“Realize, O Christian, your dignity. Once made a partaker in the divine nature, do not return to your former baseness by a life unworthy of that dignity.” Pope St. Leo the Great (4th-5th centuries, Doctor of the Church) “Obviously, those who claim to abide in Christ ought to walk as...
Dear Fellow Parishioners, Here is a construction update on the work in progress by James B. Donaghey Inc. Mechanical Contractors in the Installation of the HVAC (Heating, Ventilating Air Conditioning) and Plumbing with the General Contractor: Ben M. Radcliff Construction. Our new church will be equipped with a unique Air...
St. Bernardo of Corleone was a swordsman and shoemaker who became a Capuchin religious brother. He was born Filippo Latini in 1605 at Corleone, Sicily in modern-day Italy. He was raised in a devout Catholic family and their home was known as “the house of saints”. His father was a...
“The Son of God is the Word of the Father in thought and activity. By Him and through Him all things were made, the Father and the Son being one. Since the Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son by the unity and power of...
Faithful from 25 parishes committed to perpetual Eucharistic Adoration starting Dec. 8 By ROB HERBST The Catholic Week MOBILE — After nearly a year of planning and praying, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at St. Ignatius Parish will be opening for perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration will begin on the...
St. Finnian of Clonard was a renowned Irish teacher, founder, and abbot. Finnian was born in 470 at Myshal in County Carlow, Ireland. MANY YEARS OF FORMATION While still quite young, he was sent to be tutored by Bishop Fortchern of Trim. Thus began a long journey of prayer and...
“What among all things that exist is unoriginate? The Godhead. For no one can tell the origin of God, that otherwise would be older than God. But what is the cause of the Manhood, which for our sake God assumed? It was surely our salvation. What else could it be?”...
St. Cecilia was a renowned virgin martyr of the early Church. The time she lived is not precisely known, but she most likely lived during the 200s AD. According to the story that was handed down from antiquity, Cecilia was born in Rome to a Catholic family, and her father...
“Christ suffered all that He had to suffer; nothing at all is lacking to the number of His sufferings. Therefore His sufferings are complete, but in Him as in the head; there remain even now sufferings of Christ to be endured in the body.” St. Augustine of Hippo (4th-5th centuries,...
By Fr. Shields The pictures shown above were taken on October 23, and illustrate the beginning of the foundation work for the new church. The roof of our church will be 53’ high, and at a sharp angle, leaving no room for attic space. As a result, our air conditioning...