Soup Supper – Friday Mass change
Please join us for Mass, Stations of the Cross, Food & Fellowship on Fridays During Lent Starting on Friday, March 14th we will start having Mass at 5pm during lent at our St. Stephen Church campus. (There will be no morning Mass on these Fridays during lent.) Stations of the Cross will begin right after Mass […]
First Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany The Triumph of Christ: Overcoming Temptation Through God’s Word The First Sunday of Lent: Luke 4: 1-13 (March 09, 2025) The Tempter seeks to divert Jesus from the Father’s plan, that is, from the Way of Sacrifice, of the Love that offers itself in Expiation, to make […]
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Parishioners of the Epiphany of the LordA Call to Authentic Discipleship: The Heart as the Wellspring of Life This vocation to perfect love is not restricted to a small group of individuals. The invitation, “go, sell your possessions and give the money to the poor”, and the promise “you will have treasure […]
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Parishioners of Epiphany of the LordThe Culture of Mercy: The Christian Style This command, to respond to insult and wrongdoing with love, has created a new culture in the world: “a culture of mercy” — we need to learn this well!And properly practice this culture of mercy — which “can set in […]
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Parishioners of the Epiphany of the Lord Luke 6:17, 20-26The Discourse of the Plain: A Life Program and a Catalog of Virtues Today’s Gospel presents us Saint Luke’s passage on the Beatitudes (Luke 6:17, 20-26). The text is arranged into four beatitudes and four admonitions denoted by the expression, woe to you. […]
Feast of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes
To All the Marian Devotees of the Epiphany of the Lord The Feast of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes: I am the Immaculate Conception The Virgin Mary herself desired this tie: What the Sovereign Pontiff defined in Rome through his infallible Magisterium, the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, blessed among all women, wanted to confirm by […]
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
All Parishioners of the Epiphany of the Lord The Gospel of Luke 5:1-11 Duc in Altum!: Put Out Into the Deep! This Sunday’s Gospel (09 February) tells us – in St Luke’s narrative – of the call of Jesus’ first disciples (Luke 5:1-11). Jesus gets into one of the boats, that of Simon, called Peter, whom […]
The Presentation of the Lord
To All the Parishioners of the Epiphany of the Lord Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple (Luke 2:22-40): The Feast of the Encounter and The Day of Consecrated Life Today’s celebration, especially in the East, is called the feast of the encounter. Essentially, in the Gospel that has been proclaimed, we […]
Weds. Eucharist Exposition & Adoration Time Change
Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration We have a change that will begin on Wednesday, January 29th for Adoration. The new time will be from 3 -4:50pm. Mass will begin at 5pm at our St. Thomas Aquinas Church campus. Please remember every First Friday following the 8:30 am Mass we will have Adoration for 1 hour at […]
Rosary & Eucharistic Adoration: Our Lady of Lourdes
Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and a rosary honoring Our Blessed Mother as Our Lady of Lourdes will be held on Sunday, February 9th at 2 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. The actual feast day is February 11th. Come & bring your family and friends, young, old, and those in-between for a […]