Pastor’s Letter 3.29.26

Pastor’s Letter 3.29.26

Dear Friends, With our celebration today of Palm/Passion Sunday, we begin our annual reflection on the Paschal Mystery. Lent officially ends with the beginning of the Triduum. I encourage you to join us at each of the three days of the Triduum: Holy Thursday Mass at...
Pastor’s Letter 3.22.26

Pastor’s Letter 3.22.26

Dear Friends,A couple of weeks ago, I gave a presentation to the people who will be joining Ixim on the annual mission trip to Huehuetenango in Guatemala. The presentation was on the virtue of solidarity, which is core to what we attempt to do on our mission trips. It...
Pastor’s Letter 3.15.26

Pastor’s Letter 3.15.26

Dear Friends,This week we celebrate the feast of St. Patrick. Poor guy always ends up with his feast day in Lent. This year, at least, it is not on Friday. His statue is in the niche on the southwest corner of the church.You may remember Patrick’s story; he was living...
Pastor’s Letter 3.8.26

Pastor’s Letter 3.8.26

Dear Friends,During their Lenten retreat at the Vatican, Pope Leo and the team at the Vatican heard reflections from Bishop Eric Varden. Some of these reflections were specific to the ministry of a bishop or a priest, but many of them provide great insights for all of...
Pastor’s Letter 3.1.26

Pastor’s Letter 3.1.26

Pope Leo and the staff of the Vatican were on a Lenten Retreat this week given by Bishop Eric Varden who is a Trappist. This was the second meditation he gave on the retreat:St. Bernard keeps us on our toes. He states: ‘I would have you warned: no one lives on earth...
Pastor’s Letter 2.22.26

Pastor’s Letter 2.22.26

Dear Friends, Pope Leo has given us a challenge for our Lent – to listen. Here is what he wrote: Lent is a time in which the Church, guided by a sense of maternal care, invites us to place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in...