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
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, May 26th
Online Giving
Events
- May 27 2019 - Memorial Day
- May 27 2019 11:00 am - Centering Prayer
- May 27 2019 7:00 pm - Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible
Full-time Administrative Assistant Opening
Opening position for a full-time administrative assistant to the Hispanic Parochial Vicar. For more information about this position and to apply, please click on this link.
Part-Time Janitorial Opening
For more information on this position and to apply, 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.
"Manifesto of Faith" By Gerhard Mullers
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Upcoming Events & Important Imformation
Congratulations Class of 2019
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Consecration to Jesus through Mary
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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 ...
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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
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Weekly reading
Readings for the week of May 26, 2019
- Sunday: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 / Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [4] / Rv 21:10-14, 22-23 / Jn 14:23-29
- Monday: Acts 16:11-15 / Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [cf. 4a] / Jn 15:26--16:4a
- Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34 / Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [7c] / Jn 16:5-11
- Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22--18:1 / Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 / Jn 16:12-15
- Thursday: Acts 18:1-8 / Ps 98:1, 2-3cd-4 [cf. 2b] / Jn 16:16-20
- Ascension: Acts 1:1-11 / Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6] / Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23 / Lk 24:46-53
- Friday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16 / Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 [6] / Lk 1:39-56
- Saturday: Acts 18:23-28 / Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 [8a] / Jn 16:23b-28
- Next Sunday: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11 / Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6] / Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23 / Lk 24:46-53
- 7th Sunday of Easter: Acts 7:55-60 / Ps 97:1-2, 6-7, 9 [1a, 9a] / Rv 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 / Jn 17:20-26
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San Damiano Cross & Our Lady of Guadulupe
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Saint of the Day
St. Augustine of Canterbury: Saint of the Day for Monday, May 27, 2019
05/26/19 8:00 pm
At the end of the sixth century anyone would have said that Augustine had found his niche in life. Looking at this respected prior of a monastery, ...
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05/25/19 8:00 pm
St. Philip Neri was a Christian missionary and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory, a community of Catholic priests and lay brothers.
He was ...
Read MoreSt. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi: Saint of the Day for Saturday, May 25, 2019
05/24/19 8:00 pm
It would be easy to concentrate on the mystical experiences God gave this saint, rather than on her life. In fact, it would be difficult to do ...
Read MoreNews from the Vatican
US: Bishops Express Grief Over Storm Deaths and Damage
05/26/19 6:26 pm
'We are grateful that Catholic Charities and other organizations are in place working to provide for emergency needs and to help rebuild.'
The post US: Bishops Express Grief Over Storm Deaths and Damage appeared first on ZENIT - English.
Read MorePope Proclaims: ‘No Human Being Can Ever be Incompatible with Life’
05/26/19 6:21 pm
International Congress 'Yes to Life! Take Care of the Precious Gift of Life in Fragility'
The post Pope Proclaims: ‘No Human Being Can Ever be Incompatible with Life’ appeared first on ZENIT - English.
Read MorePromise to Apostles
05/26/19 4:56 pm
Articles from May 25-26, 2019
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Read MoreCatholic News Service
Update: Bishop 'profoundly saddened' by deaths, damage from Midwest storms
05/24/19 5:23 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, ReutersBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee May 24 called for "prayers for the victims and their grieving families and communities" affected by devastating storms from Texas to Illinois.
"I am profoundly saddened by the loss of life and the damage caused by the tornadoes and storms throughout the Midwest and related regions these past few days," said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
Read MoreUpdate: Students plan to raise nuclear weapon dangers in fall return to campuses
05/23/19 7:30 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. ShemitzBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON (CNS) -- At the start of his senior year at The Catholic University of America last fall, Tim Jones never thought he'd be joining a crash course on nuclear weapons policy within days of his May 18 graduation.
What Jones, 22, said he learned was more eye-opening than he imagined. And that was only after two days.
Read MoreFamily portraits, mutual support part of Caritas global assembly
05/23/19 4:40 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert DuncanBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle added a photo of his "Lolo Kim" to a mosaic of migrants, world leaders and Caritas workers to illustrate how humanity forms one family and is sharing one journey.
The mosaic, now including the cardinal's maternal grandfather who immigrated to the Philippines from China, was unveiled May 23 at a Vatican news conference kicking off the May 23-28 general assembly of Caritas Internationalis.
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