February - 2021

Sermon: The Death Chosen for You (Passion Sunday, March 26th, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 26th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 19th

Drawn to Repentance and Conversion -- Sermon for III Sunday in Lent

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 12th

Original sin, boredom, and the empire of empty desire (Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 26th

Loving Our Enemies (Sermon for Sunday, February 19, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Februrary 19th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 12th

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Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Feb. 28

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It was great to kick off our Lenten series on St. Joseph this past week. We are looking forward to our second session this Tuesday on St. Joseph’s relationship with Mary and how he can teach us to grow in devotion to our Blessed Mother. Remaining sessions will focus on: Week 3: The fatherhood of St. Joseph and lessons for earthly fatherhood. Week 4: St. Joseph and the sanctification of work. Week 5: St. Joseph, terror of demons. We look fo

2021 Lenten Series/Serie Camino Cuaresmal

The 2021 Lenten series began Tuesday February 23. This year, as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as the Universal Patron of the Church, we are focusing on what we can learn about the Christian life from this great saint. This first week we heard about how St. Joseph is a model of prayer, and we saw how the Gospels present him as a model of prayer. We invite you to check out the talk below! In the coming weeks we will explore: Week 2: St. Jos

Sermon: God Has Been at Work

The ashes have been washed off of our heads by now, but the mark they were meant to leave on our hearts hopefully remains. We have begun with seriousness the solemn fast of Lent, this time of intensification of our spiritual lives in which we draw closer to the Lord. On Ash Wednesday, we were reminded that the outward sign of repentance we performed by our symbolic initiation into the order of the penitents was meant not just as a gesture of our awareness of our sinfulness, b

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 21, 2021

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Thank you so much to everyone who has turned in their commitment for our “Restoring All Things in Christ” campaign! Our goal is to have each and every one of our parishioners and families working together to accomplish our mission to be and make disciples, so if you have not yet turned in your commitment please do so soon! This year we also have the option to fill it out electronically – find the link on our Facebook page (facebook.com/stj

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 14, 2021

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Thank you so much to everyone who has turned in their commitment for our “Restoring All Things in Christ” campaign! We had our best Commitment Sunday yet in our five years of doing this annual renewal of our sacrificial giving to our parish, as measured by the number of cards collected on our first Sunday. We still have a ways to go in order to have as many of our parishioners and families as possible working together to accomplish our mis

Pastor's Weekly Update: Feb. 7, 2021

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today is our Commitment Sunday for our “Restoring All Things in Christ” campaign! I am so grateful to the members of our parish who shared with us today at Mass about how they have seen lives being transformed by the Holy Spirit through the work of our parish. I hope that you took the time last week to ask the Lord in prayer how He is calling you to generously support the work of the Church in our parish. If you turned in your commitment c

Registración de XVeras -- Registration for Quinceañera classes

Ahora pueden registrarse para las pláticas de preparación para la celebración de XV años. Será un mini-retiro en vez de la serie de pláticas: Sábado Marzo 6, 2021 8:00am-3:00pm Gimnasio St Johns Es obligatorio la participación en la reunión de los papás: Miércoles Febrero 24, 2021 Gimnasio de St Johns 6:30pm-7:30pm Registración únicamente aquí. You may now register for the quinceañera preparation. It will be a mini-retreat instead of the usual series of talks: Saturday, March