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If you are a baptized practicing Catholic, you are most welcome to join our St. Francis by the Sea parish family. Please click on the link below and register to join our Parish family.  Also, consider joining one of the many ministries or organizations that enliven our parish family. Just scroll across the menus at the top of the page for more information about our many ministries and activities. We look forward to praying and working with you in our parish family!


If you are an adult who is not yet a baptized Christian, or if you have been baptized as a Christian but are not yet fully initiated into the Catholic Church, and you want to learn more about the Catholic faith and enter into full communion with the Church, then our “Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults” (RCIA) program is designed just for you. Through weekly meetings of inquiry, dialogue and instruction, you will be led through the process of initiation into the fullness of the Catholic faith.

A Registered and Active family/individual is one who:


  1. Has formally registered and is participating in the life of the parish community for at least 3 months.
  2. Attends Mass at least 75% of all Sundays.
  3. Contributes financially to the parish according to ones means
  4. Places the offertory envelope each week in the collection basket.


Active member status in our database is essential for requesting the following:

  • Parishioner tuition rate at St. Francis Catholic School and John Paul II High School.
  • Endorsement to serve as a sacramental sponsor for Baptism or Confirmation
  • To receive the Sacraments of First Holy Communion, Confirmation or Marriage (for oneself or for one’s children) at St. Francis by the Sea.


Placing your envelope in the Sunday collection basket is an important aspect of parish stewardship. We are not called to make an equal gift but an equal sacrifice in proportion to the blessings given to us by God. The offertory basket carried in procession to the altar symbolizes our shared sacrifice offered to the Lord in thanksgiving. Placing your stewardship envelope in the collection basket, symbolizes our shared responsibility to support the Church and our parish and a communal offering of thanks.


Once six months elapses without any envelopes or online donations received, the account is marked as inactive, and envelopes are no longer distributed. To begin receiving stewardship envelopes please contact the Parish Secretary, Merideth Johnson by using the button below.

E-Mail Colleen


Una familia/individuo registrado y activo es aquel que:

  1. Se ha registrado formalmente y está participando en la vida de la comunidad parroquial durante al menos 3 meses.
  2. Asiste a misa al menos el 75% de todos los domingos.
  3. Contribuye económicamente a la parroquia de acuerdo con sus posibilidades.
  4. Coloca el sobre del ofertorio cada semana en la canasta de la colecta, incluso si está vacío o participa en donaciones electrónicas en línea.

El estatus de miembro activo en nuestra base de datos es esencial para solicitar lo siguiente:

  • Tarifa de matrícula para feligreses en la Escuela Católica de St. Francis y en la Escuela Secundaria Juan Pablo II.
  • Respaldo para servir como padrino sacramental para el Bautismo o la Confirmación.
  • Recibir los Sacramentos de la Primera Comunión, la Confirmación o el Matrimonio (para uno mismo o para los hijos) en San Francisco junto al Mar.


Colocar su sobre en la canasta de la colecta dominical es un aspecto importante de la administración parroquial. No estamos llamados a hacer un regalo igual, sino un sacrificio igual en proporción a las bendiciones que Dios nos ha dado. La canasta del ofertorio llevada en procesión al altar simboliza nuestro sacrificio compartido ofrecido al Señor en acción de gracias. Colocar su sobre de mayordomía en la canasta de la colecta, incluso si ha donado electrónicamente, simboliza nuestra responsabilidad compartida de apoyar a la Iglesia y a nuestra parroquia y una ofrenda comunitaria de agradecimiento.

Una vez transcurridos seis meses sin que se reciban sobres ni donaciones en línea, la cuenta se marca como Inactiva y los sobres ya no se distribuyen. Para comenzar a recibir sobres para el ofertorio, comuníquese con la Secretaria Parroquial, Merideth Johnson al 

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