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Parish Bulletin
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- Fr Michael Blackburn OFM
Bp. Barron's Reflections
- Tuesday, December 10, 2024
  
  Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus asks: “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray?”
National Catholic Register
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  Lebanese Christians celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on Dec. 8, 2024. Under Hafez and Bashar al-Assad, Lebanese Christians endured significant...
- 5 Practical Tips to Power Up Your Advent
  
  Enrique Simonet, “Flevit Super Illam (He Wept Over It),” 1892, Museo del Prado, Madrid Advent is a time to align our hearts with the hope of Christ’s coming.
- Papal Foundation Announces $800,000 of Scholarship Awards to 110 Religious and Laypeople
  
  The Papal Foundation, a U.S.-based organization that provides funding for Catholic projects around the world, recently announced that it has awarded $800,000 to...
Catholic Link
- A ‘Closet Catholic’ Finds Faith To Write A New Christmas Hymn
  
  A SONG IS CONCIEVED It didn’t take long for our dinner conversation in July 2022 to find itself deep in the discussion of music, particularly of our own. With a B.A. in music from Rowan University...
- My Spirtiual Journey With St. Joseph Led To Writing This Christmas Hymn
  
  St. Joseph has been accompanying me since my youth and this latest accomplishment—the song I co-wrote with Tom Raniszewski, “The Carpenter’s Son”—is but another time he has influenced my thinking and...
- Jesus In The Womb: Month 9
  
  Your Lord and Savior is Now the Size of a Watermelon! Advent has officially begun! The final month has finally arrived and Baby Jesus will soon be born. The last month in the womb is spent with...
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Today's Readings
- Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
  
  Reading 1 Is 40:25-31
  Responsorial Psalm Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10
  Gospel Mt 11:28-30
Parish Calendar
- Poor Clare Mass
  
  Wednesday, December 11, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  
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- Daily Mass
  
  Thursday, December 12, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  
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- Daily Mass
  
  Friday, December 13, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  
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- Rosary
  
  Friday, December 13, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  
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- Confession
  
  Saturday, December 14, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  
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- Mass
  
  Saturday, December 14, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  
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- Book Club
  
  Sunday, December 15, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  
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