Scheduling Isabel Ruiz, Parish Scheduler [email protected]Front Office Carla Medina, Parish Secretary [email protected]The St. Francis of Assisi Parish 900 H. Street, Bakersfield CA 93304 Phone: 661-327-4734 / Fax: 661-377-0363 www.stfran.org Franciscan Saturday 8:00 AM (Honoring Mary) 5:00 PM (Vigil, English) 7:30 PM (Vietnamese) Sunday 6:45 AM (English) 8:30 AM (English) 10:30 AM (English) 12:30 PM (Spanish) 5:00 PM (English) Weekdays 6:30 AM 12:10 PM Sacrament of Penance Saturdays: starting at 8:30 AM and ending 9:30 AM or by appointment. Eucharistic Adoration Mondays & Tuesdays 7:00AM-9:00PM Wednesdays 7:00AM non-stop until Saturday at 8:00AM Anointing of the Sick Immediately following the 12:10 PM Mass on the First Friday of every month. St. Francis Parish Clergy Rev. Msgr. Craig F. Harrison, Pastor Rev. Rodolfo Esmero, Parochial Vicar Rev. Anton J. Muthuneidalage, Parochial Vicar Rev. Joseph Warnakulasooriya, Parochial Vicar Rev. Msgr. Nathaniel Ndiokwere, In Residence Deacon Hugo Navarrete Deacon Joseph Lubatti St. Francis Parish School Rev. Msgr. Craig F. Harrison, Administrator Kelli Gruszka, Principal Cindy Schoorl, Vice Principal Sr. Cris Caballero, RSM, Spiritual Director 2516 Palm Street, Bakersfield CA 93304 Phone: 661-326-7955/Fax: 661-327-0395 www.stfrancisparishschool.com Grades (Pre-Kindergarten-8th) The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi Parish is to provide a safe, welcoming environment of Catholic worship, evangelization & fellowship, living in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. Administration Francis Moore, Chief of Operations [email protected]Jenny Etcheverry, Assistant to the Pastor [email protected]Dan Hargis, Facilities Director [email protected]Stella Garcia-Hernandez, Accounting [email protected]St. Francis Religious Education Dinah Marquez, Director of Religious Education Alma Navarrete, Director of Elementary Religious Education 2424 Palm Street, Bakersfield CA 93304 Phone: 661-323-8800 Communications Carleigh Hashim, Bulletin Editor [email protected]Security Church Security: 661-201-2489 School Security: 661-706-6565
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Bulletin for December 2018
December, 2018
Dear Parish Family,
In the month of December, as we prepare for the solemnity of Christmas, we begin with two special occasions honoring our Blessed Mother. The Immaculate Conception is Saturday, December 8th which is a Holy Day of Obligation. We have a service Friday night at 5:30 PM and Saturday at 8:00 AM and 11:30 AM. We also will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Wednesday, December 12th with Mananitas and mass at 5:00 AM and 6:00 PM. This can be a wonderful way for us to prepare for the Christmas season.
As we begin this Advent Season, our parish is going to embark upon a journey together throughout the year, with the theme of Community. Last year, we focused on a path of wellness. Our goal this year is beginning to incorporate that new sense of wellness into our whole community. Our families, our parish, and our city can be a place filled with grace and the joy of unity in an often divided and unkind place. It begins now in Advent! Every week at mass, you will receive a small flyer which will contain some reflections and opportunities to help our parish community, our families, and our greater community. This Advent, let’s all travel to Bethlehem together, following the star that guides us and unites us in faith with Christ in a humble stable.
We will welcome in the new year on Monday, December 31st with prayers and Adoration beginning at 11:30 PM.
Wishing you and your families a blessed and holy Christmas.
Blessings,
The Month dedicated to the Immaculate Conception
St. Francis Parish News & Announcements
Anointing of the Sick
Offered each first Friday after the Noon Mass in the Church. Next anointing offered will be
Friday, December 7th, 2018.
From the desk of Heidi Scott, Director of Music and Liturgy
Why We Do What We Do
As tradition, our gift to you this Advent Season is a resource for reflections and activities your family can do together to deepen the
vitality of Advent. This year, we will have available for you a weekly flyer that will outline the theme and thought for the week. As we
embark upon a new liturgical year, as well as the theme of Community, we would like to invite you to participate together both
as a family and a greater Church-family in several Advent Traditions. We will offer you a 4-week series of individual reflections on the
themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. Also included will be some suggestions of Advent activities you can do
as a family for your community. The real power of Advent is the seasons ability to awaken a sense of
longing and a sense of excitement. When we experience this, we rediscover how much we need the birth of our Savior- not only in our own personal lives, but in the lives of our community, and the world. During Advent, we embark upon a journey with Christ and join our
lives to his. Each year as our faith grows, we relearn how to be patient in waiting. To be unified with each other as a community of
faith, we need to be present to each other, keeping in mind that living well in the present will lead us to the fullness of life.
It is while waiting for the coming of the Reign of God, Advent after Advent, that we come to the realization that its arrival depends on us.
Our actions will either hasten or slow, sharpen or dim our own commitment to do our part to effectuate it.
Waiting — that cold, dry period of life when nothing seems to be enough and something else beckons within us — is the grace that
Advent raises in us. It stands before us, within us, pointing to the star for which the wise ones from the East are only icons of ourselves. We all want something more. Advent asks the questions: Are you
living your life in the present? How? Which star are you following now? And where is that star leading you?
The Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday, December 8th, 2018 MASS TIMES: FRIDAY 5:30PM
SATURDAY 8:00AM11:30AM
CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE
CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES Monday, December 24th 2018
2:00 pm: Children's Mass in the Youth Center
2:00 pm: English Mass in the Church
4:00 pm: Children’s Mass in the Youth Center
4:00 pm: English Mass in the Church
7:00 pm: Vietnamese in the Church
11:30 Prelude Music Followed by
Midnight Mass in the Church
*Mass will begin when the Church has filled
CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES Tuesday, December 25th 2018
7:00 am: English Mass in the Church
9:00 am: English Mass in the Church
12:30 pm: Spanish Mass in the Church
CONFESSIONS SCHEDULE
Monday, December 17th, 2018
Begins at 7:00 am & ends 8:00 am
Begins at 12:30 pm & ends at 1:30 pm
Begins at 6:00 pm & ends at 7:00 pm
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
Begins at 7:00 am & ends at 8:00 am
Begins at 12:30 pm & ends at 1:30 pm
Begins at 6:00 pm & ends at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Begins at 7:00 am & ends at 8:00 am
Begins at 12:30 pm & ends at 1:30 pm
Begins at 6:00 pm & ends at 7:00 pm
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Begins at 7:00 am & ends at 8:00 am
Begins at 12:30 pm & ends at 1:30 pm
Begins at 6:00 pm & ends at 7:00 pm
Friday December 21st, 2018
Begins at 7:00 am & ends at 8:00 am
Begins at 12:30 pm & ends at 1:30 pm
Begins at 6:00 pm & ends at 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 22nd, 2018
Begins at 8:30 am & ends at 10:00 am
Children’s Memorial Mass
A mass for families grieving the loss of a child will be held December 18th at 6:00 pm Church. This special
Christmas mass will remember our children that have gone before us. We invite you to bring one
small-framed picture to be placed on the altar.
For more information, please call our Parish Front Office.
ADULT CONFIRMATION & RCIA RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
OF ADULTS Baptism-First Communion-Confirmation
RCIA and Confirmation Classes are in full swing for the year!
Thursdays 6:00pm – 8:00pm in the Msgr. Lahey Hall Sundays 9:30am – 11:30am in Conference Room B *Child Care provided on Sundays only.
Classes are full, but you may contact Dinah Marquez for further information [email protected]
We want to thank Joan Garibaldi and the Golden
Agers Ministry for providing dinner for us and for
sharing their mission with us. It’s amazing how our
Parish serves the community within the many
ministries we have to offer.
Thank you, Heidi Scott and Roylene See, for inviting
us to participate in the Thanksgiving Mass, we were
truly grateful to help set the
table of our Lord.
For more information, please call the
Church Front Office
St. Francis Ministry News & Updates Elementary Religious Education
St. Francis Religious Education will be having Las Posadas at
the school grounds Monday, December 17th from 6:00pm-
7:30pm and Thursday, December 20th from 4:30pm-6:00pm.
The holidays are upon us! In honor of our Savior Jesus Christ,
we want to bring His Grace to our less fortunate families.
Eucharistic Ministers make Eucharist available and
provide spiritual and emotional support to individuals who
are hospitalized, residents of nursing homes, or
homebound. Our pastoral team of volunteers loves every
opportunity to minister this way.
If you or a family member enter the hospital, or are recovering at home, call Lori Kayes at the
Church Office 661-327-4734 to arrange a visit.
St. Francis Divine Mercy Cenacle
Our ministry is a small faith group of the Eucharistic Apostles of The Divine Mercy. We meet to pray together in gratitude to God and in petition to The Divine
Mercy Chaplet. Join us in exploring God’s Divine Mercy through Sacred Scripture, the Catechism,
and St. Faustina’s Diary.
Regular meetings are the first and third Wednesdays of each month in
Conference Room B at 6:30 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more details contact Diana Marquez at 204-6567
O.C.D. SUPPORT GROUP
The St. Francis O.C.D. Ministry will be meeting
Wednesday, December 12th,
6:30-8:30 pm in Conference Room B.
For more information call Randy at 836-1170
The St. Francis Women’s Altar Guild
During the Advent season, let us remember we are children of God and we are here to share our faith, peace, love and hope with our brothers and sisters. The Altar Guild will be having our
annual Christmas luncheon on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 1:00 P.M. in the Parish Hall. All are welcome! If you would like to
attend, please call Patsy Bowman at 661-832-6139 by December 2nd for additional information.
It is our purpose to unite members in a spiritual bond dedicated to the maintenance and care of all things relating to the altar, liturgy,
and the Glorification of God. Our ministry is dedicated to the cleaning and maintenance of the altars, sacristy, vestments, and altar linens along with other duties needed in the performance of
the liturgy. The Altar Guild also serves and gives support at funerals and receptions. We all have spiritual gifts and together
we build the Body of Christ.
As we continue our Parish theme, Unity, please bring an item of clothing, for our children in-need, to our luncheon (unwrapped).
If you are interested in joining or would like more information about the St. Francis Women's Altar Guild Ministry,
please stop by the Parish office.
Daughters of the King Bible Study
Thursday Mornings 8:30am – 10:30am
Parish Hall *Please note December 13th will be in Conference Room B
Contact Suzan Sindelar for more information: 661-201-9548 (text messages)
The Month of December Matthew Changala/Margaret Chapin
The Month of January Clinton Carte/Jillian Ansolabehere
Marriage Banns Sanctuary Lamp
Leona ‘Sitto’ Hashim Walt Widhalm Alejandrina Chavez Teodoro Reyes John Miksits Arthur J. Rodrigues
Deceased Family Members of Julie Yoro
Prayers for the living protection of loved ones, relatives & friends of Elsa/Zsa
Prayers for the departed loved ones, relatives, friends known & unknown of Elsa/Zsa
Souls in Purgatory
Knights of Columbus Council 977:
Join us for Breakfast with Santa! December 9th after mass
7:00am-11:30am Parish Hall
Healing Mass Thursday, December 6th at 6 pm
Come join our Prayer and Healing Ministry for
mass and individual prayer, as we call upon
our Lord’s healing and restorative Grace.
Jason Ariey Christmas Project
It's that time of year again for the Jason Ariey Memorial Christmas Project! Meet us after mass this weekend (December 1st - 2nd) and
the next (December 8th - 9th) to drop off your donations and sign up to volunteer . This year, December 15th is the big day we will be assembling the baskets, wrapping toys, and delivering them. Join us in
bringing the spirit of Christmas to the many families in our community. We
thank you in advance for your generosity and for keeping this tradition alive!
For more information, please contact the Parish Front Office.
FR. JUDE ELI
Fr. Jude Eli will be here the week of December 3rd & 10th 2018. Classes will be in Youth Center Meeting Rooms at
10:00 am and 6:30 pm on the following dates listed below:
The topic is Current Trends in Roman Catholic Theology: Revelation and Salvation in other World Religions.
Monday, December 3rd Wednesday, December 5th Thursday, December 6th
Monday, December 10th Tuesday, December 11th Thursday, December 13th
Christmas Cards for Detention Ministry
The Detention Ministry is collecting new, unused
Christmas Cards to distribute to our incarcerated
brothers and sisters of Kern County. Help us spread
Christ’s Joy to one of the most forgotten parts of
humanity by donating cards for the inmates
to write to their families. Please drop off your
donations to the Parish Front Office.
“...I was in prison, and you visited me.” Matthew 25:36
Fr. Nathan Cromly, CSJ presents True Leaders: How to live authentic Christian
lives in a competitive-paced world.
Attendance is Free!
Pre Register at www.kerncatholic.com date:
Sundays
Jan.13-Mar.17 time:
1:45-3:45pm
location:
Parish Hall
Financial Peace University is financial expert Dave Ramsey’s nine-week money class. In the comfort of your own St.
Francis Parish, you will learn practical ways to pay off debt, overcome your fear of budgeting, and create a savings plan to replace retirement worries with financial peace. Learn God’s
way of handling money and put His plan into action!
Contact Michele Ming for more information 343-2368
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