Bulletins

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Think about the person you miss most in your entire life. Picture them. And then think of the time you missed someone more intensely than you’ve ever missed [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Think about the person you miss most in your entire life. Picture them. And then think of the time you missed someone more intensely than you’ve ever missed [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners The great season of Advent is full of rich symbolism, especially in regard to the contrast of light and darkness. For example, Jesus is known as the “light [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners This Sunday’s feast is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. “King” is the keyword. The word “king” distinguishes this Sunday from other Sundays. Every Sunday [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners We can define the word “perseverance” as hanging on “through” what is “severe”. Not many of us have ever literally faced something as severe as a cliffhanger in [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners In the late 1800s, a priest named Fr. Francis was attempting to build a large, beautiful Church in south St. Louis. The neighborhood was industrial and not known [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners On November 1st we celebrated All Saints Day, we honored the countless saints in heaven who have set the example for us all and continuously intercede for us [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners The four great seasonal Marian antiphons come from the Divine Office, office of Compline, the last of the sung hours of the day. At the close of Compline, [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners In Sunday’s Second Reading, Saint Paul describes how God’s Word speaks to us through the words of the Bible. But the “Word of God” is found not only [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners “This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him we shall also live with Him….” Saint Paul, in saying this, is not subscribing to the belief that [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners After so many times teaching the 8th graders at our school, the students get used to my phrases and tendencies. Sometimes it feels like they can read my [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Once a friend spoke to me about his money troubles. He told me, "Money has always been a struggle in my spiritual life. I'm not rich-my bank account [...]

FROM THE PAROCHIAL VICAR’S DESK The Parable That Makes You Scratch Your Head... Let’s be honest—the Gospel for this Sunday (Luke 16:1–13) sounds like one Jesus shouldn’t have told. A dishonest steward gets caught cooking [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, This weekend we celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The following is part of a Good Friday homily. I think it is a fitting reflection of this [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, Asking God for things is a tricky business. We might even say that of the four basic types of Christian prayer (that is, petition, adoration, contrition, and thanksgiving), [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, I was once at a talk where a Missionary of Charity told a lovely story about her order's founder, Mother Teresa. The sister was sitting in a car [...]