Sunday School, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 07/23/2023, Cycle A

Sacred Heart Catholic School is Back! Our amazing scholars return to school on Monday, August 14! Please join us in praying forthem, for our teachers and staff, and for a safe and holy school year! Pray one of ourcherished prayers as a school, from St. John Henry Newman: Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance …
Read moreFrom the Rector/Cathedral School, 8/13/2023, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
PENANCE & ANOINTING Lesson 11 1. What is the sacrament of Penance? Penance is the sacrament by which sins committed after Baptism are forgiven through the absolution of the priest. 2. Whence has the priest the power to forgive sins? From Jesus Christ, who said to His apostles and to their …
The Last Things From EWTN.com Every November, we have the opportunity to recall the Catholic teaching on the Four Last Things. This brief article from EWTN can help to focus our thought and prayer. —- The last things are death, judgment, heaven and hell. Death is the separation of man’s mortal body and immortal soul. …
Read moreFROM THE RECTOR/CATECHESIS, October 30, 2022, Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
In order to help understand our Palm Sunday procession, I want to re-print a summary of an article I wrote a few years ago for the voice of the Southwest. Although there are several other examples, the processions in the New Testament of primary importance are Our Lord’s procession into the city of Jerusalem on palm Sunday, and …
2017 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima Fatima, Portugal is one of the most revered sights in the Roman Catholic religion. It was in this tiny village where, starting in 1916, three small Portuguese shepherd children had encounters first with an Angel and later with the Lady who has …
Read moreFrom the Rector: 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima
A personal mini-retreat for Advent In the midst of all of the swirl around preparation for the external celebration of Christmas, the Church is ever vigilant to help us find a time and place of reflection to enter and prepare our hearts. I recently listened to a guided reflection by a Dominican priest to help …
Read moreFrom the Rector: A Personal Mini Retreat for Advent