Easter Basket Blessing
11:00 a.m. Please join us as we participate in the SlavicTradition of blessing the Easter baskets in the Main Church.
Easter Triduum Schedule
HOLY THURSDAY, April 17 – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper NO MORNING MASS NO CONFESSIONS 6:30pm Mass Adoration following Mass:7:30-8:30 p.m. Ave Maria Guild8:30-9:30 p.m. Ascribed Members9:30-10:30 p.m. The Knights of ColumbusAll in the parish are invited to keep watch. GOOD FRIDAY, April 18 – Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion NO MORNING MASS […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday Third Week of Lent
Luke 18 9-14 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032925.cfm Seal the Deal? Back in 1981, I visited Father Gordon at Blessed Sacrament Church in Seminole. It was my first visit to Florida. I vividly remember walking into the church and standing in awe for five or 10 minutes. It was like I couldn’t move. I was overwhelmed by the Presence […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 3rd Week in Lent
March 28, 2025, Mark 12:28-34 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032825.cfm Don’t ask any more questions. Think back to a time when your heart was ready to burst. You couldn’t take anymore. It could be an experience on a retreat or a tender moment with someone you love, like a child. Your heart is so complete that you are crying […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday, 3rd Week in Lent
March 26, 2025, Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Matthew 5:17-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032625.cfm Did You Share Your Story with Someone Today? Sometimes, you walk into a room and say, “What did I come in here to do?” We got distracted by other thoughts. Anyone who has suffered from a parent or loved one who has Alzheimer’s knows that it […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
March 25, 2025, Luke 1:26-38 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032525.cfm “Yes” Three simple letters make up a word that has changed the direction of the world, and that little word from Mary’s lips was “Yes.” She implied that word when she said to the angel, Let it be done to me as you say.” God, who created the world, […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday, 3rd Week in Lent
March 24, 2025, Luke 4:24-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032425.cfm Homecoming. When I came home from England after my studies, my family met me at the airport terminal. It seemed like we never would stop hugging each other. And there was a tremendous celebration of my ordination and first Mass. Imagine Jesus growing up in Nazareth. He was the […]
Father Rick’s Three-Minute Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent C
March 23, 2025, Luke 13:1-9 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032325-Year. C.cfm Who has not seen the movie The 10 Commandments with Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner? You don’t have to raise your hand. It will show your age. Do you remember the scene when Moses encountered the Lord on Mount Horeb? I can’t forget the lead into that scene. […]
Parish Lenten Mission
A TIME OF HOPE will be presented by Fr. Linus Umoren, Sunday, March 23rd – Tuesday, March 25th, 7 pm–8 pm with morning sessions Monday and Tuesday after the 8 am Mass. Fr. Linus Umoren, CM, was born on October 20, 1969, in Alwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. He joined the Congregation of the Mission (The Vincentians) […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent
March 22, 2025, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032225.cfm Home at Last. How heart-wrenching it is to stray from our Father’s loving embrace. Like the younger son in the parable, our sin, the act of turning away from all God provides for us, begins long before we walk into the darkness of our immediate pleasures and our […]