+JMJ Dear Parishioners, First of all, I have a very significant announcement to make regarding our school. Cathy Schoenauer, after some 40 years of educational experience, and nine years as our principal, has decided to retire. We wish her the very best in her next endeavors, especially
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+JMJ Dear Parishioners, Last Sunday we had our fifth session of Theology of the Body, entitled “The Resurrection of the Body (Our Destiny)”. Here are some questions and answers that summarize the content of that session: -Have you conceived of heaven as a place of liberation from
Read more →+JMJ Dear Graduating Seniors, Congratulations upon your graduation! It’s an occasion of pride for our parish to see you and your families reach this milestone. Ultimately, I am praying for your happiness as you take your next step. And, of course, as your pastor I believe that
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, Since we are finishing up our first academic year of YDisciple, I thought I could give you a bit of a summary of the year, as well as some vision for the next step. Overall, it seems the year was quite a success. As
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, I can finally announce our seminarian for the summer. There was a bit of a miscommunication that prevented an earlier announcement, although both he and I have known for over a month that he was being assigned here. His name is Peter Grodi. I
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, On Thursday, April 23 we had another pastoral council meeting. Here are some highlights: -We noted that the demolition of the Payne rectory should be happening this week. At our last pastoral council meeting, we learned that there is a group from Payne interested
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, Thank you for all the thoughts, prayers and practical help I received throughout my recent bout with shingles! As of the writing of this letter, Friday the 15th, only a small spot remains to “dry up” of the rash. But then there is still
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, In this bulletin you will find the full text of Bishop Thomas’ statement regarding the recent apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis. The exhortation was published on Friday, April 8th. The title of the Pope’s document is Amoris laetitia (“the joy of love”), and it
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, First of all I would like to congratulate the young men and women from our parish who were confirmed by Bishop Thomas last week! During our confirmation retreat last Saturday, I had the chance to ask the students questions, and I was impressed with
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, First of all I would like to thank all of the parishioners who put so much work into our Holy Week liturgies: those who helped in any way with Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday Mass of the Pre-sanctified, Good Friday evening’s ecumenical Association
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