Every parish needs funds, and every parish already drinks coffee. After Mass, at the parish office, at the Knights' breakfast, at the youth group's early meeting: the coffee pot is always on. A coffee fundraiser turns something your community buys every week anyway into support for your parish.
Every October 7, the Church celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary. It is one of the few feasts on the calendar that honors a prayer, and the story of how it got there begins at sea.
Every September 23, the Church celebrates Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. Who he was, why the Church calls him a great saint, and three simple ways to keep his feast.
Day 1ย Holy Spirit! Lord of Light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure beaming radiance give! The Holy Spirit Only one thing is important -- eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is to be feared--sin! Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and indifference. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His sevenfold gifts He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with love of God. To ensure our salvation we ought to invoke the Divine Spirit daily, for 'The Spirit helpeth our infirmity. We know not what we...
What is the Guadalupe Gold Cup of Excellence? The Guadalupe Gold Cup of Excellence is our annual selection process dedicated to identifying and offering the finest coffees we produce each year. More than just a quality check, it is a disciplined pursuit of excellence, bringing together farmers, roasters, and trained tasters to refine each coffee to its highest potential. This process begins at origin, where our team works directly with farming families across different regions. These family farms are the foundation of our craft, and it is here that the journey of excellence begins. Through careful harvesting and processing, each...
It started with a dream, as all good things do, a noble desire to do something better, something holier in business.Guadalupe Roastery grew out of that dream.Through the years our family has experienced both the joys and fruits of this labor and also the crosses, the disappointments, and the struggles.Thus is the way of the Christian life.It is most visible to me during this time of lent that the cross is so necessary for our salvation. And it is often in the time of struggle that we are more grateful for our blessings and consolations.I have spent the last several...
