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Fom Fr. Tom!

Hopefully you had a blessed week. This weekend we celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent and are at the mid-point of this liturgical season. This Sunday traditionally is called the “Gaudete Sunday.” Gaudete is Latin for Rejoice. As Christmas Day gets closer and closer, we are also getting excited and joyful. The command to rejoice, like every other command, is demanding. As…

Faith Formation Sacrament Dates

Mandatory Confirmation Rehearsal- Sunday August 16, 2020 immediately following the 11:00 am Mass. Please meet in church.  Confirmation Mass will be Wednesday August 19, 2020 at 5:30 pm. Please be in church by 5:15 pm with your sponsor.   Mandatory First Communion Rehearsal – Sunday September 13, 2020 immediately following the 11:00 am Mass. Please meet…

News in the Youth Ministry World

This is not the Lent and Easter any of us expected.  However, God is offering us a special grace during this unknown time.  I am grateful to be living in a world where we have so many technological advances.  During this time of quarantine and social distancing our high school teens and I have come…

Holy Week, Easter and Spiritual Closeness

Let us use this difficult time of social distance and worldwide pandemic to grow in spiritual closeness as individuals, families, and a global faith community.  Find more resources on the website  https://www.unleashthegospel.org/spiritual-closeness/ Public Masses are still suspended during this time, but check https://www.aod.org/livemasses for live-stream Mass times. The families of St. Genevieve-St. Maurice remain close…

Youth Group Update

YM-Calendar 2019   Nursing Home Visit::Wednesday, Jan. 30th 6:30-7:30pm Looking for service hours?  8-12 Grade teens are invited to join us at the nursing home on 1-30-19.  We will either be watching a movie with the residents or doing a craft.  See permission slip.  RSVP by Jan. 28th. “The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being…