First Sunday of Advent

    Beginning the Church’s liturgical year, Advent (from, “ad-venire” in Latin or “to come to”) is the season encompassing the four Sundays (and weekdays) leading up to the celebration of Christmas. The Advent season is a time of...

Solemnity of Christ the King

    On the last Sunday of each liturgical year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ the King. Pope Pius XI instituted this feast in 1925 with his encyclical Quas Primas (“In the first”) to respond to growing nationalism and secularism.  He recognized that...

Our Lady of Providence

                  The 7:00 PM Mass in Spanish on November 17th will be celebrated in honor of Our Lady of Providence, the Patroness of Puerto Rico.  There will be a celebration in Msgr. Butler Hall afterwards and everyone is invited.  Fr. Juan Antonio Ortiz OFM...