Hello, friends:

On Wednesday, April 27, our students from NMSU had their midweek mass and dinner. This time it was a bit different since dinner was hosted by the “padres” as they call us. We had the honor of serving them by making home-made pizza. It was an effort of several people: Fr. Ray, seminarian Franky, some students, and myself. It was such a beautiful experience being surrounded by more than forty students, all sharing one meal and enjoying the company of each other. Personally, I was able to hear some of their stories while I was making the pizza. Most of them sounded excited and ready to finish another school year. So this opportunity to get together before everybody goes back to their home was great. The following day, we had another opportunity to get together at a softball game. I even had the opportunity to “prove” my batting skills after the game. Over all, it’s been a good year for all of us. Now as we come to the conclusion of another school year, students begin preparing for their final examinations, projects, and presentations. Additional to the ministry events, we have First Communion and Confirmation for the RE students. This weekend and the next is so special for them and for all of us as we celebrate with them the Ascension of the Lord and Pentecost next weekend. Congratulations to all of them.

​Fr. Alex

Hello, friends:

A huge thanks to all of you who responded to our parish ministry fair last weekend. I have great news to share; there were over 200 of you who signed up, who are interested in making our parish community even better. You should be expecting a follow up phone message very soon; hopefully this will be a great opportunity for our family to further our mission to share the Good News of Jesus’ love. I’m very grateful to the members of the parish pastoral council as well as to the heads of ministry, who help animate and give life to the various parish activities.

This weekend I’m visiting Holy Trinity seminary, in Dallas, along with seminarian Frankie and several other young men, who are interested in looking into seminary life. Please pray for our diocesan seminarians as well as those who are discerning a possible vocation of service to our church. Thanks, again, to the parish council for their efforts in reaching out to our seminarians. You’ll notice that we all have an opportunity to pray for each one of them. At the back of the hall you’ll see an SOS (support our seminarians) sign with information on how you can pray for and support all of our seminarians.

​Please pray for our business manager, Isabel Gallegos, who is out of the office, recovering from a medical procedure. Hopefully she won’t be out too long; but please keep her in prayer, for a speedy recovery!

Fr. Ray