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Pastor’s Desk 12.26.21

……from your Pastor’s Desk We are on the verge of another year. Hard to believe that Saturday will be 2022! It also means that we have another Holy Day to celebrate! A very special feast day. Saturday was Christmas, today is the feast of The Holy Family. This coming Saturday, we celebrate: ‘Mary, The Holy Mother Of God’ – the most ancient…

Pastor’s Desk 12.19.21

……from your Pastor’s Desk Christmas 2021 Dearest Friends, With deep joy and gratitude, I extend to you my prayerful best wishes for a holy and blessed Christmas. During this Advent Season, it has been my prayer that each of you would find opportunities to reflect on your own faith and relationship with the Lord Jesus and His Church. I hope the ‘Little…

Christmas & New Year’s Masses 2021

Christmas EveFriday, December 24th 5 pm (Children’s Mass)And 12 Midnight [Candle Mass] Christmas DaySaturday, December 25th 8:00 am and 10:30 am New Year’s Eve12 MidnightSolemnity of Mary, Mother of God New Year’s DaySolemnity of Mary, Mother of GodSaturday, January 1st 10:30 am New Year’s EveningEpiphany of The LordSaturday. January 1st 5:00 pm Epiphany of The LordSunday, January 2nd8:00 am and 10:30 am

Pastor’s Desk 12.12.21

……from your Pastor’s Desk Gaudete Sunday Happy Gaudete Sunday! Gaudete Sunday happens every year on the third Sunday of Advent. Back in the 1900’s—when many of us were born— up until the early 1960’s, the words were in Latin:“Gaudete, iterum dico vobis, ‘Gaudete.’” Which means; “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, Rejoice!” And so, this Sunday is still called “Gaudete…

Pastor’s Desk 12.5.21

……from your Pastor’s Desk Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary This Wednesday, December 8th, is a day which Mother Church deems so important, that it bears the same weight of responsibility that Mass attendance on Sunday does. Since it is what we call a ‘Holy Day of Obligation’, it bears asking the question; what is this feast all…

Pastor’s Desk 11.28.21

……from your Pastor’s Desk Setting the Stage for Our Advent Journey Today is the first day of the new Church year. It is also the first day of Advent. Advent is the 4 week period before Christmas when the Church celebrates the first coming of Christ and anticipates His second coming. It is also a time when we are pressured by advertisers…