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ARCHDIOCESE OF ONITSHA

ANNUAL MISSIONARY COOPERATIVE

 Last week, we announced that Fr. Celestine Madubuko, representing the Archdiocese of Onitsha, would come this weekend for the annual Missionary Cooperative Appeal.  This is one of the two times throughout the year (the other is World Mission Sunday in October) that we focus on the universal Church and our union with fellow Catholics around the world.  We hear Jesus invite us in today’s gospel passage “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon […]

2023-07-07T15:49:25-04:00July 8th, 2023|

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

It is every parent’s dream.  It goes like this.  Your child is a guest at someone’s home for dinner; maybe it’s a friend or a relative.  When the meal is over, your child is the one who, without being asked, rises from the table, grabs some plates, takes them into the kitchen and puts them either in the sink or in the dishwasher.  What parent doesn’t live with the secret hope that your ten thousand nudges to your kids “pick that up” and “put that in the trash” and “did […]

2023-07-05T16:07:32-04:00July 5th, 2023|

TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

How many of you were captivated by the search of the submersible Titan this week?  As a scuba diver and one who loves the deep blue sea, it certainly caught my attention.  The dangerous drama of those five adventurous men inside this tiny, 22-foot-long experimental vessel traveling 13,000 feet into the darkness of the deep to catch a momentary glimpse of the Titanic that has been resting on the ocean floor for over a hundred years was riveting and the fear of their loss from either hypothermia or lack of […]

2023-06-30T13:00:02-04:00June 30th, 2023|

Update on our School and it’s Board of Limited Jurisdiction

UPDATE ON OUR SCHOOL AND ITS BOARD OF LIMITED JURISDICTION

As another very exciting year comes to an end at our school, I would like to offer an update for everyone; there’s lots of good news to share.  As you certainly know, Adria Crowley has completed her first year as our principal, succeeding Bud Tosti who retired last June after 17 very successful years as our principal.  Adria has already demonstrated her outstanding leadership and, working very closely with our exceptional faculty and staff, has led our school through an excellent […]

2023-06-24T09:35:42-04:00June 24th, 2023|

ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

After celebrating some of the great feasts of our faith – Pentecost, the Trinity and the Body and Blood of our Lord – we now return to ordinary time, time ordered by God for our salvation.  And, we return to hearing from the Gospel of Matthew, the gospel that is featured throughout this liturgical year.  The passage we hear this evening follows Matthew’s presentation of our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount.  Great crowds are following Jesus now as he goes from town to town because they were impressed by his […]

2023-06-24T09:27:54-04:00June 24th, 2023|

THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?  The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?” (1 Cor 10:16).  Last week, we celebrated the central mystery of our faith – the Blessed Trinity.  Today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ and join with all parishes throughout our country in initiating the parish phase of the Eucharistic Revival sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, […]

2023-06-10T07:45:52-04:00June 10th, 2023|
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