St. Vincent de Paul Drive

Last week we were made aware of an urgent need for women’s underwear.

We would like to help out by conducting a drive for the following NEW items:

                                  Underpants – sizes L, XL, and XXL 

                                  Bras – sizes 38, 40, and 42 B, C, and D

 Please place any donations in the bins at the back of the church the weekends of :

                                              August 24-25

                                    August 31-September 1

MARRIED COUPLES

Getting ready for school means lots of time spent on your children. After school begins, why not give yourselves some time together? Make a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend!

For more information,go to www.sanfranciscowwme.org or call Paul & Yvonne at 650.366.7093.

2013 WWME Weekends: Oct 18-20, San Mateo; Nov 15-17, American Canyon. Applications must be in by 30 days before the Weekend.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (A Holy Day of Obligation)

Schedule of Masses:

           August 14, 2013 (Wednesday) - 5:00 PM Vigil Mass

 August 15, 2013 (Thursday) -6:30 AM, 7:30 AM, 6:00 PM

Hospitality Committee

The Hospitality Committee is looking for families interested in joining our committee, hosting danishes and coffee after the 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM mass each Sunday.

Committee members are assigned one weekend a month to host the socials after either the 9:30 AM or the 11:30 AM mass. Participation in the Hospitality Committee is a fun way to become involved in with the parish and provides lots of opportunities to meet other parishioners.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Hospitality Committee or would like

additional information, please contact :

       Rebecca Kassekert at

       rebkassekert@yahoo.com

       or (415) 244-4622

BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR

CHILDREN SERVED BY

CATHOLIC CHARITITES CYO

Help prepare these children for their

First day of School

Parents throughout the Archdiocese are now starting to shop for school supplies for their children. You can help a child , whose parents cannot afford school supplies, to start the school year right with a fresh notebook, pencil, and a new backpack for books.

For example, these are needed at:

             10th and Mission Support Services

· 17 backpacks for elementary children

· 3 backpacks with supplies for high school students

· 6 children’s school uniforms at $55.00 each

· 20 one-month MUNI fast Passes

Saint Joseph’s Family Center

· 4 uniforms at $40.00 per student

Star Community Home

· 15 backpacks with supplies

· Additional supplies needed

        include backpacks, notebooks,

        pencils, pens, erasers, binders,

        pencil cases, crayons, sharpeners,

       wide-ruled line paper, scientific

       calculators, kid-safe scissors,

       folders, lunch pails, highlighters, accordion

       folders

To see a complete list of needed items, please visit: http://community.cccyo.org/donate/back-to-school-donation-list. To coordinate a donation to any of the programs, please contact Clint Womack, Volunteer Manager at (415) 972-1297 or cwomack@cccyo.org.

Experienced Navigators

SAVE THE DATES

September 24 & 25 (Tuesday & Wednesday) 2013

             Join us !!  Open to all over 18 years old

A Pilgrimage in this Year of Faith to the California missions Antonio de Padua, San Luis Obispo, (overnight stay in Solvang), Santa Ines, and San Miguel Arcangel

                     DATE: Sept. 24 & 25, 2013

                          TIME: Depart 7:30 AM on Tuesday, September 24

                                      Return 6:30 PM on Wednesday, September 25

                          FEE:     $250. 00 per person

 Transportation, meals, and hotel (double occupancy) all included plus a chance to visit Chumash Casino (near Solvang).

For further information, call:Tony Fernandez (415) 586-6992 Betty Shanahan (415) 824-8333

 

August Feasts and Celebrations

August 8 – St. Dominic (1221) Journeying through France, Dominic was alarmed by the popularity of Albigensian heretics who threatened the Church. They rejected material comforts while many Catholic preachers traveled in luxury. Dominic became an itinerant preacher like the Apostles and founded the Order of Preachers, “Dominicans.”

August 10 – St. Lawrence (258) A Roman deacon to Pope St. Sixtus, II, Lawrence grieved when Sixtus was martyred but rejoiced when it was predicted that Lawrence would be martyred a few days later. Instead of giving in to Roman demands for the Church’s material treasure, Lawrence gathered the poor and destitute and presented them as the Church’s treasure. He was martyred shortly afterwards.

August 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Declared a dogma of our faith in 1950 by Pope Pius XII, the Assumption celebrates Mary being taken up into Heaven body and soul at the end of her life.

It is a Holy Day of Obligation requiring Mass attendance.