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Priorities for Next Generation Parish

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The National Eucharistic Congress will be conducted at Indianapolis from 17 July through 21 July. The Congress is the highlight of the four-year National Eucharistic Revival which began in 2022. In preparation for the Congress a National Eucharistic Procession is underway. The Eucharistic Procession began earlier this month in four locations – California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Texas. These processions began… Read More »Priorities for Next Generation Parish

MDW ’24!

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Thank you all for your prayerful well-wishes, support, and encouragement for the 25th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Our liturgy of Pentecost on 18 May was a beautiful celebration of the advocacy of the Holy Spirit. Thank you to our deacons, lectors, music ministry, servers, sextons, church decorators, and rectory staff who made the occasion so special and… Read More »MDW ’24!

Mothers!

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Blessings on this Mother’s Day weekend. May Our Lady intercede on behalf of all our mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, and all who play a maternal role in our lives. Enjoy this most special time with your family.   The following was written by Pope Leo XIII (13th) on the Feast Day of the Birth of the Blessed Mother, 8 September 1892. The… Read More »Mothers!

The Solemnity of the Ascension

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Congratulations to our First Holy Communion Class, and welcome to the Table of Plenty as you receive the Bread of Life. These young parishioners have been diligently preparing for their first reception of the Most Blessed Sacrament and their reverent approach to the altar showcases their love and respect for Jesus, the Church, and the Most Holy Eucharist. Thank you… Read More »The Solemnity of the Ascension

Our First

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Our First Communion Class will celebrate their retreat today, in a final preparation for their reception of their First Holy Communion on Saturday. They have already received the Sacrament of Penance as they have been preparing for this reception of the Bread of Life. Blessings upon them and their families as well as their catechists and teachers who have assisted… Read More »Our First

Jesus as the Good Shepard

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The Fourth Week of Easter is traditionally Vocation Awareness Sunday since the gospel reading for this Sunday carries the theme of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Shepherding is a call to leadership. It recognizes the responsibility of the shepherd for the welfare of others. For a religious vocation the shepherd focuses upon the spiritual welfare of those in his care.… Read More »Jesus as the Good Shepard

You radiate goodness, you radiate hope, you radiate the Resurrection

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Recently I was watching a book discussion about eighteenth century America. The author spoke about the misperception of the geo-politics of the age. Our nation, rather than being separated by an east/west division of euro-centric to the east and indigenous to the west, was more like a series of wagon-wheels. The hubs of the wheel could either be the cities,… Read More »You radiate goodness, you radiate hope, you radiate the Resurrection

Easter Blessings!

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“This is the night, that with a pillar of fire banished the darkness of sin. This is the night that sets Christian believers apart from worldly vices and from the gloom of sin, leading them to grace and joining them to his holy ones. This is the night, when Christ broke the prison-bars of death and rose victorious from the… Read More »Easter Blessings!