Although I do not play any musical instruments and do not sing that well, I love music! I am a fan of many and varied styles of music. I enjoy the Christmas Carols being sung now and certainly the beautiful hymns sung at Church...
This Saturday, Dec. 8th, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception --- a Holy Day of Obligation. Our Mass Schedule for the Holy Day is as follows: Fri. Dec. 7th -- 7:00PM Sat. Dec. 8th -- 8:30AM and 12:00 Noon
I remember as a young boy, my dad would drive around the neighborhood in the evening to show us kids the lights on peoples’ homes. We would sing, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” That is certainly true!...
Happy Thanksgiving! I know it was on Thursday, but we are able to celebrate and give thanks to Almighty God for all His many blessings to our Nation, the world and our families all weekend...
Perhaps, because Fr. Dan and I were trying to give the parish the best understanding of end of life issues and preaching about what the Catholic Church teaches on the subject, we have blended some of the topics together last week and what you will hear this weekend...
The Parish Office will be closed on Thursday Nov. 22nd and Friday Nov. 23rd in observance of Thanksgiving. It will re-open on Sat. Nov. 24th at 9:00AM. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Saints and souls was the topic preached by us, Fr. Dan and myself, last weekend. We spoke about the importance of our soul and how immediately upon death our soul goes before Almighty God for judgment...
As we are now in the month of November with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day behind us, the Church will present during the Sundays of November Gospel readings about the end times! ...
Happy Halloween! Just a reminder about this “holiday” called Halloween. Remember, it’s a children’s day for dressing up and having fun trick or treating...
Next weekend we celebrate World Mission Sunday -along with all Catholic parishes we pray and support the men and women who have dedicated their lives to serving the Church in various countries throughout the world...
Next Saturday, October 6th at 12 Noon, the annual “Blessing of the Animals” will take place on the front steps of our Church. Bring all your “friends” to receive a blessing as we invoke the in- tercession of St. Francis of Assisi for all our so very much loved pets...
Obviously, Cardinal Dolan and I are on the same page although we did not talk with each other prior to my suggesting last week to begin a nine day Novena and the Cardinal announcing a nine day Novena in the Catholic New York...
Happy Labor day weekend! The children will once again return to school and “Blessing of Backpacks Weekend” will be at all the Masses next weekend (September 8th/9th), but before we become discouraged that summer is gone remember there is still more beautiful summer days ahead of us...