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Collection for the Church in Latin America
The last weekend of January we are taking up a special collection for the Church in Latin America. Bishop Monforton has decided that we will alternate among the three collections: for Latin America, for Africa, and for Eastern Europe. If you would like to know more about this collection, you can click here.
Publications
Sun, Jan 26th
Sun, Jan 19th
Staff
- Fr. Timothy McGuire, pastor
- Mrs. Karen Carlier, secretary
Office Hours
Secretary present:
Tuesdays 9:00 to 3:00
Fridays 9:00 to 4:00
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Mass Times
Sundays at 9:30am
Confessions are one half hour before weekend Masses. Appointments are most welcome.
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What is on Father's mind?
My Nightmare
Posted in What's on Father's mind? on 06/15/18
Most of you know about some of the medical issues I have had to ... Read More »
Nuns and Birth Control
Posted in What's on Father's mind? on 06/15/18
This past week’s Supreme Court decision concerning religious liberty and the recent rescinding of ... Read More »
Sad for a Brother Priest
Posted in What's on Father's mind? on 06/15/18
You may have read about a priest from our diocese who has been suspended ... Read More »
Calendar
- Feb 2 2020 10:30 am - Mass
- Feb 5 2020 7:30 pm - Knights of Columbus
- Feb 5 2020 9:30 pm - Knights of Columbus Meeting
Choose a date for daily Mass readings
Weekly reading
Readings for the week of January 26, 2020
- Sunday: Is 8:23—9:3 / Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [1a] / 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 / Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
- Monday: 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10 / Ps 89:20, 21-22, 25-26 [25a] / Mk 3:22-30
- Tuesday: 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19 / Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 [8] / Mk 3:31-35
- Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:4-17 / Ps 89: 4-5, 27-28, 29-30 [29a] / Mk 4:1-20
- Thursday: 2 Sm 7:18-19, 24-29 / Ps 132:1-2, 3-5, 11, 12, 13-14 [Lk 1:32b] / Mk 4:21-25
- Friday: 2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17 / Ps 51:3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11 [cf. 3a] / Mk 4:26-34
- Saturday: 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17 / Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 [12a] / Mk 4:35-41
- Next Sunday: Mal 3:1-4 / Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 [10b] / Heb 2:14-18 / Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32
National and International Church News
Legionaries of Christ: Sexual abuse was perpetrated at minor seminary
01/28/20 5:00 am
Vatican City, Jan 27, 2020 / 08:00 pm (CNA).- The Legionaries of Christ acknowledged that sexual abuse took place at the religious order’s El Ajusco minor seminary in Mexico City between 1985 and 1992.
The group issued two separate statements Jan. 24, during its general chapter in Rome. The statements were in response to allegations of sexual abuse on the part of Fr. Antonio Rodríguez Sánchez, 65, and laicized priests José María Sabín Sabín, 61.
Read MoreTX judges increasingly denied abortion to minors without parental consent from 2016
01/28/20 3:18 am
Austin, Texas, Jan 27, 2020 / 06:18 pm (CNA).- A study of statistics from Texas suggests that since 2016, judges in the state were less likely to grant permission to minors to procure abortion without their parents’ consent than in previous years.
Thirty-seven states, including Texas, require minors to obtain parental consent before procuring an abortion. In those states, minors can also seek the approval of a judge, in what is known as a “judicial bypass.”
Read MoreLegislators back 'School Choice Week' as Supreme Court considers key case
01/28/20 2:00 am
Washington D.C., Jan 27, 2020 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- Political leaders have come out in support of School Choice Week, as the Supreme Court considers a crucial case on the right of parents to public assistance if they choose religious schools.
National School Choice Week is Jan. 26 through Feb. 1. “School choice” is a policy to provide families, particularly low-income families, the option of using public funds such as tax credits, public scholarships or vouchers, to help pay for the cost of sending their children to private schools or charter schools.
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