Independence Day is about far more than hot dogs, fireworks, and baseball. It isn’t just the premier summer holiday in the American cultural landscape. The United States of America turns 247 years old this week, a blink in the time spans that other nations celebrate as their history. Yet, we know this country to be …
From the Pastor’s Desk
July 2nd – XIII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 30th, 2023
June 25th – XII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 23rd, 2023
From the Desk of Fr. Andrew The dog days of summer are almost upon us. It’s supposed to be a time when things slow down, but no one got that memo at the Church of the Little Flower. Vacation Bible School is in full swing. Fr. Manny and the group of parish pilgrims are enjoying …
June 18th – XI Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 15th, 2023
Taken from the St. Andrew Bible Missal: Wasted time is not a prized commodity in American society. We are a people ruled by the clock. Time is money because time is to be filled with purposeful controlled activity which is productive of things which can be sold. We are convinced that we must be in …
June 11th – Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ / Corpus Christi
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 9th, 2023
My Dear Friends, The Eucharist. I have said this often: there is nothing that we do in our parish that is more important than the celebration of the Mass. Today, on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, we celebrate Christ’s Real Presence at the altar every time we gather to celebrate the Mass. We celebrate that …
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June 4th – Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 1st, 2023
My Dear Friends, Here is a wonderful catechesis on the Holy Trinity from Pope Benedict XVI: Today we contemplate the Most Holy Trinity as Jesus introduced us to it. He revealed to us that God is love “not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one substance” (Preface). He is …
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May 28th – Solemnity of Pentecost
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 25th, 2023
My Dear Friends, On this Pentecost Sunday, I want to write to you about something that is vital to our celebration of the Mass: singing! You may be asking yourself why I am writing about this particular topic on Pentecost when I could have written a catechesis on the Holy Spirit, the birth of the …
May 21st – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 18th, 2023
From the Desk of Fr. Andrew May is an incredibly busy time in our parish and in our school. It seems like we are cramming two months’ worth of events into one as we make the mad dash toward June and the summer break. We have celebrated six First Communions and a Confirmation. We are …
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May 14th – VI Sunday of Easter / Mother’s Day
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 12th, 2023
My Dear Friends, “The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.” –St. Thérèse of Lisieux The quote above attributed to our patroness is so fitting when I think about the gift of our mothers. St. Thérèse lost her mother when she was only 4 years old, yet found spiritual …
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May 7th – V Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 4th, 2023
My dear friends, As summer quickly approaches, there are many projects that the parish is about to undertake that I wanted to update all of you on in today’s bulletin. The biggest of these projects has to do with the dome of our church. Two years ago this month, we had a pretty significant leak …