Tag: reflections

Having completed the Easter Season we have now entered into Ordinary Time in the church. The word “ordinary” comes from the word

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, and all women who have shared a motherly love with our young people. In his

Today is the last Sunday on which we are celebrating First Communions at our Sunday liturgies. Please continue to reach out to our First Communicants

I have received much positive feedback from those who have subscribed to our Lenten Video Project. To be honest, I was delighted when the project was

The Season of Lent began in the Church as the time of proximate preparation of those who were to be baptized at the Easter Vigil. Adult Baptisms take

We begin to count the forty days of Lent today, the First Sunday of Lent. We begin today because today is the first time the entire community has

At the 9:30 Mass this Sunday we celebrate the”Rite of Sending” with our catechumens and candidates for Full Communion with the Catholic

We are now less than two weeks away from Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Lent is in many ways a forty-day long parish-wide retreat during

The primary goal of Archbishop Vigneron’s “Unleash the Gospel” effort is to form all of us into “joyful missionary disciples.” At the heart

This weekend we welcome Fr. Adam MacDonald to St. Isidore. Fr. MacDonald is the Vocation Director with the Divine Word Missionaries. He is here to

Today’s Feast of the Epiphany is, liturgically speaking, the brightest feast of the entire Christmas Season, outshining Christmas Day itself! 

Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation is an important part of our Advent preparation for the celebration of the Lord’s Coming, both at

One blessing that I will be most grateful for this Thanksgiving is that of being a part of the St. Isidore Catholic Community. When Msgr. Mike left

November has been designated by the Church as a month to pray in a particular way for the Faithful Departed. Throughout the month there will be a

This week we welcome Fr, Tom McCarthy to St. Isidore, Fr. McCarthy, an Augustinian priest, is preaching at all of our liturgies this weekend, and

We are very grateful to the 752 parishioners who have made gifts and pledges to CSA 2019. As you know, contributing to the Catholic Services Appeal

One of the many blessings I have received during my years here at St. Isidore is the privilege of living and ministering with two recent immigrants

“You may not be able to hear US.  But we have heard YOU!’ We continue to get “feedback” from parishioners and visitors to our parish

Please “save the date” and plan on joining us for our Parish Picnic following the 4:30 Mass on August 10th. The picnic will be

When we started our 5:30 PM Sunday Night Mass in May of last year (“A Mass for the Busy Catholic” as we used in our tagline), our plan was to