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Vatican Corner 05-27-18
On May 10, 2018, Pope Francis visited the small town of Loppiano, Italy, near Florence, where its 850 inhabitants live, but which is also the first international center of the Focolare. an international movement based in Italy that promotes the ideals of unity and...
Pastors Desk 05-27-18
How complex and mind-boggling is our physical construction! Chemically, the body is unequaled for complexity. Each one of its 30 trillion cells is a mini chemical factory that performs about 10,000 chemical functions. With its 206 bones, 639 muscles, 4 million pain...
Bulletin 05-27-2018
Marian Festival 2018
Vatican Corner 05-20-18
VATICAN CORNER Making the Sign of the Cross is one of the most common things Catholics do. We make it when we begin and end our prayers, when we enter and leave church, when we start Mass etc., but do we know why? In the Sign of the Cross, we profess the deepest...
Pastors Desk 05-20-18
An old beggar lay on his deathbed. His last words were to his youngest son who had been his constant companion during his begging trips. “Dear son," he said, “I have nothing to give you except a cotton bag and a dirty bronze bowl which I got in my younger days from...
Bulletin 05-20-2018
Pastors Desk 05-13-18
On Sunday, August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines flight 225 crashed just after taking off from the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. One hundred fifty-five people were killed. One survived with injuries: a 4-year-old from Tempe, Arizona, named Cecelia. News...
Bulletin 04-29-2018
Faith Formation Registration
Faith Formation Registration: Catechism,Confirmation & RCIA 2018-2019 Registration dates for the 2018-2019 Faith Formation year—held in the hall June 13th, 15th, 20th, 26th - 6-8 PM ~~~Junio 13, 15, 20, 26 - 6-8 PM Inscripciones para clases de Catecismo,...
Altar Server Meeting 05-12-18
We will start by attending mass at 8:30am with a meeting to follow. Saturday, May 12, 2018. This will be our LAST meeting till fall so ALL Altar Servers and Parents are highly encouraged to attend. All altar servers and parents are encouraged to attend. Please bring...
Vatican Corner 05-06-18
VATICAN CORNER Alfie Evans, a British toddler, just weeks short of his second birthday, died April 28, 2018, in Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital. He was the son of Kate James, 20, and Tom Evans, 21, and his story touched the hearts of many, including Pope Francis, and...
Pastors Desk 05-06-18
In a certain village in the Swiss Alps there is a small Church which has been used by generations of worshippers. What makes it so beautiful is the story of how it came to be built on that particular spot. The story goes like this. Two brothers worked a family farm,...
Bulletin 05-06-2018
Vatican Corner 04-29-18
VATICAN CORNER Although it is common knowledge that nuns are treated like indentured servants by cardinals and bishops for whom they cook and clean for little or no pay, the March 2018 edition of the Vatican magazine: “Women Church World” had the courage to denounce...
Pastors Desk 04-29-18
The “Jesus nut,” also called the “Jesus pin,” is the nut that holds the main rotor to the mast of some helicopters, such as the UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. The long and strong metallic fans of the helicopter are fitted to the main rotor of the mast. The “Jesus nut” is a...
Bulletin 04-29-2018
Bulletin 04-22-2018
Vatican Corner 04-22-18
VATICAN CORNER In 2002, several Chilean men reported to church authorities that they had been sexually abused in the 1980 and 1990s by Rev. Fernando Karadima. Only after the victims went public in 2010 did the Vatican investigate, which lead to Rev. Karadima’s removal...
Pastors Desk 04-22-18
Rev. Tony Campolo loves to tell the story of a particular census taker who went to the home of a rather poor family in the mountains of West Virginia to gather information. He asked the mother how many dependents she had. She began, "Well, there is Rosie, and Billy,...
Talleres Escuela Diocesana de Padres de Familia
ATTENTION ALL SENIORS Group Outing 04-20-2018
Vatican Corner 04-15-18
VATICAN CORNER Pope Francis grew up in Argentina speaking Spanish and having Italian relatives. His experiences with different cultures and with a wide variety of literature and cinema led to his mastery of metaphor and the ability to use figures of speech and symbols...
Pastors Desk 04-15-18
It was his first Sunday in the parish, and the congregation were on full alert to form their initial judgment of their new parish priest. His homily was excellent. This was a great relief to all. The following Sunday the crowds had increased significantly, probably...