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From Our Pastor

From Our Pastor

Dear Folks,
This week we celebrate the 4th of July.  Our Mass schedule will be a little different, as we will have Masses at 9:00 AM, Noon, and 6:00 PM.  Why 6 PM?  I call it the fireworks Mass, and it is a happy memory from my childhood.
Let me tell you about Father Silk.  Father Silk was the pastor of my childhood parish: St. Mary’s in Rockville Maryland.  When I think of the 4th of July, I almost always think of him.  Why, because every 4th of July he would celebrate the ‘fireworks Mass” = a Mass timed so that you could come to Mass and then walk to the picnic and fireworks at the high school across the street.  Father loved the 4th of July.  It was obvious in his enthusiasm celebrating the Mass, and also in the fact that he wore vestments for Mass that were red white and blue.  (Ok, it was the 70’s, so we have Mass vestments that looked much like a flag …. bingo)!  I remember Mass, and then picnicking and waiting for the fireworks to begin, getting an ice cream from the ice cream truck (which was a special treat) and of course the fireworks which I loved!  Fr. Silk went home to meet the Lord several years ago; may he rest in peace and reap the rewards of the lives he touched.
Now you won’t ever catch me in a star-spangled vestment, but I do love this holiday and give thanks to God for my country, parish, and family.  And if you come dressed for the fireworks Mass in star-spangled picnic splendor, I will give you a big smile and a hug!
God Bless America!
pax,
fr mosimann

Weekend Announcements

Weekend Announcements

▪ Important information for all parish organizations on bulletin page 10

▪ Summer Youth Group activities More information on bulletin page 7

▪ Join in the engaging Call to Evangelization series More information on bulletin page 10

▪ You’re invited! Mary’s Shelter Annual Soirée More information on bulletin page 11

Fourth of July Mass Schedule: 9am, 12noon, 6pm.  Confessions at 6:30pm. 

From Our Pastor

From Our Pastor

Dear Folks,

This week we say farewell to Fr. Holmes. I keep saying to all who will listen, “I treasure the warmth of the generous heart of Fr. Holmes. The laughs and fraternity that we have shared in the rectory of St. Mary during the past two years. Conversations about Power wagons, and Tom Seaver, and Fran Tarkenton, and the wig of Captain Kirk!! For five years, Fr. Holmes has been a welcoming, humorous, and hard-working part of making this parish such a joy. Thank you Fr. Holmes!

And our children just got through the first week of Summer. Is anyone complaining of boredom yet?

One of the greatest conversions in history occurred because of boredom. St. Ignatius of Loyal was recovering from a cannonball to the leg, and bedridden. He was bored. Requesting romance novels, he was instead given a book of lives of the saints. He discovered a love worth living for. A huge part of that was him noticing that in contemplating the life and glory of the saints, that he was filled with lasting peace. Unlike when he filled his time with earthly pursuits that left him bored and empty afterwards.

Fulton Sheen speaks to this when he said, “You will never be happy if your happiness depends on getting solely what you want. Change the focus. Get a new center. Will what God wills, and your joy no man shall take from you.”

Are you bored? Find the love that will never end in the life of Christ.

pax,
Fr Mosimann

Join us for our Parish Picnic this Sunday!

Join us for our Parish Picnic this Sunday!

Join us from 3-7pm at Holy Cross Academy this Sunday, June 24, for our Parish Picnic!  Food, rides, and all around good fun.  This is also Father Holmes’s going away, so please stop by and wish him well at his new assignment in Winchester!  All are welcome!