Looking Back: 2025
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Candlemas
February 2, 2025 ".. a light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel." (Luke 2: 32)
The Christmas season closed to a full house! Pews overflowed at this candle-laden liturgy, which commemorated both the presentation of Jesus and His Mother's purification in accordance with Mosaic Law. Before Mass, a Marian procession recalled Mary's re-admittance to the Temple, while a candle blessing and procession invoked Christ as "a light to the revelation of the Gentiles." After Mass, Fr. Alloy also blessed images of the Christ Child.
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2025 CandlemasCapital Campaign Kickoff
January 18, 2025
It was fitting that Regina Caeli launched its
" Building a Sacred Home" campaign outdoors, amid "The Land" loved and gifted by Betty Lee White (1939-2023)! After a lunch of spaghetti and salad, families listened as Fr. Van Vliet and Campaign Committee members explained the urgent need for a larger, permanent church building; and also laid out some preliminary details of the building project itself. To help parishioners further visualize the project, Father then led families on a tour of the church's proposed footprint, correlating existing features with the early drawings and floor plans. Questions and responses flowed. There was an energy in the air-- a happy gratitude for how far this community has come, and a firm faith in God's Will for the future. 
2025 Capital Campaign Kickoff
2025 Epiphany
January 5-6, 2025
"The voice of the Lord is over the waters..." ~Psalm 28
A cold wind blew through the outdoor pavilion on the night of January 5. The faithful wrapped scarves, turned up hoods, buttoned sweaters and jackets-- yet they stood fast throughout the ceremony of blessing water, blessing salt, then intermingling the two. Meanwhile, the voices of schola and choir lent an inward warmth to the winter night. 
On the following day, the Feast of the Epiphany was celebrated with two Low Masses and one High, after which gold, frankincense, and myrrh were blessed in commemoration of the gifts of the Magi. Throughout the succeeding Octave of the Epiphany our priests visited and blessed as many homes as they could reach within that limited period. Families also had the option of performing their own ceremonies using blessed chalk, provided by the parish.
For more information about the Epiphany and its traditions, please see our webpage Feast of Epiphany & Epiphany Water.
Photo albums:
2025 Epiphany Water Blessing
2025 Epiphany High Mass