May 26, 2024At the heart of Catholicism are two of the most important doctrines of the Church, that define us as Church. There is the Feast that we celebrate today, that of the Most Holy Trinity, and ...  Read More

May 12, 2024Forty days after His Resurrection from the dead, on Easter Sunday, Jesus gathered with His disciples and ascended to the right hand of the Father. Before ascending, He gave them their Grea...  Read More

May 5, 2024Many years ago, when I first went to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, the staff began planning for Bishop Foys to come to officially install me as pastor. They told me that I needed to have...  Read More

April 28, 2024Last Sunday our Gospel proclaimed Jesus to be the Good Shepherd, and we are His flock. This week He tells us that He is the vine, and we are the branches. Both of these images are very r...  Read More

April 21, 2024Shepherds are a big deal in Hebrew history. Abraham had sheep and goats among his many flocks. God asked him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Mount Moriah. The angel of God stopped him, a...  Read More

April 14, 2024Each of the four Gospels tells the story of the Resurrection from a slightly different perspective. The Gospel for this Sunday, from Luke’s Gospel, reveals the story of Easter Day. It te...  Read More

April 7, 2024As most of you know I went into the hospital on Holy Thursday, during the parish dinner. I was experiencing some confusion. We learned that I did have a mild stroke, which was the cause o...  Read More

March 31, 2024Easter is the most important celebration of the Church’s liturgical year. It celebrates the most important event in all of history—the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. The Resurrecti...  Read More

April 3, 2024Dear Friends, I hope that you are all doing well. Thought I should let you know how I am doing.   The doctors did diagnose me with a small stroke. It did not cause any paralysis or slurri...  Read More

March 24, 2024Today we begin the most sacred time of the Church’s year—Holy Week. I want to give you a brief explanation of each of the events.     At the beginning of this Mass, we celebrate the triu...  Read More

March 17, 2024Today is March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Patrick was born in the 4th Century, in England. When he was in his teens he was kidnapped by pirates and taken to Ireland, where he was sold into s...  Read More

March 10, 2024It deeply saddens me when so many people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and in other conversations indicate that they believe in a God who is angry and vengeful and who is just looki...  Read More