Pastor’s Pen – June 16, 2013

Of Marriage and Fortnights for Freedom.. In response to the USCCB’s Call to Prayer for Life, Marriage and Religious Liberty, several talks on marriage will be presented throughout the Archdiocese. Dr. Ed Hogan, Director of Paul VI Institute and Associate...

How do you handle the pain of failure?

“Life is difficult.” That is the opening sentence of Scott Peck’s classic book The Road Less Traveled. Though I would agree more fully with his statement if he had said “Life is sometimes difficult”, he makes a point. Life has its moments that are difficult. And often...

Pastor’s Pen – June 9, 2013

A letter from the Archbishop To the Faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Louis: The 2013 storm season has only just begun, and already we have witnessed a tragedy in Oklahoma of unprecedented proportions. As I write this letter, our prayers are with the families in...

Pastor’s Pen – June 2, 2013

Summer at last… The official start of summer began on Tuesday – with both the Newman Center and St. Ann school being done for the semester. (UMSL does have summer classes, but the student load is much smaller than the spring and fall semesters.) That is the good news....