Pastor’s Letter: March 3, 2024
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Dear friend, During His ministry, Jesus visited Jerusalem several times. As the Gospel relates this weekend, He especially journeyed south to Jerusalem, from Galilee, for the Passover celebration. Jews would travel from far and near for the Passover. It was an important communal religious celebration of their deliverance from slavery in Egypt. However, it was not only a freedom from...
Pastor’s Letter: February 25, 2024
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Dear friend, Fr. Luke Spannagel will offer a Lenten Mission at St. Philomena. Fr. Luke lives in the St. Philomena Rectory and serves the Cathedral and downtown parishes. He is one of the National Eucharistic Preachers for the National Eucharistic Revival leading up to the Congress in Indianapolis this summer. In response to the Pew Study that showed doubt among...
Pastor’s Letter: February 18, 2024
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Dear friend, On this First Sunday of Lent we hear the story of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. After His Baptism, when the voice of the Father is heard identifying Jesus as the Son of God, Jesus enters the desert to pray. His forty days in the desert is a time of preparation for His ministry. Jesus spent the time...
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