My Dear Friends: On this Memorial Day weekend, as we approach our nation’s 250th birthday, it is our duty as Christians and as Americans to remember those who gave their lives to preserve our freedoms. While this weekend is normally marked by barbeques and pool or boat days, we should pause at some point, as …
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May 24th – Pentecost Sunday
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 21st, 2026
May 17th – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 14th, 2026
My Dear Friends: As we gather to celebrate the Ascension of the Lord this weekend, I wanted to share some news that we as a parish have been accustomed to receiving every two years. Next month, our parochial vicar, Fr. David Zallocco, will be transferred to St. Bonaventure Parish in Davie. This change will take …
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May 10th – VI Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 8th, 2026
This week, Fr. Richard Vigoa published this brilliant column on the Mass for the Archdiocese that I offer to you for your meditation. And one other important thing: Happy Mother’s Day to all of our moms. Blessed Mary, protect them always, and give all of us a renewed love for the Mass. God bless, Father …
May 3rd – V Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 2nd, 2026
My Dear Friends, “…like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5) In today’s gospel, Christ tells us that he will go before us to prepare a place for us in heaven. In the meantime, …
April 19th – III Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 17th, 2026
My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate with joy the diaconate ordination of one of our seminarians: Deacon Jonathan Sanchez was ordained on Saturday morning, and this weekend he will be preaching at some of our Masses and celebrating his first baptisms. God willing, Deacon Jonathan will be ordained to the priesthood 13 months from now …
April 5th – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 4th, 2026
My Dear Friends, Peace be with you! These were the first words uttered by Jesus to the disciples after his resurrection. These were also the first words uttered last year by the newly elected Pope Leo XIV when he emerged on the loggia of St. Peter’s. The peace of the Risen Christ is needed now …
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March 29 – Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 27th, 2026
My Dear Friends, During his Sunday Angelus Address last week, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the liturgies of Holy Week that begin today: The liturgy thus invites us… to relive the events of the Lord’s Passion — the entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the trial, the crucifixion, the burial — so that we may …
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March 22nd – V Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 20th, 2026
My Dear Friends, As we begin Passiontide and are confronted with the stark visual of our statues being covered as we approach Easter, I urge all of you to make a good Lenten confession, if you have not already done so, before Holy Thursday. Elsewhere in this bulletin, you will find the Holy Week Schedule …
March 15th – IV Sunday of Lent – Laetare Sunday
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 13th, 2026
My Dear Friends, In today’s gospel, Jesus cures a blind beggar. The Lord “spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” — which means Sent —. So he went and washed, and came back able …
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