Many Thanks for the Holy Week & Easter Celebrations to:

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  • Our parish community extends a special word of thanks and gratitude to all liturgical ministers and to all those who helped make our celebrations so prayerful
  • All involved in assisting in the preparation of our adult candidates for the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil
  • Our musicians for providing the beautiful music which greatly enhanced the Triduum Liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil
  • All Lectors and Eucharistic ministers, Altar Servers and Ushers for their endless dedication
  • Our Sacristans for the fine work in helping prepare and make the Triduum liturgies run so smoothly
  • Many thanks to all who made donations for flowers

Easter Blessings

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His resurrection is a gift that lights our way and brings joy and peace to our hearts. May God’s blessings be with you at Easter. HAPPY EASTER!!!!

~Father Michael and the Parish Staff ~

“The trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15: 52)

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Life can change in an instant.

As I read the Gospel of John for the Mass on Easter Sunday morning, I could not think that Mary Magdalene must have been amazed at how quickly things had changed in her life. Just one week earlier, she had been part of the crowds that had joyfully welcomed Jesus into the city of Jerusalem as the one who would set His people free. There was such joy on that day and such high hopes for the future. Together the disciples had celebrated the Passover with Jesus and learned that He was about to be arrested and handed over to the Romans. After that, she and the disciples witnessed His trial, crucifixion and burial. On Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb to anoint His body for a proper burial and there she encountered one who she first believes to be the gardener. Questioning where the gardener had laid Jesus’ body, she discovers that it is actually Jesus who has risen from the dead standing before her. Thinking that the one she had thought she had lost was once again before her, Mary Magdalene’s natural reaction is to cling to the one she had known. She longs for the familiar and the way life had been before so much had changed. She wishes everything was the way it had been. She desires to cling to her hopes and desires about the way she hoped things would be.

You and I have learned how much life can change over this past year. Continue reading →

Please Book Your Free Seat to the Triduum by 2:00 pm on Holy Thursday!

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As the parish office will close for the Easter weekend at 2:00 pm on Holy Thursday, you are asked to book your free seat for any of the Triduum Service by 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 1, 2021.

There will not be anyone in the office to receive your reservation after this time. Fr. Michael will be in the church celebrating the Easter Liturgies and unable to book seats on your behalf. If you are unable to book a seat, please join us through our livestream. May God bless you during this Easter Triduum.