Welcome Archbishop Nelson J. Perez
Last month, our archdiocese welcomed Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul as he was installed as our new archbishop. At the end of this month – in two weeks – we will be privileged to welcome him here in our own church as he celebrates Mass for Deanery 2 on Monday, 30 March. As he mentioned at the installation Mass, Abp. Pérez wants to travel throughout the archdiocese to listen and learn from all of us. One of the ways that he will […]
Second Sunday in Lent
Just a few weeks ago, the stock market was flourishing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its all-time high of 29,551 points on 12 February; that was less than a month ago. And yet, that seems to be a world away, doesn’t it, and now it resembles a roller coaster, with wild swings up and down – mostly down – as the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19 or even more correctly SARS-CoV-2, interrupts trade and travel for so many and has us all concerned for our health and the health […]
TAKE A LEAP FOR SKS
If you missed last Saturday’s Take a Leap for SKS First Annual Fund Party you missed the party of the year! Over 400 alumni, parents and grandparents of alumni, parishioners and other supporters of our great school enjoyed catching up with each other and watching a terrific video that had been produced just for the occasion. I encourage you to watch this video; it will give you an insight into the spirit of our school as reported by students, parents and teachers. You can find this video on both our […]
First Sunday in Lent
Who would have thought that we would experience such turmoil from a lowly virus? A rogue nation shooting a dirty nuclear bomb or a cyber attacker crippling our electrical power grid – sure – but a virus? And yet, the coronavirus, renamed COVID19 or more correctly SARS CoV-2, is certainly giving us great concern and the stock market tumbles as a result of serious trade and travel disruptions. It’s tempting to retreat from the world but where do you go to be safe? Sorry, I don’t have an answer to […]
Lent Begins
It’s been a strange and unusually warm and wet winter, hasn’t it? Some of you may still be looking for that one, major snow storm but, ready or not, spring is fast approaching. Liturgically, Lent – which means “spring” – is already here; it started just a few days ago with Ash Wednesday. Just as the natural world is reawakened and renewed every spring, each year, the Church, in her wisdom, offers us this liturgical Season of Lent, a season for reconciliation and renewal.
On Ash Wednesday we were again made […]
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.” “So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Wow – those are two really bold, demanding statements, aren’t they!?! And yet, they’re straight from God, one through Moses, as we heard in today’s first reading from the Book of Leviticus, and the other from Jesus himself as we continue to hear from his Sermon on the Mount. That’s what we – we who believe in God and follow his son, Jesus – are called to do. It’s a […]
CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL
“Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me. …As often as you did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me” (Mt 25:34-36, 40).
For the past 62 years, Catholic Charities Appeal has provided assistance for millions of people throughout the […]