by Dan Fuerst | Sep 25, 2025 | Pastor's Thoughts
On January 1, 2002 St. John Paul wrote on the World Day of Peace that there can never be peace without justice and no justice can be had unless there is forgiveness. He reflected in his speech upon the violence of the world during his pontificate and compared it with...
by Dan Fuerst | Sep 18, 2025 | Pastor's Thoughts
Greetings and Salutations! Our festival has arrived this Saturday, September 27th. We just received our Polish beer and it’s chilling for next weekend! The festival begins at 3:00 pm and ends at 11:00 pm. Our Polish band begins at 4 pm until 730pm. Next up is Disco...
by Dan Fuerst | Sep 11, 2025 | Pastor's Thoughts
One of my favorite movies is the 1991 comedy What About Bob? Bill Murray plays a troubled, paranoid hypochondriac named Bob Wiley who innocently but annoyingly hounds Dr. Leo Marvin, played by Richard Dreyfuss. Bob is paralyzed by his fear of, well, everything, and is...
by Dan Fuerst | Sep 4, 2025 | Pastor's Thoughts
One hot Arizona summer afternoon my car ran out of gas. I phoned the parish office and begged for help. My secretary came and helped me fill the gas tank. She chided me, “If you can’t manage getting your car from A to B, how can we expect you to guide the parish where...
by Dan Fuerst | Aug 28, 2025 | 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...
by Dan Fuerst | Aug 21, 2025 | 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!...