Pastor’s Page

Here is the report I gave at all the Masses the weekend of October 15/16: Inserted in your bulletin is our annual Parish Financial Report. I’m pleased to say that there is a lot of good news in it. Our annual offertory collections increased by close to $25,000.00. Thank you all... Read More →

If you were Swedish in 1450 you, and everyone else, would have been Catholic. Here is a youtube video of a reenactment of the Mass you would have attended in your parish church. Their is an introduction is Swedish that lasts about 3:48. You can fast foward through it if you do... Read More →

Here is an interesting conversion story. An Iranian, Muslim man passes through Islam, modern atheisism, and hedonism to find his way to the Church. A somewhat lengthy article, but very interesting. Here is a story about a satanist who became Catholic. A harrowing story with a... Read More →

Here is the article I referred to in my homily about the man who saved his marriage. Read More →

You may not be aware of the recent report by the Commission on Civil Rights called:  Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties A Briefing Before The United States Commission on Civil Rights Held in Washington, DC. The entire report is... Read More →

Here is an article from ewtn about how children lose their faith. Our world gets reduced to what can be explained and organized scientifically. God is not easily found in that narrow world. Read More →

Blessed Theresa of Calcutta will be canonized this Sunday, the 4th. Here is her site on Catholic Online with a biography and with other interesting features concerning Mother Theresa. Read More →

Here is a nice article about how baseball is the sport that most reflects life. The theme of coming home is one that needs to be kept alive both as we long for a home here on earth but also as we long for our eternal homeland. Read More →

We thank Brett Smith for giving his talks on how to answer Evangelicals and Fundamentalists criticisms of the Catholic Church. Along that same vein, here is an article by David Mills that reminds us of the basic difference between Catholics and Protestants. Read More →