Sunday, June 20
Father's Day

In a lot of Catholic countries, Father’s Day is celebrated on the Feast of Saint Joseph. What a great role model of fatherhood St. Joseph was to men. We need fathers to continue working towards living out the truth and their devotion to Jesus Christ. He must lead his family in prayer, model reverence at Mass, show acts of mercy and charity and share the Word of God. It is a gift to have a father who has built bonds with other Catholic men in the parish so that they are role models for all families. They show how much they value the faith so that their children will also do the same. On Father’s Day we have a great opportunity to invite your children to church. It’s a hard thing to do if they have fallen away, but this is a chance for every father to recommit himself to living a full Catholic life. Pray with your family, read scripture, go to daily Mass and weekly adoration, go to confession, and lead your family. I will pray for every father to have the courage to do this and renew himself as a dedicated father.

Amen? Amen.
Father Jamie

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Pastor's Ramblings
45TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. Congratulations to David and Stephanie Beiersdorfer on their 45th wedding anniver-sary. Deacon Nathan is their son and was able to do the blessing at our 10:00 Mass. What a special gift that was to them.

CONGRATULATIONS! On Friday June 4th the Sacrament of Marriage was celebrated. Please pray and congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Christiaan and Andrea Minella. Also, that same weekend, but on the Saturday, the 5th of June, my niece, Lauren and her new husband Michael, were married here at St. Cecilia. Please pray and congratulate the newly married cou-ple, Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Lauren Massie. This is the daughter of my sister and brother in law, Dr. Dave and Angela Ficker.

GREETERS. We are blessed to have some great greeters at the doors of all of our churches. Unfortunately during Covid that was put on hiatus. I am tremendously thankful that we can have greeters once again welcoming our people back. Recently we have had a group of girls who volunteered to do the greeting at the 10AM Mass St. Cecilia.

REST IN PEACE. Timothy Haven had his Mass of Chris-tian burial on June 7, 2021 at SMSJ. Tim’s family were longtime parishioners and he attended St. John Vianney School. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.

FESTIVAL SIGN. Please pick up your festival signs to place in your yard. We need all the help we can get to share the date of our festival this year.