UNITED IN OUR CATHOLIC FAITH, WE STRIVE TO LOVE AND SERVE GOD AS JESUS DID.

850 DOUTHIT FERRY ROAD . CARTERSVILLE, GA 30120 . PH: 770.382.4549 . www.STFAC.org

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil…………………………………….5:00 pm

……………………………………….7:00 pm (Español)

Sunday…………………………………………...8:00 am

………………………………………………….10:00 am

……………………………………….12:00 pm (Español)

Tuesday to Friday……………………………..8:30 am

THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday……………………3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

ADORATION

Fridays……………………..9:00 am to 7:00 pm

COMMUNION SERVICE

Monday………………………………....8:30 am

PARISH OFFICE CONTACT NUMBERS

PASTOR Rev. Juan F. Anzora ... (770) 382-4549 x11

Sacramental Emergency (678) 558-1331 DEACONS

Rev. Mr. Miguel Echevarría...(770) 382-4549 x12 Rev. Mr. Tom Coffey…….(770) 403-8109

BUSINESS MANAGER Debi Borgelt .............. (770) 382-4549 x15

PARISH SECRETARY Laura I. Adams .......... (770) 382-4549 x10

DIRECTOR OF FAITH FORMATION Amy Toft ................... (770) 382-4549 x20

YOUTH MINISTER Michael Pabst ............ (770) 382-4549 x17

Amparo Paniagua ..... (770) 382-4549 x16

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AND LITURGY Sr. Dian Hall ............. (770) 546-6461

BUILDING MANAGEMENT Rodolfo Peña ............ (770) 382-4549 x18

MUSIC Sr. Dian Hall ............. (770) 546-6461 Robert Oliver ............ (770) 310-5699 Cesar Roque ............. (423) 903-6641

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Saturday, April 28 5:00 PM: For all our Parish

families 7:00PM:Por el eterno descanso de Abraham y Herlinda Gutierrez, a peticion de Edelmira Gutierrez

Sunday, April 29

8:00 AM: For the repose of the soul of Brian Lavis, requested by the Lavis family 10:00 AM: For the repose of the soul of Morgan Vetter, requested by the Chandler family 12:00PM:Por todas las almas del purgatorio, a peticion de Marıa de la Luz Gonzalez

Mass Intentions Parish Information

WEEK AT A GLANCE Sanctuary Sanctuary St. Simon Sanctuary Sanctuary Sanctuary St. John St. James St. Bartholomew Sanctuary Sanctuary Confessionary Sanctuary Sanctuary St. James St. Matthias St. Thaddeus St. Thaddeus St. Thaddeus St. John St. Simon St. James St. Simon Sanctuary Sanctuary Adoration Chapel La Salette Hall St. John St. Simon Sanctuary St. Thomas Santuario St. Simon Sanctuary/Cry Room Sanctuary Santuario St. Simon Sanctuary St. Thomas St. Matthias Sanctuary Sanctuary St. Matthias Santuario Sanctuary

8:00 am 8:30 am 7:00 pm 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 am 8:30 am 6:00 pm 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 5:30 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 am 9:00 am 2:00 pm 3:30 pm 3:30 pm 5:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 am 8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 2:00 pm

Building Access To enter through our solarium for access to the Adoration Chapel, please use code 0850.

TheElijahCupOur parish has a beautiful ministry dedicated in prayerful support of vocations – The Elijah Cup Ministry. The Elijah Cup is a consecrated chalice taken home for one week, rotated at each Mass. There is also the monthly chalice given at every First Friday Devotion Mass. Each carrying case comes with a chalice, instructions, a selection of prayers, Rosary, book, and spiritual journal to share the experiences felt while praying for those called to religious life. A receiving family or individual displays the chalice in a prominent place at home and prays for an increase of men and women called to religious vocations: priests, deacons, seminarians and sisters. We always need families and individuals to pray for vocations. What a blessing …so let this chalice journey to your home and thank you for the prayerful consideration! Please look for the sign-up sheet in the narthex. For more information, please contact: Dee Hidalgo Elijah Cup Ministry Coordinator St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church 404-374-4920 mdh4jc@outlook.com Reception

Of iceHours:St Francis offers of ice reception hours to help better accommodate you and your family. Our of ice is open Monday through Friday from 8am - 1pm and Sundays from 9am - 2pm. Our reception of ice will also be open on Wednesday evening during FF classes. Please note that our Faith Formation and Finance Department of ices hours vary according to parish-wide schedules so please continue to call in advance and schedule appointments as needed. Staff and ministry leader contacts can be found in our parish bulletin and on our website at stfac.org/contact

Thisweekend’s lowersdonatedby:

∗ Mr & Mrs Wallace J Mason in memory of Wallace Mason Sr

Monday,April30Rosary & Morning Prayer Communion Service Prayer/Life Wkshp Tuesday,May1Rosary & Morning Prayer Morning Mass Prayer Group Grief Support Mty Bible Study-Timeline RICA-Spanish Wednesday,May2Rosary & Morning Prayer Morning Mass Confessions Thursday,May3Rosary & Morning Prayer Morning Mass WIF Bible Study Loving Hands Group Choir Rehearsal Ensayo de Coro Choir Rehearsal CRSP Committee Mtg TOV Workshop K of C Business Mtg Friday,May4Homeschool Co-Op Rosary & Morning Prayer Morning Mass Adoration Grupo Oracion Baptism Classes Platicas Bautismales Saturday,May5Morning Mass Revelation Bible Study Bautismos Women’s CRSP Mtg Confessions Mass Misa Sunday,May6Men’s CRSP Mtg Mass RCIA-English Women’s Fellowship Mass Baptism Kenyan Group Mtg Misa Conf Server Training

MOTHER’SDAYNOVENAFr. Juan will pray a Mother’s Day Novena during Mass on May 4 through May 13. If you would like to express your love for a special mother, grandmother, godmother, mother-in-law, an expectant mother, or any woman who has played a motherly role in your life, please use the Mother’s Day envelope located in the Narthex. Please place your donation in the envelope with your loved one’s name and turn in at the front of ice in order to be remembered during the Novena.

*AsofApril17,2018,

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PaymentsMadeTowardstheLoanBUILDINGFUND/DEBTREDUCTION

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FINALPUSH!Thankyou!We are in our inal push to becoming debt free! Please continue giving towards our Debt Reduction through your monthly envelopes, online giving or our St. Francis Giving Challenge. With everyone’s support, we will accomplish our goal. Godblessyouforyour

generosity!

April 30 Elian Abeja, Ricardo Fajardo, John Kerrigan, Stephanie Leidelmeijer, Kevin Moctezuma, Jem Rogich and Paloma Velazquez

May 1 Rita Belisle, Rodolfo Martinez, Mario Mele, Hazel Parker, Uriel Ponce, Jasmine Rendon and Cassandra Ventura

May 2 Karen De Loera and Margaret St. Philip

May 3 Cameron Black, Frank Henderson, Ruth Mwangi, Cruz Ramirez and Angela Shepard

May 4 Monico Betancourt, Maria Del Portal, Mia Gonzalez, Georgegina Lopez, Gregory Lopez, Maria Luna, Laura Maldonado, Eleuterio Martinez, Maria Murguia, Reynel Pineda, Xavi Pineda, Julianna Roblero, Marjorie Rosales, Christine Tracy, Allan Wambugu and Greg Whitton

May 5 Jahsiah Carter, Angel Reyes, Patricia Spiconardi and Mary Toth

May 6 Jocelyn Alonso, Vicki Bourdon, Maria Cespedes, Leticia Cisneros, Amalia Hernandez, Yaretzy Ramos, Katlyn Rohani and Julian Romero

† Please remember those who are sick and their loved ones in your daily prayers. If you have a prayer request, please email the St. Francis Prayer Group at prayer @stfac.org. InnocentIgwebuikeJaneLyonDonnaWorzala

Parish News & Events

CatechistsNeeded Faith Formation is in need of Catechists as well as classroom assistants for the 2018-2019 Faith Formation year! Our Faith Formation program serves students in grades 1-12 as well as our preschool aged children through the Sunday nursery program. All volunteers and catechists are required to pass a criminal background check and receive Virtus certi ication through the Archdiocese of Atlanta. There will also be a summer catechist training to learn more about our formation program and parish leadership training. While this is an incredibly rewarding opportunity to serve our parish, catechists must be committed to the religious education or our youth. If you are a fully initiated Catholic in good standing with the Church, please prayerfully consider serving as a catechist at St Francis. For more information, please contact Amy Toft, Director of Faith Formation at atoft@stfac.org or 770-382-4549 ext 20 FaithFormationRegistrationisnowOPEN!While the family formation experience is the most important religious education that your child could ever undertake, it is our role as Church to help support and encourage you as parents as the primary educators of your children. Furthermore, sacramental reception and participation in weekly Sunday mass is foundational to living a holy, Catholic life which our catechesis is built upon. For this reason, we strongly encourage continuous faith formation of your children and offer religious education classes for grades 1-12. Please take special note that weekly mass attendance is required as part of our program. Faith Formation Registration for the 2018-2019 academic year is now open! Registration packets are being distributed after faith formation classes in the carpool line. Packets may also be picked up in the parish of ice after Mass or in the Faith Formation of ice throughout the week. Please carefully read the program information, complete all paperwork and return the forms with your family payment to the Faith Formation of ice NO LATER than June 2018 to ensure your child’s placement. Spots ill quickly so please enroll now. For questions, please contact our Faith Formation Of ice for program details. We look forward to serving you and your family.

A P :St Francis of Assisi is hosting the next North West Atlanta Council of Catholic Women (NWCCW) quarterly meeting on Saturday, May 19th, from 10 am – Noon. We hope you can join us in hosting this event and in turn learn more about all the wonderful things the CCW is doing. A light breakfast as well as lunch will be served. The next St Francis CCW meeting will be held on Tues May 8th at 6:30 pm & we will be planning all the details for this wonderful event. We hope you can join us. Questions? Reach out to Lynn Anderson at lynn_anderson84@att.net or 404-931-5103.

H S S Y A : Register now for the St Francis Summer mini session June 4-8 from 9am-10:30am as we talk about YOU! Come for fellowship and the opportunity to dive deeper into our Catholic faith as we talk about applying the faith to your life. From our faith, to love to our identity in Christ, we are excited to kick off the summer with you and your friends! We will be using the Ascension Press study “You”. Cost for the session is $25/student and the registration deadline is May 21st. Please pick up a registration form in the Faith Formation Of ice. News lash!The parish is no longer charging for the Lighthouse Catholic Media kiosk items in order to make them more available to everyone who seeks to grow their faith. However, in order to help keep the latest titles coming, the parish most gratefully accepts any DONATIONS you care to make in the kiosk slots provided!

VIDA DE LA COMUNIDAD PARROQUIAL

Clases Pre-Bautismales y Bautizos Las clases se llevan a cabo el primer viernes de cada mes. Los padres deben estar registrados con nuestra Parroquia antes de poder Bautizar. Los padres y padrinos deben asistir a la clase. Se requiere una copia de la acta de nacimiento de los ninos que desean bautizar. Los bautizos se llevan a cabo el primer sabado del mes. Por favor llame a Laura en la o icina para mas informacion o para registrarse.

GrupoCarismáticoLes invitamos todos los viernes a las 7 de la noche para nuestro grupo carismatico en La Salette Hall. Para mas informacion, por favor pongase en contacto con Marta Juarez al 678-855-4364 o con Humberto Paniagua 706-971-9047.

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Quinceañeras (os) Los padres que deseen celebrar una Misa para los quince anos de su nina o nino, deberan comunicarse con nuestra o icina, seis (6) meses antes de la fecha, al numero de telefono 770-382-4549 ext. 16, preguntar por la Sra. Amparo Paniagua. Requisitos: 1. Haber recibido la Con irmacion 2. Estar participando en las clases de Formacion de la Fe 3. Estar recibiendo la preparacion del Sacramento de la Con irmacionPresentacióndeniños(as)deTresaños Para celebrar la presentacion de ninos de tres (3) anos de edad durante la misa dominical, el nino/a debe de haber recibido el sacramento del Bautismo antes de la presentacion y debe presentar la copia del acta bautismal. Por favor comunıquese con el Capitan de la Misa.

ElCálizdeElíasNuestra parroquia tiene un hermoso ministerio dedicado en apoyo orante a las vocaciones religiosas – el Ministerio del Caliz de Elıas. Este es un caliz consagrado llevado a casa durante una semana, girado en cada Misa. Tambien esta disponible un caliz en la Misa de Devocion el primer viernes mensual. Cada estuche viene con un caliz, instrucciones, una seleccion de oraciones, un Rosario, y diario espiritual para compartir las experiencias de sentido mientras que ore por aquellos llamados a la vida religiosa. Una familia de acogida o individuo muestra el caliz en un lugar destacado en su hogar y reza por un incremento de hombres y mujeres llamados a vocaciones religiosas: sacerdotes, diaconos, seminaristas, hermanas o monjas. Saber que estan orando por ellos se elevara el corazon llamado listo para servir o seguir como nuestros lıderes espirituales que nos acercan a Dios. Siempre necesitamos familias e individuos orando por las vocaciones. Es una bendicion... ası permite que el caliz llegue a su casa y gracias por la consideracion orante. Por favor, busque la hoja de inscripcion en el Nartex. Para obtener mas informacion, favor de comunicarse con: Damarys Hidalgo Coordinadora del Ministerio del Caliz de Elıas Iglesia Catolica San Francisco de Asıs 404-374-4920 mdh4jc@outlook.com

¡InscripciondeFormacióndeFeestáABIERTAAhora! Mientras que la experiencia de la formacion de familia es la educacion religiosa mas importante que su nino podrıa aprender, es nuestro deber de la iglesia ayudarle a apoyar y animarle como padres de familia son los educadores primarios de sus hijos. Ademas, la recepcion sacramental y la participacion en la Misa semanal es fundamental para vivir una vida santa y catolica en la que se basa nuestra catequesis. Por esta razon, apoyamos irmemente que continue la formacion de la fe de sus ninos y ofrecemos clases de la educacion religiosa para los grados 1-12. Los paquetes de registro se distribuyen despues de las clases de formacion de fe en la lınea de carpool. Por favor noten que la asistencia semanal en la Misa es requerida como parte de nuestro programa. ¡La inscripcion para la formacion de fe para el ano academico 2018-2019 esta abierta! Los paquetes tambien pueden ser recogidos en la o icina de la parroquia despues de Misa o en la o icina de formacion de fe durante toda la semana. Por favor lea cuidadosamente la informacion del programa, complete todo el papeleo y devuelva los formularios con su pago de familia a la o icina de formacion de fe a mas tardar en junio del 2018 para garantizar la colocacion de su hijo. Las clases se llenan rapidamente ası que por favor inscrıbase ahora. Para preguntas, por favor pongase en contacto con nuestra O icina de Formacion de Fe para mas detalles del programa. Esperamos poder servirle a usted y a su familia.

RetiroparaMujeresdeCRSPLes invitamos a decirle Si, al llamado del Senor en el Tercer Retiro para Mujeres de CRSP. Si eres mayor de 18 anos, no te pierdas la oportunidad de tener este encuentro con Dios. Los dıas 26 y 27 de mayo del 2018. Para mas informacion pongase en contacto con Alma Rodriguez al 678-849-1039.

♦If you would like to make a donation for our building fund, please contact the Business Manager, Debi Borgelt .♦A reminder that we only accept checks or money orders as forms of payments for dues for our Faith Formation Dept., Weddings, Quinceaneras , bible studies, etc. If you have any questions, please contact Debi Borgelt at 770-382-4549 x15. ♦OnlineGivingQuestions:Contact Debi Borgelt if you are interested in our Online Giving and/or have any questions. ♦For any questions concerning our inances, please contact our Finance Committee at stfrancis ianancecouncil@stfac.org. IfyouneedextraBuildingFundyellowenvelopes,theycanbefoundintheNarthexinthebasketlabeled‘WeeklyOfferingEnvelopes’.

Mass Captains Sat 5:00 pm ........... Mrs. Flo Lundee ...........................770-386-3407 ................................... Mike and Jean Annis ..................770-241-9060 Sabado 7:00 pm .. ............................................................ Sun 8:00 am .......... Bob and Barbara Forth ............770-425-7967 ..................................... Mr. Lenny Hawes .......................404-431-0719 Sun 10:00 am ....... Ron and Lisa Mazur ...................770-386-0528 ..................................... Mr. Tom Russell ..........................770-382-1417 Dom 12:00 pm ..... ............................................................ Kenyan Mass. ....... Mr. Sam Njoroge .........................770-906-1700 ..................................... Ms. Kezia Mwangi .......................404-421-5750

OffertoryRemindersAprilSecondCollectionSchedule:Apr 28-29: Catholic Home Mission (Archdiocese) OffertoryRemindersMaySecondCollectionSchedule:May 5-6: SVdP (St. Francis Chapter) May 12-13: Catholic Communications (Archdiocese) May 19-20: Building Fund

Ministry Directory Bereavement ............. Secretary ............................................ 770-382-4549 x 10 Homebound ........... Mrs. Betty Hamilton Funerals.................... Mrs. Noel Parro Hospice ..................... Ms. Kay Nealey CCW ............................ Mrs. Lynn Anderson ................. 404-931-5103 Church Shop ........... Ms. Pauline Yezzi ....................... 770-607-3131 Guardian Angels .... Mrs. Betty Schaaf ....................... 678-986-0510 Finance ..................... Mr. Ben Hamrick ........................ 770-241-1002 K of C .......................... Mr. William Adams.................... 678-431-3305 Kermes ...................... Mrs. Michelle Hewitt ................ 917-951-9814 ...................................... Mrs. Veronica Rangel ............... 678-538-5877 La Salette Hall ........ Mr. Rodolfo Pena ....................... 770-789-5785 Loving Hands ......... Mrs. Carole Day .......................... 770-845-8003 Meals on Wheels ... Mrs. Theresa Corcoran ............ 770-386-9413 Military Ministry ... ........................................................... Parish Council ........ Mr. Ron Barmore ....................... 678-654-4740 Respect Life............. Mrs. Lucile Ussery ..................... 770-387-0525 SVdP St. Francis .... Mrs. Liz Fox .................................. 770-382-4549 x25

WeeklyOffertory$12,360 needed per week to meet the church’s expenses Thank you to all who are contributing Counting our Blessings - Week of Apr 21 & 22

OFFERTORY ................................................................... $9,885.22 Online Giving .................................................................... $2,003.00 Debt Reduction ............................................................... $2,608.00