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...
Pastor’s Letter 6.13.21

Pastor’s Letter 6.13.21

Dear Friends, After a long and chilly springtime, summer is suddenly upon us! I have heard from many of you that summer vacation travels are beginning. Long trips are now planned after the absence of summer vacations last year due to the Covid pandemic. I pray that...
Pastor’s Letter 6.6.21

Pastor’s Letter 6.6.21

Dear Friends, One of the tasks I ask those who come to me for spiritual direction to undertake is the keeping of a spiritual journal.  The journal is a tool for self-reflection that allows the directee to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to make sense of the...
Pastor’s Letter 5.30.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.30.21

Dear Friends, At 10:00 am on June 6, 1981, I and four of my classmates walked into St. Cecilia’s Cathedral to be ordainedpriests for the Archdiocese of Omaha; forty years ago. Not sure where all those years went, but they went.One of my classmates, Fr. Owen Korte,...
Pastor’s Letter 5.23.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.23.21

Dear Friends, This weekend, I am with a group of men from Cabrini on retreat at Cloisters on the Platte. We are keeping you in our prayers, please keep us in yours. Since I am not around, I will let Pope Francis speak to you this weekend in the letter about the...
Pastor’s Letter 5.16.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.16.21

Dear Friends, In today’s gospel we hear a section of Jesus’ prayer for his disciples that he prayed the evening of the Last Supper. In that prayer, he also prays for us. Part of his prayer may be a bit difficult to understand. Listen to what Jesus prays, “They do not...