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MISSION STATEMENT
We are a Roman Catholic family centered in the Eucharist, rooted in our immigrant traditions since the 1800’s and devoted to our Blessed Mother. Humbly guided by the Holy Spirit, and with the warmth and hospitality that springs from a small community, we seek to share our faith in Jesus Christ through prayer, devotion, education, stewardship, and service to others.
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Treasurers from our tradition
As election campaigns move into high gear, sometimes the phrase “the Catholic vote” is heard. It’s an interesting concept, since Catholics started out in this country as a very fragile group: fewer than forty thousand of us at the time of the first census in 1790, and only about 2 percent of the population by 1830. It was a priestless church for all intents and purposes, lay-led clusters of Catholics waiting patiently for the occasional visit of a priest, sustained by gathering when they could on Sunday for devotional prayer like litanies and the rosary. They tried to hold on to their ancestral faith as best they could. Archbishop Jean-Louis Cheverus told one family in Maine to “every day say your prayers on your knees with affection, and every Sunday gather to hear the Gospel, to pray in common, and to quiz the children on the catechism.”
Inevitably, some became Protestant, but many more stayed Catholic from generation to generation, with very little encouragement or sacramental ministry from the clergy. Archbishop John Carroll, the first American bishop, tried to make Church law flexible: shortening the length of the fast before Communion, easing the Lenten fast, and even relaxing the rule of Sabbath rest at harvest time. Catholicism in England had been quietly sustained in this way for two centuries, and the first American Catholics carried on as had their ancestors, providing a fertile soil for the unprecedented success and phenomenal growth of the Church in our country.
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Something New
Check out the new page on the website that list many of the activities happening in our diocese. Just follow this LINK to see what is going on in other parishes in the diocese.
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News
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September 25Guide to help you with the 2018 Election.
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September 11AN EVENING OF FAITH & INSPIRATION FOR ALL MEN Sponsored by "Let Me Be" Ministries
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What's Going On in the Parish
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Thursday, October 25, 7:00 PMThe Living Rosary
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Saturday, November 3, 5:30 PM
Annual Holy Name Society Stag Kielbasa Dinner -
Saturday, November 105th Annual Ladies Night Out.
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Saturday, November 17A day of Refection - Details to follow
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Friday, February 8, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PMTim Tebow Foundation "Night to Shine"
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Word on Fire
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FUNERALS
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Where to find us
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 2 Tm 4:10-17bResponsorial Psalm ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18Gospel Lk 10:1-9
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THE Full CALENDAr
CLICK HERE to go to the Full Calendar. You can find many events that are not list on the home page. This is the most up to date place to find out what is happening in the parish.
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Links to Other Special Interest Sites