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Day Date Time Intentions Sat 10/02 5:00 pm 50th Wedding Anniv intentions of Jerry & Georgia Soukup, offered by Georgia Soukup Healing for David Maxwell, offered by Suzanne Maxwell †Maria My, offered by Han V. Tran 7:00 pm †Lourdes, †Santos Gaitan, & †Miguel Barraza, offered by Maria Lopez 1st Anniv. †Maria de Jesus Mauricio, , offered by Jose M. Mendez †Ignacio Ruiz Chavez, offered by Maria Rodriguez Sun 10/03 8:00 am †Pedro J. Garcia, offered by B & Y Lopez †Norman Colaluca, offered by Louise Vitale †Juan Francisco Olivarez Rodriguez, offered by Family Arroyo 10:00 am †Manuel Aurelio Torres Jasso, offered by Adriana Torres †Laura Rodriguez, & †Guadalupe Gonzalez, offered by Siblings & Children †Norberto Pena, & †Lidia Vela Chapa, offered by Familia 12:00 pm For the People Mon 10/04 8:00 am For the People 7:00 pm †Refugio Ruiz Garcia, †Socorro R. Fuentes, †Hortencio Moreno Hernandez, & †Elias G. Munoz, offered by Jose G. Munoz Tues 10/05 8:00 am Healing for Elisa Gallegos, offered by Diana Diaz Healing for David Maxwell, offered by Suzanne Maxwell †Maria My, offered by Han V. Tran Wed 10/06 6:30 pm Healing for David Maxwell, offered by Suzanne Maxwell †Maria de Jesus NinoMoncivais, offered by Family Leyna †Maria My, offered by Han V. Tran Thurs 10/07 8:00 am Healing for David Maxwell, offered by Suzanne Maxwell Healing for Elisa Gallegos, offered by Diana Diaz †Maria My, offered by Han V. Tran Fri 10/08 8:00 am Healing for David Maxwell, offered by Suzanne Maxwell Healing for Elisa Gallegos, offered by Diana Diaz †Maria My, offered by Han V. Tran
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday English 5:00 PM
Spanish 7:00 PM
Sunday English 8:00 AM
English 10:00 AM
Spanish 12:00 PM
Daily Mass Schedule
Mon.-Comm. Ser. English 8:00 AM
Wed. Spanish 6:30 PM
Tues, Thurs, & Fri English 8:00 AM
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 3, 2021
Sanctuary Candle burns the week of October 3-9, 2021
In Loving Memory of †Laura Rodriguez & †Guadalupe Gonzalez
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Offered by Siblings of Laura & Children of Guadalupe
Sunday offering 09/26 $5,323.00 Collection for Seminarians 09/26 $1,007.00 We Share online 09/26 $2,102.71 Thank you all for your support of the parishes operational
expenses. For Online donations of Sunday offering and Building Fund visit: www.stfrancislancaster.org.
Readings for the week of October 3, 2021 Sunday: Gn 2:18-24/Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 [cf. 5]/Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12 Monday: Jon 1:1—2:2, 11/Jon 2:3, 4, 5, 8/Lk 10:25-37 Tuesday: Jon 3:1-10/Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4ab, 7-8 [3]/ Lk 10:38-42 Wednesday: Jon 4:1-11/Ps 86:3-4, 5-6, 9-10 [15]/Lk 11:1-4 Thursday: Mal 3:13-20b/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5a]/Lk 11:5-13 Friday: Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2/Ps 9:2-3, 6 and 16, 8-9 [9]/Lk 11:15-26 Saturday: Jl 4:12-21/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 [12a]/Lk 11:27-28 Next Sun: Wis 7:7-11/Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 [14]/Heb 4:12-13/Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 Observances for the week of October 3, 2021 Sunday: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Respect Life Sunday Monday: St. Francis of Assisi Tuesday: Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest Wednesday: St. Bruno, Priest; Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin Thursday: Our Lady of the Rosary Saturday: St. Denis, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs; St. John Leonardi, Priest Next Sun: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time ©LPi
Please keep the sick members of our Parish family in your prayers: Martha Wright, Katianna Richmond, Tillie Beltran, Ze-ferino Ledezma, Christina Pavalas, Philong & Phi Nguyen, Dolores S. Gatpandan, Francis Miramontes, Baruch Escalante, Johnny Martinez, Sara Raines, Esteban Lira, Pete Romero, Thomas & Yolanda Diaz, Raquel Baiza, Kenneth Cruz, Jr., Richard Oishei, Kenny Gunderman, Margie & Sam, Jesus Aguilar, Rosendo Lopez, Julia Lopez, K C Pena, Leah Pena, Lil-lie Munoz, Oscar Guerrero, Isidra Reyna, Enemencio Jaso, Alveno & Ruby Dickson, Mary Brown, Catalina Gonzalez, Bri-anna Dean, Nicolas & Angelo Florido, Rosa Maria Santos, Yolanda Diaz, Josefina Aguero, Laurie Williamson, Osvaldo Mendoza Jr., Abigail Renata, Jerry Donoho, Abraham Perez, Luis Maldonado, and all those who are not listed and still are in need of our prayers. If you have a person to add on this prayer list, please call the office at 972-227-4124. You can also write the names of your sick loved ones in the notebook on the stand in the Narthex.
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Fall Festival activities on Sunday 10-3-21
• All Food sales will be served outside and begins after 8 am Mass on Sunday.
• Children’s games are available 11 am -5:30 pm on Sunday.
• Vendors are available on Sunday.
• Cake Walk & Sweet Shop Baked goods from Altar Society.
• Raffle tickets will be sold throughout the day on Sunday. The raffle tickets are 10 to a packet, they are $5 each or 5 for $20.
• Concilio will be here on Sunday October 3 to register those who wish to, but have not yet been vaccinated.
• The Festival will conclude after the Raffle drawing at 5:30 on Sunday, October 3.
• We are in need of volunteers, for Sunday, as many hands make light work! If you haven’t signed up as a volunteer, we can use your help in different áreas, so come on by!
• Stay tuned to the bulletin next week to find out who won the raffle prizes.
• Thanks so much for your support of the Parish’s annual fundraiser!
Guadalupe Radio Network—-Radio for the Soul 910 AM English 890 AM Spanish
Televised English & Spanish Mass Schedule update—Please note recent changes to the broad-cast Mass schedule. All through the year of 2021, the English Mass will be broadcast on KDFI Channel 27 at 11:00 AM and replayed at 12:00 PM. The Spanish Mass will be broadcast at 10:00 AM on Univision 23.
Watch online Facebook-facebook.com/dallascath.
YouTube-youtube.com/dallascath. All videos are available any time after their premiere at: https://www.youtube.com/dallascath.
News from St. Vincent de Paul:
The Mobile Food Truck with be at St Francis on Oct 12 from 1-3:00 pm. It will contain fresh produce, frozen meats etc. Anyone in need of this service is welcome. We are also in need of volun-teers for this program, so , if anyone is interested call 972-218-6605 and leave your name & phone #.
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The Altar Society has changed their meeting time to 6:30 pm,
the third Thursday of every month in the hall in the Parish Cen-
ter. All ladies in the parish are welcome to attend. Membership is $5.00 a year. Please wear a mask and come join us for a light
dinner and Christian fellowship. Current members needing to
renew their membership can bring their dues to the meeting,
take their dues to the office or put it in an envelope with your name and drop it in the drop box at the south side of the Parish
Center. Please come celebrate with us.
Bilingual Respect Life Month Mass Please make plans to join us for the bilingual Diocesan Respect Life Mass, October 16, celebrated by Bishop Gregory Kelly and concelebrated by Fr. Jason Car-go, 5 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rich-ardson. A consecration to St. Joseph will be held at 4:45 p.m. prior to Mass. For more information, contact Susan Platt at [email protected] or call 972-267-5433. This event is sponsored by Bella House, Birth Choice Dallas, Catholic Charities, Catholic Pro-Life Commu-nity, Hike for Life, In My Shoes, Mater Filius, and White Rose Women's Center.
The English and Spanish Lectionary workbooks have arrived for Year C which starts on November 28, 2021, the First Sunday of Advent. To help defray the expense of the workbook, we ask each Lector to purchase theirs for $10. You may come by the office during business hours to pick yours up. If you have any questions, please call the office at 972-227-4124. ******************************************** Los leccionarios en inglés y español han llegado para el año C, que comienza el 28 de noviembre de 2021, el primer domingo de Adviento. Para ayudar con el costo del leccionario, le pedimos a cada lector que compre el suyo por $ 10. Puede pasar por la oficina para recogerlo. Si tiene alguna pregunta, llame a la oficina al 972-227-4124.
MEDITACIÓN DEL EVANGELIO – Hoy el conte-nido de las lecturas enfatiza tres temas: matrimonio, di-vorcio y fidelidad. Toda la liturgia de la Palabra se desa-rrolla en torno a esta delicada situación: el matrimonio que no es desechable ni fácil de cambiar. Muy a pesar de que en ocasiones se piensa que es cosa del pasado. El te-ma que es muy delicado lo aborda el mismo Jesús en el Evangelio, y lo clarifica aún más a sus discípulos en pri-vado, para que no exista duda. “Lo que Dios ha unido, que el hombre no lo separe” (Mateo 10:9). El énfasis de-be estar en la fidelidad del uno para con el otro. Lo que Dios unió, que no lo separe el hombre. Ni los padres de familia que están en contra del matrimonio de su hija o hijo. Ni las desavenencias de los conyugues en la vida de todos los días. Ni la falta de amor y diálogo en el matrimonio y la familia en general. Ni los amigos del es-poso ni las amigas de ella. Nadie lo puede hacer porque, sencillamente, es un Sacramento instituido por Dios. El papa Francisco nos dice lo siguiente al respecto: “En el proyecto originario del Creador, se trata de un hombre y una mujer llamados a reconocerse, a completarse, a ayu-darse mutuamente en el matrimonio. Esta enseñanza de Jesús es muy clara y defiende la dignidad del matrimonio como una unión de amor que implica fidelidad. (Octubre 7- 2018). “Por eso dejará el hombre a su padre y a su madre para unirse con su esposa, y los dos serán una sola carne”. (Mateo 10:7). Que al participar en esta Eucaristía dominical nos ayude a crecer en fidelidad para ser ejem-plo de vida a los que nos rodean, especialmente en casa. ©LPi
St. Francis of Assisi | Feast Day October 4 St. Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226) left a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity after reportedly hearing the voice of God, who commanded him to re-build the Christian church and live in poverty. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of St. Clare, the Third Order of St. Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Born in 1181 in Italy, St. Francis of Assisi was renowned for drinking and partying as a youth. During a military expedition/battle between Assisi and Peru-gia, he was captured and imprisoned for ransom. He spent nearly a year in prison and began receiving vi-sions from God. After his release from prison, St. Fran-cis of Assisi claimed to have heard the voice of Christ, who told him to restore the Christian Church and live a life of poverty. As a result, St. Francis of Assisi aban-doned his life of luxury and became a devotee of the Catholic faith. Today, St. Francis of Assisi, known for his deep love of nature and animals, is the patron saint of the environment and animals. Each October, many animals are blessed on his feast day. ©LPi
The office will be closed on Monday, October 4, 2021.
Masses will be offered for our Patron Saint on Monday October 4 at 8 am in English
and 7 pm in Spanish.
Religious Education
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English and Spanish Baptism clas-ses are being offered via Zoom. For more information, please call the office at 972-227-4124.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, “It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God.” Apart from the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ, nothing speaks better of God’s in-carnate love than marriage. God designed it this way. We place great value on love and rightly so. What we fail to realize, however, is that love, its very presence and place in our lives, is not simply part of the human package deal. Love comes from God. It is one of God’s greatest gifts to human beings. When we begin to real-ize that our very ability to love is sacred, it changes up how we see the essence of life, and purpose and sanctity of marriage. God is love. It stands to reason then that if we fol-low the path of unconditional, self-emptying love we will then stumble upon God. It is precisely this intimate wedding of God with love that gives such eloquence and honor to the love between husband and wife. As a living sign of Christ’s love for the Church and for humanity, husbands and wives speak volumes of God’s uncondi-tional incarnate love for all of his children! The Divine power that brings unity and life to marriage is so strong that once joined, it really cannot be separated. Admittedly, marriage covenants can be extremely difficult to negotiate and, at times, very painful to expe-rience. God’s perfect divinity always meets our broken and imperfect humanity. God is okay with this setup as he created it this way. Our loving is never as uncondi-tional as God’s and often tainted by our own imperfec-tions, needs, memories, hurts, sinfulness, and weakness. All of this baggage negatively impacts even the most well-intentioned marriages, causing them to be hurtful and empty. We are love works in progress. God can suc-ceed in perfecting our love only if we keep our eyes fixed on him as the source of that love. That’s why mar-riage is always about three and not just two. The Divine intimacy at the heart of marriage is what can make them celebrations of great union and happiness. Couples who are still madly in love with each other after many years, still looking at each other with that timeless twinkle in their eyes, best tell the sto-ry of God’s oneness with humanity. Honor, celebrate, and support those who have accepted a vocation to mar-riage. Living in a world that easily pulls relationships apart, may they find hope and inspiration from their faith companions who are on the same journey! ©LPi
FAMILIES TOGETHER: What a beau-tiful sight it is when families attend mass and church activities together! This weekend is our Annual Fall Festi-val; a time where we gather as a one big family of St. Francis as well as we help our church on its annual fundrais-ing event. Please come and have a good time in the many activities planned for this weekend. There will be music,
food booths, vendors, and games for the entertainment of our community. Invite your relatives, friends and neighbors to come and enjoy our Fall Festival. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
FAMILIAS UNIDAS: ¡Qué hermoso es ver cuando las familias asisten a actividades de la Iglesia o la Mi-sa juntos! Este fin de semana es nuestro Festival Anual de Otoño; un momento en que nos reunimos como una gran familia de San Francisco, así como ayudamos a nuestra iglesia en su evento anual de re-caudación de fondos. Por favor, asistan y disfruten de las muchas actividades programadas para este fin de semana. Habrá música, puestos de comida, vendedo-res, y juegos para el entretenimiento de nuestra comu-nidad. Inviten a sus familiares, amigos y vecinos para que vengan a disfrutar nuestro Festival de Otoño.
SAFETY FIRST FOR OUR CHILDREN: Parents, help ensure the safety of your children by coming into the building
to pick them up. Children are to be picked up preferably by their parents or an adult designated by their parents. If they will be pick up by an older sibling or other family member,
please let your child’s teacher know ahead of time. Also I have to remind you to pick up your children on time after RE clas-ses have ended. First Sunday session starts at 8:30 am and ends at 9:30 am, Second Sunday Session starts at 10:50 am
and ends at 11:50 am. Both Sunday Sessions end early enough, so you have the opportunity to attend at 10 AM Mass or 12:00 PM Mass.
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SEGURIDAD PRIMERO PARA NUESTROS NIÑOS: Los padres deben ayudar para garantizar la seguridad de sus hijos e ir por ellos dentro del edificio para recogerlos. Preferentemen-
te los padres de familia deben recoger a sus hijos o un adulto designado por ellos. Si un hermanito mayor de los niños va a levantar a su hermano menor o algún otro miembro de la fami-
lia que no sean los padres, favor de avisar al catequista con anticipación. También tengo que recordarles que debe recoger a sus hijos a tiempo después de que las clases han terminado.
Primera sesión del domingo comienza a las 8:30 am y termina a las 9:30 de la mañana, Segunda Sesión del domingo comien-za a las 10:50 am y termina a las 11:50 am. Ambas sesiones dominicales terminan temprano, para que tengan la oportuni-
dad de asistir a la misa a las 10 am o 12:00 pm en familia.
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