By the Faithful Disciple GROW AS A DISCIPLE When I was a kid, my older siblings used to tell me what to do (no surprise there!) and often backed up their, ahem, “commands,” by saying, “Mom and Dad said so.” Interestingly, sometimes that statement was not true (!), and I would get the right information…
We are looking to hire for a new position as a Mission Support Director (MSD) for our Mother of Divine Love Family of Parishes, (St. Valentine, Our Lady of Loretto, St. John XXIII, St. Genevieve-St. Maurice). This will be a full-time position taking care of all the four parishes in our Family. The job description…
Dear Parents, The season of Lent presents families with an opportunity to examine our family life and to re-commit ourselves to the Christian practices of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. Each of us is invited to do these things as individuals, but we can also do one or more actions as a family. Our Faith Formation…
By the Faithful Disciple GROW AS A DISCIPLE Just two weeks ago, when Christians walked around all day with a cross of ashes on our foreheads, we may have received puzzled looks. Who bothers with fasting and almsgiving for 40 whole days? Many of us live with great abundance in this country; the only…
Dear Parents, We had our Lenten Family Formation evening last Wednesday. K-6th grade had a prayer service and “buried” the Alleluia to say goodbye to it for the next 40 days of Lent. 7th & 8th grades had a Lenten retreat called “Under His Wings” teaching about God’s protection of us all. Thank you to…
First Sunday of Lent Let the journey begin! The journey of Lent! The primary purpose of Lent is to prepare us for the celebration of Jesus’ death and Resurrection. The second purpose is to bring us to renew our Baptismal promises of rejecting Satan and accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior, allowing him to…
Dear Parents, The season of Lent presents families with an opportunity to examine our family life and to re-commit ourselves to the Christian practices of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. Each of us is invited to do these things as individuals, but we can also do one or more actions as a family. Ash Wednesday is…