The Catholic tradition ascribes great importance to the passage of time. Although we know that God, in his eternal presence, is unlimited by the bounds of time and that one day we too shall know no such limitations, when we are on earth we are subject to the constraints of time and space.

Therefore, the Church sanctifies time. We dedicate time to the Lord by the hour in the Liturgy of the Hours, by the day in our personal prayer life and by the year according to the liturgical calendar, with its observances for days, weeks and seasons.

Through these observances we do not seek so much to commemorate the events of salvation history in some distant past, but to make them come alive for us in our everyday lives and to transform us in our individual process of conversion. Thus, Easter is not just a celebration of an event some 2,000 years ago, but is a time for us to experience that event in our own faith journey.

We invite you to experience the year of grace with us on this Web site, in our liturgical celebrations at St. Victor's, and in your own daily life.