THE BLESSING OF ANIMALS
Stuffed animals were blessed during both the 10:30AM Family Mass and the NOON Spanish Mass on Sunday, October 9.  Pets and live animals were blessed that same day at 3PM in the church parking lot.


October 4 was the actual Feast of St. Francis, and the Second Grade of St. Helena School attended the 8:30 a.m. Daily Mass and brought their favorite stuffed animals for a special blessing. The blessing of their live pets took place at 3PM in the parking lot.

 

OUR LADY OF THE CLOUD CELEBRATION

There was a Spanish Mass on Saturday, July 9, at 1:30 p.m. in honor of Our Lady of the Cloud.  The devotion to The Virgin of the Cloud, La Virgen de la Nube, is from Ecuador. It originated 85 years after the Archbishop of Quito blessed the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Good Success on February 2, 1611.