Pastor’s Letter: January 12, 2025
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, I hope you are enjoying many blessings in this 2025 year! A couple weeks ago, I mentioned in my explanation of the length of the Christmas season…the song, "The 12 Days of Christmas." One of our good parishioners asked if there was more meaning behind that song? The answer is…yes! A few years ago, I...
Pastor’s Letter: January 5, 2025
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Blessed 2025 to you all! I pray that the Lord will bestow many blessings upon you in this year ahead. Thank you all for all your kind words and gifts for Christmas—I truly feel very blessed to be pastor here! We celebrate this weekend the Solemnity of Epiphany. “Epiphany” is a word that means “to...
Pastor’s Letter: December 29, 2024
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Dear St. Philomena Parish Family, Merry Christmas! May the peace and love of the newborn Christ be in your hearts this day! I’m so thankful we made it to Christmas! I pray that the refreshing joy of Jesus Christ brings you and your family comfort this Christmas. Since I know we could all use a good long celebration, I thought...
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