Pastor’s Letter 12.25.22

Pastor’s Letter 12.25.22

Dear Friends, Merry Christmas!!!! I hope this celebration of the birth of Christ fills you with hope and joy. This celebration is always a bit shocking because of what we are celebrating – that the God who created the entire universe takes on our human flesh and...
Pastor’s Letter 12.18.22

Pastor’s Letter 12.18.22

Dear Friends, On these cold, dark days, I feel my mammalian pattern taking over. I find it hard to wake up in the deep darkness of morning; I need the bright light of the sun to rouse me from dreams and slumber. I also end up eating all those Christmas goodies you...
Pastor’s Letter

Pastor’s Letter

Dear Friends, Sunday afternoon at 2:00, Archbishop Lucas will call down the Holy Spirit on our eighth graders and high school students in the Sacrament of Confirmation. This is a special event for them and for us. Do you remember your own Confirmation? I was only in...
Pastor’s Letter 12.4.22

Pastor’s Letter 12.4.22

Dear Friends, Paul, in our second reading this Sunday, tells us that everything written in scripture in the past was written for our instruction, that by endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May St. Paul encourage you this Advent to...
Pastor’s Letter 11.27.22

Pastor’s Letter 11.27.22

Dear Friends, We begin our Advent season today. This year, we get four full weeks of Advent since Christmas falls on a Sunday. I suppose you could see it as having a little more time to buy your Christmas gifts for family and friends. However, I would encourage you to...
Pastor’s Letter 11.20.22

Pastor’s Letter 11.20.22

Dear Friends I recently received a beautiful reflection on how to live which was attributed to Pope Francis. I planned to use it for the bulletin letter prior to Thanksgiving. I admire Pope Francis greatly, but the passage attributed to him is not by him, but is the...