From whom are you willing to learn?

Have you ever played the ‘question game’ as a sort of ice breaker?  There is a stack of cards or a book or a whatever, that has random questions on it.  You pull the card and answer the question.  Your answer tells the people in the group something about you, about...

Pastor’s Pen – August 29, 2010

Every four years… Every four years, the priests of this Archdiocese are given a wonderful opportunity.  It is called “Convocation” – from the Latin words meaning a ‘Calling together’.  So for four and a half days in mid-September, we will gather at the Lake of the...

Where are the narrow doors in your life?

A quick show of hands:  How many of you have flown recently?  Okay, how many of you have used the lavatory in the airplane recently?  Talk about narrow doors.  If Webster was confined to pictures to define something, the restroom doors in an airplane would be the pic...

Pastor’s Pen – August 22, 2010

Alive in Christ… The St. Louis Archdiocese has a strong tradition in Catholic education.  St. Ann school has been a part of that tradition for the past 150 years.  Our new Archbishop has made strengthening Catholic education his number one priority.  To help that...

What are your assumptions about THE Assumption?

One of the charges leveled against Christians of all ages is being so heavenly minded we are of no earthly good.  Though that may be true of individuals and perhaps each one of us at some point or other, I believe it is not a correct ‘understanding’ of the church’s...