Pastor’s Letter 9.26.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.26.21

Dear Friends, All of our registered parishioners should have received the parish Annual Report in the mail this week. If you did not receive one, you may not be registered or we may have the wrong address for you. There are extra copies of the annual report at the...
Pastor’s Letter 9.19.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.19.21

Dear Friends, If you have been paying attention to what is happening in the Archdiocese, then you know that Archbishop Lucas has given a challenge to each of the parishes to become a “missional community”. That means we are to do much more than simply maintain our...
Pastor’s Letter 9.12.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.12.21

Dear Friends, First of all, thank you so very much for the cards and well wishes given for my 40th anniversary celebration. I am deeply touched by this outpouring of love. My hope is to respond with thank you’s over the next two months. Look for something in the...
Pastor’s Letter 9.4.21

Pastor’s Letter 9.4.21

Dear Friends, This weekend we are having an open house to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. The anniversary was June 6th, but I thought Covid might have waned if we waited until September – boy, was I wrong on that one! Join us if you...
Pastor’s Letter 8.29.21

Pastor’s Letter 8.29.21

Dear Friends, I read a delightful book this past week. It is by Oliver Burkeman and it bears the title, Four Thousand Weeks. It is a book about time management, but rather than looking outward to productivity strategies, Four Thousand Weeks encourages an inner shift...
Pastor’s Letter 8.22.21

Pastor’s Letter 8.22.21

Dear Friends, As the new school year begins and cooler evenings are upon us, I am having flashbacks to the daily opening of my philosophy and theology classes in college. I attended the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. The philosophy and theology classes...