Parish News

Parish Podcasts

Introducing our new Parish Podcasts! “Kindling Our Zeal” is the name of our new parish podcast series.  These podcasts were recorded during our recent Adult Education Series, which is part of our Faith Formation Program here at St. Francis Xavier.  Currently you will find recordings regarding the Gospel writers, as …

Bereavement Meeting

Our parish group will meet again on Monday, 30 September at 7:00 pm in the parish center.  Anyone who has lost a loved one and is struggling with grief is welcome to attend.  During the evening of the 30th we will focus on the subject of Regret.  While we have …

Pro-Life October at SFX Parish

 We are gearing up for another month dedicated to human life.  In October we hold our traditional Baby Bottle Campaign in which you fill baby bottles with coin (or bills) to donate to a local pregnancy resource center which offers alternatives to abortion and faithful support through and beyond pregnancy.  …

Deacons’ New Attire

Bishop Edgar da Cunha has issued a decree that all diocesan permanent deacons now have the option to wear clerical attire when performing ministerial duties such as hospital visits, weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc.  Permanent deacons can now wear a clerical collar.  The specific color decreed by the bishop for the …

Rwanda Shoes

Thank you to all parishioners, parish apostolates, and others who contributed to our Annual Christmas Shoe Drive (2018) for children living in a Rwandan village.  This year we raised $4,000 to be used only for the purchase of shoes by Father Leonard Kayondo when he returns home to his country …

Seminarian Fund

We want to extend our gratitude to all who came to our parish game show night which raised over $7,000 for our Seminarian/Vocations Fund.  Near 70% of the donations came directly from parishioner sponsorship.  We are starting to build a small “war chest” for the Lord as we continue to …

Blood Drive Results

Thank you to all who came out to donate blood on Sunday, 28 October.  We had 21 people show up and 15 units donated.  Thanks to all parishioners and others who either gave or attempted to in this event… FOR LIFE!

Pancakes

Thank you, to all the Men of  St. Joseph who put together the recent pancake breakfast in honor of Haley Ketschke.  Thanks to Mark Hadley who came up with the idea and organized the men.  Thanks also especially to Jeffrey Pereira of Jeffrey’s Pizza who prepared the eggs, sausages, and …

Blood Drive

Thank you to all who came out on a hot and muggy 15th of July to donate blood for our parish summer blood drive in our parish parking lot.  We had just over 20 donors and 14 units collected.  Admittedly, this is a bit low for us, but we are …

Catholic Charities

Thank you to all who gave to our parish appeal for the diocesan Catholic Charities.  This year we collected in donations and pledges a total of $35,035 which was slightly up from last year’s total of $34,720.  Thank you to all parishioners and others who gave so generously to this …

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