by Steve Patti | Jun 17, 2018 | Pastor's Column
An update on a few things as we enter these days of summer….you may recall we conducted a parish survey back in November and since that time, we have been taking a deeper look at our parish and addressing some of what we learned through the survey. One thing we...
by Steve Patti | Jun 10, 2018 | Pastor's Column
A few weeks ago, I mentioned here that the friars had an important chapter meeting at Siena College on Wednesday, May 30. The meeting was the occasion for a vote on whether the friars of Holy Name Province, of which the three of us here are a part, along with the...
by Steve Patti | Jun 3, 2018 | Pastor's Column
I just finished reading a very fine book called The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life by Frederick Buechner. Buechner is a minister/writer who has a theology background and also a finely tuned sense of looking for the holy within the ordinary...
by Steve Patti | May 27, 2018 | Pastor's Column
Happy Memorial Day weekend to all, the unofficial beginning of summer, and a day on Monday in which we remember those who have gone before us in this life and in particular those who have served in the military, with faith that we will one day see those people again...
by Steve Patti | May 20, 2018 | Pastor's Column
In the bulletin, please see a letter from both the bishop of Raleigh, Luis Rafael Zarama, and the bishop of Charlotte, Peter Jugas. The letter addresses the issue of immigration and provides a Catholic framework for understanding this important issue. Blessings on...
by Steve Patti | May 13, 2018 | Pastor's Column
A couple of nice things to report from the past few weeks – one is that a teacher from our school, Bea Jimenez, was recently announced as the winner of the Msgr. Gerald Lewis Award for Teaching Excellence. This is a diocesan-wide award that is given every year to one...
by Steve Patti | May 6, 2018 | Pastor's Column
We are drawing closer to our goal for the 2018 Bishop’s Annual Appeal; nearly 90% of the way there. Thank you to all who have contributed so far and we also ask that if you have not yet made your contribution to the BAA, that you please consider making one. We like to...
by Steve Patti | Apr 29, 2018 | Pastor's Column
It’s first communion weekend, both this week and next and if these kids are anything like me when I made my first communion way back a long time ago, I was nervous all those days leading up to it, and couldn’t wait to take off the red clip-on tie after it was all...
by Dave Crout | Apr 22, 2018 | Easter
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is, perhaps the right time for a note or two on the Easter Season, about which we have only reached the halfway mark! But by now it may be difficult to discern that we are still in Easter – the lilies have faded and died and most Easter...
by Steve Patti | Apr 22, 2018 | Bishop Zarama
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today, on the 4th Sunday of Easter, the universal Church celebrates the 55th World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has informed us that the concentration of the fifteenth synod to take place in October...
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