Welcome and Congratulations!

We welcome our newly Baptized who were fully initiated into the Catholic Church on Easter Vigil on 4 April 2026. O.M.P.H welcomes you. Congratulations. 

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Easter Message from Parish Priest:

In a world often marked by uncertainty, suffering, and fear, the Resurrection of Christ brings us a message that is both simple and powerful: peace and hope are alive. The empty tomb is not just an event of the past—it is a living promise that light overcomes darkness, love conquers sin, and life triumphs over death. The Risen Lord greets His disciples with the words, “Peace be with you.” This is the same peace He offers us today—not the absence of troubles, but the assurance that He is with us in all things. Because He has Risen, our hope is never in vain. Let us then be people of the Resurrection—carrying peace into our families, hope into our communities, and joy into a world that longs for meaning. May our lives become a witness that Christ is truly alive. Thank you for your support and prayers. Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and joyful Easter. Alleluia!

Easter Season: The fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast day, or better as one “great Sunday”. These above all others are the days for the singing of the Alleluia. (1)

This extended season gives us time to rejoice and experience what it means when we say Christ is risen. It’s the season when we remember our baptisms and how through this sacrament we are, according to the liturgy, “incorporated into Christ’s mighty acts of salvation.” As “Easter people,” we also celebrate and ponder the birth of the Church and gifts of the Spirit (Pentecost), and how we are to live as faithful disciples of Christ. (2)

​The Easter candle, lighted for the first time from the new fire of the Easter Vigil, is placed in a prominent place in the sanctuary between Easter and Pentecost and should be lighted for all liturgical services in this season and should be incensed whenever incense is used in the fifty days.

The color of the vesture for the season is white, and the cloth or frontal for the altar should be white as well. Liturgical hangings or banners should be made of white and contrasting colors and should reflect the season of new life, fulfillment, rejoicing and joy at the season.(3)

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​Ref. (1) General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, #22 (from "Liturgy Office, England & Wales); (2) From "The People of the United Methodist Church"; (3) From "Catholic Culture.org",