ST. JULIA’S FESTIVAL AND OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS
It has been three years since our parish has celebrated the St. Julia’s Festival. This year we will celebrate it on Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28.
Welcome to Fr. Julio’s weekly letters to you “from the heart.”
Watch videos of “From the Heart” on our YouTube Channel
Mira los videos de “From the Heart” en nuestro canal de YouTube.
You can also follow Fr. Julio on YouTube. Watch his channel here.
September 5, 2025
Young People Are Awesome Christians
Young People Are Awesome Christians On Sunday, September 7th, Pope Leo will declare that two young men, Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati are sai
October 17, 2021
With Courtesy and Respect We Build the Heart of God
Our parish community represents the heart of God in this world. All of us, no matter how many times we come here, draw near in the hope of feeling the
December 5, 2025
Willingly… / Voluntariamente
Willingly, We Will Awaken to God. Willingly, We Will Respond Lovingly to God’s Invitations. In Acts 17:28 we hear: “For in Him we live, and move,
October 23, 2022
When Will We Learn?
Once in a while we need to talk about what sometimes consumes us with concern. With elections of all kinds upon us, we, once again, become aware of ho
August 22, 2025
When the Well Runs Dry / Cuando el Pozo se Seca
When the Well Runs Dry That is the title of a book that was published many years ago. It speaks about those times when we feel spiritually dry without
September 29, 2022
Whatever you do to the least of your sisters and brothers, you do to me.
My dear sisters and brothers in faith and hope, How important it is for us as Christians to never forget the needy among us. You, the people of St. Ju
December 17, 2025
We Shall Not Ignore / No ignoraremos
We Shall Not Ignore the Holy Families. We Will Not Forget You. This picture captures the many families throughout the world who find themselves homele
February 28, 2025
We See Ourselves in the Divine / Nos Vemos en lo Divino
We See Ourselves In the Divine and the Divinity Reveals Us to Ourselves. In the world of the Sacred we can always find ourselves. In the world of the
June 26, 2022
We Must Register as Parishioners of St. Julia
Please, let me explain to you why we must all be registered parishioners in our parish community. Although this concept of registering in a parish doe
August 6, 2022
We Must Register as Parishioners of St. Julia
Please, let me explain to you why we must all be registered parishioners in our parish community. Although this concept of registering in a parish doe
Homily from Confirmation- 2022: Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit
Tell me, do you find it always easy to know things and people, to understand things and people, to be wise, or to give good advice and counsel, to stay true to your relationship with God, or even have a sincere respect for God? Do you find these things easy to do? <!- wp:more --> If you were perfectly honest with yourselves and with me, you would answer “no” to all these things. And, there’s nothing wrong with that either. We don’t always understand what’s going on or the way people are. Sometimes things, new things, are not so easy to understand and people, well…they can be complicated, just like we are. We can also say that we are not wise all the time. To become a wise...
Homily for Confirmation 2022
Tell me, do you find it always easy to know things and people, to understand things and people, to be wise, or
to give good advice and counsel, to stay true to your relationship with God, or even have a sincere respect for
God? Do you find these things easy to do?
Two Points of Clarification and a Little More
1. Godparents/Sponsors/Main Witnesses for Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage must be baptized Catholics who
practice their faith, have received First Eucharist, have received Confirmation and are married in the Catholic
Church. This is the guidance of the Church by which the Director of Faith Formation and the Pastor are called
to follow and cannot change or make exceptions. Please consider this guidance of the Catholic Church when
selecting the godparents/sponsors and main witnessed for your children or for your wedding.
News Around the Parish
Thanks to all of you and the generosity that you extended to the parish last year, we finally are able
to install the new light fixtures in the church. They arrived this Thursday and we await word from the
electricians as to when they will be installed. You will immediately see the difference that they will
make to our church.