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The Face on God’s Brochure

When a church is raising funds for a new building or a diocese is launching a stewardship appeal, there is usually someone — or several someone’s — who serves as the face of the campaign.

Have you ever given thought to the fact that you are an “ambassador for Christ?” An ambassador is an accredited diplomat and official representative. We are asked to be ambassadors for Christ and his message of reconciliation. Within each one of us is a prodigal son who realizes the need to return home,

For Sunday, March 27, 2022
4th Sunday of Lent

 Joshua 5:9a, 10-12
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

The story of the Prodigal Son is familiar to all of us.

Friday, March 25, is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. On this day, the Roman Catholic Church around the world remembers the Virgin Mary’s unconditional Yes to God’s call for her service as the mother of his only begotten Son – the Word made flesh Who lived among us.

Synod Listening Session
Sunday, April 3, 2022
St. Anthony Cafeteria 11:45am

God clearly reveals his identity as “I am who am.” God, who is really beyond all names, is the One who simply “is” as the ground of all being. This ever-existing, uncreated, and all-encompassing presence of unconditional God, who is Love,

March 20, 2022
3rd Sunday of Lent

Deserts can be lonely, isolated, and treacherous places. When a person wanders in a desert, they can easily get disoriented, dehydrated, confused, lost, and vulnerable.

Stoking the Lenten Fire

I think we all can acknowledge that there’s a certain fatigue that comes over us all as we near the end of the Lenten season. Next week is Laetare Sunday, and I find that as soon as those pink vestments start coming out of storage,

For Sunday, March 20, 2022
3rd Sunday of Lent

Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15
1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12
Luke 13:1-9

Most of the sins I confess when I approach God through the Sacrament of Reconciliation are sins I committed on the way to approaching Him in the Eucharist.

Share your thoughts and join us for our Listening Session on Sunday, April 3, 2022 after the 10:30 am Mass in our St. Anthony Campus Cafeteria.

Pope Francis has called a synod on synodality,

Rice Bowl Collection March 19 & 20

Voter Registration March 19 & 20

While we have to be cognizant of our societal and personal responsibilities in this world, we can never lose sight of where our true citizenship lies — heaven. When we become too immersed in earthly things and too preoccupied with our temporal responsibilities,