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Cordileone, Olmstead and Aquila on Holy Communion and Abortion
31 May 2021

Cordileone, Olmstead and Aquila on Holy Communion and Abortion

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
If you find that you are unwilling or unable to abandon your advocacy for abortion, you should not come forward to receive Holy Communion. To publicly affirm the Catholic faith while at the same time publicly rejecting one of its most fundamental teachi ...

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Our Lady of Fatima
28 Apr 2021

Our Lady of Fatima

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
In October of 1917 the beginnings of the Communist Revolution in Russia were taking place (As with most revolutions, it had been prepared for months – even years – through chaos and division.  Sound familiar?)  The Bolshevik revolution was ...

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Saint Pius V
28 Apr 2021

Saint Pius V

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Imagine a world wherein the Church was being split from within and attacked from without in ways that the world had not seen.  This would be the 1500s in which Pope St. Pius V lived.  As we celebrate his feast day this week, April 30, this Dom ...

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Three Transcendentals
17 Apr 2021

Three Transcendentals

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
There are three transcendentals that the Catholic Church seeks to bring to the world: Truth, Beauty and Goodness. Our Lord charged the Apostles, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son a ...

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Divine Mercy 2021
17 Apr 2021

Divine Mercy 2021

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Congratulations to all who were received into the Catholic Church and all who received sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion and Confirmation at the Easter Vigil.    May your fervor for Jesus, especially in the Holy Eucharist at Mas ...

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Holy Week 2021
17 Apr 2021

Holy Week 2021

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Please mark your calendars for Holy Week’s liturgies.  To get the full impact of Easter, it is necessary to be a part of the Church’s liturgies from Holy Thursday to Easter.  The Mass of the Lord’s Supper will occur on Holy Thursday at 4 ...

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Fr. Joe Peek RIP
21 Mar 2021

Fr. Joe Peek RIP

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
So, March of 2020 we were told we had to ‘flatten the curve’ by scientists, politicians, media and big tech.   We were told it would be fifteen days to limit everything we do; limit life; shut down?!  I am happy to put March 16th behi ...

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Solemnity of St. Joseph
09 Mar 2021

Solemnity of St. Joseph

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
As we prepare to celebrate the Solemnity of St. Joseph this Friday, the following quote from St. Bernardine of Siena (1400s) is a good meditation. Whenever the divine favor chooses someone for a special grace or an exalted position, it endows the per ...

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Bill #5 of 2021
09 Mar 2021

Bill #5 of 2021

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
The House of Representatives recently passed Bill #5 of 2021.  It is deceivingly named, Equality Act of 2021.  It is anything but.  It will now go to the Senate to be voted on.  We had better get everyone we have ever come in contact ...

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Fr. Ciszek on Total Self-Abandonment
09 Mar 2021

Fr. Ciszek on Total Self-Abandonment

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Fr. Walter Ciszek was ordained a Catholic priest in 1937.  Born in Pennsylvania to Polish immigrants, he was sent to eastern Poland as a missionary.  Just two years later, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland.  Fr. Ciszek followed the ...

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