February 23

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In light of the rollout of the Annual Catholic Appeal this weekend, I am going to use my letter this week to offer some reflection on the readings from Sunday. Our first reading, is in some ways, “in media res” or already in...

February 16

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I worry that I’m becoming an old man. As the years roll along, I fear that I’m behaving more and more like a grump or curmudgeon. And while there’s a natural aging and maturation process as we get older, I don’t think getting...

February 9

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, There are a variety of ways one might look at our parish of St. Charles Borromeo. For many of us, we tend to experience the parish as the local expression of the Catholic Church, a homebase for our faith. From the perspective of...

February 2

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, There’s a short quote associated with St. Anselm that I often go back to, both in my personal reflection and counseling others. In Latin, it’s: “Fides quarens intellectum.” Roughly translated, it means, “Faith seeking meaning.” I...

January 26

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Towards the end of the Gospel accounts of Matthew and Mark we encounter the Great Commission. It occurs after the Resurrection and right before the Ascension and in it, Our Blessed Lord tells his disciples to go and spread the Good...