My Dear Friends, What a grace filled week we just experienced as a parish with the visit of the relics of St. Therese, our patroness. There was a peace that filled this entire campus all week as we had this great gift delivered to us during our centennial year. I share with you the homily …
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December 7th – II Sunday of Advent
From the Pastor’s Desk - December 5th, 2025
November 23rd – Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
From the Pastor’s Desk - November 20th, 2025
My Dear Friends, What an amazing Eucharistic celebration we had last week to celebrate our school’s centennial. We had well over 1,200 people join us on the school grounds for Mass and a historical walk. I thank all our alumni for coming to this once in a century celebration and thank all our school parents, …
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November 16th – XXXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - November 14th, 2025
My Dear Friends, Today is a glorious day for our parish school. Archbishop Wenski will be coming to officially celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the School as we continue with our Centennial celebrations. As you might know, the school was founded on September 15, 1925. Ideally, we would have loved to celebrate a Mass with …
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November 9th – Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
From the Pastor’s Desk - November 6th, 2025
My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. This is the cathedral of Rome, and since the Pope is the bishop of Rome, it is the cathedral of the Universal Church. We celebrate this feast to remind us that we are one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic …
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November 2, 2025 – All Saints / All Souls Day
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 31st, 2025
My Dear Friends, “I rejoiced when they said to me, `Let us go to the house of the LORD.’” (Psalm 122:1) This was the hymn that Jewish pilgrims would sing in Old Testament times on their pilgrim journeys up to Jerusalem. Today, we join that ancient hymn as we return to our church for the …
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October 26, 2025 – XXX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 24th, 2025
My Dear Friends, ONE MORE WEEK! Our long summer of refurbishment in the church is finally (almost) over, and next week when you arrive for Sunday Mass, you will be able to walk into our glorious church for the first time since June 8th. It will be worth the wait. Freshly painted walls, a restored …
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October 19, 2025 – XXIX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 17th, 2025
My Dear Friends, “…proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching.” (2 Timothy 4:2) This week’s readings are all about persistence when it comes to prayer. Jesus wants the disciples to pray, persevere, and not grow weary like Moses did during the battle against …
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October 5th – XXVII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 2nd, 2025
My Dear Friends, As Catholics, we oppose the death penalty. On this Respect Life Sunday, the fact that I had to write that concise first sentence to remind us of what the Catholic Church teaches speaks volumes as to how many of our faithful support and promote capital punishment. It saddens me as a pastor …
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September 28th – XXVI Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - September 26th, 2025
My Dear Friends, We are now entering the last month of our “temporary exile” in our old church as the repairs and renovations in our beautiful church start winding down. We will celebrate our first Mass in the church on All Saints Day, Saturday, November 1st at 8am with a Mass followed by confessions and …
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