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A tale is told about a small town that had
historically been "dry," but then a local
businessman decided to build a tavern. A
group of Christians from a local church
were concerned and planned an all-night
prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It
just so happened that shortly thereafter
lightning struck the bar and it burned to
the ground. The owner of the bar sued the
church, claiming that the prayers of the
congregation were responsible, but the
church hired a lawyer to argue in court
that they were not responsible. The
presiding judge, after his initial review
of the case, stated that "no matter how
this case comes out, one thing is clear.
The tavern owner believes in prayer and
the Christians do
not”.
Christ’s
message to keep on praying, to keep on
knocking and not to give up, is at odds
with the fast paced world we live in. This
is an age where we have become accustomed
to instant results and are impatient with
delays. Everything has to be now, if not
sooner. The Internet is slow if it takes
thirty seconds to download a document. We
can now send a text message on a mobile
phone and it is received in “in real
time”. What happens on the far side
of the globe is immediately relayed into
our homes. We have become familiar to the
‘sound bite’ as the essence of a
news story.
Praying
is not easy. The disciples realized how
difficult it was to pray so they asked the
Lord to teach them. Prayer takes time,
determination and patience.
Making
prayer a daily habit means that we
appreciate its importance and are prepared
to make room for it in our hectic
schedule. When something becomes precious
to us we don’t leave it to
chance.
Craft
Faire
St. Veronica’s Church Parish
Center
434 Alida Way, South San Francisco
Sunday, October 21 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Call Kathy for more information
755-1872
“The grace of our Lord has been
abundant”. Come and see what graces
await your marriage on the next special
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. Call
Paul & Yvonne at 650-366-7093 or go to
sf.lovemoredeeply.org.
The next WWME Weekend will be November
9-11, Burlingame.
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Angels
Explained by
Children
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“Angels work for
God and watch over kids
when God has to go do
something
else”.
-Mitchell,
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Monday,
October 22
- TERESA
Committee
meets at 7pm in the School
Library
Tuesday,
October 23
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- CCD
Classes
at 3:45pm
- Youth
Group
meets in the convent at
5pm
- CCD
Confirmation II meeting in the Parish
Center at 7pm
Thursday,
October 25
- Prayer
Group
meets at Greenhills at
7:30pm
Friday,
October 26
- Women’s
Club Halloween
Party
6pm in the Parish
Center
Monday
thru Saturday
- Morning
Prayer
in the church at 7:15 am
Monday
thru Friday
- Rosary
recited
in the church at 7:40
am
The Good
Shepherd Guild
cordially invites you to their annual
Octoberfest Luncheon and Bingo Party to
benefit the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
GRACENTER on Wed., October 24 at the
Basque Cultural Center, 500 Railroad Ave,
So San Francisco. Social hour: 11:30 am,
Lunch: 12:30 pm. Call Judith @
415-753-2081 for more information.
ST.
DUNSTAN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
If you
or someone you know is struggling with the
loss of a loved one, please join the St.
Dunstan Grief Support Group for ongoing
sessions to help process your grief and
loss issues. For more information please
call Barbara Cappel, L.C.S.W. at 692-7543
or Carol Hensley at 692-1488.
TRAVEL TO
FRANCE
Pilgrimage
to Catholic France (Lourdes & Other
Sacred Sites) with Fr. Steve Avella, May
13 thru May 28, 2008. For details call
Karen Cahppelear, 916-652-7560. Leaves
from SFO.
The St.
Dunstan Grief and Support
Ministry
invites all parishioners to a Memorial
Mass for all loved ones who have died in
the past year on Saturday, November 3rd at
10:00 am in the church.
We hope
you are able to join us!
We live in a world where 11 billion people
live in such extreme poverty that they
cannot meet their own basic needs for
survival. Poverty is killing 8 million
people each year. Please attend the .7Now
Conference at St. Mary’s Cathedral on
Saturday, October 27 and become a person
of faith committed to ending
poverty.
Registration
begins at 8 am in the lower Cathedral
Center.
Lunch
will be provided if you register by
October 23. Details can be found on
www.sflifeandjustice.org
or by calling 415-614-5567. At 9 am in the
Upper Cathedral be present to join the
spiritually moving Opening Prayer.
The St.
Dunstan Friendship
Club
will meet on November 2nd at the Millbrae
Community Center at 10:30 am. Please bring
canned food for the St. Vincent de Paul
Society to distribute to the needy. Our
Christmas luncheon will be held at the
Terrace Café at the El Rancho Inn
on December 7th. Please attend. The price
will be $12.50 for members and $25 for
nonmembers.
You
have a choice of Salmon or London Broil.
Call Trudy at 692-5372 for further
information. Tickets will be sold at our
November meeting. Lunch will be served at
12pm. The deadline for reservations is
December 4th.
Stress in
Your Marriage?
Retrouvaille is a program for married
couples that feel bored, disillusioned,
frustrated, or angry in their marriage.
Some experience coldness. Others
experience conflict in their relationship.
Most don’t know how to change the
situation or even communicate with their
spouse about it. This program has helped
10’s of 1000’s of couples
experiencing difficulties in their
marriage. For confidential about, or to
register for the November program
beginning with a weekend on November 9
–11 call 415-893-1005 or email
SF@Retrouvaille.org or visit the website
at www.Retrouvaille.org.
St.
Catherine of Sienna Fall Festival and
Chili Cook-Off
Saturday, October 27 from 1 pm to 9pm
Sunday, October 28 from 12:30 pm to 4:30
pm
Food, Rides, Fun, and Games!
1310 Bayswater Avenue,
Burlingame
St. Dunstan Women’s Club Halloween
Party
fun * games * toys * haunted house
Friday, October 26 6 pm to 8pm
st. dunstan parish
center
Dinner
and admission is by reservations. A
limited number will be available at the
door on a first come first serve basis.
Contact Dina Seide for more information at
989-8079.
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Last
weekend’s
Regular
Collection:
$6,912.00
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This
weekend’s
Second
Collection is
for the
Propagation of
the Faith World
Mission.
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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Twenty-ninth
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time
World Mission
Sunday
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Tuesday:
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St.
John of
Capistrano
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Wednesday:
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St.
Anthony Mary
Claret
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Saturday:
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Blessed
Virgin
Mary
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The
TERESA Committee
will meet on Monday, October 22 at 7 pm in
the school library. All are welcome to
attend. Call Michelle Jackson for more
info at 303-4874.
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Many
thanks to those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers
and Altar Servers this
weekend:
Saturday, October 20
5 PM
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Lector: L.
Clothakis
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Clothakis, J Ryan, J Ward, B*G
Borba, R Attard
Altar
Servers: Valdez,
Yip, Cooke, Casella
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Sunday,
October 21
7 AM
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Lector: R.
Flahavan
Eucharistic
Ministers: P
Livingston, M Hutchings, B
Murphy
Altar
Servers: Welch,
Alaraj, Conway, Cabarse
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8:30
AM
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Lector: E.
Antonio
Eucharistic
Ministers: M
Anderegg, M Ocafrain, D Lawson, D
Magsaysay, P Lucero, J Lilles
Altar
Servers: Puzon,
Bagley, Fahri, Capitolo
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10
AM
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Lector: M.
Kelly
Eucharistic
Ministers: L Kelly,
L Raquel, R Garrison, Cannizzaro,
K Whitfield, L Borromeo, T
Herbeck
Altar
Servers: Wilkom,
Borromeo, Garrison,
Whitfield
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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, J Roensch
Altar
Servers: Wojdyla,
Barrera, Restrivera,
Celio
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5
PM
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Lector: J.
Ledbetter
Eucharistic
Ministers: G
Ledbetter, P&M McLaughlin, B
Cappel, K Phelps, H Santana
Altar
Servers: Yee,
Barnes, Sevilla, Chavez
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
October 21 thru October 27,
2007
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Cesare Bernardo &
Lilliana Grenno
- 10:00 am Bertu (Bart)
Chetcuti
- 11:30 am Maryann
Camilleri
- 5:00 pm Marco & Bruna
Bianchi
Monday
- 6:30 am Deceased Members of the
Alberto Jacinto Family
- 8:00 am Richard Reising
- 5:10 pm Pascuala G.
Concepcion
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Mass of
Thanksgiving
- 8:00 am Roger Castro
- 5:10 pm Tony Santora
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Ann Delaney
- 8:00 am Tito Caputo
- 5:10 pm Rafael Paras
Thursday
- 6:30 am Intentions of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus and the Immacilate Heart
of Mary
- 8:00 am Rafaela Estrada
- 5:10 pm Ernesto Cadona
Friday
- 6:30 am Vincent & Gustavo
Guterres
- 8:00 am Mary Trosselo & Inez
Haubert
- 5:10 pm Rudy Melo
Saturday
- 8:00 am Pascual Delarosa &
Consuelo Magsaysay
- 5:00 pm Giuseppe V.
Pasquinelli
We
pray for the sick members of our parish
family and for those who care for
them:
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, 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, Nick Cannuli, Kathy
Montiel, Gloria Pasco, The Yakaitis
Family, Carol Starrh Kroecker, William
Kinnealy, Frank Agius, Susan Silvera
-Dunn, George Rodriguez, Jr, Nafal
Jweinat, James Boccaleoni, Melba Sweeney,
Marge Todd, Michael Coffaro, Diedra
Bradshaw, Irma Sweeny Lori Mazzoni, Dr.
Vincent Marinkovich, Charlene Spediacci,
Beverly Buhs, Paul Swanson, Sr, Esther
Lilton, David Newsom, Jan Diamond, Viola
Burdick, Sebastian Curuchet, Ronald Reyes,
Josephine Muscat, William, Patricia
O’Neill, Virginia Ryan Rogers
We
pray for the deceased members of our
parish family:
Eva Malchaski
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