Dear family: We are already in the month of May, the month that traditionally is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our heavenly mother. And what better way to begin this month than to celebrating our own mothers this weekend in which Mother’s Day takes place. I am still learning how to be without her …
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My Dear Parish Family: The outpouring of love that we have seen since the announcement of Father Arthur Dennison’s death has truly been moving. Our 7th pastor who served us from 2002-2011 died on Friday, April 23 in Key West where he had resided since 2013. The news could not make it into last Sunday’s …
My dear friends, The Fourth Sunday of Easter is always Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations. As Catholics, we should feel moved to pray for vocations every single day to the priesthood and the religious life. Today we pay particular attention to vocations to the priesthood because of the nature of …
My Dear Parish Family: “…let this holy building shake with joy.” Those words from the Easter Proclamation, the Exultet, move me every year when I sing them or hear them at the Easter Vigil. On the night when we celebrate the greatest event in human history, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, we gather to lift …
My Dear Parish Family: What a Holy Week we just celebrated! This was the first Holy Week we celebrated together in two years because of Covid, and boy did we celebrate! Every liturgy, every song, every word that was prayed was said with such fervor that you could feel the church shake as the …
My dear parish family, Happy Easter! You have no idea how happy your parish priests are to welcome you home to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord after spending it apart last year. May our church shake with joy this day as our Alleluia’s are sung with even greater fervor. We were quiet last year …
My Dear Friends: What a difference a year makes! Last year when I sat down to write this column for Palm Sunday, it was to detail to each of you how to best experience Holy Week at home since our church was closed, and we were forced to celebrate the most important week of the …
My Dear Friends: Today we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent which begins the last two weeks of Lent also known as “Passiontide.” Now we begin our immediate preparation to meditate on the sorrowful events of the Passion of our Lord which we will hear recounted next week on Palm Sunday of the Passion of …
My Dear Friends: This coming Friday, March 19, we celebrate the Solemnity of St. Joseph. Being that Pope Francis has declared this the “Year of St. Joseph,” it takes on a special significance and also because we celebrate it during our Lenten journey. In his Apostolic Letter, “Patris Corde” (With a Father’s Heart) which the Holy …
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