Our Altar Servers

This Sunday, during the 9:30 Mass, we will be installing our New Altar Servers: Nolan Aiello, Finnlay Byelick, Grayson Byelick, Claire Connolly, Jason Dagnall, Bodhi Manatch, Ella Sanderson, Mikaila Sanderson and blessing all our Altar Servers: Emma Gonzalez, Dan Kieran, Peter Molochnick, John Molochnick, Elynn  Perez, Easton Perez, Lyla Schaefer, Michael Sniscak, Kerin Wojtal. I am genuinely impressed and heartily appreciative of the love, service and devotion each one of them brings to Liturgy and our Parish life. (Read more…)

Catechetical Sunday – September 20th

For many years now, the Church in the United States has designated the third weekend of September “Catechetical Sunday” to coincide with the beginning of the new School year. 

Here is a timely quote from the national catechetical office of the US Catholic Bishops on religious education:

Catechesis is a distinct and special ministry in the Church. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church makes clear, “Catechesis is intimately bound up with the whole of the Church’s life . (Read more…)

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which will be celebrated on Monday, September 14th, has roots in the historical triumph of Christianity. It commemorates the fourth-century discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine. Yet, more than this historical event, the feast celebrates the ultimate triumph of the Cross itself. A symbol of execution and shame was transformed into the source of our salvation.

Just as Christ embraced his Cross, we too are called to accept the burdens and sufferings in our own lives, not with despair, but with faith and hope. (Read more…)