Recognizing the need for time and talent, three youth groups from the diocese have continued a tradition of assisting the residents of Cairo while spending time each summer supporting the efforts of Daystar Community Program, a diocesan outreach agency.

The readings for Sunday, August 6, Transfigurtion of the Lord, Cycle A, are Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Peter 1:16-19; and Matthew 17:1-9.

The readings for Sunday, July 30, 2017, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A, are 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Romans 8:28-30; and Matthew 13:44-52.