A blessed, holy and life-giving Christmas to all who read this! May God fill you with His love and truth and may these gifts serve as your guide throughout this Christmas Season. As Catholics, we use some language in our worship that is not common to our everyday talk and, in order to help you […]
Greetings in Christ, all! We are so very close to Christmas, but Advent is not over! We are in the season of waiting, waiting for Our Lord Jesus Christ to return and lead us all to the Kingdom on Heaven. In this Season of Advent, you’ll hear over and over a focus to our Mass […]
Greetings in Christ, all! Don’t forget that, in our Advent Season, the Church invites us to be sure to get to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We’ve got three priests working the confessionals and we’ve expanded the times to come. Make sure to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to receive God’s loving mercy. Between our […]
Greetings in Christ! I am back at Holy Family and St. Mark today and so blessed to be home. In the end, the procedure on my knee could not have gone better. I should be able to ditch the cane soon and hopefully be genuflecting again shortly after that! Your prayers, kindness, patience and cards […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I am typing this up a couple weeks ahead of its appearance in the bulletin so I won’t be addressing anything recent. The timing of it all is pretty good, as it gives me a chance to catch you up on the situation with my knee. So, a couple Fridays ago, […]
Greetings in Christ! I’m typing this one up a few weeks ahead of time, so there won’t be any “current events” or anything like that. I’m taking this space to honor my favorite holiday this week: Thanksgiving. I love this holiday and I’m very excited to host it at the rectory, I’ve never been able […]
Greetings in Christ! I pray that God bless our fall season with great joy and lots of hot chocolate… This weekend the Church asks us to look at the idea of stewardship: sacrificing for the good of our parish family. Our bulletin this week contains financial information (see below) and I want to thank you […]
Greetings in Christ! We are moving right along, sneaking up on my favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. I’m fired up for this year as I’ll be hosting my family at the rectory…Dad and I are going to deep fry two turkeys. It should be a riot! Last Friday when I was genuflecting at Mass, my knee gave […]
Greetings in Christ, all! We are officially in my favorite time of year: fall. I love the colors and the beauty of it all, but most of all, I love the temperatures. So, I wanted to address the Restoring the Temple Campaign with you all, but before I do, I have some joyful news to […]