Reflections on the Holy Father at World Youth Day
Now that the events surrounding the 28th World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have ended, we can spend – oh – a couple of months analyzing them. How shall I begin? First I will say that I had assumed the media would ignore a religious event even of [...]
Marriage
A tremendous change is taking place in our beloved United States of America. For two weeks we Catholics observed a “Fortnight for Freedom,” praying for the safeguarding of conscience rights and religious liberty. We can be grateful that at the end of June an extension was granted for compliance with [...]
Religious Freedom
Last summer the bishops of the United States declared the first “Fortnight for Freedom.” This is a 14-day period of prayer and sacrifice leading up to and including Independence Day. The idea behind this time of prayer is that we would ask God to protect our religious liberty, which in [...]
Return to ‘Ordinary Time’
This article originally appeared in the parish bulletin on June 9, 2013 Here we are, on a numbered Sunday of Ordinary Time for the first time since February 10. The Lenten Season, Easter Time, and two solemnities have passed since then, and we are setting out on very long stretch [...]
The Ordination of 10 New Priests For Our Archdiocese
This article originally appeared in the parish bulletin on June 2, 2013 I hope all of you at St. Peter’s are enjoying the observance of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. While I am out of state, Fr. Thomas McDonough is at the parish for the celebration [...]
St. Peter’s Will Host A Deacon For The Summer
This article originally appeared in the parish bulletin on May 26, 2013 I have terrific news! The Saint Paul Seminary has asked St. Peter’s to host one of the transitional deacons this summer. Two weeks ago I was able tell you that much, but now I can introduce the Rev. [...]
An Eventful Week Preceding Pentecost
This article originally appeared in the parish bulletin on May 19, 2013 The great Solemnity of Pentecost has arrived, closing out Easter Time fifty days after it began. The Season of Easter started in the dark during the Easter Vigil on March 30, with a snowy landscape that, unbeknownst to [...]
Honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary during the month of May
The following originally appeared in the parish bulletin on May 12, 2013 I want to wish each mother here a happy Mother’s Day! As we do every year, during the Masses today we will have the Church’s blessing specifically composed for mothers on Mother’s Day. People observe this day in [...]
Pope Francis’s Preaching on Avoiding Satan
This is the second of our two Sundays (Saturday evenings included) of First Communions here at St. Peter’s. I would like to welcome the family members and friends of this week’s first communicants, and encourage the whole parish to rejoice that these children are receiving the Body and Blood of [...]
Right and Wrong
I offer these comments by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen on what is right and wrong: “There is an organ in my home. As I look at the notes on that organ, I could ask, which note is good and which note is bad? Which note is right and which note [...]
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