A few weeks ago, we had the annual Peter’s Pence second collection. This collection is always taken on the Sunday nearest June 29, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. Peter’s Pence supports the ministry of the Pope and it […]
The 4th of July is a wonderful summer holiday. Usually it is a hot sunny day. I can’t remember a rainy 4th. When I was a boy our family joined with our aunts, uncles and cousins. Sometimes we went to […]
The decline in marriages is a huge social mega trend. According to a recent Heritage Foundation report, in 1962 more than 90% of Americans had married by age 35. By 2025, that number had fallen to 55%. In the 1960s […]
When I was a young boy in Wampum, PA, our pastor at the beginning of summer used to remind us from the pulpit and in the bulletin that everyone should remember to attend Sunday Mass during vacations. My parents were […]
Last Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, often known as Corpus Christi. And this Sunday at Saint John’s we host Father Luke’s Mass of Thanksgiving for his priestly ordination which was celebrated last week […]
We recently finished the month of May, Mary’s month. Our May Crowning in collaboration with Holy Redeemer was awesome! June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Just about every Catholic Church has a statue of the Sacred […]
When I was about 10 or 12 years old, I was visiting with Doris Houk, an elderly neighbor whose property abutted ours on Vinegar Valley Road, Wampum, PA. Our family lived in a rural area and all neighbors had several […]
During the Easter season, we read from the Acts of the Apostles at daily and Sunday Masses. Acts, written by Saint Luke the Evangelist, tells the history of the early church. Acts opens with the disciples gathered in waiting prayer. […]
On June 30, 2007, Pope Benedict released an important letter on the relationship of the universal Catholic Church to the Catholics of China with an important reflection on the Church’s stance towards the government of China. In 1951, the Chinese […]
Over the past decade or so, I have come to appreciate Psalm 55. In the first few lines of this Psalm we read, “with all my troubles I cannot rest”. I began to appreciate this prayer when I was provincial […]