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CAREGIVERS'
SUPPORT
Sisters Patricia and Sheral offer Saturday
gatherings quarterly for those caring for an
elderly or infirm spouse, family member or
neighbor. Please contact either of them for
information.
FILIPINO-AMERICAN
GROUP
The
FilAm Group is open to ALL FilAm members of the
Parish and ALL their friends. Meetings are held
every 2-3 months, depending on scheduled
happenings. FilAm is involved with social as
well as religious and spiritual activities to meet
the needs of our members and of our parish. There
are three devotional practices that the FilAm
sponsors and proudly celebrate every
year:
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Flores
de Mayo is celebrated to honor and
commemorate our Blessed Mother in May. A
flower offering by the children of the
parish takes place during a special
11:30am Mass, with reception among
friends and the St. Robert's community
after the Mass.
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2)
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San
Lorenzo Ruiz, the first and only Filipino
saint, is honored with a nine-day novena
held at various member's homes,
culminating with a special mass on the
Sunday closest to his feast day, September
28th. The mass is followed with a
reception in the Hall.
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3)
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Simbang
Gabi, a nine-day schedule of masses before
Christmas. This is a beautiful cultural
tradition to prepare for the Christmas
season with reception and fellowship
following each mass.
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Another
important activity that FilAm members are involved
is our "famous" lumpia booth during the St.
Robert's School Festival. This is an important
activity for the school to which FilAm members cook
and sell lumpia and other Filipino dishes to help
with fund raising for the school.
Also,
FilAm members have a very active choir that sings
during the 11:30am Mass on Sundays.
FilAm
is a very active and committed group of
parishioners, and we definitely welcome new members
dedicated to our common fellowship for St. Robert's
parish.
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Current
Officers:
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President
- Albert Reyes
Vice-President - Roy Blanco
Recording Secretary - Sasa Puchbauer
Corresponding Secretary - Rose
Benavente
Treasurer - Veronica Realuyo
Public Relations Officer - Encar
Sanchez
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Committee
Chairs:
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Finance
Committee - Veronica Realuyo
Membership Committee - Josie Yee
Ways and Means Committee - Thelma
Tannis
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You
may call Albert Reyes, (650) 871-5706
(arichreyes@aol.com),or
Josie Yee, (650) 588-6975 (jspyee@comcast.net),
or contact any of the other officers and committee
chairs mentioned above.
GROWNUPS
St.
Robert's Grownups is a group of parishioners who
are over the age of fifty. A steering committee of
twenty-one members meets once a month to act as the
leaders, planning all the events for each calendar
year. There are two general membership meetings a
year which include a guest speaker, social
activities that include overnight trips, excursions
and Communion brunches. The Grownups also assist in
the parish picnic and festival and hold a Christmas
dinner party to raise funds for the
poor.
IN-BETWEENERS
A parish
organization open to all members of St. Roberts
Parish. Our goals include rekindling old
friendships and making new ones. Our membership
consist of adults of any age, married, single,
widowed, male or female. The In-Betweeners is a
group of adults that considers themselves between
those of the Men's Club/Women's Guild and the
Grownups. We are planning activities in and around
the Bay Area.
Meets 3rd Friday
of about 8 months a year
- 7:00pm at Hennessy Hall
LEGION OF
MARY
A
group of dedicated parishioners, under the example
and patronage of Mary, who undertake parish
visitation and a special ministry of prayer on
behalf of the parish.
Legion
of Mary - meets Tuesday evenings, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
in the Library
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For
the current
contact:
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MEN'S
CLUB
Open to all men
of the parish and sponsoring many and varied social
and service activities for the entire parish
generating financial support for our parish school
and athletic programs. Some of the major events
sponsored are the Crab Cioppino Dinner in December
and Marinated Crab Dinner in February the annual
Golf Tournament in April.
Meets 1st Monday
of each month at Hennessy Hall -
6:00pm
WOMEN'S
GUILD
Open
to all women of the parish, this organization
sponsors numerous and varied social and service
activities for the entire parish generating
financial support for our parish school. The Guild
sponsors the annual Dinner
Dance/Auction
among other functions.
Meets
2nd Monday of each month (unless there
is a holiday) at Hennessy Hall -
6:30pm
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