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Two very sad men leave Jerusalem and head
for their home in Emmaus. They are sad and
scared and want to put some distance
between themselves and what occurred in
Jerusalem. Their friend, Jesus, in whom
they had placed their trust and future,
was crucified. Good Friday crushed their
hopes and expectations. It was disaster
for all who put their faith in Jesus. They
were filled with disappointment, fear, and
grief all at the same time. They were
mourning the loss of a person they
loved.
Yet,
although they tried to distance themselves
from the events, they could not get Jesus
out of their system. They were heading to
Emmaus and an unknown future when the
stranger walked and talked with
them.
Jesus
the risen Lord walked with them. They
rediscover their Lord only because despite
their grief they were willing to listen to
the wisdom of a stranger. The stranger
gave then an insight to what had happened
“these past few days”. It is an
encouraging message for all of us in times
of change and difficulty – when a
loved one dies, when a cherished career
comes to an end, when treasured dreams
die. The message of Emmaus is that Jesus
walks with us on these paths of dashed
hopes and uncertain future.
The
Risen Lord is with us and gives us food
for the journey – his own body and
blood. At Sunday Mass Jesus invites us to
relive the Emmaus experience as we share
the Eucharist with him. We bring to Mass
the joys and sorrows of the week and
Christ talks to us as he talked to the
disciples on the road to Emmaus. And like
the two disciple we go from the Eucharist
joyous and renewed to share the Good News,
that that the Lord is risen and how he was
made known to us in the
breaking of bread.
“Choices
of the Heart” Vocation
Retreat
All
single Catholic women 18-45 years of age
are invited to participate in a Vocation
Reflective Discernment Retreat with the
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de
Paul on April 25-27, 2008, at Seton
Provincialate, 26000 Altamont Rd, Los
Altos Hills, CA. For registration or more
information about the prayer, community,
and ministry of the Daughters of Charity,
please contact Sr. Trang Truong, DC at
650/949-8890 or SrTrangTruong@dochs.org.
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
Sunday,
April 6
- Mother
Daughter Bingo
at 1 pm in the Parish
Center
Tuesday,
April 8
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- CCD
Classes
at 3:45 pm
- Youth
Group
Burritos & Bibles at 5 pm in the
convent
Thursday,
April 10
- Youth
Group
Parent/Adult Night in the convent at 7
pm
- Prayer
Group
meets at Green Hills at 7:30
pm
Friday,
April 11
- School
Talent Show
at 7 pm in the Parish
Center
Saturday,
April 12
- RCIA
meets at 9:30 am
- Retrouvaille
meets in the convent
- Knights
of Columbus
Pot Luck Dinner at 4pm 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
HELP ST.
DUNSTAN SCHOOL BY SIGNING UP FOR ESCRIP
TODAY!
Join
the original and largest electronic
fundraising program where participating
merchants contribute each time you make a
purchase using your free grocery loyalty
or debit/credit cards that are registered
with eScrip. There are no receipts to
collect, no vouchers or certificates to
buy, no hassles for you, and every
purchase counts. Call the school office at
697-8119 for more information.
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.
We regret to inform our parishioners of
the death of Fr. William Doolin, C.S.Sp.
Fr. Doolin was here at St. Dunstan Parish
for several years before retiring in
Ireland in 2001. May he rest in peace.
Next
weekend is Catholic Charities “Loaves
and Fishes”
Sunday.
Catholic Charities CYO receives no funding
from the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal or
directly from the Archdiocese, so
let’s support quality social services
in our community by donating as generously
as we can by donating to help Catholic
Charities CYO reach its spring goal of
$300,000. 100% of every dollar you
contribute directly supports programs that
provide relief for homeless families,
seniors, immigrants, the working poor,
troubled teens, and many other clients in
need. Our gifts can change
someone’s life.
San Mateo
Pro Life
Our
next meeting will be on Thursday, April 10
at 7:30 pm at St. Gregory’s Worner
Center, 138 28th Ave, San Mateo. We will
be preparing for Lobby Day, April 22 in
Sacramento. All are welcome. For more info
call Jessica @ 650-572-1468.
St.
Dunstan’s Branch 403 of the Italian
Catholic Federation
invites all parishioners, their families
and friends to join them on Sunday, May 18
in the Parish Center for a delicious
Spaghetti and Meatball Dinner. No host
cocktails at 4 pm; dinner of salad,
spaghetti and meatballs, bread and butter,
coffee or tea, dessert and wine at 5 pm.
Cost is $16. For reservations call Kay
Lucio at 607-7460. Deadline for
reservations is May 11.
CATHOLIC
LOBBY DAY, TUES., APRIL 22
Buses
depart from St. Robert’s in San Bruno
and Stonestown Shopping Center, and The
Pastoral Center, SF, to the Cathedral of
the Blessed Sacrament, 11th and K Street,
Sacramento, California.
LOBBY DAY
TRAINING:
Sat., April 19, 9am—noon
At St. Robert’s Parish hall, 1380
Crystal Springs Rd, San Bruno. For more
information and registration call
415-614-5570.
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 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
Regular
Collection:
$9,766.00
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Next
Weekend’s
Second
Collection will
be for Catholic
Charities
(Loaves and
Fishes
Sunday).
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Thank
you for all your
support!
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The members of the
St. Vincent de Paul
Society wish to thank
all of you who
contributed to lat
weekend’s 5th
Sunday Collection. Your
generosity is greatly
appreciated.
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SAINTS
AND SPECIAL
OBSERVANCES
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Sunday:
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Third
Sunday of
Easter
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Monday:
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St.
John Baptist de
la
Salle
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Friday:
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St.
Stanislaus
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to
those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and Altar
Servers this
weekend:
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Saturday, April 5
5 PM
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Lector: L.
Clothakis
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Clothakis, B&G Borba, J Ryan,
R Attard, E Danli
Altar
Servers: Koehler,
Mendoza, Puzon, Sheker
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Sunday,
April 6
7 AM
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Lector: R.
Flahavan
Eucharistic
Ministers: M
Hutchings, S Nussbaum, B
Albright
Altar
Servers: Jones,
Miller, Reyes, Tanjuakio
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8:30
AM
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Lector: E.
Linak
Eucharistic
Ministers: M
Ocafrain, P Lucero, D Magsaysay,
D Lawson, J Lilles, R Pezo
Altar
Servers: Hain,
Murphy, Ronquillo, Totah
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10
AM
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Lector: P.
Maloney
Eucharistic
Ministers: A&D
Vogl, F&J Sigona, B Murphy, P
Livingston, P Begin
Altar
Servers: Lim,
Palma, Rossi, Tabaloc
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11:30
AM
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Lector: T.
Dizon
Eucharistic
Ministers: J Costa,
M Rogers, T Del-Rosario, B
Santos, J Roensch, C
Cannizzaro
Altar
Servers: Lorenzo,
Panopio, Restrivera,
Barrera
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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:
McLaughlin, Peralta, Seide,
Welch
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
April 6 thru April 12,
2008
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
Monday
- 6:30 am Fred Dehlinger
- 8:00 am Michele
Micheletti
- 5:10 pm Jeanne Dan
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Frank Vella
- 8:00 am Gary Mendoza
(living)
- 5:10 pm Joseph Caimotto
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Victor Gutierrez
(living)
- 8:00 am Stu Soukup
- 5:10 pm Gary & Roni Mendoza
(living)
Thursday
- 6:30 am Felicidad Paras
- 8:00 am Frank Agius
- 5:10 pm Quinta
Rosellini
Friday
- 6:30 am Ramon G. Halili
- 8:00 am Angela Brillante &
Pasqual Silvagni
- 5:10 pm Sebastian
Curutchet
Saturday
- 8:00 am Edna Soukup
- 5:00 pm The John & Lena
Mezzetta Family
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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, 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, Lucy Abdilla, Marcella
Mahoney, William Kinnealy &
Judy Marks
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We pray for the deceased members
of our parish
family.
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