St. Cletus Catholic Church

06/03/2026

On Thursday, we’ll have a holy hour to begin our novena to the Sacred Heart to prepare for the Consecration to the Sacred Heart on June 14. The Holy Hour will be on June 4 at 6 PM. Everything you need to know for the novena and consecration, including a letter from Archbishop Checchio, is at the link below. We have most of it in Spanish and Vietnamese, as well.

https://www.stcletuschurch.com/consecration-to-the-sacred-heart

05/30/2026

St. Cletus Summer Book Club!

Join us to read and discuss Cardinal Ratzinger’s (the future Pope Benedict XVI) book, “The Spirit of the Liturgy.” We’ll meet on Tuesdays at 6 PM starting on June 16. See the flyer below for all the details.

05/26/2026

At Pentecost we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples and pray for a new Pentecost in the Church and for every Christian. Here’s my homily from this past weekend.

JMJ Fr. Bryan Howard Solemnity of Pentecost – 24 May 2026 There’s a difference between the intellectual knowledge that God is real and having an encounter with God. You...

05/23/2026

Continuing on the theme of Redemptive Suffering, the Ascension of the Lord lets us reflect on the Lord ascending to heaven with the wounds of the Crucifixion to present them to God the Father as an example for us to bring our sufferings and crosses to the Lord so that they may be redeemed by the Lord.

JMJ Fr. Bryan Howard The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – Year A – 17 May 2026 We know that at least two people have already entered heaven body and soul, the...

05/21/2026

Archbishop Checchio's first Mass at St. Cletus. If you have more pictures of this send them to me at [email protected].

05/15/2026

Mark your calendars to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America at St. Cletus Catholic Church on Flag Day, Sunday, June 14. We’ll have Mass at 11:00 AM followed by a Flag Retirement Ceremony and a reception with food and drinks.

05/14/2026

We celebrated First Communion on Saturday, May 2, for 35 boys and girls. This is my homily from that Mass.

JMJ ​Fr. Bryan Howard First Communion – 2 May 2026 During the last few months you’ve been learning about the Most Holy Eucharist and the Mass. You’ve made your First...

05/08/2026

I often recommend books, movies, or websites that I find helpful. This week, I recommend the website NewAdvent.org.

https://breadofredemption.weebly.com/blog/fr-bryan-recommends-newadventorg

This weekend at Mass I briefly mentioned our responsibility to educate ourselves in the faith with prudent discernment, so we can distinguish the shepherds after the Lord’s heart...

05/06/2026

My homily this past weekend was on three causes of division in the world, family, and Church, pride, jealousy, and discrimination, and how to combat them with humility, charity, and Christian friendship so that we can build up the bonds of unity in Christ.

JMJ Fr. Bryan Howard 5 th Sunday of Easter – Year A – 3 April 2026 Throughout Easter we’ve been talking about the sacraments, through which we receive the gift of New...

05/02/2026

A bit about the history and structure of the Mass.

The foundations of the Mass go back to the Scriptures, and we can see it in the account of the Last Supper and in the Acts of the Apostles. However, we have a more detailed...