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PASTOR February 28, 2021 Reverend Michael J. Oenbrink 843-681-6350 x 261 PAROCHIAL VICAR ST. FRANCIS BY THE SEA Fr. Max Tria 843-681-6350 x 256 A Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, SC Est.1984 PAROCHIAL VICAR AND DIRECTOR OF 45 Beach City Road Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 HISPANIC MINISTRY Fr. Jairo Calderon www.stfrancishhi.org 843-681-6350 x 263 PARISH OFFICE HOURS DEACONS Deacon Joseph Nazzaro-retired 7:30am-4pm with limited access Deacon Gerard Hand Deacon Patrick Sheehan Updates have been going out by email. If you have not been receiving them, Deacon Galo De Jesus Barreto please notify the office. Director of Adult Faith Formation The church will be open for personal prayer from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Please Jennifer McGlynn 843.681.6501 x 266 use hand sanitizers provided. If possible, please limit the use of the re- 843.900.4303 strooms. Director of Administration & Finance Dion Jenks If Last Rites are needed, please call 18439419434 843-681-6350 x 231 Admin-Finance Assistant Jennifer Kelly 843-681-6350 x 295 Finance Office Assistant Fasting Pam Slawson 843-681-6350 X 267 Fast from hurting words and say kind words. Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude. Cheryl Duren 843-681-6350 x 250 Fax 843-689-5502 Fast from anger and be filled with patience. Interim Director of Religious Education Fast from pessimism and be filled with love. Kevin Coriolan 843-681-6350 x 249 Fast from worries and have trust in God. Communications Coordinator Fast from complaint and contemplate simplicity. Parish Safe Environment Coordinator Colleen Rzeczycki Fast from pressure and be prayerful. 843-681-6350 x 288 Fast from bitterness and fill your hearts with joy. SFCS Safe Environment Coordinator Melissa Markey Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others. 843-681-6501 Director of Music Ministries Fast from grudges and be reconciled. Jonathan Davis 843-540-1232 Fast from words and be silent as you listen. St. Francis Catholic School Principal Brian Pope 843-681-6501 Youth Ministry Klaudia Coriolan 843-681-6350 x 236 IMPORTANT NOTICE Facilities Maintenance Supervisor Bryan Goll This week Daily Mass will be celebrated in the church 843-681-6350 x 289 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8:30am and 11:30am St. Francis Outreach Ministry Wed. 8:30am 15 Hospital Center Commons, Ste. 100E 843-681-2112 Sat. 8:30am Diocesan Office of Child Protection Services Weekend Vigil Masses will be celebrated in the church on Saturday 843-853-2130 x 206 at 4pm & 5:30pm and in Spanish at 7pm in the church and 4:15pm Diocesan Victim Assistance Minister (live streamed) in the family center. Louisa Storen 800-921-8122 Sundays at 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am and noon in the church and Immigration & Paralegal Support Millie Choy 9:15am in the family center. 843-785-2200 843-531-5535 x 41 Confessions 15 mns before daily Mass in church, Welcome Home Ministry for Sat. 34pm in family center hallway Inactive Catholics Ron Angner 843-686-6037 Or by appt. St. Francis by the Sea Catholic Church, Hilton Head Is SC February 28, 2021 Mass Times and Intenons Readings for Feb. 28-March 7, 2021 28 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT/ First: Genesis 22: 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15- 3/1 MON – 8:30am. Rebecca DiDomizio + 18/Second: Romans 8: 31b-34/Gospel: Mark 9: 2-10 11:30am Ray Boniface + March 1 Monday/ First: Daniel 9: 4b-10/Gospel: Luke 6: 36-38 3/2 TUES– 8:30am Betty Hixenbaugh Gavin + 11:30am Edmund Schnatterly + 2 Tuesday /First: Isaiah 1: 10, 16-20/Gospel: Matthew 23: 1-12 3 Wednesday/ Katharine Drexel, Virgin, Religious Founder 3/3 WED– 8:30am John Ryder + First: Jeremiah 18: 18-20/Gospel: Matthew 20: 17-2 4 Thursday / Casimir First: Jeremiah 17: 5-10/Gospel: Luke 16: 19-31 3/4 THUR – 8:30am Erma Marreck + 11:30am Donna DiBernardino + 5 Friday / Day of abstinence from meat (age 14 and up) First: Genesis 37: 3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Gospel: Matthew 21: 33-43, 45-46 3/5 FRI – 8:30am Mary Catherine Ouellette + 6 Saturday /First: Micah 7: 14-15, 18-20/Gospel: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 11:30am John McCarthy + 7 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT /First: Exodus 20: 1-17/Second: 1st Corin- thians 1: 22-25/Gospel: John 2: 13-25 3/6 SAT – 8:30am Barbara Greene + 4pm– Vigil Rosalie Parsons + 4:15pm-Vigil-Family Center & Live Streamed - Eng - James Laughlin + Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 5:30pm –Vigil Richard Martenson + "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." 7pm—Vigil Spanish Gospel Teaching; The Transfiguration of Jesus takes place shortly before Jesus 3/7 SUN – 7:30am All the people of our parish, enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and his passion, later that Living and deceased same week. He was providing three of the Apostles a brief 9am Margaret Pelt + glimpse of his glorified state. But Jesus is not the only one who 9:15am—Family Center Fred & Joan Nimmer + provides proof of his Divine Nature, Elijah and Moses also ap- 10:30am Mary Pekarski + pear. The final proof comes when, from a cloud, God’s voice is Noon Doriane Lee Wark + heard. Even after all that they had seen and heard there, the Apostles still did not understand. They would see the reality at Easter and would fully understand after Pentecost. Jesus pro- VIRTUAL LENTEN MISSION vides many words in the Gospels. The final words spoken by This year’s Lenten Mission priest is unable to join us for our usual program, God that are recorded in the New Testament are ones that we so Father Oenbrink would like to encourage all of our parishioners to partici- should follow – “Listen to him”. pate in a virtual one. St. Francis by the Sea provides a free subscription to Formed.org to all of our parishioners, and we think this Lent will be a great SHARING THY BOUNTY time to take advantage of one of its most popular programs, “The Search”. The March 6-7 collection will go to the Pregnancy Center What is this journey in between the event we call “birth” and the one we call and Clinic of the Lowcountry. Items most needed are “death”? Is the journey taking you somewhere, or are you leading yourself to cereal, rice, beans, powdered milk and canned fruit. Dia- some kind of destination – a destination that could extend beyond your last breath? What do you want from your life during the in between? The ques- pers are always needed as well. tions are there. And the answers are too. A heartfelt thanks to the St Francis community for the generous Watch now: https://watch.formed.org/the-search contributions in February. We had our largest collection which was extremely If you have never used Formed and need a tutorial for how to sign up, go to helpful with the great need ! this YouTube video. BEREAVEMENT GROUP LENTEN REGULATIONS The Saint Francis by the Sea Bereavement Group will meet in the Family Center on March 7 @ 1pm All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. On days of absti- All who are dealing with loss issues are welcomed to participate in an nence, meats should not be taken at any meal. The law of atmosphere of love and support. If you would like to attend or for abstinence binds Catholics who have completed their 14th year. further information, please contact Georgeanne Schopp at 912-658- 6728 or [email protected]. Stations of the Cross will be prayed Each Friday after the 8:30am & *11:30am daily Mass, 7pm in DID YOU KNOW... Spanish . The first Mass in the St. Francis by the Sea church building was cele- *Mary’s Way of the Cross will be prayed after the 11:30am brated on March 3, 1991 by Fr. Joseph Majewski. daily Mass on March 26 presented by the Women of St. Fran- cis 2 Second Sunday of Lent Thursday Bible Study Thurs. March 4 Weekly Stewardship The Thursday Bible Study will be Session 16 of the study February 17-23, 2021 “The Bible Timeline – The Story of Salvation”. The topic of this session will be “Return” and cover the Books of Ezra and Nehemi- Weekly Offertory Envelopes $26,874 ah. Thursday Morning sessions will be conducted in the Family Center Loose $2,568 from 9:30 to 10:15 AM (with restrictions due to COVID-19: masks, so- OnLine Contributions $1,360 cial distancing). The session will be repeated Thursday evening via Total Offertory $30,802 Zoom and led by Jennifer McGlynn (for information about registering for the Zoom sessions, please contact Jennifer). Weekly Repair & Replacement $45 ALSO Diocesan Assessment for February ($11,426) Offering a Wed. afternoon (1:30-3pm) in person and Wed. evening (7pm) Zoom option led by Jennifer McGlynn. Envelopes Issued 1177 Envelopes Used 372 Electronic Giving 20 Percentage of Envelopes & Electronic Giving 33% February Charitable Giving News Charitable Giving represents 10% of the planned offertory. Osprey House $2,000 Central/Eastern Europe $3,000 Position Available Black & Indian Home Missions $3,000 Part-Time Accountant St. Francis Outreach $5,350 20 Hours Per Week “Save Time and Donate Online!” To perform accounting and human resource duties for the Parish and School. Online Giving is now available for parishioners through WeShare, an easy and convenient way to save time and support the church. Donating is simple, safe, 1. Process bi-weekly payroll for both the Parish and School using the and secure.