The Good Shepherd Catholic Community

April

Holy Week - The Triduum
Today as we celebrate Palm Sunday we enter the most solemn week of the Church Year – the final, intense days of Lent and the gre…
Is it Spring Yet!
I woke up this morning to see snow on the ground! It was if God was saying “So you thought it was Spring! April Fools! It su…

March

Laetáre Sunday
This Sunday is known as Laetáre Sunday. The name comes from the opening antiphon of the Mass which begins, “Laetáre Ierúsalem” o…
Lent and Solemnity Feast days
This Sunday we celebrate the Second Sunday of Lent which this year falls on March 17th, St. Patrick Day. St. Patrick is the pat…
Be Reconciled with God and one another
The Sacrament of Penance is often referred to as Confession, or as the Sacrament of Reconciliation. All three names reference an…
Our Lenten Journey
We will begin our forty-day Lenten journey to the glories of Easter this Wednesday, March 6th. The symbol of ashes that we rece…

February

Formed in a Community of Faith
This past week we celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11th. The Feast has special meaning to me because I w…
Finishing the Course
What shifts we have been having in the weather! Today it is forecast to reach 60 degrees after enduring days of zero or below w…
Public Policy Weekend: Justice for Farmworkers
Here in our Diocese, parishes participate in the annual Public Policy Weekend every February, when parishioners speak out with o…

January

Winter has returned!
Last weekend’s snow storm and the wind that followed it made most of us hunker down in our homes protected from the elements. M…

Bulletins