The Forty Hours Adoration Devotion is a special forty-hour period of continuous prayer made before the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition. September's 40 Hours Devotion will be: Thursday, September 7th , 7am through Friday, September 7th at 11pm You can sign up in the Narthex or online: https://stfac.flocknote.com/signup/130497!

The Parish office will be closed for Labor Day - Monday, September 4.

All Homeschool Families are invited to join us for our first monthly Friday Field Trip! We will gather at St. Francis for 9am Daily Mass and then head to Dellinger Park to chat, play, and have lunch! Dellinger Park:  100 Pine Grove Rd, Cartersville, GA 30120 Contact Alexis Weathers for more information: 770-823-8861 or [email protected] or visit our webpage: www.stfac.org/homeschoolcoop

We are working on a new Parish Directory of all our active parishioners and their families! Each participating family will receive a free copy of the parish directory as well as a free 8x10 portrait! Click here for more details!

Did you know that there is a Young Families Ministry starting this fall?!? The Young Families Ministry at St. Francis of Assisi is dedicated to supporting families with young children to grow in their relationship with each other, with the Catholic Church and with our Savior, Jesus Christ. We hope to build a community of parents who are sharing similar joys and challenges that parenthood brings as well as give the children a community to build friendships. We meet once a month for dinner and an event. Families with young children are welcome to join us as often as your family life allows! Our first event will be Friday, August 18th at 6pm for Pizza on the Playground! Bring the kids and enjoy community building with other like-minded Catholic families! Contact Claire Awtrey with any questions: [email protected].

Women In Faith (WIF) is a Women’s Catholic Study Group that meets weekly on Thursdays from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. We follow the Bartow & Paulding School system’s calendars. We start our first session in August - December, and then again in January - May. We do offer a short 6-week summer session that is lighter in nature. We do a variety of study options: the Word of God, book studies, video series, and some self-reflective studies. We host a Christmas brunch before our break in December and then a Spring brunch in May. WIF supports various groups in our community and ministries in the church with various fundraisers. WIF ladies support one another through prayer, love, and encouragement. We strengthen our faith in God in our studies and challenge one another to grow deeper in faith as handmaids for the Lord. Through discipleship, we seek to encourage others and emulate the virtues of our Blessed Mother. It is truly a beautiful group that strengthens spiritual lives and minds through prayer and relationships. If you wish to meet other women in the parish and enrich your faith, then please come check out Women In Faith!

If you've been thinking about joining this group of men but didn't know when was a good time to join, its now! We meet every other Thursday at 7am! Contact Ben Hamrick at [email protected] or Cell: 770-241-1002

St. Francis’ Faith Formation program is growing and we are looking for volunteers to journey with our students as they grow in their faith. The only requirement is for you to love your faith and want to share it. We will provide all volunteers with training and support! If you are interested in helping or would like more information, please Contact Cindy Caughman, Director of Faith Formation at [email protected] or 770-382-4549 ex 208.

Tuesday, August 8th, 6pm Proceeds benefit Boxes of Joy We will be having a Pampered Chef demonstrator. Learn new recipes, replace old kitchen utensils, get gifts for upcoming birthdays & weddings and help us to help the kids of Central America. Call Stefani at 912-401-8767 with any questions. If you would like to shop online to benefit this fundraiser, you can do so here: https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/stfrancisfundraiser1

Need help registering for Faith Formation? Have questions about the program this year? Join us for an in-person registration night where our Faith Formation team can help you with all your questions! Email Cindy Caughmann for more information! [email protected] The online registration form can be found at www.stfac.org/ffregistration!

Are you interested in bringing the Eucharist to the homebound? We will have training on Sunday, August 6th at 11am in English and 11:30am in Spanish!

St. Francis’ Faith Formation program is growing and we are looking for volunteers to journey with our students as they grow in their faith. The only requirement is for you to love your faith and want to share it. We will provide all volunteers with training and support! If you are interested in helping or would like more information, please contact Areli Pineda, youth minister, at [email protected].

We will have our next Loving Hands Meeting on Friday, August 4th from 9:30am-11:30am