Category Archives: Pastor’s Notes

A Note from Fr. Ringley—Una nota del p. Ringley

Happy Easter to all! I am very grateful to everyone who helped to make the Triduum reverent and beautiful. While many people, too numerous to name, worked behind the scenes at everything from cleaning, arranging the flowers, carrying things around, veiling the statues, and a multitude of other tasks, we are especially fortunate to have…
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Lent and Almsgiving—Cuaresma y la Limosna

As early as the third century, St. Irenaeus discussed Lenten preparation for Easter, talking about what the “forefathers” in faith, meaning the apostles, did to prepare for Easter. However, in St. Irenaeus’ day, no Churchwide consensus existed on how long Lent should be. It wasn’t until the Council of Nicaea (325) that “the 40 days…
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Confirmation—Confirmación

Each year as Pentecost approached I used to throw out a net at Kolbe Cathedral High School to catch anyone interested in receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. There are a variety of reasons for the fact that some of the students have not received the Sacrament by their senior year of high school. However, most…
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Easter—Pascua de Resurrección

The central mystery of the Christian faith is, without doubt, the Resurrection of Our Lord. Either Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and is who He says he is, or He did not rise from the dead, and the Christian faith is based on a falsehood.The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is either…
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