Encouraging the Culture of Encounter with Jesus Christ, His Church, and All People Dear Brothers and Sister in Christ, New Podium You may have noticed a new podium placed near the Baptismal font area. There is actually quite a story behind it. It has been over two years since I thought it would be good to have a portable podium for use in the church. While there are moveable podiums one can purchase, they all looked tacky and flimsy, not appropriate for use in the church. So, we connected with a carpenter to custom make us a podium. I went to the Ladies Guild at the time, which approved of funds to commission this new piece.

Encouraging the Culture of Encounter with Jesus Christ, His Church, and All People Dear Brothers and Sister in Christ, This week I reproduce here a blog entry from Monsignor Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington DC. I often find he has excellent reflections on Catholic matters. He also writes a column for Our Sunday Visitor. Here he reflects upon a reading from last Monday’s Mass which also connects with this Sunday’s Gospel.

Encouraging the Culture of Encounter with Jesus Christ, His Chruch, and All People Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Reciting the St. Michael Prayer After Masses As I mentioned last week, for the month of July we are adding the St. Michael Prayer after Masses. It was almost eighteen months ago that we began honoring our Blessed Mother after all Masses with a particular hymn for the liturgical seasons or Advent, Lent, and Easter. Outside of those seasons we rotated with other prayers for vocations, for the faithful departed, and for the parish.

Encouraging the Culture of Encounter with Jesus Christ, His Chruch, and All People Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Reciting the St. Michael Prayer After Masses As I mentioned last week, for the month of July we are adding the St. Michael Prayer after Masses. It was almost eighteen months ago that we began honoring our Blessed Mother after all Masses with a particular hymn for the liturgical seasons or Advent, Lent, and Easter. Outside of those seasons we rotated with other prayers for vocations, for the faithful departed, and for the parish.