Dear Parishioners, According to Jesus, we can know whether or not a prophet is true by the fruit he produces. (see Matthew 7:15-20) This means that if a prophet makes predictions that come true, that prophet and his message can be trusted. Meanwhile, if a prophet makes predictions that are not true, then you cannot…
Dear Parishioners, Today’s Gospel describes Jesus sending out his twelve disciples to go throughout the land preaching repentance and casting out unclean spirits. They were to travel from house to house and take very little with them so that they could depend on God and the charity of good people. Though it is a short…
Dear Parishioners, As many of you know, I hold a Parish Board Game Night once a month in the school cafeteria. Also, those of you involved in the school know that I run a Board Game Club after school once a week during the school year. What many of you do not know and are…
Dear Parishioners, As we ease into the summer months, I would like to recognize two people who are leaving working for the parish. I would like to thank Bill Maguire for over ten years of service as Business Administrator. He decided to retire a little over a month ago and though this was a tough…
Dear Parishioners, I have some bad news. Fr. Michael Vona just told me this week that he would like to step down from saying two masses per week at our parish. He feels that as he is getting older, he is becoming less patient and at peace while at Mass. He says he would be…
Dear brothers and sisters, parishioners of Holy Innocents Parish, We read in the book of Ecclesiastes, “There is an appointed time for everything, and time for every affair under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Such time has arrived for me to take leave of my Holy Innocents faith family after eleven years! My departure was first…
Dear Parishioners, In our Gospel today, we hear Jesus talk about an unforgivable sin, defined as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Many have speculated on what this could possibly mean and I recently read an explanation from Pope St. John Paul II that I found particularly meaningful. He said: “[B]lasphemy” does not properly consist in…
Dear Parishioners, Today is the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, a feast also known as Corpus Christi. On this feast day, we focus on the reality of Christ’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament. What appears to be bread and wine is actually His Body, Blood, soul and divinity: His essence. We believe…
Dear Parishioners, In the Gospel we read today at Mass, Jesus gives His last words to His disciples before He leaves them. It is the summary of everything He has told them to do since He met them and is a message to us as well. He tells them to, “make disciples of all nations”….
Dear Parishioners, As I mentioned in my last bulletin letter, we are looking for more people to be team members in our Faith in our Future Cohort. I did not have enough space last week to share any details. So, I’m going to take some time now to explain what the Cohort is and what…
