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Weekend Memo
Fri, 19 Apr 2024
Welcome to the 2024 Annual Parish Gala I am so excited to inform you that all is now set for our Second Annual Parish Gala with registration beginning at 5:30pm at the Marriott Hotel in Chandler tomorrow. I invite you and your...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 12 Apr 2024
First Holy Communion and Confirmation Congratulations to the 72 children and teens from our St. Benedict and St. John Bosco community who will be receiving the sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Eucharist at 10am...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 05 Apr 2024
New Assignments With mixed emotion I would like to inform you that Fr. Manasseh is being transferred from St. Benedict to serve at Saint Steven’s Catholic Church in Sun Lakes, effective July 1st, 2024. We will miss him...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 29 Mar 2024
Holy Triduum Welcome to the second day of the Triduum: Good Friday. I invite you and your loved ones to join us for the Passion of the Lord Service at 7:00pm this evening. Good Friday is the only day in the Church's calendar when...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 22 Mar 2024
Welcome to the Holy Week Welcome to the Holy Week, which begins this weekend with the celebration of Palm Sunday and ends with the Easter Vigil on Saturday, March 30th. Holy Week is the peak of the Churches’ Liturgical...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Thank You to the Porters of Saint Joseph I thank those who signed up to join the Porters of St. Joseph Ministry last weekend. We currently have over 23 sign ups and hope to have more join the ministry soon. My special thanks to...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 08 Mar 2024
Porters of Saint Joseph I am glad to inform you that we are beginning a new ministry here in our parish community: The Porters of Saint Joseph. As you may know, there have been over 300 recorded vandalization and attacks on...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 01 Mar 2024
Joint Staff Retreat St. John Bosco staff and faculty and our parish staff had their joint Lenten retreat today. The retreat was directed by our own Sister Delia here on our St. John Bosco campus. It was a very beautiful and...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 23 Feb 2024
Parish Lenten Retreat Mark your calendar for our Parish Lenten Retreat coming up on Saturday, March 16, from 9am to 4pm. The retreat will be directed by Fr. Clement Attah, VC. Fr. Clement belongs to the Via Christi Society, the...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 16 Feb 2024
Charity and Development Appeal (CDA) Update This week’s report from the Diocesan Charity and Development Appeal (CDA) shows that 104 families from our parish community have participated in the CDA with a total pledge of...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 09 Feb 2024
Lenten Season Welcome to the Season of Lent starting Wednesday of next week, February 14, which is Ash Wednesday. The Season of Lent offers us an opportunity to review our spiritual life and plan to grow our faith and work...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 02 Feb 2024
Unveiling the Statue of St. John Bosco We unveiled the statue of St. John Bosco located on the northern side of our new Church this morning. It was a beautiful and memorable ceremony witnessed by the entire St. John Bosco School...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 26 Jan 2024
Thank You I would like to express my profound gratitude to all our parishioners and community for the very successful dedication of our Church. I thank the members of the Building Committee, especially Frank for stepping up to...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 19 Jan 2024
Grand Opening of our Church All roads lead to St. Benedict parish tomorrow as we dedicate our beautiful new, permanent worship space. I am so glad to inform you that we received a special temporary permission (not Certificate of...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 12 Jan 2024
Counting Down to the Church Dedication It is hard to believe that we have now come to the last week of preparations for the dedication of our Church. I am excited and can’t wait to see all of us walking through the entrance of...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 05 Jan 2024
Congratulations to Karen Mains I am glad to inform you that I have appointed Karen Mains as the new President of the Finance Council. Karen will bring to her new role many years of experience in financial and organizational...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 29 Dec 2023
Happy New Year I wish you and your loved ones a Blessed New Year 2024. We thank God for His blessings and protection through the year 2023 and for blessing us with the opportunity to come to the threshold of the New Year. We...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 22 Dec 2023
Merry Christmas I wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and God’s blessings. I invite everyone to come and join us for our Christmas Mass celebration this weekend. The Mass schedules this weekend are quite complicated...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 15 Dec 2023
Thank You to Debbie Smith On behalf of our parish community, I would like to express my appreciation to the outgoing President of our Parish Finance Council, Debbie Smith, for her excellent leadership through the past years...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 08 Dec 2023
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe This weekend and next week are full of so many exciting celebrations in our community. On Tuesday, December 12, we will celebrate a bilingual Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 7pm in St...