I don’t even have the words to express my gratitude to you for how ridiculously generous you were with me in the Christmas season. I am so grateful for the outpouring of love…the encouraging notes, the gifts and the marvelous food. It really touched my heart and I am grateful. Not only that, but Marius […]
Greetings in Christ and a Merry Christmas Season to all! May God fill us with joy this beautiful Christmas Season. This week is a big one for us Catholics. On January 1st we start off the secular new year right, by honoring Our Mother Mary! This Holy Day of Obligation is, in my not-so-humble opinion, […]
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 […]
My dear brothers & sisters in Christ, It has been such a great joy to serve you these past 16 months. I have truly enjoyed my time here, and I am so grateful to the Lord for the many ways that He is at work in the hearts and lives of so many. I am […]
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 […]