St. Cletus Catholic Church

06/17/2026

Here’s my homily for the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus this past weekend.

JMJ Fr. Bryan Howard Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Year A – 14 June 2026 From the first reading, “You are a people sacred to the Lord, your God; he has...

06/14/2026

Scouting America Troop 796 and Knights of Columbus 8615 held a flag retirement ceremony today after the 11:00 AM Mass in honor of Flag Day.

06/12/2026

Why should we be consecrated? For my answer, see my bulletin article for this week. It also has links to the Home Enthronement Ritual for this weekends Consecration to the Sacred Heart and a prayer I used to consecrated my priesthood to the Lord through the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Priests, at my first Mass.

The first time I did a consecration was at my first Mass as a priest, on Sunday, June 4, 2011, on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. I consecrated my priesthood to Jesus Christ...

06/05/2026

Tips for attending Mass Prayerfully, along with prayers for before and after Mass by St. Thomas Aquinas:

Before Mass: kneel in silence and recollect yourself by getting rid of distracting thoughts and focusing on what you’re about to do, say a prayer of preparation for Mass, such as...

06/04/2026

Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity:

https://breadofredemption.weebly.com/blog/homily-for-the-solemnity-of-the-most-holy-trinity-31-may-2026

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].