ATTENTION: EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION - Training is scheduled for those who would like to help distribute Communion and for those who are already involved. We’re going to introduce some new procedures to help streamline what we do, and so ALL current or prospective EMHCs are requested to attend one of the following training sessions. Your presence is necessary to make sure that all are aware of the new procedures.
- Saturday 11/11 - after the 5 p.m. Mass (6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the church)
- Sunday 11/12 - after the 8 a.m. Mass (9:15 to 10:15 a.m. in the church
- Sunday 11/12 - after the 5 p.m. Mass (6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the church).
The new EMHC procedures will take effect the weekend of November 25-26, so that we are ready for a new liturgical year.
ATTENTION: LECTORS AND WEEKLY SACRISTANS - Training for current and prospective Lectors and Weekly Sacristans (not the sacristans who serve at Sunday Masses, but rather those who help prepare the sanctuary and sacristy on Saturdays for the weekend. Additional Sacristans are needed! Please consider joining this ministry.) Again, your presence is requested and the sessions will take place at the following times:
- Saturday 11/18 - after the 5 p.m. Mass (6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the church)
- Sunday 11/19 - after the 8 a.m. Mass (9:15 to 10:15 a.m. in the church)
- Sunday 11/19 - after the 5 p.m. Mass (6:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the church)
Thank you for sharing in our mission to Make Disciples and Disciple Makers! So far 224 families have returned their pledges. We ask each Family to return a 2018 Offertory Commitment available on the parish website, to the Parish Office as soon as possible. Your generosity helps us to fulfill the mission Jesus gave to us. As we continue to grow, we need to grow in our ability to call, form and send others. Thank you for your gifts to support the ministries, programs and operations of St. Francis de Sales Parish. Remember we are discontinuing our Online Giving Service as of December 31st. We ask that everyone sign up for EFT on the back of the Offertory Pledge form. It will take effect January 1st. Questions can be directed to Maggie Wright, OFS at mwright@stfrancisparish.net or 740-345-9874 ext 204.
Fr. Dave will offer Anointing of the Ill after 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday.
St. Francis is researching the interest of parents for using childcare if we offer it at one of the Masses. Parents of 1st graders and younger are asked to complete the survey by clicking the link below:
Eucharistic Bible Study:
Join us Sunday mornings between Masses 9:30-10:30 a.m.in Johnson Hall.
Please note that Sunday, November 12, the meeting location is the cafeteria.
Tuesday, November 7, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in Conference Room A.
By Dr. Ted Sri facilitated by our Adult Faith Formation Director, Tina Burtch, tburtch.stfrancis@gmail.com 740 345-9874 x206
Call to register or just come and register when you arrive.
THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: The Rite of the Mass (Catechist: Father Dave Sizemore)
Each element of the Mass has significance and a role to play, best understood in terms of a two-way gift: God’s gift to us and our gift to God
WHEN: 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 8
WHERE: The Church
Everyone is welcome!
While inquirers attend weekly, parishioners are encouraged to attend as the topic interests you or as you are able.
Summit High School Youth Ministry - Martyr Mayhem November 5th, 6:30-8:30
Saints of the Church live lives of heroic virtue; some Saints are great mystics who revealed to us a deep understanding of the Lord. Some Saints founded orders that exist hundreds of years later. Some Saints were called by God to not only live for Him, but to die for him as well. Martyr Mayhem is a (comical) look at the lives of some of these great Saints. Join us for dinner, games, and a live-action look at the Saints who came before us.
See Ed Watson for more details.
The November meeting of the Women of St. Francis will be held Thursday, November 9, 7:00 p.m.in Johnson Hall. Our scheduled speaker is Dave Desender, Regional Director of Catholic Social Services. Dave will tell us about the services provided by CSS for senior citizens of Licking County. See bulletin for more information.
The Knox/Licking Vocation Club is asking for donations of snacks to take to the Seminarians at the Josephinum studying for their exams in December. Packaged:cookies, chips, granola and candy are a few examples of what have been provided in the past. The snacks are very much appreciated by the Seminarians!
Please bring in your donations to the "designated place" at the back of the church between November 4th and 19th for delivery to the Seminarians the week of November 30th. Questions? Please contact Vicki Annarino at 740-403-2576.
Please bring in your donations to the "designated place" at the back of the church between November 4th and 19th for delivery to the Seminarians the week of November 30th. Questions? Please contact Vicki Annarino at 740-403-2576.