St. Boniface Catholic Church 1952 GA Hwy. 21 South Springfield, GA 31329

October 1, 2017 The Twenty-sixth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

PARISH STAFF FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR

RICK RAFTER, DEACON PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY

CELESTE GISH, DRE KATHY O’SAKO, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE

DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN PARISH STAFF EMAIL pastor@sbcatholic.com

secretary@sbcatholic.com DRE@sbcatholic.com.

outreach@sbcatholic.com WEB ADDRESS

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Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS

Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment a minimum of four months before wedding date.

PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Office: (912) 754-7473 Fax: (912) 754-1201

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

CONFESSIONS Saturday, 4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Or Upon request WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.

Friday 7:00 p.m. Religious Education

Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45 a.m. When school is in session

ANOINTING OF THE SICK While Fr. Martino is away, please contact Pattie Liebl

day or night if a priest is needed in an emergency.912.547.1603

Bulletin Deadline We welcome your contributions to the bulletin.

Deadline for submission is Wednesday, by 12:00 noon

Philippians 2:5

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We would like to welcome any new Parishioner and encourage you to register with the Parish. Registration Forms are located in the church on the stand in front of the Confessional, or you may stop by the Parish Office and register Monday-Friday8:30 am - 4:00 pm.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Zec 8:1-8; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mt 18:1-5, 10 Tuesday: Zec 8:20-23; Ps 87:1b-7; Lk 9:51-56 Wednesday: Neh 2:1-8; Ps 137:1-6; Lk 9:57-62 Thursday: Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Ps 19:8-11; Lk 10:1-12 Friday: Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79:1b-5, 8-9; Lk 10:13-16 Saturday: Bar 4:5-12, 27-29; Ps 69:33-37; Lk 10:17- 24 Sunday: Is 5:1-7; Ps 80:9, 12-16, 19-20; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43

National Catholic Register Pick up the National Catholic Register in the entrance. There are 32 pages of illuminating information for the adult Catholic.

Job Opening CDL driver needed part time to pull a box trailer and a dry cement tanker between job site to job site. $18.00-$20.00 an hour please contact Rafael Castillo at 912-663-4341.

GOD’S WAYS In the stream of readings during this portion of Or-dinary Time one week’s texts can often appear to pick up exactly where the previous week’s concluded. The sentiments expressed in today’s first reading seem to be a direct reaction to the Gospel passage we heard last week. In that Gospel, the landowner pays the same wages to his workers whether they worked for a full day or for only a few minutes. Today Ezekiel gives us the lament, “The Lord’s way is not fair!”(Ezekiel 18:25). These Sundays in Ordinary Time offer us a glimpse into the ways of the Lord. We see how God’s way has the tendency to turn the accepted conventions of the day upside down. Those who always expected that their way to heaven was guaranteed are disappoint-ed. Those who thought they never had a chance are given that chance. Today offers us another opportunity to discover the abundance of God’s mercy and love. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Respect Life Sunday Monday: The Holy Guardian Angels Wednesday: St. Francis of Assisi; Sukkot (Jewish harvest festival) begins at sunset Thursday: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Friday: St. Bruno; Blessed Marie Rose Durocher; First Friday Saturday: Our Lady of the Rosary; First Saturday

October 1, 2017 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time “Do nothing out of selfishness; rather, humbly regard others as more important than your-selves…” Philippians 2:3 Pride and ego are hard things to control. We see how others act or dress and think we are superior to them. We idolize our own self-image. But, if we truly believe everything is a gift from God, we recognize all the people that God has put in our lives as gifts! We are grateful for how they enrich our lives. Pray every day for the people in your life.

A little Reminder The 5 air handlers in the faith formation have now been replaced. We would appreciate any extra that you can contribute to help offset the cost to the parish. Thank You. The main doors to the parish hall were recently re-stained by parishioners Julie and Brian Smock. They did such a beautiful job. Please do not tape anything to the inside or outside of these doors. The tape removes the stain and now the doors will need to be touched up. Thank You.

1 de octubre de 2017 26º domingo del Tiempo Ordinario "No hagan nada por egoísmo; más bien, humildemen-te consideren a los demás como más importantes que ustedes... " -FILIPENSES 2: 3 El orgullo y el ego son cosas difíciles de controlar. Vemos cómo otros actúan o se visten y pensamos que somos superiores a ellos. Idolatramos nuestra propia imagen. Pero, si realmente creemos que todo es un rega-lo de Dios, ¡reconocemos a todas las personas que Dios ha puesto en nuestras vidas como regalos! Estamos agradecidos por cómo ellos enriquecen nuestras vidas. Ore todos los días por las personas presentes en su vida.

Liturgical Ministry Schedule Please Remember in Prayer

Carolyn Ansel, Charles Armfield, Caroline & Bran-don Arrieta, Michael Barajas, Jamie Bassett , John Ashley Beam, Richard Borough, Hayden Boyette, Tony Branham, Briones Family, Ava Buck, Diana Cato, Kathy & Andy Chester, Penny Christol, Mike & Nancy Corley, Doris Dahlweiner, Loretta Dahl-weiner, Cody Danielewicz, Ellie Dennis, Rindy & George Denmark, Celina Eaddy, Dowell Edwards, Marian Fallis, Connie Frazier, Mildred Galentine, Dan Gonzales, Eric Guge, , Michelle Garcia, Felipe & Manuela Garza, Aaron & Margarite Gilstrap, Lee Gobrogge, Margaret Hale, Muriel Healy, Janie Haar, Greg Hlavac, Collen Higgs, Richard Hinely, Carson Hollis, Danny Hollis, Tyler Hood, Myllar Jones, Vonnie & Niamh Kavanagh, Sandy Kowalski, Debra Lafferty, Bill Leonard, Rosa Lewis, Vince & Sandra Mackey, Frances Maher, John & Michael Maher, Tom and Bridget Maher, Justin McGregor, Elise McKinley, Delores Miller, Floyd & Susan Miller, Krystal Miller, Nancy Miller, Jason & Marisol Morrison, Angie Moore, Genevieve Mueller, Noah Napier, Randy Nease, Larry Neel, Dana Newsome, Gloria O’Connor, Mildred O'Connor, Zeile Oxford, Phil Pastrano, Melanie Pitingaro, Ann Preston, Emma Quin, Chase Rabin, John Ray, Faye Ray, Joel Rivera, Gabriella Reddick, Davin Rhodes, Connie Sawdy, Bill Saxon, Jessica Schira, Allen Schwartz, Bill Shean, Eddie and Linda Shellhamer, Tim & Jill Shumacher, JoAnn Skorich-Smith, Beverly Smith, Bruce Snowden, Jack Stein, Trudy Stein, Paul Sweatt, Delores Talick, Steven Talick, Mitch Talick, Burr Tolles, Ronald Tucker, Hans Venegas, Kaine Vincent, Bernie Weber, Garry Wilkes, Linda Williams, Larry & Julie Weddle

CW2 Ross Bogard, COL Brian Healy, USAF, TSGT Brian A. Lafond, SPC Winston Hencely, SGT Clayton Emanuel Holloway, SFC Shawn Brown, SSG. Ryan Peters,LS2 Jonathon Benson King, MAJThomas Naldrett, SSG Steven Liebl,CW4 Scott Durrer, SGT Jeremy Hynes, SSG Andrew Hamilton, AZ2 Annmarie Chessari

This week at St. Boniface - Oct.1-Oct 7 Sunday: Mass: 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Faith Formation- 9:45 a.m. Catholic Focus-9:45 a.m. Monday: RCIA-7:00 p.m.

Tuesday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. 5pm Choir Practice-6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Wednesday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. Followed by Adoration Rosary Grp.-9:30 a.m. K of C Women’s Auxiliary -6:30 p.m. Bible Study of Mary-7:00p.m. Thursday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. Parish Life-6:30 p.m.

CCW Mtg.-7:00 p.m. Friday: No Mass

Visitation for Paul Sweatt Strickland funeral home-6-8pm Rosary-7:30 pm

Saturday: Funeral Mass for Paul Sweatt-10:00 a.m. Reconciliation: 4:00

Rosary:4:30-p.m. Mass: 5:00 p.m.

Oct. 07 5:00 p.m. AS C Holden, G Holden, & K Holden EM C Reynolds, P Tanguay, J Sheahan, D Avard, & K O’Sako L D DeRoia U R O’Sako, Donna Smith, P Galasco Oct. 08 8:30 a.m. AS D Matzdorf, H Matzdorf, & B Fogarty EM A & J Baker, & D & L Ganser L C Felipe U M Vinson, B Milne Jr. & M Felipe 11:00 a.m. AS D & P Rodriguez, & L Stark EM B Rafferty, A Rodriguez, R Monteleone, & R Visconti L M Imbertson U Y Carr, J Williamson, J Davis, & D Gallahue No Children’s Liturgy

PEACEFUL HEART While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. —St. Francis of Assisi

Your contributions for the weekend of September 24 2017

Adult $4,484.38 Children $35.30 Building Fund $1,208.00 Bills paid this week $4,483.71 Thank you for your continuing generosity!

Mass Intentions Week of Oct. 1-Oct. 7 Sunday 10/01 +Paul Sweatt Tuesday 10/03 Ryan O’Sako, Grace Liebl, Kim Liebl Saturday 10/07 +Christopher Smith

St. Boniface Chicken Dinners October 21, 2017

Tickets are still on sale after each Mass. Any unsold tickets and mon-ey from sold tickets must be turned in by the weekend of October 7/8. Pick up for dinners will be between 10:30 am and 2:00 pm $8.00 per dinner, All profit goes to New Church Building Fund, 10% of sales go to the needy. Sign up sheets will be available this weekend.

CALLING ALL BAKERS! If you like to bake and can contribute one or more homemade pound cakes to our annual chicken dinner fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 21, please contact Yvette Carr via email at ydchub-by@windstream.net or call her (evenings or week-ends) at 912-657-5423. Pound cakes freeze well so you can bake some in advance of that week-end. We would like all cakes delivered to the church before Friday morning, Oct. 20 so that our volun-teers can slice them in advance. If you would like a recipe, please let Yvette know. Thank you!

May They Rest in Peace Our prayers go out to Mark & Loretta Dahlweiner on the recent passing of Mark’s mother, Doris Dahlweiner. And for those of you who may not have received my email we would also like to ask you to also remember Sister Noreen Dennehy , who during the early 2000s, lived in what is now the rectory, at St Boniface and had a vibrant ministry to the shut ins in the parish. Sister Noreen died September 22nd at her retirement home in Tenafly, NJ. May Doris’s and Noreen’s souls, and the souls of the all the faithful departed through the mercy of God now rest in peace.

St Boniface K of C is hosting its Annual Golf Tournament on November 4, 2017 at Lost Plantation Golf Course and as

they did the past two years, are again selling "Fairway Memorial" Crosses for a cost of $25.00. This Cross will be place in the fairway at the 150-yard marker and all who pass by will pause and reflect on it. Please see any member of the K of C to purchase one for your loved ones.

May He Rest in Peace On Sunday September 24,2017, our sweet friend Paul Sweatt, was called home to be with our Lord. Paul was 87 years old and retired from Anheuser Busch. He served St. Boniface for many years as a choir

member, prison ministry, altar server, Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion, and in the Rosary Prayer Group. Paul was a US Air Force Veteran. He is survived by his twin sister Pauline, numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Visitation will be on Friday, October 6, 2017 with rosary at 7:30pm at Strickland Funeral Home, Rincon. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, October7, 2017 at St. Boniface, with interment at Hillcrest Abbey East , Savannah at 1:30 pm. A Luncheon for family and friends will be held immediately after the service. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the St. Jude's Children’s Research Hospital. Paul will be deeply missed by his parish family. So as he used to say, “never say goodbye,” so long my dear friend, until we meet again.

White Mass Please save the date of Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 at 6:00pm at the St. Mary’s Chapel (Catholic Pastoral Cen-ter). The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv.. There will be a reception with Bishop Hartmayer after Mass. Please encourage all men and women, religious and laypersons, that you know serv-ing in any healthcare profession to attend this special Mass for recognition and blessings.

MOVIE UNDER THE STARS The weather was perfect, the hot dogs delicious, the popcorn abundant and the ice cream a real treat!! All who attended had a very good time. Jodi McIntosh and the St. Boniface youth group did an outstanding job of cooking, serving and selling the hot dogs. This was a chance for them to raise money for their trip to D.C. in January for the Pro Life march. Thank you to all who helped set up and clean up. -The Parish Life Committee

Revised calendar Due to our September 10 cancellation, some prayer checks and Safe Touch classes have been resched-uled. There is a revised calendar posted on the bul-letin board to your left as you enter the double doors of the Faith Formation building. See the DRE if you would like a copy.

No class October 8 Effingham County schools are on Fall Break Octo-ber 9 and 10, so there will be no October 8 Faith Formation classes.

Attention, First Communion parents If you haven’t already done so, please provide the DRE with a copy of your child’s baptism certifi-cate. If your child has not been baptized, see the DRE to make arrangements for baptism.

Please contact Celeste at 912.754.1432 or celestegish@windstream.net with any questions or concerns.

Catholic Focus The Catholic Focus class for adults began the weekend of September 17, 2017. The classes use the Living the Good News curriculum based on the Lectionary readings for that Sunday. The les-sons not only aid in understanding of the Scripture but also help to apply Biblical principles to every-day life. Please join us Sunday mornings from 9:45-10:45 in the Catholic Focus room in the Faith Formation Building. Remember – your Faith Journey doesn’t end when you become an adult!

VIRTUS “Protecting God’s Children for Adults” Training will be held at St. Peter the Apostle Church, Savannah on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 from 5:30p.m.-8:30p.m. Registration is required prior to attending via online at VIRTUS.org to receive credit for the session. No one under the age of 18 is allowed due to the sensitive subject matter. Please arrive early no admit-tance once the session begins. Latecomers will be asked to reschedule. *Diocesan policy requires all diocesan adult employees and volunteers attend VIRTUS (safe environment) awareness training, undergo a background check, and read and sign the diocesan code of conduct for working with minors prior to commencing their ministry. “Office for the Protection of Children and Young People, Toll free reporting hotline:

WHAT IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE? JOIN US IN RCIA, A JOURNEY OF FAITH, TO FIND IT. Jesus said that He is “the way, the truth, and the life.”

Since then, the image of journey has been used to describe those who follow Him. Faith is a journey marked with moments of conversion along the way. The purpose of RCIA (The Rite of Chris-tian Initiation of Adults) is literally “the making of Christians,” for “Christians are made, not born.” (Tertullian) Join us on the journey, Mon-days 7-8:30PM in the Faith Formation Building. The first class was Sept. 25, but you can still reg-ister by contacting the parish office at 754-7473. For more information call Denise Curtis at 912-547-3936.

Catholic Lawyers Guild to Host Annual Red Mass The Annual Red Mass will be held in St. Mary’s Chap-el at the Pastoral Center Thursday, October 26 at 5:30 p.m. A reception will follow during which the St. Thomas More Award will be presented. Immediately prior to the Mass, a short business meeting will be held at 5:00. This event is open to all attorneys, judges, clerks, law students and others engaged in the legal profession. One does not need to be a member of the Guild, nor Catholic, to attend. The Red Mass is celebrated annual-ly in the Catholic Church for judges, lawyers, law school professors, law students, and government offi-cials. The Mass requests guidance from the Holy Spirit for all who seek justice, and offers the opportunity to reflect on what Catholics believe is the God-given pow-er and responsibility of all in the legal profession. Orig-inating in Europe during the High Middle Ages, the Red Mass is so-called from the red vestments tradition-ally worn in symbolism of the tongues of fire (the Holy Spirit) that descended on the Apostles at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4). Its name also exemplifies the scarlet robes worn by royal judges that attended the Mass centuries ago. There is a fair amount of parking, though limited, in front of the Pastoral Center. Overflow can be accom-modated in the Bi-Low parking lot next door. Kindly RSVP to broker@glsp so the Guild we will know how many to expect.

Savannah Deanery High School Youth Mass with Bishop Hartmayer will take place on October 8 at 5:00 at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 2170 E. Victory Drive. It will be followed with dinner in Boland Hall. All high school teens and Youth Leaders are welcome .

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