Entries for July 2021

Dear Friends in Christ, What makes us come to our St. Luke Church each day or each weekend?  What impels us to keep coming back to the House of God?  Like the crowd in this Sunday's Gospel, all of us are experiencing a certain hunger, all of us need to be filled.  We al...

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Dear Friends in Christ, Coming towards the fourth week of serving this beautiful parish, I've witnessed how God's bounties have multiplied...in the hearts of those who rise each morning to be with our Eucharistic Lord at our 8:30am Mass...in the hands of those who volunteer in our Church ...

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Fr. Al, Fr. Manuel and the St. Luke's Parish community extend a sincere "Thank You!" to all the volunteers of our Labor-of-Love clean-up day on Saturday, July 17th.   Over 40 people signed up, and we are grateful for the enthusiastic teams who worked in and around our church bu...

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Dear Friends in Christ, All of us need someone who knows and understands the depth of our hearts.  All of us need someone who cares for us and loves us with no condition.  All of us need someone who would look after us and lead us to restful waters.  We might have searched for a fe...

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Dear Friends in Christ, Just like the Twelve disciples, Christ sends each one of us into His mission field.  He calls each of us as brothers and sisters in our St. Luke Church family to speak His words of love, compassion and goodness. Knowing that the Holy Spirit is continually guiding u...

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Dear Friends in Christ, I started my priestly ministry in the Diocese of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines. Then I was sent as a “priest on loan” to the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana for three years. In 2007, I was accepted in this wonderful Archdiocese of San Francisco. I serv...

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Fr. Manuel Igrobay was ordained to the priesthood on December 9, 1989 as a member of a missionary congregation called the Society of the Divine Word,     popularly known as SVD.  A year after his ordination, he received his first mission assignment and was sent to Paraguay, South Amer...

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