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On the evening of the day of Christ’s
resurrection, St John tells us that the
disciples had gathered in fear. I would
image they were also gathered in shame and
disgust at what they had failed to do.
Here were the men who had followed Jesus,
who had promised to stand by him and now
they cowered out of sight of their fellow
countrymen. They were cowards one and
all.
Were
their recriminations, accusations, were
they pointing the finger at each other?
Were the disciples angry at each other?
Were they angry with Jesus for doing
nothing? Did they believe they had
misplaced their faith in Him? (“He
saved others; he cannot save
himself”) Did they blame each other
or did they put all their guilt on
Judas?
The
disciples had locked themselves in. Fear
was their motive, as it is the motive
behind all locks. Suddenly “Jesus
came and stood among them.” It does
not say that he knocked on the door and
asked to be admitted: they would not have
believed him anyway. It does not say he
rattled keys in the lock: that would have
frightened them even more. Inexplicably,
against all sense and reason, he stood
among them; he stood within the tight
circle of their fear. It is in their fear,
their weakness, and their powerlessness
that the risen Christ comes to them. He
comes not to accuse, or excuse but to
offer life. He looks at them and says,
“Peace be with you.” It is a
blessing that the risen Lord gives to his
very guilty friends. The atmosphere in
that room is changed and so is the life of
all gathered there. The Lord is not
talking about hurt and grievances or
broken promises and cowardice; he is
talking healing and life. The same risen
Lord comes to each of us in our guilt, our
doubt, our weakness and sin and says;
“Peace be with you.”
We pray in a very special way this weekend
for Rachael Vogl. On Saturday Sister
Gabrielle, as she is now known, made her
First Professions with the Sisters of the
Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart.
Sister Gabrielle Vogl is one of our own.
She is a past pupil of St Dunstan Parish
School. Her parents Dan and Ayde are
Eucharist Ministers in our Parish and help
in preparing our students for
Confirmation. We are truly blessed to a
have a member of our parish commit to the
religious life. Sister Gabrielle is a
woman of joy and exuberance. We wish all
of God’s blessings on Sister
Gabrielle as she undertakes this
commitment to a life Chastity, Poverty and
Obedience.
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.
WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Monday,
March 31
- School
resumes today
at 8am
Tuesday,
April 1
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- CCD
Classes
at 3:45pm
Thursday,
April 3
- Bible
Study
in the convent at 10am
- Athletic
Board
meeting at 7 pm in the school math
room
- Youth
Group Basketball
Tournament
in the Parish Center
- Prayer
Group
meets at Green Hills at
7:30pm
Saturday,
April 5
- School
clean-up day
9am -5pm
- RCIA
meets at 9:30am
- Retrouvaille
meets in the convent
- Baptism
Preparation
Class
at 10:30am 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
SAVE
BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION FOR ST. DUNSTAN
SCHOOL
Please
clip Box Tops for Education off General
Mills cereal products, Yoplait Yogurt,
Pillsbury Products and more, to earn 10
cents per Box Top for St. Dunstan Parish
School. The Box Tops may be dropped off at
the school office or
rectory.
These
little Box Tops add up quickly. Please
support St. Dunstan Parish School in this
simple fundraiser.
DIVORCE
RECOVERY COURSE
offered by the Separated and Divorced
Catholics of the Bay Area provides a
chance to understand the emotional journey
begun with the loss of a relationship and
to heal the pain from that loss. It will
be held for seven Sunday evenings
beginning March 30 and will meet at St.
Bartholomew Parish in the Spirituality
Center in the Parish hall, 600 Columbia
Dr., (corner of Alameda de las Pulgas) San
Mateo from 7 to 9 pm.
The
cost of $45 covers the book and materials.
To register or for more information call
Vonnie at 65/873-4236 or Toni at
650/367-9335.
Friday,
April 4 is the First Friday of the
month.
There will be a Holy Hour in the church
from 4-5 PM followed by Mass at 5:10 PM.
Saturday,
April 5 is the First Saturday of the
month. There
will be a Holy Hour of Reparation from 7
to 8 AM in the church followed by Mass at
8 AM.
The Good
Shepherd Guild
cordially invites you to attend their
annual Spring Luncheon and fashion Show,
“Spring Into Summer” at the Lake
Merced Golf Club to benefit the Sisters of
the Good Shepherd GRACENTER. Clothing will
be shown by L’Vian of
Burlingame.
- DATE:
Saturday, April 12,
2008
- PLACE:
Lake Merced Golf Club, 2300 Junipero
Serra Blvd, Daly City
- TIME:
Social Hour 11:30 am; Luncheon 12:30
pm
- COST:
$60 per person
For
more information contact Nora Hall
415-753-3511 by April 2nd
ST.
TIMOTHY’S
CHURCH,
San Mateo, seeks full-time coordinator to
create, implement, and oversee all levels
of Religious Education (grade school
through Confirmation) in our culturally
diverse parish. Are you a practicing
Catholic? Experienced leader?
Communicator? Detail oriented?
Collaborative?
Send
resume and cover letter to
jobs@sttims.us
Salary
and benefits per Archdiocesan guidelines
and commensurate with experience. A plus:
religious studies, Catechist
certification, Spanish speaking.
St.
Dunstan Catholic
School
will be selling raffle tickets for a cash
drawing on April 19th at this year’s
International Food Festival. Committee
members will be selling tickets after the
5 pm masses on Saturday, March 8, March
29th, April 5th and April 12th. Tickets
will also be sold after the Sunday masses
on March 9th, March 30th, April 6th and
April 13th. Proceeds go to help St.
Dunstan Catholic School.
Youth Ministry hosts "Battle of the
Classes" basketball tournament for the
classes '04-'07 on Thursday, April 3rd
from 7-9 pm in the Parish Center. All St.
Dunstan school and CCD graduates are
welcome to play on their class' team or
come and cheer for their class. This is
also a great opportunity to reunite with
old friends and have some fun. Call Laura
at 692-4872 for more
information.
Youth
Ministry Parent/Adult night is on
Thursday, April 10th from 7-8 pm in the
convent. All adults of the parish are
welcome. We will discuss what is currently
happening in Youth Ministry, ways to get
involved, and share ideas of how to
continue building a really strong youth
program at St. Dunstan.
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Last
weekend’s
Easter
Collection:
$28,793.00
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Thank
you for all your
support!
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This 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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SAINTS
AND SPECIAL
OBSERVANCES
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Sunday:
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Second
Sunday of
Easter
Divine Mercy
Sunday
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Monday:
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The
Annunciation of
the
Lord
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Tuesday:
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April
Fool’s
Day
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Wednesday:
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St.
Francis of
Paola
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Friday:
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St.
Isidore
First
Friday
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Saturday:
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St.
Vincent
Ferrer
First
Saturday
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to
those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and Altar
Servers this
weekend:
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Saturday, March 29
5 PM
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Lector: A.
Colarusso
Eucharistic
Ministers: R&C
Fry, J Ryan, J&L Clothakis, F
Axiaq
Altar
Servers: Colarusso,
Yee, Casella, Fusaro
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Sunday,
March 30
7 AM
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Lector: B.
Penner
Eucharistic
Ministers: M Wyman,
P Livingston, S Bosso
Altar
Servers: Tabaloc,
Alaraj, Celio, Ghaniam
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8:30
AM
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Lector: D.
Capodanno
Eucharistic
Ministers: S
Capodanno, M Leland, D Lawson, B
Murphy, S Jajeh, M Anderegg
Altar
Servers: Yip,
Bagley, Demartini, Jajeh
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10
AM
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Lector: M.
Kelly
Eucharistic
Ministers: L Kelly,
J&F Sigona, R Garrison, P
Maloney, K Whitfield, T
Herbeck
Altar
Servers: Whitfield,
Barnes, Eckmann, Garrison
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11:30
AM
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Lector: J.
Roensch
Eucharistic
Ministers: J Costa,
T Dizon, C Cannizzaro, B Santos,
C Caimotto, Y Kaialoa
Altar
Servers: Wilkom,
Chavez, Fernando, Hidalgo
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5
PM
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Lector: P.
McLaughlin
Eucharistic
Ministers: M
McLaughlin, S Pallari, G&J
Ledbetter, H Santana, D
Sammut
Altar
Servers: Wojdyla,
Capitolo, Fahri, Janiczek
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
March 30 thru April 5,
2008
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Tito Caputo
- 10:00 am Salvatore
Alioto
- 11:30 am SVDP
Benefactors
- 5:00 pm The Starrh Family
(liv/dec)
Monday
- 6:30 am Abraham Cownan
- 8:00 am Frank Vella
- 5:10 pm The Gulli Family
(liv/dec)
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Thomas Furlong
- 8:00 am Tony DeGuara (dec) &
Carmen DeGuara (living)
- 5:10 pm Paulino Kee
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Ernesto Cadona &
Egliolio Ghiarra
- 8:00 am The Cosentino Family
(liv/dec)
- 5:10 pm Monica Agius
Thursday
- 6:30 am P.T. Chacko
- 8:00 am Tony Santora
- 5:10 pm Benito Mendoza
(living)
Friday
- 6:30 am Rosellini Opalenik
Family
- 8:00 am Vicente Salgado
- 5:10 pm Dorothy S.
Moulton
Saturday
- 8:00 am Paulo Priolo
- 5:00 pm Pietro
Rosellini
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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, 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, Patricia O’Neill,
Virginia Ryan Rogers, Martha
Costa, Michael Wisherop, Helen
Maternia, Lou Grech, Elsie Clark,
Bernice Malloy, Marlene Martin,
Nancy Starrh, Wayne Devora, Debra
Farwell, Sheila Donovan, Beverly
Buhs, Rita Gilmore & Marissa
Hosea
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We pray for the deceased members
of our parish
family:
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Michael Cozzolino &
Oletha Rozmus
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