Dear Friends, As I mentioned last week, I think September and October are a good time for us to pause and evaluate how we are doing in our following of Jesus. Then, once we have figured out how we are doing, we need to come up with a plan to improve our discipleship...

  Dear Friends, I thought I was having a pleasant conversation recently about the expectations the church had of parents if they wanted to have their children baptized, it was not the parent who called but a grandparent. I could tell things were not going well...

Dear Friends,   On September 11, 2001, I headed out early in the morning for a meeting of the Hate Crimes Task Force. The meeting that month was being held at the City-County Building and I parked north of the Federal Reserve Bank Building. I noticed increased...

Dear Friends, Each year the Catholic bishops of the United States issue a statement on Labor Day about the concerns for the average workers in our country. I have always found them to have good insights with helpful, Catholic approaches to the problems we face. Here...

  Dear Friends, This weekend we are celebrating another important landmark for our parish – the open house of our new Cabrini Parish Center, the former Christ Child building. We now have meeting rooms and offices and more classroom space. If all goes well in the...

Dear Friends, The school year is underway! You can feel the excitement in the air as children gather with new and old friends to learn and grow. All Saints has been busy this summer with two classrooms moving across to the Cabrini Parish Center and new carpet...

Dear Friends, Here is a little more from Pope Francis’ recent meeting with the bishops of Poland: The question: Dear Pope Francis, before all else we are most grateful that you have deepened the teaching of mercy inaugurated by Saint John Paul II right here in Kraków....

Dear Friends, I am taking a quick vacation to visit friends who live in Alaska. I will be gone for one week and will keep you in my prayers. In the mean time, I will allow Pope Francis to use my Pastor’s letter space to teach you. The following comments and those for...

Dear Friends, I do not often recommend movies in this space, but I saw a movie this past week that I would recommend to those of you who want to see movie that presents a vivid portrayal of faith and goodness in the midst of the evil of the world and will be showing...

Dear Friends, In the heat of the last few days I heard a sound that reminded me of what is around the corner. As a child, I knew that summer began winding down when I would hear the cicadas make their noise-like cacophony of Reee…ree…Reee…ree. My childhood memories...

Dear Friends, I am writing this letter as I return from our planning meeting in Guatemala, so my mind is fresh with our discussions about the sister relationship we have between the Archdiocese of Omaha and the Diocese of Huehuetenango. One of the things we looked at...

Dear Friends, I am heading to Guatemala early on Monday morning for a couple days of meetings with the leadership team from the diocese of Huehuetenango to plan for the next few years of mission trips. I will be back on Friday. In 2003, the Archdiocese of Omaha and...