Front Office

Carla Medina, Parish Secretary cmedina@stfran.org

Accounting Stella Garcia-Hernandez, Accounting

sgarcia@stfran.org

Administration

Deacon Francis Moore, Chief of Operations fmoore@stfran.org

Danny Berber, Facilities Manager

dberber@stfran.org

The

St. Francis of Assisi Parish 900 H. Street, Bakersfield CA 93304

Phone: 661-327-4734 / Fax: 661-377-0363 www.stfran.org

Franciscan

Temporary Outdoor Mass Schedule

(Subject to Change)

Saturday 7:00 AM (English)

Location - Parking Lot area West of The Youth Center

7:00 PM (Vietnamese) Location - In Front of the Church

Sunday 7:00 AM (English)

Location - West Parking Lot, in Front of Msgr. Lahey Hall

8:15 AM (Spanish) Location - West Parking Lot, in Front

of Msgr. Lahey Hall

10:00 AM (English)

Livestream St. Francis Parish Facebook

Weekdays 6:30 AM (English)

Location - Parking Lot area West of The Youth Center

St. Francis Parish School

Rev. Theophane N. Antony, Administrator Pro-Tem Kelli Gruszka, Principal

Cindy Schoorl, Vice Principal Sr. Cris Caballero, RSM, Spiritual Director

2516 Palm Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304 Phone: 661-326-7955/Fax: 661-327-0395

The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi Parish is to provide a safe, welcoming environment of

Catholic worship, evangelization & fellowship, living in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.

St. Francis Parish Clergy Rev. Theophane N. Antony, Administrator Pro-Tem

Rev. Joe Lawrence, Parochial Vicar Rev. Anton J. Muthuneidalage, Parochial Vicar/Hosp. Ministry

Deacon Joseph Lubatti Deacon Francis Moore

Deacon Hugo Navarrete Deacon Scotty Bourne, Ret. Detention Ministry

Rev. Msgr. Nathaniel Diokwere, Ret.- In Residence

St. Francis Religious Education

Dinah Marquez, Director of Religious Education 2424 Palm Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304

Phone: 661-323-8800

Communications

Sandra Galicia, Bulletin Editor sgalicia@stfran.org

Security

Church and School Security: 661-201-2489

Bulletin for: Sunday October 4, 2020

St. Francis Parish Priest’s Page Called to Serve II

God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Every Baptized person is called to serve; You are cho-sen to bring the gospel of Christ that gives hope and salvation for all. When it comes to our calling, it is not your ability that matters, but availability. On the 21st we celebrated the feast of St. Mathew, one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector and was known as Levi. Here, he is called Matthew, which means gift of God or given by God. It is important to know that, during Jesus’ time, the society considered the tax collectors as outcasts and sinners. But to Jesus they were God’s children with immense potential. Therefore, He chose Matthew to be his apostle. Matthew leaves his table, his profession, his everything and follows Jesus. Jesus in contradiction to the Rabbi, who rejected publicans and tax collectors, calls Matthew, the tax collector who is considered an outcast. This is the new revolutionary step Jesus takes to build the new family of God. It was Jesus’ way of looking, that led to the transformation and the response of Matthew to the call. In Matthew, Jesus was able to see a potential disciple. Matthew was very successful in life, but realizing his call, left everything to follow Jesus. Like Mathew many of us have some special moments when we become aware of our vocation or a call to change. These are rare and outside the ordinary. God is calling us every day by name. We are challenged to a daily listening of that call. This requires an active listening. Each of us have our own talents. We are called to recognize and use these talents. We are not expected to do everything. Christ wants to bring diverse peoples together. Each person is given a particular gift and a position, and we need to come together to form one community with Christ as our head. The Gospel shows an example of this diversity becoming unity. Matthew was a tax collector. He was not a good man, but Jesus recognized the talents that were present in Matthew that others were not able to discern. Jesus calls him into a new kind of family, one united in the Grace of God’s own Spirit, united in companionship with Jesus in service to the Father. A family that will need and honor His gifts, diverse though they may be.

Thank You!

Recently I did a graveside service for Richard Nieto, who served our country for 21 years. This family is blessed with three generations that keep serving the US Navy. While hanging out with the family after the service, they introduced me to a four-year-old boy, who is going to be the fourth generation in ser-vice! On behalf of Saint Francis Parish Family, I let them know how much we appreciate them and said Thank You for serving our country. We gratefully remember all our men and women in uniform, police, fire fighters, and volunteers who work so hard to reach out to others in need. We also pray that our troops serving overseas come home safe!

Thanks to Bishop Joseph Brennan who celebrated Mass with us on Sunday and for your surprise visit on Monday, to say hello to our staff.

Thanks a million, to Francie & Mario Marchetti, Carla Sierra, and Dinah & Martin Pequeno who prepared the delicious breakfast for all rectory courtyard and dining room made a perfect home for the event. Thanks to an amazing team of Ushers: John Coleman, Richard Cardenas, Uriel Payen, Charles Blackhock,

Brian Sandrini and other Ushers too. My gratitude goes to our Knights as well: John Thompson, Danni Berber, Jerry Alonzo and their crew. Our maintenance team did an awesome job! God Bless.

Thanks to our wonderful clergy team: Fr. Joe, Msgr. Nathaniel, Fr. Anton, Deacon Francis, Deacon Hugo,

Deacon Joe Lubatti, Bryan Cabrera, Elizabeth Frausto, Margo Hellman, and Ramiro Sierra.

Finally, thanks to my amazing staff! Blessings,

Fr. Theo

Sacrament of Penance Confession is Saturday morning after

the 7:00 AM Mass ending in the Church or by appointment.

St. Francis Parish News & Announcements

Outdoor Mass Serv i ce

We invite you to join us in our outdoor services! We are now offering Daily, Saturday &

Sunday Mass. Please refer to the cover page for detail information.

We look forward to you and

your family joining us in this

blessed opportunity.

*Masks are required.

St. Francis Parish School Has Reopened! St. Francis Parish School has been granted a waiver by the Kern County

Health Department to reopen and allow students to resume on-campus learning. This applies to Kindergarten through 6th grade students, as the state will not allow a waiver request for 7th and 8th grade students at this time. The school is following social distancing guidelines and recommendations given

by the CDC, local health department and the Diocese of Fresno. The school is

currently accepting applications for new students. Testing of potential new students will begin in October. For more information about the school visit

www.stfranschool.org or call the school office at (661) 326-7955. Please keep the school staff, students and their families in your prayers as they

transition back. St. Francis- Pray for Us!

Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary

October 7, 2020

The Ministry of The Most Holy Rosary of the Diocese of Fresno,

invites you to pray the rosary together as One Family...

6:00 PM via Zoom.

Meeting # 934 078 3894 Password: family

For more info, contact: Mrs. Jean Floro (559) 499-3299 or jeanfloro@gmail.com

Feast of St. Francis

Blessing of the Animals

Saturday, October 3rd 11:30 AM—12:30 PM

Drive Thru @ St

Francis School

Sunday, October 4th

at 2:00 PM in front of the Church

Lets all Celebrate Deacon Francis on his 1 Year Diaco-nate. Deacon Francis who is Chief of Opera-tions here at St. Francis Church has been a wonderful gift to our Parish! Congratula-tions to him, his wife Elaine and family!

St. Francis Parish Ministry Announcements

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is currently be-

ing held in St. Mary’s Chapel immediately following

6:30am Daily Mass Monday through Friday until

5pm, and Saturdays 7:30am to 12 noon.

Everyone is encouraged to spend time with Our

Lord in quiet prayer, while abiding by the current

Covid19 safety practices.

Please consider signing up as a weekly Mentor of

the Blessed Sacrament for an hour each week.

Currently we need mentors for the following hours:

Mondays 11am, Tuesdays 12 Noon, Wednesdays:

11AM, 12Noon, 1PM and 4pm, Thursdays: 11AM,

1PM, Fridays: 11am, 12Noon, Saturdays: 10am,11am

Please contact Darren Caskey 661-333-8541 or the

church office 661-327-4734.

S a n c t u a r y L a m p s

Deceased Fam ily Member’ s of Ju lie Yoro I sabelle Church & Fam ily Arthur J . Rodrigu es John P. Miks it s Wa lt Widha lm Micha el France Thes e can be purchas ed for $10 by cal l ing t h e ma in off ic e.

All Ministry Meeting!

Will be in person on October 14th , 6 PM in the Rectory Garden. If you are

unable to attend please send a representative from your ministry. This is a good opportunity to visit with Fr.

Theo and each other.

Religious Education Pick up Parties are off to a great start! Teachers, students and par-

ents were able to meet in person pick up calendars and workbooks

to begin Zoom sessions next week.

Adult RCIA and Sacrament Prep classes will begin Thursday,

October 15th. * Registrations Are Closed.

For More Information: deaconhugo@stfran.org

All Souls Day November 2, 2020

Remember loved ones by picking up an enve-

lope from the Office or log onto our Parish

website at stfran.org. A link is provided to

view and add your loved ones to the All Souls

Memorial Page.

$10 per Name

Annual 40 Days for Life Campaign

Starts September 23rd and ends November 1st.

Come and join us as we pray for an end to abor-

tion in this country. We pray daily from 6am to

6pm outside the abortion clinic at 2500 H St.

Please sign up to volunteer prayer time of an

hour or more by visiting 40daysforlife.com or

call the church office for more information.

You will be richly blessed for standing up for life !

St. Francis Parish Community News

September Weddings Ryan Watts & Lauren Antongiovanni

Julian Romero & Raquel Rosa

I have found the one whom my Soul Loves

In memory of parishioners who have been given the gift of eternal life in the months of July

and August with services through St. Francis: Michael Battle Blas Fimbres Marcela Fader

Margaret Rodriguez Roberta Maynard

Maria Yanez Alfonso Valadez

Jean Leon Alexandra Hall

Jeanette Logrecco-Weiss Rita Contreras Joseph Armijos Jose Gonzalez

Esther Anama Liz Wright

Matthew Contreras Jimmy Casabar Randy Berry

Armida Vallejo Deane Hisey

Emmanuel Ruvalcaba Lillian Phipps Juan Gonzalez

Ruth Dominguez Jose Pacheco Richard Nieto

September Baptisms Welcome Newest Catholics!

Elena Barela, Ariadne Martinez, Yazeni Mercado and Evangeline

Sacred Promises This Saturday, October 3rd is our retreat for en-

gaged couples preparing for the Sacrament of Mar-riage. We ask for your prayers for them, our Priests

and mentor couples.

Beatification of Fr. McGivney In honor of this blessed event, celebration of the

Mass will take place on Saturday, October 31st at

7am at St. Fran- cis Church in

the parking lot area between

the Youth Cen- ter and the

priests apart- ments. Social

distancing will be practiced,

don’t forget to wear your

mask. Continen- tal breakfast

will be served at 8am after

Mass in the Rec- tory Garden ar-

ea. Please make a reservation

for proper food purchase. Contact John Thompson

our Grand Knight 661-369-6716.

Monsignor Ralph Belluomi Council 977

The Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is a tradition that is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin countries as well as in many communities here in the United States. Here at St. Francis of Assisi Parish we celebrate All Souls Day, a com-memoration of all our faithful departed. It has

been said that we really never stop grieving our friends and family, we just learn how to breathe

again and live with the loss. For many years now it has become a St. Francis parish tradition to celebrate our “All Souls Scroll Mass”. A scroll is written containing all the names of people in the parish who have died in the past year. That

scroll is unfurled during the mass and blessed. The mass is not just another funer-

al...more a time of remembering, a time of hon-oring those we loved. This year please mark your calendars for Monday, November 2nd at

6:00 PM for our special scroll mass. Due to cir-cumstances of Covid 19 and the Governor’s mandate this year’s mass will be outside the

church in the West parking lot (along H Street).

Our funeral team wishes to accompany those who are grieving and to show the light of Jesus Christ risen to those whose hearts are broken. Our Parish embraces all who are mourning and gives direction for funeral services. We give thanks to God for the deceased's life and hold family and friends close in prayer as we travel together through these

difficult times. Once again we find ourselves unable to hold funeral Masses in the church at this time, however we are now able to hold funeral masses outside of the church, much the same as our daily morning mass. Funeral masses can be held at 8:00,

8:30, or 9:00 in the morning, this helps us to beat the heat. We will also continue to provide graveside services,

chapel services, and schedule memorial masses for a future time as allowed. For any questions please contact Roylene

See through the Parish Office.

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