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It is necessary for me to clear up a lie that the protesters told the media; they were not simply protesting an image of Mary that they did not like. Here is their rationale for the protest and for a petition, taken from their own website. As you can see, their agenda goes far beyond an image they don't like.

PLEASE PRINT FORM(S) AND RETURN TO PARISH OFFICE First Communion and Confirmation registration forms are now available on our website in English and Spanish. Please sign up as soon as possible. More information will be available soon in regard to books and an orientation meeting. Classes will begin the middle of September and a schedule will be available at the orientation meeting. ---------- Los formularios de registro para la Primera Comunión y la Confirmación ya están disponibles en nuestro sitio web en inglés y español. Regístrese lo antes posible. Pronto habrá más información disponible con respecto a los libros y una reunión de orientación. Las clases comenzarán a mediados de septiembre y habrá un horario disponible en la reunión de orientación.

This Sunday, August 15, Historic Saint Paul will welcome Michael Bayer as a guest residing on the third floor of Brossart House for about six months. Michael is the newly appointed Director of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry for the Diocese of Lexington. Michael comes to Lexington from Chicago where his wife will remain for several months in their home while she finishes her degree. “Michael’s energy and vision will be greatly beneficial in our efforts as a Church to embody humble, authentic living of the Gospel to a generation that needs such witnesses,” said Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv. of Lexington, who made the appointment. “When youth and young adults are rejecting religious belief and affiliation at precipitous rates, it’s all the more urgent that the Church embrace a model that is aware of their actual concerns and attentive to people most at the periphery.” We welcome Michael to Historic Saint Paul community! In the heart of Jesus, Fr. Richard

TO BE CLEAR RE: VACCINES Pope: “All vaccines recognized as clinically safe & effective can be used in good conscience…. The morality of vaccination depends not only on the duty to protect one's health, but to pursue the common good.”

In this video above, Our Lady of the Angles Province friar, Fr. Brad Milunski, OFM Conv. remembers the martyrdom of two Polish Conventual Franciscans. Bl. Michał Tomaszek, OFM Conv. and Bl. Zbigniew Strzałkowski, OFM Conv. who were killed for their faith, on August 9, 1991, at the hands of the terrorists of the Communist Party of Peru known as the "Shining Trail." On this 30th Anniversary of their death, take time to learn more about the Proto-Martyrs of Peru.