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May 4, 20235 min read
4-30-2023 Fr. Ben's Letter to the Parishioners
Fourth Sunday of Easter Sr. Francis is an Irish nun I had the good fortune to know many years ago back in Dublin. She was the director of...
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Apr 17, 20233 min read
Fr. Ben's 4.23.2023 Letter to the Parishioners
Jesus invites us to believe and be fed. A number of years ago there was a phenomenon in Ireland of “moving statues.” It started in 1985...
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Apr 11, 20234 min read
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Divine Mercy “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?” Ezekiel 33:10 When I...
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Apr 3, 20234 min read
Blessed Easter!
Easter Sunday "Please don't let this flame go out!" "I hope it doesn't rain!" "God, it's starting to rain. I knew it would!" "Please!...
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Mar 24, 20233 min read
PALM SUNDAY
Passion Sunday “Nah, I ain’t movin’ bro.” Rosa Parks I was a student in Rome when the first Persian Gulf War broke out. It was an...
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Mar 14, 20234 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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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