Announcements

Please follow this page for updates, schedule changes and information from Fr. Alex. 

First Friday & First Saturday

First Friday & First Saturday fall this week on May 1 and May 2, respectively. Beginning in June on Saturday, June 6, on First Saturday we will offer a 9:00 am Mass in addition to our normal Noon Mass.  The 9:00 am Mass will be shorter and simpler to accommodate...
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Updates & Changes

There will be NO outdoor Spring cleanup tomorrow, Thursday, April 30. Beginning NEXT First Saturday, June 6, we will offer an earlier and simpler 9:00 am Mass in addition to our normal Noon Mass. Stay tuned. There will be no Evening of Reparation in May. Also,...
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Fr. Alex’s Mom’s Visit

This weekend my mom and niece will be visiting. In the lower level we will have light refreshments after the Mass & Rosary on Saturday for a “meet and greet” so my mom and niece can meet shrine guests and guests can meet them. On Saturday, April 30, we need...
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Gaza & St. Francis of Assisi

Oct 2, 2025

Oct. 2, 2025The Guardian Angels Dear Friends, Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, is threatening that any residents remaining behind in Gaza City will be considered “terrorists and terror supporters.”  That nonsense, and it is itself a terrorist threat, since that...

Jordan & St. Francis of Assisi

Sep 29, 2025

Holy Archangels St. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael Dear Friends,Thank you for your generous giving of alms for the Christians in Jordan.  We were able to donate to three parishes, a Catholic orphanage which is at a Marian Shrine (one of the 5 Vatican-designated Holy...

Evening of Reparation and Alms for Christians

Sep 15, 2025

From today’s Feast of the Triumph of the Cross to “the Woman” at the foot of the Cross—Our Lady of Sorrows tomorrow—we Christians are called to help people in their sorrows and suffering.  I am going to Jordan this coming Sunday, September 21, and will help our fellow...