WOOHOO! Our outside school yard/parish parking lot has been resurfaced and repainted. Our inside school yard playing area has been repainted as well. The new look offers an added attraction as we are about to start a new school year comes August 17th. Something for our school family to be excited with. Thanks to our principal Dr. Patrick Sullivan and his staff for making this happen.

WOOHOO! Our church has been deep cleaned that includes dusting the whole area, removing the cobwebs, washing the stain glass and all windows, shampooing the carpet, scrubbing and waxing the floors, washing and disinfecting the pews, pressure washing the side and front walkways.

WOOHOO! Two deacons Ben Rosado and Ian El-Quinto will be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco this Saturday at St. Pius. Rev. Ben Rosado served St. Roberts as our deacon-in-residence last year residing at the parish convent. Due to a capacity allowance, the Ordination Mass is invite only. However, if you’d like to be a part of their ordination, the current plan is for the Mass to be live-streamed on Saturday, August 1st, at 10 AM on St. Pius Parish’s Facebook page and the Archdiocesan YouTube page. Let us welcome them to the Presbyterate of our Archdiocese. Congratulations to our new priests!

HOOHOO! Three priest passed away this week: Fr. Bernard Brennan (07/26), Fr. Gerry O’ Rourke (07/29) and Msgr. Ed McTaggart (07/30). Tomorrow, Saturday, August 1st, we were supposed to have a Funeral Mass for Caroline del Castillo Herbert in the morning and a Memorial Mass for Betty Klingenfuss in the afternoon. But looks like we are shutting the church doors for public worship starting tonight. We are anticipating the additional restriction that would take effect at 12:01 AM on Saturday, August 1st. Regardless, let us pray for our deceased brothers and sisters. May they rest in peace!

HOOHOO! Our Irish Sisters of the Presentation are retiring from St.Roberts after almost 50 years of service. Sr. Antonio Heapy, Sr. Vianney Buckley and Sr. Patricia Sullivan will be moving into a beautiful religious and lay retirement community in Texas this September. Thank you sisters for your years of devoted and fruitful service at St. Roberts. We are reaping the fruits of what you have planted. Well done, good and faithful servants! (Read Deacon Rusty Duffey’s article.)

HOOHOO! If restriction takes effect as scheduled, then we will not be opening the church for in-person worship this Sunday. We can still worship together online via our Facebook page and YouTube Channel. We will livestream our masses just the same: Saturday, 4:30 PM and Sunday, 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM.

I am just so amazed as to how you love our church by your continuous prayer and giving. I deeply appreciate the gesture.

One of the best feelings is waking up and realizing that you can be happy even without the things you think you need.

Problems and hardships will still meet you in the course of the day, but God gives you the spiritual fortitude to endure, survive and yes even to SMILE.

With God's love, everything comes out perfectly all the time. Be strong because God is your stronghold!

-Fr. Arnold

Saint Robert's is happy to welcome our new Pastor, Fr. Arnold Zamora. Fr. Arnold Zamora comes to us after serving as Pastor of Holy Name Parish in San Francisco for over 11 years. He and Fr. Boie, both attended the same seminary in the Philippines and were members of the Priest's Choir of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Fr. Zamora is an accomplished musician, who plays many different instruments. He served in the past, as the Music Director of Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco.

Fr. Zamora was well loved by his parishioners at Holy Name and they were very sorry to see him transferred.

Let's give Fr. Arnold a warm welcome to St. Robert's, and let's pray for his new ministry here.

Fr. John L. Greene