‘Activities’ Archives
St. Patrick’s Day Party
Let’s celebrate the life and fun with St. Patrick. Join us on Thursday for a great time, with food and fellowship. Before the fun ensues at 7 PM, join the parish for a FREE Dinner. Every Third Thursday of the month, St Dominic hosts a free community dinner in [Read More]
FAMILY DISCUSSION/ACTIVITY
READINGS: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Gospel of Matthew 4:1-11 REFLECTION: Lent is here. It can be a hard season. Perhaps the temptation for many is to ignore Lent. We need help to live Lent well. We need our families and our friends and parish family. [Read More]
FAMILY DISCUSSION/ACTIVITY
READINGS Isaiah 49:14-15 1Corinthians 4, 1-5 Gospel of Matthew 6:24-34 REFLECTION: One of the most needed virtues in our times is trust. We tend to mistrust one another and God, and life in general This week’s readings invite us to trust in God as do the birds of the [Read More]
FAMILY DISCUSSION/ACTIVITY
READINGS Lv 19:1-2, 17-18 1Corinthians 3, 16:2-3 Gospel of Matthew 5:38-48 REFLECTION: In this Sunday’s reading, we are encouraged to act in ways that don’t make sense.” In the Gospel, for example, Jesus outlines guidelines for living that must have seemed [Read More]
FAMILY DISCUSSION/ACTIVITY
READINGS: Sirach 15:15-20 1Corinthians 2:6-10 Gospel of Matthew 5:17-37 REFLECTION: The Gospel Reading today is about the New Law of Love set up by Jesus. Jesus talks about keeping the law, but he does not mean that we are to do so in a deadly, mechanical, [Read More]
FAMILY DISCUSSION/ACTIVITY
READINGS: Isaiah 8: 23-9:3 1Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 Gospel of Matthew 4:12-23 REFLECTION: What is Jesus offering when he asked his disciples to leave their nets and come follow him? He is offering them and us an alternative, something more, something other than our [Read More]
FAMILY DISCUSSION/ACTIVITY
READINGS Isaiah 49: 3, 5-6 1Corinthians 1:1-3 Gospel of John 1:29-34 REFLECTION: When you try to fill out some of the possible details of this gospel story, it becomes more real and means more. This wedding feast at Cana was Jesus’ first miracle, performed at the [Read More]
Family Discussion/Activity
READINGS: Hebrews 1:2-3, 2:2-4 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 Gospel of Luke 17:5-10 REFLECTION: Think of the expectations you have of others and those they have of you. Sunday’s Gospel is about both living by expectations and having spiritual vision. Jesus tells his [Read More]
Family Discussion/Activity
Amos 6:1, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Gospel of Luke 16:19-31 REFLECTION: The Gospel deals with distance, with gaps between human beings, with the failure to connect and communicate, to feel one another’s pain and offer one another support. It deals with something worse than [Read More]
Youth Caving Trip
Don’t miss this year’s Youth Ministry Caving Trip. We’ll be headed to Pine Hill Cave in Mt. Vernon Kentucky. This year promises to be one of the best trips yet. With youth from across the west side, including St. Dominic and Our Lady of Victory, it’s [Read More]