Dear Parishioners, I pray you are all accepting the government’s orders to stay at home and have reconciled that with Jesus’s returning home to Nazareth to be obedient and to grow in wisdom, age and grace! Father Ralph and I remain fine and in good health. The rectory personnel also in good health and primarily […]

Dear Parishioners, I miss you! How things have changed! I was taught early on: “It is how we go through things and situations that matters.” Keep your spirits up, laugh at something, pray a little more, and be wise. All of us are experiencing a loss of some kind in this desert experience of remaining […]

Dear Parishioners, The Annual Life Teen Fundraiser, 2020 The Annual Life Teen Fundraiser was Saturday, March 7th, 2020 and was called a WINE & PAINT NIGHT. It was our fourth fundraiser bringing together parishioners in financial support of the LIFE TEEN MINISTRY here at IHM. All proceeds of this fundraiser will go, not only to […]

Dear Parishioners, I am amazed every time I am able to attend the Ministry for the Needy meetings which are weekly, Wednesday evenings, in the convent building. First seeing our stocked pantry from the many items that you provide when asked, such as spaghetti sauce, paper towels, and toilet paper; items that are always in […]

Dear Parishioners, I am very proud to say that you are once again “putting on” a parish-wide service program! You are taking to the area in which we live “service” to our community! This May 9th, 2020 YOU will be “CHRIST ON THE CORNER” to those in need. This is your opportunity to go into […]

Dear Parishioners, Lent is right around the corner and that means three Masses on Ash Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 8:00am 9:30am (with the school children) 7:00pm PLEASE NOTE: There will be a SPECIAL COLLECTION at each of these Masses whereas all the offerings will go to support FEEDING THE HUNGRY, the HOT MEAL program that […]

Dear Parishioners, This will be the week that IHM school parents, who currently have their children enrolled in the IHM elementary school, will register for the 2020-2021 school year and reapply to the FACTS TUITION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.  Yes it is that time of the year to do so, which at first may sound EARLY, but […]

Dear Parishioners, Being away in Cancun, Mexico always has its advantages, but, coming home for next weekend has even more blessings because the church will celebrate having a mission to educate children in our catholic elementary school and its Pre-K program! Join me for a CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK MASS on Sunday at 10:00am which will […]

Dear Parishioners, The 2020 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal will take place on the weekend of February 8-9, 2020 in our parish. The theme for the 2020 CCAA “Faces of Hope” reminds us that though we are many, we are one in Christ. As missionary disciples, we work together to respond to all those in need […]

Dear Parishioners, After much thought, conversation, and advice I have decided that IHM Parish and School ought to take a step back this year and NOT HAVE a FALL FESTIVAL, 2020. Although there were many positives about this fundraising effort, there also were some drawbacks that cause me to pause on doing this Fall Festival […]