A Great Day with Our Lady!

Last Saturday was a very special day for St. Raymond and for the universal Catholic Church. It was the 100th anniversary of the 1st apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, Portugal. Over a succession of 6 months Mary...

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Spring a Time of New Beginnings

Look around outside. Everywhere, especially because of the record-setting rains, we see new beginnings. Trees that have struggled over years of dryness are springing with new growth. Plants are growing, and, unfortunately, allergy sufferers are suffering. Newness is what this...

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Happy Easter! We made it! Alleluia!

Through a particularly difficult, but beneficially so (at least for me), Lenten Season, we made it to Easter. Alleluia, alleluia! Lent is difficult. Not only because of our fasting, prayer and almsgiving, but deep down; spiritually – Lent is a...

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