Father Juan Sosa is pastor of St. Joseph Church, Miami Beach, the Catholic parish closest to the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South in Surfside. Since the collapse June 24, he has given dozens of interviews to the news media and visited the center where families await word on their loved ones. He wrote this June 29 …
From the Pastor’s Desk
July 11th – XV Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - July 9th, 2021
July 4th – XIV Sunday of Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - July 7th, 2021
My dear friends, Happy Independence Day! It’s rare that we get to gather as a community to worship on the 4th of July, but since it falls on a Sunday this year, we get to offer each of our Masses for this great nation of ours. What a blessing! We are indeed blessed to live …
Archbishop Wenski’s June Column
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 22nd, 2021
As the summer progresses, we hope to put the pandemic in our rear-view mirror. We believe currently that prudence mandates that we continue our policy of wearing face masks and social distancing at Mass. However, we are reviewing our protocols weekly. Some may feel this as an unnecessary imposition, but compliance is surely an act …
June 20th – XII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 17th, 2021
My dear friends, We celebrate Father’s Day in a unique way this year as we continue to celebrate the Year of St. Joseph. We look to Joseph as the model of fatherhood because he was called to raise none other than the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Pope Francis wrote a beautiful Apostolic Letter on …
June 13th – XI Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 10th, 2021
My dear friends, I always smile when I walk into the church before Mass and our parishioners open our bulletin for the first time. It is the same in almost every parish I have been at: the first thing we read is how much we collected in offertory the week before and then we go …
June 6th – Corpus Christi
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 3rd, 2021
My dear friends, Once again, I want to apologize for the bulletins not arriving on time last week. We are in the midst of a transition from one bulletin company to another. The details are still being worked out, and the previous two weeks we were able to get them printed. But having this happen …
May 30th – The Most Holy Trinity
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 27th, 2021
My dear friends, As we celebrate Memorial Day this weekend, our thoughts and prayers turn to all the brave men and women, especially from our parish and school, who gave their lives for this country and for the cause of freedom. We are reminded constantly that freedom is never free. These brave souls laid down …
May 23rd – Pentecost Sunday
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 19th, 2021
My Dear Friends: As we gather today to celebrate the great Solemnity of Pentecost, I am reminded that it is now one year since we returned to celebrating the Eucharist together after the 2 ½ month lockdown that sadly shuttered our churches. We gathered last Pentecost for the first time under the restrictions of the …
May 9th – VI Sunday of Easter / Mother’s Day
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 7th, 2021
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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