Deacon Ward's...Musings of our Catholic Faith

  Mary Mother of God 🙏 Wednesday, October 7 Join fellow parishioners Where?... St. Mary Star of the Sea from? 10:00 AM  to  4:00 PM 🙏 Pray the Holy Rosary  The Rosary will be recited every hour 🙏 In “chaos of current events,” says Archbishop Gomez, we need to “keep getting closer to Mary.” The president of the US bishops’ conference is inviting the faithful to join with him and his brother bishops in a  virtual Rosary for America  on October 7 at 12 p.m. Pacific (3 p.m. ET), which is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles reflected: As believers, we need to  see beyond the chaos of current events and seek to find the will of God in the present moment. For this, Mary holds the key because it is through her that Jesus Christ entered into human history. And  he is still at work, shaping the world’s course and direction . So,  we need to keep getting closer to Mary, we need to enter more deeply into her way o...

         Jesus *  Mary  *  Joseph 🌹🌹🌹 Deacon Ward 's Essentials and Expressions Thursday October 1, 2020 Memorial  St. Terese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church "The only way to make rapid progress along the path of divine love is to remain very little and put all our trust in Almighty God."   🌹🌹🌹 Please forgive me for my recent absence.   The intent of this blog is/was to bring you announcements of our Mater Dei parish, and some selected reflective payers and thoughts.  Because there have been so few "tuning in" ...  I presume that most get our parish announcements/information directly from our Sunday bulletins and from the Mater Dei website.    My intent and wish now is to bring you more of the "bread of life" ...true nourishment for our souls and spirit...with some occasional announcements sprinkled in.  For now I will post once a week;  I hope you will join me!   ...

  ~Mater Dei Parish~ St. Mary Star of the Sea  St. Edward the Confessor    St. James the Greater    St. Benedict Labre    Jesus *  Mary  *  Joseph 🌹🌹🌹 Deacon Ward 's Essentials and Expressions Friday September 4, 2020 Hi everybody! I know it's been a while  since I've posted,  but there hasn't been a whole lot to bring to you regarding  Church announcements.  And, since this is an  "Announcements" blog, I will  only post when there  is something significant to bring to you.  You can stay  up t o  date with announcements by checking the weekly Church bulletin and by going to the Mater Dei website. I enjoy bringing to you reflections, prayers and such; and even though there is only a small handful of you that have been reading  this blog, I will continue to do so. Mater Dei Parish   Coming Soon!  Fall of 2020 Why do Catholics do that?  Come Join us, One and ...

                                        ~Mater Dei Parish~ St. Mary Star of the Sea / St. Edward the Confessor    St. James the Greater    St. Benedict Labre Growing in Faith and Charity "If you adore Christ and walk behind Him and with Him, your diocesan Church and your parishes will grow in faith and in charity, in the joy of evangelizing." Pope Francis Jesus *  Mary  *  Joseph 🌹🌹🌹 Deacon Ward 's Essentials and Expressions Friday August 21, 2020     Mater Dei Parish   St. Mary Star of the Sea / St. James the Greater / St. Benedict Labre St. Edward the Confessor Coming Soon!  Fall of 2020 Why do Catholics do that? ·       Are you interests in learning more about your faith or about the Catholic Church? ·       Perhaps you have been thinking about becoming a Cathol...