Category: Upcoming Events

FRESHMEN WELCOME / SENIOR SEND OFF

Time to celebrate our success: With gratitude to God and with all humility, we sending our seniors off and also welcome new friends among us. We want to be a community that walks together, …

CONFIRMATION

Confirmation makes us into adult Christians, but what is next? It might be difficult and overwhelming to navigate the world of faith by ourselves. No one is alone, though and we can help each other on this journey.

The …

MESSY NIGHT

Time to celebrate! We are at the end of our journey, but also new chapter is opening for us. Let’s get into summer mode.

The night includes:

• games & fun
• social time
• prayer time

Bring a friend with …

FEAST DAY

This feast day reflects the biblical report about the visitation of Mary with Elisabeth, her relative (Luke 1:39-45). When the pregnant Elisabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child in her womb leaped for joy. The encounter of these two …

SOLEMNITY

The early Church did not celebrate a particular feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The content of this feast was first very closely associated with the Easter celebration. What probably transpires here are the multiple traditions preserved in …

Coming of the Holy Spirit — Pentecost

On Sunday, May 19, 2024, the Catholic Church celebrates the sending of the Holy Spirit – Pentecost. The 50th day after Easter marks the end of the Easter season. The day of Pentecost …

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The Acts of the Apostles (2:1-41) describe the disciples gathered together on the 50th day after Easter. They receive the Holy Spirit that enables them to talk in different languages. Peter summons the crowds to conversion and baptism; three …

SOLEMNITY

The Easter cycle – concluded with Pentecost – determines the dates of other liturgical celebrations: The Most Holy Trinity, Corpus Christi, and Sacred Heart.

Importance

The feast of the Most Holy Trinity belongs to those liturgical feasts that do …

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Meaning

The feast of Corpus Christi is a doctrinal feast (it does not celebrate an event of salvation, but rather reminds of a particular doctrine – teaching of the Church). Its origins go back to the time of transformations …

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Biblical Background

The Bible presents John the Baptist as a forerunner of Christ and both of them are always correlated to each other.

John’s father Zechariah remains speechless after a revelation in the temple where he hears the announcement …

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Meaning

The Bible normally uses the term heart to describe the center of a person, or the person itself. Thus Jesus says: Do not let your hearts be troubled (John 14:1) and your hearts will rejoice and no one …

MEMORIAL

The veneration of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is in a very close connection with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Oratorian Priest John Eudes, besides celebrating the Sacred Heart with his religious community in 1646, …

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Biblical Background

The feast of Saints Peter and Paul is the most popular feast of all the apostles, although their common occurrence in the Bible is exceptional. Rather, there is a huge controversy between the two of them (Gal …