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ST. BRENDAN CHURCH Share these articles with your friends online at www.stbrendanparish.

1 ST. BRENDAN CHURCH Share these articles with your friends online at 29 Rockaway Avenue San Francisco CA Tel. No. (415) November 11, 2018 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time How Generosity Of Spirit Can Change The World The premise of our new Sunday message series called, Next Door: The Art of Neighboring, is that God wants us to be a source of his goodness and grace in our neighborhoods. Church leaders like to hound us about working to build up God s kingdom, but frequently do not provide any concrete suggestions on how to do so. In actuality, God s kingdom expands and develops person-by-person, family-by-family, and neighborhood-byneighborhood. To the extent we wish to change the world, we first have to change our world, which is lived out in local neighborhoods. Last week, we challenged ourselves to learn the names of our neighbors and pray for them and their needs. This week, we consider specific ways that we can be generous with our neighbors. From lending a cup of sugar to the neighbor next door who s in a pinch, to welcoming a new family to the neighborhood, or helping someone with work around the house, God wants us to become more and more generous in spirit with those nearest to us. Neighborliness was an important value in the South where I grew up. A salutation when passing someone on the street was common. But when I first came to California almost twenty-five years ago, I was shocked each time my friendly greeting was rebuffed with silence and weird stares. Recently, Father Celestine shared with me about how Nigerians greet each other, even people they don t know, with a kind wave and a pleasant how-doyou-do. Children are expected to approach their elders with a respectful address, which in turn is met with an outstretched hand. But many times in our own part of the world, it s nearly impossible to get a simple nod out of a passerby. What if we worked to transform our neighborhoods with the simplest of all actions and forced ourselves to say hello to people on the street as we pass by? Trust me, it will be disconcerting and perhaps even upsetting when your overtures are snubbed, but you will have done your part. This week, don t just wave to the neighbor you know. Brighten up your stomping grounds by hailing strangers with a cheerful smile and gracious words of acknowledgment. It could be a simple hello or, as we say in the South, how ya ll doin? Maybe they ll actually stop and speak to you. What a world that would be. When I first came to Saint Brendan, almost no one smiled when coming forward to receive communion. I just kept smiling and today almost everyone returns the gesture. Don t give up on neighborliness. You can change your world with a consistent spirit of generosity and affability. It s perhaps a bit simplistic, but that is my vision for Father Roger s Neighborhood. Won t you be my neighbor? Father Roger Gustafson, Pastor

2 Making Church Matter Welcome Aboard! If this is your first time to Saint Brendan or your first time to church in a long time, we re glad you re here! We are a cozy community of believers who seek to find our way in life by following Jesus together, and we want you with us on the journey. Explore some possible next steps for you below. We re here to help. If you have any questions, stop by our welcome desk located at the entrance to the church, check out our website at or just give us a call. Become Part of Our Church Family Come aboard and navigate life with us. As a member, we ask that you take steps to grow in your discipleship. In fact, STEPS is an acronym for how to become a better disciple of Christ. As a member, we'll ask that you consider: S - Serving in a ministry T - Tithing & Giving E - Engaging in a small group P - Practicing prayer, including regular Sunday worship with us S - Sharing your faith by inviting your friends and neighbors to church If you think you're ready to become part of our church family, stop by our welcome desk at the entrance to the church before or after any Weekend Mass. Serve in Ministry & Mission We know many things compete for your attention. But we also know you ll never really be happy until you begin serving others and putting your love to work. There are so many opportunities to make a difference: Help make Sundays an irresistible celebration by joining our Sunday Liturgy Support Ministry. Help children, teens, and adults on their journey of faith by joining our Faith Formation Ministry. Keep parishioners and visitors connected to one another by joining one of our Parish Life Ministries. Take the love of Christ to people who are suffering by joining one of our Outreach Ministries. Whatever God is calling you to do, take that next bold step in faith. Explore our website for more information or just call us. We re happy to get you connected!

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3 Featured NewsNews & Events & Events SAINT BRENDAN SCHOOL DID YOU KNOW? Please continue to pray for our candidates as they prepare for Confirmation on November 18. Our next kindergarten tour will be on Tuesday, November 13, from 8:30 a.m 10:30 a.m. There will also be tours on November 15 and November 20. Call the school office at (415) for more information. St. Brendan School does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in administration of admissions policies. THERE S ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR AT SAINT BRENDAN S! Join us for our new Mass time with high-energy contemporary Christian music at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday evenings, beginning December 2, the first Sunday of Advent. SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL DIAPER DRIVE November Saint Vincent de Paul is currently facing a critical shortage of diapers. Toddler sizes 3, 4, and 5 are needed. Please bring diapers to Mass next weekend, November They will be collected after the Masses and delivered to the Saint Vincent de Paul Center. Thank you for your generosity! ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ADVENT GIVING TREE November 22 at 9:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Mass Beginning on Thanksgiving Day, a special Christmas tree, called the Giving Tree, is placed in the church. Each ornament on the tree represents a gift for someone in need. We invite you to take an ornament, purchase the gift listed on the ornament, and return the gift with the ornament on or before the weekend of December 8-9. Ornaments will be on the tree through the weekend of December 1-2. Thank you for your continued, generous support of the most vulnerable among us.

Featured Article Like A Good Neighbor... Saint Brendan Cares Walking down West Portal, hopping on the streetcar at 6 a.m.

It s not just going to church or being at school that you feel the community.

what makes Saint Brendan such a neighborly community.

4 Featured Article Like A Good Neighbor... Saint Brendan Cares Walking down West Portal, hopping on the streetcar at 6 a.m., going to Safeway, taking the dog out you see people from Saint Brendan, Jan Donovan, parishioner and Saint Brendan School Vice Principal, said. It s not just going to church or being at school that you feel the community. As we spend the weeks leading up to the hustle and bustle of the holidays, reflecting on what it means to be neighborly, and how to be good neighbors to one another, we are taking time to highlight what makes Saint Brendan such a neighborly community. Many parishioners live in the area, send their kids to school here, watch their families grow up, and live their lives within the geographical community. They join the parish s small groups, participate in Saint Vincent de Paul s Sandwich Sundays, smile and wave at their neighbors in the pews, and make Saint Brendan Church and School a place where people want to give and spend their time. On our street, it seems like about 70 percent of the people are somehow involved with St. Brendan, said Tara Hardesty, who joined the parish about two years ago. We moved into the West Portal area from downtown, and at first, we thought to ourselves, What suburb have we landed in? but quickly found it to be the most wonderful community. The warmth of the Saint Brendan Parish family is overt, according to long-time parishioner Jeff Porter. While so many of the churches in the San Francisco Archdiocese have beautiful subtle hints at the welcoming and acceptance of their communities, Saint Brendan s is impossible to miss. This is a community that looks out for each other, cares about each other, and supports each other, Porter said. Father Roger sets such a great example, reminding us that if we truly want to call ourselves Catholic, we need to set a tone of openness and kindness and generosity and show that to all of our neighbors. Hardesty recalls coming to the parish for the first time with her 15-month old son and asking someone where the crying room was. They said, Well, we don t have a crying room here. We want children in the pews with us, and if they cry or make noise, that s okay, Hardesty said. I honestly would have felt more comfortable in a crying room, but then I realized that Saint Brendan was not a place that could make you feel uncomfortable. Saint Brendan feels like home. People recognize you and wave to you at Mass, even if they don t know your name, Donovan said. One of my sons was coming to an early morning Mass, but had to stop because [it no longer fit with his work schedule]. After a few weeks, one of the people who always sat near my husband and I came up to me, and asked where my son was. He wanted to make sure my son was okay, even though we only knew each other to wave to. Everyone here is just so down-to-earth, kind, and friendly, Hardesty said. It s a community that you can t help wanting to be part of. --Claire Kosewic, Staff Bulletin Writer

Stewardship Stewardship is the grateful response of a Christian disciple who recognizes and receives God s gifts and shares them generously in love of God and neighbor.

5 Stewardship Stewardship is the grateful response of a Christian disciple who recognizes and receives God s gifts and shares them generously in love of God and neighbor. Stewardship is not about money or fundraising. It is a spirituality. It is a way of life. A steward recognizes that God is the source of all life and every blessing and that all gifts of time, talent, and treasure come from God. A steward is grateful for those gifts. A steward takes care of and increases those gifts and freely gives back the first and best portion of those gifts to God. Open The Floodgates Few, if any, passages from the four gospels are clearer than this week s story of the widow s mite about the importance of using the gifts of treasure God has given us for the work of his kingdom (Mark 12:41-44). In the story, Jesus commends a poor widow for contributing two small coins worth a few cents, while at the same time excoriating the rich for their proportionately paltry donations. The Old Testament required Israelites to tithe by contributing ten percent of their wealth to the temple treasury. According to the law of Moses, you shall tithe all the produce that grows in the field you have sown each year (Deuteronomy 14:22). Presumably the wealthy Jews in the gospel were putting in their fair share, a tenth of all their income. Indeed, that was the law. But Jesus criticizes them anyway because they gave from their surplus and not from their need, as the widow did. She contributed all she had, her whole livelihood (Mark 12:44). Apparently, Jesus expected something more than a mathematically-correct tithe. There s a story of a fishing village where a missionary had visited and talked about stewardship and tithing. A young boy in the village went fishing. When he returned he came and knocked on the door of the missionary and said, Here s my fish. The missionary asked, Where are the other nine? The boy said, They re still in the river. I haven t caught them yet. He gave his first and only fish, trusting that God would give him those other fish to eat, just like the poor widow contributed both coins she had and trusted God to give her the rest. Catholics sometimes are confused about the biblical obligation to share their financial blessings. But Christ is clear. We are to contribute from our surplus with a sacrificial donation. In return, the Lord promises to open the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon [us] without measure (Malachi 3:10). Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, God says, that there may be food in my house (Malachi 3:10). Whatever blessings God has given you, we invite you to make a planned, proportionate, and sacrificial financial commitment to this parish and to the poor that will endure. SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEK: CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DE- VELOPMENT SUNDAY COLLECTION November 4, 2018 GOAL $ 9,500 TOTAL $10,981 Over $1,481 --Father Roger Gustafson, Pastor

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8 SAINT BRENDAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Church School Convent 29 Rockaway Avenue San Francisco CA Rectory Phone: (415) Mon - Thurs: 8:30 am - Noon, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Sun: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Laguna Honda Blvd. San Francisco CA Tel. (415) Canossian Sisters 234 Ulloa Street San Francisco CA Tel. (415) MASSES Sunday: 7:30, 9:30,11:30 AM Mon-Fri: 6:30 & 8:15 AM Saturday: 8:15 AM 5:00 PM Holy Days: 6:30 AM, 8:15 AM and 6:00 PM CONFESSIONS Saturday: 4:15-4:45 PM Wednesday: 7:15-7:45 PM EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Wednesday: 7:00-8:00 PM Saturday: 4:00-4:45 PM BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS For information, please see our website at or call us at (415) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SAT 8:15 a.m. SAT 5 p.m. SUN 7:30 a.m. SUN 9:30 a.m. MASS INTENTIONS (November 12-18, 2018) Weekday 6:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. David L. Alvers (D) Achille Carmassi (D) Joanie Ashe (L) (Healing) Weekend Neal Murphy (D) Msgr. Joseph Sullivan (D) Tom Leach (D) Carmela D Angelo Addiego (D) Tom Leach (D) David O Connor (D) Francisco Tamparaong (D) Mr. & Mrs. So Ka Wing (D) People of St. Brendan Church Fidelina Melendez (D) David Cheng (D) SUN 11:30a.m. Fr. Dam Nguyen (L) (25th Anniversary of Priesthood) STAFF Pastor (415) Fr. Roger Gustafson FatherRogerGustafson@gmail.com Parochial Vicar (415) Fr. Celestine Tyowua Ext.214 oryina2000@gmail.com Member & Volunteer Care (415) Sr. Angela Furia, FdCC srangela@stbrendanparish.org Evangelization & Faith Formation Manolito Jaldon (415) manolito@stbrendanparish.org Music Ministry (415) Mario Balestrieri School Principal (415) Dianne Lakatta dlakatta@stbrendansf.com Parish Manager (415) Lisa Rosenlund lisa@stbrendanparish.org Financial Administrator (415) Maeve O Reilly maeve@stbrendanparish.org Administrative Assistant (415) Vera Gonzalez vera@stbrendanparish.org

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