February 25 , 2005 - Issue #4
Local News | Opinion/Editorials | Letters to the Editor
Day of Gathering focuses on confirmation candidates
Timothy Mullner of Texas recently spoke to local high-school confirmation candidates about gearing up for the sacrament — a rite of initiation into the Catholic Church usually administered to teenagers who were baptized as babies.
"You are invited to respond to what happened to you in baptism," Mullner, the animated general manager of a Catholic publishing company, told them.
"Your parents carried you in and had you baptized — immersed in the love, the grace, the healing presence of God," he said. "Now you are older and wiser and able to make decisions. You’re able to confirm that faith."
About 250 young people, their sponsors and some parents attended the Confirmation Day of Gathering at Anchorage’s St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, where keynoter Mullner urged them to use their God-given talents for the church and the wider community.
Archbishop Roger Schwietz led a prayer service and spoke about evangelization during the annual event, first held in 1998 to allow candidates to spend some relaxed time with the archbishop before confirmation day.
The archbishop gave a PowerPoint presentation and challenged the group to "believe in such a way that invites others to become believers also," especially in Alaska, a relatively unchurched state, he said.
He also challenged them to "get enthusiastic about our faith ourselves, come to understand our faith more clearly and be willing to share that a little more publicly."
As well as acquainting confirmation candidates with the archbishop, the event aims to show youths that the Catholic Church extends beyond parishes and that its members are "very much connected" through the faith, Kathy Bishop said. Bishop is pastoral director of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Big Lake, where she is readying three teenagers for confirmation, meeting with them weekly to discuss faith traditions.
One of the three, Corie Geiermann, 14, said the Confirmation Day of Gathering was "really cool," especially seeing other teenagers "so into the church." He said that preparing for confirmation has given him a clearer understanding of the "whole basic picture of my faith and what it really is — believing in Jesus Christ," and that he tries to examine the consequences of his actions and "be a better person."
"I just remember ‘Honor thy father and thy mother’ and the Ten Commandments, and I try to do my homework and my chores without being asked," he said.
Gregory Washam of Palmer’s St. Michael Parish plans to make the move from altar server to eucharistic minister after confirmation in April. Since deciding to be confirmed, he said he’s honed his public speaking skills, announcing events to a full congregation and giving presentations about service projects he helped design with peers as part of a summer youth ministry program at St. John’s University in Minnesota.
"I want to deepen my faith," Washam said, pointing to greater opportunities for service in the church and community that confirmation brings.
"If you don’t take those opportunities then it’s almost as if it was pointless," he said.
Britta Kallman, 17, said being confirmed means she will be "like a soldier … fighting against evil. It is going to take a lot of strength."
"I want to practice this religion for the rest of my life," said Kallman, a member of St. Benedict Parish in Anchorage.
Maturing in the Catholic faith "makes it easier to see the positive good" in a situation and "adds more meaning to life," she said.
Kallman prayed alongside her grandmother in a front pew of the church at the day of gathering. At one point, they joined with others snapping their fingers and singing with Mullner, who led a call-and-response.
"Do you hear the call of God? What’s your answer?" the group sang along.
After the event, St. Andrew (Eagle River) parishioner Jennifer Woscek recited another of Mullner’s messages, attributed to theologian Karl Rahner: "Every human being is an event of the radical, free self-communication of God." Those words now decorate the inside of her high-school locker in ornate lettering.
"If we don’t find out who we are individually then we don’t find out our gifts and we can’t share them for the growth of the church community," Woscek said.
Liz Banicki, also from St. Andrew, said confirmation involves learning to "understand your religion better and understand why you’re here — what God’s plan is for you."
After gearing up for confirmation, she said she wants to "spread the word" and put her faith into action.
"I’d like to be able to set some time aside each day to be able to pray or do something for someone else," she said.
Archbishop plans to visit all parishes
Planes, trains and automobiles, and a four-wheeler ATV, may be utilized in transporting Archbishop Roger Schwietz to each and every church in the archdiocese this year.
The archbishop has launched the ambitious goal of paying a pastoral visit to each of the 29 parishes and missions in the 139,000-square-mile archdiocese, hoping to complete the circuit in the next 12 months or so.
The pastoral visits are the latest in the archbishop’s efforts to get to know the people of the archdiocese better. When he first arrived in the archdiocese five years ago in preparation for the retirement of Archbishop Francis Hurley, Archbishop Schwietz met thousands of Catholics at welcoming events and again at his installation as the new ordinary in 2001.
Since then he has presided at liturgies and attended meetings all over the archdiocese. He has visited all but one church: St. Peter the Fisherman in the tiny village of Clarke’s Point near Dillingham.
The archbishop intends to get there, too, this time around. He’ll probably go in summer since he’ll need to be transported from the tiny airstrip into town on the back of a four-wheeler.
"Oh, that would be great!" the archbishop said of the four-wheeler ride. "I’d be delighted to do that."
The Clark’s Point Catholic community is sure to appreciate the visit, according to longtime parishioner Marita Gardiner.
"We don’t get to know too many archbishops," she said, although Archbishop Hurley has been out several times to visit a nephew who lives there.
Gardiner said the people would want to show the "new" archbishop around and maybe even take him fishing in nearby Nushagak Bay.
Getting to know the people better is the primary drive behind the archbishop’s rigorous travel plans.
"The point is to get a better sense of the life of the community in these various places," the archbishop said. "I want to hear about their goals, hopes, what they feel the needs are in their parish."
The visits will be different from those of the past in that Archbishop Schwietz will try to spend the entire weekend at each parish, presiding at all the Masses and meeting with groups and individuals in between.
"It’s not that I haven’t been to these places, but this will be for a more extended period of time and gives me the opportunity to do more dialoguing with the people," the archbishop said.
The first of the visits was in late January at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Anchorage. The archbishop celebrated all four Masses and met with each member of the staff individually as well as in a group, plus met with the leadership of the parish’s school, plus with the Knights of Columbus. He also stayed after each Mass to visit with the faithful.
The schedule was intense but "very worthwhile," he said.
Telephones and e-mail keep him in touch with the churches, but going out to be with the people and spending time with them in their own setting creates a whole new dynamic, the archbishop said.
For example, St. Elizabeth parishioners felt free to share their concerns about the approaching departure of their pastor, Father Craig Loecker, a priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha, Neb., who is nearing the end of his three-year commitment to the archdiocese.
The archbishop said he also realized over the weekend that St. Elizabeth is teeming with "educated, generous people" who contribute to their parish in a variety of ways.
He sees great potential there for a "model of pooled resources, energy and wisdom to serve the parish," he said.
As he travels around the archdiocese, the archbishop said, he will be listening carefully in order to better understand how to serve the unique needs of each parish. Whenever possible he will bring members of his staff to help gather information.
The size of the archdiocese is such that it is possible to visit all the churches in a year, and it is so spread out that it is important to do so in order to be able to address their diverse needs, he said.
"I’m trying to promote ownership of this local church, to encourage the people to look at the archdiocese as a family of faith that they belong to," he said.
The archbishop said he will be flying himself to some of the rural parishes, and he might take the train to Seward, which he’s done before and enjoyed immensely, he said.
The archbishop is planning to be at Wasilla’s Sacred Heart Parish the weekend of April 2-3, at Palmer’s St. Michael Parish April 9-10 and then at Homer, with its mission parishes in Ninilchik and Seldovia, April 16-17.
"The people are just so happy to have a social visit with him," said Mercy Sister Carol Ann Aldrich, parish director of St. John the Baptist Parish in Homer.
She said parishioners are planning a special dinner and sit-down meetings with the pastoral and finance councils. There will also be time set aside for an open meeting with the archbishop, she said.
"We want everyone to feel free to talk about whatever’s on their mind to better the parish," she said.
Abortion program helps women heal
Abortion can be a dark and painful secret for the woman who has lived through it.
Project Rachel, which begins its second nine-week session at the end of February, helps to bring light and healing to women who have experienced abortion. The program is sponsored by the archdiocese.
"The thing about abortion is that it becomes a secret which a woman harbors," said Pam Albrecht, coordinator of Project Rachel in Anchorage. "The consequences of abortion — pain, sorrow, anger, guilt — these are common among women who’ve had abortions, but no one talks about them.
"When the secrecy is broken, that’s when healing and relief begins."
According to Carol Szopa, who helped facilitate the first nine-week session, the healing that happened "was amazing."
"It was the most miraculous thing to watch a woman walk through these sessions," said Szopa, a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish.
The program involves journaling and "homework" that each woman is asked do between meetings. Women are able to tell their stories in a safe, confidential setting and are given an opportunity to grieve for their children.
During the course of the nine weeks, the women are asked to name their babies.
"Most women feel sure of what sex their baby was, no matter how early the abortion," Szopa said.
The women are led through experiences of forgiveness — for parents, spouses or boyfriends who may have pressured them into abortion — as well as for themselves.
"The hardest person for them to forgive is themselves," Szopa said.
A highlight of the nine-week program is a healing service. Since the program has been developed largely for Catholic women, that service is usually a Mass. Non-Catholics are welcome, however, and the service can be adapted.
During the Mass, and in the days after it, women recounted great experiences of healing, Szopa said.
Project Rachel was founded by Vicki Thorn in 1984 in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The name is drawn from Jeremiah 31: 15-17, in which Rachel laments for her lost children of Israel but is given hope by the Lord.
Since its founding, 150 dioceses and several foreign countries have adopted the program.
Thorn visited Anchorage in 2002 and has continued to consult with the Anchorage group.
Approximately 1.3 million abortions take place in the United States annually, Albrecht said, and although it’s difficult to measure, surveys suggest that Catholics undergo abortion as frequently as the general population.
With that in mind, the five women who comprise the Project Rachel team locally know they have a huge potential clientele for their ministry.
One challenge, Albrecht said, is for a woman to summon the courage to make the phone call.
"One woman told us she dialed several times before finally letting the call go through."
Another challenge facing the team is getting the word out. A Web site should be up and running within another month, posters have been printed, and bumper stickers are available. The group relies on parish bulletins, archdiocesan announcements and brochures.
During January, members of the group spoke at Theology on Tap, an archdiocesan program for young adults, and they will make a presentation to a parish confirmation class in March.
Recently a member of the ministry, Karen Smith, was interviewed at length about Project Rachel on a local radio talk show.
Smith, as a young teenager in New York, underwent an abortion and spent years suffering the consequences, which included broken relationships and suicide attempts. Twenty-two years later, she experienced healing through the sacrament of reconciliation and the counsel of understanding priests, she said.
Today, married with two children, Smith is a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Wasilla.
When she heard about Project Rachel, she felt a strong call to help.
"I felt like the Lord was saying, ‘You’ve been healed — you can use this to witness to others,’ " she said.
Albrecht said there is still time to become involved in the new group. Those interested can call 297-7781 in Anchorage, or a toll-free number, 866-434-3344. All calls are treated with complete confidentiality, according to organizers.
Although the nine-week session is open only to women who have experienced abortion, anyone who desires post-abortion help may call.
St. Francis of Assisi Awards
This year’s recipients included the youth group at St. Michael Parish, Palmer, and a woman who helped lay the foundation for Catholic Social Services
"Preach the Gospel always. If necessary, use words."
This mandate, attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, could also describe the service to the church exemplified by this year’s recipients of the St. Francis of Assisi Awards, presented at the third annual recognition banquet Feb. 2 at the Fourth Avenue Theatre in Anchorage.
There are three categories of awards presented: clergy and religious, laity, and youth.
What better way to preach the Gospel than the way Paul Dixon does? This recipient of a laity award, an 83-year-old Holy Family Cathedral parishioner, takes Holy Communion to the Alaska Native Medical Center every Saturday throughout the year.
"Having spent numerous years living in Bush communities, he knows many of these people personally and he treats them like family," said Deacon Gerry Grewe, one of several people who nominated Dixon for the award.
Grewe estimates Dixon spends 400-500 hours a year in this volunteer ministry.
In accepting the award, Dixon brought tears to many in the audience with his praise for his wife of nearly 60 years, Hallie. She gets him going each day, he said, and she is a constant support, "the one who gives me a pat on the back."
Minnie Swalling, a second winner in the lay category, helped found the Bishop’s Attic in 1971.
The idea for the Attic, a second-hand shop whose proceeds benefit the archdiocese, was hatched around Swalling’s kitchen table, where she invited several ladies for coffee and outlined her vision of a store that would resell used but serviceable items at affordable prices.
Over the years, the Bishop’s Attic store in Anchorage has produced several million dollars in income for the archdiocese, and a second store in Palmer has also been highly successful.
Swalling’s daughter-in-law, Mary Ann Swalling, recalls that the founding members were so enthusiastic about finding items to sell that "at least one frantic husband was known to have bought back his favorite sweater" after his wife cleaned closets for the Attic.
Minnie Swalling, now 88, and her late husband, Al, lost their home in the 1964 earthquake. Despite the fact that they were lodged in temporary housing themselves, Swalling began organizing relief help for other quake victims.
Her continuing efforts, said master of ceremonies Father Leo Walsh, pastor at St. Andrew in Eagle River, "resulted in what has now become St. Francis House and ultimately Catholic Social Services."
The third and final recipient of the laity award was Annabelle Wilt of St. Christopher by the Sea Mission Parish in Unalaska. A generation younger than the other two recipients, 47-year-old Wilt has nonetheless left a mark on her local church.
Wilt moved to Unalaska in 1979, just a year after efforts to organize a parish began, and has been active in the Catholic community ever since. Despite a visual impairment that renders her legally blind, she is a key catechist at St. Christopher.
"She was a moving force in setting up and participating in our first Bible study," said former St. Christopher parish administrator Holy Family Sister Marie Brent. "Her sweet and strong spirit never gave into the difficulties" of life in Dutch Harbor.
Wilt said that she draws inspiration from her mother, who told her when she began to lose her vision as a child, "God gave you this gift because he knew you would be able to handle it and glorify him through it."
This year’s clergy and religious award was also given to more than one recipient. Jesuit Father Vincent Beuzer and Grey Nun Sister Diane Bardol and the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart were honored for their service.
Father Beuzer served as director of Holy Spirit Center, the archdiocese’s retreat and spirituality center, for several years, and has remained on the staff since then.
Father Scott Medlock, administrator at St. Patrick Parish, who for the third year shared the master of ceremonies duties with Father Walsh, praised Father Beuzer as "an outstanding example of one who invites the laity into the mission of the church."
Father Beuzer helped to establish several programs at Holy Spirit Center for formation of laity based on the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola, as well as a program to train spiritual directors, the first of its kind in the archdiocese.
The staff of Holy Spirit Center surprised Father Beuzer by having his two sisters, who live out of state, attend the banquet.
Sister Bardol has been the principal of St. Mary’s School in Kodiak for 34 years. Her community, the Grey Nuns, has worked in Kodiak for 60 years.
Father Richard Tero, a former pastor at St. Mary Parish and now pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Seward, praised Sister Bardol for "her work for peace and justice in the spirit of St. Francis."
"She raises concerns of what is happening to needy children around the world," Father Tero said. "But her everyday life of a wonderful sister is a great example to all in Kodiak."
This year’s youth award was presented to the St. Michael’s Youth in Theology and Ministry Institute at St. John’s University/Seminary.
Each year two high school students from the Palmer parish participate in a two-week summer program at St. John’s in Collegeville, Minn.
The program is a two-year commitment; after the first summer of theology, service work and prayer, students return to their community to discern a community service project. The second summer involves returning to St. John’s to share a presentation with other students on the service projects completed.
St. Michael parishioners Robert Foxley, Heather Olson, Todd Loria, Rosalie Leiner, Caitlin Hammaker, Tristan Kitchin, Chuckie Kaucic, Chandra Dunham, and Gregory Washam have all completed either one summer or the entire program. Meghan Bill and Andree LaFrance will attend for the first time next summer.
When Todd Loria returned from his first summer, he and Rosalie Leiner put together a "senior citizens prom." The popular activity has become an annual event in Palmer.
The program at St. John’s "made me think more seriously about being more involved in the church," said Loria, 17.
The St. Francis of Assisi Awards were instituted in honor of Archbishop Francis Hurley at the time of his retirement, and named for his patron saint.
Nominations are open to anyone, and this year 38 people or groups were nominated. A selection committee makes the final choices. As in years past, the committee was unable to narrow the winners down to one for each category.
Rite of Election
Public professions have great symbolic power. On their wedding day, couples speak their vows before family and friends. Judges and politicians and military officers make public oaths of righteous service. Committing to a task or goal in front of the community strengthens the commitment and helps the participants remain steadfast.
There is an element of this public profession in the Rite of Election, the gathering of people within a diocese who are preparing to join the Catholic Church. These folks may be children or senior citizens and come from all walks of life, but they are bound together in their common desire to become Catholic.
Each has been learning about the faith in his or her own parish, studying beliefs and practices, asking questions. At the Rite of Election, these kindred travelers come together with the bishop to publicly declare their intention to be fully initiated into the faith.
On Feb. 13 at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Archbishop Roger Schwietz welcomed roughly 90 individuals and their sponsors and families.
During the rite, the names of the candidates, who have already been baptized in a Christian faith, and catechumens, who are unbaptized, are read aloud, for all to hear. The archbishop invites the candidates and catechumens to approach the altar. There, before God and the faith community, they declare their intentions.
— Editor
Editorials
Meth bills will enhance common good
We applaud new bills in the Alaska Legislature aimed at reducing illegal production of methamphetamine.
House Bill 141 and Senate Bill 106 would limit sales and possession of medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the cheap, highly addictive street drug known as "crystal meth" or "crank." Pseudoephedrine, whose brand name is Sudafed, is found in decongestant medicines that can currently be purchased over the counter in unlimited amounts in Alaska.
Meth can be manufactured with relative ease using common household ingredients and equipment, and its popularity has surged nationwide. The production process — often carried out in rented residences — is dangerous and causes contamination that requires extensive, expensive cleanup when the operation is busted.
Worse, meth is so addictive that it can turn stable, working adults into absolute junkies in a matter of months. Parents neglect their children along with other responsibilities, often to the point that the kids end up in foster care.
Alaska is seeing a stark rise in meth use and production. A press release announcing the new bills in the Legislature says that meth production arrests have doubled and distribution arrests have quadrupled here since 2001.
Last year Oklahoma became the first state to begin restricting the sale of over-the-counter cold medicines with pseudoephedrine. The Washington Post reported last week that seizures of illegal meth labs there have since fallen by 80 percent.
Now at least 25 other states are pursuing similar legislation to combat the scourge of "poor man’s cocaine."
The Alaska proposal would limit the sale of medicines with pseudoephedrine to the amount a person can take as directed, and require vendors to provide detailed sales information to the state Department of Public Safety.The changes might be a hassle for retailers and a slight inconvenience for consumers, but are necessary for the public good. The sooner House Bill 141 and Senate Bill 106 become law the better.
Archbishop’s words worth revisiting
Below is a portion of a statement Archbishop Roger Schwietz released in January 2004, some six months after the authoritative National Catholic Bioethics Center of Boston completed its task of helping Providence Alaska Medical Center revise its policies on early induction.
The statement bears repeating, in light of the ongoing campaign of misinformation by Alaska Right to Life, which claims the archbishop tolerates abortion at Providence.
"In Catholic teaching, human life is a gift from God and is sacred," the archbishop wrote. "The deliberate taking of innocent human life is wrong. There are circumstances, however, in which the natural life span is altered for a proportionately serious reason. ...
"This principle also holds in the practice of medicine. For instance, pain-reducing medication can be given to a seriously suffering person even if that medication will shorten the life of the patient. In all these cases, the taking of human life is not intended.
"Thus, the induction of labor after the age of viability of the unborn child, under certain serious conditions of threat to the life of the child or mother, is allowed when the death of the child is not intended."
Each early induction case is unique. The principle of double effect and the weighing of "proportionate reason" are part of the analysis. This is complex stuff that even professional Catholic ethicists grapple with.
A higher Catholic authority may yet decide that Archbishop Schwietz, Providence ethicists and the National Catholic Bioethics Center have interpreted Catholic moral teaching incorrectly. Clarification would be welcome.
In the meantime, Alaska Right to Life isn’t Catholic, so we shouldn’t expect its leadership to grasp the nuances of Catholic principles. A little more respect from the organization, however, would be appreciated.
Letters to the Editor
Read document for yourself
In response to those who take issue with my Year of the Eucharist requests to priests (Readers Respond, Dec. 31, 2004, and Jan. 14, 2005), I ask my fellow lay people to read "Redemptionis Sacramentum" for themselves (www.pauline.org). It says, "It is strictly required, however, that such materials be truly noble in the common estimation within a given region, so that honor will be given to the Lord by their use, and all risk of diminishing the doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharistic species in the eyes of the faithful will be avoided. Reprobated, therefore, is … glass, earthenware, clay, or other materials that break easily" (no. 117). The "however" means that the bishop’s legitimate authority may not countermand these requirements. Moreover, paragraph 183 states that "each and every" Catholic has "a most serious duty" to bring abuses to the attention of the bishop. Let’s work together to protect the Holy Eucharist from "irreverence or distortion" (no. 184).
Anchorage
Cup criticism was too harsh
Two letters to the editor (Readers Respond, Jan. 28) refer to a previous writer’s concern about the use of certain vessels for the Eucharist (Readers Respond, Dec. 31, 2004) as "minor," "insignificant" and presumably not worthy of discussion. Regardless of the seriousness of the world’s problems, which are always with us, Scripture assures us that there is a time and a place for everything. There is no justification for implying that a brother or sister in faith is a Pharisee (read hypocrite) by quoting Christ’s indictment of an unfaithful people. Nor should his or her intelligence be insulted by implying an ignorance of the difference between church rules and doctrine. It is also implied that the writer’s concerns are not "reasonable" and that it is up to the bishops to decide what should be done. It is true that the bishops have great latitude in deciding what guidelines from Rome should be followed. May their decisions be in the spiritual interest of their people.
Willow
Providence protocol a concern
I was taken aback by the Anchor’s severe criticism of Alaska Right to Life in your last issue (Catholic Comment, Feb. 11). I agree that the distribution of ARL fliers should never have happened at the Knights of Columbus memorial service, and I was pleased to learn that the fliers were pulled as soon as ARL leadership was informed. The real issue remains however, and that issue concerns what is really going on at Providence. Who can answer these tough questions? Why do administrators at Providence state that nothing really has changed with the hospital’s "early induction" procedure after adopting the revised protocol? Why is a copy of the new revised "early induction" protocol used at Providence not releasable to the general public? Why do federal hospitals such as Alaska Native Medical Center refuse to perform the very same "early induction" procedure that is now performed at Providence? Makes one wonder, does it not?
Anchorage
Lack of charity appalling
I am not a member of Alaska Right to Life, nor am I affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, but I am a Catholic. As a Catholic, I am appalled by the lack of Christian charity displayed by the Anchor (Catholic Comment, Feb. 11). Upon what does the editor base the libelous statement: "The anti-abortion group’s leadership is utterly convinced that Providence allows abortions, and it wouldn’t matter if the pope himself were to disagree"? Also, since when does passing out a memorandum after a service ends "disrupt" a prayer service? The archbishop is quoted in a separate article as saying: "It would seem that this organization has not taken the time to understand our Catholic principles." Since when are secret hospital guidelines a part of Catholic principles? I thought our archdiocese was committed to a policy of open communication. Surely we can do better then this!
Nikiski
Holy Rosary deserves kudos
I was saddened to read a mere passing mention of Holy Rosary Academy in your piece on Catholic schools (News, Feb. 11). Were photos and further information about Holy Rosary students markedly absent because of its independent-school status? The Catholic High School Honor Roll recently recognized Holy Rosary as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the country for 2004. It was nominated as a school excelling in outstanding commitment to the educational mission of the church. At the national level, Catholic college presidents and noted Catholic scholars on the Honor Roll board acknowledged the school’s achievement in the formation of the students in academics, Catholic identity, and civil education as being excellent. I think recognition of Holy Rosary Academy at the local level is long overdue. Thank you to the wonderful staff, students, and families of the school for the perpetuation of Catholic living in its fullness.
Anchorage
Editor’s Note: Coverage was limited to those schools that are part of the archdiocesan Catholic school system: St. Mary’s School in Kodiak and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School and Lumen Christi High School in Anchorage. Because Holy Rosary operates independently of the archdiocese, it is not included in our coverage of archdiocesan schools.