…from your Pastor’s Desk We are on the verge of another year. Hard to believe that Monday will be 2024! It also means that we have another Holy Day to celebrate! A very special feast day. Monday was Christmas, today is the feast of The Holy Family. This coming Monday, we celebrate: ‘Mary, The Holy Mother Of God’ – the most ancient…

…from your Pastor’s Desk For unto us this day is born a Savior Christ is born for us! That is the clear message of our celebration today. Christ is born— He didn’t just ‘appear’ but was born, just as we were all born. We believe that Christ, although Divine, is truly human like us in all things except sin. Christ is born—there…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Happy Gaudete Sunday! Gaudete Sunday happens every year on the third Sunday of Advent. Back in the 1900’s, when most 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…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Advent To-Do List People ask me what they can ‘do’ during Advent to make it more meaningful. Lent has pretty clear-cut things, but Advent – not so much. In that light here is a practical Advent ‘To-Do-List. Try a few each day, even random numbers. Your world and the world of those around you will be a better…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Setting the Stage forOur 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. “One of the best ways to prepare for the very special season…

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe This Feast Day is enhanced by asking and answering a few questions: Who is Jesus? What does He mean in your life? We call Him Messiah or Christ. Do those words mean anything to you personally? We call Him Savior, Redeemer and Lord. What effect does this have in your life?…

What Is Entrusted Us The Gospel parable is about a man entrusting his servants with his property, and the point it makes concerns the need for fidelity in caring for what belongs to the master. God our master has left us with the earth, not to do with it what we want but to care for it even as we live off…

…from your Pastor’s Desk MISSION APPEAL Hello friends, Every year the Diocese seeks to assist various missionary groups. Each parish is then assigned a priest to speak at their weekend Masses about their ministries. This weekend we are happy to host Fr. Vito Di Marzio from the Congregation of the Rogationists. Their ministry is dear to our hearts here at Holy Spirit…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Halloween – Secular or Sacred? October 31rst is Halloween. Many people, especially Christians, dismiss Halloween for what it has become. Fact is though; we are the ones who invented it, or rather, in ancient days ‘converted it’ as we did many other pagan festivals. Halloween is an ancient festival with roots in Celtic pre-Christian times. It was adapted…

…from your Pastor’s Desk MISSION-MINDED? “…so that toward the rising and the setting of the sun people may know that there is none besides Me.” —Isaiah 45:6 Today is World Mission Sunday. The second collection this weekend is for the Missions. Our Christian Faith would not have spread from where it began… to the far distant lands if not for a long…