July 10, 2020: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Newsletter
Reopening for the Celebration of Public Mass & Schedule
The Church of St. Mary :: 201 E. Illinois Lake Forest, IL 60045
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From the Desk of Fr. Mike Nacius, Pastor
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I was enriched by reading an article in the travel section of the paper last weekend. Were you aware that there are competitions for the best grilled cheese? It appears that they are a big thing in Wisconsin, big enough that the Dodgeville Chamber of Commerce promotes the event in the larger community. For those looking for an outing Dodgeville is approximately 180 miles from Lake Forest, located west of Madison.
You can use different types of bread. You can use different types of cheese. You may even use different condiments to make the ‘perfect’ grilled cheese sandwich. Sometimes you include vegetables. Sometimes you may include bacon – as long as it isn’t a Friday in Lent. It is amazing the varieties, ingredients and styles of sandwiches that are all called and considered a “grilled cheese sandwich.”
I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a grilled cheese sandwich. For me, grilled cheese sandwiches are a Lenten staple. In the summer I much rather enjoy a bratwurst or grilled Italian sausage. Maybe you have a favorite recipe you and your family enjoy. Yes, there are many different recipes and ingredients used by people who all like grilled cheese.
As I write this article I have just finished having a series of conversations about the procedures and protocols that are in place at St. Mary’s
. The Parish Staff and dedicated volunteers serving the parish want to make sure that at all times the parish is able to welcome parishioners and guests in as clean, healthy and safe as an environment as possible. We are following the protocols that are set in place by the Archdiocese for parishes in Cook and Lake County. The Parish Staff is looking at how we can prepare for the celebration of Confirmation at three Masses next weekend. We are hoping to have our First Holy Communion Masses in a few weeks. For each and every celebration we need to make sure the church is clean and sanitized before another group is welcomed into St. Mary’s!
We do not know how the parish west of us or north of us or even south of us are implementing these protocols. (There isn’t a parish east of us unless we go to a diocese somewhere in Michigan.) We are following the protocols that have been communicated to parish leadership in order to be open for Masses and sacraments.
While at St. Mary’s you are asked to have a mask covering your nose and mouth. You are asked to follow the directions of the volunteers. You are asked to show appropriate concern while keeping social distancing for the good of parishioner, family member, staff member, volunteer and guest. Thanks for your openness, willingness and charity in following the guidelines in place at St. Mary’s. We are looking for more volunteers – please reach out if you can assist us.
I returned from my sabbatical earlier this month. I look forward to praying with you and seeing you in town. If you drive by and see smoke coming from the rectory, there is the good chance that it is me grilling some bratwursts – doubtful that it is a grilled sandwich that I burnt on the grill.
God bless you with a peaceful and relaxed heart this summer.
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A Video on coming back to church:
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SCHEDULE: Saturday, July 11, 2020 - Sunday July 19, 2020
<--- Register for Attending & Volunteering
Saturday, July 11, 2020:
+ No Streamed Saturday Daily Mass
+ 8:30-9:30am: Reconciliation in Church, registration not required
+ 5:00pm: Livestream Sunday Mass & PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
Sunday, July 12, 2020:
+ 8:00am: PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
+ 10:00am: Livestream via Facebook
+ 10:00am: PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
+ 12:00pm: PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
Monday, July 13, 2020:
+ 8:00am: Livestream Daily Mass
+ 8:00am: PUBLIC MASS with Private Prayer after Mass until 9:00am --> Register via SignUp Genius
Tuesday, July 14, 2020:
+ 8:00am: Livestream Daily Mass
+ 8:00am: PUBLIC MASS with Private Prayer after Mass until 9:00am --> Register via SignUp Genius
Wednesday, July 15, 2020:
+ 6:30am: Livestream Daily Mass
+ 6:30am: PUBLIC MASS with Private Prayer after Mass until 8:00am --> Register via SignUp Genius
+ 5:00-7:00pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament --> Register via SignUp Genius
Thursday, July 16, 2020:
+ No Mass
Friday, July 17, 2020:
+ 8:00am: Livestream Daily Mass
+ 8:00am: PUBLIC MASS with Private Prayer after Mass until 9:00am --> Register via SignUp Genius
Saturday, July 18, 2020:
+ No Streamed Saturday Daily Mass
+ 5:00pm: Livestream Sunday Mass & PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
Sunday, July 19, 2020:
+ 8:00am: PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
+ 10:00am: Livestream via Facebook
+ 10:00am: PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
+ 12:00pm: PUBLIC MASS --> Register via SignUp Genius
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Below are a few guidelines for being in the Church. There are numerous signs around the exterior and interior of the Church to help facilitate these new patterns.
Due to the limited capacity, number of parishioners and our reduced Mass schedule,
we ask that you sign up for a weekend Mass every other week and one weekday Mass
to allow others to be able to pray in the Church and celebrate Mass in person. If the day before, there are still open slots, you may sign up.
- Church Entrance: The south door, near the elevator, is the only entrance into the Church. Please form a line along the exterior south wall of the Church and a volunteer greeter will let you in.
- Arrive On Time: South Entrance doors will open 15 minutes prior to the start of Mass and it is strongly encouraged you arrive by the time the doors open as time is needed to Greet visitors and allow Ushers to seat you.
- Entrance Doors Close: South Entrance doors will close at the start of Mass to allow volunteers to attend Mass. Thank you for allowing yourself time to arrive.
- Volunteers: Parish volunteers will be on site to help direct and guide all of us as we begin to open and re-enter the Church.
- Masks/Face Covering: Mask or face coverings are required to be worn by all individuals at all times while in the Church building.
- Hand Sanitizer: Sanitize your hands as you enter the Church building.
- Social Distance: Maintain proper social distancing of 6 feet apart, unless you are with somebody who lives in the same household as you. There are floor markings to help facilitate this.
- 100 Persons Maximum: A maximum of 100 individuals (excluding the priest and other ministers) are allowed in the Church at one time. In inclement weather, personal vehicles would be a necessary shelter while waiting.
- Church Exit: The north doors onto the main plaza will be the only exit from the Church (unless you require use of the elevator).
- Church East Entrance - Emergency Exit Only: Please do not use the East doors onto the stairways for either entering or exiting.
- Surface Sanitizing: All surfaces touched by persons are sanitized prior to the next opening of the Church.
- Restrooms Unavailable: For the safety of all, the restrooms will not be available, unless it's an emergency.
- Registration Required: Registration is required through SignUp Genius for Public Mass, Adoration, Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals. 85 slots will be available online and 15 slots will be available by calling the office for those who do not have access to technology.
- SignUp Availability: SignUps for the next week's schedule will be available through SignUp Genius after 9:00am on Friday's. Registration is required for Public Mass & Prayer, Adoration, Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms. If you need assistance, please contact the Parish Center Office during normal business hours at receptionist@churchofstmary.org or call 847-234-0205. Leave a message and they will call you back.
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteer Tasks:
- Greeters will assist in managing the flow of congregants as they enter the church, participate in the liturgy/sacrament, and exit the church.
- Team members will combine some of the functions of an usher, such as directing participants to appropriate seating/waiting areas, but will include additional responsibilities, including, but not limited to, making sure attendees use hand sanitizer upon entering, are wearing a mask, and are reminded not to enter if ill.
- Given the circumstances, greeters will need to be tactful and firm paying careful attention to all people on-site. To support parish greeter teams, rudimentary training tips on handling difficult situations will be provided.
- Volunteers will ensure that: all supplies needed for each sacramental celebration/gathering are ready for use, entrances and exits are marked and propped physically open prior to attendees' arrival/departure, and windows are opened.
- Volunteers will help maintain and sanitize essential and trafficked areas of the church after the church has been used. Masks and gloves will be provided, if necessary, in addition to approved cleaning/disinfecting supplies.
May God grant you peace and comfort in this time.
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Ordination of Bishop-elect McGovern
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We are pleased to share with you that the ordination of our former pastor, bishop-elect Fr. Michael McGovern of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, will be broadcast live by Eternal Word Television Network
(EWTN)
on Wednesday, July 22 at 2:00pm CST. All are invited to tune in and join in prayer for the new bishop.
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July 12, 2020: Gospel Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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In Sunday’s first reading we hear Second Isaiah at the close of his prophetic ministry. He reminds his community and by extension us, that just as everything that comes from heaven, rain, snow, etc. does not return to God without having given nourishment; in the same way the Word of God is sent out to provide spiritual nourishment to all who are open to hear it and take it to heart. We see this same theme in the gospel with the parable of the sower and the seeds.
Just as rain, snow, and even sunshine falls on everyone so the sower sows seeds in all types of environment. The sower is overly generous with offering the seeds everywhere. Another word for being overly generous is prodigious. Ahhh, another parable comes to mind doesn’t it!?! But we aren’t discussing that parable today. Just as the seeds are generously thrown all over, so too is the Word of God. God’s Word, God’s salvation is offered to everyone. The question is, will people hear it and not just hear it but listen with their ears
and take it into their hearts.
Scripture scholars look at this parable from different perspectives some asking which type of soil we are and others ask which type of seed we are. The essence is the same. The first seed is sown in a path. There is no soil for the seed (Word of God) to burrow and plant in & therefor is quickly susceptible to outside influences. The second seed hears the Word of God and is filled with joy however since there is no soil it cannot plant roots, it cannot understand the Word of God beyond the superficial and since it does not have that deeper faith to sustain it, at the first sight of hardship it abandons doing God’s will. These are the people who love to hear that a place in heaven is waiting for them but they don’t want to hear about the cost of discipleship and as soon as that is brought up they scatter. The third seed is sown amongst thorns so it has enough soil to take root and start to grow, to deepen their understanding of God and Jesus’ ministry but they become anxious about their own well-being they want security. In the spiritual realm, spiritual security and a long easy physical life do not go hand in hand. Spiritual security knows that living out God’s desires for us is all the security we need. We have eternal life. The physical world may be full of hardships; financially, emotionally, physically but none of those compare to living out God’s mission. Those like the third seed can’t move beyond the need for security in the physical, material world and so they bear no spiritual fruit.
The fourth seed is the one who not only sees and hears with their physical being but more importantly they take that knowledge to the next deeper step. To integrate their understanding of what God is calling them to. Understanding may not even come right away but the thirst for understanding is there. The journey to understanding God’s will is a lifelong task where we continue to grow in the image of God. It is a task we will never fully complete, it is all part of the mystery.
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Religious Education Registration is Open!
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Registration for the 2020-2021 Religious Education year is now open! Just click on the image to the left to go to the registration page.
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Upcoming Archdiocesan Events
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On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 7 - 9 p.m. join women, ages 18-50, via Zoom for an evening of scripture and prayer. Explore the bible through Lectio Divina, a Benedictine prayer tradition, and discover God’s guidance for your life!
Group led by Sister Belinda Monahan, a Benedictine Sister, and Archaeologist.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Summer School of Faith 2020 is Cancelled.
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Summer School of Faith 2020 is Cancelled. Will return in 2021!
Due to restrictions in place on indoor gatherings in our area related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Summer School of Faith 2020 has been cancelled. We will return in 2021. Until then, God bless you all!
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Catholic Charities Summer Events
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Catholic Charities Lake County senior services provides a variety of programs and events to those that are 60+. With so many in person events cancelled this year, Kari Pohar, Catholic Charities Senior Care Coordinator, would like you to know that they are going to offer events through video and phone calls.
What's coming up:
Talk with me Tuesday
- Every Tuesday at 1:00pm
Call in number: (786) 535.3211 | Access Code: 261-771-629
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Plenary Indulgence in Time of Crisis
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Plenary Indulgence
The Apostolic Penitentiary, a branch of the Vatican offices which focuses on mercy and the forgiveness of sins, issued a
decree granting a Plenary Indulgence
during this extraordinary time. To see some of the ways we can still participate in the life of grace and the life of the Church during the Covid-19 pandemic
please click here
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To find ways to volunteer within our community and to seek assistance from the parish
please click here.
Here is a List of Places You may watch Mass on TV, Radio or Online:
- TV: EWTN
- DirecTV Channel 370
- Dish Network Channel 261
- Verizon Fios Channel 285
- XFinity Channel 33, 291, 1668
- Online:
- Church of St. Mary Livestream can be found on our Facebook Page. View past celebrated Masses or join us for a current Livestream Mass according to the schedule in this newsletter.
- Sunday Mass from Holy Name Cathedral (anytime)
- http://www.catholictv.org/masses/catholictv-mass (Daily at 9:30AM)
- Relevant Radio:
- 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT.
- These Masses will be broadcast live on your local station, on the Relevant Radio® app, at relevantradio.com, and on my Father Rocky Facebook page so you can tune in from wherever you are. The Mass will be rebroadcast each evening at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT on your local station.
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The Soup Kitchen at Most Blessed Trinity is still serving those in need, but on a “take out” basis. As we have for the last several months, we will prepare “brown bag suppers” for our guests again on July 17. Our packets contain a well-filled meat and cheese sandwich, bag of chips, granola bar, a piece of fruit, and a drink (water or juice). We will need between 75 and 90 meals, and would welcome contributions of:
- Loaves of sandwich bread, preferably whole wheat
- Ham or turkey
- Sliced cheddar, American, or Swiss cheese
- Individual bags of chips
- Granola bars
- Oranges, apples, tangerines
- Juice boxes or bottles/cans of water
Any and all contributions are welcome. Since the Parish Center is closed, we would ask that you deliver them to Ellen Tierney. Please contact Ellen if you need any additional information: at
ellenkelly@comcast.net
or (847.295.4649)
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To read the Daily Scripture readings you may go to
usccb.org
and select that day on the calendar to the right.
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Prayer for the Sick and Deceased
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BANNS
II
Nicholas Daniel Aarma and Bridget Laura Hill
I
Kirk Shepard and Oralia Rivera
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Ryan Lowery and Kristina Madsen
Please remember in your prayers those who are sick, especially:
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Pierre Adam
Renata Adamiec
Peggy Adams
Beny Alvarez
Alexa Anderson
Baby Bower Triplets:
Rose Marie, Adelaide Marie,
and Josephine Marie
Baby Mercer
Baby Peter John O'Rourke
Elvera Baeza
Dolores Beck
Beverly Beinlich-Pasquesi
Jack Brown
Mason Jeffrey Browner
Baby Virginia Bunimovich
Francesco Camoletto
Nancy Carani
Nova Carlson
Sember Carlson
Luis and Maria Cardenas
Michael Carpenter
Jeffrey Chicoine
Carolyn Cimarrusti
Jacqueline Cimarrusti
Marianna Cimarrusti
Charles Cook
Virginia Cordoba
Mary Elizabeth Cran
Greg DeBoer
Louis Degaetano
Mimi Degaetano
Mike Dellefield
Lewis Dilts
Joan Dolan
Annamarie Elfering
Hannah Erickson
Susan Ewert
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Abby Furco
Esperanza Galikay
Jenny Green
Jeanne Gross
Jesus Guzman
Edward Halle
Elizabeth Hand
Margaret Hartman
John Herbert
Hannah Hodgson
Edward Hoover
Patricia P. Huber
Juan Hurandas
Rafael Ibarra
Shirley Jacksack
Dolores Jansyn
Dick Jaworski
Christian Jenko
Dr. Mickey Jester
Mark Kalbus
Raine Kamm
Oceana Kashul
Mason Kelly
Genevieve Kluza
Patsy Leonard
Caroline Lyczko
Fely Macalalad
Angela Martinez
Carolina Martinez
Ralph Mastro
Robert Matthei
Derrick Mathews
Donna Mathews
Kathryn McConnell
Janet McCue
Margaret Mary McIntyre
Mary Anne Minich
Dolores Morrison
Rick Nacius
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Barbara Neis
Dana Nelson
David O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
Joaquin Padilla
John Paleczny
Tom Palella
Mary Margaret Pawl
Mary Butterfield Peddle
James Dean Penar
Marie Pfeiffer
Lisa Pommer
Lil Porter
Marianne Powers
Carol Pozdel
Marcia Ries
Mathew Rowley
Susan Schey
Bill Shafer
Colleen Sheerer
Tai (Pascal) Shin
Martin Sobey
Joan Sparrow
Nancy Sreenan
Ellen Sreenan
Debbie Sternberg
John Sternberg
Maureen Strassburger
Elzbieta Szymanska
Leonard Teifeld
Richard Thomas
Linda Trueblood-Lambert
Joseph Urso
Amanda Van Vleet
Brittany Van Vleet
Jim Wenzel
Martha Williams
Barbara Wilson
Robert Yale
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Please remember in your prayers those who have gone to their eternal rest with Our Lord, especially:
Dorothy Gimbut
(mother of Peggy [William] Long and Retta Dwyer)
Peggy Thomas
(aunt of Eric [Marcia] Pierce)
Paul J. Burt
(husband of Janet; father of
Brian, Erica, Sophia and Hudson; grandfather of Ford)
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Mass Intentions will be prayed for during a private or public daily Mass.
July 11, 2020:
Deceased Members of the Duffin-Good Families; Daisy & John E Redmond; Bob Pommer & Anna & Carl Deckmeyer; Special Intention for Jodi & Terry Van Winkle
July 12, 2020:
8:00am:
Zofia Adamiec; Betty Milite
10:0am: John Coath; Michael O'Brien
Noon: Robert Einwiller; Donna Hartigan; The People of St. Mary’s
July 13, 2020:
Franco Catanese; Daniel Kelly; Genevieve Casey; Margaret Rose Vernaglia
July 14, 2020:
Mary Margaret Center; Edwin Schillinger; Donald McFadden, Sr; Mary Anne Hintzke
July 15, 2020:
Helene Meyenberg; Rosemary Pavlo; Mary Spolnik, Dr. John Meyenberg
July 16, 2020:
Charles F. Clarke, Jr; Josephine Golik; George Grumley; the Souls in Purgatory
July 17, 2020:
John Gewalt; Harriet Jablonski; Jacob Finucan; Mary Lou Ganshirt
July 18, 2020:
Ellie Burns; Mary Lou Ganshirt; Dorina Mentuccia; Special Intention for Gene and Peggy Mullin
July 19, 2020:
8:0am: William Luke Leonard, Sr.; Betty Milite
10:0am: Maria & Sam Scopelliti; John Coath
Noon: Stephen Foley Sr.; Jack Volpe; the People of St. Mary’s
If you would like to request a special Mass Intention, please email our Parish Receptionists at:
receptionist@churchofstmary.org
and they will kindly assist you!
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“The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word but then the cares of the world and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.” Matthew 13:22
Does the lure of riches and material goods choke God out of your life? Are you so caught up in worldly activities that you have no time for God? Stewardship is a lifestyle to be lived every day. It affects all the decisions we make. What we receive at Mass every Sunday should be shared with others all the other days of the week.
Sunday Collection Actual Budgeted Surplus/(Shortfall)
July 5, 2020 $16,234 $21,000
($4,766)
Total Sunday Collections Fiscal 2021 YTD $16,234 $21,000
($4,766)
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Sharing Parish Collection - July 12
Sunday, July 12, is our opportunity to help our Sharing Parish, Most Blessed Trinity in Waukegan. Now, more than ever, the needs of the people served by Most Blessed Trinity are great. They have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19. Because of this, the numbers of families needing help from the Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen have increased and the parish has also begun delivering food and meals to the homebound who have been affected by the virus. Requests for assistance in paying medical bills have also increased.
Donations to Most Blessed Trinity can be made online via
GiveCentral
(Church of St. Mary GiveCentral) or return your Sharing Parish offering envelope by mail to the Church of St. Mary, 201 E. Illinois, Lake Forest, IL 60045. If sending a check without the offering envelope, please indicate Most Blessed Trinity in the memo field.
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THANK YOU for CONTINUING TO SUPPORT the Church of St. Mary
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We are grateful for the outpouring of support from parishioners while we navigate financially. Thank you for continuing to support your parish as well as our sharing parish, Most Blessed Trinity. Thank you for mailing your contribution to the Parish Office or scheduling your online donation. Offertory basket will be made available during Sunday Public Masses as well for your offering.
Ways To Give
+ Drop in the Offertory Basket during Public Mass at the end of Mass
+ Mail Your Contribution:
Church of St. Mary
c/o Business Office
201 E. Illinois
Lake Forest, IL 60045
+ Online Giving:
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Schedule your recurring donations via our online Giving safe and secure portal, GiveCentral Go to:
Church of St. Mary GiveCentral
or click the image below.
Thank you!
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Church of St. Mary Website
Bookmark our parish website for information on all parish ministries, events, contact information and more!
Information on our Mass Schedule, Sacraments, School, Religious Education, Youth Ministry, Guild of St. Mary, Liturgical Ministries, Bible Study, RCIA, Bulletins, Gospel Reading Podcasts, Homily Podcasts and more can all be found on our webpage.
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