October 9, 2016 • The Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Francis of Assisi Parish Who are God’s servants but his minstrels who should comfort the human heart and lead it to spiritual joy? - St. Francis of Assisi (Mirror of Perfection 100)

This Weekend! Remembrance ‘Mums order tables after all Masses

From the Pastor’s Desk

Mardis Gras early bird Online Registration starts www.stfrancisparish.com

Be the One ....

In today’s gospel we hear how Jesus, continuing on his journey to Jerusalem, heals ten lepers. This is a story primarily about faith and reminds us that faith is sometimes found in unlikely places. Ten people afflicted with leprosy cry out to Jesus. Moved with pity, Jesus heals all ten. However, only one is described as glorifying God and returning to thank Jesus. The one who returns is a Samaritan. Samaritans were despised in Jewish circles because they were considered apostates. They had deviated from what was considered Orthodox Jewish Practice, by intermarrying and adopting foreign customs. It is significant, therefore, that Jesus commends the Samaritan for his faith, which has been his salvation. Throughout St.Luke’s Gospel Jesus encounters faith in unexpected places. Another lesson for us in this gospel passage has to do with salvation. All ten of the lepers were given the gift of healing, but in his gratitude to God for this gift, the Samaritan found salvation. Our salvation is found in recognizing the gifts and talents we have been given and knowing to whom we should and must offer our thanks. This gospel can be used on Thanksgiving Day - it is very suitable for that day when we should ask ourselves if we sufficiently express our gratitude to God and our fellow human beings for the many blessings we have received. The Parish Picnic takes place Sunday and I am looking forward to meeting many of you at this event. This gathering provides us with the opportunity to come together for fellowship and fun, something ever more necessary in this busy world. As the aphorism says pithily “all work and no play makes Jack and or Jill a dull person.” I wish to express my appreciation and thanks to Richard Hernandez, Anny Beeson, and the entire organizing committee for making today possible. Thanks are also due to all those who helped to make our St.Francis celebrations so prayerful and memorable this year.

This Week! St. Francis Pathways For Justice presents Forming Consciences For Faithful Citizenship - Oct 13

Participate! Parish Picnic (help at event) See a team member Mardi Gras Planning Team [email protected] Children’s Liturgy of The Word - Leaders & Shepherds [email protected] St. Vincent dePaul Conference leadership [email protected] Children’s Choir [email protected] Fall & Winter Gardening Help Wanted - Call Felipe at 731-4949.

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Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil 5:15pm Sunday 7:30am, 9:30am, Noon

Weekday Masses (in St. Clare Chapel) 12:10pm

Reconciliation 4:00-5:00pm or by appointment

Church Hours M-Th 9:00am-3:00pm Fri 9:00am-1:30pm

Deaf individuals are invited to fully participate in the life of the Catholic Church at our ASL Interpreted Mass each Sunday at noon.

Photos by Bob Knapik

September 22, 2016

5th Annual Event - Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento

Scrapbook: A Night of Music and the Spoken Word Once again this year: we are adding more items to the Live Auction and introducing the new and improved Super Raffle! Come see the changes and join in the fun!

9th Annual Mardi Gras Gala Reservation Discount – Register Early!



Saturday February 11, 2017 5:00 – 10:00 pm Red Lion Hotel

Make your discounted reservations for the Mardi Gras Gala now! Reservations are $55 per person until the end of the year (12/31/16). With the New Year reservations are $60 per person (as of Jan 1, 2017).

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e are happy to be back again this year at the Red Lion Hotel and Conference Center! Thanks to the delicious food, the beautiful and spacious surroundings and the professionalism of the event staff, last year’s Mardi Gras Gala was a wonderful evening of dining, dancing and fun!

Help make this year’s Mardi Gras Gala the best ever! Talk with your friends, family and “pew partners,” and put together a table of 10. Come join the fun and be a part of supporting our Parish. Flyers with order forms are in the church literature racks – or purchase tickets online at www.stfrancisparish.com.

To add to the “fun” portion of the evening, we are offering several big hits from last year’s event: the Photo Opportunity (professional photographer for group and individual photos) and the Mardi Gras Mask Contest.

For more information, please contact: Richard (443-8084 x114 or [email protected]).

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Opportunities

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PARTICIPATE! Our 9th Annual Mardi Gras Gala Committee...

Saturdays or Tuesdays 7:00 - 9:00 am October - January

... would like to invite all interested parishioners to join our fabulous planning committee.

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his is our premier fundraising activity to benefit the Parish. It is a great evening of fun, great food and dancing -- scheduled for February 11, 2017.

ick your day. Felipe and Joe have a broom or rake reserved just for you. Fall is coming and the leaves will begin to pile up! Please give our gardening volunteers a hand. Call Felipe at 731-4949.

If you are interested in party planning and are creative and detail oriented - and like to have fun! - please consider joining our Team. Contact [email protected].

This Weekend!

Remembrance ‘Mums

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e will again offer the opportunity to remember a loved one who has been called to eternal life by purchasing a potted Remembrance Mum. The mums will then be present in our church from Saturday, October 29 through Sunday, November 6. The cost for each plant is $20. You can designate the person(s) to be honored.

Wanted: Kids who like to sing!

The St. Francis Parish Children’s Choir is looking for children who are able readers and who love to sing. We practice on Sundays from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Center Chapel. We also have a Teen Choir for those in grades 6 and up.

Orders will be taken after all the Masses beginning Saturday, October 8, and will continue through October 25. Orders can also be placed online at our website (www.stfrancisparish. com).

If interested in either choir please e-mail Janet Stites at [email protected]

This Week!

St Francis St. Vincent de Paul Conference

The St. Francis Outreach Ministry would like to establish a St. Vincent de Paul Conference at our parish. Vincentians gather together in groups called conferences which focus on spirituality, fellowship, and works of charity. Works of Charity may include homeless services and home visits to the poor.

St. Francis Pathways For Justice

To establish a conference we must first identify a leadership group consisting of volunteers serving as President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. We can then develop a plan of action to identify services that can be offered to assist our parishioners.

Forming Consciences For Faithful Citizenship Please join us for an evening of shared information and conversation. Thursday, October 13, 2016 Brunsman Hall • 7:00 – 8:30 pm

If you are interested in being considred for a leadership position, please contact Richard Hernandez at RichardH@ Stfrancisparish.com or 916-443-8084 ext. 114 to meet and review the program.

We will: • Share our church’s teaching on our engagement in the political life of our nation. • Review ballot propositions that are endorsed by the California Conference of Catholic Bishops. • Provide information sources that will help us in voting our “conscience” as we exercise our rights and duties as participants in our democracy.

Those interested in volunteering should possess a great desire to work with the poor and needy, make the required time commitment, and possess skill sets of working with groups and conducting training. In advance, thank you very much and we look forward to implementing this very exciting program to serve our parish.

“The Church cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice”. - Pope Francis; Evangelii Gaudium, no. 183

Richard A. Hernandez, Director of Outreach

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Peace Prayer OF ST. FRANCIS

Your Financial Support

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

Regular Giving (Offertory)

(Includes direct deposit and credit card donations)



September 25 Year-to-date (7/1/16-9/21/16)



Last year $ Change % Change



Designated Donations



Building Fund









$ 8,225 152,718 157,303 -$4,584 -2.9%

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

(Includes direct deposit and online donations)

Donations (7/1/16 - 9/21/16 Last year $ Change % Change

12,462 14,926 -$2,463 -16.5%

Step Ministry

Donations to date (7/1/16 - 9/21/16) Last year $ Change % Change

$11,349 10,890 $459 4.1%

Amen. While this prayer has always been attributed to St. Francis, the author is actually unknown. The prayer does wonderfully represent the spirit of St. Francis and Franciscan Orders.

Thank you for your generosity!

Prayer Requests Parish Mission Statement

For Those Who Are Ill or in Pain Peggy Partington, Carrie Ladd, Adolph Stankiewicz, Denise Mazzucca Barrett, Pat Osuna, Karl Adams

St. Francis Parish is a Catholic Christian Community building the reign of God in the spirit and path of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi.

For Those Who Have Been Called to Eternal Life

We value vibrant liturgy and personal prayer as a way to worship God and celebrate life.

Mary Kuvakos

Challenged by the Holy Spirit, we reach beyond ourselves to care for our neighbors, the poor, the marginalized, and those alienated by our Catholic Church.

Mass Intentions for this Week Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 13

Sun. 7:30am Sun. 9:30am Sun. 12 Noon

Pro Benefa Pro Populo Erik Emblem (†) Florence Weisser (†) Florence Weisser (†) Florence Weisser (†) Florence Weisser (†)

We respond to the command of Jesus to love by welcoming all, evangelizing, supporting spiritual growth, and being Eucharist to each other. We aspire to be witnesses and prophets advocating for justice in the world and in the Church. We are an inclusive community respecting the dignity of all persons and supporting the journey of each person.

Pro Populo: for our parishioners, Pro Benefa: for benefactors

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o request a Mass Intention or request to have your loved one added to our bulletin prayer list, please contact SJeanay Willis Bolden, Parish Secretary (443-8084 or [email protected]). Send Healing Prayer Ministry prayer requests to healingprayer@ stfrancisparish.com, or contact Richard Hernandez (443-8084 x114 or [email protected]).

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Welcome New Parishioners

Coming up later in October ...

Interfaith Day of Dialogue

Lord, Jesus, You welcomed all people who came to you. Grant us the joy of celebrating the mystery of your love with these new parishioners:

Thursday October 20, 2016 Topic of the Day: “Women In Conversation” 6:00 - Finger Foods 6:30 - Dialogue/Commentary 7:30 - Adjourn

Juanita, Emilia, Sofia and Tomas Figueroa; Julie, Jessica and Daniel Kever; Greg, Clemence, Chloe and Thomas Kucera; Chris, Paige, Reagan and Ryland Milavickes; Matthew, Courtney, and Joseph O’ Connor; Mary, Rudy, Madeline and Aiden Puente; Frank Schulmeister; Jason, Rita, Lauren, Jack and Addison Reefer; Andrea, Matthew, Natalie, Andrew, and Samantha Stone; Jennifer Urban; Nicholas and Amy Valley-Becker

Day of Dialogue is held three times yearly, and is sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento. Held at various faith venues, each Dialogue begins with finger foods and drink at 6pm, furnished by the host faith tradition. At 6:30pm we gather in a meeting room to discuss a topic of the day. Over the past seven years these topics have ranged from addictions to trafficking to women’s rights to strengthening families to homeless, poverty, etc. There is typically a 20-25 minute presentations on topic, with a short Q&A following. Please join us in Brunsman Hall on Oct. 20, as this is a wonderful way to dialogue together.

Baptisms of Children On the weekend of October 15/16, our parish community will baptize children at all the Masses.

We joyfully welcome our newest members!

For more information about the Interfaith Council, visit http:// sacramentointerfaith.org/

Oct. Year of Mercy Reflection “God is not known through grand ideas and extensive study, but rather through the littleness of a humble and trusting heart.”

Throughout the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the U.S. Bishops are providing a monthly reflection on a Scripture passage that Pope Francis refers to in his statement “The Face of Mercy. “ The following are questions for our reflection for October*.

Pope Francis @Pontifex, 10/01/16 photo from Pope Francis Instagram

Lk 15:1-32; MV, no. 9

“I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”(Lk 15:7) “In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (Lk 15:10)

Weekly Readings Sunday: 2 Kgs 5:14-17; Ps 98:1-4; 2 Tm 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19 Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31 — 5:1; Ps 113:1b-5a, 6-7; Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43-45, 47-48; Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1-6; Lk 11:47-54 Friday: Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13; Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: Eph 1:15-23; Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-7; Lk 12:8-12 Sunday: Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Tm 3:14 — 4:2; Lk 18:1-8

Reflection Questions 1. Do you take time to celebrate and rejoice in your relationship with God? Why do you think it is important to include this sense of joy in your Christian life? What does your family or parish community do to celebrate and acknowledge the mercy and love God has for those who return to their faith? 2. Think back to a time when you were lost or when you lost something. How did it feel when you made your way back to a place you knew or found what you were looking for? Can you imagine God’s response to your return to him or an opening of your heart more to receive his mercy? What would he say to you? How would you rejoice with him? * View the entire October reflection at http://bit.ly/1QbUx44

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Ongoing: All Are Welcome

Second Collections???

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

During the Liturgy of the Word at our 9:30 am Mass, children K-4th grade are escorted from the church to the Parish Center Chapel by an adult catechist. No registration required. Parents may accompany their children.

“What was this?” people asked. “We’ve never had second collections before!”

Church Tours: 4th Sundays following the Noon Mass. Communion Visitation

Currently, the monthly special collections requested by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are identified to our parish in the bulletin and in the announcements the week before the collection, with special envelopes placed in the pews. On the collection weekend those who wish to contribute to the special collection simply put the envelope in the basket with the regular collection for church operations. This means that there is no opportunity to contribute cash to the special collection because there is no way to designate where that cash is intended to go.

To request a visit for you or a loved one, please email: [email protected]. Please include your phone number in your email.

Contemplative Prayer

Mondays 6:00 pm in the Parish Center Chapel. Tuesdays after 12:10 pm Mass in St. Clare Chapel.

Gospel Series

Sundays 11:00 -11:45 am in the Parish Center. Reflection and meditation on the gospel. More info: Mary (536-9753).

Healing Prayer

Email your prayer petitions to [email protected], or call the parish office (443-8084).

To assure that each person’s donation goes where intended, the Finance Council has made the decision to separate the weekly collection for the parish from the special collections. Thus, generally, once a month there will be two collections. The parish will be notified a week in advance, as is our procedure now.

High School Youth Ministry

1st and 3rd Thursdays from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Parish Center. Light dinner provided. Bring a friend! [email protected].

Hospitality

Sundays after 9:30 am Mass. Join us for coffee and donuts in Brunsman Hall.

The calendar of special collections is set far in advance by the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and those special collections occur in all Catholic churches throughout the nation. St. Francis Parish has annually followed their schedule. If you are interested in seeing the schedule and description of special collections, go to scd.org/Stewardship/Special Collections. The next special collection will be on October 22/23 for World Mission Sunday.

Library Hours: Thursdays, 12:30- 2:30 pm and

1st and 3rd Sundays, 8:30 - 11:30 am in the Parish Center.

LGBT Ministry All are invited to find community and support in their

faith journey through worshipping with us and participating in parish activities. Contact [email protected].

Little Lambs Nursery Program

Child care for children ages 1-3 during 9:30 am Mass. To register, go to our Children’s Faith Formation link on our parish website: www.stfrancisparish.com/children_formation.htm or email [email protected].

Praying the Franciscan Crown

Saturdays, 9-11am, in the Parish Center, we pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary, followed by conversation, fellowship, and brunch at a local restaurant. More info: [email protected] Taizé Prayer: Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 pm, in the church.

Jesuit High School: Prospective Students and Families

T’ai Chi Chih

Saturdays: 9:05 am in St. Clare Chapel or, weather permitting, in the park across from the church. Wednesdays: 6:00 pm in the church (during Taizé Prayer).

Please join us for our annual Open House and see why Jesuit High School is an excellent choice for the young men in your family.

School Prayer Service: Mondays at 8:10 am in the church

(when school is in session). All are welcome.

Sunday, October 16 from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m.

Thomas Merton Circle: More info: John (482-6976). Young Adults (20’s-30’s)

Register on line at jesuithighschool.org Questions, please email [email protected] or call (916) 480-2127

Come try out our young adults groups called Christian Life Communities (CLC). Our CLCs are a place for growth, companionship, and transformation. More info: Patrice at [email protected].

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Parish Information St. Francis Parish Center Offices: 1066 26th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816 • Phone: 916.443.8084 Fax: 916.443.7356 • Website: www.stfrancisparish.com • Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm St. Francis Elementary School: 2500 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95816 • Phone: 916.442.5494 Website: www.stfranciselem.org • Office Hours: Mon–Thur, 8am–4pm and Fri, 8am-2pm (during the School Year)

Pastor Principal Director of Liturgy Director of Music Director of Faith Formation Director of Outreach Administrative Associate Plant Manager Parish Programs Assistant Parish Secretary and Wedding Coordinator Parish Bookkeeper Communion Visitation Ministry Coordinator Children’s Baptism Coordinator Library Coordinator Membership Coordinator Parish Council Chair Young Adults Ministry Coordinator Youth Ministry Coordinator In Residence at the Friary:

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