Category: Pastor’s Note

Happy Ascensiontide everyone!                 While we are still in the midst of the Easter season, these few days in between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost are a sort of mini-season, if you will.  Also, since the Memorial Day weekend is upon us, we bid “farewell” to spring and say “hello there!” to the summer months.  As… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! In the midst of this joyous Easter season, we begin this new month of May with the traditional May Crowning! Dedicating this month to our most Blessed Mother, we give thanks to God for the gift of so great an advocate, protector, and intercessor. Our annual May Crowning… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Christ is Risen!  He is risen indeed!             First of all, I wish to say thank you to all of our readers, Eucharistic ministers, altar servers, and volunteers who decorated the church during the ceremonies of Holy Week!  All of you worked very hard to make our Holy Week and Triduum liturgies so beautiful and… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

"Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!" The Easter season is meant to be a great time of joy. This joy is naturally shared with others and over the centuries Christians have expressed it in different ways. For example, Christians in many parts of the world will greet each other with a “Paschal Greeting.” It… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello everyone! First of all, I want to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH for all of those who contributed to our Divine Mercy Mission Renewal! These last 3 Mondays were a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the message of Divine Mercy, and how this devotion can lead us deeper into the mystery of Lent and… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Greetings and salutations!                 Our first evening of the Divine Mercy Mission Renewal on Monday, March 14th was a huge success!  We had a great turnout of people who came to listen to the message of Divine Mercy as explained by our guest speaker, Mr. Rick Paolini…thank you so much, Rick, for sharing your faith… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends!                 As we begin this most holy season of Lent, there are many things that I wish to highlight in this bulletin.  Some of these things will certainly have to do with how to make this Lent a powerful and fruitful time; other things are more of a general, yet still very important,… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends! We have a number of different things that need to be highlighted for this weekend, and you will probably hear more about them in the next few weeks as well. I do apologize if these announcements get redundant, but they are all very important. Volunteers for Ministries and Eucharistic Adorers We are in… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends!             Here is a very helpful article about some of the major feast days for the month of February.  As explained by Philip Kosloski in his article from February 4th, 2021 and published at the Catholic website, Aleteia.org, these popular feast days have a special focus on the curing of physical illness and… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends!We have two wonderful feast days coming up this week.First, on Wednesday, February 2nd, we celebrate thePresentation of Christ in the Temple. Here is a little articleabout this feast day and why it is traditional to have candlesblessed in church on this day. This article was written by PhilipKosloski on February 1, 2018 and… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor