ASH WEDNESDAY
March 5, 2014

                                      Schedule of Masses    

                                 6:30 AM  

                                 7:30 AM

                                 8:30 AM       

                               12:00 Noon

                                 6:00 PM

Please bring to the Church the palm leaves from last year’s Palm Sunday so we can burn them and gather the ashes. We will use those ashes for Ash Wednesday’s rites. 

LENTEN SOUP SUPPER

and

REFLECTION

Our Lenten Soup Supper is a simple supper of soup and bread provided by parish ministry groups  in a spirit of charity and service.

This will be followed by a reflection on The Seven Deadly Sins and The Seven Lively Virtues from Robert Barron’s Program (Word on Fire).

This will be held during the four Wednesdays in Lent.

When:  6:00 PM on the following Wednesdays

                         March 12

                         March 19

                         March 26

                         April 2

                      Where: Church Hall

All husbands and wives celebrating a wedding anniversary (5,10,15...45,50, or over 50 years) in 2014 are invited to attend and be recognized.

                 Saturday, February 22, 2014

             10:00 AM Mass followed by reception

             $20 suggested donation per family

Saint Mary’s Cathedral of  the

Assumption

1111 Gough Street, San Francisco

Principal Celebrant: His Excellency

Salvatore Cordileone

Archbishop , Archdiocese of San Francisco

Registration required

www.sfanniversary.info or call

(415) 614-5680

Please register by: February 13, 2014

Questions/Information: (415) 614-5680

St. Vincent De Paul Society

Lenten Drive

The St. Brendan Conference of St. Vincent de Paul Society will be sponsoring a Clothing Drive during the Sunday during the Lenten Season.

We are focusing our attention to the needs of the St. Vincent de Paul Help Desk. The Desk provides clothing and supplies to the needy and the homeless people free of charge.

Your kindness and generous support goes a long way in helping the Desk fulfill its ministry in helping clients. Most of the clients are men and their needs are numerous.

   March 9: NEW Socks

  March 16: NEW Men’s Briefs

  March 23: NEW Pots and Pans

  March 30: NEW Twin Sheet Sets

  April 6: NEW Blankets

  April 13: Men’s Clothing – NEW or

VERY GOOD condition, please.

Thank you for your continued, generous support of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Your support during this coming Lenten Season will be very special to many folks who are less fortunate. 

FAITH SHARING BOOK CLUB

An opportunity for spiritual growth and

fellowship

Pope Francis Apostolic Exhortation,

Evangelii Gaudium

(Joy of the Gospel)

I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very

moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them; I ask all of you to do this unfailingly each day.  No one should think this invitation is not meant for him or her, since “no one is excluded from the joy brought by the Lord”. (paragraph 3)

Please join us for 4 weekly sessions this Lent as we reflect on Pope Francis’ call for a new evangelization in our modern world

Details:

Starts the week of March 9th

Sessions will be offered:

Thursday mornings, 9:30-11:00am

Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:00pm

Saturday mornings, 10:00-11:30am

Paperback copies will be available for

purchase at sign ups, after all of the Masses

the weekends of February 22^nd/23^rd and

March 1^st/2^nd

A PDF version is also available on-line at: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/apost_exhortations/index_en.htm

Questions?  Call Eileen Miller at  415-586-4625

MASS OF HEALING

Sunday, February 16, 2014

11:30 am Mass

Join us for a special Mass of Healing  on Sunday, February 16th at the 11:30 AM Mass.

We invite all those who are sick to receive the sacrament of anointing at this Mass.

A SILENT RETREAT

FOR

THE MEN OF ST. BRENDAN PARISH

Ignatian Pilgrimage

February 14-16, 2014

   A Silent Retreat for Men led by the Pastoral Staff.

   St. Ignatius was a pilgrim. And his wanderings brought him ever closer    to God. How can we make our life’s journey do the same? We’ll examine the literal and the spiritual travels of Ignatius and see how we can relate to them — and incorporate the wisdom of Ignatius into our personal pilgrimage.

                                               El Retiro San Inigo

                                           The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos

                                                          300 Manresa Way

                                                   Los Altos CA 94022-4659

                                                   Tel. No. (650)  917 - 4000

                                                        www.jrclosaltos.org

MINISTRY FAIRE

   February 8 & 9, 2014

Learn about the many ministries at St. Brendan Parish. Meet the people involved in these ministries ! Ask questions! Get answers !

          Consider getting involved, too!

If we get involved, we become a more vibrant faith community. Come and visit the different booths at our Ministry Faire after all the weekend masses on February 8 & 9.

WORLD DAY OF THE SICK

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone (Principal Celebrant )

Saturday, February 8, 2014           11:00 AM

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption     1111 Gough Street at Geary, San Francisco

A “special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one’s suffering for the good of the Church and of reminding everyone to see in his sick brother or sister the face of Christ who, by suffering, dying, and rising, achieved the salvation of mankind.”   John Paul II

FEAST OF

ST. JOSEPHINE BAKHITA

February 8, 2014 Saturday

7:30 am Mass

Join us at the 7:30 AM Mass in honor of St. Bakhita. This will be followed by reception and sharing Bakhita’s spirituality in the Convent Conference Room.

St. Bakhita was a Sudanese born former slave who became a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy, living and working there for 45 years. In 2000, she was declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.