Musical Musings from Joy
Musical Musings from Joy
As the school year draws to a close, so does the 2017-2018 Music Ministry. This was the most fulfilling year I could have hoped for, and I hope those of you who are with us regularly got to witness their gifts and talents, too. To say I am proud of and humbled by them is […]
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Weekly Words from The Rock
Memorial Day. Here are some of my thoughts on Memorial Day. “Memorial Day – a time to honor our fallen war heroes, a time to honor loved ones who have passed on, a time for quiet prayers of thanks for the battles fought for our freedom. Memorial Day is a time of remembrance shared by […]
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Musical Musings from Joy
Many don’t realize that staying in Ireland after my two years in Wexford were up wasn’t an “automatic” thing. In fact, I decided pretty late in the game that I was going to take a leap of faith and turn down a full scholarship/assistantship offer at an American college in order to attend the Irish […]
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Thank You Operation Hometown Gratitude
Thank you for all of your hard work with putting the boxes together. They all looked very nice, you have a lot of artists in the making. I shared all of the boxes with my platoon, they enjoyed them very much and brought a smile to everyone’s face. All of the stuff you sent us […]
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Weekly Words from The Rock
Pentecost Jesus Christ is Risen. Alleluia. Alleluia. For fifty days, we have celebrated and proclaimed this message. With Pentecost, the Season of Easter culminates and moves us back into Ordinary Time. Pentecost surrounds the giving of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles. It is the birthday of the Church. I want to share with you […]
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Musical Musings from Joy
One of my greatest joys over the two years I served in Wexford was producing fully-staged, musical plays based on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I inherited the project from an alumna of House of Brigid, (who happened to be a music, theatre, AND French classmate of mine at Saint Mary’s!), and […]
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Operation Hometown Gratitude
Operation Hometown Gratitude was a great success with 94 boxes packed, $882 collected for mailing, and about seventy people participating on Sunday. We were grateful and excited about the wide range of parish and community involvement including a generous monetary donation and items from the Rochester Exchange Club, home baked cookies from our Bakers Ministry, […]
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Announcements
Resurrection will offer VIRTUS TRAINING on Monday, May 7th at 6PM. This is a great time to complete training ahead of next year’s Back-to-School! Please go to our website to sign up or call the parish office. The next FUSION EVENT is Friday, May 11th from 6-7:30PM. The topic for the evening is the FAMILY […]
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Weekly Words from The Rock
As we celebrate First Holy Communion at all the Masses this weekend, I thought I would devote this column to the Sacrament of the Eucharist. The following reflections are taken from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, Copyright 2006. Question: What happens at the consecration in the Mass? Answer: By the consecration, the transubstantiation […]
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Musical Musings from Joy
Firstly, hearty congratulations to all of those who received the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion this weekend. I cannot wait to share more fully in the faith and the Table with so many of you. A special shout out to those First Communicants who are also members of the Children’s Choir! (I hope you […]
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