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|  Reverend Michael Oenbrink
Pastor, St. Francis by the Sea
843-681-6350, ext. 261
fr.michael@stfrancishhi.org Click on Fr. Mike's picture to see his latest message Thank you for visiting our on-line interactive parish website. This website is designed to allow you to become more familiar and active in our parish. I encourage you to visit each page of our website and to check often our current news and calendar of events. Many times a parish the size of St. Francis by the Sea makes it harder to get to know individual parishioners and can even at times give you a sense that your participation or talents are not needed. That is not what Church is all about and our pastoral leadership has made a commitment to creating a small community experience within our large parish. The focal point of this effort will be the development of Small Church Communities and the continued success of our many ministries & organizations.
The Pastoral Council and I look forward to the growth of Small Church Communities in our parish as a way to be church and to live the mission of the Church defined by Christian Formation; Prayer & Worship; Evangelization; Stewardship; Building Community; and Social Outreach. We also encourage you to review the many ministries that could use your time and talent. Please feel free to make contact with the coordinators or leaders listed on the web pages if you are interested in more information, would like to join, or just have questions you would like answered. Our parish community is only as strong as the parishioners within it - together we can make our parish vision a reality:
In Christ – United in faith, love and service.Development of Small Church Communities Please take the time to visit the Small Church Community (SCC) web page for more information. In brief, the SCC experience is an opportunity to share and grow in faith with a small number of parishioners who meet weekly or a few times a month. Over time we hope there will be many different Small Church Communities formed at St. Francis by the Sea and we would love to have you involved. This is a new initiative and will take your commitment to become successful. Our 2006 Lenten Parish Retreat hosted by Small Church Community facilitators was an introduction to this experience. The pastoral leadership at St. Francis encourages you to give prayerful consideration to joining one of our parish Small Church Communities (SCC’s).
Pastor's Corner Messages Lent 2009 Status of our Phase Two Capital Campaign, February 22, 2009 Should a Catholic receive communion at a protestant service?, August 28, 2008 2 Forms of the Roman Rite, August 19, 2007
Pastor's Message - Capital Campaign What is Good Financial Stewardship? A Message from Fr. Mike, September 24, 2006 "The Da Vinci Code" - What is all the Fuss About, April 30, 2006 Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006 |
