Dear Parishioners, At any parish, RCIA is a very important ministry for others who are seeking to develop their spiritual life with Jesus, through the catholic church. IHM has always had a trained lay catechist to assist this ministry of others’ conversion. There are specific codes in Canon Law that a parish follows. Here they […]

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) 2021 INTRO: I first met JESUS in my family’s living room. I was probably 9 or 10 years old. It was on GOOD FRIDAY, during the three hours that Jesus was dying on the cross for us, and my parents handed us children the BIBLE telling us to BE […]

Dear Parishioners, The annual sacramental life for our young people is always important, relevant, and necessary for the continued active life of a parish. I’m referring to the sacraments of initiation after baptism; First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, and Confirmation. In our parish, children at the age of reason (7years of age) decide if confession, holy […]

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 (B) INTRO: I have been accused of being that kind of person that some would say I am “stealing the show” or “making everything about ME!” Certainly not a favorite thing to hear about me. I have friends that say, “Oh of course it’s all about you!” Well, I […]

Dear Parishioners, It’s back-to-school time and one important school activity that must go on is fundraising. Under the best of circumstances, school operations’ fundraising is a fundamental need. This year, it is even more significant and so I introduce to you once again the IHM elementary school’s third annual car raffle. As you remember, BINGO […]

22nd Sunday in ordinary time 2021 INTRO: Sometimes the end of summer has our school children “shopping” for new clothes, whether online or in person shopping! So, did they BUY the right things???? Are they wearing the right shoes? The smartest footwear in the coolest colors? Is their hairstyle…. The RIGHT way? Are we, whether […]

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time B INTRO: Interesting couple of lines in today’s Gospel: Many of Jesus’s disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard, who can accept it?” As a result of this many of His disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied Him. How sad. Jesus was […]

Dear Parishioners, I appreciate your attentiveness to filling out the survey put out a couple of weeks ago about Eucharistic Adoration and making sure that at least one person would be in the church while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in the monstrance on the altar. More than thirty people responded and selected a convenient […]

Assumption Homily (B) 2021 Sunday, August 15th INTRO: Apparently, every Friday my dad would get paid, and at the end of his workday around 4 o’clock, in his suit and tie would pile us kids and my mom into the big boat of a car; a 1958 light blue MERCURY MONTEREY and we would drive […]

Dear Parishioners, Hope this greeting finds all of you well, especially during hot August 2021! I enjoyed a few days away the first week in August and am re-charged, rested, and relaxed. I have been blessed with a “house on a pond” surrounded by woods in a quiet part of Chardon, Ohio; not too far […]