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CHRIST OUR HOPE IN EVERY SEASON OF LIFE

It’s hard to believe that October is almost upon us!  And, we join with parishes throughout the country in observing Respect Life Month throughout October.  This year, we even anticipate it this weekend with our annual Run for Life at the Wilson Farm Park in support of A Baby’s Breath; you will find details about this run on flyers on the church doors.  And, Archbishop Charles Chaput will mark the beginning of Respect Life Month with a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul this Sunday at […]

2019-09-27T11:15:15-04:00September 28th, 2019|

Catholic Charities Appeal Update

“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 61 years, Catholic Charities Appeal has provided assistance for over 10 million people throughout […]

2019-09-20T14:49:15-04:00September 21st, 2019|

CATECHETICAL SUNDAY

“Stay with us,” we hear the two disciples of our Lord implore their unknown fellow traveler as they approach Emmaus.  We all know the story of these two disciples – how, after our Lord was crucified, they were on their way from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus.  They were talking about everything that had just happened to their beloved friend, Jesus, when he began to walk with them but, as we read in Luke’s gospel, “their eyes were prevented from recognizing him” (Lk 24:15).  We might ask, “how could […]

2019-09-13T12:56:54-04:00September 14th, 2019|

Black and Indian Mission Collection

All Catholics are familiar with all kinds of “second collections” taken up in our parish churches.  Through these collections, we are all called to share in the universal work of the Church.  But only one second collection can claim status as the first one in our country.  Recognizing a need to call the faithful to support missionary work among African American and Native American Catholics, the U.S. Catholic bishops established the Catholic Church Charity Commission for the Catholic Missions in 1884 to administer a national collection – the first of […]

2019-09-06T08:47:29-04:00September 7th, 2019|

Fall Activities Resume

As we celebrate Labor Day weekend, I hope you have all had time for some rest and relaxation.  Now, it’s time to return to full swing!  Our school begins this Wednesday, 4 September, PREP begins next Monday (9 September) and Wednesday (11 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!

Of course, the parish facilities have been rather lively all summer as we hosted various camps: Around the World […]

2019-08-23T14:03:10-04:00August 31st, 2019|
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