In a few days all parishioners who contribute to the Parish by envelope or check will receive information about the Campaign for Catholic Schools. Please read it carefully and pray over it. You should receive a phone call from a fellow parishioner within the next few weeks asking if you want to make a pledge of $1,000 or more. If you cannot do that, you might want to make a one time gift. Extra Campaign information is in the vestibule.

I make this appeal especially to the parishioners who have had children go through the Catholic school system. If you feel your children were blessed by the experience, help another child receive a similar blessing. I also appeal to the parishioners with no children. This is an opportunity to help a child whose family cannot afford a Catholic school education. All other families and individuals, I ask you to help if God has given you the resources to do so. No matter what, pray that all children will receive the best Catholic education possible in either a Catholic School or in our excellent Religious Education Program.

On a warm, sunny day, a kind, old woman went for a walk in San Bruno Park. All of the squirrels in the park were very busy gathering seeds and nuts, just as squirrels do. As she walked along the path, one squirrel looked up and was very frightened. He darted lickety-split, first this-a-way and then that-a-way (just as squirrels do), making sure the kind, old woman wouldn’t catch him, until he finally reached a big tree. Up the tree he scampered until he was safe from that kind, old woman.

As the woman continued along the path, she walked by another busy squirrel. This happened to be a girl squirrel, and she was so busy looking for seeds and nuts (and without much luck, in fact) that she didn’t even notice the kind, old woman passing by.

There was a cat sitting in the sun near the path, doing nothing (just as cats don’t do). As the cat saw the kind, old woman coming nearer to him, he closed his eyes and pretended not to see the woman (just as cats do, too). Silly cat! He also thought as he closed his eyes that the kind, old woman couldn’t see him, either. The woman saw the cat very well, and she had a smile in her eye as she passed him by. He gave a casual lick to the fur on his paw, quite proud of himself, as cats often are.

Finally, the woman passed by another busy squirrel who looked up just as the first one did. But this squirrel (another girl squirrel) was bold and hungry, as squirrels sometimes are. She walked right up to the kind, old woman to see if she had any seeds or nuts. The kind, old woman got down so low she could speak to the squirrel. In fact, she lay down on her belly, and she whispered in the bold, hungry squirrel’s ear, "It wouldn’t be right for me to give you food that you need to collect yourself. But I’ve been all around this park, and I can tell you where it’s hid."

And so she did, just as kind, old women do.

**We welcome into the family of God: Katelyn Esposto who was baptized in Christ.

*We pray for the ill: Tony Coogan, Koret Koelman, Terry McLeod, Adela Florez, Ana Cosgaya, Peter Capodonicco, Rosemary McHale, Arthur Candia, Bastiaan Blumenthal, Muriel Krause, Sister Cabrini, Don Vickery, Jeanne McHugh, Catherine Cook, Ann Burns, Imelda Daly, Margarita Velez, Marky, Marlyn Arancibia, Marcia Bourne, Sandra Dill, & Randall Guerro.

*For the repose of the souls of Irene Amezquita, Frank Cericola and John Graffigna.

As a Parish Community, We Pray

The meaning of life is to be found in giving and receiving love,
and in this light, human sexuality and procreation reach their true and full significance.
Love also gives meaning to suffering and death ...they can become saving events.

THE GROWNUPS’.....The Grownups; Communion Buffet Luncheon will be held Sunday, Oct. 10th after the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Tickets at $12.00 each will be sold after the Masses today. Reservations can also be made by calling Lillian Fazio, Dorothy Branch or Vera Hannon. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

WOMEN’S GUILD....Please join us for the October Harvest Moon Dinner meeting and Mystery Guest Night on October 18th. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and dinner is at 7:00 p.m. For reservations call Angie Mullady. Price is $10 with reservations by October 15th.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH
7:30-9 St. Vincent de Paul.......Library

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH
6:45-8P Religious Ed.....Hall
7-9P Youth ......Hall/Kitchen
6:30-8P Legion of Mary ....Library

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH
9:00-9:30A, Grief Group Chp

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH
7:00-9:00 PM, RCIA....Chapel
7:00 P-9:00P set up grandparents day.....Hall

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15TH
8:00A-2:00P Grandparents day.....Hall

SATURDAY , OCTOBER 16TH
1-midnight, Fil/Am....Hall