by St. Ann Staff | Jan 11, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Of families and holiness… I came across the following quote shortly after the feast of the Holy Family. Had I found it before, I would have based my homily on it. Yet, I trust you will draw nourishment from it without my help… “Each Christian family can first of all —...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 11, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Jan 4, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
One of my priests friends had the un-enviable job of overseeing issues around priests and personnel and conflicts among the brothers. At one point, during a particularly stressful time, he said a simple line that, unfortunately, has stayed with me: “This job kills all...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 4, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Jan 4, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Of various things… Just as a reminder, we do have several hearing assist devices available for use during mass. We have two models, one with an external speaker that sits over your ear, and the other is a loop that actually uses your own hearing aid and broadcasts the...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 1, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
A few weeks ago, I got a new cPap machine. It is about the third of the size of my first one. And it is very light weight. and it comes with it’s own carrying case, easy to tote through airports. SOOO, for the first time in 12 years, I am actually going to be able to...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 28, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
For those who do not golf, there is a fine line in one of the basic mechanics of the golf swing (and probably the baseball swing as well, but I don’t play baseball) that will effect everything. It has to do with how tightly or loosely you grip the club. Too loose, and...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 28, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
On Day 23 of Fr. Robert Barron’s Advent reflections, he offers a wonderful insight into the “Holy Family” of Jesus. I share it with you today. The opening lines of Matthew’s Gospel-and hence the first words that one reads in the New Testament-are a listing of...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 28, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Dec 25, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
Some of us, as children, were told that the way a new baby comes into the world is that it is delivered by a stork. Perhaps you have seen the illustrations of a stork with a cleanly wrapped bundle to be delivered to your doorstep or through your chimney. One minute,...
