St. Peter Claver Catholic Church

Registration for the 2023-2024 Youth Ministry Season will open on June 12th. Soon, you will be able to download a Registration Form on our Parish Website, ask the Faith Formation Office to email you a Registration Form, or come to the Office to register.  Please note that the Faith Formation Staff is currently working in the Youth Ministry Office located in the Youth Center, while repairs are being completed in the Faith Formation Office.

Congratulations to our NEWLY CONFIRMED!

MASS AND RECONCILIATION 

This week we celebrate the great mystery of our faith, the Holy Trinity. For many believers as well as non-believers, this is a perplexing mystery because logically it doesn’t make sense how 3 persons can be 1 God without losing any part of itself. Yet that’s the great gift of the Trinity, it is a relationship within itself and with us. I use the word gift purposefully because our Trinitarian God, through his self-revelation, has shown us how to be fully human in relationship with God and others. In our attempt to understand the Trinity, the church has formulated two phrases that help to express this mystery. Immanent and Salvific Trinity. Immanent Trinity has to do with how God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) relate to each other. Salvific Trinity has to do with how God relates to us and our salvation. The gift found within the Trinity is this, God has shared with us how to approach all manner of relationship. We can see how this perfect union of God (immanent) relates to each other. Think of how Jesus prays in the Gospels (“the Father and I are one”, “I do the will of the one who sent me”) and how he promised to send the Spirit to us at Pentecost. The gift of the Trinity, and our understanding of this relationship, is further developed in the way God relates to us and our salvation (salvific). Throughout salvation history (Old and New Testaments) God has interacted with us and ultimately sent His Son to suffer, die and rise (Paschal Mystery) for our salvation. Even though there are many more questions contained with this Trinitarian mystery, the one aspect we are certain of is that God is relational. We can find evidence of this relationship within the Scriptures. During this week I encourage you to ponder this mystery of the Trinity and how the relationship that is the Trinity can help form your own healthy relationship not only with God but with others as well.

- If your children will be cooling off at local pools or the beach this summer, it is time to review some basic water safety rules. Make sure your children have been taught the basics of swimming and water survival skills and review those skills before you send them off. When you go to pools or the beach, consider appointing a rotating water watcher — an adult in charge of watching the water to make sure all the children are safe at all times. For more tips, visit https://www.safekids.org/tip/swimming-safety-tips.