Pastor’s Thoughts

Once I asked a fallen away Catholic friend of mine what he remembered about the parish priest from his youth. He said, “He was a gentle, nice guy. Kind of vanilla. Kept to himself.” It struck me that he, perhaps like many, perceive Catholic priests as the following:...

Pastor’s Thoughts

I believe we all know what it’s like standing up in front of classmates, fellow employees or peers and having to give some type of information or report. We often fear our peers will feel we don’t know what we are talking about; we fear thoughts arising within the...

Pastor’s Thoughts

Sin isn’t given its due these days. Downplaying sin is dangerous. But there is also another spiritual misstep in which we make way too big a deal out of sin. It happens, for example, when we persistently wonder if our confessed sins are “really” forgiven, or...

Pastor’s Thoughts

Summer is surely upon us all. I hope everyone is keeping cool. I wanted to bring to everyone’s attention our parish picnic which will be held Sunday, July 28 immediately following the 11:30 am Mass. It will be held in the rectory backyard. There will be a food truck...

Pastor’s thoughts

This weekend we celebrate and honor all of our fathers both living and deceased. Unlike Mother’s Day which was though of in 1908, the proclaimed officially by President Wilson in 1914 just 6 years in the making, Father’s Day took much longer to become an officially...

Pastor’s Thoughts

Liturgically we begin what the church calls ‘Ordinary Time.’ It has always puzzled me that a season of the liturgical year would be called “Ordinary Time.” It comes from the Latin “Tempus per annum, or time through the year.” Ordinary time are the numbered Sundays...