Sharing Our Stories
Parish BlogDo you have a story about putting your faith into action? We’d love to hear about how our various ministries here at St. Francis are impacting you and the world around us. Send an email to Lisa Ostendorf lostendorf@stfrncis.org to submit your story for consideration.
Mother’s Day
A word of advice to everyone: if you can’t remember whether or not you called your mother, you didn’t. But what about when your mom doesn’t remember if you called? And it has only been five minutes. My mom was of solid pioneer stock from families that settled in Utah...
First Communion 2021
2021 Car Raffle Results
Parish Return to Mass Survey
We are in the “between times” of this pandemic. It is encouraging that vaccinations are more widely available even as the covid statistics are up and down. But we are hopeful and possibly seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. As a staff we are beginning to plan...
Confirmation 2021
The hard work of forgiving
How do you offer forgiveness? I suspect that the most common offer consists of “I forgive you” or “Don’t worry about it” or “Don’t give it a second thought” or “It’s nothing.” And that all might be true, but sometimes it is only the socially-expected response. It is...
St. Francis House – did you know?
“The generous man is blessed. For he gives of his bread to the poor.”- Proverbs 22:9 St. Francis House is an outreach ministry of the parish located in a townhouse in the Williamstown neighborhood that was established in 1992 to serve the many needs of the low-income,...
Annual Car Raffle – 2021 Edition!
Take a chance! For $5 a ticket you can have the possibility of winning one of 5 new 2021 vehicles similar to the ones shown. And that's not all! There are also 20 cash prizes available - totaling $20,000. The drawing will be April 24th at All Saints Catholic Church,...
Parish Cleanup Day
The first Clean Up Day of 2021 was a huge success! Over 35+ bags of litter were removed from around the parish. Please join the Care for Creation Ministry on Saturday, March 27th from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 for our second Adopt-a-Spot Clean Up Day of the year. Please meet...
The Year of St. Joseph
Pope Francis has declared his year to be the "Year of St. Joseph." It is a celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the proclamation of St. Joseph a Patron of the Universal Church. There are a number of resources available to celebrate this important moment. We would...
