Sharing Our Stories
Parish Blog
Do 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 Chanel Marquis to submit your story for consideration.
The posts shown below are designated as being of general interest for the parish. We also have other pages with a more dedicated focus; a few are listed below… in case you would like to “take a look.” Enjoy!
Catechists Needed!
Become what you see…
This Sunday, May 30th 2021, is Holy Trinity Sunday. We are a people who profess a faith in a God that has revealed God’s self as a Trinitarian God. In the history of the Church there were many who looked at the same Scriptures and denied that God was one, yet three...
A sense from you, the Parishioners
Thank you to the almost 600 households who responded to our parish-wide survey about a potential return to the celebration of Mass without masks, tickets, and all the necessary precautions of the past 18 months. Your responses were insightful and we want to share some...
Reopening Masses and Returning to Ministry
As the parish begins to make plans for parish life post-pandemic and open up Masses, it’s time for you to begin to think about becoming involved and volunteering for ministries. Volunteering at Mass is a beautiful way to share your warm smile and gifts, to grow in...
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...