Mis queridos amigos, La otra noche entré en Comber Hall para visitar a nuestros exalumnos y niños de la escuela que están montando una producción de “The Sound of Music” en febrero. Mientras ensayaban, cantaron “My Favorite Things.” Esa canción aparece a menudo en los álbumes de Navidad. Nuestros jóvenes hicieron un magnífico trabajo cantando …
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My Dear Friends: The other night I walked into Comber Hall to visit our school alumni and school children who are putting on a production of “The Sound of Music” in February. As they were rehearsing, they sang “My Favorite Things.” That song often comes up in Christmas albums. Our young people did a magnificent …
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Mis queridos amigos, El Adviento es una temporada de grandes expectativas, desde el momento en que termina el Día de Acción de Gracias, a veces antes, comenzamos a hacer todos estos grandes planes para Navidad que no podemos lograr. Por supuesto, estos planes son materiales o seculares y no nos acercarán más a Cristo. Es …
My Dear Friends: Advent is a season of great expectations. From the moment Thanksgiving ends, sometimes sooner, we start making all these grand plans for Christmas that we cannot possibly accomplish. Of course, these plans are material or secular and will not lead us any closer to Christ. This is why we began a spiritual journey last …
Of 476 communities providing data to the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO), only 27 are adequately funded for retirement. Historically, Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests—known collectively as women and men religious—received very little pay. Any surplus funds were reinvested in ministry and the education of younger members. As a result, hundreds of US religious …
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My Dear Friends: This Sunday we begin the beautiful season of Advent. It is a time of waiting and hope. Waiting: because we wait for the newborn Christ who will bring light to the darkness of this world. Hope: because this child is the promise of salvation of the Most High. The Advent wreath is …
On Wednesday, December 16th, all our house priests will be available to hear confessions, beginning at 7:00pm, until all penitents have had the opportunity to go to confession.This will be the final opportunity to go to Confession prior to the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord.
Monday, December 16th • 7:00 pm Miércoles, 18 de diciembre Come prepare your hearts this Advent season!
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is normally celebrated on December 8, exactly nine months before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (September 8). However, when that date falls on a Sunday, the feast is transferred to Monday, December 9th. Earlier this year, the Vatican clarified, “The feast must be observed as a day of obligation …
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