Dear Parishioners, IHM has been blessed with the pastoral and liturgical help of Deacon Joseph Menkhaus. He arrived last May 19 in 2021 and will conclude his service to IHM on the weekend of May 7-8, 2022! In his last month here, Deacon Joe will be a TREMENDOUS help with the Holy Week and Easter […]

Fourth Sunday in Lent 2022 C INTRO: Have you simply looked at a person and evaluated him or her on what they are wearing? Several years ago, I was disappointed to hear that some girls would group themselves as “friends” by making sure they were wearing a certain type of hairband!! Boys were doing the […]

Dear Parishioners, I have been asked by the diocese to make my parishioners aware of this new opportunity for you to donate funds to the Angel Scholarship Fund. As you are aware, the tuition cost for all catholic elementary schools gets higher and higher annually. Our Bishop does not want to see families leave a […]

Third Sunday of Lent C 2022 INTRO: I have mentioned to you before that I was not the “brightest light to hit the socket” when I was in school! Obviously, I made it, but did have some difficulties along the way. For instance, we had an intense chemistry teacher in the seminary college program. She […]

Second Sunday in Lent ( C ) INTRO: Are you worried about the future? For Our church…. Our society…. Our world…. Our own safety…. Your family’s well-being…. There is a lot of worry out there…. Am I RIGHT? Worrying about the future, because it is so uncertain and a bit scary, causes anxiety and stress […]

Dear Parishioners, The faithful throughout the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland will have an opportunity to provide financial assistance to the war victims in Ukraine as well as to support other projects in Central and Eastern Europe through the annual Collection to Aid the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. The collection is sanctioned by the […]

First Sunday of Lent c 2022 INTRO: Well, I have often mentioned in my homily’s small bits of information about my family and growing up. You may remember that John and I (the twins) were the second birth in the Singler family. The first was my older sister! She was PERFECT in every way. She […]

Ash Wednesday 2022 INTRO: Raise your right hand if you ever watched a Basketball Game on TV? Now RAISE both hands if you ever went to a STADIUM to watch a football or baseball game? I thought so….. All of you were like SPECTATORS, watching the games on TV or in the stadium. I am […]

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 © INTRO: Blind leading the blind Splinters and beams in our eyes Good trees and bad trees good fruits and bad fruits OH MY! What is going on here? REMEMBER …… The GOSPELS are about improving US and so JESUS uses imagery today to accomplish improvement in us. Let […]

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: “Going the extra mile!” Have you ever dreaded going to some place or event, but after it was over you wished it had not ended??? Sometimes going the extra mile to do something we initially do not want to do can make an enormous difference in our lives. […]