This year 115 families have pledged $34,938 (128% of our goal), with $23,338.00 received as of April 29th. We exceeded our goal! Thank you!

The parish will receive an additional $2000.00 rebate if the Archdiocese receives the goal amount by June 30, 2022.  The parish is  $3,994 away.  Please consider honoring your pledge commitment early.

There are many events at Saint Valentine's.  Please use our online calendar to keep track of the latest events and updates.  Thank you.

Saint Valentine parishioners Willie and Corrie volunteered at the National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, during the weekend of the Second Sunday of Easter. Willie and Corrie helped people attend mass and participate in a novena to the Divine Mercy.

The Second Sunday of Easter is known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org/

“I do not want to punish aching mankind,” Jesus once told St. Faustina, “but I desire to heal it, pressing it to my merciful heart.” He instructed St. Faustina to have an image of him painted and disseminated along with the words, “Jesus, I trust in you,” to help the faithful come to accept God’s mercy. The rays coming from Christ’s heart in the image, she said, symbolize the blood and water that poured out from Jesus’ pierced side to cleanse and heal us.

She was a Third Order Dominican.  She established a monastery for women in 1377 outside of Siena. She is credited with composing over 400 letters, her Dialogue, which is her definitive work, and her prayers.

St. Catherine would later be declared a Doctor of the Church based on her holiness and writings.

She is was declared co-patron of Italy along with Saint Francis of Assisi.  Her other patronages include people ridiculed for their faith, sexual temptation, and nurses. She has has patronages for protection against fire, illness and miscarriages.

Read more about Saint Catherine of Siena at  https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-catherine-of-siena 

John 1:43-51 - The calling of Philip and Nathanael
The next day he decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”  Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Reflection - How quickly do we follow Jesus?  How often do we tell others to "Come and See" him?

Saint James the Younger - Feast Day May 3

Saint James the Younger, son of Alphaeus, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. 

Mark 3:16-19
[Jesus appointed the twelve:] Simon, whom he named Peter; James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Read more about Saint  James the Younger at www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/james-the-lesser-622 

Throwback Photos - The parish will be 125 years old in 2024.  We will be collecting history and photos from over the years.  Please share if you have something you would like shared with the parish.  Please send the image with a description to email webservant@stvalentinechurch.com.  If you don't have a way to scan a photo, please email us, and we can schedule a time for us to digitally record it for you.  Thanks.

The Roman Catholic Community of Saint Valentine is called to be a visible sign of God's presence in the world.  Through celebration of the sacraments, especially through reconciliation and the Eucharist, we are sent out to proclaim and witness to the Gospel by our lives.

We are therefore dedicated to serving others within our church, local communities and throughout the world.  By loving God, neighbor and self we deepen our response to the Lord and to announce the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ