Lenten Perseverance: How are you doing with your Lenten prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and penance? All of these “tools” are meant to draw us deeper into Christian discipleship, deeper into the love of neighbor, and farther along on the road to holiness. If you are persevering in your Lenten commitments, good on you...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, God is so good: What a powerful and grace-filled Lenten Mission we experienced this week! Fr. Ben did a marvelous job in leading us. The music was beautiful. Your presence was uplifting. Clearly, the Holy Spirit was alive and working in our midst! My personal gratitude goes out to all who were involved in any way, including the parish staff and the volunteers who put so much time and love into preparing for the Mission...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, It’s Time for our Lenten Mission: its here! The time for our Lenten Mission has arrived! I am so excited to welcome Fr. Ben Daghir and to begin these days of grace! Here’s a reminder of the Mission schedule: Monday, March 13 “Given Up/Poured Out” + Eucharistic Adoration Tuesday, March 14 “Transubstantiation” + Confessions Wednesday, March 15 Holy Mass + Social
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, On a Mission for Lent: Many of us have loved ones, friends, or colleagues who have the unfortunate talent of depressing and discouraging everyone they encounter. These unhappy folks complain constantly, look negatively at every situation, and generally spread darkness and gloom wherever they go...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, On a Mission for Lent: The only sadness is not to be a saint, right? We are created by God to live a life of holiness here on earth and then to live in unimaginable bliss for all eternity...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Catholic Services Appeal: This Sunday is the official kick-off for the 2023 Catholic Services Appeal. Not only do our contributions support the various works of the Church in this region, but we will be using the monies that are above and beyond the diocesan assessment to replace the damaged baptismal font at Holy Redeemer.
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Our Lenten Mission: The beautiful season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22. You and I have a mission this Lent: Growth in holiness! The fact is - if we are not drawing closer to the heart of Christ, we are necessarily falling away. To assist in this mission, we are having . . . well . . . a Mission!
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Tithing Our Blessings: The parish tithe this February will go to support the compassionate work done by Hospice of Warren County. End-of-life palliative care ensures that a dying person completes their earthly course in a manner which speaks to the dignity of every human life.
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, St. Joseph School Open House: The students, families, and staff of St. Joseph Catholic School are welcoming guests at their annual Open House this Sunday! The event serves as a kick-off for the week-long celebration of Catholic Schools Week.
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Welcome (again) Fr. Oriole: On Saturday, January 21, I will be in Pittsburgh offering an evening Mass for members of the American Legion from throughout Pennsylvania.
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, The Daily Grind of Love: With the Christmas season ended, and Lent still some weeks in the distance, the Church settles into the routine of Ordinary Time. Individually, we too find ourselves returning to the routine of daily existence...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, EPIPHANY CONCERT TODAY: Christine Porter, our own uber talented and super generous parishioner, will be in concert at Holy Redeemer today (Sunday, January 8) at 4:30 pm. You’ve heard her sing, and know how beautifully she does so, but Christine is also an instrumentalist. Most importantly, she loves Jesus Christ and will be offering Christmas/Epiphany praises to the infant King....
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Happy New Year, everyone! May it be – as they say – the best year ever! As we step off into 2023, I’d like to also look back and say a few words about 2022. We are a parish which strives to pray, to love, and to serve the poor...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Tidings of Comfort and Joy: Merry Christmas everyone! A Savior is born for us! His name is Jesus and he is but a tiny baby in tiny Bethlehem!
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, A Mother’s Love: What a wonderful outpouring of warmth and grace as we celebrated Our Lady of Guadalupe on Monday! First of all, I wish to thank our Blessed Mother herself. As she said to St. Juan Diego: “Am I not here, your mother?” Well, she was definitely here with us in Warren on her feast day!...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, You Are Most Warmly Invited: Our celebration for the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe is tomorrow (Monday, December 12). We want you to be included!...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, A Substantial Gift: You may remember that some months ago we received word that a longtime parishioner had bequeathed a substantial amount of money to our parish...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Advent Blessings: It’s a new Church year! It’s a new season of grace! It’s time to prepare our hearts for the birth of our Savior! We can and should rejoice and be glad! ...
To My Spiritual Family of Holy Redeemer and St. Anthony, Welcome Father Phil: As you read this, I am either still in Long Beach with our NCYC pilgrims, or I’m on a Southwest Airlines flight zooming back...
Remembering the Souls in Purgatory: As November continues, so too does our prayer for the souls in purgatory. Remember to scribe the names of your loved ones in our Books of Remembrance...