by St. Ann Staff | Sep 27, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
In the novel, All is quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, we follow a bit of the life of a young German soldier named Paul Baumer, fighting in World War One. In one part of the story, we find Paul huddled in a shell hole in the midst of an enemy...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 20, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
In February of 1999, Monster.com ran a famous ad in that year’s Superbowl. Perhaps you remember it. It was a bunch of kids answering the question: What do you want to be when you grow up? The answers were a bit telling… “When I grow up, I want to…” “File papers all...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 6, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
It is a heartbreaking image, one that you can’t ‘unsee’ once you have seen it. It is a small boy, face down on the edge of the surf, arm tucked neatly at his side, tennis shoes limp on the sand behind him — lifeless on the beach. Now we know his name and what happened...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 30, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
Our housekeeper is very good at keeping the rectory clean. But she also knows not to touch the food and leftovers that I have in the refrigerator. So, as I was putting away some food yesterday afternoon, I noticed some of ‘my’items in one of the crispers that had been...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 23, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
I have a confession to make. I am a recovering “Shopping Cart Catholic.” You know how it goes. You walk down the first aisle of Catholicism – “I’ll take a can of ‘Holy Days of Obligation”, no problem. “The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and the other...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 23, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
The fastest growing religious group in the United States is “Ex-Catholics”. Folks who were in the fold for many years, but now, have found a reason not to stay. For many, the sex abuse scandal was the last straw. I see it in my work with college students – the current...
