ARRIVAL OF St. DON BOSCO RELICS to the BAY AREA

Saints Peter and Paul Parish
Salesians of Don Bosco
666 Filbert Street San Francisco, CA 94133
415-421-0809

St John Bosco Relics Celebration
September 8-13, 2010

As we prepare for the bicentennial of Don Bosco's birth in 2015, a relic of our founder is making its way through five continents. The reliquary, which displays a likeness of Don Bosco as well as a bone from his right arm will arrive at Saints Peter and Paul Church on Saturday, September 11, 2010, and leave on September 13. We will be celebrating days of festivities before and during Don Bosco's visit as we mark this truly once-in-a-lifetime event. Google "Facebook Don Bosco Relic" to go to the Facebook page which has lots of information about the visit.

Schedule of events:

 Wednesday, September 8
6:00 PM Music in the Church.
6:15 Address of Gratitude by Mr. Al Baccari
7:00 Mass celebrated by Archbishop George Niederauer

Thursday, September 9
6:15 PM. Mr. Russ Gumina, Director of the Salesian Boys' and Girls' Club,
peaks on The Salesian Youth Movement.
6:30 Mass celebrated by Fr. John Itzaina, SDB, Pastor
7:30 Reception in the Auditorium

Friday, September 10
6:15 PM Short talk on the history of the Salesian Movement.
6:30 Mass
7:30 Reception in the Auditorium

Saturday, September 11
11:30 PM: Don Bosco arrives!
Sleep-over at the Salesian Boys' and Girls' Club. All-night veneration and prayer in the church (enter through Church Office). Honor guard of the Knights of Columbus, Knights of Malta, and Knights of the Holy Sepulcher

Sunday, September 12
7:30 Mass "Don Bosco: Model of Service"
8:45 Mass "Don Bosco: Apostle to the Young"
10:15 Mass "Don Bosco: Missionary to the World" celebrated by Bishop Emeritus Ignatius Wang
12:00 Mass "Don Bosco: Model of Holiness" followed by a Reception in the Auditorium.
5:00 Mass "Don Bosco: Faithful for the Kingdom," honoring our Salesian Jubilarians.

Monday, September 13
9:00 AM School Mass.
10:00 AM. The Relics depart and will travel through the streets of San Francisco to Corpus Christi Church.