HCIHM | Holy Cross / Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish

Welcome to the Pastoral Letters published weekly in the Parish Sunday Bulletin. These entries reflect the life of the parish, and are published by the Pastor and Associate Pastor. Any reflections please write to hcihm@hcihm.org. 

Dear friends,Happy Easter! May the Risen Lord Jesus be experience in your hope and care for others always!  All through Lent we considered what it would take to change our attitude, only to discover perhaps that even in our reflections and dialogue with one another during the mission we are changed already! Imagine the disciples arriving ...

Dear friends, Look around you. It is Holy Week! The Church is filled with palms, and in one Church written Lenten promises from the children adorn the cross we will use this Good Friday! And later this week, the adult candidates who will be baptized, confirmed and receive their first communion at the Easter Vigil will ...

Dear friends, The shots rang out at 2 PM, at a time when the kids were still in school. I didn’t hear them in my office but several staff were outside or nearby and did hear the gunshots. They ran out to help attend to the two young men, age 16 and age 18 hit by ...

Dear friends, The conversation was around success – has the leadership of the parish been successful in its mission to address the pastoral priorities created in our pastoral assemblies? The most recent priorities include responding to 1) needs of youth; 2) issues of domestic violence, including violence in the streets; 3) injustices against the immigrants; 4) ...

Dear friends, So what is the temptation when violence invades our neighborhood and makes our young people afraid? What is the temptation when it seems like things cannot change, when we think there cannot be peace, or we believe we are abandoned, or we meet the deepest darkest part of ourselves and we are afraid? One ...