My Dear Friends, Believe it or not, Lent begins this coming Wednesday. It feels like we never quite emerged from Lent in 2020. God has taken us into the desert of this pandemic which has caused us to seek God out all the more, and now we are called to that renewal again. Even though …
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My Dear Friends, It’s so wonderful to be back ministering to all of you this weekend. I want to thank you for your prayers during the last two weeks as I was quarantined in the rectory after testing positive for COVID-19. Thankfully, my case was mild, and I was relatively symptom free. I know that …
Please read Fr. Manny’s ABCD Message HERE.
My dear parish family, I wanted to inform you that last night I tested positive for COVID-19. I am feeling well, and will be confined to my room in the rectory for quarantine. Rest assured that all Masses and sacraments in the parish will proceed as scheduled. Outside priests have generously stepped up to help. Please pray …
My Dear Friends, The pandemic has taken a toll on so many aspects of our lives. As a Church, we had to endure a lockdown and then the slow gradual buildup of our Masses when we reopened. Our ministries are sadly still shuttered, but our Homeless Ministry has not stopped in helping to feed the poor. …
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My Dear Friends, Now that the Coronavirus vaccines have begun to be distributed, I wanted to share with you a statement from the U.S. Bishops regarding the morality of the vaccines. Above all, it should be stated: it is morally acceptable to receive the vaccine. The U.S. Bishops affirm this, the Vatican has affirmed this, …
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My Dear Friends, With today’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we conclude the Christmas season and what a blessed Christmas season we have had. Our priests were overjoyed, like the Magi when they saw the star, when they saw the amount of people that came to Mass during Christmas. I still remember Father …
My Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I don’t think we have ever started a new year with so much hope in our hearts: hope that some sense of normalcy will return in 2021, hope that this pandemic will soon be relegated to the history books, and hope that this new year will bring us back …
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family ofJesus, Mary, and Joseph. As we continue to celebrate the joy of Christmas, we commend the families of our parish and school to the Holy Family because, as we have often said, the family is the core of society and of our Church. Yet we know …
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