by Steve Patti | Aug 26, 2018 | Pastor's Column
I would like to speak a word on the horrifying news that has come from Pennsylvania recently about the abuse of minors by priests. Our bishop, Luis Rafael Zarama has published a letter in response which can be found on the cover of the bulletin. Pope Francis added his...
by Steve Patti | Aug 20, 2018 | Fr. Steve Patti
I would like to speak a word on the horrifying news that has come from Pennsylvania recently about the abuse of minors by priests. Our bishop Luis Rafael Zarama has published a letter in response which can be found here. Pope Francis added his own letter earlier today...
by Steve Patti | Aug 19, 2018 | Pastor's Column
As summer winds down and a new school year begins, you may have seen over the past few weeks a school supply drive we had here at St. Francis, with large bins in the stewardship center filled with bags of pens, pencils, notebooks, calculators, and backpacks. We...
by Steve Patti | Aug 12, 2018 | Pastor's Column
You may have heard over the past week or so that Pope Francis declared that the death penalty is never permissible, which is a change from previous teaching that the death penalty might be permissible in certain cases. The announcement was big news around the world...
by Steve Patti | Aug 5, 2018 | Pastor's Column
You may have heard the announcement at Mass a few weeks back about the success of our 2018 Bishop’s Annual Appeal. As you know, we give regular updates on the BAA throughout the spring, and our mid-summer announcement was that our parish raised $480,000 for the...
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