Dear Parishioners & Friends,

Now that spring has given way to summer, many of us think of time away, a slower pace, and the much-needed opportunity to relax. Jesus, being as thoroughly human as we are, had need of the same. St. John’s Gospel suggests that a place of particular refuge for Jesus was the home of his friends Mary, Martha and Lazarus in the village of Bethany.  The painting above is a beautiful original piece by Mr. Joseph Alli, which hangs in the vestibule of our Bethany Center. May these summer months be for you and those you love a kind of “Bethany time”—an opportunity to be refreshed and renewed in the company of those you love.

Fr. Brian & the Parish Staff