrants and Refugees Jan . 15, the pope called on people to recognize the benefits of migration and overcome "every form of discri mination , injustice and disdain for the human person , because each person is an image of God." Addressing visitors in St. Peter ' s Square after reciting the midday Angelus prayer, the pope said the movement of people is a "sign of the

times. While the movement may be voluntary or fo rced , legal or clandestine , motivated by work or stud y, Pope Benedict said , the arrival of newcomers from far away can lead to a knowled ge of and respect for ethnic and cultural differences. Pope Benedict expressed hope that Catholics would hel p their communities overcome "difficulties of acceptance and integration " as they welcome mi grants and refugees.

Palestinians ' worry is jobs , says visiting U.S. bishop

JERUSALEM — Palestinian Christians are concerned with high unemp loyment and its effects on the younger generation , said Bishop William S. Skylstad , president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Of some 400 families in Hol y Family Parish in Ramallah , West Bank , 125 are facing a dail y struggle because of unemp loyment , Bishop Skylstad said after visiting the parish Jan. 15. "It is difficult for young people to even think of marriage ," he said in an interview with Catholic New s Service Jan. 16. "There is a real concern about immigration of young peop le from the country. " Bishop Sky lstad , of Spokane, Wash., was in Jerusalem partici pating in the Episcopal Conference Coordination in Support of the Church of the Hol y Land and the Assembl y of Catholic Ordinaries of the Hol y Land Jan. 14-19. He said he hoped he and Msgr. William P. Fay, USCCB general secretary, who accompanied him on the visit to Ramallah , were able to convey a sense of solidarity with the peop le and let them know they are with them "in prayer , support and advocacy and that signs of hope can be seen as we look to the future. "

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CHENNAI , India — Asian participants at a world congress on the family said globalization , Western culture and the influence of the media have adversely affected Catholic families in Asia. In a six-page statement issued on the final day, congress participants agreed that building a stable marriage and a health y family life have become "a great challenge" in the modern world. They also said that to build peace in the world nations should strive to strengthen families. The congress, with the theme "Restore Family Life and Sustain World Peace," brought together 150 representatives from 24 countries Jan . 2-6, reported UCA New s, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand . The congress was organized by the Serv ice and Research Foundation of Asia on Family and Culture, an institute based in the southern Indian city of Chennai that is dedicated to studying and developing the role of the family. — Catholic News Service and Staff

Statement by Bishop John C. Wester, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, on the execution of Clarence Ray Allen, Jan. 17, 2006. Clarence Ray Allen was executed this morning at San Quentin by the State of California. Clarence Ray Allen , A Choctaw Indian , was 76 years old , and was the oldest man put to death in the U.S. in over 60 years. He was in poor health , suffering from advanced heart disease and diabetes. He was confined to a wheelchair and nearly blind. Allen was convicted in 1982 for ordering the murders of three individuals while serving a life sentence at Folsom State Prison for the murder of a young woman, in 1974. The man who actually perpetrated the three murders , Bill y Hamilton , also received a death sentence. We must acknowledge and respect the pain and sorrow of the family and friends of his victims , Mary Sue Kitts, Biyon Schletewitz, Josephi ne Rocha and Douglas White. Their suffering is shared by all of us. They, the family and the Native American Community of Clarence Ray Allen, are in our thoughts and prayers. The State has a right to require punishmen t for heinous acts and it has the duty to protect the community from further acts of violence. At the same time we must ask ourselves and our fellow citizens whether the violence of State-ordered executions, like that of Clarence Ray Allen, does not itself contribute to a culture of death in which respect for the dignity and precious worth of every human life is diminished. Considering the advanced age and poor physical condition of Clarence Ray Allen, life in prison without the possibility of parole would have been a just and exacting punishment. We believe that the community would be protected by such punishment and that to continue the cycle of violence by killing undermines society 's commitment to respect the God-given dignity of every human person. I quote Pope John Paul II on the occasion of his visit to St. Louis: A sign of hope is the increasing recognition that the dignity of human life must never be taken away, even in the case of someone who has done great evil. Modern society has die means of protecting itself, without definitively denying criminals the chance to reform. On this occasion, I ask all people of good faith"to reach out with compassion to those whose lives have been torn apart by violence, while at the same time offering the hope of forgiveness to th ose who have harmed others. I ask Californians to ponder carefully whether the use of the death penalty makes our society safer. A moratorium is needed to evaluate whether the death penalty serves the common good and safeguards the dignity of human life. I am convinced that it does not.

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Annual Respect Life Essay contest puts pizza on menu Students throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco will get a chance to write about a distinctly Catholic theme in 2006, mid also have the chance to eat free pizza and win hundreds of dollars . For the first time in the 17-year history of the essay contest, the Archdiocesan Office of Public Policy and Social Concern 's Respect Life Program will provide a free pizza lunch for the entire school for any school with 100 percent participation which require all classes in all grade levels to submit essays. This year's theme is "We Are Made in the Image and Likeness of God." Vicki Evans, Respect Life Coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said, "It's a chance to nourish the body and nourish the soul.' In addition , grand prize winners in grades 1 through 8 will receive a check for $100 for the one page essay, Evans said. At the hi gh school level, the grand prize will be $500 this year. The deadline for submitting essays is March 24th. Informal ion will be mailed to parishes , Catholic schools, and home-schoolers by late January. Individuals may also enter by contacting Vicki Evans directly. Public school students can obtain enlry forms through their parishes or by contacting die Archdiocesan Office of Public Policy.Essay questions and entry information will also be posted on the website http://www.sflifeandjustice.org/. The questions, "crafted appropriately for each grade level," according to Evans, "will address ways that the Catholic Church's respect for life is intrinsic to the fact we are all made in the image and likeness of God." This year, St. Gabriel Parish's Respect Life Team will assist Evans in coordinating and administering the contest. A Mass to honor the winners will be celebrated at St. Gabriel Church in San Francisco's Sunset District on May 7. Contact Vicki Evans at 415-614-5533 or email evansv@sfarchdiocese.org for more information.

The article , published in the Jan. 17 edition of L 'Osscrvatore Romano, was written by Fiorenzo Facchini, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Bologna in Italy. The article noted that the debate over intelligent design — the idea that certai n features of life and the universe are best explained by an intelligent designer rather than adaptive evolution — has spread from the United States to Europe. The problem with intelli gent design is that it turns to a "superior cause" — understood though not necessarily named as God — to exp lain supposed shortcomings of evolutionary science. But that 's not how science should work, the article said. "If the model proposed by Darwin is held to be inadequate , one should look for another model. But it is not correct methodology to stray from the field of science pretending to do science," it said. The article said a Pennsy lvania jud ge had acted properly when he ruled in December that intelligent design could not be taug ht as science in schools. "Intelligent design does not belong to science and there is no justification for the pretext that it be taught as a scientific theory alongside the Darwinian explanation ," it said. From the church's point of view, Catholic teaching says

God created all things from nothing, but doesn 't say how, the article said. That leaves open the possibilities of evolutionary mechanisms like random mutation and natural selection. "God' s project of creation can be carried out through secondary causes in the natural course of events, without having to think of miraculous interventions that point in this or thai direction ," it said. What the church does insist upon is that the emergence of the human supposes a willful act of God , and that man cannot be seen as only the product of evolutionary processes, it said. The spiritual element of man is not something that could have developed from natural selection but required an "onlological leap," it said. The article said that , unfortunatel y, what has helped fuel the intelligent design debate is a tendency among some Darwinian scientists to view evolution in absolute and ideological terms, as if everything — including first causes — can be attributed to chance. "Science as such, with its methods, can neither demonstrate nor exclude that a superior design has been carried out ," it said. From a religious viewpoint , it said, there is no doubt that the human story "has a sense and a direction that is marked by a superior design."

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and Martin Luther King. They are the defenders of the defenseless and the voices for the voiceless. They are ready to forfeit their own lives so that babies in the womb may have the chance to the live theirs . The second "Walk for Life West Coast" in San Francisco will bring together many pro-life people from all over the West. Such heroism in the defense of life is nothing new to the City of St. Francis. The cause for justice has always found a home in our pro-life City. Indeed, United for Life, one of the first pro-life organizations in the entire United States of America, was founded here in the late 1960s. Bright is the patrimony enjoyed by those who will peacefully witness to life on January 21. But our hope tells us that the future is brighter still. We go forward to walk for life, confident that the Lord, Who is the Resurrection and the Life , has defeated death on a crisp Sunday morning during spring in Jerusalem, and has won for us eternal life. We are confident th at He will hear our prayers and visit our land. We are confident that He will bring justice and peace to those afflicted with oppression and violence in the womb. Josep h Prevatali, a seminarian f o r the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is studying at North American College in Rome. :

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Healing p ast hurts and anger

By Father John Catoir If you are struggling with the pain of past hurts and unresolved anger, p lease read this. Buried resentments are difficult to escape. The embers of anger may keep burning, but there is always grace. With God's help, spiritual healing is possible. Lots of people suffer from this kind of emotional distress. They want to heal their wounds, but they don ' t know how. "The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. There is not soundness, only bruises and bleeding wounds, but the wounds are not softened with oil" (Is 1:5, 6). Whenever the pain of life becomes too much for you, turn immediately to Jesus. He may seem lo ask the impossible, but his words supply the healing balm of wisdom, a wisdom that will soften (he wound with oil. Here is the formula for success. Think about what Jesus said the night before he died. He explained his purpose on earth in these words, "I have told you all these things that your joy may be full." Among his teachings we find the mandate to forg ive. Jesus told us to forgive because he wanted us to be free of emotional pain. The Lord also asks you to forgive your "enemy" not once but "70 times seven." What does that mean in practical terms? It means that to get rid of the distress you will need to forg ive the one who hurt you. Holding onto resentment will only diminish your capacity for joy. You can break free! There are three things to consider in order lo get started. • First, admit that you have been deeply hurt and that you are angry. Don 't go into denial about it. Repressed anger will only cause more distress. • Second, accept the fact that you must treat your wounds in order for them to heal. • And third, decide to treat them by doing what Jesus asked of you — namely, forgive the other person whether you feel like it or not. Forgiveness is in the will. You don ' t have to have good feelings toward the person when you forgive him or her. Good feelings will come in time. Forgive the person as an act of obedience to the Lord. This may sound impossible at first, but blind faith in the power of God will enable you to heal. You do not even have to face the person who hurt you. You can do this spirituall y — that is, by simply approaching that person in your imagination. Forgive him or her in the privacy of your own heart. You do this not necessarily for the benefit of the other person; you do it for the Lord and for yourself. You never have to force feelings of any kind when you forgive, Put the issue of your feelings aside for now, and forgive because Jesus asks it of you. Some bitterness may linger for a time, but if that happens say a short prayer for the person each time, a "Hail Mary" perhaps. This will serve as a sign to you that you have decided to forgive and forget. To forgive is to turn off the furnace that fuels the resentment. Once that is done, all you need to do is wait patiently. Time heals all wounds. If you need help in this process, try talking to a friend or a trusted priest. The sacrament of reconciliation brings God's grace to the healing process. The confessional experience can soothe a troubled soul. Father John Catoir, former director of The Christophers, writes a column f o r Catholic News Service.

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The State of California has a relatively new style of death penalty, an "implied" death penalty targeting "term to life" prisoners through the state's de facto "no parole" policy. This unwritten law has not been enacted by the Legislature, but through the arbitrary political expediency of recent governors. Little has been stated truthfully on behalf of the more than 10,000 "term lo life" men and women prisoners who have responsibly reclaimed, reformed and renewed their lives despite the impediments imposed by the prison system. These prisoners have apologized and atoned for their offenses. They have attended more than 40,000 parole hearings during the past 15 years, only to be denied parole time and time again. Reasonable people within the prison system, and from the community, have concluded these prisoners do not pose a danger to the prison system, and would not pose a danger to the community. And yet, they are serving sentences beyond the rule of law. This is an astonishing fact. Out of the more than 40,000 parole hearings during the past 15 years approximately 250 "term to life" men and women prisoners have been paroled. The rest are subjected to death hi prison for lack of adequate medical treatment, old age, and the failure of California governors and government to follow the rule of law. It goes without saying, the people of California deserve honest good government from their elected officials , and so do termlife prisoners who are people of California. The latter peop le made serious mistakes in their lives, b y taking the life of or injuring others along the way. They were given sentences for thek offenses. They fulfilled those sentences under the rule of law, not by the rule of man, but by the grace of God. Robert Kaser Inmate San Quentin Prison

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which it did not. Ironically, Barbaccta introduces inaccuracies of his own. Barbaccia claims LHH is "not an autonomous facility in any way." He's wrong. For decades, San Francisco 's budget has contained one account , titled Acute Care Hospital, for San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) and a separate account , titled LongTerm Care, for LHH. B oth are also licensed separately. In addition , the medical staff at LHH, via its bylaws, has autonomy from politicians and City administrators, Dr. Barbaccia correctly notes that if LHH did not exist , SFGH would be congested with patients awaiting discharge to skilled nursing and rehabilitative facilities. This is precisely why LHH needs to be rebuilt with 1,200-beds , as voters were promised. Since 1992, San Francisco has lost 300 nursing home beds (hat accept Medi-Cal patients, and has lost another 951 board-and-care beds since 1987. Both losses contribute to SFGH's congestion. We can 't afford losing more of LHH's beds for physically-ill elderly and disabled medically indigent San Franciscans. Barbaccia incorrectl y notes SFGH patients are referred to LHH for acute rehabilitation; truthfully, the majority of rehab referrals from SFGH are for skilled nursing rehab, not acute rehab. Dr. Mitchell Katz, Director of Public Health, admitted he made a terrible mistake changing LHH's admission policy repeatedly since early 2004. Katz's various "flow projects," including the Mental Health Rehab Facility's (MHRF) "flow project," have all been disastrous, resulting in inappropriate , not appropriate, patients flowing from SFGH to LHH. Barbaccia may be "inclined" to support Katz , but many LHH physicians are not so inclined, wanting to make autonomous-fromKatz decisions for their geriatric patients. It is city administrators and various politicians who keep underfunding large segments of the public health budget, thereby pitting one needy constituency against another, not this ballot measure. Psychosocial patients at SFGH needing short-term care have mental health funding through Prop 63, and other funding streams. Any mischief being caused is by city administrators and the politicians who keep robbing Peter to pay Paul, underfunding all areas of public health. The San Franciscans for Laguna Honda ballot measure seeks to codify LHH's admission policy to provide long-term skilled nursing care for the elderl y and disabled having a primary medical diagnosis. I call that humanitarian, Christian, and Catholic. Patrick Monette-Shaw San Francisco

A little rep ect

Since the Catechism of the Catholic Church has no specific section dealing with courtesy, politeness and manners at Mass I'd like to offer the following regarding spiritual eti quette. II we trul y and reall y believed that we are in the presence of the Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity when we enter church , any church , to attend Mass there should be posted, at the front door, by the pastor: 1. Everyone will be prompt. 2. No one will leave until they hear "the Mass is ended" 3. The chewing of gum is prohibited. 4. All food and water will be discarded in the trashcans outside. 5. There will be "no tolerance" for cell phones in the ON position. 6. The manner of dress should be befitting the presence of God. 7. All social conversations will be held before and after Mass. If the pastors would be bold enough to express some guidelines, from the pulpit and in the bulletin, it would not onl y improve our quality of prayer before, during, and after Mass but also teach our younger generation the intensel y loving importance of the miracle that happens at the consecration. Michael W. Scott Half Moon Bay

Spirituality

Television violence and the 'the little way' HBO is pushing the envelope again. This time, it 's a 13-part mini-series called Epitafios. The word means "epitaphs," and it 's about death. Actually, about killing. A lot of killing, by a serial killer who composes epitaphs for the people he 's about to kill. Already popular in Latin American countries , a revi ewer from the Washington Post said the extreme violence of the show took even HBO by surprise. The show, says the reviewer, is "bound to jolt and fascinate viewers who can stomach its extreme violence and very bleak video-noir ambiance." The reviewer continues: "Epitafios is as gripping as its murders are ghastly, a spiraling reverberant circle of horrors that keeps widening as the bodies pile up (more than two dozen killings by the time the series ends) and the killer 's motives become clear, if perverse. The film breaks rules in somewhat the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho: Hardly anyone hi the cast seems safe from extinction and could become the killer 's next conquest at any moment. In [the] premiere, a character who seems he'll be one of the principal good guys is chewed to death by pit bulls." As of this writing, I haven 't heard how the first installment was received, but I'm willing to guess it 's getting a cult following, if not a mass, Sopranos-like, one. So, as the violence-on-TV envelope is pushed yet further, people will start asldng the question: Does such entertainment encourage killing? The people who flat-out dismiss violence on TV ("Hey, dude, it 's not like you watch a serial killer show and then go out and become a serial killer") are being disingenuous (or just stupid). No one claims that. Sin works

slow ly — graduall y. Moreover, sin works spiritually, a fact that makes the effects of violent TV extremely difficult to measure, since spiritual things defy material measurement. Consistent with these moral facts , the question shouldn ' t be, "Do shows like Epitafios turn people into murderers?" The question should be, "Does such entertainment lower the moral quality of its viewers?" If the answer is "yes," then it follow s that its viewers are more likely to do unbecoming things, which mi ght lead — in extreme and particularl y twisted individuals who have many other problems — to serial killing. If the answer is "no," then it won ' t. But here 's the real rub: Nothing is wholly neutral. Everything — every action, every thought, every sight — has a small moral effect , either for good or bad . This, after all, is the source of St. Therese of Lisieux 's ingenious Little Way. For those who aren 't acquainted with St. Therese, her Little Way is a method of living that undertakes every task — especiall y the smallest and least noticed — as virtuously as possible. This is how Clare Booth Luce explained it: "Are not the lives of almost all of us made up of tittle things? But for most people a dozen annoyances, bothers, anxieties, frustrations, harassments a day add up to aspirins or martinis, to ulcers or neuroses or breakdowns — even lo suicide. Therese made them add up to sainthood. Stooping a dozen time's a day quietl y — indeed furtivel y — she picked up and carried the splinters of the cross that strewed her path

as they strew ours. And when she gathered them all up, she had the material of a cross of no inconsiderable weight." One of the keys to the Little Way is doing everything with pure intention and proper thinking. When we do that , those thousands of little things that bombard us every day can lead to intense holiness. Or to intense depravity. Every single thing, St. Therese says, affects us. The only question is whether each of them affects us for better or worse. If we surround ourselves with hol y things —¦ both the outside influences and our internal thoughts — we 're more likely to be hol y. If we surround ourselves with depraved things, the. result is more likely to be the opposite. Everything counts. Every action, every thought , every conversation, every song, every email. And every TV show. Do I think Epitafios is going to bring us a cultureof serial killers? No. Do I lliink it'll further our culture 's depravity ? Yup.

Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske is a Contributing Editor of Godspy and the former editor of Gilbert Magazine. This article originally appeared on CatholicExchange. com.

Famil y Lif e

He says - She says It all started with an innocent comment. An innocent comment made by a loving husband to his devoted wife. As any married person knows, however, even in the most loving of marriages, communication between the sexes can be tricky business. And by tricky, I mean absolutel y, irrefutabl y impossible. Here is what happened: We were on our way home from Mass one Sunday morning when my dear husband turned to me and said, "You should gel your hair done ." Now Dan is a man. Like most men, his usual mode of communication is a kind of foreign language I call man-talk. I had no idea at the time, but apparently, in man-talk, "You should get your hair done," means something akin to, "I love you and I know looking nice is important to you. You work so hard and you never think about yourself—you deserve to take a little break to go out and have your hair done. I'll gladly watch the kids. Why don 't you make an appointment this week sometime?" I should have realized that. But then, I am a woman . I do not understand man-talk. In fact, I specialize in an entirel y different dialect— woman-talk. Unfortunatel y for my husband, in woman-talk, "You should get your hah- done," loosely translates into, "You look so old and frumpy I am embarrassed to be seen in public with you. Fix yourself up, would ya?" I was insulted. And hurt. And deeply offended. Regrettably, I responded to my husband' s apparent unkindness as a wounded woman.

"Well, if I ever had a minute to myself, maybe I could give some thought to my hair!" I barked in his direction before assuming the defensive posture of arms folded across my chest and lower lip protruding outward. Of course anyone fluent in woman-talk would have known that by my snippy retort I simply meant, "Your opinion matters a great deal to me and it hurts to think that you might not like my hairstyle. I would love to make an appointment at the hair salon, but I don ' t want to impose on your free time b y leaving you alone with the children." But Dan is not a woman , and because of the inevitable language barrier that implies, he could not guess at the true meaning behind my words. He stared at me in stunned silence, wondering at my resentful response to what he thought was a loving suggestion. I'll spare you all of the embarrassing details, but it suffices to say that my dear spouse was offended by my offense. Then , as usuall y happens in marital miscommumcations, things spiraled downward from there. Before I was married, I knew that it was because they are so differen t that men and women are capable of working so well together. God created us to be marvelously complementary. What I did not know, however, is that it is because of those same differences that men and women are capable of driving one another comp letely crazy. Saint Augustine once said , "This is the very perfection

of a man, to find out his own imperfections." Well, there is nothing quite like married life to bring one 's own imperfections and shortcomings to light. Sharing a household and raising a family with someone who is so vastl y different from ourselves challenges us constantl y to improve ourselves and to sacrifice for the good of the one we love. Pail of the beauty of the vocation of marriage, though, is that it 's a calling you can get a little bit better at answering, a little bit at a time, with a whole lot of practice every day. It 's a calling that is rich with built in rewards and unexpected blessings. In fact, at the end of that miserable Sunday of our colossal misunderstanding, Dan brought home a small package of M&Ms and presented them to me as a peace offering. I' m still working on man-talk and he still struggles with woman-talk, but happily for both of us, chocolate means love... in any language.

Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean is author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of a Catholic Mom .

The CatholicDiff erence

Re-reading modern history In his Christmas address to the Roman Curia on true and false interpretations of Vatican II, Pope Benedict XVI asked why the Church had had such a difficult time opening a dialogue with "the modern age." His answers are provocative - and turn some of the conventional accounts of modern history inside-out. "Cathohcism-and-modernity" got off to a bad start, the Pope suggested, when the Galileo trial opened a fissure between the Church and natural science. Immanuel Kant 's philosophical attempt to define "reli g ion within pure reason" then seemed to eliminate any notion of a divine revelation to which the Church was accountable. The most dramatic breach came after 1789, when the French Revolution proposed - and blooddy enforced - an "image of the state and of man-intended to crowd out die Church and faith." A liberalism with no room for God was not a liberalism with which the Church could co-exist. And how could there be a dialogue with science when science "claimed to embrace, with its knowledge, the totality of reality to its outermost borders," a claim that made the "h ypothesis of God" unnecessary? European ideas and European politics thu s led to a reaction under Pius DC: what Benedict called "a harsh and radical condemnation of this spir-

it of the modem age." Yet Pius 's broadsides were no less "drastic" than the rejection of Christianity by those who most selfconsciously embodied the spirit of the "modem age." There were other currents at work in modernity, however, and they eventually made their presence felt. Here, Benedict is worth a longish quote: "It was becoming clear that the American Revolution had offered a model of the modem state that was different from that theorized by the radical tendencies that had emerged from the second phase of the French Revolution. Natural sciences began...to reflect [on] their own limits, imposed by their own method which, while achieving great things, was nevertheless not able to comprehend the totality of reality. Thus both sides began...to open up to each otiier. In the period between the two world wars and even more after the Second World War, Catholic statesmen had shown that a modem lay state which is not neutral with respect to values can exist [by] tapping into the great ethical fonts of Christianity. Catholic social doctrine...became an important model between radical liberalism and the Marxist theory of the state. Natural sciences.. .realized ever more clearly that [their scientific] method was not comprehensive of the totality of reality and thus opened again their

doors to God, knowing that reality is greater than e¦ fear O r what a naturalistic [sciena. W tific] method can 3 r* embrace." Several points are o worth teasing out of this trenchant analysis. (1) The harshness of the 19th century confrontation between Catholicism and "modernity" was, so to speak, bilateral. Powerful forces in European culture and politics aimed at nothing less titan the eradication of Christianity, or, at the very least, tethering the Church to an all-powerful state. As Benedict concedes, Pius DCs language was the language of condemnation; but there was, in truth, a lot that needed condemning (as Anglican historian Owen Chadwick made clear in A History of the Popes 1830-1914 and as another British scholar, Michael Burleigh, will underscore in his forthcoming Earthly Powers: The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe from the French Revolution to the Great War.) WEIGEL, page 19

George Weigel

\ X. THIRD SUNDAY IN _JV-~X. ORDINARY T IME Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 25:4-5 , 6-7, 8-9: r 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Ma rk 1:14-20 A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JONAH (JON 3:1-5, 10) The word of the Lord came to Jonah , say ing: "Set out for the great city of Nineveh , and announce to it the message that I will tell you." So Jonah made read y and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord 's bidding. Now Nineveh was an enormously large city ; it took three days to go throug h it. Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but a single day ' s walk announcing, "Forty day s more and Nineveh shall be destroyed ," when the peop le of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth . When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 25:4-5 , 6-7, 8-9) R. Teach me your ways, 0 Lord. Your ways, 0 Lord, make known to me; teach me your paths , Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. R. Teach me your ways, 0 Lord. Remember that your compassion, 0 Lord , and your love are from of old. In your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, 0 Lord . R. Teach me your ways, 0 Lord. Good and upright is the Lord ; thus he shows sinners the way.

He guides the humble to justice and teaches the humbJe his way. R. Teach me your ways, 0 Lord. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (1 COR 7:29-31) I tell yon, brothers and sisters, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buy ing as not owning, those using the world as not using it full y. For the world in its present form is passing away. A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDINGG TO MARK (MK 1:14-20) After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: "This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them , "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men ." Then they abandoned their nets and followed him. He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.

Scrip ture FATHER PAUL SCALIA

Vocations for Dummies An archangel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Angels visited St. Joseph in his dreams. A light blinded St. Paul and knocked him to the ground. The Lord spoke to St. Francis from a crucifix and appeared to St. Catherine in her childhood. Like many events from the lives of the saints, these should be revered but not desired . In the end, such extraordinary callings are precisely that — extraordinary. A vocation is really a simple thing. But we tend to complicate it. We expect God to intervene in extraordinary ways. Short of a bolt of li ghtening or an earthquake, many young men and women will not believe that God calls them to the priesthood or religious life. So it helps to review the basics: God calls, man responds. First, the call is simple. The Lord says to Peter and Andrew, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." No echoes. No booming bass voice. No thunder. All they saw and heard was a man standing on the shore. He spoke to them as a man to men. He called them in His humanity. This is the pattern for all vocations: God uses human means to communicate His divine will. Most priests and reli g ious can tell you about the moment someone — a parent, teacher, priest, sister or nun — firs t suggested a vocation. It may have been the initial calling; it may have been the confirmation of what they alread y knew. Either way, it was God using a human instru ment for His divine purposes. The first step, then, is to pay attention to God's human instruments. Those discerning a vocation must take such suggestions seriously, for they are God's ordinary means of communicating. Just as the Apostles had faith that this carpenter from Nazareth was in fact God Himself calling them, so today men and women

must trust that God calls them through others. And the rest of us should not be shy about encouraging and suggesting a vocation. Much of the so-called "vocations crisis " lies certainly not in God's failure to call, but in our unwillingness to cooperate. We do not want to seem "pushy " or forceful. But if we do not propose it to the young, they will never strive for it. God used the sacred humanity of Christ to call the Apostles. He now desires to use our humanity — our voices and words —¦ to call people today. Second , the response is simple. The Apostles "abandoned their nets and followed him ... [T]hey left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him." No hesitati ons. No questions. No complaining. Their response was simple, although certainly not easy. More importantly for discernment purposes, the fishermen' s immediate and total response reveals their prior willingness to do God's will, without this abandonment to His will — whatever it is, and even before we know what it is — we cannot hear His voice. Like defiant children who stop their ears, we close ourselves off to the Lord's voice when we are unwilling to do His will. To hear, we must first be willing to respond . God's simple call demands a simple listener. Someone who complicates his response — "I will do God's will if it is x, y or z." — cannot hear God's voice. Someone who desires to hear God 's voice should pray, as Samuel did, with a will already abandoned to His: "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening" (1 Sm 3:10).

Fr. Paul Scalia is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia and columnist f o r the Arlington Catholic Herald.

The sacrament of penance

( _ . As a convert to the Catholic faith of something worse if we don 't move in anothonly a few years, 1 have many problems and er direction. questions about the sacrament of penance. After all, our sins (even our good actions One is about the "penance " the p riest for that matter) are past, they are part of our gives at the end. What is this for, to "make history. Not even God can change that. We up "for our sins, as I 've heard? How can we put our sins in his hands for forgiveness, possibly do that? which we know we have. But at the time we A. Perhaps we should receive this sacrament , all God's life and first review a few „ grace and help are for important truths about |^| the future, inviting us this sacrament that \J to always higher levels underlie any useful of conversion and answer to your question. holiness. First and most imporAt that moment , t tantly, we are talking here in other words, God about one of the seven even Father John Dietzen is much more interested =-iT -. in what we are going to sacraments of the church, urch, which are always, above all else, celebra- do than in what we have done. tions of the love and presence of God. To Thus, the words and suggestions of the praise this divine mercy and goodness is priest are meant to help the penitent briefly what we are there for. to discern the movement of the Holy Spirit It doesn 't help that we traditionally in his or her life. What will assist him or refer to this event as "going to confession." her to find a new kind of living and acting The implication is that we, our sins, our that more fully will reflect the paschal mysguilt are the focus of attention. The truth is tery? How does one best bring fully to life rather that it is God and his mercy and the "new creation" that is given by Jesus in unconditional love for us that hold center this sacramental communion with God? stage in the sacrament of penance. A good confessor, in other words, "reveals the heart of the Father and shows The examination of conscience, for example, is not primarily to scrape the the image of Christ the Good Shepherd." bottom of the barrel of our soul to be sure As the Rite of Penance observes, the we don 't miss any sins. It is rather to dis- "inner conversion of heart " to which the Holy cern not only where we may have sinned, Sp irit moves us "embraces soirow for sin and but to be aware of questionable tendencies the intent to live a new life." The penance in our lives, especially in our relationships given by the priest "should correspond to the with ourselves and others and God. seriousness and nature of the sins. This act of They may not even be sinful at this point, penance may suitably take the form of prayer, but they are not good, do not reflect the kind self-denial and especially service to one 's of person we want to be and may lead to neighbor and works of mercy."

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Jonah - Lorenzetto, 1519-20.

Guest Commentary

Ten rules for handling disagreement like a Christian When I began my term as the rector of the major seminary in Detroit a little over 10 years ago, one of the problems I had to help my students deal with was the oftensharp differences of opinion that we find within the Church. The seminarians looked to me as the pastor of that community lo hel p them navigate through the contentious expression of differing viewpoints. To fulfill my responsibilities as the father of that seminary family 1 composed what I called "Ten Rules for Handling Disagreement Like a Christian." Whether or not the clash of opinions within the Catholic community in the U.S. has grown stronger or weakened over the last decade I couldn 't say; however, I do know that with some frequency we still find ourselves at odds over what we think and where we want to head . With that in mind , I thought that I, now serving as pastor of the family of the Oakland Diocese, could profitabl y share these "Ten Rules" with all of you. So, here they are, along with my own brief commentary on each. 1. THE R ULE OF CHARITY : "CHARITY IS PRIMARY ." This has to be the place to start whenever we disag ree with one another: with love. St. Paul said: "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clang ing cymbal" (1 Cor. 13:1). No matter how wise my insights or astute my plans , they count for nothing if I do not offer them with love. Now, that charity is the first and fundamental requirement for all authentic Christian speech does not mean that such speaking can only be weak, but it does mean that whatever is said ought alway s to be offered respectfully and for the genuine service of others, especially my hearers. In fact, all of St. Paul's sage advice in the "Hymn to Charity" in 1 Cor. 13 spells out eloquently this "Rule." 2. THE RULE OF PUBLICITY : "THINK WITH THE MIND OF THE CHURCH ." This rule is simply a translation of the Latin axiom "Sentire cum Ecclesia." This means that, when we disagree, the final measure for jud ging what 's on target and what 's off the mark is what the Church thinks, not, ultimately, what you think or what I think - not private opinion, but what the Church has said to all to know. This is the reason I call this the "The Rule of Publicity." The criterion for our deciding our disagreements is not one's own private opinions, but the mind of the Peop le of God, what the Church thinks. In order to apply this rule effectively, we need to use a corollary : "Measure everything against the authoritative documents of the Magisterium." The logical question to follow any call for us to "think with the mind of the Church" is: How do I know what that is? The answer is: "Look in die places where the Church has expressed her mind with authority." Look in the writings of the Councils and the popes , in the Church's laws, and in the teachings of her Fathers and Doctors . Any survey or poll , no matter how extensive or accurate, if it contradicts the Magisterium , is not the Church's mind.

3. THE RULE OF LEGITIMATE FREEDOM : "WHAT THE CHURCH ALLOWS IS NOT TO BE DISALLOWED ." This rule means that in situations where the Church says that a variety of views or opinion s is legitimate , I should not impose my option as a mandate on others . For example: we can receive Hol y Communion in the han d or on the tongue. Either one is acceptable. 4. THE RULE OF CATHOLIC FREEDOM "THERE 'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY,

BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS FOR EVERYBODY ."

This fourth rule is an extension of the one above. It applies die same sort of respect for diversity to the wider spheres of our common life. This rule is based on the recognition that "It's a big Church." God has given gifts of grace in an almost dizzy ing variety. Some folks are attracted to the Carmelite Third Order, others gather for charismatic prayer. Nobod y has lo live the Christian life exactly the way I do. Remember: "Think (and act) with the mind of the Church. "We need to respect every practice or approach that has a legitimate place in the life of the Church , and we cannot make our favorite practice or approach mandatory for others if the Churc h has not. 5. THE R ULE OF MODESTY : "N OT ALL OF MY CAUSES ARE G OD 'S CAUSES ." Yes, it's true that in many cases we invest our heart's devotion because that 's what God commands for all his people. But that 's not necessarily so in every instance. Some of my agendas are mine. It's right to . embark on projects with a zealous desire to give God glory, but I have to remember that while it may be his will for me lo lake this on, there are cases when it's not his will for everyone else to join me. OF INTEGRITY : "TO DO EVIL IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH GOOD IS REALLY TO DO EVIL ."

6. THE R ULE

Breaking one of God's commandments is not the way to advance his Kingdom, ever. If, in Ihe service of Christ , I act in an un-Christian way, I become a highly effective ally of the very forces 1 set out lo combat. (Among those who are bi g "Star War" fans, this rule is sometimes referred to as the "Darth Vader Axiom.") 7. THE RULE OF REALISM : "R EMEMBER THAT SATAN IS EAGER TO CORRUPT MY EFFORTS TO BUILD UP THE KINGDOM, AND HE 'S SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT." This rule is strong statement about the need for each of us in our disagreements to practice that form of realism, for which the more common name is "humility." My cause may be right or my view may be true, but I have to watch that their goodness is not corrupted by my infidelity. 8. THE RULE

OF MYSTERY : "N OT ALL THE HABITS AND ATTITUDES WHICH BELONG TO A SOCIETY GOVERNED BY A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY ARE APPROPRIATE IN THE CHURCH."

In every age there is a tendency - often unconscious lo shape the life of the Church after the pattern of the secular order of the day. In the Middle Ages, the governance

of the Church was often confi gured to the feudal syste m of the limes, sometimes with very harmful consequences. For example, bishops Bishop Allen and abbots were identiTJ \7i rmomn fl. VlgnerOU fled with the barons of the nobility. In our own day, we could make a similar sort of mistake: thinking that the responsibility and authority of the Church's pastors are of the same sort as that of our elected officials, hi such mistaken identifications , what is at work is a forgetting that while the Church is, yes, a human reality, she is also a divine reality, a mystery, unlike any other community ever known in the history of the world. The Church is neither a democracy nor a monarch y. She is the Church, the Lord's own creation , constituted according to his will and plan. 9. THE PETRINE RULE : "NOBODY EVER BUILT UP THE CHURCH BY TEARING DOWN THE POPE ." This rule follows quite logically fro m the one immediately above. The Holy Father's leadership is part of the Church's constitution from Christ. Because the pope is not the sort of democratic leader we are accustomed to in civil society, there is a tendency by some observers to characterize his office as a "throwback" to limes that we have surpassed , a "burden " for the Catholic people that we would well be freed from. Not so. The pastoral care we receive from the Hol y Father is a great grace. St. Peter 's own service of his fellow disci ples continuing to this very day. A great pope makes us a belter Church. 10.THE ESCHATOLOGICAL RULE : "THE VICTORY IS ASSURED ; MY

JOB IS TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK WITH STYLE ."

Christ is risen - trul y, body and soul risen and in glory at the Father's right hand. He has conquered sin and death and all the forces that threaten us. Whatever is at stake in our trials or conflicts, the certainty of Christ 's victory is not in doubt. And he promised he would be with us always, until the end of time (cf. Mat. 28:20). He will never ieave his Church, and his victory will be ours as long as we abide with him in his Mystical Body. This rule, of course, is not an excuse for giving less than our full effort to spread the Kingdom; that would be a kind of presumption. However, this rule is a call to remember th at there is one Savior, and it's not you or me. Our mission is to serve the Lord in fidelity and hope, and be ready for him lo act, for he surely will. Most Reverend Allen H. Vtgneron is Bishop of Oakland. The commentary above was orig inally written f o r Bishop Vigneron 's column, "In His Lig ht, " which is published in The Catholic Voice, the official newspaper of the Diocese of Oakland.

What the Ignatian way promises you in 2006 By Father William J. Byron, SJ Around the first of the year, signs of "resolutionary" Christianity appear in the onward march of many Christian soldiers who want to lose weight or quit smoking. They join the ranks of their secular counterparts in making New Year's resolutions. If these fail, they resolve a month or two later to meet these objectives by linking their Lenten devotional commitments to weight loss or breaking the smoking habit. How often have you discovered at the end of a month-long diet that all you lost was 30 days? So you tell yourself you'd try again next year when New Year's Day or Ash Wednesday rolls around. Until then, you'll just go on feeling a bit guilty. You can, however, assuage that guilt right now by making a spiritual resolution. Resolve to pray, if not more, at least more regularly. Spiritual resolutions deal with the immaterial side of life — the intangible, immeasurable, weightless realities of spirituality. Making a resolution to pray more, or more regularly, is to do yourself an enormous favor. All you have to do is resolve to accept the grace — the gift — that God gives to all who ask, the gift of prayer,

One form of daily prayer is the "Examen." It comes out of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola , founder of the Jesuits. Here's how one veteran Jesuit explains this daily five-step prayer routine: 1. Begin by p lacing yourself consciously in the presence of God. Become aware of God's goodness, the gifts of life and love. Be thankful. 2. Pray for the grace to see clearly and to respond generously to the guidance God is giving you in your daily history. 3. Review in memory the history of the day just ending (or at midpoint) in order to see concrete instances of the presence and guidance of God and, perhaps, of the activity and influence of evil. These can be detected by paying attention to strong feelings experienced that may have arisen from situations and encounters , 4. Evaluate these instances in which you either have collaborated with God or yielded lo the influence of evil in some way. Express gratitude and regret. 5. Plan and decide how to collaborate more effectively with God and how, with God's assistance, to avoid or overcome the influence of evil in the future. Then conclude with an "Our Father."

Another Jesuit came up with a deft editorial touch about 20 years ago that helped to explain the Examen as not a routine examination of conscience, but rather an "examination of consciousness." You take a few moments to focus consciously on how God has been present to you and within you during the period under examination . And it can all be done in the five simple steps outlined above. Spirituality is moving in a new direction in our day. One observer, Robert Wuthnow, sees a shift from a spirituality of "dwelling" with an emphasis on "habitation " to a spirituality of "seeking." The dwellers relate to sacred space; the seekers "search for sacred moments that reinforce their conviction that the divine exists." Dwelling-oriented spirituality is not doing it today for many Americans who are beset with "a sense of spiritual homelessness." But the seeking-oriented spirituality is not satisfactory either because it "results in a transient spiritual existence characterized more often by dabbling than by depth." As an alternative, try the handy, prac tical, checklist form of prayer known as the Examen. It's a resolution waiting to be made.

St Mary 's Cathedral The following events are taking place at or are coordinated by the cathedral ot the Archdiocese located at Gough and Geary St. in San Francisco. Call (415) 567-2020 lor more information about any event listed here. Jan. 29: RCIA Pilgrimage at 3:30 p.m.with reception in lower halls. Feb. 4: Youth Rally 2006: Fan the Flame, an altday Youth Event facilitated by Father Tony Ricard with music by Vallimar Jansen. Call (415) 6145651. Feb. 5: Chinese New Year Mass at 3:30 p.m. with reception in lower halls. Celebrate Chinese New Year. Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang presides. Feb. 11: Annual Anniversary Mass at 12:10 p.m. honoring couples from throughout the Archdiocese. Feb. 11: Four Chaplains Interfaith Service at 2 p.m. commemorates chaplains who died in WWII. An American Legion event. Feb. 15: Mass of celebration welcoming new Archbishop George H. Niederauer at 2 p.m.

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Food & Fan Jan. 21: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory inducts athletes of earlier years into the SHCP Athletic Hall of Fame. No-host cocktails at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and the awards ceremony. Contact Gregg Franceschi '94 at gregg.franceschi@shcp.edu , or call (415) 7756626 ext. 636. Register online at www.shcpalumni.com/hof. Jan. 21: Take a break over wine and cheese from 5 - 9 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Academy, 24th and Guerrero in San Francisco. The fundraiser features a Silent Auction and Photo Exhibit. Tickets at $25 per person include a complimentary wineglass. Gourmet Olive Oil of the Dominican Sisters of San Jose will also be available for purchase. Call (415) 824-2052. Jan. 28: Kappa Gamma Pi Networking Luncheon at 11:30 a.nwin Oakland. Call Theresa at (510) 548-5972. Jan. 28: Mardi Gras Zydeco Dance at St. Finn Barr Parish Goode Hall, 415 Edna St. at Hearst in San Francisco, 8 p.m. - midnight. Tickets $17 at door/$13 in advance. Call (415) 585-4524 or (415) 333-3727.

for Life of America , will present "The Feminist Case Against Abortion" at 7:30 PM in Building 200 , Room #2 al Stanford University. The talk will address 200 years of pro-life feminism and explain how the modern women 's movement came to support abortion. For more information , contact Noelle Patno at 650-497-2707.

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Jan. 22: Father Paul Perry in concert at 3 p.m. St. Sebastian Church, Sir Francis Drake Rd. and Bon Air in Greenbrae. Organ recital includes music by Bach and others. Free admission. Jan. 29: Rateton Concert Series at 3 p.m. featuring Mihai Marica on cello with Carlos Avila, piano in Rateton Hall Mansion Ballroom located on the NDNU campus at 1500 Ralston Avenue in Belmont. Tickets $25 and $20 for students and seniors. For more information or to charge by phone, call (650) 508-3429 or check details at www.music.ndnu.edu. Through Jan. 27: Paula Thompson Art Exhibit at Mercy High School, San Francisco's. McAuley Art Gallery, 3250 19th Ave., M - F 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information contact Gail Bennett , Coordinator of McAuley Art Gallery at ( 415) 334 0525 X 312 or gbennett@mercyhs.org or the artist at paulat8491 @ comcast.net 1st and 3rd Tues.: Noontime Concerts -12:30 p.m. - at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St. at Grant, SF. $5 donation requested. Call (415) 288-3800. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary's Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF at 3:30 p.m. Call (415) 567-2020 ext . 213. Open to the public. Admission free. January 22, Justin Bischof (New York), Organist. 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.

Social Justice/Respect Life Jan. 30: Serrin Foster, President of Feminists

Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo. Call Brenda MacLean at 415-454-7650; St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Paf Sack at 415-472-5732; Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call Sr. Jeanette at 415897-2171 . San Francisco: St. Dominic. Call Sr. Anne at 415567-7824; St. Finn Barr(Bilingual). Call Carmen Solis at 415-584-0823; St. Gabriel. Call Elaine Khalaf at 415-564-7882. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at 415-6145506. Ministry to Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Children's Grief Group: St. Catherine , Burlingame. Call Debbie Simmons at 650-5581015. Information regarding grief ministry in general call Barbara Elordi at 415-614-5506.

The choir from St. Veronica Elementary School supplied Christmas entertainment for the elderly residents of the nearby Bougainvillea Care Home in South San Francisco.

Sunday 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and KTSF Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr. Harry Schlitt presiding. 1st Sun, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: Mosaic, featuring conversations on current Catholic issues. 3rd Sun, 5:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: For Heaven's Sake , featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

Reunions January 29: St. Cecilia Elementary School celebrates 75 years of Catholic education in the Parkside District of San Francisco. All alumni, friends , faculty and former faculty are invited to join in this celebration at the 11:30 a.m. Mass. A reception will follow. Contact the school office at (415) 731-8400 for further information.

Prayer/Lectures/ Trainings Jan. 21, 22: Walk for Life Eucharistic Adoration: To prepare for the Walk for Life, St. Peter and Paul Church , 666 Filbert Street , between Powell and Stockton, will offer all night Eucharistic Adoration from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. All are invited to attend, and the parking lot will be open. Jan. 25: When Prayer is Poetry and Poetry is Prayer at Notre Dame Province Center , 1520 Ralston Ave , Belmont 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 7 -9 p.m. The Celts lived a mystical spirituality of being encircled at every moment by the Sacred , a spirituality that sustained them in what was called 'the dark ages.' This workshop, led by Notre Dame Sister Kay McMullen will explore Celtic prayer and poetry as guides for hope in

our own dark times. Please pre register at (650) 593-2045 x 277 or Barbara.Cunningham@SNDdeN.org. Indicate time preference: 9:30 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.: Join Jesuit Fathers Cameron Ayers, Kevin Ballard, Tom Buckley, and Jesuit Scholastic Kent Beausoleil for an informative and insightful program on the History of the Jesuits at the Spiritual Life Center of St. Agnes Parish, 1611 Oak. St. between Ashbury and Masonic in San Francisco. Parking is available next to the facility. Call (415) 487-8560 , x. 238 or visit www.sfagnesslc.org. Feb. 4: 1st Saturday Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma in All Saints Mausoleum at 11 a.m. Call (650) 756-2060.

Single, Divorced, Separated Sundays, Jan. 29 - March 12: Divorce Recovery Course at St. Stephen Parish, O'Reilly Center, 451 Eucalyptus in San Francisco from 7 - 9 p.m. $45 cost includes materials. Call Vonie at (650) 8734236 or Susan at (415) 752-1308. Jan. 21: Monthly Potluck Supper at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral conference center. Sponsored by Divorced and Separated Ministry of the Archdiocese. Call Vonnie at (650) 8734236.

Consolation Ministry Grief Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call numbers shown for more information. San Mateo County : St. Catherine of Sienna, Burlingame. Call Debbie Simmons at 650-5581015; St. Dunstan, Millbrae. Call Barbara Cappel at 650-291-628;. Good Shepherd , Pacifica. Call Sr. Carol Fleitz at 650-355-2593; Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City. Call Barbara Cantwell at 650-755-0478; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel , Redwood City. Call Parish at 650-3663802; St. Robert , San Bruno. Call Sr. Patricia at 650-589-2800.

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 at (415) 3884190; 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 , Holy Names Sister Pal Hunter at (650) 375-8023; St. Dunstan, Millbrae, Dianne Johnston at (650) 697-0952; Our Lady of the Pillar, Half Moon Bay, Meghan at (650) 726-4337; St. Peter, Pacifica, Sylvia Miles at (650) 355-6650, Jerry Trecroci at (650) 355-1799, Frank Erbacher at (650) 3554355; St. Matthew, San Mateo. Jim Shea at (650) 344-7622.

Taize Prayer Wednesdays in January: Notre Dame des Victoires Church , 566 Bush St., between Stockton and Grant , at 6 p.m. followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. "We especially invite persons in the financial district and others to use this time in the middle of the week to help them stay focused on their relationship with God," the parish said. 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at Sisters of Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave, Belmont. Call (650) 593-2045 ext. 277 or visit 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. 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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to the point that eventuall y he demean s himself to seeking sex with other men as a consolation. Real ly... iflust is something that can just seize a person out of the blue and rob him of his freewill , shouldn ' t he be seeking hel p instead of permission? Remember Frodo and the Ring of Power? The farther he carried it , the more it weakened his resolve and consumed his will. But Frodo made a journey lo destroy the Ring. Or think back to the junkies of Requiem for a Dream or the alcoholic p layed by Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas — those addictions robbed the characters of their wills, and made them unable to commit themselves with integ rity to anything else. So why are audiences witling lo believe that drugs and alcohol... and the Ring of Power... were destructive influences , but not Jack and Ennis 's sexual obsession , when we see the same kind of negative effects resulting ? As Werner Herzog so thoroughly exp lores in Grizzly Man, there are "invisible boundaries " that , if we cross them, cost us. When Alma firs t learns about Jack, she asks her husband , "He somebody you used to cowboy with?" Ennis quickl y claims they were just "fishin ' buddies." Then, after beginning a series of blatant lies, he does not hesitate lo passionately kiss Jack right outside his own front door, smashing his vows with wild abandon, and destroy ing Alma 's heart and the trust of his children in the process. This is not the stuff of a "love story," no matter how many critics call it that. This is lust, pure and simple. And regardless of how Ennis feels about it, he has made promises he must uphold. Lee observes these developments sadl y, and he has a bi g

enoug h heart to let us feel Alma 's pain. But he isn ' t as interested in develop ing the relationshi ps that Ennis and Jack cultivate elsewhere. He 's mostl y interested in the sentimentalized homosexual relationship, the one ruled by lust , as if the onl y happy ending would be one in which Jack and Ennis are given over to their obsession. We can surely feel compassion for Jack and Ennis , grieved that they grew up in such a harsh and lonel y world , where they have not seen a good model of heterosexual intimacy, where they know nothing of God , and where they thus believe they can onl y find fulfillment in each other. B y letting their sex drives lead them , they weaken their freewill. They submit to a master that does not know reason. All of us, if we're honest, can relate lo the story of Jack and Ennis. Their story is the human story, from the Garden of Eden to The Treasureof the Sierra Madre to Hamlet to The Lord of the Rings to Grizzly Man: At one time or another, we have all transgressed. .. we 've pursued something we wanted, something that wasn 't what was best for us, without regard for the consequences our actidns would have on each other, on the future , and on the world around us. Human desire oversteps its bounds, we are weakened by our inappropriate appeti tes, and it costs us something. That 's the real story of Brokeback Mountain. (The TJSCCB rating is 0 - morally offensive. The MPAA rating is R - restricted.)

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THE PURPOSE OF THE ARCHBISHOP'S ANNUAL APPEAL

The purpose of the Archbishop 's Annual Appeal is to assist in the funding of the overall budget of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Combined with income from other funding sources, the annual appeal enables the Archbishop to provide ministries, programs and services, which benefit parishes and people of the Archdiocese. (See "How the Funds are Used " on p a g e2 and 3.) The total amount of the 2006 Archbishop 's Annual Appeal is $5.4 million. Through the work of the Stewardship Council, which includes pastors from each of the Deaneries in the Archdiocese, individual parish assessments are established. ( See "A ssessment Process" and "Parish Assessments " on p a g e4») The Archbishop's Annual Appeal provides more than half of the total budget of the Archdiocese and most of the money required for ministries, programs and services benefiting all parishes. The remaining funds for the Archdiocese budget come from bequests, special gifts and investment or rental income. The generosity of parishioners, expressed through the Archbishop 's Annual Appeal, is essential for the Archdiocese to fulfil the mission of the Church.

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The Office of Worship provides the Archbishop, parishes, and other diocesan agencies with a variety of liturgical resources and services in an effort to foster competent and worthy celebration of the Roman Rite to the glory of God and the salvation of the faithful. • Plan s special liturg ies throughout the year for major celebrations , RCIA, ordinations , etc. • Provides classes and workshops throughout the Archdiocese for various programs such as training of extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion and lectors (1 workshop a year in each of the 3 counties), formation of liturgical musicians, or instruction on the Roman Rites (when to kneel , stand , etc.). • Assists parishes in placement of qualified liturgical personnel. • Consults on art & architecture for sacred spaces , formation and work of liturgy committees, etc.

The Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs represents the Archbishop and the community of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in our relationships with other Christian and non-Christian spiritual communities. • Fifteen members of the Archdiocesan ecumenical commission representing clergy, religious and the laity. • Approximately 70 participating faith groups. • Within Christian church - Protestants, Episcopal, Evangelicals; outside Christianity (interreligious) Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist , Hindu , Sikh. • Boundaries of the office's influence go well beyond Archdiocese - regional in California , Nevada, Utah and Hawaii; national in Washington D.C.; and international in Rome.

Office of Evangelization

The Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns is rooted in the Gospels and the social teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The goal is to embody the teachings found within the parable of the Good Samaritan by seeing injustice as a personal call to action, and making a commitment to relieving the needs of the suffering person. • Provides education and advocacy on behalf of the unborn, the poor, the elderly, the imprisoned, the homeless, the disabled, and the marginalized in our society and throughout the world. • Conducts programs - Justice & Peace and Catholic Campaign for Human Development (4,500 served with 72,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); Respect Life (9,700 directly contacted with 70,000 receiving education advocacy outreach) ; and Restorative Justice Program (21,000 served). • Representation with government officials, civic leaders, labor and community (3,200 direct contact).

The Office of Evangelization seeks to assist the peop le of God to encounter Jesus Christ in such a way that they will be empowered to proclaim the Good News by word and action. • Staff of three part-ti me employees provides support for all parish evangelization contacts throughout the Archdiocese. • Responsible for training leaders in evangelization. • Trains leaders in small Christian communities, and holds regular meetings for Spanish and English speaking pari sh coordinators of small Christian communities.

Office of Ethnic Ministries

The Office of Ethnic Ministry celebrates the rich diversity of cultures , languages, and races throughout this Archdiocese through its sponsorship of various programs and gatherings geared toward intercultural education, dialogue, communication and understanding. • Staff of five full-time, and three part-time employees provide support for 22 different ethnic communities including Hispanic , Filipino , Chinese, and African-American . • Developed and distributed an ethnic resource book for parishes, schools, and archdiocesan offices. • Sponsors Archdiocesan multicultural celebrations. • Collaborates with other offices in developing the multicultural component of programs.

Office of Marriage and Family Life

The Office of Marriage and Family Life provides education and formation programs to help strengthen the faith-life of families throughout the Archdiocese. • Staff of two supports entire Archdiocese by providing specific programs and classes for married couples - i.e. provides education and implementation of Marriage Preparation policy within each parish and Natural Family Planning (NFP) training. • Sponsors Lead Couple enrichment programs to help foster communities of married couples within individual parishes • Provides support for six groups of separated/d ivorced/widowed Catholics. • Provides training and evaluation of FOCUS Inventory (a marriage compatibility survey) that is given to couples preparing for marriage - 1,500 per year- in the Archdiocese have used this inventory. • Manages website that receives over 100,000 hits per year fro m parishioners .

Office of Lay Formation

Our office sponsors programs in adult formation , lay ministry training and marriage and family life. We do this by means of two distinct ministry ventures: the Catholic Studies Institute , and our Marri age and Family Life programs. The Catholic Studies Institute is a program of adult formation and lay ministry training which offers two certificate programs: an Archdiocesan Certificate in Theolog ical Studies and an Archdiocesan Certificate in Theology and Lay Ministry. We likewise support the Catholic family through out marriage preparation training, lead couple trainings , and provision of other resources via our office website. For more information , visit our website at www.SFLavFormation.org. or contact us at (415) 614-5547.

Department of the Metropolitan Tribunal & Canonical Affairs

The Tribunal serves as a resource to the Catholic community within the Archdiocese for maintaining and upholding the universal law of the Church. • Serves to assist individuals seeking to reconcile with the Church. • Evaluates the status of an individual's marriage as the Catholic Church understands that bond. • Protects the rights of the faithful regarding individual rights, protection of one's reputation, and obligations of the faithful. • Protects and safeguards the ri ghts of Catholics by adhering to the universal law of the Church. • Serves as a resource to the Archbishop of San Francisco as he governs the Archdiocese.

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Office of Human Resources

The Office of Human Resources strives to ensure archdiocesan personnel policies, programs, and practices are understood by all and display the appropriate degree of consistency throughout the Archdiocese. • A staff of five supports over 4,500 active and retired employees (including clergy, lay and religious personnel). • Principal responsibilities include Employment (including background checks of parish employees and volunteers required by the Bishop 's Charter for the Protection of Children); Employee Benefits planning and administration; Training (including new California mandatory training on the prevention of sexual harassment and discrimination); Salary Administration (parish pay guidelines); Employee Relations; and Performance Management. • Acts to protect the interests of those serving the Archdiocese by ensuring that all personnel policies and programs comply with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Office of Development

The Office of Development manages the fundraising effort of the Archdiocese and assists parishes, schools, and other Catholic agencies in stewardship programs, capital campaigns, and the development of planned giving. • Staff of two man ages database of 22,700 active donors, supports two major fundraising campaigns; the Archbishop 's Annual Appeal and the Education Endowment Campaign. • Stewardship programs have assisted parishes in improving their offertory collections b y 15% to 35%. • Support parish/school capital campaigns. • Annually provide an average of 10 to 14 planned giving seminars in parishes throughout the Archdiocese.

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Clergy Formation, Support and Retirement

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Vicar for the Clergy

The Office of the Vicar for the Clergy 's mission is the sacramental work of interacting with priests and deacons to aid their ministry to the people of this Archdiocese. The Vicar for Clergy oversees the work of the Priest Personnel Board, the Retirement Board and the Clergy Education Board , and works with the Director of Vocations, Director of Diaconate Formation and the Director of Permanent Diaconate. The Vicar for Clergy meets regularly with priests assigned to parish ministry, and with priests working in our Chancery, and in Archdiocesan schools, hospitals and jails. • The Archbishop 's Annual Appeal supports each priest of the Archdiocese including his vocation discernment, formation , seminary training, annual education, sabbaticals, retreats, days of recollection, and retirement. • The department includes all necessary support staff to sustain services.

Office of Vocations

Pastoral care through vocations awareness and education. • To develop and conduct programs for use throughout the Archdiocese. Special emphasis is placed on the establishment of a Parish Vocations committee in every parish; • Pastoral care identification and referral of potential candidates for Diocesan priesthood and religious life. • To administer a resource center with a variety of tools to help those in pastoral ministry to promote vocations. • Pastoral care in the formation of candidates for diocesan priesthood collaborating with seminaries, college and theology seminary faculties.

Office of Vicar For Religious

The Office of Vicar for Reli gious serves as a liaison between the Archbishop and Consecrated Persons of both sexes of the Archdiocese, and between Consecrated Persons and the clergy and the faithful. • Provides information to and consulting with the Archbishop and the religious; representing the Archbishop at meetings or functions. • Facilitates the communication of information from Rome to Consecrated Persons within the Archdiocese. • Visits religious houses; officiates at some congregation elections; provides guidance to and evaluations of new religious communities; handles complaints about or from Consecrated persons. • Arranges Indults and Dispensations with Rome as needed.

Office of Permanent Diaconate

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

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Public Policy & Social Concerns

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The Office of Communications supports the Mission of the Archdiocese and assists the Archbishop in addressing issues and current events of concern to the Catholic community. In addition to Archdiocesan communications, counsel and support , the Office handles all media relations and public relations. Its income producing activities—which include newspaper and directory advertising, publications sales, direct contributions ahd other sources of revenue—fund approximately one half of its total expenses. • Catholic San Francisco (mailed weekly to 90,000 households). • El Heraldo Catolico (distributed monthly to parishes with spanish-speaking households in the Archdiocese) . • TV: "Mass with Monsignor Harry Schlitt" / "Mosaic" / "For Heaven 's Sake". • Internet websites, www.sfarchdiocese.org and www.catholic-sf.org . • Official Directory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Supports the ministry and lives of the deacons and their wives who serve the Archdiocese of San Francisco. • Addresses concern s relating to the ministry assignments and the on-going education of deacons giving attention to the spiritual , financial and health concerns of the deacons & their families. • Coordinates deacon assignments, arranges annual retreats and social events; • Supports 15 parishes in San Francisco where 20 deacons are assigned / 22 parishes in San Mateo where 34 deacons are assigned and 8 parishes in Marin where 12 deacons are assigned.

Office of Permanent Diaconate Formation

To oversee the formation of current candidates for ordination to diaconate . • Conducts Diaconate Formation Program. • Screening, admission and formation of candidates for the five-year program.

Youth and Education

$610,100

Office of Religious Education & Youth Ministry

The Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, called and challenged to be discip les of Christ by living the Gospel, seeks to nurture the life-long faith formation of all people by animating leaders in a holistic approach to their ministry. • Provides Catechist and Youth Ministry formation , enrichment , and guidance. • Provides basic and master catechist certification. • Provides leadershi p, adult fai th and youth leadership formation. • Provides Sacramental preparation and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) training. • Provides classes for special needs individuals for sacraments and catechesis.

Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry

The Office of Young Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry envisions, creates and advocates for opportunities for Catholics in their late teens, 20s and 30s to become full and active members in the Church communities on college campuses and in parishes. • Assists parishes in fully understanding and integrating Young Adults into their faith communities. • Works with over 100 volunteers to put on a Young Adults conference (Fall Fest), a Theology on Tap program, training sessions for ministers and staff, as well as pilgrimage to World Youth day - the international gathering of Young Adult 's with the Holy Father. • Communicates, through the www.sfyam.org website, e-mail and newsletters , reaching over 2,500 Young Adult 's.

Department of Catholic Schools

The Department of Catholic Schools serves schools in the Archdiocese by providing excellent educational programs that prepare students for a truly Christian life. • Staff of ei ght (Superintendent of Schools, four administrative staff, three support staff) full time employees to support pastors, administrators, teachers and families regarding policies and programs for religious and general education in elementary and secondary schools. • Provides support for 64 elementary schools that enroll 18,613 students in kindergarten through eighth grade; 14 high schools in the Archdiocese that enroll 8,409 students; and more than 2,000 full-time and part-time teachers, administrators, counselors, librarians, and support personnel. • Cost per student at public schools in California is approximately $8,000 compared to $5,279 (Catholic elementary schools).

$5,363,000 of this total will come from the Archbishop 's Annual Appeal 2006.

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ARCHBISHOP'S ANNUAL APPEAL 2006 ASSESSMENT PROCESS The pastors of the Archdiocese have agreed that 16.85 % of the aggregate ordinary income of the parishes will be provided to fund Archdiocesan ministries and programs that support the work of all the parishes. Pastors devised this process of assessment to fairly distribute that target amount among the parishes. It is overseen by the Archbishop 's Stewardship Council composed of one pastor from each of the eleven deaneries plus Monsi gnor Harry Schlitt , Vicar for Administration. Each parish starts with an assessed percentage of16.85% of ordinary income. Percentage points are added or subtracted to that beg inning percentage according to the contributing factors below: DEMOGRAPHICS - the parishes are scaled by Average House Hold Income as reported in the most recent U.S. Census, and divided into five groups. The parishes in the highest group get a plus 3%, those in the next group down get plus 2%; the middle group gets no adjustment , the first group below the zero level gets a minus 1 %, and the parishes in the lowest group get a minus 6 %. (This numbers were updated in the 2003 assessment process when Census 2000 data was available for the first time). EXTRAORDINARY INCOME - parishes that have either investment or rental income in excess of 6% of ordinary income are assessed an additional 1%. (Only 1% is added even for those parishes with BOTH investment and rental income in excess of 6% or ordinary income.) HIGH SCHOOL DEBT SERVICE - any parish that paid more than 10% of ordinary income as interest and principal on a debt receives a minus 1%. SUPPORT - parishes with schools get a minus 1% while those without schools get a plus 1%. MA J OR CAPITAL PROJECTS - parishes with major capital projects that create a hardship for the parish may get a minus 1%. Subjective adjustments by the Steward ship Council are used to ensure fairness and to accommodate specific , current situations. Finally, a cap of 20.85 % and a minimum of 10.85 % will apply. Each parish's resulting percentage is multiplied by its ordinary income to determine its proposed assessment. Once the Archbishop has approved the proposed assessments, they are published to the pastors. The pastors are also given a date on which assessment appeals will be heard . Appeals must include strong statements of current need that are not reflected in the parish financial statements.

PARISH ASSESSMENTS 2006

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY Cathedral of St. Mary St. Agnes Church St. Anne of the Sunset St. Anthony of Padua Church St. Boniface Church St. Brendan Church St. Cecilia Church St. Charles Borromeo Churc h Corpus Christi Church St. Dominic Church St. Elizabeth Churc h St. Emydius Church Church of the Epiphany St. Finn Barr Church . St. Benedict Parish St. Gabriel Church Holy Family Mission Holy Name of Jesus Church St. Ignatius Church St. James Church St. John the Evangelist Church St. John of God Church St. Kevin Church Old St. Mary Church St. Michael Korean Church Mission Dolores Basilica St. Monica Church Most Holy Redeemer Church Church of the Nativity Notre Dame Des Victoires Our Lady of Lourdes Church St. Patrick Church St. Paul Church St. Paul of the Shipwreck St. Peter Church Sts. Peter and Paul Church St. Philip the Apostle Church Star of the Sea Church St. Stephen Church St.Teresa Church St.Thomas the A postle Church St.Thomas More Church St.Vincent De Paul Church Church of the Visitacion Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission

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MARIN COUNTY St. Rita Church St. Sebastian Church St. Cecilia Church St. Mary (Nicasio) St. Patrick Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel St.Anthony of Padua Church Our Lady of Loretto Sacred Heart Church St.Anselm Church St. Raphael Church St. Mary Star of the Sea St. Isabella Church St. Hilary Church Church of the Assumption of Mary St. Helen Mission

SAN MATEO COUNTY Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Mark Church St. Catherine of Siena Church Our Lady of Angels Churc h Holy Angels Church St.Andrew Churc h Our Lady of Mercy Church Our Lady of Perpetual Hel p St. Francis of Assisi Church St. Luke Church Our Lady of the Pillar Churc h Saint Anthony Mission (Pescadero Our Lady of Refuge Mission StAnthony Church St. Denis Church Church of the Nativity St. Raymond Church St. Dunstan Church Church of the Good Shepherd St. Peter Churc h Our Lady of Mount Carmel St. Matthias Churc h St. Pius Church C L. St.DBruno r~u Church St. Robert Church St. Charles Church St. Bartholomew Church St. Gregory Church St. Matthew Church

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