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St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
www.xavierbrunswick.org
Mass Schedule
Saturday
5:00 p.m. SFX
7:00 p.m. (on Jekyll)
Sunday (SFX) 8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m. in Spanish
Weekday Masses St. Joseph Chapel
Mon. - Noon Tues. Thurs. Fri.
7:00 a.m. Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
Reconciliation: Church
Saturdays 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday 7:45 - 8:15 a.m.
(Or by appointment)
St. Joseph Chapel (Please go to the main
office for a key) Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
St Joseph Chapel First Friday Adoration
2:00 - 7:00 p.m. Holy Hour
7:00- 8:00 p.m. First Saturday
8:45 a.m.
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St. Francis Xavier Staff
Rev. Timothy McKeown, Pastor
912-265-3249 ext. 11
Rev. Chris Ortega
Assoc. Pastor
912-265-3249 ext. 12
Ann Buebel
Office Manager
912-265-3249 ext. 0
Maggie Shafer
Director of Finance
912-265-3249 ext. 16
Rev. Mr. Larry Guyer,
Director of Religious Education
912-265-3249 ext. 14
PERMANENT DEACONS
Rev. Mr. Ntungwa Maasha
262-0458
Rev. Mr. Larry Guyer
912-265-3249 ext. 14 CHRISTIAN FORMATION CENTER
1116 Richmond Street
Brunswick, GA 31520
Juan Perez-Valdes,
Hispanic Ministry 912-264-6805 ext. 11
Marisol Soler,
Fam. & Youth Ministry 912-264-6805 ext. 12
Joe Sechkar
Dir of Liturgy/Facilities Maint.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
1121 Union Street
Brunswick, GA 31520
265-9470
Dr. Terry Mermann
Principal
Lori Carden, Office Manager
Maggie Shafer Director of Finance
912-265-3249 Ext.16
Summer Devotions
Even though many of you have started a summer schedule our spiritual journey
never takes a vacation! Here are a few devotions for your summer spiritual
journey.
Prayerful Driving: We will travel many miles this summer. Traditionally summer is
the biggest season for travel. I want to make available a devotion that promotes
Prayerful Careful Driving. Back in 1955 Fr. Gregory Bezy had the insight to start
the Sacred Heart Auto League. He wanted to turn the routine daily activity of
traveling by car into a moment prayer, a time of grace. Imagine how much more
we need this in 2017 with all the distracted driving we see today!
I always remember my grandmother having a Sacred Heart medal in her car and
praying before we began a trip. If you would like an envelope with a Sacred Heart
pocket calendar and a Crucifix for your car please see me after mass. There is no
obligation to join the Sacred Heart Auto League but it is a good reminder to
practice prayerful driving.
Our Lady Undoer of Knots Do you have “knots” in your life? We all do! During the
month of June, our Marian Chapel will be dedicated to Our Lady, Undoer of
Knots. This is a devotion promoted by Pope Francis. It is a chance for us to pray
for situations in our lives that seemed tied up or bound up be they medical issues,
financial issues or relationship situations. We pray that our Blessed Mother will
help us. Beginning the weekend of June 3-4 you can tie on your special prayer in
the chapel. Sometime during June we invite you to pray a Novena to Our Lady
Undoer of Knots for your intention. Prayer cards and pamphlets explaining the
devotion are in the chapel.
Vacation Bible School: It begins tomorrow! What a great devotion for our young
people ages Pre-K through 5th grade. Please sign them up after mass today!
Fatima Rosary: This is the 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Fatima,
Portugal. Please come join us on June 13 to learn more about Our Lady of Fatima
and to pray a Rosary!
Summer Reading: Many people like to take the time to read over summer. We
have a nice library of Catholic Reading in the CFC . Since many people do not go
over there I will bring some recommended books over to the church. No need to
sign them out. Just be sure to bring them back when you are done!
Corpus Christi – On Sunday June 18 we will celebrate Corpus Christi (the Body
and Blood of Christ). After the 11:00 Mass we will have a procession through
Hanover Square and then a time of Adoration in the main church until 6:00 pm.
Come and spend some time with Our Lord that afternoon!
May the summer of 2017 be a time of growth for you and your family!
-Fr. Tim McKeown
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TRINITY SUNDAY
Trinity Sunday celebrates God who is one God in three persons. We don't worship three gods but one God in three persons. We celebrated this at the very beginning of mass when I greeted you with, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!" This is a central tenet to our faith. We worship one God in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We worship the Holy Trinity.
How can there be three persons in one God? The best analogy is a family. Here is the Smith family, three separate people: father, mother, child but still one family. They operate as one. If one member is sick, all feel the pain. If one member wins the lottery, all rejoice. They are three but they are one. It is an analogy for the oneness of the Trinity.
Sacred Scripture says, "We have been given everything necessary for a life of sanctification" (2 Peter 1). How true this is. What an incredible gift we have in the Trinity! We have an Almighty Father in heaven who wants nothing more than for us to be in right relationship with Him. We have Jesus who came to earth to die for our sins so that we might have a way to the Father. We have the Holy Spirit who remains with us her on earth and sanctifies us. What excuse could we possibly have for not attaining heaven? God has given us every grace necessary.
In its essence the Trinity is love. Fr. Raniero Cantelemessa writes, “God is love in himself, before time, because He has always had in himself a Son, the Word, whom He loves with an infinite love, that is in the Holy Spirit. In all love there are always three realities or subjects: one who loves, one who is loved, and the love that unites them.”
Our God is an awesome God! Often we are too busy to stop and reflect upon the attributes of God and we forget what a powerful God we serve. The problems of our modern world are not the center of life. They are passing away. In the end we always have God. God alone endures. As St. Teresa of Avila wrote, "Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices."
The choice lies before us. God the Father the Creator, God the Son the Redeemer, and God the Holy Spirit the Sanctifier have spoken their Word. Will we accept the saving hand of the Trinity? What more could God have done for us that He has not done? May we embrace the gift of the Holy Trinity and imitate Jeremiah who proclaimed, “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord (Joshua 24:15)."
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen!
-Fr. Tim McKeown
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Financial News
Collections for
June 3rd & 4th
$ 12,304.08
This September we will begin Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey.
It is a course that helps with financial planning and peace. If you would be
interested please contact Ann at the office at 265-3249 or
Vacation Bible School
June 12th - 16th
8 a.m. till noon
Pre-K through
5th grade
Sign up sheets on the back tables of the
Church. Deadline is June 11th.
Did you make your Forward with Faith pledge? We are still shooting to go over the One Million dollar mark but we can’t do it without you! If you have not made a pledge please take an envelope from the back of church and do it today! What can you give over the next three years to renew our campus?
Vision, Mission and Values
Mission experience right in our own
backyard. This is open to all rising
9th graders to graduated 12th
graders. The mission is scheduled
for June 20th through the 23rd.
Please contact Marisol at
[email protected] or call
912-264-6805 ext. 12 if you are
interested in participating. We will
be working with the City of
Brunswick on projects.
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Anna Hardwick Georgia Burgess-Erwin Tilly Johnson Moira Kaluzienski Huong Thi Phan Gertrude Roberts Sara Fryar Richard Brunegraff
Maria Zambon David Higbee
Gloria Quinones Byron Bankston
Charlotte Cornelius Peggy Lee Farrar
Vera Borkowski Judy Perry Majka
Kathleen Koreski Benjamin Koreski Billie Lou Henjum Leslie Kaufman
Michael Mleko Jr. Buddy Vazquez
Steven Gentzle Bradley Huffman
Savannah Jones Barbara Elliott
Jim Layman Wyatt Kersey
Steve Williams Pat Ragsdale
Frances Nohrden Venus Gines
Kathy Poliwka Bradley Huffman
Carmen Zuba Maria Borrego
Michael Rafolski Vicky Hancock
Jane Rafolski Jackie Maassen
William Wilson Helen Berry
Jane Allen Margaret Young
Andrew Robson, Jr. William Wilson
Sr. Mary A. Curran Sr. Kathleen J. McMenamin
Judy Wyatt
Our sons and daughters
in military service
If you would like a name to be put on the
prayer list please
call the parish office at
912-265-3249 ext. 0 or
email [email protected]
The list will be refreshed at the end of every
month.
June 11, 2017
Solemnity of the Holy Trinity
Mass Intentions
Saturday June 10
5 p.m. t Jerome Carignan
7 p.m. t Sandee Coddington/Mamie Krewer
(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)
Sunday June 11
8:30 a.m. Living & Deceased K of C Members
11 a.m. t Louise Lazarou (Anniv.)
6 p.m. t Bishop Andrew McDonald
Monday June 12 Noon t Barbara Gentile
Tuesday June 13
7 a.m. t Bob Visintainer
Wednesday June 14
7 p.m. Jim Lennon (intentions)
Thursday June 15
7 a.m. t Stella Hussar
Friday June 16
7 a.m. t Frederick & Bridget Hawthorne
Saturday June 17
5 p.m. t James Powell/Attilio Tozzi
7 p.m. t Loraine O’Connor
(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)
Sunday June 18
8:30 a.m. t Gordon Williams, Jr.
11 a.m. t Tim Mermann
6 p.m. t Virgilio Digal
Summer Mass Time Changes
Monday Mass will be at Noon.
There will be no Wednesday 8 a.m.
Monday and Wednesday masses will return to
their regular times on August 7th.
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The Knights of Columbus will host a blood drive on Sunday, July 16th from 9
a.m. until 2 p.m. in Xavier Hall. Please consider giving a pint of your precious
gift of life to others. Your donation will remain in the local community.
Scheduling an appointment will ensure your time is respected. The Knights of Columbus
will provide the volunteers needed for service. For questions, please call Dave Robson at
404-723-9868.
Loving Father, You sent St. Francis Xavier to preach to the nations. You
call us also to be missionaries in our own way. Help us to build and
strengthen our campus so that we may share Jesus with the people of
Coastal Georgia. Like, St. Francis Xavier, may we be people of prayer
and may we share You with those we meet. We thank you for blessing us
with a Parish and a School. May we seek Your will to further your work.
Bless us with a sense of unity, a spirit of cooperation, and a generous
heart as we face the responsibilities and challenges of this undertaking.
We believe our goals are rooted in Your Word and in Your Work. May we
nourish each other in faith, support each other in our temporal needs, and
renew our Church in the pattern of Your own Household. Amen.
On the tables at the main entrance of the church we have children's pages for
children ages (6-10) focusing on today's Gospel.
Fatima Meeting on Tuesday June 13 at 6 p.m. in the main Chapel.
Brief intro to the story of Fatima apparitions
Intro into praying the Rosary
Recite the Rosary
Discussion
Set-up next time and place
No experience is needed and every one is wel-
come. Rosaries will be available if you need one.
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Parish Activity Contacts
Adult Bible Study, Joe & Linda Kirby…………….267-9359
Altar and Environmental Care, Diane Lott……….223-1261
Bereavement, Ann Buebel………………………..265-3249
CCW, Rose Browning……………………….……...270-7176
Communion Ministers, Ann Buebel……………..265-3249
Culture of Life, Rose Lodise…………….…….…...264-4121
Greeters, Ginger Dorcas…………..……………....275-8492
Jekyll Island Catholic Ladies, Eleanor Daniel…....635-3046
Knights of Columbus, Bill Schuster……………….266-6779
P.S.R., Larry Guyer ……………………..…265-3249 ext. 14
RCIA/Sacramental, Larry Guyer…….…...265-3249 ext. 14
Religious Articles Shop, Rose Lodise……..……...264-4121
St. Monica Society, Peggie Cash…………….…....264-5458
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store…………...….…....262-6027 Parish Council, RoseMary Jones at [email protected]
Most Rev. Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv.
Bishop of Savannah
Please call Ann Buebel at 912-265-3249 ext. 0.,
email her at [email protected]
or come by to schedule your masses. Office hours are 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Membership
To be a registered member of a Parish is to
have a sense of belonging to a family. New-
comers are requested to register at the Church
Office soon after arrival, to meet the staff and
learn about your new parish. In the time of fam-
ily sickness, death or special need, parishion-
ers are asked to notify the Church office. If re-
quested, Holy Communion will be brought to
anyone desiring to receive the Eucharist but
are unable to attend Mass for serious reasons.