From our house to yours. I hope it was as special for you as it was for us!
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21
One year ago today. . .
Category: friends & family | 4 Comments
my husband and his siblings lost their father.
Today at noon, mass was celebrated for him. The children and I attended and then visited his grave afterwards.
We prayed for him and asked him to pray for us. As we were leaving Peter said “Bye Pop-Pop, I love you.”
Eternal Rest grant unto him oh Lord […]
Dec
13
A Personal Reflection on Advent-Christmas
Category: Advent, faith formation, holy days, holidays & feast days | 2 Comments
by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
“God Comes”
“Come, Lord Jesus”
(Revelation 22:20)
These words near the end of the Bible are a prayer for the coming of Christ in glory. The first weeks of Advent focus on our expectation of the Lord’s final coming, His glorious return at the end of time.
As Christmas approaches, the focus of the […]
Dec
9
One year old today!
Category: celebrations, children | 17 Comments
Dec
8
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Category: celebrations, holy days, holidays & feast days | 4 Comments
Today we celebrated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. I hope you had a wonderful day. Ours was busy but lovely. It’s our dear little Maria Faustina Immaculata’s feast day and tomorrow we celebrate her first birthday. It is also the very special day that many of us have chosen to […]
Dec
7
Kimberlee blogged an amazing story that our Bishop, Kevin Rhoades, shared at the recent diocesan Caelorum.
Apparently as a young seminarian in Italy he and some seminarian friends took a trip through various parts of Europe. They had a complicated itinerary worked out for their journey in order for them to visit all of their […]



