by St. Ann Staff | Sep 23, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
He was one of the gentlest and kindest men that I have ever had the good fortune to meet. But after four years of high school, there were still a few classmates of mine who did not know his name, or if they knew his name, they knew very little else about him. I...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 16, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
For the four years I taught high school, I was perpetually puzzled (some might say clueless) about the words students used to describe their dating relationships. Were you seeing each other, dating, just going out, going steady, or what? Each had its own set of...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 9, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
(Begin homily by moving lips and ‘saying’ the following without vocalizing…) [I know that you cannot ‘hear’ me at the moment. That is intentional. I want you to experience the world as it is experienced by a deaf person. Lots of sights, vibrations, movements and...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 2, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
I was putting away some food that I bought yesterday afternoon, and I noticed something in one of the crispers that had been there longer than it should. My question is: can penicillin come from corn husks. And what is more disappointing than finding the leftover...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 26, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
Fr. Barry Moriarity, the dean of formation at the seminary, once said this: “If you want to leave the seminary, you will find a reason to do so. It might be the ‘no facial hair part of the dress code’ or the celibacy demanded of priests; it might be the more difficult...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 19, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
A “Foodie” is a person that spends a keen amount of attention and energy on knowing the ingredients of food, the proper preparation of food, and finds great enjoyment in top-notch ingredients and exemplary preparation. They go to great lengths to make sure what they...
