by parish | Feb 13, 2025 | From The Desk
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...
by parish | Feb 6, 2025 | From The Desk
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...
by parish | Jan 30, 2025 | From The Desk
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...
by parish | Jan 23, 2025 | From The Desk
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...
by parish | Dec 19, 2024 | From The Desk
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, At some point, I think almost everyone has had the experience of going to a 4PM Christmas Eve Mass. Whether it was when we were young, or when we had young ones, or we needed to find an early Mass due to other family commitments,...
by parish | Dec 12, 2024 | From The Desk
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Throughout the course of the liturgical year, there are two distinct celebrations that have the very specific intent of bringing the concept of joy to the forefront. One of them, Laetare Sunday, occurs at the halfway point of Lent,...
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