94-year-old organ player is a key part of Catholic Church in Grand Forks
Mary Anne Tupa has played at Sunday Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church in Grand Forks for nearly 60 years. 11:00 am, May 5, 2021 ×
Mary Anne Tupa, 94, takes a break from the piano at her home Tuesday, May 3, 2021. Tupa has been the organist at Holy Family Catholic Church since 1962. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
GRAND FORKS Mary Anne Tupa has rarely skipped a beat in six decades of playing piano and organ during Sunday Mass at Grand Forks Holy Family Catholic Church.
The only time Tupa, 94, has taken a break from playing was when she retired from the music ministry in the winter of 1988 so she could travel with her husband. A few months without accompanying the cantor and congregation on the organ or piano was enough for her, and she was back on the bench by summer.
Proving Me Wrong
I heard a homily denouncing Marxism, particularly as a destructive force against the family, last Sunday on the Feast of the Holy Family. This was at a Latin Mass parish near Denver… As an aside, this … parish … now has no sign ups or attendance limits, either, and … we practice our faith completely normally in the manner we always have. No “new normal” here. There are no masks or social distancing requirements (and the pastor regularly deals with calls from tattling neighbors to the local health department because of this).
Charles Simpson also responded
to your plea for sermons given yesterday denouncing Marxist’s evils.
Sr. Helena Burns: Time to revive the ‘nuclear’ family We must renew the nuclear family, long under attack, for the sake of human flourishing in the 21st century. CNS photo/Katie Rutter
Sr. Helena Burns: Time to revive the ‘nuclear’ family By Sr. Helena Burns, FSP December 16, 2020
Time to revive the ‘nuclear’ family
Sr. Helena Burns, FSP
The “nuclear family.” Such a strange phrase. Does it glow? What exactly is it?
The term nuclear family basically means the nucleus: Mom, Dad and kids. In contrast, the “extended family” could include Great-Grandpa, Nana and Gramps, a couple of aunties, throw in a few cousins, perhaps all living under the same roof.