by St. Ann Staff | Feb 10, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
My brother Joe quoted a friend who – in the middle of a number of family crises in a row – said “Good grief, another rotten growth opportunity… Where can I find a prayer for a shallow life?” “Where can I find a prayer for a shallow life?” We know the question:...
by St. Ann Staff | Feb 3, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
During my roaming college campus ministry years, I did my share of retreats with college students. There was one prayer experience that still sticks in my memory, all these years later. The place was Our Lady of the Lake Parish, on the outskirts of Camdenton, near the...
by St. Ann Staff | Feb 3, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
What is not to like about the annual St. Ann Progressive Dinner? I found that thought running in my head, as I made the “long” trek home from the final stop for desserts (the parish center) to my room. If you had the chance to partake this year, you know what a treat...
by St. Ann Staff | Feb 3, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Jan 27, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Jan 27, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
Back to reality… I write this knowing that my vacation ends tomorrow morning when I start my 10 hour drive back to the Newman Center in time to lead RCIA classes by 7pm. Obviously, by the time you are reading this, I am already back to life ‘after the...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 25, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
Many of us have been asked the question: “If you were to be stranded on a desert isle with just one ________(fill in the blank – woman, man, book, tool, passage from the bible, etc) what would it be? And though I usually don’t give a lot of time to that question, it...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 20, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Jan 20, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
A Letter from the Archbishop… Dear Fathers, Deacons, Religious and People of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, The season of Lent is not that far away and it is a time to reflect upon the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It is also a time to...
by St. Ann Staff | Jan 13, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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