Pastor’s Letter 6.19.16

Pastor’s Letter 6.19.16

Dear Friends, Happy Father’s Day to all the dads in the parish! We are delighted to be honoring you today and the important role you play in the lives of your children. You deserve our gratitude and our praise. On Thursday of this week I went to a symposium hosted by...
Pastor’s Letter 6-12-16

Pastor’s Letter 6-12-16

Dear Friends, If all goes as planned, you should be hearing the original church bells ringing again this weekend before Masses and in jubilation as the Santa Lucia statue is taken from the church down Tenth Street to the annual festival. What a joy for us to have the...
Pastor’s Letter 6-5-16

Pastor’s Letter 6-5-16

Dear Friends, This weekend I celebrate 35 years of priesthood. It has been a rich and wonderful journey of service and love. I could have never imagined all the wonder that God would put into my life when I lay prostrate on the floor of the Cathedral 35 years ago....
Pastor’s Letter 5-29-16

Pastor’s Letter 5-29-16

Dear Friends, I heard a story recently from a mother who had raised several children. One Sunday morning at Mass she was enjoying herself sitting behind a young family at church. The young family had two children under the age of three and the two-year old was...
Pastor’s Letter 5-22-16

Pastor’s Letter 5-22-16

Dear friends, There were a couple of pieces of news this week that we should use and celebrate. The first one concerned the positive health benefits from attending Mass each week; the other concerned religious freedom. The first was a study published by JAMA last...
Pastor’s Letter 5-15-16

Pastor’s Letter 5-15-16

Dear Friends, Happy Birthday Church!!!! Each year at Pentecost we celebrate the birth of the Church. At Christmas it is the birth of Jesus, at Pentecost the Church’s birth. The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples makes the Church possible. The story we hear...