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.  (Read more…)

As we know our Christmas Season continues, and today we celebrated the feast of the Holy Family, the family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the family that makes this Season possible.  Our Holy Father Pope Francis has a great love for the family unit.  He has challenged us to strive for spiritual unity and for the strengthening of families by following the example of the Holy Family.

He stated, “Dear families, you know very well that the true joy which we experience in the family is not superficial; it does not come from material objects, from the fact that everything seems to be going well.  (Read more…)

Dear Parishioners,

The Christmas Gospel speaks to us of a family, rejoicing at a child’s birth, their lives uniquely affected by God’s presence in their midst, responding with faith and trust to their special role in the history of salvation.

The example of the Holy Family inspires us as we celebrate Christmas.  As they rejoice at Jesus’ birth, so too do we, remembering the new divine life made possible by Jesus’ life on earth.

I want to encourage you in as sincere a way as I can to remember to keep Christ “first” in all you do and say while you are going through your Christmas activities.  (Read more…)

We now have available the “Oplatk”” or “Christmas Wafers” for your use.  This is millennia old tradition that began in Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania.

At the Christmas Eve Meal one of the wafers or, a part of one, are placed on each person’s plate.  Before the meal a prayer is said and then beginning with the father and mother of the house, a Sign of Peace is exchanged in the same manner and the wish of a Happy Christmas.  (Read more…)

On Thursday December 12th, we will celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.  She is the patroness of the United States, Mexico and all of the Americas, as well as the protector of the unborn. She is a religious as well as a cultural figure to the people of Mexico.  In 1531, she appeared in a vision to a humble peasant farmer named Juan Diego near Mexico City.  The appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe helped generate the conversion of Mexico and Latin America to Catholicism.  (Read more…)

Today is the last Sunday of the Church’s liturgical year and we gather to celebrate this great feast of Christ the King.  The Church wants us to reflect upon what the whole of all creation is ultimately about.  Our Faith tells us that Christ will return to establish the Kingdom of God and when that time comes, the world as we know it will be transformed.  This is not something to be feared but rather something we long for because it means the complete fulfillment of God’s will. (Read more…)