Let us celebrate Holy Week Together Through Live-Streaming St. Peter Parish We are left in self-isolation in order to protect ourselves against the spreading of Coronavirus. Even though the Covid-19 has separated us physically and restricted us from coming together for celebrating the most important Mysteries of our faith: the Read more
27 March 2020 Dear Brother Priests, Deacons, Religious, and Colleagues in Ministry: May the Lord give you peace. In his encyclical, Deus Caritas Est , Pope Benedict emphasizes that the initial encounter with Christ is love and this begins the journey to God which is a process in which “our Read more
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May the Lord give you peace. The unprecedented actions of the past weeks, though challenging for each of us, highlight our need for spiritual sustenance. Let us use this time by placing Our Lord at the center of our lives. Our Diocesan website, diolc.org, Read more
Dear Parishioners, This post is to inform and update you on some of the changes which are now being implemented at St. Peter Parish due to the Coronavirus. Mass Schedule thru May 1, 2020 As of March 16th, all parishes in the Diocese of La Crosse, were notified that ALL Read more
Today we hear the reading from John’s Gospel about the healing of the man born blind. This story has many aspects to it; that Jesus uses this man’s handicap to bring vision to all of us, the blindness of the religious leaders of His day; the lack of understanding of Read more
“Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome” (Matthew 11:28). Each of us are weary, burdened, and I know in my case, heartbroken. It is sad for me to think that the faithful will not be able to receive the physical presence of Christ in the Read more
Sacrament of the Eucharist The Eucharist has always been one of the most important Sacraments of our faith. We, Catholics, strongly and firmly believe in the “Real Presence” of Jesus in the Eucharist. In other words, Holy Communion is not symbolic of the body and blood of Jesus, as some Read more
Sacrament of Confirmation The Sacrament of Confirmation is the second Sacrament of Christian initiation. It is called Confirmation, because, it confirms and strengthens the life of grace, received through Baptism (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church 1285). Through Confirmation, Catholics receive a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit, who gives Read more
Sacraments of Initiation There are three Sacraments, Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, which are known as Sacraments of Initiation. They are so-called, because each is meant to strengthen our faith and forge a deeper relationship with God. Baptism frees us from original sin, Confirmation strengthens our faith and Eucharist give the Read more
In the coming weeks, I would like to share with you what we, Catholics, believe about the Sacraments and the significance of each of the Sacraments. The word Sacrament means “a sign of the sacred”, which is an outward and visible sign from God to us. Hence, a Sacrament is Read more