Homily by Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Mass for the 100th Anniversary of St. Theresa Catholic Parish, known as Church of the Little Flower, in Coral Gables. Oct. 3, 2026. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, we gather with hearts full of praise as we celebrate a monumental milestone: the 100th anniversary of the …
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Mis Queridos Amigos, Cuando la historia llama, ¿cómo nos levantamos para enfrentarla? Cuando es Dios quien llama, ¿cómo respondemos? Hace un siglo, un pequeño grupo de católicos se unió a un joven sacerdote misionero irlandés para celebrar misa en una ciudad nueva, poco habitada, en las afueras de Miami. Se establecieron en un terreno justo …
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My Dear Friends: When history calls, how do we rise to meet it? When it is God who is calling, how do we respond? A century ago, a small group of Catholics banded together with a young, Irish missionary priest to celebrate Mass in a sparsely inhabited new city on the outskirts of Miami. They …
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My Dear Friends: It’s almost here! Next weekend, we celebrate our parish’s centennial with the most important thing we do as a parish: the celebration of the Holy Mass presided by our archbishop. This past week we began the final preparations for all the events that will transpire during the month of October. For the …
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My Dear Friends: Today we celebrate Catechetical Sunday as we commission the catechists and teachers of our parish and school for the good work they do in transmitting the faith to our children. Our catechists are truly some of the unsung heroes of our parish as they volunteer their time to teach our little ones …
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My Dear Friends: As Catholics, we grow up hearing heroic stories about martyrs who gave their lives for our faith and shed their blood in distant lands centuries ago. Martyrdom isn’t something we think will come to our doorstep. Even today, we hear of Christians being slaughtered in places like Nigeria, where Fr. Uko and …
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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 …