A friend of mine who is an older gentleman and lifelong Catholic tells me that in the past decade he has experienced a renewal in his faith. For most of his life he lived his Catholic faith as a series of rules to be followed, as if it were principally a moral code (with the emphasis being on negative commands). After he got involved in a program called...

Thank you to everyone who donated food supplies, volunteered, and assisted with deliveries this past week. We are especially grateful for the support from Our Lady of Mercy, St. Francis, St. Bartholomew Church, St. Mary’s, Washington Grove United Methodist Church, and especially St. Rose of Lima. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to provide food assistance to 286 families this past week.

We’ve just celebrated nine (yes, nine) sacramental Masses for children and teens over the past two weeks. All told, about three hundred children received sacraments, which is about ten percent of our weekly Sunday Mass count. We pray that these children continue in the practice of the faith, especially the celebration of Sunday Mass. One of the reasons that Sunday Mass is so important is that it reminds us that the goal of life is heaven. If Sunday becomes just a day of rest,