Pastor’s Thoughts

I would like to personally invite everyone to attend our newly structured Polish Mass on Sunday Mornings at 9:30 am. There are so few priests left who speak the language that we have made some changes to accommodate a plethora of experiences. First, I have been...

Pastor’s Thoughts

I’ve been hiking Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona most of my life. It is a vigorous forty-five minutes to the top. Near the peak, the end suddenly appears much further away, and steeper. At that moment, a descending hiker often offers encouragement: “Keep going!...

Pastor’s Thoughts

During my baseball career, my best coach often said, “You shouldn’t be worried if I yell at you. Be worried if I don’t. If I stop pushing you, it means I don’t think you have any more potential.” He demanded a lot, and I knew it meant he saw that I could be something...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This Friday, August 15, we celebrate the feast day of the Assumption – Mary’s being assumed into heaven. We will celebrate the vigil Mass on Thursday, August 14th at 6:30 PM. On the Holy Day Friuday August 15th Mass will be at 6:30 PM. Addressing a jubilant...

Pastor’s Thoughts

I often wonder what it would have been like to walk and talk with Jesus as he made his way across Galilee. Imagine if you could have personally been standing right next to the master when He raised Lazarus from the dead, walked on water, and when He healed so many...

Pastor’s Thoughts

One of my close friends is a hermit priest who lives on a desert mountain. Recently I found myself in a group conversation about him. One vehemently objected, “What does he do up there all day? Nothing! Priests are down here working, running parishes, making a...