May - 2022

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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Sermon: The Church of "Acts" is the Catholic Church

The Church of the Acts of the Apostles is the Catholic Church. For the past few weeks we have been hearing about the life of the Apostles and their followers in the early days of Christianity. This period, from Pentecost until the legalization of Christianity in 313 AD is often known as the “early Church.” But what is the relationship of the Church that we call “the Church” to this “early Church” we see in the Book of Acts? Protestant polemics hold that the “early Church” was

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, May 22nd

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome given to Caleb Kruse, our summer seminarian! It has been great to watch him experience the life of our parish so far. Registrations are open for our religious education classes and our parish school, both exclusively online. If you have a child in preschool through sixth grade, the Catholic education our parish school provides will be an immense treasure for your family. Please call our office to

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, May 15th 2022

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are excited to welcome seminarian Caleb Kruse, who will be spending the summer here with us! The past few weeks, Father Parrish and I have been interviewing the students who have just completed their formation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Some highlights from those interviews: A young man who has experienced a lot of challenges at school but has grown closer to the Lord through those dark moments. A young man who had a deep experi

Sermons: The Gift of Celibate Shepherds

We hear today that Paul and Barnabas are preaching at Antioch (modern day Turkey but then a Greek city). The Jews who hear them, though, reject them. Instead of getting discouraged, they “turn to the Gentiles,” citing the prophet Isaiah, through whom the Lord called the Jewish people to be “a light to the Gentiles, that [they] may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.” Hearing this, “the Gentiles were delighted.” These “gentiles” (non-Jews) listening to Paul

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, May 8th

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Congratulations to the students from our Spanish language catechesis program and our parish school who received their first Holy Communion yesterday! We should be inspired by the love and devotion that the children have for our Eucharistic Lord and imitate their innocent piety. Our goal should be for every holy Communion to be made with more and more fervor. Beginning Memorial Day weekend, on May 29th, we will suspend the 3 p.m. Mass in Sp

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, May 1st

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today we begin the month in honor of our Blessed Mother Mary. What will you do to dedicate this month in her honor? Maybe a regular visit to our Marian grotto, or praying the rosary individually or as a family? Congratulations to the students from our English language catechesis program and our parish school who received their first Holy Communion yesterday! This Saturday the students from our Spanish language catechesis program will have