Happy Easter to all! I am very grateful to everyone who helped to make the Triduum reverent and beautiful. While many people, too numerous to name, worked behind the scenes at everything from cleaning, arranging the flowers, carrying things around, veiling the statues, and a multitude of other tasks, we are especially fortunate to have…
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Lent and Almsgiving—Cuaresma y la Limosna
As early as the third century, St. Irenaeus discussed Lenten preparation for Easter, talking about what the “forefathers” in faith, meaning the apostles, did to prepare for Easter. However, in St. Irenaeus’ day, no Churchwide consensus existed on how long Lent should be. It wasn’t until the Council of Nicaea (325) that “the 40 days…
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Accountability Sunday (Dec. 5)
Financial Reports for Accountability Sunday, December 5, 2021.
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A Note from Father Ringley—Una nota del padre Ringley
A Note from Father Ringley (9/8/21) Today Regina Pacis Academy opened their school year with Mass on the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady. We wish them a fruitful year both academically and spiritually. The school normally attends the noon Mass on Thursdays, and we are happy to see the students back together with…
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A Note from Father Ringley—Una nota del Padre Ringley
We are grateful for having been able to restore worship in the church to “almost normal”. The bishop has announced that we may use the holy water fonts again, and that it will no longer be required for me to purify my fingers in alcohol between each communicant. This news has received mixed reviews. We…
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Confirmation—Confirmación
Each year as Pentecost approached I used to throw out a net at Kolbe Cathedral High School to catch anyone interested in receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. There are a variety of reasons for the fact that some of the students have not received the Sacrament by their senior year of high school. However, most…
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Message from Fr. Ringley—Mensaje del Padre Ringley
A Blessed Easter Season to one and all! It seemed that Lent had just begun, and here we are already having reached the Easter Season.I want to thank everyone who helped make our Holy Week ceremonies the best that they could be. Last year a handful of us celebrated Holy Week in the church with…
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Easter—Pascua de Resurrección
The central mystery of the Christian faith is, without doubt, the Resurrection of Our Lord. Either Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and is who He says he is, or He did not rise from the dead, and the Christian faith is based on a falsehood.The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is either…
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My Lenten Journey (Week III)—Mi Jornada de Cuaresma (Semana III)
Mi Jornada de Cuaresma (Semana III) Padre Ringley My Lenten Journey (Week III) Fr. Ringley This week we continue the train of thought we pursued last week, i.e. responses to questions on the recent RCIA quiz. As I wrote last week, one of the trials of a teacher’s life is grading papers. This trial, as…
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My Lenten Journey (Week II)—Mi Jornada Cuaresmal (Semana II)
My Lenten Journey (Week II) Fr. Ringley My homily for the Second Sunday of Lent was intended to explain the threefold purpose of penance, i.e. to instill and maintain sorrow for sin and a subsequent desire to avoid sin, to make reparation for sin, and to do penance as a rehearsal or training session for…
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