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St. Robert's Catholic Church |
1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno, CA 94066 |
Tel: (650) 589-2800 |
PARISH BULLETIN |
Dear Parishioners;
In this fourth week of reflections on Christian Stewardship we hear the parable of the good stewards. Two of the stewards returned what their master had given them with an increase. One steward returned just what the master had given him. Over these past weeks we have focused on accepting God’s gifts graciously, cultivating these gifts and sharing them with others. This final week challenges us to consider what do we return to the Lord for all the Lord has given us. Every parish relies on the generosity of its parishioners. The work of our parish is accomplished through our organizations, programs and our ministries as a community expression of our collective generosity. The Church in general ultimately depends on the generosity of individuals like you and me to support its charitable work. Our Church operates more schools and hospitals than any other religion. We feed more people, house more homeless people, provide more medical care and give more moral support to more people than any other organized group. All of this has a price tag. Each of us has a role to play; each of us has something to give. God says “Try me in this”, and what he means is that if we try to out do Him in generosity, we cannot succeed. God loves us so much. God will continue to bless us. Today we ask each family to commit to be greater stewards of the gifts God has entrusted to them. In our Spiritual lives what sacrifices can we make to take time each weeks for actively participation in Sunday Eucharist. With our time and talents what gifts can we bring to the Lord by participating in our parish organizations and ministries? Finally, can we increase our weekly offering to the Church? When was the last time we made an adjustment in the amount we return to continue the Lord’s work? Father Bruce |
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Monday
- November 14 |
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| Mass Intention |
6:30a 8:30a |
Mike Kovacevic † All Souls † |
| Women's Guild St. Vincent de Paul |
6:00p 7:00p |
Hall Mahoney Room |
| Tuesday
- November 15 Readings: 2 Mc 6:18-31 Lk 19:1-10 |
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| Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
All Souls † Joseph Busuttil † |
| Scripture Study Religious Education Sr. Legion of Mary |
9:15a 3:30p 6:30p |
Mary's Chapel Church & Hall Library |
| Wednesday
- November 16 Readings: 2 Mc 7:1,20-31 Lk 19:11-28 |
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| Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
In Thanksgiving † All Souls † |
| 7th Grade Cheerleading St. Robert's Band Choir Practice Dinner Dance Meeting Scripture Class |
3:00p 6:00p 7:00p 7:00p 7:30p |
Hall Hall Church Mahoney Room Convent Chapel |
Thursday
- November 17 |
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| Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
All Souls † Pasquale & Maria Aloise † |
| Religious Education RCIA School Board |
3:30p 7:00p 7:00p |
Hall & Church Convent Chapel Mahoney Room |
Friday
- November 18 |
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| Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
Leo Pieretti † All Souls † |
| Cheerleading Practice | 3:00p | Hall |
Saturday
- November 19 |
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| Mass Intention | 8:30a 4:30p |
Paul & Rosina Vella † All Souls † |
| AA Meeting Grief Consolation |
10:00a 3:00p |
Mahoney Room Convent Chapel |
Sunday
- November 20 |
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| Mass Intention | 7:30a 9:30a 11:30a 5:00p |
All Souls of Purgatory † All Souls † People of St. Robert's Jack Mahoney |
| Fil/Am Choir Jr. Legion of Mary Confirmation Class |
10:00a 12:30p 3:00p |
Hall Mahoney Room Hall |
RECTORY EVENING PERSONNEL NEEDED |
The parish office currently has an opening for evening hours, a few days a week from 4:15 p.m to 7:30 p.m. You must be 16 to apply. If interested please call the rectory at 589-2800 for a detailed job description. |
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CENTERPLATE UPDATE |
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CENTERPLATE
NEEDS M ORE VOLUNTEERS We need a minimum of 25 volunteers for each 49er game. |
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As of 11-06-2005 we have
raised $34,857.99 and |
E-CONTRIBUTIONS IS HERE |
J.S. Paluch, our partner with our weekly bulletin, is now offering our parishioners the opportunity to contribute to our parish online. No checks to write. We introduced the idea to our parish finance council and school board during these past two weeks. Already three families have registered. For full information go to www.saintroberts.org and click on the e-contributions line. The first page explains the details. There is a button to take you to the e-paluch registration page. You can register online using either your checking account or credit card. There is no cost to you for this service. |
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Maria Canjura 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. If you chose, you can register online at: www.saintroberts.org. |
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL |
It’s that time of year again Please help us continue our Thanksgiving tradition as we share our blessings with those in need. St. Vincent de Paul is asking for Turkey Certificates. In a few weeks, our volunteers will be delivering Thanksgiving Food Bags to over 30 families in San Bruno. We need turkey dressing, cans of cranberry sauce, broth, yams, canned pumpkin, canned fruits and vegetables other non-perishable food items AND ESPECIALLY jams and jellies. Please bring food items to the baskets placed on the altar steps. |
ADVENT WREATH MAKING |
If you are making an Advent wreath Saturday, please come to the kindergarten yard at 9 am, wearing old clothes and with your clippers in hand! $8 per wreath will cover the materials. See you there. |
PRESENTATION
SITERS RENEWAL OF VOWS |
Celebrate with us on next Saturday, at the 4:30 p.m Mass, as we witness the renewal of vows of the Presentation Sisters, who have given so many years of love and service to our St. Robert's family. |
DIVORCE MINISTRY |
The annual Thanksgiving Mass for the divorced and separated of the Archdiocese of San Francisco will take place on Saturday, November 19th at 5:30 pm. At St. John of God, 5th Ave. and Irving in San Francisco. A reception will follow. For information, contact Father Al Grosskkopf, S.J., (415) 422-6698 or Susan Fox, (415) 752-1308. |
While out of town during
the holidays |
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Dreams Where We all Meet: Don Bisson Workshops in January
SAN DAMIANO RETREAT Silent Advent Retreat Christian Meditation |
As a Parish Community We pray.....for the members of our RCIA program as they prepare to receive the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and Eucharist, may they experience Christ’s love and support within our parish family. |
WE CONGRATULATE THE NEWLY BAPTIZED |
Felipe Ferreira Sales & Lilia Reyann Gomez |
Our sincere sympathy to the families
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HOLIDAYS CONSOLATION MINISTRY |
Surviving the Holidays when someone you loved has died Saint Robert’s Grief Support Group will hold a special meeting on Saturday, November 19th in the Convent Chapel from 3-4:15 p.m. to help those who are facing the upcoming Holidays without their loved one-spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, friend, relative. The gap left by a loss is felt most poignantly during these traditional times of celebration-Thanksgiving and Christmas. We invite you to come and pray, share memories comfort and be comforted. May Our Lady of Sorrows comfort you. Sister Patricia 589-0104. |
| Dear Parishioners We continue to ask each week that parishioners pray for the chronically ill of our parish. If you have a friend or loved one in need of our parish prayers please call the Rectory at 589-2800. Also, please remember our Emergency prayer network that prays for specific intentions that require a concerted effort due to their critical nature. To facilitate the network, please call Michele Pipinich. The network people then pray frequently for the next 72 hours. We would appreciate a return call with the outcome so we can praise God for His faithfulness. |
Thank You Our remembrance of our beloved dead on All Souls Day and throughout November is the fruit of many people’s work. Many thanks to Emil Ruggiero who lovingly printed the names of all who have died in the past year; to Kevin Imbimbo and the combined choirs of the 9:30 and 11:30 Masses for the prayerful music; and to Sr. Patricia and the Consolation Ministry for their presence, participation and the reception which followed Wednesday. |
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We have generally heard only that on one fateful day in 1955 when she was ordered to give up her seat (actually in the “colored” section of the bus) to a white man, she refused. This was no spur-of- the-moment decision and she didn’t act as an isolated individual. She had been a member of the NAACP for twelve years, hesitant at first, then gaining confidence and serving as its secretary. The previous summer, she attended a ten-day training session at Tennessee’s labor and civil rights organizing school, the Highlander Center. E.D. Nixon who headed Montgomery’s NAACP mentored her, played a key role in the bus boycott, and got Martin Luther King, Jr. involved in the effort. JoAnn Robinson and her Women’s Political Council, distributed the initial leaflets following her arrest. “This in no way diminishes the power and historical importance of her refusal to give up her seat. But it reminds us that this tremendously consequential act, along with everything that followed, depended on all the humble and frustrating work that she and others undertook earlier on. It also reminds us that her initial step of getting involved was just as courageous and critical as the stand on the bus.” In our society which prizes instant gratification, her action is a reminder that “Change is the product of deliberate, incremental action, whereby we join together to try to shape a better world. Sometimes our struggles will fail, as did many earlier efforts of Rosa Parks, her peers and her predecessors. And at times they will trigger a miraculous outpouring of courage and heart – as happened with her arrest and all that followed. For only when we act despite all our uncertainties and doubts do we have the chance to shape history.” (Paul Rogat Loeb at www.commondreams.org.) Maria Ida Gigiuente,who spoke to us Tuesday about Catholic Relief Service efforts for peace-building in Mindanao, related that it has taken seven years to resolve the conflicts among warring villages in a certain area of the island. May God grant us the patience to work (and pray) for the change we long to see! Peace, S. Sheral |
Saint Roberts Church Library Spiritual Reading will be available at St. Robert’s after the Masses on Sundays. Please, take a few minutes either before or after Mass and check out a book or two that interest you. You may keep the books until you have them read. We have some books on the Library cart but we have many more in the Library/Reconciliation room. Enjoy Reading |
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November 19th and 20th |
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4:30 p.m. Mass |
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| Presider | Msgr. Dreier |
| Eucharistic Ministers | R. Hanley (C), J. Quinn, Doug Hageman, Di Hageman, J. Hageman, J. Finnegan, C. Holland, C. Carter, J. Scannell |
| Lectors | M. Dachauer |
| Altar Servers | K. Ferris and A. Silva |
7:30 a.m. Mass |
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| Presider | Msgr. Dreier |
| Eucharistic Ministers | W. Mooney (C), B. Mullins, C. Noce, R. Vassalo, R. Lahoz |
| Lector | R. Rolfes and S. Kelly |
| Altar Servers | A. Clifford and K. Meghan |
| 9:30 a.m. Mass | |
| Presider | Fr. Hung/Deacon Meyer |
| Eucharistic Ministers | J. Romine (C), K. Semenza, M. Blumenthal, C. Fitzpatrick, M. Lopez, L. Cesca, J. Kelly, M. Bologna, A. Romine |
| Lectors | J. Shick and T. Tullius |
| Altar Servers | K. Giambruno and J. Ibarra |
| 11:30 a.m. Mass | |
| Presider | Fr. Marini |
| Eucharistic Ministers | C. Pacas (C), J. Yee, F. Firpo, B. Pacas, M. Giusti, A. Maron, V/L Piccinini, P. Astrero, B. Chester |
| Lectors | H. Beck and G. May |
| Altar Servers | C. Lustic and G. Villanueva |
5:00 p.m. Mass |
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| Presider | Fr. Healy |
| Eucharistic Ministers | J. Landholt (C), D. Katches, N. Giuseponi, B. Rodriguez, Van. Hawkins, C. Hawkins, P. Landholt, J. Arellano, V. Munich |
| Lector | Confirmation Lectors |
| Altar Servers | V. Lopez and A. Diaz |
