Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
March 26, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/23/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
This past Wednesday I had a meeting with all of our musicians and cantors, just to fill them in with the status of our search for a pastoral associate for worship. With this letter, I wanted to inform you as well. The first thing to say ... Read More »
March 19, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/14/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Here is another letter in the series of letters couples in marriage preparation get—meditations on Pope St. John Paul’s encyclical on the mission of the Christian family.
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Dear Couples, +JMJ
In his exhortation on family life, John Paul II says the following:
At ... Read More »
March 12, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/08/23
March 5, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/01/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last weekend, in my homily I said that parents could even do some spiritual warfare for their children. Here is a prayer I composed back at my last parish; and it includes the “deprecative” type of warfare, where you ask the Blessed Virgin Mary and other ... Read More »
February 26, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 2/23/23
February 26, 2023
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last weekend was the official diocesan kick-off of the Bishop's Annual Catholic Appeal, which this year is entitled “This is the Day” (a line from Psalm 118: i.e., “This is the day the Lord has made!”). In fact, taken in its fullest ... Read More »
February 19, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 2/14/23
February 12, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 2/09/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Just in case anybody thinks miracles no longer happen – even physical healing miracles – check out the following link on Life Site News that reports on a priest who was recently healed of a brain tumor after a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady ... Read More »
February 5, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/31/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last fall I did a series of homilies reminding us of the basic points of the gospel: 1) We were created by God in His image to know, love and serve Him in this life, and as a result, abide with him in heaven forever; 2) ... Read More »
January 29, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/31/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last February, I sent a memo to the Diocese asking if we could engage Peterman & Associates to start designing a storage building, since we had lost four buildings on the high school property. Those buildings housed items for the festival, but also all kinds of ... Read More »
January 22, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/16/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
On a couple occasions in the past I have given you a couple poems of Jessica Powers (pen name for Carmelite Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, who died in 1988). Here's one on angels. She writes about God's throne in the secret of her soul. ... Read More »