Saint Teresa of Calcutta poured out her life in service to the poor and was born into eternity on September 5, 1997. Although more than twenty years has passed since her death, her smile and the legacy of her tireless efforts to feed the hungry and comfort the dying remind us of Christ’s call for us to do likewise.

From 1680, the Falls of the great Mississippi River came to be associated with St. Anthony of Padua, a Franciscan friar and missionary priest of the 13th century. Fr. Louis Hennepin, a disciple of St. Francis of Assisi like St. Anthony, bestowed the name that stuck for the falls and

As a kid, I remember well that the last days of school always seemed to drag on as the ‘dog-days’ of summer tantalized us but could never seem to arrive quickly enough. This must be especially true this year as the temperatures have already soared to the high 90s no doubt causing students and teachers alike to wonder when it will all be over.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations,through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Dear friends in Christ,

As we recall and commemorate Our Lord’s glorious Ascension into heaven, we come to a most sacred day as a parish. We rejoice with our nearly fifty families who gather this Sunday at the 9:30 am Holy Cross Mass to receive Holy Communion for the first time. Each year Eastertide is

The story of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus is one of the most earth-shaking moments in all of world literature. Not simply the “moment” of Saul’s encounter with the risen Lord and more or less immediate “conversion”, but the entire story of his transformation from young rabbinical zealot to Christian apostle, theologian, and preacher.