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Season of Creation Celebration Ends With Annual Blessing of Animals at Mass

septiembre 26, 2025

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 ...

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Starting To Take Shape

septiembre 26, 2025

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: ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

agosto 23, 2025

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? ...

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Secular Franciscan Pilgrimage to Franciscan Monastery in DC

agosto 22, 2025

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 ...

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Mission Co-Op Weekend August 30-31

agosto 22, 2025

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 ...

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Capital Campaign Update

agosto 20, 2025

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 ...

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Outdoor Labor Day Mass Sept. 1

agosto 20, 2025

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 ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

agosto 16, 2025

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 ...

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Deacon Gary Homily for 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

agosto 16, 2025

Deacon Gary – Homily 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time The scripture readings today talk about faith. What is faith? Do you remember as a child being afraid of the dark? ...

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Season of Creation 2025: Schedule of Events

julio 1, 2025

For more than 30 years now, the mainline Christian community, including Catholics, has also observed Sept. 1 as a Day of Prayer for Creation.  And Catholics have participated more recently ...

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