When we celebrate an anniversary it gives us an opportunity to look back on the years that have come and gone, what has been accomplished, and did we take part in these accomplishments.

In the summer of 1957, I traveled to Reno to marry my true love, Angela, and bring her home to San Bruno to begin our life together. St. Bruno’s was our first Parish, but after buying a home on Elm Avenue in 1959, St. Robert’s became our forever Parish.

When you look back over the years in our Parish, the memories associated with St. Robert’s are many.

This Parish has been an important part of my family with Baptisms, Religious Education in the CCD Program, Confirmations, weddings and a funeral.

All of these events occurred in a Parish that is full of caring, thoughtful people, some of whom I‘ve been associated with for many years. It has been my privilege to serve on the Parish Council, School Board, the Finance Committee and as a Eucharistic Minister.

When our daughters Susan and Diane were attending the CCD Program, Angela and I became involved in the program as teachers, along with the wonderful staff that taught all of the children about their Catholic faith.

As I read through “Journey Through the Years” by other Parishioners, the theme of community has been key to the success of St. Robert’s as a Parish. I have seen the many changes that have occurred to the physical plant of this Parish, including new stained-glass windows, the remodeling of the altar, and especially the building of the Presentation Education Center.

This is a blessed community, that began with the first gathering of people at the first Mass, and continues to this very day. St. Robert’s is a place where we come to publicly express our faith, joining others to give proof of our Communion with God and one another.

Russ Hanley

Chrism Mass
March 18th, 5:30 p.m.
At St. Mary’s Cathedral, S.F.

Holy Thursday
March 20th
No Morning Mass
Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10 p.m.

Good Friday
March 21st
No Morning Mass
Silent Prayer Walk, 6:30 a.m. (weather permitting,
meet in the lot off Crystal Springs Road)
Youth Passion Play, 12 Noon
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 1:30 p.m.–3 p.m.
Children’s Liturgy, 1:15 p.m. - 3 p.m. in the Hall
Youth Passion Play, 7:30 p.m.
Followed by Communion Service.

Holy Saturday
March 22nd
No Morning Mass
Easter Vigil, 7:30:P.M. No 4:30 p.m. Mass

Easter Sunday
March 23rd
7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
No 5 p.m. Mass

While you are away during the Easter Break check www.masstimes.org for Mass schedule in other cities.

As a Parish Community we pray ... For all who follow Christ may our faith, our hope and our love turn hatred to love, conflict to peace and death to life eternal.

WE CONGRATULATE THE NEWLY BAPTIZED

Lauren Mackenzie Greene

Our sincere sympathy to the families of
Ann Ohe and Rene Chavez
who died recently

This week, you donated $2765.45 for bed nets. One of our Sisters has just returned from Tanzania where we have five houses and 19 Tanzanian Sisters. I had hoped she might address the parish at one of our liturgies, but she is not yet up to that task, since she has a mild case of malaria. Malaria is a parasitic disease which stays in most people’s systems even after the symptoms are treated effectively. Symptoms are severe headache, nausea, convulsions, anemia, chills and high fever. We can easily imagine how difficult it would be to do the simplest tasks if one had malaria! And most of the African people don’t have access to medication. So it’s all the more essential to keep them from getting malaria in the first place.

If you haven’t turned in your blue envelope yet, please do so during this coming week. You can place it in the collection or bring it by the rectory. If you didn’t get a blue envelop, there are some at the main entrance of the church. Thank you again for your goodness!

The Social Concerns Group

GOOD FRIDAY CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
March 21st

We invite the children of the Parish and their friends to join us in Hennessy Hall March 21st from 1:30p.m. to 3p.m. While you attend Good Friday church services they will have the opportunity to partake in many craft projects relating to Lent and Easter.

Pre-registration would be helpful to insure that we have sufficient material for each child. You can call MaryAnn Saisi or Michelle Blumenthal. Please leave your child’s name, age and a phone contact number. Doors will open at 1:15p.m. Last minute registration will be accepted at the door. We ask that you please pick up your child at the end of church services.

You are cordially invited to witness the Passion of Christ
as enacted by the youth of the parish in a moving one-hour presentation

Good Friday: March 21,2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Saint Robert's Catholic Church
1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno

Music will be provided by members of the adult choirs;
in concert with the adult and teen mnissions.

All are WELCOME! - Admission is FREE

MEMORIAL EASTER FLOWERS

Easter flowers will decorate the Church during the Easter Season. If you would like to make a donation of $10 toward their purchase in memory of a loved one, please fill out the form below and return it to the Parish Office by March 19th. A memorial list will be published in the bulletin.

BED NET DONATIONS

If you haven't yet turned in your Bed Net donation, please put it in the collection this week or bring it to the rectory. Thank you very much.

   
These Holy Days
I’d guess that if we really understood the mystery we celebrate this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, we’d have grasped the essence of Jesus’ gospel. These two quotes from The People’s Companion to the Breviary, published by the Indianapolis Carmelites, express the meaning of these days much better than I can. You might want to reflect on them on Holy Thursday and Good Friday.

“Enter into the mystery of being master and servant. Look at your neighbors and pick up the towel. With authority grounded in humility, kneel before them and wash off the dirt of daily living. If you are the neighbor in need of washing, lay aside your pride and, like Peter, accept the service of the one kneeling before you. Then go, and do likewise. Be blessed as you wash the feet of others and reveal the face of the Master through the towel in your hands.” Alma L. Maish, “Master and Servant,” p. 4

“The cry of Jesus on the cross at the very end was, therefore, the cry of awareness that all was indeed accomplished, brought to its consummation. He knew that he could, at last, give back to the One he loved the unshackled fullness of love, and in so doing, carry with him on the surge of that passion the love which is the essential being of all creation. This is, in a sense, the moment of resurrection, or rather it is the moment at which that process begins, for the resurrection is not a single event, but the ever-extending ‘outflow’ of the energy previously dammed up by the power of sin and death. Rosemary Haughton, The Passionate God, p. 153.

If you possibly can, please come to the services which are listed in the bulletin proper. You won’t regret it. God bless you!

Your Help, Please
If you have Cala lilies or orchids you’d like to bring by Wednesday, we’ll gladly use them to transform the hall into a prayerful place for

the Altar of Repose after the Holy Thursday Mass. The tradition comes from the sense of accompanying Jesus into the Garden of Gethsemane

after his betrayal by Judas at the Last Supper. If you haven’t come up, please do even if you can stay for just a short period of time. Adoration will continue until 10 pm that evening.

If you have some time next Saturday morning, we’d love to have your help preparing the church for Easter! Please come at 9:30 am in your grubbies and with a whisk broom and dustpan and we’ll work on the nooks and crannies which our excellent janitors don’t have time to clean. Then we’ll decorate, so all will be ready for the Easter Vigil and Easter itself. If you have questions, please call S. Sheral at the rectory. Thanks much!

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.

ARCHBISHOP'S ANNUAL APPEAL

As of 3/11/08 187 Families have pledged $43,005.10.
Thank you for your generous donation.

HERE's THE
2008 CENTERPLATE SCHEDULE

March 22nd and 23rd

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil

Sunday, 7:30 a.m. Mass