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A man went into a store and told the
assistant that he wanted “Irish Soda
Bread”.
The
assistant looked at him a bit strangely
and asked him, “Are you
Irish?”
The man
was offended: “Well, yes I am, but
let me ask you: If I wanted French bread,
would you ask if I was
French?”
“Or
if I wanted sourdough bread, would you ask
if I was from San Francisco? Would
you?”
“Well,
no,” said the
assistant.
“So
why then do you ask me if I’m Irish,
just because I asked for Irish soda
bread?”
“Well,”
replied the sales assistant, “because
this is a hardware
store.”
Winners
and losers, - the world is full of them.
I’ve often asked myself, “Why am
I so blessed”? I have access to
stores with an unbelievably choice of
foodstuffs, I live in a good house, and I
have health insurance to look after me in
time of sickness.” “What I done
anything to deserve my good fortune”?
And more importantly, “What am I
doing for my less fortunate brothers and
sisters?” Nobody in his right mind
wants to be poor, sad, starving or
persecuted. Yet millions of people are and
will be in this condition all their lives.
They did nothing to live in these
circumstances. They are born in the wrong
place, at the wrong time.
Jesus
does not idealize poverty as a value to be
sought for its own sake. He condemns it as
unbefitting any child of
God.
The
message contained in the gospel is both
severe and challenging. We are called not
to worship wealth, food or comfort, but to
worship God. In worshiping God we cannot
forget our suffering brothers and
sister.
There
are winners and losers, but if I
don’t help maybe I am the real loser.
“I was hungry……….
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Elizabeth
& Julius Domotor
celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on
February
2.
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Christian
One-Liners…
IIf
the church wants a
better preacher, it only
needs to pray for the
one it
has.
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Monday,
February 12
Tuesday,
February 13
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- No
CCD
today
Wednesday,
February 14
Thursday,
February 15
- Prayer
Group
meets at Greenhills Retirement Center
at 7:30pm
Saturday,
February 17
- Retrouvaille
meets in the convent
Monday
thru Saturday
- Morning
Prayer
in the church at 7:15 am
Monday
thru Friday
- Rosary
recited
in the church at 7:40
am
TV
SPECIALS ON MOTHER TERESA,
SUDAN
Special
February programming on EWTN includes
“A Day With Mother Teresa” at a
1981 Chicago conference on religious life,
February 15 at 3:30 pm. Another special,
“Sudan: And You Do Not Cry With
Us”, tells the story of that troubled
nation and the plight of its persecuted
Christians, February 17 at 5pm and 11pm.
Visit the website www.ewtn.com
for more special programs. EWTN is carried
24 hours a day on Comcast Digital Ch 229;
RCN Ch 80; DISH Satellite Ch 261; and
DirecTV Ch 422.
MARRIED
COUPLES
Is
winter starting to get you down and you
find yourself getting a little edgy with
your spouse? How about getting away to
renew your relationship? Sign up today for
a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend and
banish the blahs. For more information
call Paul & Yvonne at 650-366-7093 or
go to www.sf.lovemoredeeply.org.
Next WWME Weekend: April 20-22,
Burlingame.
OMSBUDSMAN
SERVICES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY,
INC
is seeking volunteers who have compassion
for the elderly and would like to serve as
an advocate in the long-term care
facilities. Omsbudsmen are trained to
monitor facilities, receive, investigate
and bring solutions to complaints on
behalf of residents. Training begins on
March 7 and involves 40 hours of classroom
study over a 3 week period, followed by a
brief internship. Call 349-7008 for
further information.
St.
Dunstan Choir is welcoming new
members!
Please
come and lend your talents so that we may
strengthen our choir and continue our
choral tradition at the 10 AM Mass on
Sunday.
The
choir rehearses in the church every
Wednesday morning at 10 am. Call Choir
Director, Cindy Bruni at 697-1907.
St.
Dunstan’s Branch 403 of the Italian
Catholic Federation
invites
parishioners, their families and friends
to join them on Sunday, February 18 for
their 17th Anniversary Celebration in the
Parish Center. No host cocktails at 4 pm;
dinner of salad, corned beef, cabbage,
carrots, potatoes, bread, butter, dessert,
coffee or tea, and wine at 5 pm. Cost:
$18. For reservations call Kay Lucio at
697-7460.
The St.
Dunstan Friendship
Club
will hold their monthly meeting on Friday,
March 2nd at 10:30 am at the Millbrae
Community Center. We will have Deborah
Owdom from Mills Peninsula Senior Focus
speaking on investment
fraud.
Please
attend.
On
Sunday, March 18th we will have our
Communion Breakfast. It will be held at
St. Dunstan Parish Center after the 10 am
Mass in conjunction with the Knights of
Columbus Pancake Breakfast. The price is
$3. We hope you can all
attend.
Please
call Barbara Aymar for more information at
697-9074. The deadline for reservations is
March 12.
Remember
to bring canned goods for the needy to our
monthly meeting. They will be given to the
St. Vincent de Paul Society to distribute
to those in need.
LYDIANS
Annual
“Pot Luck” luncheon, March 4,
2007 at 1 pm in the convent. All widows of
the parish are invited.
For
further information contact Pat at
697-6976.
Attention
Parishioners
Here in
the Archdiocese of San Francisco, priests,
clergy, religious and laity will have an
opportunity to express their appreciation
to Bishop John Wester at a Mass of
Thanksgiving, Tuesday, February 20 at 5:30
pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San
Francisco. This Mass, with a reception
following, will commemorate Bishop
Wester’s long service to the people
of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. We
hope there will be broad representation of
the faithful at this special Mass on
February 20 at 5:30 pm at St. Mary’s
Cathedral.
The
installation of Bishop Wester as Bishop of
Salt Lake City will take place in Utah on
March 14. We are proud that Bishop Wester
has been chosen for this important work of
the Church.
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Last
weekend’s Regular
Collection:
$8,354.00
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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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Sixth
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time
World Day of
the Sick
World Marriage
Day
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Monday:
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Lincoln’s
Birthday
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Wednesday:
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Ss.
Cyril and
Methodius
Valentine’s
Day
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Saturday:
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The
Seven Founders
of the Order of
Servites
Blessed Virgin
Mary
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Need a copy of the Sunday bulletin or of a
particular schedule, church and parish
information? Please visit the new St.
Dunstan Parish website at:
www.SaintDunstanChurch.org
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Many
thanks to those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers
and Altar Servers this
weekend:
Saturday,
February
10
5 PM
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Lector: J. Ward
Eucharistic Ministers: F
Axiaq, J Ryan, B&G Borba, C
Orfino, E Danli
Altar Servers: Casella,
Capitolo, Capitolo,
Crossman
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Sunday,
February
11
7 AM
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Lector: H.
Connolly
Eucharistic
Ministers: B
Murphy, S Bosso, S Nussbaum
Altar
Servers: Ronzani,
Jose, Jones, Janiczek
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8:30
AM
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Lector: L.
Sandrini
Eucharistic
Ministers: S
Sandrini, M Ocafrain, M&L
Kelly, R Pezo, D Lawson
Altar
Servers: Fusaro,
Cooke, Austin, Anderegg
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10
AM
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Lector: C.
Borromeo
Eucharistic
Ministers: I
Borromeo, P Maloney, R Garrison,
D&A Vogl, C Pramono, T
Herbeck
Altar
Servers: Borromeo,
Garrison, Garcia,
Demartini
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11:30
AM
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Lector:
L.Opalenik
Eucharistic Ministers:
M Rogers, Y
kaialoa, T Dizon, J Costa, B
Santos, C Cannizzaro
Altar
Servers: Rogers,
Cruise, Castro, Rooney
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5
PM
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Lector: J.
Ledbetter
Eucharistic
Ministers: B
Cappel, D Sammut, E Maloney, K
Whitfield, J Franco, T Phelps
Altar
Servers: Gordillo,
Jajeh, Mendoza, Totah
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
February 11th thru 17th,
2007
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Norma Armenta
- 10:00 am Alma Marie
Budesa
- 11:30 am Matthew J. Barulich,
Jr
- 5:00 pm Angel Manto
Monday
- 6:30 am The Bruni Family (living
& deceased)
- 8:00 am Joseph Spiteri &
Mary Lou Spiteri-Cuda
- 5:10 pm Monica Agius
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Estela Licauco
- 8:00 am Gaetano & Rosina
Bernardo
- 5:10 pm David Ayoob
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Maggie Kramer
(living)
- 8:00 am Lorna Dankwerth
- 5:10 pm Teresa & Innocente
Bisio
Thursday
- 6:30 am Rebecca Mlinar
(living)
- 8:00 am John I. Mahan
- 5:10 pm Helen Uniak
Friday
- 6:30 am Fr. Cipriano Unson,
SJ
- 8:00 am Victor & Olaria
Caimotto
- 5:10 pm Phyllis Kiely &
Vincent Hughes
Saturday
- 8:00 am Barbara Ransom
- 5:00 pm The Andrew Kelleher
Family
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, Ciera Whipple, Dorothy Rives,
Elsie Noceti, Steve Bacho, Mario & Eva
Caprini, Mary Farr, Barbara Modica,
Cecilia O’Grady, Karen Shirley,
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, Geraldine
Feehan, Martin Hidalgo, Norman Roos, Lyle
Dibbs, Gloria Giannini, Maxine Coutts,
Anna Mae Stewart, Jonathan Cerezo, Richard
Reising, Nick Cannuli, Gary Hart, Joe
& Helen Maternia, Peter & LaVerne
Guaraglia, Mark McCloud, Kathy Montiel,
Gloria Pasco, The Yakaitis Family,
Patricia Arruda, Anita Shoop Kamula,
William Kinnealy, Frank Agius Susan
Silvera-Dunn, Gerry Engli
We
pray for the deceased members of our
parish family.
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