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New Leadership Elected Thank You from Fr. Churck and Fr. Franklin Fr. Chuck Talley ofm has been assigned as pastor of Old Mission San Luis Rey Parish, Oceanside, CA. He will begin his duties August 1. You can reach him at:
Fr. Fanklin Fong ofm has been assigned as Director of Post-Novitiate Formation, working with our student friars. He will be in residence at St. Elizabeth Parish, Oakland starting June 5. You can reach him at:
Friar Rewiring Update: May 10 Thank you to all who have contributed so far. Your donations now total nearly $33,000! If you would like to make a contribution, please use one of the yellow envelopes available in your pew labeled “Friary Rewiring.”
Your parish and friar communities
thank you for your generosity and concern!
Friar Rewiring Update: March 22 Thank you to all who have contributed so far. Your donations now total over $31,000! If you would like to make a contribution, please use one of the yellow envelopes available in your pew labeled “Friary Rewiring.”
Your parish and friar communities
thank you for your generosity and concern!
Friar Rewiring Update: March 15 Thank you to all who have contributed so far. Your donations now total over $31,000! If you would like to make a contribution, please use one of the yellow envelopes available in your pew labeled “Friary Rewiring.”
Your parish and friar communities
thank you for your generosity and concern!
Thank You from Fr. Anthony: March 8
In particular I want to
thank the Heart Beat
steering committee
whose vision, hard
work and enthusiasm
provided a spectacular
evening for all of us to
enjoy: Diana Bosley,
Barbara & Ken Bucher,
Richard Hernandez,
Gus Kaplanis, Justin Lehr, Jackie Mikesell, Kay
Skonieczny, Phil Trimboli, Janet Vitt and Clayton
Whitehead.
Friar Rewiring Update: March 1 The next step is to “ping” the system in order to determine the connection between plugs/switches and electrical boxes, as well as the electrical loads on each box. The cost of this project will still be substantial, so thank you to all who have contributed so far. Your donations now total over $29,000! If you would like to make a contribution, please use one of the yellow envelopes available in your pew labeled “Friary Rewiring.”
Your parish and friar communities thank you for your
generosity and concern!
Friar Rewiring Update: February 15
The cost of this project will still be substantial, so
thank you to all who have contributed so far. Your
donations now total over $27,000! If you would
like to make a contribution, please use one of the
yellow envelopes available in your pew labeled
“Friary Rewiring.” Your parish and friar communities
thank you for your generosity and concern!
Friar News from Fr. Anthony: January 25
We have reviewed bids, and the parish will proceed
with the rewiring project as soon as we obtain a loan
from the diocese.
Friar News from Fr. Anthony: January 18
Province News...
Friary Rewiring Update...
Council members have met with me to consider the
optimum approach to fully funding this project. Joe
Prassa is currently reviewing bids.
Thank You from The Steps A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR MIDNIGHT MASS CHOIR for offering a Christmas concert for our guests the night before Christmas Eve. The guests look forward to the concert and love to join in singing the carols. A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR FAITH FORMATION FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND TO OUR TEEN GROUP AND PARENTS for providing Christmas stockings and motel goodie bags for our guests. The guests were impressed and delighted to know these thoughtful gifts were provided by the children and teens of our parish. Their generosity provided an overfl ow of stocking items that we donated to Wellspring Women’s Center for their Christmas program.
We are grateful for the compassion and generosity of all!
Bravo! Merci!
Letter from Father Anthony: December 26 The electrician found that the friary is wired for 60 amps. A standard 1300 sq. ft. home is wired for 200 amps. The friary ideally needs to be wired for 400 amps. The friars were advised to unplug all unnecessary electrical outlets and drastically reduce the amperage on all circuits. The friars have moved our frozen food and unplugged the freezer and one refrigerator, unplugged all unnecessary sockets, and turn on our wall heaters sparingly. Ironically, the old wall heaters have their own circuits. Though stabilized the electrical situation remains critical. The reality is that the friary needs to be rewired. To rewire the friary will cost a great deal of money, probably six figures. We are in the process of getting three bids on the project. The Diocesan Office and our Provincial Office are both aware of the situation. Both Offices are completely open to assist us in the project. What they both need to determine is how much they would be able to loan us to complete the project. We want to thank all the parishioners who have inquired into the safety of the friars over these past two weeks. At present we seem to be managing and will be making some communal adjustments. We are writing this letter primarily to inform you of our situation. At the same time, it has been suggested that we also make you aware of the situation, so that if you would like to contribute to this upcoming project, you will be able to do so before Dec. 31st. Such a donation would be tax deductible. If you would like to contribute to this project, please clearly designate it for the FRIARY REWIRING. Again, thank you for your sincere and loving concern. May the Lord give all of you Peace.
Fr. Anthony M. Garibaldi, O.F.M.
Pastor
From Father Anthony: November 9 Our contractor, Curran Electric Co., has generously contributed 63 hours of additional labor to the project, along with providing materials and fi xtures at cost. We will also be installing code-required exit/safety lights in the Church and Parish Center. I would like to thank those of you who have thus far made special donations to the Building Fund to help cover the cost of these ongoing electrical repairs. We still have a ways to go!
Peace and blessings,
Fr. Anthony
From Father Anthony: November 2
Work continues on the refurbishing of our church doors. Currently, door frames are being stripped and painted and should be fi nished next week, so please be careful while the paint is drying as you enter and exit the church.
Peace and blessings,
From Father Anthony: October 26 This summer, we began our investigation into the church wiring by identifying all the circuitry connected to the control box in the sacristy. We discovered that some circuits had been damaged or incorrectly wired, and that 2/3 of the dimmer board was damaged beyond repair. A new dimmer board was designed and built, and circuits were repaired/ re-wired. In early September, the new board was installed and programmed. Next, we began investigating wiring to the lights in the choir loft area, vestibule, Reconciliation room, and chandeliers over the front steps of the church, which were intermittently losing power. Lacking a circuitry map, the electrician, as well as Joe Prassa and Sr. Peggy, searched under the church and discovered serious wiring issues: unsecured conduit, exposed wiring (outside of conduit or boxes), missing grounds, improper coupling of old (original) and new wiring, open junction boxes, exposed wire joints (not taped or covered with wire nuts); hot junction boxes and conduit. Once these safety issues were discovered, all known circuits were turned off at the breaker boxes until repairs could begin. The parish is fortunate in having the expertise of an electrician who has worked extensively in the Bay Area on many older churches and buildings, including the Presidio and Alcatraz. His familiarity with wiring safety issues, especially with joining old and new wiring correctly, is very helpful to us. Repairs are currently underway, with November 1 the target date for completion. This project will cost the parish $19,000. I encourage you to consider donating to our Building Fund to help pay for these repairs. Special envelopes are in the pews; all money donated to the Building Fund stays in the parish.
The California Conference of Catholic Bishops has posted a voters’ guide on their website that offers proposition summaries with links for more information.
Celebrating A Century of Grace Many, many people helped make this glorious celebration happen. “Thank you” seems too small an expression of gratitude for the huge outpouring of generous donations of time, talents, food and dollars that came together to provide a “St. Francis moment” that will inspire and live long in memory. Thank you to the centennial committee, the parish council, the choirs, the liturgy team, the liturgical dancers, the staff, the friars, the quilt team, the centennial book team, and all the volunteers who helped with the receptions, church cleaning, church services and the Blessing of the Animals. We recognize and thank our generous donors for their support, especially: Hyatt Regency Sacramento, Embassy Suites, Sheraton Grand, Coca Cola Bottling Company and Pucci’s Pharmacy.
From Father Anthony: September 28 Fr. Mel has had to handle some serious issues during his six years as provincial. He has spent over 18 years in provincial administration and has given of his time and talent out of love for the friars as well as for the people to whom the friars minister.
Please keep Fr. Mel and the friars in your prayers as
we discern who will lead us into the future.
Fr. Anthony
From the Pews: Submit Your Creative Work For reasons of space, we ask that submissions be no longer than 500 words. All work will be reviewed and may be edited by the Communications Committee for space or clarity.
More information:
Step Ministry Newsletter: Box Seats - A View from the Steps Included in the first newsletter:
Read the newsletter: Summer 2008
More information:
Greetings from Kazakhstan!
Thank You: Annual Catholic Appeal Thank you for your participation and generosity. You can still participate in the Appeal:
Jubilee Year of St. Paul The Basilica will welcome tens of thousands of pilgrims during the coming year, and will also host a series of liturgies, ecumenical prayer services, concerts, lectures, and artistic and historical displays. In announcing the Year of St. Paul, Pope Benedict urged all the faithful to come to know St. Paul better. For the next year we will dedicate this special place in our bulletin to learning more about St. Paul’s life and reflecting on his words as proclaimed in the second reading at our Sunday liturgies. St Paul’s life and message, after his conversion, was Christ-centered. Through learning more about St Paul this year, we hope to learn more about Christ, and to witness ourselves to Christ’s love and truth in our daily lives.
More information on the Jubilee Year of St.
Paul:
St. Francis Reaches Out
These groups were selected by the Tithing Committee and approved by Fr. Anthony.
Reminder: No Alley Parking
In the
event of an emergency, first responders
need clear access to Brunsman
Hall, the school, friary, St. Clare’s
Chapel, the church and St. Francis Terrace. Thank you!
Faith in Action: Fair Trade Certified™ Products Fair Trade is a powerful tool that works, strengthening families and communities, empowering people to take care of themselves. It is a way to do God’s work and claim our common humanity, while enjoying products grown with love and care.
More Information:
www.transfairusa.org
St. Francis Retreat: Fire Damage Recovery The friars are now living in the Casita; the Chapel serves as a conference room; and the offices are in a 30-year-old double-wide trailer. Despite this loss, St. Francis Retreat is open, with dining al fresco or in their “luxurious tent.”
The friars request the financial support of the community as they struggle to recover from this loss. Checks can be made out to
Bring Back St. Francis and sent to:
More Information: St. Francis Retreat website
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The week of June 14-20 the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity gathered in Burlingame
for their Chapter meeting, a time to discern together
discern together the direction and
leadership for their community.
Our engineer is continuing to
work on load
calculations with the
“Heart Beat,” our centennial dinner dance, was a
great celebration of life and love–a “home run” as
someone said. We had 250 guests, and I thank each
and every one of you for coming, supporting, and
participating with such joy. From the colorful, creative
decorations, to the dinner and the dancing, to the
entertainment (Joe’s band and the staff offerings
were a hit) to the variety of auction items–and
generous bids, the evening “rocked!” We netted $13,000 for our Step Ministry.
MANY, MANY PEOPLE HELPED make a cold,
dark Christmas season much brighter for
our Step guests. Thank you to all who
donated so generously to help provide
motel and food vouchers for our Guests.
Donations to the Step Ministry totaled over $13,000!
As our Christmas season draws to a close with the Baptism
of the Lord, the Liturgy Team offers a rousing round
of applause to all those who made our celebrations
beautiful and inspirational—from those who participated
in the weekly work parties to put in the evolving church
environment during Advent and Christmas, to all the liturgical
ministers who greeted, sang, read, and fed us into
fullness! From your grateful parish…THANK YOU!!
Friary Rewiring
Our feast of St. Francis centennial
weekend celebration overflowed
with Spirit, gratitude, joy and love.
As Fr. Anthony so aptly stated in
his homily, it’s not our church
building, as beautiful as it is, that makes our St. Francis
parish the Spirit filled community it is. It is all of us, the
people of God, those here now, those who have gone
before us and those who will come after us who share
our gifts and strive daily to live out our gospel call to
welcome, to forgive and to love.
The St. Barbara Province will be
having their Provincial Chapter in
January 2009. Fr. Mel Jurisich,
O.F.M., has decided not to make
his name available for election to
another term as provincial. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank Fr. Mel for all the support he
has shown me personally as well as for all the
support he has given to the parish.
The St. Francis Parish Communications Committee of the Parish Council invites you to submit your own creative work–fiction,
nonfiction, poetry, photography, artwork--related to your spiritual journey for possible inclusion in a new feature called,
“From the Pews” that will appear in parish publications.
Summer 2008
The Diocese's Annual Catholic Appeal had a 22% increase in participation and a 17% increase in dollars over the 2008 appeal. The Diocese received 19,964 gifts and pledges totaling $2,266,446. At St. Francis, our participation was 65% higher than 2008, totalling $45,984, of which we will receive 25% for our ministries that provide assistance to those most vulnerable in need.
June 29, 2008 - June 29, 2009
Six organizations who help the poor and marginated, either by direct services or advocacy,
will receive $250 donations from St. Francis:
This is a gentle reminder to park in
designated parking spaces only. 
By purchasing Fair Trade Certified™ products, we use our consumer choice to put our faith into direct action.
Fair Trade helps farming families across Latin America, Africa and Asia to improve their quality of life by investing
in their farms and communities, protecting the environment and developing business skills.
On June 23, 2006, the Franciscan retreat house in San Juan Bautista suffered a fire: their stately victorian House burned to the ground,
and the friars’ home and belongings, kitchen and dining rooms, upper conference room and all files and equipment were destroyed.