…From Your Pastor’s Desk PROPOSTION: How about starting a ‘CATHOLIC MENS FORUM’ here? To be a Catholic today can be a challenge. Many of our beliefs and traditions seem almost counter-cultural by today’s standards. That is okay, Jesus was considered quite counter-cultural and even radical and revolutionary in His. I am sure this challenge is generational. It was quite illuminating to listen…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk My first day here [this time around] was July 11, 2014. From my perspective, standing in front of you, I get to see all your faces every week [now that we are un-masked!]. In the ten years since my arrival the faces have changed. Some are brand new baby faces, some have matured a bit; some now gaze…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk It often happens that we want to do something, and we proceed accordingly. But then, someone comes along that we were not expecting and holds us up and we do not get to do what we set out to do at the time we intended to do it. If you are a certain type of person, you can…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk “Be not Afraid. I go before you always. Come follow me, and I will give you rest”. Great words from a song written by Bob Dufford, S.J. The beginning of the second verse is very poignant for today’s Gospel: “If you pass through raging waters in the sea, you shall not drown…” The disciples in today’s gospel were…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk HAPPY FATHERS DAY The word Father brings up many different emotions and feelings for people. Hopefully for most it is positive, but not everyone has had a good father. Some have never had a father at all. So what does it mean to be a father? Let us look at one of the most famous fathers. Saint Joseph.…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk The Writing below was originally crafted in 2021, but it bears repeating.So, here is an updated version. No-Body Sunday? For the last 16 Weekends every Sunday has had a title from ‘The First Sunday of Lent’ on February 18th up until last week’s feast of ‘The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ’. So, when I first looked…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk The Eucharist and SCUBA People have commented that when I raise the Host after Consecration, I hold it up longer than most priests. Well, if I do, I am not doing it for dramatic effect! When I hold up the Eucharist after Consecration, you and I spend a moment in adoration. At that moment I know that you…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk Memorial DayMonday, May 27 Dear God our Father, Your word tells us, “Unless the LORD build the house, they labor in vain who build. Unless the LORD guard the city, in vain does the guard keep watch” (Psalm 127:1). Thank You for those who have guarded not only our cities, but our country, allies, and many other communities…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk HAPPY BIRTHDAY! A few years back, we had a very cool conflation of celebrations. Mother’s Day and Pentecost were on the same day. And, as was brought to my attention just before mass that day, a mother and her daughter were both celebrating their birthdays on that same day! A mother’s birthday has a special appeal. It usually…

…From Your Pastor’s Desk Ascension Day Parting messages have their own impact. The last words said by someone moving away or even going away for a long time hold special places in our hearts. I remember the many deployments I went on in my years of military service and how touching were those words between husband and wife and parent and child.…