Dear Parishioners, Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of WORD ON FIRE AND CATHOLIC MINISTRIES. He is also the Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California. He has been a priest for thirty-three years and a bishop for four years. On his own, writing as a Catholic, he published a book most recently Letter to a […]

Dear Parishioners, I have always appreciated the phrase that: CHANGE IS GOOD, BUT, CHANGE IS DIFFICULT! But, I don’t believe there will be any difficulty here at IHM with a NEW CHANGE! At IHM we are experiencing a new change for RCIA and Sacramental Preparation this 2019-2020 year and there is goodness in that change! […]

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: “School’s out for summer”! Everybody loves that! But, with that will be the arrival of a new classroom grade, advancing to maybe a High School or a College…. New horizons! Some of us MAY LOOK BACK on the past and wish for it again, but, we know that […]

Dear Parishioners, SAVE THE DATE! The Parish Pastoral Council is planning a “social” night for adult parishioners on Saturday evening (after the 4:30pm Mass) on November 9th, 2019.  It is going to be what is called a MURDER MYSTERY DINNER!!!!  I know that seems far away, but, it will take some “planning”.  The Parish Council […]

Corpus Christi The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ © 2019 Intro: QUESTION TIME … Congregation participation! 1. How many of you like to cook? 2. How many of you like to EAT? 3. How many of you have ever “waited on tables”? 4. How many of you eat out? Obviously, no matter who […]

Dear Parishioners, Because of the generosity of all parishioners throughout the diocese, the Catholic Charities 2019 Appeal has raised $11,030,397.00! There were a total of 39,719 donors! Their goal was 13.5 million. The annual Appeal is not over. Anyone may contribute at any time. Call Karen Joyce at 1-800-869-6525 x1910 or visit https://www.catholiccommunity.org/ways-to-give/donate-online for additional […]

Trinity Sunday © INTRO: My Father was called: DAD Sometimes: DADDY Or POPS My mom of course called him JOHN And He called my mom: PEACH Everybody’s got a name ……. A “given” name or a nickname! The names of GOD Is what we celebrate today! “Oh Lord our God, how wonderful your name in […]

Dear Parishioners, What a great DAY last Saturday, June 8, 2019 was where we held our second annual CHRIST ON THE CORNER “Go out to all the world” What was this all about? It was a parish day of prayer and service to the needy in our area, ourselves included as IHM property was weeded, […]

Dear Parishioners, Mary Murphy has offered herself to our parish for a little over seven years.  She has done many things for the people of this parish in regards to faith formation.  IHM has received the benefits from many “converts” now participating in the life of the parish, children being well-prepared for their sacraments, parishioners […]

Ascension Sunday © 2019 INTRO: a commonly used phrase these days is: “Hang in there!” How many of you have used it? Now, I cannot image the Gospel writer Luke ever saying to the early church members: “HANG IN THERE!” This just wasn’t the way people in the early church spoke! This expression actually became […]