St. Boniface Catholic Church 1952 GA Hwy. 21 South Springfield, GA 31329 January 14, 2018 The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time PARISH STAFF FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR RICK RAFTER, DEACON PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY CELESTE GISH, DRE KATHY O SAKO, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN PARISH STAFF EMAIL pastor@sbcatholic.com secretary@sbcatholic.com DRE@sbcatholic.com. outreach@sbcatholic.com WEB ADDRESS www.sbcatholic.com BAPTISMS Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment a minimum of four months before wedding date. PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Office: (912) 754-7473 Fax: (912) 754-1201 WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturday, 4:00 4:30 p.m. Or Upon request WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Friday 7:00 p.m. Religious Education Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45 a.m. When school is in session ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact Fr. Martino at 706-825-3032 Bulletin Deadline We welcome your contributions to the bulletin. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, by 12:00 noon
January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, What are you looking for? - JOHN 1:38 What are you looking for? Are you wasting your time looking for the material comforts of the world? Or, is your heart longing for something deeper that can only be found by spending time with God? Take time, each day, in silence and ask the Lord what it is that He wants you to do. 14 de enero de 2018 Segundo domingo del Tiempo Ordinario "Jesús se volvió y vio que lo seguían y les dijo: << Qué están buscando?>>" (JUAN 1:38). Qué estás buscando? Pierdes el tiempo buscando las comodidades materiales del mundo? O es tu corazón que anhela algo más profundo que solo se puede encontrar al pasar tiempo con Dios? Toma un tiempo, todos los días, en silencio, y pregúntele al Señor qué es lo que Él quiere que hagas. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Sm 15:16-23; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: 1 Sm 16:1-13; Ps 89:20-22, 27-28; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Ps 56:2-3, 9-13; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: 1 Sm 24:3-21; Ps 57:2-4, 6, 11; Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: 2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27; Ps 80:2-3, 5-7; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Jon 3:1-5, 10; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 THE LAMB OF GOD Behold the Lamb of God! We hear this phrase every Sunday at Mass, but there s a good chance that many Roman Catholics do not know who in the Bible originally spoke it. The phrase appears only in the Gospel of John, on the lips of John the Baptist, who utters it twice. In today s Gospel reading, John proclaims Jesus as the Lamb of God, and two of John s own disciples then follow Christ. A little bit later Andrew, who heard John and then followed Jesus, brings his brother Simon to be re-named Cephas, or Peter. A careful look at these Bible verses shows us the mission of everyone baptized into the Body of Christ: we must always proclaim our faith in Christ, so that others will follow him. We may not know how the will of God might work through those we bring to Christ; that is not the point. The point is that our ongoing mission as a church is to bring others to Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Wednesday: St. Anthony Thursday: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Friday: Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany) Saturday: St. Fabian; St. Sebastian We would like to welcome any new Parishioner and encourage you to register with the Parish. Registration Forms are located in the church on the stand in front of the Confessional, or you may stop by the Parish Office and register Monday-Friday8:30 am - 4:00 pm. Black and Indian Mission Collection Every year the generosity of the Catholic faithful enable the Black and Indian Mission Office to support parish life, empower evangelization and encourage vocations. You can help spread the good news through your generous donation today. Help Needed One of our parishioners is desperately seeking a reliable used vehicle. She is able to make small monthly payments. If you can help please call Rindy at 912-441-6409. CHAINS OF GRACE The chains of grace are so powerful, and yet so sweet, that though they attract our heart, they do not shackle our freedoms. St. Francis de Sales
Liturgical Ministry Schedule Jan. 20 5:00 p.m. AS K of C EM K of C L K of C U K of C Jan. 21 8:30 a.m. AS B Woody, M Heyman & Volunteer EM T DePace, T Richtman, C Newberry, & D Griffin L L Santos U C Holden, K Holden, & J Richtman 11:00 a.m. AS L Usher, B Gallahue, & D Gallahue EM A Seymour, J & J McIntosh, & D Gadomski L E Pazos U J Williamson, B Powell, Y Carr, & J Klock Children s Liturgy Volunteer 1- S Gobrogge Volunteer 2-D Gallipoli Youth- Volunteers- A Bannach & D Rodriguez This week at St. Boniface - Jan. 14-Jan. 20 Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Mass-8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. No Faith Formation Class No Catholic Focus Class Office Closed-MLK Holiday Mass: 8:30 a.m. 5pm Choir Practice-6:00-7:00 p.m. Discipleship Mtg.-7:00 p.m. Wednesday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. Followed by Adoration Rosary Group-9:30 a.m. Bible Study of the Sacraments- 6:30 p.m.in Catholic Focus Room Thursday: Friday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. K of C Officers Mtg.-7:00 p.m. Mass-7:00 p.m. Followed by Adoration Saturday: Reconciliation: 4:00 Rosary:4:30-p.m. Mass: 5:00 p.m. K of C Quarterly Mass-5:00 p.m. Please Remember in Prayer Carolyn Ansel, Charles Armfield, Caroline & Brandon Arrieta, Deryck Auger, Michael Barajas, Jamie Bassett, John Ashley Beam, Hayden Boyette, Tony Branham, Briones Family, Jodi Brown, Ava Buck, Matt Burdick, Diana Cato, Kathy & Andy Chester, Penny Christol, Mike & Nancy Corley, Loretta Dahlweiner, Cody Danielewicz, Linda Dean, Ellie Dennis, Cecelia Doublerly, Celina Eaddy, Dowell Edwards, Marian Fallis, Connie Frazier, Mildred Galentine, Dan Gonzales, Eric Guge,, Michelle Garcia, Felipe & Manuela Garza, Aaron & Margarite Gilstrap, Lee Gobrogge, Linda Gruber, Margaret Hale, Muriel Healy, Janie Haar, Greg Hlavac, Collen Higgs, Richard Hinely, Carson Hollis, Danny Hollis, Tyler Hood, Myllar Jones, Vonnie & Niamh Kavanagh, Sandy Kowalski, Marcus Lafferty, Rosa Lewis, Vince & Sandra Mackey, Frances Maher, John & Michael Maher, Tom and Bridget Maher, Justin McGregor, Elise McKinley, Delores Miller, Krystal Miller, Nancy Miller, Jason & Marisol Morrison, Angie Moore, Genevieve Mueller, Noah Napier, Randy Nease, Larry Neel, Alison Newberry, Dana Newsome, Margaret Newsome, Gloria O Connor, Mildred O'Connor, Zeile Oxford, Phil Pastrano, Mac Pierce, Melanie Pitingaro, Ann Preston, Emma Quin, Chase Rabin, John Ray, Faye Ray, Joel Rivera, Gabriella Reddick, Davin Rhodes, Connie Sawdy, Bill Saxon, Jessica Schira, Allen Schwartz, Benji Sharrow, Bill Shean, Eddie and Linda Shellhamer, Tim & Jill Shumacher, JoAnn Skorich-Smith, Beverly Smith, Bruce Snowden,Carmen Sosa, Jack Stein, Trudy Stein, Delores Talick, Mitch Talick, Burr Tolles, Ronald Tucker, Rosemary Usher, Hans Venegas, Kaine Vincent, Bernie Weber, Garry Wilkes, Lynda Williams, Larry & Julie Weddle, Rita Windover CW2 Ross Bogard, COL Brian Healy, USAF, TSGT Brian A. Lafond, SPC Winston Hencely, SGT Clayton Emanuel Holloway, SGT. Shawn Brown, LS2 Jonathon Benson King, MAJ. Thomas Naldrett, SSG Steven Liebl,CW4 Scott Durrer, SGT Jeremy Hynes, SSG Andrew Hamilton, AZ2 Annmarie Chessari, E2 Mitch Talick Prayer List It s time again to clean up the prayer list. Next weekend the list will start out fresh. If you wish to keep names on the list, please email me or call me to keep or add a name to the our Please Remember in Prayer List and Military Prayer List. Thank you.
CCW YARD SALE COMING SOON! Start out your New Year right by clearing out your clutter and donating it to CCW for their annual Yard Sale which will be on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. You can bring your donated items to the Church after the 11 am Mass on January 28 and throughout the week. We will need lots of help setting up and pricing throughout the week. Questions, contact Loretta Dahlweiner at ldahlweiner@yahoo.com or 912 656-8147 The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on Thursday, January 18 and concludes on Thursday, January 25. Let us join other Christian churches in Effingham county as we remember the 2018 theme, Your Right Hand, O Lord, Glorious in Power (Exodus 15:6). Please join us for our 11th Annual Ecumenical Potluck Supper on Sunday, January 21st at 1:30 p.m. for Christian Unity with churches from around Effingham County. Please bring a dish of your favorite food or dessert to share. We look forward to sharing this time with you and all of our brothers and sisters in Christ from Effingham County. This year we are blessed once again to have the angelic voices of St. Mary Magdalene choir to sing the blessing and we welcome back Julian Pace, from Risen Savior Ministries. For more on Christian Unity go to www.atonementfriars.org/event/2018-week-prayerchristian-unity Your contributions for the weekend of December 31, 2017 Adult $3,929.43 Children $71.00 Building Fund $1,707.00 Bills paid this week $6,910.92 January 07, 2018 Adult $7,575.45 Children $84.96 Building Fund $3,155.00 Bills paid this week $7,806.98 Thank you for your continued generosity Thank You Thank you to the following individuals for helping to decorate the church for us to enjoy throughout the Christmas Season: Judi Besier, Josie Williams, Rose Beckwith, Gary Brown Jr., Bonnie Weber, Anna Seymour, David & Henry Matsdorff, Janice Howard, Lisa Ganser and youth: Lauren, Jace, Meg, Tristan, Ben, Andrew, and Rachel. Finally, thank you to both Sr. Mary's for joining in and decorating the trees. Just as things go up they must come down Thank you to the following individuals for giving of their time to take down the decorations: Judi Besier, Rose Beckwith, Gary Brown Jr., Janice Howard, and David and Henry Matzdorf. The Knights of Columbus are pleased to announce the winners in this year's Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest. Each winner receives a prize of $25 and their poster will advance to the state competition, where we wish them well. The many fine entries in this contest will be posted in the Education Building for all to see. Isabella Jobe (Ages 5-7) Madeline Folland (Ages 8-10) Thomas Jobe (Ages 11-14) Ministerio Hispano Queremos invitarte el domingo 4 de Febrero a las 9:45 AM, al terminar la misa de las 8:30 AM y antes de comenzar la misa de las 11:00 a una reunión para conocernos mejor y aportar ideas con la intención de formar un ministerio hispano en SBCC. Para obtener más información puedes contactar a Veronica al 405-246-8341 o a Polo al 912-202 -3746. Gracias Parish Office The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, January 15, 2018 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Mass Intentions for January 14-20 Sunday 01/14 +Larry Williamson Tuesday 01/16 Ida Rohrer Wednesday 01/17 Brenda Liebl Saturday 01/20 +Paul Sweatt
Happy New Year! Welcome back to the second semester of 2017/18 Faith Formation. Religious education classes will not meet January 14. Classes will resume January 21 with seventh-grade prayer check. Please make sure your child is prepared. Our traditional prayers are a timehonored part of our Catholic heritage and a wonderful resource to help us grow our faith. Counting Down to First Communion Final prayer check for first communion candidates will be January 28. Your child must know the prayers required by the diocese to receive First Communion with the class on April 29. If you need a list and/or copy of the prayers, see Celeste Gish. First penance retreat February 10 There will be a mandatory first penance retreat on Saturday, February 10, from 9 am until 11:30 am in the Faith Formation building. All First Communion candidates must attend or make arrangements for make up. Please contact Linda Santos at 619.764.2617 or santos.linda.m@gmail.com with any questions. Please contact Celeste Gish at 912.754.1432 or celestegish@windstream.net with any questions or concerns about Faith Formation. Catholic Focus This is a reminder that there will be no Catholic Focus class this Sunday Jan. 14 in observance of the MLK holiday. Class will resume on Jan. 21st. VIRTUS Protecting God s Children for Adults Training will be held at St. Boniface Parish on Monday, February 5, 2018 from 6:30PM 9:30PM This training is required for all volunteer and paid adults 18 and over who in the course of their ministry come into contact with minors: Choir, Ushers, EM s, Altar Servers, Faith Formation, Youth Group, etc Registration is required prior to attending via online at VIRTUS.org to receive credit for the session. No one under the age of 18 is allowed due to the sensitive subject matter. Please arrive early no admittance once the session begins. Latecomers will be asked to reschedule. Any questions please call Cindy Felipe 912-596-4251 *Diocesan policy requires all diocesan adult employees and volunteers attend VIRTUS (safe environment) awareness training, undergo a background check, and read and sign the diocesan code of conduct for working with minors prior to commencing their ministry. Office for the Protection of Children and Young People, Toll free reporting hotline: (888) 357-5530. Children's Liturgy Volunteers Needed - No Prior Experience Necessary! We are in need of adult facilitators for our 2018 Children's Liturgy ministry! It is a great way to become involved in our parish, and share your faith with our children! Volunteers will be asked to co-facilitate up to twice per quarter during 11am Mass, and all materials will be provided. All adult volunteers are required to be Virtus trained; an upcoming Virtus class will be held at St. Boniface for your convenience. Please contact Sarah Felipe Gobrogge for further information at (912) 596-4132 or sfelipe33@gmail.com. Baptism Class Sunday, February 4 12:30-3:30 St. Boniface will hold a baptism class for first time parents on Sunday, February 4, 12:30 3:00 PM. Please sign up by Sunday, January 28 to receive the required class material. You must be registered in the parish and have met with Fr. Martino prior to taking the class. Please contact Cindy Felipe at 596 4251 to sign-up and for additional information. The Diocesan Office of Family Life invites you to pray with us in a Special Mass with Bishop Boland for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children January 22, 2018 at Noon in the Chapel at the Catholic Pastoral Center 2170 E Victory Drive, Savannah 9 Days for Life: January 18-26, 2018 9 Days for Life is a "digital pilgrimage" of prayer and action focused on cherishing the gift of every person's life. A multifaceted novena highlighting a different intention each day provides reflections, bonus information, and suggested actions. Join to receive the novena through the 9 Days for Life app, daily emails, or daily texts at www.9daysforlife.com Holy Hour for Vocations The St. John Vianney Vocations Ministry of Savannah will be celebrating a special Holy Hour for the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on Sunday, January 28,at 3:00 PM at St. Frances Cabrini Church at 11500 Middleground Rd. Rev. Gabe Cummings will be the presider.
See us at www.mdadental.com Yvette Carr P.O. Box 392 Springfield GA 31329 912-754-5573 Phone Advertise Here Harland Howard Interior/Exterior Painting Services No Job too Big or too Small! Phone: 912-429-9383 References provided Register your Kroger Rewards card to help benefit the Outreach Assistance program. Need help? See Pattie in the Parish Office. Ave Marie Shop St. Boniface Catholic Gift Shop Open after Saturday and Sunday Masses. Bibles, Catholic Children Books, Gifts, Rosaries, Medals, and much more! Saturday Evenings 5:00 pm Mass and Sunday Mornings 8:15 am -12:30 p.m. Please contact Denise Burdick for nursery needs during meetings at 912-604-4178.