So often as Claretians we forget to share the parts of our lives that make us who we are and the people we serve cannot distinguish us from other religious or other priests. As such, I would like to share what happened this past week as almost 70 of our Claretian priests, brothers, students and…
This week, February 2nd will mark the end of our Christmas season. This day is like the trinity as what seems like 3 events are really just one, celebrating the Presentation of the Lord, Candlemas, and the Feast of our Lady of Candelaria. The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple marks 40…
This Sunday we enter into the season called Ordinary Time, which makes up 33 weeks of the year when we are not in Advent, Christmas, Lent or Easter Seasons. This is the time Jesus begins His ministry of healing and miracles and encourages us to put His extraordinary message into the ordinary part of our…
Today’s Solemnity (our highest celebration in the Church) of Mary as Mother of God, is a part of the Octave of Christmas where we continue to discover what God has done in His great love for us. It is appropriate that our God who wants to express His great love for us uses the vehicle…
Christmas this year will bring one present many people pray for, Christmas will fall on a Sunday, so we only have to go to Mass once next week. It is the opposite of what we are used to and that might help us get ready for Christmas because getting ready for Christmas is not like…
Tomorrow faithful Catholics around the world, especially in the Americas and Mexico will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe commemorating 491 years since the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St Juan Diego in 1431. The apparition actually took place in New Spain, what is now called Mexico that not only covered what is…
In our first reading today, the prophet Isaiah speaks about God’s future for humanity, what has come to be called, “the peaceable kingdom.” Many people have heard or seen Christmas cards where the Lion lays down with the lamb, but that is not written from Isaiah’s hand, rather he speaks of a day where “the…
ANNUAL CRAFT VENDOR SALE Sacred Heart’s Annual Craft Vendor/Cookie Sale will be held on Friday, December 2 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm, and Saturday, December 3 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. If you need any further information or would like to volunteer to help, please contact Bob Horton at rmhorton711@gmail.com or call the…
Happy New Year! Today, our first day of Advent, we begin our new year in the Church, also called the start of our Liturgical Year (when we begin a new set of readings in our liturgies/masses). We will spend the next four weeks preparing ourselves with more than shopping for presents with special readings, more…
Pope Francis has recently made historic trips to Kazakhstan and Bahrain, both overwhelmingly Muslim countries. In addition to seeing a new church, Our Lady of Arabia, being built in Bahrain its 3rd in all of the country for 161,00 faithful), he participated in conferences for building dialogue and peace in our world. In doing so,…
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