2019 archive of FROM THE DESK OF FR. JEFF
March 30-31, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 3/25/19
Beginning this weekend, and for the following two weekends we will have special ceremonies at one of the weekend masses for the three people who will be initiated (baptized, confirmed, and receive Eucharist for the first time) at the Easter Vigil. The ceremonies are called “Scrutinies” and “Presentations.” We ... Read More »
March 23-24, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 3/20/19
Beginning this weekend, and for the following two weekends we will have special ceremonies at one of the weekend masses for the three people who will be initiated (baptized, confirmed, and receive Eucharist for the first time) at the Easter Vigil. The ceremonies are called “Scrutinies” and “Presentations.” We ... Read More »
March 16-17, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 3/12/19
I am very excited to invite you to our Parish Mission. Bishop Fernand Cheri, OFM, a noted preacher of parish missions and revivals, will lead a Lenten mission April 1-3, 2019 here at the Church of the Transfiguration. Bishop Cheri will preach at all the weekend masses on March ... Read More »
March 9-10, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 3/04/19
I have a number of items to share with you this weekend. First, I will be away on retreat this week from Sunday afternoon to Friday afternoon. I would appreciate your prayer support, and I promise to pray for all of you as well. We are seeking nominations for ... Read More »
March 2-3, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 2/25/19
This week we begin the season of Lent. As an overall theme we have chosen ENCOUNTER. During this season we are invited to a loving encounter with the love and mercy of God, an encounter which will lead us to be joyful missionary disciples and instrument for unleashing the ... Read More »
February 23-24, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 2/18/19
At the 10:00 Mass this weekend we are celebrating a ceremony called the “Rite of Sending.” This is a ceremony where this faith community formally sends it candidates for initiation into the Church at the Easter Vigil to the Cathedral where one of our Bishops will “choose” them, ... Read More »
February 16-17, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 2/11/19
Someone asked me what I thought about the passage of the law in New York State that greatly expands access to abortion. The law, of course, is terrible in that it apparently removes most limits to abortion; expands who can perform abortions, and denies human rights and dignity to ... Read More »
February 9-10, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 2/04/19
In his Pastoral Letter, Unleash the Gospel, Archbishop Vigneron wrote:
I charge parishes to have a prayer and intercession team, to pray for the mission of the parish and intentions from the leadership team and to provide ongoing prayer support of that team.
It is time for Transfiguration to ... Read More »
February 2-3, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 1/29/19
The recent incident during the March for Life in Washington, DC involving students of Covington Catholic High School, a native American, and the Black Hebrew Israelites is a teachable moment for all of us. Before the complexity of the situation was understood, there was a rush to judgment on ... Read More »
January 26-27, 2019
Posted by Sharon Myers on 1/22/19
I simply want to highlight some of the beautiful and important points of today’s 2nd reading from Paul’s 1st letter to the Corinthians. He writes: As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also ... Read More »