At our January parish council meeting, we reviewed our year to date (July 1-December 31) financial report. Here are some highlights of the six month comparison between the current fiscal year (2022-23) and last fiscal year (2021-22): Ordinary income (collections, […]
This Friday, February 3, is the feast of Saint Blaise. Saint Blaise is well known in some cultures because he is associated with the healing the throats. The actual story of his life and death are not completely documented. He […]
Christian Unity Octave I mentioned in my bulletin column last week that we are in the midst of the Christian Unity Octave. The Octave (January 18-25) is a lament that Christians who were supposed to be one church, one body, […]
Dr. Martin Luther King: On Monday, January 16, our nation marks the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King gave his life for the equality of all people, especially of African Americans whose history in the United States began […]
Today we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the visit by the Magi, the wise men, to the infant Jesus. These visitors were not Jews; they represent the nations. In Matthew’s Gospel, the Magi are the first witnesses to […]
Happy New Year! What will 2023 be? Who knew on January 1, 2020 what 2020 would turn out to be? We are still reeling from the Covid pandemic that upended our world and our lives in 2020. The future is […]
There are disturbing signs in the world—war in Ukraine, the ongoing threat of terrorism, inflation and a likely recession, homelessness and substance addictions and the never ending tragedy of abortion. In our own personal lives, we also struggle against sin […]
Where did 2022 go and how did it pass so quickly? And Advent rushed by also. Next week is Christmas. And the week before Christmas is such a busy one. Take time this week for prayer. You may tell yourself […]
In times past, just about every faithful Catholic, and some Catholics who were only occasionally faithful, went to confession before Christmas and Easter. It is better to go to confession more than twice each year, but still, getting ready for […]
The Gospel for the Second Sunday of Advent is always about John the Baptist. The last of the Old Testament prophets was Malachi and it had been 400 years since his ministry. God had been silent for 400 years! But […]