Monthly Archives: May 2010

Trinity Sunday

What’s your favorite way of talking about the Trinity? Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer? Have you ever tried to explain the Trinity? Or even to [..]

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Moving Forward with the Spirit

How often have you heard the more “mature” members of your family or parish talk about how “it used to be”?  I am sure you hear these stories [..]

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The Holy Trinity: Teaching Children About the Great Mystery of Our Faith

Teaching children about the Holy Trinity is a dilemma for parents! How God can be one yet three, how the Trinity can be separate but the same is [..]

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Being a Young Christian is Not “Normal”

Christians (of all ages) are called to live out a life that society would consider “not normal”.  This is one of the challenges of living a life of [..]

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Lost Generation Video Parable

Is your generation, the so-called “Lost Generation”, really lost?  Take a look at this short (1 min 44 sec) video created by a 20-year old about what life [..]

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Pentecost

Pentecost! The celebration of… what? Flames on heads? Speaking in tongues? The blessing of the Spirit on individuals? Although Pentecost was originally a festival celebration of the wheat [..]

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Month of May – Signs of New Life

May has been a busy month of activities for the parish. We participated in the annual ACTION banquet, the Filipino community and our Youth Ministry celebrated the annual [..]

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The Ascension of the Lord

We, who have lost a loved one, know that their “spirit” often lives on long after their death. Certain situations will trigger our memory of them. Recalling what [..]

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Children and the Feast of Pentecost

Pentecost marks the official end of the 50 days of the Easter Season (hence “Pente”). It celebrates the Acts 2 outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Disciples [..]

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Pentecost: A Red Hot Celebration

by Gwen Wise On May 23, 2010, we will celebrate Pentecost, the birthday of the Church. The original Pentecost festival was the Old Testament Feast of Weeks, the [..]

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