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Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet
11 Aug 2019

Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
As I write this column on the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, perhaps it would be well to consider a tremendous Jesuit missionary in the United States.  His name was Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J.  A Belgian by birth ...

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Steubenville Visit
31 Jul 2019

Steubenville Visit

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
I was reminded recently why the Church does not allow couples to write their own vows.  On one occasion – many years ago - the groom said to his wife, With this wing I thee red! If you were not able to catch our Fiddler on the Roof, Jr. musica ...

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Mary Magdalene
27 Jul 2019

Mary Magdalene

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
The Blessed Virgin Mary has many solemnities, feasts and memorials throughout the Church year.  Do you know the only other woman in the Church calendar who has a feast day in her honor?  We might guess one of the women mentioned in Eucharistic ...

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VBS 2019
20 Jul 2019

VBS 2019

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Thank you to everyone who helped make our Vacation Bible School (VBS) such a joy-filled success!  It was terrific to have the youngsters here all week.  By ‘youngsters,’ I also mean our middle school and teens who helped our adults in so m ...

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Declaration of Truths
11 Jul 2019

Declaration of Truths

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
At various times of history the Church has been characterized as a ship sailing amidst a stormy sea – similar to the Apostles on the stormy Sea of Galilee wherein Our Lord calms the seas.  The last twenty years or so have definitely been stormy f ...

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Humanae Vitae
30 Jun 2019

Humanae Vitae

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
TO ALL OF OUR MARRIED COUPLES:  If you were given a marriage strengthening tool that boasted an international divorce rate of less than 5%, would you be interested?  I would think that every married couple would want to know what it is! Wha ...

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St. Maria Goretti
25 Jun 2019

St. Maria Goretti

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Thank you to everyone who made it out for our Eucharistic Procession last Sunday, Corpus Christi!  Thank you also to the many who helped coordinate the event. In addition, thank you to our 35+ parishioners – most of them teens – who spent th ...

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Corpus Christi 2019
23 Jun 2019

Corpus Christi 2019

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
I believe it was about 10 years ago that I found myself in Rome on Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) – yes, you can roll your eyes at the verb, ‘found;’ how do you just ‘find’ yourself in Rome?!  Well, I was there leading a pilgri ...

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Created in His Image
11 Jun 2019

Created in His Image

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
As we celebrate our patronal feast, the Most Holy Trinity, it is good for us to consider this fundamental truth of our Faith, the creation of the human race as a communion of love, and recent public events. God exists from all eternity as Father, Son ...

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Priesthood 2019
05 Jun 2019

Priesthood 2019

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
This weekend is a joyful one in our diocese!  Yesterday, Bishop Burbidge ordained four men to the priesthood.  One of these men is our own Fr. Nicholas Blank whose family have been parishioners about 8 years.  Fr. Blank’s Mass of Thanks ...

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