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Our annual Candlemas Procession will precede the 8 am Mass on the Feast of the Presentation, Friday, February 2nd, so please gather in the Family Life Center gym by 7:55 am. The following morning, the Candlemas candles will be used for the Saint Blaise Day Blessing of Throats after the 8 am Mass. Pope Saint John Paul II instituted the …
On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, our 12 noon and 2 pm Masses will be in the Family Life Center (317 Vermont Ave.), so that our volunteers can decorate the church for Christmas. Our Mass schedule for the Solemnity of Christmas will be Sunday, December 24th at 4 pm, 6 pm (in Spanish), and 8 pm; and Monday, December 25th …
Our next parish Penance Service (with visiting deanery priests) will be at 7 pm on Tuesday, November 28th. The Sacraments of Healing Christ, our physician, gives us two “sacraments of healing”: the Sacrament of Penance and the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Through these two sacraments, Christian priests continue Christ’s work of healing the followers of Christ. The Sacrament …
Our Thanksgiving Day Mass will be at 9 am in the church. Looking ahead, our parish Penance Service (with visiting deanery priests) will be at 7 pm on Tuesday, November 28th. Our Mass schedule for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception will be Thursday, December 7th at 6 pm, and Friday, December 8th at 6:30 am (Extraordinary Form), 8 am, …
Mass schedule for the Solemnity of All Saints: Tuesday, October 31st at 6 pm; Wednesday, November 1st at 6:30 am (Extraordinary Form), 8 am, 12:10 pm, and in Spanish at 7 pm. Mass schedule for the Commemoration of All Souls: Thursday, November 2nd at 6:30 am (Extraordinary Form), 8 am, 12:10 pm (both at Saint Mary Church and at Anderson Memorial Gardens), and …
Monday, August 14th @ 6 pm. Tuesday, August 15th @ 8 am and 12:10 pm. Extraordinary Form Tuesday @ 6:30 am. Spanish Tuesday @ 7 pm.
Did you miss the Sacrament of Confirmation? Bishop Stika will celebrate a Diocesan-Wide Confirmation Mass on Sunday June 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Any adult (18 and over) who has had the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, and Reconciliation, but has not been confirmed, can receive the sacrament on this date. …
A lot of things are being called “the mother of all __” these days, usually bad things like battles, bombs, lies, etc. But over fifteen centuries ago, Saint Augustine of Hippo in Africa used the phrase with great joy to describe the Christian Passover Vigil as the “mother of all the holy vigils”. This most holy night includes the singing …
Merry Christmas! Our Mass schedule for the Solemnity of the Mother of God (Octave Day of Christmas) will follow the usual weekend schedule: Saturday, December 31st at 5 pm; Sunday, January 1st at 8 am, 10 am and noon (2 pm in Spanish). Please welcome our past pastor Father Bill Gahagan, celebrant for the first three Masses on Sunday.
24th at 4 pm and 8 pm. 6 pm in Spanish. 25th at Midnight and 10 am.
“Why does the priest traditionally turn his back on the congregation during Mass?” Until the 1960’s, the priest faced whomever he was addressing. If he was speaking to the congregation, then he faced the congregation. If he was speaking to God, then he faced the symbol of God: the altar cross. The sermon, for example, was always delivered facing …
On Monday, July 4th, we will celebrate the Holy Mass at 9 am, rather than 8 am.