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Tue · Aug 11
First Day of School for 2026-2027
St. Paul's Catholic School
Sun · Aug 16 · 12:00 PM
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Wed · Aug 19 · 7:00 PM
Hope for the Bereaved support group
Support group for those who have lost loved ones.
Father Kelly Room in the gym
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- Raul M. Rodelas & Joyce GonzalesMon Jun 8 · deceased
- Theresa Stanley SimanerMon Jun 8 · deceased
- Don Casey Jr.Tue Jun 9 · deceased
- Nicholas CapozziTue Jun 9 · deceased
- Fr. Ernest Makata (living)Wed Jun 10 · living
- Patrick O'KaneWed Jun 10 · deceased
Pastoral MessageJune 8, 2026
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – You Are What You Eat
In John's Gospel, Jesus gives a long discourse on the Bread of Life. The first part talks of bread as a sign of God's loving care for the people. Like the manna in the desert, Jesus represents God caring for the people in a new way. But the part we hear in today's Gospel is more specific. He says the bread he will give is his flesh. The leaders of the Jews don't understand. Hopefully, we can do better. In the pagan world at the time of Christ and before, a sacrifice was also a meal. An animal was ritually killed and burnt (i.e., cooked) to be shared at a meal with the people. The sacrifice was a gift to the god(s) that joined the people to their deity and also to each other. Jesus used that understanding of sacrifice to explain his gift of self. He would die on the cross as a sacrifice to the Father and we would share in the meal by consuming bread and wine, which are his Body and Blood. That meal is shared today in the Eucharist. Better than the pagan sacrifice, the Eucharist unites us with God because Jesus is both human and divine. His humanity allowed him to represent us to the Father, as a lawyer represents a client to the court. Jesus' divinity allowed his sacrifice to be worthy of the Father, as no merely human gift could be. Giving his life on the cross was the best and only way that he could offer a true sacrifice to the Father. The Eucharist also unites us to one another. We share this meal with other Christians as a sign of our common faith. Christ who gave himself to the Father on the cross also gives himself to us in the Eucharist. And because the food we share is the Body and Blood of Christ, we in a sense become what we eat. We are all members of the Body of Christ. We show this by our love, by sharing our faith, by forgiving each other, and by our service to each other. If we believe that Jesus is divine, we must believe his word that the Eucharist is truly his Body and Blood, given for us. -Tom Schmidt, Diocesan Publications
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Prayers For Our Military and Their Families
USAF: Maior Matt Weir USN; Capt. Scott McDonald USA; Ist LT Joshua D. Avera USA Special Forces; Sgt. Michael Johnson USAF; Major Timothy Fullam, M.D. USA; Major Francis Marc Porcase USMC; Major Chase Bureman USCG: LCDR Adam Christian Guarno USN; Petty Officer 2nd Class Logan Hagerty USN; LT Rebecca Buczkowski USN; Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Waugh USMC; Major Staci Reno USN; Chief Petty Officer John Paul Zuniga USN; LT Gail Evangelista USA; Capt. Freya Evangelista USA; SPC Kyle Evangelista USA; LT Daniel Xavier R. Confiado USN; CDR Joseph Pruce USA; Matthew Marcum USA; LT. James C. Mahoney USN; Chief Petty Officer Brian Fenerty USN; LT Tim Kerley USCG; MKI Peter Terrence Guarno USAF; 2nd LT Christian Rickey USA; COL Lee Peters USN; LT Marshall Gore USN; LT Shaun McGahan USA; Major Aileena Flynn, RN USN; CDR Brett Litchfield USCG; RÁDM JoAnn Burdian USA; Sgt. Parker Brown USA; Ist LT Benjamin Storie USA; SPC Luke Galen USA; PFC Jonathan Rodriguez-Aviles USA; PFC Jonathan Rodriguez USN; Chief Petty Officer John St. John USA; Sgt. John Dillon McCann USA; Capt. Christopher W. Lynch, J.A. USN; Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark B. Devereux USN; LCDR Nicolas Pietrzak USNA; CDR Ryan McGeough USN; LCDR Jeremiah Gill USN; LCDR Zachary J. Gagis USAF; Capt. Colin R. Culver USN; CDR Scott Tedrick USAF; Ist LT Michael Gillen USN; Chief Petty Officer Nathaniel Helminski USN; LT Matthew A. Heery USN; Matthew Clarke USN; LTJG Charlie Dunn USN; YNC Christopher M. Slowey USN; LT Kindle Anderson USN; LT CMDR Brian Evanski USN: LCDR Jonathan Blanchard
Prayers For The Sick
Marion Alvarez, Nolito Aquino, Manuel Arcos, Connolly Byrnes, Mark Cagnassola, Edna Garcia Champin, Charli Conran, Paula Conroy, Mario Cortese, Robert Crapo, Matthew Devins, Kevin Faktor, Analyn Fitzmeyer, Jean Flater, Mary Flater, Tony Franzoni, Fran Gullman, Susie Hagerty, Mary Jose, Madeline Joseph, Cal Leonard, Charles Leonard, Joann Lorson, Nancy Lutz, Nora Manahan, Evelyn & Joe Mata, John McCormack, Katherine McCreary, Martin McGrane, Ayden Miller, Richard Miller, Richard Nadeau, Chanda Nolan, Ofelia Osorio, Conchita Rodriguez, Ryan Ross, Adele Sabater, Juan Carlos Sanchez, Jack Sanders, Rylie Satterfield, Joann Scoggins., Norma Scott, Klarabell Shedlarski, Margaret Sherman, Bernadette Sigman, Suzanne St. James, James Stewart, Jessie Stratmann, Carol & Ed Straus, Norma Suarez, Paul Thomas, Colette Valentine, Michelle Walters, Barbara Weaver, Maddy Wheeler, Darrell Williams, Mary Wolford
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Rev. Msgr. Michael Houle E.V.
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Rev. Maurice Culver , MD, M.Div.
Rev. Ernest Makata, Ph. D
Dc. Michael Gatto
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