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The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has asked all the faithful to join with him in a moment of prayer for peace.  In solidarity with this event in Rome, Eucharistic Adoration will take place here at St. Bartholomew on Saturday, April 11 for one hour from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Please come and pray with us.

In 2026, the Paschal Triduum—the most sacred period of the Catholic liturgical year—will be observed from the evening of Holy Thursday (April 2) through Easter Sunday (April 5).

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated for Joan Beck, sister of Father Thomas, Wednesday, March 25, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. All are welcome to join in prayer for the repose of her soul.

Due to the significant winter storm expected to impact our area, beginning 1:00 PM, Sunday, February 22, ALL church, school and sports (including basketball) activities will be cancelled. The 8:30 AM Mass on Monday, February 23 will be cancelled. All cars in the parking lots must be removed or they will be towed. The 7:00 PM Mass on Monday evening, February 23, will be celebrated.

World Marriage Day is celebrated each year on the second Sunday of February, sometimes coinciding with the feast of Saint Valentine. The purpose of this day is to emphasize the beauty of marriage and to honor husbands and wives for their faithfulness and sacrifices. In honor of World Marriage Day we will present a bouquet of flowers to the couple who is married the longest. "What God has joined together, let no one divide."

Due to the impending snowstorm, the 10:00 AM and 12:00 noon Masses are cancelled for Sunday, January 25.  ​The 4:00 PM Mass on Saturday, January 24, and the 8:00 AM Mass on Sunday, January 25, will be live-streamed for those who wish to participate from home. Please know that you are dispensed from your Sunday Mass obligation under these circumstances.

This Sunday, January 18. 2026, we begin the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. Not ordinary, as in plain or simple, but ordinal time, the counting of days and weeks until the coming of the Lord.

We invite you to join us to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. O come, O come, Emmanuel!

Third Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2025 "Bambinelli Sunday" will be celebrated at the 10 AM Mass Please bring the Christ Child from your Nativity sets for a special blessing.

September 23, 2025 Pope Leo XIV Appoints Bishop Checchio as Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans

by Rev. Thomas J. Walsh and Bruce Cargill, Seminarian July 20-22 at 7:00 PM in the Church

On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, 69, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops was elected in the conclave to become the first pope from the United States.

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