January 2023

Month

To prepare for Saturday, February 4, 2:30 PM’s annual Anointing of the Sick within Mass, I offer guidance on who may or should be anointed and why. To register yourself or someone else for this special Mass, which fulfills the Sunday obligation, and optional dinner provided by our Knights of Columbus, contact the Parish Office.
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After the last papal funeral, for Pope Saint John Paul II - at which the then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, soon to be Pope Benedict XVI, was the main celebrant, on April 8, 2005, almost 18 years ago - and after the Funeral for Pope John Paul I (October 4, 1978) and Pope Saint Paul VI (August...
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In 2019, Pope Francis made the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (next Sunday) The Sunday of the Word of God. This joins many other Sundays that highlight various aspects of our Faith: Respect Life Sunday is the 1st Sunday in October; World Mission Sunday is the 4th Sunday in October; the World Day of Prayer...
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As you may know, I have devoted my bulletin article column to the USA Bishops’ National Eucharistic Revival document The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church.
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As you may know, I have devoted my bulletin article column to the USA Bishops’ National Eucharistic Revival document The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church. This 3-year revival should help us better understand and celebrate our Lord’s Real Presence in the Eucharist.
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