The annual St. Francis Catholic Church, Abilene Jamaica/ Festival will be on the church grounds on October 5th and 6th 2018. Come join us to share in this festival. We will have all sorts of food vendors to help with your appetite- tacos, tamales, brisket sandwiches, hamburgers, corn on the cob, turkey legs and many more. Water and soft drinks will be available as well. Come try the famous St. Francis funnel cakes which are always in demand, other desserts and sweets are here for you to enjoy.
Activities for kids include crafts, face painting, cake walk, and any more games. The petting zoo this year will be provided by May Farm, kids can enjoy petting the pets or ridding the horses.
A medical team will be on standby for any assistance or medical needs. Security will be provide by the Abilene Police department and the K-9 division will be performing.
We will have live music both days under our beautiful pavilion. Cande Flores will be the attraction on Friday night while David Mares will be performing on Saturday night. Other musical groups will also be performing during the 2 days event.
Our main raffle prize this year is a 2018 Ford Edge SUV; other prizes will be a 15" Dell laptop, 58" Samsung HDTV, 4 Burner stainless steel grill, Apple IPad and a 200 gift card.
Raffle tickets this year are $50.00 and one ticket has a chance to win all prizes! Tickets may be purchased from council and finance members, some parishioners, and church office or at the festival ground. Limited tickets are available, so get your own now.
Come celebrate with us as well as support our annual parish fund raiser for the ministries we have in our parish, the community and the wider world.