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Mass Times
February 3rd - Feast of St. Blaise - Blessing of the Throats during the 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Masses
February 6th - 8th, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. Daily Mass only - Parish Priests at Convocation.
February 20th - President's Day - 8:30 a.m. only
February 22nd - Ash Wednesday - 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m., and 8:15 p.m. - Spanish
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. & 10 a.m. SFCS Mass
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.
Holy Hour - Thursday 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 - 843-941-9434
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News from the Vatican
Pope Francis Clarifies Comments on Homosexuality to Jesuit LGBT+ Activist Father James Martin
01/29/23 12:19 pm
Just two days after the interview with AP, the Holy Father answered a letter in which activist James Martin poses three questions about homosexuality.
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Read MoreGerman Bishops’ Leader Answers Pope: It’s Questionable to Lead the Church Through Interviews
01/29/23 12:09 pm
President of German Bishops Criticizes the Pope’s Statements on the German Synodal Path.
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Read MorePope on the Liturgy: Calls for Formation in Seminaries, Silence before Mass and Laments Disastrous Homilies
01/28/23 2:53 pm
Address to the participants in the course “Living Liturgical Action Fully”.
The post Pope on the Liturgy: Calls for Formation in Seminaries, Silence before Mass and Laments Disastrous Homilies appeared first on ZENIT - English.
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Readings for the week of January 29, 2023
- Sunday: Zep 2:3; 3:12-13 / Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 (Matthew 5:3) / 1 Cor 1:26-31 / Mt 5:1-12a
- Monday: Heb 11:32-40 / Ps 31:20, 21, 22, 23, 24 / Mk 5:1-20
- Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4 / Ps 22:26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32 / Mk 5:21-43
- Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15 / Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a / Mk 6:1-6
- Thursday: Mal 3:1-4 / Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 / Heb 2:14-18 / Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32
- Friday: Heb 13:1-8 / Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc / Mk 6:14-29
- Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21 / Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 / Mk 6:30-34
- Next Sunday: Is 58:7-10 / Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (4a) / 1 Cor 2:1-5 / Mt 5:13-16
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SAINT OF THE DAY
St. John Bosco: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, January 31, 2023
01/31/23 7:00 am
John Bosco, also known as Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco and Don Bosco, was born in Becchi, Italy, on August 16, 1815. His birth came just after the end of the Napoleonic Wars which ravaged the area. Compounding the problems on his birthday, there was also a drought and a famine at the time of his birth.
At the age of two, John lost his father, leaving him and his two older brothers to be raised by his mother, Margherita. His "Mama Margherita Occhiena" would herself be declared venerable by the ...
Read MoreSt. Aldegunais: Saint of the Day for Monday, January 30, 2023
01/30/23 7:00 am
Virgin and abess, also known as Adelgundis, Aldegonde, or Orgonne. She was a member of the royal family of the Merovingians and was raised by two saints: St. Walbert and St. Bertila, her parents. The family resided in the Hainault region of Flanders, a region of the Low Countries. Aldegundis reflused offers of marriage from other nobles and received the veil from St. Amandius, the bishop of Maastricht. She followed this ceremony of acceptance into the religious life with the foundation of a ...
Read MoreSts. Sarbelius & Barbea: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 29, 2023
01/29/23 7:00 am
Two martyrs, brother and sister, who were put to death at Edessa during the persecutions of Emperor Trajan. Sarbelius, also called Sharbel, was a high priest at Edessa, in Mesopotamia. They were arrested for converting to the faith, and were tortured with red-hot irons prior to execution.
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