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Dear Friends in Christ, 

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When the New Year dawns, we always make wishes and commitments to challenge ourselves to be better. My hope is that all of you this year will make that same stride to commit to rebuilding, remodeling and renovating your faith in God. As for me, I am even more excited because ministering with you all is always giving me grace, faith, and renewed strength. We are here always to pray with and for you, to minister to and with you, and to help carry on the works you have already been doing for ages leading one another to experience the one true God. 

 

This New Year 2026, which has a futuristic ring to it, starting this week, we will be having our church at St. Patrick renovated. We will be having Masses in the Hall for about 6 weeks. The renovation work will include the bathroom, the vestibule, church painting, statue cleaning, Stations of the Cross restoration, confessional sound proofing, and many more things. When we reopen it will be spectacular. I want to thank all who are helping with our Capital Campaign initiative. Through your generosity, we are able to do all this work. When the church work is done, we will then move to the Ministry Building. There we will be focusing on electrical work, the bathrooms, and many other things. 

 

Friends, as the Christmas Season comes to an end this weekend with the Celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, we will now begin the Ordinary Time. The Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter seasons highlight the Central Mysteries of the Paschal Mystery, namely, the Incarnation, Death on the Cross, Resurrection, Ascension of Jesus Christ, and the Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time on the other hand, take us through the life of Christ. This is the time of conversion. This is living the life of Christ. Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in Christ. The goal, toward which all of history is directed, is represented by the final Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. 

 

I would like to thank all the people who gave their time, talents, and treasure to make our Christmas Season a huge success at both parishes. It would not have been possible without your help. I thank our Decoration Teams, Liturgical Ministers (Ushers, Greeters, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Sacristans) and many more people who helped in many ways. We are all indebted to your great service and devotion. 

 

Many people also helped us financially to purchase flowers in memory of their loved ones. We are truly grateful and will keep praying for you and your intentions. 

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May God Bless you always, 

Fr. Francis