From St. John Vianney: “Oh! If we had the faith.. If we were really persuaded of the Real Presence of Him who thus hides Himself out of love, and who is there, His hands full of graces, longing to distribute them, with what reverence we would come before Him, with what confidence we should invoke [...]
Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the Temple and candles are blessed on this day during the Holy Mass. We invite you to bring your candles to the 6:30 or 8:00 am Mass and we’ll bless them for you in honor of our Lord Jesus, the Light [...]
Wednesday, February 3rd, is the Feast of Saint Blaise. It is an ancient tradition to bless throats on this day, using this beautiful prayer for healing: “Through the intercession of Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, may God grant you healing from all diseases of the throat and from all other illnesses.” I invite you to [...]
All grandparents and prayer pals of our school children are invited to a special school Mass in your honor on Thursday, February 4th, at 2:00 pm. This special Mass is a part of our Catholic Schools Awareness Week celebrations and we look forward to seeing you there as we pray for God’s protection upon our [...]
On Friday, February 5th, beginning at 5:00 pm, we will pray the Holy Rosary and the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. At 5:30 pm, we will have an ad orientem Mass in Latin (the readings and collects will be in English). I invite you to join me in the church each month as [...]
The Adult Bible Study with Fr. Hilton starts again, after the long Christmas break. We will take up our study of God’s word on Thursday, February 4th at 6:30 pm in the convent basement. The Bible guides us on the great journey of salvation and we walk step by step with our Lord as He [...]
Have you considered giving your child or grandchild the gift of a Catholic education? New enrollments start soon, so I encourage you to give a call to the school office for more information.
On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI published a long-anticipated and very controversial Encyclical: Humanae Vitae (On Human Life). At the time, the Church looked at the meaning of human sexuality, particularly the morality of artificial contraception, in light of scientific developments that had successfully separated the sexual act from procreation. After much discussion, at [...]
We conclude the Christmas season by celebrating this weekend the Baptism of our Lord Jesus at the hands of Saint John the Baptist. Thirty years have passed since the Three Kings came to Bethlehem with their gifts. Saint John has attracted the Jewish people by the thousands through his fiery preaching and is baptizing all [...]
Why would a young man want to become a priest? Listen to what Pope John Paul II once said: “… a man offers his humanity to Christ, so that Christ may use him as an instrument of salvation, making him, as it were, into another Christ. Unless we grasp the mystery of this ‘exchange,’ we [...]
