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Support the Oblate Sisters
To boost our fundraiser to purchase a home for the Sisters, they made this short video. You can watch the video also on my Odysee...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Oct 10, 2024


The Retreats
Dear friends of the Oblate Sisters, On the second week of June, I attended the annual priests’ retreat, which Bishop McGuire led at Saint...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Jun 27, 2024


Holy Face Parish in Maryland
Dear friends of the Oblate Sisters, On Easter week I had to make a trip to Washington D.C. to the Finnish Embassy to renew my passport....

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Apr 11, 2024


Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
I published this short defense of the Holy Face devotion on the Sodality of Charity website three years ago. Tuesday, February 13, is the...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Feb 10, 2024


Good Time in a Catholic School
Dear friends of the Oblate Sisters, After the feast of Epiphany, January 6, the Sisters and I commenced the daily routine in St. Gertrude...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Jan 30, 2024


Gratitude to Clergy
Dear friends of the Oblate Sisters, I wish you a blessed season of Christmas. The four Sundays of Advent refer to the four thousand...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Dec 29, 2023


The Month of Anniversaries
Dear friends of the Oblate Sisters, I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving. We had a pleasant and peaceful one here at St. Gertrude’s,...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Nov 29, 2023


Charity for the Dead
Dear faithful, Thank you to all of you who answered the fundraiser call for the Sisters. I said Mass in thanksgiving to all our...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Oct 28, 2023


Final Oblation Photos
Dear faithful, On the feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, September 12, 2023, our two Oblate Novices made their final Oblation and...

Fr. Vili Lehtoranta
Sep 23, 2023
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