Merry Christmas, everyone!  Christ is our Hope and Hope does not disappoint!  While the worldwide Jubilee Year of Hope concludes this weekend, our Hope goes on!  I pray that this Holy Year has been an opportunity for you and your family to grow in this great virtue.  We are on our way to heaven.  Our true and lasting Hope is eternal life!  However, we live this Hope each day.  I pray that the New Year 2026 will inspire us to bring Hope to more and more people! On this Feast o

As Advent ends and Christmas begins, it is fitting that today’s Bible readings show the intensity of God’s perfect and passionate love for each of us.  What great love and patience our heavenly Father has shown us throughout the ages! God’s love culminates in the gift of His own Son, Jesus Christ.  This is the peace that the world cannot give. What can we possibly offer in return?   All we can offer is our entire lives as gift in return!  Living our stewardship way of life wi

The Clergy & Staff Wish you a Blessed Christmas & a Happy New Year! The Parish Office is closed from 12/22 - 12/26/2025 and 12/31 - 1/2/2026. Faith Formation & Children's Liturgy is on Christmas break. Classes and Children's Liturgy resume January 4th, 2026. There will be morning daily Masses, and the building will be closed afterwards. Please see the calendar in the bulletin for details. St Francis of Assisi's Clergy, December 2025 St Francis of Assisi's Office Staff, Decemb