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 18 2019 3:00 pm - Divine Mercy Chaplet
- Aug 19 2019 - Fall Mass Schedule Begins
- Aug 20 2019 - First 1/2 Day of St. Francis Catholic School
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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. Helena: Saint of the Day for Sunday, August 18, 2019
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Read MoreSt. Stephen the Great: Saint of the Day for Friday, August 16, 2019
08/16/19 6:00 am
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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.
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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.
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