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 …
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May 2nd – V Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 29th, 2021
April 25th – IV Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 22nd, 2021
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 …
April 18th – III Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 15th, 2021
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 …
April 11th – Divine Mercy Sunday
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 8th, 2021
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 …
April 4th – Easter Sunday
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 3rd, 2021
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 …
March 28th – Palm Sunday
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 26th, 2021
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 …
March 21st – V Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 18th, 2021
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 …
March 14th – IV Sunday of Lent – Laetare Sunday
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 11th, 2021
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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March 7th – III Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 4th, 2021
My Dear Friends: Rehab can often get violent. When we are trying to recover from an addiction or a vice, things may get messy. So it stands to reason that when we turn away from the vice of sin, the devil will do everything in his power to fight us and cause havoc. But that’s …