Dear Parishioners, Beginning in July, IHM will have one full time catechist for the OCIA ministry (formerly referred as RCIA) and this individual will also be a Director of Catholic Identity for IHM Elementary School. Please welcome MARY ANN LOVE! As mentioned, this position will have a two-fold responsibility for the development and implementation of […]

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) INTRO: Geography was never my STRONG SUIT? You tell me to go NORTH and undoubtedly, I end up going South! But…there are some interesting facts in the bible where GEOGRAPHY plays an important part!! Take for instance today the SEA OF GALILEE…………. It is a body of water…correct?? The […]

Dear Parishioners, KEEPING THE FAITH has created a cooperation between five area parishes: IHM, Saint Joe’s, Holy Family, Saint Eugene’s, and Our Lady of Victory. There is an agreement that the two parish schools in this five-parish partnership would develop a school advisory council. The parishes recognize that each pastor represents his parish in all […]

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) INTRO: True Story……………. “Who Knows What It Will Bring to Someone?” A church held a clothing drive for the poor and homeless. The parish youth group volunteered to sort, fold, and pack the clothes. The kids…as only kids can do…. Made a GAME of it, trying on items that […]

Dear Parishioners, As you might remember this summer has a HUGE project and capital expense of replacing the roof shingles on the church building, the convent building, and the rectory building. The importance of this much needed capital expense project, (totaling $122,000.00) protects all these buildings and especially on the church building, this offers us […]

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) 2024 INTRO: Tell the story of who is the most popular in school. PATRICK IS!!! WHY? He gave me the HIGH FIVE!!!! What is it about that action? Or the “fist bump”? It really makes a point that we are congratulating one another, or that we are united to […]

Corpus Christi June 2, 2024 INTRO: A woman left church on a Sunday morning and was shopping at a small outdoor stand near her New York city apartment. She noticed a homeless woman looking over the fruits and vegetables there. She immediately went up to the woman and asked if she would like to choose […]

Dear Parishioners, After consideration of many responses from our Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, which were overwhelmingly positive, my decision is to have two communion cups of consecrated wine to share with the congregation at each of our weekend Masses, plus, if possible, at our daily Masses as well. PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The ministers who […]

Dear Parishioners, CHRIST ON THE CORNER has been an annual event in May for our parishioners to go out to the homes of our parishioners, the property here at IHM, and places where the poor or veterans can be provided with food and rest to clean up, paint, fix and restore whatever is asked of […]

Pentecost Sunday (B) 2024 INTRO: ANYY RUNNERS OUT THERE? A friend of mine just ran a ½ marathon. He talked about being in the “FLOW”!! ??? I had to look that up. “FLOW IS A STATE OF BEING WHEN WE ARE COMPLETELY FOCUSED. IN THE FLOW OUR WORK SEEMS EFFORTLESS. WE FEEL INSPIRED AND MOTIVATION […]