Third Sunday of Easter
Fr. Scott Donahue celebrates Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls on the Third Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2019.
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About Fr. Scott Donahue
Rev. L. Scott Donahue (Fr. Scott) is the President and CEO of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
Fr. Scott has been caring for the children at Mercy Home since joining its Board of Regents in 1990, later serving as assistant to its president. In 2006, after ten years of service as Mercy Home's associate president, Fr. Scott was appointed the Home’s eighth president since its founding in 1887.
Entries by Fr. Scott Donahue
Fr. Scott’s Corner – Kindness is Contagious
April 30, 2019 /2 Comments/in Fr. Scott's Corner, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueThis month Fr. Scott Donahue reflects on simple acts of kindness and how through these we can all work together to make our world a kinder place. Through God’s presence in our lives, we are united.
The Celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday
April 26, 2019 /0 Comments/in Reflections, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueFr. Scott’s reflection on Divine Mercy Sunday, the feast day following the celebration of Easter.
Partners in Prayer: Ashley Blossoms at Mercy Home
April 19, 2019 /0 Comments/in Partners in Prayer, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueJoin our Partners in Prayer to pray for kids like Ashley who went from struggling at home to blossoming at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
Fr. Scott’s Corner – Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection
April 1, 2019 /4 Comments/in Fr. Scott's Corner, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueThis Easter season Fr. Scott Donahue reflects on Jesus’s passion, death, and resurrection, how we are called to follow Jesus’s example, living a life of love. Through acts of sharing we participate in a new covenant, one where all people, not only the Apostles, share in the experience of salvation.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 31, 2019 /0 Comments/in Homily, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueFr. Scott Donahue celebrates Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 31, 2019.
Partners in Prayer: Mercy Home Helps Jacob Cope
March 22, 2019 /0 Comments/in Partners in Prayer, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueJoin our Partners in Prayer to pray for kids like Jacob who went from grieving his father’s death to coping at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
Second Sunday of Lent
March 17, 2019 /0 Comments/in Homily, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueFr. Scott Donahue celebrates Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls on the Second Sunday of Lent, March 17, 2019.
Why Do We Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
March 11, 2019 /0 Comments/in Reflections, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueOn March 17, many of us put on our favorite green outfit, and celebrate Irish culture, but many never take the time to stop and think about why we are celebrating. Fr. Scott reflects on this feast day which celebrates the sacrifices St. Patrick made to spread the word of God throughout Ireland.
Ash Wednesday: Meaning and Origins of the Ashes
March 5, 2019 /0 Comments/in Reflections, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueFr. Scott Donahue reflects on Ash Wednesday, its meaning and origins of why we start the Lenten season with marking of the cross in ash on our foreheads.
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