St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

www.xavierbrunswick.org, 912-265-3249

February 24, 2019

What’s New at SFX?

As I write this article we hope to put in for our certificate of occupancy for the new Narthex this

week so we should have an exact date for you this weekend as to when we can move into the Narthex.

A few updates on our building and repairs. Our last step in the Narthex project will be landscaping

the area between the Narthex and Hanover Square. We are going to build the landscaping around the

new look of our campus – removing some old trees that block the view and enhancing the area with

irrigation, sod, trees and plants. This will cost more than we had budgeted so if you would like to con-

tribute to the new landscaping please make a check to SFX and memo it “landscaping.”

Hopefully as we gather this weekend the windows renovation will all be complete. Over the course

of 51 years of the present church building rain water and salty air had compromised the framing

around our central Marian window and the protection around the side windows. The workers said we

were fortunate that none of the panels of the choir loft window blew out during a wind or rain storm!

If you would like to see the pictures of the window work you can go to our website

(xavierbrunswick.org) or our Facebook page (St Francis Xavier Catholic Parish, Brunswick GA). All

of our windows have been repaired, reloaded, the wood resealed, covered with a storm resistant tem-

pered glass and sealed with aluminum frame. Our windows are set for the next 75 years! This was not

part of our Forward With Faith project but needed to be done and will complement the new Narthex

very nicely. If you would like to contribute to the windows please memo your check “window pro-

ject.”

Please come join us in the church this First Friday between 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm for Exposition of

the Blessed Sacrament. This is a time of quiet prayer, reading and meditation in the presence of our

Eucharistic Lord. If you have never experienced it come and try it. It is life changing! Although we

have sign-ups to make sure that each hour is covered you may come at any time.

We are hosting the Community Seder Meal in Xavier Hall on April 11 at 6:00 pm. Please contact

our office for ticket information.

Ash Wednesday is approaching! Wednesday March 6 begins our Lenten journey! See page 6 for

schedule.

-Fr. Tim McKeown

If you have completed Discovering Christ from the Christ Life series we will be offering Level II which is Following Christ. We will offer a Wed morning session and a Wed evening session. Here are the topics for the sessions. We will start on March 13 since March 6 is Ash Wednesday. Following Christ includes ten talks spread out over seven weekly sessions and a day retreat. The topics each week are as follows: -Introduction and Daily Personal Prayer -Hearing God in Scripture -The Power of the Sacraments -Forgiving One Another -The Spirit-Empowered Life -We Are At War Retreat -The World -The Flesh -The Devil -The Heart of a Disciple -Going On with the Lord

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

Mon. - Noon (Chapel)

Tues., Wed. & Thurs.

7:00 a.m. (Chapel)

Wed. 7:00 p.m. (Church)

Fri. 8 a.m. (Church)

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 code)

Monday - Friday

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

St Joseph Chapel

First Friday

Adoration

2:00 - 8:00 p.m.

First Saturday

8:45 a.m.

Saturday, March 2, 2019 11 am to 1 pm in Xavier

Hall, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church 1120 New-

castle St., Brunswick, GA Pre-Sale Tickets are

$5.00 for 10 tastes or $7.00 at the door. Ticket Or-

ders Call Rose Browning at 912-270-7176

Seeking dessert donations for the International Food Tasters Festival. Monies collected go to-wards our school, church and community pro-jects. Call Marisol Soler at 912-264-6805 ext. 12 for details.

Save the date! Lenten ladies retreat Saturday, March 30 9 am to 2 pm Xavier hall. To register call or text Sheila Ledford 912-399-0493.

The Skylark Walk for life is Saturday March 2, 2019

at the North Glynn Recreational Complex Walking

Track located at 622 Harry Driggers Blvd off Hwy

17 North. Collect no money ! Only a two mile walk

on a sidewalk around a beautiful pond-bring the

whole family. Register on line at helloskylark.com/walk. Walk be-

gins at 9:00am be there at 8:30am as Skylark takes a group pic-

ture of our St Francis Xavier Church team before we walk. If you

have any questions Contact David Bishop 912-275-8127 or contact

Lisa at Skylark 912-264-0231. There is information available on the

tables in the church. We hope to see you there at the Walk for

Life

Lenten Spiritual Opportunities You may wish to join a small study group that focuses on the gift of the Eu-charist. You can join a Living the Eucharist group by contacting Deacon Larry at 912-265-3249 ext. 14 If you have completed the first part of Christ Life (Discovering Christ) you may sign up for the next level (Seeking Christ) there will be a Wed. morning group at 11:00 a.m. and a Wed night group at 6:00 pm. This will begin on March 13. Once again we will offer the Little Black Books which are daily meditative guides for Lent.

Collections for:

February 16 &

17

$ 9,270.58

BAA 2019

$ 4,705.00 We began the Bishop’s Annual Appeal for 2019. This year’s

theme is “Who is my neighbor?” Your sacrificial gift and prayers

will help make this year’s appeal a success. Our parish target is $

58,467 and we can do this if, after thoughtful consideration and

prayer, everyone participates according to our ability.

We would like for this year’s numbers to be a little more accu-

rate, so we are asking you to send your pledges and payments di-

rectly to the Diocese of Savannah using the BAA envelope. Please

make sure to write your check to Diocese of Savannah with St.

Francis Xavier Church in the memo line so we get credit. No gift is

too small! Thank you to all have pledges or contributed thus far!

Knights of

Columbus

100th Anniversary

This year our local

Knights of Columbus

are celebrating their

100th anniversary as

a council! In honor

of this Bishop Boland

will come and cele-

brate the 11:00 Mass

on Sunday May 5

and a reception will

follow in Xavier Hall.

K of C March Yard

Sale - coming soon we

could use some items

you no longer want or

need like tools, elec-

tronics, furniture,

lamps, appliances kids

toys, art work, books

cd’s and dvd’s. Please

no clothes. Proceeds

to benefit our pro-life

initiative. Pick-up

available for Large

items or heavy items

contact any Knight

for assistance. Thank

You.

Men’s Discernment Groups: Deacon Robert will be leading “The Melchiz-edek Project” during the Lenten Season, for young single men. There will be two groups: (1) High School, grades 9th-12th and (2) Young Men, ages 18-40. We will meet for 7 weeks throughout Lent. The High School group will meet on Sundays following the 8:30am Mass (approx. 9:45pm) in the St. Joseph Room (Parish Hall). The Young Men’s group will meet on Wednesdays at 5:30pm in St. Anne Room (Parish Hall). Food will be pro-vided for each group. What’s free? Food and Discernment Materials (To Save A Thousand Souls). What is it? It is a time for Catholic men to pray about their lives, listen for God’s voice, and get serious about answering His personal call to follow Him, in whatever vocation that He is calling you too. What would we do? Share a meal together, read Fr. Brett Brannen’s book on discernment, and discuss the vocation / call to the Priesthood. Who is it for? Young, single men who are interested in discerning God’s will for them, whatever it may be. Dates: Group #1: (Sundays) March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 & April 7, 14 Group #2: (Wednesdays) March 13, 20, 27 & April 3, 10, 17, 24

We are in need of a child care giver for Sundays and dur-

ing parish educational and social events. Must be at least

18 years old, be able to pass a background check and take

VIRTUS. If you are interested or need more information

contact Marisol Soler at 912-264-6805 ext. 12.

“O God, hear our prayer and let our cry come unto You. Bless our Diocese of Savannah with many vocations to the priesthood, diac-

onate, 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.”

School and Youth News

Save the dates!

First Communion is Sat. May 4 at the 5:00 pm Mass.

Confirmation is Monday May 13 at 6:00

pm.

School News

We’re excited to share that our school is part of the Co-ca-Cola Give program. This opens up St. Francis Xavier to new funding opportunities

to help improve learning environments for students.

The best part? Donations don’t come out

of your own pocket. When you make Co-

ca-Cola purchases, you simply enter the

product codes at https://us.coca-

cola.com/give/schools/under ST FRAN-

CIS XAVIER SCHOOL BRUNSWICK

Ash Wednesday Schedule

8:00 a.m. SFX School Mass (open to all)

Noon SFX

Noon Hospital Chapel(Scripture and ashes)

2:00 pm Jekyll Island (at JIUMC) Scripture and Ashes

7:00 pm SFX (bi-lingual)

Operation Rice

Bowls will be

available on the

tables starting Ash

Wednesday. If you are inter-

ested in participating, please

pick one up. These will need

to be returned the weekend

after Easter.

Mass Intentions

Saturday, February 23

5:00 p.m. t Frederick Cornelius, Jr.

7 p.m. t William Carson

(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)

Sunday, February 24

8:30 a.m. t Margaret Young

11a.m. Our Parish Family

6 p.m. Hugo Ortiz Mendoza (intentions)

Monday, February 25

Noon t Rose DeFranco

Tuesday, February 26

7 a.m. t Leulla Mincey

Wednesday, February 27

7 a.m. Hussar Family

7 p.m. t Wade Gainous

Thursday, February 28

7 a.m. Special Intentions

Friday, March 1

8 a.m. t Chester Zubrowski

2 - 8 p.m. Adoration

Saturday, March 28

8:45 a.m. t Shirley Wall

5:00 p.m. t Manuela Rocha

7 p.m. Our Parish Family

(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)

Sunday, March 3

8:30 a.m. t Glynn Taylor

11 a.m. Special Intentions

6 p.m. Dalver Ortiz Hernandez (Intentions)

February 24, 2019

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Timothy Tindall, Jack & Jan Mistisshen, Jerry Eh-

lman, Joyce McPhee, Carol Papia, Jacky Free, Mi-

chael L. Mleko, Ric Carr, Shirley Reilly, Hazel

Woody, Betty Blouin, Lidia Gorman, Martha Bur-

roughs, Georgia Burgess-Erwin, Jerry Hayward,

Jackie Maassen, Linda Forsyth, Dan Hickey, Jim

Layman, Dianna Rutledge, Manuel & Derek Canas,

Glenn Cornwell, Yvonne Lott, Tedi LaMere, Todd

Donovan, Denny Silva, Helen Berry, Emory Young,

Clay Dial, David Higbee, Pat Radenhausen, Wanda

Hand, Kitty Shemeld, Rose Browning, Sr Andrea

Curran, Sr Kathleen McMenamin, Bro Robert

Sokolowski, Helen Berry, Emory Young, Linda

Royster, Patricia Clark, Janice Guyer, Norma Ire-

land, Joan Schwartz, Mary Chapman, Dusty Sloan,

Ruthie Aspinwall, Denny Silva, Kayla Jones, Paisley

Minchew, Aadyn Jones, Katherine Haven

PRAYER LIST

Prayer List will be updated on February

28. Please email or call the office the

week of the 25th to keep names on the

list.

RACHEL’S VINEYARD POST ABORTION HEALING RETREAT:

March 22-24, 2019 For any person, mother, fa-

ther, 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, stephmay@bellsouth.net, or vis-

it the website at www.rachelsvineyard.org . All

calls and inquiries are strictly confidential. Come

and be restored. Our next retreat is near Augusta,

GA.

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, Marisol Soler ………………………264-6805 ext. 12

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

St. Monica Society, Peggie Cash………….…....264-5458

St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store…………..….…....262-6027

SFX School/Dr. Mermann …...……….…….912-265-9470

Parish Council, Alan Borst

Most Rev. Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM

Conv. Bishop of Savannah

Church Office

405 Howe St.,

Brunswick, GA 31520

912-265-3249

Ann (Office Manager) ext.0

Fr. Tim ext. 11

Fr. Chris ext. 12

Deacon Larry ext. 14

Deacon Robert ext. 15

Maggie (Finance) ext. 16

CFC Building

912-264-6805

Juan ext. 11

Marisol ext. 12