Dear Fellow Parishioners, We are heading into that three-day celebration of Hallowe’en, All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, perhaps the greatest mixture of Christian spirituality, pagan roots, and past and present custom to be found in the Church calendar. Put somewhat differently, it’s not immediately clear what Celtic folklore, carving pumpkins, honoring the saints, praying […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, From time to time, the parish office receives inquiries from people seeking information on their ancestors, whether in trying to complete a family genealogy, or to establish a claim of dual citizenship to another country through ancestry. (For example, since the birth rate in Italy is among the lowest in Europe, it’s […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, A little bit of everything: Just as we are breathing a sigh of relief from our recent heat wave, we are beginning to see the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Milton, hot on the heels of Helene. As soon as the debris from Helene had been stacked up in front of houses, that […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, As we approach the end of the year, we are also coming to the close of the 2024 Annual Ministries Appeal. Sometimes this is incorrectly referred to as the “Bishop’s Appeal”, when in fact it is overwhelmingly an appeal to support lay ministries that the parishes share at the diocesan level. They […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, This week we release the annual finance report for SV Parish for Fiscal Year 2023-24. I want to thank you for your generous contributions this past year. This is very much appreciated, as our parish is entirely dependent on your support for our operations. Budgets and financial reports are not self-interpreting, but […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, Beginning this school year, St. Vincent Elementary School changed its First Friday and Holy Day Mass schedules to accommodate an extra two hours of classroom time on those days. In the past, the First Friday Mass began around 10:40 am, ended before 12 noon, and students were free for the day. From […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, I’m happy to inform you that the re-gilding and re-painting of the facade of the main entrance of the church has been completed. Some time ago, Ruby Newman, the local craftswoman who has been with our interior and exterior church renewal projects for over 3 decades, said that this would be the […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, I’m happy to inform you that the re-gilding and re-painting of the facade of the main entrance of the church has been completed. Some time ago, Ruby Newman, the local craftswoman who has been with our interior and exterior church renewal projects for over 3 decades, said that this would be the […]
(PRACTICING) CATHOLIC – RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman To Whom Shall We Go? A friend of mine, who is a far better Christian than I can ever hope to be, once shared with me that her family sneers at her belief system and lifestyle. She believes in fairy tales they […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners. Coming back from vacation means returning to a pile of mail and emails, plus new tasks for the coming educational and liturgical years. Next week, we have a staff meeting to begin planning for Advent which is, after all, not all that far in the future. Tuesday, I celebrated the First Day […]