SACRAMENTS

BAPTISM
On every other Sunday of the month immediately following the 12:30 p.m. Mass

MARRIAGE
Arrangements should be made six (6) months in advance in person, not by telephone.  Marriage preparation program is required.  CLICK HERE for suggested readings for Catholic weddings.

CONFIRMATION & FIRST COMMUNION
At least a two (2) year Religion Program is required before reception of Sacrament.
-Confirmation information letter     
-Confirmation registration form
*These forms are also on the tables in church.

CONFESSIONS
Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. and Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

FUNERAL
For funeral arrangements, please contact the rectory as soon as possible. 

Suggested Funeral Readings

In the Catholic Funeral Mass, there are usually three readings: one from the Old Testament, a second from the New Testament , and the third, the Gospel reading proclaimed by the presiding priest or deacon. There is a responsorial Psalm between the first two readings.

The following are suggested Lectionary readings from the Order of Christian Funerals.

You can find these readings in Bible. These are taken from the New American Bible, 1986. 

First Reading ( outside of the Easter season ) 

1. II Maccabees 12:43-46                                     5. Isaiah 25:6a,7-9
2. Job 19:1,23-27a3                                              6.  Lamentations 3:17-26
3. Wisdom 3:1-9 or Wisdom 3: 1-6, 9                   7.   Daniel 12:1-3
4. Wisdom 4:7-15

First Reading (during the Easter season) 

1. Acts 10:34-43 or Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 (shorter)
2. Revelation 14:13
3. Revelation 20:11-21:1

Responsorial Psalm:

23:1-3,4-6      R:  The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.  or  Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me. 

25:6 and 7b, 17-18, 20-21  R:  To you, O Lord, I lift my soul. or No one who waits for you, O Lord, will ever be put to shame.

27:1,4,7 and 8b and 9a, 13-14      R:  The Lord is my light and my salvation. or I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

42:2,3,5cdef; 43:3,4,5  R:  My soul is thirsting for the living God: when shall I see him face to face?   

63:2,3-4,5-6,8-9     R: My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. 

103:8 and 10, 13-14,15-16,17-18  R:  The Lord is kind and merciful or The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

116:5,6,10-11, 15-16ac  122:1-2,4-5,607,8-9  R:  I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living. or Alleluia. 

122:1-2,4-5,6-7,8-9  R:  I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord. or Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. 

130:1-4,5-6ab,6c-7,8  R:  Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord. or I hope in the Lord, I trust his word. 

143:1-2,5-6,7ab and 8ab,10  R:  O Lord, hear my prayer.

 Second Reading (New Testament) 

1. Romans 5:5-11
2. Romans 5: 17-21
3. Romans 6:3-9 or Romans 6:3-4, 8-9
4. Romans 8:14-23
5. Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
6. Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12
7. I Corinthians 15:20-28 or I Corinthians 15:20-23
8. I Corinthians 15:51-57
9. II Corinthians 4:14-5:1
10. II Corinthians 5:1, 6-10
11. Philippians 3:20-21
12. I Thessalonians 4:13-18
13. II Timothy 2:8-13
14. I John 3:1-2
15. I John 3:14-16

Gospel 

1. Matthew 5:1-12a
2. Matthew 11:25-30
3. Matthew 25:1-13
4. Matthew 25:31-46
5. Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6 or Mark 15:33-39
6. Luke 7:11-17
7. Luke 12:35-40
8. Luke 23:33, 39-43
9. Luke 23:44-46,50,52-53; 24:1-6a or Luke 23:44-46,50,52-53
10. Luke 24:13-35 or Luke 24:13-16,28-35
11. John 5:24-29
12. John 6:37-40
13. John 6: 51-59
14. John 11:17-27 or John aa:21-27
15. John 11:32-45
16. John 12:23-28 or John 12:23-26
17. John 14:1-6
18. John 17:24-26
19. John 19:17-18, 25-39