HAPPY EASTER Fr. Frank and I both want to wish you a blessed Easter season and thank you for your prayerful participation throughout the season of Lent and the Triduum. We pray that your journey through the desert will yield…
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Padres’ Ponderings 3_20_16
LENTEN EVENING PRAYER Thanks to everyone who joined in this Lenten discipline of prayer. It was certainly inspiring to be able to pray with so many people over the course of Lent. I pray that the experience was a source…
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Padre’s Ponderings 3-13-16
LENTEN EVENING PRAYER This Sunday, March 13th will be our last gathering on the Sundays in Lent for Vespers, Adoration and Benediction at St. Joe’s. Thanks again to all who have been able to join us over the course of…
Padre’s Ponderings 3/6/16
LAETARE SUNDAY The Fourth Sunday in Lent is also known as Laetare Sunday because the Introit (opening antiphon) for Mass begins with the Latin word Laetare or Rejoice. This mid-way point of Lent is often highlighted by the wearing of…
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Feb 7, 2016 Padre’s Ponderings
Ignite the Faith. I just want to offer my thanks to all of you who so generously support the Ignite the Faith Campaign. Because of your faithful stewardship St. Mary just received $51,291.71, St. Aloysius received $4,112.50 and St. Boniface…
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Jan 31 2016 Padre’s Ponderings
Archbishop Lucas would like you input. Over the next couple of months, Archbishop Lucas will be hosting nine listening sessions to hear from as many people in the Archdiocese as possible as he discerns a Pastoral Priority Plan for the…
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Padre’s Ponderings Jan 24 2016
Jubilee of Mercy As we continue through the Jubilee of Mercy I wanted to share with you that our second graders at GACC celebrated their first reconciliation on Wed Jan 2 and our CCD students will celebrate this great sacrament…
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Padre’s Ponderings 1/17/16
CARITAS We will continue the parish tradition of the CARITAS collection. A letter with the details of the collection and an introduction to opportunities for Lent will be mailed out this month. (Yes, I did say Lent. Ash Wednesday is…
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Jan 10, 2016 - Padre’s Ponderings
PARISH WEBPAGE Please check out the parish website. Lisa Hunke has done a great job of updating the site. Thanks Lisa! CARITAS We will continue the parish tradition of the CARITAS collection. A letter with the details of the collection and an…
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Jan 3 2016
CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS CONTINUE The mentality of immediacy that propels our culture has already started to move on, but I would challenge you to prayerfully cling to the Christmas season. While the traditional 12 Days of Christmas is still our framework,…
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GACC Alumni Newsletter
In the near future the Newsletter will be experiencing some changes as we will be going “electronic” and expanding the scope and range of the publication. Our hope is to be able to reduce the cost while expanding the number of issues available online.…
Seminarian Visit
GACC was blessed last week with the presence of five of the seminarians of the Archdiocese, including native son Taylor Leffler. The seminarians were able to visit a variety of classrooms and share their stories of discernment and growth in faith. It was…
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Christmas Blessings, Thank you
Our waiting has come to fruitian, the promise of salvation has been realized! I pray that our celebration of the birth of our Savior has brought renewed hope and grace to you and all you love. May the innocence and beauty revealed in the…
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Thanks to all who helped to make this such a special celebration. We had a tremendous turnout for Mass and the fiesta following Mass at the cafeteria. A great day of celebration in honor of Our Lady and her Son.
Christmas Visitor - Fr. Francis Ssengendo
Fr. Francis is in West Point until January 6. The annual Christmas concert in support of St. Denis School will be December 27.
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Rediscover Jesus
Matthew Kelly has offered his latest book, Rediscover Jesus, as a free gift. Copies are available at all parishes. We still have plenty available so please feel free to take one home.
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“O Antiphons” of Advent
All season long we have been singing the traditional Advent hymn “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. You may have noticed that the hymn has seven verses, but did you know that each verse represents one of the “O Antiphons” that…
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Gift to St. Anthony
Many thanks to the donor who purchased a new portable microphone for St. Anthony Parish. This very generous gift is greatly appreciated and needed. (The old microphone that the priests used had passed on to its electronic reward.)
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