The feast of Candlemas (the Presentation of the Lord, February 2nd) is one of the great feast days of the liturgical year that most Catholics too often overlook. We will celebrate the special Mass, procession, and candle blessing ritual for Candlemas this year on Wednesday at St. Peter at 9:00 a.m. I encourage you to […]
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49 years is a long time. As of yesterday, that is how long the country has lived under the Roe v. Wade regime – that is, the coercive mandate from the U.S. Supreme Court to make it legal in all 50 states to kill a child in the womb for almost any reason at any time, due
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Now that we have completed the celebration of the Christmas season, the parishes and Archdiocese are moving forward with some of the implementation details regarding the Beacons of Light pastoral planning initiative to adjust priest assignments and parish operations to prepare for the future. The initial changes for that will begin on July 1st of
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Our life is marked by constant transitions: new jobs or retirement, new relationships, the loss of loved ones, moving to a new town, and more. We just celebrated the transition to a new calendar year and the whole Archdiocese will soon be going through a major transition in July, as we reconfigure all our parishes
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Because of some peculiarities of the liturgical calendar, we celebrate the solemn feasts of Mary, Mother of God, and the Epiphany of Our Lord in the same weekend back-to-back. Many mysteries related to those feasts to reflect on in a short amount of time – much of it beautifully depicted in the scene here. One
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