Listening to the Holy Spirit: A Testimony I awoke on a Sunday morning feeling tired and not willing to do much. I knew the 9:30 Mass was beginning soon and I needed to be there for “Abba’s Hands” prayer room. I had become mindful of how a member of our...
Beginning in the spring Sts. Mary and Joseph Parish will start a community garden. We anticipate having a plot 25ft x 25ft for our first year on the garage side of the building on the Mary Queen of Peace campus. The garden would be cared for by Fr. Bill and...
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Ten years ago, Jeni’s father Michael was killed when he was robbed at gunpoint by a 16-year-old. As Michael lay dying in the hospital, the family accepted the inevitable and donated his organs. Michael’s heart went to Arthur Thomas, a father of four who was within days of dying of...
Faith! There have been songs written about faith; movies produced featuring faith; poems, books, TV shows and the Word of the Lord proclaiming Faith!!!!!! What is it? How do we acquire it? How do we measure faith? Jesus is all about it. Because of faith, we hope, pray and believe....
For October, the Sts. Mary and Joseph book discussion group will be reading The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henry J.M. Nouwen. A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son, inspired Nouwen to write this reflection on the powerful Gospel story. Join us...
When I was young and was attending what was then called CCD classes, we were taught about two kinds of sin: 1) sins we committed and 2) sins of omission. Somehow, in our heads, we concluded that the first kind was the more serious because those were the sins we...
Have you considered taking your faith to a new level by participating in the weekly celebration of mass as a Lector, Eucharistic Minister, or other Minister of Hospitality? Do you feel that a fellow parishioner may have the gift to serve? Please fill out a Ministry Nomination Form found at...
SOCIAL SINS? In the first reading of today’s Liturgy of Word, the minor prophet Amos indicts the kings, priests, leaders and the wealthy of the northern kingdom, Israel, and challenges their hypocrisy and injustice. Amos, who was a sheepherder and lived in the southern kingdom of Judea, received his call...
The BC School of Theology and Ministry is offering an online course on Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si whose subject is the environment and ecology. This online course begins on Sept. 21st and runs for four weeks till Oct. 25th. The cost is $25. The benefit of such a course...