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Communications

About our Web Site

"This ain't a football game. We do this every day."
— Earl Weaver, erstwhile manager of the Baltimore Orioles
to George Will, in 1982



The work of Saint Francis isn't football: it isn't a Sunday-by- Sunday proposition. To be sure, the most important thing we do is worship. That is the heart of all we do, the one thing we will never cease to do to the glory of Christ's name, in this life or in the life to come.
Having said that, we're a baseball sort of parish. Our work is daily.
Our web site reflects both these realities. Its purpose is to assist you in the saying of your prayers, at the altar we serve here or some other like it. And toward that end, the content of our site is managed and added to daily. Yes, two aspects of it—the My St. Francis element and the Explore St. Francis virtual tour—are still under construction. But there is, now, plenty to keep you returning to the site daily. And every week, there will only be more.
Now, for a little shop talk: We've learned recently that our site is not displaying properly on web browsers that are not of recent vintage.
Here is a screen shot (taken on April 4, '08) of the home page of our web site:


If what you see on your computer monitor does not resemble this screen shot, then the likely explanation is that your web browser is in need of updating.
[Internet Explorer 6.0, for example, does not display our site properly. The following browsers are fully compatible: Internet Explorer 7.0 (or later); Firefox 2.0 (or later); MSN Explorer 7.0 (or later); AOL; Yahoo; and Safari (the Mac browser).]

We hope you'll find this site a faithful communications instrument of the parish; that it will be a source of encouragement to you. We hope it will take by the elbow people who are not here yet, as well as friends of Saint Francis far away, point them to Jesus Christ, and say, Behold! If you seek a church, we pray that you will visit us and with us get involved with the God who rescued Israel from bondage in Egypt and raised Jesus from the dead.

"Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has come to perfection."
— Red Smith, the great baseball writer

And this, from the "For What It's Worth Department": The distance from the west end doors opening on the nave of Saint Francis to the place where the celebrant stands to lead us in worship? One thousand eighty inches. That's 90 feet, for those of you keeping score at home.










































































The Saint Francis web site is designed to be not a storage facility
but a destination.


You will find something new or updated on our site by the day and by the week. You can navigate our site via the main menu (the column far left) but also by clicking on elements.
For example, on the home page (bottom left corner), you'll find >39 Articles a tumblelog updated daily.



The yellow Q button takes you to a page that may anticipate one of your questions about Saint Francis, especially the questions asked by people who aren't here yet. The Baseball Park links you to this page, About our Web Site. The Sermons button accesses (surprise!) our sermons page. The Company of Heaven  button features a a fellow pilgrim in the faith. 
And in our main content area, click Top Stories to access content we want to feature;and I'm New, to access information of interest to all, but particularly to people who are new to Saint Francis.




"Better to light a candle
than to curse the darkness."