St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

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1 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church August 5, 2018

2 Hunger We have all experienced that hungry feeling around midday as we sit in the classroom or at our desk at work and we think how nice a meal or a snack would be. We also know that we can hunger for more than food. We are a hungry and thirsty people. We hunger for life. It is part of our human condition. There is something good about this. To be human is to hunger, to want to experience life and probe its mysteries. In fact, very often a sign that someone is ill, whether physically or emotionally, is that they lose their hunger for new experiences and withdraw from the world. How have you experienced hunger? In a material way, think of Christmases past. Between the ages of 6-12 you probably fixated on a certain gift each year, perhaps a doll, a game, an action figure a BB gun or a fishing pole. Whatever it was you knew that your life would not be complete without this object. You told your parents and Santa Claus this fact repeatedly. You hungered for this gift. Some years you actually received that special gift. You were in euphoria. Now life would be different! And perhaps it was different for a week or a month or two. But then the prize lost its luster and something else became appealing to us, something that we could not live without. Our hunger was not filled. Hasn't this continued into our adult life? Surely the advertising industry is built on the premise of hunger. Your life is not complete unless have the newest item. We fantasize how it would be to have the newest, latest and greatest. Like Christmas past sometimes we get that item and it is nice, for a time, but it doesn't satiate our hunger. St. Augustine observed over 1,000 years ago. "Our hearts were made for Thee and they are restless until they rest in Thee." St. Augustine was merely observing our human condition of being hungry. But in the wisdom of the Holy Spirit he realized that only God could satiate us. No created object can fully satisfy our hunger, only the Creator. How might we identify our hungers? Look at what you think about all day long. Do I think about food, sex, sports, finances, my children, my work? What dominates my thought life, this will tell me much about my hungers. We all seek to be satiated. We want to be fulfilled. The mystery of life is to find out what will fill us. Is it eating good foods? Having the perfect relationship with another? Having enough money? Having the perfect body? In the end it is not material things that make us happy. How often have we seen people who seemingly have it all, beauty, wealth, a home and they are miserable? They still hunger. Why? True peace begins from being in right relationship with God. This is why Jesus can call Himself the True Bread. He alone will satiate us. If we are at peace with God it is amazing how much we can go without. We can live very simple lives and be happy. If we are not at peace with God we will seek that peace in all the wrong places. This is why we seek comfort in that which fails to satisfy: drink, drugs, sex, materialism. If Jesus is the True Bread, why settle for anything inferior? This is what the crowds in the Gospel are chastised about. Jesus asks them why they are working for food that perishes. To build our lives around that which is emotional or material is to build on sand. Jesus challenges the people to work for the bread from heaven. "Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life " This opens the way for us for the Sacrament of the Eucharist. This is what Jesus is pointing to as He calls Himself the Bread of Life. We all hunger for Jesus. Do we embrace Jesus in the Eucharist? Particularly those of us who are lifelong Catholics need to be sure that we do not take this beautiful gift for granted. Every week the Body and Blood are available to us to feed us and give us strength on our journey. Do we fully appreciate this gift? The people of Moses' day ate manna from heaven but we receive the Bread of Life, they very Body of Christ. We are all on a quest for happiness. We are told that if we would lose pounds then we would finally be happy. When we meet that special person then we will be happy. When we have that dream home then we will be happy. Then we finally retire then we will be happy. There are many things that we can hunger for in life. There are many things that we can thirst for. Let us put our faith in the words of Jesus, "I am the bread of life: whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst." -Fr. Tim McKeown

3 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 7:00 p.m. 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 2:00-7:00 p.m. Holy Hour 7:00-8:00 p.m. First Saturday 8:45 a.m. Wednesday August 15 is a Holy Day of Obligation. We shall all gather for Holy Mass as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. Mass schedule: Tuesday August 14 at 7:00 pm, Wed. Aug 15 at 8:00 a.m. (school mass and open to all), Noon Mass, and 7:00 pm (in English and Spanish). If you decide to attend the 8 a.m. school mass, please take a seat in the back half of the Church. What's going on with the Narthex? We are excited to be adding two large bathrooms that will be handicap accessible. We will also add a new confessional. We will have meeting space for over 100 people in the Narthex for coffee and donuts and small receptions. -This week we are building a new sanitation sewer line so that we will no longer have one underneath our property. This is why Newcastle St. has not been repaved after we replaced the storm sewer. We will now dig and place in a new sanitary sewer line. You will see a temporary line that will run (with the assistance of pumps) from Hanover Square to Richmond St. -This week we hope to pour the concrete pad which will be the foundation for the Narthex. -Georgia Power will move a power pole which would block some of the future parking spaces. This year (beginning the week of Aug 20) we are moving the School Mass to Friday mornings at 8:00 a.m. This means that mass on Wednesday mornings will be in the chapel at 7:00 a.m. Here is the new schedule at a glance (which will begin the week of Aug 20 th ): Monday - Noon (Chapel) Tuesday - 7 a.m. (Chapel) Wednesday - 7 a.m. (Chapel), 7 p.m. (Church) Thursday - 7 a.m. (Chapel) Friday - 8 a.m. (Church)

4 150 th Anniversary News Save the date! Bishop Hartmayer will join us to celebrate our 150 th with a special 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday December 2. We are reaching out to priests who have served here to come back and join us. St. Francis Xavier Catholic School Once again, St. Francis Xavier Catholic School is participating in the Friends of Davis Love Foundation Car Raffle. Tickets are only $20.00 and all ticket sales are given back to our school. Please support this great fundraiser by purchasing tickets at the church or school office! 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 2 nd 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 8 th Grade. Parents should contact 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 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 required. Contact a priest or deacon to set up an appointment regarding scheduling and preparation. Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the pastor or church office to schedule. The Council of Catholic Women would like to invite the ladies of the parish to our first meeting September 10, 6 to 7:20 pm. We gather for a meal and join together in prayer at each of our meetings. Location still to be determined. Readings for the Week of August 5, 2018 Sunday Time Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54; Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35 Monday The Transfiguration of the Lord Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mk 9:2-10 Tuesday Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; Saint Cajetan, Priest Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 & 22-23; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, Wednesday Saint Dominic, Priest Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday Saints Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19; Mt 16:13-23 Friday Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9; Jn 12:24-26 Saturday Saint Clare, Virgin Hab 1:12 2:4; Ps 9:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; Mt 17:14-20 Sunday Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Eph 4:30 5:2; Jn 6:41-51 Collections for: July 28 & 29 $ 10, BAA Total 2018 $ 36,923.00

5 August 5, 2018 Linda Mock Forsyth Richard Brunegraff Vera Borkowski Savannah Jones Shelby Jones Jason Runyon Roman Shaefer Paul Shaefer Bill Schellman Wyatt Kersey Andrew Robson Jr. Georgia Burgess-Erwin Niko Cousins Jerry Hayward Brandon Cleghorn Gertrude Roberts Sr. Kathleen J. McMenamin Sr. Mary A. Curran Linda Royster Evelyn Harper Duke Wilson Tanner Posey William Waddell Patricia Clark Phillip Hand Marion Lenz Lydia Gorman Betty Blouin Les Wall Susan Layman Mary Steele Jerry Ehlman Joyce McPhee Janice Guyer 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 Margo Harper Jennifer Myers Helen Berry Sheila Ledford Margaret Young Emory Young Terry Cox Arlene McDowell Dixon Pam Gallagher David Bailey Wanda Hand John & Jan Mistisshen Charles Krauthammer Alicia Neu Bailey Carol Papia Kathy Rogers Pierce Rogers Lisa Panknin William Panknin Jimmy Clements Let us pray for all those in the military and police force both active and retired. St. Francis Xavier Catholic School starts August 13th. Deadline for school supplies is next weekend. Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Intentions Saturday, August 4 5:00 p.m. t L.H. Clements 7 p.m. t Fr. George Greenway (At Jekyll United Methodist Church) Sunday, August 5 8:30 a.m. t Maria Aurora Soler 11a.m. t John Ugbe (flowers in memory of) 6:00 p.m. t Michelle Rocinos Monday, August 6 Noon t Jack & Jeanne O Donnell Tuesday, August 7 7:00 a.m. t Jose Manuel Ezeta Wednesday, August 8 No morning Mass until August 15 7 p.m. t Anita Campbell Thursday, August 9 7:00 a.m. Dorcas-Ehlman Families Friday, August 10 7:00 a.m. t Marion Tahill Saturday, August 11 5:00 p.m. K of C Members 7 p.m. t Maria Zagami (At Jekyll United Methodist Church) Sunday, August 12 8:30 a.m. t Lois Kronn 11a.m. t Flora Sarigumba 6:00 p.m. Our Parish Family

6 Just a friendly reminder concerning PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (PSR): Got Life Questions? Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) might just be for you! RCIA is for someone who: Is interested in becoming Catholic Was never baptized Was baptized in another Christian denomination Perhaps you desire to satisfy a doubt. Maybe you would like to explore the wisdom of Jesus. Whatever your quest, you are welcome to journey with others who gather in a comfortable group setting. Please contact Deacon Larry Guyer at ext. 14 if you have any questions. We are nearing the beginning of a new catechetical year. Classes begin Aug 12 th. Take a registration form from the back table, fill it out, and bring it to the Church Office or bring back next week. Registrations begin this weekend, Aug 4 th & 5 th, after the Masses. PSR meets Sunday Mornings during the academic school year, 9:30 10:40am, for children Pre-K - 8 th Grade. Call Deacon Larry -DRE , X14. Pew Housekeeping! Please return the missals binder side up and place them in the book holder also please take your bulletin with you as you leave or if you are finished with the bulletin please place it on the table as you leave. We appreciate your help leaving the pews clean and ready for the next Mass. Teens in the Spirit will meet beginning September 5, 5:30 to 7:30 pm in Xavier hall. Thirteen to 17 year old teens are invited to come join us. We are also looking for college students willing to help out with the group. If interested Marisol at sfxcym05@gmail.com 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.

7 Parish Activity Contacts Adult Bible Study, Joe & Linda Kirby Altar and Environmental Care, Diane Lott Bereavement, Ann Buebel CCW, Marisol Soler ext. 12 Culture of Life, Rose Lodise Greeters, Ginger Dorcas Knights of Columbus, Bill Schuster Religious Ed., Larry Guyer ext. 14 Religious Articles Shop, Rose Lodise St. Monica Society, Peggie Cash St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store Parish Council, RoseMary Jones at Most Rev. Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv. Bishop of Savannah Membership To be a registered member of the parish is to have a sense of belonging to a family. Newcomers 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 sickness, 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