Category: Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Update

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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 3/21/24

We have two wonderful saints we celebrate this week: Saint Patrick and Saint Joseph. With the celebration of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, on Sunday, March 17, 2024, [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 3/14/24

While Lent is an important and special time for all of use, it is also an important time for those who want to join the Catholic church and celebrate the [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 3/8/24

As all of you know, our former parochial vicar, Fr. Juan Gabriel Rojas, was reassigned to Saint Mary of the Assumption, Elizabeth, after his time here at Saint Helen. Since [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 3/1/24

We are already into the second week of Lent. While the three pillars of Lent – Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving are our guideposts during this 40-day journey, prayer holds a [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 2/23/24

Currently, we have a lot happening at the Parish. Yet there are two opportunities that I’d like to profile this week. Our Women’s Cornerstone Retreat begins tonight (Friday evening, February [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 2/17/24

Lent began this past Wednesday, February 14, 2024. As we know, there are three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Prayer can take so many forms. It can often [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 2/8/24

This year Lent will begin on February 14, 2024. What a fitting day to focus on all that is love. I encourage you to use these days BEFORE Lent begins [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 2/1/24

I am excited to announce that we are sponsoring a new adult discipleship program for women called “Walking with Purpose”. Beginning in February, all the women of the parish are [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 1/26/24

As I announced at all Masses last weekend, the 2024 Annual Appeal has begun! You should have received an invitation in the mail from Cardinal Tobin to consider making a [...]
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Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Note – 1/18/24

This week we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4, 1968, he was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. This past Monday, January 15, 2024, would have [...]
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