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Annunciation Parish
Gardner, MA 01440
One Parish praising God in two Locations.
Holy Rosary Church at 135 Nichols St.
Holy Spirit Chapel at 50 Lovewell St.
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Fr. Steve's Homily 2-3-19 (Communicating the Truth in Peace and Love)
Fr. Steve's Homily 1-27-19 (Listening Anew To The Word Of God)
Fr. Steve's Homily 1-20-19 (Approaching Jesus in Need and Letting God Change Our Name)
Homily for Baptism of the Lord 2019 (The Power of the Servant)
Homily for Epiphany 2019 (Being Open to New Epiphanies)
Homily for Holy Family 2018 (The Holy Family and Our Extended Family)
Fr. Steve's Homily 12-23-18 (Were Not In as Much Control As We Think - But God Is)
Fr. Steve's Homily 12-16-18 (The Difference Between Joy and Happiness)
Fr. Steve's Homily 12-9-18 (Cleaning Out The Closet and Straightening The Road)
Fr. Steve's Homily 12-2-18 (Sometimes Waiting Makes Us Anxious)
Christ the King 2018 (I'd Rather Be Loved Than Feared)
Homily for Mss of Remembrance 2018 (God Has A Bigger Plan)
Fr. Steve's Homily 11-18-18 (Don't Be Too Quick To Think It's The End Of The World)
Fr. Steve's Homily 11-11-18 (God Gives Us More Than We REALLY Need)
Fr. Steve's Homily 10-28-18 (Seeing Is About More Than Eyeballs)
Fr. Steve's Homily 10-21-18 (The Way of Christian Leadership)
Fr. Steve's Homily 10-14-18 (Surrendering Various Wealths to Make Space For God)
Fr. Steve's Homily 9-30-18 (Let Go of Sin ... Grab The Gift)
Fr. Steve's Homily 9-23-18 (The World's Way vs. Jesus' Path of the Servant)
Fr. Steve's Homily 9-16-18 (We All Have Crosses to Carry)
Fr. Steve's Homily 9-9-18 (Jesus Touches and Opens)
Fr. Steve's Homily 8-26-18 (Be Subordinate to Each Other ... and Be Joined to Jesus)
Fr. Steve's Homily 8-19-18 (Jesus Was No "Crackpot" ... He Is Wisdom Itself)
Fr. Steve's Homily 8-12-18 (1 Year Reflection: Healing and Moving Forward)
Fr. Steve's Homily 7-29-18 (Two Types of Famine, Two Types of Food)
Fr. Steve's Homily 7-22-18 (God The Shepard Uses Humans To Help Shepherd)
Fr. Steve's Homily 7-15-18 (Called to Be More Than Social Workers)
Fr. Steve's Homily 7-1-18 (God Doesn't Do Bad Things, Just Have Faith)
Homily for The Nativity of John the Baptist 2018 (What's in a Name?)
Fr. Steve's Homily 6-17-18 (God's Invisible Power and Scattering Seeds for the Kingdom)
Fr. Steve's Homily 6-10-18 (Jesus Isn't The Crazy One)
Homily For Trinity Sunday 2018 (You Don't Have To Look In the Refrigerator to Find God)
Homily for Pentecost 2018 (The Spirit makes the grass ... and us ... grow)
Fr. Steve's Homily 5-13-18 (Jesus' Goal of Unity)
Fr. Steve's Homily 4-29-18 (Different Kinds of Branches)
Fr. Steve's Homily 4-15-18 (Listening to the Witnesses ... and Jesus)
Homily For Easter Sunday 2018 (Jesus Is Alive!)
Homily for the Easter Vigil 2018 (Jesus is More Than A Great Man)
Homily for Palm Sunday 2018 (People are Funny Sometimes)
Fr. Steve's Homily 3-18-18 (Alive in Body and Alive in Spirit)
Fr. Steve's Homily 3-11-18 (Faith and Our Need To Be Saved)
Fr. Steve's Homily 3-4-18 (What does it Mean to Thirst?)
Fr. Steve's Homily 2-25-18 (Love Involves a Cost ... and Sacrifice)
Fr. Steve's Homily 2-18-18 (God's Lifeboat)
Homily for Ash Wednesday 2018 (Now is an Exceptable Time)
Fr. Steve's Homily 2-11-18 (Healing and Reconciling "Lepers")
Fr. Steve's Homily 1-28-18 (Is There a Devil ... And What's He Up To?)
Fr. Steve's Homily 1-21-18 (Becoming Fishers of People)
Fr. Steve's Homily 1-14-17 (Speak Lord, Your Servant Is Listening )
Homily for Holy Family 2017 (God's Ideal for Family Life)
Fr. Steve's Christmas Homily 2017 (Tips to Accepting Jesus at Christmas)
Fr. Steve's Homily 12-17-17 (A "Held-Back" Kind of Joy)
Fr. Steve's Homily 12-10-17 (Let Jesus Be Born Again In You)
Christ the King 2017 (What Kind of King Is Jesus?)
Fr. Steve's Homily 11-19-17 (Reaping What You Sew)
Fr. Steve's Homily 11-5-17 (God Our Father, and Other "Fathers")
All Saints Day 2017 (Who are The Saints and Why Do We Include Them in Our Prayers)
Fr. Steve's Homily 10-29-17 (Living The Two Great Commandments)
Fr. Steve's Homily 10-22-17 (The Paycheck of Life)
Fr. Steve's Homily 10-15-17 (God Will Provide)
Fr. Steve's Homily 10-1-17 (Talk is Cheap)
Fr. Steve's Homily 9-24-17 (Seek The Lord While He Is Still Near)
Fr. Steve's Homily 9-17-17 (The Nature of Forgiveness)
Fr. Steve's Homily 9-10-17 (Correcting Other People)
Fr. Steve's Homily 8-27-17 (Building a Strong Church)
Fr. Steve's Homily 8-20-17 (What Does It Mean To Be Foreign?)
Fr. Steve's Homily 8-13-17 (Meeting God On The Mountain and in the Valley)
Fr. Steve's Homily 7-30-17 (God's Wisdom vs. Human Wisdom)