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Sunday, July 26, 2026
Hello folks,
The Lord be with you all!
Today we welcome Reverend Don Bosco Selvaraj, Mission Director of the diocese of Kumbakonam in Tamilnadu (southern India) to our collaborative to speak at all the Masses over the course of the weekend. In the first reading we hear Saint Paul saying that all kinds of difficulties and trials cannot separate us from the love God. For those undergoing those trials, it can be very tough indeed. When we support our brothers and sisters in Christ through supporting this Missionary Cooperative Appeal, it can help make the Lord’s love for them not any greater but perhaps more tangible. Thank you for your support of the Catholics, who make up less than 5% of the local population (which has a similar number of Muslims and a vast majority, about 90%, of Hindus). What you provide, God can multiply (as we see in this week’s Gospel)!
I will be away for the next two weekends while I travel home to Ireland. It’s been two years since I was last home. You will certainly still be in my prayers, and I will be helping out at my home parish while the priest there is out of action due to illness. Please say a prayer for Father O’Connor.
A quick reminder to beware of scammers (especially while I am away, although they tend to strike at all times)! If ever you receive an email or text message purporting to be from me and asking for a favor or to purchase gift cards, it is just about certainly a scam! Don’t purchase anything! It is common for scammers to try to take advantage of any situation of trust including the trust you have in your clergy.
Religious education enrollment for the coming year has started. See our collaborative website (https://www.stjs.page/religious-education).
The Rooted267 Young Adult group for people in their 20s and 30s will meet again this coming First Friday (August 7) following the First Friday 7-8pm Adoration (which is open to all) in Townsend.
God bless,
Father Maher
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