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I have recently been asked to pray for several people who had the very joyful news that they are expecting babies. As such, I thought I would publish the prayer we use for the blessing of the child in the womb and the Mother and Father of the child. Please don’t hesitate to ask one …

Read moreFrom the Rector, Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, 7/5/20

Catechist Formation Class #12 on Baptism   To print or view the Catechist Formation Class #12 on Baptism, please click on the link below http://shccatechistformation.blogspot.com/2014/11/catechist-formation-class-12-baptism.html

The Holy Oils On the Thursday prior to Holy Thursday, Bishop Wall, joined by the priests of the diocese, will gather at the Cathedral to celebrate the Chrism Mass. This Mass manifests the unity of the priests with their bishop. Here the bishop blesses three oils — the oil of catechumens (oleum catechumenorum or oleum sanctorum), the …

Read moreFrom the Rector: The Holy Oils

Saint Martha of Bethany On July 29 (this Wednesday) we will commemorate Martha of Bethany, the sister of Mary and Lazarus. These three had a very special relationship with Jesus: the Lord loved to visit them and spend time with them at their home whenever He was passing through the area. Martha, Mary and Lazarus …

Read moreFrom Father Joshua: Saint Martha of Bethany

Pope Francis recently released an encyclical concerning our responsibility as stewards of God’s creation, called “Laudato Si” or “Praised be You O God”.   Here are some excerpts. Human ecology and difference between masculinity and femininity: (155) Human ecology also implies another profound reality: the relationship between human life and the moral law, which is …

Read moreFrom the Rector: excerpts from Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si” or “Prasied be You O God”

An excerpt from a Christmas Homily by Pope Francis. Today, anyone wishing to enter the Church of Jesus’ Nativity in Bethlehem will find that the doorway five and a half meters high, through which emperors and caliphs used to enter the building, is now largely walled up. Only a low opening of one and a …

Read moreFrom the Rector: An excerpt from a Christmas Homily by Pope Francis