Saint Dunstan Catholic Church 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time August 24th, 2008 - Bulletin
		“Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
		— Matthew 16:19

	During the Olympic Games in Beijing, some athletes and their families have taken the opportunity and visited the Great Wall of China. It is truly one of the mighty architectural marvels of all time. It spans 2250 miles and is said to be the only man-made object to be visible from outer space. The walls are 25feet tall, too high to climb over, too thick to break down and too long to go around. You would think it is the best defense system devised by any country. Not so! It is said that in the first one hundred years of the wall’s existence, China was successfully invaded three times. The wall worked fine. Not once did the invader climb over it, break it down or go around it. They simply bribed the gatekeepers and marched right through its gates. The Chinese knew their wall very well. What they didn’t know at all were their gatekeepers. Thinking we know someone, and finding out we don’t really know him or her, can come as a great shock. The question in the gospel is so important for all of us who claim to know Jesus and to be His followers: “Who do you say that I am?” As followers of Christ this question confronts us daily. It calls us to judge our lives and how we are living the gospel message. There is no point in saying the Lord is our light and our stronghold if we don’t live the gospel. Our answer comes slowly. Bit by bit, as we let go of self and make room for someone bigger than ourselves our answer becomes more concrete. We are called to give answer to the question day after day. We cannot stop being on vigilant.
	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, September 14 for a delicious Ravioli Dinner. No host cocktails at 4 pm, dinner of antipasto, salad, ravioli, bread & butter, dessert, coffee or tea, and wine at 5 pm. Cost is $15. For reservations call Kay Lucio at 697-7460. Deadline for reservations is September 7, 2008. St. Dunstan School begins it’s first day of the 2008-09 school year on Monday, August 25 at 8 am. Welcome back students and school families. We hope you enjoyed a restful summer. SCHOOL OPENS Parishioners, as a courtesy to others, please silence your cell phones during all Masses. Your cooperation is appreciated. WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN PARISH Monday, August 25th School begins at 8am. Welcome back students! Tuesday, August 26th Novena in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament after the 8am Mass Thursday, August 28th NO Bible Study this week Prayer Group meets at Green Hills at 7:30 pm Friday, August 29th xx Saturday, August 30th Retrouvaille meets 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 Are you interested in learning more about the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church? Are you baptized but never received First Communion? Never were Confirmed? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, our RCIA process can be of help to you. RCIA stands for Rite of Christian Initiation Adults. It is a process designed to meet the needs of adults who are considering joining the Church or who wish to receive the sacraments of Initiation ( Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation). For more information regarding our Inquiry Sessions, call the rectory at 697-4730. Classes begin in September. IMMACULATE HEART RADIO’S SEPTEMBER ON AIR PLEDGE DRIVE will be held Wednesday, September 3rd and Thursday, September 4th from 6am to 7:30pm each day at Mater Dolorosa School in South San Francisco. We need your help to answer phone calls, run errands, or help with hospitality. If you can help for an hour or a couple of hours any day, please call Deborah Heinrichs at 916-535-0500 ext. 221 or email her at dheinrichs@ihradio.org. Next weekend members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will be stationed at the doors of the church after each Mass, taking up their 5th Sunday Collection. Please give generously. Your donations will help those in need in our parish area. CCD Registration Packages for the 2008-2009 school year are available. To request a package, please call the Office of Religious Education at (650) 697-7451 or visit our website at saintdunstanchurch.org and click n the Religious Education/CCD link to download registration materials and to read about our program. Classes will begin Tuesday, September 16th at 3:45 pm for grades K through 6. St. Dunstan’s hosted the IHN families for one week St. Dunstan’s hosted the IHN families for one week in July. The program was a great success thanks to ALL of the volunteers from our parish who gave of their time, talent, and treasure to make the families welcome. There were four families, a total of 14 people who were our guests from July 13-20th. I know that many parishioners, a total of 55, signed up to help and I greatly appreciated that. However, only a small were actually involved because this was a “trial run” for St. Dunstan’s to decide whether or not we want to be a part of the IHN program on a regular basis. So I hope that you will understand that was the reason why you may not have been called upon to volunteer and hope that you will still be willing now that St. Dunstan’s has decided to be one of the 30 different churches involved in this wonderful program of helping our brothers and sisters who are in need. I attended a meeting two weeks after St. Dunstan’s hosted the families and the families were so very, very grateful to our parish for their concern and help. At that meeting I learned that one of the families has already exited the program and the mother has secured employment and the father is attending school to further his training. The families raved about the meals here at St. Dunstan’s, along with the friendliness and loving concern shown to them by our volunteers. I cannot tell you how much you all meant to those wonderful families and how you helped them through a most difficult time. At the present time St. Dunstan’s will be worked into the rotation schedule for 2009 sometime during the month of July. Patrick McLaughlin has graciously volunteered to be our Parish Co-ordinator for the program and he will be putting together his committee in the not too distant further. I hope that you will volunteer to be a member of one of the several committees that will be needed for this endeavour. In the meantime should you have any questions or concerns about the IHN program please do not hesitate to speak to me about it. I welcome any questions that you might have. Again my very sincere thanks to you all for your generosity, kindness, caring concern to the families in the IHN program. Yours in Christ, Fr Jim Livingstone Parishioners, save this date, September 12-14, for the annual St. Dunstan Silent Retreat for Men and Women of the parish. This year’s theme is “Try to Remember…” The retreat will be held at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos. Call 650-948-4491 or email reatreat@jrclosaltos.org for information. Last weekend’s Regular Collection: $7,306.00 Last Weekend’s Parish Maintenance & Development Fund Collection: $4,869.00 Thank you for all your support! SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Louis of France; St. Joseph Calasanz Wednesday: St. Monica Thursday: St. Augustine Friday: The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary This month’s EWTN telecast “To the Parents of Teens” sets forth in two episodes, a program to help parents guide their teens on the path of purity and holiness, Aug 26 & 27 at 12 am & 3:30 pm. All times are pacific. EWTN is carried on Comcast Ch 229, Astound Ch 80, Dish Satellite Ch 261 & DirecTV Ch 370. to those who served as Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and Altar Servers this weekend: Saturday, August 23rd 5 PM Lector: L. Clothakis Eucharistic Ministers: J Ryan, B&G Borba, E Danli, R Attard Altar Servers: Panopio, Puzon, Peralta, Peralta Sunday, August 24th 7 AM Lector: H. Connolly Eucharistic Ministers: B Albright, FR Flahavan, S Bosso Altar Servers: Reyes, Pramono, Pidlaoan, Rossi 8:30 AM Lector: D. Capodanno Eucharistic Ministers: S Capodanno, P Lucero, J Lilles, L Bates, S Jajeh, R Pezo Altar Servers: Jajeh, Salem, Salinda, Salameh 10 AM Lector: F. Sigona Eucharistic Ministers: J Sigona, R Garrison, K Whitfield, L Raquel, K Burns, L Borromeo Altar Servers: Whitfield, Whitfield, Burns, Burns 11:30 AM Lector: J. Roensch Eucharistic Ministers: Y Kaialoa, T Dizon, C Caimotto, R Barrera, K Begin, B Santos Altar Servers: Solano, Sosa, Barrera, Restrivera 5 PM Lector: J. Costa Eucharistic Ministers: P & M McLaughlin, H Santana, K Phelps, J&G Ledbetter Altar Servers: Casella, Casella, Chavez, Chavez Special thanks to all of our ushers for their dedicated service at our weekend Masses. Mass Intentions for the Week August 24 thru August 30, 2008 Sunday 7:00 am For Parish 8:30 am Anacleta Calma 10:00 am Tim Herbeck & Louis Marini 11:30 am Leonie Ybanez 5:00 pm Martin & Anna Plut Monday 6:30 am Pascual Malgapu 8:00 am Sebastien Curutchet 5:10 pm Dylan Cappel Tuesday 6:30 am Joseph Garbarino 8:00 am Jim & Paul Vassalo 5:10 pm Michael Monteroso Wednesday 6:30 am Nathan Nunez (living) & Chikki Nunez Ariolo (living) 8:00 am Lorna Dankwerth 5:10 pm Jose & Justiniana Torrico Thursday 6:30 am Deceased Members of the Nunez Family 8:00 am Kocjan & Oberti Families 5:10 pm Mass of Thanksgiving Friday 6:30 am Karen Vanderwoert (living) 8:00 am Tito Caputo 5:10 pm Michael Sullivan Saturday 8:00 am Corey Vella 5:00 pm Charlie Pulo  We pray for the sick members of our parish family and for those who care for them: 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, 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, 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, Elsie Clark, Bernice Malloy, Dora Mae Cappel, Wayne Devora, Debra Farwell, Sheila Donovan, Beverly Buhs, Rita Gilmore, Marisa Hosea, Marcella Mahoney, Judy Marks, Rita Bartolo, Michael Hovan, Gerda Altherr, Stephen Petinak & Ann Newell We pray for the deceased members of our parish family: Daisy Feliciano