Pastor’s Message June 7th, 2020
We are living in one of the more difficult times in the life of our country. The civil disturbances we’re witnessing, on top of the problems brought on by Covid-19, and the political backstabbing that...
View ArticlePastor’s Message June 14th, 2020
Today, we celebrate the great festival of the Body and Blood of Christ – Corpus Christi. The great gift that Our Lord gave His disciples at the Last Supper is the same gift that He still continues to...
View ArticlePastor’s Message June 21st, 2020
This coming Monday, June 22nd, marks the memorial of two English martyrs who refused to take the Oath of Supremacy, which purported to make the King head of the Church in England instead of the Pope....
View ArticlePastor’s Message June 28th, 2020
As with so many other occasions in the past 100 plus days, we are going to be celebrating Independence Day in a rather unique way because of the pandemic. Maybe it’s a good occasion to try to decipher...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 5th, 2020
How often have we ever thought that “there must be more to life?” I would venture to guess that it isn’t as uncommon as one might think. As humans, we are designed to follow a higher purpose, and it is...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July, 12th, 2020
It’s so good to see so many of our parishioners returning to church these past few weekends despite the dangers brought on by the corona virus. Even though we are still dispensed by our bishop from the...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 19th, 2020
It’s been a difficult summer, in that we’re still trying to figure out the ifs, whens and hows of our school’s re-opening because of the confusing messages we’re getting about it from the state, the...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 26th, 2020
From time to time, all of us need to go back to our roots, reflecting on and recapturing those treasures which may have been lost or corrupted over the years. For Catholics, going back to our roots as...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 2nd, 2020
There’s good news in the air! Catholic students in the Diocese of Palm Beach will return to their schools on August 24th, a week earlier than their counterparts in the Palm Beach County Public Schools...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 9th, 2020
“What is it with this attack on Catholic saints?” asked Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles in a recent video tweet, drawing attention to the attacks on statues of St. Junípero Serra up and...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 16th, 2020
In 1995, a successful French journalist named Jean-Dominique Bauby, suffered a massive stroke at the age of forty-three. When he woke twenty days later, he discovered he could only blink one eye. The...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 23rd, 2020
We’re so very happy to be able to re-open our school this week after shuttering it for several months because of the Corvid-19 virus that has plagued all sectors of our society – not only in our...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 30th, 2020
Though it may have been a very rough week elsewhere, this past week has been a joyous one for us at SVF, with the re-opening of our parish school for a new academic year. We had well over 200...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 6th, 2020
From time to time the question arises in some people’s minds as to what it really means to be a Catholic. It seems there are various interpretations in answer to this question, especially in view of...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 13th, 2020
As we come closer to the November elections and the preceding debates among the candidates for the presidency of the United States in November, many arguments are being put for (not for the first time)...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 20th, 2020
The pagan Greek philosopher, Aristotle, once wrote that there is an art to being generous. If people have the resources to be generous, they can do so without showing off, or making those who receive...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 27th, 2020
These two weekends have been something of an historical moment in the life of our parish. Our long-awaited First Holy Communion days have become a reality for our children who have waited for it for...
View ArticlePastor’s Message October 4th, 2020
2020 will certainly go down in history as a most unusual year. Who, other than God, would have had the clairvoyance of a 20/20 vision as to what would take place this year? The impact of the Covid-19...
View ArticlePastor’s Message October 11th, 2020
In place of my usual weekly column, I have received permission from Bishop Thomas Paprocki, of Springfield, Illinois, an acquaintance of mine, to reproduce a major part of a letter he sent to his flock...
View ArticlePastor’s Message October 18th, 2020
Driven in large part by political correctness and partisan academics and activists, it has become fashionable in recent years to criticize Christopher Columbus and the holiday named in his honor. Many...
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