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Posts by Doug Holliday (Page 68)

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…

Faith Formation News

Dear Faith Formation Families, Our catechetical year has ended with this weekend’s Gospel Weeklies. (Though 8th grade will still be having class in preparation for their upcoming Confirmation.) Please submit any outstanding assignments you may have. If you are turning in the work in the magazines themselves, please drop them off at the Faith Formation…

From Fr. Tom

“Love one another” Today, on this 6th Sunday of Easter, as we hear Jesus’ words about love, I would like to propose three things for us to reflect on that Jesus’ statement, as suggested also by Bishop Socrates Villegas in his homily book, Jesus in my Heart. First it is a command. It is not an invitation, a request or an option…