by St. Ann Staff | Feb 8, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
An epic list of self care ideas, continued… I have the luxury of having 5 siblings. Because of that, we are able to do the ‘divide and conquer’ approach to caring for my mom who just turned 90. She is able to do many things independently, but other things are...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 31, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
There are some… So, there are some disadvantages to being a small parish community. One of them is to not be able to organize and host your own ACTS retreat program. (or at least do so easily…) However, God is good. I received a call from Roger Chik, one of the...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 25, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Year one of Dynamic Catholic Alive focuses on Prayer and the need to develop a consistent practice of prayer and reflection in our lives. A practical way of living that commitment is to participate in either a yearly retreat or one of the many days of recollection and...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 18, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
At our priest’s convocation back in September, I picked up a flyer put out by the priest’s wellness program. Like many pieces of paper, the pamphlet disappeared for a while amid the stacks of papers and magazines and books that I put aside until I have time for them....
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 11, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Of families and holiness… I came across the following quote shortly after the feast of the Holy Family. Had I found it before, I would have based my homily on it. Yet, I trust you will draw nourishment from it without my help… “Each Christian family can first of all —...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 4, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Of various things… Just as a reminder, we do have several hearing assist devices available for use during mass. We have two models, one with an external speaker that sits over your ear, and the other is a loop that actually uses your own hearing aid and broadcasts the...
