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After sixty-one (61) years of faithful service to St. Peter Community (church, school, and cemetery) Mr. Jerry Brown is retiring. I think everyone who has any connection with St. Peter Church knows Jerry. He has not only been a faithful worker, but also has a wealth of knowledge about the cemetery and all the people who are buried in our beautiful cemetery.Read More
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Today, the Church enters the most solemn and sacred weeks of the year—Holy Week. There are two Gospels proclaimed today. The first one proclaimed is at the Blessing of the palms, which tells of Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem. Riding on a borrowed colt, Jesus was hailed by the crowds as they blessed God and shouted “Hosanna!” The second Gospel proclaimed is during the Liturgy of the Word in which we read the Passion account According to the Gospel of Saint Mark. During Holy Week, we prayerfully remember the events of Jesus’ passion and death. As we meditate on the cross, we ask again and anew what it means to make the statement of faith that Jesus, in his obedient suffering and dying, revealed himself to us as God’s Son.Read More -
If you can donate palm fronds for our Passion Sunday liturgy, please bring them to the rectory by March 25. If you have some to donate, but can’t bring them, call 536-2887.Read More -
The Altar Society’s Annual Church Cleaning for Holy Week takes place Saturday, March 27, at 8:30 am. Grab your dust cloths and buckets and share some of your time and housekeeping skills. All volunteers (including men) willing to help are welcome. Any time you can contribute would be greatly appreciated. Reservations not required – just show up...Read More -
During Lent, our Lord calls us to make a conversion of heart. Our parents, teachers, or mentors can show us the way, but then it is up to us to commit to Jesus’ mission. As we approach the days in which we remember Jesus’ suffering and death, we ask ourselves if we are willing to resolve to die to sin or to live faithfully, selflessly, and courageously in the Lord.Read More -
O Glorious Saint Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in a spirit of penance for the expiation of my many sins; to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my natural inclinations; to work with thankfulness and joy, considering it an honor to employ and develop by means of labor the gifts received from God; to work with order, peace, moderation, and patience, never shrinking from weariness and trials; to work above all with purity of intention and detachment from self, keeping unceasingly before my eyes death and the account that I must give of time lost, talents unused, good omitted, and vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all through Mary, all after thy example, O Patriarch, Saint Joseph. Such shall be my watch-word in life and in death. Amen.Read More
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As we journey together during Lent, we are at the midway point of our experience. Today is traditionally known as “Laetare Sunday” because we anticipate the joy we will feel on Easter. During the Lenten season we remain a joyful people because we believe that God loves us despite our sinfulness. God loves us so much that Jesus the Christ sacrificed Himself so that we may be redeemed and born into eternal life. We hear the famous Scripture passage today, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life” [John 3:16].Read More -
During the season of Lent, we are aware of our need for mercy and forgiveness. God’s mercy and forgiveness came to full fruition in Jesus the Christ, who redeemed us by taking on our failings, our sins, our mortality. In the responsorial psalm we prayed, “God has the words of everlasting life.” As we journey during this third week of Lent, we look to God this day for words of mercy and love as we recommit ourselves to our Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.Read More -
The First Eucharist Parent Meeting will be on Monday, March 1st at 7:00 P.M. in the rectory. Please note the change of meeting place. The meeting will not be in the church but in the rectory.Read More
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