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Saint Vincent De Paul Society Of San Mateo County

Need A Ride To Mass?

If you are in need of a ride to Mass the Outreach Committee is available.

Please call Maritza Longland at 650 291-0657.

Dress A Girl around

the World

The Parish Tea Com-

mittee would like to

thank everyone who

contributed and

made dresses for

this project.

Rose-Marie Lom-

bardi's Peninsula La-

dies Club made 116

of these dresses.

Lenten Schedule

Every Friday during Lent at 8:00am at St. Denis:

Mass, Stations of the Cross, Hot Cross Buns

Thu. Feb. 18 Parish History Night

6:00pm Soup & Speaker at St. Denis

Tue. Mar. 1 Senior Luncheon

Noon at St. Denis

Tue. Mar. 8 Lenten Retreat 10:00am to 2:00pm

Prayer, reflection, Mass and lunch at St. Denis

The Triduum (March 24, 25, 26, 27)

Holy Thursday - 7:00pm at St. Denis

(Mass with Feet Washing, Benediction)

Good Friday services - noon at St. Denis, noon at Our Lady of the Wayside

(Stations, Passion, Adoration of Cross, Communion)

Easter Vigil - 7:00pm at St. Denis

(with reception after)

Easter Sunday (regular Sunday schedules)

You are invited to grow spiritually and to serve people in need by joining the Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Conference (small group) being formed here in St. Denis Parish. There are so many ways locally that you

can help. All these opportunities are close by. For more information on SVDP, come to a wine and cheese

Q & A Wednesday, February 17th, at 5:30 pm. in the St. Denis parish hall.

Saint Denis /Our Lady Of The Wayside Churches

Brought together by Christ, we, the parish of St. Denis

and Our Lady of the Wayside,

respond to his call to live our Catholic faith.

(650) 854-5976

www.stdenisparish.org

St. Denis Church (Parish Office)

2250 Avy Avenue • Menlo Park

Our Lady of the Wayside Church

930 Portola Road • Portola Valley

February 14th, 2016 1st Sunday of Lent

Parish Staff Rev. Paul O’Dell [email protected] (415) 686-9951 Pastor

Msgr. Jose Rodriguez (650) 530-2577

Gina Morales Operations Manager [email protected] (650) 854-5976 ext.106 Lucy Soltau Religious Ed & Youth Ministry [email protected] (650) 854-5976 ext.102

Dede Waters-Masters Pastoral Minister in charge of Liturgy & Senior Services [email protected] (650) 854-5976 ext.110 Bulletin Editor [email protected]

MassTimes

St. Denis Church Saturday: 5:30pm (Vigil) Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am Monday-Friday: 8:00 am Our Lady of the Wayside Church Saturday: 4:30 pm (Vigil) Sunday: 9:30 am

Confession Times Saturday: 4:00 pm, Our Lady of the Wayside Saturday: 5:00 pm, St. Denis

Office Hours M-F, 9:00 am—2:00 pm

Office Closed Monday February 15th In Observance of President’s Day

SAVE THE DATE

Thursday February 18th, St. Denis History Night and Soup 6pm

It’s an official History Session– History of St. Denis Church starting

from 1853. Our guest speaker will be Bo Crane. He recently pub-

lished a book called The Life and Times of Dennis Martin, the found-

er of our beautiful little church. Additionally some of our historical

picture/newspaper albums will be on display with some “old-timers”

present to answer questions about the rebuilt St. Denis Church start-

ed in 1962.

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Mass Intentions

In your charity, please pray for...

Rosa Sharif, Bob O’Neil, Dean Babcock, Carol Armstrong, Stella Arde, Agnes Babcock, Bob Bark, Louise Brent, Mike Carragee, Lily Chan, Lynn

Cintron, Sandra Dailey, Gertrude DeZelaya, Bob Ellis, Amelia Elsbree, Michael Fil, Susan Fil, Ruben Fuentez, Johnny Gentry, Lauren Goode, Michael

Ho, Ryan Johnston, Maurice Kidd, Lisa Kitz, Matthew Lear, Phyllis Lucas, Luke Mars, Ann Martin, Sheri Martin, Dorothy Meyers, Dennis Miller,

Lorraine O'Connor, Lorie Ortega, Jim Rock, Robert Roger, Raymond Shaaf Sr., Kathy Schoendorf, Marie Scott, Dorothy Skala, Doug Ury, Walter

Weber, Bev Wheat, Mila Wright, William Yates, Ada Zilli, and William and Jean Zonner. NAMES WILL REMAIN ON THE LIST FOR A MONTH

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED.

PRAY – FAST – GIVE

“What are you giving up for Lent?”

The question Catholic asks each other this time of year!

But the Church asks us to do more than “give something up”.

We are asked to do 3 things during Lent:

PRAY: spend more time than usual with God.

To help with that, please take a LITTLE BLACK BOOK with you.

It will help you pray differently, every day of Lent.

And there are LITTLE PURPLE BOOKS for the children!

FAST: this is the “giving up” part!

What in your life is God asking you to give up?

It’s not candy or sodas, but attitudes and behaviors

that God would like us to give up.

GIVE: put your sacrifices to work helping others.

To help with that, we have OPERATION RICE BOWL.

Money saved from sacrificing during Lent

can be put in the Rice Bowl and

we will collect it during Holy Week.

It will be sent to Catholic Relief Services

to help with projects around the world

that help the poor, displaced, and hungry.

For more information, take a RICE BOWL with you today,

or go to www.crsricebowl.org

Jesus went into the desert to fast and pray

and to be guided by the Holy Spirit

to do the work he was sent to do.

We go into the desert with Jesus during these forty days

for the same reasons.

I pray that your fasting, praying and giving

lead you all to know the mission God has for you too!

Yours, Lucy

ST. DENIS

Sat. Feb. 13 5:30pm St. Denis Parishioners Sun. Feb 14 7:30 am Irene Goodwin (+) Mary Hagman (+)

9:30 am St. Denis Parishioners

11:30 am Joan Marino (+)

Mon. Feb. 15 8:00 am St. Denis Parishioners

Tues. Feb. 16 8:00 am The Deceased Members

Wed. Feb. 17 8:00 am St. Denis Parishioners

Thurs. Feb. 18 8:00 am St. Denis Parishioners

Fri. Feb. 19 8:00 am Deceased Members

OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE

Sat. Feb. 13 4:30 pm Deceased Members of Our Lady of the Wayside

Sun. Feb. 14 9:30 am Parishioners of Our Lady of the Wayside

Dear Beloved Parishioners,

As we begin our Lenten journey of faith, there is an image for us to

reflect upon. It is the image of the cross. The cross, though, is more than

an image. It is a powerful sign, a revealing truth of our faith. The cross is

the intersection of the vertical with the horizontal.

The vertical part of the cross symbolizes our relationship with God.

During Lent, we are to think about and to be honest with our relationship

with God. There are questions that challenge us to answer. Do we take

time each and every day to pray to the good Lord? The good Lord speaks

to us in the stillness and silence of prayer. The little black Lenten books

provide daily opportunities for us to meditate on the readings of the day.

Also, do we put God first in our lives or replace him with others gods like

money, material possessions or food ?

The horizontal part of the cross represents our relationship with the

people in our lives. Perhaps the most important question that challenges

us is how do we view and treat others? Do we use people for our own

selfish ambitions, thereby treating our bothers and sisters in Christ as

objects? Our faith reminds us that we are all made in the image and like-

ness of God. Therefore, every human being deserves and has the inalien-

able right to be treated with respect and dignity. Recall the greatest teach-

ing of Jesus. He commands that we love God and love our neighbor as

ourselves. Doing this can be far harder than giving up certain things in

life or even fasting.

As we gaze upon the cross of Jesus, may we have the courage and

humility to do some real soul searching during this Lenten season. God

gives us the grace to live a life of faith. Allow the cross to be a source of

strength for you. May God bless you with his grace during this Lenten

season.

Pastor’s Corner What We Believe

Stewardship

FIRST COMMUNION ENRICHMENT CLASSES WITH FR. PAUL

Fr. Paul is offering optional enrichment classes to children

preparing to celebrate their First Communion this Spring.

Classes are Mondays at 3:30-4:30pm (NEW TIME!) in the parish hall,

NO CLASS THIS MONDAY FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

Next class, February 22.

NO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

No classes on February 14 for the Presidents Holiday weekend.

All classes resume on February 21.

FIRST YEAR CONFIRMATION RETREAT (7th graders)

Saturday, February 20 at 10:00am to 5:30pm

Meet us at Our Lady of the Wayside Church

Bring your permission slip, a bag lunch and snacks to share!

For more information, contact Lucy at [email protected]

LITTLE BLACK BOOKS

These books are designed to help you pray more and differently during Lent.

They are FREE and can be found in the boxes near the church entrances.

LITTLE PURPLE BOOKS

Just like the books for adults, but these are for children!

Also free and in the box in the back of the church.

OPERATION RICE BOWL

Catholic Relief Services project to help you pray, fast and give!

Pray for the poor around the world, make a sacrifice

and put the money in the RICE BOWL.

There are also recipes from around the world,

stories about how CRS is helping fight hunger and poverty,

and more on their website at www.crsricebowl.org

Take a bowl with you today, and we’ll collect them during Holy Week.

Religious Education

Spiritual Book Club

1962 St. Denis Groundbreaking Day

July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 (Goal) $372,300.00

July 1, 2015 to January 31, 2015 $214,691.84

Monthly Goal-January 2016 $41,000.00

January Sunday Collections $40,317.84

2016 Annual Appeal $83,000.00

Contributions to Date $39,006.00

How has your faith evolved since the Second Vatican Council? Our new book

Grounded: Finding God in the World, A Spiritual Revolution describes how

many Christians in the U.S. have shifted their perspective from a more distant

God to the God within us and in our neighbor. Diana Butler Bass is both a

historian and journalist. Currently she writes for the Huffington Post and for

Beliefnet. In the spirit of Pope Francis, Diana describes taking care of the

earth as a spiritual responsibility. Books are available on the Book Club shelf

at Kepler’s. Our meetings are on Tuesdays at 10:00 am. Please call Tereza

McNamee 650 323-6859, for more information.