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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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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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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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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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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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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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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My Dear Friends, As we continue to meditate upon the Mystery of the Cross and Christ’s victory over death, this week’s column is my homily from last Sunday’s celebration of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. ————— The violence in the last few weeks in our country has shown us that evil …
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My Dear Friends, Happy 100th Birthday St. Theresa! Tomorrow, we celebrate the 100th birthday of our parochial school which opened its doors as St. Joseph Academy on September 15, 1925. It will be a day of celebration here on campus as the children will attend Mass to properly celebrate this milestone, and then they will …
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