Tag: Fr. Ron

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity, one of the few doctrinal feasts on the Church calendar.  As Chris Kozlowski’s reflection on this week’s Connecting Point makes clear, […]

How is a good mother like a good shepherd? In recent months two of my nieces, both of whom grew up and received all of their sacraments at St. Isidore, […]

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers of our parish, and to those who share motherly love with our young people, such as aunts, teachers, coaches, mentors, counselors, etc. In many […]

We congratulate our second graders who celebrated their First Eucharist with us over the past two weekends, and whose names have appeared on the front page of the Harvest News!  […]

Keep your eyes open to see Christ Today! In John’s account of the Resurrection, we are told that as the Beloved Disciple entered the empty tomb he “saw and believed.”  […]

“HE LORD IS RISEN!” “HE IS RISEN INDEED!” This is the traditional joyful greeting Christians share with each other on this Easter Day, celebrating the very heart of our faith.  […]

Our first Vicariate Lenten Communal Penance Service is here at St. Isidore this Monday night, April 8, at 7:00 PM.  Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation is an essential part of […]

As we continue on our Lenten journey, we are reminded that our focus as a parish community during Lent is on our Elect and Candidates for Full Communion as they […]

Lent begins this Wednesday! It is a time for us to go ever deeper into our spiritual life and experience spiritual renewal as we prepare to renew our Baptismal promises […]

Lent begins late this year. Ash Wednesday is March 6. But it is not too early to begin planning how you will keep the penitential season. As in the past, […]

Lent begins late this year: Ash Wednesday is March 6. But it is not too early to begin planning how you will keep the penitential season. As in the past, […]

I often take time to thank God for the gifts God has given me, and try to find ways to share those gifts with others. I thank God for the […]

It is a long tradition in the Church of having special “intentions” for a Mass.  The special intention is usually a deceased loved one, or someone in special need of […]

Having celebrated an Advent season of joyful preparation, and the wonder-filled Christmas Season with its many bright feasts, we have now entered into “Ordinary Time” on the Church calendar.  The […]

Today’s Solemnity of the Epiphany is, liturgically,  the brightest feast of the entire Christmas Season.  Today we rejoice in our belief that Jesus is revealed as the Light for all […]

Mr. Matt Hunt, who has served as our Coordinator of Youth Ministry at St. Isidore for the past year, recently left  our Pastoral staff to serve as Pastoral Associate at […]

I love the season of Advent.  It is a time of joyful anticipation of Christ’s Coming.  During these first few weeks of Advent we focus on Christ’s Second Coming, when […]

All of us experience times of darkness.  These dark times are usually the result of the hardships life gives us: the death of a loved one; serious illness; broken relationships […]

November is the month dedicated to remembering and praying for the Faithful Departed, our brothers and sisters who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith. If you […]

DO NOT BE AFRAID… …to go out on the streets and into public places, like the first Apostles who preached Christ and the Good News of salvation in the squares […]

At 9:30 Mass this Sunday we celebrate the Rite of Acceptance into the Catechumenate. This is the second of four stages in the Right of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). […]

St. Isidore faithful, We have all been affected, in one way or another, by the horrible sexual abuse scandals of the Catholic Church.  The news is disturbing, and for many […]

 We will be celebrating the Sacrament of the Sick at the 4:30 Mass next Saturday, October 13.  Celebrating this sacrament at a parish weekend liturgy allows the parish community to […]

In many ways, a parish’s “calendar” follows the school year.  Thus, many exciting things are starting up in the parish in the next couple of weeks.  Faith Formation begins for […]

I, like perhaps many of you, am angry, disgusted, and horrified at the news and recent stories in the media regarding the sexual abuse of minors by members of the […]

Today the Church celebrates the Nativity of John the Baptist, whom Jesus himself called “the greatest man born of a woman.” (Matthew 11:11).  John’s greatness lied in the fact that […]

“Be not afraid!” are the very first words with which the angel greets the lowly shepherds as they keep watch over the sheep in the dead of night. They are […]

The message of Easter is that those who never knew Jesus in the flesh can still have a close, intimate relationship with him. This belief that Jesus lives gives joy, meaning, and […]

Fr. Ron reflects on an excerpt from Exodus and explains why lent may be a good time to relent.

None of us can live fully without hope.  Daily, we encounter people who are lacking in hope. They need an encouraging word, a smile, a listening ear, the promise of a prayer. […]

We at St. Isidore continue to find new ways to “Bring God’s Word to the Community”. At our Masses the weekend of February 11/12 we introduced an exciting and innovative way […]

The last Sunday of October has been designated as Priesthood Sunday, a special day for Catholic communities to express their appreciation for the priests that serve them. It is a […]

Dear St. Isidore Family, The words above say all about where we would like to go as a parish family. Our parish will celebrate its 60th Anniversary next June. It […]