Parish Life

Dear Parishioners and Friends, Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

A Father’s Day message of Love and Forgiveness comes from the Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

We are wishing all of our Parishioners a happy and blessed Father’s Day. A good father emulates the love of God our heavenly Father. He guides us, protects us and teaches us. Let us love one another as God the Father in heaven has loved us. Brothers and sisters immediately forgive a wrong done to you. Fathers, wives and children do not hold grudges or harbor resentment to those who have trespassed against you. Be the first to forgive.

How little Our Father in Heaven asks of us. God the father loved us so much that he gave His only begotten son to suffer and die to pay the price for our sins so that we may have eternal life with him. Can we not forgive one another?

Brothers and sisters immediately forgive a wrong done to you. Do not hold grudges or harbor resentment to those who have trespassed against you.

Please meditate on the prayer of St. Francis.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life.

Please trust the Lord and pray daily. Church of St Valentine Parish is our home where we meet as Christian Family with Lord Jesus Christ to Celebrate His Resurrection, to be forgiven, and to receive Jesus’s Body and Blood in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

Please come and join us as Community of Faith for Sunday Holy Mass every week! Feel always welcomed and at home in our Church!

We are all called to follow Jesus, to be his disciples, to pray, to work together and to support our Parish!

We are grateful and send our heartfelt thanks to everyone who gives precious Time, Talents and Treasure of their prayers and donations to our Church and Parish.

God’s Blessings to you all, for your FAITH and labor of love in taking care, repairing and restoring out Parish Church and spreading Gospel of Salvation!.

In the last year and a half, together we have done a tremendous amount of work: New Church roof; fixed Church ceiling and repainted whole interior and Sanctuary, repaired and painted Church windows, repaired Church entrance bulletin board, fixed Parish Hall roof, repainted Parish Hall, Parish Hall entrance and bathroom, fixed roof over rectory, repaired and painted rectory interior, new fence at the cemetery, landscaping at the Cemetery and Pulaski Park, repaired caretaker house at the Cemetery, repaired heating pump and furnace at the Parish Hall, purchased new professional zero turn grass cutting mower and new 6ft wide pull behind tractor mower, prepared Fellowship dinners, brunches, bake sales, etc, etc…

May God bless you all for your wonderful work!!!

Fathers’ Day Brunch We are inviting all the Fathers and their families for the special Brunch at our Fellowship Parish Hall. Let us get together as our Parish Family and celebrate all the fathers!

St Valentine PNCC Parish and Fr Andrew Bilinski