April 3, 2022 – Papal Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary In light of Pope Francis’ recent consecration of Russia and Ukraine to Christ through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I thought it ...Read More
March 27, 2022 – No-Meat Fridays On Fridays during Lent, we abstain from meat. It’s one of those things that Catholics seem to be known for (Friday night Fish Fry!). But why? We abstain from ...Read More
March 20, 2022 – Lenten Almsgiving to Support Haiti This bulletin column is a reminder about Fr. Frantz’s talks on Haiti that are coming up and an encouragement to try and catch one of his talks a...Read More
March 13, 2022 – Praying for Peace in Ukraine Just over a century ago, during the “Great War” in Europe (That is, World War I), the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three children in Fatima, Port...Read More
March 6, 2022 – Parish Retreat! – Franciscans of the Eucharist During my journey as a seminarian, I actually left the seminary in 2014, during my second theology year at Mundelein. This led ...Read More
Feb. 27, 2022 – Support Haiti this Lent! As I mentioned last week in my bulletin column, for Lent we will be focusing our Parish ALMSGIVING to HAITI, as we have the personal connection with Fr. Fran...Read More
Feb. 20, 2022 – Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque You may have seen in the bulletin last week the annual appeal for Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Dubuque. This is the br...Read More
Feb. 13, 2022 – Archdiocesan of Dubuque: Pastoral Planning, Synodality and Surveys. The Archdiocese of Dubuque has begun an initiative of in-depth intentional pastoral planning. This involves l...Read More
Feb. 2 was the Feast of the Presentation, that is when we commemorate the event of the child Jesus being brought to the Temple forty days after his birth, according to Old Testament Biblical Law. As...Read More
Jan. 30, 2022 – St. Francis de Sales This past week included the feast day of St. Francis de Sales. He is a Saint I desire to learn much more about and read much more of his writings. He was...Read More