Posts from September 2023

To me, the Church is Family. Family means we take care of each other: encouraging, supporting, and helping each other. Next weekend is our MINISTRY FAIR. The Church Hall will be set up in a away that when you come over, you will see all the things your family members do as Church. Some help through the liturgy as lectors, altar servers, or Ministers of Holy Communion. Some support the Church by reaching out to the needy, through the food…

Words from Pope Francis: “In the Eucharist, we in fact encounter the living Jesus and His strength, and through Him we enter into communion with our brothers and sisters in the faith: those who live with us here on earth and those who have gone before us into the next life, the unending life. This reality fills us with joy: it is beautiful to have so many brothers and sisters in the faith who walk beside us, supporting us with…

From a homily by Pope Francis: “The Eucharist communicates the Lord’s love for us: a love so great that it nourishes us with Himself; a freely given love, always available to every person who hungers and needs to regenerate his own strength, To live the experience of faith means to allow oneself to be nourished by the Lord and to build one’s own existence not with material goods but with the reality that does not perish: the gifts of God,…

If you listen to the news regularly, it seems like our world is becoming more and more secularized and is losing sight of God. This doesn’t have to be. We can all do things to make people feel and experience the presence of Jesus in their lives. One of those ways is prayer. One very beautiful way of praying is known as Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is a practice in the Catholic…

I just want to express my thanks to all who made this year’s Homecoming Bazaar a success. We had beautiful weather before and during the Bazaar (Thanks Fr.Z.). All worked well together, chairpersons, booth/stands workers, set-up and clean-up crews, and volunteers. We had great support from you, our parishioners, as well as from the local community. In the end all went well and was very successful. Thank You! Total Income: $ 55,276.75Total Expenses: $ 18,923.45NET Income: $ 36,353.30 God Bless…

“You are always welcome at Our Lady of Victory Church” is on the banner in front of the Church. This is not there just for visitors and guests to our Church who may be staying in the area for the weekend. But it is also an invitation to all our parishioners to participate and take advantage of what our parish has to offer. This includes first and foremost, the Eucharist. Our celebration of the Mass and receiving Holy Communion is…