This message includes the following:
- Week at a Glance
- Labor Day Closure
- Anointing of the Sick
- Abortion Clinic Prayer Vigil
- Youth Group/ Religious Edu.
- Discipleship Group/Parish Leaders
- Sisters in Faith
- Fall Festival Update
- Fall Festival T-shirt
- National Day of Remembrance
- Holiness 101
- Food Pantry Weekend
- Extraordinary Minister Training
- Hurricane Ida Donations
- In Memoriam
Calendar
Saturday, September 4: Food Pantry Weekend
- 4Anointing of the SIck:30 First Saturday Devotion
- 4:30 Vigil Mass
Sunday, September 5: Food Pantry Weekend
- 8:30 Mass
- 11:00 Mass
- 1:00 Spanish Mass
Monday, September 6: Labor Day
Tuesday, September 7:
- 9:00 Trailer Tuesday
- 10:15 Online Rosary
- 10:00 DJM
- 12:00 Mass
- 1:00 DJM
- 6:30 Holiness 101 Marian Hall / streamed on Facebook
Wednesday, September 8:
- 10:00 Prayer Ministry
- 10:15 Online Rosary
- 11:50 Divine Mercy
- 12:00 -2:00 Mass/ Adoration
- 1:30 Catechism in a Year (Room 5)
- 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish)
- 7:00 Confirmation Class
Thursday, September 9:
- 9:00 Mass
- 10:00 Discipleship Meeting
- 10:00 SVDP
- 10:15 Online Rosary
- 2:00 Koffee Klatch Marian Hall
- 4:00 Choir Practice
- 5:00 KofC Officer Meeting
- 6:30 KofC Member Meeting
Friday, September 10:
- 9:00-11:00 Mass and Adoration
- 10:00 Sisters in Faith
- 10:15 Online Rosary
- 1:00 Secular Franciscans
- 4:000 Grace Force
Office will be Closed for Labor Day
The office will be closed on Labor Day, 9/6 and there will be no Mass that day. In case of a sacramental emergency follow the instructions provided through the church voicemail. We hope you have a blessed and safe weekend!
Anointing of the Sick
There will be an anointing of the sick after Masses on Sunday.
Abortion Clinic Vigil Date Change from 9/11 to 9/18
The date for the Abortion Clinic Prayer Vigil for the month of September has changed from 9/11 to 9/18.
Date: Saturday, September 18
Time: 6:45 a.m., Carpooling from St. Francis (Please call/email to let us know if you are coming )
Location: Atlanta Women’s Clinic (AWC)
235 W Wieuca Rd NE, Atlanta
Parking: Wells Fargo Bank; or park by Town Homes being built.
Distance: 115.5 miles (1 hr, 45 mins)
Prayer at Clinic: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Time: 6:45 a.m., Carpooling from St. Francis (Please call/email to let us know if you are coming )
Location: Atlanta Women’s Clinic (AWC)
235 W Wieuca Rd NE, Atlanta
Parking: Wells Fargo Bank; or park by Town Homes being built.
Distance: 115.5 miles (1 hr, 45 mins)
Prayer at Clinic: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
No Youth Group or Religious Education Classes This Weekend!
There will be no Religious Education Classes or Youth Group this weekend due to it being Labor Day weekend. We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe weekend!
Discipleship Group/Parish Leaders
September 9, Thursday, at 10:00.
This month's meeting is on the second Thursday because of the Labor Day weekend. The topic is Discerning Gifts. Using a Gifts Inventory we will identify our own gifts and then discuss the gifts needed in the groups we lead. An invitation with a link to the Gifts Inventory will be sent a week prior to the meeting.
Sisters in Faith
September 10, Friday, at 10:00.
The topic for the month is Maintaining Peace - What is a holy response to the troubles in the world today? Sisters in Faith is a group of women from different churches that gathers monthly to share our love for God and each other. Bring a friend or come alone and make a friend!
Fall Festival Update
Postage is now $.58 to mail one envelope. We ask that you please help the parish to save
money on postage by picking up your Festival raffle tickets after Mass in the vestibule.
Also, the Clothing Venue is now ready for the festival and we will no longer be accepting any clothing or linen donations. All other venues are still accepting donations. And, we still need volunteers the week of the festival to assist with set-up. This includes setting up the tents as well as assisting with setting up the different venues.
Trailer Tuesday:
If you are available, we could use your help on Tuesdays from 9 - 12.00 to help unload, sort, price, pack and store our donated treasures. Again this year, we will NOT be accepting any exercise equipment or furniture except high-value furniture for Silent Auction.
If you wish to serve at the festival, please sign up in the volunteer binder, located in the narthex, or call the office for details
Join via livestream for a four-part Pentecost Mission that will celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and help participants welcome Him more deeply into their lives! Each session will include dynamic preaching and teaching, followed by a time of worship and prayer for greater activation of the workings of the Holy Spirit.We look forward to journeying with you closer to the heart of Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit! You can Register through:
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Fall Festival T-Shirt
Would you like to attend the Fall Festival in style? A new order of Festival shirts is planned! They will cost 10$ if at least 50 are ordered. If you are interested please call Shelly at: 706-745-7251 to reserve a shirt.
National Day of Remembrance
On Saturday, September 18, pro-life Americans throughout the country will gather at the gravesites of aborted babies and other memorial sites dedicated in their honor for the ninth annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. These children have not received a proper burial. Solemn vigils will be held at these sites to commemorate the more than 62 million children who have lost their lives to legal abortion since 1973, and to remind our society of the humanity of the unborn child. Please join us for the memorial service in
our community:
Event: National Day of Remembrance for Aborted ChildrenWhen: Saturday, September 18:
3:50 ProLife Rosary before Mass;
4:30 p.m. Mass;
5:30 Memorial Service by the Statue of the Expectant Blessed Mother.
our community:
Event: National Day of Remembrance for Aborted ChildrenWhen: Saturday, September 18:
3:50 ProLife Rosary before Mass;
4:30 p.m. Mass;
5:30 Memorial Service by the Statue of the Expectant Blessed Mother.
More Info: Contact Maryjane, 321-960-6351, MaryjaneWysocki@gmail.com
Together let us remember the victims of abortion and pray for a final end to this injustice in our land during the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.
Holiness 101
The Holiness 101 Class will be streamed on the Church Facebook page. This operates in the same manner as when Mass is streamed. It will not be interactive (you won't be able to ask questions) but it gives those who wish to hear the talk but are unable to attend in person the opportunity to do so! The class will continue to be offered both in-person and via streaming throughout its duration. Thank you for your understanding as we seek to provide the best way to allow the large number of people wishing to participate the opportunity to do so! We are attempting to address issues with sound as we continue to offer this opportunity to the Parish.
Food Pantry is this Weekend
September 4 is the first Sunday of the month, which means it's Food Pantry Weekend! At this time the Pantry is out of all laundry soap and dishwashing soap. Any nonperishable donations can be placed in the church kitchen. Thank you so much for your generosity.
Extraordinary Ministry Training
St. Francis of Assisi will have training for ALL Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion on Saturday, September
11, starting with Mass at 10AM. The purpose of this meeting is to renew certification and is required for all EMS including those who serve the homebound, and for any persons interested in serving in this ministry.
Donations for Those Affected by Hurricane Ida
To donate to persons affected by Hurricane Ida, parishioners can go to CatholicCharitiesUSA.org. 100% of the funds collected will be sent to local Catholic Charities in the affected areas.
In Memoriam
Mrs. Cecilia “Ceci” Mercedes Miller age 85 of Lakeside Drive in Blairsville, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at her home with her family and friends by her side. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Joseph Miller. Mrs. Miller was born on March 19, 1936 in Tampa, Florida, the daughter of the late Paul and Caroline Murgado. Ceci was a devoted mother, florist and after-school caregiver and office receptionist at St. Joseph Catholic Church and School. In addition, she was a gifted craft maker. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and resident of Lakeside Village where she formed treasured friendships with the most caring people.
Surviving Mrs. Miller are her two sons and one daughter-in-law, David and Donna Miller, Stuart Miller, one daughter, Susanne Striplin all of Tampa, Florida, two brothers and one sister-in-law, Mike and Karen Miller, Bob Miller all of Clinton, Iowa, one sister, Pat Cartee of Arizona, one granddaughter, Jessica Prince, two great grandchildren, Isabella and Haley, several nieces, nephews, cousins, many other relatives and friends also survive.
A Funeral Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church will be held on Friday September 3, 2021 at 11:00 am with Father Mario Lopez officiating. Special music will be presented by Bill Haller and Marianne Engelmann. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Pruitt Health Hospice in memory of Mrs. Miller. The family will meet with friends following the services.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences online at:
Covid precautions remain unchanged at this time. Please use your best judgment in decerning your ability to be at Mass.
Grant me, O Lord, my God
a mind to know You
a heart to seek You
wisdom to find You
conduct pleasing to You
faithful perseverance in waiting for You,
and a hope of, finally, embracing You.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
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