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 …
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 …
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 …
As we prepare for the coming of World Day of the Sick on February 11th, I thought it worth reminding everyone of the purpose of Anointing and encourage anyone who needs some healing to take advantage of this sacrament. This …
What does it look like to be a radically welcoming church? Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego has an excellent article about that in the Jesuit magazine America this week. He raises issues that it would normally be rare for …
Given the way that my chair faces at both of our churches one of the things I get to see is that little children don’t like to sit still. Or be quiet. Which is fine by me. They’re kids! And I …
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” You may hear this greeting twice at mass this weekend, once as the opening greeting of the mass from the presider, and once in the Second …
While seeming to be “Post-Covid” this Christmas and hoping to return to a more “normal” Christmas liturgical season, life took us all by surprise once again. We will again be celebrating a very different Christmas season due to the absence …
Coffee, chocolates, dog treats … There are all kinds of Advent Calendars these days. All to mark the days of waiting until Christmas. But in the end Advent isn’t really about waiting for Christmas. It’s about the waiting for the …
That’s a translation, giving thanks. A translation of the Greek word eucharist. That’s a central word in Catholic belief, so central that we bring it straight from the New Testament Greek into English. Eucharist. It’s given a name to the …