Author: FHC
Praying for Peace in Ukraine
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
Parish Retreat – Franciscans of the Eucharist
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
Support Haiti this Lent!
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
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque
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
Archdiocesan of Dubuque: Pastoral Planning, Synodality and Surveys.
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
The Feast of the Presentation “Candalemas”
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
St. Francis de Sales
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
Pro-Life: Children AND Mothers
Jan. 22, 2022, is the anniversary of the famous court case, “Roe v. Wade” which legalized abortion on a federal level across the country. Fri. of Jan. 21, was the annual “March for Life... Read More
