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Vote Your View

Today, November 6, 2018 is the day to cast your vote and participate in the US Midterm Elections.

However, not everyone knows where their designated voting location is. No worries, Google is ready to help you make your vote and be counted by giving you accurate voting location information.

If you are new to the area or this is your first election that you have participated in, or it’s simply been a long time since you’ve voted.

Either way, if you need help finding your assigned voting location, there’s a simple new way to locate it.

Simply search “Where do I vote?” on Google, and you’ll be greeted with a prompt for the street address you used on your voter registration. If your Google Account has an associated home address, there’s a convenient option to quickly use that address. For the privacy concerned, Google promises that this information is exclusively used to find your voting location, and will not be stored.

Blessing of the Animals

St. Francis of Assisi Parish will be celebrating the feast of their patron saint on Saturday, September 29 at 10:00 am (rain or shine) with the annual Blessing of the Animals on the lawn in front of St. Francis of Assisi Church located at 4700 Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach. The friars will say a few brief words about our animal friends and then the animals will be blessed and presented with a special St. Francis medal to put on their collar or cage. The event is open to all.

Wednesday, October 3rd, 7:00 PM at the St. Francis Church, there will be a special service called the Transitus of St. Francis. The transitus is a celebration to mark St. Francis’ passage from this earthly life to everlasting life. It is a beautiful way to celebrate our Franciscan spirit and to honor the humble man who is the patron saint of our parish. The special celebration is not just for friars, sisters and secular Franciscans, but for all who have the Franciscan spirit. We hope you will join us for this special tradition.

Masses on Saturday and Sunday (September 29/30) in the parish churches located in Brant Beach, Surf City, and Beach Haven will also honor St Francis. Daily Mass on Thursday, October 4 at 9:00 in the Brant Beach Church celebrates with a special liturgy for the Feast of St. Francis.

For more information please call the Parish offices at 609-494-8813 or visit our web site at: www.stfrancisparishlbi.org.

2018 Blessing of the Fleet

Join us and support an age-old, local tradition of respect and honor by taking part in the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.

Where Angels Play

Where Angels Play - Annual Easter Egg Hunt.