Pastor’s Letter 9.30.18

Pastor’s Letter 9.30.18

Dear Friends, Our world seems to be deepening the divisions between people on a daily basis. There are divisions between countries, divisions between political parties and within parties, divisions between neighbors, divisions within families and divisions within...
Pastor’s Letter 9.23.18

Pastor’s Letter 9.23.18

Dear Friends, For the past month, we have had parishioners talking at each of the Sunday Masses about their experience of living discipleship through involvement in different ministries. Today, I will be offering you our Annual Report. You can pick up copies at the...
Pastor’s Letter 9.16.18

Pastor’s Letter 9.16.18

Dear Friends, One of the great outcomes of the Second Vatican Council was the realization that the laity were a holy and essential part of the Church. There were two or three layers prior to the Council and after the Council there was only the one layer of Church. We...
Pastor’s Letter 9.9.18

Pastor’s Letter 9.9.18

Dear Friends, Some have been asking questions about the holiness of the church given the recent revelations about Cardinal McCarrick and the investigations into past abusive activity of clergy. I’d like to share with you some thoughts from a book published fifty years...
Pastor’s Letter  9.2.18

Pastor’s Letter 9.2.18

Dear Friends, With all the chatter on social media this week concerning the ongoing revelations about the cover-ups in the church with regard to criminal conduct by clergy, it was impossible for me not to think and pray about it. Therefore, I reflected on sin and evil...
Pastor’s Letter 8.26.18

Pastor’s Letter 8.26.18

Dear Friends, This weekend you will hear a letter from Archbishop Lucas read at all the Masses. In it, he expresses his thoughts about the most recent revelations concerning Church leadership and the sexual abuse crisis. You may have heard that Pope Francis also wrote...