St. Anselm Catholic Church May 8, 2016 Seventh Sunday of Easter God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; a blare of trumpets for the Lord. Psalm 47 97 Shady Lane, P.O. Box 1061, Mass Schedule: Sacrament of Ross, CA 94957-1061 Saturday: 5:00 pm Reconciliation/ Church Office: 415-453-2342 Fax: 415-453-8713 Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am Confessions: Clergy: Fr. Jose Shaji, Pastor ext. 15 & 5:00 pm Sat. 4-4:45 PM email: [email protected] Weekday Mass: Sacrament of Baptism: Deacon Bernard O’Halloran Mon.— Fri. 8:00 am Prep. Class required Deacon Edward Cunningham Tues. & Thurs. 5:30pm Call Parish Office Deacon Robert Meave Parish Secretary ext. 10 Sissy Ratto Parish Office Hours: Sacrament of the Sick: Parish Coordinator ext. 11 Ann Carroll Roggenbuck 8:30 am –1 pm & 2—5 pm Anytime Upon Request. Religious Ed.: ext. 20 Nick Case, D.R.E. Holy Day Masses: Contact the Pastor Health/Senior Ministry: Rose Shadduck 415 453-6533 5:30 (eve. before), 8AM, Music Director: Michael Mello 11:00 AM and 5:30 PM Sacrament of Marriage: St. Anselm School: 415-454-8667 Fax: 415 454-4730 Six months notification Kim Orendorff, Principal Centering Prayer Group prior to the desired date. Parish Email: [email protected] Thursdays 9:30am Contact the Pastor Parish Website: www.SaintAnselm.org Centennial Hall School website: www.StAnselmSchool.com St. Vincent de Paul Help Desk: 415 454-3303 St. Anselm’s Parish is a Catholic community formed by families, individuals and clergy that worship together, celebrate the sacramental life of the Church, and seek to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ everyday. We welcome, serve, and educate. Dear Parishioners, We Did It!!! Thank you to all who signed cards This weekend we celebrate the and especially to those who gathered signatures Solemnity of the Ascension of from friends & neighbors in support of a Permanent Jesus. The Ascension is not Home for REST (Rotating Emergency Shelter). mentioned in the Gospel of Mathew or John. Mark mentions Over 7,000 signatures were gathered from it briefly. Luke gives an account Marin County (over 900 from San Anselmo, Kent- of the Ascension in his Gospel and in the Acts of field and Ross) and presented to the three District 2 the Apostles. In the Gospel reading we heard, “the Supervisorial Candidates at the Accountability Ses- apostles after the Ascension returned to Jerusalem sion last Thursday. We will be presenting them to with great joy.” How do we understand these the two District 3 Supervisorial Candidates next words? There is always sadness and pain in parting. Wed. , May 10, 7pm at Kol Shofar, 215 Black- Ascension was a leave taking: Jesus returned to the field Dr., Tiburon. If you did not attend last week’s Father. He took leave of his disciples and friends session, please attend this one. It makes an impact whom he loved and were part of his life. We meet on the candidates to see the support of many. and part with people every day of our lives and we Please keep the homeless and our dream of a are often indifferent to it. Often some of our Permanent Home for REST in your prayers. partings do not evoke any sad feeling in us. But when we part with someone we truly love, there is sadness, but that person becomes spiritually all the more present to us. The apostles experienced the Take-away – Greening Our Parish – 4/23/16 continued presence of Christ with them. And that Parishioners and parish staff from Marin, San presence of Christ continues even today. Christ is Francisco and San Mateo counties filled St. truly present in the Eucharist we celebrate. Christ is Anne of the Sunset parish hall on April 23 for an truly present in the word of God. May we recog- inspiring and energizing 3 hour conference on nize his presence in the world and draw courage faith based action to protect the environment. and strength from him to continue our struggles to Keynote speaker, Fr. Kenneth Weare, PhD, pas- tor of St. Rita’s, Fairfax, combined the findings be good people and good Christians! of science with principles of environmental eth- I would like to wish all the mothers a Happy ics to frame the question for the break-out Mother’s Day! groups that followed. Parish Green Teams, mod- Yours Sincerely, els for engaging parishioners around Laudato Si, Fr. Jose Shaji, Pastor and action-based internet tools were shared. Bring your interest and energy around this important topic to St. Anselm! Help form a Parish Green Team here; look for more op- Archdiocesan initiative on portunities on the parish website and contact how to ‘GREEN’ your Parish the Rectory for more information. Maureen * 1st initiative will be taking Bennett and Margy Sheehy a bike, walking or riding the bus to church: May 21-29 What Everyone Should Know about The Prostate Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Recycle, Reuse, Renew, Restore & Repeat ~Reducing the risk of prostate cancer ~The importance of early detection Bakers Needed ~Guidance through the decision process of a cancer di- Saint Anselm Festival of Fun agnosis Cake Wheel Booth Speaker: Stan Rosenfeld Please drop off baked goods National Comprehensive Cancer Network Prostate Can- (cookies, cakes, brownies, breads, cer Panel Member, Founding Member of UCSF Prostate pies, tarts, bars, etc.) Cancer Advocate Core Group, Chairman, Patient Ser- St. Anselm School 40 Belle Ave. vices Committee, UCSF, Charter Participant in UCSF San Anselmo, Ca. Peer to Peer program, Executive on Board of Directors Fri., May 13th or before of the California prostate Cancer Coalition & Member 10am Sat. May 14th Oncology Committee of Marin General Hospital 415 454-8667 & Cancer Survivor Healy Hall, St. Patrick Parish Center THANK YOU! Magnolia and King Streets, Larkspur Spiritual bouquets and MASS INTENTIONS flowers are donated In honor Mon. May 9 8:00 am Int. Khamis Antar of and In Memory of some Tues. May 10 very special St. Anselm 8:00 am Communion Service 5:30 pm Dee Kauer (D) Community Mothers. Wed. May 11 8:00 am Jim Sweeney (D) In Honor of Mothers In Memory of Mothers: Thurs. May 12 8:00 am Int. Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil & Mae L. Smith Persecuted Christians Dorothy Ratto 5:30 pm Zack Stuart (D) Sheila P. Frohling Jean Weaver Mary Killeen Lyons Agnes Andersen Fri. May 13 8:00 am Stan Joseph Heard (D) of Noel & Jean Lindsay Ann C. Wagner Ann T. Carroll Noni Puccinelli Sat. May 14 5:00 pm Justine Matteucci (D) Leona Webb Evelyn Poligono Sun. May 15 Ashley Radieve Geroldine Barnitz 8:00 am Claude Wundrow (D) Babe Bondesen Justine Matteucci 10:00 am Parish People Delfina Dallara 5:00 pm Rene Gaudreau (D) Edith Young Margaret Brandt Marjorie Williams Anna B. Tobin As a community we ask God’s blessing for the ill: Mark Mae Carroll Gardner, Garth Stanton, Peter Johansing, Eithne Kilty, Kay Jean Carroll Sisler, Quonnella Lee, Steve Leland, Dylan Jewell, Danny Adella Rose Denehy, Christopher Goward, Margaret Formichi, Donna Nilda Pagano Przbyski, Nick Allen, Ray Johnson, Barbara Gilligan, Richard Ruth Lamperti Green, Irene Lorente, Beverly Broyer & Connie Sume. Claire Iverson For the repose of the souls: Camilla Ghiringhelli & Mark Ruth Hansen Lesley Josephine Maguire For those serving in the military: Adam Dear, Robert Ernest Katherine Oppenheimer Gebhardt, Tyler Lopez, Alex Boatwright, Sean Courtz & Peggy McPartlin Elizabeth Baumsteiger Marie Langley Iva Kempf Margot Jenkins St. Anselm School Mary Jane Carbone Festival of Fun Autumn F. Wagner Saturday, May 14 10am –8pm Save the date: The St. Anselm Spiritual Life Carnival Rides, Prize Games Committee will be hosting a series of three story telling Salami Toss, Pick a Pop, Cake Wheel, etc. events. The first will be: Free Music & Entertainment, Café, Face Painting Wednesday, May 18th 7—8:30 pm. Jumpy House, Slides and More! Parishioner, Don Leach, master story teller will make 40 Belle Ave. San Anselmo www.stanselmschool.com scripture come alive by telling tales of the people who walked through the pages of the bible. READINGS FOR THE WEEK All are welcome. Centennial Hall. Mon:Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab,4-5acd,6-7ab;Jn 16:29-33 Tues: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a St. Anselm Church Stewardship Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab; Registered Parishioner Families 2016= 1546 Jn 17:11b-19 Last Sunday Collection (Envelope & Loose): $4,631 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Average Envelope & Loose for Apr.. 2015 $6,705.33 / wk Jn 17:20-26 Average Envelope & Loose for Apr. 2016 $7,162.20/ wk Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Credit Card Giving Parish Pay Apr. 2015: $8,426/ mo Jn 21:15-19 Credit Card Giving Parish Pay Apr. 2016: $6,229.73/mo (Parish Pay Credit Card Fees Oct. 2015 = ~5%) Saturday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 *Please log on to Parish pay and update your CC expiration date! Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Second Collections: Church Building and Maintenance Next 5/15 Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 1st Sunday of the month: School $1,248 5th Sunday St. Vincent de Paul next 5/29 27-30; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39 Catholic Charities/CYO this weekend Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; Tithing, according to the Old Testament, equals a tenth 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17; Jn of total property or income.