Category: Pastor’s Weekly Letter

Pastor’s Letter: December 18, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: December 18, 2022

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The December 18 bulletin is available online.  Dear friend, Happy 4th Week of Advent. I pray you are having a blessed Advent season. The preparations for Christmas can be intense with the purchasing of gifts and preparing for parties, but most importantly we are called to prepare our hearts for the coming of the Lord. Advent invites us to reflect...

Pastor’s Letter: December 11, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: December 11, 2022

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The December 11 bulletin is now available online. Dear friend, This Sunday the Church celebrates Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent. “Gaudete,” a Latin word meaning rejoice is the first word of the Latin entrance antiphon for Sunday’s Mass. “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.  Indeed, the Lord is near.” Philippians 4:4-5. These words of St. Paul...

Pastor’s Letter: December 4, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: December 4, 2022

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The December 4 bulletin is available online. Dear friend, At the Masses this weekend, I will use a new Chalice and Ciborium purchased by Bishop Lou Tylka for the Diocese of Peoria. The Bishop has asked all the priests of the Diocese to celebrate a public Mass with the Chalice. This past year, the Bishops of the United States launched...