The True Meaning of Easter
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Remember when we were kids, we celebrate by having Easter eggs hunts, dying Easter eggs, coloring Easter egg pictures and having a big family meals of ham, sweet potatoes and stuff! And, please don’t forget about the Easter Bunny Chocolate!
As we get older, we forget the true meaning of this holiday – which is when Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and we proclaim that by saying Alleluia a lot of times!
Easter is also a time of reflection! A time to ask Him to renew our hope, not despair; faith, not injustice, togetherness, not isolation; and, most of all, His love, not hatred!
My friends, we’ve been through a lot this year, but we’ve made it through with the help of God! All things are possible with Him and we must remember that!
Love,
Joey Dorr
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Joey Dorr, one of our long-Time Handicaped Encounter Christ (HEC) participants.
Fr. Peter’s Retirement Gala
Join us to honor and celebrate Fr. Peter Kaczmarek with a special dinner gala at the Larkfield, on his retirement from St. Francis of Assisi Church!
A Message from Fr. Joseph Habila
I am Fr Joseph Habila from Nigeria, working in St Matthew’s RC Church in Dix Hills. I thank Fr Peter for graciously allowing me to speak to you in all the weekend Masses of 3rd and 4th August to appeal for funds in respect of building a church in my village in Nigeria.