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 | Pastor's Pen
By way of intro… I asked the two seminarians who will be doing their second year field work here to ‘introduce themselves’ with a short paragraph, as they begin their service among us this weekend. “I was born and raised in the little farm town of West Point,...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 30, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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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 Bulletin
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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 | Pastor's Pen
Divine Mercy Daily… For those who are on their computer more often than not, check out a quick and powerful resource called Di-vine Mercy Daily. Brought to you by the same people who put out the Catechism in a Year and The Gospels in a Year, instead of sending out a...
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...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 16, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Aug 16, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Of Many things… Taylor Leffler and Padraic Stack… Remember these names. They belong to two seminarians who will be sharing their Sunday mornings with our St. Ann community, beginning August 30th. One of my hats is to be an adjunct formation advisor for two...
