Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, The Gospel message for this Fifteenth Sunday offers us Jesus’ teaching on the reception of the word of God, through a beautiful parable on mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven, which contains the image of the sower, the seed, and the various types of soil or ground in which the…

Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp,  This weekend marks the last weekend that Fathers Luis, Nicolaus, and Sister Jessica are with us: They have been with us and we love them. We love their pastoral approach and zeal, their homilies, their smiles, and distinct laughter, and most of all their friendship with us in Christ. The…

Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, Happy Pentecost! May the Holy Spirit fill your heart with love. According to scriptures, the celebration of Pentecost or the coming of the Holy Spirit occurs ten days after the Ascension of the Lord Jesus. This Solemnity of Pentecost marks the birth of the Church, in which the first group…

Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, This weekend, we are celebrating the Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus. Originally, this Solemnity falls on a Thursday of the Sixth Sunday of Easter, which is forty days after the celebration of Easter. However, due to work, most dioceses in the U.S have transferred this Solemnity to Sunday, so…