Fr. Joe’s Letter
Today is the Feast of Christ, the King of the Universe. This is the last Sunday of the liturgical year and next Sunday we begin the new Church year with the First Sunday of Advent. The Feast of Christ the King is a fitting close to the liturgical year as...
Fr. Joe’s Letter
During this month of the Holy Souls, I would like to continue to look at the funeral rites in the Catholic Church and in our parish. A very important item, what is to be done regarding the body of the deceased. In the not so recent past, there was only one...
Fr. Joe’s Letter
During this month of the Poor Souls, we are reminded to pray for those who have gone before us in faith. Whenever we lose someone we love, we always wonder what happens to them. I often wonder what they might be experiencing at the moment when people have...
Fr. Joe’s Letter
November is the month of the Poor Souls. They are called poor souls because they cannot help themselves in their present condition. They are in purgatory where they are being cleansed of the temporal punishment due to their sins; only then can they enter...