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From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - November 2025 Newsletter
A financial update from Our Fundraising Chair Dear benefactors, We’ve come a long way since this time in 2024 when we sat at $925,000. After last year’s Advent fundraising campaign, we met our goal of $2.75M by the grace of God and your generosity. To date, we have raised a total of $4,022,122. Thank you! Construction is well underway, and we want to carry this momentum forward. -Alex Allaire Dear Faithful, These numbers are astounding! I am now officially kicking off our Jub
Dec 24 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - October 2025 Newsletter
It is a fitting and opportune time for Us to induce all Our children, exhorting them to plan on celebrating the month of October consecrated to Our Lady as the august Queen of the Rosary, with the fervent and wholehearted devotion which the necessities weighing upon Us demand. -Pope Leo XIII, from the encyclical Magnae Dei Matris , 1892 "The Rosary Pope" wrote 88 encyclicals in total, 12 being dedicated to the Rosary. One out of Seven! Dear Friends of Pompeii, In his 25 yea
Oct 315 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - September 2025 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, September has been a time for both reflection and progress. This month, Florida hosted our Superior General, Don Davide Pagliarani . In my meeting, we discussed the history of the St. Michael the Archangel, Old Holy Rosary, and what will happen over the next year before completion. Fr. Pagliarani seemed surprised in my confidence that the First Mass would take place in the new church within 365 days. The confidence comes from all of the ha
Oct 133 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - August 2025 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, August is the calm before the storm. As the first Monday in September is Labor Day, the...
Aug 313 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - July 2025 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, July has been a wild ride. It comes with celebrations and challenges. But that's what we’re here for. In order to tell the tale, I need to explain what the term Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) means. A general contractor issues a GMP once all of the jobs included in their scope of work are sent out for bid to the market. This contractual obligation guarantees the contractor cannot exceed the price stated. Once the work permits are issued
Jul 273 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - June 2025 Newsletter
June - the Month of the Sacred Heart. St. Augustine confesses to the Lord God “Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless,...
Jul 176 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - May 2025 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, May has done it again! A year ago, Pompeii Rising Restoration Project received our anchor, the Image...
Jun 76 min read


The Blessed Mother of the Rosary
The following is a letter written from overseas of a sailor, Daryl Rhea, to his parish priests, who received Rhea into the Church before...
May 256 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - April 2025 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, Paschal greetings. What an honor to be chosen to serve as chaplain for a pilgrimage to Rome,...
May 45 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - March 2025 Newsletter
Ite ad Ioseph. The month of St. Joseph is of utmost importance to this project. Firstly, as the Patron of the Universal Church, all...
Apr 23 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - February 2025 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, Yesterday, our team submitted plans to the City of Jacksonville for permitting. This is the...
Feb 76 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - January 2025 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, We’re doing a little something different this month for the anniversary edition of our monthly...
Feb 77 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - December 2024 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Pompeii, One month ago, I asked you to prayerfully consider a contribution to the Pompeii Rising Restoration...
Dec 314 min read


100th Anniversary of the Death of Old Holy Rosary Architect James Walsh
On November 12, 1924, Architect James R. Walsh passed from this world into the next, but not before leaving his mark on Catholicism in...
Nov 12, 20241 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - November 2024 Newsletter
Dear Faithful! November brings great tidings for which we have much to be thankful. Last month, we met with our City Councilman, the...
Oct 27, 20243 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - October 2024 Newsletter
Dear Faithful, October is the Month of the Holy Rosary. We are saddened by the death of Bp. Tissier de Mallerais, but we have an...
Oct 27, 20241 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - September 2024 Newsletter
The month of patrons, dear Faithful, September began with the feast of the mighty patron of the entire Priestly Society, Pope St. Pius X....
Sep 30, 20243 min read


Keeping Up With the Joneses
This month's subscriber's submission deserves its own blog. The following story is written by Teresa Jones and Cecilia Bryan. As nothing...
Sep 24, 20242 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - August 2024 Newsletter
Dear Faithful, August has always held a soft spot in my heart. St. Dominic, whose feast we celebrate on August 4, received the Holy...
Aug 31, 20243 min read


From the Desk of Fr. Thomas - July 2024 Newsletter
Dear Faithful, “Grant we may venerate the Price of our redemption.” These words are taken from the Collect of the Feast of the Most...
Jul 31, 20244 min read
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