Archbishop Wenski’s Column on the Upcoming Jewish High Holy Days As our Jewish neighbors prepare to celebrate their High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year’s -September 11-12) and Yon Kippur (Day of Atonement -September 20-21, I urge all Catholics, and indeed all people of good will, to express solidarity with our Jewish brothers and …
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My Dear Friends, School started almost three weeks ago, and our children have had a wonderful beginning to our 101st year at St. Theresa. I know many of our young parishioners had wonderful first weeks at their respective schools. Now that classes have begun, parents are no doubt registering their children in all types of …
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My Dear Friends, On Thursday, August 6, our parish’s beloved fourth pastor, Monsignor John Glorie was called home to the Lord. This one hit close to home for me because he was my pastor when I was a child in our Religious Education Program in the mid 1980’s. Monsignor had this deep, booming voice that …
My Dear Friends, As we gather for Mass this Sunday, there are many of our fellow parishioners who are returning from summer vacation because school begins this week. We pray that everyone had a blessed and restful summer, and we also pray for all our children in our parochial school and those who begin class …
My Dear Friends, As many of us return from summer vacation, I wanted the first bulletin column for the month of August to be sort of a “welcome back” type of message. However, the bishops of the state of Florida issued a powerful pastoral letter on the death penalty this past Monday that deserves of …
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My Dear Friends, I am writing this column to you early in the week from the holy city of Lourdes just five minutes away from where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette almost 170 years ago. By the time you read this, I will be back in the parish to celebrate the Fourth …
Throughout this summer, we encourage all parishioners to read the Encyclical Letter, Magnifica Humanitas, of Pope Leo XIV, on safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence. Over the next several weeks, we will be publishing excerpts from the encyclical for further reflection. The encyclical in its entirety may be found on the …
My Dear Friends, Happy Father’s Day to all our dads in the parish! Last week we saw the love for spiritual fatherhood as we bid farewell to Father David as he embarks on his next assignment. He was quite literally left speechless as we honored him at the end of the 10:30am Mass for the …
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Farewell Message from Fr. David Dear Brothers and Sisters: I see the providential hand of the Lord in the readings of this Sunday, which is also my last day as your parochial vicar. As you know, Church of the Little Flower has been my first parish assignment. I came here two years ago straight out …