ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH 373 BON AIR ROAD, GREENBRAE, CA 94904-1709 (415) 461-0704 WWW .SEBASTIAN94904.COM

OCT. 10, 2010

28TH SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY

TIME

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Evening .... 5 PM

Sundays .................... 7AM, 9AM, & 11AM

Monday - Saturday . 7AM & 9AM

CONFESSIONS Saturdays .................. 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Parish Office Phone: 461-0704

Pastor ........................ Rev. Mark Taheny

Parochial Vicar ........ Rev. Paul Perry

Office Mgr. ............... Nancy Lampe

Parish School of Religion:

Renée O’Neill: PSR@pacbell.net

Confirmation Youth Group:

Dave Previtali: StSebConfirmation@yahoo.com

October

is the

Month

of the

Holy

Rosary

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE FOLLOWING

IN YOUR PRAYERS:

Albert, Angela, Bertha, Doug, Elizabeth, Joseph,

Kristen, Michael, Patrick, Tony, Stephanie, Tim,

Carol Abraham, Lorenzo Acciai, Sally Arango,

Nicholas Arenas, Marco Balistreri, Ivy Batmale,

Madison Bostow, Nicole & Sean Burke, Lori

Cohen, Yondellan Coleman, Elizabeth Cook,

Elizabeth Crowley, Doris Doty, Nanette Duffy, Luke

Duval, Kathleen Foley, Tom & Eileen Harriman,

Taro Hart, James Harvey, Rosemarie Hayes, Chiara

Iulucci, John Kelley, Germaine Khohayting, Jeanne

Killian, Joe Lazor, Manda Masse, Gino Mazzenatto,

Warren McGuire, Richard Mogas, Monte

Maroevich, Valerie Milroy, Gary Parlapiano, Mark

Piatti, Bertha Ponce de Leon, Joe Popovich, Kylie

Richardson, Peggy Roth, Steve Schlesselmann, Mary

Lou Smith, Paul Smith, Ted Taheny, Rose Tannlund,

Larry Ulin, Elizabeth Ward, Jeannette Weiss, Sibeal

Whitty, & Camilla Wolfe.

S TEWARDSHIP

Last weekend $ 5,776.

Weekly goal $ 5,200.

Weekly average $ 4,531.

THOUGHTS ON TODAY’S GOSPEL

Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one of them came

back glorifying God and thanking Jesus. We, too,

have been healed by the Lord, and washed clean of

our sins which are even worse than leprosy! Jesus

came down from heaven to do this for us. At every

Mass we thank God. We’ll never stop giving thanks!

NEW LECTORS NEEDED

We are seeking Lectors to read the Scriptures and

Prayers on Saturday at 5pm Mass as well as Sunday

at 7am Mass, one Mass per month. Contact Nancy at

the Parish Office at 461-0704.

LEARN GREGORIAN CHANT!

The Holy Rosary Schola is dedicated the

revitalization of Gregorian Chant in the Roman

Catholic Liturgy. “We consider singing Gregorian

Chant a spiritual practice, and rehearsal time as a

prayer in itself.”

Anyone interested in learning to sing Gregorian

Chant is invited to join the Tuesday, 7-9pm classes at

St. Anselm Church, Shady Lane & Bolinas, in Ross.

Call Janice, 721-0635, for more info.

Class is on-going, beginners are welcome.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER 11—16

Mon Columbus Day Holiday

9AM Jim Staats

Tue 7AM Naviha Succar

9AM Special Intention

Wed 7AM Health & Welfare of Totah Family

9AM Sweeny, Beber, Vanza, living

Thu 7AM For an End to Abortions

9AM Tarrant Family, living & deceased

Fri 7AM Mary Ann Bellia

9AM Chris, Kim, Liz, & Ester, living

Sat 7AM Fr. Dennis McManus

9AM Sweeny, Beber, Vanza, living

ANNUAL “OCTOBER COUNT”

During the month of October, the ushers will be

taking a count of the number of parishioners who

attend each Mass on the weekends, (men, women,

and children). This yearly report is done by all

parishes and submitted to the Archdiocese of San

Francisco.

COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY

In observance of Columbus Day, the

Parish Office will be closed on Monday, October 11.

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FALL PARKING L OT SALE

FUNDRAISER FOR ST. ISABELLA’S, SAN RAFAEL

Saturday, October 23rd

9 am to 3 pm

Reserve a space to sell your items, new or used

10’ x 10’ space for rent @ $40 ’til Oct. 8

Contact: Ginny Pheatt 479-5609

ginny@lucasvalley.net

Siobhan Stoddard 492-9445

siobhan@sempleappraisal.com

YOUNG AT HEART

ANGEL ISLAND TRIP — WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13

Lunch at Cove Café in Ayala Cove:

Turkey Sandwich, Potato Salad, Fruit,

Oatmeal Cookie, & Drink.

Cost: $65. includes bus, ferry, tram tour,

lunch, and all taxes & tips.

$68. for guests or non-members.

Bus leaves St. Sebastian’s at 9:15am,

and returns to church at approx. 2:15pm.

Deadline for reservation is tomorrow!, so call

Rosellen Staats 461-9003 or

Denise Carrade 461-0689

CYO REGISTRATION

Registration is now open for St. Sebastian CYO

Basketball for girls and boys 4th through 8th grade.

Please go to http://saintsebastiancyo.com and click

on the registration link. Practices start in early

November and league games run January through

mid March. Player evaluations will be conducted in

mid-October. We emphasize the teaching of

basketball fundamentals and Catholic/Christian

sportsmanship. All Kent and Bacich students along

with others who reside in the Kentfield, and

Greenbrae area are invited to play. If you have any

questions, please contact Bob McCullough at stsebastiancyo@gmail.com.

St. Anselm School is hosting its annual fundraiser on

October 30, at Marin Catholic High School. Along

with the dinner dance, there’s an on-line auction at

www.stanselmauction.cmarket.com ending Nov. 1.

NAZARETH HOUSE RAFFLE AND BOUTIQUE

Raffle tickets for Nazareth House will be on sale

next weekend after the Masses. Tickets are $2 each,

or 6 for $10.

The Nazareth House Auxiliary’s annual Christmas

Boutique will be November 14th from 11am until

3pm at Nazareth House, 245 Nova Albion Way in

San Rafael. Admission is $5, with sandwiches,

drinks, & cookies provided. The boutique features

handmade items, fresh-baked goods, jewelry,

collectible dolls, cash prizes, and a silent auction.

The proceeds will be used by the Sisters of Nazareth

to enhance the quality of life for the men and women

who reside at their retirement facility in San Rafael.

October is “Respect Life” Month

“But I feel a great destroyer of peace today is abor-

tion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing, direct

murder by the mother herself.

And we read in the scripture, for God says very

clearly: “Even if a mother could forget her child, I

will not forget you. I have carved you in the palm of

My Hand.”

We are carved in the palm of His Hand; so close to

Him, that unborn child has been carved in the Hand

of God. And that is what strikes me most, the begin-

ning of that sentence,

that even a mother

could forget something

impossible—but even if

she could forget—“I

will not forget you.”

And today the greatest

destroyer of peace is

abortion. And we who

are standing here—our

parents wanted us. We

would not be here if our

parents would do that to

us.”

--Blessed Mother Teresa,

at a Lecture upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize,

Oslo, Norway, Dec. 11, 1979.

ST. PATRICK SCHOOL’S “HOE DOWN”

120 King Street, Larkspur, in the School Yard

Saturday, October 23, 3pm—8pm

Fun, Food, Prizes, Bull Riding, Line Dancing,

Dunk Tank, Pumpkin Patch, Sugar Barn,

and all the fun you can muster up!

THE FIFTEEN PROMISES OF OUR LADY

TO THOSE WHO RECITE THE HOLY ROSARY

1) Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the

Rosary, shall receive signal graces.

2) I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to

all those who shall recite the Rosary.

3) The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will

destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.

4) The Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it

will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will

withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its

vanities, and will lift them to the desire for eternal things. Oh,

that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

5) The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation

of the Rosary, shall not perish.

6) Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying

himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never

be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His

justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be

just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy

of eternal life.

7) Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall

not die without the sacraments of the Church.

8) Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God

and the plenititude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in

paradise.

9) I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.

10) The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.

11) You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.

12) All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

13) I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the

entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.

14) All who recite the Rosary are my sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters of my only Son Jesus

Christ.

15) Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.