by St. Ann Staff | May 10, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
It was a lovely wedding yesterday afternoon. The bride was radiant; the groom – tall and handsome. The music was outstanding. The families were welcoming and joyful. It was obvious that the couple put a TON of work into the liturgical celebration. And though it would...
by St. Ann Staff | May 3, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. • Cut back on your consumption of red meat. • Drink plenty of water. • Avoid stress. • Get at least seven hours of sleep each night. • Don’t smoke. • Limit your consumption of alcoholic beverages. When our personal...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 26, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
In 2000, I broke my collar bone. That made typing a painful process. So I purchased what was then called voice recognition software that would translate my words into text. The technology was in the first stages of deployment, and much more cumbersome than we now...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 19, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
Biblical archeologists have reasonable certainty about many of the scriptural sites described in the NT. They know where the synagogue was in Capernaum, because the ruins are still standing now. They are very sure about the site of the crucifixion and the tomb. They...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 12, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
There was a period of time at the Newman Center Sunday night mass when the students would gather around the altar for the Eucharistic prayer. We were small enough and the Daughters of Charity chapel was so big that we would kind of get dwarfed. And so I would invite...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 5, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
During my four years at Borgia High School, I taught several different classes, including, for 2 years, a class in world religions to seniors. When we got to the unit on Catholicism, I thought we were on more familiar ground, so I could perhaps deepen the level of the...
