Pastor’s Letter 10.1.23

Pastor’s Letter 10.1.23

Dear Friends, The Synod on Synodality begins this week in Rome. Compared to past synods there is a lot of information about this one in the media. It has generated some controversy even before it meets because Pope Francis asked all of us in the Church to be involved....
Pastor’s Letter 9.24.23

Pastor’s Letter 9.24.23

Dear Friends, One of the graces of my annual retreat this year was spending a good amount of time talking with Godabout where I am at in my life – not “at” as when it comes to Cabrini but “at’ as when it comes to myage. As I get near the optional retirement age for...
Pastor’s Letter 9.17.23

Pastor’s Letter 9.17.23

Dear Friends,I am joining about 50 of our fellow parishioners on the parish retreat with Fr. Andy Alexander at theCreighton Retreat Center this weekend. In a sense, it is completing the annual priest retreat I was doinglast week at the same location. I am delighted...
Pastor’s Letter 9.10.23

Pastor’s Letter 9.10.23

Dear Friends, Since I have been on retreat this past week, I am once again giving you a little bit of the writings of Pope Francis. This is a brief excerpt from a letter he wrote to the Church last year concerning the understanding of the liturgy by Catholics. I write...
Pastor’s Letter 9.3.23

Pastor’s Letter 9.3.23

Dear Friends, I am leaving this Sunday to go on my annual retreat which is only about six months late. Seems like life just got filled up with lots of things and there was never a full week that I could be away. But my spirit has been longing for a week of quiet, a...
Pastor’s Letter 8.27.23

Pastor’s Letter 8.27.23

Dear Friends, I feel bad when the talks Pope Francis has given get overlooked in today’s media and we are unable to read his remarks. So, let me give you one of the homilies from his recent gathering with hundreds of thousands of young people at World Youth Day. This...