Current Mass & Funeral Schedule
For the most up-to-date Mass information, including changes from the regular Mass schedule, Mass intentions and scheduled Funerals, please click on the link below:
Current Mass & Funeral Schedule
Mass Times
Weekend Liturgies:
Saturday Vigil (English): 5:30pm
Saturday Vigil (Spanish): 7:00pm
Sunday Liturgies: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am & 12:15pm
Weekday Liturgies:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 8 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Daily Mass
Wednesday 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Saturday - 8 a.m. Daily Mass
Easter Sunday - April 21st
7, 9, and 11 a.m. - Church
7:30, 9:30, and 11:15 a.m. - Gym
3 p.m. - Spanish - Church
April 22nd - May 3rd - The Church will be re-roofed - All 8 a.m. DAILY Masses will be cancelled - there will be only a 12:15 p.m. DAILY Mass each day. All Vigils and Sunday Liturgies will NOT be affected.
Confessions:
Monday - Friday: 20 minutes before Daily Masses
Saturday: 4:15-5:15pm or by appointment with one of the priests.
Office Hours
7:30am - 4:00pm (Mon. - Fri.)
Welcome
Welcome to our faith family! We hope you will feel at home at St. Francis and will share your faith experience and talents with your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. By worshiping and working together, may we more perfectly reflect the glory of God and help bring about His Kingdom.
Bulletins
Sun, Apr 21st
Online Giving
Events
- Apr 23 2019 - SFCS - Easter Recess
- Apr 23 2019 12:15 pm - 12:15 Daily Mass ONLY
- Apr 24 2019 - SFCS - Easter Recess
Director of Religious Education Employment Opening
St. Francis by the Sea Catholic Church is seeking a full-time Director of Religious Education (DRE). The ideal candidate possesses an intimate knowledge of the Catholic Faith, is energetic, confident, self-motivated, has excellent communication skills, and is passionate about forming our children in our Catholic Faith.
All cover letters and resumes should be e-mailed to Deacon Vernon Dobelmann. For a more detailed job description, please click on this link.
Youth Ministry Employment Opening
St. Francis by the Sea Catholic Church is seeking to fill the position of Coordinator of Youth Ministry. This position is being posted on March 27, 2019 and will remain open until filled. Start date is negotiable. Please click on the link to view the job description.
Please e-mail a cover letter and resume to the Director of Religious Education, Deacon Vernon Dobelmann.
SFCS - Science Teacher Opening
For more information, please click on this link.
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Upcoming Events & Important Imformation
Looking Ahead
Adoration Chapel Closure
Cookies for Kairos!
Did you know . . . ??
Suitcase Project
Consecration to Jesus through Mary
SFCS Substitute Needed
Church Re-Roofing Project
Shop at St. Francis Thrift Shop!
Ministry Volunteers Needed
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Nurturing Volunteers Needed
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9 a.m. Ushers Needed!
Daily Mass Volunteers
12:15 p.m. Lectors Needed
Greeters Needed
Stewardship Prayer
Fellowship Sunday Needs Volunteers!
Linen Ministry Needs Help!
Daily Cantors Needed. For more information on this Ministry, please click ...
St. Francis Catholic School needs substitute Teachers. For more information on ...
Eucharistic Adoration Adorers. For more information on Eucharistic Adoration, please click ...
Staff
- Reverend Michael Oenbrink, Pastor
- Father James Crowley, Parochial Vicar
- Father Jairo Alfonso Calderon-Ruiz, Parochial Vicar
- Mr. Gerald Hand, Deacon
- Mr. Patrick Sheehan, Deacon
- Mr. Galo de Jesús Barreto, Deacon, Hispanic Ministry
- Mr. Vernon Dobelmann, Deacon, Director of Religious Education
- Sr. Kathleen Kane, SSMN, Pastorial Associate
- Mr. Dion Jenks, Parish Administrator
- Mr. Brian Pope, School Principal
- Ms. Jennifer McGlynn, Assistant Principal, Director of Adult Faith Formation
- Ms. Cheryl Duren, Parish Secretary
- Mr. Jonathan Davis, Director of Music Ministry
- Mr. Bryan Goll, Maintenance Supervisor
- Mrs. Mitzi Weaver, Interim Youth Director
- Ms. Colleen Rzeczycki, Safe Environment Coordinator, Asst. to the DRE
- Ms. Pam Slawson, Finance Office Assistant
- Ms. Jan Halstead, Sacristan
- Ms. Jennifer Kelly, Admin-Finance Assistant
- Mr. Gavin Jones, Maintenance
Link to School
Link to Thrift Shop
Link to Diocese of Charleston
Weekly reading
Readings for the week of April 21, 2019
- Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43 / Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 [24] / Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8 / Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or Lk 24:13-35
- Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33 / Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1] / Mt 28:8-15
- Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41 / Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22 [5b] / Jn 20:11-18
- Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10 / Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 [3b] / Lk 24:13-35
- Thursday: Acts 3:11-26 / Ps 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9 [2ab] / Lk 24:35-48
- Friday: Acts 4:1-12 / Ps 118: 1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a [22] / Jn 21:1-14
- Saturday: Acts 4:13-21 / Ps 118:1 and 14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21 [21a] / Mk 16:9-15
- Next Sunday: Acts 5:12-16 / Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 [1] / Rv 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 / Jn 20:19-31
Articulating Hope
St. Francis Photos
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Altar from rear
Front from side
Baptismal Font
Organ
Ambo
Ambo & Altar
Celebrant's view
Altar & Presider's Chair
Mary & Joseph statues
Mary & Jesus Icons
San Damiano Cross & Our Lady of Guadulupe
Columbarium
Saint of the Day
St. George: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, April 23, 2019
04/22/19 8:00 pm
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Read MoreNews from the Vatican
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04/22/19 10:38 am
'The Resurrection of Christ is the most shocking event in human history'
The post Pope Francis’ Remarks at Easter Monday Regina Coeli appeared first on ZENIT - English.
Read MoreThe Promise of Easter
04/21/19 9:41 am
Articles from April 20-21, 2019
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Read MoreChurch in Australia Deeply Saddened by Sri Lankan Attacks
04/21/19 9:27 am
'Attacks such as this are always atrocious but especially when worshippers are the target and it’s the Resurrection they’re celebrating.'
The post Church in Australia Deeply Saddened by Sri Lankan Attacks appeared first on ZENIT - English.
Read MoreCatholic News Service
Volunteer gardener at crisis maternity home provides balm for the wounded
04/23/19 4:40 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/John Farmer de la Torre, Catholic Charities of Southern MissouriBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Outside of a week or two in the darkest days of winter, it's always gardening season for Jana Hukriede.
A key volunteer at Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri's LifeHouse Crisis Maternity Home in Springfield, Hukriede finds that hardly a day passes in which she is not organizing volunteers, looking for bargains on gardening supplies and planning which vegetables to plant when in the numerous raised beds at the home's 11-acre property.
Read MoreCuria reforms put priority on evangelization, synodality, cardinals say
04/23/19 4:10 pm
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzROME (CNS) -- The proposed apostolic constitution for reforming and governing the Roman Curia is expected to emphasize the church's missionary mandate with the creation of a "super-dicastery" merging two offices dedicated to evangelization.
"The main point of the new apostolic constitution is that the church's mission is evangelization. It puts it at the center of the church and of everything the Curia does," Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India, told Vida Nueva, a Spanish weekly publication dedicated to news about the Catholic Church.
Read MoreUpdate: Sri Lankan attacks are the latest in series of Easter-related incidents
04/23/19 1:36 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/Athit Perawongmetha, ReutersBy COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNS) -- More than 300 people were killed and more than 500 injured in Easter attacks on three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka. The bombings were the latest in a string of Easter season bombings by extremists.
The others:
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