There is no other place on this planet that offers me a greater experience of peace than the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes at the foot of the Pyrenes mountains in southern France. This peace of our Lord and our Blessed Mother calls me back time and time again! My most recent pilgrimage to […]
Twelve years ago in 2013, the College of Cardinals elected Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, as Bishop of Rome, our Supreme Pontiff, Pope. Since Easter Monday, April 21st, the day of his death, we have been praying for the happy repose of the soul of Pope Francis. The 2013 conclave was different than
Early on the morning of Easter Monday, Our Lord Jesus called His Holiness, Pope Francis, Jorge Bergoglio, home to Himself. Waking up that morning this news struck a cord in my heart and the mourning for my, our, Spiritual Father commenced. There is nothing like the feeling that floods the soul upon the death of
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CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS TRULY RISEN! IN GREEK: CHRISTOS ANESTI! ALITHOS ANESTI! IN LATIN: CHRISTUS RESURREXIT! RESURREXIT VERE! This is our greeting throughout the Easter Season! So, don’t be surprised if I say this to you instead of hello or good morning! And be prepared for the Latin and the Greek! After 6 weeks
Palm Sunday is one of the more solemn days of the year for us. It marks the entrance of Our Lord Jesus into Jerusalem where He will soon undergo His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Today is the beginning of the Holiest Week of the Year. We call this week “Holy” because in each liturgy we
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This Sunday gives us only a week and a half until Holy Week. Palm Sunday is next Sunday! Lent is quickly coming to an end with the celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection on the horizon! What a wonderful celebration this will be! Please take advantage of our times for confession or go
Well, my Lent started with a bang! How has yours been? The day before Ash Wednesday, I went to the Emergency Room and was admitted to the hospital where I stayed for 10 days solving, with the help of wonderful doctors and nurses, a variety of cancer related issues. This resulted in an NG tube
Wednesday evening, February 26th, Bishop Parkes conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation on about 30 of our young men and women at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Through the prayer, the laying on of hands and the anointing by the Bishop, the Holy Spirit flowed down upon these young people giving them the
Wednesday evening, February 26th, Bishop Parkes will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on about 30 of our young men and women at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. The Cathedral was gracious enough to host us as our sanctuary is being renovated. The Holy Spirit will rush upon these young people and give
During the Jubilee of Hope (whose theme is Pilgrims of Hope), Pope Francis encouraged Diocesan Bishops to designate certain churches in their diocese as pilgrimage sites so that the Christian faithful could go on pilgrimage to them and gain graces and a plenary indulgence. Well, we have one such site in our backyard! In the
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