Events
- Oct 22 2021 - 9th Annual Marian Eucharistic Conference
- Oct 22 2021 7:00 pm - JPII Catholic Schools Night
- Oct 23 2021 - 9th Annual Marian Eucharistic Conference
Upcoming Events & Important Information
Sharing Thy Bounty
October is Respect Life Month
The Prayer of the Synod
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"Cash for Wolves"
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9th Annual Marian Eucharistic Conference
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Catechists Wanted!
Charter to Protect our Children
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Current Mass & Funeral Schedule
Mass Times
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.
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
Liturgy Q&A: More on Pro Populo Masses
12/29/20 4:09 pm
And Update on This Liturgy Column
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BI-WEEKLY UPDATE
10/22/21 6:02 pm
Good morning everyone! I hope you are doing well. I have a few announcements for you today. For those of you who like to pick up "The Word Among Us", they are now out in the Narthex. You Questions, please let me...
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10/18/21 8:43 pm
I hope everyone enjoyed the opening Mass of the Synod for our Diocese. Much information will be forthcoming in my emails, in the bulletin, and we now have a menu item on our website for all the information given to us by the...
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10/15/21 6:51 pm
Good afternoon, everyone! I hope everyone is well. I am sure we are all enjoying this very beautiful weather we are having. We are gearing up for a very busy Fall! On another note, I must tell you that on Monday, after I...
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Stewardship Prayer
Daily Cantors Needed. For more information on this Ministry, please click on this photo.
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Weekly reading
Readings for the week of October 17, 2021
- Sunday: Is 53:10-11 / Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 [22] / Heb 4:14-16 / Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45
- Monday: 2 Tm 4:10-17 / Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 [12] / Lk 10:1-9
- Tuesday: Rom 5:12, 15, 17-19, 20-21 / Ps 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 17 [8 and 9] / Lk 12:35-38
- Wednesday: Rom 6:12-18 / Ps 124:1-3, 4-6, 7-8 [8] / Lk 12:39-48
- Thursday: Rom 6:19-23 / Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5] / Lk 12:49-53
- Friday: Rom 7:18-25 / Ps 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 [68] / Lk 12:54-59
- Saturday: Rom 8:1-11 / Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [cf. 6] / Lk 13:1-9
- Next Sunday: Jer 31:7-9 / Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3] / Heb 5:1-6 / Mk 10:46-52
School Janitorial Custodian
St. Francis Catholic School has an immediate opening for a full-time PM Maintenance Custodian. The position is for an evening shift from 3:00pm to 11:00pm. Full benefits available. Send resume to St. Francis Catholic School, Attn: School Principal, 45 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926. Compensation is flexible depending on experience.
JPII Bus Driver Needed
Part-Time Bus Driver Opening
- Drive afternoon/evening athletic runs
- Substitute for regular route drivers as needed
- Must possess valid CDL with a passenger endorsement
- Competitive salary
- Excellent opportunity for retiree
Please call or email:
Mac Tamminen, Athletic Director
(843) 645-3838, ext. 304
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Saint of the Day
St. Pope John Paul II: Saint of the Day for Friday, October 22, 2021
10/22/21 6:00 am
Karol J. Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in 1941.
He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school ...
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10/21/21 6:00 am
Abbot and disciple of St. Anthony the Great, companion of St. Hesychius. He was born in Tabatha, Palestine, and was educated in Alexandria, Egypt. He stayed with St. Anthony in the desert there before becoming a hermit at Majuma, near Gaza, Israel. In 356, Hilarion returned to St. Anthony in the Egyptian desert and found that his fame had Spread there too. He fled to Sicily to escape notice, but Hesychius traced him there. The two went to Dalmatia, Croatia, and then to Cyprus. Hilarion ...
Read MoreSt. Paul of the Cross: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, October 20, 2021
10/20/21 6:00 am
St. Paul of the Cross was born at Ovada in the Republic of Genoa, January 3, 1694. His infancy and youth were spent in great innocence and piety. He was inspired from on high to found a congregation; in an ecstacy he beheld the habit which he and his companions were to wear. After consulting his director, Bishop Gastinara of Alexandria in Piedmont, he reached the conclusion that God wished him to establish a congregation in honor of the Passion of Jesus Christ. On November 22, 1720, the bishop ...
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