Welcome Youngjin Joo
I’m sure many of you have noticed that we’ve had a new piano and organ accompanist at the 8:00 and 9:30am Masses over the summer. Youngjin Joo, who has played the piano since she was eight years old and holds a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance, has graced us with her excellent musical accompaniment on both the organ and piano. After an extensive search over the summer and auditions with several candidates, we have engaged Youngjin as our new Sunday Accompanist and Adult Choir Director. I want to take this [...]
Annual Appeal
“Our seminary is not closing!” This was the opening statement that Bishop Timothy Senior, the rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, made as he addressed the priests of our archdiocese at a recent clergy conference. I want you to hear this statement because I’m afraid that there are those who think the seminary is, indeed, closing. There are currently 165 seminarians from 15 (arch)dioceses and five religious communities at our seminary preparing for the priesthood; 75 of them are preparing to become priests for our archdiocese. So, it’s clear that [...]
Stewardship Weekend
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” (Mt. 22: 21). When some of the religious leaders try to trap Jesus with a question about whether or not to pay the Roman taxes, Jesus reminds his listeners that everything belongs to God; after all, he is the creator of the universe and gives us all that we have. We read in the Bible that, after God had created the heavens and the earth, he planted a garden and placed man there to tend it [...]
Mission Sunday in Preparation for Stewardship Sunday
“Go, make disciples of all nations…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt 28:19). After Jesus overcame death by his Resurrection, he did not just return to heaven to sit at the right of the Father. Before ascending to the Father, he commissioned those who had come to believe in him to make disciples, that is, others who would come to believe in the one, true God and his son, Jesus, who came to save us. That is the ongoing mission of the Church; we are the [...]
Next Sunday is WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
“The mission of Christ the redeemer, which is entrusted to the Church, is still very far from completion. As the second millennium after Christ’s coming draws to an end, an overall view of the human race shows that this mission is still only beginning and that we must commit ourselves wholeheartedly to its service. It is the Spirit who impels us to proclaim the great works of God: ‘For if I preach the Gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me [...]
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 [...]