
Protect and Love
by Fr. David Halm, C.S.C. | 10/27/2024 | Pastor's LetterAs we get closer to Election Day on Nov. 5 it seems that we are reaching a fever pitch - in an already noisy political environment. No doubt everyone reading this has received mailed political ads, seen campaign ads on TV and social media, read news about candidates and propositions. Many probably have already voted using the mail-voting option in Arizona.
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To Know Jesus and Make Him Known
by Fr. David Halm, C.S.C. | 10/20/2024 | Pastor's LetterOne of the first things visiting Holy Cross priests and seminarians note about our parish is how big and active we are - and they’re right! Whether it be our Sunday Masses, confessions, calls for anointing of the sick, baptisms, school enrollment, kids at religious education classes on Saturdays…. SJV is a busy corner of the Kingdom of God!
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Month of the Holy Rosary
by Fr. David Halm, C.S.C. | 10/13/2024 | Pastor's LetterEvery October we celebrate the Month of the Holy Rosary. This was particularly important to us growing up in northwestern Ohio, in the Diocese of Toledo. There our Patroness is Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary and we grew up with great devotion to this wonderful prayer. I know most of you did too, wherever you may have grown up.
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 6, 2024
by Fr. David Halm, C.S.C. | 10/06/2024 | Pastor's LetterThe first prayer I recall learning was the “Angel of God.” Way before learning how to pray the Breviary (also called the Liturgy of the Hours or the Divine Office) in the seminary, there I was at 4 years old praying to my Guardian Angel with Mom & Dad at bedtime. I’m sure they were praying it for me every night from the day they brought me home from the hospital… and I just sort of “picked it up” over those many nights.
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