Pastor’s Thoughts

On Sunday, June 29, the Church celebrates the feast day of Ss. Peter & Paul, the founders of the Holy See. What is a See and why is it holy? As early as the year 258, there is evidence of an already lengthy tradition of celebrating the solemnities of both Saint...

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This weekend the church universal celebrates the feast day of Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ). Originally the celebration began in Liege, Belgium in 1246. Pope Urban IV extended the feast to the entire Church universal in 1264. Today, in many countries throughout...

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This weekend we celebrate and honor all of our fathers both living and deceased. Unlike Mother’s Day which was though of in 1908, the proclaimed officially by President Wilson in 1914 – just 6 years in the making, Father’s Day took much longer to become an...

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We celebrate this weekend the feast of Pentecost. The word “Pentecost” comes from the Greek word meaning “fiftieth.” It refers to the ancient Jewish festival celebrated on the fiftieth day after First Fruits, also known as the “Feast of Weeks”. For...

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This weekend the church celebrates the feast of the Ascension of Jesus. It’s celebrated 40 days after Easter to mark when our Lord returned to heaven and we are given the advocate of the Holy Spirit as Jesus promise to be with us until the end of time. It’s...

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This Monday we celebrate ‘MEMORIAL DAY’ a day that was instituted by Major General John A. Logan in 1886. It was about three years since the civil war ended that the head of the Grand Army of the Republic, Gen John Logan established what was called then...