Respect Life Sunday: As we mentioned last weekend, the 40 Days for Life began on September 28 and will last until November 6. The forty days for life is a nationwide effort to end abortions in our country. These forty days are highlighted by prayer and fasting, community outreach, and peaceful vigils at abortion clinics. […]
Witness to Hope Campaign: This weekend we announce the “Witness to Hope” diocesan campaign. Here at Holy Family we are seeking to raise $4 million over the next five years. Our portion, $2.66 million, will be used for three capital improvement projects to start: adding a gathering space to our Church and widening the nave, […]
Dhanyabaad or Shukria: These words mean thank you in the language of the people of India. Last weekend our second collection raised over $10,000 for Archbishop Lakra and his Mission Appeal. Thank you, as always, for your ongoing generosity to those in need. Five percent: Speaking of charitable giving, this Monday, September 19, I am […]
Remembering: This Sunday is September 11, one of those rare days in which people remember precisely where they were when the attacks happened that day in 2001. It’s amazing how much our world has changed because of the events of that day! We continue to pray for peace in the world and for the conversion […]
Yay for Mother Teresa! What we already know will become official this Sunday, September 4, as Mother Teresa will be canonized a saint in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Millions of people will at-tend. I never met Mother Teresa personally, but in 2002 I spent some time with some of the major superiors of the […]
Some questions and answers on the Witness to Hope campaign When does the campaign start? In some ways it has started already. Our parish campaign director Donna Marino has been coming to our offices a few days a week. She is working with Fr. Gary and me and is also organizing some home gatherings so […]
Religious Education: This weekend is an opportunity for all our public school students to sign up for Religious Education classes after Mass. Families can also sign up online. Canada trip: I really enjoyed the pilgrimage to Canada the week of August 8-12. In a nutshell, we visited the shrines and basilicas of the Holy Family—including […]
Capital Campaign: Last weekend we put an insert in our bulletin to discuss the surveys done for the capital campaign. (If you missed this, you can view it on our website under the “Resources & More” tab. Click on “Witness to Hope Campaign.”) The next step is to lay out what exactly the campaign is […]
Pilgrimage: On Monday morning, August 8, I leave for Montreal and Quebec as the chaplain for a group of 55 pilgrims. In Montreal we are visiting the minor basilica Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal. Founded in 1904, it is the largest shrine in the world dedicated to Saint Joseph. Its founder is Saint Brother […]