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...
Pastor’s Letter 8.19.19

Pastor’s Letter 8.19.19

Dear Friends, I am reading Joshua Gibbs new book about teaching the virtues to young people. In it, he reflects on his own personal struggles and those of his students to live the good life. I appreciated one of his discussions where he reflects on the common pattern...
Pastor’s Letter 8.12.18

Pastor’s Letter 8.12.18

Dear Friends, In the social media spectrum, there has been a lot of discussion this past week about Pope Francis and what he said about Catholic teaching on the death penalty. Many have made the mistake of saying that Pope Francis has changed 2,000 years of Catholic...
Pastor’s Letter

Pastor’s Letter

Dear Friends, This past week, Pope Francis clarified Catholic teaching on the death penalty. During the past fifty years, there has been an ongoing movement, within the teachings of the Church, to limit the use of the death penalty by governments around the world....