Thank You For Christmas

I want to say a big thank you to everyone who worked so hard in decorating and preparing our church for Christmas.  Many people have told me how much they enjoyed the Christmas Service.

Thank you to Pat Prakopcyk, Lisa Sforza and Glenn Ricketts, our organists who make our services and liturgies throughout Advent and Christmas so special and prayerful for all of us.

Thank you to our Ministry Heads and all the Ministers: Rob Preston for coordinating all our Readers; John-Joseph Bober for coordinating our Extraordinary Ministers of Eucharist; Rich Kopf for coordinating the Ushers; and our Sacristan Margaret Rocca here at St. (Read more…)

The Feast of the Epiphany

Today we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany.  This is one of the Feasts of the Manifestations of Christ to others after His birth.   But the manifestations were accepted by those who were witnesses.  And those witnesses would give witness to others.  Our world today is in great need of people who will witness for their faith in Christ.

When we leave Church on Sundays we are called to go home and “make known” what we have heard, seen and received.  We are to reveal the very presence of God to our family members.  When we leave our houses, we are to take the presence of the Lord with us and be reflections of God to our co-workers, friends and all we meet through the week.  We mark our doorways this weekend to help us remember that. (Read more…)