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Have you been using social media and sometimes wonder what you can do to be a better Catholic? Have you hesitated to post something from a Church function because you’re afraid of what your friends or family might say? Sound stressful? It is said that the average person...

Now’s your chance to share your ideas for our parish. What would you like to see happen here? Build a new adoration chapel? Add a bridal room? Offer mission trips to El Salvador? Father Tony is inviting you to share your ideas at four Town Hall meetings scheduled for Sept....

Join your St. Francis Xavier Parish family to praise and worship God present in the Blessed Sacrament in a solemn Catholic Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, Sept. 20. Immediately after the 5:30 p.m. Mass, the Eucharist will be carried, in a gold monstrance and under a canopy...

The LifeShare mobile blood collection site will be at St. Francis Xavier Parish this Sunday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., parked outside the Xavier Room. All donors this time will receive $20 Giant Eagle gift cards. Plus, for every 25 donations, our school earns a $500...

We are very pleased to announce the beginning of this year’s Youth Choir season. Rehearsals will be held on Thursdays from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. in the church choir loft beginning Thursday, Sept. 10. Membership is open to any youth in grades 3-8, whether they attend SFX school,...

Leaders of all parish ministries are invited to attend the annual Ministry Leaders’ Dinner on Wednesday, Aug. 26. We have important information to share about the upcoming fall Stewardship campaign, including the Ministry Fair and commitment card process, and other major...

Make plans now to join your fellow parishioners on the golf course to help raise money for St. Vincent de Paul Society and St. Francis Xavier Parish. The 24th Annual St. Francis Xavier Charity Golf Benefit is Monday, Aug. 31, at Weymouth Country Club here in Medina. The day...

Please join us Saturday, Aug. 22, for the annual Walk with Mary retreat — a pilgrimage of faith, fellowship and reflection as we celebrate Mary, Model for All Christians through Sacred Scripture and Tradition. As we embark on this journey, Father Robert Barron will reveal...

Two priests who have served in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be visiting St. Francis Xavier Parish on Thursday, July 23, and sharing stories about their work in Africa. Father Ernest Martello, an American priest whose sister lives in Hinckley, and Father Jean Marie...

In celebration of St. Francis Xavier Parish’s 155th anniversary, all parishioners are invited to display their artistic talents in a juried fine art show Aug. 14-16. Parishioners are invited to create and submit fine artwork with some religious or faith-based theme. This...