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Mass Times
MONDAY, JULY 4TH - 8:30 A.M. MASS ONLY - PARISH OFFICE IS CLOSED
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.
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
Nancy Pelosi Receives Communion During Mass in the Vatican (in Other Words, When the Eucharist . . . and the Pope Are Instrumentalized)
06/30/22 10:30 am
Nancy Pelosi went to Mass, publicly and very visibly, after two especially relevant events in ecclesiastical and social life in the United States: the veto imposed on her to go to Communion and the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion.
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Read MoreSummary of the Pope’s Apostolic Letter “Desiderio Desideravi” on the Liturgy One Year After “Traditionis Custodes”
06/30/22 7:16 am
With “Desiderio Desideravi,” the Apostolic Letter to the People of God, Pope Francis invites to overcome both aestheticism, which only takes pleasure in external formality, as well as carelessness in the liturgies: “A celebration that does not evangelize is not authentic,” he says.
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Read MoreRussell Crowe, Leading Actor of “The Gladiator,” Will Play the Role of Father Amorth, the World’s Most Famous Exorcist, in a Film
06/29/22 9:23 pm
The Screen Gems production company announced that the filming of “The Pope’s Exorcist” will begin in September 2022 in Ireland.
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- Reverend Michael Oenbrink, Pastor
- Father Max Tria, Parochial Vicar
- Father Roldolfo Gonzalez, Parocial Vicar - Hispanic Ministry
- Father Christopher Loester, Father
- Mr. Gerard Hand, Deacon - Retired
- Mr. Dave Ritter, Deacon
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FLOCKNOTES
BI-WEEKLY UPDATE- ST. FRANCIS BY THE SEA
06/27/22 8:31 pm
I received many emails from you all in regards to Father Mike's wonderful homily. He has shared his homily, his notes, and also the letter written by the USCCB. Please enjoy! File: June 24th 2022 Roe struck down by supreme...
Read MoreBI-WEEKLY UPDATE- ST. FRANCIS BY THE SEA
06/24/22 4:28 pm
Good Morning! The Parish Office is undergoing construction. The office will be closed from July 4th - July 8th and will be limited access during the week of July 11th - 15th. The staff will be working from the Youth Room in...
Read MoreBI-WEEKLY UPDATE- ST. FRANCIS BY THE SEA
06/21/22 7:36 pm
Happy Tuesday! I hope all of our Father's had a wonderful Father's Day! Please join our staff and welcoming our new priest, Father Christopher Loester. As always, if you have any questions, please let me know. Benediction...
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Our Parking Lot is currently undergoing a huge transformation. If you are visiting us, our Masses will be held in our Gym. You may park for the weekend liturgies either behind the Gym, in the parking lot adjacent to the Gym parking lot, or in Hospital Center Commons (which is behind the Church Campus). We have a pathway that leads from Hospital Center Commons to the Gym area. We have signage around the campus to help direct you. Please do not walk on any unpaved areas and please do not park in the circle in front of the Gym. THIS IS A FIRE LANE. Thank you for your patience! Please click on the photo below to enlarge the image.
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SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Junipero Serra: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 01, 2022
07/01/22 6:00 am
Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Majorca on November 24, 1713, and took the name of Junipero when in 1730, he entered the Franciscan Order. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua until 1749. At the age of thirty-seven, he landed in Mexico City on January 1, 1750, and spent the rest of his life working for the conversion of the peoples of the New World. In 1768, Father Serra took over the missions of the Jesuits (who had been wrongly ...
Read MoreFirst Martyrs of the See of Rome: Saint of the Day for Thursday, June 30, 2022
06/30/22 6:00 am
The holy men and women are also called the Â?Protomartyrs of Rome.Â? They were accused of burning Rome by Nero , who burned Rome to cover his own crimes. Some martyrs were burned as living torches at evening banquets, some crucified, others were fed to wild animals. These martyrs died before Sts. Peter and Paul, and are called Â?disciples of the Apostles. . . whom the Holy Roman church sent to their Lord before the ApostlesÂ? death.Â?
Read MoreSt. Peter: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, June 29, 2022
06/29/22 6:00 am
Peter, who was also known as Simon Peter of Cephas, is considered the first Pope. Despite his papacy, Peter had humble beginnings and became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was ordained by Jesus in the "Rock of My Church" written in Matthew 16:17-18, which says, "Jesus replied, 'Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man!
Because it was no human agency that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my community. And ...
Read MoreWeekly reading
Readings for the week of June 26, 2022
- Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21 / Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 / Gal 5:1, 13-18 / Lk 9:51-62
- Monday: Am 2:6-10, 13-16 / Ps 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23 / Mt 8:18-22
- Tuesday: Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12 / Ps 5:4b-6a, 6b-7, 8 / Mt 8:23-27
- Wednesday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10 / Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 / Gal 1:11-20 / Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11 / Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 / 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18 / Mt 16:13-19
- Thursday: Am 7:10-17 / Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 / Mt 9:1-8
- Friday: Am 8:4-6, 9-12 / Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131 / Mt 9:9-13
- Saturday: Am 9:11-15 / Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 / Mt 9:14-17
- Next Sunday: Is 66:10-14c / Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 [1] / Gal 6:14-18 /