St. Robert's Catholic Church

1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno, CA 94066

Tel: (650) 589-2800

PARISH BULLETIN
February 13, 2005
First Sunday of Lent

Come
let us thank you!

Monday - February 14
Readings: Lv 19:1-2,11-18     Mt 25:31-46

Thursday - February 17
Readings: Est C:12,14-16,23-25     Mt 7:7-12

Friday - February 18
Readings: Ez 18:21-28     Mt 5:20-26

Saturday - February 19
Readings: Deut 26:16-19     Mt 5:43-48

Sunday - February 20
Readings: Gn 12:1-4a     2 Tm 1:8a-10     Mt 17:1-9

WOMEN'S GUILD
February 14th

Women’s Guild cordially invites you to the February meeting. Doors open at 6:30 pm and cost is $10. RSVP to Teresa Nussbaum.

GROWNUPS COMMUNION BUFFET LUNCHEON
February 20th

The Grownups Luncheon will be held Sunday, February 20th after the 11:30 a.m. Mass. Tickets are on sale for $13.50 each after the Masses this weekend, Feb. 12th and 13th. Reservations can also be made by calling Dolores Moynihan, Dolores Johnson, Vera Hannon, or Helen Mantler.

FIL/AM RENO TRIP
March 5-6

Enjoy and have fun on the scenic snow drive to Reno sponsored by the Fil/Am group of St. Robert’s church March 5th - 6th. Saturday overnight and return Sunday. Leave at 7 am in the morning in front of the Rectory on Crystal Springs. $50 per person, $65 (single)

WOMEN OF THE PARISH

Call the Rectory at 589-2800 and sign him up!

2005 DINNER DANCE
Basque Cultural Center, March 12th

Let’s give something back to those who continue to support us!

JUNIOR LEGION OF MARY

Requirements: You must have a strong love for Our Blessed Mother, a desire to make her better known and appreciated. You must be willing to attend a one hour meeting every wee (on Sundays after the 11:30 a.m. Mass) and be wiling to do some good works during the week. If interested, please, come to the Mhony Room after the 11:30 a.m. Mass or call Encar Sanchez, Rose Jardin, Albert Reyes or Sister Patricia at 589-0104 or contact any Senior Legion of Mary member.

Thank you for your generous donation of $3,960.00 to our St. Vincent de Paul Society.

ANNUAL APPEAL

As a Parish Community...We pray for all married couples. With God as the center of their life together, may they grow in peace, harmony and love.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND LENTEN SUPPERS

On each Friday during Lent (except for Good Friday), Stations will be held in the Church at 6p.m. A light Lenten Supper will follow in Hennessy Hall. This is an opportunity for us to pray together and for members of our Parish family to get to know one another. We ask that you put into the basket in the hall what you would normally spent on your usual Friday dinner. Our St. Vincent de Paul Society will use the proceeds to feed our sisters and brothers who are in need. On Friday, February 18th, Stations will be led by Gene and Anna May. The supper will be hosted by the Sociables, St. Vincent de Paul, TIPPS and RCIA. Bring your family and friends.

CONSOLATION MINISTRY

Saint Robert's Grief Support Group will hold their next meetings on February 26th in the Convent Chapel from 3-4:15 p.m. (before the 4:30 p.m. Mass). Anyone who is suffering from the loss of a loved one—spouse, 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 support and strength. God Bless you in your sorrow. Sister Patricia 589-0104

GRIEF SUPPORT MINISTRY

The Grief Support Ministry Committee is in need of new members. If you (male or female) have a kind compassionate heart and are willing to make a phone call and listen to a person who has recently lost a loved one and feel that you could help lighten the burden of sorrow of that person, please join us. For more information talk to: Sister Patricia, Sophia or Bruce Chester, Rita Lille, Lidia Vinal, Florence Martinez, Marie Noce or Dolores Johnson

THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

"With courage and compassion, Bishops, priests and lay Catholics must seize the opportunity to propose to the sons and daughters of the Church, and to the whole society, the truth about the special gift that is human sexuality. The false promises of the 'sexual revolution' are now painfully obvious in the human suffering caused by unprecedented rates of divorce, by the scourge of abortion and its lasting effects on those involved. Yet the teaching of the magisterium, the development of the 'theology of the body', and the experience of faithful Catholic couples have given Catholics in the United States a uniquely powerful and compelling opportunity to bring the truth about human sexuality into a society that sorely needs to hear it." (Pope John Paul II, to the Bishops of Minnesota, North and South Dakota-June, 1998)

Save the date Sunday, April 10th for High Tea.
More information in future bulletins

by Sister Sheral

In Honor of St. Valentine's Day
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness a tender look that becomes a habit." Peter Ustinov
"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched. They must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller
"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Sometimes when you're walking along, do you try to imagine yourself as one infinitesimally small creature walking on top of an orb spinning in space at unthinkable speed, with only gravity keeping your feet anchored to earth? If it weren't for gravity, you'd go flying off in space as less than a speck of dust! Do you recognize gritty as an elemental form of love? We might think of gravity holding all of us on earth together in an embrace of love, and doesn't that speak of a God who is essentially relational, wanting to draw all things together in love?" Author Unknown

February 19th and 20th

4:30 p.m. Mass

7:30 a.m. Mass

5:00 p.m. Mass