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Weekend Memo
Fri, 12 Jul 2024
Thank You Thank you to those who braved the heat to come celebrate the Feast of our Patron Saint, Benedict and the reception for our new priest, Fr. Augustine yesterday. Special thanks to Lani, the Event Ministry Team, and staff...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 05 Jul 2024
Happy Feast Day! I wish you all a happy Feast Day as we celebrate the feast of our patron saint, Benedict, on Thursday, July 11th. We are blessed to have our parish named after St. Benedict, one of the greatest saints in the...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
Farewell to Fr. Manasseh It’s hard to say farewell to Fr. Manasseh as he moves to his new assignment at St. Stevens in Sun Lakes on July 1st. It has been a joy for me to serve with him for the past three years here at St...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 21 Jun 2024
New Grand Knight! Congratulations to John Garrity on being elected as the new Grand Knight for the Fr. Bob Binta Knights of Columbus Council. John has been a long time committed member of our St. Benedict parish and Knights of...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 14 Jun 2024
Staffing Changes in our Faith Formation Program I would like to inform you of staffing adjustments in our Faith Formation Program. Beginning on July 1st, 2024, Sr. Liza will be our Director of Faith Formation and...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 07 Jun 2024
Thank You to David Portillo My very big thank you to David Portillo for his commitment and dedicative services to our parish community, especially through his membership on the Parish Pastoral Council. David informed me this week...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 31 May 2024
Thank You to the Strategic Planning Committee I thank the members of the parish Strategic Planning Committee for their commitment and dedication to the planning, drafting, and reviewing of the parish strategic plan and roadmap...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 24 May 2024
Congratulations to Connor Companik Congratulations to our very own seminarian, Connor Companik, who will be ordained to the Transitional Diaconate this Sunday, May 26, 2024, by Bishop John Dolan. Connor will be our first St...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 17 May 2024
New Officials of Legion of Mary Congratulations to the following members of our St. Benedict parish Legion of Mary who were voted as first officials of group last week: Heidi Hill, President; Karla Warmus, Vice President; Heidi...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 10 May 2024
Farewell to our St. John Bosco Class of 2024 I congratulate the Class of 2024 as they graduate from our St. John Bosco Catholic School next week. I thank the students for their commitment and dedication to upholding the...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 03 May 2024
Thank you I thank everyone who signed up and those who participated in the Christ in Our Neighborhood workshop on Thursday this week. As we announced last weekend, Christ in Our Neighborhood is an initiative of our Bishop Dolan...
Weekend Memo
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Thank You For a Successful Parish Gala I would like to thank everyone for a very successful parish Gala night last weekend. My special thanks to the Gala Committee for their incredible teamwork, commitment, and the many hours...
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...