The Twelve Days of Christmas - While the song is popular for caroling, it is actually based on an ancient Catholic tradition of celebrating the Miracle of Christ’s Birth for 12 days – Christmas Day until Epiphany (January 6). These are truly holy days to remind us that Christmas actually just begins on December 25 and lasts for these two weeks. After all the festivities, gift giving, and traveling are over, take time during these 12 Days to sit quietly in front of your Manger scene or the one here at church...READ MORE

Christmas Octave Graces - This week, we move from Advent to Christmas to the Feast of the Holy Family, all within 7 days. Together, we celebrate these holy days around the Altar of the Eucharist and listen to powerful scriptures about the beautiful and surprising ways that God ‘intervenes’ in our lives with His grace and love. A special welcome this week to all visitors, family members from out of town, those returning to Mass after months or years away, and people from other Christian denominations ...READ MORE

“People of Light” Often times when I teach about the value of going to the Sacrament of Confession (Reconciliation), I use the image of LIGHT…to describe the Holy Spirit’s goal of cleansing out any ‘dark’ things in our life and filling us with God’s Light. We each have some ‘dark spots’ in our thoughts, heart, and soul that God wants to heal and remove in this powerful sacrament of healing. This Thursday evening at 7:00 PM, we will have 8 priests here to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation…to help us be People of Light...READ MORE