With Lent beginning next week, it is a good time for us to begin contemplating what fruit the season of Lent is supposed to bear in our spiritual lives, and how we can encourage that growth.
Pope Francis announces March 2, Ash Wednesday, as a day of prayer and fasting for Ukraine. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for healing for our world, pray for justice and peace!
Great talk by Fr. Griffith! Click for a link to the video. The books that Fr. Griffith referenced during the first session are: The Gospel of Luke by Luke Timothy Johnson (2006); The Gospel of Luke by Pablo T. Gadenz (2018) and The Hospitality of God by Brendan Byrne SJ (2015).
"I am humbled and honored by the appointment to the Basilica community and grateful for Archbishop Hebda’s confidence in me, but I am also saddened that my time at Lourdes will be drawing to a close. I could not be more delighted for Lourdes that Fr. Bauer has been chosen to be your next pastor ..." More in this video message from Fr. Griffith.
Dear Friends in Christ, I write to you today to share important news regarding the future leadership of Our Lady of Lourdes. I do so with mixed emotions, given my love for Lourdes and the people of God who make up this fine parish ...