Text Box: weekend held in Pleasanton January 27-29 or consider February 24 - 26. For more information call Ray & Roberta @ 916.806.4601 or Joe & Sue @ 925.680.7767 now or go to http://www.rekindleyourmarriage.org ST. ANN’S GUILD CORNER: St. Anne’s Guild Upcoming Events Calendar Feb 11 - Mardi Gras! With great anticipation and mischievousness the Twelfth Night Revelers of the Spirited Guild of St. Anne will host Carnival Christi: Le Cinquieme Mardi Gras, our fifth annual Mardi Gras Dinner Dance and Auction on February 11, 2012. This year's Mardi Gras is dedicated to both the St. Margaret Mary Sacred Music Program and Building Fund and to the Jubilate Deo Society of the Cathedral of Christ the Light. Invitations will be in the mail this week and we hope that you RSVP as soon as possible because we did sell out last year. Please go to www.stmargmaryoak.org/mardigras for more information and Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! Mardi Gras! - Feb. 11, 2012 Mardi Gras bake sale - Feb. 19, 2012 CATHOLIC RADIO IN THE BAY AREA 1260AM Immaculate Heart Radio Now you can hear the best in Catholic programming on your radio 24 hours a day! Immaculate Heart Radio is a listener-supported, Catholic lay apostolate bringing live call-in shows, Scripture study, Catholic news, youth programming and more to listeners from San Jose, Concord to Santa Rosa and beyond. Tune into 1260AM or listen online at: www.ihradio.org HOLY MASS INTENTIONS CELEBRATED BY CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN THE UKRAINE Ukrainian Roman Catholic Priests are happy to celebrate a Mass for your intention. Your offering to the priests benefits their work and helps to cover their living expenses. The priests celebrate your Mass on requested dates, or as soon as possible. Special Forms and envelopes are placed in the vestibule of the church. Write checks to: St. Margaret Mary with memo: “Mass for Ukrainian Priests”. BLESSING OF HOMES NO MORE Pastoral Obligations: Governance Canon 529 of the Canon Law - §1. “In order to fulfill his office in earnest the pastor should strive to come to know the faithful who have been entrusted to his care; therefore he is to visit families, sharing the cares, worries, and especially the griefs of the faithful, strengthening them in the Lord, and correcting them prudently if they are wanting in certain areas; with a generous love he is to help the sick, particularly those close to death, refreshing them solicitously with the sacraments and commending their souls to God; he is to make a special effort to seek out the poor, the afflicted, the lonely, those exiled from their own land, and similarly those weighed down with special difficulties; he is also to labor diligently so that spouses and parents are supported in fulfilling their proper duties, and he is to foster growth in the Christian life within the family.” This new canon clarifies the pastor’s role of governance. The first paragraph of the canon stipulates that the pastor must get to know his people. This includes visiting their homes; seeking out the poor, sick and disturbed; counseling married people; and promoting family life in general. Text Box: PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK: For all who are sick: Members of our families, friends, parishioners, and especially: Fr Vince Brylka; Fr Don McDonnell; Fr Bill Marshall; Lianne Claver; Maria Zak; Frank & Imogene Martin; Lewis & Regina Mullen; Mary Price; Carmel Mahoney; Joanna Pollard; Alex Porcuna; Vincent Pilotti; Margaret Wills; Carol Sundahl; Juanita Estrella; Margaret Mary Miller; Ron Reagan; Martin Koch; Pam St. John; Teresa Price; Genevieve Carsten; Rose Stone; ............................... and those whose names are written in the Book of the Sick, and all sick people in the entire world. HOLY MASS INTENTIONS We have available Holy Masses in 2012. If you would like to have a Holy Mass celebrated for your intentions or those of your loved ones (l. or d.), please contact the parish office by e-mail: stmargaretm@yahoo.com; or phone at 510-482-0596. PRAY FOR THE DEAD: For the deceased members of our families, friends, parishioners & benefactors of our parish: Bill Leitao; Inetta Calori; Michael Smith; those who died recently: Hilarion & Rose Mara; Marion Davis Williams; Jan Zak; Pio & Norma Monigatti; ................. and for all the faithful departed, especially for all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. THANKGIVING MEMORIALS: In thanksgiving and praise: the parishioners and friends of St. Margaret Mary Church are raising funds to gift and install granite monuments of the Ten Commandments and 8 Beatitudes - for the GLORY OF GOD; that will preserve our FAITH and the Faith of others. Please make checks payable to St. Margaret Mary with memo: “80th anniversary Monuments” and send to the Parish Office, place in the collection basket, or in the collection boxes at the back of the church. To date, we have received $9,232.59. We only need an additional $2,767.41. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PARISH STORE Our parish store will be open after the 8:30 and 10:30 Masses until 12:30. OUR PARISH BULLETIN Information for the Parish Bulletin needs to be sent by Friday 12:00 noon the week before. Additional advertising support is needed to cover the expenses of printing our parish bulletin. If you are a business owner, or know of someone who might wish to place an ad, please e-mail our BULLETIN PUBLISHER: mpublications@sbcglobal.net; or call them at 888-253-4358. Please patronize our advertisers. PARISH WEBSITE Please check our website regarding updated directions on how to get to our church, and other updated information. www.stmargmaryoak.org PRAY FOR OUR SERVICEMEN & SOLDIERS: Michael Schepis; Peter Navarini; David Yuers, Mike Arzabal Jr. & other American soldiers and servicemen. MARRIED COUPLES: God's Dream... for every married couple is that they love each other as much as He loves them. If this is your dream too, a Marriage Encounter weekend can help you make it come true. Give yourself the gift of a weekend of Discovery; a Lifetime of Love!' Please join us for our upcoming WWME