Bishop’s Blog: Closing Lent with Important Events

Bishop’s Blog: Closing Lent with Important Events

  Installation of Lectors Seminarian Lucas da Costa, currently in the second theology class at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, was installed as Lector, along with his classmates, on Sunday, March 26. What an honor to be invited to celebrate the Mass at the Seminary and install

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Bishop’s Blog: March Announcements

Bishop’s Blog: March Announcements

Annunciation of the Lord Exactly nine months before we celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, we celebrate the Annunciation of the Lord on March 25th. Luke’s Gospel gives an account of the Angel Gabriel’s visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary to announce the Good News, “the

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Bishop’s Blog: Continuing to Pray for Ukraine

Bishop’s Blog: Continuing to Pray for Ukraine

  On February 24, 2022, the armies of the Russian Federation launched an unjust war on the people of Ukraine; sadly, this invasion continues a year later. To mark this somber anniversary, His Beatitude, Patriarch Sviatoslav, together with the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church,

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Bishop’s Blog: Lenten Passages

Bishop’s Blog: Lenten Passages

  Celebration of the Rite of Election The Church, or our Liturgical, year is broken into seasons, allowing us to focus more closely on the themes, spiritual aspects, Liturgy, and symbols of everything that season brings. Right now, we have entered the season of Lent; on the

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Bishop’s Blog: Lent 2023 and a Special Collection

Bishop’s Blog: Lent 2023 and a Special Collection

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It has been one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. We have seen the tremendous loss of life, property, and the unimaginable suffering inflicted upon so many innocent people in that country. More recently, we also witnessed

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