Mass Attendance Many have asked how attendance was for our first weekend with the new Mass schedule. We had a total of 690 attend on the weekend of February 5/6, 2022. To give you some perspective, our January 2022 average was 712. The January 2021 average was 522. Thank you to everyone who have had…
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The best thing I heard recently was something from one of our RCIA candidates. Let me give you some context first. At one of the St. Joan of Arc Masses, I mentioned the not-so-pleasant fact that six people would leave the Church for every one person who becomes Catholic this year in the United States.…
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Catholic schools, at their core, are designed to surround students in the Catholic faith daily. Through this routine of prayer, liturgy, faith instruction, and service to others, we prepare students to make Christ-like decisions and live their faith daily. Catholic schools have a reputation for academic rigor, and that is something for which we can…
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Blessing of Throats St. Blaise’s Feast day is on Feb. 3rd. There will be a special blessing of throats not only at the daily Masses that day, but the weekend Masses too after the Mass. Give it a Try This weekend marks the beginning of the new Mass schedule for our two parishes. Let’s approach…
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Catholic Schools Week This Sunday marks the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. Our two parishes are responsible for the spiritual care of over 600 students at three Catholic schools: St. Joan of Arc School, St. Thomas More School, and the Dual Language Academy at St. Joan of Arc. Not only do we provide spiritual care…
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Starting February 2nd, Midtown Catholic will host the Return Program on Wednesdays from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the St. Thomas More cafeteria. This 7-night course offers Catholics coaching in the skills necessary to bring back their loved ones who have left the Catholic Faith. Registration is required. You can learn about the program…
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SVdP at STM We are excited to hear this week that the St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Thomas More is up and running again. However, it could use several more members in order for it to be sustainable. Remember, the SVdP helps those in need in our neighborhood. Could you spare a couple…
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Calendars The St. Thomas More calendars have finally arrived! This might not seem like that big of a deal but we have had a lot of inquiries. It’s good to know that these calendars are used. The calendars can be picked up in the back of the church. Pancake Breakfast Cancelled With the surge of…
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Dear parishioner, You have undoubtedly heard that starting the first weekend in February, the Mass Schedule will be changing for the Midtown Catholic parishes of St. Thomas More and St. Joan of Arc. Fr. Lorig has given you some statistics on why this is happening. He has outlined how we have far fewer priests than…
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Have heard that our Mass schedule is changing? It made sense to reduce our Masses, which you can read about here, but it was a lot harder to figure out a new schedule. It primarily came down keeping the most well-attended Masses in place. St. Joan of Arc’s “best” Mass is its 5:00pm Mass. It…
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