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- Jul 27 2024 4:45 pm - Vigil Mass
- Jul 27 2024 7:00 pm - Mass in Spanish
- Jul 28 2024 - World Grandparents Day
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Feast of the Assumption
August 14th - 6 p.m. Vigil
August 15th - 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. in Spanish
WEEKDAY MASS
Monday - 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday - 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Spanish
Wednesday - 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. (Until August 7th)
Thursday - 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Friday - 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m.
WEEKEND LITURGY -
Saturday - Vigil - 4:45 p.m.
Saturday - Vigil - 7 p.m. - Spanish
Sunday - 7:30 - a.m.
Sunday - 9:00 a.m.
Sunday - 10:30 a.m.
Sunday - 12:00 p.m.
If you require a low-gluten host, please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to mass time and request one from the Sacristan or an Usher.
Benediction and Adoration - Tuesday at 3 p.m.. (Confessions will be heard)
Divine Mercy Chaplet - Church
Friday at 3 p.m.
Confessions:
Confessions will be 15 minutes before each Daily Mass in the Church Confessionals. Saturday evening Confessions from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.in the Church. If your loved one is in need of Last Rites, please use the pager - 843-533-1757
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News from the Vatican
Fifth U.S. court to arrest Biden-Kamala for seeking to impose LGBT+ ideology affecting women
07/25/24 7:25 pm
The Biden administration’s unlawful attempt to rewrite Title IX threatens teachers and students’ privacy, safety, fairness, and free speech.
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Read MoreNew Zealand’s Royal Commission Exposes Widespread Abuse in Religious and State Care
07/25/24 7:23 pm
New Zealand Commission Criticizes Religious Institutions for Failing to Address Abuse
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Read MoreDoes anyone who attends traditional Latin Mass accept the Pope? Scientific study reveals 5 impressive facts (against common beliefs)
07/25/24 7:15 pm
A professor of sociology and theology and a data scientist with a double doctorate in demography and sociology have endeavored to remedy the lack of transparent, systematically collected, objective data on the Traditional Latin Mass community.
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- Reverend Michael Oenbrink, Pastor
- Reverend Ray Nacino, Parochial Vicar
- Reverend Jose Quilcate, Parochial Vicar, Hispanic Ministry
- Reverend Mr. Gerard Hand, Deacon - Retired
- Reverend Mr. Dave Ritter, Deacon
- Ms. Andrea Smith, Principal - St. Francis Catholic School
- Mr. Dion Jenks, Parish Finance Office
- Ms. Jennifer McGlynn, Director of Adult Faith Formation
- Matthew J. Meloche, Director of Music Ministries
- Mr. Bryan Goll, Director of Maintenance
- Ms. Colleen Rzeczycki, Director of Communications, Safe Environment Coordinator
- Mrs. Mitzi Petrilli, Director of Children's Faith Formation
- Ms. Merideth Johnson, Parish Secretary
- Ms. Carolina Rozo, Hispanic Ministry Assistant
- Ms. Pam Slawson, Finance Office Assistant
- Ms. Sarah Dempsey, Admin. Finance Assistant
- Jenny Zmarzly, Youth Leader
- Ms. Jan Halstead, Sacristan
- Lori Jenkins, Faith Formation Office Assistant
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Weekly reading
Readings for the week of July 21, 2024
- Sunday: Jer 23:1-6 / Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 (1) / Eph 2:13-18 / Mk 6:30-34
- Monday: Sg 3:1-4b or 2 Cor 5:14-17 / Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 / Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
- Tuesday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 / Ps 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8 / Mt 12:46-50
- Wednesday: Jer 1:1, 4-10 / Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15 and 17 / Mt 13:1-9
- Thursday: 2 Cor 4:7-15 / Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 / Mt 20:20-28
- Friday: Jer 3:14-17 / Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 / Mt 13:18-23
- Saturday: Jer 7:1-11 / Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a, and 8a, 11 / Mt 13:24-30
- Next Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:42-44 / Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 (see 16) / Eph 4:1-6 / Jn 6:1-15
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SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Pantaleon: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 27, 2024
07/27/24 6:00 am
St Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black Sea, in Asia. He was such a famous doctor that the Emperor himself chose him for his own doctor. Pantaleon was a Christian, but the bad influence from the pagan court caused him to give up his Christian faith entirely. A holy priest named Hermolaos made him realize what a sin he had committed. Pantaleon listened to him, detested his sin and joined the Church once more. To make up for what he had done, he greatly desired to suffer and die for ...
Read MoreSts. Joachim and Anne: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 26, 2024
07/26/24 6:00 am
Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholic legend and the Gospel of James, which is an unsanctioned, apocryphal writing form the second century AD. We do know from scholarship that the Gospel of James was not written by James, the Brother of Jesus, despite its claim to be so authored.
Even the early Church fathers expressed skepticism ...
Read MoreSt. James the Greater: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 25, 2024
07/25/24 6:00 am
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple.
The title "the Greater" was added to St. James' name to help distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less," who is believed to have been shorter than James "the Greater."
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