Pastor’s Letter 12.19.21

Pastor’s Letter 12.19.21

Dear Friends, We have arrived at our last week of Advent. Just a bit more time to prepare. If you have been doing any shopping out and about, then you have been hearing the melodies of Christmas carols being played ahead of Christmas. If we focused on the words of the...
Pastor’s Letter 12.12.21

Pastor’s Letter 12.12.21

Dear Friends, Did you hear the amazing words in today’s first reading? It is the last line of a beautiful reading from the prophet Zephaniah: “The LORD, your God, is in your midst,        a mighty savior;    he will rejoice...
Pastor’s Letter 12.5.21

Pastor’s Letter 12.5.21

Dear Friends, December 6th is the feast of St. Nicholas. Do you know his story? Saint Nicholas lived between 260 and 343, born in Patara, a Lycian port town, an area that is part of present-day Turkey. He lost both of his parents as a young man and reportedly used his...
Pastor’s Letter 11.28.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.28.21

Dear Friends, I am ending our reading about the synod today – at least for now – after all, Advent has begun. However, before we leave the synod preparation materials, Pope Francis has several questions for you to be thinking about. Here he introduces the questions:...
Pastor’s Letter 11.21.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.21.21

Dear Friends, We continue our reflections and readings about the two-year Synod process that was begun last month. What follows are further reflections from the preparation documents to help us understand what the Synod is hoping for. Those of you who follow Church...
Pastor’s Letter 11.14.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.14.21

Dear Friends, Some of you may be asking, why is Pope Francis calling a Synod about the church as a whole? Certainly, Pope Francis has called Synods to discuss families or young people or the challenges in South America, but why do we need one for the whole Church to...