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In this beautiful passage from Luke’s
Gospel we have a meeting with a woman who
was a sinner, Simon a Pharisee who treated
her as a sinner and Jesus who saw a person
she could become. Simon dismissed her, he
no sympathy for her. Yet like a lot of
other men in her life he was exploiting
her also. Her presence was an opportunity
to trip Jesus up. Jesus treated her
gently. He did not call her names or even
condemn her. He didn’t even show his
disapproval of her lifestyle. He simply
addressed her and said, “Your sins
are forgiven.”
That is
the way God our Father sees us. It is
quite different from how we see others. We
can be so quick to see the faults in
others, their mistakes their wrongdoings
and label them as “no good” as
“sinners” and dismiss them. We
are more than our sins. Sin does not
express who we are. Sin does not sum up
our true identity. We are children of God,
called by Christ in baptism and we belong
to him. He sees our sins but also our
goodness and our potential. He continues
to have faith in us, to believe in us.
Mercy and forgiveness are his gifts to us
to grow into his likeness.
He
looks gently at us, aware of our
brokenness, our pain and disgrace. He
embraces us, attends to our hurts and
never once calls us names. We are his
brothers and sisters and Jesus has no
intention of losing us.
Like
the woman in the gospel we can come into
His presence with our shame and disgrace.
We can come into his presence with the
eyes of our neighbors throwing daggers of
condemnation at us and he gently forgives
and send us, “Your faith has saved
you; go in peace.”
TELECASTS
OF POPE’S VISIT TO
ASSISI
The
schedule for EWTN’s telecasts of Pope
Benedict XVI’s June 17 visit to
Assisi is as follows: Arrival, June 16,
live at 11:30 pm, encore June 17 at 6 pm;
Damiano & St. Clare Basilica, live at
1:30 am, encore at 8 pm; Meeting with
Clergy, live at 7:30 am, encore at 12
midnight; Meeting with Youth &
Departure, live at 8:30 am, encore June 18
at 1 am. All times mentioned above are
Pacific Time, and unless noted otherwise,
all dates are June 17. See website
www.ewtn.com
for telecast dates, times, and any updates
in coverage. EWTN is carried on Comcast
Digital Ch. 229, RCN Ch. 80, DISH
Satellite Ch. 261, DirecTV Ch. 422.
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Christian
One-Liners….
The
Will of God will never
take you to where the
Grace of God will not
protect
you.
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Monday,
June 18
- Baptism
Preparation
Class
in the convent at
7:30pm
Tuesday,
June 19
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- St. Vincent
de Paul
meets in the convent at
7:30pm
Thursday,
June 21
- Prayer
Group
meets at Greenhills at
7:30pm
Saturday,
June 23
- 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
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St. Dunstan
School is now closed for summer
vacation. We wish our faculty,
students and their families a
safe and restful summer and look
for ward to seeing everyone on
August 28th, the first day of the
new school year!
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The St.
Dunstan Friendship
Club
will meet on Friday, July 6 at the
Millbrae Community Center at 10:30 am.
Please join us. We will be having Charlene
O’Connell as our guest speaker. She
will be speaking on our Senior Programs.
Remember to bring canned goods for the St.
Vincent de Paul Society to distribute to
the needy. In September we will be having
our annual barbecue. For information
please call Rena at 697-4917.
HELP
RECYCLE:
The St. Vincent de Paul Society has
started a program to recycle small
appliances; stereos, speakers, computers,
monitors, printers, TV’s DVD’s
VCR’s, microwaves, small kitchen
appliances, etc., whether they are working
or not. Do something good for the
environment and save yourself the cost of
paying dumping fees. Items can be brought
to stores conveniently located in Daly
City, SSF, San Mateo, Redwood City, or
call 871-6844 for pick-up. All proceeds
from the recycling program benefit the
needy in San
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Happy
Father’s Day to all dads of
the parish.
Fatherhood:
My father didn’t tell me how
to live; he lived, and he let me
watch him do
it.
-Clarence B.
Ketland
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Our
Blessed Mother is Inviting You to Join the
Legion of Mary
Our
Mother, the Virgin Mary and the Legion of
Mary are inviting you to join us and
become a Legionary. The object of the
Legion of Mary is the glory of God through
the holiness of its members developed by
prayer and active cooperation in
Mary’s and the Church’s work.
The Legion of Mary is the largest
apostolic organization of lay people in
the Catholic Church with well over 3
million active members. It was founded in
Dublin, Ireland on September 7, 1921. It
is a lay Catholic organization whose
members are giving service to the Church
on a voluntary basis in almost every
country. The Legion sees as its priority
the spiritual and social welfare of each
individual. The members participate in the
life of the parish through visitation of
families, the sick, both in their homes
and in hospitals through collaboration in
every apostolic and missionary undertaking
sponsored by the parish. The Legion of
Mary is open to all Catholics who
faithfully practice their religion and are
animated to fulfill their role in the
Catholic Church’s apostolic mission
by performance of substantial work of
ministry as needed by its local parishes.
If you
are interested in becoming a member, you
may contact Sister Norma Evans at
650-872-3521 (after office hours) or 650
892-2882.
Visit
Jesus in Jail!
I
was in prison and you visited
me….Matthew 25
St.
Vincent de Paul Society’s Restorative
Justice Committee is looking for
volunteers to bring Communion and the
Gospel to the incarcerated adults and
youth in our San Mateo County Jails. We
would like a commitment of one or two
Sunday afternoons per month along with
your attendance at a monthly Restorative
Justice meeting. Consider it a commitment
of only 4 hours per month. If you are
looking to put your faith into action
Jesus would like to invite you into this
very special ministry. Please contact
SVdP’s Jail Chaplain, martin Schurr
at 650-796-0767
The St.
Vincent de Paul
Society
will hold its monthly meeting in the
Convent on Tuesday
evening, June 19 at 7:30
PM.
All parishioners are welcome and
encouraged to join in the good works of
the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
HELP ST.
DUNSTAN SCHOOL BY SIGNING UP FOR ESCRIP
TODAY!
Join
the original and largest electronic
fundraising program where participating
merchants contribute each time you make a
purchase using your free grocery loyalty
or debit/credit cards that are registered
with eScrip. There are no receipts to
collect, no vouchers or certificates to
buy, no hassles for you, and every
purchase counts. Call the school office at
697-8119 for more information.
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Last
weekend’s Regular
Collection:
$7,033.50
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This
weekend’s Second
Collection is for the
Parish Maintenance &
Development Fund
Next
weekend’s Second
Collection will be for
our Holy Father’s
Peter’s Pence
Collection
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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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Eleventh
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time;
Father’s
Day
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Tuesday:
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St.
Romuald
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Thursday:
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St.
Aloysius
Gonzaga; Summer
begins
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Friday:
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St.
Paulinus of
Nola;
Ss. John Fisher
and Thomas
More
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Saturday:
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Blessed
Virgin
Mary
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Many
thanks to those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers
and Altar Servers this
weekend:
Saturday, June 16
5 PM
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Lector: A.
Colarusso
Eucharistic
Ministers: J&L
Clothakis, J Ryan, J Roensch, E
Danli, R Attard
Altar
Servers: Hidalgo,
Colarusso, Crossman,
Burns
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Sunday,
June 17
7 AM
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Lector: R.
Flahavan
Eucharistic
Ministers: B
Albright, B Murphy, M
Hutchings
Altar
Servers: Murphy,
Eckmann, Garcia, Chavez
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8:30
AM
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Lector: D.
Capodanno
Eucharistic
Ministers: S
Capodanno, E Linak, R Pezo, M
Leland, D Lawson, M Anderegg
Altar
Servers: Palma,
Barrera, Hain, Ching
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10
AM
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Lector: P.
Maloney
Eucharistic
Ministers: J&F
Sigona, N Reyes, C Cannizzaro,
A&D Vogl, T Herbeck
Altar
Servers: Bagley,
Tanjuakio, Jajeh, Janiczek,
Fernando
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11:30
AM
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Lector:
L.Opalenik
Eucharistic
Ministers: C
Caimotto, J Costa, T Dizon, Y
Kaialoa, B Santos, E Maloney
Altar
Servers: Valdez,
Jones, McLaughlin,
Ghanaim
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5
PM
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Lector: J.
Ledbetter
Eucharistic
Ministers: B
Cappel, P&M McLaughlin, K
Phelps, J Franco, G Ledbetter
Altar
Servers: Bagley,
Mendoza, Peralta,
DeGuzman
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
June 17 through June 23,
2007
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am John M. Agius
- 10:00 am Abel Abdalah
- 11:30 am Peter John
Barulich
- 5:00 pm Dan Flynn
Monday
- 6:30 am Fred Dehlinger
- 8:00 am Vincenzo
Marinaro
- 5:10 pm Dylan Cappel
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Sara & Vincenzo
Pellegrini
- 8:00 am Vincent & Anita
Caviglia
- 5:10 pm Ursula & Greg
Mendoza (living)
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Teresa Fletcher
- 8:00 am Edgar Soria
(living)
- 5:10 pm Michael
Monteroso
Thursday
- 6:30 am Don Tonge
- 8:00 am Rev. Joseph Grech &
Mary Grech
- 5:10 pm The Lorenzoni
Family
Friday
- 6:30 am Dianne Johnson
- 8:00 am Mass of
Thanksgiving
- 5:10 pm Kelli Raffanti
Saturday
- 8:00 am Ruth Perez
Vinas
- 5:00 pm Lorna
Dankwerth
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, Helen & Vicky Noceti, Irene
Thommen, Kyong Cruz, Ciera Whipple,
Dorothy Rives, Elsie Noceti, Steve Bacho,
Mario & Eva Caprini, Mary Farr,
Barbara Modica, 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, Kathy Montiel,
Gloria Pasco, The Yakaitis Family,
Patricia Arruda, Carol Starrh Kroecker,
William Kinnealy, Frank Agius, Susan
Silvera-Dunn, Gerry Engli, George
Rodriguez, Jr, Nafal Jweinat, James
Boccaleoni, Mayte Ocafrain, Melba Sweeney,
Molly Figone, LaVerne Mione, Helen Habeeb,
Lou Sandrini, Michael Coffaro & Diedra
Bradshaw
We
pray for the deceased members of our
parish family:
Eva Abbaticola & Eugene
Garibaldi
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