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The advice of Jesus in the Gospel this
Sunday is often regarded as a recipe for
the weak. “If a person strikes you on
one cheek, give him the other as
well.” Is this some kind of Christian
training for those who want to be
professional victims, to qualify as for
being a wimp? I don’t think so. It
takes extraordinary courage and strength
of character, the gift of the Holy Spirit,
to be able to turn the other cheek. We
have an excellent example in the person of
Pope John Paul 11. After he recovered from
the attack on his life when he was shot in
St. Peter’s Square, he went to visit
his assailant in prison. He went there and
offered him forgiveness and
reconciliation. We have all seen the
photographs of the Pope and the would-be
assassin together in the prison cell.
“Turn the other cheek.” Another
example is the late Cardinal Bernadine,
Archbishop of Chicago. He was falsely
accused of having molested a man. One can
only imagine what devastation the
allegation did to the Cardinal. Eventually
the man recanted his story. It would have
been understandable if the Cardinal had
railed in indignation against his
dishonest accuser. It would have been
understandable if he sued the man and his
lawyers. Instead the Cardinal sought him
out to forgive him. “Turn the other
cheek.” Christ did not call us to be
wimps but to be his followers. We are
called from the cross, a place of
degradation but also a place of
forgiveness. Surely if there was ever a
time for retaliation and revenge it was
from the cross. “Father forgive
them…”
Forgiveness,
turning the other cheek is answering the
call of Christ. To live the call of the
Gospel demands courage, and the inner
strength of the Holy Spirit.
Parishioners,
you are cordially invited to
The 4th
Annual Strides for Life Dinner and
Auction
benefiting colon cancer education and
research,
Saturday, March 3 at the Westin Hotel,
1 Old Bayshore Blvd, Millbrae.
Check in begins at 5:30 pm, Dinner at 7:30
pm.
Honored guest is Senator Jackie
Speier.
Reservations are required.
Please call 650-588-6390 for further
information.
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Christian
One-Liners….
God
Himself does not propose
to judge a man until he
is dead. So why should
you?
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Sunday,
February 18
- ICF
Anniversary
Dinner
in the Parish Center at
4pm
Monday,
February 19
- President’s
Day holiday;
school
and rectory closed
Tuesday,
February 20
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- St. Dunstan
School
classes resume at
8:00am
- CCD
at 3:45pm
- School
Advisory Board
meets at 7pm
- SVdP
meets at 7:30pm in the
convent
Wednesday,
February 21
- Ash
Wednesday,
masses at 6:30am, 8am, 11am, 5:10pm,
& 7 pm
- Women’s
Club
meets at 6:30pm in the Parish
Center
Thursday,
February 22
- Prayer
Group
meets at Greenhills Retirement Center
at 7:30pm
Saturday,
February 24
- 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 5 pm and 11 pm.
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.
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Ann
& Henry Bohner
celebrated their 65th
wedding anniversary on
February
7th!.
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Wednesday,
February 21 is Ash
Wednesday.
It is a holy day of obligation. Masses
will be at 6:30 am, 8:00am, 11:00 am, 5:10
pm and 7:00 pm.
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.
The
Italian Catholic
Federation,
Branch 403, St. Dunstan Church, will have
a special celebration “St Joseph
Table” on Tuesday, March 6 at 6:30 pm
in the Parish Center. If you wish to
prepare a pot luck dish for 8 and are
interested in participating in this
traditional Sicilian event, please contact
Dan Capodanno, Heritage Chairperson @
588-0324, no later than March 1st. Fresh
flowers for the St. Joseph table are
gratefully accepted. If you would like to
donate fresh flowers, either from your
garden or a store, please contact June
Bianchi at 589-8728.
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 1pm 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:
$7,249.50
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This
weekend’s Second
Collection will be for
the Parish Maintenance
& Development
Fund
Next
weekend’s Second
Collection will be for
Catholic
Charities
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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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Seventh
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time
Lunar (Chinese)
New Year
4705
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Monday:
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Orthodox
Clean
Monday
Presidents’
Day
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Tuesday:
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Mardi
Gras
Shrove
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Wednesday:
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Ash
Wednesday
Fast and
Abstinence
Almsgiving
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Thursday:
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The
Chair of St.
Peter
Washington’s
Birthday
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Friday:
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St.
Polycarp
Abstinence
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Many
thanks to those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers
and Altar Servers this
weekend:
Saturday,
February
17
5 PM
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Lector: L.
Clothakis
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Clothakis, R Attard, J Ryan, F
Axiaq, B&G Borba
Altar
Servers: Salameh,
Flaherty, Flaherty,
Flaherty
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Sunday,
February
18
7 AM
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Lector: R.
Flahavan
Eucharistic
Ministers: B
Penner, B Rogers, M Wyman
Altar
Servers: Salgado,
Tanjuakio, Wojdyla,
Sutter
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8:30
AM
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Lector: D.
Capodanno
Eucharistic Ministers:
S Capodanno, M
Leland, J Lilles, P Lucero,
L&S Sandrini
Altar Servers: Ching, Lilles,
Conway, Sevilla
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10
AM
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Lector: G.
Yip
Eucharistic
Ministers: J&F
Sigona, L Raquel, C Cannizzaro, G
Maldonado, K Burns, T Herbeck
Altar
Servers: Jose,
Raquel, Maldonado, Yip
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11:30
AM
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Lector: P.
Hain
Eucharistic
Ministers: J Costa,
J Roensch, T Dizon, Y Kaialoa, B
Santos, E Maloney
Altar
Servers: Casella,
Cooke, Eckmann, Hain
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5
PM
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Lector: G.
Ledbetter
Eucharistic
Ministers: Cappel,
McLaughlin, McLaughlin,
Whitfield, Franco, Phelps
Altar
Servers: Welch,
Whitfield, Peralta,
Rooney
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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 18th thru 24th,
2007
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Mary Cardone &
Patrick Newell
- 10:00 am Salvatore
Alioto
- 11:30 am George & Margaret
Gardiner
- 5:00 pm Ray Ritchie
Monday
- 6:30 am Steven Amoroso
(living)
- 8:00 am Maureen Maughan
- 5:10 pm Antonio & Caterina
Ravaglia
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Brent Olson
(living)
- 8:00 am Salvatore
Alioto
- 5:10 pm Vincent & Gustavo
Guterres
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Mass of
Thanksgiving
- 8:00 am Vera Teglia
- 11:00 am Dylan Cappel
- 5:10 pm Eleanor Aboud
- 7:00 pm Mazzoni Family
Thursday
- 6:30 am Diane Ferrigno
- 8:00 am John I. Mahan
- 5:10 pm The John Mezzetta
Family
Friday
- 6:30 am
- 8:00 am Norma Armenta
- 5:10 pm Peter Daniels
Saturday
- 8:00 am Forrest South
- 5:00 pm James
Heffernan
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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