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Weekend Memo for November 28, 2025
Fri, 28 Nov 2025
Dear brethren, Welcome to the Season of Advent, a season of four weekends during which we prepare for the celebration of the First coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and for His second coming. We shall also begin this weekend a new...
Thanksgiving Message
Thu, 27 Nov 2025
Dear Brethren, I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to God for bringing me back home to St. Benedict and to all of you for welcoming me with open arms. You have made the transition for myself and Fr. Emmanuel Ogla...
Weekend Memo for November 21, 2025
Fri, 21 Nov 2025
Dear Brethren, Welcome to Fr. Alfredo Hernandez, the Rector of St Vincent de Paul regional Seminary in Florida who is here visiting family and presided at the school mass on Friday. Fr. Hernandez will be presiding at the 1pm...
Weekend Memo for November 14, 2025
Sat, 15 Nov 2025
Dear Brethren, Please pardon the delay in this weekend's memo. Congratulations to our newest brother knights! Nine men were recently inducted into the Knights of Columbus - Fr. Bob Binta Council #12246 including our very own...
Weekend Memo for November 7, 2025
Fri, 07 Nov 2025
Dear Brethren, We are very grateful to Chris Brunelle who anchored a concert on Thursday the 6th of November to mark the 40th anniversary of our Parish St Benedict and Corpus Christi our sister parish. The event was awesome...
Weekend Memo for Oct 31, 2025
Fri, 31 Oct 2025
Dear Brethren, Please join us on Saturday, November 1st at 10am to celebrate a mass to mark the Solemnity of All Saints at St Benedict. The solemnity ends at 4pm on Saturday and so those who attend this mass are not exempted...
Weekend Memo for Oct 24, 2025
Fri, 24 Oct 2025
Dear Brethren, Finally we have a date for the arrival of Fr Emmanuel. I shall be at the Phoenix Sky Harbor international airport at 2:35pm on Wednesday 29th October to receive him. He has an appointment scheduled to meet with...
Weekend Memo for Oct 17, 2025
Fri, 17 Oct 2025
Beloved Brethren, We are happy to inform you that Fr Emmanuel Ogla got his passport back in Nigeria today and was able to scan and send his data page and his visa page to the chancery of the Diocese of Phoenix. We believe that...
Weekend Memo for Oct 10, 2025
Fri, 10 Oct 2025
Dear Brethren, I am happy to inform you that Fr. Emmanuel Peregrine Ogla, VC, has been granted a Visa that will allow him to enter the US and serve as Parochial Vicar in our parish. We are very grateful to God for answering our...
Weekend Memo for Oct 3, 2025
Fri, 03 Oct 2025
Beloved brethren, I want to thank all those who took out time to come and adore the Lord Jesus Christ at the Eucharistic adoration today. More thanks to those who came back for the Vespers and Benediction which began at 5:45 pm...
Weekend Memo for Sept 26, 2025
Fri, 26 Sep 2025
Beloved in Christ, We are thrilled to inform you that after a very rigorous process and aided by God's Grace, we have hired Keith Call to be our new Parish Manager at St. Benedict Catholic Church and St. John Bosco Catholic...
Weekend Memo for Sept 19, 2025
Fri, 19 Sep 2025
Dear Brethren, After asking that we all consider participating in the life and mission of the Church by volunteering in one or more ministries of our choice on the weekend of September 6 and 7, I was pleased to see that some of...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 12 Sep 2025
Dear Brethren, I am grateful for a wonderful and successful annual retreat organized for all the Via Christi priests at the Redemptorist Retreat Center in Tucson. It was wonderful seeing and praying with my Via Christi brothers...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Hello St Benedict! “A new commandment I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” (John 13:34). Words are grossly inadequate to express how incredibly excited I am to be back home...
Farewell From Fr. James
Fri, 29 Aug 2025
Farewell Message from Fr. James Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, First and foremost, let me begin by thanking God who in His divine wisdom led me to serve this beautiful community of St. Benedict Parish and St. John...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 22 Aug 2025
Emergency Appeal From Bishop Dolan In response to the ongoing war in the Middle East, especially the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, our Bishop, John Dolan, is calling on all Catholics in the Diocese of Phoenix to come...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 15 Aug 2025
Resignation of our Parish Manager It is with sadness that I share the news of the resignation of our Parish Manager, Agustin Vizcarra, effective August 22nd. Agustin has made this decision for personal reasons and to spend more...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 08 Aug 2025
Welcome to Sister Novie, O.P Join me in welcoming Sister Novie Omictin, O.P. to our St. Benedict and St. John Bosco community. Sister Novie will arrive at our parish this Sunday and will be serving as the Coordinator of...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 01 Aug 2025
Welcome to the 2025-2026 Academic Year With great joy, I welcome everyone in our St. John Bosco school community back from the summer break as we begin the 2025-2026 academic year. I look forward to seeing the excitement...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 11 Jul 2025
Happy Feast Day of St. Benedict! As we celebrate the feast of our patron, St. Benedict today, July 11th, we are reminded of his enduring legacy in the life of the Church and in the shaping of Western civilization. Known as the...