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There is a kind of timelessness about
Christmas: it takes us out of our
routines; suddenly all the rush of
preparation is over. It is a time of quiet
but not just a time of nostalgia and
remembering Christmases past. We are
called to travel to that Bethlehem which
is within us, to acknowledge and adore, to
glorify and praise God, “For a child
is born to us, a son is given us.” We
are called to worship as
community.
This
Christmas could be the moment to
experience something different from the
perpetual motion that is our ordinary
life. Christmas calls us to silence,
to stop the rush of ceaseless
activities.
Sometimes
we say Christmas is boring, or sad, or too
commercial…. Of course it is; if we
make it is just like all the other times
of the year. We are asked to allow
Christ into our lives. We asked to allow
space and time for anything new to
appear.
Paradoxically,
all the flashing lights, the incessant
television, the emailing and
text-messaging…all have the effect of
filling our lives and so leaving no space
to move, no space for anything really
different to appear.
“The
light shines in the darkness.”
But it does not shine in artificial
light. We have to turn something
off. We have to leave space and time
for the new thing to
appear.
“The
Word became flesh and lived among
us”. This is not announced in the
excited voice of the advertisers; it is a
silent deed hidden in obscurity. He
is the Word made flesh, but he lies there
as helpless to speak as any infant.
Only in silence can this silent Word be
heard. This Christmas let us leave
aside the rush of the world and come in
silence and wonder to adore the newborn
king.
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The
rectory will be closed Monday and
Tuesday and open from 10 am to 2
pm on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. The priests and staff of
St. Dunstan Parish wish you and
yours a blessed and happy
Christmas.
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Angels
Explained by
Children
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“Some
of the angels
are in charge
of helping heal
sick animals
and pets. And
if they
don’t make
the animals get
better, they
help the child
get over
it”.
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-Vicky,
8
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Tuesday,
December 25
Thursday,
December 27
- Prayer
Group
meets at Green Hills at
7:30pm
Saturday,
December 29
- 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
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
After
Masses during two weekends in January to
help gather signatures on two petitions:
(1) Sarah’s Law & (2) Protect
Marriage. These are critical pro-life and
pro-family initiatives to place on the
November ballot. Please help if you can.
Call Jessica Munn, San Mateo Pro-Life at
650-572-1468.
Christmas
Celebrations at St. Dunstan
2007
Sacrament
of
Reconciliation:
Tuesday Dec. 18 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Saturday,
December
22
8:30 – 9:00 am Confessions
12:00 – 1:00 pm Confessions
Monday,
December
24
6:30 am & 8:00 am Mass
Christmas
Eve
Masses:
4:30 pm Children’s Mass with
Pageant
11:00 pm Carols Singing and Readings
11:30 pm Christmas Mass
Christmas
Day
Masses:
7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:00 am and 11:30
am
No 5:00 pm Mass on Christmas Day
Did You
Attend St. Dunstan Parish School
?
Or Know
Someone Who Did? Then We’re Looking
For You!
The St.
Dunstan Alumni Association is Now
Forming. Please Help Us Learn from
The Past While We Encourage the Future!
Please Attend the Initial Formation
Meeting on
Thursday,
January 24, at 7:00 P.M. in the Parish
Center
To RSVP
or For More Information
Contact Michelle Jackson at 650-303-4874
or
alumni@st-dunstan.org
Share
Your Knowledge, Talents and Experience!
CHRISTMAS
TV FROM ROME AND
WASHINGTON
EWTN’s
Christmas telecasts include Midnight Mass
with Pope Benedict XVI from St.
Peter’s Basilica, December 24 at 3 pm
(live) and December 25 at 4 pm (encore).
Choral meditations and the Solemn Mass of
Christmas Eve will air December 24 at 7 pm
from the National Shrine in Washington DC.
Encore telecasts of the Pope’s
Christmas Message to the World will air
December 25 at 7 pm and December 26 at 2
pm. EWTN is carried on Comcast Digital Ch
229; Astound Ch 80; Dish Satellite Ch 261;
and DirecTV Ch 370.
ENVELOPE
USERS:
Please pick up your box of Sunday
envelopes for the new year, 2008. Boxes
will be available in the rear of the
church in numerical order starting next
weekend, December 29 & 30. If you do
not know your envelope number, a list will
be posted by last name.
QUIZ DATES! CATHOLIC SINGLES
PARTY
- Tuesday,
January 15, 2008
- 6:30
pm
- Elephant
& Castle Bar &
Restaurant
- 424
Clay Street, San
Francisco
Enjoy
appetizers and drink specials. Teams of 3
men and 3 women. After each round of
questions, men move to a new table to meet
more women. Cost is $20 before 1/8/2008
and $25 thereafter. Walk-ins $35 (space
permitting). Open to Catholic singles. To
register, www.quizdates.com.
Please pick up a calendar for the year
2008 in the vestibule of the church. These
beautiful calendars were donated to the
parish by Mr. Paul Larson, Director of
Chapel of the Highlands Mortuary.
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.
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Last
weekend’s
Regular
Collection:
$6,846.00
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Last
weekend’s
Maintenance
&
Development
Fund
Collection:
$4,827.00
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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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Fourth
Sunday of
Advent
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Tuesday:
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The
Nativity of the
Lord
(Christmas)
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Wednesday:
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St.
Stephen
Kwanzaa
begins
Boxing Day
(Canada)
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Thursday:
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St.
John
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Friday:
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The
Holy
Innocents
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Saturday:
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The
Fifth Day in
the Octave of
Christmas
St. Thomas
Becket
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Next weekend, the members of the St.
Vincent de Paul Society will be stationed
at the doors of the church for their 5th
Sunday collection. Your donations will
help those in need in our parish area.
Please give generously.
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Many
thanks to those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers
and Altar Servers this
weekend:
Saturday, December 22
5 PM
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Lector: J.
Ward
Eucharistic
Ministers: L&J
Clothakis, R&C Fry, C Orfino,
F Axiaq
Altar
Servers: Reyes,
Tanjuakio, Wilkom, Barnes
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Sunday,
December 23
7 AM
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Lector: P.
Livingston
Eucharistic
Ministers: B
Penner, M Hutchings, B
Albright
Altar
Servers: Ronquillo,
Totah, Wojdyla, Valdez
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8:30
AM
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Lector: E.
Antonio
Eucharistic
Ministers: D&S
Capodanno, M Ocafrain, D
Magsaysay, M Anderegg, E
Linak
Altar
Servers: Rossi,
Tabaloc, Yee, Cabarse
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10
AM
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Lector: F.
Sigona
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Sigona, C Cannizzaro, P Maloney,
K Whitfield, L Borromeo, N Reyes,
T Herbeck
Altar
Servers: ching,
Ching, Whitfield,
Borromeo
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11:30
AM
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Lector: L.
Opalenik
Eucharistic
Ministers: M
Rogers, J Costa, T Dizon, Y
Kaialoa, B santos, J Roensch
Altar
Servers: Seide,
Welch, Restrivera,
Barrera
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5
PM
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Lector: P.
McLaughlin
Eucharistic Ministers:
M McLaughlin, S
Pallari, H Santana, J Franco, B
Cappel, K Phelps
Altar
Servers: Sheker,
Lorenzo, Bagley, Capitolo
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
December 23 thru December 29,
2007
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Ryan Kono
- 10:00 am Chachyamma
Cownan
- 11:30 am Alvin Beale
- 5:00 pm Dan
Flynn
Monday
- 6:30 am Dylan Cappel
- 8:00 am Edwin & Rita Spiteri
& family (living/deceased)
- 4:30 pm Christopher
Taylor
Tuesday
Christmas
Day
Masses
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Mass of
Thanksgiving
- 8:00 am Mae Soukup
- 5:10 pm Lori Mazzoni
(living)
Thursday
- 6:30 am Ed Licko
- 8:00 am Jeanne DelTredici
- 5:10 pm Eni & Agostino
Marlotti
Friday
- 6:30 am Special
Intention
- 8:00 am Griffin Family
- 5:10 pm Mary & Bill
Murphy
Saturday
- 8:00 am Greg Perini
- 5:00 pm Clem
Zarcone
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We
pray for the sick members of our
parish family and for those who
care for them:
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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, Charlene Spediacci, Paul
Swanson Sr, Esther Lilton, David
Newsom, Jan Diamond, Viola
Burdick, , Ronald Reyes,
Josephine Muscat, William,
Patricia O’Neill, Virginia
Ryan Rogers, Martha Costa,
Michael Wisherop & Helen
Maternia
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We pray for the deceased members
of our parish
family.
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