Join us as prepare for Holy Week by meditating with Father Nicholas Meisl on the Passion accounts in the Gospels of Saint Matthew and Saint John: this evening explores these complimentary texts through a combination of biblical reflections and selections from the Passions of St. John and St. Matthew of Johann Sebastian Bach performed by the…
Jesus does not abandon us. Before His Ascension Christ told His Apostles to go and “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit… and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Mt. 28, 19 – 20)….
The Advent season is here… It focuses on expectation and it serves as an anticipation of Jesus Christ’s birth in our hearts at Christmas. The word advent is derived from the Latin word ‘adventus’ meaning anticipation. This is a translation of the Greek word ‘parousia.’ The Catholic Catechism (#524) speaks to us about the spiritual…
This is the theme chosen by the Holy Father Pope Francis for the 53rd World Communications Day, to be held in 2019: «We are members one of another» (Eph 4,25). From network community to human communities. The theme underlines the importance of giving back to communication a broad perspective, based on the person, and emphasizes…
On this Solemnity of Christ the King, it is good to ponder the origin of this celebration. It is quite recent in the Church liturgical calendar. Consider the world in 1925. There was atheistic Communism in Russia, Fascism in Italy, and soon to be Nazism in Germany. North America was heading toward the Great Depression….
The Catholic Church presents to us in November the themes of death, judgement, heaven and hell. This is done to both encourage and challenge us in our faith journey. From Scripture and the Catholic Catechism, we can get an idea of what happens after death. The staff from Catholic Answers wrote the following article in…
The Catholic Catechism teaches about three states of the Church (N. 954): “When the Lord comes in glory and all his angels with him, death will be no more and all things will be subject to him. But at the present time some of his disciples are pilgrims on earth. Others have died and are…
This year our patronal feast falls on a Sunday. This means that this Sunday we will not be celebrating the 27 Sunday in Ordinary Time. For those who want to follow the readings please open the following link: Readings for Feast of Holy Rosary HRCMMXVIII
Saint Francis de Sales in his book, Introduction to the Devout Life, states that the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost was not an isolated event in the life of the Church. According to Saint Francis de Sales, the Holy Spirit continually sanctifies the Church as well as each of her…
The 2018 Adult confirmation will take place on June 24 at 12:30 pm at the Cathedral. If you are a baptized adult who has not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation and are ready to be confirmed, please visit click here to learn more about documentation required for Confirmation as well as the dates for the 3 mandatory…