Pastor’s Pen – November 15, 2015

Beyond Sunday are two wonderfully chosen words to describe the initiative begun in our Archdiocese. Our work as Catholics does not begin and end at the Sunday Liturgy, but, rather, is meant to go far beyond the walls of our St. Ann Church. We heard last weekend of the...

“Who notices you?”

It was just a couple of coins… << toss coins in metal bucket >> It was just a couple of coins, but you could say a number of things about them: You could say, for example, that those coins don’t amount to much and they don’t. You could say they are a sign...

Pastor’s Pen – November 8, 2015

A few more saints with a small ‘s’… As you may have heard last week at the 5 pm or 8 am, my friend Dave Larson lost his fight with ALS. In a facebook post one of his many friends said this: “One of my college friends passed tonight. He lived the last couple of years...

Pastor’s Pen – November 1, 2015

Normandy City Council Meeting… The upcoming City Council Meeting on November 3rd at 6:30 will discuss, among other things, the next steps in the Great Streets project. As you know, the nearly completed Great Streets Project was the first in several stages of the...

Pastor’s Pen – October 25, 2015

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, In the United States today, numerous Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests past age 70 benefit from the Retirement Fund for Religious collection. Donations to this special collection provide funding that helps...