April 17, 2016 Dear People of God, Congratulations to Keith Watson as well as his parents and relatives. Keith is making his First Holy Communion at our 10:00 am Mass this weekend. Keith has been faithfully meeting with Ann Deer and Charlene Talir, Sundays after 10:00 am Mass for the...
IS GOD CALLING YOU? Some people have a job in the Church and others are invited into a ministry. What is the difference? If you are doing it just because no one else will, it’s a job. If you are doing it to serve the Lord, it’s a ministry. If you...
April 10, 2016 Dear People of God, Thank you everyone who worked so hard to make our Easter so beautiful; the flowers, music, prayers smiles, and thank you everyone for your donations too. It all helps. We honored well Our Lord’s passion, death and resurrection. Especially as our world gets...
March 27, 2016 Dear People of God, “Christ is Risen! Indeed He is risen!” These are the joyful words of Easter greeting our spiritual ancestors gave to each other in the first centuries. With Jesus’ resurrection, everything changed. The ancient fear of death changed to joy of sharing Jesus’ jubilant,...
03-20-2016 Dear People of God, Happy Holy Week! We may have seen an occasional poster with block letters proclaiming “BEYOND SUNDAY.” “What”, we may ask ourselves ” is this all about?” It is about financing Catholic education. We know that there is more interest in private education free from uneven...
March 13, 2016 Dear People of God, For your information, there has been a change in my ministry status at Immaculate Conception. Deacon Ken Clemens will relieve me of managerial duties there beginning the week after Easter. I will continue to supply the Sacraments of Eucharist and Penance, that is to say Mass and Confessions,...
A SUNDAY FOR REJOICING Today’s Gospel story of the prodigal son is a favorite of many. We can identify with all the major figures and their crisscross of emotions. The father’s initial grief over his young son’s avarice is turned to relief at his return. The son’s grief over his loss of fortune,...
February 28, 2016 Dear People of God, We had many people interested in David Baranowski’s message about Stewardship and his upcoming workshop. Everyone is invited to the meeting at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, March 2nd in the St. Joseph’s room of the rectory (in the basement). We will receive practical information...
Dear People of God, Hopefully we have chosen some activity to bring us closer to Jesus during these days of Lent. Whatever we do, if we do it in love it will be pleasing to Jesus. There are many blessings and graces associated with the Stations of the Cross; a...
Dear People of God, We are a little early for Spring time weather and flower blossoms, but Lent takes us to Easter, and Easter is spiritual Spring time for our inner and outer beings. Even during the coldest weather, shrubs and trees are growing their roots deeper, getting ready for...
