by Steve Patti | Jun 9, 2019 | Pastor's Column
As we celebrate Pentecost today with its gift of the Holy Spirit, we reflect on the reading today from Paul’s letter to an early Christian community at Corinth – “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same...
by Steve Patti | Jun 2, 2019 | Pastor's Column
This Sunday, I will be on my way back to Raleigh from El Salvador, where a group from our parish has been working on a Habitat project over the past week. In the meantime, we have some good news to report. We friars will be hosting a friar intern this summer....
by Steve Patti | May 26, 2019 | Pastor's Column
Both this weekend and next weekend, I will be away on a Habitat for Humanity build in El Salvador. In our time there, we will be working with a family helping to build a house and we will also spend some time visiting some of the sites associated with Archbishop...
by Steve Patti | May 19, 2019 | Pastor's Column
You have probably noticed new signs around our campus. These were installed the week after Easter and these signs are Phase 2 of a 3-phase project to help make our campus more navigable. It was interesting to work with the company that designed and installed the new...
by Steve Patti | May 12, 2019 | Pastor's Column
! A quick update as we enter the middle of this month of May – as you may recall, I have been looking into re-starting a pastoral council here at St. Francis and over the past few months or so have been having discussions with staff and lay members of the parish about...
by Steve Patti | May 5, 2019 | Pastor's Column
Many thanks to all who helped prepare the many children who made their first communion last weekend and who will make their first communion this weekend. The kids were excited and nervous and did just fine. It all reminds me of my own first communion years and...
by Steve Patti | Apr 28, 2019 | Pastor's Column
There is a lot that goes into the preparation of our Holy Week events, from decorating the church to preparing the liturgy and rehearsing the days and organizing everything that goes into these events, and so let me say thank you to everyone who helped prepare these...
by Steve Patti | Apr 21, 2019 | Pastor's Column
On behalf of all of us at St. Francis, we welcome you to our church as we celebrate the Day of the Lord’s Resurrection, the slow dawning upon the disciples of Jesus that the tomb was empty, that the tomb was not in fact the end of the story, but that God’s grace...
by Steve Patti | Apr 14, 2019 | Pastor's Column
We begin Holy Week, these profound days in which we follow Jesus as he shares a last meal with his friends, undergoes an agony in the garden as he awaits his fate, is put on trial and sentenced to death, is crucified on a lonely cross on a hill outside Jerusalem,...
by Steve Patti | Apr 7, 2019 | Pastor's Column
“On behalf of CPO, I want to thank the St. Francis Prayer Shawl Ministry for: 18 hats7 hats w/scarves9 fleece blankets3 smuggly w/hat (smuggly? Notsure quite what that is but itsounds comfortable!)1 knitted sweater11 crochet blankets1 blanket with sleeves and...
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