Since we are in a new century, living in a "Jubilee Year", as a "Pilgrim People", our parish will be going on pilgrimage!

--To St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park on Saturday, July 1st. We will celebrate Mass at 4:30pm in the beautiful seminary chapel where priests have been formed for service in the church for the past century. (This Mass will fulfill your Sunday obligation.) Afterwards, we will gather for a pot-luck dinner on the seminary grounds. The seminary has been designated by Archbishop Levada as one of five official pilgrimage destinations.

--To Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco on Saturday, October 28th. This Eucharistic Celebration will bring together fellow Catholics from the far reaches of our Archdiocese, coming from different directions to attend Mass with our Archbishop, two cardinals, and many clergy and religious men and women from all our parishes.

Some of you may remember the "Rosary Crusade", where tens of thousands of Catholics gathered in Golden Gate Park about forty years ago. Or, you may have come to Candlestick Park thirteen years ago when Pope John Paul II came to visit us. This Mass at Pacific Bell Park will be equally momentous. Will you come along on the pilgrimage? In future decades, we who celebrate this Jubilee Year will be telling the next generations how we all took trains, buses, cars, or walked by the thousands to "come together as one Body of Christ" in the year 2000.

Please make the most of these Holy Year opportunities by putting the dates on your calendars right now, and by letting us know that you are planning on attending.

Fill out the form in the Bulletin so that we will know how many people to expect. Drop the slip in the collection or at the parish office.

READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY, THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION
Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Mark 16:15-20

JUBILEE BLESSINGS THIS WEEK TO:
U.S SERVICE PEOPLE AND VETERANS

IN OUR HOUSE

Have you ever thought of yourself as a minister in the church, or as one doing a ministry—that is, a service in the name of Christ and in the power and guidance of his Spirit? Don’t worry, this is not a recruiting pitch, because the truth is that you are already involved in a "ministry" of sorts: THE MINISTRY OF THE ASSEMBLY. It is a ministry which belongs to all of us, whether we realize it or not. When we gather together in the name of Jesus Christ to celebrate the sacraments, we have RESPONSIBILITIES and OPPORTUNITIES to serve one another. More next week. - Pat Kelly

We are pleased to have married: David Jones & Tracey Madden. Congratulations!

We pray for the ill: Marlyn Arancibia, Bastiaan Blumenthal, Marcia Bourne, Ann Burns, Sister Cabrini, Arthur Candia, Peter Capodonicco, Theresa Cook, Ana Cosgaya, Imelda Daly, William & Sandra Dill, Adela Florez, Rita Gomez, Randall Guerro, Denise Hawald, Koret Koelman, Muriel Krause, Marky, Rosemary McHale, Jeanne McHugh, Terry McLeod, Walter Moniz, Richard Quintana, Cyndy Smerdel, Ann Steinerd, Margarita Velez, & Don Vickery.

As a Parish Community, We Pray

Last week, I attended the ordination to the priesthood of Fr. Bob Mendonça for the Diocese of Oakland. While at St. Patrick’s Seminary, Bob served our parish in music ministry for a few years. To be ordained on June 10th is Brian Costello for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.. Brian has also ministered in our parish during his years of training and has made a special contribution to our school children and the RCIA program. Congratulations to both Bob and Brian. I hope that all parishioners will pray for them. We also must pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life from our own parish. Parents and community need to present the priesthood and religious life to young people as a possible and a great vocation in life. Father Mendonça will celebrate Mass at St. Robert’s on June 4th at 10:30 am and Father Costello on June 25th at 9am. Make plans to come to these Masses.

We are coming to an end of our Annual Appeal Drive. At the moment, we are short over $12,000 of the goal set for us by the Archdiocese. I am proud that 401 families have seen that this Appeal of the Archbishop will benefit the whole Church of the Archdiocese. It helps pay for the expenses involved in running the many programs that are offered from the training of future lay leaders, as well as programs for ministry to the sick, the homeless, the people in prison. As a priest, I am most grateful in that this Appeal also helps sick and infirm priests, as well as the necessary on-going educational needs of the clergy. It will benefit me personally in the very near future. More news later!

If any of those who have not yet contributed wish to do so, please send your contribution to the Parish Office. Your contribution will be a sign of your commitment to the ministry of the local Church.

Any amount short of the goal, must come from the general fund of the Parish.

MONDAY, MAY 29TH
Memorial Day - Parish Office Closed

TUESDAY, MAY 30TH
6:30-8PM, Legion of Mary.....Library
7-9PM, 8th Grade Grad. Meeting.....Hall

THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST
7-9PM, RCIA.....Chapel
7-9PM, Parish Planning Committee.....Library
7-9PM, Bob’s Club.....Hall

SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD
9-10AM, Eucharistic Adoration.....Church