Heaven and the Holy Family
The Living Room Reconsidered
December 25, 2025
By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
The Sunday between Christmas and New Year’ Day is Holy Family Sunday. The Church meditates on the homelife of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Their “living room” was a piece of heaven...Read more
Christmas Letter to the Parish
December 18, 2025
Dear Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family and Visitors,
“Draw me,” says our soul to God (Songs 1:4). God draws us to himself by becoming one of us in Jesus Christ. “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among...Read more
Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Catholic Activist for Democaracy
Venezuelan Maria Corina Machado
December 12, 2025
Hear the story of Nobel Peace Prize winner and Catholic democratic activist, Maria Corina Machado.Read more
Mary, Mother of the Church
December 8, 2025
In the words of the Second Vatican Council
(The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium 63-65)
For in the mystery of the Church, which is called mother and virgin,...Read more