St Columba Church Hopewell Junction NY

09/06/2026

St Columba will host a special Mass of Remembrance at noon on Friday to remember the 25th anniversary of 9-11. All are welcome.

09/06/2026

"A Minute with
Fr. Michael"

09/05/2026

God, who called the virgin Saint Teresa to respond to the love of your Son thirsting on the Cross with outstanding charity to the poor, grant us, we beseech you, by her intercession, to minister to Christ in our suffering brothers and sisters.
Who lives and reigns with you, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.
Amen.

09/05/2026

Archbishop Ronald Hicks will celebrate a Memorial Mass for the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

The Mass is invitation only, but it will be livestreamed.

Learn more about the Mass and how to livestream it:
https://thegoodnewsroom.org/archbishop-ronald-hicks-to-celebrate-memorial-mass-to-mark-9-11-anniversary/

Photo: OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz

Archdiocese of New York

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

Good Morning
St. Columba family!
Enjoy this beautiful day
⚘️🌼🙏

09/05/2026

Sunday, September 6, 2026 | Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time | Matthew 18:15–20
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches us how to correct a brother or sister. What is so rich here is the pursuit of the issue with a deep care for the person in question and also for the entire family of the Church (since love is our constant call). And then the wonderful conclusion: “If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.”

This sounds, at first, like a total rejection, but then we recall how Jesus treated the Gentiles and tax collectors—eating with them, pursuing them, drawing them into his circle. There might be a moment of rejection and expulsion in the process of fraternal correction, but it is only provisional and only for the sake of eventual reconciliation.

St. Augustine, who was never afraid to speak the hard truth when necessary, followed the recommendations of Matthew 18 very concretely. Over the table in his episcopal residence where he dined with the priests of his diocese hung a sign that read: “If you speak ill of your brother here, you are not welcome at this table.”

Bishop Robert Barron