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Saturday March 4th- First Saturday 9:00 AM- Jonathan E. Clark- Family 4:30 PM- Donny Muldoon- Morning Mass Group
Sunday March 5th 8:30 AM- People of Saint Francis Xavier Parish 10:45 AM- Jim Siddall Sr.-Respect Life Committee
Monday March 6th 6:45 AM- Eileen Smith- Family
Tuesday March 7th 6:00 PM- Violet LaRose- Family
Wednesday March 8th 6:45 AM- Joan Feeney- The Rozelle Family
Thursday March 9th 6:45 AM- Granny Bee & Wesley Brenneman- Judy Roche
Friday March 10th 6:45 AM- Lois Stracuzzi- Friends
Saturday March 11th 4:30 PM- Donny Muldoon- Dawn & Kevin
Sunday March 5th 8:30 AM- John Weeks- Family
10:45 AM- People of Saint Francis Xavier Parish
Ministry Schedule for St. Francis Xavier March 11th & 12th
Lector Lector Lector Meg Curtin Donna Reagan Jeff Dixe E. Ministers E. Ministers E. Ministers Mary Colella Mary McGreal Bill Stewart Carter Austin Wendy Monroe Stephanie Stewart Mary Finn Nancy Palmer Linda Pavlas Angela Barbaro Judy Priest Marilyn Duffy Patrick Canny Kristen Schoeneck
Altar Servers Altar Servers Altar Servers Colleen Marsh Landon Kelly Nolan Manahan Mia Welsh Chris Barbaro Jay Colella
Cantor Cantor Cantor Fely Mike Heather
40 Days for Life
Spring campaign is going on right now from March 1-April 9. For further information or to sign
up for hours, go to https://40daysforlife.com/localcampaigns/syracuse
What’s Happening This Week At Saint Francis
Saturday March 4th- First Saturday First Saturday Mass- Church- 9:00 am Ecumenical Youth Group- Church Hall- 7:00 pm
Sunday March 5th Adult Choir- Church- 9:30 am CLOW- Church- 10:45 am
Monday March 6th Lectio Divina- Church- 6:30 pm
Tuesday March 7th Sharing Christ- 6:45 pm
Wednesday March 8th Children’s Rosary- Church Bsmt- 6:30 pm
Thursday March 9th Lectio Divina- R.E. Center- 10:00 am Youth Choir- Church- 4:00 pm Rosary- Church- 7:00 pm
Friday March 10th Stations & Benediction- Church- 7:00 pm Saturday March 11th Ecumenical Youth Group- Church Hall- 7:00 pm
Sunday March 12th Adult Choir- Church- 9:30 am CLOW- Church- 10:45 am
Our Weekly Collection
Weekly Goal: $8,400 Last Week: $6,377
Please Pray For:
Missy Fitz, Austin Marlowe, Brian Stonelake,
Lucienne Henneberry, J.E.L., Brett Kresco, Conor
Osterman, Ellie Hauver, Allan Stonecipher, Jo’Ann
F., Genie Barnes, Donna Martin, Kermit Tucker,
Sr. Mary Brendan Wilson & Michelle Fleegel
Please Pray for Our Homebound:
Grace Genter, Nicole Adams, Mike Berish, Ethel
Cole, Peggy Crysler, Isabell LaClair, Leda Stopyro,
Barbara Weinberger, Barbara Vautrot, Ethel Osborne,
Bob & Kay Wilson, Gerry Joyce, Marie Patterson,
Patricia Welch & Mary Martin
THANK YOU PARISHIONERS!
Due to your loving generosity, a bounty of items and over $900 was donated during our recent baby shower to help those in need! We are also grateful for the help from the confirmation candidates. God bless you all!!
-Respect Life Committee
Religious Education News & Updates
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude” –Cynthia Ozick
Jr. High Stations of the Cross Students and their families will participate in Stations this weekend after th 10:45 Mass, with Adoration and Benediction. First Communion (Eucharist) Workshop for parents and child will be next weekend, March 12 at the Center. Letters have been mailed home with the sacramental schedule. Please call office at )315) 673-4107 if you did not receive a letter.
Marcellus Church Music Director Needed
St Francis Xavier Church in Marcellus is seeking a new Music Director. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic person to organize music and choirs for
weekend masses, Holy Days and parish liturgies. This part time position would require working on Saturday evening and Sunday mornings. Applicant must enjoy working with both adults and children.
Salary is commensurate with experience. Please forward resume and cover letter by
April 10, 2017 to: Deacon John Falge at [email protected]
Job description and duties can be found at: sfxmarcellus.com
Best Lent Ever
We all know the things that make us happy, but we don’t always do them. Lent is an opportunity to change that. This year we invite you to do something different. Sign up for daily inspiration online for your email and/or phone at Dynamiccatholic.com
Elizabeth Ministry
We are here to serve you! Offering peer support during the childbearing years, including gently used
baby items. We bring meals to the ill and new moms. Also, our “Prayer Warriors” are happy to take your
prayer requests. Don’t hesitate to contact Rita Condon at 673-9458 or email
[email protected]. We are part of the John Paul II Center for Women. See
www.jpiicenterforwomen.com God Bless~
March 5, 2017 First Sunday of Lent
“All these I shall give to you, if you
will prostrate yourself and
worship me.” At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan!” —Matthew 4:9-10
The battle between good and evil is writ large in literature, drama and religion. Today’s readings —
indeed, all of Scripture — reveal a truth we know all too well. Even the best of us has experienced the
powerful attraction of what we should not do. Our tradition tells us even more profoundly that the story is larger than temptation or failure. We hear, instead,
what is possible: Grace, justification, obedience, righteousness and life are the real end of the story.
Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for March Support for Persecuted Christians
That persecuted Christians may be supported by the prayers and material help of the whole Church.
Marcellus Ecumenical Lenten Schedule:
Wednesday Lunches @ 12 Noon: March 8: Marcellus Presbyterian March 15: Saint Francis Xavier
March 22: Saint John's Episcopal March 29: Marcellus United Methodist
April 5: Saint Francis Xavier April 14: Ecumenical Good Friday Service at
Marcellus Presbyterian
Lent Fast and Abstinence
From members of the Catholic Church, the norms of fasting are obligatory from the age of 18 until 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together do
not equal a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of
the Latin Catholic Church from 14 onwards.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics, in addition,
Friday's during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.
