Daily Readings
- Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time January 18, 2025Reading 1 Hebrews 4:12-16 The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom […]USCCB
- Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time January 18, 2025
Vatican News
- News from the Orient - 17th January 2025 January 17, 2025In this week's news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient: A ceasefire is announced in Gaza, Lebanon gets a new President and Prime Minister, and the Church of the Lord's Baptism in Jordan is consecrated. Read all
- Churches in DRC launch roadmap for peace in Great Lakes Region January 17, 2025The Catholic and Protestant Churches of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), present a "Social Pact for Peace and Living Together in the DRC and the Great Lakes" to end the vicious cycle of violence and humanitarian crisis in the troubled region. Read all
- Nigeria: African women religious graduate from Hilton-CIWA Theological Formation January 17, 2025The Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA) in Port Harcourt, this week, held a graduation ceremony for women religious from various English-speaking African countries. Read all
- News from the Orient - 17th January 2025 January 17, 2025
Men’s Bible Study
OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) Resumes
Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, will meet in Shuler Hall next Sunday, January 19, at 10:15 a.m.. If you have any questions, you can email Deacon Mark Mitchell at [email protected] or Father Mark Thomas at [email protected].
Dispensation Reminders
Update Your Online Giving for 2025
Jubilee Year of Hope
Dear Parishioners, We have progressed through the Christmas season and the Glory of God’s Incarnate Word, our Lord’s Nativity, Epiphany, and baptism in the Jordan. We celebrated Holy Family Sunday and the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Though we will now move into ordinary time for several weeks until Ash Wednesday on March 5 and the beginning of Lent, let us continue the Christmas joy we have experienced through these beautiful solemn Christmas liturgies: our joyful welcoming of the Nativity with our children’s pageant, the beauty of the prelude music of our Christmas eve Mass and the splendor … Continue reading
O.C.I.A.(Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) is Coming in January 2025
Would you or someone you know like to learn more about the Catholic faith? -Perhaps your spouse or fiance is thinking about becoming a Catholic? -Maybe you were raised Catholic but never received the sacrament of Confirmation? -Maybe you have never been baptized by a Christian church or belonged to a faith community. -Maybe you’ve drifted away from the Church and want to renew your connection to Catholicism by refreshing your knowledge of the Church’s teaching? There is never any commitment to becoming Catholic. That is a personal decision each participant makes. Participants who decide to become Catholic will be brought into full communion … Continue reading
Hot Meals Ministry
Free Book for Spiritual Book Clubs
The Three Ordinary Voices of God, by Matthew Kelly, is available in the narthex for each family to take home. We hope to form parish-wide “Spiritual Book Clubs,” and this will be the book that will get us started. We plan to begin with small group meetings in homes during Lent in 2025. The parish hall may be a small-group meeting area, and the youth room may be downstairs. Ideally, all will be invited to a small group, including your friends and neighbors, Catholics and non-Catholics, and non-Christians. Prayerfully consider opening your home to a small group for three weeks during Lent. … Continue reading
Hope House Needs
Ongoing needs exist for the women in Hope House. Please consider donating items such as toothbrushes, lotion, journals, hair brushes/combs, shampoo, conditioner, socks, razors, hair ties, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, new underwear of various sizes, and household cleaning products. Thank you for your continued generosity.