Whattaday!

This afternoon, we walked past the hilly streets of Bush and went to the parish office of Notre Dame de Victoires; met Monique our French woman connection and endorsed the thousands of inserts, flyers, and brochures from the San Francisco Worldwide Marriage Encounter. It is imperative this information is given to the parishioners so they could have some time to think to attend this wonderful weekend. The next one is set from June 8-10 and venue will be in Burlingame.

This Saturday, May 5th, husband and I are helping out the Hospitality Team (where we belong) of Notre Dame de Victoires (our new parish) to cater to the French community when they elect their new presidential candidate. There would be snacks to be served and the parish is asking for many hands to organize this important date from 10 AM to 4 PM. Sunday, May 6 after the 9 AM Mass- would be our first hosting of the Coffee Mornings at Notre Dame. We are pretty excited! I am going to bake a lot of biscotti and other cookies for this day! Each sponsor/s bring some food snacks. The parish provides, coffee and juice plus many more. Parishioners are invited to get together after each mass so they get to know the people in their community. It’s wonderful! This would just be our third Sunday to attend this mass since we relocated here in North Beach last June 2006. So far, we like the communication tree at Notre Dame. And then, from 4 Pm to 6 PM, husband and I are also hosting our first Love Circle Meeting at our flat. Well, we anticipate people rubbing elbows for we really do have a small place, indeed!

About Notre Dame des Victoires (taken from www.ndvsf.org)

Notre Dame des Victoires community consists of the French National Church in San Francisco on Bush Street and its adjacent coed Catholic Kindergarten through eighth grade school on Pine Street.

As the French parish in the Marist tradition we value the gifts of our Church and school, and encourage the development of a deep personal and communal relationship with Christ to build the Kingdom of God.

The Marist Fathers & Brothers of Notre Dame des Victoires are part of a Marist greater family of priests, brothers, sisters, and lay groups. We have a sense of being chosen and called by Mary to live compassionately and mercifully as she did as mother and disciple of God.

With the assertion that striving to work together for the greater glory of God and to also honor Mary, Mother of the Lord Jesus, the foundation of the Society of Mary (Marists) was born. On July 23, 1816, twelve young men in Lyons, France - on the day after their ordination to the priesthood - walked up the steep hill of Fourviere to the shrine of Our Lady and pledged their lives to the service of others in the spirit of Mary.

From our founding, we have worked to transform the church to reflect this spirit of Mary - gentle, loving, humble, relational, inclusive, and merciful. Today, we continue in the venture to renew the spirit and mission of the Church as a place of collaboration and true spiritual enrichment.