Fourth Sunday of Lent 3.19.2023
If only I could see In the Irish city of Galway, just off Lombard High Street, you will find a little church named for St. Nicholas of...
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- Mar 7
- 1 min
NEW DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION!!!!
Fr Ben is happy to announce that Julie Vaughn will take up the position of Director of Religious Education at Our Lady of Victory and...
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- Mar 7
- 4 min
GIVE ME A DRINK!!!
Give me a drink “I am a drinker with a writing problem.” Brendan Behan, Irish Author from Dublin It is one hundred and eighty-one steps...
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- Mar 3
- 2 min
DEFEND LIFE!!!
February 28, 2023 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Peace be with you! As Catholics, we are committed to protecting the sanctity of...
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- Feb 27
- 3 min
2nd Sunday of Lent 3/5/2023
Lent: A Time to make things right! When I began primary school (elementary school) the first grade a child entered was called...
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- Feb 21
- 4 min
1st Sunday of Lent
Open your heart to the Spirit of God “The twentieth century blows across it now but deeply it has kept an ancient vow.” Patrick Kavanagh,...
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- Feb 13
- 3 min
Fr. Ben's Letter 2/19/2022
Don’t let failure define who you are. Last words of people are considered important and so we tend to listen for them and record them. Of...
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- Feb 6
- 3 min
Fr. Ben's letter Feb. 12th
Not everyone who gives directions knows the way. You might find this hard to believe but the following story is absolutely true. A few...
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- Feb 6
- 3 min
Feb. 5th
Don’t just walk in the light – be the light. My Da would put salt on all his food, soup, potatoes, chicken, meat, fish, eggs, fries,...
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- Jan 30
- 3 min
Feast of St Francis de Sales
January 24, 2023 Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The...
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- Jan 30
- 3 min
Pass it on - Fr. Bens Letter 1/29/2023
Pass it on One of my early assignments in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati was as curate at Holy Angel’s Church, Sidney, Ohio. A beautiful...
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- Jan 30
- 3 min
Fr. Ben's Letter: Make Encounters Matter
While I was away in Ireland His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI died peacefully at the Vatican, 31 December 2022. His last words were: “Lord,...
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- Jan 10
- 3 min
EPHIPANY OF OUR LORD
Epiphany of the Lord The Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, (fellow Dubliner), wrote: “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most...
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- Jan 10
- 3 min
Happy New Year
For the New Year Only God will do! It’s hard to believe that some of the people attending Mass today were not born when the movie “Jerry...
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- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Fr. Ben Christmas
Comfort, Comfort, My People For some years I lived as a member of a monastery in Ireland, and we made our living by keeping a farm. The...
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- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Fr. Ben 4th Sunday of Advent
We need stars to show the way! One of the major images of the Christmas story is not a person, or an event, but a star. In our solar...
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- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Fr. Ben
Third Sunday of Advent At my parents’ home in Dublin, we have a front room that we rarely use. We only use it when the parish priest...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Third Sunday of Advent At my parents’ home in Dublin, we have a front room that we rarely use. We only use it when the parish priest...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Second Sunday of Advent A few years ago, my brother David went with a friend to South Africa for a short visit. In fact, it was his...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
150th Anniversary Events!
150th Anniversary Events 12/11/22 Nutcracker Social in the after 9:30 am MassParish Center (aka “the convent”) 02/19/23 History Photo...
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