From the Pastor
How is God inviting us into a deeper relationship with Himself?
10-17-2021Fr. Dan ConnealyHappy Sunday!
I hope everyone has had a wonderful week. I want to share a quote from Pope Benedict XVI that I recently read. He writes, “When God disappears, men and women do not become greater; indeed, they lose the divine dignity, their faces lose God’s splendor. In the end, they turn out to be merely products of a blind evolution and, as such, can be used and abused. This is precisely what the experience of our epoch has confirmed for us.” We do not need to be theologians to notice this. It seems that more and more often our society is trying to wipe away the face of God. We know as well what has happened in our culture alongside this. Men and women lose their true identity, which is only bestowed by God, in the confusing and misleading transgender culture. We see an increase in anxiety and anger throughout society. Notice that Pope Benedict speaks of “divine dignity”. He means to tell us that dignity has some transcendental meaning because it is bestowed by God.
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LIVE at the Ramada
Add Sat, Oct 23 @ 7:30 PM
featuring Stilicho, a talented local band performing a variety of Irish & American folk songs
St. Michael Indian School Connection Adoption Weekend
Add Sat, Oct 23 - Sun, Oct 24
at all Masses the weekend of Oct 23/24
Watch for more details in Flocknote.
Healing and Deliverance Ministry
Add Tue, Oct 26 @ 6:30 PM
This Ministry will resume meeting in the Church on Tue, Sep 14 at 6:30pm and will continue meeting on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month.
Flights of Faith
at Lakeside Bar & Grill (we will be on the Patio), 9980 W. Happy Valley Rd., Peoria, AZ
Fr. John Nahrgang talks about St. Junipero Serra.
Thursday Night Bingo is Back!
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Lector Training
Add Sat, Nov 6 @ 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM
If you have public speaking skills and a reverence for and devotion to the Word of God, then this is your invitation to participate in this ancient tradition.
Healing and Deliverance Ministry
Add Tue, Nov 9 @ 6:30 PM
This Ministry will resume meeting in the Church on Tue, Sep 14 at 6:30pm and will continue meeting on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month.
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Add Sat, Nov 13 - Sun, Nov 14
We will be providing you a paper bag to donate food for these dinners after all Masses on Nov 13/14. A list of the food items we need will be stapled to the bag.
Lector Training
Add Sat, Nov 20 @ 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM
If you have public speaking skills and a reverence for and devotion to the Word of God, then this is your invitation to participate in this ancient tradition.
Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Add Sun, Nov 21 @ 2:30 PM
Join us for Mass at 2:30pm and a Eucharistic procession through the neighborhood immediately following Mass.