By Fr. Kevin Magner Please welcome to our parish Deacon Joseph Nguyen, who will be staying at the rectory for the summer. Deacon Nguyen was just ordained to the diaconate for our archdiocese and will be serving as our summer deacon this year. Deacon Nguyen is slated to be ordained to the priesthood next May. […]
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By Fr. Paul Shovelain Jesus ascends into heaven and now he invites you to step up to participate in his continued ministry here on Earth! This weekend we celebrate Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven 40 days after his Resurrection. Even though his physical body is no longer here, his Sacramental presence remains here in the Catholic […]
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By Fr. Kevin Magner This Saturday is the memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. Since this has been declared the year of St. Joseph we will be having Mass on Saturday morning at 8:30. The feast day of St. Joseph the Worker is a relatively new one. It was instituted by Pope Pius XII in […]
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By Fr. Paul Shovelain Joseph Nguyen was born in Vietnam and was raised in a devout Catholic family. His father was killed when he was 13 by the rebels from the north and his mother was left alone to raise him and his sisters. She instilled in him a deep faith in God and love […]
Read MoreSt. Expeditus?
By Fr. Kevin Magner On my calendar I have a memo that today is the feast day of St. Expeditus, a saint you may have never heard about. And that’s okay because he may not have ever existed. My introduction to St. Expeditus was many years ago during a camping trip to the BWCA. After […]
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