by St. Ann Staff | May 5, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
A few weeks ago, the Kempf family gathered at 7433 Brightwood Dr. to say “Goodbye” to our old house. We were finally closing on the house we grew up in, with mom well established at Our Lady of Life Senior apartments. So, before the new owners moved in, my family all...
by St. Ann Staff | May 5, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Apr 28, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
“Then, I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth.” I don’t know about you, but I am very ready for that new heaven and new earth. I grow tired of reading the papers, watching the news, surfing the net only to hear the same, tired story of this murder or that tragedy...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 28, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Apr 28, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
John J. Conley, S.J., the Knott Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Loyola University Maryland wrote a challenging column in the Feb. 25th edition of America Magazine, entitled: An Unwelcome Anniversary. I don’t think I have seen a more concise or co-gent...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 21, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Apr 21, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
There is an unwritten liturgical rule somewhere which states that you may not have a funeral mass without the song “On Eagles Wings.” I don’t know where that law is, but it’s there somewhere. Yet, for all of its familiarity, that refrain resonates with us...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 21, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson requests your support for the Fourth Annual Archbishop’s Gala for the benefit of the Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation on April 25, 2013, at the Missouri Athletic Club downtown St. Louis. Proceeds from the Archbishop’s...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 14, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Apr 14, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
For most of my life that I have been praying and studying scriptures, until 2:53 Saturday pm, I have pictured this scene in the gospel along the lines of a scene from Fiddler on the Roof. In the musical, there is this wonderful moment where Tevye, a man trying to hold...
