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August 15, is a Holy Day of Obligation for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Masses will be as follows:
August 14, 2019, 5:15 pm Vigil Mass.
August 15, 2019, 6:30 and 8:00 a.m. and at 7:00 p.m.
The parish office will be closed in observance of this Holy Observance.
Given the Gospel this Sunday, which foreshadows the holy priesthood, I’d like to share an adapted part of an article written for the Voice of the Southwest, in which the question was asked, “Is it still worth it to be a priest?” It is no secret that the Church is in agony right now, and …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, July 10, 2022
Proper preparation to receive Holy Communion during a Catholic Mass We recently looked up this official instruction for the pew booklets that will soon be printed for the weekday Mass propers and psalms. Since it is a helpful reminder for all of us to prepare properly to receive Holy Communion and what to do in …
General remarks on Indulgences The following “General remarks on Indulgences” from Gift of the Indulgence summarizes the usual conditions given in the Church’s law (cf. Apostolic Penitentiary, Prot. N. 39/05/I): This is how an indulgence is defined in the Code of Canon Law(can. 992) and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church(n. 1471): “An indulgence is a remission before …
Lent 2017 Daily considerations for Lent: Sunday, March 26: By your repentance, you can please your father God, as did the Prodigal Son. “Now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.” (Gospel: Luke 15:32) Monday, March 27: Like the saints …