The Faculty of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley cordially invite all to "Albert the Great and the New Aristotelianism: A Turning Point in the Western Intellectual Tradition", the 22nd Annual DSPT Aquinas Lecture on March 6 at 7:30 pm.

A reception will follow. Visit www.dspt.edu or call (888) 450-3778.

William Byrd and the
Gunpowder Plot
Saturday, February 25,
at 7:30 PM
In the Church

The Tudor Choir presents an all-Byrd concert. William Byrd was the foremost English composer of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. A staunch Catholic, Byrd was closely associated with the Jesuits and the persecuted English Catholics. His impassioned motets and serene devotional settings include music for the Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament.

Tickets are $25 general; $20 student, and available through tudorchoir.org or by calling 206-323-9415.

CHURCH TOUR

Please join Margie Hoban Moore for a tour of Blessed Sacrament Church on Sunday, February 26, after the Noon Mass. We meet in the vestibule at 1:15 PM. The tour will take about 45 minutes, and will include an explanation of the history, art and architecture of the Church, including the stained glass windows, the Erben organ, and all the renovations that have taken place in past years. Everyone is invited, bring a curious friend!

SUNDAY FORUM : February Topics

All SUNDAY FORUM sessions meet in the Teacher Education Center (TEC) at the University Child Development School from 10:30 - 11:45 AM. Contact Marilyn Thornton at 206-355-6540.

Feb 5 Coffee & Conversation, Meet and greet fellow parishioners
Feb 12 The Reformation: Lutheran
Feb 19 The Reformation: Reformed, English & Radical
Feb 26 The Reformation: Catholic

Presenter: Dr. James Felak, Professor of History, UW

A MASS AND CHORAL CONCERT, Saturday, Feb. 11; 5:30 p.m. Mass, 7:00 p.m., Church Nave. A concert given by the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Choir, directed by Scott Price, will include secular and sacred music for choir, with works by Bruckner, Haydn, Gabrieli, Brahms and more. The concert will also feature a performance by the San Francisco Boys Chorus. The boys of Cardinal Vaughan sing with professional groups, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Choir, and the Monteverdi Choir, and are regular members of the Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and English National Opera.

SOUPER BOWL COLLECTION. This weekend, Feb. 4-5th, is Super Bowl Sunday. It has become the 2nd largest day of eating in our country, after Thanksgiving, and yet many in our land are still struggling to put food on the table. Continuing a tradition that began her last year, our Teen Youth Ministry will be collecting donations of canned food and money for the hungry that are served by our parish Community Services program. Please bring a canned food item (especially soup) or a monetary donation to any Mass and place it in the soup pots, held by our Youth Ministry members, at the exits as you leave the church building.

SAVE THE DATES: SOUP & SPEAKER SERIES, Fridays, Feb. 24, March 2, March 16, 6:15 p.m., Parish Hall.  The Lenten season is quickly approaching and with it our annual Soup & Speaker Series. Lent is a time for reflecting on God’s infinite love as well as our commitment to care for all His creation. Please plan on joining us on to learn how we can put our good intentions into action. A light Lenten meal will be served.

SHRINE OF ST. JUDE
San Francisco, California

OUR LADY OF LOURDES NOVENA, February 3 – 11, Church Nave.

The Novena Preacher is Fr. John Marie Bingham, O.P. (currently Parochial Vicar at St. Dominic, Benicia) taking his theme from St. Teresa of Avila.

“Millions of pilgrims visit the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes each year seeking her compassionate intercession on their behalf and the healing of their illnesses. Even as we seek the mercy, forgiveness and healing of Our Lord through the intercession of the Immaculate Mother of God, Christ fashions our minds and hearts into His likeness so that our body, our hands, our feet and our eyes are his instruments of mercy on earth. So ‘glorify God in your body.’ ”

Masses will be offered Weekdays and Sunday, Feb. 5, at 11:30 a.m. On Saturday, Feb. 11, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, we will have a closing Mass for the Novena at 12 noon. Novena Masses that day will be at 8:00 a.m. and 12 noon.

• Rosary led by Fr. Felix Cassidy, O.P. and
• Confessions before Mass;
• Blessing with St. Jude relic after weekday Masses.

Contact the Shrine of St. Jude at (415) 931-5919 or www.stjude-shrine.org.