Current Mass & Funeral Schedule
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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 12:15 p.m.
Saturday - 8 a.m. Daily Mass
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Mass Times:
8 a.m., 12:15 p.m., & 6 p.m.
Confessions:
Monday - Friday: 20 minutes before Daily Masses
Saturday: 4:15-5:15 pm or by appointment with one of the priests.
Office Hours
7:30am - 4:00pm (Mon. - Fri.)
Staff
- Reverend Michael Oenbrink, Pastor
- Father Jairo Alfonso Calderon-Ruiz, Parochial Vicar
- Father Max Tria, Parochial Vicar
- Mr. Gerald Hand, Deacon
- Mr. Patrick Sheehan, Deacon
- Mr. Galo de Jesús Barreto, Deacon, Hispanic Ministry, Director of Religious Education
- 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
- 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
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.
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Events
- Aug 19 2019 - Fall Mass Schedule Begins
- Aug 20 2019 - First 1/2 Day of St. Francis Catholic School
- Aug 21 2019 6:00 pm - Youth Group - Sixth Grade and Confirmation 1
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Weekly reading
Readings for the week of August 18, 2019
- Sunday: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 / Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18 [14b] / Heb 12:1-4 / Lk 12:49-53
- Monday: Jgs 2:11-19 / Ps 106:34-35, 36-37, 39-40, 43ab and 44 [4a] / Mt 19:16-22
- Tuesday: Jgs 6:11-24a / Ps 85:9, 11-12, 13-14 [cf. 9b] / Mt 19:23-30
- Wednesday: Jgs 9:6-15 / Ps 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [2a] / Mt 20:1-16
- Thursday: Jgs 11:29-39a / Ps 40:5, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 [8a and 9a] / Mt 22:1-14
- Friday: Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22 / Ps 146:5-6ab, 6c-7, 8-9a, 9bc-10 [1b] / Mt 22:34-40
- Saturday: Rv 21:9b-14 / Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 [12] / Jn 1:45-51
- Next Sunday: Is 66:18-21 / Ps 117:1, 2, [Mk 16:15] / Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 / Lk 13:22-30
Saint of the Day
St. John Eudes: Saint of the Day for Monday, August 19, 2019
08/19/19 6:00 am
John Eudes was born at Ri, Normandy, France, on November 14, 1601, the son of a farmer. He went to the Jesuit college at Caen when he was 14, and ...
Read MoreSt. Helena: Saint of the Day for Sunday, August 18, 2019
08/18/19 6:00 am
St. Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and an Empress of the Roman Empire. Very little is known about Helena's early life, but it ...
Read MoreSt. Clare of Montefalco: Saint of the Day for Saturday, August 17, 2019
08/17/19 6:00 am
Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross ...
Read MoreNews from the Vatican
Let Jesus Change Your Heart
08/18/19 5:01 pm
Articles from August 18, 201i9
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Read MorePOPE’S ANGELUS ADDRESS: On Letting Jesus’ Fire Change Our Hearts, Renew Our Lives (FULL TEXT)
08/18/19 9:23 am
'May Mary, Most Holy, help us to let our hearts be purified by the fire brought by Jesus, to propagate it with our life, through decisive and courageous choices'
The post POPE’S ANGELUS ADDRESS: On Letting Jesus’ Fire Change Our Hearts, Renew Our Lives (FULL TEXT) appeared first on ZENIT - English.
Read MoreFire of the Holy Spirit
08/16/19 5:05 pm
Articles from August 16, 2019
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Read MoreCatholic News Service
Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
08/16/19 5:23 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan Friars ConventualBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Leading five seminarians on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and South America, Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Lasky saw a new awareness rising in the young men's minds.
It started by talking with visitors to the Shepherd's Table meal program at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Coal Township, Pennsylvania, outside of the eastern town of Shamokin, and learning about people's sense of place in the once-burgeoning coal mining region.
Read MoreVatican official: Church must be prudent judging Medjugorje apparitions
08/16/19 4:45 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sarah Mac DonaldBy Sarah Mac DonaldKNOCK, Ireland (CNS) -- Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a place of prayer, conversion and pilgrimage for millions of people, but the church must be prudent and not rush to any judgment on the alleged Marian apparitions there, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.
Speaking to Catholic News Service at Knock Shrine in County Mayo Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption, Archbishop Fisichella spoke of attending the first officially approved church festival at Medjugorje in early August.
Read MoreUpdate: In Colombia, bishops, religious listen to Amazonians before synod
08/15/19 9:00 pm
IMAGE: CNS photo/Manuel RuedaBy Manuel RuedaBOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) -- Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia's capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon this fall at the Vatican.
The meeting gave bishops who will be attending the synod a chance to develop proposals and listen to residents of the Amazon region, before they head to the Vatican in October for the gathering. Similar pre-synod meetings have been held recently in Peru and Brazil.
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