Fr. Ronald Sibugan, A.A. who serves as a Campus Minister at Assumption College along with Fr. Richard Lamoreaux, A.A., Vice President for Mission and Paul Covino, Director of Campus Ministry participated with students at SLS20 in Phoenix, Arizona, a gathering for young Catholics from around the country.

"As we celebrate this Jubilee Year, we ask you to join us in prayer through our monthly intentions."

Father in heaven, we rejoice in proclaiming the blessed ever-Virgin Mary Mother of your Son and Mother of the Church, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

(Feast Day Liturgy, Prayer After Communion)

Reflections from Fr. Dennis Gallagher, Provincial of the Assumptionists North American Province

Some of you of a certain age may remember Peggy Lee, the songstress who belted out “Fever,” but also a rather sad song, entitled “Is that all there is?” In that second song, she relates a series of experiences in her life – watching her house burn down as a child, her first visit to the circus, and her first falling in love – and after each one she concludes, “Is that all there is, my friend, is that all there is?” If so, she says, "let’s keep on dancing and bring out the booze." It’s a song of disenchantment, of world-weariness. The world always comes up short in delivering the goods. It always leaves us wanting more. In the face of life’s failure to satisfy our heart’s desire, we’re left with bringing out the booze.