God expects every Christian to engage in private works of penance, each in our own way. In addition to these private works of penance, the Church prescribes some public occasions when we all do penance together. There are public days of penance, and there is also a public time of penance. The public time of penance is the season of …
Text Message Scams
Most people are aware of phishing – or email scams – but they may not realize scammers can also target them with deceptive text messages sent to their smart devices. It’s called “smishing“: a mashup of SMS – for “short message service” – and phishing. Many Saint Mary Parish parishioners report receiving these fraudulent texts purporting to be from parish …