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From Fr. Tom

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Corpus Christi is the celebration of the abiding presence of a loving God as Emmanuel – God with us – in order to give collective thanks to our Lord for his living with us in the Eucharist. This feast also gives us an occasion to learn more about the importance and value of the…

From Fr. Tom

Happy Holy Trinity Sunday! The mystery of the most Holy Trinity, the feast that we celebrate this weekend, is one of the basic doctrines of Faith in Christianity, understandable not through our heads but through our hearts. It teaches us that there are three distinct Persons in one God all sharing the same Divine Nature. Our minds cannot grasp this doctrine. St.…

Faith Formation News

Dear Faith Formation Families, Our catechetical year has ended, please submit any outstanding assignments so we can record them. If you are turning in the work in the magazines themselves, please drop them off at the Faith Formation office or at the rectory office. It was an unusual year to say the least. I want…

From Fr. Tom

Happy Pentecost to all of you! The season of Easter concludes with today’s celebration, the feast of Pentecost. On Pentecost we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles gathered in the upper room in Jerusalem; this event marks the beginning of the Church. The story of Pentecost is found in the Acts of the Apostles, today’s first reading. The…

Faith Formation News

Faith Formation Families, Our catechetical year has ended, please submit any outstanding assignments so we can record them. (Though 8th grade will still be having class in preparation for their upcoming Confirmation.) If you are turning in the work in the magazines themselves, please drop them off at the Faith Formation office or at the…

From Fr. Tom

Happy Ascension of our Lord to you all! One day Leonardo da Vinci started to work on a large picture in his studio. For a while he worked at it – choosing the subject, planning the perspective, sketching the outline, applying the colors, with his own unique genius. Then suddenly he stopped working on it. Summoning one of his students, the master…