Welcome to Fr. Julio’s weekly letters to you “from the heart.”
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Dear St. Julia Parish Family, Friar Luis and I would like to share with you the “Vision and Mission Statement of the Franciscan Friars Ministering a
A few weeks ago, Friar Luis and I went on a working retreat to create a new Pastoral Plan for the parish. We worked diligently keeping the people of t
Fall is truly a beautiful season. Although we have some changes of colors on the trees, the more north we go, the more beautiful is nature’s fall sp
Once in a while we need to talk about what sometimes consumes us with concern. With elections of all kinds upon us, we, once again, become aware of ho
This coming Monday through Thursday Friar Luís and I will be on a working retreat to study and discern all the dimensions of our parish life. I ask f
This is the latest report on the path of Hurricane Ego: At 6:00 am this morning, just as the sun came into the horizon, Hurricane Ego slammed into con
My dear sisters and brothers in faith and hope, How important it is for us as Christians to never forget the needy among us. You, the people of St. Ju
I would like to thank everyone who attended the listening and discussion sessions with me and Friar Luis this week. We both listened attentively to yo
This coming Tuesday and Wednesday the people of St. Julia will meet with their pastor to have an honest and open conversation about the future of our
I am looking forward to welcoming Friar Luis among us. He will be a great help and support for me as I will be for him.
Thanks to all of you and the generosity that you extended to the parish last year, we finally are able
to install the new light fixtures in the church. They arrived this Thursday and we await word from the
electricians as to when they will be installed. You will immediately see the difference that they will
make to our church.
Leading a faith community is never the work of one person. We are a family that must work together for the wellbeing of all.
My dear sisters and brothers,
We arrive at the great feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus, after forty days of sacrifice,
prayer and selfless charitable giving. I hope that we all experienced a strengthening of our kinship with
Jesus.
With the celebration of Palm Sunday, we enter into the commemoration of the Passion, Death, and
Resurrection of our Lord Jesus. We enter this Holy Week by uniting ourselves to those who carry
their heavy crosses and need to know that they are not alone.
We have one more week of Lent before we enter Holy Week with Palm Sunday on April 10th. As you understand, Holy Week is a time when there is much spiritual preparation and other types of preparations in the parish.
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