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A holy hermit was on a hilltop praying.
As he looked down, he could see several
people in the distance, making their way
along a country road: an old soldier in a
tattered uniform, stumbling along on one
leg, there was a gaunt and pale woman
staggering under the weight of her
starving child, He saw a young man so
badly beaten by robbers that he could
barely move at all. They were all sick and
sore. They were a pathetic group of
people. Looking down upon this terrible
parade of life and misery, the holy man
cried out to God, “O God! How can
you, who claim to be a loving father, see
such suffering and do nothing about
it?”
There
was a long expectant silence. And then out
of the silence God responded in a whisper,
“I have done something about it, my
son, I have made you.”
The
Great Commandment which Jesus gives us in
this Sunday’s Gospel in not just a
rule that God thought up, and we have to
obey if we are to inherit heaven. This
commandment is not a hoop we have to jump
through to be in God’s good books.
Loving God and loving our neighbor with
all our hearts is, quite simply, the only
way of living that works. It is the only
way of living that makes each of us
‘family’ to one another. It is
what we were made for and nothing less
will do. This commandment reverberates as
we pray the “Our Father”. When
we call God ‘our father’ we
freely admit that we are brothers and
sisters. We place ourselves in harmony
with Christ and all the children of God.
We admit we are family. That is all there
is and all there ever will be: God and his
people: our “family”.
The Knights of Columbus are seeking items
to be used at our Crab Cioppino Silent and
Live Auction on December 2nd. In the past
we have put out such items as vacation
locations, wine, liquor, gift baskets,
special items, household wares, etc.
Please call Dan Capodanno 650/588-0324 for
pick-up.
DIVORCE
MINISTRY:
The annual Thanksgiving Mass for the
divorced and separated of the Archdiocese
of San Francisco will take place on
Sunday, November 25 at 5:30 pm at St. John
of God Church, 5th Avenue & Irving
Street in San Francisco. A reception will
follow. Call Fr. Al Grosskopf, SJ at
415-422-6698 or Susan Fox at 415-752-1308
for info.
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Children’s
Written
Wisdom…
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Dear
God,
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I would like to live 900 years
like the guy in the
Bible.
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Tuesday,
November 7
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- No
CCD
classes this week
- ICF
meets in the Parish Center @
7:30pm
Thursday,
November 9
- Prayer
Group
meets at Marymount Green Hills
Retirement Center at
7:30pm
Saturday,
November 11
- Retrouvaille
meets in the convent at 10:30am
Monday
thru Saturday
- Morning
Prayer
in the church at 7:15 am
Monday
thru Friday
- Rosary
recited
in the church at 7:40
am
Sisters
Of Mercy Holiday
Boutique
WHO:
Retired Sisters of Mercy have lovingly
prepared gifts for you to
give.
WHAT:
Delicious homemade jams and jellies, baked
goods, homemade blankets and cards, gift
baskets, candies and fudge
WHEN:
November 17 & 18, 2006 10 am to 4:00
pm
WHERE:
Marian Care Center, 2300 Adeline Drive,
Burlingame, Bldg D. Follow Lower Road on
Mercy Campus to Marian Care.
For
more information call Debbie Halleran at
650-340-7426.
The members of the St. Vincent de Paul
Society wish to thank all of you who
donated to last weekend’s 5th Sunday
Collection. Your continued support of the
works of the St. Vincent de Paul is very
much appreciated.
LYDIANS
Communion & Brunch
Sunday, November 12 10:00 am Mass
Brunch to follow at the El Rancho
Hotel.
Call Kay @ 697-7460 for information and
reservations.
ST.
DUNSTAN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
ANNUAL CRAB CIOPPINO DINNER
At St.
Dunstan Parish Center
Saturday,
December 2, 2006
No Host
Cocktails 6:00 pm Dinner at 7:30 pm
Crab
& Chicken Available
$42 per
person includes 2 complimentary drink
tickets
Auction
& Raffle!
Dancing
following dinner featuring
JOHNNY MIDNIGHT
For
tickets and info contact:
Sam: 650-692-0471 or Al: 650-697-0855
2006
ARCHDIOCESAN EUCHARISTIC
RETREAT
All
parishioners are invited and encouraged to
attend the 2006 Archdiocesan Eucharistic
Retreat, Saturday, November 18, 9 am to
3:30 pm, Cathedral of St. Mary of the
Assumption, San Francisco. The theme is
“Come, follow me” and Archbishop
George Niederauer will be the principal
celebrant of the day’s Mass. A
booklet of reflections and light lunch are
provided.
Fee:
Voluntary donation. By registration only.
Please call 415-614-5505.
PROPSOITION
85
Tuesday is Election Day. Vote YES on
Proposition 85. It is a sensible and
realistic policy which will benefit not
only our families but our society as a
whole. Studies have shown that such laws
have the effect of discouraging teenage
pregnancies.
DINNER
& DANCE PARTY FOR CATHOLIC SINGLES,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Catholic
Single Adults throughout Northern
California ages 21 and over are invited to
a special “Rotational Dinner &
Dance Party” at Del Monte Restaurant,
100 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale. Registration
and welcome reception begins at 6:30 pm.
Cost is $44 for CSN members; $59 for
non-members. Reservations are necessary.
Catholic Singles 21 and over are welcome.
For more information call Mimie at
Catholic Singles Network at 1-888-208-9555
ext 89.
HEALING
MASS
Friday, November 10 at 7:30 pm. Prayer and
praise begins at 7 pm. Our Lady of Angels
Church, 1221 Hillside Blvd, Burlingame.
Celebrant is Fr. Kevin Kennedy. For more
information call Barney Ritter at
650-921-0188.
KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS TOOTSIE ROLL
DRIVE
The Knights of Columbus will have their
annual Tootsie Roll Drive this weekend,
November 4th & 5th to benefit the
Intellectually Disabled. Members of the
Knights of Columbus will be accepting
donations after each Mass this weekend or
you can send a donation in care of the
Knights of Columbus to PO Box 1188,
Millbrae, CA 94030.
Thank
you for your
support.
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Last
weekend’s Regular
Collection:
$7,694.00
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Next
weekend’s Second
Collection will be for
the Parish Maintenance
& Development
Fund.
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Thank
you for all your
support!
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SAINTS
AND SPECIAL
OBSERVANCES
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Sunday:
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Thirty-first
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time
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Tuesday:
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Election
Day
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Thursday:
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Dedication
of the Lateran
Basilica in
Rome
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Friday:
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St.
Leo the
Great
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Saturday:
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St.
Martin of
Tours
Veterans
Day
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Heather
& William Byrne who
will celebrate their
60th wedding anniversary
on November
11.
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Many
thanks to those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers
and Altar Servers this
weekend:
Saturday,
November
4
5 PM
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Lector: L.
Clothakis
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Clothakis, R Attard, B&G
Borba, C Orfino, J Ryan
Altar
Servers: Casella,
Totah, Eckmann, Sevilla
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Sunday,
November
5
7 AM
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Lector: B.
Penner
Eucharistic
Ministers: M
Hutchings, B Murphy, S
Nussbaum
Altar
Servers: Murphy,
Janiczek, Salgado, Welch
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8:30
AM
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Lector: L.
Sandrini
Eucharistic
Ministers: S
Sandrini, M Ocafrain, M&L
Kelly, M Anderegg, D Lawson
Altar
Servers: Anderegg,
Lorenzo, Tanjuakio, Loeza
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10
AM
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Lector: P.
Livingston
Eucharistic
Ministers: S Bosso,
J&F Sigona, G Ennis, P
Maloney, M Quilici, C
Borromeo
Altar
Servers: Quilici,
Wojdyla, Maldonado,
Austin
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11:30
AM
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Lector: T.
Dizon
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Roensch, Y Kaialoa, B Santos, C
Caimotto
Altar
Servers: Peralta,
Barrera, Restrivera, Hain
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5
PM
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Lector: E.
Linak
Eucharistic
Ministers: B
Cappel, P&M McLaughlin, K
Phelps, K Whitfield
Altar
Servers: Whitfield,
Demartini, Cabarse, Jose
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
November 5th - 11th,
2006
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
Monday
- 6:30 am Angelina
Zandona
- 8:00 am Ralph Caputo &
Carmen Caputo
- 5:10 pm Joseph Caimotto
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Jacob Abboittz
(living)
- 8:00 am Tony DeGuara
- 5:10 pm Louis Severini
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Domenica Rossi
(living)
- 8:00 am Ryan Kono
- 5:10 pm Guido Cerruti
Thursday
- 6:30 am Ignacio
Madriaga
- 8:00 am Ramon Halili
- 5:10 pm Kenneth Koch
Friday
- 6:30 am Fred Dehlinger
- 8:00 am Tony Santora
- 5:10 pm Alice Concepcion
Mercado
Saturday
- 8:00 am Vicky Grech &
Georgia Ebejer
- 5:00 pm Jeanne
Dan
We
pray for the sick members of our parish
family and for those who care for
them:
Martha Costa, Geraldine Witt, Madison
Kitz, William Dill, Ted & Eileen
Damian, Pat Saracini, Bill Barca, Ann Del
Carlo, Donna Fiorillo, Helen & Vicky
Noceti, Irene Thommen, Kyong Cruz, Eva
Abbaticola, Kate Bray, Ciera Whipple,
Dorothy Rives, Elsie Noceti, Steve Bacho,
Mario & Eva Caprini, Mary Farr,
Barbara Modica, Cecilia O’Grady,
Karen Shirley, Virginia Brislin, Anthony
Betti, Sr, Jose Conrado Vasquez, Henry
& Lucy Garcia, Frances Snyder, Jack
& Rene Sagrafena, Michael Cozzolino,
Bob Treseler, Mrs. Larry Duggins,
Antoinette Ramos, Ethel Schultheis,
Jarowslaw Kaczaj, Joe Hamilton, Pauline
& Joseph Burgio, Judy Mark, Noralee
Gelhaar, Shirley Bowden, Terry Meyer,
Geraldine Feehan, Martin Hidalgo, Norman
Roos, Lyle Dibbs, Gloria Giannini, Maxine
Coutts, Anna Mae Stewart, Jonathan Cerezo,
Richard Reising, Fred Starrh, Nick
Cannuli, Gary Hart, Joe & Helen
Maternia, Peter & LaVerne Guaraglia,
Mark McCloud , Kathy Montiel, Gloria
Pasco, The Yakaitis Family, Patricia
Arruda, Frank Giandonato & Helen
Uniak
We
pray for the deceased members of our
parish family:
James O’Rourke
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