Bishop’s Visit Part II
Well the weekend is over and all is back to normal, whatever that is. His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian arrived on Saturday for a Great Vespers service that was well attended by many parishioners from the village but also from…
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
St. Leonard of Limousin
Nothing absolutely certain is known of his history, as his earliest “Life”, written in the eleventh century, has no historical value whatever. According to this extraordinary legend, Leonard belonged to a noble Frankish family of the time of King Clovis,…
Bishop’s Visit
Our little parish is honored to be hosting our Vicar Bishop this weekend. His Grace Bishop Ioan Cassian, Vicar Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese will be here for visit. Our parish is celebrating it’s feast day this week (St.…
Out Visiting
Yesterday I took a little road trip to Leominster, Massachusetts about an hour north of my little village here. Leominster is in a part of Worcester County known as North County. I went to visit a seminary classmate of mine…
St. Malachy
St. Malachy, whose family name was O’Morgair, was born in Armagh in 1094. St. Bernard describes him as of noble birth. He was baptized Maelmhaedhoc (a name which has been Latinized as Malachy) and was trained under Imhar O’Hagan, subsequently…
All Soul’s Day
Today on the Western calendar is the feast of all Soul’s. For those of us in the east, we celebrate this feast on a different day, but the information is still relevant. This is from the Catholic Encyclopedia; The commemoration…
All Saints Day
Today on the Western Calendar it is the feast of All Saints. This is from the Catholic encyclopedia in reference to this feast: Solemnity celebrated on the first of November. It is instituted to honor all the saints, known and…
St. Bega
Feastday: October 317th century A princess of Ireland and hermitess-foundress, also listed as Bee. Bega fled the royal court rather than marry a prince from Norway. Tradition states that she was miraculously transported to Cumberland, in England.There St. Oswald counseled…
Sunday
Today’s Gospel reading was from Luke and the story of the daughter of Jarius and the woman with the issue of blood. These are stories about faith and the faith that we need in this world today. You see if…
Busy Day
Well today should be kinda busy for me here at the parish. Tonight we have our annual turkey party. This is a real hoot, and if you are in the area you should not miss this event. We have a…