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Deacon’s Homily – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Both the First Reading and the Gospel today speak about leprosy. It was a common affliction back in the time of Jesus, with no known cure, which was associated with ...
Special Bilingual All Saints’ Day Mass Saturday Nov. 1
Because it falls on a Saturday in 2025, the Solemnity of All Saints is not an obligatory feast. However, to enable more people to celebrate this special day, we will ...
Season of Creation Celebration Ends With Annual Blessing of Animals at Mass
Bring your furry friends to our annual outdoor Mass with the blessing of animals, to commemorate the end of the Season of Creation. This year’s event will be Sunday, October ...
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Starting To Take Shape
Planning has begun for our annual Our Lady of Guadalupe festival at the parish. This year, the December 12 feast falls on a Friday. Our tentative schedule looks like this: ...
Pastor’s Homily — 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Who’s up? Who’s down? Who’s in? Who’s out? We spend a lot of time and energy wondering, even obsessing, about these things. Who’s ranked #1 in the college football polls? ...
Secular Franciscan Pilgrimage to Franciscan Monastery in DC
Our diocesan Secular Franciscan Fraternity, led by Msgr. William Benwell of St. Mary Parish in Watchung, is conducting a St. Francis Feast Day pilgrimage to the famed Franciscan Monastery in ...
Mission Co-Op Weekend August 30-31
It’s that time of year again — on the weekend of August 30-31 we welcome Franciscan Father Percey Tayem from the Franciscan Missions, as our 2025 Mission Co-Operative representative. Please ...
Capital Campaign Update
We recently topped the $400,000 mark in pledges and we are a little more than 80% toward our goal of $500,000. We have received more than $160,000 in cash-in-hand and ...
Outdoor Labor Day Mass Sept. 1
As has become our annual parish tradition, we’ll be celebrating Labor Day with a 9am outdoor and bilingual Mass, with a simple food social to follow the liturgy in front ...
Pastor’s Homily — 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
These are the so-called “dog days” of summer, when the heat and humidity are the most oppressive in the Northern Hemisphere. A couple of days ago, a parishioner came to ...