St. Robert's Catholic Church |
1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno, CA 94066 |
Tel: (650) 589-2800 |
PARISH BULLETIN |
Dear Parishioners, This is
the time of fulfillment. I read this and asked myself, have I repented? How is my relationship with God today? I think about all the award speeches that were given last Monday at the Golden Globes. I wonder what it would be like for me to be given the opportunity to be in front of a crowd on national television and be able to apologize to everyone I have ever hurt during my life time. Wow!!! What an opportunity! Take care of all that unfinished business all at once. Unfortunately, fewer people now a days watch those awards shows, and even fewer would tune into the Kathy Hanley Forgive Me Hour, and then, of course, not everyone would hear my apology. So then, how can I right the wrongs for times past? It is really easier than it sounds. I can simply forgive myself, as God has forgiven me. What a concept. God really does love me. It is I who hold on to my memories of wrong doings, unable to forgive myself when God already has. Today, I do the best I can at making my amends as I go about my daily life. I have grown closer to God and his Gospels over time. Today with prayer and meditation I can, like the song says, see clearly now. It is only me, myself and I that stands in MY way. I will continue to work on that with Gods help. For I am, a work in progress. Be kind to yourself, |
WEEKLY READINGS MondayJanuary 23rd Tuesday-January 24th Wednesday-January 25th Thursday-January 26th Friday-January 27th Saturday-January 28th Sunday-January 29th |
Monday - January 23 |
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Mass Intention |
6:30a 8:30a |
Willis Berrios Oscar Moniri |
8th Grade Dinner
Dance Women's Guild Meeting Grownups |
1:45p 6:00p 7:30p |
Hall Hall Mahoney Room |
Tuesday - January 24 | ||
Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
Leola Marty Pasquale & Maria Teresa Aloise |
Scripture Study Religious Education Sr. Legion of Mary |
9:15a 3:30p 6:30p |
Mary's Chapel Church & Hall Library |
Wednesday - January 25 | ||
Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
Lou Fazio Mariagiuseppo Aloise |
Choir Practice Prt. Internet Workshop Scripture Class |
7:00p 7:00p 7:30p |
Church Hall Convent Chapel |
Thursday - January 26 |
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Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
Leola Marty Special Intention |
Religious
Education RCIA Sports Board Meeting |
3:30p 7:00p 7:00p |
Church & Hall Convent Chapel Mahoney Room |
Friday - January 27 |
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Mass Intention | 6:30a 8:30a |
Steve Jerabek Louise Olcese |
Cheerleading | 3:00p | Hall |
Saturday - January 28 |
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Mass Intention | 8:30a 4:30p |
Louise Olcese Mary Jane Gloistein |
AA Meeting Grief Support Crab Dinner |
10:00a 3:00p 6:00p |
Mahoney Room Mary's Chapel Hall |
Sunday - January 29 |
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Mass Intention | 7:30a 9:30a 11:30a 5:00p |
Marie Burns Sheral Marshall People of St. Robert's Mahoney Room |
Fil/Am Choir Jr. Legion of Mary |
10:00a 12:30p |
Hall Mahoney Room |
As a Parish Community We pray....that the lives of unborn children, the terminally ill and the elderly may be respected and protected. |
WE CONGRATULATE THE NEWLY BAPTIZED |
Jason Patrick Vahey, Ava Madeline
Caruso, |
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 at 589-4963. 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. |
Our sincere sympathy to the families
of |
TRAINING FOR MINISTERS TO THE BEREAVED |
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is offering an intensive training workshop for all those interested in learning about the Consolation/Bereavement Ministry. If you would like to attend and work with the St. Roberts Consolation Ministry, please, call Sister Patricia 589-0104 for more information. To register for the training call Barbara Elordi at (415) 614-5506. The training dates are: Marin San Francisco |
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CENTER PLATE April 6th |
SIGN UP FOR E-CONTRIBUTIONS |
E-Contributions for January 4th collection were $3,613.39 Go to www.saintroberts.org and click on the e-contributions button. 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. |
ARCHDIOCESAN
YOUTH RALLY |
You are invited to join in the annual youth rally hosted by the Office Religious Education and Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. This years rally FAN THE FLAME (of faith and discipleship) will take place on Saturday, February 4th at St. Marys Cathedral from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day will include Liturgy, community building activities and workshops featuring ValLimar Jansena highly regarded singer, cantor and recording artist, and Fr. R. Tony Ricarda priest from New Orleans who is proud to be on fire with the power of the Holy Spirit. To register, call (415) 614-5561 or email reyesA@sfarchdiocese.org. |
ST.
CECILIA SCHOOL |
On Sunday, January 29th, St. Cecilia School will celebrate its 75th year of Catholic education in the Parkside District of San Francisco. St. Cecilia invites all alumni, friends, faculty and former faculty to join is in this celebration at 11:30 a.m. Liturgy. A reception and open house of the school will follow. For more information visit our website at stceciliaschool.org or call the school office at (415) 73-8400. |
DIVORCE RECOVERY COURSE |
Offered by the Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco provides a chance to understand the emotional journey begun with the loss of a marriage. It will be held Sunday evenings January 29th through March 12th and will meet at St. Stephen Church, OReilly Parish Center, 451 Eucalyptus, San Francisco from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost of $45 includes materials. To register or for more information, call Vonnie at (650) 873-4236 or Susan at (415) 752-1308. |
COMPUTER
CLASSES RESUME |
Saint Roberts will be offering Computer Classes again this semester. Classes will be held on Saturday mornings from 9:15 to 10 :30 a.m. beginning February 4th, in the school Computer Lab. If you are interested please, call the rectory at 589-2800 or Sister Patricia at 589-0104 to register. |
CONSOLATION
MINISTRY |
Saint Roberts Grief Support Group will hold a meeting on January 28th 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 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 for support and strength. God bless and comfort you in your sorrow. Call Sister Patricia 589-0104 or any of the Consolation Ministry Committee. |
WOMEN'S GUILD PRESENTS Saturday March 4th at 5 P.m. Tickets go on sale January 23rd at the Women's Guild meeting priced at $75 per person. For tickets sales after the 23rd contact Annetta Giambruno. Reserve rooms at a discounted rate of $89. Call (800) 411-7275 and mention St. Roberts. Come enjoy great food, live band Spun and wonderful company. |
ST. ROBERT'S BLOOD DRIVE |
Give Life , Give Love at St. Roberts Blood Drive February 5th 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. In Hennessy Hall Sign up in the vestibule of the church |
Joey & Grace Aldeguer & Family 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. |
The gospel has Jesus proclaiming, This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe the gospel. He calls Peter and Andrew, James and John and their immediate response matches the urgency of his proclamation. They let his call interrupt their everyday life, leaving their livelihood, and for James and John, their father as well. In the days before Vatican II, only priests, sisters and brothers were considered to have a vocation; everyone else just got married or stayed single. With Vatican II, the importance of baptism was rediscovered and the Church began to teach again that Gods call comes with baptism and to all who are baptized. It will be different depending on ones state in life, age, health and natural abilities, but we each have a call. Baptism doesnt just give us membership in the family of God, but calls us to ministry, to discipleship. We can get in the habit of putting ourselves down. Do I catch myself saying things like, What do you expect, Im only human! The phrase is true and can rescue us from perfectionist tendencies which can make us trip in our efforts to live the gospel. But we also want to remember that by our creation in Gods image, and especially since Jesus became a human being, being human is a blessed reality and a call to great dignity and grandeur. The Son of God became one of us, lifting up our humanity forever. And as a child of God through baptism, we share in the very life of God. Gods light can shine through all of us. Might we look for that light in the child who is overly rambunctious or the co-worker we dont care for or the neighbor who always complains? If we see that light, our positive response might invite an equally positive interchange. Peace, S. Sheral The Death Penalty |
A NEW YEARS BLESSING May God bless you with DISCOMFORT
-National Council of Churches |
MERCY CENTER 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 Tel: 650.340.7474, Fax: 650.340.1299 mc@mercyburl.org February 2006 March 2006 VALLOMBROSA CENTER February 2006 |
SCHOOL NEWS Applications for Kindergarten for the 2006/2007 school year will be accepted at the school office starting January 30th through February 3rd, from 9 am until 3 pm. Child must be 5 years of age by September 1, 2006. Please bring copies of the childs birth certificate, baptismal record, social security card and a check for $30.00 to cover the testing fees. St. Robert School, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at this school. St. Robert School does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. |
January 28th and 29th |
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Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Mass |
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Presider | Fr. Marini |
Eucharistic Ministers | B. Larsen (C), C. Holland, J. Finnegan, C. Carter, A. Ciraulo, M. Ciraulo, B. Castro-Leon, R. Larsen, J. Quinn |
Lector | J. Cronin |
Altar Servers | K. Murphy and D. Williams |
Sunday, 7:30 a.m. Mass |
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Presider | Fr. Marini |
Eucharistic Ministers | E. Ruggiero (C), B. Mullins, R. Vassalo, R. Lahoz, A. Doherty |
Lectors | J. Scanlan and T. Clifford |
Altar Servers | J. Thomson and S. Wooley |
Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Mass | |
Presider | Fr. Hung/Deacon Duffey |
Eucharistic Ministers | J. Romine (C), M. Lopez, L. Cesca, J. Kelly, M. Bologna, A. Romine, L. Rodriguez, S. Murray, T. Jones |
Lectors | L. Kaloucava and T. Tullius |
Altar Servers | J. Beauvoir and D. Foglesong |
Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Mass | |
Presider | Fr. Hung/Deacon Duffey |
Eucharistic Ministers | G. May (C), L. Sink, S. Stefaniuk, D. Murphy, M. Madayag, L. Jovero, J. Yee, A. Maron, T. Estelita, F. Firpo |
Lectors | M. Cadiz and H. Beck |
Altar Servers | M. Reidy and C. Maron |
Sunday, 5:00 p.m. Mass |
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Presider | Fr. Healy |
Eucharistic Ministers | V. Hawkins (C), J. Arellano, C. Hawkins, Van Hawkins, J. Landholt, P. Landholt, L. Cuddy, M. Salvato, D. Katches |
Lector | M. Innes |
Altar Servers | Mt. Jauregui and Me Jauregui |