My Dear Friends, Last week, I asked the children at the 9:00 a.m. Mass, “what is one way that we can increase our faith?” One of the kids said, “pray more,” while another said, “go to Mass,” and then one child said, “pray the rosary!” Little did this young man know that I already had …
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My Dear Friends, “So what happens now?” Last June, the Supreme Court finally overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that so many of us had worked and prayed long and hard to see overturn. On this first Respect Life Sunday of a Post-Roe world, we can’t help but ask the question, “what happens now?” Abortion …
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My Dear Friends, A thank you card that I was not expecting is the inspiration for today’s column. The Serra Club sent me a card to thank the parish for starting up the Vocations Chalice that I described in last week’s bulletin. The Serra Club has been promoting vocations for years in our Archdiocese and …
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My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate Catechetical Sunday. All of our wonderful catechists, along with the teachers from our school, will be commissioned this weekend as they begin a new school year. It truly is a vocation to be a catechist especially when it comes to instructing our children. The catechist has to be a …
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My Dear Friends, This day will always be solemn for us. Even though 21 years have passed, the scars of this day still hurt us. We were wounded as a nation on September 11, 2001, yet we will never forget how our churches were filled that night and the following Sunday with people just simply …
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My Dear Friends, Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the LORD intends? (Wisdom 9:13) This opening question from today’s first reading is a perfect question for us to ponder during this long weekend. Discerning God’s will in our life is the essence of the spiritual life. What does God have planned …
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My dear friends, School has started, and we had a wonderful first week across the street at St. Theresa, and 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 interesting activities like sports …
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My dear friends, We are so blessed here in our parish. As school started this past week, we did not have to worry about whether the kids walking through our hallways came to us hungry because their parents couldn’t afford food or if they would go home to sub-standard housing. This is one of the …
My Dear Friends, With school beginning this week, I want to welcome many of you back from summer vacation. It is good that we are all gathered in the house of the Lord again to celebrate the Sunday Eucharist. With school getting under way, parish life begins to pick up even though the majority of …