Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
AMDG Dear OSJ Family, Please try to join us at the 5:30pm Vigil Mass on Saturday July 30th as we celebrate the feast day of our Holy Jesuit Founder, Saint Ignatius Loyola, with our worldwide Jesuit Family and the entire Church. Admittedly one of my favorite saints,...
Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear OSJ Family, As I mentioned to those at the 9:30am Mass last Sunday, the 9:30am Mass is the only liturgy at OSJ where the congregation remains standing (and not kneeling) after receiving communion. When I first arrived here almost ten moths ago and saw this, I...
Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear OSJ Family, Thanks again to all who joined last week for our prayer commemoration of the victims of the horrible Orlando massacre. We are grateful to the members of our Parish Pastoral Council, in particular to Rana McNamara, for helping to prepare the service....
Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear OSJ Family. Happy Fathers Day to all of our dads, living among us and those living among the saints of heaven! This Father’s Day the Jesuit Leadership Conference of the US and the Ignatian Solidarity Network—inspired by Pope Francis’s call for justice for...
Jun 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
AMDG Dear OSJ Family, This week I take the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the good work of our Parish Pastoral Council (PPC). At OSJ we are fortunate enough to have both a Parish Council and a separate Finance Council that assist the pastor and the pastoral...
Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
AMDG Dear OSJ Family, This weekend we celebrate the official start of summer as we commemorate those brave men and women who served our county and our world in the US Military. Started in 1868 as a day to honor the fallen soldiers of the just concluded Civil War,...
