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Learn Your Faith: Our Lady of Guadalupe

On March, 4th, 1519 the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes landed at Veracruz in what is now known as Mexico. The indigenous people had been enslaved by the Aztecs whose religion included wholesale human sacrifice. The Aztecs were expecting the return of their god Quetzalcoatl and mistook Cortes for their god. With this misunderstanding and the…
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Learn Your Faith: The Season of Advent

The word “advent” provides us with much material for reflection on the meaning of the season of the liturgical year we call “Advent”. The Latin word advenire means “to come to”, “to reach”, or “to arrive at”. Meditating on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, we may ponder the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ…
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Congratulations Nicholas Ward!

We congratulate Nicholas Ward, recipient of this year’s St. Augustine Medal of Service Award. Each year every parish in the diocese is invited to recognize one layperson who has distinguished himself or herself by selfless and generous service to the parish. Since I arrived here on July 1st Nicholas has served daily Mass for me…
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