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To better help ministries in choosing the best room for their needs, we have incorporated a new section on the website to show the rooms offered in the Conesa Center. When filling out an Event Registration form, there you will see a link on the side that says "Room Layouts", this is where you will click to find all the rooms offered in the Conesa Center as well as a short description of each.

I bet that if you surveyed a segment of the population on what their wants and needs are in this life, many would say cell phones, computers, or other portable electronic devices. In fact, just take a phone from a teenager and see their reaction. Others would say they want a successful career with financial stability.

This week we launched our new online mass intention request system.

In Sunday’s Gospel reading from John, chapter 6, we find Jesus with His disciples being followed by thousands of people who are looking for healing and hope. Jesus asks Phillip how they were going to feed the multitudes, fully knowing that Phillip would not have the answer. But Andrew and others found a boy who gave what he had to the disciples.

When you and I go through stressful situations at home or work, we probably want to take time alone to decompress. Some people like to go for a walk or work out at those times. If you’re a parent, especially with little ones, that “alone” time is valuable because it’s extremely rare. The kids demand your attention. They need to be fed, do their homework, and get ready for bed. Then, when you finally have a few free moments, you’re too tired to enjoy them.

When we go on a trip, maybe a vacation to the mountains or beach, we pack our bags and bring the appropriate clothes for the destination. When I was a child and we’d travel from New York to Florida to spend time with my grandparents, mom would often prepare snacks, sandwiches or a meal to eat on the road.

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Have you ever been a situation where you haven’t seen an old friend or coworker, maybe for many years, and then when you reunite, you think, “boy, he or she has changed!” The same can be said for a young adult returning from college, or someone returning after a long deployment in the military. When you first saw them, you may have judged first by appearance, then by what they said in sharing what’s been going on in their life since your last encounter. At times it can be disturbing to you. After all, that’s not how you remembered them.