Pastor’s Letter 8.27.23

Pastor’s Letter 8.27.23

Dear Friends, I feel bad when the talks Pope Francis has given get overlooked in today’s media and we are unable to read his remarks. So, let me give you one of the homilies from his recent gathering with hundreds of thousands of young people at World Youth Day. This...
Pastor’s Letter 8.20.23

Pastor’s Letter 8.20.23

Dear Friends, As students return to school, I thought I would give you a few thoughts from Stanley Hauerwas who taught at Duke for many years. These comments come from a letter he wrote to entering college freshmen and was published in First Things: …Undergraduate...
Pastor’s Letter 8.13.23

Pastor’s Letter 8.13.23

Dear Friends, Saturday, I will be joining a number of my high school classmates in Columbus, Nebraska, to celebrate our 50th reunion. It was a Sunday afternoon in May, 1973, that 61 of us graduated from Scotus High School and began the next stage of our growth toward...
Pastor’s Letter 8.6.23

Pastor’s Letter 8.6.23

Dear Friends, This weekend our parish joins with the Santa Lucia Festival Committee in celebrating a 99-year tradition in the Sicilian community in Omaha. The Festival is once again on our doorstep which makes it so much easier to participate in the fun and the music....
Pastor’s Letter 7.30.23

Pastor’s Letter 7.30.23

Dear Friends, One of the books that has been on my “reading pile” of books this past year was one written by the German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer entitled Life Together. It was recommended by a friend of mine who said that the book taught him more about the...
Pastor’s Letter 7.23.23

Pastor’s Letter 7.23.23

Dear Friends, This weekend, we have our yearly Mission Co-Op preacher. As we mentioned last week, Fr. Kwangkyu, a Columban Missionary, will be presiding and preaching at all the Masses. He is from Korea and has been doing mission work in the Philippines. I hope you...