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,...
Thanks to the St. Luke Parish We received two thank you letters from Rev. Msgr. Francis Blood regarding the Latin American Apostolate and World Mission Sunday. In summary, he wrote: Your donations to the Latin American Apostolate enables our four St. Louis Missionaries, including Bishop Casey, Fr. Pat Hayden, Fr. Jim Michler, and Fr....
Please Help Clean Up Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:00 a.m. We will be cleaning the church and we need LOTS of help! In addition to light work such as dusting, the pews and kneelers need to be washed, which is a big job, but “many hands make light work”! We hope you will take...
Adult Scripture Study Program Beginning March 8th we will begin a study of the Old Testament historical books, JOSHUA, JUDGES, RUTH, and SAMUEL. You are invited to join us for this Scripture study which will be held in the St. Joseph meeting room at St. Luke’s, for one hour according to the following schedule: TUESDAY...
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...
Dear People of God, We welcome Dave Baranowski this weekend to speak to us at the Masses about Stewardship. Dave and I are friends and we serve on Annual Catholic Appeal and Stewardship committees together. We have all heard about Stewardship, but I rarely hear the concept presented in a...
How to bring others to JESUS You have to do these things in order… PRAY for them Have a prayer list. Pray for people who don’t know Christ. You must pray for them first and foremost. LOVE them Enter into a relationship with people. If you love them, they will...
Baptism classes, for first time parents and Godparents, are held on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm in the Rectory and last approximately 35 minutes. The next class is scheduled for April 7. 5 Please call Donna to register.