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Front Office
Carla Medina, Parish Secretary [email protected]
Accounting Stella Garcia-Hernandez, Accounting
Administration
Deacon Francis Moore, Chief of Operations [email protected]
Danny Berber, Facilities Manager
The
St. Francis of Assisi Parish 900 H. Street, Bakersfield CA 93304
Phone: 661-327-4734 / Fax: 661-377-0363 www.stfran.org
Franciscan
Temporary Outdoor Mass Schedule
(Subject to Change)
Saturday 7:00 AM (English)
Location - Parking Lot area West of The Youth Center
7:00 PM (Vietnamese) Location - In Front of the Church
Sunday 7:00 AM (English)
Location - West Parking Lot, in Front of Msgr. Lahey Hall
8:15 AM (Spanish) Location - West Parking Lot, in Front
of Msgr. Lahey Hall
10:00 AM (English)
Livestream St. Francis Parish Facebook
Weekdays 6:30 AM (English)
Location - Parking Lot area West of The Youth Center
St. Francis Parish School
Rev. Theophane N. Antony, Administrator Pro-Tem Kelli Gruszka, Principal
Cindy Schoorl, Vice Principal Sr. Cris Caballero, RSM, Spiritual Director
2516 Palm Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304 Phone: 661-326-7955/Fax: 661-327-0395
St. Francis Parish Clergy Rev. Theophane N. Antony, Administrator Pro-Tem
Rev. Joe Lawrence, Parochial Vicar Rev. Anton J. Muthuneidalage, Parochial Vicar/Hosp. Ministry
Deacon Joseph Lubatti Deacon Francis Moore
Deacon Hugo Navarrete Deacon Scotty Bourne, Ret. Detention Ministry
Rev. Msgr. Nathaniel Diokwere, Ret.- In Residence
St. Francis Religious Education
Dinah Marquez, Director of Religious Education 2424 Palm Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304
Phone: 661-323-8800
Communications
Sandra Galicia, Bulletin Editor [email protected]
Security
Church and School Security: 661-201-2489
Bulletin for: October 11, 2020 Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi Parish is to provide a safe, welcoming environment of
Catholic worship, evangelization & fellowship, living in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Francis Parish News & Announcements
Outdoor Mass Serv i ce
We invite you to join us in our outdoor services! We are now offering Daily, Saturday &
Sunday Mass. Please refer to the cover page for detail information.
We look forward to you and
your family joining us in this
blessed opportunity.
*Masks are required.
All Souls Day November 2, 2020
Remember loved ones by picking up an envelope from the
Office or log onto our Parish website at stfran.org. A
link is provided to view and add your loved ones to
the All Souls Memorial Page.
$10 per Name
St. Franc is Church Rosary Rally October is the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Dealing with the pandemic and other challenges currently facing the Church and the US what a better way to pray than by reciting the rosary daily as a community of faith.
Starting October 1st, we will pray the rosary daily at 6 pm in front of Mary’s Grotto. We would like to have each ministry select 1 or 2 dates during October to lead the rosary as a group. Please encourage members of your ministry to participate and in addition please spread the message to your family and friends to attend..
On October 31st we will conclude the rosary with the crowning of our Lady followed by Benediction.
Please contact Lauro A Braganza @ 661-631-8877 or email: [email protected] to schedule your date. In praying the rosary as a group, you get the benefit of the total number. The Family that prays together stays together.
To Jesus through Mary. Thank you and God bless. Lauro A. Braganza Serving God and Church
St. Francis Parish News & Announcements
Faithful During Pandemic Time
During this pandemic time, the last few months were tough for all of us in the parish, including our Vietnamese community. We were worried about many things: our jobs, our health, our safety, our life… Some of us even came into depression. Sadly, the church is closed, and we are not allowed to celebrate Mass inside. As a unique ministry of the parish, we knew that this is the time that we need God, our true Savior, more than ever, and thus our faith in Him has become stronger more than ever. It doesn’t matter how difficult the situation, we just wished to go to church. We wanted to attend Mass in our almighty Father’s house so we can encounter Him, talk to Him, share with Him our thoughts, say our prayers to Him, and especially we wish to receive Holy Communion.
Our wish was finally granted as the first outdoor Mass for the Vietnamese community was celebrated on Saturday 07/25/20, thanks to great efforts of many people involved in the planning and prepara-tion process. This was the first time ever we had Mass outside the church, and it was so beautiful and graceful. Everything just went as planned; the weather was not too hot and the sound system was wonderful. We had around 100 people attend our first outdoor Mass! Starting from the beginning week of September, we moved our mass from 7:30PM to 7:00PM for more convenience. The average number of attendants is around 130. It is a true blessing for us every week we have a Vietnamese priest from the Redemptorist Mission in Long Beach come to say Mass. On Saturday 08/15/20, we celebrated the apparition of Our Lady of Lavang. Since early September and continuing until now, we do Adoration for the whole community after each Mass as requested by our Bishop Joseph Brennan. It has been great to see everyone stay after Mass and join each other in those sacred and touching moments when we all pray together. It’s emotional. It has been a blessing from God! We are very grateful and extremely happy with our outdoor Mass. We highly appreciate the love, support and brotherhood that has been extended to our Vietnamese Community by parish leaders and staff, especially Father Theo Antony, Deacon Francis Moore and Daniel Berber. They have all helped us to make this happen. May God always bless our Parish! Faithfully yours in Christ, Henry H Tran
St. Francis Parish Ministry Announcements
S a n c t u a r y L a m p s
Deceased Fam ily Member’ s of Ju lie Yoro I sabelle Church & Fam ily Arthur J . Rodrigu es John P. Miks it s Wa lt Widha lm Micha el France Thes e can be purchas ed for $10 by cal l ing t h e ma in off ic e.
The Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is a tradition that is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin countries as well as in many communities here in the United States. Here at St. Francis of Assisi Parish we celebrate All Souls Day, a com-memoration of all our faithful departed. It has
been said that we really never stop grieving our friends and family, we just learn how to breathe
again and live with the loss. For many years now it has become a St. Francis parish tradition to celebrate our “All Souls Scroll Mass”. A scroll is written containing all the names of people in the parish who have died in the past year. That
scroll is unfurled during the mass and blessed. The mass is not just another funer-
al...more a time of remembering, a time of hon-oring those we loved. This year please mark your calendars for Monday, November 2nd at
6:00 PM for our special scroll mass. Due to cir-cumstances of Covid 19 and the Governor’s mandate this year’s mass will be outside the
church in the West parking lot (along H Street).
Our funeral team wishes to accompany those who are grieving and to show the light of Jesus Christ risen to those whose hearts are broken. Our Parish embraces all who are mourning and gives direction for funeral
services. We give thanks to God for the deceased's life and hold family and friends close in prayer as we travel
together through these difficult times. Once again we find ourselves unable to hold funeral
Masses in the church at this time, however we are now able to hold funeral masses outside of the church,
much the same as our daily morning mass. Funeral masses can be held at 8:00, 8:30, or 9:00 in the morn-ing, this helps us to beat the heat. We will also contin-ue to provide graveside services, chapel services, and
schedule memorial masses for a future time as allowed. For any questions please contact Roylene See through
the Parish Office.
All S
ouls D
ay ~
Nov
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r 2,
2020
Religious Education “ Were not our hearts burning within us while he
talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24: 32
This week we began our Zoom Parent Orientation meetings, as we begin our 2nd year Youth Sacra-ments programs. Thank you, everyone for your patience as we begin each RE program a week at a time with Adult Sacra-ment classes beginning the last week of the month. RE classes will be in full swing by November, and we are eternally grateful to our volunteer teachers and youth ministry coordinators.
Emmaus Painted by Catechist, Charlie Free-Kincy
St. Francis Parish Community News
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is currently be-
ing held in St. Mary’s Chapel immediately following
6:30am Daily Mass Monday through Friday until
5pm, and Saturdays 7:30am to 12 noon.
Everyone is encouraged to spend time with Our
Lord in quiet prayer, while abiding by the current
Covid19 safety practices.
Please consider signing up as a weekly Mentor of
the Blessed Sacrament for an hour each week.
Currently we need mentors for the following hours:
Mondays 11am, Tuesdays 12 Noon, Wednesdays:
11AM, 12Noon, 1PM and 4pm, Thursdays: 11AM,
1PM, Fridays: 11am, 12Noon, Saturdays: 10am,11am
Please contact Darren Caskey 661-333-8541 or the
church office 661-327-4734.
All Ministries Meeting!
Will be in person on October 14th , 6 PM in the Rectory Garden. If you are unable to at-
tend please send a rep-resentative from your ministry. This is a good
opportunity to visit with Fr. Theo and each
other.
For More Information: [email protected]
Beatification of Fr. McGivney In honor of this blessed event, celebration of the
Mass will take place on Saturday, October 31st at
7am at St. Francis Church
in the parking lot area between
the Youth Cen- ter and the
priests apart- ments. Social dis-
tancing will be practiced, don’t
forget to wear your mask. Con-
tinental break- fast will be
served at 8am after Mass in the
Rectory Gar- den area. Please
make a reservation for proper food purchase.
Contact John Thompson our
Grand Knight 661-369-6716.
Monsignor Ralph Belluomi Council 977
Annual 40 Days for Life Campaign
Starts September 23rd and ends November 1st.
Come and join us as we pray for an end to abor-
tion in this country. We pray daily from 6am to
6pm outside the abortion clinic at 2500 H St.
Please sign up to volunteer prayer time of an
hour or more by visiting 40daysforlife.com or
call the church office for more information.
You will be richly blessed for standing up for life !
Monday Night Dinner
Each Monday the Little Flower Ministry
of St. Francis prepares hot meals for the
homeless by placing the food in takeout
containers. Bottled water is also includ-
ed with these meals. We serve at the
eastside entrance of the Youth Center
parking lot. We have been serving
approximately 25-35 meals per week.
If you are interested in joining us, either
by your talents or monetary gifts, please
contact Sister Elaine at (209)617-2534 or
Pat Fraser (661)330-6624.
All safety precautions are taken when
cooking and serving our clients and staff
according to the CDC guidelines.
This space available.
Please call 327-4734
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MIKE CLARKSEAN 661-322-9700
Fax: 661-322-9600 1933 E. California Avenue
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Last Month’s Weekly Collections September 6, 2020 - September 12, 2020
August 30, 2020 - September 5, 2020
Total: $37,798.00 Total: $23,241.00 Total: $13,134.00 Total: $25,231.00
September 13, 2020 - September 19, 2020
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~ Pope Francis
September 20, 2020 - September 26, 2020
We Appreciate Your Donations! Donations can be mailed into the church office. 900 H Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304
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Please call 661-327-4734 to update your phone
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