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...

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,...

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...

First Wednesday

On this (traditional date of) Epiphany we recognize that we too are called to be like the ancient Magi (perhaps Jesus’ first Gentile disciples and perhaps one of the first Christian saints) to find the wisdom of salvation at the foot of the Manger. Spiritual warfare...

New Year’s Eve, Day & Week

Merry Christmas—still!  The Christmas Octave culminates with the celebration of Mary, Mother of God, on January 1—her premier and foundational feast.  So Happy New Year!  One possible New Year’s Resolution is to make First Saturdays a normative part of your Catholic...

Christmas Break & New Year’s Day

As we await the coming Christ of Christmas in these last days of Advent, we at Terra Sancta Ministries wish you a Merry Christmas on Christmas Day and the entire Octave, culminating with the New Year’s Day celebration of Mary, Mother of God.  May the joy of the...