Catholics need to go to a priest for confession because, at that moment, the priest acts in the person of Christ. He is a “servant of God’s forgiveness” and a conduit for the grace of forgiveness between God and man (Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC: 1466). In that sense, Catholics do still confess their sins directly to God.
Last month, Father Dindo Billote, pastor of Saint Mary Mokena and Father Mario Quejadas, pastor of Saint Walter Church in Roselle led a Catholic pilgrimage to Southeastern France and Northwestern Italy.
Saint Mary Mokena held its annual pet blessing.
Roughly 700 people attended the fifth annual Saint Mary Mokena Oktoberfest on the weekend of September 29-30, 2018.
Saint Mary Mokena’s new Deacon tells his conversion story and outlines how to bring fallen away Catholics home
The Mokena Marian 