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 […]
Our parish mission statement identifies St. Vincent’s as a Eucharist centered people who, as the Body of Christ, live our faith in word and deed by sharing our time, talent, and treasure to support one another and serve those in need.
This website is intended not only to provide you with the information you need about our parish but also to help us build up our life as a community and so help us in our mission. It provides a way for us to connect with each other; and we invite you to use it to share stories, to learn about what’s happening and what’s coming up, and to provide information you think we all need to hear. This site will evolve as our parish evolves; it belongs to all of us. I hope you find it helpful.
This hymn speaks to the atmosphere, design, and heart of St. Vincent’s parish: there is a place here for everyone. In fact, you are not only welcomed, but needed! As we explore and expand our ideas of just what a Church community is, we recognize first that pivotal life events occur in church: weddings, baptisms, First Communion, Confirmation; but, we also find that we need community in order to be a Spirit filled Church where we praise God, share our faith, and help one another by way of fellowship, and the numerous ministries available to all parishioners. Through our stewardship, the gift of our time and talent, there is a wonderful opportunity to give and receive, to make friends, to help friends, to see how our talents are a gift from God made for sharing. We are bonded to a group of people with whom we already have at least one thing in common, and that is our faith. It is our hope that you will use this community website to build bridges and connect with one another, and see that each of us, too, is a gift from God meant to be shared.