The Stations of the Cross-We adore you O Christ and we praise you! Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world!

02-25-2018Pastor's LetterFr. Don Kline, V.F.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Prayer is one of the pillars of the Lenten Season. This is why we encourage prayer disciplines specific to Lent. One of those devotions is the Stations of the Cross.

The Stations of the Cross originated in the late 4th Century when pilgrims flocked to the Holy Land to visit the places where Jesus lived and walked. Topping the list of places they visited was the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Built by the Emperor Constantine in the 4th Century, it houses the empty tomb of Jesus.

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A New Heart

02-18-2018Pastor's LetterFr. Don Kline, V.F.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Many people suffer from a troubled conscience. So what is the remedy? Can we actually ask God to give us a new heart? I have had conversations that sound a lot like this one. “I am simply confused…and scared…I do not want to go to hell, and I have worried about this and felt hopeless for long enough. Is it a Mortal Sin to… (you fill in the blank)? I have felt worthless and beat myself up over this issue for a long time now and I would just like some peace but I feel so guilty. I know God forgives me by I still feel awful.”

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Lent 2018

02-11-2018Pastor's LetterFr. Don Kline, V.F.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Lenten Season begins on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018. On Ash Wednesday, St. Joan of Arc parish will offer a 6:30am Mass, 8:30am Mass, a 12:00pm Liturgy of the Word and 6:00pm Mass in Spanish. Everyone who comes to Mass or the noonday Liturgy of the Word will receive ashes on their foreheads. The symbolism is powerful. The ashes are reminders that each one of us came from dust and will return to dust one day. The ashes on our foreheads are in the shape of a cross. Wearing this sign on our foreheads proclaims to others "I live for Christ".

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Addiction

02-04-2018Pastor's LetterFr. Don Kline, V.F.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

People are sometimes curious about what I do all day. Fair question. People are also surprised when I tell them that among my priestly duties, not a week goes by that I don’t come in contact with multiple parishioners who have been afflicted with an addiction.

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