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What a blessing to celebrate the birthday of the United States of America, especially at this time as we are celebrating renewed freedoms from the restrictions being lifted. The ability to safely get together with one another because of increased vaccinations and improving pandemic statistics allows us to celebrate not only independence but also unity – in our families, our communities, and our churches!....

As we've walked with the apostles in the Gospels in recent weeks, we've witnessed Jesus command the wind and sea, and order a little girl to arise from the dead. But He seems to meet His match in His hometown of Nazareth. Today's Gospel is blunt: ...

Grades 1-10 registration is open until July 16th. Space is limited so make sure to register early and to avoid any late fees. 

...For those wanting to do more for foster/adoptive families, we invite you to come to our Parenting and Planning meeting this Wednesday, July 7th at 6:30pm in the Teen Room of St. Mary's rectory. Any foster, kinship, or adoptive families...

As a child, I remember saying the rosary at funeral home wakes and in the cellar of our house when there were tornado warnings. The rosary felt like something reserved for the dead or for times of great fear, like that your house was in danger of flying off to Kansas!....

God, who formed us in His imperishable image, did not intend for us to die, we hear in today's First Reading.  Death entered the world through the devil's envy and Adam and Eve's sin; as a result, we are all bound to die. But in the moving story...

Father Lambert Nieme and I are happy to formally announce that we have hired a new Coordinator of Faith Formation for Youth (grade 7 through Confirmation), and she is already someone familiar to many of you. Jillian Carelli is already an important part of the Pastoral Team serving.....

"Do you not yet have faith?" Our Lord's question in today's Gospel frames the Sunday liturgies for the remainder of the year, which the Church calls "Ordinary Time." In the weeks ahead, the Church's liturgy will have us journeying...

Join the Archdiocesan response to the USCCB’s nationwide effort to uphold the “Hyde Amendment” during the month of June (when Congress will begin the legislative process), by signing the petition on NoTaxpayerAbortion.com. The “Hyde Amendment” has been in place since 1976 and ensures that federal tax dollars are not spent on abortions....

Invitations to Return to Normal Mass, More about Sunday Obligations, and New Things to Celebrate!....

Part of the “Good News” is that God is always doing something new in our lives, personally and as faith communities. Sometimes we also can do something new in caring for our parishes through ministries, spiritual programs, and maintaining our buildings and grounds. Both of our Parish Finance Councils have been...

In the cryptic message of the prophet Ezekiel, long centuries before the Lord’s coming, God gave His people reason to hope. Ezekiel glimpsed a day when the Lord God would place a tree on a mountain in Israel, a tree...

It is invigorating to feel the freedoms and regularity of our lives these days as this virus is becoming less of a factor in our part of the world! Advances in treatment and prevention have helped to reduce new occasions of suffering here and in many other countries, but not all. This weekend,...

All of today's readings are set in the context of the Passover. The First Reading recalls the old covenant celebrated at Sinai following the first Passover and the exodus. In sprinkling the blood of the covenant on the Israelites, Moses was symbolizing ...