Pastor’s Letter 7.25.21

Pastor’s Letter 7.25.21

Dear Friends, We are planning to have a parish celebration to “ritualize” the ending of the separation caused by the pandemic. It is a very Catholic thing to do. I am aware that the pandemic is not over and there are still possibilities of variants popping up to haunt...
Pastor’s Letter 7.18.21

Pastor’s Letter 7.18.21

Dear Friends, Starting last Sunday, the second reading at Sunday Mass comes from St. Paul’s wonderful letter to the people of Ephesus. We will be listening to it for the remainder of the summer. Perhaps that does not strike you as anything special, but those...
Pastor’s Letter 7.11.21

Pastor’s Letter 7.11.21

Dear Friends, I just finished reading a book by Alan Lightman who teaches at MIT. It is entitled, Probable Impossibilities, Musings on Beginnings and Endings. He is not a believer in God, but the book presents scientific and philosophical questions about what we know...
Pastor’s Letter 7.4.21

Pastor’s Letter 7.4.21

Dear Friends, Thanks for your comments about last week’s letter on the Eucharist and the United States Bishop’s effort to teach about the importance of the Eucharist. Clearly, in receiving this food from Jesus after the Easter experience, we receive the gift of his...
Pastor’s Letter 6.27.21

Pastor’s Letter 6.27.21

Dear Friends, Last week, the Catholic Bishops of the United States generated quite a bit of press as they discussed something that would ordinarily seem to be quite mundane in the eyes of the world; they discussed whether or not to write a document about the...
Pastor’s Letter 6.20.21

Pastor’s Letter 6.20.21

Dear Friends, I love watching young children interacting with their parents. It is often filled with loving, tender moments. Sadly, we do not remember those first few years of life.  Like everyone else, my memories are vague and fragmentary, faded snapshots that...