2025 archive of Fr. Rob's Weekly Message
June 22, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 6/19/25
Dear Friends,
For me, a blessed way to begin Father’s Day last weekend was to spend some time with our young people making a retreat at Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua!
These young people, enthusiastic, joyful, fun and prayerful, touched my heart and inner soul. It was a ... Read More »
June 15, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 6/13/25
Dear Friends,
Something I have always tried to nurture in my person is a sense of joy. As you know at most masses, I will invite anyone who is present to share a “joy” with me.
Just last weekend at the 4 PM mass when I asked for joys, ... Read More »
June 8, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 6/05/25
Dear Friends,
June brings to me many joys of family and friends, graduations, wedding anniversaries, and people who love me and invite me to make time to be with them. I am blessed in countless ways by our Lord, who wants us to know His complete joy. This joy ... Read More »
June 1, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/29/25
Dear Friends,
It is amazing to me that this weekend we will say goodbye to the month of May and hello June!
I hope you had a good holiday weekend, despite the weather, and thanked the Lord for all our beloved service people who sacrificed their lives for peace ... Read More »
May 25, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/22/25
Dear Friends,
Many of us, from our two faith communities, just completed an eleven week program called “ALPHA.” This fabulous experience was presented to us by Anne Gallagher, our Director of Disciple Formation, and Karen Luke, our Director of Family Life and Sacraments.
Alpha is a parish tool where ... Read More »
May 18, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/16/25
Dear Friends,
While gathering for my cousin Gregg’s birthday lunch this past Thursday (May 8th) , my phone started lighting up!
Yes, it was a time to acknowledge my cousins’ birthday, but also the selection of our new Pope! Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, ... Read More »
May 11, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/08/25
Dear Friends,
Some rain, grey skies and dashing to church with umbrellas did not take away from the joy of our young children who made their First Communion last weekend.
The enthusiasm of these individuals coming for the first time to receive Jesus in Holy Communion was a blessing ... Read More »
May 4, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/02/25
Dear Friends,
I don’t know if you picked up A Little White Book in church on Easter? On the sharing for the Tuesday, of the First Week of Easter was a reflection written before Pope Francis died.
I would like to share with everyone the message in the Little ... Read More »
April 27, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 4/24/25
Dear Friends,
I am praying you are enjoying this Easter time!
I had a wonderful and blessed Holy Week celebrating our sacred liturgies alongside you.
The Lord has blessed us in so many ways and the Alleluias are endless!
This past week I volunteered for the 39th time at ... Read More »
April 20, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 4/16/25
Dear Friends,
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!
Happy Easter to everyone!
We rejoice together in realizing the ultimate gift given to each of us, Jesus the Risen Christ, in the Paschal Mystery! This past week we have been in the presence of our Lord accompanying Him in the most sacred moments ... Read More »