We’d be lost without 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.

THANKSGIVING FOOD COLLECTION

As has been the tradition of St. Robert’s Parish for many years, during the months of November we show our thanks to our God for all He has given us by sharing what we have with our hungry sisters and brothers. Please bring non-perishable food items to the baskets placed on our altar steps. Some suggestions: stuffing mix, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy, yams, chicken broth, jams & jellies, spaghetti sauce and tomato sauces, soup, cereal, top ramen and instant mashed potatoes. Our St. Vincent de Paul Society will distribute your gifts

Turkey Gift Certificates are also needed.

AIDS LUNCH
November 8th

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 November 8th. Please pack the items in a non-returnable container. Frozen items are ok!

PERMANENT DIACONATE INFORMATION NIGHT
November 13th, 7 p.m.

Single men or married men with their wifes are invited to attend this informational evening, Monday, November 13th at 7 p.m. at the Archdiocese Pastoral Center, 1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco. There is plenty of free parking.

Each year Churches take a count of the men women and children at Mass during the month of October. The average attendance this year for each Mass is:

CONSOLATION MINISTRY
November 11th

Saint Robert’s Grief Support Group 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 for support and strength. God bless and comfort you in your sorrow. Call Sister Patricia 589-0104 or any of the Consolation Ministry Committee.

Under the direction of its chairman, Bishop Sam Jacobs, Cross International Catholic Outreach is working to establish a stronger spiritual relationship between America’s Catholic parishes and the counterparts over seas-with the ultimate goal of helping the poorest of the poor.

Next weekend we welcome Rev. Alfred Pecaric who comes to us on behalf of Cross International Catholic Outreach. Parishes in underdeveloped countries represent more than an important source of spiritual truth for their community. They also stand as a beacon of hope for impoverished families who have nowhere else to turn for help. Come and hear how we can make a difference in the lives of our least brothers and sisters in the Third World.

TEACHING TOLERANCE

Following up from last week’s bulletin, here are the last five suggestions for helping children (and others) to be respectful and tolerant of differences.

6. Showcase diversity materials in your home; assess the diversity reflected in your home’s artwork, music and literature.

7. Create opportunities for children (and friends) to interact with people who are different from them.

8. Encourage children to call upon community resources; participate with them in activities involving people beyond their usual circle of acquaintances.

9. Be honest about differences. Don’t tell your children we’re all the same; we’re not. We experience the world in different ways and those experiences matter.

10. Model the behavior you would like to see; they will learn acceptance from witnessing your interactions. Taken from www.tolerance.org.

MEN'S CLUB

The Men's Club will be celebrating an early Thanksgiving dinner at their monthly meeting, Monday, November 6th, in Hennessy Hall. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m.—come and enjoy good food, good drinks and good company. All men of the parish are invited.

WOMEN'S GUILD

All women of the parish are cordially invited to attend the St. Robert's Women's Guild Annual Crafts Night being held Thursday, November 9th, in Hennessy Hall. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.- cost is $10.00. Please remember to give yourself plenty of time for browsing and shopping all the wonderful items for sale.

ATTENTION LECTORS

The workbooks for the new liturgical year beginning in Advent are here! Please pick yours up in the sacristy and check your name off the list.

Thank you.

BLOOD DRIVE
This Sunday, November 5th, 8am - 1:30pm

Donor Requirements:
Be Healthy, weigh at least 110 lbs, drink extra fluids, eat a healthy meal, and bring identification

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY

WOMEN'S RETREAT
Saturday, November 18th
"Deepening Our Hope"

If you’re coming to the parish women’s retreat Saturday, November 18, you need to register by this Tuesday, so I can give Mercy Center our count. Fliers are at the entrances or you may register on-line. Thank you.

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.

SUNDAY COLLECTION

Thank you for your generous donation of $4,532.46 to our St. Vincent de Paul.

    
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.

To Make Poverty History
There are 613 commandments in the Torah; no wonder the man is asking which is the greatest! Jesus responds with the Shema which we hear in the Deuteronomy reading and adds also from another chapter of Deuteronomy, “The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Six of us from the parish Social Concerns group participated in the Point Seven Now conference sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Catholic Relief Service and the University of San Francisco, among others. The title of the conference comes from the promise of the United States government and those of many other wealthy countries in 2000 to give .7 % of our gross national product to development efforts for the poorest countries. (We’ve only given about .25% so far; thus the goal of the conference to get the Catholic community activated to encourage the fulfillment of the promise!)

To say that the speakers were outstanding would be an understatement. They came from India, Kenya, Brazil, Zambia, and Peru. Each told stories of specific people and their particular sufferings: a trafficked girl in India, tricked by the promise of a job; an eight-grade school in Zambia with only two teachers since there are no educational institutions due to crushing international debt payments; a family living on a garbage heap outside Brasilia, the mother feeding her children with the scraps she finds there. The most important message to me was that “the poor” are individual persons, each with a name, a culture and a story. And no one is so poor that he or she has nothing to share; no one so rich to be unable to receive. Our Social Concerns group will meet in two weeks to begin to discern how to share what we’ve learned with you.

Peace, S. Sheral

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: $12,391.65
for a total of: $46,337.56
Thanks to the many people who have volunteered.