I love autumn! The cool season of autumn and the changing of leaves has always felt to me like a season of great anticipation, of new beginnings (starting a new school year and seeing beloved friend...Read More
I wrote last week about going to Rapid City, South Dakota for the Bishop Ordination of Fr. Scott Bullock. But another story of the Diocese of Rapid City is the story of Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota Si...Read More
After our evening Spanish Mass, I will be heading to Rapid City, South Dakota. I will be returning on Tuesday Sept. 24 (in time for a 6:00pm Talk about Angels that I will be giving at the Rustic Bre...Read More
The “Christ Our Life” Conference is happening in Des Moines the last weekend of September (Sept. 28 and 29). This is the probably one of the biggest Catholic events that happens in Iowa, and it ...Read More
Happy Birthday, Mary! Sept. 8 is the day when the Catholic Church celebrates Mary’s Nativity, nine months after Dec. 8, when we celebrate Mary being Immaculately Conceived. Recently I was asked ab...Read More
Some of you may have heard in the news that a few weeks ago, someone put up flyers on Latino-owned businesses in Hampton, flyers that expressed the hateful sentiment that illegal immigrants should be ...Read More
In Iowa, our Bishop is the Archbishop, making our diocese the Archdiocese. An Archbishop is the Bishop who oversees and leads the other bishops in his region, or in the USA, the other bishops of the s...Read More
Let’s talk about the Ark of the Covenant. I do not mean Noah’s Ark (which was a big boat). I mean a special golden treasure chest that Moses was commanded by the Lord to build (cf Exod 25:10-22). ...Read More
Do you have a garden at your house? Invite Fr. Kevin to come and bless it! There is a tradition that on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption “produce of fields, gardens, and orchards” (that ...Read More