Bulletins

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, "On the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest" (Mark 9:34). How do you imagine that argument went? Today's gospel (Mark 9:30-37) doesn't tell us [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, What is it about Jesus Christ that sets Him apart from all other religious leaders in history? Well, of course, to Christians, the answer is easy: All the other [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, What does it mean to be open? Today, it could mean different things to different people. For us, Roman Catholics, I believe, being open suggests being open to God [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, I hope this letter finds you well and having had a healthy and happy summer. I was away for two weeks and had a great vacation with my family. [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, I believe it was Winston Churchill who said, "Democracy is a terrible form of government." But then he added, "There is no other form that is better." Sometimes our [...]

FROM THE PAROCHIAL VICAR’S DESK Dear Parishioners, Since Fr. Monteleone is away, he gave me the task of writing an article for this weekend. However, this article contains more of a catechetical and practical approach [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Sister Mary Grace was an Irish nun who ran an orphanage after the Second World War. Joe was a young nine-year-old boy who entered that orphanage after both of [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, It's important for us to notice in today's gospel that Jesus does not give the crowd what they want. He gives them more. When Jesus leaves the deserted place, [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, A man was very rapidly losing his hair, and this caused him a good deal of concern. So, he was attracted to an advertisement in the newspaper. "Miracle formula! [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, I'd like to say a few words today about compassion. Compassion comes from a Latin word that means to feel with or to suffer with. And compassion might not [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Jesus sends out the twelve on a long and difficult mission. But he tells them they are to take no bag. Now, what sense does that make? Well, it [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Today's Gospel is strangely disturbing, but it also carries a thread of consolation. This passage from Mark's gospel is the only passage in the gospels where Jesus is said [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, When I was assigned to St. Philip the Apostle back in 2021, I was given not only a wonderful assignment, but a wonderful associate, Fr. Nico Quintos. I had [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Normally we are quite respectful when we speak to God. Controlled and subservient we place our needs before the Lord. "Dear Jesus, help my son be accepted into the [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, In today’s Gospel, Jesus is again speaking in parables. Parables were Jesus’ favorite way of teaching. He used parables, because parables force you to think. You have to pause [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Jesus finds himself amid a violent controversy in today’s gospel. His family, the scribes, and the people of Galilee are trying to decide who he is and what he [...]