Tuesday
12Jan2010
Contribution Statements
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 07:15PM If you would like to receive a 2009 Contribution statement please contact:
Nancy Uczen
Phone: 773-588-6484 ext. 340 email: nuczen@stbenedict.com
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 07:15PM Tuesday
15Dec2009
Catholics Come Home
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 06:41PM Third Sunday in Lent
May it bear fruit in the future
Have you ever taken a Gospel story and applied it to your life? This week’s Gospel (Lk 13:1-9) provides an opportunity to examine our faith lives through one of Jesus’ parables. In the Gospel story, the landowner wants to cut down a tree that was not producing fruit. The gardener pleads with him, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future.”
Can the fig tree be a metaphor for our faith? Without attention and cultivation our faith lives can feel dry and unproductive which leaves us without joy in the present or hope for the future. These are the comments we have heard from Catholics who have returned since the Catholics Come Home ads aired on television.
There may be someone in your parish that has recently returned to the church and is now attending Mass and receiving the Sacraments. Welcome them to your parish and you may hear their story. The returning Catholics that contact the Office for Evangelization have told about returning to Reconciliation and renewing their commitment to prayer and reading Scripture. These activities have begun to cultivate their faith and already they are experiencing joy and hope.
The newly returned Catholics may have good advice for us all: receive the Sacraments often and spend time with God through prayer and Scripture. Try these practices for a year and see how our faith life can bear much fruit.
Thursday
17Jul2008
We Are Many Parts..
Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 04:37PM 
St. Benedict Parish reflects the true presence of Christ and His church in our community. Our century-old church is the foundation of our parish. Upon this foundation rest our schools and an abundance of community ministries. In the daily life of our parish, parishioners and staff, individually and collectively, answer Christ’s call to love and service, and St. Benedict’s example of prayer and work. Strengthened by the Holy Spirit, we serve our church, our schools, our community, and the Universal Catholic Church.
Our volunteers, committees, commissions, pastoral council, and staff shepherd the work of our parish. Our parishioners bring life to that work.