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Divine Mercy Chaplet

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed daily at 3:00pm in our Chapel.  If you are not able to attend in person, you are welcome to join us in prayer online using the screen to your left.

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Mass Schedules

Daily Mass Schedule

Regular Weekend Mass Schedule

Please refer to the Christmas Mass scheduled listed below for proper Mass times.

Month of December Devotion

Dear Heavenly Father, this Advent season, we especially are in need of peace.  War rages on in our world. It impacts the daily lives of millions in different ways.  This year, as much as ever, we need Jesus, Prince of Peace, in our world and in our hearts.  During Advent in 2023, we pray that Jesus transforms our world as we await His coming again.   Amen.

Christmas Eve - Sunday, December 24th

Christmas Day - Monday, December 25th

Confessions

New Year's Eve - Sunday, December 31st

New Year's Day - Monday, January 1st

Upcoming Events / Special Announcements

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION - 2024

San Marco School

Saturday, April 6th, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

St. Peter’s School together with Public/Private & Out of Boundary Catholic Schools

Saturday, April 13th, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

St. Angela Merici School

Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

St. Clement School

Saturday, April 27th, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

REGISTRATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OCTOBER.  PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY FURTHER REGISTRATIONS BEFORE CONTACTING THE PARISH OFFICE.

REGISTRATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OCTOBER.  PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY FURTHER REGISTRATIONS BEFORE CONTACTING THE PARISH OFFICE.

CONFIRMATION - 2024

San Marco School

Confirmation Date: Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Rehearsal Date: Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. (Confirmandi and Sponsor only)

St. Peter’s School, Public/Private & Other Catholic Schools

Confirmation Date: Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Rehearsal Date: Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. (Confirmandi and Sponsor only)

St. Angela Merici School

Confirmation Date: Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Rehearsal Date: Monday, June 10th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. (Confirmandi and Sponsor only)

St. Clement School

Confirmation Date: Thursday, June 13th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Rehearsal Date: Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. (Confirmandi and Sponsor only)

Confirmation Catechism Class 2024 Dates

TUESDAYS

only for students of St. Peter's, San Marco and Other Catholic Schools

January 9, 16, 23, 30

February 6, 13,

THURSDAYS

only for students of St. Clement and St. Angela Merici Schools

January 11, 18, 25

February 1, 8, 15

Classes will take place at Holy Cross Catholic Academy on the above dates only.  All classes will commence at 7:00pm sharp and end at 9:00pm.        All classes are mandatory.

Blessing

On the WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 16 AND 17, parishioners are invited to bring their little statues of the baby Jesus to any of the masses at St. Peter’s church (on that weekend) to be blessed for their nativities at home.  It is a beautiful Advent tradition, one that sanctifies the home with the baby Jesus and makes His arrival in the manger scene an even more joyous event.

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A Word From Our Pastor...

2nd Sunday - Advent Time - Cycle B - 10th December, 2023

Today’s Gospel is taken from the beginning of Mark.  Unlike Luke and Matthew, Mark does not include any details of Jesus’ birth.  Instead, Mark begins with the appearance of John the Baptist in the desert.  On this Second Sunday of Advent, we are invited to reflect upon the role of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for Jesus and the salvation that he would bring to us.

Mark’s description of the appearance of John the Baptist highlights John’s continuity with the Jewish prophetic tradition.  Mark combines quotations from the Old Testament books of Malachi, Isaiah and Exodus.  Mark’s description of John as an ascetic, living in the desert, clothed in camel hair, and eating locusts and wild honey, is reminiscent of the description of the prophet Elijah found in Second Kings.  The people of Judea and Jerusalem flock to him, listening to his message of repentance and forgiveness; they also come to him to be baptized.  Mark’s Gospel is clear, however, that John the Baptist’s role is only to prepare the way for another who will come, one who is greater than John.

Many scholars believe that the Gospels reflect the tension that likely existed between followers of John the Baptist and disciples of Jesus.  Each of the four Evangelists reports on John’s preaching and baptizing, and they each emphasize the importance of Jesus’ baptism by John.  The four Gospels also explain that John was sent to preach in preparation for another.  In the Gospel of Luke, the question is raised as to whether John the Baptist was himself the Messiah.  Just as in today’s Gospel, however, John speaks quite explicitly that the Messiah was to come after him.

In today’s Gospel, we hear John the Baptist contrast his baptism of repentance with the baptism that Jesus will inaugurate.  John says the he has baptized with water, but that the one who is to come will baptize with the Holy Spirit.  John’s baptism was not yet a Christian baptism, but a preparation for the Sacrament of Baptism through which sins are forgiven and the gift of the Holy Spirit is received.

John the Baptist is presented to us as a model during Advent.  We, too, are called upon to prepare a way for the Lord.  Like John the Baptist, we are messengers in service to one who is greater than we are.  Our Baptism commissions us to call others to life as disciples of Jesus.

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