From the Pastor
Purgatory: A Reality that is Consistent with Life as We Experience This
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 11/06/17
During the month of November, our attention is drawn to a truth of our Faith that we profess in the Apostles’ Creed: “We believe in the communion of saints.” On All Saints’ Day, we honor the holy persons of all time who are now with the Lord in ... Read More »
Responding to an Alarming Trend
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 10/30/17
A local funeral director recently shared with me that more and more people are doing nothing to publicly acknowledge and honor a family member who has died. He related that he and other funeral directors are receiving an increasing number of requests to just have the body of the ... Read More »
A Case for Participating in Eucharistic Adoration
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 10/22/17
We live in a highly function-driven society. This has its proper place. We have tasks to perform for the common good in which we need what others have to offer and others rely upon what we have to contribute. In our function driven world, we can slip into the ... Read More »
A Parish-Wide Process: Recommending Persons to Serve on Our Pastoral Council
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 10/22/17
In the life of our parish communities, the Pastoral Council plays an important, unique role.
Based upon the Mission Statement of the parish, the Pastoral Council, working with the Pastor, plans for the spiritual growth of our parish community. It is vital that the members of the Pastoral ... Read More »
Trancending the Separation between Church and State in our Country
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 10/10/17
As I reviewed the Mass intention schedule recently at Resurrection Parish, I noticed that a Mass intention was listed as follows: Special Intention: President Donald Trump. I was overwhelmed with tears of gratitude and joy as I prepared to celebrate Mass for this intention. I do not know how ... Read More »
The Spiritual Nature of All that We are About
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 10/01/17
Many of us identify spiritual activities with actions such as celebrating Mass, learning more about our Faith and reaching out to others in a variety of ways. Sometimes, people are upset when the topic of money comes up in church. For a number of persons, how we relate ... Read More »
The Nature of the Priesthood That We Are Invited to Support
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 9/24/17
To express in a concise way the nature and work of the Priesthood, I am choosing to do this within the context of questions that persons often ask to learn more specifically about a given endeavor. WHAT is the Priesthood? It is a unique role in the Church ... Read More »
The Nature and Scope of Catechesis
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 9/24/17
As Catholics, many of us were baptized as infants, long before we realized what happened on this most special occasion. At Baptism, we became children of God and members of the Church. Catechesis can be described as the life-long process of growing into what it means to be a ... Read More »
Practicing Catholics Who Fall Between the Cracks
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 9/11/17
During this month, a number of the youth of both parishes will continue to prepare in depth to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Bishop Thomas is to confer this Sacrament on our Candidates on Thurs., April 12th, 2018 at St. Mary Parish. Over the years, I’ve come across ... Read More »
Implications of the Sacrament of Baptism
Posted by Deborah Dubois on 9/11/17
The Catholic Church stresses the importance of the Sacrament of Baptism in the following ways. First, the Church urges that in families in which at least one parent is Catholic, parents in these families arrange for the baptism of their child as soon after the birth of the ... Read More »