My Dear Friends, As you read last week in the bulletin, we are preparing for the installation of our pipe organ in the balcony next month. This is an exciting time for our parish as we prepare to leave the next generations of parishioners what our founders left to us. Since we returned to the …
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COTLF is hiring! Interested applicants for any open positions may send resumes and cover letters to Jorge Santibanez, Parish Manager. No phone calls please.
Mis Queridos Amigos, El pasado fin de semana pude visitar, junto con algunos de vuestros compañeros feligreses, nuestro recién terminado órgano de tubos en Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fue una hermosa peregrinación que incluyó un breve recorrido por órganos por Boston con paradas en la capilla de la Universidad de Harvard para escuchar su órgano de tubos …
Continue reading “18 de Enero – II Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario”
My Dear Friends, This past weekend I was able to visit, along with some of your fellow parishioners, our newly completed pipe organ in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was a beautiful pilgrimage that included a brief organ crawl through Boston with stops in the Harvard University chapel to hear their pipe organ (made by the same …
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Mis Queridos Amigos, Al concluir hoy la temporada navideña, algunos de ustedes me pidieron una copia de la homilía que prediqué la semana pasada para la Epifanía. Aquí está: Cuando era niño, mi familia pasaba los fines de semana de verano en los Cayos de Florida. El cielo nocturno es mucho más claro en el …
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My Dear Friends, As we conclude the Christmas season today, some of you had asked for a copy of the homily I preached last week for Epiphany. Here it is: When I was a child, our family would spend our summer weekends in the Florida Keys. The night sky is a lot clearer down south …
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Mis Queridos Amigos, ¡Feliz Año Nuevo y Feliz Epifanía! Nos reunimos para continuar nuestra celebración navideña mientras el resto del mundo sigue adelante. El nacimiento de Cristo debe resonar aún en nuestros corazones mientras seguimos cantando las alabanzas del Niño Dios. Hoy celebramos su revelación a todas las naciones. Cristo viene a salvar a todos, …
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My Dear Friends, Happy New Year and Happy Epiphany! We gather to continue our Christmas celebration while the rest of the world moves on. The birth of Christ must still resonate in our hearts as we continue to sing the praises of the newborn King. Today, we celebrate his revelation to all nations. Christ comes …
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My Dear Friends, I pray you had a beautiful Christmas Day, but the season continues for another two weeks. How blessed are we? The world may move on and start taking down their trees and their decorations, but as a Church, we continue to celebrate the birth of our Lord until the feast of his …
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