Dear Parishioners and Friends,

As we celebrate our national Thanksgiving Day this week, I join with you in giving thanks to almighty God for the many blessings that He has sent each of us. 

As Catholics we live in the spirit of thanksgiving, because the word “Eucharist” means “Thanksgiving” in the original Greek. We are most thankful for the gift of the Father’s Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior. I invite you and your families to join me on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, for the Holy Mass at 9:00am. I am counting on your support of time, talent and treasures to further the kingdom of God in our midst. Now is a crucial time in the history of the Church and in our little parish for an authentic renewal built on our steadfast Faith in Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. I am ready and willing.

Cordially and sincerely, I ask you to help us complete the 2024 campaign for the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. We have less than a month to collect about $6,898.00.  Thanks to those who have already contributed. If we don’t reach our goal, we will need to take the money out of our regular income.

We can’t afford to do that, especially now with the tremendous increase in expenses due to inflation. Let us get this paid off soon. All extra funds will come back to us.

I am glad to be your pastor. You are fine people with fine families. I appreciate all you do or have done for the Lord as the People of God. I sincerely entrust all our endeavors to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

In my Heart I sing out: “O Mary my mother to thee do I flee; in all my afflictions I hasten to thee. Thy heart is so gentle, so loving, so mild, thou canst not reject thy poor suppliant child” I beg the Immaculate Heart of Mary, like a little boy at her knee, to open our hearts to respond to her Divine Son.

Yours in the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Fr. Mark G. Mazza, Pastor