On Saturday, May 13th, fifteen of our children received their first Holy Communion. They received Jesus Christ our Savior for the first time.  There is no doubt that meeting with Jesus in First Holy Communion is an unforgettable moment, a day to be remembered as one of life’s most beautiful.  It is a day of great family celebration.

This was a special day and a happy day for their parents too.  They saw their children taking a new step in faith. (Read more…)

Today, we celebrate Mother’s Day and we honor our moms for all they do for us and for the sacrifices they make for us. They do many ordinary things and do them extraordinarily well. Primarily through their teaching and their example, they assist in an important way, in passing down our precious faith to their children.

When we think of mothers, we only have to think of Mary, the mother of Jesus. May is the month of Mary, and this month we honor her in a special way. (Read more…)

May is the month of Mary, and this month we honor her in a special way. We call her Queen of Peace and Queen of the Rosary and bestow on her many other titles.  Mary is worthy of these titles because she said “Yes” to God in so many ways in the midst of the joys and sorrows of everyday life.

Pope Francis invites us to look to Mary for inspiration. Addressing the role of Mary, he stated that Mary “…helps us grow as human beings and in the faith, to be strong and never to fall into the temptation of being human beings and Christians in a superficial way, but to live responsibly, to strive even higher.” (Read more…)

The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker was established in the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to provide Catholics with a response and alternative to “May Day” celebrations for workers in communist Russia; to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector.

And yes, St Joseph, by daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, provided for the necessities of Mary and Jesus, and thus became a model to all laborers. (Read more…)

Saturday, April 29, 2023

“For perfected souls every place is to them an oratory, every moment a time for prayer. Their conversation has ascended from earth to heaven—that is to say they have cut themselves off from every form of earthly affection and sensual self-love and have risen alone into the very height of Heaven.”  St. Catherine of Siena

On Saturday, April 29th, we celebrate the Feast Day of St. Catherine of Siena.

Born in 1347, Saint Catherine was the youngest of 25 children. (Read more…)

Today we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. Pope Francis has urged us to embrace this day and truly reflect a spirit of mercy, repentance, and reconciliation in our lives. On this day, one week after Easter, we are reminded why Jesus rose from the dead; and one of the reasons was to shower the world with divine mercy.

This is what the Church has to say in part about this great feast: “During the Church’s millennium celebration in 2000, Pope John Paul II declared that the Second Sunday of Easter be known as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” (Read more…)