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Today is known as ‘Good Shepherd
Sunday’. The Shepherd calls each of
us amid all the discordant voices to
follow him.
The
“March of the Penguins”
(Released in 2005) is a fascinating
documentary about emperor penguins. It is
beautifully account of survival and
adventure told by actor Morgan
Freeman.
Every
year, thousands of these penguins make an
astonishing journey to breed their young.
They are birds but they do not fly. They
are aquatic animals, but this time they do
not swim. They walk – marching day
and night in a single file for seventy
miles into the darkest, driest and coldest
place on earth -
Antarctica.
Once
they arrive at their destination they find
a partner and mate. This is not a casual
affair as the documentary demonstrates. It
is a commitment to the life they generate.
Once the egg is produced, it is the father
who takes the egg and keeps it in the
folds of his abdomen to protect it from
the bitter cold. The mother then treks
back the seventy miles to the sea to hunt
for food. The incredible part is that the
fathers huddle together for two months
– thousands of them – without
food or water, waiting for the mothers to
return. They have to endure frigid
temperatures and storms and never allow
the egg to be exposed to the sub-zero
temperatures. Spring comes and the egg
hatches. The chick is still too fragile to
remain outside the warmth of his
father’s protection.
The
mothers return to find their new
offspring. They know exactly which mate
and chick is theirs by their unique vocal
call. From the cacophony squeaks, shrills
and calls the mothers unite with their
starving mates and offspring. Without that
special call, the chicks would die and the
species would be destroyed.
Today
we are reminded to listen the call of
Jesus. The voice of Jesus is distinct,
unlike any other. It is the only voice we
are to follow. He is calling, are we
listening?
“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
MEN’S CLUB APRIL MEETING AS USUAL ~
A DELICIOUS MEAL WILL BE
SERVED!!
Monday,
April 14, 2008, 6:30 p.m. in the Parish
Center
Dinner: $15.00 per
person
- For
Information, please call Ray Jackson ~
873-3942
- Or
Paul Lacampagne ~ (650)
589-4009
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Sunday,
April 13
- Men’s
Club
meets in the Parish Center at 6:30
pm
Tuesday,
April 15
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- CCD
Classes
at 3:45 pm
- School
Advisory
Board
meets at 7 pm in the math
room
- SVdP
meets in the convent at 7:30
pm
Wednesday,
April 16
- Women’s
Club
meeting at Risto rante Buon Gusto at
6:30 pm
Thursday,
April 17
- Bible
Study
group meets in the convent at 10
am
- Youth
Group “Sampler
Night” in the Parish Center at 7
pm
- Prayer
Group
meets at Green Hills at
7:30
Saturday,
April 19
- RCIA
meets at 9:30 am
- Retrouvaille
meets in the convent
- St.
Dunstan School
International Food Festival in the
Parish Center
Monday
thru Saturday
- Morning
Prayer
in the church at 7:15 am
Monday
thru Friday
- Rosary
recited
in the church at 7:40
am
Vallambrosa
Center,
Menlo Park. Explore various ways to access
the healing graces of God. Learn how to
relieve pain and stress, let go of past
fears and traumas, mend broken hearts, and
change limiting patterns. Sister Joan
Prohaska, O.P., a Dominican Sister of
Mission San Jose is a nationally certified
massage therapist and healing touch
practitioner and has been leading healing
prayer retreats and workshops in northern
California. $50 fee limited to 22
participants. Call 325-5614.
Women’s
Club Meeting
Wednesday,
April 16 6:30 pm
Ristorante Buon Gusto
224 Grand Avenue So. San Francisco
(650) 742-9777
Reservations
required by Tuesday, April 15. Attendees
are responsible for their meal &
beverages. For info call Lynne Eftimiou @
(650) 255-3113 or racerswife2000@aol.com
St.
Dunstan Women’s Club and T.E.R.E.S.A.
Committee
invites all Parishioners and School
Families to a Baby
Shower
for Project Warmhug *and the UCSF NeoNatal
Unit (Intensive Care Nursery)
**
Sunday, May 4,
2008 after 11:30 a.m. Mass
in
the Parish Center. Refreshments will be
served.
Bring
one of the following unwrapped items to
the Baby Shower:
Size
0-12 months: onesies, sweaters, sleepers,
jackets, pants, socks, receiving blankets,
hand-knitted crochet booties, blankets,
hats, diapers (newborn), and cans of
formula. All items must be new. Please no
toys, furniture, or bottles. Only the
above listed items can be
donated.
If you
are unable to attend the Baby Shower, your
gift can be dropped off at St. Dunstan
Catholic School’s main office between
8 am and 4 pm by Friday, May 2. join your
fellow parishioners inhelping others as
well as enjoying a little social time
together. Call Michelle at 303-4874 for
more information.
St.
Dunstan ICF Branch
403
will join ICF Branch 173 for a joint
Communion Brunch. Mass will be at 8:30 AM
at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721
Hillside Drive, Burlingame. Brunch will
follow at the Terrace Café at the
El Rancho Inn, Millbrae. The cost for
members is $15, for guests, $20. The cost
for children under 10 is $8, and under 5,
free. The brunch includes, juice, fresh
fruit, eggs Florentine and scrambled eggs,
bacon, sausage, potatoes, sweet rolls and
coffee.
Please
call Kay Lucio, at 697-7460, by Tuesday,
April 15, for reservations.
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 information or
registration call 415-614-5570.
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.
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The
"Youth Night Sampler" is
Thursday, April 17th from 7-9:00
pm in the Parish Center. All high
school teens and 8th graders are
welcome. Enjoy some active games,
hanging out, and pizza. Call
Laura for more information and
make sure you have a permission
slip on file (they can be
downloaded from the church
website).
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Last
weekend’s
Regular
Collection:
$9,550.00
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This
Weekend’s
Second
Collection is
for Catholic
Charities
(Loaves and
Fishes
Sunday).
Next
Weekend’s
Second
Collection will
be for the
Parish
Maintenance
&
Development
Fund.
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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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Good
Shepherd
Sunday
World Day of
Prayer for
Vocations
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Tuesday:
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Income
Tax
Day
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Saturday:
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Passover
begins at
sunset
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The St.
Vincent de Paul
Society
will hold its monthly meeting in the
Convent on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 PM.
All members of the parish are welcome to
attend.
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to
those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and Altar
Servers this
weekend:
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Saturday, April 12
5 PM
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Lector: J.
Ryan
Eucharistic
Ministers: J&L
Clothakis, B&G Borba, R&C
Fry
Altar
Servers: Wilkom,
Cabarse, DeGuzman, Fusaro
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Sunday,
April 13
7 AM
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Lector: P.
Livingston
Eucharistic
Ministers: M Wyman,
R Flahavan, B Rogers
Altar
Servers: Wojdyla,
Celio, Eckmann, Ghanaim
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8:30
AM
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Lector: D.
Capodanno
Eucharistic
Ministers: S
Capodanno, M Anderegg, S Jajeh, M
Ocafrain, M Leland, R Pezo
Altar
Servers: Yee,
Chavez, Fahri, Jajeh
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10
AM
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Lector: F.
Sigona
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Sigona, K Burns, K Whitfield, L
Borromeo, L Raquel, N Reyes
Altar
Servers: Whitfield,
Ching, Ching, Borromeo
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11:30
AM
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Lector: Y.
Kaialoa
Eucharistic
Ministers: T
DelRosario, K Begin, J Roensch, B
Santos, J Costa, M Rogers
Altar
Servers: Bagley,
Cooke, Demartini, Hain
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5
PM
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Lector: J.
Ledbetter
Eucharistic Ministers:
G Ledbetter, H
Santana, K Phelps, P&M
McLaughlin, S Pallari
Altar
Servers: Barnes,
Crossman, Fernando,
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
April 13 thru April 19,
2008
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Gaetano & Rosina
Bernardo
- 10:00 am Paul
Michelotti
- 11:30 am Anthony Betti, Sr &
Joseph Betti
- 5:00 pm Dylan Cappel
Monday
- 6:30 am Frank Agius
- 8:00 am Michele
Micheletti
- 5:10 pm Georgiana Morgan &
Henrietta Wood
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Michael
Monteroso
- 8:00 am Rudy Kocjan
- 5:10 pm Michael Opalenik
(living)
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Hansen Family (liv &
dec)
- 8:00 am Lorna Dankwerth
- 5:10 pm Christopher
Taylor
Thursday
- 6:30 am Mick Connors
- 8:00 am Charles & Phillipa
Spiteri
- 5:10 pm Eladio Licauco &
Felix Requeno
Friday
- 6:30 am Estela Licauco
- 8:00 am Salvatore
Alioto
- 5:10 pm Joseph & Carmena
Bonavia
Saturday
- 8:00 am Vincenzo
Marinaro
- 5:00 pm Joseph & Carmena
Bonavia
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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, 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, 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
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We pray for the deceased members
of our parish
family:
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