On Saturday morning, we had a retreat morning with our 2nd grade children and their parents as they prepare for First Holy Communion later this May. Please keep them in prayer as they prepare to take this next deeper step in faith! Congratulations to the new transitional deacons who were ordained this weekend! These men [...]
Happy Easter! Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! We continue this celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection with this celebration of his Divine Mercy. If you are able to attend the service on Sunday afternoon, it will be a powerful time of prayer. Mark Ternes and I had (We thought at least lol) a pretty good podcast last weekend [...]
A BIG thanks to all who helped to make our parish mission with Dcn. John Green and his wife Carolyn, such a fruitful event! Thanks to the dinner crew, to the tech crew, to the Adoration crew! Deacon John with his witness of words and Carolyn with her witness of music helped us to see [...]
Coming up for our Parish Mission in a few weeks we are going to have a Potluck Dinner at 5pm. Please bring a side dish or desert and we will provide a main dish (Pasta and meatballs). If you come a few minutes early, we can get the serving line started so that I can [...]
In this Lenten Season, there is a priority given to the human voice in the Liturgy (Mass). Before any other instrument, the human voice praised God in acclamation and song. It was St. Augustine who said, “He who sings prays twice.” There is both a certain vulnerability and power in singing. I would love to [...]
In beginning to share about liturgical music in this Lenten season and really considering our whole participation in the liturgy (= Mass = public work of the Church), it's important to realize that we participate both externally and internally. There are appropriate times for both and, truly, they happen oftentimes at the same time. To [...]
This week in the bulletin you will see a flyer for our Deanery Lenten Confession schedule. The Deanery is a collection of 18 parishes in our area that is tasked to work together with different projects and initiatives as well as with fostering fraternity amongst the priests and pastors. In our first large initiative, we [...]
Catholic Schools Week is upon us! A huge THANK YOU to Mr. Csank, our school faculty, and staff for all of the amazing work and devotion that make our school community so special! A huge THANK YOU as well to Mrs. Rene Buchtel and her staff for their great work in our Pre-school and Child [...]
Holy Week is here! This is the most important week of the year in which we focus on the central mysteries of our faith, of reality itself! On Tuesday, most priests of the Diocese and a large gathering of religious and laity will gather to celebrate the Chrism Mass where the Bishop will consecrate all [...]
The celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation is Monday/tomorrow evening for our 8th graders! Bp. Martin Amos will join us for this conclusion of the Sacraments of Initiation as he calls down the Holy Spirit to seal them with His presence and gifts. To be sure, they are not receiving the Holy Spirit for the [...]
