Understanding the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul This Sunday’s solemnity celebrates the most foundational and most important apostles in Christianity. Let’s take a look at their meaning and significance in our own faith lives:

Our parish is in desperate need of ushers, both lead ushers and ushers to help with the weekend collections. And you know what they say, the more hands, the lighter the work. So what am I asking you to do?

The solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity in the Catholic Church is an opportunity for every Catholic practitioner to consider the profound mystery of God’s nature—and invites each of us—to deepen and expand our own relationship with God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It also enables us, with this understanding, to conform our own relationships in love, community and unity.

This Sunday we close out the Easter Season (50 days) with the celebration of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Happy birthday, Catholic Church! Our liturgical colors are red, white and even yellow or gold. This is also the weekend in many dioceses, no longer in Hartford, when seminarians are ordained to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ.