Archive for May 2021

Sunday, September 27th 2020 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin The Easter Season ended last weekend and for us priests it had been exhausting with all the extra Masses, Sacraments celebrated, and on top of that we were inundated with weddings, quinceañeras and funerals. Many families had waited for the pandemic to subside before holding…

Sunday, May 23rd 2021   By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin The Easter season culminates with the glorious feast of Pentecost. We can imagine how incredible that moment was for the apostles and all who witnessed it 2000 years ago. The Holy Spirit was alive and working and the early church grew rapidly with three thousand…

Sunday, May 16th 2021   By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin This weekend we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord.  In the past this Feast was celebrated on a Thursday and was a Holy Day of Obligation.  At the time fewer and fewer Catholics came to Mass and therefore missed the Feast Day and so the Bishops…

  Sunday, May 9th 2021 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin   This Sunday we celebrate Mother’s Day. It is a day we recall and give thanks for the love and devotion that our mothers showered on us, their sons and daughters. It is appropriate that our readings from the Sacred Scriptures call us to…