St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

www.xavierbrunswick.org

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 a key) 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.

St. Francis Xavier Staff

Rev. Timothy McKeown, Pastor

912-265-3249 ext. 11

Rev. Chris Ortega

Assoc. Pastor

912-265-3249 ext. 12

Ann Buebel

Office Manager

912-265-3249 ext. 0

Maggie Shafer

Director of Finance

912-265-3249 ext. 16

Rev. Mr. Larry Guyer,

Director of Religious Education

912-265-3249 ext. 14

PERMANENT DEACONS

Rev. Mr. Ntungwa Maasha

262-0458

Rev. Mr. Larry Guyer

912-265-3249 ext. 14 CHRISTIAN FORMATION CENTER

1116 Richmond Street

Brunswick, GA 31520

Juan Perez-Valdes,

Hispanic Ministry 912-264-6805 ext. 11

Marisol Soler,

Fam. & Youth Ministry 912-264-6805 ext. 12

Joe Sechkar

Dir of Liturgy/Facilities Maint.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

CATHOLIC SCHOOL

1121 Union Street

Brunswick, GA 31520

265-9470

Dr. Terry Mermann

Principal

Lori Carden, Office Manager

Maggie Shafer Director of Finance

912-265-3249 Ext.16

Summer Devotions

Even though many of you have started a summer schedule our spiritual journey

never takes a vacation! Here are a few devotions for your summer spiritual

journey.

Prayerful Driving: We will travel many miles this summer. Traditionally summer is

the biggest season for travel. I want to make available a devotion that promotes

Prayerful Careful Driving. Back in 1955 Fr. Gregory Bezy had the insight to start

the Sacred Heart Auto League. He wanted to turn the routine daily activity of

traveling by car into a moment prayer, a time of grace. Imagine how much more

we need this in 2017 with all the distracted driving we see today!

I always remember my grandmother having a Sacred Heart medal in her car and

praying before we began a trip. If you would like an envelope with a Sacred Heart

pocket calendar and a Crucifix for your car please see me after mass. There is no

obligation to join the Sacred Heart Auto League but it is a good reminder to

practice prayerful driving.

Our Lady Undoer of Knots Do you have “knots” in your life? We all do! During the

month of June, our Marian Chapel will be dedicated to Our Lady, Undoer of

Knots. This is a devotion promoted by Pope Francis. It is a chance for us to pray

for situations in our lives that seemed tied up or bound up be they medical issues,

financial issues or relationship situations. We pray that our Blessed Mother will

help us. Beginning the weekend of June 3-4 you can tie on your special prayer in

the chapel. Sometime during June we invite you to pray a Novena to Our Lady

Undoer of Knots for your intention. Prayer cards and pamphlets explaining the

devotion are in the chapel.

Vacation Bible School: It begins tomorrow! What a great devotion for our young

people ages Pre-K through 5th grade. Please sign them up after mass today!

Fatima Rosary: This is the 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Fatima,

Portugal. Please come join us on June 13 to learn more about Our Lady of Fatima

and to pray a Rosary!

Summer Reading: Many people like to take the time to read over summer. We

have a nice library of Catholic Reading in the CFC . Since many people do not go

over there I will bring some recommended books over to the church. No need to

sign them out. Just be sure to bring them back when you are done!

Corpus Christi – On Sunday June 18 we will celebrate Corpus Christi (the Body

and Blood of Christ). After the 11:00 Mass we will have a procession through

Hanover Square and then a time of Adoration in the main church until 6:00 pm.

Come and spend some time with Our Lord that afternoon!

May the summer of 2017 be a time of growth for you and your family!

-Fr. Tim McKeown

TRINITY SUNDAY

Trinity Sunday celebrates God who is one God in three persons. We don't worship three gods but one God in three persons. We celebrated this at the very beginning of mass when I greeted you with, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!" This is a central tenet to our faith. We worship one God in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We worship the Holy Trinity.

How can there be three persons in one God? The best analogy is a family. Here is the Smith family, three separate people: father, mother, child but still one family. They operate as one. If one member is sick, all feel the pain. If one member wins the lottery, all rejoice. They are three but they are one. It is an analogy for the oneness of the Trinity.

Sacred Scripture says, "We have been given everything necessary for a life of sanctification" (2 Peter 1). How true this is. What an incredible gift we have in the Trinity! We have an Almighty Father in heaven who wants nothing more than for us to be in right relationship with Him. We have Jesus who came to earth to die for our sins so that we might have a way to the Father. We have the Holy Spirit who remains with us her on earth and sanctifies us. What excuse could we possibly have for not attaining heaven? God has given us every grace necessary.

In its essence the Trinity is love. Fr. Raniero Cantelemessa writes, “God is love in himself, before time, because He has always had in himself a Son, the Word, whom He loves with an infinite love, that is in the Holy Spirit. In all love there are always three realities or subjects: one who loves, one who is loved, and the love that unites them.”

Our God is an awesome God! Often we are too busy to stop and reflect upon the attributes of God and we forget what a powerful God we serve. The problems of our modern world are not the center of life. They are passing away. In the end we always have God. God alone endures. As St. Teresa of Avila wrote, "Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices."

The choice lies before us. God the Father the Creator, God the Son the Redeemer, and God the Holy Spirit the Sanctifier have spoken their Word. Will we accept the saving hand of the Trinity? What more could God have done for us that He has not done? May we embrace the gift of the Holy Trinity and imitate Jeremiah who proclaimed, “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord (Joshua 24:15)."

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen!

-Fr. Tim McKeown

Financial News

Collections for

June 3rd & 4th

$ 12,304.08

This September we will begin Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey.

It is a course that helps with financial planning and peace. If you would be

interested please contact Ann at the office at 265-3249 or

annbuebel@bellsouth.net.

Vacation Bible School

June 12th - 16th

8 a.m. till noon

Pre-K through

5th grade

Sign up sheets on the back tables of the

Church. Deadline is June 11th.

Did you make your Forward with Faith pledge? We are still shooting to go over the One Million dollar mark but we can’t do it without you! If you have not made a pledge please take an envelope from the back of church and do it today! What can you give over the next three years to renew our campus?

Vision, Mission and Values

Mission experience right in our own

backyard. This is open to all rising

9th graders to graduated 12th

graders. The mission is scheduled

for June 20th through the 23rd.

Please contact Marisol at

sfxcym@gmail.com or call

912-264-6805 ext. 12 if you are

interested in participating. We will

be working with the City of

Brunswick on projects.

Anna Hardwick Georgia Burgess-Erwin Tilly Johnson Moira Kaluzienski Huong Thi Phan Gertrude Roberts Sara Fryar Richard Brunegraff

Maria Zambon David Higbee

Gloria Quinones Byron Bankston

Charlotte Cornelius Peggy Lee Farrar

Vera Borkowski Judy Perry Majka

Kathleen Koreski Benjamin Koreski Billie Lou Henjum Leslie Kaufman

Michael Mleko Jr. Buddy Vazquez

Steven Gentzle Bradley Huffman

Savannah Jones Barbara Elliott

Jim Layman Wyatt Kersey

Steve Williams Pat Ragsdale

Frances Nohrden Venus Gines

Kathy Poliwka Bradley Huffman

Carmen Zuba Maria Borrego

Michael Rafolski Vicky Hancock

Jane Rafolski Jackie Maassen

William Wilson Helen Berry

Jane Allen Margaret Young

Andrew Robson, Jr. William Wilson

Sr. Mary A. Curran Sr. Kathleen J. McMenamin

Judy Wyatt

Our sons and daughters

in military service

If you would like a name to be put on the

prayer list please

call the parish office at

912-265-3249 ext. 0 or

email annbuebel@bellsouth.net

The list will be refreshed at the end of every

month.

June 11, 2017

Solemnity of the Holy Trinity

Mass Intentions

Saturday June 10

5 p.m. t Jerome Carignan

7 p.m. t Sandee Coddington/Mamie Krewer

(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)

Sunday June 11

8:30 a.m. Living & Deceased K of C Members

11 a.m. t Louise Lazarou (Anniv.)

6 p.m. t Bishop Andrew McDonald

Monday June 12 Noon t Barbara Gentile

Tuesday June 13

7 a.m. t Bob Visintainer

Wednesday June 14

7 p.m. Jim Lennon (intentions)

Thursday June 15

7 a.m. t Stella Hussar

Friday June 16

7 a.m. t Frederick & Bridget Hawthorne

Saturday June 17

5 p.m. t James Powell/Attilio Tozzi

7 p.m. t Loraine O’Connor

(At Jekyll United Methodist Church)

Sunday June 18

8:30 a.m. t Gordon Williams, Jr.

11 a.m. t Tim Mermann

6 p.m. t Virgilio Digal

Summer Mass Time Changes

Monday Mass will be at Noon.

There will be no Wednesday 8 a.m.

Monday and Wednesday masses will return to

their regular times on August 7th.

The Knights of Columbus will host a blood drive on Sunday, July 16th from 9

a.m. until 2 p.m. in Xavier Hall. Please consider giving a pint of your precious

gift of life to others. Your donation will remain in the local community.

Scheduling an appointment will ensure your time is respected. The Knights of Columbus

will provide the volunteers needed for service. For questions, please call Dave Robson at

404-723-9868.

Loving Father, You sent St. Francis Xavier to preach to the nations. You

call us also to be missionaries in our own way. Help us to build and

strengthen our campus so that we may share Jesus with the people of

Coastal Georgia. Like, St. Francis Xavier, may we be people of prayer

and may we share You with those we meet. We thank you for blessing us

with a Parish and a School. May we seek Your will to further your work.

Bless us with a sense of unity, a spirit of cooperation, and a generous

heart as we face the responsibilities and challenges of this undertaking.

We believe our goals are rooted in Your Word and in Your Work. May we

nourish each other in faith, support each other in our temporal needs, and

renew our Church in the pattern of Your own Household. Amen.

On the tables at the main entrance of the church we have children's pages for

children ages (6-10) focusing on today's Gospel.

Fatima Meeting on Tuesday June 13 at 6 p.m. in the main Chapel.

Brief intro to the story of Fatima apparitions

Intro into praying the Rosary

Recite the Rosary

Discussion

Set-up next time and place

No experience is needed and every one is wel-

come. Rosaries will be available if you need one.

Parish Activity Contacts

Adult Bible Study, Joe & Linda Kirby…………….267-9359

Altar and Environmental Care, Diane Lott……….223-1261

Bereavement, Ann Buebel………………………..265-3249

CCW, Rose Browning……………………….……...270-7176

Communion Ministers, Ann Buebel……………..265-3249

Culture of Life, Rose Lodise…………….…….…...264-4121

Greeters, Ginger Dorcas…………..……………....275-8492

Jekyll Island Catholic Ladies, Eleanor Daniel…....635-3046

Knights of Columbus, Bill Schuster……………….266-6779

P.S.R., Larry Guyer ……………………..…265-3249 ext. 14

RCIA/Sacramental, Larry Guyer…….…...265-3249 ext. 14

Religious Articles Shop, Rose Lodise……..……...264-4121

St. Monica Society, Peggie Cash…………….…....264-5458

St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store…………...….…....262-6027 Parish Council, RoseMary Jones at rosemaryjonessfx@gmail.com

Most Rev. Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv.

Bishop of Savannah

Please call Ann Buebel at 912-265-3249 ext. 0.,

email her at annbuebel@bellsouth.net

or come by to schedule your masses. Office hours are 9

a.m. to 4 p.m.

Membership

To be a registered member of a Parish is to

have a sense of belonging to a family. New-

comers 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 fam-

ily sickness, death or special need, parishion-

ers are asked to notify the Church office. If re-

quested, Holy Communion will be brought to

anyone desiring to receive the Eucharist but

are unable to attend Mass for serious reasons.