Pastor’s Thoughts

It’s here – May, the month in which the earth springs into bloom and we start thinking about planting gardens, family picnics and making some type of vacation plans. It’s also the Month of Mary. So exactly how did May become associated with the Blessed Mother?...

Pastor’s Thoughts

Throughout the world this weekend, the Church dedicates this weekend, Good Shepherd Sunday, as a world day to pray for vocations. As the good shepherd lays down his very life for his sheep, a vocation to the priesthood and religious life is much the same. An...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This weekend’s Gospel is the ever beautiful encounter between Jesus and two of his disciples walking to Emmaus. Before Jesus accompanied them on their journey, their spirits had become heavy and downtrodden. The two were discussing how disappointed and disillusioned...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This weekend the church celebrates “Divine Mercy Sunday.” In Catholicism, divine Mercy is a devotion to Jesus Christ associated with the apparitions of Jesus to Saint Faustina Kowalska. The venerated image under this Christological title refers to what Sr....