Our Parish Programs Archives: From the Pastor Desk

Before God gave me better things to do here, I used to love to watch movies. Still on my vacation I love to watch movies on TV. It’s amazing to me that some of the same ones are playing every … Continue reading →

I’m also slightly annoyed with digital copyright regulations. I would like to have printed here, in it’s entirety, an article from the Catholic News Service, but I can’t. Apparently they are either afraid that Catholics might read this or that … Continue reading →

No, not the College of Cardinals, although they had a fantastic season this Spring and proved they were a winning team with an eye for new talent. But I mean how about those St. Louis Cardinals, our world famous baseball … Continue reading →

I received in the mail today an invitation to the high school graduation of my twin grand-nieces in Colorado. (Any day now I should be receiving one from my other grand-niece in Maryland.) They have all grown up, seemingly very … Continue reading →

This Sunday 17 of our children will make their First Communion. This is a special moment for them and for us. I suppose most of us can remember our First Communion. It was rightfully made somewhat of a big deal … Continue reading →

As the deadline arrives for my thoughts this week, my thoughts are torn in two directions . . . toward the horrible violence in Boston today, and the Feast of St. Anselm. Saint Anselm lived about a thousand years ago … Continue reading →

We know what is coming up; first the Ascension, and next Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit. And then that loooooong liturgical season so poetically named Ordinary Time. It’s not supposed to be ordinary though. It’s supposed to be … Continue reading →

The fullness of time. That is a phrase we think and hear of at Christmas. Why do I bring that up now at Easter-time? Because this week we have the Feast of the Annunciation. The story of our salvation begins … Continue reading →

As of the day I’m writing this, Spring weather has not arrived, although Spring itself begins at 7:02 A.M. on March 20th. It has to show up eventually. Spring is a natural symbol for Easter, life renewed. Flowers, rabbits, eggs, … Continue reading →

I am writing this 24 hours after the conclusion of the Conclave of 2013. This is the 6th papal election in my lifetime, but the first that was not held in the sad shadow of a Papal death. When Pius … Continue reading →