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St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church www.xavierbrunswick.org, 912-265-3249 June 17, 2018
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
www.xavierbrunswick.org, 912-265-3249
June 17, 2018
Father’s Day
Let us pray today for all of our fathers – both living and deceased. Let us remember our grandfathers, stepfathers, foster
fathers and uncles who watched over us. A great model for fathers is St. Joseph who was husband to Mary and father to Je-
sus. St. John Paul II noted some aspects of St. Joseph’s exemplary fatherhood in the letter Redemptoris Custos.
Joseph’s Role at the Annunciation
He became a unique guardian of the mystery "hidden for ages in God" (Eph 3:9), as did Mary, in that decisive moment which St. Paul calls "the fullness of time," when "God sent forth his Son, born of woman...to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons" (Gal 4:4-5). In the words of the Council: "It pleased God, in his goodness and wisdom, to reveal himself and to make known the mystery of his will (cf. Eph 1:9). His will was that men should have ac-cess to the Father, through Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Holy Spirit, and become sharers in the divine nature (cf. Eph 2:18; 2 Pt 1 4)."(8)
Together with Mary, Joseph is the first guardian of this divine mystery. Together with Mary, and in relation to Mary, he shares in this final phase of God's self-revelation in Christ and he does so from the very beginning. Looking at the gospel texts of both Matthew and Luke, one can also say that Joseph is the first to share in the faith of the Mother of God and that in doing so he supports his spouse in the faith of the divine annunciation. He is also the first to be placed by God on the path of Mary's "pilgrimage of faith." It is a path along which - especially at the time of Calvary and Pentecost - Mary will precede in a perfect way.(9)
The Birth at Bethlehem As guardian of the mystery "hidden for ages in the mind of God," which begins to unfold before his eyes "in the fullness
of time," Joseph, together with Mary, is a privileged witness to the birth of the Son of God into the world on Christmas night in Bethlehem. Luke writes: "And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn" (Lk 2:6-7).
Joseph was an eyewitness to this birth, which took place in conditions that, humanly speaking, were embarrassing-a first announcement of that "self-emptying" (cf. Phil 2:5-8) which Christ freely accepted for the forgiveness of sins. Joseph also witnessed the adoration of the shepherds who arrived at Jesus' birthplace after the angel had brought them the great and happy news (cf. Lk 2:15- 16) . Later he also witnessed the homage of the magi who came from the East (cf. Mt 2:11).
Conferral of the Name At the circumcision Joseph names the child "Jesus." This is the only name in which there is salvation (cf. Acts 4:12). Its
significance had been revealed to Joseph at the moment of his "annunciation": "You shall call the child Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" (cf. Mt 1:21). In conferring the name, Joseph declares his own legal fatherhood over Jesus, and in speaking the name he proclaims the child's mission as Savior.
The Flight into Egypt After the presentation in the Temple the Evangelist Luke notes: "And when they had performed everything according to
the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him" (Lk 2:39-40).
But according to Matthew's text, a very important event took place before the return to Galilee, an event in which divine providence once again had recourse to Joseph. We read: "Now when [the magi] had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him'" (Mt 2:13). Herod learned from the magi who came from the East about the birth of the "king of the Jews" (Mt 2:2). And when the magi departed, he "sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under" (Mt 2:16). By killing them all, he wished to kill the new-born "king of the Jews" whom he had heard about. And so, Joseph, having been warned in a dream, "took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, 'Out of Egypt have I called my son' " (Mt 2:14-15; cf. Hos 11:1).
And so Jesus' way back to Nazareth from Bethlehem passed through Egypt. Just as Israel had followed the path of the exodus "from the condition of slavery" in order to begin the Old Covenant, so Joseph, guardian and cooperator in the provi-dential mystery of God, even in exile watched over the one who brings about the New Covenant.
WORK AS AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE Work was the daily expression of love in the life of the Family of Nazareth. The Gospel specifies the kind of work Joseph
did in order to support his family: he was a carpenter. This simple word sums up Joseph's entire life. For Jesus, these were hidden years, the years to which Luke refers after recounting the episode that occurred in the Temple: "And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them" (Lk 2:51). This "submission" or obedience of Jesus in the house of Nazareth should be understood as a sharing in the work of Joseph. Having learned the work of his presumed father, he was known as "the carpenter's son." If the Family of Nazareth is an example and model for human families, in the order of salvation and holiness, so too, by analogy, is Jesus' work at the side of Joseph the carpenter. In our own day, the Church has emphasized this by instituting the liturgical memorial of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1. Human work, and especially manual labor, receive special prominence in the Gospel. Along with the humanity of the Son of God, work too has been taken up in the mystery of the Incarnation, and has also been redeemed in a special way. At the workbench where he plied his trade to-gether with Jesus, Joseph brought human work closer to the mystery of the Redemption.
May St. Joseph obtain for the Church and for the world, as well as for each of us, the blessing of the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
Fr Tim McKeown
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
8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Reconciliation:
Church
Saturdays
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Sun-day
7:45 - 8:15 a.m.
(Or by appointment)
St. Joseph Chapel
(Please go to the main office for code)
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.
Vacation Bible School
June 18 - 22,
9 a.m. till 12:15
Pre-K through 5th Grade
Registration after the Masses.
SKYLARK'S (formerly CareNet) Annual
Baby Bottle Campaign will end on
Sunday, June 17th (Father's Day). On
the weekend of June 16th and 17th
Bottles should be returned. If you did not
receive a bottle and would like to make a
donation, please write your check to Skylark and
drop it in the collection basket.
Please join us in Xavier
Hall after the Sunday 8:30
and 11:00 Masses on
June 24th for reception
for Fr Christopher Ortega.
The SFX Community extends their prayers and condolences to the family of Shirley Wall. May she rest in the peace of Christ.
Collections for:
June 2 & 3
$ 9,672.49
BAA Total 2018
$ 36,523.00
Each year around ordination time the Bishop has to look at how to staff all of the parishes and place all of the pastors and parochial vicars. Some priests retire, some have health issues and most years we have new priests ordained. The bishop has to process these changes and then make sure all the parishes are staffed. We have received the assignments for the com-ing year and are sad to announce that Fr. Chris Ortega will be leaving us, yet we do pray he will continue to grow at his new assignment, St. Te-resa of Avila Catholic Church in Albany, GA. He will serve as a parochial vicar there. Change is always hard and it will be hard to say farewell to Fr. Chris Ortega and his many gifts. Still, SFX will have a farewell reception for Fr. Chris Orte-ga Sunday June 24 for those who would like to thank him for his time with us. In the Diocese of Savannah, parochial vicars
are typically given three or so different assign-
ments, each assignment for about 2-3 years, so
they can learn from pastors what to do (and
what not to do!) as they prepare to be pastors
one day; pastor on the other hand serve for
about 5-7 years. As Fr Chris Ortega leaves, the
bishop has assigned (soon to be) Fr. Chris Has-
sel as the new parochial vicar at St. Francis Xa-
vier and Nativity of Our Lady. These assign-
ments will take effect July 1. Fr. Chris Hassel
will join us the week of July 2.
Readings for the Week of June 17, 2018
Sunday Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ez 17:22-24; Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34
Monday 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7; Mt 5:38-42
Tuesday Saint Romuald, Abbot
1 Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 & 16; Mt 5:43-48
Wednesday 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Ps 31:20, 21, 24; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Thursday Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7; Mt 6:7-15
Friday Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs
2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; Ps 132:11, 12, 13-14, 17-18; Mt 6:19-23
Saturday BVM
2 Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34; Mt 6:24-34 Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab & 17; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17
Sunday The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80
Anna Hardwick
Richard Brunegraff
Vera Borkowski
Savannah Jones
Shelby Jones
Jason Runyon
Roman Shaefer
Paul Shaefer
Bill Schellman
Wyatt Kersey
Michael Rafolski
Jane Rafolski
Andrew Robson Jr.
Georgia Burgess-Erwin
Niko Cousins
Jerry Hayward
Kevin Cloonan
Gertrude Roberts
Peggie Cash
Sr. Kathleen J. McMenamin
Sr. Mary A. Curran
Betty Jean Murray
Evelyn Harper
Duke Wilson
Joy Hall
Suzette Allen
Tanner Posey
William Waddell
Patricia Clark
Phillip Hand
Marion Lenz
Lydia Gorman
Betty Blouin
Les Wall
Susan Layman
Jerry Ehlman
Joyce McPhee
Thomas Clarke
Timothy Tindall
David Higbee
Michael Mleko
Jackie Maassen
Bradley Huffman
Frances & David Nohrden
Kathy Poliwka
Daisy Rodriguez
Lucille Nichols
Judy Perry Majka
Steven Gentzle
Tanner Posey
Kevin Nicklay
Margo Harper
Jim & Phyllis Nase
Jennifer Myers
Helen Berry
Jane Allen
Margaret Young
Emory Young
Terry Cox
Arlene McDowell Dixon
Pam Gallagher
Sam Benton
Brandon Cleghorn
David Bailey
Wanda Hand
John & Jan Mistisshen
Charles Krauthammer
Let us pray for all those in the mili-
tary and police force both active
and retired.
Mass Intentions
Saturday, June 16
5:00 p.m. t Manuela Rocha
7 p.m. t Eleanor Daniel
(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)
Sunday, June 17
8:30 a.m. t Natalie Newbern
11a.m. All Fathers
6:00 p.m. t Maria Phan Thi Huong
Monday, June 18
Noon t Maria Phan Thi Huong
Tuesday, June 19
7:00 a.m. t Maria Phan Thi Huong
Wednesday, June 20
No morning Mass until August
7:00 p.m. t Maria Phan Thi Huong
Thursday, June 21
7:00 a.m. t Maria Phan Thi Huong
Friday, June 22
7:00 a.m. t Maria Phan Thi Huong
Saturday, June 23
5:00 p.m. t Maria Phan Thi Huong
7 p.m. t Eleanor Daniel
(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)
Sunday, June 24
8:30 a.m. t Mary, Effie & Preston Blanchard
11a.m. t Attilio Tozzi/James Powell
6:00 p.m. t Maria Phan Thi Huong
June 17, 2018
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Attention Gardeners: Help is needed with
our summer watering. If you would help
us water our planters at church or the
plants at the rectory greenhouse let Diane
know. Call 912-223-1261 or
email: [email protected]
“O God, hear our prayer and let our cry come
unto You.
Bless our Diocese of Savannah with many vocations to the
priesthood, diaconate, and religious life.
Give the men and women You call the light to
understand Your gift and the love to follow always in the footsteps of Your
priestly Son. Amen.”
How do we attract inquirers each year who
consider becoming Catholic?
Each of us has the responsibility to call others to the Faith. Jesus said, “Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptize them in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the com-mands I gave you.” (Matt 28:19) There are some in our midst who are interested in Ca-tholicism but have not been invited. You can answer Jesus’ call by inviting a family member, a co-worker, a friend or a neighbor. The ques-tion to ask yourself is not, “Does Jesus really want me to invite someone to RCIA Inquiry Classes?” The question is: “Who will I invite?”
“Go out into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15)
INQUIRY CLASS FOR NON-CATHOLICS
Do you go to Church with your spouse and
are interested in learning more about the
Catholic Faith? Do you have questions
about what Catholics believe? Is the Cath-
olic Church a right fit for you and your fam-
ily? Consider joining us for RCIA Inquiry Clas-
ses beginning Monday, September 10. We
will meet weekly on Mondays from 7 - 8:30pm
in the St Anne Room of our Parish Hall. Con-
tact Deacon Larry, 265-3249 ext. 14, to regis-
ter. There is no pressure to join, just an open fo-
rum to discuss God, Jesus, the Church, and
more.
PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (PSR): We had a great
catechetical year and are now on summer break. We will
begin the 2018-19 year on Aug 19th. Registrations will
begin next month, so please watch the bulletin. PSR
meets Sunday Mornings during the academic school year,
9:30 – 10:40am, for children Pre-K - 8thGrade. We are in
need of a Kindergarten, 3rd, and 8thGrade/Confirmation
Prep Teachers. We could use a few substitutes. You need
not be a theologian, just someone practicing the Faith and
willing to share that Faith. Come join us in spreading the
Good News of Jesus to our young people. Call Deacon Lar-
ry-DRE-265-3249, X14
Sacramental Requirements
Baptism: Parishioners wishing to have a child baptized should be registered in the parish and should contact a member of the clergy as early as three months before the birth of their child.
First Eucharist: Normally received in the 2nd Grade. Parents should contact the Director of Religious Education. Enrollment in Catholic School, qualifying home school, or Parish School of Religion (PSR) is required for at least 2 years leading up to the reception of the sacraments.
Confirmation: Normally received in the 8th Grade. Par-ents should contact Director of Religious Education. En-rollment in Catholic School, qualifying home school, or Parish School of Religion (PSR) is required for at least 2 years leading up to the reception of the sacrament.
RCIA/Adult Confirmation: Adults interested in becoming Catholic or in need of the sacrament of Confirmation should contact a priest or deacon.
Matrimony: A minimum of 6 months preparation is re-quired. Contact a priest or deacon to set up an appoint-ment regarding scheduling and preparation.
Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the pastor or
church office to schedule.
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, Cate Gooch-Coolidge………………………266-0100
Culture of Life, Rose Lodise…………….…….…...264-4121
Greeters, Ginger Dorcas…………..……………....275-8492
Knights of Columbus, Bill Schuster……………….266-6779
Religious Ed., 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
Most Rev. Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv.
Bishop of Savannah
M embership
To be a registered member of the parish is to
have a sense of belonging to a family. Newcom-
ers 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 family sick-
ness, death or special need, parishioners are
asked to notify the Church office. If requested,
Holy Communion will e brought o anyone desiring
to receive the Eucharist but are unable to attend
Mass for serious reasons.
Church Office
405 Howe St.,
Brunswick, GA 31520
912-265-3249
