De Colores Fellow Cursillistas! Please see the information below. It is a memo from the National Cursillo Service Administrator, Nadia Lopez Valladolid, regarding the month of June and the Day of Prayer National Palanca Intentions. Please note: If you would rather read the memo in PDF format, please click on the Read more…
We all love to receive gifts. Jesus promised his disciples a special gift. He told them he would give them another advocate to be with them forever, namely his Spirit. Jesus made that same promise to me. I don’t always call upon the Spirit in time of need, but he Read more…
Why was it that those close to Jesus, at least in the beginning of his ministry, had difficulty with him ? Perhaps they had watched him grow up as a “normal” child leading a normal life. He seemed like one of them until one day in his thirties he began Read more…
Today I drove back to California from spending two weeks in Arizona with my grand daughters. I was thinking as I loaded the car that Jesus told his apostles to travel light. It sounded good at the time. The reason for traveling light is not because things are evil, but Read more…
I am beginning today with a quote from Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin. “Racism is always a sin. Our society can and will, by the grace of God, overcome the injustices with which this sin infects our community. If we stand together proclaiming the dignity of every human person, Read more…
When we look at the senseless killing of George Floyd, the rioting in our cities, the looting and defacing of businesses and churches, the limiting of the number of people allowed in a church due to Covid-19, It’s hard to have hope. A recent survey indicated that most people are Read more…
First let me say “Happy Birthday “ to our church as today is the day it all began. Also let me say that what we see in the news is the devil running rampant thru our cities. It started with the four cops in Minneapolis and has spread to many Read more…
We read today in Acts 28:16; “Paul was under house arrest. As he awaited his trial in Rome, he lived by himself with a soldier guarding him, and people continued to visit him.” Just like us Paul was quarantine but his was much more severe and lasted for two years. Read more…
For many years now Catholics have been drifting away from regular mass attendance. People speculate on the reason for this and there is probably a combination of reasons. One possibility seems to be that some people don’t come to mass because they don’t believe any more on the “real presence” Read more…
The gospels were preached long before they were ever written down. I would guess Peter heard the story of his denial in the courtyard told over and over again. I wonder how he felt? The other apostles must have also heard the story of how they fled when Jesus was Read more…