Study: Children That Go to Mass, Continue Going

 Finds U.S. Catholics Are Staying Catholic

WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 28, 2009 (Zenit.org).- If parents want their children to carry the Catholic faith from childhood to adulthood, take them to Mass, say a U.S. bishops' conference spokesman.

Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, past chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Catechesis and next chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, said this Monday in response to a Pew Forum survey that revealed a key factor in whether or not one remains Catholic as an adult is whether or not one attends Mass as a child or teenager.

The study, “Faith in Flux: Changes in the Religious ... Read More »

Happy Easter everyone! Alleluia! It sure feels good to say that. For non Christians, Easter means nothing, but for us, Easter means everything historically and religiously. We are Easter people and Alleluia is our song. This time we do not surrender to Roman soldiers, Jewish authorities, or friends who would betray us with a kiss. Rather, we surrender to something quite different, something beautiful, something holy, something life-changing. Today we surrender to the power unleashed through the suffering, death, and resurrection of our Lord. We surrender to the power of the Paschal Mystery, a power beyond our comprehension - a power strong enough to transform every person, every relationship, and every corner of the world.

That's what we celebrate this day - a world made new. The Lord died so that everything broken could be mended, everything wounded be healed ... Read More »

 Dear Parishioners,

At the beginning of every New Year, I always tell you that God has greatly blessed our parish and that He would give us special blessings during the coming year. This has been very true. Also, we cannot doubt the material blessings of these last six years and we now take them for granted. This has been due to your genuine love, interest and financial contributions. We have grown from a small mission parish of some forty years ago into a larger and changing community of Americans, Hispanics and Brazilians. Our church with its new and inspiring stain glass windows and beautiful stations of the cross looks much more like a house of prayer (as Jesus called the Temple) and the Blessed Sacrament now permanently and visibly located is the primary focus when you enter the church. As of last week, we began to add a visual component - projection to our singing and Jon, our music director, ... Read More »

of December the Hispanic Youth Group had the Traditional Posada, the 19th the English Nativity Celebration and the next day, the Brazilian community had theirs – all these were well prepared and participated.

All of the Christmas Masses were overflowing as usual, the choirs sang beautifully and the church was super decorated adding to the beauty and the splendor of the Liturgy. I was well pleased to see so many participating making this season a mo ... Read More »

Dear Parishioners,

We are people who want to know the latest news and in the quickest way possible and it is a fact, that we are deluged by all kinds of news from all parts of the world almost instantly. Sometimes with all this overwhelming and at times stultifying news, we get something that strikes us; some new revelation that we haven't heard or remembered from many years ago.

Prior to the coming of Jesus, God did reveal himself in many ways especially through the prophets. As St. Paul said: “In these last days, He has revealed himself to us.” Today, the Church celebrates a special feast which we call the Epiphany, that is, the revelation of the Son of God made man to the non - Jewish people, that is, to the Gentiles - to all of us. We, 2000 years after Jesus ... Read More »

Dear Advent friends,

It is truly a humbling experience to read back through the Old Testament and see how frail and imperfect all the "heroes" actually are. Abraham, the coward who cannot believe the promise. Jacob, the cheat who struggles with everybody. Joseph, the immature and arrogant teen. Moses, the impatient murderer who cannot wait for God. Gideon, the cowardly Baal-worshipper. Samson, the womanizing drunk. David, the power abusing adulterer. Solomon, the unwise wise man. Hezekiah, the reforming king who could not quite go far enou ... Read More »

Dear Parishioners,

These details are best worked out before the game even begins. Othe ... Read More »

Thank you, my dear people of God for being who you are - children of God living as a wondeful community of faith, love and service called Resurrection Parish. Everyday when I wake up, I thank God for the gift of life and being able to serve Him through you. I thank Him also for all that you do for me with your prayers, assistance, and love. I am not worthy of these and other gifts that God has bestowed upon me, especially for making me a Christian, religious and priest and your Pastor.  I can only repay you with my prayerful service and forever praise God.

Fr. Alex

P.S.
The Sunday after this National Holiday we begin the Holy Season of Advent - four weeks to prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of Jesus. I am sure with the hustle and bustle of the Christmas Season, we will find time for Jesus. D ... Read More »

Dear Parishioners,

Jesus as King

is something we rarely think about anymore. That's what this day helps us do. You see, when we reflect on Christ as our King it forces us to ask a very important question. Who is in charge? Who's in charge of my decisions, my priorities, my values, my actions, my very life? Who's calling the shots? It's hard to let someone else be in charge of us. It's one of the reasons why so Read More »