Please join us so that we may thank you!!!!

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.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK
11:30 Mass, This Sunday, October 22nd

“Heal the Sick!” Jesus has charged His Church to take care of those who are ill by accompanying them with her prayers of intercession in His Name. The Anointing of the Sick is for anyone who begins to be in danger of death from illness or the aging process. Graces derived from the Sacrament are: renewed hope, strength, peace and courage to overcome the difficulties of serious illness or the frailty of advanced years; a closer union with the suffering of Christ; sanctification and often the restoration of health and preparation for our journey to eternal life. Our Parish Anointing Mass will take place at 11:30 am on Sunday, October 22nd. All who are ill in mind or body or who are experiencing the affects of aging are invited to receive this Sacrament.

NOVEMBER 18 OFFERINGS

Our annual parish Women’s Retreat will take place at Mercy Center, Burlingame from 8:30 am to 3 pm on Saturday, November 18. This is a great opportunity to have time for yourself, for God and for rejuvenating conversation with other women of the parish. Fliers and online registration will be available NEXT weekend, but please mark your calendar now!

GROWNUPS' COMMUNION LUNCHEON
October 29th after 11:30 Mass

The Grownups’ Annual Communion Luncheon will be held on October 29th in Hennessy Hall after the 11:30 a.m. Mass. It will be catered by the InBetweeners. The price is $12.50– per person and tickets will be sold after all Masses this weekend or call, Vera Hannon, Helen Mantler or Dolores Moynihan.

TIPPS
Toddlers, Infants, Preschoolers, and Parents Social

ALL SOULS
Thursday, November 2nd
7:30 p.m.

November is traditionally the month set aside by our Church to commemorate and celebrate the memories of our departed loved ones. We will have a special Mass on All Souls Day, Thursday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. to which all are invited. The names of those buried from St. Robert’s in the past year will be read aloud by members of our Consolation Ministry and their names will be inscribed in a Memorial Book placed in Our Lady’s alcove in the church. Their names will also be posted on the walls, so we will be reminded of our departed loved ones each time we enter the church and they, symbolically, will surround us with their presence.

We are asking two favors from you, the parishioners. We have recorded the names of those buried from Saint Robert’s during the past year, but would like to remember all of your loved ones who have been buried or cremated from any other church or funeral home during the past year. Please call, e-mail or fax their names to the rectory or to Sister Patricia before October 25. This will give Emil Ruggiero time to prepare the St. Robert’s Wall of Remembrance for us before November l.

Also, everyone is invited to honor your beloved dead by bringing photos, memorial cards or flowers to place in this shrine throughout the month of November.

“It is a holy
And wholesome thought
To pray for the dead.”

SANCTITY OF LIFE

Ultimately we are driven by the belief and knowledge that life is precious. Every child is a gift that we must do all within our power to protect, love and rescue from harm.

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

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.

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION

The Alzheimer’s Association is offering their Annual Education Conference from 8 am to 3 pm that same day at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City. Registration fees are $35 by Oct. 30 and $50 at the door. Please see Sr. Patricia or Sr. Sheral who have fliers available.

MARRIED COUPLES
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend
November 3rd-5th in Burlingame

Scripture says about married people that “Two shall live as one.” How often do you find yourselves living as two? A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend can help you get back to basics in this complicated day and age. For more information, go to or call Paul and Yvonne at 650-366-7093.

YOUNG WIDOW WIDOWER SUPPORT GROUP

Will be held at St. Gregory’s in San Mateo, beginning Wednesday, October 25th at 6:30 p .m. to 8 p.m. If ou are interested please call Barbara Elordi MFT, Archdiocese of San Francisco, (415) 614-5506.

BLOOD DRIVE
Sunday, November 5th
8am - 1:30pm
Mark Your Calendars

Becoming Servants
This weekend’s readings are not easy to hear; they deal with suffering, with Jesus’ consistent effort to let his disciples know that the world’s esteem will not come with following him. They must be servants and we all know how greatly servants are esteemed! They still think that he is inaugurating an earthly kingdom and they want to be front and center! They will know suffering and misunderstanding as their leader does, the more he proclaims a new order of things: the blind will see, the lame will walk, the last and least will be first. His values will turn “the way of the world” upside down! So we, too, must expect some difficulty if we’re living the way he taught. As Thomas More proclaims before his execution in A Man For All Seasons, ”If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly… but since in fact we see that avarice, anger and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, fortitude, justice and thought [we] have to choose, to be human at all.” How wise Robert Bolt, the author, was!

Bombarded by ads before Nov. 7, please remember the values of Jesus: life and dignity of the human person; family, community and participation; rights and responsibilities; option for the poor and vulnerable; dignity of work and rights of workers; global solidarity and care for God’s creation. You might want to examine who is opposing and who is supporting each proposition. Regarding Proposition 87, for example, the ads opposing it (paid for by Phillip Morris) bemoan the fact that the funds will go to hospital corporations. The hospital sponsored by my community makes between 1 ½ and 2% profit each year! They desperately need the funds for smoking cessation programs and to discourage young people from starting. The California Catholic Conference of Bishops supports Proposition 85 requiring a parent be notified before a minor daughter has an abortion, except in particular circumstances. Be sure to vote; our bishops remind us, ”In the Catholic tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political process is a moral obligation.” The Challenge of Faithful Citizenship, USCCB, 2004

Pray for Peace
“You hear a man talking about how he shot, killed, damaged your neighbor’s house. But you feel empathy for him. You realize that we are all from the same background, but just from different sides. The soldier wanted to protect his people, and so did we. But we’ve all discovered we were wrong in how we did it.” From Bassam Aramin, one of the creators of Combatants for Peace, a group that brings together Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants for monthly dialogue, quoted in The Christian Science Monitor.

SUNDAY COLLECTION

    
SIGN UP FOR E-CONTRIBUTIONS

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.

ST. ROBERTS CENTERPLATE TEAM NEEDS YOUR HELP

AT THE UPCOMING 49ER GAMES
Call the Rectory at 589-2800 or sign-up on the web site at
www.saintroberts.org/centrplt.htm to help

Centerplate 2006 Schedule

Name:_________________________________Home Phone:___________________

Cell Phone:_______________Email:_______________________________________

Dress Code: Full length black slacks, (jeans or spandex are not permitted), white shirt with collar, closed toe comfortable shoes (preferably black or white).

We will car pool from the rectory. For those working in San Francisco, you can meet the group at the gate. Volunteers between 16-21 years of age must provide a copy of a picture id which includes his/her birth date.

Our Centerplate totals:
Baseball: $26,663.20
49er Training Camp: $7,282.71
49er games: $6,768.45
for a total of: $40,714.36
Thanks to the many people who have volunteered.