Dear Parishioners:
OLM School Class of 2022 prepares to enter OLM Church for the Graduation Ceremony.
After praying for them at the Graduation Mass last Sunday, on Monday night, we said farewell to our OLM School Class of 2022 at the Graduation Ceremony. After nine years together, many of these students began OLM in the Pre-K Class. Three of the graduates' Fathers are also OLM School alumni. There is a list of the graduates in this week's bulletin. Please continue to pray for them as they enter high school.
This Friday, we say farewell to the rest of the students at OLM School as Summer vacation begins! The start of summer is always a happy time for students and teachers. We have four of our excellent faculty leaving at the end of the year. Our dynamic young Music Teacher, Mr. Ryan Tremblay, has decided to move to Nashville to pursue his music career. Our outstanding Math teacher, Mrs. Karen Kane, and superb History teacher, Mr. Mike Kennedy, are taking up well deserved retirements.
OLM School First Grade Teacher, Mrs. Denise Palizza, leaves her Final First Friday Mass, June 3, 2022. She is retiring after 19 years of teaching at OLM School.
And after almost twenty years of dedicated teaching, our wonderful First Grade Teacher, Mrs. Denise Palizza, is retiring from OLM. We thank them all for their service to Catholic Education, their devotion to our students, and their pursuit of excellence at our school! As Summer Vacation begins for students and teachers, please keep them in your prayers. May this respite from school days be a time of rest, relaxation, and renewal. We look forward to their return to school on August 31st, tan, rested, and ready for another year!
This week we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. In the 4th century, the Church instituted a Mass in honor of the Trinity to reaffirm the belief in the Trinity. This was done in response to the Arian heresy, which disputed the traditional Christian belief of one God in three divine persons. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI teaches: “Three Persons who are one God because the Father is love, the Son is love, the Spirit is love. God is wholly and only love, the purest, infinite and eternal love. He does not live in splendid solitude but rather is an inexhaustible source of life that is ceaselessly given and communicated.”
The Holy Trinity, Pietro Novelli (March 2, 1603 – August 27, 1647)
Celebrating Trinity Sunday after Pentecost also allows the Church to further reflect on the mystery of God after receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. This helps us see the connection that if we truly want to understand the Trinity, we need to have the gift of the Holy Spirit. We can never fully understand who God is on our own and desperately need his guidance and inspiration.
The Trinity is one of the most fundamental beliefs of the Catholic Church. So we should dedicate a particular Sunday to such a profound mystery of our faith. The Church proclaims that in the unity of the Godhead, there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These Three Persons are truly distinct from one another yet are undivided in unity and perfect in charity.
Next week, we celebrate Corpus Christi Sunday. We will celebrate this Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ with a Eucharistic Procession following the 10:30am Mass. The procession will end in Mercy Park, where Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered.
Next Sunday is also Father's Day, and we will offer Masses for all Fathers, living and deceased. Kindly return your Father's Day Memorial Envelopes with the names of your beloved Fathers and Grandfathers before next Sunday.
We have begun our OLM Father's Day Baby Drive for diapers, wipes, baby food, and infant formula. These much-needed items go to Gabriel's Call, our diocesan ministry to low-income mothers and infants. If you are able to find infant formula please deliver it to the Parish Office or the Outreach Office for safekeeping. In the name of the mothers and infants who benefit from this charity, I thank you for your support.
June is the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We are called to celebrate the Sacred Heart with greater humility and more love in imitation of Jesus who is “meek and humble of heart.” As we entrust our hearts to His, let us pray: Jesus, may Your Sacred Heart, meek and humble, make my heart more like yours!
We offer our promise of prayers and best wishes to the OLM School Class of 2022! Be well. Stay safe. Do good. God Bless.