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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, Feb 23rd
Sun, Feb 16th
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
- Mar 1 2020 10:30 am - Mass
- Mar 4 2020 7:30 pm - Knights of Columbus
- Mar 4 2020 9:30 pm - Knights of Columbus Meeting
Choose a date for daily Mass readings
Weekly reading
Readings for the week of February 23, 2020
- Sunday: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18 / Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 [8a] / 1 Cor 3:16-23 / Mt 5:38-48
- Monday: Jas 3:13-18 / Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 [9a] / http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022420.cfm / Mk 9:14-29
- Tuesday: Jas 4:1-10 / Ps 55:7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11a, 23 [23a] / Mk 9:30-37
- Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18 / Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17 [cf. 3a] / 2 Cor 5:20—6:2 / Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
- Thursday: Dt 30:15-20 / Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5a] / Lk 9:22-25
- Friday: Is 58:1-9a / Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 [19b] / Mt 9:14-15
- Saturday: Is 58:9b-14 / Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [11ab] / Lk 5:27-32
- Next Sunday: Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7 / Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 [cf. 3a] / Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19 / Mt 4:1-11
National and International Church News
Retired archbishop disciplined after calling Pope Francis a ‘heretic’
02/28/20 4:00 am
Wloclawek, Poland, Feb 27, 2020 / 07:00 pm (CNA).- A retired archbishop who accused Pope Francis of heresy has been ordered to cease celebrating Mass in public.
Archbishop Jan Paweł Lenga, the 69-year-old former Archbishop of Karaganda in Kazakhstan, has also been forbidden to preach at Masses or speak to the media.
Read MoreArchbishop Hebda warns priests against voting in Super Tuesday primary
02/28/20 2:20 am
St. Paul, Minn., Feb 27, 2020 / 05:20 pm (CNA).- Catholic priests in Minnesota have been advised not to vote in the state’s March 3 Super Tuesday presidential primary, because there is no guarantee their partisan ballot choice will be kept private, and because primary voting in the state requires voters to express support for a party’s principles.
Minnesota Catholic Conference staff have told the state’s bishops that clerical participation in the primary election is “imprudent.”
Read MoreCatholic parish hosts ecumenical Ash Wednesday service in N Ireland
02/28/20 1:59 am
Belfast, Northern Ireland, Feb 27, 2020 / 04:59 pm (CNA).- While Northern Ireland has long faced religious disputes, an ecumenical celebration of Ash Wednesday was held at a Catholic church in Belfast this year, in which Presbyterian, Anglican, and Methodist ministers participated.
Ken Newell, a former Presbyterian Moderator; Elizabeth Hanna, a retired Church of Ireland minister; and Robin Waugh, a Methodist minister, all received ashes at the Feb. 26 service at St. Mary's Church.
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