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This Wednesday we begin the season of
Lent. It seems we jump immediately from
the Christmas Season right into Lent. This
year there is very little transition time.
Wednesday is not a Holy Day of obligation
but a ‘day of ashes’ when we
begin the preparation for the Solemnity of
Easter.
Lent is
not a season of depression, even though
everything in the Liturgy is simplified
and we try to simplify our own lives too.
It is a time for returning to the heart.
“Return to me with all your
heart.” Notice how often the words
‘heart’ and ‘secret’
occur in the readings for Ash Wednesday
(pages 60-63 of “Today’s
Missal”). It is contrasted with
‘being seen’. ‘Being
seen’ is about surfaces and
appearances.
To have
ashes on your forehead is not exactly
putting on make-up! Make-up is to beautify
and maybe mask our imperfections, ashes on
your forehead has the opposite intention:
it is to remind our imperfections and
mortality. This is not meant to be a
depressing reminder, just as Lent is not
meant to be a depressing time: “this
joyful season” the Liturgy calls it.
It is a time for truth rather than
cover-up.
During
Lent we are invited to spend additional
time in prayer. Prayer is that which
raises our awareness of the presence of
God. We are called to fasting –
fasting from food, gossip, cell phones, or
social activities. It is an invitation to
almsgiving – generously giving of
money or ourselves to the poor, homeless,
the stranger, socially needy, or to
family, friends. Lent is not the time for
long faces or hypocritical manifestations
of saintliness. It is a time of sincere
relationship building, possibly a time of
remorse and tears, but in essence a time
of journeying towards Easter and
celebrating our life in Christ.
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. 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,
February 3
- Lydians Pot
Luck at 1pm in the
convent
Tuesday,
February 5
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- CCD
Classes meet at
3:45pm
- ICF
meets in the Parish Center
Wednesday,
February 6
- Ash
Wednesday School Mass at
11am
Thursday,
February 7
- Bible
Study at 10am in the
convent
- SD Athletic
Board meets in the school
math room at 7pm
- Prayer
Group meets at Green
Hills at 7:30pm
Friday,
February 8
- Stations of the
Cross at 2:15pm and
7pm
Saturday,
February 9
- 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
Need a copy of the Sunday bulletin or of a
particular schedule, church and parish
information? Please visit the St. Dunstan
Parish website at www.saintdunstanchurch.org.
Please
stop and sign the following petitions
after masses on February 2nd &
3rd
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.
Prayer
for Confirmation
Candidates
This
week we pray for our Confirmation
candidates as they prepare for their
upcoming Confirmation Retreat. May their
time at the retreat help them to deepen
their commitment to the Holy Spirit, the
Catholic Church, and our community.
LENTEN
REGULATIONS
Everyone
14 years of age and older is bound to
abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, the
Fridays of Lent and Good
Friday.
Everyone
18 years of age and older but under the
age of 60 is also bound to fast Ash
Wednesday and Good Friday.
On
these two days, the law of fast allows
only one full meal a day, but does not
prohibit taking some food during the day,
so long as this does not constitute
another full meal. Drinking liquids during
the day is permitted.
When
health or ability to work would be
seriously affected, the law does not
oblige. In doubt concerning fast or
abstinence, a priest assigned to pastoral
ministry or confessor should be consulted.
In the spirit of penance, the faithful
should not lightly excuse themselves from
this obligation.
Parishioners
are encouraged to receive the Sacrament of
Reconciliation during Lent, and to attend
Morning Prayer at 7:15 am, and one of the
three daily Masses at 6:30 am, 8:00 am and
5:10 pm.
Stations
of the Cross are held Fridays at 2:15 pm
& 7 pm.
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Wednesday,
February 6 is Ash Wednesday. It
is not a holy day of
obligation. Masses will be at
6:30 am, 8 am, and 5:10
pm.
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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.
LENTEN
RENEWAL MISSION
Monday, February
11 through Wednesday Febraury 13
St.
Mark Church, 325 Marine View, Belmont.
This Lenten Renewal Mission will be
preached by Fr. Frankie Menezes, C.S.S.R.,
a Redemptorist priest. Fr. Frankie has
preached an 8 day retreat in 1995 to
Blessed Mother Teresaof Calcutta and her
major superiors. He ahs also given
retreats to priests, religious, and groups
of lay people.
Mission
Themes:
Monday: Open the Door of Your Heart
Tuesday: The Prodigal Returns
Wednesday: The Church: Sanctuary or
Sign
For more
information call Fr. Al Furtado, C.S.Sp at
650-591-5937.
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.
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Last
weekend’s
Regular
Collection:
$9,915.00
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Last
Weekend’s
Church in Latin
America
Collection:
$2,736.00
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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 in
Ordinary
Time
Carnival
Sunday
Boy Scout
Sunday
World Day for
Consecrated
Life
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Tuesday:
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St.
Agatha
Shrove
Tuesday
Mardi
Gras
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Wednesday:
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Ash
Wednesday
Fast and
Abstinence
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Thursday:
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Chinese
New Year
4706
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Friday:
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St.
Jerome
Emiliani;
St. Josephine
Bakhita
Abstinence
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to
those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and Altar
Servers this
weekend:
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Saturday, February
2
5 PM
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Lector: J.
Ryan
Eucharistic
Ministers: J&L
Clothakis, R&C Fry, R Attard,
Danli
Altar
Servers: Jones,
Miller, Ronquillo, Totah
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Sunday,
February 3
7 AM
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Lector: H.
Connolly
Eucharistic Ministers:
M Hutchings, M
Wyman, B Albright
Altar
Servers: Koehler,
Murphy, Rossi, Tabaloc
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8:30
AM
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Lector: E.
Linak
Eucharistic
Ministers: D&S
Capodanno, D Magsaysay, S Jajeh,
J Lilles, M Ocafrain
Altar
Servers: Jajeh,
Palma, Salameh, Valdez
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10
AM
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Lector: P.
Maloney
Eucharistic
Ministers: A&D
Vogl, J&F Sigona, B Murphy, P
Livingston, P Begin
Altar
Servers: Lorenzo,
Panopio, Seide, Welch
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11:30
AM
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Lector: T.
Dizon
Eucharistic
Ministers: J Costa,
M Rogers, T DelRosario, B Santos,
J Roensch, C Cannizzaro
Altar
Servers:
McLaughlin, Puzon, Sheker,
Yee
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5
PM
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Lector: D.
Salinda
Eucharistic
Ministers: W Borba,
K babasa, P Borromeo, H Santana,
P&M McLaughlin
Altar
Servers: Mendoza,
Reyes, Tanjuakio, Wilkom
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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 3 thru February 9,
2008
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
Monday
- 6:30 am Atanacio Go
- 8:00 am Vicente Salgado
- 5:10 pm Carmelo Pace
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Doris Boragno
- 8:00 am Joseph Johns
- 5:10 pm Grace & Beggy
Mendoza (living)
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Linda Gordon
(living)
- 8:00 am Thomas Peter Guilfoy
(living)
- 5:10 pm Joseph Caimotto
Thursday
- 6:30 am Frank Agius
- 8:00 am Amado Gonzalez
- 5:10 pm Mario & Lillian
Guterres
Friday
- 6:30 am Alvira Tioseco
- 8:00 am Mayte & Jean
Ocafrain (living)
- 5:10 pm Teresa & Innocente
Bisio
Saturday
- 8:00 am Eleanor
Bracesco
- 5:00 pm Enrico
Zucconi
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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,
William Kinnealy, Susan
Silvera-Dunn, George Rodriguez,
Jr , Nafal Jweinat, James
Boccaleoni, Melba Sweeney, Marge
Todd, Michael Coffaro, Diedra
Bradshaw, Irma Sweeny, Charlene
Spediacci, Esther Litton, 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
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We pray for the deceased members
of our parish
family:
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John
Sanna, Frank Vella & Frances
Maria
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