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Sermon: The Special Mission of St. Mary’s Church

I am preaching at all Masses this weekend to talk about the special mission of St. Mary’s church. To be sure St. Mary’s shares in the mission of every parish church: to worship God reverently in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to hear the word of God preached authentically, never based on the preacher’s…
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Pastor’s Book Recommendations

From time to time I recommend books that I think would be beneficial to read intellectually and spiritually. The first is Out of the Ashes by Anthony Esolen, which analyzes the real and deep problems in contemporary culture and offers strong suggestions as to how to turn things around. The second is The Power of Silence…
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The Special Mission of St. Mary’s Church

This past Tuesday we began the regular celebration of the Traditional Mass (Extraordinary Form) at the daily Mass at 7:30 a.m. For me this was a moving event in so many ways. There is a straight line from when Fr. Markey introduced Solemn Mass in the parish over seven years ago to making the Traditional…
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EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

We are happy to announce that Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will begin again on Wednesday, September 23 and will continue from then every Wednesday and Friday in St. Patrick’s chapel after the morning Mass. Many have missed this wonderful opportunity to adore the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and to pray in His presence.…
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The Bells of St. Mary’s

We are very fortunate to have a real bell in our steeple that actually functions, thanks to one of our parishioners, Gerhard Hutter. Probably the original function of the steeple bell was to announce the beginning of Mass or Vespers to the townspeople. St. Paulinus of Nola in the fourth century is credited with first…
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