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Food selection includes: South American | Central American | Filipino | Vietnamese | Italian | Polish

Cake Walk | Carnival Games | Face Painting | Raffle

Tickets and T-shirts go on sale this weekend after Masses

Food Tickets will be $15

The ticket can be redeemed for a meal at any one of the food tables.

Tables will also have à la carte items that can be selected using the tickets.

Use of the tickets helps speed up the lines, allowing our servers to focus on serving.

Schedule of Events:

3 pm to 4 pm: Music and Mingling with your fellow parishioners

4 pm - 6:30 pm: Dinner from the wide selection of cultures that make our parish community

6:00 pm - Raffle Drawing

6:00 to 7:00 pm - Entertainment by Chucky the Italian Tenor

7:00 pm  - Celebrate the Vigil Mass

If you would like to volunteer to provide a food item, help setup or cleanup, provide a dessert, or be food server, please visit our signup page

Registrations for the 2025-26 school program are open. The forms are available from the web site and hardcopies are found outside the RE Office and in the parish office.

Classes will be on Sundays at 9:15 am and 11:45 am.

Don't forget to indicate the schedule of your choice when you fill out the registration form. Spaces are limited! The first class is Sunday, September 14th. 

Dear Friends in Christ,

In this week’s letter, I wish to share with you my experience during my pilgrimage to Fatima and Spain when I saw the largest erected Cross in the world at a place called the Valley of the Fallen. Among the many holy sites and churches in the pilgrimage, this holy site was a place that I had desired to visit for many years. Ever since I was a child, my parents had described visiting the Valley of the Fallen when they studied in Spain during their college years, so I have grown up with a keen desire to see this historical site for myself.

We took our bus from Ávila to make our way towards the capital of Madrid. As we made our way along the highway, we ascended through the Guadarrama Mountains just Northwest of Madrid. Eventually, the road ahead of us wove through a valley within the mountains to reveal a massive cross erected on top of a large mound of rock. We had arrived at the Valley of the Fallen.

The Valley of the Fallen is a mausoleum built as a tomb for men and women who died during the Spanish Civil War that occurred between 1936-1939. After the war was concluded, Francisco Franco ordered this mausoleum and basilica to be built as a way for both sides of the conflict to be united in honoring those who had died. He began construction of the sanctuary in 1940 and it took him 18 years to complete it. The mighty stone cross above the basilica measures 490 feet tall and can be seen from over 20 miles away on a clear day. When I saw the cross from the bus for the first time, the sheer scale of its height struck me to the core. What is also most amazing about the cross is what lies beneath it. Beneath the cross and built into the granite rock of the mountain is a massive basilica that rivals the size of St. Peter’s in Rome. While the interior of the basilica appears darkened and deprived of much artwork, it stands as a somber reminder of the devastation that was brought about by the Civil War, but with hope in the Resurrection that comes with faith in Jesus. Within the basilica, Benedictine monks offer perpetual Masses for the souls who died during that awful conflict almost 100 years ago.

In this week, as we celebrate the Triumph of the Cross, let us look to Jesus on the Cross to grant peace to all of us. Not only external peace within our countries and an end to war, but also for peace within our own hearts that are so often affected by sin.

May Christ’s Peace be with you,

Fr. Donahue