Stewardship Archives - St. Francis of Assisi Raleigh

St. Francis of Assisi Weekly Column – July 23, 2017

by Deb Mizerk | Jul 23, 2017 | Stewardship

The Summons Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know And never be the same? Will you let my love be shown, Will you let my name be know, Will you let my life be grown IN you and you in me? The above is the first verse of...

March 20, 2016

by Steve Patti | Mar 20, 2016 | Bishop's Annual Appeal, Catholic Parish Outreach, Easter, Lent, Palm Sunday

As we enter Holy Week, we encourage you to check the Holy Week schedule, beginning with Holy Thursday and continuing through Easter Sunday. These are days of great power, as we follow Jesus from the evening of his Last Supper, through his trial and way of the cross,...

March 13, 2016

by Steve Patti | Mar 13, 2016 | Bishop's Annual Appeal, Lent

As we move through this season of Lent, these forty days recall the forty days that Jesus spent in the desert at the beginning of his public ministry. As important as it is to read the gospels to learn about what Jesus said and did, it’s also important to pay...

March 6, 2016

by Steve Patti | Mar 6, 2016 | Bishop's Annual Appeal, Catholic Parish Outreach

I want to share with you a letter I received last week from Terry Foley, Director of Catholic Parish Outreach: “Dear Fr. Steve: On behalf of the people we serve at Catholic Parish Outreach, we want to thank you and your parish for the generous donations during the St....

February 28, 2016

by Steve Patti | Feb 28, 2016 | Always Our Children, Bishop's Annual Appeal, Marriage

One of the great things about being a friar is that our lives are filled with, as Pope Francis might say, encounters. We meet people and we hear their stories. One story comes from a few weeks back. A woman comes in to meet with me. She is the mother of a gay son. She...

February 21, 2016

by Steve Patti | Feb 21, 2016 | Bishop's Annual Appeal, Care and Wellness, Special Feature

This week I turn over this space to Kathleen Owen, Coordinator of Care and Wellness, who reflects on her experience working here at St. Francis, and on ways in which her work coincides with the mission of the Diocese of Raleigh and our BAA. [Kathleen Owen] There’s a...