As Lent begins, I’m reminded of a story: Once a little girl had a pretty plastic pearl necklace. The little girl wore her plastic pearls everywhere, even to bed! One night, at bedtime, her father ...Read More
Last week we heard in the Sunday readings: “…we speak of God’s wisdom, mysterious, hidden…But as it is written: What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the hum...Read More
Last week Sunday we heard the words: “You are the salt of the earth…you are the light of the world.” These are the words that Jesus spoke to us last Sunday in his famous Sermon on the Mount....Read More
Thank you all for your prayers for our priest meeting with the Archbishop which occurred this past Tues. Feb. 3. All I can share about it is that we were presented with the first version of the final ...Read More
Feb. 2 is 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 it...Read More
People have been asking me if there are any updates from the “Journey in Faith” process, the Archdiocese’s discernment process to restructure parishes to better and more effectively serve the mi...Read More
This week has been declared by the Catholic Church to be the official “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.” This is always held the week from Jan. 18-Jan. 25, as Jan. 25 is when, in the Catholic...Read More
Did you know that each month, the Pope has a specific prayer intention? He and his Worldwide Prayer Network pray for these intentions. This Prayer Network is present in 92 countries and is made up...Read More
On Jan. 5, we celebrate the Feast of St. John Neumann. (Not to be confused with St. John Henry Cardinal Newman). St. John Neuman was born in Bohemia. But inspired by church reports stating the nee...Read More
Next week we celebrate Epiphany. Little is known about these magi from the East. Being “magi” we know they were well-educated scholars; and thus, likely from a royal family … hence sometimes c...Read More