Native Americans in feathered headdress as finials at the American College in Leuven In looking over the pastor assignments that were announced this week I noticed something that was quite a bit different than when I was first ordained. …
As we prepare for our upcoming Worship Listening Sessions, we have been focusing on how we worship as a Community. This week, we are going to pray and read about how we worship as individuals bringing our spiritual gifts to …
Charisms of the Holy Spirit: Your Tools for the New Evangelization By: Renee A. Marazon To each is given a manifestation of the spirit for some benefit (1 Cor 12:7). What an incredible reality that each one of us has …
As the Synod on Synodality continues we get another change that will help us to become a church that lives by listening to all its members. The Vatican announced on April 26th that 70 members of the 200 or so …
As we prepare for our upcoming Worship Listening Sessions, the second Sunday of Easter’s Gospel gives us a glimpse into how easy it is to miss Jesus as we go about our daily routines. Do we really see each other? …
Are you aware that each weekend liturgy requires at least 14 ministry volunteers per mass? Between the parishes, this calculates to 70 volunteers a weekend, 280 people each month. These numbers do not even include the weekday ministers and numerous volunteers who clean the linens …
Worship is the center of our community life. We are all familiar with worshiping at mass, our main liturgical celebration. The liturgical celebration encompasses Sacred Scriptures, the Sacrament of the Eucharist, Prayer, Intercession, Music. Anytime we gather together in study, discussion, communal celebration …
Images of gardens and the beauty of creation often appear in the Scriptures. In fact, we often talk about the Word of God being “planted” in our minds and hearts where it takes root and comes to fruition. To support …
On April 21st 1999, Greg Zanis, a carpenter from Naperville, Illinois, worked building crosses. He and his son drove through the night to set up the crosses on a hill overlooking Columbine High School as a memorial for those killed …
Archbishop Shelton Fabre will preside at a Mass for the Victims of Louisville’s Mass Shooting on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at Noon at the Cathedral of the Assumption (433 South Fifth Street, Louisville).