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The Gospel acclamation this Sunday tells
us in part, “To those who accept him,
he gave power to become children of
God.” In Baptism we become children
of God, members of the body of Christ. We
have the same mission as Christ. Together
with all fellow Christians we have taken
on the role of being a light to the
nations. We are called and commissioned to
spread the word and bring the love and
compassion of Jesus to the world in which
we live. We are to be living examples of
that love. Gandhi said, “You must be
the change you want to see in the
world”. For a Christian it might be
truer to say, “We must be the Christ
the world longs to
see”.
Paul
tells us today that we are ‘called to
be holy’. If people see themselves as
worthless they will not amount to much. If
people believe they are called to
greatness and act with courage and faith,
they become great. It may be difficult to
see ourselves as holy when we know we are
sinners. We know we don’t always make
the noble, the courageous or Christian
choice. We have a deep fondness for sin.
We miss the mark a great deal of the time.
There is an inherent predisposition to sin
in all of us. Not only to sin once but
also to continue sin when we know we can
do better. We are holy and we are
sinful.
In the
Gospel today however we hear John the
Baptist say that Jesus is the “Lamb
of God who takes away the sin of the
world”. Christ, the Lamb of God,
takes away not just the sins of the world,
but my sins, my own personal sins. We are
graced sinners because we have been
called; called in our sinfulness to
greatness.
St.
Dunstan School and rectory will be closed
on Monday, Jan. 21 for the Martin Luther
King, Jr. holiday. Regular school and
rectory hours will resume Tuesday, the
22nd.
Archbishop George Neiderauer cordially
extends an invitation to all married
couples of the Archdiocese of San
Francisco and beyond, to a Solemn
Eucharistic Celebration and renewal of
vows on Saturday, February 9 at 10 am at
St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St,
San Francisco. Special honors will be
shown to those who are celebrating their
25th, 50th or 50+ Wedding Anniversaries.
Reception following the Eucharist. For
more information please call 707-552-3394
or go to www.sffamilylife.com.
St.
Dunstan’s Branch 403 of the Italian
Catholic Federation
invites parishioners, their families and
friends to join them in the Parish Center
on Sunday, February 24 for their 18th
Anniversary Corned Beef and Cabbage
Dinner. No host cocktails at 4 pm, dinner
of salad, corned beef, cabbage, carrots,
potatoes, bread & butter, tea or
coffee, dessert and wine at 5 pm. Cost
$19. For reservations call Kay Lucio at
697-7460.
WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Sunday,
January 20
- Women’s
Club Past President’s
Luncheon
at 1pm in the Parish
Center
Monday,
January 21
- Martin
Luther King, Jr
holiday, school and rectory
closed
- Baptism
Preparation
class in the convent at
7:30pm
Tuesday,
January 22
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of
- Perpetual
Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- CCD
Classes
meet at 3:45pm
- Youth
Group
“Burritos & Bibles” meets
in the convent at 5pm
Thursday,
January 24
- St.
Dunstan School Alumni
Meeting
at 7pm in the Parish
Center
- Prayer
Group
meets at Green Hills at
7:30pm
Saturday,
January 26
- Retrouvaille
meets in the convent
- RCIA
9:30am at the rectory
Monday
thru Saturday
- Morning
Prayer
in the church at 7:15 am
Monday
thru Friday
- Rosary
recited
in the church at 7:40
am
St.
Dunstan Catholic
School
invites you to an event for the entire
family!
An All
You Can Eat Pasta Feed (a fund-raising
effort for our students).
Come
and enjoy a good old-fashioned spaghetti
dinner complete with salad, bread, dessert
& beverages, on Saturday, February 2,
6 to 10 pm in the Parish
Center.
- Adults:
$15, Children 12 and under
$10.
- Ages
4 & younger free
- There
will be a kid’s raffle and music
by DJ.
- For
reservations please call
697-8119.
All
proceeds go directly to St. Dunstan
Catholic School for the benefit of its
students.
Please stop and sign the following
petitions after masses on January 26th and
27th to amend limit on marriage
"California Marriage Protection Act." Only
marriage between a man and a woman is
valid or recognized in California. Waiting
period and parental notification before
termination of minor's pregnancy. Updated
version to Constitutional Amendment.
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
The
Lydians Group
will be having their annual Pot-Luck
Luncheon on Sunday, February 3 at 1 pm in
the convent. All widows of the parish are
welcome and invited to attend. For more
information contact Pat Realini at
697-6976.
Mercy
Volunteer Corps,
a lay volunteer program sponsored by the
Sisters of Mercy provides opportunities
for men and women over the age of 21 to
give a year of service to those in need.
The emphasis of the program is service,
community and prayer. Volunteer
possibilities include teaching or nursing,
working in homeless shelters, clinics and
social service agencies in urban and rural
settings throughout the United States.
Room ,board, medical insurance and small
stipend provided. Loan deferments are
available. For more information contact
Sheila Devereaux, RSM @ 415-751-9674 or
the Mercy Volunteer Corps Office at
215-541-5535.
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 on
December 29 & 30 through January. . If
you do not know your envelope number, a
list will be posted by last name.
Marriage
Help
Retrouvaille
(pronounced retro-vi) has helped tens of
thousands of couples at all stages of
disillusionment or misery in their
marriage. This program can help you too.
For confidential information about, or to
register for the Spring program beginning
with a weekend on March 7-9, 2008 call
415-893-1005 or email Sf@retrouvaille.com
or visit the website at
www.Retrouvaille.org.
Attention
young adult men
(21-40) an invitation to a Priesthood
Discernment Retreat Weekend where you can
reflect on your call in life and diocesan
priesthood. The Discernment Weekend is Feb
1-3 at St. Patrick’s Seminary in
Menlo Park. Call the Vocations Office at
415-614-5683 for registration.
St.
Dunstan School
will be having it’s annual
Open
House on
Sunday, January 27th from 11 am to 12:30
pm. Kindergarten
testing
for the 2008/2009 school year will be held
on Saturday, February 2nd from 8:30 am to
12 noon. Testing is by appointment only.
To obtain an application go the website
www.st-dunstan.org
or call 697-8119.
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Last
weekend’s
Regular
Collection:
$8,214.00
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This
weekend’s
Second
Collection is
for the Parish
Maintenance
&
Development
Fund.
Next
Weekend’s
Second
Collection is
for the Church
in Latin
America.
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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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Second
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time
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Monday:
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St.
Agnes
Martin Luther
King Jr.
Day
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Tuesday:
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St.
Vincent
Day of Penance
for Violations
to the Dignity
of the Human
Person
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Thursday:
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St.
Francis de
Sales
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Friday:
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The
Conversion of
St. Paul
Week of Prayer
for Christian
Unity
ends
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Saturday:
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Ss.
Timothy and
Titus
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to
those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and Altar
Servers this
weekend:
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Saturday, January 19
5 PM
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Lector: J.
Ward
Eucharistic
Ministers: J Ryan
B&G Borba, F Axiaq, E Danli,
C Orfino
Altar
Servers: Lim,
Palma, Reyes, Totah
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Sunday,
January 20
7 AM
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Lector: R.
Flahavan
Eucharistic
Ministers: P
Livingston, S Nussbaum, B
Albright
Altar
Servers: Lorenzo,
Panopio, Ronquillo,
Tabaloc
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8:30
AM
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Lector: E.
Antonio
Eucharistic
Ministers: E Linak,
D Magsaysay, M Anderegg, S Jajeh,
P Lucero, J Lilles
Altar
Servers:
McLaughlin, Peralta, Jajeh,
Valdez
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10
AM
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Lector: G.
Yip
Eucharistic
Ministers: M&L
Kelly, R Garrison, K Burns, C
Cannizzaro, L Raquel, T
Herbeck
Altar
Servers: Garrison,
Yip, Burns, Seide
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11:30
AM
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Lector:
L.Opalenik
Eucharistic
Ministers: M
Rogers, T Dizon, Y Kaialoa, C
Caimotto, J Roensch, J Costa
Altar
Servers: Miller,
Jones, Sheker, Wilkom
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5
PM
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Lector: J.
Ledbetter
Eucharistic
Ministers: G
Ledbetter, D Sammut, C Cappel, H
Santana, K Phelps, S Pallari
Altar
Servers: Murphy,
Rossi, Tanjuakio, Yee
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
January 20 thru January 26,
2008
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Tito Caputo
- 10:00 am Salvatore & Anthony
Alioto
- 11:30 am John Flaherty
- 5:00 pm Guido Quilici
Monday
- 6:30 am Rosalie
Montellano
- 8:00 am Deceased Family Members
of Alberto Jacinto
- 4:30 pm Michael
Monteroso
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Rosita
Hernandez
- 8:00 am Joseph & Constance
Schembri
- 5:10 pm Dr. George
Steiner
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Rosalie
Montellano
- 8:00 am The Schembri
Family
- 5:10 pm Dick Richardson
Thursday
- 6:30 am Donald Staton
- 8:00 am Jerry Ryan
- 5:10 pm Robert Warren
Friday
- 6:30 am Frank Agius
- 8:00 am Dorothy Maggio
- 5:10 pm Rosellini Opalenik
Family
Saturday
- 8:00 am Elizabeth
Nicolai
- 5:00 pm Lilia
Santander
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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, Jose
Conrado Vasquez, Henry & Lucy
Garcia, Frances Snyder, Jack
& Rene Sagrafena, Michael
Cozzolino, 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, 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,
Lou Grech, Elsie Clark, Bernice
Malloy , Julia Frauendorfer &
Frank Vella
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We pray for the deceased members
of our parish
family:
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Paul McGoran
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