our lady star of the sea church saint francis of assisi
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Our Lady Star of the Sea Church 106 East Dillingham Street, Saint Marys, Georgia 31558
Saint Francis of Assisi Mission 700 Kingsland Drive, Folkston, Georgia 31537
Reverend Fr. Mariusz Fuks, Pastor
Rev. Mr. Joseph Bezy, Deacon
Rev. Mr. Timothy Hughes, Deacon
Rev. Mr. Henry Nieves, Deacon
Church Office 912-882-4718 Fax: 912-882-5845
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.weareolss.org
Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16bc-17, 20-26; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Gn 8:6-13, 20-22; Ps 116:12-15, 18-19; Mk 8:22-26 Thursday: Gn 9:1-13; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mk 8:27-33 Friday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Saturday: Heb 11:1-7; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Mk 9:2-13 Sunday: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
CONTACT INFORMATION
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
In recent years, there has been remarkable progress in drawing persons with disabilities into full celebration. Now it is generally accepted that worship places need accommodations such as ramps or elevators, large-print materials for those who are sight-impaired, and perhaps even an assisted hearing system or signing in American Sign Language. American Sign Language is not merely English translated into movement, but a distinct language with its own grammar, syntax (word order), and vocabulary. For this reason, the American Catholic bishops have approved American Sign Language (ASL) as an official language of the liturgy. Celebrating liturgy in our own language (the vernacular) means that liturgy must be accessible to all languages and cultures. The fact that Mass is celebrated this weekend in some places in total silence, but with the full participation of deaf people praising God in the movements of their hands, and sometimes even with a priest who is deaf, is nothing less than the Church being faithful to the image of Jesus, who made the deaf hear and the mute speak. Remember too that deafness is an invisible disability, and that there may well be people in your parish who are quietly yearning for Mass to be signed for them in ASL.
Our Lady Star of the Sea weekly schedule Mondays No Daily Mass Tuesdays 5:00 pm Rosary & Adoration, 5:30 pm Daily Mass Wednesdays 7:30 am Rosary, 8:00 am Daily Mass Thursdays 7:30 am Rosary, 8:00 am Daily Mass Fridays 7:30 am Rosary, 8:00 am Daily Mass 1st Fridays of the month 8:00 am Mass @ Historic Chapel 2:00 pm—3:00 pm Holy Hour 3:00 pm - 3:40 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet—Daily Chapel Saturdays 4:15 pm Confession - Main Church 5:00 pm Mass Sundays 11:00 am Mass
Saint Francis of Assisi weekly schedule Wednesdays 6:00 pm Daily Mass Sundays 8:30 am Mass
Deacons Joe Bezy: 912-673-7333 Tim Hughes; 912-322-2947 Henry Nieves: 912-674-7023 Parish Secretary Susan Bayless: 904-612-6143 Parish Council Bryant Shepard:912-673-7377 Finance Council Greg Lockhart: 912-322-6206 Ladies Auxiliary Sue Lockhart: 912-882-9492
Religious Education Tim & Rhonda Hughes: 912-729-2406 Knights of Columbus 11058 & Ave Maria Assembly 3391 Tom Jenkins: 912-882-9433 Health Ministry: Peg Hudock: 678-642-2893 Hospitality/Bereavement Victoria Brooks: 912-322-6857
Cursillo Chrissy Bundrick: 912-729-5705 Catholic Youth Ministry Tom & Tricia Jenkins: 912-882-9433 Chrissy Bundrick: 912-729-5705 Good Samaritan Outreach Lena Brathwaite Bell: 912-266-4969
Virtus Sallie Galyean Lectors/Eucharistic Ministers/Altar Servers/Ushers Contact church office Music Ministry Mike Anderson: 912-729-2409 Grief Support Tim & Rhonda Hughes; 912-729-2406
THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME February 17, 2019
Congratulations! Welcome to the Kingdom! Rejoice and leap for joy! Sounds a little like Easter, doesn t it? Well, in a very real way, it is. This Sunday, the scriptures remind us that we are blessed and beloved, especially when we have difficulties and don t feel especially blessed. Jesus reminds us that God blesses us in our trials, so we should trust in the saving power of God. We are raised from the dead, as it were, each time we arise from our hardships. The ultimate proof of all of this is our new life in Christ, who died so that we could be free of sin, and was raised from the dead so that we might all have new life. Wouldn t that be something? A new life, in which poverty is riches and sadness is transformed into lightness of spirit? It s a topsy-turvy world, isn t it? Do you feel blessed today? CONGRATULATIONS! Today s Gospel from Luke is the Sermon on the Plain with the Beatitudes, what we usually think of as the Sermon on the Mount. It seems as though Jesus is congratulating those who would have been considered unfortunate, doesn t it? The Beatitude statements overturn the concept of fortunate in Jesus time, naming those who are poor, hungry, mourning, or marginalized as those who should rejoice. Jesus continues with prophetic and startling Woe to you! statements, directed to those usually thought of as blessed. Heavenly reward is not a privilege of the rich and comfortable but a blessing for all who trust in God, whose reward will be great in heaven. WHOM DO YOU TRUST? The first reading and the psalm take a somewhat different focus: trust in God, not people or things of this world. One who trusts in God is fortunate, like a plant that produces good fruit, sustained by living waters and currents of grace. Not so the wicked, who wither and vanish, blowing away like the illusions of their self-absorption. Paul, in the second reading, confronts members of the early Christian community of Corinth who were doubting, or devaluing, belief in Jesus resurrection and the general resurrection of the dead. Depending on the material world in their spiritual pride, they believed that their righteousness was something they had achieved on their own. They felt self-sufficient, rich, not in need of the ongoing saving power of Christ s resurrection that completes the sacrifice of Good Friday through Easter, which is our true blessing. So, congratulations! Acknowledging our need for God, we are rich in the Kingdom love of our Father. Our hunger is satisfied by the sustaining nourishment of the Spirit. Our weeping is turned into dancing knowing that Jesus is with us in our sorrows, in fact knew them when he walked upon earth. Reasons enough for us to rejoice, always, even when people treat us badly. God s reward to us is the Kingdom, now and always. BLESSED When we think of the word Beatitude we think of today s discourse from Luke s Gospel, or the more familiar one from Matthew (which begins Blessed are the poor in spirit . . . ). Actually, beatitudes occur throughout the prophets and Gospels. Today in Jeremiah (with an echo in the psalm) we hear, Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord (Jeremiah 17:7). Following his resurrection in John s Gospel, Christ proclaims, Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed (John 20:29). The evangelists placed these sayings throughout the Gospels as short reminders about the characteristics that one will find in a follower of Christ, characteristics that will help spread the Good News in this life and lead to eternal blessings in the next. In Latin, the saints are called the Beati, the Blessed, for they are the ones who lived the blessed life as described by Jesus throughout the Gospels. How blest are we, when we also strive to make our own days a living beatitude! INSEPARABLE Faith and works are like the light and heat to a candle; they cannot be separated. --Anonymous NONSENSE A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest among us. --Anonymous
Our Lady
Star of the Sea
The Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship application for 2019 high school graduates is available at http://wildcat.camden.k12.ga.us/guidance/scholarships . The deadline to apply is April 13, 2019. Three letters of reference are needed, so please plan in advance.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Those preparing for marriage need to contact the church
office for a list of instructions at least six months in
advance of the anticipated wedding date. No wedding
date will be set, not even tentatively until the couple
submits all necessary documents and goes through all
preparations and has received permission from the
Priest.
If you wish to have your child baptized at OLSS or
SFOA, please call the church office to schedule a
preparation class with Fr. Mariusz and to complete the
sacramental registration form. This must be done at least
two weeks in advance before your event is
scheduled.
Collection:
Mortgage:
Grounds:
Good Sam:
$ 7,412.50
$ 1,557.00
$ 28.00
$ 172.00
TH
AN
K Y
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SACRAMENTS
First Holy Communion: First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion are celebrated in the 2nd Grade. If your child is in a different grade and needs to receive these sacraments, please contact the Religious Education Director to coordinate. Confirmation: Confirmation is considered a two-year program. Confirmation preparation takes place in 7th grade. The Sacrament of Confirmation is celebrated in the 8th Grade. Class attendance, parent/student meetings, workshops, and events such as retreats, are mandatory for all candidates. A student must not miss more than three classes per year during the sacrament preparation years.
Those wishing to become a parishioner of Our Lady
Star of the Sea, should complete the Parish
Registration form found on our website;
www.weareolss.org. Or you can ask one of the
Ushers for a paper registration form and put it in the
collection basket when you have completed it. We
look forward to worshiping with you as One,
Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church!
The parish welcomes all newcomers and invites you to register. Registration forms are available in the parish office, in the Narthex, and at weareolss.org. The criteria for “Active Parishioner Status” is as follows: “Weekly participation in worship through attendance at a weekend Mass evidenced by your weekly envelope in the offertory, * and active involvement in a parish ministry.* If you give online, please turn in your envelope at Mass and check “I’ve given electronically”. Thank you. An extended time with no activity will place a family on inactive status.
Dena Stephens, David Stephens, Betty Trahey, Lureen
Keyser, William Sizemore, Charles R. Davis, Jr.,
Alesandra Russo, Crews family, Wilson family, Claire
Walsh, Barney Panfill, Barbara Ulruh, Stacey Cribby,
Thurston Armstrong, Andy Wagner, Pat Jacobs,
Deborah Wade, Sandy Caudill, Bob Creo, Nester
Grenier, Janet Grenier, Daniel Brausch, Lilly Lopez,
Clara Kirmse, Yvonne Trescastro, Peter Wein, Isabella
Granieri, Emily Sherrill, Jean Latham, Kate Harrrell,
Jodi Patterson, Lynette Lowe, Susan Sagman, Camden
Lang, Donna Allen, Jody Blair, Delores Snowden, Tony
Snowden, Tommy Melton, Tita Gorney, John Matello,
Faye Swisher, Bill Hayes, Garret Sparkman
To add a name to the prayer list please email
Rwandan Genocide Survivor to Visit Savannah
Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga has been a Catholic priest of
Rwanda for 35 years. During the 1994 Rwandan
genocide he lost more than 80 family members and
more than 45,000 parishioners. He will tell his
dramatic story of healing and reconciliation through
his documentary and his experience: “Forgiveness
Makes You Free.”
Healing Mass: Experience Fr. Ubald’s extraordinary
charism of healing as he celebrates a special Mass of
Healing.
Presentation: “Forgiveness Makes You Free”
Mass and Healing Service
Thursday, March 7 Friday, March 8
7:00 PM 6:00 PM
Catholic Pastoral Center Blessed Sacrament
Church
2170 East Victory Drive 1003 East Victory Drive
Savannah, GA 31404 Savannah, GA 31405
The events are free of charge and no reservations are
necessary. A “love” offering will be taken up to
support Fr. Ubald’s ministry. For more information
contact Maggie Blanc at 912-201-4126
Our Lady
Star of the Sea
RACHEL’S VINEYARD POST ABORTION
HEALING RETREAT: March 22-24, 2019
For any person, mother, father, family member, or
friend, who is struggling with the emotional, spiritual
and psychological pain after an abortion -
this is a special ministry just for you. A
Rachel’s Vineyard Weekend Retreat offers an
opportunity to find healing, hope and
forgiveness. Come and experience the mercy and
compassion of God through this healing ministry. For
additional information contact Stephanie May at 912-
306-0406, or visit the website at
www.rachelsvineyard.org . All calls and inquiries are
strictly confidential. Come and be restored. Our next
retreat is near Augusta, Ga.
There will be a VIRTUS training session at OLSS
on Sat., Feb. 23 from 9-12. All members of
ministries must be certified before they can be
active in any events. Register @ diosav.org
The Ladies Auxiliary is collecting recipes to be
published in an OLSS Church Cookbook. You can
contribute 1—3 of your favorite recipes. To submit
your recipes you can 1) complete the recipe
collection sheet and give it to any member of the
Ladies Auxiliary OR 2) make a copy of your recipe
and give it to a member of the Ladies Auxiliary OR
3) login and type the recipe online
at www.typensave.com
User ID: OLSSCOOKBOOK
Password: celery310
Recipes will be collected
throughout the month of February.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner
Tuesday March 5 th 5PM till 8PM.
All you can eat pancake dinner with our famous
toppings bar !
$8 per or $32 for family of 4 or more.
Please call office to reserve your tickets now !
Tickets will also be on sale in the Narthex
Feb 16-17 , Feb 23-24
Praying to End Abortion
Father, help me to walk by faith, not by sight, in
this work. Help me to trust that even if I see no
results, you are working behind the scenes, doing
things I may never be aware of. Help me to walk by
faith no matter the insults the world hurls at me.
And help me to believe by faith that prayer is a
powerful force beyond what I can imagine. Amen.
St. Francis of Assisi is continuing our Building fundraiser by selling used concrete benches.
Simple to setup
Great for any patio or garden
Durable construction
15" W x 43" L Only 23 benches left! Benches are in good condition and comfortably hold 2 adults. $40 for the first bench, add'l benches $30. Contact 912-276-0976
Saint Francis
Foot care for those who are unable to care for their feet or
clip their own toenails will be offered to parishioners of St.
Francis. If there is an interest, the service would begin in
March 2019. For those with questions about this process: I am
an RN, with my doctorate in nursing practice. I would look
over your feet, check pulses each time and sensation usually
every few months. Your feet are soaked in warm soapy water,
nails are clipped, and feet are examined for any abnormalities. I
do not diagnose or treat if there are any problems noted. I refer
you to your family practitioner or to a podiatrist. If you are
interested or know someone needing this kind of service, please
either call me, Peg Hudock at 678-642-2893 or email me at
[email protected] . (Please put “foot care/St. Francis” in
the subject line.)
Remember to make 2019 a year of good health. Keep in
mind that EXERCISE is the best medicine, so when you can, get moving. Believe me, I know it is always easy to say that
and making it happen is another matter. (We take better care of our cars than we do our bodies….and we can buy a new car
every few years.) God only gave us one body, like it or not, and He wants us to care for it. So, in 2019, make time for you, spiritually, mentally, and physically. Start slow if you must but
start. Have a healthy 2019.
of Assisi
If you have anything that you want put into the SFoA bulletin, please email the office by noon on
Wednesdays for submission. All items will be reviewed and/or edited. Send your submissions to [email protected].
February 3, 2019
Collection: $ 381.00
Mortgage: $ 599.00
There will be a social on Sunday, February 17th after mass. Please bring a breakfast dish to share!
DATE LECTORS EMC GIFT
BEARER
USHERS GREETERS
02/17/19 L. JONES
A. KIDD
C. BARRINGTON
T. BAXTER
DRURY B. TURRELL
D. JONES
A. SPARKMAN
L. TOTH
02/24/19 M. GARVIN
A. FOURAKER
T. BAXTER
A. KIDD
FRANQUES D. GORNEY
D. JONES
A. SPARKMAN
B. L. TOTH
03/03/2019 A. KIDD
L. JONES
M. GLASGOW
L. TOTH
FRANZESE B. TURRELL
D. JONES
A. SPARKMAN
M. GLASSGOW
03/10/2019 A FOURAKER
M. GARVIN
C BARRINGTON
A KIDD
GARVIN D GORNEY
D JONES
A SPARKMAN
L TOTH
Ultreya will meet Monday, February 18th at 5:30PM.
The 2019 Bishop’s Annual Appeal theme is
“Who is My Neighbor?”.
Our parish goal is:
Our Lady Star of the Sea: $36,776.00
Saint Francis of Assisi: $ 3,405.00
With your help, we can assure the continued support of
many important programs that help thousands in our
diocese each year; education of our children and seminary
students, evangelization and Christian initiation, ongoing
formation for our clergy, and more. We are blessed with
OLSS
TARGET
PLEDGED PAID ON
PLEDGE
PLEDGE
BALANCE
ONE TIME
$ 34,776.00
TOTAL
GIVEN
% OF TARGET # OF FAMILIES # OF DONORS %
PARTICIPATION
SFoA
TARGET
PLEDGED PAID ON
PLEDGE
PLEDGE
BALANCE
ONE TIME
$ 3,405.00
TOTAL
GIVEN
% OF TARGET # OF FAMILIES # OF DONORS %
PARTICIPATION
The Ladies Auxiliary is excited to announce our custom cookbook fund raiser, featuring favorite recipes from parishioners. Our cookbook will be professionally published, and it is certain to become a treasured keepsake. Cookbooks will sell for $10 each and can be preordered. We would appreciate your contribution of 1 – 3 of your favorite recipes so you can be represented in the cookbook. To submit your recipe(s) you can choose the method below that is the easiest for you. Your name will be printed with each of your recipes. Your recipes will help to ensure that our cookbook will be a great success.
1. Complete this Recipe Collection Sheet 2. Login and type the recipe in at www.typensave.com
- User ID: OLSSCOOKBOOK - Password: celery310
3. Make a copy of your recipe to turn in, be sure to include your name Please turn completed Recipe Collection Sheets and/or type your recipes on the website no later than February 25th so that they can be included in the cookbook.
Thank you, Tricia Jenkins, Chair, Cookbook Committee
INSTRUCTIONS
Print NEATLY IN INK If more room is needed, use another sheet of the same size Please write LEGIBLY, as this will greatly reduce errors List ingredients in the order of use in ingredients list and directions Include container sizes, e.g., 2 (8-oz.) cans, cooking temperatures and
baking/cooking times Keep ingredients separate and directions in one paragraph. Please do not
submit recipes in steps, columns or charts. Use names of ingredients in the directions, e.g., “Combine flour and sugar.” DO
NOT use statements like “combine first three ingredients.” Be consistent with the spelling of your name for each recipe you contribute. Any special recipe notes (anything other than ingredients, directions,
contributor name, serving size or recipe title) should be kept as a separate comment on the bottom of this form, as they may not be included unless we pay extra for it.
Your recipes should fit into one of the following categories: Appetizers & Beverages Breads & Rolls Soups & Salads Desserts
Vegetables & Side Dishes Cookies & Candy Main Dishes This & That
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