From the Pastor’s desk— July 7, 2024

Somebody prayed in the parish that we Claretians do not leave so soon and well God answered your prayers for us to be here a few more days, so this gives me one more opportunity to share some weekly thoughts with you.

As we are in full summertime mode, there are two websites I think you will find helpful should you get the chance to have a vacation this summer. 

1     Masstimes.org   

This is a wonderful website to help you find local mass and mass times wherever you are traveling.  We should remember if we take the time to plan our itineraries, hotels, and pack our bags, then we need also to plan where will we celebrate the mass on our vacation.  God does not take a vacation from blessing us, neither should we forget Him on our vacation, in fact, this should be the first thing we do in getting ready for any trip, put God first.

Another resource that may help you is if you are in an area that you cannot get to mass but you have internet service, then you can watch masses on the internet through the diocese of Detroit

2    Massfinder.org

This service was created around the time of Covid and is not a resource when I am feeling lazy or don’t want to go out of the house.   This is for those who cannot get to a church for health or emergency circumstances. 

A last item that I would like to share with you is where each of our Claretians will be residing in their next assignments.

Br Manuel (Manolo) Benevides, CMF

c/ Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

617 S Santa Rosa Ave, San Antonio, TX 78204

David Gutierrez, CMF

c/o St Paul Catholic Newman Center

1572 E Barstow Ave, Fresno, CA 93710

Fr José Marino Novoa, CMF

Claretian Provincial House

400 N Euclid Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302

Fr Ray Smith, CMF

c/o Sacred Heart Church

525 Campbell Ave, Vancouver BC V6A3K5 Canada

Please know you stay in our prayers and Br David said it best this past weekend quoting Winnie the Pooh:

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

All my love,

Fr Ray

  

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With a heart for Mission,
Fr. Ray