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08/18/2025

Assumption of Our Lady

08/18/2025

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08/17/2025

Amen 🙏✝️

08/17/2025

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As an academic, canon theologian, and member of the Anglican Synod, Dr. Gavin Ashenden was regarded as a rising figure in the Church of England. Appointed as...

08/15/2025

St Michael🙏✝️

St. Michael's Lent
August 15- September 29

St. Michael’s Lent is a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and penance observed by some Catholics, particularly those in the Franciscan tradition, from August 15 (the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) to September 29 (the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, also known as Michaelmas). It is not an official liturgical season but a devotional practice rooted in the 13th-century life of St. Francis of Assisi, who had a deep devotion to St. Michael and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This "mini-Lent" mirrors the structure of the traditional Lent before Easter, excluding Sundays, and focuses on spiritual renewal, battling evil, and seeking the intercession of St. Michael. St. Francis reportedly practiced this devotion, and it’s tied to his receiving the stigmata on September 14 (the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) during a retreat on Mount La Verna. Practices may include:

Prayer: Reciting prayers like the St. Michael Prayer, the Chaplet of St. Michael, or the Litany of St. Michael.

Fasting and Abstinence: Abstaining from certain foods (e.g., meat) or other sacrifices, similar to Lenten practices.

Penance: Regular sacramental confession, attending Mass, or meditating on Scripture.

Charity: Performing the spiritual and corporal acts of mercy.

The devotion aims to deepen one’s relationship with Our Lord, and to honor St. Michael as a protector against evil.

08/15/2025

Holy Day!!

Holy Day of Obligation Today!
Masses at 8:30AM, 12PM, and 7PM today for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

08/15/2025

Amen🙏✝️

Today the Church celebrates the glorious Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when at the end of her earthly life she was taken body and soul into heaven.

This solemnity reminds us of our own call to holiness and the hope of eternal life with Christ.

Blessed Mother, assumed into heaven, pray for us. 🙏

(Wikimedia Commons: The Assumption of the Virgin, Pieter Fransz de Grebber 1648)

08/14/2025

Holy Day Masses - Tri-Parish

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Holy Masses for this solemnity, a holy day of obligation, will be celebrated at:

St. Kateri - Thursday, August 14th at 7:00pm; Friday, August 15th at 9:00am and 5:30pm.

St. Denis - Thursday, August 14th at 7:30pm; Friday, August 15th at 9:00am and 7:30pm.

St. Columba - Thursday, August 14th at 5:30pm; Friday, August 15th at 7:00am, 12Noon, and 7:00pm.

08/13/2025

St. Maximilian Kolbe's story is coming to the big screen at the Roosevelt Theater in Hyde Park, NY! "Triumph of the Heart is a feature film about St. Maximilian Kolbe and his companions' triumph over the darkness of Auschwitz."
If you're looking for a way to support some of our own parishioners who contributed to the making of this movie, as well as the broader Catholic community, consider attending the film's premiere on September 13th. Click the link to reserve your tickets today. Limited space available.

Experience this powerful film about St. Maximilian Kolbe and his companions' triumph over death.

08/13/2025

Holy Day 🙏✝️

ASSUMPTION of the Blessed Virgin Mary- Holy Masses for this solemnity, a holy day of obligation, will be celebrated on Thursday, August 14th at 7:00pm and on Friday, August 15th at 9:00am and 5:30pm.

08/13/2025

Amen 🙏✝️

On this, the Feast Day of our founder, Blessed Fr. Michael J. McGivney, we pray:

God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor.

Through the example of his life and virtue, may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church.

Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify your Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will.

Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (here make your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen

Blessed Michael McGivney, pray for us! Vivat Jesus!

08/13/2025

Amen ✝️

Today we celebrate the feast of Blessed Michael McGivney, humble parish priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus, who was beatified in 2020.

Known for his tireless service to his parishioners and his defense of the faith, he reminds us that holiness is found in the simple, faithful living of our daily vocations.

Please join us in praying for his canonization:

God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Blessed Michael McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue, may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify Blessed Michael McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (here make your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Learn more at fathermcgivney.org