by St. Ann Staff | Jan 18, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
It is known as the St. Louis question – and there are two variations on it. The first – What high school did you go to? The second – What parish do you belong to? Both of them reveal a lot about who we are and what makes us tick. “Prep South High School” and “Our Lady...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 4, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
One of my priests friends had the un-enviable job of overseeing issues around priests and personnel and conflicts among the brothers. At one point, during a particularly stressful time, he said a simple line that, unfortunately, has stayed with me: “This job kills all...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 1, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
A few weeks ago, I got a new cPap machine. It is about the third of the size of my first one. And it is very light weight. and it comes with it’s own carrying case, easy to tote through airports. SOOO, for the first time in 12 years, I am actually going to be able to...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 28, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
For those who do not golf, there is a fine line in one of the basic mechanics of the golf swing (and probably the baseball swing as well, but I don’t play baseball) that will effect everything. It has to do with how tightly or loosely you grip the club. Too loose, and...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 25, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
Some of us, as children, were told that the way a new baby comes into the world is that it is delivered by a stork. Perhaps you have seen the illustrations of a stork with a cleanly wrapped bundle to be delivered to your doorstep or through your chimney. One minute,...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 21, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
It is an interesting week to be in the film making business. For the first time that I am aware of, a major film company, Sony, cancelled a debut of a new movie because of cyber attacks, hacking of company data and email threats of terror attacks on theaters carrying...