October 20th – XXIX Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - October 17th, 2024

October 13th – XXVIII Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - October 11th, 2024

My Dear Friends: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17)  We all come to Mass because we have this question. We all long and hunger for the transcendent, for something greater than ourselves. We want what the young man in the gospel wants: we want immortality, and thankfully, the young man has …

Oct 6th – XXVII Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - October 3rd, 2024

My Dear Friends: In the Old Testament towards the end of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses is coming to the end of his life and is preparing the people of Israel to enter the Promised Land. He is pleading with the people he has led for 40 years through the desert to follow the precepts …

September 29th – XXVI Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - September 26th, 2024

My Dear Friends: This coming week we celebrate the feast of our patroness, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower. There is so much wisdom that I keep discovering every time I open up her “Story of a Soul,” so much spiritual brilliance in such a young woman, and so much insight into how to …

September 22, 2024 – XXV Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - September 19th, 2024

My Dear Friends: “`If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.’” Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, `Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives …

September 15th – XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - September 12th, 2024

My Dear Friends: Today the Church celebrates Catechetical Sunday, and at our 10:30am Mass our catechists from our Religious Education program and our teachers from our parochial school will be commissioned as catechists for this school year. We have 250 students in Religious Education and 910 students in our school, so 1160 children will be …

September 8th – A Message From Archbishop Wenski

From the Pastor’s Desk - September 5th, 2024

Archbishop Wenski’s column for May 2024 edition of the Florida Catholic Florida Amendment 4, which will appear on Florida’s November 2024 ballot, is an extreme proposal that legalizes full term abortion with no protections for the preborn child, including when the child is capable of feeling pain. This proposed amendment to our state constitution would …

September 1st – XXII Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - August 30th, 2024

My Dear Friends: As we celebrate this much needed long weekend, as a parish we start preparing for a busy few months of retreats and activities by our ministries. As I wrote last week, this coming Wednesday, September 4 at 8pm, we will go as a parish to the feet of Our Lady to celebrate …

August 25th – XXI Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - August 22nd, 2024

My Dear Friends: Our ministries are back in full force after a quiet, restful summer. Over the next two months, we have so many events and ministries starting up that we are honestly scrambling to find enough room in the bulletin to fit all these announcements. A very good problem to have as a parish. …