Dear parishioners, Many thanks to everyone who attended our recent town hall meetings to discuss our projected capital maintenance expenses and planning for the future of our parish. There were many good questions and I am grateful for the honest feedback that was offered. In the interest
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Dear parishioners, In last weekend’s bulletin, you noticed that this week, we will begin our parish-wide viewing and discussion of “The Search”, a seven-video series through FORMED. I would like to re-extend an open invitation to everyone in our parish to join me virtually this Wednesday, Jan.
Read more →Dear parishioners, As we already find ourselves in October, it is worth noting that this week, the Church celebrates a feast day that is very important to our diocese. On Wednesday, we celebrate the feast day of Our Lady as Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, the
Read more →Hello Everyone! Welcome to September! With the school year well underway, I think I speak for all of our faculty and staff in saying that it is such a blessing to have the students back in the classrooms! Although this school year will be far from “normal,”
Read more →Dear Parishioners, As you know, in the last year, we have been able to accomplish a number of projects on all three of our campuses. Because we worked together as a community, we have been able to take good care of our facilities, and in many ways
Read more →Dear Parishioners, +JMJ Canon Law requires us once a year to make a “financial disclosure” to the parish. That is the purpose of this bulletin letter, along with the condensed end-of-year balance sheet, profit and loss statement and major projects list. Although I consider this
Read more →Dear Parishioners, +JMJ First off, a couple of our extraordinary eucharistic distributors at the Antwerp campus encountered some significant circumstances that prevent them from taking Holy Communion to our shut-ins from that campus. If there is anybody out there willing to be trained, please come forward.
Read more →Dear Parishioners, +JMJ Here is the famous “Prayer to St. Michael”, which was written by Pope Leo XIII in 1896, and required to be said at the end of all “low Masses” before Vatican II. Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against
Read more →Dear Parishioners, +JMJ Please mark your calendars for the weekend of September 9-10. On that weekend, Father Phil Smith, our new Director of Vocations for the Diocese, will be joining us to preach at all of our weekend Masses on the topic of vocations. Then, after
Read more →Dear Parishioners, First of all I want to thank everybody who has already donated to the Bishop’s Annual Catholic Appeal. As of the writing of this letter we are only $6,000 below our goal. That is pretty impressive. I am impressed by the generosity of our parishioners.
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