Hello every one, praise be to Jesus Christ we will be moving our weekend Masses back into our church for the celebration of the Feast of the Ascension. and thankfully we will be in Phase II of the reduction of restrictions at all of our functions. Below is the bulletin insert that goes out this …
We are now in what the diocese is calling phase 1B in the phasing out of the covid restrictions. The list of the reductions of restrictions are on the diocesan website and is provided below for your convenience. Our Church is rated for occupancy for 321 people by national fire code. Since we can now …
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, This weekend we celebrate the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven, and thanks be to God we are able to gather if only in a limited way. I have been very concerned that many people are finding it hard to get the information that we are putting out through …
We hear in our first reading at Mass this weekend of what is now considered the foundation of the Order of Deacons, the choosing of the seven men to see to the equal distribution of goods for the widows in the early Jerusalem community. The Apostles lay hands on them and pray over them to …
We want to do all we can to thrive as a church during this time and so we continue to look for ways to pray together and reach out to each other. We want everyone to be and feel safe when they visit the church so starting on April 18 St Margaret Church will be …
We are in Easter time and we do indeed have much to be thankful for. Now we may not feel like that in this uncertain time. I see people questioning the impingement on our personal freedoms as Americans. Should we restart the economy or wait longer, When are our schools going to reopen and when …
At this time we may be wondering who these people think they are. We might ask: What gives the Governor the right to tell me to stay home? or Why is the bishop cancelling everything when we live by faith unafraid of death (or at least we are supposed to be unafraid of death)? Of …
In this time when many of us have a profound need to celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation our bishop has suspended the celebration of the sacraments of reconciliation and anointing of the sick except in danger of death, and so the following question has come up a lot: ● The sacrament of reconciliation is not …
Hello everyone it has been a while since I have made a blog post. We are continuing to find ways to reach out to people. We have some of our ladies working on calling and emailing folks on our parishioners list which has regrettably gotten somewhat out of date. I see this as a great …
I just finished watching and praying with Pope Francis, and receiving his urbi et orbi blessing, which means city and world. I loved how he used the Gospel passage of Jesus asleep in the boat during a storm and his disciples reaction of fear to help us to put our situation with this pandemic now …