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May 6, 2011
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Congrats to St. Robert’s seventh grade girls basketball team North/South champs in their division for the second straight year with a 21-4 season. Pictured, back from left, are Coach Rob Lapuyade, Lauren Lapuyade, Alexandra Shiffer, Sara O’Halloran, Lindsey Fontenot, Ixcalli Galindo and Coach Laura Davis. Front from left are Katia Ajam, Caitlin Shick and Paige Dickson.
Where You Live By Tom Burke Paulist Father Tom Dove, who has served at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral for 17 years, celebrated his 50th year as a priest May 1. Father Dove grew up in Oregon in a parish staffed by Paulists. “When I thought priesthood, I thought Paulist,� the priest told me. He celebrated an Father Tom Dove, CSP anniversary Mass at OSM on May 1, and will preside at another at his boyhood parish, St. Phillip Neri, in Portland, May 15. Father Tom calls San Francisco “a great city� with “greater people.� Some of his earlier ministry includes a lecture series he led in Los Angeles that drew top theologians and thinkers as featured speakers. “The last year we sold over 1,200 season tickets,’ Father Tom said. He has also served as
Congrats to the sixth grade boys basketball A-Team from St. Charles School in San Carlos on their win of a South Peninsula Championship and second place overall. Pictured back from left are Coach Matt Kraemer, Brett Anchartechahar, Jack Stewart, Brendan Downes, Ryan Matoso, and Coach Dave Matsu. Pictured front from left are St. Charles Principal Maureen Grazioli, Schafer Kraemer, Nick York, Nathan Gonzales, and Justin Matsu.
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a judge “on more than 1,400 annulment casesâ€? calling marriage tribunal work “a reconciliation ministry indeed.â€? Our conversation on the jubilee took place on the way to Easter. Father Dove, now in his late 70s, said with a smile: “During this Lent my thoughts are thankful as I prepare for Sunday, May 1 which is designated Divine Mercy Sunday, Vocation Sunday for the local parishes, the Beatification of John Paul II, and the Bay to Breakers Race, which I will not be able to run this year because of other commitments.â€?‌ Happy anniversary, May 3, to Jeanne and Irv Mitchell who took their wedding vows 68 years ago at Church of the Epiphany in San Francisco. “Our children will take us out to dinner if Irv is up to it,â€? Jeanne said in a note to this column. Prayers for Irv, please, Jeanne asked. “He has lung cancer and is on oxygen, and will be 90 in August, God willing.â€? ‌ Science fairs continue as a staple of elementary school all over the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Our Lady of Loretto School in Novato leads a “beaker ballyhooâ€? for all participants in their recent compound contests including eighth graders, Sophia Dal Porto, Tavia Vitkauskas, Abby Farrell, Juliana Fisher, Ryan Carothers, and Parker Evans, and seventh graders, Nicole Marino and Ryann Piry. Thanks to science teacher, Jean Scott, for the good news. Project tests included the efficiency of different woods when burned as a heat source, and where wind turbines are best placed for efficient use‌. At St. Anselm School in Ross it’s congrats to science fair prize winners David Saadatnezhadi, San Marie Thomson, Lucas Mancini, Tara Henry, Claire Ongaro, and Annie Hayes. David’s “Smart Metersâ€? project won him an invite to Google Science Fair 2011. Also at St. Anselm’s, chess champs include Frankie Pereira and Alex Kassil who both excelled in a recent CalChess Scholastic State Championship. Frankie placed third among 49 kindergarten students. Alex placed second in a middle school-age group of 89 students‌. Vincentians of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Matthew Parish welcomed Baha’i Family School in Belmont and Baha’i Junior Youth Groups of the Peninsula. Together they packed 107 bags of food for the poor and filled the pantry for the needy kept by the SVDP conference. “I was impressed with
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