First Sunday of Lent (A) 2020 INTRO: I remember that my two younger sisters each had a “security blanket” ……. raggy and dirty to a degree!!!! And I remember frantically trying to look for it when they seemed to have lost it…SUCH TANTRUMS….they couldn’t last living without it until it was in their hands! That […]

Dear Parishioners, I am very proud to say that you are once again “putting on” a parish-wide service program! You are taking to the area in which we live “service” to our community! This May 9th, 2020 YOU will be “CHRIST ON THE CORNER” to those in need. This is your opportunity to go into […]

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Confirmation Retreat Day ending with the 4:30pm Mass INTRO: Let’s play SPELLING BEE…… But, let’s do it in your minds …… spell the word: EASY “It is EASY for me to boil water…. EASY” Now, think about this: What is something that you do that you consider EASY? -could […]

Dear Parishioners, Lent is right around the corner and that means three Masses on Ash Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 8:00am 9:30am (with the school children) 7:00pm PLEASE NOTE: There will be a SPECIAL COLLECTION at each of these Masses whereas all the offerings will go to support FEEDING THE HUNGRY, the HOT MEAL program that […]

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: “LET YOUR YES MEAN YES AND YOUR NO MEAN NO” Well, it just was VALENTINE”S Day…. and no I didn’t buy a VALENTINE’S DAY CARD, but, my oldest sister has a Valentine’s birthday…. So I was in the card shop looking for a card. The clerk was “stocking” […]

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: I have three sisters The youngest: creative cooking Enthusiastic Color on the plate Herbs Innovative!!!!! The middle sister: also a wonderful cook and hostess! Now there is The oldest SISTER: NO ONE wants to go over to her house!!!!!!!… For dinner!!!! We do go over, but the SILENT […]

Dear Parishioners, This will be the week that IHM school parents, who currently have their children enrolled in the IHM elementary school, will register for the 2020-2021 school year and reapply to the FACTS TUITION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.  Yes it is that time of the year to do so, which at first may sound EARLY, but […]

Dear Parishioners, Being away in Cancun, Mexico always has its advantages, but, coming home for next weekend has even more blessings because the church will celebrate having a mission to educate children in our catholic elementary school and its Pre-K program! Join me for a CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK MASS on Sunday at 10:00am which will […]

Dear Parishioners, The 2020 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal will take place on the weekend of February 8-9, 2020 in our parish. The theme for the 2020 CCAA “Faces of Hope” reminds us that though we are many, we are one in Christ. As missionary disciples, we work together to respond to all those in need […]

Second Sunday Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: Tell story of the Rabbi and the Guard Once there was a rabbi, A very poor Rabbi, Who lived in Krakow, Poland…..he, his wife, and his 4 children, They lived in a tiny hovel on a street called: LOST ANGEL. One night the poor Rabbi dreamed of great riches. […]