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In many churches of the past, the parish cemetery was located right next door to the parish church. Walking to or from the doors of the church, the faithful couldn’t avoid seeing the grave markers of the faithful who had …
Today, the universal Church celebrates the feast of St. Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia heiress who abandoned her family’s fortune to establish an order of Sisters dedicated to serving the impoverished African American and American Indian populations of the United States. …
Santa Catalina (St. Katherine Drexel) nació el 26 de Noviembre del 1858 en Filadelfia, Pennsylvania. Sus padres, Francis A. y Enma Drexel, eran una familia muy rica. Desde pequeña le enseñaron a utilizar su riqueza generosamente. Su hermana mayor, Isabel, …
Estamos orando por las familias y por los seres queridos de aquellos que han muerto durante del tiempo de la pandemia. Estamos pidiendo, en especial que los traumatizados encuentren consuelo y sanación. Y nos entristece ver que, a veces, el …
Along with fasting and charity, Lent offers us a “call to prayer.” But why pray?
How often do we fear that prayer is a waste of time, that prayer does not “work?” How often do we think that, because we …
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La Cuaresma nos está recordando que Jesús es sobre todo misericordia y compasión para todos y más para quien sabe reconocer con humildad sus deficiencias y pecados. Jesús nos amó hasta el extremo de dar su vida por todos. Con …
A personal reflection from the pastor: In the early 1990’s, a First Communion Mass was on the calendar at St. Mary’s parish in Eugene. The homily was to include a story about a king who invited his subjects from the …
Por unos domingos seguidos, hemos estado con Jesús al comienzo de su vida pública (en el desierto y en la sinagoga). Este domingo, la Iglesia nos ofrece a Jesús en medio de su ministerio. Él ve llegar momentos difíciles, se …
Obviously, Lent is a time for us to stop and consider our faith in God and our love for God. It is a time to weigh how our trust in God and our love for God balance in the scales …
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Our local Catholic community has done everything it can to stay well connected during these times of this global pandemic that we have been living through. Right now, the vast majority of …
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