St. Robert's Catholic Church

1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno, CA 94066

Tel: (650) 589-2800

PARISH BULLETIN
March 3, 2002
Third Sunday of Lent

Easter’s coming. Give yourself the gift of a good confession. Saturdays: 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. Or the Communal Penance Service 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 23rd, or, 7:30-9 p.m Monday, March 25th, here at Saint Robert’s. Or if you work in The City, check out the schedules at Old St. Mary’s, Notre Dame de Victoires, St. Patrick’s on Mission Street, or S.I. Be refreshed. Live again. In Him.

Father Morris

STATIONS OF THE CROSS
FRIDAY LENTEN SUPPERS

you might want to consider attending Stations. The Supper on March 8th will be hosted by St. Robert’s Men’s Club and the Sociables. We ask that you put the amount you would have spent on Friday evening’s meal in the basket provided by our St. Vincent de Paul Society. They will use your donation to help our sisters and brothers who are hungry. If you are new to the Parish, this is a chance to meet other members of our Parish family. All are welcome.

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY
Fourth Sunday of Lent

1 Samuel 16:1-13
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9:1-41

For the next three Sundays of Lent, including today, we will celebrate particular rituals with the Elect and Candidates called "Scrutinies." The scrutinies are rites "for self-searching and repentance." They are meant "to uncover, then heal all that is weak, defective, or sinful in the hearts of the elect; to bring out, then strengthen all that is upright, strong, and good." (RCIA, no. 141.) Actually, they can reveal, heal, and strengthen the hearts of all celebrating the Scrutinies with them. That’s what we mean when we say we journey with the Elect and Candidates to Easter. Pat Vallez-Kelly

As a Parish Community, we Pray...

That those preparing to be washed clean in the Easter waters of Baptism will heed Jesus’ call and see Him moving in their lives.

Carl Sandburg

WE CONGRATULATE THE NEWLY BAPTIZED

Tabitha May Kirkland,
Paul Francis Robinson,
Kyle Joseph Ansaldo,
& Giovanni Antonio Calderoni

SICK RELATIVES AND FRIENDS

Please call the Rectory if you have a friend or family member who is ill or in the hospital and would like a visit from our Clergy.

LENTEN ANOINTING MASS:
Jesus says to us:
I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME

Heal the Sick!" Jesus has charged His Church to take care of those who are ill by accompanying them with her prayer of intercession in His Name. The Sacrament of the Sick is for anyone who begins to be in danger of death from illness or the aging process. Graces derived from this Sacrament are: strength, peace and the courage to overcome the difficulties of serious illness, pain, or the frailty of advanced years. We become more closely united with the suffering of Christ, who says to us: I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME! St. Robert’s Lenten Anointing Mass will take place at NOON, SUNDAY, MARCH 10th.

YOUR EMERGENCY PRAYER NETWORK IS HERE

The "Emergency Prayer Network" will pray for your specific intentions whenever some crisis arises in your life. If you call, our group will pray fervently for three days for you and your special intention. Call Michele Pipinich. Let us know how things turn out so that we can praise God for His faithfulness.

Our sincere sympathy to the families of
William Webb,
Mollie Eveland,
and Elda Salvi
who died recently.

AIDS LUNCH
March 13, 2002

At least 2 St. Roberts parishioners volunteer to serve lunch at St. Vincent de Paul in South San Francisco every week. More volunteers are needed. Call Joseph at St. Vincent de Paul at 589-9039 if you can help.

UPDATES

Youth Group made 20 lunches last month for the AIDS lunch. They also cooked a pasta dinner for the homeless at St. Bruno’s Church last month.

WISH LISTS

Catholic Worker House in San Bruno is in need of vegetable oil, trash bags (all sizes), canned meat (especially Spam), aerosol spray, and canned soups. Please bring items to the rectory.

If you’re new to St. Robert’s, we ask that you complete a registration form (found in the vestibule of the church). Drop it either in the collection basket, the mail, or at the parish office. We will send you a New Parishioner Packet with information about the parish, its organizations and groups.

Human Cloning-Some people want to use cloning to produce live-born children who are "copies" of living or deceased people. Others would use it to mass-produce human embryos to be destroyed in medical research. The Human Cloning Prohibition Act (S. 1899, H.R. 2505) will ban human cloning for either purposes. The U.S. House of Representatives has already passed H.R. 2505. That measure or its Senate companion, S. 1899, awaits a Senate vote. President Bush says he will sign the Act into law. Please write to Senator Feinstein and Boxer to support this legislation. For more information consult. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on cloning: www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/bioethic.

SUNDAY TV MASS PROGRAM

Sunday Mass is now airing once again on Sunday mornings at 6 am on Channel 13 in San Bruno. Please spread the word to those people who are homebound.

ST. PATRICK'S DINNER DANCE
March 23rd

Please join us at our annual St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance benefitting our Presentation Sisters. No-host cocktails at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner. We will have a live band and Irish Dancers. For reservations, please call George Lynch - $20 per person.

WOMEN'S GUILD

WOMEN’S GUILD: Please join us for our monthly Women’s Guild meeting on Monday, March 11th at 6:30 p.m. in Hennessy Hall. This month we will be hosting "Mystery Person" night. For reservations, please call Amy Forester prior to Sunday, March 10th.

Sunday, March 10th
9 - 12 Noon, Newcomer’s Breakfast....Hall
12 Noon, Anointing Mass.....Church

eScrip

Thank you to the 200 families participating in this program. We recently received $2,514.00. this money benefits both church and school. If you haven’t signed up yet call 1-800-592-0942 online at eScrip.com or get an application in the vestibule of the Church. Our group number is 137045398.

Albertson's Community Card

Thanks to everyone using this card. Our quarterly payment was $1,800.00. Please continue to show your card every time you shop at Albertson’s!

CASH FOR CLASS

While Shopping at Tanforan You Can Help Our School Win $2,000

If you are shopping at Tanforan, please turn in your receipts either at the Info Booth on the 2nd floor at Tanforan, in the vestibule of the Church, or to the Rectory. For questions or more info Call Linda Cuddy.

Another big THANK YOU! We have moved up to 2nd place. Any time you shop at Tanforan Mall save your receipts and turn them in to the rectory office, school office or the vestibule of the Church. You can also get them stamped at the information booth on the 2nd floor at Tanforan

EL RETIRO
300 Manresa Way
Los Altos 94022
(650) 948-4491

Holy Week Retreat - March 28-31
Retreat Team