Dear Parishioners, Happy New Year, 2023! May the Good Lord, PROTECT YOU – GUIDE YOU – MAINTAIN YOU and SUSTAIN YOU! Wishing you all the best in the coming year! Many blessings, Father Jim

Dear Parishioners (who still pay State of Ohio taxes), BE AN ANGEL! I am very aware of the many requests for donations that all of us receive, and sometimes for many of us daily through the mail from various religious communities and civil organizations! Everywhere there is much-needed financial assistance for operations. Even, I ask […]

Fourth Sunday of Advent (A) 2019 INTRO: ASK: HONESTY NOW…. Raise your hands if someone has accused you of “talking too much”!!! I thought so! I have been accused of such as well. Even back when I was in the second grade the Notre Dame Sister wrote to my parents: IF JAMES WOULDN’T TALK SO […]

Third Sunday of Advent A 2022 Gaudete Sunday INTRO: I was in the third grade and after being diagnosed with “lazy EYE” and getting poor grades because I could not see the blackboard, I was finally prescribed with glasses to wear 100% of the time. So, the glasses helped me SEE BETTER! Seeing better is […]

Second Sunday of Advent (A) INTRO: How many of you like to do the lights, decorating a Christmas tree???? How many of you HAVE CERTAIN WAY TO DO THE LIGHTS??? So here I am…doing the lights….…. ALL OF SUDDEN, I hear: Um, JIM, don’t you want to GO AROUND THE TREE doing the lights, instead […]

Dear Parishioners, I announced at our Thanksgiving Day Mass that the SINGLER brothers (along with two of our niece’s fiancé’s) were going to have a pumpkin pie bake off. These pies were going to be judged for: 1. Best Crust, 2. Best Filling, and 3. Best Presentation It was a blind tasting of these four […]

First Sunday of Advent (A) 2022 INTRO: Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? Pilgrimages are HOLY JOURNEY’S from beginning to end. It is at the end of the journey that is “possibly” most special and rewarding for the “pilgrims.” The El Camino de Santiago is a famous “walking” pilgrimage in Europe beginning in France […]

Christ the King Homily 2022 C Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe INTRO: Many times, in “social circles” people talk about their lives, their traditions, their customs, and their nationality. And that makes for good conversations, and it helps people to really know one another. And each of us here has that information […]

Dear Parishioners, As mid-November is upon us, I want to make you aware of a few items: Earlier this month we had the church ceiling fans lowered and washed. I had let that go for too long and so I will try and keep them as clean as I can in the future. It must […]

Dear IHM Parishioners, Thank you to those who have supported the school’s Car Raffle fundraiser, both this year and in years past. We are mid-way through this year’s campaign. You have probably noticed the 2022 Ford EcoSport on display in front of the church. Should you be the lucky winner on December 3rd, you will […]