Homilies and Letters
Dear Parishioners, Included in this weekend’s bulletin (and attached to this Flock Note) is the annual parish financial report for the fiscal year July 2019 through June 2020. Click here to view the report. This report was reviewed by our Parish Finance Council and accepted and approved by the Diocesan Finance Office without incident in […]
Dear Parishioners, CAR RAFFLE 2020 seems like sooooooo long ago, but, I wanted to take the opportunity in this New Year 2021 to thank everyone who contributed during the September, October, and November months to this very successful fundraiser for our catholic day school operations. You bought 3,467 tickets during those three months! Thank you […]
Dear Parishioners, Because of COVID-19 it has never been easy for me to receive your calls concerning the anointing of the sick and or making a hospital visitation for our parishioners. Truly, I am always concerned about the sick and dying, ministering to them, and responding to your phone calls almost immediately to give consolation […]
Epiphany 2021 INTRO: When we were kids………….. We used to put up a sign on our bedroom door which said KEEP OUT! I guess we did that because we were mad at our brothers and sisters or parents or we wanted nothing to do with others or maybe we were just claiming our own territory. […]
HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY 2020 INTRO: I was diagnosed at a very early age with poor eyesight. The eye doctor called it “LAZY EYE” in my right eye. I hated that diagnosis! I am not LAZY. My brother with perfect eye sight teased me mercilessly. “Lazy eye Lazy eye Jimmy’s got a lazy eye! Oh well. […]
Christmas Eve 2020 INTRO: Did you know it is roughly 100 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem? According to GOOGLE maps it would take about 34 hours to travel the distance on foot, not counting stops for rest – nor does it consider bandits in the desert and a woman at full term pregnancy??? But this […]
Dear Parishioners, DID YOU KNOW?? The CARES act provides important tax incentives, which will expire on December 31, 2020: As you consider a year-end gift to help our parish, please know that that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT) was signed into law in March of this year and includes important […]
Dear Parishioners, Your charitable giving these past several months made my year and has helped ease the burdens brought on by the pandemic. With 2020 in the rearview mirror, I join the chorus of so many voices ready to say “so long” to the past year! However, as with any challenge, there are always countless […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent (B) INTRO: Who has seen the movie: WIZARD OF OZ? Okay, Dorothy and Toto meet three characters on her way to OZ… FIRST ONE ? SECOND ONE ? THIRD ONE ? What does the FIRST ONE want from the Wizard? What does the SECOND ONE want from the Wizard? And What […]
Dear Parishioners, Well here we are, just about nearing Christmas 2020. Please take time to remember that the Christmas season is about GOD IS WITH US! Look at your nativity set with loving HOPE and the endearing sentimentality that YOU AND I are not left alone in a dark pandemic world, but, comforted by a […]