March 10

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Sometimes things such as ministries and events tend to run their course. It could be a certain fundraiser that people seem to lose interest in. Sometimes it’s a particular ministry where the need for it in the parish diminishes...

March 3

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Please bear with me in my letter this week. I promise that it is getting somewhere, it just might take me a bit to get there. Writing things down was not the first impulse of the Early Church. We know this from the Gospels in...

February 25

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I love the Catholic Church! You may be thinking that’s an odd thing to start a letter with. But this topic has been swirling around in my head for the last several weeks about how wonderful the Church truly is, particularly for the...

February 18

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This Spring, I am teaching again in our diaconate program for the Diocese. My course deals with the spiritual life and how to grow in one’s relationship with God. Through teaching I am encouraged to be more mindful of how those...

February 11

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last weekend, our second graders in the parish got to experience for the first time the Sacrament of Penance. Whether we call it Penance or Reconciliation or Confession, as a Sacrament, it is a powerful experience of God’s mercy...