Upcoming Events & Funeral Schedule
Mass Intention Schedule
Mass Times
Funerals, the 10:00am School Mass on Wednesday, and weekend Masses will continue as scheduled. The 11:30am Daily Mass will resume on Tuesday, September 10th.
WEEKDAY MASS
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.
Benediction and Adoration - Tuesday 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 - 843-533-1757
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News from the Vatican
New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis
09/06/24 8:40 pm
(ZENIT News / NY, 09.06.2024).- Human rights violations in Nicaragua have been ongoing since 2018 when university students and other civil society activists began protesting a new Social Security Act and calling for the president to step down. The violent crackdown by security [...]
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Read MoreUSA: “Catholic” cases facing the Supreme Court that will have consequences for freedoms
09/06/24 8:37 pm
Two pivotal cases involving Catholic institutions could reshape the delicate balance between religious rights and state laws, raising critical questions about the boundaries of religious exemption in issues ranging from tax breaks to abortion coverage.
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Read MoreIsrael: Destroying machines also raze a Catholic church in the West Bank
09/06/24 8:34 pm
Sami El-Yousef denounced the destruction of the Catholic Church in Jenin by Israel
The post Israel: Destroying machines also raze a Catholic church in the West Bank appeared first on ZENIT - English.
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STAFF
- Reverend Michael Oenbrink, Pastor
- Reverend Ray Nacino, Parochial Vicar
- Reverend Jose Quilcate, Parochial Vicar, Hispanic Ministry
- Reverend Mr. Gerard Hand, Deacon - Retired
- Reverend Mr. Dave Ritter, Deacon
- Ms. Andrea Smith, Principal - St. Francis Catholic School
- Mr. Dion Jenks, Parish Finance Office
- Ms. Jennifer McGlynn, Director of Adult Faith Formation
- Matthew J. Meloche, Director of Music Ministries
- Mr. Bryan Goll, Director of Maintenance
- Ms. Colleen Rzeczycki, Director of Communications, Safe Environment Coordinator
- Mrs. Mitzi Petrilli, Director of Children's Faith Formation
- Ms. Merideth Johnson, Parish Secretary
- Ms. Carolina Rozo, Hispanic Ministry Assistant
- Ms. Pam Slawson, Finance Office Assistant
- Ms. Sarah Dempsey, Admin. Finance Assistant
- Jenny Zmarzly, Youth Leader
- Ms. Jan Halstead, Sacristan
- Lori Jenkins, Faith Formation Office Assistant
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Weekly reading
Readings for the week of September 1, 2024
- Sunday: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 / Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 1a / Jas 2:1-5 / Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 /
- Mk 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23
- Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5 / Ps 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 / Lk 4:16-30
- Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16 / Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14 / Lk 4:31-37
- Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9 / Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21 / Lk 4:38-44
- Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23 / Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 / Lk 5:1-11
- Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5 / Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40 / Lk 5:33-39
- Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15 / Ps 145:17-18, 19-20, 21 / Lk 6:1-5
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SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Cloud: Saint of the Day for Saturday, September 07, 2024
09/07/24 6:00 am
On the death of Clovis, King of the Franks, in the year 511 his kingdom was divided between his four sons, of whom the second was Clodomir. Thirteen years later he was killed fighting against his cousin, Gondomar, leaving three sons to share his dominions. The youngest of these sons of Clodomir was St. Clodoald, a name more familiar to English people under its French form of Cloud from the town of Saint-Cloud near Versailles. When Cloud was eight years old, his uncle Childebert plotted with his ...
Read MoreSt. Eleutherius: Saint of the Day for Friday, September 06, 2024
09/06/24 6:00 am
A wonderful simplicity and spirit of compunction were the distinguishing virtues of this holy man. He was chosen abbot of St. Mark's near Spoleto, and favored by God with the gift of miracles. A child who was possessed by the devil, being delivered by being educated in his monastery, the Abbot said one day: "Since the child is among the servants of God, the devil dares not approach him." These words seemed to savor of vanity, and thereupon the devil again entered and tormented the ...
Read MoreSt. Teresa of Calcutta: Saint of the Day for Thursday, September 05, 2024
09/05/24 6:00 am
The remarkable woman who would be known as Mother Teresa began life named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, she was the youngest child born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. Receiving her First Communion at the age of five, she was confirmed in November 1916. Her father died while she was only eight years old leaving her family in financial straits.
Gonxha's religious formation was assisted by the vibrant Jesuit parish of the Sacred Heart in which she was very involved as a ...
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