by Fr. Bill | Oct 24, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
From THE PASTOR of our Archdiocese… In a very short time, we will go to the polls to elect officials for various national, state and local offices. In addition, in the State of Missouri, we will also be asked to vote on Proposition A, which concerns City Earnings Tax....
by Fr. Bill | Oct 24, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
I remember as a kid having a kind of hate/love relationship with the IOWA Basics. Those were the standardized testing of my day. (Replaced now by ITBS testing) I hated taking the tests themselves. I loved getting done in some of the sections way before my classmates...
by Fr. Bill | Oct 17, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
Amazing faith… While you are reading this, I am with the UMSL Newman Center students on our Awakening Retreat. It is a retreat by college students for college students. Thank you, as always for your prayers during these days. It is a gift to be able to tell the...
by Fr. Bill | Oct 17, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
(Sing) Lean on me, when you’re not strong, and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on. For it won’t be long, ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on… That song, by Bill Withers, captures something that is important, I think, in our spiritual journey. There are...
by Fr. Bill | Oct 10, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
Letters… Like all of you, I get a fair amount of mail. Some are bills, some are requests, some are diocesan matters, and some are words of thanks for jobs well done. Let me share some of those latter ones with you from my mail bag… From Archbishop Carlson: “I ask you...
