Just an FYI…our November meeting date has been changed from the first Monday, November 2 to the second Monday, November 9th. November 2nd is All Souls Day and the parish has an annual memorial Mass for all the deceased members from the past year on that day. It is at 7:00pm, the same time as…

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Deacon Lawrence Toth (Fourth in Series) Next in Pope Leo’s teachings about Vatican II‘s document on the sacred liturgy, he reflected “on some of the fundamental elements of the sacred liturgy, such as the rite, the sign and the symbol.” Understanding these elements is helpful for drawing us into a richer experience and a deeper…

Deacon Lawrence Toth (Second of a series) Last week’s article introduced all the teachings Pope Leo planned to give this year on the subject of the documents of Vatican II. The remaining articles in this series will focus on what he said specifically about Sacrosanctum Concilium (“SC”), the Council’s Constitution on the sacred liturgy. What…

Most commonly, we understand the term “vindication” in a very legal, argumentative context. We say someone is “vindicated” when they are proven innocent, or when their good name is defended from an accusation. This isn’t so far from what vindication means in the sense of virtue, either. Vindication is related to the virtue of justice,…

The medal of the Immaculate Conception that has come to be called simply the “Miraculous Medal” dates back to an apparition of Mary to Saint Catherine Laboure, who was then a novice sister with the Daughters of Charity. On November 27, 1830, Our Lady appeared to her standing on a globe, with shafts of light…

The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises are prayers and meditations developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (commonly referred to as the Jesuits.) St. Ignatius of Loyola (1492-1556) was born to a noble Basque family. In his youth, he spent time at the Royal Court of Castile and fought in the…