This week we celebrate the Solemnity of the
Assumption of Mary. Three years ago, when I went on a pilgrimage to Italy with a group from this parish, I saw in Rome a painting of the Assumption by the Italian artist, Annibale Carracci. I include a section of that painting. 

Carracci paints the most amusing putti! Putti are the chubby little babies with wings that Italian painters used to portray cherubim and angels. You get the sense that the putti in this painting were supposed to carry Mary up to heaven, but instead Mary is the one sweeping them up – as her little darlings squeal with delight (check out the ones peeking out from the bottom of Mary’s garment). 

Italian painters used putti to portray the essence love and purity. This painting presents Mary moving, not only up to heaven, but also forward toward us. Mary draws close to scoop us up too – and all her little babies. Mary, assumed to heaven, pray that we can know the glory of pure love in our lives and culture.

(N.B. – We will celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary here at St. Vincent’s with a Mass on Monday, August 15, at 8:00 a.m. Because it falls on a Monday this year, it is not a day of obligation). 

Fr. Dennis Zehren
Pastor

Registration for 2022-2023 Faith Formation will open Monday, August 15 at 8 AM and will close Monday, August 29 at noon. Click here to sign-up your Grade 1-10 child(ren).

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The roofing project on our facilities continues, pending weather. During this coming week, there may be some disruption in facility usage so we recommend you call the Parish Office before stopping in to make sure we are open and that the office is accessible. We appreciate your patience during this process. 

We have offered Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University 9-week course and found that participants have had great success in securing financial peace! Knowing that many of us have lives that make it difficult to attend in-house classes led to the desire to offer at no cost to Parish members the same tools through Ramsey+ for the rest of this year. So what exactly is Ramsey+? It is an all-access membership to give you the best money content and tools so you can win with money—for good! Click on the image below to activate your free membership.

Many of the faithful would like to contribute to help our sisters and brothers in Ukraine. Because the situation is so fluid and to maximize the efficiency of the gift, the Archdiocese recommends that the faithful contribute through Catholic Relief Services. To hear more about the relief efforts underway, read the CRS Emergency Factsheet.