MHR Parish Bulletin, October 14, 2007.

THIS WEEK AT MOST HOLY REDEEMER

Monday, October 15
7 pm Centering Prayer in the Church
7 pm Finance Committee in the Rectory

Tuesday, October 16
10 am Gardening in the Garden

Wednesday, October 17
5:30 pm Wednesday Night Suppers in Ellard Hall
7 pm Choir Practice in the Choir Loft

Thursday, October 18
10 am Gardening in the Garden
7 pm Choir Practice in the Choir Loft

Friday, October 19
7:30 pm Young Adult Group Meeting and Rosary Making in the Library

Saturday, October 20
Capital Campaign Weekend
10 am Gardening in the Garden

Sunday, October 21
Capital Campaign Weekend
9 am Children’s Liturgy of the Word and Catechesis in the Children’s Room
9 am Choir Practice in the Choir Loft
9:30 am Weekly Rosary by Our Lady’s Statue near the stairs going to the Church
After the 10 am Mass - Coffee Hour in Ellard Hall
4 pm Secular Franciscans at MHR in the Children’s Room

Eucharistic Ministry Training

If you would like to be a Eucharistic Minister at our liturgies or would like to serve the homebound by bringing communion to them, the Archdiocese is sponsoring a
training on October 20 (and November 17 for homebound ministry). For more details, please call Pete Toms at 415-863-1581.

• The Parish Pastoral Council has scheduled the first Town Hall Meeting for Sunday, November 4, after the 10 am Mass. Town Hall meetings are organized by the
Pastoral Council to keep parishioners informed and to hear their concerns, needs, and initiatives. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

Thank you, Archbishop

• We are grateful to Archbishop George Niederauer for his first visit to MHR Parish! We appreciate his kind words and pastoral concern.
• Visit our website to see the pictures from his visit at http://mhr.org/gallery17.htm

October Count (October 6-7)

Every year during the weekends of October, the Archdiocese asks all parishes to conduct the Annual October Count.

Mass	Men	Women	Children	Total
5pm	35	15	0	50
8am	37	16	1	54
10am	251	50	4	305
Total	323	81	5	409

We thank the Ministers of Hospitality for their help in conducting the Annual October Count.

Castro Street Fair

We would like to thank the Young Adult Group for staffing the parish information booth at the Castro Street fair. Thank you also to the Support Group for facilitating the parish’s presence in this neighborhood celebration.

MHR AIDS Support Group

• A special Thank You to the 30 generous volunteers who assisted us last Sunday at the Castro Street Fair to raise much needed program funds. Your sacrifice of
time and sensitivity to our mission is deeply appreciated. Thank you so much.
• The next Retreat For Persons with HIV/AIDS at Catherine’s House in the Sierra Foothills is
on October 22-25. For reservations, call tollfree 888-644-4584. Transportation is provided and scholarships to cover a minimal donation are available from the Support Group.
• OKTOBERFEST – Sunday, October 28. Save the date for the first MHR ASG Oktoberfest in our Parish “Beer” Garden. 12 Noon - 3 pm. All proceeds benefit our AIDS Support Group programs. Questions? 415-863-1581.

Treasury Notes

• One of the ways to contribute financially to MHR is through automated electronic contributions. Kindly call the Parish Office if you would like to start contributing electronically.
• Next week’s second collection is for World Mission Sunday. Please use the envelopes by the pews and the entrance of the Church.

Last Week’s Collection: October 6-7

5 pm Mass $321.00
8 am Mass $713.00
10 am Mass $3,266.00
Miscellaneous $1,060.00
Total Last Week: $5,360.00

Thank you very much!

MHR Community Corner

• We would like to say Happy Birthday to those celebrating their birthdays this week: Michael Boote,
Dan Brownfield, Walter Martone, Tia Elena Martinez, Sr. Cleta Herold PBVM, Philip R. Carrizosa, Ina Acuña, Kevin D. Bernier, Jerome Braun, Raymond O'Connor, and Gregory P. Plummer.
• Please pray for the eternal repose of the soul of David Simmons.

In Memoriam

• The memorial for the dead envelopes are available by the entrance of the Church. Please send them back to the Parish Office by Monday, October 29.
• We have an obituary section in our parish website at www.mhr.org. If you have a loved one who was a
member of MHR and who you would like memorialized on our web site, please compose a statement of that person's life and other information that you would like to include, and we will do our best to include it on the web site. If you have a photo of your loved one (on paper or electronic form) we can include that as well.
Submission for this as for any other submissions to the web site should be sent to mhr-webadmin@mhr.org or to the Parish Office, attn: MHR Web Admin.

Parking Lot Fundraiser

Please note that the Parking Lot will be closed from late afternoon of Friday, October 26, and from afternoon of Saturday, October 27, as well as Halloween Night, October 31. The parking lot fundraiser will be done this year by the Young Adult Group.

MHR Has Gone Mobile!

Ever been walking down Market Street wondering what time the next event at MHR starts? Or what parish events will be taking place in the coming weeks? Sure you have! Now there’s no need to be concerned about missing a thing! As an adjunct to our parish web site, you can now keep up to date with parish news, meetings and general information via your web-enabled cell phone. Point your
cell phone’s browser to http://mobile.mhr.org for a cell phone-optimized version of the parish web site. This mobile version has been created according to the international standards for mobile devices. It should be readable from any device capable of downloading the news from the Internet, brought to you by the MHR Communications Committee.

From the Capital Campaign Committee

• The theme for this year’s launching of the Second Century Campaign is “Bridging the Gap.” The members of the committee are: Melton Castro, Matt Dorsey, Bob Gajewski, Roz Gallo, Ron Pacheco, Cathy Squeri, Tony Vela, and Fr. Steve.
• The Campaign Roll Out is scheduled for next week, October 20-21. More details to follow.

╬ MASS INTENTIONS ╬

Our Mass celebrants will remember the following intentions during the celebration of the Eucharist:

Saturday October 13
8 am Nell Kelling †
5 pm Clients, Volunteers and Benefactors of the AIDS Support Group

Sunday October 14
8 am Virginia Louella Dulemba †
10 am MHR Parishioners

Monday October 15
8 am Willie Serafica

Tuesday October 16
8 am Giuseppe Fazio †

Wednesday October 17
8 am Albert Abd el Nour †

Thursday October 18
8 am Rosemary Savage †

Friday October 19
8 am Randal Harris

Saturday October 20
8 am Johanne Miller †
5 pm Giuseppe A. D’Amato †

Sunday October 21
8 am Giuseppe D’Amato †
10 am MHR Parishioners

Contact the Parish Office at 415-863-6259 to make a contribution for flowers in the church or to have Mass celebrated in memory of a loved one who has died, in honor of a special person, or for other special intentions.

We pray for parishioners, relatives & friends who are ill

Anna Banonis, David Burleson, Robert Burtman, Michelle
Delen, Rory Desmond, Robert Douglas, Thomas Ellerby, Alice
Fedawa, Rev. Paul Fairley, Marilyn Faulk, Jenny Firth, Mike
Gelpi, Bryan Gibb, Anita Greene-Gavin, Michael Harris,
Fr. Joe Healy, Ellie Howes, Helen Klufts, Natalie Kosche,
Madeline Leykamm, Richard Macias, Dorothy Mapp,
Margaret McCann, Mark McClellan, Art Montero, Gerry
Morgan, Kenneth Najour, Jean Neuhauser, Thomas
O’Donnell, Fran Patrick, John Revicky, Madeline Russo,
Warren Ryan, Flor Santos, Paul Schwartz, Janet See, Helen
Stockton, Bob Titchenal, William Vicini, Alice Wong

Unless specified by the requesting person, names in the list are kept for at least three months. To update the list, kindly call the Parish Office at 415-863-6259. Thank you very much.