Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
This time of year and during this week of prayer for Christian Unity, one project that would be a tremendous blessing for our whole county and area community is the refurbishing of the kitchen at Feed My People. That local “soup kitchen” has been providing a daily lunch, Monday ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
Since mid-March of 2020, I have been learning more and more (little by little!) about ways of connecting our parish’s information with the world of the internet. One of the key resources I have learning about is our Facebook page. I have learned things that range from funny to eye-raising.
For example, as an administrator of that account, I have access to statistics and information that is provided about people who visit our Facebook page. I can see that many people when they view our parish Masses at the Facebook page will watch some of the initial content, scroll forward to the homily and then scroll forward to the end of the Mass! I can also see who leaves comments, who rates a video with a thumbs up or thumbs down, and who adds an “emoji” to rate the ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
As we transition into this New Year of 2021 may we recognize the need for God’s grace to govern us, to give us wisdom, and to help us to appreciate that we are members of both a nation blessed with exceptional freedoms and a worldwide community of faith that ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
May this New Year of 2021 truly be a year of grace and peace! I can hope, from hearing from so many parishioners recently and from my own experience of testing and health care, that even as specifically as we as a parish are beginning to develop some substantial ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
Praise God that we will be celebrating a new year together this week!
There is so much to recall from this past year that can be valuable for us to put in the perspective both of hindsight and of looking forward into a new year. May the Lord ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
As we draw ever closer to this year’s celebration of Christmas, I’d like to reinforce that we are planning to have our Christmas Masses both as accessible and as safe as possible.
On one hand we are still planning to have all 6 Christmas Masses, 4 at St. Benedict ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
With our county’s Ohio Public Health Advisory System level spiking to almost purple we can have a number of concerns about what level of shutdowns we might have. Here is Bishop Monforton’s statement about potential repeat of closures as we had in March, April and May.
Dear Brothers and ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
Not surprisingly we have a number of things different this year. Among them is that we are not able to have our usual Advent Penance Service, with several visiting priests available for the event. So, in its place Fr. Bob and I are offering 3 ways to participate in ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
Pastor’s Letter for the November 29, 2020 bulletin
We begin a new church year calendar this weekend! Happy New Year!
This Pastor’s Letter was written on Monday, November 23rd and edited on …, several days before you’re probably reading this. I just watched the first half of Governor DeWine’s ... Read More »
Posted by Rev. Paul Hrezo
As a little pre-Thanksgiving surprise, we welcome back Deacon Jeremiah Hahn this weekend! The governor of the state up north declared that colleges and universities had to shift to completing the semester remotely a week earlier than had already been planned by Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, where ... Read More »
