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| Dear Parishioners, This weekend we celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Parish. Although the school had been founded in 1949, it was a part of St. Bruno’s Parish. (In fact, the statue over the front door is that of St. Bruno!). As San Bruno continued to grow in population, Archbishop Mitty decided to divide the Parish with the new Parish being on the west side of El Camino. Father Hennessy who had been Administrator of St. Bruno’s was made Pastor of the new Parish. The Parish was given the name of St. Robert of the House of God. The school was incorporated into the new Parish. St. Robert was born in the year 1000 in France and became a Benedictine Abbot building many monasteries throughout France before his death in 1067. In September, we will have a major celebration of the 50th year of our school. Save September 4, 1999. A clarification is needed in the Parish financial statement sent to you a few weeks ago. It should have been noted that the $29,000 given in second collection for the needs of the Church throughout the world and the $18,100 given to the St. Vincent de Paul Society for the needs of local people, should have been listed under income as well as under expenses. Sorry. I also want to mention the $69,000 given to the Annual Appeal of the Archdiocese. As I mentioned last week, any money that comes in above the assessment will come back to our Parish. So please continue your pledge payments. I hope that all will try their best to add an extra dollar each week to the collection so that we can continue to meet our expenses. Congratulations for your continued generosity to the needy of our community and of our world. Sincerely, |
