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Forty Hours of Devotion
Dear Friends in Christ,Since we are going to start up the Forty Hours Devotion of Eucharistic Adoration, I would like to share with you some saying of pope Francis on Adoration:“In order to understand the breadth and length and height and depth of Jesus Christ we need to enter into...
OLA Outreach
Chinese Outreach HomilyPlease click on the images below to download the homily for the mass. Assumption of Mary Homily Sunday XII B Homily Sunday XVI B Homily Homily 二十五乙 讲道 二十九 乙 基督群全节讲道 四 乙 降临节 讲道 Images from the inaugural Chinese Mandarin mass.
Divine Mercy
The First-degree relic of St Faustina has arrived to our parish! As you already know, this relic has been given to us by the Religious Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, from the Divine Mercy Shrine in Krakow, Poland. Following the recommendations I received from the Divine Mercy...
Holy Orders
Holy Orders/PriestHood We have already pointed out that the three Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist constitute together the mystery of “Christian initiation,” a unique great event of grace that regenerates us in Christ. This is the fundamental vocation that unites all in the Church as disciples of the...
Matrimony
Matrimony Marriage By AppointmentIt is the policy of this parish that marriages need to be booked at least six months in advance. It is the official policy of the Catholic Church that couples intending to celebrate their marriage in this community participate in formal Pre-marriage Education.(There is a common marriage...
Anointing of the sick
Anointing of the sick In the past it was called “Extreme Unction”, because it was understood as a spiritual comfort in the face of imminent death. To speak instead of the “Anointing of the Sick” helps us broaden our vision to include the experience of illness and suffering, within the...
Confirmation
Confirmation Together with Baptism and the Eucharist, Confirmation forms a single saving event - called "Christian initiation" - in which we are inserted into Jesus Christ, who died and rose, and become new creatures and members of the Church.For this reason, it is important to take care that our children, our...
Holy Communion
Holy Communion The Eucharist is at the heart of “Christian initiation”, together with Baptism and Confirmation, and it constitutes the source of the Church’s life itself. From this Sacrament of love, in fact, flows every authentic journey of faith, of communion and of witness.First Communion at Our Lady of the...
Reconciliation
Reconcilliation Through the Sacraments of Christian Initiation — Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist — man receives new life in Christ. Now, we all know that we carry this life “in earthen vessels” (2 Cor 4:7), we are still subject to temptation, suffering, and death and, because of sin, we may...