St. Francis of Assisi

Fr. James Conlon, pastor of St. Francis and Steve Ray are leading a wonderful pilgrimage to Mexico November 26- December 5, 2018. The highlights include climbing to the top of Tepeyac Hill where Our Lady appeared to St. Juan Diego; touring of the Shrine of Guadalupe with Mass in front of the Tilma of our Lady; visiting amazing churches, an Aztec temple, and exploring the pyramids of the Sun and Moon built 2000 years ago. This journey will visit safe and secure areas and be filled with history, beauty, and plenty of opportunities to grow in your faith.

Contact the Reservations Team at 866.468.1420 or kripley@ctscentral.net
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Made for Joy! Made for Happiness!
Save the date! Diocese of Lansing Assembly: September 22, 2018
Breslin Center in East Lansing
Learn more and Register here!

Sunday Mass Times:
Saturday Vigil at 5 pm; Confessions (3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.)
Sábado 7 p.m. Santa Misa en Español (confesión 6 p.m.)
Sunday at 7 am, 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 5 pm.

Watch Sunday 10:30 Mass Online

Daily Mass Times:
Mon, Tues, Wed at 9:15 a.m.
Thursday at 9:15 a.m. in church followed by Holy Hour of prayer, and Adoration of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament until 6:30 pm
Friday at 8:15 a.m.

Daily Masses are held in either the main church or in the lower level Chapel as listed in the calendar.

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Welcome to St. Francis! We are a parish of many different cultures and languages bound together by a common love of our Lord and a commitment to share God’s love by word and actions with others. Come Worship with Us! Fr. James Conlon, Pastor

Contribution Statements are now available online

New this year! Register for “My Own Church” to download your 2017 contribution statement, or to update your parish records.

Whether you’re ready to work on your tax return now, or wait until April, the record of your contributions to St Francis will always be available for you here.

Ministry Center Campaign Update
Join the Campaign for Our New Ministry Center!

Pictured above: Reynaldo Romero hands Peter Bonasso decorative grasses to plant on the ground for our new Ministry Center. Fr. James Conlon, our pastor blessed the ground on the day marking the coming of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost.

We received our first payment from the Witness to Hope Campaign of $539,269.50. This will be the first of our quarterly payments (April 2018) until we receive our share of the 8 million dollar goal. Thank you to all who have contributed! We still need your help! As of 5/14/18, we are at $6,602,573 towards our pledge goal of $8,000,000.

Basic design has begun on our new Ministry Center! Our talented Building Committee started basic program modeling for our new Ministry Center. We will also re-open talks with the City of Ann Arbor beginning in late May 2018.

Town Hall meetings: We will need your feedback! Look for an announcement in the fall for design Town Hall meetings.

Remember we are meeting present needs and building for the future. If you have pledged – Thank you!

Please read Fr. James’ letter.

Ways you may pledge …

Use the Pledge card in your personal Campaign Packet
Pick up a new Pledge card in a “participation” envelope found at the church entrances, or in the Parish Office.
Pledge online at www.witnesstohope.net

I pray God’s blessings upon you.

Fr. James

Register your child (Grades PreK-8) online for fall 2018-19 Religious Education and Sacramental Classes online form here. Classes are offered on Sundays and Wednesdays. For a paper form, download paper form here and return to the Parish or Religious Education office. (If your child is not enrolled in St. Francis school, please register your child for Religious Education classes).

New to St. Francis, beginning 2018-2019 Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for Sunday Preschool. Spaces are limited. Sign up online here or download and return a paper form here.

Sign up for Vacation Bible School 2018! Parents with children aged PreK-5 with middle school and high school helpers, mark your calendar for Vacation Bible School, Monday-Friday, July 23-27 (9 a.m-12 noon) and join in the fun! Read more…

Adult Volunteers are needed! Middle School and High School Youth are welcome to join the VBS team!

Questions: Contact stfreled@stfrancisa2.org or 734-821-2130.

Please Donate Backpacks & School Supplies for Children in Need

On the weekend of July 21/22, we will be collecting donations of school supplies and backpacks in new or excellent condition for our local area school children in need. Children of migrants, refugees, and immigrants, facilitated by the group Mexiquenses en Michigan will be helped. If you are able, please help by bringing donated items to Mass on Sat/Sun, July 21/22 to place in the basket near the altar at the time of the offertory (when Father calls the children forward to bring can goods for the poor). You may also drop supplies off early in the Religious Education or Parish Office. Our parish children will pack the supplies during Vacation Bible School.

School Supplies Needed are:
Please! Backpacks (new or in excellent condition)
Pencils and pens
Crayons and colored pencils
washable markers
glue sticks and small glue bottles
erasers
child safety scissors
paper tablets and notebooks
Folders (brightly colored for children) and School Binders)
Scotch tape
Rulers/protractors
Boxed tissues
Small hand sanitizers
Paper towels
Also, diapers and diaper wipes are needed for infants and toddlers and socks of sizes infant to 10 years are needed.

For more information, please contact Ellen Ward at ward@stfrancisa2.org or 821-2130 Thank you!

Sign up for Pilgrimage: Benedictine Spirituality Sept. 4 & 5
with Fr. James Conlon, pastor
Join us on a Pilgrimage to St. Meinrad Benedictine Monastery in St. Meinrad, Indiana with Fr. James Conlon, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ann Arbor.

Tuesday, September 4 2018, at 6:50 am our bus departs from the front of St. Francis Church. We will arrive back home on Wednesday, September 5 by 11:30 p.m.

Pilgrimages are times of prayer, shared experiences, reflections and retreat which focus our attention on “the one thing that is necessary (Luke 10:42).” In the Benedictine motto Ora et labora (pray and work), it is “ora,” or “pray,” that comes first.

Our pilgrimage to St. Meinrad Archabbey allows for an experience of Benedictine spirituality: the balance of labor & prayer and the charism of hospitality, Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He is going to say, “I came as a guest, and you received Me” (Matt. 25:35).–Chapter 53, Rule of St. Benedict
Our pilgrimage 1`includes Mass, Stories of St. Benedict & St. Scholastica, Benedictine values and hospitality, and other spiritual and educational opportunities. Our pilgrimage situated immediately following Labor Day provides an opportunity to look at the Benedictine balance of prayer and work. St. Meinrad is nestled in rural southern Indiana surrounded by woods and farmland. St. Meinrad’s is a vibrant monastic community of over 100 Benedictine monks.

St. Francis of Assisi

Mass Times: Sat Vigil 5p.m; 7pm (Spanish); Sun 7am, 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 5pm

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