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Congratulations to Our First Eucharist Candidates Congratulations to Our May 6 , 2018 Sixth Sunday of Easter CongratulationsCongratulations toto ourour FirstFirst EucharistEucharist CandidatesCandidates See page 3 Our Mission Statement Weekend Mass: Inspired by our patron Saturday: 5:30pm Francis of Assisi, we seek to Sunday: 7:30am proclaim the reign of God by 9:30am growing in Holiness through 11:30am our experience of Christ in 5:30pm word, sacrament and one another, offering Hope to those Daily Mass: who hunger for human dignity, Monday - Friday: 9:00am and extending Hospitality to all. St. Mary of the Angels Chapel The Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi 11401 Leesville Road, Raleigh, NC 27613 919-847-8205 www.stfrancisraleigh.org We are drawing closer to our goal for the 2018 Bishop’s Annual Appeal; nearly 90% of the way there. Thank you Through Baptism may to all who have contributed so far and we also ask that if they walk always as you have not yet made your contribution to the BAA, that children of the light: you please consider making one. We like to remind people Melanie Andrea Castro from time to time that St. Francis is not its own Franciscan Daughter of David and Gloria Castro island within the diocese; we do not stand alone, apart from the greater Diocese of Raleigh. We are a diocesan parish that is served Leo DiPaolo by the Franciscan friars at the good will of the bishop; it is therefore very Son of Andrew and Katie DiPaolo important that we contribute our share toward the BAA. Natalie Jo Erazmus Once again, thanks to all who have contributed! Daughter of Keith and Theresa We had first communions last weekend and again Erazmus this weekend; congratulations to all of those who David John Kocienda, III made their first communion and thanks to their Son of David and Reina Kocienda families and our faith formation staff for all of their help in the process. It’s a sign of healthy life and Morgan Louise Onting growth in any church to see so many young people Daughter of Lowel and Madelyn joining us in the line to receive the Body and Blood Onting of Christ – a sign of a church alive and vital within Natasha Ortiz Aleman our diocese. Thanks again to all. Daughter of Francisco Ortiz and This past Tuesday morning in our St. Mary of the Krisia Aleman Angels chapel near the Assisi Community center, Sean-Michael Carll Rowe we dedicated a new San Damiano cross which now Son of Ryan and Eliza Rowe hangs over the altar there. This is an image of the cross that St. Francis used to pray in front of at the Brynn Marilyn Wheeler small church of San Damiano outside the walls of Daughter of Nick and Christine Assisi. Francis used to pray the following prayer Wheeler there: “Most high, glorious God, enlighten the dark- ness of my heart and give me Lord, a correct faith, a certain hope, a perfect Spend an Evening charity, sense and knowledge, so that I may carry out your holy and true com- with Rev. John Dear mand.” We received the funds for this cross from a donor and we are grateful. on his new book: Finally, next Sunday, May 13, we host Fr. John Dear, a Jesuit priest, who will They Will Inherit the be speaking on his new book called They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Earth: Peace & Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change. Fr. Dear was once nominated Nonviolence in a Time for the Nobel Peace prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. of Climate Change He will be speaking at 4:00pm in Anthony Hall Founders Room, Sunday May 13, at the end of the long hallway off the main gathering space. 4:00-5:15pm, Anthony Hall Founders Room, RSVP: www.stfrancisraleigh. Blessings on your week! org/care-of-creation Join us for an evening of reading, reflection, and book-signing with long- time activist, priest, author and Nobel “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” peace prize nominee, John Dear. His Barbara Bush new book, They Will Inherit the Earth, a landmark work which connects the way Family does many things together. We pray, we play, we laugh, we cry…we give. of active nonviolence with solidarity with The list goes on and on. When we work together to support and benefit others, we Creation shows how our global epidemic are also growing closer as family. Remember, many of the outreach programs and of violence and war could only lead to organizations that we support through Peace and Justice here at St. Francis, also catastrophic climate change and why we receive organizational support from the BAA. Participation is key. We need all of our need to help build up the global grass- family to participate in the BAA to make it a success and we are so close to being roots movement of nonviolence if we are done. So let’s put our arms around each other and our role in this family and all of us to protect creation. be there to support this very important campaign. 2 Congratulations to our First Eucharist Candidates who received the Blessed Sacrament for the first time this weekend! May this day be an initial step for you into a life-long love of the Holy Eucharist. Your Saint Francis family rejoices and celebrates with you on one of the most sacred days of your life. Anthony Paul Barnes Natalia Beatriz Fernandez Brandon Gregory Lape Gabrielle Miriam Rhodes Jackson Scott Beals Alexander Lawrence Fiduccia Cameron Joseph Lape Kendall Jean Rhodes Jonas Emil Beaver Carlos Manuel Flores Julianna Grace Larson Luke Theodore Richards Ella Laine Bednasz Gabriela Michelle Flores Isabella Larson Learn Anna Kathleen Riely Etain Christian Bernat Aidan Thomas Flynn Christian Anthony Logallo Jessica Claire Rivera Aiden Michael Berner Gavin Thomas Fontana Anderson Joseph Lyman Megan Norene Rivera Charlotte Morgan Blue Theodore Brownson Frazer, IV Teagan Robyn Lynch Xavier Malone Rivera Clara McLeod Boggs Clare Ryann Gallagher Olivia Maglio Dianna Jasmine Roa Wilson Robert Brasch Teagan James Gallagher Anjali Anne Manickam Olivia Sofia Rodriguez Stefan Walker Brown Gabriel Matthew Galloway Sona Manickam Michael Louis Romanus Josephine Grace Calabria Noella Brooke Gaona Bryce David Marks Kylie Jocelyn Ryan Caragan Elizabeth Cayton Roman Armand Errol Garnes Stella Marie McCallum Anthony John-James Sales Ejai Centino Henry Briggs Gaul Aedan McDonald Dylan Rebecca Sancineto Cameron Addison Clark Abigail Paige Gerding Aidan Robert McEnaney Andrew Gregory Scanlon Charlotte Frances Clark Braxton Todd Grossweiler Alexis Antonia McKenna Abigail Marie Sergent Natalie Suz anne Clegg Riley Alexis Hahn Eva Caris Menius James Tyler Sharp Andrew Charles Cook Brian Andrew Halasz Ethan Christopher Merrill Phoebe Kathleen Shaughnessy Elissa Nicole Cook Ella Caroline Hazelton Riley Addison Miranda Matthew Tyler Shearer Marcus Vaughn Cooke Keegan Thomas Heller Mary Elizabeth Miterko Sarah Anna Soderblom Sadie Madison Crafts Henry Stark Hogg Hailey Lynn Mizell Olivija Marjana Sonye Benjamin Stuart Cunningham Anderson Joseph Hurd Jackson Stewart Mocny Lauren Ann Sopko Sophie Elise Cygnarowicz Edison McNair Hurley Claire Eileen Mooney Liam Henry Staub Fenan Daniel Lauren Elizabeth Hutten Carolyn Grace Moreda Eleanor Laurie Sterling Soliana Daniel Tayhlor Katheryn Rose Jenkins Eve Anderson Nani Charles Graham Matyas Stern Ava Rose Davis Dunn Louis Johnson Jacobie Nathan Presley Clare Stokes Ashley Ann Dean Lola Jane Johnson Connor Patrick O'Brien Jacob Anthony Sy-Cordero Cullen James Rose Deforge Olivia Reese Johnson Chidere Rex Ogbu Farrah Daisy Thalheimer Avery Alexandra Dell'Arciprete Wyatt Barthley Johnson Chimere Max Ogbu Elizabeth Ashton Thomy Olivia Grace di Girolamo Ava Marie Jones Reid Carrington Orning Klemen Travar Jose Gabriel Dimanlig Liam Giovanni Jordan Natasha Ortiz Parker Marie Treadwell Jacob Thomas Dinsmore Violet Catherine Jordan Zavier Alexander Ortiz McKenzie Grace VanderMeer Gavin Patrick Dolby Madison Ann Kardas Joseph Michael Palumbo Jaeden Christopher Velazco Lilah Grace Dougherty Evalina Jolie Kazmierczak Brianna Lauren Peterson Lily Anne Weatherford Lennon Presley Downey Lucas Reilly Kazmierczak Samuel John Petrella Veronica Joy Weavil Owen Christopher Dunn Nathan Wilder Kendrick Mara Lake Pfleger Harper Faith Wheeler Caroline Frances Earnhardt Olivia Jean Kesler Laura Catherine Pietrzak Benjamin Charles Wilgus Diego Elizondo-Alvarez Kate Alexis Kinlaw Elaina Katherine Purcell Ryan Michael Williams Ava Noel Elliott Henry Francis Langheim Aveline Eve Purser Claire Anna Wilson Olivia Jane Erazmus Luke Anthony Langheim Alexander Stephen Randazzo Sadie Follett Wilson Brendan Cook Feltey Mary Elizabeth Langheim Katelyn Sophia Reinhard Haleigh Marie Windell Addison Cynthia Woods 3 Outreach Ministries Local Immersion A Day in the Life of a Opportunity Migrant Farm Worker Next Saturday – in Raleigh Up at 5:00am, dress in the dark and eat a small cold breakfast. Board the van to the fields at 5:45 unsure of where you will be Over the last year, we have shared working that day. 6:00am - begin harvesting tobacco, fruits and/ periodic updates about our parish or vegetables, most days in full sun, 80 degrees. Pick as fast as project in a struggling but historic you can, if you don’t, you may not get a break. 9:00 am- take neighborhood called South Park in off the trash bag you wear to protect yourself from the pesti- southeast Raleigh. In partnership cides and take a 10 minute water break. 12:00pm – eat your with a non-profit community devel- lunch in the fields among the plants, with hands full of opment organization called Passage Home, we are ministering pesticides because there is no soap and water to wash. out of a home in this neighborhood, and we are calling this 4:00pm – your second and final water break, this one for place the Whitaker Home (named after the family who lived only 5 minutes.
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