by St. Ann Staff | Aug 16, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
The USDA lists 6 food groupings – six categories that are helpful in thinking about a healthcy diet, and into which most foods fall. • Fruits • Vegetables • Grains • Proteins • Dairy • Oils If you add JUNK food, there are 7. However, I think they missed a significant...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 9, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Aug 9, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
I am told the experience of “crying UNCLE” actually goes back to the roman times, where one, when overcome by a bully would cry out “Patrue, mi Patruissimo,” translated: “Uncle, my greatest Uncle,” in order to surrender and be freed. (Why you...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 9, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
“I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully ade.” (Psalm 139:14) It only takes one trip to the hospital to grasp the truth of this insight from Psalm 139. We all ‘know’ on one level, the amazing complexity of the human body. But when we see people...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 2, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
It strikes me that there might be one sentence missing from today’s first reading. I know: “Who am I to think that I know that something is missing from the Bible?” But the Israelites had been wandering for some 40 years in the desert, so it sure seems to me that –...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 2, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Of Liturgical quirks and calendar planning.. This year, the feast of the Assumption of Mary falls on a Saturday (Aug. 15th). Because of that, in the United States, it is up to the local Bishop to determine whether or not the “Holy Day of Obligation” status remains for...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 2, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Jul 26, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Jul 26, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Somehow, I always manage to be gone for the parish feast day. This time, it is for a baptism of the fourth child of two friends of mine near Portland, ME. (I have baptized the other three – so when they asked, I was delighted to say yes…) Still, I find myself thinking...
by St. Ann Staff | Jul 19, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
There are some times in my life, like everyone’s life, when things get a little hectic and crazy. Too many irons in the fire, too many things to do, being pulled in too many directions. You all know them, because this is an occupational hazard of being alive at this...
