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Dear Parishioners,
Many things have happened financially since the
last time it was my turn to write, most of them negative.
No doubt, you’ve read in the papers or on the internet the
horrible situation of our state coffers. Larry Gerston who
teaches political science at San Jose State University wrote
in the May 21 issue of the San Jose Mercury News that
budget cuts will decimate California’s safety net. The
planned cuts will put our state 47 th in spending on public
education, 50 th in spending on highways, and 49 th in
number of state employees. “Additional cuts will render
the state into developing nation status,” he writes. The
San Francisco Chronicle laments millions of children without
health care and the closure of state parks, one of the few
places families can go without paying a fortune. Mr.
Gerston proposes five “defensible sources of new money”
for the state: broadening the sales tax (40 states take
more items than we do), restoring the vehicle license fee
(would bring in about $6 billion); increasing the tax on
alcohol (hasn’t been changed in almost 20 years), taxing oil
producers (we’re the only state which doesn’t); and
cancelling recent corporate tax breaks (recently given as
teachers were laid off and the disabled lost health care
workers). And as one wise parishioner couple told me
recently, “We need to pay higher taxes.”
What does all this have to do with our recent
celebration of the Feast of Pentecost or this Sunday’s Feast
of the Most Holy Trinity Do we really believe that Jesus
has given us the Spirit to carry on his mission Do we
believe that, whatever else the Trinity means, it signifies a
relationship, a community of love And even though many
of us learned that we were made in the image and likeness
of God” I’d guess that I’m not the only one who thought
that meant that we had intelligence and feeling, as God
does. Now, I’m convinced that our being made in the
image of God means that we’re made for love, we’re made
to be in community – or many communities -- the family,
the parish, our friends, our colleagues at work or
classmates at school, our neighbors. And if that’s true, we
have to be concerned about the children without health
care; the teacher with a larger class, fewer resources and a
shorter year in which to teach her charges; and the
homebound person with little or no care giving assistance.
Our state legislators, as you may know, are Representative
Jackie Speier at 342-0300 and Senator Jerry Hill at
349-1900. They are under great pressure, but they also
need to hear from us. May the Spirit guide them and
ourselves in this stressful, challenging time!
Peace, Sr. Sheral
LOOKING FOR A MASS
Anytime you are away this summer check
www.masstimes.org
for Mass schedule in other cities.
THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday-June 8th
Mass Intention 6:30 William Howe †
8:30 Margaret DeHart †
St. Vincent de Paul 7pm Mahoney Room
Tuesday-June 9th
Mass Intention 6:30 Johnny Metzcus †
8:30 Florence Tonegato †
Legion of Mary 6:30pm Library
Wednesday-June 10th
6:30 Communion Service
Mass Intention 8:30 Sandra Growney †
Choir Practice 7pm Church
Thursday-June 11th
6:30 Communion Service
Mass Intention 8:30 Davida Silva
Children’s Choir 3pm Church
Kindergarten Grad. 4:30pm Hall
Friday-June 12th
Mass Intention 6:30 Ann Freitas †
8:30 Charles & Rita Agius †
Saturday-June 13th
Mass Intention 8:30 Paul & Rosina Vella †
4:30 Veronica Erasmy †
AA Meeting 10am Mahoney Room
Sunday-June 14th
Mass Intention 7:30 Tom & MaryAnn Begley †
9:30 Evelyn Lynch †
11:30 Richard & Hattie Irsfeld †
5:00 People of St. Robert’s
Scrapbook for Hansel
As Hansel prepares to leave St. Roberts
we are putting together a scrapbook for him.
There will be scrapbook pages for you to send your
thoughts and wishes to him in the vestibule of the
church next weekend June 13th and 14th and the
following weekend June 20th and 21st. You can also
email them to kathywithak2@yahoo.com, by June
21st. If you would like to include any pictures you
might have, that would be an extra added plus!!!