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Our parish reaches out to assist, support and build community with:
Funeral Planning
Ministry members help parishioners and their families select appropriate scriptural readings, prayers and music that have special significance for them. During this challenging time, they also arrange for musicians and vocalists, work with funeral homes and cemeteries, and provide support to the family and friends of those who have died. For Assistance With These Services:
Grief Support
Our grief support program,
“Grief, Gratitude & Grace”, is a The series provides an opportunity for those who have experienced the death of a loved one to join with others in a loving, healing environment to share their stories and experience. In addition to the sharing, each evening includes information on coping with grief, the tasks and characteristics of grief, reading lists, ritual and prayer. Information on our February series...
Grief, Gratitude & Grace: Mondays in February (2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25)
This series will be offered again on Mondays in June and October.
Healing Prayer
Please contact Kay Skonieczny, Director of Outreach, at
Are you being called to pray with and for your fellow parishioners? Members of the Healing Prayer Ministry make themselves available for a few minutes after Saturday or Sunday Mass to pray with and for fellow parishioners. Prayers are said with the Lord and under the seal of confidentiality. More Information:
Communion Visitation Ministry
If you know of anyone who is homebound and unable to attend Mass, and who would like one of our communion ministers to visit,
please contact:
Tithing Committee Guided by the Holy Spirit, and responding to the St. Francis Parish Mission Statement, the Tithing Committee seeks to reach beyond our parish to support local, national and international non-profit organizations whose mission and activities are compatible with the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Mission Statement.
The Tithing Committee, which has an annual budget of $6,000, meets quarterly to select, for the pastor's approval, organizations whose missions are compatible with our own. Each quarter, $1500 is awarded, $250 to each of six organizations. The Committee has been charged, in arriving at recommendations, to consider both charitable and justice/advocacy organizations - as well as local, national and international groups. If you have a charity you would like the committee to consider:
Related Links:
Peace & Justice Committee The Peace & Justice Committee meets on the third Tuesday of the month (except for July and August) from 7-9 in the Parish Center Dining Room. More Information:
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For More Information Please Contact: Kay Skoniecnzy (916) 443-8084 x111 KayS@stfrancisparish.com |
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Coping with the death of a loved one is one of the hardest things we have to do in life.
Healing prayer ministers are available to pray for and with you at the doors of our church after all Masses.
They may be identified by their badges.
Members of our Communion Visitation Ministry are available to bring Communion to those who are homebound.
Mission Statement:
3rd Tuesday of each month (except July and August)