-
BackForwardPauseCaption
-
Join the Youth Group!
Middle School (Gr. 6-8) and High School (Gr. 9-12) students are invited for a fun evening of prayer, food, and fun on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019! The evening will begin with mass at 5 pm at St. Francis de Sales Church. After mass students will go to St. Joseph’s School gymnasium for Pizza at 6:30 pm and a fun evening of games until 10 pm. If your student needs a ride to St. Joseph School, please email Scott, Cadi, Kim, and/or Dean at youth_group@stfrancismhd.org. And please bring a friend! -
Bp. Barron: Letter to a Suffering Church
-
(Note: Copies of Bp. Barron's book will be given to all Mass-goers the weekend of September 21-22).
-
Upcoming Events
-
Tuesday, September 24, 6:30 PM
All EMHC’s must be recommissioned every three years. Please plan to attend the training on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 6:30 pm. Call Bonnie if you need an alternate time.Read More -
Sunday, October 6
Our Fall Festival/Roast Beef Dinner is scheduled to be held on Sunday, October 6. Now is the time to start thinking about what to make for the craft area, what to can for the Country Store, go through your old jewelry and donate it, buy something for the Hope Chest, donate something for the Silent Auction, buy a gift card for Bingo. It is never too early to start. Your donations are what make the Fall Festival a success.Read More -
Sunday, October 6, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Come join our fellow parishioners and guests for a fun-filled afternoon, featuring St. Francis' legendary roast beef and a huge variety of attractions, including the Hope Chest Raffle, Bingo, a Bakery, the 50/50 Raffle, a Silent Auction, a Country Store, a Large Craft Store, the Chocolate Fantasy Table, games, a Cake Walk, and much more! The roast beef dinner costs $12 for adults and $5 for children age 6-12 (under 6 get in for free). Take-outs are available.Read More
-
-
Like Son - A Short Film on Catholic Fatherhood
-
Roof of Parish Center Collapses Under Snow
-
Prayer Corner
Praying the Rosary
The Rosary is very nearly a perfect form of Christian prayer, being a devotion both to Our Blessed Mother and to her Son, Jesus. It takes only about 15-20 minutes a day to say one set of mysteries, and the benefits are tremendous: stronger families, peace of heart, spiritual understanding.
Download the following two documents to guide you in saying the Rosary:
The Holy Rosary of Our Lady, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
(print double-sided, then crease in the middle to make a booklet)Pray the Rosary online with people from all over the world:
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
This is a prayer to implore God's mercy upon the world, in reparation for the sins of humanity. Jesus gave it to St. Faustina, a Polish nun who lived during the 1930's, as a way for people to do penance for their sins and those of others. It is prayed on standard Rosary beads and many people pray it right after praying the Rosary.
Optional Opening Prayers:- You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
- (Repeat 3 times) O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
Our Father, Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed
For each of the five decades- (On each “Our Father” bead of the rosary, pray) Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
- (On each of the 10 “Hail Mary” beads, pray) For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Concluding prayer- (Repeat 3 times) Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Optional Closing Prayer- Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.
-
Pregnant?
Need someone to talk to? Call St. Gianna's Maternity Home at 1 (877) 701-3077, or FirstChoice Clinic at (701) 237-6536.
-
Today's Readings
-
Reading 1 1 Tm 4:12-16Responsorial Psalm Ps 111:7-8, 9, 10Gospel Lk 7:36-50
-
-
Word on Fire
-
National Catholic Register
-
By Joan Desmond | 1. The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation, a controversial new book by two New York Times reporters, spotlights the justice’s record as a high-school student...
-
By Edward Pentin | Now that Cardinal George Pell filed an appeal against his conviction to Australia’s High Court on Tuesday, the next step in the process will be for the prosecution to issue a...
-
By Catholic News Agency | PHILADELPHIA — In the wake of Jesuit Father James Martin’s speaking engagement Tuesday at a Catholic university in Philadelphia, the archbishop of Philadelphia urged...
-
By Steven D. Greydanus | There seems to be no reason for the title Ad Astra, meaning “to the stars,” to be in Latin, except to highlight writer-director James Gray’s elevated...
-
By Lawrence P. Grayson | On June 7, 2019, Tia Parks, who was in her first trimester of pregnancy, went to an abortion facility in Cleveland. After an aspiration procedure, in which a powerful vacuum..
-