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Pastor’s Corner – Feb 18

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, As we continue on our Lenten Journey to the Foot of the Cross: Bishop Ricken Offers 10 Things to Remember For Lent. Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the former chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Feb 11

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, As we enter this Lenten Season I wanted to address Questions and Answers about Lent and Lenten Practices that often arise in our daily lives. These were taken from the United States Council of Catholic Bishops website (USCCB). Q. Why do we say that there are forty days… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Feb 04

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, “As we prepare to begin on our Lenten journey I wanted to address the Precepts of the Catholic Church, in other words, the duties of all Catholics. The precepts of the Church are duties that the Catholic Church requires of all the faithful. Also called the commandments of… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Jan 28

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the last two pastor messages we learned that the four marks of the Church are: that it is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. When we ask where, if anywhere, is to be found the same Church which the New Testament tells us Christ founded, we have to reformulate… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Jan 21

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This week we look at the third and fourth marks of the Church. The third great historic mark or note of the one true Church was that this Church was Catholic. “Catholic” means “universal.” It refers as much to the fullness of the faith which it possesses as it… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Jan 14

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, The next three weeks we will look at the Church today and whether it is still founded in the teachings of Christ. We sometimes wonder if the Church we worship in today is the same Church established by Jesus Christ. There are four marks of the true Church… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Jan 7

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, “In Catholicism you will find answers to life’s most troubling questions: Why am I here? Who made me? What must I believe? How must I act? All these can be answered to your satisfaction, if only you will open yourself to God’s grace, turn to the Church He… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Dec 31

  My Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, As we begin a New Year let us reflect upon what is truly important in our lives. New Years is normally a time of year where we welcome in and celebrate a new beginning in our life. It is a time when we leave behind an old… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Dec 24

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, Merry Christmas to each of you! As we celebrate the birth of Christ we are reminded of how much God loves each and everyone one of us. It is a time for us to remember the promise that God has made us in the Old Testament through… Read More »

Pastor’s Corner – Dec 17

  On December 3rd we began the Season of Advent. Advent has a two-fold character, for it is a time of preparation for the Solemnities of Christmas, in which the First Coming of the Son of God to humanity is remembered, and likewise a time when, by remembrance of this, minds and hearts are led… Read More »