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 …

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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 …

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My Dear Friends: Twenty years ago, I started an exercise with my 8th grade students that soon became a hallmark of my observance of Thanksgiving Day: write down in no particular order, and in a prayerful and sometimes playful way, the 100 things I was thankful for. My students would write theirs during class or spend …

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My Dear Friends: Thirteen months ago, we began our Centennial Campaign and a great many things have transpired during that time.  I believe now is a prudent time to update you on all the things that have been going on behind the scenes with all our projects as our 100th birthday inches closer and closer.  …

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My Dear Friends: I want to thank all of you who attended the all-day prayer vigil and adoration on Election Day. Once again, the faith of our parish shined through, and I am particularly proud of the efforts of all of you in the campaign against Amendment 4. Because of your prayers and work, thankfully the …

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