Homilies and Letters

Second Sunday of Advent (B) INTRO: Has this ever happened to you…..tree trimming!!!!?? Families get together; sip some beverages, listening to Christmas music, dividing up the duties of trimming the tree. Suppose you are the one who gets to do the lights…..!!! How many of you like to do the lights???? How many of you […]

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First Sunday of Advent (B) 2020 INTRO: In this vastly-used technological world most of us either KNOW ABOUT or HAVE TRULY EXPERIENCED the computer CRASH!!! The computer screen ALL OF A SUDDEN goes DARK!!!! And the threat of losing a project or whatever we have been working on MAY BE LOST!!!!! We get stunned. We […]

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Dear Parishioners, Just want to keep you all informed. As of today and through December 16th, 2020 I am taking seriously the advisory from Summit Health Department in terms of employees on our Rectory Staff working remotely. This message does not include the school or its employees as there will be more information about the […]

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Dear Parishioners, I am just offering a reminder and a clarification about Saturday, November 7th and beyond. Last week, on October 29th, 2020 the Governor DID NOT DECLARE Summit County as level 4 (purple).  We remain at level 3 (red).  When we turned red from level two (orange) a number of weeks before that, I felt […]

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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: I grew up on the west side of Cleveland, and most of my young formative years were in Lakewood, Ohio. It was in that BIG old colonial home that we children learned: All things have a certain place. Our father’s car was always parked in the same spot. […]

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