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 8:30 a.m. Religious Education

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

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact Fr. Martino day or night if a priest is

needed in an emergency.1-706-825-3032 Bulletin Deadline

We welcome your contributions to the bulletin. Deadline for submission is

12 noon on Wednesday due to Summer hours

St. Boniface Catholic Church

1952 GA Hwy 21 South

Springfield, GA 31329

July 5, 2015

The Fourteenth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

PARISH STAFF

FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR RICK RAFTER, DEACON

PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY CELESTE GISH, DRE

JANICE KOSEK, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN

PARISH STAFF EMAIL pastor@sbcatholic.com

parishoffice@sbcatholic.com dre@sbcatholic.com

outreach@sbcatholic.com WEB ADDRESS

www.sbcatholic.com BAPTISM

Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS

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

wedding date.

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.

--2Corinthians 12:9

This week at St. Boniface: July 5 - July 11

Sunday: Mass- 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Catholic Focus– 9:45 a.m.

Monday: VBS Begins- 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Tuesday: Mass– 8:30 a.m.

VBS 9:00 am -12:00 p.m.

Wednesday: Mass -8:30 a.m.

VBS 9:00 am -12:00 p.m.

Rosary Group -10:00 a.m.

Youth Formation - 7:00 p.m.

Thursday Mass 8:30 a.m.

Followed by Adoration

VBS 9:00 am -12:00 p.m.

Friday: Mass 8:30 a.m.

VBS 9:00 am -12:00 p.m.

Saturday: Reconciliation - 4:00 - 4:30 pm

Mass -5:00 p.m.

July 5, 2015

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“As the Lord spoke to me, the spirit entered me and set

me on my feet, and I heard the one who was speaking

say to me, ‘Son of man, I am sending

you…’” (Ezekiel 2:2-3)

God asks each of us to do some special work for Him.

He gives us the resources we need to do His work.

However, do we listen to God when He calls? Do we

get up on our feet and give our talent to do the work He

asks of us? Remember, God doesn’t call the equipped,

he equips the called.

God’s call on our individual lives is something he ex-

pects us to be willing to give. We are created not only

by God but for God, not for ourselves. My, that is diffi-

cult to hear! In the New Testament we learn that we are

temples of the Holy Spirit. We were with God in prayer

and ask him to lead you to the area of ministry/service

that he desires for you to commit your time, talent, and

treasure too. There is great joy in serving where God

wants you!! (Adapted from: Making Stewardship a Way of Life).

July 11

5:00 pm

AS Knights of Columbus

EM Knights of Columbus

L Knights of Columbus

G Knights of Columbus

U Knights of Columbus

July 12

8:30 am

AS A Ganser, & 2 Volunteers

EM D & L Ganser, & A & G Snyder

L A Baker

G C Newberry & Volunteer

U J Richtman & Volunteer

11:00 am

AS A McIntosh, B Powell, & N Stark

EM Jodi McIntosh, E Pazos, T King, & A Seymour

L K Klock-Powell

G S & T Kyle

U D Robider & Volunteer

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday: St. Maria Goretti

Thursday: St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions

Saturday: St. Benedict

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 28:10-22a; Ps 91:1-4, 14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26

Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b, 15;

Mt 9:32-38

Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a;

Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-7

Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-

21; Mt 10:7-15

Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28,

39-40; Mt 10:16-23

Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-4, 6-7;

Mt 10:24-33

Sunday: Am 7:12-15; Ps 85:9-14;

Eph 1:3-14 [1:3-10]; Mk 6:7-13

FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Mark’s Gospel account today is built on a double astonishment or amazement: the neigh-

bors and family of Jesus are astonished that he taught in the synagogue with wisdom and

worked powerful signs. Jesus, in turn, is amazed that they have no faith in him because they

know his origins, not because of any fault with his teaching or ministry. As with many of

Mark’s passages, we get a rather intimate glimpse here of the human part of Jesus’ two-fold

nature. To reinforce his point, Mark tells of Jesus’ return to his native place, and further points

out that he is in the midst of his own family members there. From the very people he expected

the most, Jesus received the least. In the day of the Gospel’s writing, Mark was attempting to

illustrate a lesson to the house of Israel: the God of the covenant expected the greatest faith

from the house of Israel, but often received the least. This is a good source for reflection on our

part, we who are Jesus’ followers today. For the wisdom of Christ to continue and for our lives

to be seen as signs of his power, he must expect and be able to find great faith among us. Will

he? Can he? Does he? Or is he, once again, amazed by its absence? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Your contributions for the weekend of

June 28, 2015

Adult $4,484.67

Children $13.00

Debt Reduction $1,571.50

Mortgage Balance $320,434.241

Bills paid last week $4,409.47

Thank you for your continuing generosity!

Mass Intentions for the Week of July 5-July 11

Sunday 7/05 +Rita DuPont

Tuesday 7/07 +Ken Miles

Wednesday 7/08 ♥Bernie Weber

Thursday 7/09 +Jerome Burton

Friday 7/10 All Souls

Saturday 7/11 +Charlie Clements

FAMILY PROMISE

Thank you to the 34 parishioners

who spent 244 hours keeping 2 fam-

ilies, including 5 teenagers, cool

and very well fed a few weeks ago. We have cooks,

evening hosts, overnight hosts, people who donate

food and needed items, and people who help set up

and break down our Faith Formation building to make

a home for some of our neighbors who need assis-

tance. We will be hosting again in late August and

your help is needed. Isn’t this what it means to help

thy neighbor and feed the hungry? We all know that

the more help the easier the task so please pray hard

on this one and spend a few hours helping, you will

reap the rewards.

Monday, Aug. 10 7 PM Training/Orientation for

anyone interested in learning more about Family

Promise

Wed., Aug. 19 7 PM Planning meeting for our

host week

Sun. Aug. 30 through Sun. Sep. 6 next host week.

Your participation is appreciated. For more infor-

mation about Family Promise, call Gerry Klock at 826

-3566 or Yvette Carr at 657-5423 (evenings or week-

ends) or go to www.effinghamfamilypromise.org

Low Country Catholics

All young adults between the ages 21 and 35 (married, sin-

gle, widowed, or divorced; with or without children) are in-

vited to join us for Theology on Tap on Tuesday, July 7 at

7:00 PM at Moon River Brewing Company on Bay

Street. Fr. Pablo will be speaking on Vocations/Living the

Single Life. Please visit the Low Country Catholics

Facebook page to see more upcoming events! For more in-

formation, please contact Chris Osgood

at yamsavannah@gmail.com or 912-201-4100.

A LIFE LINE FOR MARRIED COUPLES

Is your marriage struggling? Has your relationship grown

cold and distant? Do you feel disappointment, pain, conflict,

even despair? Do you feel lost and alone?

Don’t drown in an unloving and uncaring marriage.

Get help! Reach for the RETROUVAILLE LIFELINE.

Our next Retrouvaille Weekend will be August 7-9, 2015 in

an Augusta Hotel.

For additional information or to register call (800) 470-

2230. More info at www.retrouvaille.org.

Space limited. Register early.

“REBUILDING” is a ten session educational seminar with

a spiritual focus designed to help people become whole

again after experiencing a divorce or separation of a spouse.

Themes covered include adaptation, grieving, anger, self-

worth, transition, openness, relatedness and building healthy

relationships. The sessions are guided by trained peer facili-

tators who have similar life experiences or professional ex-

perience and who are willing to share their time and talent

to help others. It is totally confidential.

REBUILDING will be offered for ten weeks beginning on

August 3, 2015 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm until October 12, 2015

at the Catholic Pastoral Center at 2170 E. Liberty Street,

Savannah, GA. Donation of $15. Text book and workbook

must be ordered separately by participants. To register call

the Office of Family Life at 912-201-4068, email fami-

lylife@diosav.org or visit the diocesan webpage

www.diosav.org and locate the registration form on the

family life page under divorce ministry.

THE CATHOLIC PASTORAL CENTER SAVANNAH

Starting in July, a VIRTUS session will be held every 2nd

Tuesday of the month from 5-8 PM and every Friday of the

month from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM.

In August, a session will be held every Saturday from 10AM-

1PM. To register, go to www.diosav.org. Find training on the

“Upcoming Events Calendar.”

(Training is required for anyone coming into contact with

youth as part of their ministry).

May She Rest In Peace

Our prayers and sympathy are extended out to

Yvette & James Carr and family, on the recent

death of Yvette’s mom, Rita DuPont. May she now

rest in the Lord’s presence and eternal peace.

CATHOLIC FOCUS SUMMER STUDY

June 28-August 3, 2015

We will be studying THE REAL STORY--

Understanding The Big Picture of the Bible. Books

are provided without cost to you. This book shows

that the Bible isn't ultimately a call of disjointed

stories, but an epic saga of God's infinite love for

us and His perfect plan for our salvation since the

beginning of time. We welcome all that are

interested in a fascinating summary that includes

the entire Bible in just 146 pages. WHAT AN

OPPORTUNITY-- DON'T MISS IT! ALL ARE

WELCOME! Classes begin immediately after our

8:30 AM Mass-- @ 9:40 AM

Maj. Brian Healy, USAF, TSgt Brian A. Lafond,

Sgt. Clayton Emanuel Holloway, SFC Shawn

Brown, SSgt. Ryan Peters, LSSN Jonathon Benson King, Capt.

Thomas Naldrett, Sgt. Steven Liebl, CW4 Scott Durrer

WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ANY NEW PARISHIONERS 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-FRIDAY 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.

Richard Bender, Ella Bothwell, Jim Brado, Jonathon Case,

Crystal Christensen, Penny Christol, Kirstie Dahlweiner, Geor-

gia Dahlweiner, Nancy Dotson, Daniel Dougan, Virginia Har-

din, Richard Hardin, David Hardin, Pat Kavanaugh, Rachel Ka-

vanaugh, Janice Kosek, Tim Kyle, Brenda Liebl, Vince & San-

dra Mackey, Mary Massenburg, Henry Matzdorf , David

Matzdorf, Mac Mixson, Michelle Paoli, Sidney & Faye Pick-

ney, Hal Ray, Alan Schwartz, Barbara Strickland, Burr Tolles,

Renee Wilder, Garry Wilkes, Cory Wilson

Faith Formation News

Thank you to all who have volunteered for our

Faith Formation Program this coming school year.

It is wonderful to have so many volunteers!

Baptism Class

Sunday, July 26

12:30PM – 2:30PM

St. Boniface’s baptism class for soon

-to-be and new parents will be held on Sunday,

July 26, 12:30PM – 2:30PM. The class will meet

in the Religious Formation building. You are free

to eat lunch during class. Please call Cindy Fe-

lipe, 912-596-4251, no later than Sunday, July

19, to arrange for a workbook and confirm at-

tendance. *Please contact Fr. Martino prior to class to dis-

cuss the specifics regarding godparent documenta-

tion and scheduling the date of the baptism. The

baptism classes are held quarterly with the next

class to be scheduled for October 2015.

Social Apostolate News

Thank you so much for all the ways you all help us out at

the Social Apostolate! Your generosity helps us

by: keeping our food pantry very well stocked, making

sandwiches for us to serve in the soup kitchen, keeping out

hygiene closet well stocked, donations to the Thrift Store,

donating diapers and other baby needs, monetary contribu-

tions, and volunteering. We also appreciate your prayers

for us! As this fiscal year ends, we thank you for the many

ways you help us, so we can help others!

Vacation: The Social Apostolate will be closed for vaca-

tion July 11-26. Please do not leave donations at our door

of refer anyone to us during these two weeks.

May God bless each of you!

WAITING

Our Lord prefers to wait for the sinner for years

rather than keep the sinner waiting one instant.

—St. Peter Julian Eymard

Outreach Assistance Office

The Outreach Assistance Office would like to thank every-

one who has contributed to the poor box, made donations of

food, etc. during the past Fiscal Year. The numbers were

fantastic and many were helped due to your great generosi-

ty. The Poor Box contributions total for the FY were

$10,054.79( this included the Holy Thursday collection for

the Poor and fund raisers), Offertory Contributions totaled

$3,800.00 for a total income of $13,854.79. The total of

giving assistance was$10,364.79. And a total of 250+ food

bags were given away this Fiscal Year not including Christ-

mas and Thanksgiving!

Saturday Evenings

5:00 pm Mass and

Sunday Mornings

8:15 am -12:30 p.m.

Please contact Sarah Harrison

for nursery needs during meet-

ings at 828-699-5155.

Yvette D. Carr Travel Consultant

Post Office Box 392

Springfield, Georgia 31329

USA

tel 912.754.5573

fax 912.754.5583

ycarr@burnsworldtravel.com

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