St. Robert's Catholic Church |
1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno, CA 94066 |
Tel: (650) 589-2800 |
PARISH BULLETIN |
Dear Parishioners, Happy Feast Day! Tomorrow is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi and since you are members of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, its your feast day as well as mine! The life of Francis still has much to say to our world today. He is known as a peacemaker for many reasons. After his failed attempt to participate in the third Crusade, he spent months on a sickbed trying to figure out what God wanted him to do. He experienced the Crucified Christ telling him, Rebuild my church, which as you see, is falling into ruin. Taking literally what he heard, he then rebuilt little chapels in the towns. He finally realized that he was to rebuild the Church, challenging its leaders to remember the example of Jesus and discard the trappings of wealth and privilege to which they had become accustomed. He and his followers took seriously the poverty of Jesus - born in a stable, crucified in obedient love of his Father, and poured out in the Eucharist. His poverty and that of his followers was all the more striking since he and most of them were wealthy and well-educated in a society which was very stratified according to ones class. He spent much of each year in prayer, always experiencing the struggle between a life of contemplation and one of preaching and service. He also spent time with the lepers who lived near Assisi, finding Jesus in the most outcast of his time. He took the gospel seriously, including Jesus admonition to the disciples to greet everyone with a blessing of peace. Anyone who followed his way was forbidden to participate in the armed skirmishes among the various city-states. Francis himself made the dangerous trip to the Middle East (probably Iraq or Iran) to speak to the sultan about peace. The sultan wasnt convinced to forsake fighting, but did promise safe passage from his territory, so impressed was he with Francis message. How can we be peacemakers today? Is there one person in our circle of friends or acquaintances to whom we can listen this week? Can we include our whole, broken world, including those we dont understand or whom we may consider our enemies, in our prayers for peace? May the Spirit open us all to that gift which is always being offered by our loving God. Peace, Sr. Sheral |
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haven given enough Todays Gospel suggests that only total stewardship will do: When you have done all you have been commanded to do, say We are useless servants. We have done no more than our duty. |
Monday
- October 2 |
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Mass Intention |
6:30 8:30 |
In Thanksgiving Mark Loughran |
Men's Club | 6:00p | Hall |
Tuesday
- October 3 Readings: Gal 1:13-24 Lk 10:38-42 |
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Mass Intention | 6:30 8:30 |
Mela Kelemete Christina McGee |
Scripture Reading Religious Education Legion of Mary |
9:30a 3:30p 6:30p |
Mary's Chapel Church/Hall Library |
Wednesday
- October 4 Readings: Gal 2:1-2,7-14 Lk 11:1-4 |
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Mass Intention | 6:30 8:30 |
Clarence Barger Lois Emil Feltre |
Youth Ministry Choir Practice Tea Meeting Bible Study |
6:30p 7:00p 7:00p 7:30p |
Hall Church Mahoney Room Convent Chapel |
Thursday
- October 5 |
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Mass Intention | 6:30 8:30 |
Jim Diggins Simon Siniora |
Religious Education School/Archdiocese Mtg. Youth Ministry RCIA Fil/Am Meeting |
3:30p 3:30p 6:30p 7:00p 7:30p |
Church/Hall Mahoney Room Mahoney Room Convent Chapel Hall |
Friday
- October 6 |
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Mass Intention | 6:30 8:30 |
Gene Mooney Marsilia Santarelli |
8th Gr. Cheerleading TIPPS |
3:00p 6:30p |
Hall Hall |
Saturday
- October 7 |
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Mass Intention | 8:30 4:30 |
Erma Johnson Nancy & Sam Ciraulo |
Parish Picnic Computer Class Consolation Ministry |
8:00a 9:00a 3:00p |
San
Bruno Park/Beckner Shelter Computer Classroom Convent Chapel |
Sunday
- October 8 |
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Mass Intention | 7:30 9:30 11:30 5:00 |
Charles & Rita Agius People of St. Robert's Mary Notrafrancisco Ana Kovacevic |
Grownups Fil/Am Choir Youth Ministry Confirmation Class Youth Ministry |
8:00a 10:00a 12:00p 3:00p 6:00p |
Hall Library Church Hall Hall |
As a Parish Community...We pray, on this Respect Life Day, that we continue to faithfully and courageously witness to the sacredness of life from the first moment of conception till natural death. |
WE CONGRATULATE THE NEWLY BAPTIZED |
Nicholas Peter Redmond, |
SICK RELATIVES AND FRIENDS |
We pray for the ill: Olga Aiello, Sharon Aiello, Marilyn Arancibia, Alejandro Ayllon, Robert Bacci, Genaro Badiable, Lito Badiable, Patrick Burke, Maricris Candelaria, Arthur Candia, Carmen Capella, Josie Clarke, Nan Connolly, Salvador Canjura, Cindy Corona, Ana Cosgaya, Walton Dickhoff, William & Sandra Dill, Carl Edwards, Adela Florez, Jesse Grube, Claire Hamilton, Denise Hawald, Dominique Hauscarriague,Jr, Viko Ivancich, Joanne Johnson, Koret Koelman, Muriel Krause, Sisilia Langi, Shirley Latham, Josephine Lavoie, Austin Lehman, Lena Lucarotti, Michael Martinez, Daniel McHale, Rosemary McHale, Terry McLeod, Josie Mercado, Mary Novickas, Thomas O'Brien, David Papageorgiou, Lara Pinten, Jason Pimentel, James Piazza, Helen Restani, Mamo Scanlan, Pauline Speranza, Justo Tan, Mafi Tukumoatu, Kristi Varni, Don Vickery, Diana Walter & Jennifer Westbrook. |
We would like to update this list. Please review and call the rectory at 589-2800 if someone you know can be taken off the list: |
RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY |
Today, in parishes throughout the United States, Catholics are celebrating Life from the first moment of conception till the last breath is sighed. The human person is Central, the clearest reflection of God among us. (U.S. Catholic Bishops). Let us affirm the goodness of Gods creation by valuing the unborn, providing for the economically disadvantaged, rooting out the cause of violence and war and protecting the elderly and infirm. The RED ROSE imprinted upon our Pro-Life banner hanging in our Church symbolizes the sanctity of life at all its stages. May it help raise our consciousness about the wonder and awesomeness of all human life. If you or someone you know is having a difficult or unexpected pregnancy, there is a sheet with the names, addresses and phone numbers of various resources available to help in the pamphlet rack at the main entrance to the church. Please help spread the word that a pregnant girl or woman does not have to face the challenges that pregnancy brings alone. Thank you. |
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Stewards of Creation With the coming of autumn, sunrise and sunset arrive earlier. The breeze is a bit cooler and we might change our sleeping attire. Even with the faster pace of post-summer, we might stop to appreciate the beauty around us. After this month of horrendous hurricanes not experienced since 1880, what might St. Francis, the patron of the environment, say to us about our care for Gods creation? Ross Gelbspan is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of the recent book, Boiling Point. He writes of the connection between global warming and terrorism which probably hasnt occurred to most of us. Development economists all agree that investing in clean energy in poor countries would create far more jobs and far more wealth than the same dollar invested in anything else. If the U.S. led a wholesale transfer of clean energy to poor countries, that would do more than anything else to undermine the economic desperation that give rise to anti-U.S. sentiments. Unintentionally, we have disrupted the massive systems in the planet that have kept the earth hospitable for 10,000 years, heating the deep oceans, loosing the wave of violent weather, altering the timing of the seasons. Poor governments are now forced to spend more on disaster relief and property insurers have lost 89 billion dollars in 1998 alone, more than during the entire decade of the 80s. Governments with a fragile tradition of democracy could easily resort to permanent states of martial law in the face of floods, drought, epidemics and environmental refugees. Climate change is nothing if not an issue of environmental justice and human rights. Secure shelter, food and the tools for basic sustenance are embedded in the international Declaration of Human Rights. Holland, Germany and England have adopted major efforts to cut emissions 60 to 80% in the next 50 years. Our country is the only one to express doubts about the reality of global warming. As we read the newspaper and magazines this week, we might be aware of efforts made to reverse this trend and pray that they be fruitful. Womens Retreat Day We just heard that the room well have at Mercy Center can only accommodate 50 women, so if youd like to come to this retreat on Saturday, November 13 from 8:30 am to 3 pm, please pick up a pink form at the main entrance to the church, fill it out with your $30 donation and drop it by the rectory or the school, addressed to Sr. Sheral or Donna McGuigan. Reservations are due by October 29. We hope to see you there! |
FESTIVAL RAFFLE NEWS Congratulations!!! $2,000 Christine Powis $200 Father Bruce-Early Bird Raffle Thanks to everyone who particpated! |
MEN'S CLUB |
St. Roberts Mens Club monthly meeting tommorrow night, October 4th in Hennessy Hall beginning at 6:30 p.m. |
THE GROWNUPS |
Annual Communion Luncheon will be held in Hennessy Hall on Sunday, October 17th, after the 11:30 a.m. Mass. Tickets are $12 each and will be sold after the weekend Masses. Tickets are also available by calling LaVerne Buller, Dorothy Branch, Dolores Moynihan or Vera Hannon. Tickets will not be sold at the door. |
TIPPS |
Join TIPPS for our Halloween get-together!! Friday, October 29th, 6:30 p.m. in Hennessy Hall Kids costumes are optional. There will be a potluck-please bring an item to share with six people, and a toy for your child to play with (no balls or weapons please). Feel free to invite new TIPPSters! See you then!! Note: We had originally scheduled our October meeting on October 8th-the only open Friday of the month. However, a group rescheduled their use of Hennessy Hall, so we were able to move our meeting to October 29th. As we discussed at our last meeting, we would love to see all the kids in costumeBRING YOUR CAMERA |
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS |
In honor of the feast of St. Francis TOMORROW Join us in the Upper School Yard, 347 Oak Avenue PARENTS PLEASE NOTE |
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LUNCH |
We are scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of each month. If you can prepare a favorite cookie, snack or lunch item for 10 to 12 people, please drop it off at the Children's Chapel, in the back of Church, by 9 a.m. on October 13th. Please pack the items in a non-returnable container. Frozen items can be donated. We appreicate your help! |
CONSOLATION MINISTRY |
Saint Roberts Grief Support Group will hold their next meeting on October 9th and October 23 in the Convent Chapel from 3-4:15p.m. (before the 4:30 p.m. Mass). Anyone who is suffering from the loss of a loved onespouse, sibling, child, parent friend or relative is invited to come and pray, share, comfort and be comforted. You are invited to bring a companion as for support and strength. God Bless you in your sorrow. Sister Patricia-589-0104. |
A NEW PARISH DIRECTORY COMING OUR WAY A NEW SIGN UP THIS WEEKEND Photos will be taken in the Mahoney Room PHOTO DATES ARE: Pick your date and sign up this weekend or next weekend |
ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC |
Saturday, October 9th Sign up this weekend after all the Masses Join us for an afternoon of fun, good food, and games. The picnic is free to all parishioners. |
SAN BRUNO CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE |
Need work done in your home or office? Our Daily Bread Worker Center had many responsible and hard working women and men, who are looking for work for one day, part time or full time. Our workers have an assortment of job skills, such as: housekeeping, office work, moving assistance, painting, yard work, plumbing, heavy labor, and all kinds of odd jobs. The Worker Center also has a small pickup truck, which can be used for moving furniture or hauling away yard waste. We can provide a work crew for these types of large jobs. The suggested rate per worker is $10 to $15 per hour. There is an additional fee if the job necessitates the use of the truck. If you are interested in hiring a worker or a work crew, please call Melissa Hansel at (650) 291-2400. |
SINGING CHANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY |
Saturday, October 23rd. Starting at 1 p.m. a chant workshop will be held at the lower level of St. Marys Cathedral (1111 Gough St. at Geary). Speakers: Fr. Anthony Ruff, Christoph Tietze, Professor William Mahrt, and John Renke. Admission: $25, Pre-registration Phone: Christoph Tietze at (415) 567-2020 ext 213 or email:ctietze@stmarycathedralsf.org. At 5:30 p.m., San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada will celebrate a Gregorian Mass in Latin (de Angelis). |
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The Youth Group will celebrate its one-year anniversary in the parish with a special Youth Mass at 5 p.m. Fr. Tom Hamilton will celebrate the Mass and I ask anyone in the parish who has given anything to the youth group please join us on that night. No matter how small you thought your gift/contribution was, we would like to recognize and thank you. There have been so many generous people that individual invitations are not possible. Any questions, please feel free to contact me at (650) 255-0791 or SRYOUTHMINISTER@AOL.COM. **The Youth Group meets every Sunday ater the 5 p.m. Mass in the Hall, feel free to join us. |
Quotes on Issues from This dual calling of faith and citizenship is at the heart of what it means to be a Catholic in the United States. Faithful citizenship calls us to seek a place at the table of life for all Gods children in the elections of 2004 and beyond. -USCCB Administrative Committee, |