Tribute to Colton

Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 - Our Sixth Annual Golf Tournament

When: Monday, September 24th

Where: Half Moon Bay Golf Links, Old course, 2 Miramontes Pont Road (Tel: (650) 726-1800

Reservations: You need to call first Suheil Khoury at (650) 892-2890 to reserve; be sure to indicate that you are with St. Thomas More Church and Abouna Labib Kobti

Registration at: 10:00 AM, with Tee-Off at 12 PM.

Includes: Bloody Mary Reception, Lunch Reception, Beverage and food STATIONS THROUGHOUT, Car Giveaway (1 raffle ticket with entry fee), $1,000,000 Hole-in-one shootout, Awards Banquet Reception, Raffle and Auction, 18 holes of Golf including cart, door prize for each player, putting challenge on the practice green, longest drive contest, Closest to pin challenge.

NEW DATE: Sept. 29-30, 2012 International Food Festival

BOTH DAYS DELICIOUS FOOD
American
Brazilian
Burmese
Filipino
Middle Eastern
...and much more!

SATURDAY 29, 3:00 PM
FINE CUISINES WITH FUN ACTIVITIES
For whole family during the day


NIGHT MAIN EVENT
CASINO NIGHT
Registration 6:00 PM
Charity Poker Tournament & Blackjack
for adult patrons, 21 years and older

SUNDAY 30, 10 AM-6:30 PM
ENJOY A FULL DAY OF FINE CUISINES IN A GREAT ATMOSPHERE WITH FUN ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
Live Cultural Performances
Music
Souk Bazaar
Games
Jumpers
Face Painting
Balloon Twisting...

Admission $3.00, children under 7 free

Free parking and shuttle service

50 Thomas More Way [off Brotherhood Way], San Francisco

Click here for flyer to download and share with friends and neighbors

Sept. 8, 2012 Ladies of Faith Tea

On the Feast of the Nativity of Mary

At 10:30 AM after faire and 'sistership', we'll enjoy watching Fr. Robert Barron's 4th Episode from "Catholicism", ~ Our Tainted Nature's Solitary Boast: Mary, The Mother of God.

EXCITING EVENTS

STM FIRST OLYMPICS FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS

On May 10 at 7:00 PM Scanlan Hall

 Bring your baby for his/her first COMPETITION at STM Olympics.

1) BABIES will crawl and win their FIRST TROPHY.

2) Toddlers will run and win their FIRST TROPHY.

*Crawling babies only and toddlers under a year and half are admitted to the Olympics.

*Prepare your children at home for the STM OLYMPICS on May 10th at 7:00 PM

* Register by April 30 at the Church office, call (415)452-9634

*Invite Grandparents, uncles and aunts and the whole family ...

* First winner, second and third will get the STM OLYMPICS TROPHY

MARIAPOLIS

Please get ready for the EXCITING Mariapolis at UC Santa Barbara, CA from Thursday, July 26 (afternoon) - Sunday, July 29 (afternoon). “It is an exciting event that changed my life. I will be going again and I want others from our parish to join me, said Abouna Labib."

Early Bird registration (Before June 15, 2012)

Adults $310; 18-25 Years old: $260; Married couples $ 580; Youth 13-17: $200; Children 5-12: Sleeping bag: $120, bed: $190; Children 0-4 Free. For single room, add $50

Apply, if you like to go. If you have financial difficulties, Abouna Labib will try to help. Nobody should miss the Mariapolis

2012 Lent and Easter

During Lent we are called as good Catholics to fast and abstain from meat. We are called to pray more; the Church offers us spiritual retreats, Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7:00 PM followed by Movie & Scripture, daily and Sunday Masses. We are called to go to confession (to be forgiven we need first to forgive). We are called to be more charitable at home, at school, at work and in the streets. We are called to show through our good example our Catholic promises of LOVE.

March 2nd  First Friday Adoration and Stations of the Cross with healing Mass: 7pm

March 3rd  Burmese Lenten Retreat 10am-7pm Scanlan Hall

March 10 Annual STYM Crab feed: 7pm in Carroll Hall

March 18 Brazilian Lenten Retreat -in Carroll hall

March 29 Chrism Mass at St Mary's Cathedral at 5:30pm (all parishes are invited)

March 30  Live Stations of the Cross (Indoor) at 7pm

March 31 Parish Lenten Day Retreat in Scanlan Hall starts at 10:00 AM-ends with 5pm Vigil Mass.

CONFESSIONS: Before and during Masses on Sunday, Penitential Rite: Friday March 23  at 6:30 before Stations of the Cross, confessions continue during the stations.

April 1st: PALM SUNDAY: schedule of Masses as each Sunday of the year

April 5th: HOLY THURSDAY: Caena Domini 7: 00 PM English; 9:00 PM Arabic

April 6th: GOOD FRIDAY: 

 12:00 NOON: Outdoor Stations of the Cross at STM Church 

 1:00 PM: Passion of Christ, ENGLISH at STM Church

9:00 PM: Passion of Christ, ARABIC at STM Church

April  7th HOLY SATURDAY:

            7:30 PM Ceremony of the Light and Holy Mass of the Resurrection, ENGLISH

            10:30 PM Ceremony of the Light and Holy Mass of the Resurrection, ARABIC  

April 8th: EASTER SUNDAY:  8:00 AM Portuguese Mass

                                           10:00 AM English Mass

                                              2:00PM  Burmese Mass

                                                NO ARABIC MASS

                                             8:00 PM English Mass

April 15 at 8:00 PM “Salubong”

Things to remind &  to teach your family about:

(Movie & Scripture after the Stations of the Cross on Fridays)

 Abstinence: Everyone fourteen year of age and older is bound to abstain from meat on ASH WEDNESDAY, the FRIDAYS of Lent and GOOD FRIDAY.  Fast: Every eighteen years old and older but under the age of sixty, is bound to fast on ASH WEDNESDAY and GOOD FRIDAY. On these two days, the law of fast allows only one meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some little food during the day. So long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquid is allowed. People are called to fast during all Lent if they can. Going to mass every Sunday, doing acts of charity, forgiveness and good deeds of virtue are the obligation of a daily life a Catholic especially during Lent.

Lent: Movies and Scripture

Bring your family and walk with us the Stations of the Cross. “I know you have difficulties in your life, challenges, sins, many temptations…Come to Me, all who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest…” Matt. 11:28-30

 Stay after the Stations of the cross and learn with us, as a family, how we can build our life on the rock. We will show a film and then discuss an issue that can help you and your dear children. St. Thomas More Church wants to help you educate your family on what is the best. Join us and invite many of your friends.

SCHEDULE FOR MOVIE & SCRIPTURE

1^st Friday March 2:  Stations of the Cross at 7:00 PM; Healing Mass at 8:00 PM

Friday March 9: Stations followed by Movie & Scriptures

Friday March 16: Stations followed by Movie & Scriptures

Friday March 23: Stations followed by Movie & Scriptures

Friday March 30: LIVE Stations of th3 Cross, IN DOOR

Friday April 6, GOOD FRIDAY: LIVE Stations of the Cross, OUT DOOR at 12:00 Noon, followed by the Passion Ceremony at 1:00 PM

Some of our parishioners will be joining the rehearsals for the IN DOOR or OUT DOOR Stations of the Cross for Good Friday at Scanlan Hall.

Make from Lent a special time for yourself and your family.

Living Lent in a special way will help you celebrate the best Easter ever.

You may be asking for a special gift, healing, conversion, praying for somebody; it is the time that you commit yourself and change your whole life, and then perhaps you can change others.

“Challenge me and win” based on the Gospel of St. Mark [Ordinary Time B]

Starting March 21, every third Wednesday of the month, 7:30-8:30 PM at Scanlan Hall

A family style game, similar to “Are you smarter than 5^th grader”, where all people are invited, in special way the youth; We will be divided in groups depending on the number. 

The winner group will get $cash or prices.

Participants should bring their own Bibles. 

The most important thing in these games is to help the parishioners to know better the word of God and live it. How I can be a real light to others as a Catholic through the Word of God?

Do Not Break the Rings: Married Couples Meetings

Every First Wednesday of the month, 7:30-8:30 PM at Scanlan Hall

We discuss together the challenges of married life.

Examples: differences, anger, pride, he/she never says sorry, difficulties sometimes in communication, remaining in love, sharing the truth, he/she hides things, I do not know what I can do more to please him/her, the uses of words that offend, he/she does not yet understand me, enough I cannot take it anymore, I am separated, I do not know if he/she still loves me, he/she does not live his/her faith and wants me to convert,  relation with in laws, what to do more for the children, my children ceased to go to Church, my children lost their faith… (Many other issue can come during the meetings).

The most important in these meetings is to build what God wants us to be as couples.

How I can be a better husband/wife?

How I can be a better Father/Mother?