St. Boniface Catholic Church 1952 GA Hwy 21 South Springfield, GA 31329 Sunday, November 1, 2015 All Saints Day PARISH STAFF FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR RICK RAFTER, DEACON PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY CELESTE GISH, DRE KATHY O SAKO, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE BERNIE WEBER, CUSTODIAN DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN PARISH STAFF EMAIL pastor@sbcatholic.com parishoffice@sbcatholic.com dre@sbcatholic.com outreach@sbcatholic.com WEB ADDRESS www.sbcatholic.com BAPTISM Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment a minimum of four months before a possible 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 8:30 a.m. Religious Education Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45 a.m. When school is in session ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact Fr. Martino day or night if a priest is needed in an emergency.1-706-825-3032 Bulletin Deadline We welcome your contributions to the bulletin. Deadline for submission is Thursday at 12:00 pm See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. --John 3:1
November 1, 2015 All Saints Day Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3) Poor in spirit is confusing for many of us. It simply means to place your trust in God, putting His will first and being strong in faith. As we celebrate the lives of the saints on All Saints Day, remember, we, too are called to be saints. Dialing down our own pride and ego and turning up the humility will help us on our path to sainthood. Jesus began his sermon with words that seem to contradict each other. But, remember, God s way of living usually contradicts the worlds. If you truly want to live for God, you must be ready to say and do what seems strange to the world. You must be willing to give when others take, to love when others hate, to help when others abuse. By giving up your own rights in order to serve others, you will one day receive everything God has in store for you. (Adapted from Life Application Bible Commentary) This week at St. Boniface Nov. 1-Nov. 7 Sunday: Mass- 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Prayer Service Veterans Park -10:00 a.m. Monday: All Souls Day Masses -12:00 noon & 7:00 p.m. Tuesday: Mass-8:30 am Wednesday: Mass-8:30 am Followed by Adoration Rosary Group -10:00 a.m. Youth Group-7:00 p.m. CCW Mtg.- 7:00 p.m. Greeter/ UsherTraining.-7:00 p.m. Thursday: Mass-8:30 am RCIA-7:00 p.m. Finance Council Mtg.- 7:00 p.m. Friday: Mass-8:30 am & 7:00 p.m. Followed by Adoration Saturday: Reconciliation - 4:00-4:30 p.m. Mass -5:00 p.m. Greeter/ Usher Training-after Mass Nov. 7 5:00 pm AS Lynn, Lucy, & Leslie Duncan EM P Galasco, J Kessler, B Milne, J Sheahan, & J Hambly L D Curtis G C Broom & G Hixenbaugh U P Tanguay & C Reynolds Nov. 8 8:30 am AS J Felipe, D Lafferty, & B Fogarty EM L Tanguay, D Griffin, B Milne Jr, & T Richtman L C Weber G C Newberry & Volunteer U B Russo & J Richtman 11:00 am AS G Usher, & L Usher, & M Deyhle EM E Pazos, T King, A Seymour, & R Visconti L B Bazemore G G Klock & K Klock-Powell U D Robider & Volunteer Children s Liturgy Volunteer 1- C Felipe Volunteer 2- D Newsome SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: All Saints; Daylight Saving Time ends; National Vocation Awareness Week Monday: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) Tuesday: Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time; St. Martin de Porres; Election Day Wednesday: St. Charles Borromeo Friday: First Friday Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14; Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44 [41-44]
Fr. Martino will celebrate Mass on Monday, November 2, All Souls day, at 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m. Please join us as we pray for our dead. Friday Evening Mass Join us for Friday evening Mass beginning November 6, at 7:00 p.m. followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. This is an additional Mass on Friday, we will still continue with the 8:30 a.m. Mass. The Book of Remembrance will be on display the entire month of November in the church. Please add the names of your loved ones who have died so that we may pray for them during the month. Congratulations We wish to extend congratulations out to Clinton and Susan Woody, on the birth of their daughter Paige on October 24th. Paige weighed 7lbs 15 oz, and is welcomed home by brothers Blake, age 6-1/2; Dylan, age 5 and sister Haley age 22 months. Mass Intentions for the Week of Nov. 1-Nov. 7 Sunday 11/01 +Erik Kaderbek Tuesday 11/03 +Vincent Larson Wednesday 11/04 +Regina Butterworth Thursday 11/05 +Stanley Kowalski Friday 11/06 Lauren McLeod Saturday 11/07 +Francis Maher Your contributions for the weekend of October 25, 2015 Adult $4,613.70 Children $20.12 Debt Reduction $1,788.00 Mortgage Balance $281,483.71 Bills paid last week $6,659.44 Thank you for your continuing generosity! Family Promise St. Boniface will be hosting families the week of Nov. 22. This is Thanksgiving week and staffing all of the positions will be difficult with many parishioners traveling. Your assistance is needed. There will be a planning meeting on Mon., Nov. 9 at 7 PM. Please plan on attending, Thank you for taking the family promise banks home. Please feel free to return them to the rear of the church at your convenience. Coat Drive The Parish Outreach Committee is holding its 3rd annual coat drive to help children and families keep warm this winter. Each year we collect new and gently used coats. These coats are then taken to Effingham Country School Social Worker & Homeless Liaison, Jackie Brown. They are then distributed to those in need. We will accept coats, jackets, sweaters, sweatshirts, hoodies (no logos please). School approved colors are black, white, gray, hunter green, burgundy, red, and navy blue, but we will accept anything! One Coat, One Jacket, One Hoodie...you can make a difference in a child's life. Thank you for your support Parish Outreach Thanksgiving Food Basket Assistance If there are parishioners who need or who would appreciate a basket of food for Thanksgiving please contact Kathy O Sako, our Parish Outreach Coordinator, by calling the Parish Office on Wednesday s between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Applications will be taken until November 16th and the pick up date will be Monday, November 23rd. If you have any interest in helping with putting together these baskets please contact Kathy at 912-547-3777. If you would like to make a monetary donation, please make your check payable to: St. Boniface Church and drop it in the Poor Box located on the wall in the lobby. Please indicate on the memo line that it is for Thanksgiving food.
Elijah Cup This week, the following family is scheduled to take the Elijah Cup home. **Chris & Susan Deyhle 11/01/15 **open If you would like to sign up to take the Elijah Cup home please fill in the date and mass that you attend on the sheet in the lobby or call/email the Parish Office to Brick Patio Check out the beautiful patio outside the doors on the left of the church. You and your family can be a permanent part of St. Boniface, or a special occasion or person can be memorialized. Pick up an order form in the rear of the church. The deadline has been extended so don t wait. Faith Formation Christmas Concert If you play an instrument and are in middle school or high school, we invite you to help us celebrate the joy of Christ s birth in a performance of traditional and religious Christmas music. Rehearsals will be held on Saturday mornings from 9am-12pm in the parish hall beginning November 7th. Sheet music will be provided at no cost to the student. A meeting will be held this Sunday, November 1, after the 11 am Mass in the faith formation building. If you are unable to attend this meeting, please contact Grace Liebl at 754-1148 or 656-6441 before the first practice on November 7th. His Mercy-It will be a Jubilee for You A Life in the Spirit Seminar A series of talks intended to deepen a person s experience of the Holy Spirit s power in our lives. Where: Blessed Sacrament Church, Savannah, GA When: Friday, November 20th, 6:15-9:00 pm. And Saturday November 21st, 9:15-4:00 pm. Registration fee: $10.00 per person-this includes lunch, snacks, and materials Pre-registration is required. Please include your email and phone number to Sr. M Lillian Quadrella, RSM, 37 Knollwood Circle, Savannah, GA 31419. For more information call 912-234-3508. WE LONG TO SEE GOD S FACE Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. This antiphon for today s responsorial psalm offers the focus for today s readings. As we on earth celebrate the triumph of all the saints the ones officially canonized by the Church, and the countless others who have also reached heaven we add nothing to their glory. But we give ourselves reason to hope. We too long to see the face of God and believe that we can one day be counted among those whose robes, as John tells us in the book of Revelation, are washed white in the blood of the Lamb. The passage from John s First Letter offers further assurance: we are God s children who will one day see God. But today s Gospel pulls us past longing and reassurance into action. Jesus clearly tells us what we must do to be counted among the saints. We must be poor in spirit, hungry for holiness, merciful, singlehearted, and peacemakers! Then we too will see the face of God. Save The Date 25 th Anniversary Party Mass was celebrated in the original St. Boniface church in December 1990. To commemorate the occasion there will be a party after mass on Saturday, December 5, 2015 All of our past pastors and sisters have been invited to join us. Please watch for sign-up sheets. Thanks to Monica Bahm and Muriel Healy for designing and handwriting the invitations.
St. Boniface Oyster Roast and Low Country Boil Saturday November 14, 2015-7:00 pm Tickets $10.00 Adults Only!! BYOB & Folding Chairs Musical Entertainment Appetizers and Desserts Are Appreciated!
Congratulations Deacon Rick Catholic Lawyers Guild of Savannah celebrated The Red Mass of the Holy Spirit on October 29th at The Catholic Pastoral Center, St. Mary's Chapel on 2170 E. Victory Drive, Savannah with Most Rev. Gregory J. Hartmayer. Deacon Rick Rafter of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Springfield, Ga. was named recipient of the St. Thomas More Award - Martyr and patron saint of Statesmen, politicians and lawyers. Picture #2 shows Birney Bull making the announcement. K of C Golf Tournament Highlights From all the Brothers of the Knights of Columbus Council #14439, would like to Thank You all who supported the K of C 3rd Annual Golf Tournament. For the many who sponsored holes, purchased Fairway Memorial Crosses and all those who participated in the tournament, we had a very successful day and without your support it would not have been achievable. God bless you all.
Richard Bender, Ella Bothwell, Gina Vose, Jim Brado, Nicky Broadmeadow, Jonathon Case, Crystal Christensen, Penny Christol, Charlie Curtis, Kirstie Dahlweiner, Georgia Dahlweiner, Mike DiTomaso, Nancy Dotson, Daniel Dougan, Sarah Engel, Arsenio & Kisako Felipe, Trinity Griffin, Virginia Hardin, Richard Hardin, David Hardin, Kristen Harrison, John Hart, Frank Hester, Hannah Justice, Pat Kavanaugh, Rachel Kavanaugh, Ben Keith, Jordan Keller Family, Frank Kennedy, Janice Kosek, Tim Kyle, Brenda Liebl Evans, Israel Evans, Vince & Sandra Mackey, Mary & Ray Massenburg, Henry Matzdorf, David Matzdorf,, Ceatta & Don Mickey, Dolores Miller Family, Krystal Miller, Mac Mixson, Donald & Gloria O Connor, Michelle Paoli, Sidney & Faye Pickney, Ann Preston, Alan Schwartz, Benji Sharrow, Sean Smith, Jack Stein, Barbara Strickland Carolyn Stripling, Burr Tolles, Edward Viehman, Greg & Mia Williams, Garry Wilkes, Cory Wilson, Keith Yawn Family Maj. Brian Healy, USAF, TSgt Brian A. Lafond, Sgt. Clayton Emanuel Holloway, SFC Shawn Brown, SSgt. Ryan Peters, LSSN Jonathon Benson King, Capt. Thomas Naldrett, Sgt. Steven Liebl, CW4 Scott Durrer, USCG Recruit Ricky Reese, Pfc Jeremy Hynes, Sgt. Andrew Hamilton, SPC Ronnie Hamilton Faith Formation News Celeste Gish, DRE 912-754-1432 For more information, please contact Celeste Gish at 912.754.1432. Travel safely over Thanksgiving Faith Formation class will not be held Nov. 22 or Nov. 29 in observance of Thanksgiving Break. Classes will resume on Dec. 6. Have a blessed Thanksgiving and please remember those in need by contributing to our food drive. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. For more information, please contact Celeste Gish at 912.754.1432. The VIRTUS "Protecting God's Children for Adults" training will be held at Catholic Pastoral Center at St. Mary's Home. Training will be held in O'Hara Hall. Arrive at least 10 minutes early - The class will start promptly at 9:00 am. Once doors are closed no late admittance will be allowed. This training is required for all who provide either paid or volunteer ministry in our diocese who in the course of their ministry come into contact with minors No one under age 18 will be admitted due to sensitive subject matter - no infants, no toddlers, no children, no teens. Latecomers will be asked to reschedule. Feel free to bring a drink or something to eat with you. Questions? Please call Joan Altmeyer at (912) 201-4074. CATHOLIC FOCUS As Catholic Christians we are called by our Lord to continue our understanding and knowledge of our Catholic faith, the Sacred Scriptures, and our need to share our faith with others. These areas are covered in our Catholic Focus class every Sunday morning at 9:45 AM in the Catholic Focus room in the Faith Formation building. We receive our lessons for the week (on a monthly basis) via email--to download and prepare for the lesson on the following Sunday. The lessons are based on the Mass Scriptures for that particular week. We have a catechist that leads the class as we ponder and discuss how the Scriptures encourage us to actually "LIVE AND APPLY THEIR UNDERSTANDING TO THE MANNER IN WHICH WE LIVE OUR LIVES". Adults of all ages are welcome. We look forward to meeting and greeting you as we grow in our knowledge of God's Calling in our lives-to become the Disciples and Stewards we are "called" to be. Please stop by and see for yourselves. RCIA This week s RCIA topic will be Catholics and the Church. Want to learn more, come and join us. Everyone is welcome! Judging Others "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." Luke 6:37 WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ANY NEW PARISHIONERS 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-FRIDAY 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.
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