July 27

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am using my letter this week to inform the parish community that the Office will be closed on Wednesday, July 30th, in the afternoon. It feels like a number of my letters in the bulletin this summer have been vehicles for telling...

July 20

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On my recent vacation, my priests and I were talking one evening about our lives and our ministry. Each of us have followed a different pathway in our priesthoods. Some of us have gone back for additional schooling, earning degrees...

July 13

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Over the next several weekends, there will be various opportunities for our community to help contribute and donate to certain ministries and charitable efforts. St. Charles is always generous in its support of such things, which...

June 29

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Something quite out of the ordinary is happening next weekend. It’s only happened three or four times over the last nine years or so. Could it be a solar eclipse or some other major astronomical event? No, but rather, it’s the...

June 22

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we hit the middle part of June, there seems to be a collective sigh that occurs throughout the parish community. And it’s not without reason! School has finished for the summer, many of us are looking forward to upcoming...

June 15

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Coming off the heels of the Carnival and approaching the summer break for many of our school kids, there’s always a lot going on in the middle of June. And one celebration that seems to be right in the midst of it, but not always...