FALL ACTIVITIES RESUME
Next week is Labor Day weekend – can you believe it!?! As summer quickly comes to an end, I hope you have all had time for some rest and relaxation. Now, it’s time to begin thinking of returning to full swing! Our school begins next Wednesday, 9 September, PREP begins on Monday, 14 September, and all the other parish organizations resume their full fall schedule over the next few weeks. It will be great to have the parish facilities become fully alive again!
Order of Christian Initiation of Adults […]
SUMMER PROJECTS UPDATE
It’s hard to believe that summer is coming to an end; I hope you’ve enjoyed some time for rest and relaxation! As we do every year, we have undertaken a number of projects throughout our parish facilities over the summer months. After addressing the ongoing leaks that have occurred in the parish center for more than a decade by patching the flat roof, we finally replaced it this summer. It was 26 years old and well beyond its life expectancy. This was one of the projects we had planned to […]
TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The people of ancient Israel believed that they were God’s Chosen people; they were special and holy in God’s eyes. They were forbidden to associate with Gentiles. They were not to do business with them or even pass through their towns. And yet, we hear in all four of the Gospels that Jesus often associated with Gentiles. It was one of the many strikes against him by the time he was led out to the cross. But, it was also a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy and clearly an essential […]
SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE WORD ANNUAL MISSIONARY COOPERATIVE
In this Sunday’s gospel account, we hear of Jesus healing the daughter of a Canaanite woman after declaring “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” (Mt 15:28). Even though Jesus had, at first, turned her away, explaining that “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” he acceded to the woman’s pleas due to her strong faith in him. Then, after his Resurrection, as he prepared to return to the Father, Jesus commanded his disciples to make […]
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Last week, we heard in the gospel that Jesus fed the thousands after they followed him to a deserted place; you will recall that he had gone to this deserted place to pray. Today, we hear that, after he had fed the people, he dismissed them and even made his disciples get into a boat and precede him to the other side of the lake so he could finally get some time to pray. He knew that he had to spend some time by himself to commune with his heavenly […]